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SONNET BY THE SKETCHER THE GLOW-WORM. (From Blackwood's Magazine for August, 1834.) 0 Gem, more precious than the thrice-tried ore, And jewels that the cavern'd treasuries hold, .(For what rare diamond ere did life enfold?) Thee at her bridal hour the chaste Earth wore, When /Ether, her proud bridegroom, came, and o'er .Htsiven's Archway spread his mantle, gemm'd with gold Oiatass in all their glory manifold— .. o' Ye t deent'd Earth's bosom still adorned more. • - ItastAbon, like Hero, lightest to thy nook Some bold Leander with thy constant flame, Whose Hellespont may be this running brook. 0 let this wise-man-worm his pride abjure, And his own love be half as bright and pure! FAREWELL TO THE SESSION. ( From the Morning Herald.) Farewell to the session—another Half-year of reprieve to Lord John; To think how this, that way, or t'other, His ministry still can go on How he vet can bamboozle the nation, And the profits of office retain ; Since the old trick of appropriation Can ne'er serve his purpose again. Farewell to the session—'twas funny, Through weeks nearly forty, to see The world-be-wise looks of Lord Johnny, And Spring Rice trying like wise to be; 'Twas funny to list to the latter, When, with voice 'tvrixt a squeal and a croak, He tried through the budget to patter, Or pump'd up some second-hand joke. Farewell to the session—and farewell To Cupid, well stricken in years, Who, though foreign sec., could not bear well The mention of foreign affairs. Earl Minto farewell—the vacation Will give you some time to attend A few lectures on plain navigation, With some practical trips to Gravesend. Farewell to the session—big Daniel Has sail'd for the " big bill of Howth ;" And has ta'en on the voyage Den's manual To teach him to fritter an oath : Joe Hume sails for Greece, for they owe him A debt which they'll pay him in haste, Their fingers are itching to show him How they reverence his fine classic taste. Farewell to the session—the premier— Bound no more in his place to attend — Has, " smiling before him," a demi-year On subjects more pleasant to spend: A wit, bon vivant, and a lover, He can now in his old course push on, Flirt, chat, write, pun, get half-seas over, Or arrange a new case of crim. con. Farewell to to the session—but steady:— The imp of the Herald cries out That my farewell is too long already, So I'd better mind what I'm about. I had much more to say, but in volumes That much more could scarce be expressed, So in pity, dear sir, to your columns, I'll write " farewell in haste" to the rest. LITERARY NOTICE. Eg e: fi tAt ~„ " N . r rw. 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The signs for combinations of let ters, and the arbitraries, or marks for works, will be found highly conducive to expedition in writing. In this department the author has been eminently suc cessful. To ladies or gentlemen who may wish to master the useful art of stenography we can cordially recommend this work, by which a student of ordinary ability, especially if a quick writer, may be enabled in a very short time to take down literal reports of ser mons and speeches. We may add that the profes sional short-hand writer may also derive much instruc tion from this compendium. THE AFFAIRS OF CANADA. ( From the Morning Herald.) The latest accounts from Canada have filled our mi nisterial journals with delight. Lord Durham has beem making a tour in Upper Canada ;—he has re ceived sundry congratulary addresses ;—he has review ed the troops at Toronto ;—he has given a public din ner to a promiscuous party of English subjects and of Americans ;—and he is, in one word, (if the whig pa pers may be credited) a most popular personage—the eery man, in short, whom the emergencies of the times require to preside over our dependencies in North America. Now we never, for our own parts, doubted Lord Durham's fondness for self-exhibition, or his fitness to sustain the style of mock-majesty. His progress has, doubtless, been very grand—his review brilliant— his dinner of the finest quality—and the addresses full of civilities. We are not disposed, moreover, to question Lord Durham's expertness at the game of political conciliation. He will (we are very ready to con cede) conciliate the Canadian traitors, and the ene mies of England in the United States, as effectually as Lord Mulgrave has conciliated the Irish enemies of the English connection. Lord Mulgrave, too, like his brother viceroy, has had his triumphant tours, and ex hibited dazzling military spectacles, and given good dinners, and received flattering addresses. But trea son, unchecked, is at this moment rearing its head in Mr. O'Connell's new Dublin Association , and treason, we fear, is likely to derive fresh energy in Canada from all Lord Durham's movements. The dinner-party of the Canadian viceroy would seem to have been the greatest of his achievements. At that party, out of 200 guests, 50 were citizens of the United States; and after the health of the Queen had been toasted, Lord Durham proposed the health of the President of the United States ! Now, let us mark the import of these demonstrations. The spot selected by Lord Durham for his military display, and for his public dinner, was on the United States frontier, and in the near neighbourhood of the places chosen by Mr. Van Buren's subjects, or consti tuents, or whatever other title may best describe them, as the scene of their brutal piratical incursion into the dominions of the Queen of England. From that part of the United States the traitors derived their princi pal resources. In that part of the United States the traitors found co-operation—co-operation, be it re membered, totally unchecked by any counteracting demonstration in favour of the English government. The pi ra cies of the Caroline, the invasion of Navy Island, and the innumerable outrages perpetrated on loyal Canadians at the outbreak of the rebellion, were all planned near the spot where Lord Durham gave his entertainment, and, very probably, by some of Lord Durham's honoured Yankee guests ! What ! were there no loyal Canadians—no men who had stepped forward in the hour of peril, to vindicate Bri tish ascendancy—were there, we ask, no men of that stamp on whom Lord Durham's hospitality might have been exercised, at least as profitably, as on natives of the United States, who are reeking from the perpetra tion of outrages on the subjects of Great Britain ? To honour the abettors of Mackenzie and his gang is a course of action in the Viceroy of Canada little bet ter adapted to restore tranquillity to that country than would be a tribute of honour rendered to Mackenzie himself. The thing was an insult to the loyal inhabi tants of Upper Canada. And the health of the President of the United States was proposed by Lord Durham immediately after the health of the Queen ! Let it he recollected that the President of the United States showed himself not un willing to aid the Canadian traitors, by all the safe means at his disposal. He prejudged the case of the Caroline, and demanded reparation for the destruction of that piratical vessel? He declared himself unable to repress the piracies of his fellow-countrymen ; and he took advantage of the embarrassment of our affairs in Canada, to declare that the time had arrived for de ciding the question of the north-eastern boundary ! As far as he could, in short, without committing him self to a rash course of policy, Mr. Van Buren has recently, as on all former occasions, approved himself the determined enemy of England! Yet the health of Mr. Van Buren was toasted by Lord Durham, im mediately after the health of Queen Victoria! We must be permitted to doubt whether such a nemonstra tion was calculated to strengthen the attachment of the Queen's loyal subjects to the Canadian Viceroy's prin ciples of government. Lord Durham bids fair, in melancholy truth, to be come a mere toot in the bands of Mr. Van Buren. 3', armed with the whole execu- The latter functionary, ti v e of the United States, declared publicly that he could not repress the piratical movements of his coun trymen against the subjects of the Queen of England ! The power of repression therefore vested of necessity in the Governor of Canada—in Lord Durham. And how did he deal with the marauders from the United States, rho were capt ured at Point au-Pelee ? He detained them prisoners of war, and sent to th v e l m an b f a re c s k h , unpunished, to their nati ve country, o outrages against British subjects ! If Mr. Va n Bu ren's fellow-subjects were prisoners of war, Mr. V an Buren himself must be the op en enemy of England. These movements in Canada are fitting counterparts to the "conciliatory" movements in Ireland—nay, in England. The Queen's ministers offer very high judicial appointment to a man whom, four years be fore, they denounced in a speech from the throne as a public enemy. In acknowledgment of this offer of advancement, Mr. O'Connell immediately organises a scheme for the dismemberment of the empire ! Lord 11 airfare too has already given some offenc e to the nieh friends of the English connection, by publicly entertaining Mr. O'Connell at the Castle ; but his lordship, we suppose, will soon take a lesson from Lord Durham, and when he shall next regale the men dicants the toast that may be expected to follow the health of Queen Victoria, will probably be the health of the Pope! To th at co mplexion the march of " con. Oi1141J011" Will ttlf4 1 45 4t MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. LECTURES ON THE STRUCTURE .4ND HISTORY OF THE ARTICULJTED MOLL USCO US CL.ISSES OF .4NIMALS. We continue Dr. Grant's lecture of Wednesday week from our last publication. The crustaceous animals 'are furnished with masticating organs, by which they may seize their food whilst swimming or walking. Their strong mandibles are provided with contri vances similar to those of the large polyopterous insects. The stomach also is near the head of the animal, and is provided with strong teeth. There are four solid lumps in their sto mach to give additional firmness to the teeth, so that a proper grinning activu may are well provided with a liver. When we examine it we find it to be full of little tubes, being in fact composed of a myriad of them. As the food is intended to undergo mastication, the stomach is the best place into which to pour the liquid in tended to assist digestion. The liver, accordingly, pours its secretion into it. The blood is conveyed through the respira tory organs into the heart, from which it is propelled forwards and backwards throughout the whole system. As we ascend upwards in the scale of animals, we find that fewer functions are given to each organ, and the reverse is the case as we de scend to the inferior animals. No less singular than the power by which the arachnidw and crustaceous animals have of reproduction is that of the planaria, for, if they are cut in two, each part will reproduce a portion of its body correspond ing to that part which has been separated, and in this manner the creature will go on multiplying as often as we cut it asunder. The crustaceous animals are the spiders and the scorpions of the deep, for they are organised to consume the