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igottrp. 'T WAS YESTERDAY. (From Fraser's Magazine for December.) " 'T was yesterday ! " familiar sound, Heard oft as idle breath ; Yet, prophet-like, to all around, It spoke of woe and death ! A mourner by the past it stands, In mystic mantle of decay, Shrouds in the night of years its hands, And grasps all life away ! High from the boundless vault of Time The stars of empire veer ; " 'T was yesterday" they beam'd sublime, The mightiest in their sphere ! 'T was yesterday reveal'd to Fate The rival crowns of centuries flown, Shew'd where a Phantom sat in state Upon the Caesars' throne ! Sceptre and robe were cast aside ! The ghastly bones stood bare ; The rust fed on the gauds of pride, The worm held council there. Nor answer would the phantom give, But to our constant prayer replied— " Thus 't will be said of all that live, That ' yesterday' they died ! " Where are the Grecian conquests now, The triumphs of her lute ? Dust rests on the Homeric brow, Her genius is mute ! Where are the glorious hearts that fought For freedom in the " Pass of Gore " ? Gone—where the mightiest names are sought— With yesterday of yore! We hope—but what we hope the shroud Wraps from our weeping sight ; We aim at stars, and clasp the cloud, — Seek day, and find but night ! Ah ! who with Life's dread woes could cope, If 't were not for that Faith sublime, Which sees the Ararat of Hope Above the floods of Time? What then is " Yesterday" ?—a key To wisdom most divine ! It is the hall of Memory, Where Fame's brief trophies shine! The spiritual home of things, Where Intellect immortal beams, Which lends to thought its holiest wings, Inspires the noblest themes ! A drop that mirrors forth a world, Then mingles with the earth ; 4 star from Time's vast empire hurled, Slow falling from its birth. A presence with the sacred past, To warn our spirits of delay, Which saith,—" Proud man, to-day thou hast, Use well thy little day!" CHARLES SWAIN. LITERARY NOTICES. Death Conquered and other Poems. By the Rev. W. M'llvaine, A.M., Minister of St. George's, Belfast. Lon don : F. Baisler ; Dublin : Curry and Co. " 4.volume of religions poetry," will be the exclamation of some readers of the present notice. And what true poetry, we ask, 'is not religious ? The poet's heart is overflowing with religious feeling. He has communed with nature in her solitudes. He has learnt the language of the trees and flowers, the hills and streams which diversify her fair face ; and is not every word which they speak, and every feeling which they inspire, a mute remembrancer of the mighty hand which formed them—a remembrancer, too, of the perishable and fleeting nature of all things earthly ? The poet must be religious, or he must close alike his ear and his heart, to the voices which ever hold communion with him upon his pas sage through the world. In this sense the author of the work before us is a religious poet ; but he is also a religious poet in a better and more valuable acceptation of the word. A strain of pure christian feeling flows through the pages of his present publication, and gives sterling value to what might otherwise be desig nated as merely beautiful. His leading poem, " Death Con quered,"—and of that we must principally speak—is emi nently religious in design and execution; but it is charac terized with that kind of religious feeling lich flows from the heart, and is, therefore, consistent with genuine poetry. The subject is a splendid one, and, although occupied be fore, by Robert Montgomery, has not been exhausted. More, certainly, might have been made of it by Mr. M'llvaine ; and our regret that he has not devoted to it a greater amount of the power which he poseesses, is increased by the quality of what he has produced. Many portions of it are very beau tiful, and we are somewhat at a loss where to select for quo tation. The following picture, however, will convey as fair a specimen of his mode of treating the subject as any which we could fix upon. " There was a lovely spot, I knew it well, Oft visited, and ever with delight, By those who knew and prized true loveliness. 'Twas not the trelliss'd porch, where roses twined And jessamines alonc , that cottage front ; 'Twas not the breath ' of many pleasant flowers, Which shed their grateful perfume round its door, Though lovely these, and peaceful all around, That graced it most. Within a parent dwelt, A man of many years—with silver'd locks And placid countenance, which not the track Of many a cars and sorrow past availed To mark with discontent or sadden'd look. One daughter, dear, the only branch now left Unpluck'd, to grace the parent stem, remained To cheer his downward way. The old man's smile Repaid hrr every care and anxious thought— All centred in his happiness and peace. She was the sunbeam of his home and heart — The partner of his feeble steps by day ; And when the evening closed, and night drew on, The hour which bids the worldling to his bliss In crowded theatre, or fashion's haunt, Her's was the blessed task opening to read The page of Revelation to her sire ; To point his eye and hope to better worlds, And tell of that dear rest by God prepar'd For his own children in the realms of love. Days, months, and years rolled by, untir'd the care That tended thus a parent, and untir'd The love that flowed responsive from his heart, On this the staff of his declining age. Thus, in the forest, may we sometimes mark The aged tree, whose trunk, all sear'd and bare, Tells of the ages that have o'er it gone; And, while its topmost boughs breathe their last smile Of verdure, round its base the ivy clings Supporting and supported. Blessed place! That cottage breathed upon the world around A gale of heaven ; yet not heaven's perfect joy Was here,—'tis nowhere in this vale of woe. Oft on that maiden's brow a cloud of care Sat heavily, and dewed her moisten'd eye With silent tears. These were not bitter drops — Not marks of penitential anguish, wrung From heart-recorded thoughts of guilt gone by— These were not tears of selfish sorrow shed, In sad repining. No ; an angel's wing Might brush such pearls away unsullied still With aught of earth,—their origin was heaven. For oft recurred the question, " Is my sire Indeed prepar'd to put the garment off Of frail humanity ? Oh ! is his heart New-born of God, and his dependence fix'd -On that Redeemer's finished work alone, . • Whom I have learned to trust ?" Thoughts such as t,h . se Oft rested on her heart ; nor there alone, But found their way in many a burden'd sigh To Him above, who hears and answers prayer. The summer's sun sat on her shaded brow With sad presage ; and autumn left it ting'd With a still sicklier hue : the winter day Came on with chilly blast, and brought a change To her unwonted. By the lowly bed Of suffering poverty and lone disease Her presence is no longer found, as once, When, like a guardian spirit, she would glide, With light and noiseless step, from cot to cot. The aged mourned her absent, and the young, Whose infant tongues had learn'd from hers to lisp The Saviour's name, still missed her well-known face From school and cottage—missed her as their friend, Their teacher, pattern, and adviser kind. It was upon a lovely spring-tide eve, That by his cottage door the old man sat, As oft in bygone days. Without was peace, — Heaven's setting sun smiled down in radiance bland On all around : within was peaceful too, Yet such as earth presents—a chequer'd peace. From out his daughter's half-clos'd door is heard A stifled sound! It tells not of despair, Of agony, or of heart-rending pain ; Yet tis the sound of death. Yes ; death has come — Come to relieve the gentle sufferer's pangs, And bid her spirit from its cumb'ring clay Rise upwards to its genial native air. One sorrow still remains—one anxious care O'ershades at times that else unclouded face— Her sire! Poor aged sufferer, thus bereft Of that loved stay on which his falt'ring hand So long had rested ! Who shall tend him now— Who whisper t o hi m of the better land — Who smooth beneath his fast declining head Death's painful pillow ? . . Peace ! believing child Of an all-gracious Pather—prayer is heard, Thy long-prefered, thy still unwearied prayer. Frequent and deep are heard his anxious sighs ; For, though old age s c hildishness ssbegins s siround To mark his words and act u s, isye oirr sorrowstir ng Within his riven breast. Are gatheed, and their offspri ng , d uteously To share his s orrow ; and with stealthy tread prayer s , Pass and repass from out th at chamber, wh ere The shade of death p revails. The parent sp ea k s , They pause and listen softly : whispe r 'd Breath'd to the sinner's friend, and Jesu's name, With sighs of self-abasement, are the•sounds Which reach their ear. A few more moments p ass Their sire is silent. Wake him not ! lie rests Where earthly sounds no more can reach eyes ear,-- 'Tis death ! but all so placid that to Seem, as it were, but clos'd in gentle sleep. The morrow comes, and, by her parent's side, In sleep as placid, rests his darling child ' • A few short hours since death had sealed his eyes, And she, too, closes hers. No question asked — No startling sound, to break her dying peace, Had told his exit; and in blissful hope Her spirit steals to everlasting rest. Death, thou art conquered !—once again thine arm Is palsied by the withering touch of Him Who first encountered and despoiled thee. See ! Done is thy worst; nor can it rob the smile From off that parent's cheek, though cold and still ; Nor break her slumber who beside him rests. Oh, glorious faith ! once more thou hest o'ercon3e ! Say, when her spirit, who thus peaceful lies, Just breathed the air of Paradise, what first, Of sight or sound, entranced with holy joyd Her ransom'd soul ? Was it the cherish'd look, The long-lov'd voice of him her earthly parent, Thus sent, although uknown, to welcome her Into those blessed seats of rest above, And lead to His right hand whom both adored, Where pleasures flow, in pure eternal stream? Oh, 'tis a holy thought ! one to indulge, With much of Heaven's bright promise. Fare ye well As two soft clouds, ting'd by the setting sun, And mellow'd down with countless lovely hues, sinking side by s id e , steal westward, and then, PttWsp,Ai.Ettr, ( _ 1 1 .‘ a 4 4 ' : 4, - ' 4" ' J : • 1• . , ...) \ ....:( • :: 1 4-"kr;' , „. • F.' 1 4 -..... ...... 4 1u .;-,,,, N;';' en VIIKVIN 700E11/ 3AI? Leave visions on the eye of refit and bliss ; So have we followed you to WlAre ye sleep Calm and securely. Peace, and fare ye well! We need offer little commendation upon writing such as the above, which, we are sure, must find its own way by the sympathy which it challenges in ever heart. In a totally different style is the p . 3em entitled " Maho met ;" and, from its perusal; we form a somewhat increased estimate of the poetic powers of the writer. As an academi cal composition,—and, therefore, written before the charac ter of the writer can be considered to ha 4 been formed,—it is much above mediocrity, even when comkved with such productions as " The Veiled Prophet" of Moore, of which, in many passages, it reminds us; and we, therefore, think we are fully warranted in saying that, if th author would devote his full powers to th&production ,a work really worthy of him,—and we must precat otion which he seems to entertain, that poetical compo ,is incompatible with his profession as a minister of the 4 ipel,—he would take up at once a first rank amongst the poets of his country. Ten Letters addressed to Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P., by a Shopkeeper. Stockport : Thomas Lomax and Sons. The above letters, reprinted from the Stockport Advertiser, in which they originally appeared, are now published in the form of a pamphlet ; and we trust that they will have an ex tensive circulation. As furnishing a refutation of the falla cies of that body, of which Mr. Richard Cobden is the chief apostle, they are calculated to be of infinite service ; and we cannot pass over the present opportunity of recommending an attentive perusal of them to the anti-monopoly wiseacres, male and female, of this town. They will find in them some facts and calculations which may possibly shake their faith in the absolute wisdom of the body to which they belong ; and, even if they rise from their perusal unconvinced, the opportunity will have been afforded them of sharpening their wits by an effort to reply to them. On an early occasion, we shall endeavour to lay before our readers an extract or two, in which some of the dogmas and sophisms of the League are demolished in a dashing style and with the force of resistless truth. In the mean time we may say, without flattery, that these Letters of a Shopkeeper are not only creditable to their writer, but also to the journal in whose colums they first saw the light. BIETIEs. RETORT. — A clergyman was censuring a young lady for tight lacing—" Why,' replied Miss, "you could not surely recommend loose habits to your parishoners." " BEAR AND FORBEAR. ” —Every thing in the house and the whole household arrangement is in order. Little parties are baking in the kitchen; the weather is oppressively hot, and every leaf and bird seem as if deprived of motion. The hens lie outside in the sand before the window : the cock stands solitarily on one leg, and looks upon his harem with the countenance of a sleepy sultan. Bear [my husband] sits in the room writing letters—l hear him yawn, that infects me—oh ! oh !—I must have a little quarrel with him on pur pose to awaken us both. I want at this moment a quire of writing paper, on which to drop sugar-cakes. He is terribly miserly of his writing paper, and on that very account I must have some now. I went to my husband, and said quite meekly, " My angel-bear,. you must be so very good as give me a quire of your writing paper to drop sugar-cakes upon." He (in consternation)—A quire of my writing paper ? She —Yes, my dear friend, of your very best writing paper. lie —Finest writing paper ! are you mad ? She—Certainly not ; but I believe you are a little out 'of your senses. He—You covetous sea-cat, leave off raging among my papers ! you shall not have my paper. She—Miserable beast ! I shall and will have the paper. He—" I shall!" Listen a mo ment. Let's see how you will accomplish your will. And the Bear held both my small hands fast in his great rough paws. She—You ugly Bear ! you are worse ,than any that walk on four legs. Let me loose ! let me loose ! else I shall bite you ; and as he would not let me loose, I bit him—yes, Maria, I bit him really on the hand ; at which he only laughed scornfully, and said—" Yes, yes, my little wife, that is always the way of those who are froward without the power to do. Take the paper ! now take it !" She—Ah ! let me loose, let me loose ! He—Ask prettily. She—Dear Bear ! He—Acknowledge your fault. She—l do. He—Pray for forgiveness. She—Ah, forgiveness ! He—Promise amend ment. She—O yes, amendment ! He—Nay—l'll pardon you. But now, no sour faces, dear wife, but throw your arms round my neck and kiss me. I gave him—a little box on the ear, stole a quire of paper, and ran off with loud exultation. Bear followed into the kitchen, growling horribly ; but then I turned round upon him, armed with two delicious little patties, which I aimed at his mouth, and there they vanished. Bear all at once was quite still, the paper was forgotten, and reconciliation concluded.—Life in Sweden, by Frederika Bremier ; translated by Mary Howlett. Do STONES GROW ?—.l.s a question often asked by your readers, "Do pebbles grow ?" Tournefort contends that stones grow in like manner with organic beings, drawing their nutriment from the earth—nay, he presumes that they gene rate in like manner ; but although he adduces as a proof that they do grow, the curious fact afforded us in the famous Cre than labyrinth, where the names formerly carved in the rock now stand out in basso relievo, yet is this solitary fact in sufficient, because the actual growth, and the mere exudation of matter from rock, are vastlyy, different from each other. Stones do not grow, but Ille' . etomic particles and aggregates of bodies, are united by-a common silicic or crystalline basis forming as one consolidated body the force of cohesion being determined by the nature of the. bases. Thus numerous aggregates, having little or no affinity to each other, become united as one aggregate ; but the rocks and stones, when once they have assumed their degree of density as a crystalline body, do not receive any increase to their quantities, from sur rounding bodies, such matters assimilating to their respec tive qualities, although mineral matters may exude therefrom. Thus their cavities are sometime filled up with quartz or me tallic veins, and caverns become lined with stalaclites ; for rock, even the most ponderable, is by no means a solid body ; it expands and contracts, as influenced by the atmosphere ; it receives compound elements from bodies surrounding it, and it gives forth occasionally certain homogeneous qualities of its own, and by this emission assumes a new character. A body of rock is not seen to form, but the forming action is manifest throughout the bed of earth from which it forms, the atomic particles of the whole being similarly and simul taneously affected ; and if, after forming, silic acid be deposi ted on its surface, it remains a body of distinct qualities. It is a well-known fact, that a gelatinous matter, whether the same be of animal or vegetable life, or is:,reproduced in the decomposition of bodiei, favours the conglomeration of silicia, and the process of petrification, or lapidification, in all parts of the world, but more particularly so in tropical regions, where animal and vegetable production is in excess; thus it is, many springs and rivers, holding in solution these matters, gradually convert organic bodies and aggregates of bodies into silaceons aggregates—even the ocean waters, in localities, manifest the like properties ; thus on the shores of the Island of Ascension, the animal and vegetable matters, continually thrown up, unite with the soil, and form a conglomerate as hard as rock, even the turtle's eggs being converted into flint like fossils. So long as the sands are aposrd:to the action of heat alone—so.long as they continue' unchanged in their parts and qualities, but exposed to the 'conj a bint affections of heat and moisture, a rapid and manifest • Change takes place, the nature of the change, and its ultiinate' result, depending on the nature and qualities of the material acted upon.— Mininy Journal. ORIGIN OF THE STORY OF CINDERELLA'S SLIPPER.— In common with most of the popular fairy tales, which, in all languages, and throughout successive generations, have continued a source of delight to the youthful, and of amuse ment • even to the adult portion of mankind, the story of Cinderella and her slipper would appear, in the main inci dents of the fable at least, to claim a parentage of great anti quity. For our own part, we are not aware that the coinci dence has hitherto been noticed by the curious in these matters; but ttleie can exist but little doubt. we imagine, that the prototype of our. favourite Cinderella is to be traced in- the celebiated beauty- of the ancient world—the far-famed Rhodope ; —who is; by historians, reported to have been fel low-slave with .lEsop, and to have built one of the pyramids Of Egypt: The following account of this heroine's adven tures, as it is related by all the classical authorities, will, we think, place our suggestion in a point of view sufficiently clear :—" As she (Rhodope) was once bathing in the Nile, (for she was a native of Naucratis, a city of Egypt,) an eagle snatched one of her slippers out of the hands of ber waiting woman, and, carrying it to Memphis, where the .king sat administering justice in a public place of the city, dropped it in his lap. The king was surprised at the novelty of the adventure ; and, being smitten with the beauty of the slip per, immediately despatched messengers all over the country, with orders to bring him the woman with whom they should find the fellow of that slipper. In short, Rhodope being found, was brought to the king, and made by him Queen of Egypt." Thus far the classical narration: the addition of the miraculous slipper being made of glass is apparently a fabulist's license—an interpolation of comparatively more modern date; and here it is not a little curious to remark, that the late well-known invention of weaving from so brittle, and apparently intractable, a material as glass, has now de monstrated not only the possibility, but even the actual fea • sibility, of the existence of " the little glass slipper;" and has removed the incident in the fairy tale of Cinderella from its hitherto assigned position in the region of fancy and im probability, into that of sober truth and practical reality. Is this, too, but another of those mysterious hints of the anterior existence of long sinbe lost and forgotten arts, occa sionally to be recognised beneath their shadowy disguise of magic and necromancy, in the ancient popular tales and works of fiction, more especially those of Eastern origin ? such, for instance, as the indication of the telescope—to be traced with a degree of probability closely bordering on cer tainty, in the story of the " Magic Tube" of the wonder searching prince of the Arabian tale, and, by the instrumen tality of which objects and personages at a distance far beyond the reach of mortal observation were clearly dis cernible to the eye of the fortunate possessor . or, again, of the former knowledge of steam-locomotives, in the curious 'details, in another of these oriental tales, of the enchanted wooden horse, or machine, by the aid of which, and " by the mere turning of a peg:"—[Query : Could the allusion to the machinery of a steam locomotive engine well be more explicit, under the circumstances ?]