living and the dead—the putrid and the fresh. They afford us a whole some nutritious food, yet most of them we know to subsist upon putrid animal matter. Putrid carcases of fish we often find surrounded by a host of crustaceous animals which are partly devouring each other, and partly the flocculi from the decayed carcases of the fish. They are the very scavengers of the deep. They do not keep to the bottom of the ocean, for every stratum of it teems with crustaceous animals up to its highest surface. Even the very spray itself which is dash ed up by the paddles of our steam-packets has been found to abound with them. On Saturday evening, Dr. Grant delivered his sixth lec ture upon the molluscous animals, previous to the commence ment of which he took a rapid survey of the remarks which he had made in the preceding lectures upon the articulated animals. The moluscous tribe of animals is almost exclusively con fined to the ocean and its precincts, which are peopled with one thousand times more beings than the other portions of the globe. They are generally attached to rocks at the bottom of the sea, and consequently depend upon the ocean to bring their food to them. '1 hey are formed to digest the lowest forms of organic substances which exist in the sea. The de velopment of their nervous system is very remarkable. Their spinal cord is disposed as a ring around the oesophagus, and on this ring we can commonly perceive distinct ganglia. They are therefore called cyclo-gangliated beings. There are classes in which the visual organs are equivocal, and others which present no traces of them. This is because it would be painful for them to see approaching danger, which they could not avoid by any muscular energy. They have a complicated digestive apparatus. We find here, for the first time, as we ascend in the scale of creation frem the monads, an auricle united with a ventricle to assist the action of the heart. In the lower tribe of the molluscous animals there are some which are called acephalous. They have a short sto mach, but no head. The term molluscous has been given to this tribe of animals on account of the softness of their bodies, for when the exterior shell is removed there appears to be no internal skeleton such as we see in the lobster, scorpion, and other animals. These acephalous or headless mollusca com prise two very different groups of animals, of which the one have their shells united with a valve, and the other have a tough exterior cutaneous covering, in which are two open ings, the one for inward current and the other for an outward. There are a number of different forms of this tunicated animal. We sometimes find an immense number of them aggregated together, of a bright red or a black colour. They cause the currents to pass through their bodies by means of minute vibratile cilia, and thus are enabled to intercept the nutritious matters floating along and use them as food. The bivalved shell fish are called conclifera, on account of there being two pieces of shell upon their back. This shelly co vering is composed of carbonate of lime—is extravascular and laminated. The carbonate of lime is united with animal matter, which gives it toughness ; for when it is deprived of this by means of acids or heat, it presents the appearance of burnt lime, and is used as burnt lime for the purpose of manuring the land, and to serve as mortar. The laminae are always added from within, and form a continued piece over the exterior of the body. The ligament is a very important part. Its natural state is one-half open; when the shells are closed the ligament is on the stretch. When the animal becomes languid the valve opens, and it always dies with the valve opened. It is not in the power of the animal to will that condition which is most fit for respiration, but that which is most unfit for the condition on which life de pends. These conchiferous creatures are important in the economy of nature. They serve as the components of great calcaverous rocks, which sometimes appear to be formed of one description of shell, as if there had been myriads of these creatures in one locality. Sometimes the upheaving action from below has raised these shells in a vertical direction. Their situation plainly indicates to the geologist or zoologist that there must have been a great disturbing force to dislo cate them. Nay, in some situations, the volcanic heat has been so intense as to dissolve the shells and convert them into a beautiful limestone, presenting no trace of their origi nal form. We see, therefore, that there may have been vast deposits of shells, which have now assumed the highly crys talline character of primitive limestone. A celebrated French philosopher has attempted to prove that all the lime stones which compose the crust of our globe are due to animal life. During the life of the animal the laminae are firmly united together. They are soft upon their first forma tion, and afterwards crystallize. The oyster lies upon its left side and keeps its right side free. This it can only do in the young state, or by an extraordinaty offort when it is old. Those oysters, which contain the pearls, inhabit deep waters, and are found at depths varying from 10 to 30 fathoms. The divers who risk their lives in the eastern climes, where they are produced, descend these depths iu quest of them from 40 to 50 times a day. This they are enabled to do by discharg ing from their lungs every portion of carbon. A single oyster sometimes contains so many as 200 pearls. These pearls'are but morbid excrescences formed by the mantle in the interior of the shell. When particles of sand gain admittance between the surface of the mantle and the shell, they are painful sources of irritation to the animal. It cannot push them out; and how is it to get rid of them? The animal is stimulated to a more rapid secretion of calcareous matter, and it coats over the intruders with the same substance which covers the interior of its shell. There are certain worms likewise which bore into their shells for the purpose of con cealment, as well as for the animal matter which they con tain. The animal repairs these apertures, and, in doing so, forms round nodules, which are struck off, and highly es teemed by those engaged in the pearl fishery. The oyster, being fixed to a rock, has no eves; but the clam, which can move itself by means of its shells, is furnished with organs of vision. Many animals are fixed to the rock by means of a byssus, or beard. In the muscle this is so extremely tough and indigestible, as to occasion some inconvenience in eat ing that animal. We sometimes see that the inhabitants of these bivalve shells have two auricles and a ventricle. This arises from the animal being divided into two portions. Not only is the.auricle divided into two parts, each of which has the same functions, but it snits the form of some of the inha bitants of the bivalve shells to have the ventricle likewise similarly divided. From the earliest periods of history, we find this tribe of animals to have been esteemed on account of the pearls they contain, and our island was once tributary to ancient Rome to a yearly amount of these precious orna ments. At the present day, the shells are used to decorate the persons of our sable brethren, and manufactured in this kingdom into an infinite variety of forms for ornamental and useful purposes. ANOTHER IRISH LION ! One of the Irish correspondents of the London newspapers has just discovered "in the romantic woods about Buttevant" what he enthusiastically denominates "the Lion of Ireland!" —totally forgetting in his ecstasy that Daniel himself is not yet defunct ;—but we beg pardon—Daniel is not properly the Lion, but the Dragon of Ireland—the great Dragon of Derrinane ! and far more pestilent even than the great Dragon of Wantley which More of More-hall so whimsically demolished. But let us return to the Lion which has just been "discovered in the romantic woods about Buttevant." This Lion then be it known is not a lion—not a real genuine roaring lion upon four legs—but a steam-drag upon four wheels; and only hear how ecstatically our contemporary's Irish correspondent describes his discovery of it:— " On approaching Buttevant Castle one is struck with its beautiful and romantic situation. You reach its hospitable entrance through an avenue of evergreens; and perhaps forget in the beauty of the scenery before you (at least so it was with us) that you have come to see a piece of mechanism manufactured there entirely by Irish mechanics. We had forgotten; but we were awakened to the object of our visit by a gate opening as we passed the back of the castle, and discovering to our astonished gaze, amidst the din of anvils and the bellows' blast, the lion and its inventor—Sir James Anderson ! We were astonished. Though living within twenty miles of Buttevant Castle, we, like the rest of the world, were left almost in ignorance of what he was doing. He (Sir James) worked in silence, and oft, perhaps, in sor row, until his task was done; and ere it was done—to use his own emphatic and most expressive words—' spending two apprenticeships and one fortune in building twenty-nine un successful drags to succeed in the thirtieth !'—Hear this, ye who would persevere not!—hear this!!" "The astonished narrator then goes on to detail the powers this newly discovered drag—or as he persists in calling it this lion; though as it is evidently a drag, and intended to drag things along the road we do not see why he should not call it a drag-on. He says "We (that's himself) do not profess to be an engineer, but the simplicity of its mechanism is such that a child may see its capability (that's the lion;) and we confess that had we not known the fact, we should have doubted that such exquisite workmanship could have been executed !here. (How complimentary to his fine country men !) We (that's himself again) are not boastful, but we can with truth aver that we never saw anything equal to it from the best factories in England. (And no doubt he has seen everything! Neither is it like anything hitherto at tempted, inasmuch as it is a machine to do the work of horses! (There Mr. Hancock of the Mile-end road what do you think of that?) The vehicle for passengers is to be attached to it. (Like that which some five or six years ago used to ply be tween Waterloo-bridge and Walworth, perhaps.) No noise is heard, no smoke, no unpleasant odour perceived, and the gallant panting steed (that's the lion, alias the dragon) can, gallop to his journey's end untired and untiring ! How ad mirable this arrangement ! Let us look a little forward and we shall see Bishop Brinkley's prophecy realised—' Sir,' said that eminent divine—' Sir, mark me;—ere long we shall see a pan of coals—yes, sir, a pan of coals, brought to use in place of a feed of oats.' Nobody in stupid old England ever invented such a prophecy as that.) And who can doubt it? On every road the carriages (that's the lions')—our own native turf or coal can be used to boil us into a gallop; and we may almost name the day that we can breakfast in Cork and dine in Dublin !" Nay we shouldn't at all wonder if some day this new Irish lion runs off the hill of Howth with such astonishing velocity that its own impetus will carry it high and dry across the Irish channel slap into the heart of Liver pool! Let the Liverpuddleans look out. "Who in our county, nay in Ireland, is it," concludes the astonished narrator, breaking out into a fine burst of admira tion—" Who in our county, nay in Ireland, is it that will not feel proud, that we the despised and look'd down upon,' shall, after all, be the first to give the world one of his great est benefits—that we, 'the wild and untaught Irish,: should have accomplished that with all the talents of our sister na tions have for years and years been unable ta overcome? As a nation we should be proud of the accomplishment of so great a good, How much more so should be Sir James An derson, the individual who had do ne the g ood!!" And how if it s h o uld turn out after all that Sir James An derson is no Irishman at all, but just a cannie Scot ;—a third or fourth descendant of the famous "John Anderson my Jo," wha dwelt in Aberteldie!