—the party seated on the machine could transport himself to any spot, and in any di rection he wished. It were not difficult to adduce a variety of similar conjectures in point ; but the digression might appear somewhat of the widest, from the " little glass slipper" of a fairy tale to a dissertation on the lost arts of antiquity. , On the summit of the lofty mountain Tschebat Ej Kofferi, on the banks of the Nile, are a series of subterraneous re mains, which could be intended for no other purpose but initiation into the spurious freemasonry of Egypt. They consist of " a large saloon supported by hexagonal pillars, contrived in the rock itself. The roofs are adorned with paintings, which even at present we distinguish exceedingly well; while the gold, with which they were originally deco rated, glitters on all sides. Here and there we perceive open ings, which lead to other apartments ; but , as the y are ' filled with: rubbish, and as the passages into them are embarrassed with it, few travellers choose to venture themselves there. Above, there is another apartment, to which you may with difficulty arrive by climbing up the outside of the mountain. It is not so extensive a saloon as the former, but it is painted after a similar manner ; and, like it, communicates with other adjoining apartments." This account i§ taken from Norden ; and Pococke further describes them as a series of long rooms and spacious galleries, some of which were beautifully finished with painting and sculpture. A splendid specimen of " the lowest of valle y s terly Review. ."--Rev. Dr. Oliver.—Freemasons' Quar- 1742 AND 1842.—(Prom an American paper.) 1742. Man to the plo ug h, Wife to the cow, Girl to the yarn, Boy tq the barn, And your rents will be netted. 1842. Man tally-ho, Miss piano, Wife silk and satin, Andßo y G y orue allan d b e L g a a t i z n e 11 ,tted. MISCELLANEOUS. The Queen's departure from Walmer Castle has been postponed until to-morrow (Saturday.) On the 28th uh. a new church was consecrated at Llanrwst, North Wales, by the Lord Bishop of St. Asaph. The overland mail to Egypt and India via' Marseilles, will be made up at the General Post-office, London, on Monday next the sth instant. A local radial paper states, that Mr. Davies, the con servative candidate, will be returned for Carmarthenshire without opposition. On Thursday the London and Dover Railway will be opened to Ashford, thus completing three-fourths of the whole line. A poor lunatic of the name of Nicholls; who declares him self to be heir to the kingdom of Russia, has been prowling about Walmer Castle during the last few days, but no act was committed by him to justify his apprehension. . , A white hare . was recently caught on the estate of John Tewart, Esq., of Glanton, near Whittingham, in whose pos session it now is.—Newcastle Journal. So numerous are the men-of-war seamen unemployed that the crew of the Frolic was complete in a few days. Hun dreds of fine able-bodied seamen will be entirely lost to the service, unless a sea-going ship is soon commissioned to re ceive them.Hatnpshire Independent. Mr. J. Varley, the well known water colour painter, died, on the 17th instant, in London, in the 64th year of his age. The London city police force, for the year 1843, is recom mended not to exceed 542 men. The sandal-wood gates of Mahomed's mausoleum have been carried off from Ghuznee by General Nott at the express de sire of Lord Ellenborough. The payment of the money due by the Chinese is to be effected in the following manner :—lmmediate payment 6,000,000 dollars; in 1843, 6,000,000; in 1844, 5,000,000; in 1845, 4,000,000. The lucrative appointment of postmaster at Leeds, vacant by the death of Mrs. Temple, has been conferred by the Lords of the Treasury on Mr. James Anderson, the chief clerk in the office. THE i CALENDAR.—A correspondent of the Oxford Herald asks the following question :—" Can you account for the direction in the Calendar, Nov. 16, that Eccles. xlvi. is only to be read to,verse 20, when there are only twenty verses in the chapter ?" It is stated that the evangelical party in the Church of England are to make the first move in a threatened separa tion, and to call themselves the Reformed Church of Eng land.—. Radical Paper.—[" It may be said," with as much correctness, that radicalism and popery are lovers of truth.— Ed. L. S.] Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket, and don't pull it out to show that you have one ; but if you are asked what o'clock it is, tell it. Mr. Foster, the spirited iron -master, is preparing for building furnaces and carrying on very extensive works at Madeley Court, which he has lately purchased. The weavers of Coventry have formed themselves iuto an " Association for the Protection of Wages in the Figure Trade." We have to state, with great gratification, that, at the in stance of Sir Robert Peel, her Majesty has granted a pension of £lOO a-year to Mr. John Curtis, F.L.S., the eminent naturalist, whose British Etomology alone, the labour of nearly twenty years, so justly entitles him to the Royal favour. Dickens's American Notts for General Circulation reached New York, by the Great Western, on the evening of Sunday the 6th instant, and was published next day in newspaper " extracts," and sold for one penny ! A New York paper says, that at the last sitting of the le gislature of Maryland, a tax was laid upon all salaries or incomes from employments. The Rev. Dr. Warneford has promised £5OO towards the endowment of a church proposed to be erected on the Dicker Common, near Hailsham, Sussex. Among the 178,000,000 individuals who inhabit Europe there are said to be 17,900,000 beggars, or persons who sub sist at the expense of the community without contributing to its resources. In Denmark the proportion is fie per cent„ in England ten per cent., in Holland fourteen per cent. The prisoner Mortlock, who is confined in the csAiy gaol of Cambridge, to stand his trial at the next assites, for at tempting the life of his uncle, the Rev. Edmund Mortlock, fellow of Christ's College, conducts himself, it is stated, with the greatest indifference, and talks as if perfectly reckless of his fate. AN EXTRAORDINARY DELUSION. — There has been for some time resident in Bangor a native of the sister kingdom, who is a believer in the transmutation of individuality. He believes that, in " by-gone days," he existed as the celebrated Dean Swift, and that his next doom is to be metamorphosed into a rabbit. The poor creature is inclined to mischief, but good management and weak intellect neutralise that inclina tion.—Carnarvon Herald. CAUTION IN SENDING NEWSPAPERS.-.—lt iS well known that many persons who send newspapers are in the habit of cutting them in order to direct attention to any particular paragraph. The post-office authorities have recently decided that such are marked papers and are liable to _postage charge, whilst the parties sending. s uch are also subject to the usual penalties for writing in newspapers. THE CHINESE WAR.—The following is an extract of a letter from that gallant officer Captain Hall, of the Hon. Company's steamer, Nemesis, to a gentleman in this city, dated Nankin, August 31,0342:;—" Now the war is happily over, I have time to thinkf my old friends. Yes, thank God, We, have at last brought these fellows to respect the the name of our noble country, and to speak of us with res pect. They have been regularly beaten into it ; and I feel proud and thankful in having taken such an active part. The particulars you must have seen and heard all about before this. Yes, the Chinese know her well, they call her the devil ship, fire ship, and all sorts of names. Well, I do think myself truly glad to get out of it as I have. At Chapoo I had two of my men shot at my side ; and the other day, at the taking of Woosung, one of my men had his right arm shot ofl, the arm chest near where I was standing was shot to pieces, add 15 shots struck us that day. I hope some of these days to give you all particulars myself ; for the present, you must be content with this short scroll. Peace was signed on board the Cornwallis on the 29th instant. I was present, and a very interesting sight it was ; and the day before I was at the top of the far-famed Porcelain Tower, and had the pleasure of drinking the Queen's health and friends north of the Tweed. The sight was truly splendid. We rode out, about 25 of us, on Chinese horses, and had a good dinner there, and returned the same evening to our outer advanced guard, where our artillery was. The latter are a fine set of fellows." Caledonian Mercury. MARRIAGES IN FIANCE. — There is a good deal of round abouts as well as ostentatious ceremony in French marriages. I n the first place, the names of the parties are stuck on the door of the town-ball a fortnight previous to the approaching day, as well as the forthcoming event being announced in the provincial newspaper. Then, when the happy day arrives, instead of going at once to the " hymeneal altar," the bridal party are obliged to present themselves to the authorities at the Hotel de Ville, proceeding thence to their church: The procession generally consists, in the middle ranks of life at least, of from three to five hired carriages, the drivers of them having a bunch of ribbons tied at the end of the crop of their whips ; and if the " happy pair" reside in a town, and are of the respectable order, large flags are hoisted over the door of the bride's house, as well as over several of those of her neighbours, and occasionally suspended by ropes across the street. A good supper generally closes the wedding day. A curious distinction is observed amongst the lower orders. Should one of them not belong to the same parish with the other, a firing of guns is kept up during the whole evening of the wedding day. Something like a jumble of the church bells occasionally takes place ; but as to " a peal of bells," I have yet to hear that in France. Those evening bells," with their beautiful melody, are only to be heard in one or two countries under the sun. There is, in one respect, a striking difference between an English and a French wedding, in the lower orders of society. With us the parties endea vour to avoid the, public gaze, and here they court it. They will be seen parading ,the streets and the adjoining public ways, not only on the wedding day, but on the day following. They have also a curious . , custom of issuing circulars an nouncing their nuptials, one of which, having just received it, I shall here transcribe Monsieur et Madame Ducastel, et Delvue, ont l'honneur de vous faire part du marriage de Monsieur Louis Ducastel, leur fils, docteur en medicine, avec Mademoiselle Bopbie Gonard. Calais, 16 Janvier, 1840." I was for some time at a loss, having no knowledge of the young doctor or his bride, for the reason of this compliment being paid to me ; but at length I recollected that I bad pur chased a carriage of a Monsieur Gonard, a coachmaker, who I have since learned, is father to the bride.—Nimrod Abroad . The correspondent of the Times, dating " Walmer Castle, Monday," gives the following aneddote of the Princess Royal :—Mrs. Hulke, the lady of Mr. William Hulke, sur geon, of Deal (who is in daily attendance, by command of her Majesty, upon the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, at the Castle), was confined of a son, on the 12th instant, the anniversary of the birth of the Princess Royal. Mr. Hulke has just received the distinguished honour of a communica ton from the Queen, through the medium of the Dowager Lady Littleton, couched in the most gracious terms, request ing (which may be viewed as a command) that the infant son of Mr. Hulke should be named after the Princess Royal, and that Her Royal Highness's name being Victoria, the for tunate and highly-honoured son of the Princess's medical attendant should be christened " Victor." Such a request, and from so illustrious a source, will, of course, be most lit erally and gratefully obeyed by its highly honoured parents. Yesterday Morning, upon Mr. Hulke visiting, professionally the Princess Royal, as usual, her Royal Highness, in a most artless and graceful manner, presented Mr Hulke with an elegant and (gold pencil-case set with precious stones, and containing beautiful medallion portraits, in bas relief, of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert entwined with the Garter. The Princess rose from her chair (being at breakfast at the time) and addressing Mr. Hulke, said, " I have something to present to you, Mr. Hulke (handing the pencil-case), I beg you will give this to Victor as a present from me." I need not observe, that this gratifying mark of the Royal favour is duly appreciated by the parents of the highly-honoured " Victor.' INDIAN PREVENTION OF Dior ROT.—At Yaynanknyvin, on the banks of the Irrawaddy, are the celebrated Petroleum Wells, which supply the kingdom of Burmah, and the adja cent countries as far south as Junk-Ceylon, with lamp oil. The pi is s.s, whose religious works are all written upon the leaf of the talipot-palm, smear the surface with this mineral oil, for the double purpose of filling the interstices with a dark matter which shall render the letters visible, and in order to protect them from the attacks of insects, and the ravages of time. I have seen such books of various ages, from fifty to one hundred and fifty years, whose antiquity could be verified without difficulty—their preservation having been attributed solely to the indestructible properties of the Petroleum, in which they had been soaked. Having men tioned these facts, it only remains for me to draw the atten tion of scientific persons to them, with a view of testing the qualities of Yaynan ' as a preventive to dry ro t i n ti m b er . the experiment may be tried without much expense, by satu rating some planks with this liquid, and giving them a fair trial with others not so protected. There cannot be the same objection made to this mineral production as there is to arsenic or corrosive sublimate, inasmuch as the Yaynan is not only perfectly innoxious, but has rather an agreeable odour.—Medical Times. PRINTING BY MACHINERY. — At the meeting of the Paris Academy of Sciences last week, M. Arago, in the name of the Commission of the Academy, appointed to report on the invention of M. Gaubert for the composition of printing types by means of machinery, addressed the Academy as fol lows : Your commission comprehend perfectly that, by by pressing upon keys like ihose of a piano-forte, it was pos sible to compose with rapidity from characters arranged be forehand, but such an invention was destined to remain use less, unless accompanied with the means of distributing into the printing cases, and also of placing the type in regular order for the supply of the machine. This was the difficult point of the problem. The inventor has only succeeded by calling to his aid all the most subtile resources of mechan ism. Your Commission have seen the machine at work, and w ra i t l i l o s n o o w n a s l a a y l b i t e t f l o e re c o y o o le u d a detailed eaarcc lest t t m o f it. G a u T b b e r e t s dm i n i -- vention should occasion a momenta' y injury to the numerous and interesting class of persons engaged in typographical composition, although it is evident that eventually the ma chine must be a benefit to every body. With a view of dis sipating this fear, M. Gaubert has entered into explanations, which leave no doubt that the new machine may be put up in all printing offices, offering to the public all the prondsed advantages, without injury to the compositors," Archdeacon Torrens, Dean Vignoles, Archdeacon Packen ham, Dr. Singer, Dr. Daly, and Mr. Gregs, are severally spoken of as the new bishop. EXTRAORDINARY DIVIDEND.—It iS said that the Far mington Canal Company, in Conoecticut, have this year made their first dividend. They mowed the tow path, and divided the hay.—New York Paper. The price of bread in Lambeth was, on Monday, generally reduced to 54d. per quartern loaf. - - Lady Patteson, wife of Mr. Justice Patteson, died 01, Monday last. We are glad to perceive, from the Sporting Review, that a series of articles are to appear in that periodical, reprobating, in the strongest manner, the fiendish practice of prize-fighting. A Cambridge correspondent of the Morning Herald says, that it is rumoured in that town that the Hon. H. M. Sutton is about to retire from the office of Under-secretary of the Home Department, to fill that of a commissioner of excise ; and that, consequently, a vacancy will occur in the parlia mentary representation of the borough. STATE OF TRADE IN GLASGOW.—The tidings of our suc cesses in India and China have exerted a beneficial influence on trade, so long and so painfully depressed. An improved spirit is easily apparent, and many kinds of Glasgow goods are now held and sold at a fair advance on the terms at which they would have been readily offered on Tuesday forenoon. — Glasgow Mail. THE FATAL AFFRAY NEAR WELLS.—The inquest on the body of Samuel Britton, whose death was alleged to have been caused by a blow given him by the landlord of the Hunters' Lodge, with a cart-trigger, was resumed at the New Inn, Lawford' - s-gate, on Monday. One or two other wit nesses were examined, and the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter. PARISIAN DIAMONDS.—It may be interesting to our readers to know that these beautiful imitations of the " princeless gem," which have lately attracted so much at tention, are made by a chemist in Paris, and are only the oxide of tin. It is to be regretted that the brilliancy which has rendered this imitation so famous cannot be depended upon, as, after exposure for some time, they become as dull as common glass.—Mining Journal. The Phare de la .Rochelle gives the following account of a strange suicide, which has just taken place there :—" A soldier of the 14th regiment of the line, quartered at Chateau (Oleron), drove with a stone a large nail, of the kind called point de Paris, into the summit of his head, and then went to bed ; but soon his agony became so acute that he fell on the floor in the midst of his struggles. His comrades took him up, and carried him to the hospital, where he expired in the course of the day. The nail left so little trace of blood that it would have been difficult to discover the cause of his agony had he not disclosed it himself. DEATH OF A MISER.—At Minfordd, Penmaen, near Dol gelly, on Friday the 18th instant, died Robert Lewis, aged 83. This man, through life, followed the business of a hand loom weaver of the course woollen cloth manufactured in this neighbourhood. By dint of extreme parsimony, denying himself, and those living with him, almost the common ne cessaries of life, he amassed the sum of £2,000. Robert Lewis has been thrice married, and has left his widow £2O yearly for life, and £lOO in cash ; the remainder of his pro perty goes to distant relations.—Carnarvon Herald. DOINGS AT DERRYNANE.—Mr. Alderman O'Connell has fled from his unclad auditory of the Corn Exchange to enjoy the Christmas amidst the fastnesses of Derrynane, where, it appears, he is engaged on his forthcoming History of Ireland, the first part of which is, according to a " puff" in the Tip perary Free Press, to make its appearance on the Ist of De cember next, and all persons, " friends of the Liberator," are duly cautioned that the purchase of this most impartial record of Ireland's degradation will be absolutely indispensa ble at the present juncture. It is fairly supposed by the hint, that this is but another mode of raising the wind, in order to cover the (anticipated) defalcation in the annual revenue. WANTON CRUELTF.—A canary bird belonging to George M`Lachlan, Borland-park, near Auchterarder, was taken by his son to the bothie of a farm where the youngirian was ser vant to a farmer in the neighbourhood. One Sunday, last summer, a person, whose feelings we do not envy, got access to it, and actually put out the eyes of the little songster. In this dark state it was restored to its owner, who, by careful attention, taught it to find its way to the seed-box and the water-glass. In time it became reconciled to its fate, and now it makes the cottage ring with its melodious notes. As it cannot distinguish night from day, it continues to pour its sweet warblings till all the inmates of the house are fast locked in the arms of Morpheus, when it partakes a little of the ge neral repose, but renews its song with the first breaking of the universal silence.—Caledonian Mercury. On Saturday a little boy fell into the SeVern at the back of Hylton-street, and his death appeared to be inevitable, the stream being so rapid; but providentially another boy of the name of Bryan saw the. accident, and with admirable pre sence of mind jumped into a boat, which happened to be moored near the spot, and caught the sinking child and brought him to shore, though apparently lifeless. He was immediately carried to a public-house, where every attention was paid him, and a medical gentleman sent for. Anima tion, which was for some time suspended, was gradually re stored by the application of the necessary remedies, and the boy is quite recovered. Bryan, who behaved with such in trepidity on this occasion, is a Sunday scholar at St. Cle ment's school, and is only eleven years of age! He obtained as a reward a handsome Bible, from the Society for Pro moting Christian Knowledge, and 10s. in money from the Humane Society, which his father has very properly laid out for him in clothes. It has given us much pleasure to understand that our countryman, Mr. T. C. Thompson, R. H. A. (now in this city), has it in contemplation, immediately on his return to London, to commence his historical picture of George the Fourth's embarkation from Kingstown, on a scale of such convenient size as will render it suitable for an engraving, and thereby more extensively commemorate an event that has been attended by important political consequences. 