—Morning Herald. STEERING VESSELS BY ATMOSPHERICAL PRESSURE. It does seem strange to us that no one has ever thought of steering as well as propelling vessels by steam. 'the present mode of steering large vessels is very defective, as any one may see by the efforts which the steersman has occasionally to make in managing the rudder. It sometimes requires the utmost efforts of two men to command it, and in very large vessels even four men are occasionally employed; and after all, it is no very uncommon thing for the wheel to overpower them all. Now, all these struggles with the con stant varying resistance of the helm, may be completely superseded, at least in steam vessels, and the whole opera iion of steering, even in the largest vessels, and during t he • 1 " n man dnintt little else ; an meceirwilling the needful movements ti tie rudder; at least the application of his finger and thumb would be all that was required in the way of corporeal agency. And not only might everything like effort on the part of the helmsman be spared,lbut a promptness and de cision might be given to all the movements of the helm far beyond what can be secured by muscular strength acting upon a lever power. We do not propose that the steam should be directly applied for this purpose. A small air pump should be attached to the engine, which, through the medium of an intervening pipe, would operate upon a cylinder furnished with a piston, the valves of which would be managed by the steersman. There is nothing new in this mode of communicating power. It was suggested many years ago, and employed, on a small scale, by a gentleman i❑ London, whose name we forget, and we believe it is now put in practice in various situations. Its simplicity recom mends it strongly. To see what command the helmsman furnished with such a power, would have over his rudder' we have only to look at the engineer regulating the valves o'f a railway engine—with what ease he manages the move_ ments of the carriage in all respects in speed, direction and duration. But it may be urged, in objection to this mode of working the rudder of a vessel, that a uniform pressure could not well be employed to control any unvary resistance; but this ob jection would be removed by the adoption of the new mode recently introduced, of conveying the power of the wheel to the rudder, by means of a screw and bevelled wheels, in place of a chain or rope working round its axle. We intend to get a model of this contrivance, if it can be called such, made, and exhibited in the office, which will be worth a whole volume of explanation. This use of the weight of the atmosphere in working the rudders of vessels need ❑ot be confined to steam-vessels; for, whenever more than one man is required to work the wheel, the muscular strength of the extra hands should not be ap plied to the wheel itself, as it would be far more efficiently and conveniently employed in working a small air-pump in connexion with what may be called a pilot cylinder ; but more of this hereafter.—Correspondent of the Glasgow Courier. SELECT EXTRACTS. THE BEGGAR'S OPERA.—The celebrated police magistrate, Sir John Fielding, once told Hugh Kelly, the dramatist, on a successful run of the Beggar's Opera, that he expected. in consequence of it, a fresh cargo of highwaymen at his office. Upon Kelly's expressing his surprise at this, Sir John as sured him, that, ever since the first representation of that piece, there had been, on every successful run, a proportion ate number of highwaymen brought to the office, as would appear by the books any morning he chose to look over them. Kelly did so, and found the observation to be strictly correct. THE MARRIAGE LAW IN RUSSIA. —T he marriage law and right of succession, particularly as regards the imperial fa mily, are rigidly enforced in Russia. Constantine was firmly attached, and had privately united himself, to a lady of great , 94 „ 01 , E12 ,,, iaz i,... his 0......... =:::4 . never aspire to tine throne. but true to the object of his affections, he sacrificed ambition at the shrine of love, preferred a voluntary retirement to the splendour of a crown, and signed the transfer of his claims to a younger brother. At the death of Alexander, when the mutiny broke out among the troops in Petersburg, his name was unfairly made the watchword of revolt ; the soldiers were instructed by their leaders to cry out, " Constantine and the constitution." When asked the meaning of this cry, the ignorant and deluded men thought it was " Constan tine and his wife." At that moment, it is said that he wished to avail himself of the impulse; but it was too late, the energy and bravery of Nicholas had decided the day.— Raikes's City of the Czar. MA HOMMED AN CEMETERIES.—About half a mile from the the town of Calcutta is an extensive cemetery, pertaining to mussulman community, denominated the " Cossye Bugaun." This spot of ground contains nearly 20 acres, and is beauti fully shaded by aspiring bamboos, lofty and spacious cedars, and other sombre trees, whose dense 'foliage casts a doleful gloom around this hallowed sanctuary. The tombs and se pulchres of the Mahommedans are, all of them,:so constructed as to admit of a taper being burned in every night—a cus tom which is religiously observed by the surviving rela tives of the deceased parties, with a view to keeping away the carrion beasts. Various tanks are interspersed throughout the cemetery, to admit of those who may attend the funerals of the departed to undergo the ceremony of ablution. In villages remote from large and populous towns, some shaded spot is chosen by them for their funeral obsequies, generally under the spreading and pensive branches of the tamarin d tree, which is regarded in the same light by them as is the yew in this country. Thus in the most quiet and sequestered places the lonesome and contemplative traveller may detect two or inure Mahommedan sepulchres which have been erected some hundreds of years, and which, very probably, might contain the dust of men who were mighty in their day, but who there remain entombed, without a letter or a symbol to denote their distinction. ipptn Entelitynct. TUESDAY, AUGUST 21 ARRlVED—Actress, Toole, from New Orleans—Aurora, Gay, from Archangel—Malvina, Croix, from Ilavre—Ann and Elizabeth, Paulson, from Copenhagen—New Jersey, Dickson, from Charles ton—lteroine. Scott, from Bahia—Blackaller, Cochrane, from Ari cati—Powhattan, Griffith, from Mobile—Britannia, Cook, from Savannah—Brunswick, Smith, from Quebec—Queen Victoria, Maloney, from Quebec. Mary, Tucker, hence at Naples Castries, , from St. Lucia at Dublin Falcon, Mairs, hence at Barbadoes Enterprise, Salkeld, from Liverpool, at Batavia Four wrecks were seen on the southern coast of the Black Sea Ariel, Butler, sailed from Alexandria 9th July ; George StodilarC, • 16th, and Swiftway 19th July, all for Liverpool, and Prowler, M'Dowall, for Smyrna 16th July Cornelius, Betts, from Constantinople, at Smyrna Pet, Stone, and Sw•iftsure, Tyzack, hence, at Constantinople Margaret Highfield, Armstrong; Fanny and Jane, Lovering, and Louisa Seward. hence, at Leghorn. Fatima, for Calcutta, has put back, being crank. Tartar, Davies, and Henry Hoyle, Chapman, hence, at Oporto. Ebenezer, Adams, hence, at Bilboa, sailed 7th August for Gijon. Johana Catharina, Rabe, hence, at Bremen. Comet, Brown, hence, at Hamhro'. Pioneer, Cook, hence at Marseilles. Lily, M'lntosh, from Taganrag, at Gibraltar, sailed 7th August for Cork.. Arrow, Mirac, sailed from Lisbon for Liverpool 7th Aug. Charles Henry, Smith, hence at Gibraltar Cawtou, Boyce, from Leghorn, at ditto Albion, Lindsay, and Highlander, Lindsay, from Lancaster at Cronstadt Tantivy, Ayes, from Smyrna for this port, at Milford Highlander, Munden, hence at Copenhagen Inez, Bray, from Havana in the Elbe Binney, Ilopkins, from Matanzas at Elsineur Argus, Bell, from Quebec at Swansea. On the 29th ult. in lat. 4G 20, lon. 41 8, spoke the Great Western, (steamer) from Bristol for New York Cambridge, Bursley, from New York, at this port ; sailed Ist of Aug. On the 9th instant, in lat. 41, long. 50, spoke the Columbus, hence for New York. On the 15th, in lat. 48, long. 27 E, the South America, hence to New York Charles Hamerton, Reynolds, from St. Domingo, at Liverpool • sailed from Gonnives 15th July. The Mary. Carter, was to sail or the 17th for Cork, and the Jane, Smith, in all July, for London. CONSTANTINOPLE, 318 T JuLy.—A severe gale was experience( here on the 17th instant, during which a vessel in port was dis masted by lightning. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 22.—Wind N.W, a gale SINGULAR EXTRACTS FROM THE PARISH REGISTRY OF SEIGHFORO, NEAR STAFFORD.—" Wm. Wakelyn was bap 1590, and b ur i e d a t Adbaston, or t i ze d at Shefnal, May Ist, Eccleshall, 28th Nov. 1714, aged 121 y ears 8 mon th s . Had by two wives 19 children, one whereof, Thomas, was born in 1690, when his father was about 100, and hi s mo th er 48, an d is now liv in g in Worvil Parish. Com. Sal. The registers attest his age, the rest I had from one of his sons. May 6, 1717. Thos. Loxdale, vicar of Seighford."—" Aug. 7, 16 , 18, Col. Stepkin was shott thro' a hole in Seighd. Hall door into the hip by Captn. Backbouse, awl buried at Seigbford." 5'410p/cot Journal, SAGACITY OF THE ELEPHANT.—A friend of mine, who had resided at Ceylon, went to the London Zoological Gar dens. There was at that time an elephant, a native of Cey lon, belonging to the society, in the gardens; be at first took no particular notice of my friend, showing him no more at tention than he did to any other of his other visitors ; but when the poor animal heard himself addressed in the Cinga lese tongue, he exhibited the most unequivocal signs of joy and pleasure; turning his trunk about, and carressing his new friend with all the delight of one who in " a strange land" welcomes the arrival of another from his native country.—Notes on Nets, by the Hon. and Rev. C. Bathurst. Among the most conspicuous English residents in Boulogne , is the once celebrated and eccentric amateur actor, Romeo Coates, Esq. He is greatly respected by the inhabitants, both French and English, and acts with great liberality and courtesy to all, and to his poor countrymen he is a kind benefactor. In many respects, so great is the influence of Romeo Coates at Boulogne, that he sets the fashions there. He was at the races last week in a carriage and four with two outriders, who were dressed in white satin, trimmed with light blue. He looked very gay, and the turn-out was truly a splendid one. The dress of Romeo Coates is still very peculiar. On Saturday morning he was walking on the vier at Boulogne, which he frequently does for hours, dressed in a blue velvet frock coat, yellow pantaloons, and Hessian boots. His lady, who is a beautiful woman, much younger than himself, generally accompanies him, They evidently do all they can to attract notice at Boulogne. OSTRICHES.—According to native testimony, the male os trich sits on the nest (which is merely a hollow space scooped out in the sand) during the night, the better to defend the eggs from jackals and other nocturnal plunderers ; towards morning he brummels, or utters a grumbling sound, for the female to come and take his place; she sits on the eggs dur ing the cool of the morning and evening. In the middle of the day, the pair, leaving the eggs in charge of the sun, and "forgetting that the foot may crush them, or the wild beast break, them," employ themselves in feeding off the tops of bushes in the plain near their nest. Looking aloft at this time of day, a white Egyptian vulture may be seen soaring in mid air, with a large stone between his talons. Having carefully surveyed the ground below him, he suddenly lets fall the stone, and then follows it in rapid descent. Let the hunter run to the spot, and 'he will find a nest of probably a score of eggs (each equal in size to 24 hen's eggs), some of them broken by the vulture. The jackal is said to roll the eggs together to break them, whilst the hyena pushes them off with its nose to bury them at a distance.—Alexander's Ex pedition. of Discovery. INFANTICIDE IN TAHITI AND SOCIETY ISLANDS.—During the visit of the deputation, our respected friend, G. Bennett, Esq., was our guest for three or four months; and, on one occasion, while conversing on the subject, he expressed a wish to obtain accurate knowledge of the extent to which this cruel system had prevailed. Three women were sitting in the room at the time, making European garments, under Mrs. W.'s direction; and, after replying to Mr. Bennett's inquiries, I said, " I have no doubt but that each of these women have destroyed some of their children." Looking at them with an expression of surprise and incredulity, Mr. B. exclaimed, " Impossible ! such motherly, respectable women could never have been guilty of so great an atrocity."— " Well," I added, " We'll ask them." Addressing the first, I said to her, •` Friend, how many children have you destroyed ?" She was startled at my question, and at first charged me with unkindness, in harrowing up her feelings by bringing the destruction of her babes to her remembrance; but, upon hearing the object of my inquiry, she replied with a faultering voice, " I have destroyed nine ;"—the second, with eyes suffused with tears, said I have destroyed seven ;" and the third informed us that she had destroyed five. Thus three, individuals casually selected, had killed one-and-twenty children ! but I am happy to add, that these mothers were, at the time of this conversation, and continued so as long as I knew them, consistent members of the church under my care.—Williams' Missions to the South Seas. MISFORTUNES OF AN HEIR-AT-LA W . —The misfortunes of an heir-at-law, "be it then known to all to whom these pre sents come greeting," commence from the hour of his birth. There is a period in married life when the olive branches begin to thicken, and then, indeed, a child may venture upon its existence, without the fear of being killed with kindness for his trouble • but the birth of a son and heir is a very different matter. The arrival of a personage of such vast impot tance is an affair of so much joy, and kicks up so much confusion, that the whole family is in conspiracy against him. The young gentleman is at once constituted a common centre, round which every thing turns. In the drawing-room, in the nursery, and the servants' hall, there is such a stir made to welcome him into the world that the long odds are decidedly against his arriving either at man's estate or his father's. Every one must dandle him at the risk of breaking his neck; and every one must feed at the risk of choaking him. From my earliest recollection to my tenth year, life was a rapid alternation of gorging and of physic; and between the cook and the apothecary, it was a miracle how I escaped poison. My mother was never satisfied that I was in safet! , and that, too, not without good reason ; for I certainly was as sickly a brat as ever swallowed pill or powder, so that the physician was in almost daily attendance. While I was crammed at all hours of the day like a pincushion, because the young heir was to be refused nothing, I was nightly supersaturated with cakes, ices, fruit, and wine at the family dinner table by my parents through fondness, by the guests, if not in sheer malice, at least to get rid of my troublesome importunities. Thus primed and loaded for indigestion, and sent to bed to sleep off the consequent fever as I best could, when I shrieked aloud under the horrors of a night-mare dream, the nurses gave me laudanum "to make the darling quiet;" and the doctor followed, as a matter of course, in the morning, with his infernal black dose, to cure at once the disease and the effects of the surreptitious sleeping drops.—New Monthly Magazine. AN IRISH ELECTIONEERING SPEECH; OR A BRILLIANT BIT OF BLARNEv.—Women of Kilshindy ! the feelings of my heart irresistibly impel me to address myself to you. I ant come to render homage to your numberless perfections. I lay my devotions at your feet; I implore your sympathy, your aid. I solemnly protest that I would - far prefer the * loss of my election, if supported by your influence, to success the most brilliant and decisive if acquired through the ener gies exclusively of men. (Hurra.) But this, my lovely countrywomen, is a totally impracticable case, for your ma gic aid will invest me in a panoply of proof, and wreath my brow with victory's luxuriant laurel. (Great cheering.) My adorable countrywomen ! does not the genial fire of patriot ism animate your breasts ! 0, yes; it glows within the sa cred temple of your swelling bosoms with a lustre more.in tense than our ruder sex can possibly appreciate. Women of Kilshindy you are all either married, or you hope to be married. (Roars of laughter ) Would you not wish the husbands of your choice, the beloved companions of your lives, to bear upon their fronts the proud stamp of liberty ? (A tornado of applause.) Would you not wish to transmit unimpaired to your posterity the glorious inheritance of free dom ? 0, I know you would. The elevating sentiment sparkles in your glance, and beams upon your smile. Exert then in the cause of Catholic Ireland, the magic fascinations of the female eye—(shouts of laughter)—the irresistible witchery of the female tongue; make the arch boy Cupid auxiliary to our patriotic efforts—(storms of laughter)—ex ert the thousand charms with which dame nature has so lavishly endowed you; and if these don't produce the de sired effect, congeal your melting maiden tenderness to ice; dart frowns of horror and reproof upon the man who would perpetuate the stamp of servitude which tyranny has branded on the manly brows of Irishmen. Rouse the electors of Kilshindy—excite them to national exertion, by fair means or rough ! If possessed of the aid of your artillery, my be loved countrywomen, I confidently promise that my struggle will be brief, glorious, and triumphant.—The New Novel " The Wife Hunter," by Denis Moriarty. SUMMARY OF THE EFFECTS OF VARIOUS RAILWAYS ON THE AMOUNT OF INTERCOURSE.—By referring to our notes A and B it will be seen that on the Stockton and Darlington line the passenger traffic, prior to the establishment of the railway, amounted to 4 , 000 persons in the year; it now ex ceeds 16,000. On the Bolton line, the average weekly num ber of passengers is 2,500. whereas the number of coach journeys out and in per week, which the railway has super seded, amounted only to twenty-eight, carrying perhap s, on a weekly average, about 280 or 310 persons. On the New castle and Carlisle road, prior to the railway, the whole num ber of persons the public coaches were licensed to carry in a week was 341, or, both ways, 686; now the average daily number of passengers by the railway, for the whole length, namely, 471 miles, is 2'28, or 1,596 in the week. The num ber of passengers on the Dundee and Newtyle line exceeds, at this time, 50,000 annually; the estimated number of per sans who performed the same journey, previous to the open ing of the railway, having been 4.000. Previous to the open ing of the railway between Liverpool and Manchester, there were about 400 passengers daily, or 146,000 a-year, travelling 'between those places by coaches; whereas the present num ber, by railway alone, exceeds 500,000. In foreign countries the results arising from the same cause are equally, if not more, striking. The number of persons who usually passed by the road between Brussels and Antwerp was 75,000 in the year; but since the railroad has been opened from the former place to Malines, it has increased to 51.X),000; and since it was carried all through to Antwerp, the number has exceeded a million. The opening of a branch from Malines to Ter monde appears to have added '200,000 to the latter number; so that the passenger traffic of that railroad, superseding a road traffic of only 75,000 persons, now amounts to 1,200,000. It is remarkable that on this, as on most other railroads, the greater number of passengers are those who travel short dis tances, being as two to one compared with those who go the whole distance. This appears from a statement read by Mr. Loch, before the Statistical Society of Manchester. showing that between April 30th and August 15, 1836, 122,417 persons travelled the whole distance, and 214,831 short distances; chiefly to and from Malines. He further states. that "nearly one-third of the whole revenue of the railway is derived from travelling to and from Malines, and paying a fare of about 60 centimes, or nearly sixpence sterling." On the same au thority we learn another fact, most deserving of attention in calculating the probable success of a railway in such a coun try as Ireland, viz.:—that nearly three-fifths of the whole re • venue of the company are derived from passengers of the lower class, raying a very low fare,—lrish Rgaway Report, THE MAID OF SARAGOSSA.