'We need scarcely remind our readers of Mr. Thompson's whole length portraits of the Duke of York, of the Marquis of Anglesea, Earls Talbot and Fingall, and of Lord Chancellor Manners, and the late Lord Gort, all of which have ap peared at our exhibitions, and are more than sufficient to establish his character in the first line of art, independently of his various works exhibited in London.—Evening Packet, November 26, 1842. We regret to learn that a case of fraud has been committed upon one of the banks in this neighbourhood, of a very serious kind, and the more so, that it is both ingenious and may be repeated here or elsewhere, unless every vigilance is used. Recently a respectably dressed person called at a branch bank in Falkirk, and obtained, in ordinary course, a letter of credit for a small sum payable at the corresponding branch in Dumbartonshire. In the meantime, it would ap pear, that the fellow, or his accomplices, had discharged, by some chemical process it is believed, all the writing on the letter, excepting that which was necessary to his fraudulent purpose, such as the agent's name, &c., and the consequence was that when the letter was presented for payment, it bore a credit for hundreds instead of units—in other words, the sum of £1 12s. had been increased to £330. • The document being duly signed, and in other respects having all the ap pearance of a genuine letter of credit, the money was paid at once, with which the thief has in the meantime made his escape, though we are well aware that every effort is being used for his apprehension, which we trust may be successful. —Glasgow Mail. DEPLORABLE CASE OP DISTRESS.—At Guildhall, on Friday, a respectable-looking man named William Hadlow, who was without a shirt, and whose general appearance indict cated the greatest distress, was placedet the bar before Alder man Sir J. Pixie, Bart., charged with begging.—Police con stable Burgess stated that on the previous afternoon he saw the defendant begging at the corner of Poppin's-court, Fleet street : it was raining very hard at the time; he told him to go on or he must take him to the station-house, when he said that that was just what he wanted, for he was begging for that purpose, as he desired to be taken before a magistrate.—Sir J. Pixie : You appear to have been brought up respectably •, what have you to say to the charge ?—The defendant stated that he had been formerly a clergyman, in very good circum stances, but latterly had become so dreadfully reduced as to be obliged to make application for the admission of himself, wife, and three children, into Clerkenwell workhouse. The matter was referred to the board of guardians, who agreed to receive his wife and children, but told him they considered him to be an able-bodied man, and that he must get his own living.—Sir J. Pixie : How long is that ago ?—Defendant : Two months ; and since that time I have suffered the greatest privations, and am now reduced to the deplorable state in which you see me, without even a shirt.—Sir J. Pixie here desired Burgess to take the (unhappy man to the relieving officer of Clerkenwell with his compliments, and request that he should at once be admitted into the workhouse, and, in event of his refusal, to desire him to attend at this office.— Burgess returned in a short time, and informed the worthy alderman that at first Mr. Barling (the relieving officer) re fused to take him in, but, upon his telling him that he must attend at this office, he consented to admit him. It was stated in the court that the unfortunate applicant is a doctor of divinity. NEWSPAPER TRICKS.—It is amusing to notice, in the fearful struggle for daily bread which seems to have been re served as the most striking characteristic of the present age, the varied means resorted to by people of different characters and classes to obtain some degree of notoriety, however ques tionable or otherwise, and with it a footing above the mass of their fellow candidates, where they expect to be in a mea sure free from the stern realities of want, or the horrid dread of being buried alive in oblivious equality. We have long been accustomed to witness the efforts of our drowning brethren of the press, who try to keep themselves and their establishments afloat by means of gratuitously distributing whole reams of wretched portraits ; writing numerous answers to correspondents who never existed; presenting whole columns of original" novels or tales, which, as far as regards good taste or originality, would excite a smile in even the unintellectual and swarthy frontispiece of our " devil ;"—but we were not yet prepared for the seductive announcement made last week by a new London print, of the intention to present, gratuitously, a silver service of plate to their subscribers who had prepaid their subscriptions for the ensuing six months. The thing is catching enough ; but alas for our contemporary's ignorance of human nature—. who ever heard of any man, however honest or straight forward, being induced to prepay for his newspaper ? ! Such a race of bipeps, if ever in existence, have, to our certain knowledge, been extinct for many years.—Worcester Journal.—[Our contemporary is in some respects perfectly correct ; but such a race of " bipeds" have, to our certain knowledge, not been extinct for many years.—En. L. S.] SINGULAR DISCOVERY OF COUNTERFEIT COIN.—On Saturday last, as three labourers were engaged in digging foundations for some new houses in a field adjoining Mill. lane, Lancaster, one of them, named Parkinson, observed a folded paper projecting from a cavity in the dyke-side. In cited by curiosity, he attempted to dislodge it, and, in so doing, was astonished and delighted on finding its withdrawal followed by a shower of coins, apparently shillings and six pences. Having pocketed a handful, he was unable to keep the discovery a secret, and in the fulness of his heart popped his head over the hedge, and acquainted his companions with his good fortune. The latter cleared the hedge in a twinkling, and were presently at his side, when a scramble ensued for the remainder of the unexpected windfall. After every doit had been carefully gathered up, and the vicinity of the spot narrowly examined in the hope of stumbling on some other pile of hidden treasure, a council was held to determine as to its disposal, when in the midst of their deliberations it flashed across the minds of the parties that the money might form part of the proceeds of some robbery ; and that, by advertising the police of the circumstance, they might possibly reap a handsome reward. No sooner said than done. They im mediately posted to the station-house, and displayed their acquisitions to Mr. Superintendent Wright, who, on exami nation of the coins, pronounced them to be base metal, to the great discomfiture of Parkinson and his companions. The squrious imitations are one hundred and fifty in number, and consist of twenty eighteen-penny bank tokens of the reign of George 111., and bearing the date of 1811, sixty " slape" shillings, and seventy " slape" sixpences. Mr. Wright en tertaining an idea that they had been secreted by some " smasher," formerly residing in the neighbourhood, in order that, if on any occasion his house were searched, nothing might be found to criminate him, instituted an in quiry, the result of which was, that Mr. T. H. Higgin, the late governor of Lancaster Castle, stated that he perfectly recollected a man being apprehended, convicted, and trans ported, for passing bad money in Lancaster, but that he did not remember his name ; adding, that it was thought at the time that he had a "plant" (a cant term for secreted money or other valuables) in Short Mill-lane, having been repeatedly noticed going thither; but, though a strict search was made in the field in question, it proved unsuccessful. The coins are in an excellent state of preservation ; the " tokens" looking almost as fresh as when first turned out of the mould. —Lancaster Guardian. VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING. (SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.) EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, Sre. Paragon, J Coleman, 436 Bombay, Bolds & Starkeys Fanny Connell, -, 171 Sincapore, COtesworth & Wynne Reis Effendi, G Pringle, 176 Cape of Good Hope, W N Moore R & G Benn W Quayle AFRICA. Hero, F Grant, 388 Africa, Sarah Fleming, S Walker, 346 Africa, WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA. Amelia, J Alexandre, 191 Trinidad and Puerto Cabello, Imrie & Tomlinson G Quayle Nlyrene,— Duris, 244 Demerara, SOUTH AMERICA. Heart of Oak, E M Evans, 329 Valparaiso and Guayaquil, Jeffryes & Meek Mellors & Russell Thomas Mellor, J Palethorpe, 257 Brazils, UNITED STATES. Messenger, .1' McKandy, 586 New Orleans„ W Quayle Lord Palmerston, A Rattray, 448 Charleston, Campbell & Rudd EUROPE. 135 Syra and Salonica, Bahr &Co Trieste, Bahr, Behrend & Co Leghorn, J G White Algiers, Wilkin & Preston Beiram, W B Simpson. Active, A Wickiund, Cuba, D Leitch. Europe, H F Barrett, k)bipptim Enteiltgente. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29.—Wind S.W. moderate. ARRlVED.