—Having put up our horses at a stable in the neighbourhood, we went straight to the house, and Major B—, having informed a domestic that he had business with the senora, we were ushered into an upper apartment, where we awaited her entrance for some minutes. At length the door opened, and a lady of middle stature, but finely proportioned, made her appearance. Her counte nance was of the most pleasing cast, her dark eyes beaming with expression, her nose slightly arched, and her mouth dis playing, when she spoke or smiled, a row of teeth like po lished ivory, and giving instant animation to her whole coun tenance. Her age did not appear to accord with what a re ference to historic data would attribute to her; for, though approaching the "mezzo del cammin," the colour on her cheeks, and the lively expression of her features, still arrayed her in the mantle of youth. She received us in the most courteous manner, and conversed for a considerable time with Major B , who, as my interpreter, alluded to the interest attached to her character in England, and to the fact of her portrait having been drawn, not only by our artists, but by the greatest of our poets; of which she seemed to be aware, but by no means vain, and testified her acknow ledgment of ' the compliment by a smile of very winning sweetness. It is said she had numerous offers of marriage since her residence at Hernani; but on that point she is in exorable—a determination which enhances the interest of her character, and the universal regard in which she is held. —Varge's Rambles. EXTRAORDINARY SECT OF FANATICS IN INDIA.—(From the United Service Tournal.)—Ever since I have been in In dia, I have heard of a class of Mussulmans, the disciples of a sect or saint, by name Shaikh Ruffai, who, in order to im press the unbelievers with the truth of the Mussulman faith, imparted to his followers the power of plunging swords and daggers into their bodies, cutting off their tongue, frying it, and putting it together again, cutting off the head and limbs, scooping out the eye, and, in truth, doing with their bodies whatever it pleased them to do; all of whic Col. G , in company with a clergyman, a Mr. R—, had seen, when the latter grew sick and ran out of the place, declaring it was the power of Satan, which to this day he believes, and the colonel that it is done through the power of the magic art, at which I, of course, laughed, and declared that, so soon as a man of the regiment (by name Shaikh Kureem, one of these Ruffai) should return from furlough, I would witness the ex hibition.—A large tent was accordingly pitched, and fifty lamps furnished, and plates full of arsenic, and quantities of a plant of the cactus tribe filled with a milky juice, a drop of which, if it fall on your skin, blisters it, and a vast quantity of the common glass bangles, or bracelets, worn by the women, and daggers, and swords, and things like thic k . steel skewers, and other horrid looking weapons like a butcher's steel, only with a large handle covered with chains, and about twenty Ruffais to beat all manner of drums; and so, when all Was ready, about five of the officers left the mess-table with myself, and along with us about a hundred sepoys crowded into the tent. When we were seated, and silence obtained, the work commenced by a sort of chaunt from their sacred books, the drum-beaters joining in and keeping time; the chaunt increased at length both in noise and velocity, until, having worked themselves into an ecstacy, they seized hold of the instruments, the body kept in a sort of swinging mo tion, some plunged the skewer instruments, one through each cheek, another through the tongue, a third through the throat, and then commenced stabbing themselves with swords and daggers, and all sorts of nasty instruments. Others cut off their tongue, and, having roasted it in the fire, put it in their mouth again, when it immediately united ; they ate the blis tering milk-plant and the arsenic, whilst others munched the glass bangles, as though they were the greatest delicacies: This was all done within half a yard of my knees, for they came up close to me with many lamps, in order that I might see there was no deception ; and I do assure you that it made me feel sick, and produced any thing but an agreeable sen sation on my mind, for to this moment I know not what to think of it. 1 am not superstitious; and, although the colonel and numerous most respectable natives had declared to me that they did actually do these things, and that, if a sense were to be in any manner trusted, they had seen it all done, I would, nevertheless, not believe it. I was told be forehand that it required faith and purity on the part of the performer, and that then not a drop of blood would follow, but that, otherwise, a few drops of blood would sometimes follow the instruments, and the performer would receive some slight injury.—On taking my departure from the tent I happened to say that I should, at all events, think more honourably of their prowess if I saw them exhibited in the face of open day, and divested of noise, motion, parapher nalia, &c. On the following , day, whilst reclining on my couch, at about two o'clock, reading an English newspaper, without a servant or a soul near me, in rushed their Kasee (priest or judge,) his hand full of instruments, which, throw ing upon the ground, he seized one, plunged it through his cheek on the left side, another on the right, a third through his tongue upwards, so that it stuck into his nose, another through his throat; he then stabbed himself with a bright and sharp creese, which entered his body about three inches; not a drop of blood fell: he was going to cut off his tongue, when I begged of him to desist. I was, in truth, perfectly nauseated a t the sight. The man was in a state of frenzy, and really he looked frightful, his face stuck full of instruments, and stab bing and cutting himself with all his might. I sang out for some people, and turned him out. I have now told you what I have seen, and yet I will not ask you to' believe it, for 1 know not myself what to think. There are many persons of very strong minds in other respects who firmly believe, and who do not hesitate to declare their belief, that, although driven out of Christendom, demonology, witchcraft, necro mancy, and the entire list of black and forbidden arts and powers, are abroad and in full existence in India. And I must declare that I will never again trust my senses if I did not see all that I have told you. I examined the instruments —I saw them drawn out of the flesh, and no scar, or blood, or mark left ; I saw also a man eat and swallow three ounces of arsenic, and crunch and swallow glass bangles innumer able; and yet, although "seeing is believing," I can scarcely sav that I believe what before a courtof justice I would swear I I had seen. SIAMESE MODE OF DETECTING A THIEF.—Like all igno rant and uneducated people, they are superstitious. With out referring to a belief in ghosts, witchcraft, lucky and un lucky days, this trait is amusingly observed in their mode of detecting a thief. A gentleman, who has been long a resi dent at Bankok, related to me the following anecdote :—An individual lost from his apartment two bars of gold. Imme diately on missing them, all those persons suspected of the theft were called together, and a conjuror summoned to de clare who was the guilty individual. He came provided with several square bars of a metallic appearance, six or seven inches long, and thick as the little finger, which, on exami nation, proved to be a species of clay. He charged each person with the theft, and asked individually whether any among them knew any thing of the gold, and was answered in the negative. He then lighted a small wax candle, and stuck upon each side of it a tictil, obtained from the man who hail lost the gold, and, muttering an invocation or spell, took a piece of clay, and three tunes very ceremoniously raised it above his head. Then measuring it very carefully by the little finger, he broke it into pieces an inch and a half long, and gave to each suspected person three of them, which they were directed to chew as fast as possible, and prove their in nocence by spitting, when the mastication was complete. All set to work chewing, and soon all were trying to spit; and as upon the success of the effort depends the innocence or guilt of the accused in the opinion of the Siamese, the scene may be readily imagined. In this case there were ten attempting to spit, and at last, after much labour, all suc• ceeded, except a girl of fifteen, who was finally pronounced guilty ; and the conjuror, with the candle and ttc(ils, walked off in triumph. The test by clay is so much in favour that, upon this ordeal alone, persons are often heavily ironed, and daily flogged, until they confess, or the stolen property be' returned. In the present instance, the poor girl received only a promise of such treatment, and probably owes her escape altogether to the proverbial faithlessness of the Siamese to their words.—Raschenberger's Narrative. MancoeiNt—A TALE OF VENICE.—It was midnight; the great clock had struck, and was still echoing through every porch and gallery in the quarter of St. Mark, when a young citizen, wrapped in his cloak, was hastening home from an interview with his mistress. His step was light, for his heart was so. Her parents had just consented to their marriage, and the very day was named. " Lovely Giulietta !" he cried, " and shall 1 then call the mine at last? Who was ever so blessed as thy Marcolini ?" But, as he spoke, he stopped; for something was glittering on the pavement before him. It was a scabbard of rich workmanship; and the discovery, what was it but an earnest of good fortune ? " Rest thou there!" he cried, thrusting it gaily into his belt; " if another claims thee not, thou halt changed masters!" And on he went as before, humming the burden of a song which he and his Giulietta had been singing together. But how little we know what the next minute will bring forth ! He turned by the church of St. Geminiana, and in three steps he met the watch. A murder had just been committed. The Senator Renaldi had been found dead at his door, the dagger left in his heart; and the unfortunate Marcolini was dragged away for examination. The place, the time, everything, served to excite, to justify suspic ion; and no sooner had he entered the guard-house, than an evidence appeared against him. The bravo in his flight had thrown away his scabbard ; and, smeared with blood, with blood not yet dry, it was now in the belt of Marcolini. Its patrician ornaments struck every eye ; and when the fatal dagger was produced and compared with it, not a doubt of his guilt remained. Still there is in the innocent an energy and a composure; an energy when they speak, and a composure when they are silent, to which none can be altogether insensible; and the judge delayed for some time to pronounce the sentence, though he was a near relation of the. dead. At length, however, it came; and Marcolini lost his life, Giuletta her reason. Not many years afterwards the truth revealed itself, the real criminal in his last moments confessing the crime ; and hence the custom in Venice, a custom that long prevailed, for a crier to cry out in the court before the sentence was passed, " Ricordatevi del povero Marcolini !"—Remember the poor Marcolini.— Great, indeed, was the lamentation throughout the city, and the judge, dying, directed that henceforth and for ever a mass should be sung every night in the ducal church for his own soul and the soul of Marcolini, and the souls of all who had suffered by an unjust judgment. Some land on the Brenta was left by him for the purpose; and still is the mass . sung in the chapel; still every night, wheu the great square is illuminating, .and the casinoes are filling fast with the gay . and the dissipated, a bell is rung as for a service and a ray . of light is seen to issue from a small Gothic window that looks towards the place of execution, the place where on a scaffold Alarcolini breathed bib last.—Rogol's ARRIVED—Mona, Gill, from Calcutta . sailed 10th April, and from St. Helena the loth July—Dryope, namilton, from Montreal —Dibdin, Downie, from Quebec—Champion, Warren, fm Charles ton—North Star, Benedict, from Mobile—Lexington, hill, from St. Joseph's—lndian, Rigby, from Pernambuco ; sailed 12th July —Ann Paley, Ilunter, from Lisbon. Asia, Freeman, from Batavia at St. llelena Aliquis, M•Fee ; Triumph, Green ; Buckinghamshire, llopkins, and Barbara, Burton, from Bombay at St. Helena Hero of Malown, Grundy. from China at ditto Balm°, Brock ; Norfolk, Ballard ; Euclus, Paul, and Ivanhoe, Gibson, from Calcutta at ditto Susan, Neathy, and Arab, Ferrier, from Manilla at ditto Penelope, —, from the Mauritius at ditto Grace, Pearson, hence at Antigua the 12th ult. Jamaica, Follins, from London at ditto the 13th Margaret, Prowse, hence at Callao, 3d April. Robert Finney, Beverley, from Islay at ditto, the 17th Lady Charlotte, Gill, from Talcahuano at ditto, the 22d Amelia, Tensdale, from Pernambuco at Trieste Livonia, Poole, from ditto at ditto William and John, —, hence at Cuxhaven Barbadian, Parker, from Barbadoes off Dover Antigua Packet, Knight, from Antigua, off Eastbourne Adelaide, Roberts, hence for Antwerp at Holyhead, with loss of foretopsail an jib Lucretia, Scott, from Demerara. off Portsmouth Sir John Franklin, Borthwick, hence for Matanzas has put back Propontis, Howes, hence for Boston, has put back, having sprung her foremast off Tuskar Caroline, Holmes, sailed from Callao for this port the 20th April William Salthouse, —, was to sail from St. Thomas for this port the 20th ult Scio, Teasdell, sailed from Trieste for Hamhurgh 6th instant Britannia, Bonfellow, sailed from ditto for this port on the ?oth instant ANTIGUA, 19th July.—The Rebecca, Sayer. from Liverpool to Tampico, put into this port 15th instant, with loss of foretopmast. bulwarks, Sze. having encountered a severe gale on the 10th and 11th instant THURSDAY, AUGUST 23. ARRIVED—Wm. Salthouse, Barr, from St. Thomas—Chevalier, Kenny, and Creole, Tracy, from New Orleans—Henriad, Brams, for Seer—Sophia, Weatherell, for Quebec—Champlain, Ritchie ; from Mobile. OFF THE PoßT.—Lyria,—, from Bombay. Aristides, -, hence for Genoa, off Bardsey 22d Aug. Adriana, , hence for Berbice, off ditto Howard, -, hence for Savannah, off ditto Ebro, Cordero, for Havanna, has put back, with loss of cat-head and anchor stock, having been in contact with an American ship Maria, Steene, for Ostend, has put back leaky Hercules, Rasisbeck, for Shediac, and Ruby, Wescott, for Que bec, has put back Palermo, Smith, hence for Alexandria. was spoken on the 18th instant, off Cape Clear John Scott, Robinson ; Fame, Whitley, and Chalco, Dickenson, hence at Monte Video Eliza, , from the Clyde at Monte Video Mercer, -, from Leghorn at Deal. On the 10th Aug. lat. 47, long. 7, spoke the Ellen, -, hence for Madeira Union, Heyde, from Ostend, for this port, at Deal Themis, ,_was spoken on the 14th instant K Antigua Packet, night, from Antigua, in the Queen's Channel, (Thames) with loss of anchor and chain cable and windlass broken Alexander Johnstone, Auld, from Batavia, off Sevanage ; sailed 10th March. On the 10th July, in lat. 9N. lon. 24 W. spoke the Ruby, , from Marseilles, for Mauritius Elides. Paul, from Calcutta, at this port. On the 4th instant, in lat. 31, long. 37, spoke the Lucy Ann, -, from Africa for this port Hector, Johnson. from Bombay, at this port; sailed 17th April. On the 12th instant, off the Western Islands, spoke the Aliquis, from Bombay for this port hero of Malown, Grundy, from China at this port; sailed 29th March. On the 22d April, off St. Esprit Isles, (China Sea) spoke the David Clarke, from China to London. On the 17th July in lat. 9 N. long. 21 %V. spoke the Baboo, from Calcutta to London. Importo. [VEST INDIES Frances, (413) C Heath, from Barbados, 597 hhds 6 tcs sugar, Barton, Irlam and co-16 do, S L Trotman-10 do,Wilson and Aus tin-1 do, J G Oughterson-2 do, Gibbs and co-2 gourds aloes, 9 pks succades, order-54 plcgs arrowroot, J Gow•ling—Q D Charles Hamerton, (180) It K Reynolds, from St. Domingo, 307 10 ,, s mahogany, 6 tons logwood, H Itillick-1 log 4 pees mahogany, 5f bags coffee, order—Q D. Ellen Jenkinson, (149) T Irving, from Messina, 380 bags shumac, 2 hhds 24 I-casks 16 fifth casks. 30 octaves, 2 kegs wine, 150 tons brimstone, I box contents unknown, J Macaire and Co-1 box contents unknown, M Sedgley—Q D. Cacique, (150) D Irons, from Ariel, 253 skins 112 casks tallow, order—G D. Diligence, (262) Bottelier, from Danzig, 1120 bags 450 qrs wheat, Sandars and Claxton-590 bags wheat, 9 kegs butter, D Stewart and Co-3 c deals, Ifm lathwood, J W Gibsone and Co— Q D. Maria, (180) P J Wallis, from Danzic, 320 qrs 1100 bags wheat, Sandars and Claxton-320 qrs do, E Busch and Co-6 0 pipes staves, Ridyard and Leicester—Q D. Hellegonda, (200) C J Nordstrom, from Wasa, 1573 brls tar, 192 battens, J W Gibsone and Co-2 fins lathwood, 360 battens, master —Q D. Mary Roberts, (85) E Perry, from Stettin, 516 qrs wheat, San dars and Claxton-2 fms lathwood, order—S D. Maria Antoinette, (173) J Brabander, from Antwerp, 213 hales flak, A Swainson.so do, Tenants, Moore and etr-..50 - do 4lorner and Bell-60 tons oak bark, .1 Johnstone—Q D. Jeannette, (j 7 4) F le Chere, from Antwerp, 115 bales flax, A Swainson-50 do, order-30 do, W Winn-100 do, Tennants, Moore and Co-35 do, Horner and Bell-190 tons oak bark, J J ohnstone -30 casks zinc, D and T Willis-1 case contents unknown, II Cas tellain and Sons—Q D. UNITED STATES. Shakspeare, (749) J Collins, from New York, 7 bls conts unkn, J Simpson-1 tnk do, J Wylde-1 pkge do, D Selden-100 bls cot ton, W and J Brown and co-459 do, J Kearslev and co-116 do, Reid, Irving and co-15 do, E llamnett and co-115 do, T B Black burne-20 chests 146 hf chts 23 qr chts 291 catty boxes tea (expn) Wildes, Pickersgill and co-139 cuts 50 hf chts tea, (expn) K Dowie and co-53 qr chts tea, (expn) T Hatton, jun-2000 brls turpentine, Molyneux, Witherby and co-44 cks quer and 45 cks tanner's bark, T and J Humphries-1' Jefferson, (368) L Rains, from Mobile, 52 bls cotton, W A. and G Maxwell-309 do, W and J Brown and co-106 do, T APTear-75 do, J T Crook-23 do, Hagan, Magee and co-301 do, J Maury and Sons-128 do, order—W D Admittance, (423) B Smith, from Savannah, 612 bls cotton, Moly neux, Witherby and co-64 do, Purton, Parker and co-672 do, or der—P D Chatham, (470) J Gorham, from New Orleans, 979 bls cotton, Humphreys and Biddle-33 do, It L Waddington-35 do, Hollins • head, Tetley and eo-10 do, Baring Bros and co-188 do, W and J Brown and cu-361 do, G Green and Son-60 do, Rathbone Bros and co—P D Cambridge, (752) 4, Bursley. from New York, 66 hales cotton, Finlay and Alston-26 do, J Clark-10 do, Molyneux and Co-18 do. J and S Cassin-44 do, J Edelston and Co-163 do. T B Black burn-114 do, order-70 boxes iron ore, Jordan and Magrath-120 do, H Mure and Co-1000 brls turpentine, J Davies and Co-500 do, order-50 hhds quercitron bark, Collmann and Stolterfoht-14 casks do, Mitchell, Tooker and Co-284 belt contents unknown, Tennants, Clow and Co-1 parcel do, B and F Clibborn-4 cases 1 box do, W Lindsay and Co-1 box do, T and J D Thornely-1 do, R L Dawson and Co-1 baledo, Dieseldorff and Co-31 do, M'Gee and Co-1 do, T Fleming—a quantity locust treenails, order-28 boxes copper ore, J Bibby and Sons—a quantity shooks, 3tc., J and W Robinson—a quantity do, Fitzhugh and Co—P D. Eliza Warwick, (559) R W Welsh, from St. Joseph, 551 bales cotton, order-270 do, W and J Brown and Co-588 do, Molyneux Witherby and Co-6 do, Baring Brothers and Co—P D. Walter, (459) G Faulk, from - Savannah, 96 bales cotton, W and J Brown and Co-100!) do, Humphreys and Biddle-185 do, Purton, Parker and Co-86 do, Rathbone Brothers and Co—W D. Britannia, (606) E Cook, from Savannah, 121 bales cotton, Wad dington. Holt and Co-1600 do, Humphreys and Biddle— , 22B do, order-98 do, Molyneux, Witherby and Co-8500 cane reeds, Wad dington, Holt and Co—P D. New Jersey (616) .1 G Dickson, from Charleston, 1191 bales cot ton, order-135 do, fl Rodgers-39 do, W Stuart-102 do, ',I T Crook-521 brls turpentine, A Taylor—P D. Madison, '427) CD Wood, from Petersburg, 197 bales cotton, W and J Brown and Co-359 do, 103 hhds 9 tees tobacco, Rathbone Brothers and Co-118 hhds tobacco, W and J Brown and Co-19 do : W H Gliliat-52 do, Ewart and Co-85 do, Evans and Trokes -:-ii. D. Powhattan, (641) D Griffith, from Mobile, 1089 bales cotton, W and J Brown and Co-313 do, J 0 Johnson and Co-158 do, order —P D. SOUTH AMERICA. Rossendale, (297) E C Friend, from Bahia, 6 bgs cotton, G Smith and co-53 do, Miller, Mackay and co-33 do, J and J Ackers-120 do, C Imer, Paulet and co-128 do, Hoyle, Ashworth and co-1102 do, 160 cs sugar, 27 cs balsam capivi, 1 case a piano, 7 pkgs conts unkn. order—P 1) Frances Barclay, (240) F Bartlett, from Valparaiso, 3104 bgs salt petre, W and J Myers-386 bls wool, A Gibbs and Son-953 do, 1 bx chinchella skins. order-99 bgs cocoa, J Green and co —1 prcl 1 bx conts unkn, G F Dickson and co-1 prcl do, W Blundell—G D Emma, (200) J Gething, from Lima, 2 boxes 1 trunk 1 case con tents unknown, order-7 pkgs do, D Broadfoot-1 pc] do, Hegan, Hall and Co-1 do, H T Pierce and Co-1 do, A Gibbs and Sons -13 parcels indigo, F R Grohte-38 do, 1016 bales sheep's wool, order-543 do, A Gibbs and Sons-190 tons copper ore, T Naylor and Co—P D. Heroine, (167) .1 Jeatt, from Bahia. 942 bags 16 serons cotton, 54 cases 2 boxes 80 brls sugar, 1 box artificial flowers, order—P D. Blackaller, (136) A Cockram, from Aricati, 438 bags cotton, Co tesworth and Powell-100 do, N Cairns-22 do, Carne and Telo -150 do, order-1000 dry salted cow and ox hides, Cotesworth and Powell-250 do, 4130 horn tips, order—K D. BRITISH AMERICA. Jane Walker, (821) It Whyte, from St. John, N B, 177 ps birch and 948 pa pine timber, 1298 deals, 13500 staves, 287 oars, Wildes, Pickersgill and co—B D Despatch, (75) .1 Davidson, from Malpigne. 