—Bradshaw, Young, from Quebec—Rival, Price, from Newfoundland—Andrew Scott, Emery, from Charleston—Don Juan, Soule, from New Orleans—Tar-tar, Smith, from Savannah — and Molson, Wright, from Monte Video. Acadia, (steamer) Ryrie, hence at Halifax Palmerston, Coster, and Indian Chief, Sumpton, hence at Mon treat Pearl, Bond, hence at Yarmouth, N.S. China, Phillips, and Commerce, Jones, hence at Charleston Siddons, Cobb, hence at New York Indefatigable, hence at Savannah Robert Watt, hence at Virginia Trinidad, Bray, from Ilonduras, at Nassau, in distress, and sailed 23rd October, for Dumbarton, Pendleton. hence at New Orle'ans, lost mizen mast, and maintopgallant mast, &c. during a gale St. Vincent, Shepherd, hence at Madeira 15th Nov, Cheshire, Hendrickson, sailed from Madeira for Barbadoes 11th November Fair Acadian, Leadman, from Alexandria for this port, at Algesiras John Gray, Wright, hence at Constantinople Galatea, Woolner, sailed from Smyrna 3rd Nov. and Britain's Pride, Bth, both for this port Dromo, Tolman, sailed from Cadiz for this port 27th October Chronometer;Furse, hence at Leghorn Convivial, Hampton, from Newfoundland, at ditto Tomlinson, Eirkness, from Alexandretta, at Smyrna Pearl, Luckham, from Malaga, at Gibraltar, and sailed 17th Nov. for this port Cadiz, Cumming, sailed from Cadiz for this port 14th November General Rebow, Lord, hence at Seville Brilliant, Brown, hence at St. Michael's Lauriston, Fanning, from Jamaica, at Cove Mary Ann, from Antigua, at Cardiff Lady Cornwall, from Rio Janeiro, at Cowes George Canning, Harvey, from Savanilla, at London Woodstock, Nicholson, hence for Calcutta, at Milford Union, Heyde, from Ostend for this port, at Torbay Potter, Sadler, sailed from St. Helena 14th Oct. for this port Pamper°, hence for Buenos Ayres, was spoken in lat. 20 S, long. 32 W John Bibby, from London for China, was spoken Ist Nov. in lat. 4 N, long. 21 W Caledonia, (steamer) Lott, from Boston, sailed 16th Nov. and from Halifax 18th Nov., at 9 p.m. at this port. On 26th Nov. in lat. 50, long. 22, spoke the Cockburn, from Grenada to Leith Kitty Webster, from Quebec at this port. On the.22nd Nov. at 1 p.m. in lon. 16 42, spoke the Columbia (steamer), hence for Halifax. Margaret, —, from Newport at this port. Yesterday, off the Skerries, fell in with the Hope, from Dublin to this port in a sinking state, and took off the crew. GENOA, Nov. 21.—Don, Vautier, fron3•.Liverpoot, arrived here 17th inst., with loss of bulwarks, stanchphs, sails, and other con siderable damage, having been struck by p.S'ea, during a tremendous gale at S. 29th ult. off Cadiz. The Red }rover, Roose, from Liver pool, arrived here 18th instant with loss of sails, and other damage, having encountered severe gales. NEW YoaK, Nov. 12.—Lancaster, from Liverpool, lost an anchor and chain on the Bar of Charleston, and the Wellington, from Liverpool, lost anchors and chain, near the same place, during the late gales. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30.—Wind S.S.E. to S.S.W. ARRIVED.—Meg of Meldon, Bleasdale, from Calcutta—and Reindeer, Wilkinson, from St. Petersburg. SAlLED.—Cornuhla. Bell, for Maranham—Saucy Jack, Green, for Africa—Tipula, Mortimore, for Constantinople—Huron, Sib bison, for Charleston—Margaret Ann, Hunt, for Newfoundland— Bolton Abbey, Mason, for New Orleans—and Volunteer, Reed, for Lisbon. Mary Imrie, Boyd, from China, at St. Helena Indian, Carr, from Batavia, at ditto Avoca, Howey. from Sincapore, at ditto Alabama, Wood, hence at Boston Washington, Wilkie, hence at Mobile Eben Preble, hence at New Orleans _ _ Scotland, Merriman, from New Orleans for this port, at Sayan. nah, with damage, having been in contact with a ship in the Gulph Lima, Towns, hence at Bahia Britannia, Edwards, hence at ditto George IV, Brownless, from Sydney, N.S.W. at Bahia, 12th Oct, and was to sail for this port in a few days Arkwright, from Arica for this port, at Bahia, leaky Emma,--, from Bahia, at Falmouth Great Western, (steamer) Hosken, from New York, at this port ; sailed 17th Nov. at 2 p.m. Same day, saw the Adirondack running into port. On the 29th, off Cork, spoke the George Washington, hence for New York, and the Delhi, from Valparaiso for this port Benjamin Hart, Douglas, hence at Montreal Pomona, Hutchinson, from St. Thomas, at Quebec General Wiltshire, Nichols, hence at Virginia Caterina, Copcevich, sailed from Trieste for this port 16th Nov. Dominica, Bowman, and Pallas, Hall, from Quebec, at Cork Superior, Abbott, frem Lima, at the Ciyde Cleofrid, from Africa to this port, was spoken Bth Nov. in lat. 24, long. 36 ANCONA, Nov. 18.—The Couero, Pacetti, from Liverpool to this port, is stranded on the Coast of Scilly MARGATE ' Nov. 28.—The Ann, Wildridge, from Monte Video to London, got upon the N.E.. spit of Margate Sand yesterday after noon, but was assisted off, last night, with loss of an anchor and chain, and brought up in the Roads. LIVERPOOL HAY AND POTATOE MARKET, DECEMBER 1, 1842. We have had a regular and ample supply of Potatoes during the past week, both from the Isle of Man, Scotland and Ireland, for which there has been a fair demand both from our town retail trade, and country dealers, at a trifle below the currency of the preceding seven days. The best description of Cups are selling in retail at from I3d to 14d; inferior runs 12, and for transhipment, the finest qualities only command from 12d to 121 d, and two or three cargoes of Irish, of fair quality, have been sold for 1 I d per golb. Our local markets are each succeeding morning abundantly sup plied with all descriptions of our neighbouring farm produce, which move into consumption only slowly, at the undermentioned prices. Potatoes 90th. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Short Tops 1 11 1 2 Old Hay 0 B@o 101 s 201 b Cups 1 9 1 31 New Hay.... 0 6 0 10 - Pink-eyes and , , „ Clover Hay.. 0 6 0 9 - Kemps I ' ' Clover & Grass 0 0 0 0 - Cattle Furnips, p ton - Carrots 27 0 33 0 Straw, Barley 0 2 0 3 -- THURSDAY, DECEMBER I.—Wind South, moderate. ARRlVED.—Laurision, from Jamaica—British Queen, Gladstone, from Alexandria—Alabanian, Windsor, from Zante -Fenella, Brunton, from Malaga—Providence, Cook, from Cork— and John & Mary, Hughes, and William, Cartmel, from Newport.: SAlLED.—Elizabeth, Pale, for St. Thomas—Swatara, Davies, and I 0, Barnes, for Jamaica—Wm. Russell, Bruce, for Brazils— Martha, Steele, for Cuba—Vigilant, Simons, for Ostend—William Prowse, Bartlett, for Valparaiso—Mary Ridgway, Trail!, for Leg horn—Satisfaction, for Africa—and Tom Banks, Jones, for Lisbon. Jeremiah Giarnett, hence to Valparaiso, was spoken sth Oct. s in lat. 21 S, long. 38 W Dale, hence to New Orleans, was spoken 3rd Nov. in lat. 20, long. 32 . _ _ Agnes, hence to St. Thomas, was spoken 27th Nov. in lat. 46, long. g Nautilus, hence for Oporto, was off Tuskar 28th ultimo Whim, Oldridge, hence at Oran Veloce, Malin, hence at Trieste • . Atwick, Mather, hence at St. Petersburg Jenny, Larson, hence at Riga Prince of Wales and Royal Victoria, (steamers) were in contact last night off the Rock ; the larboard bow of the former and star board sponser, &c. of the latter were stove. One man killed and a woman and two men injured on board the Royal Victoria CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, Oct. 7.--The Thomas bparks. Sharp, from London to this port and New Zealand, in entering Table Bay 3rd instant, struck on the Whale Rock, came off leaky, and must dis charge to be hove down. AZLBURO;4OV.2;..:The Mary Turcan, Drysdale, from St. Petersburg to Liverpool, which struck on Lessoe 3rd instant, has put in here with loss of main mast ar.d considerable damage, and must discharge to repair. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE NovEmnEit 29. Of Wheat, Oats, and Flour, we have received into this port since Tuesday last, a fair, and of Oatmeal a very abundant supply from Ireland ; but of any article coastwise the arrivals continue extremely light; and those from abroad consist merely of 162 quarters of Pease, with 6,807 barrels of States and Canadian Flour. _ _ Although our market this morning was liberally attended by town and country buyers, Wheat of every description met a very slow and limited demand ; and, having a more abundant show of samples from the neighbouring farmers than at any previons time since harvest, such, as well as the middle qualities of Irish, were rather cheaper, and all kinds of foreign Wheats somewhat easier to purchdse at the rates of this day sennight. English, Irish, and Foreign Flour maintained the improved terms of Friday, but was taken off less freely to-day. TELEGRAPH OFFICE, Dec. 1. Wind at Point Lynas, S.W. blowing fresh at 10 a.m. Off Point Lynas. at 12 at noon, No. 9728, Potter, Bk. (tele. graphed) from Ceylon, in 136 days, all well. Off Great Ormshead, at 3 p.m. No. 2783, Wm. Prowse, ship, for Valparaiso, and 2793, Wm. Russell, Bk. for Brazils. No further communication owing to thick weather. TIDE TABLE. Days. I Mrn. Evn. I Height. Sundays, Holydays, 11. M. 11. M. F. I. Friday.. 2 10 57 11 20 18 0 Jupiter sets 6h.42m. even. Surday 3 11 42 - 17 11 "Stitiday.. 4 0 3 025 17 10 2nd Sunday in Advent. Mimday. 5 046 1 6 17 1 Tuesday 6 126 146 Id 0 Nicholas. Wednes 7 2 7 227 15 2 Thursday 8 249 310 13 11 Con. of B. V. Mary. imports. EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, (Sec. Meg of Meldon, (396) A Bleasdale, from Calcutta, 3 tons deer horns, Sands, Turner and co -295 bags saltpetre, Warden and co -65 puns 39 hhds rum, 670 bags sugar, J Gladstone and co-6 boxes 1 parcel contents unknown, 0 Shaughnessy-4643 bags sugar, 120 bags deer horns, 24 bales safflower, 13 bales hides, 34 chests lac dye, Si bales wool, 31 bales raw silk, order—W D SOUTH AMERICA. Molson, (213) It H Wright, from Monte Video, 230 tons bone ashes, 100 tons bones, order—P D Express, (447) H Cubbon, from Maranham, 129 bales cotton, Came and Teio-118 baskets annatto, 29 bales cotton, 25 bags Indian rubber, W and J Wellstood-157 baskets annatto, 1014 bales cotton, 32 bags Indian rubber, J Rushton-424 bales cotton, 32 bags Indian rubber, order-47 bales cotton, Atkinson, Tootal and co-82 do, A Parlane-268 do, J,Pennington-20 do, Mellor and Ryder-40 do, Duarte Brothers and co-25 do, D Walker-63 bags rice, Mellor and Ryder-12 brls balsam capivi, J Rushton-2 boxes 16 casks 7 cases 1 brl isinglass, order-7900 horns, Duarte Brs— P D Z , V :1 P, wsri4t 4 c 7 )xorn4r: r:!" -- ' 0 a 41:1125.z , FDP12,A;LE.Eil , P,'''X.1.9-; , " z an..-pOwa..- 3 •02 5 ;15• c rt• 5 05via 0 !..1.2. - t. t .:1,-o" { cr.;.-,*;,'a p , -..- r,•O 40 0 2 g. 2 '' 'E.- Z > P 0 0:, ? ''' 4a- Oq P' . OYE g • '''. '''• 2 9 , •• g :•-•,- t'i 5 > 2° 5- - ,: '•'•'; 3 5 r'... tt> . 'F- 2 "' B Pgz>`:° p.... 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CD X . .. ~. a 6 - ? CM. F l -. 5 X E r : 6 : 5, m ° 0 x 0 .-. ..0 F. g Tig • ?). 4 O. ~ . . , to O. FD Z % a> 5 0 0 t:1 0 c?, :' ? CM a t. Ca o' l tal DO CD 0 `l . UNITED STATES. Tartar, (394) J Smith, froni Savannah, 625 bales cotton, Baring Brothers and co -398 do, Collmann and Stolterfoht-184 do, order —W Don Juan, (645) C H Soule, from New Orleans, g6o bales cotton, G Green and Son-179 do, Todd, Jackson and co-37 do, Hornby and Marsden-219 do, M'Calmont Brothers and co-563 do, Rath bone Brothers and co-218 do, order—W D Andrew Scott, (318) T Emery, from Charleston, 1067 bales cot ton, order—W D Great Western, (679) J Hosken, from New York, 5 brls apples, W P Bushby-1 box contents unknown, Reid, Irving and co-6 brlapples, J Sem-1 hf brl do, 1 box contents unknown, R Jones and 'co-4 bris apples, C Lear-4 do, Gibbs, Bright and co-4 do. A Morrison and co-2 boxes contents anknown, Ross and Nightin gale-1 do, Fielden Brothers and co-1 do, H Lyon-1 do, Willmer and Smith-11 brls apples, W Lindsay-2 do, Ewart, Myers and co —l5O do, J Taylor-11 do, J and D Malcolmson-1 do, Boyd and Brown-14 do, J Freeman and co-3 do, H Davies-2 do, C Hum berston-2 do, J Gray-1 do, S D Bradford-1 brl nuts, R Jones and co-7 cases gum copal, A Mongredien-5 serous indigo, J Robinsou-1 hf brl cranberries, 1 box plants, Boyd and Brown -25 cases leaf tobacco, Malcolm, Mairs and co-2 qr casks wine, 2 kegs crackers, Reid, Irving and co-2 cases seeds and trees, Priest. ley, Griffiths and co-50 brls pork, J B BRITISH AMERICA. - - - Kitty, (388) R Webster, from Quebec, 20 pces oak, gi cords lath wood, 68 pces red pine timber, masts and spars, 228 pces white pine timber, 12 spars, 6660 staves, 600 pees deals, D Gibb-2 brls flour, 2 boxes succades, 1 keg beef, 2 brls apples, D Bellhouse—B 1) Bradshaw, (589) W Young, from Quebec, 103 pces elm and 528 pees pine timber, 1000 deals, 2 spars, 12,273 staves, 3 cords lath wood, 1 tce salmon, W and H Shafples and co-24 water casks and 2 fire grates returned, 1 mast, order—B D Rival, (136) J Price, from St. John, Nfld, 187 casks cod 11 casks seal 10 casks whale oil, 6 casks blubber, W Tarbet-48 casks cod 1 cask whale oil. J G Oughterson-56 casks cod and 46 casks whale oil, 5 casks blubber, J Robertson-86 casks cod oil, 1 cask blubber, W Mackintosh and co-2 bundles codfish, R Hutton-1 do, the master-1 do, J Robertson-2 do, order-1 box do, T D Brown-8 tons dry do, 83 ox and cow hides, 14c old junk, J G Oughterson— I boxifox:and otter skins, 1 bundle seal skins, 1 brl capliu, 1 keg sounds, 1 brl codfish and caplin, T D Brown-2 casks pitchings, W Tarbet—i keg berries, R Hutton-1 do, J Robertson-1 box 1 bale contents unknown, R Lang-115 ox and cow hides, W Valiance -62c old junk, W Mackintosh and co-1 package 1 jar succades, order—Q EUROPE. Reindeer, (238) .T Wilkinson, from St. Petersburg, 6 fathoms lathwood, 1 ton old brass, Chapman and Willis-691 casks tallow, Dixon, Wain and co—K D PREMIUMS OF INSURANCE AT LLOYD'S. Outward. Home. PRICES OF SHARES, DECEMBER 1. Prices within the last seven days. Thin days RAILWAYS, &c. Per Share. Prices Bolton and Preston 5O paid 0 0 0 Birmingham and Gloucester .. 100 paid 0 0 0 Ditto quarter Birmingham and Derby Bristol and Exeter 7O . . 0 0 Birkenhead and Chester Ditto half Ditto, new, issued at .t 33 dis 2 5 .. 0 0 0 ... Dublin and Drogheda Eastern Counties Ditto new Shares.... 8 6 8 10 16 3 ... Ditto, Debentures Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto new shares Ditto Leigh and Newhaven 20 paid 0 0 0 .... Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 25 paid 13 10 0 Half Shares g .... 0 0 0 Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar l 50 paid Greenock, and Ayr Grand Junction Ditto half shares 50 . Quarter New ditto Great Western Ditto new shares 5O .... Ditto Fifth Shares Great North of England 6o Hull and Selby Lancaster and Preston .. : 47 10 0 Ditto Junction, new Leicester and Swaunington so .... Leeds and Selby Liverpool and Manchester Ditto quarter shares Ditto half shares London and 13irmingliam go .... Ditto quarter shares Ditto old shares Ditto London & Brighton Ditto new London and South Westtern 39 .... Ditto, lath shares 37 Manchester, Bolton, & Bury .. 93 .... Manchester and Birmingham.. 40 .... Ditto and Di" o Extension .. 7 .... Manchester an Leeds 7O .... Ditto half shares Ditto quarter shales Midland Counties Ditto, quarter 1-sth Shares . North Midland New North Midland One-third Shares North Union Newcastle and Carlisle lOO Ditto quarter shares Ulster 25 .... Paris and Ronen 2O .... Newcastle and Darlington Junc. 0 South Eastern and Dover 5O .... New shares York and North Midland 5O paid Half Shares BANKS. Bank of Liverpool - Borough Bank lO .... - Commercial of Liverpool 10 .... - Commercial of England. 5 - East of England lO .... - of Manchester lO - M'chester & L'pool Dsct. 15 .... - Northern and Central - North and South Wale 3.. 10 - Royal of Liverpool 500 .... - South Lancashire - Albion - Liverpool Union - Liverpool Banking Co lO .... - Wilts and Dorset 7 10s. GAS, WATER WOItNS, &c. Exchange Buildings l'loo paid L'pool and Harrington Water } Stock .. Works 184 0 yt 10 45 15 .!7 5 0 0 62 DI 8 7 59 10 0 0 29 2 0 • 183 0 44 15 90 10 186 0 49 5 63 0 33 0 35 5 10 8 60 15 .2 3 6 . 91 10 0 o ... 0 .. o .. O .. 0 .. 0 .. o ... .. 27 2 6 0. ••• o .... o .... 0.... 0.... 0.... 0.... 0.... 0.... 9.... 0.... O o 0 50 5 0 .... O 0 0 .... O 0 0 O 0 0 .... O 0 0 .... O 0 0 .... O 0 0 .... 16 0 0 .... 250 2 5 0 61 10 0 .... 31 7 6 .... 20 15 0 .... O 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 .... 0 .... 25 5 0 6 .... O 0 18 5 O 0 O 0 0 .... 18 0 0 0 0 0 .... 0 0 0 . .. 0 0 0. Bootle Ditto Stock.... L'poo Gas Light Company, (Original Stock) 10 0 • • • • Ditto new Shares.... 100 L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. £lOO .... Ditto new shares are now paid up. ASSURANCE COMPANIES. M'chester Assurance Company lO Liverpool Fire and Life 2 103. Ocean Assurance Liverpool Marine Assurance) 10 paid 0 0 Company DOCKS , FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES, &c. Anderton Carrying Company .. 16 ös. 0 0 0 .... Rock Ferry Steam Tug Company lO 5 5 0 Harrington Docks lOO ~ a 0 0 .... Apothecaries' Company Asphalte (Liverpool) (Poloneetni) o o 0.. O 0 0 .. O 0 0 .. 25s Od® 30 0 20 0 0 0 40 0 0 0 35 0— 40 0 25 0-30 0 25 0 30 0 30 0 35 0 30 0- 35 0 30 0- 0 0 25 0-- 30 0 35 0-40 0 35 0 -- 40 0 50 0-60 0 35 0-40 0 40 0-50 0 40 0-- 50 0 30 0 -- ---- 15 0 -- 17 6 50 0- 60 0 17 6-20 0 30 0 -- 0 0 17 6-20 0 15 0-20 0 20 0- 25 0 20 0 - 20 0-- 20 0-25 0 25 0 -- 30 0 25 0 - 30 0 25 0-30 0 20 0-25 0 30sOde 0 0 20 0 -- 0 0 40 0-50 0 40 0-50 0 15 0-- 17 6 15 0 -- 17 6 25 0 -- 30 0 25 0 - 30 0 25 0-30 25 0 30 30 0 35 0 40 4b 0 SO 35 0-40 40 0 40 0 126 0 17 6-20 40 0 — 7 17 6 20 20 0 25 17 6 20 15 0-20 17 6- 20 17 6-20 20 0 - - 20 0-25 20 0 - 2 5. 25 0 • - - - - 17 6-20 LONDON & LIVERPOOL, Jamaica. Leeward Isl. Dem. & Berbice. Honduras Havana New York, Boston Charleston, Savannah New Orleans Canada British worth amenca Newfouncuand Brazils River Plate East Indies China Batavia New South Wales Cape of Good Hope Africa ..... Gibraltar Lima, Valparaiso, &c. Malta, Sicily, &c. Smyrna and Constantinople Malaga Madeira Western Isles, Cape de Vcrds Lisbon Cadiz France Holland Hamburg, Bremen, &c. Gottenburg, Stockholm Petersburg, Riga, &c. Oporto OarketEs. WARRINGTON CORN MARKET, Nov. 29. Total quantities. Total amount. Price. Wheat, qrs. Barley Oats LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. Nov. 29. Our market opened so quietly this morning that we an ticipated a temporary pause on the part of buyers to wait the result of Manchester market day ; as the day advanced, however, the inquiry became more general, and we close with a business amounting to 5,000 bales, at very full prices, and a feeling quite on a par with that prevalent for the last week. COTTON MARKET, DECEMBER 1 Yesterday our market drooped a little, (as we anticipated in our last circular) the demand only amounted to 4000 bales ; to-day there was a sluggish sort, if any, with rather more sellers than buyers. At the close of 'Change, however, a large speculative transaction, by two houses, to the extent of 3000 bales, was an nounced, making altogether 7000 bales, at prices barely so high as those of Monday in last week, and we close with a moderate de gree of firmness, and a healthy feeling. LIVERPOOL DISTRICT PROVIDENT SOCIETY. WEEKLY REPORT OF THE MENDICANT BOARD. From the 22nd to the 28th Nov 1842, both days inclusive Number of Applications Relieved with Provision Orders " Bread Bread and Cheese Refused in consequence of having Relief from their Parishes, &c. Id 6 5 JOHN SHAW, Agent. Office, 4, Queen-square. PRICES OF TIMBER AT LIVERPOOL. Not abovel6 ft P. 419. B. P. 2, 21 feet. £22.. 2 109 'oe , l 115 s. s 3d. } 21s. 16s 6d per load. 11s6d. 1 Not above 36 inches.. 2s. 50 .... 48. 60 .... 6s. lls 6d. perload. 1,6'2 158.*Ioad WOOD Deals, 120 stand. m. duty paid Archangel .el 7 0 @i 18 10 Memel 15 0 - 16 0 Gothenburg l3 10 - - 15 0 I Wyburg l5 0 - 16 10 I Petersburg 15 0 - 18 10 1 PLANKS, per foot of 2 inches thick. i Danzig, Deck - 0 3i British American Pine - 0 2i LATHWOOD, per fathom. Danzig, 4 feet .e 8 0 - 8 10 British American 4 0 - 5 10 MAHOGANY, per foot of 1 inch thick. Honduras - 0 7 Cuba St. Domingo 9 0 1 6 OAK PLANKS, British American none. rEAKIVOOD, per cubic feet STAVES, per 1200. Danzig, C. Pipe £lso 0 0 0 Hhd. Quebec, red, 1 inch thick, } JO 0— 47 10 and 51 feet long Do. Puncheon lO 10 16 0 iminia, per cubic foot. s. d. s. d. Oak .. 1 4 1 10 Pine, British Amer. common .. 0 o 0 0 red 1 7 2 0 yellow 1 o 1 1 Danzig,middling 2 0 2 2 Memel, middling 1 10 2 0 Riga,red 2 0 2 2 LONDON GAZETTE.-TUESDAY, NOV. 29• PARNSHIPS DSSOLVED. P. Cochran, W. Th T ER ompson , and J. Todd. Liverpool, ink' p fa t facturcrs—Ashton, Neale, and Co., Liverpool, ironfounders; as regards J. and J. Hartley—S. Hardman and ara..l.o"Von Lancashire, spindle-manufacturers ; as far as regards Co.,j. War",ards —D., W., T„ K., and D. Birtwisle, jun., Bury, joiners; a s . ,: n ot, regards D., It., and D.. Birtwisle, jun.—R. Whipp and J. 11 3, d ' 1 cp., Constables, Lancashire, cotton-spinners—Heap, Bu e Y , ee f a r AS Accrington, Lancashire, engravers to calico-printers ; ss 110* regards A. Moadsley—Alaoliire and I liggius, Birmingham, we'.-i),(0.- drapers—J. S. Taylor, and K., E., and H. Lees, Saddleworth,h and shire, coal-getters ; as far as regards J.. S. Taylor Kibler, Exeter, wine-merchants—Braddock and Firth, Stooklisem milliners—J. Souter and E. 0. Symons, Exeter-street, Clod, London, builders—B. and E, Butcher, Chesterfield and She..w, mercers—T. Rayner and J. Thompson, Sheffield, attornies-stlao. .1. F. Earlidge and 'P. Finley, St. John-square, Clerkenwell. "and ers in sago—H. Richardson and E. T. N. Jenkins, Mark-lan e ' , 0 0- Poplar, London, outfitters—M. and A. Wilson, Wake aeld !riro) , feetioners—J. S. Phillips and F. Sandon, Charlotte.streeL fsteet, square, London, surgeon-dentists—W. H. Richards and Coventry-street. Haymarket, and Meredith-street, Clendei• London, engravers—Ferry bridge Pottery Company , the oil , borough Pottery Company, and the Swillington Pottery aim P s eu., Woodlesford, Yorkshire—W. G. Goodacre and W. B,a, tt ,; fir obe. Reading, pawnbrokers—P., T., and A. Weston, High and and Haddingham, Buckinghamshire, drapers--Wilson, Prater Co., Kingston-upon-Hull, merchants—J. and H. Smit h ' Marlow, china-dealers. BANKRUPTS ANNULLED. George Meakin, Walsall, Staffordshire, ale-merchant. George Forster, Newcastle upon-Tyne, woollendraper• Richard Foster Watkinson and William Haigh, woollen-cloth-merchants Huddersfield. BANKRUPTS. , o clr, 1 a' c '• o r Edward Everall, Liverpool, coal-proprietors, Dec. 3, at 09cit Dec. 2s. at 11, at the Bankrupts' District Court, Liverpool: Mr. Rodgers, Liverpool; official assignee, Mr. Bird, LiverP ri o,st Richard Warren, Liverpool, druggist, Dec. 9, Jan. 10, the Bankrupts' District Court, Liverpool: solicitors, Messrs. V lO G al and Co., Temple, London ; and Mr. Cross, Liverpool; assignee, Mr. Follett, Liverpool. o teloo l • John Cunliffe, Liverpool, coach-proprietor, Dec. g, at s obG Jan. 10, at 12, at the Bankrupts' District Court, Liverpool.; ;do, tors, Mr Gar ey, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, wet. and Mr. Whitley, Liverpool ; official assignce, Mr. Turner , pool. Thomas Rowell, Cambridge. linendraper. Thomas Feaver, Ludgate-hill, London, mercer. odalh Joseph Phillips, Hercules-passage, Threadneedle-street,. tave M rnkeeper. arget Edmonds, Park-place and Arlington. street, St. Jo"" London, and Hearn-hill, Surrey, boardinghonsekeeper. Benjamin Price, Birmingham, general dealer. Samuel Appleyard, Manchester, stuff-merchant. Mary Manwaring, Sedgley, Staffordshire, grocer. • John Antrobus, Birmingham, plater. 