773 deals,423 battens. Ifm firmwood, Anderson, Garrow and co—Q D Brunswick, (357) G Smith, from Quebec, 154 pees red and 363 pees white pine, 695 deals, 3285 pipe staves, order—B D. Queen Victoria, (7151 W Melony,. from St. Andrew's, N. 8., 11,398 deals and deal ends, 427 pees pine timber, 1 pce hardwood, 131 cords lathwood, Wildes, Pichersgill and Co—B D. Dibdin, (570) C Downie. from Quebec, 520 pees pine, 56 pees oak, 19 pees elm timber, 1633 deals, 99 deal ends, 2400 staves, 32 curds lathwood, order—B D. SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. Ann Paley, (159) T Hunter, from Lisbon, 25 chests 50 1-chests lemons, J Adam-41 chests 8 1-chests do, J Collier-10 chests 2J chests do, M'Andrew and Co-230 bags wool, C and J Rawdon-7 4 do, W Hutchinson and Sons-7 do, order-1 pipe 2 hhds wine, W and G Maples-3 hhds do, Buchanan and Co-1 i-cask do, .1 Swire —4 pipes olive oil, Leech, Harrison and Co-102 crocks butter, S Perrott, jun-40 tons salt, J Bibby and Co--16 casks 9 boxes con tents unknown, Martin and Son—Q D. EUROPE. Sceptre, (185) J Bartlett, from Odessa, 421 casks tallow, Ralli Brothers-14 tons hones, master—K D. Malvina, (70) P Croix, from Havre, 114 cases 36 packages wine, Morinaud-1 3 4 packages do, R W Preston-2 0 cases do, J Knowles —1 do, M Hope-3 do, A Dennistoun and Co-12 do, Nicol and Robinson-7 do, T Stavert-2 cases 12 baskets do, Froes Brothers —2 cases contents unknown, H Castellain and Sons-936 burr stones, Kay and Hilton-24 baskets teazles, W H Rawson—l case, a picture, .1i Bourne—K D. Aurora, (99) T D Gray, from Archangel, 30 brls pitch, 707 brls tar. 1000 bass mats, 100 handspikes, Crozier and Co—P D. Anne Elizabeth, (89) E Poulsen, from Copenhagen, 725 brls 80 i-brls flour, J M Wood—Q D. Boykett, (80) R Austin, from Bourdeaux, 2 hhds 17 cases wine, 1 case brandy, Bevan and Smith-2 hhds wine, 6 casks brandy, E Purdon-36 cases 1 cask brandy, T Blackburn-1 hhd do, li Bre therton-3 cases wine, 1 case brandy. J Langton-2 4-casks 18 cases wine, 2 cases brandy, Finlay and Alston-1 4-cask 4 cases wine, 2 cases brandy, P Devaux-125 cases brandy, J M'Caire and Co-2 1-casks 2 hhds 82 cases wine, 21 cases brandy, W Maxwell and Co-7 hhds 5 cases wine, 12 cases brandy, order-1 case wine, 10 8-pipes brandy, J F Carlton-2 bbds 17 cases wine, Bevan and Smith-2 cases do, Vianna and Jones-3 cases 2 baskets do. Alan son and Brandreth-2 eases do, 11 and J Hornhy and Co-6 do, T Lee and Co-4 do, F Garnett-6 do, T and W Earle and Co-1 do, J Moss and Co-6 do, Laughton and Potts-3 do, Anderson and Garrow-2 hhds do, Percival, Parton and Co-1 do, J Adams-36 cases do, W Colton-18 do, J Carter and Co-20 do, Castellain, Sons and Co-1 do, Warden and Wanostrocht-2 hhds do, W Guy ton-1 cask verdigris, Robinson and Hadwen-4 do, T Hayley-6 do, T C Harter and Co-22 brls do, D Willink-4 casks cream tar tar, P Devaux- 1 bag corks, 3 cases truffles, &c.ease liqueurs, 1 basket oil, Finlay and Alston-1 case sardines, J Adams-6 brls flour, J Sanders-9 packages contents unknown, Gower, Nephew and Co-24 brls vinegar, - Castellain, Sons and Co-1 package, a guitar, P Serjeantson-1 parcel papers, G Parker-1 case speci mens, W Guyton-28 casks cement, It Zwilchenbart and Co-25 frks 20 8-frks butter, T and 3 Brocklehank-1 carriage, &c., Mar shall-6 casks verdigris, 70 hales corkwood, order—P D Marys, (209) 'l' C Law, from Marseilles and Gibraltar, (from Mar seilles,) 5 casks 102 cases wine, order-18 cases do, J Deakin-2 do, Wilson and Miller-1 cask 1 case do, Basnald and Co-1 cask do, j and J Buchanan-2 casks 1 case do, C Hamilton-1 cask do, .1 Wean-3 cases do, M Richardson-1 cask 1 ease do, J Tweetl —1 cask 1 case do, T Anderson-6 cases do, Selby and Chamhres -6 do. Laidman and Craig-1 do, J and G Hill-1 case do, W Gibb -2 pipes do, G Pardon —5O bales 9 casks madder roots, 20 bales 16 casks verdigris, 143 casks madder, 8 casks cream tartar, 83 tons asphalte, 4 cases honey, 2 bdles almonds, 4 cases 100 boxes macca- Toni, 8 cases nage, 10 brls semolina, 6 cases vermicelli, 1 case ca. Pers. order.--From gitolltar, 1 bale coutepts tinituown, Murray, Symo tuld Cu—C3 '6NY, erT ED" rwrzw. t . St tiro Au LONDON GAZETTE.-TVRSDAY, AUG 21. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. Mellor, James Mellor, W. Russell, W. Clark, ios. Melhir, at J. Ryder, Bahia; so far as regards Jos. Mellor and J. Ryder—J. Evans and D. Rees, Liverpool, linen-drapers—R. Brown,W.Bulk and E. W. Robinson, Liverpool—R. Jones and R. Dawson. Lire pool, blockmakers—F. M. Malilieu and J. Lees, Manchester, in mongers—R. Clemesha and J. Clemesha, Burnley, grocers. INSOLVENT. Aug. 20.—William Harris Stucley, Abergavenny, Monmou shire, booksellers. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Driver and John Moore. London, ship-owners. James William Barrett, jun. Abingdon, grocer. James Rodgers, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lancashire, cos builder. Margaret, Kew, Torrisholme, Lancashire, victualler. Percival Beautiment, Willington. Nortlauubedand, builder. Joseph Haigh, Meltham, Yorkshire, dyer. DIVIDENDS. Sept. 17, S. Flitcroft and T. Musgrove, Liverpool, grate-mann facturers—Sept. 12, It. S. Skey, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick shire, carrier—Sept. 12. W. Stephenson, Leeds, woollen -draper — Sept. 11, J. Maybury, sen. Bilston, Staffordshire. iron and tin-plate manufacturer—Sept. 14, W.. 1. P. Jackson, •Kidderminster, baker —Sept. 14, R. G. Clode, Birmingham, vine-merchant —Sept. T. ltrowett, Northampton, tin-plate-worker and brazier--Sept. 22. S. Hibbert and G. Hibbert, Dravcott, Derbyshire, cotton-doubler s —Sept. 24, G. N. Hickman. J. Liudopp, and J. Dawson. Birming ham, merchants—Oct. 15, W. Worth and H. Worth, Totnes, De vonshire, linen-drapers. CERTIFICATES To be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, en or before 11th day of Sept. W. Pratt, jun. Leamington-priors, Warwickshire, grocer—W• Thorn. Shaftesbury, Dorsetshire, ironmonger —J. Stevenson, Shef- Uhl, ironmonger—W. Henderson, Westbromwich, Staffordshire , iron-master—C. Gapper, Bruton. Somersetahire, currier—H. Wid nell. Kidderminster, carpet-manufacturer—J. Nall, Chorlton-upon - Medlnck, Lancashire, house-painter—W. Sweet, Chancery-lane. London, carver and gilder—F. Baldey. Brighton, bookseller—J. 15- Holdsworth, Lower Edmonton, corn-merchant. SCOTCII SEQUESTRATION. John Orr, Kilmarnock, grocer. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. AUGUST WWII 29. Joseph Garner, (special) T. C. Thompson's, 1 29. T. P. and .1. Peck Clarendon Rooms, 2 30. Ditto, (div.) "Ditt0........ 2 JO. John Reid Ditto 1 il. John Pryce Hamer, (Ist) Ditto 1 it. William Bolderston Mr. Hinde's, 12 31. Felix sPShane, (Ist) ..... ... .. .......Clarendon Rooms, 1 PRICES OF SHARES, LIVERPOOL, AuGust 23. Last Prices'. This day's RAILWAYS. &e. I'evShare. . • Prices. Birmingham and Gloucester 2O paid 910 - 0 .... Ditto and Derby Birkenhead and Chester Bolton and Leigh lOO paid 64 0 0 .... Chester and Crewe .. 19 .... 5 2 6 .... Dublin and Drogheda Eastern Counties • 7 lOs 5 17 6 ... Edinburgh and Glasgow 5 .... 5 0 0 .... 50 0 Ditto Leith & Newhaven 5 paid u 0 0 .... Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 4 .... 310 0 .... Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarl 5 paid 0 0 0 .... nock, and Ayr Grand Junction 1 00 .... 185 0 0 ....185 0 0 Ditto half shares 0 .... 37 0 0 .... 37 5 0 Great Western . • Hull and Selby Lancaster and Preston lO paid 4 7 Liverpool and Manchester lOO ....• • 201 0 I ~ti ,' Ditto quarter shares Ditto half shares London and Birmingham Ditto new quarter shares Ditto and Southampton Ditto, new shares l5 paid 3G 10 0 ..... Ditto & Brighton (United) Leeds and Manchester • Leicester and Swannington 5O .... 74' 10 0 .... Ditto. (new) 5 paid 0 0 0 .... Manchester, Bolton, & Bury 7B .... 74 0 0 .... Manchester and Birmingham 7 ...'. 7 7 6 .... Ditto and Ditto Extension 3 108 3 2 6 .... Midland Counties Newcastle and Carlisle 100 .... 92 10 0 .... Ditto quarter shares North Midland South Eastern and Dover North Union, (new) Ditto, (old) St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap lOO paid 0 0 0 .... York and North Midland l2 paid 10 10 0 ....., BANKS Royal Bank of Liverpool 5OO ... 700 0 0 .:..: Bank of Liverpool .. ..... £l2 108 paid '23 5' 0 ' '...„ .• Commercial of Liverpool -10 .... 20 , Z '6 ~.'.'. 20 2 6 Liverpool Union lO .... - 13413 6 ..u.• Northern and Central lO .... • ; 10. :0 .... Albion 25 paid 2 10 0 .... North and South Wales lO .... 10 2 6 -..,.- of Manchester lO .• • . : 13.. 0,0, ...0.• , ', sl'chester ft L'pool Dsct 15 .... 20 10 ' '13.'Z...,. South Lancashire 7 10s' '•7 , 0 0 ..-.. Liverpool Banking Company lO .... 10 2 6 .... Borough Bank 7 lOs 13 .o'',o ...•..A Commercial Bank of England 5 .... 510 0 .... East of England lO .... 910 0„,„,...,, Phoenix Bank Wilts and Dorset .... 10 .... Q 0,, 444 GAS, WATER WORKS, Ste.•• •'‘', -• - •:‘, 1 /' , "- - '. Exchange Buildings £loo paid • • 162'4 1 1k , ',';... - :: • L'pool and Harrington Water / 350 .... 4 M 1 0' 0 .' Works • • , , .. • Bootle Ditto Stock .... 320 0 0 .... Liverpool Coal GasCompanyStock .... 345 0 0 .... L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. £lOO .... 196 0 0 .... Ditto New Shares are now paid up. • • • • ' . ASSURANCE COMPANIES. Liverpool Marine Assurance / 25 paid 10 2. 6 ~„. Company Ocean Assurance Company ... 10 ..., 617 6 .'... Liverpool Fire and Life DOCKS. FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES. Ste: Anderton Carrying Company 12 10s. 12 15 0.... Woodside Ferry Egremont Ferry Rock Ferry • Monk's Ferry Steam Tug Company 6 .... 2 8 6 ~... • Harrington Docks Apothecaries' Company ' Asphalte (Liverpool) 2 .... •I • 7 6 ..,, ' -- (Polonceau) 2 .... 0 , - o,O•ii.*. LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY REPORT, August 16, 1838. DISCHAT:GED. -ADMITTED.- Si In-patients cured Relieved and at own request 14 Out-patie ~ . ..... •••• • • Made Out-patients - $ Irregular Dead Consulting Surgeons, Mr. Forsliaw and Mr. Dawson. House Visitors—Mr. R. L. Carr and the Rev. J. B. Monk. Chaplain, the Rev. R. Davies.—House Surgeon, Mr. Not!Anglo°. , and.' .0. ley rer- ron- ath- .'. F 1 .. 1 ach ; i LOCK HOSPITAL, Discharged 1l I Admitted 9', Dead .. : ........... In the Hospital 48.. . ' ,A Patients are admitted every day at 12 o'clock, Sunday exceP— _, PACKET BOATS.—FALMOUTH STATION, GENERAL POST-OFFICE. — Aug. 17, 1837. Nails made Last Packets Next Packets DESTINATION. up in Sailed. Due. London. --- Holland Tues. Sc. Fri. Mon. & Thurs. Hamburg & Swed Tues. & Fri. Tues. & Satur. Lisbon Madeira ... •. • Spain & I Ibralt Aug... 13. Aug. 1. Malta and Greece.. 2nd Saturday Tagus, August 6. Egypt arid India .. 4th Saturday August 6. Madeira Brazil R. B. Ayres• each month July 6. Sept. 24. America lst Wednes. Delight, Aug. 4. Lapwing,Sept.B cJamai L'ward 1 Ist day of H.M.B. Ranger, Pandora, I Isl. & Hay ti.. r , each month Aug. 3. Sept, 26'. Laguira Mexico and Ha- z 15th day of H. M.B. Swift, Goldfinch, vana... r Jamai. L'ward 15th day of H.M.R. Tyrian, Reindeer , I Isl. & Hayti. j each mont h. Jul y :8. Sept. 9 . Carthagena PRICES OF TIMBER AT LIVERPOOL. Not above 16 ft. Foreign £l9. B. Plan. £2. Not above 21 ft. Foreign £22. B. P. £2 1(:). £llO5. £7105, 15s load. 10s. I Not above 36 in Foreign LI 3s. B. Plan. 2s. 10s. per load }£2lss lcAd LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES. Number of new patients entered on the books of the Dispensat ill during the last toeek:,- To ta l . . North. South. • . Received advice and medicine at the Insti tution Visited at their own houses and supplied 0 with medicine ...•"' • ' — • '—'-- Total at each Dispensary 423 320 /46 VISITORS. ..c i. North—Mr. S. Barber, Mr. J. N. Hohnes..and Mr. .. • Maceor. .1 , South—Mr. F r ancis Jordan. - Rev. G. Gibson. and the 110* Aspinall. R. WEDGWOOD, SeerttarP Dispensaries Office, 1, Fenwick-street, 20th Aug. 18313- LIVERPOOL TIDE TAWAS Days. I Mrn. Ern. H. M. I H. M. F. I. Tuesday 21 ! i 0 5 15 10 Venus wig 61). 6m.-e'ren• 0 Wednes. 22 020 035 16 2 Jupiter c with nt 24nt• Thursday 23 050 1 5 16 4 Moon Apogee 211 morn. Friday 24 i 120 133 16 0 St. BafthOlottiew. Saturday 25 149 I 2 4 15 4 Mars risot 811 44tri, morn. Sunday 26 i 218 234 14 4 lith Suliday after Triniti . „ Monday 27 251 3 9 12 2 I Saturair: e" LATEST DATES AI':LIVERPOOL. . _....,, From Direct. Indirect. From„ Direct. ..itidir Calcutta . , t .15 ~, . . ... • Bombay .. May .. 