0 0°. William and Robert Heslewood and John Skitt, Kingston Hull, and Thames-street, London, whitelead-manufadur ers• John Hooker Chatterton, Nottingham, milliner. William Thomas, Bristol, tailor. David Thomas, Manchester, merchant. e, lOl Richard Ellison and John Goodworth, Barnsley, YorksX manufacturers. John Henry Bell. Bristol, apothecary. Edward, Mansell, Chippenhana, upholsterer. ADO Isaac Bell. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and John Davison , and Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, earthenware manufacturer . William Green, Cheltenham, coach-maker. DIVIDENDS. Dec. 22, J. Hopkins, Leighton Huzzard, butcher-Dec. RNeA March, Cheapside, London, hatter-Dec. 20, J. Cockbian..,„a- Broad-street, London, merchant-Dec. 15, J. and I'. Brook , , b :l u ao.• bridge, draper-Dec. 22, G. Boggs, W. Taylor, and W. Shane. : 1 ,4. Great Winchester-street, London, Liverpool, and Calcutttft;'od, chants-Dec. 22, J. W. Thomas, Mark-lane, London, and „doer Kent, corn-merchant-Dec. 22, S. and T. F. Jackson, 8er1 11 ,% 0 0, street, London, woolstaplers-Dec. 22, F. Preston, Scan o lll, Suffolk, ship-builders-Dee. 22, B. Simmons and J. Brook, Fey. Bermondsey, London, iron-founders-Dec. 20. J. Hutton, .„ t . church-street, and Myddelton-square, Clerkenwell, London, cap. chant-Dec. 20, J. Simmons, Princes Risborough, Bucki ag y ent . shire, corn-dealer-Dec. 20, H. T. Harrison, Tavistock-row , C ° , 4 dgC, garden, London, hotel-keeper-Dec. 20, H. Brand, Car al ) „'"don, slater-Dec. 20, W. Brocksopp, High-street, Borough, L' ° "„,er• cheesemonger- Dec. 20, J. Richmond, Lime-street, London, chant-Dec. 21, E. T. Gough, Strand, London, patent agent-:j 2e, G. A. Kollmann, St. Martin's-lane, London, pianoforte - r usk 20, Dec. 20, J. and F. E. Kingsford, Dover, wine-merchants -D '" D. Buglass, Sunderland, victualler. CERTIFICATES Dec. 20, J. Sharp and R. Pearson, Bradford, Yorkshire, rua. J, makers-Dec. 20, R. Lamb, Stockton, iron-merchant-pec• 020: and D. Arthor, Neath, G!arnorganshire, iron-master-De c • • 20 ,E. Morris, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, timber-merchant-D 0 %40t , Minty, Warminster, malster-Dec. 20, T. Worington, 8u,.,013, Leicestershire, hosier-Dec. 22, W. Stewart, Ludgate-hill, ' , nat. muslin-manufacturer-Dec. 20, W. Kearse, Walworth-roa d, don, tailor-Dec. 22, J. E. Beerbohm and W. E. Slaughter,ure church-street, London, merchants-Dec. 23, T. Scott, Bow Ch „ n ot, yard, London, London commission agent-Dee. 22, W. Ausell, ntY shop-keeper-Dec. , 24, C. King, J. Sandell, and D. H. King, Dli k iro, street, Oxford-street, Loudon, paperstaincrs-Dec. 23, J. sen., and J. Atkins, jun., Coulsdon, Surrey, innholder-De e ' B, Culyer, Clifton-street, Finsbury, London, currier-Dec• 2 2 , Wooster, jun., Liverpool-street, London, merchant MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOIL LlVERPOOtilao's, Di EMBER. 2, Henry Barton, jun., (2nd). 2, John Cooper, (2nd). 3, Robert Rollo- (audit)..... Court of Can Clarendon 1, r upt epyit: LO Boo s ' onon Thomas Perry, (Ist).. District Court of BankruptcY , 15 3, Henry Clapham, (Ist) . Ditto, 11 6, .John Parry, (Ist) Ditto, 12 6, William Barton, (Ist) Ditto, _a:o DISPENSARY FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASE OF THE HEART. Warren-street, corner of Russell-street. WEEKLY REPORT.—NOVEMBER 26. Received Advice and Medicine 209 cases. Relieved Spasmodic Asthma Spitting of Blood Infiamation of the Lungs Palpitation of the Heart Incipient Phthisics - Confirmed Consumption .................................. ........ LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES. Number of new patients entered on the books of the Dispen sa, during the last week:— North. South. Received advice and medicine atthe Insti. tution Visited at their own houses and supplied with medicine 50 9 250 Total at each Dispensary 370 VISITORS. North—Mr. Wilkinson, Mr. C. Booth, and Mr. J. A. Case. South—Mr. Jordan, Rev. C. Morrell, and Rev. W. Flirter. J. WHITBY WILLIAMS, Secretary. pro ten' Dispensaries' Office, 1, Fenwick-street, Nov. 28, 1842. NORTHERN HC [WEEKLY ISPITAL, Nov. 26. REPORT.] ADMITTED. DISCfARGSD. Accidents l6 Medical and Surgical cases Upon recommendation Cured .. Attending asOut Patients ••' 0 Irregular .................. 5 -- I Died Total 33 1 Remaining in the Hospital .. 88 --- House Visiters, Rev. Thos. Hornby and W. 0. Heyworth, E sq. Treasurer, R. W. Bateson, Esq. Chaplain, Rev. Wm. Hughes.--House-Surgeon, Mr. Par ker —0 BIRTHS. ef' On the 26th ultimo, in Roscommon-street, the lady of t he R HUG On the 28th ultimo, at the Vicarage, Bradford, the lady of Rev. CHAS. HENRY BURTON, of a son. MARRIED. miss On the 13th ultimo, Mr. THOMAS THOMSON to ,- FRANCES JANE LAW"fON. J Same day, at the Collegiate Church, Manchester, Mr. idest VICKERS, solicitor, of Manchester, to MARY ANNE, el( surviving daughter of Mr. GEORGE SHATWELL, o f ArdWlc , rofl Same day, at Ulverston, by the Rev. J. Stratt e r, Mr. RlC li o i ter S. ASHBURNER, of that place, to ELIZABETH JANE, da" of the late TIMOTHY ELLISON, watch-case manufacturer, this town. Y ' On the 16th ultimo, at the East Parade Chapel, Leeds, the, .0, WM. ASHTON, of Ashton-under-Lyne, missionary to South Aley, 'to SARAH, fifth daughter of Mr. THOMAS DIXON, of 7 ,0 r near Leeds. to On the 23rd ultimo, Mr. WM. NICHOLSON, of this towlio '. ESTHER, eldest daughter of the Rev. EDWARD TYSON, S ea Waite. On ths 26th ultimo, Mr. JAMES WRIGHT, corn-dealer, 0 -, 1 55 town, to MARY, youngest doughter of the late Mr. JA' HADLIELD, of Salford. rfuEE 'r On the 27th ultimo, at St. Anne's Ch urc h, Mr. R- - I,A SPENCE, boot & shoe-maker, Richmond-row, to Miss ISA.D. MADDEN, of Evcrton. T, Er' Same day, at St. Nicholas's Chur c h, M r . JOHN 1 1, • ,-9 cowkeeper, to Miss REBECCA OWENS, both of this town• e c On the 30th ultimo, at St. Mary's Church, Edge-hill, by the Rhin Frederick Barker, Mr. JOHN LEECE, Collector of Pilotage , at op„, port, to ELLEN, only dau g hter o f M r . THOMAS BROUGH T o Walton-onhe-Hill. Whit fields ,. Yesterday, at St. Nicholas's Church, by the Rev. p ia Brancker, M.A., JAMES BRANCKER, Esq., to ANNE, be f daughter of SAMUEL FLEMING SYMONDS, Esq., of Seac— DIED. iIEL Jt• On the 6th of September, at Port-au-Prince, aged 3 0 , 1 . a nd GILLILAND, late of Edge-hill, deeply regretted by his fallai l Y friends. cT0 01). On the Ist of October, at Maranham, WILLIAM WEL... , Esq., merchant, of this town. age' On the loth ultimo, at Runcorn, in the 73rd year of hig WILLIAM WRIGBY, Esq., builder, &c., of that place. ItroW e " Same day, aged 44, SARAH, wife of JOHN DAVIDSON, - low-hill. On the lath ultimo, at his residence, Fitzwilliam-square„ater the Right lion. Dr. SANDES, Lord Bishop of Cashel, EinlY, / ‘ ford, and Lismore, in thy , 64th year of his age. rif e ' On the 17th ultimo, at North Cove, Yorkshire, aged 9- , we r, ANN BLOSSOM, widow of the late Mr. John Blossom, l ar and mother of Mr. Morrison, Bute-street, Everton, .T.A l4Wr ' On the 20th ultimo, at No. 129, Brownlow-hill, aged 63, - a nd relict of the late Captain JOHN YOUNG. From her ab le is generous disposition she was highly respected, and her l o sincerely regretted by a large circle of relatives and friends bup . .fder, Same day, at Huyton, Mr. THOMAS RATHBONE, ship la of this town, in the 77th 39, year of his age. DA NIEL On the 23rd ultimo, aged ELIZABETH, wife of Mr. RADCLIFFE day,, St. James ee 's-street. voROB ERT ROB ERT Same Eav-cottage, Northumberland, Mr. THOMPSON, father of Mr. J. Thompson, perfumer, Bold-sf r e e „ f Same day, aged 42, Mr. JOHN WOOLLACOTT, forme" Biddeford and Barnstaple, Devonshire. la te g r. Same day, at Magliull, ARCHIBALD, eldest son of the la GEO. CLINNING, druggist, aged 5 years. ‘ce er,/ On the 2 ith ultimo, at Kirby Wiske, Yorkshire, (of typhus' tate in the 15th year of his age, WILLIAM, youngest son of the Mr. WILdaLIAM M'LEAN, of this town. i r e , Same v. J H YOSEPEARDSLEY, aged 19 years, elde st ire, of the late William Yeardsley, of Higher Bebbiugton, Chesil regretted by hie family and friends. On the 26th ultimo, at his house in Knight.street, after a I ',V,il; ing illness, aged 67, Mr. GEORGE A . A . BLENNERHASS'agc. whose skill on a variety of i ns t ruments, as a pro f esso r of the combined with his goodness of heart, will continue to liv e '- memory of his numerous and attached friends , b ut • .. Same day, at High Leigh ' near NVarrington, after a short ins severe illness, Mr. GEORGE CHORLTON, much regretted by family and friends. of On the 27th ultimo, aged 8 years, LUCY, youngest Mr. JOHN HIGHFIELD, Linacre-house. On the 28th ultimo, at Swansea, a few days after child t or AGNES, Wife of Mr. HENRY HUXIIAM, and youngest clang' daughter of the Mr. John Dart, of Waterford. Her end was peace. Same day, Mr. GUILE, of West Kirby, aged 58 years. a the Same day, at his residence, Rushen Abbey, Isle of Man'', mr• 35th year of his age, Mr. EDMUND GRINDROD, son 0 ' JOHN TOMEINSO Kent-stree. IN/A gl( On the 2gth tilthno, N, JOHN, the infant son of JOHN an d IVESTER, Union Tavern, Chaloner-street, aged 22 riQntlia. . ro nd• Same day, aged 57 years, Mr. WILLIAM SHARP, 91101id°,°:,00ee- of On the 30th ultimo, in his 10th y ea r. FRANK, t FRANCIS and ANN EAGLESFIELD, 10, Upper Parliamen t str• LIVERPOOL : FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1842. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY MORNING BY JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53, Grove-street, and LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-street. At N 0.4, Sr. ~KORON'S CRESCICNT LIVERPOOI.• a nd Orders and Advertisements are received by ' Messrs. Newton Co., Warwick-square; Barker, Fleet-street; Deacon Walbrooxe ; Reynell, Chancery-lane; Lawson and Barker, Birchin-10,,/. Joseph Thomas, 1, Finch-lane, ; M widen Henmond. 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