21 litaranhatn ,ItilA+: '.., 4 - . .... • 0 China .... Mauritius . St. Helena. Rio Janeiro Bahia .... July 1 - • .. lsievf i T4l .:).uF, ..,, 4 , , ,• • • _ A .00,_. BIRTHS. • On the 20th instant, in Chatham-street, squaTe' t lady of T. Steuart Gladstone, Esq. of a daughterz., • Same day, at the Rectory,. Kirk4gton, the lady of the Bee' Ewart, of a son. MARRIED. or On the 9th instant, at St. Oswald's, Cheater, Mr. W, MOtice Lea-hall, to Sarah, the youngest daughter of the late Mr. C 3 Jones, of Huntington. On the 14th instant, at Limerick, Mr. Robert Sharp , cattle-de l et' Of this town, to Miss Judith O'Brien, youngest daughter of 1 1 ' ander O'Brien, Esq. of Limerick. nO 4 On the 15th inst., at St. John's, Chester , Mr. Josep h BP. V , eardener. of Boughton, to Jemima, third daughter of the late James Bleads, of this city. •On the 16th instant, the Rev. Joseph Ma3 ' son, of this to o i ( eLl Miss Elizabeth Hickson, of Chorley. They are about to pro pri on a mission to Australia, connected with the Church 3lissioP Society. t) Same day, at Workington, Mr. R. W.Whittingham , of the 11 Oak, Circus-street, to Mary, second daughter of Mr. Joseph Sot Harrington Mills, near Whitehaven. • _ d ug ly On the 2lst instant, Mr. Thomas Dowdall Martha, only terof the late Mr. James Stewart. E e ri Same day, at St. Michael's Church, Edward Ll o yd.Jameg. er of Presthury, near Cheltenham, to Eliza , 'eldest daughter of 3°' , Harris, Esq. of Chapelville, Toxteth-park. . J. Same day, at Skipton Church. by the Act. Starkey, Esq. of this town, to Elizabeth, eldestdaughter ot Alcock, Esq. of Aireville, near the former Pfa&g. - „ Same day, at the Collegiate Church,:Mancheste'r, - by the o e ivo' Johnson, Whitmore Henry, second son of John William re f ell' Esq. of Spring-hill, near Birmingham, to Emma, youngest dP ter of the late Richard Moon, Esq.. of Manchester. DIED. e' • On the 4th instant, in the 21st year of her age , Alice re or lo„ daughter of Mr. John Lightfoot, High-nark-street, Toxteth-PAeto On the 9th instant, at Chester, aged 67 , Air. John Willien s (' in the city Treasurer's office, Chester. f ger Same day. aged 53, Mr. James Heywood, of the firm 0 wood and Jones, Chorlton-upon-Medlock. . It ,' On the 14th instant, aged 54, Anne, wife of Mr. John 'TIT „ 0 0 0 ' of this town, and second daughter of the late Mr. Hugh (A" Peel, Isleman. s tli e • Same day, aged 61, Mr. Thomas Fazakerley, formerly' °' r King's Arms Inn, Orrnskirk. g " On the 15th instant, aged 4 years, Anne Jane , young est do° , of Mr. It. Outterside, tailor. Basnett-street. , 36, 1°e Same day, at Poulton-le-Sands. near Lancaster , aged i W istian illiam Hughes Chr. • Same day, in her 2lst year, Sarah Kendrick, fifth (ali b Ater the late Mr. Joseph Heath, ironmonger, Warrington. ~,e 6 tl4 " On the 18th instant, after a short illness, George, 3 ouliti of Mr. John Smart, of Low-hill. - / 0 11 %tr. - - DO Some day, at Eccleston, near Prescot, Esther, wife of - jo Whittle, of this town. and third daughter of the late IS,l f ' ~, Thomas, of Ashton-hall, Flintshire. - •••• • . ', •', .z , t rute P On the 19th instant, at No. 3. West Derby-street, Isaac ii inson Massiah, Esq , aged 67. late of the island of Barl7lo e0:00e: On the 21st instant, aged 58 years, W. It.' Anderson, Et'l" , chant, of this town. ' • ' J/01 1 Same day, Margaret, (laughter of Mr. Peter Edwards, • street, aged 2 years and 4 months. DUTY. • . _ l-2---:: LIVERPOOL • FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1838, PRINTED AND PI.II3LISIIED thi 6 EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY MORN' 131 BICHARD PATTISSON, • • (Residence, Village of l'areilree,) . r oe , ' At No. 4, NORTH CRINCENT, CASTLR-STRKFT, LIVE ,— - ~,, , eon t: Orders and Advertisements are received by Messrs. Ne' Iv o° , Co., Warwick-square ;Barker, Fleet-street ; Deacon, W3....ifia,e; Reynell. Chancery-lane • Lawson and Barker, liirehn!,d,ll,; Joseph Thomas, 1 finch-lane, Cornhill ; Mundell 1Tann"..",00,1 Lombard-street ; Mitchell, g, Red Lion-Nsitirt, F1" t ,,, - t ;e_ Clarke and Lewis, 4, Crown-court, Threadneedle-s%incio;, Garraway's; at the London Commercial Coffee-noose, : Coar„`, lane ; at the Jerusalem Coffee-house, Cornhill • Char te ` Cni le i,e house, Threadneedle T•ro: s v tr ; ee N t N orth d an i‘ d l e , S s ( r ) u s . t h wi rn i i a c ni r f1..,, t ii n y o Maitre, and Co., Sise-lane, London; by Messrs. JO l l l- :. 0",.. Co., at their Newspaper and Advertisement Agenel. )diet'. Quay, Dublin; Mr. M` nun, Glas Wheeler.,,,.. Be'd street, Manchester ; Mr. Haddock g , and Messrs. J• 31 ., 1 :;. n r . WO ; i' Booksellers, Warrington; Mr. Clarke, Pilot-offic e . '''' s Mr. Coot*, 33, Union-street, Birmingham. 0° Terms of Subscription for this 1:11.1.1.3'vt; q ci u 'e a d r i t t e , r o , ne year, £2 • 6s. ; half — Ye ax ' ...' s (111 y oar , £ 2 1 12a0", 6d. - if. half-lead i , d ,'C I 7 - ai d ti . 7 l ::l l4 : l :" cg 10. 64, . r ,' tto. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, AuGusT 23. The sales yesterday were 2500 bags; to-day the business is 3000. The market has closed steadily. Prices are without change. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, AUGUST 21. With the exception of Thursday last, (on the afternoon of which day we had heavy rain for several hours,) the past week has upon the whole been favourable for saving Hay, but still deficient of sunshine, and too cold for the crops of Grain —certainly not that description of genial warm weather now so very necessary for for warding the crops to maturity,—towards which they are progres sing very slowly,—being still green and far from ripeness, and re ports of the Wheat crops throughout this county and maup others in England, Scotland, and Ireland continue unfavourable both as to quality and quantity ; the imports from Ireland and coastwise continue to a very moderate extent, but the weather having been more favourable around London, and a decline in prices of Grain having in consequence occurred there. and in soma of the influen tial southern counties, this market, which advanced in the prece ding week too rapidly, and without sufficient reason, has experi; enced a decline during the past week, of Gd to 9d per 76th on free and bonded Wheat, 3s to 4s per 28015 on Flour, 2s to 3s per 240th on Oatmeal, and there has been a proportionate depression on all. other articles in the Corn trade here, in Yorkshire, in Manchester, and Birmingham, and the transactions of the week have been to a very trivial extent. The duties on Barley, Indian Corn, and Buck Wheat from Foreign ports are this week decreased is 6d per qr.,— on 'Wheat, as anticipated, Is per qr.. and on Flour is 94d per brl ; • on all other Grain there is no alteration ;—on Friday next a similar further decline will occur in the duties on Wheat and Flour, and very likely is 6d per qr. on Oats, Beans and Pease. The transac tions of the past week in bonded Wheat and Flour have been very small, though at a reduction from the great advance of the prece ding one of 6d to 9d per 70th on the former, and of Is to 4s per brl. on the latter ; very little has been done in any other Grain in bond; but the scarcity of free Wheat has compelled some of our millers and dealers to buy in small quantities, for their imme diate wants, of the finest red Pomerinean Wheat in bond. to be delivered free of duty next Saturday, at lis 6d to 12s per 70Th to which some few of the holders have assented, and duty was paid last week on about 500 qrs for this purpose, although there is every probability of a further reduction of duty, and that on Friday the 31st instant the duty will be 6s 8d per qr on Wheat, and 4s per brl on Flour. • With a change of Moon on Sunday m orning we have had a recurrence of very bad weather;—very heavy rain on Sun day forenoon and yesterday—particularly severe last night—and continuing this day with increasing severity, which must prove very injurious to the crops in this district; in consequence of which a recovery of the decline above noted was anticipated at this day's market. but the unexpected account of the market in Mark-lane yesterday, stating a decline on Wheat, free and Bonded of 5s to 6s per quarter completely stagnated the demand here ; the decline above noted was confirmed and a little increased, for every article in the trade, and sales were effected to so very small an extent, that it is difficult to quote prices correctly, which we endeavour to do as under ;—the weather continues with a very un settled appearance. WHEAT, V 70th S. d. a. d INDIAN CORN, V 4801 b. English 11 0 .2.12 3 Red Scotch ll 0 —ll 1 White Irish Bonded 9 0 —lO 0 English 44 0— 47 0 BARLEY, V qr. Irish English ...... ..36 0 —4O 0 PEAS, Grey 32 0— 35 0 Chevalier 38 0 —42 0 White .. 38 0 44 0 Scotch, df 60th 6 6—6 10 RAPESEED, V last, £ Irish Foreign, bond 42— 4 6 Fine ...... 5G 0—66 0 OATS, V 451 b. Irish English 3 8 4 0 American, 4f brl. free. Scotch Irish Foreign, bond 2lO 3 4 OATMEAL, 4, 24015 Ditto, duty free 38— 4 0 English 29 0—39 0 RYE, VV. 34 0 —3B 0 Do. new 1837 30 o—3l 0 MALT, 'W qr. fines 6 0 —62 0 Scotch 29 o—3o 0 Middling 46 0 —5O 0 LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, AUG 20. The supply of Beasts at market to-day has been somewhat smaller than that of the preceding week, and the quality much about the same ; but we cannot note any alteration in price from our last week's quotations. It has been a selling market with many country buyers, but the Beasts were not al I sold up, in con sequence of the steamers not arriving until a late hour, which pre vented many parcels of Beasts from being shown until very late in the afternoon. The number of Sheep has also been smaller than last week, and Lambs rather scarce : the demand has been tolera bly good. and principally all sold up, saving a few Sheep of very ordinary quality. Best Beef was sold at from 51d to 6d, varying from that down to 5d per lb, but principally at the former prices. Nether Mutton may be quoted at 61d per lb. middling 6d, very or dinary and Ewes at a shade less. and Lambs much about the same price. Number of Cattle at market :—Beasts, 1213 ; Sheep and Lambs, 9218. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, AUG. 2.3. No alteration in anything. AN ACCOUNT OF CATTLE, Imported into Liverpool, from the 15th to the 21st instant. FROM IRELAND._ _ . . Cows. Sheep. / ;. 1;;:a0r;i , ;• Mules. Calves. Lambs. 2738 6738 2919 114 0 16 517 Previously 56322 92322 . 139692 3506 169 252 27317 coAsTwt SR. Cows. Sheep. Pigs. Horses. Calves. Lambs. 17 2014 2 10 1027 Previously 3903 46309 6351 127 20 887 IRISH PRODUCE AND MANUFACTURE. DUBLIN, August 16. Baicx—Tullamore per thousand 20s to 218. County Dublin 30s to 325. BEEF—Per fierce India, £0 Os to £0 Os ; prime mess, £5 lOs to £5 15s; plant mess, £2 lOs to £2 15s ; barrels £3 lOs to £3 15s BAcoN—Per cwt. 53s to 55s : heavy 40s to 44s ; pigs' cheeks 38. to 425; hams 51s to 535; pork per barrel 85s to 87s ; tongues per firkin 30s to 345. BUTTER—First per cwt. 56s to 88s ; in cools 8d to 10d per lb. firkin, 84s to 90s. new sto s. CANDLES—Export, 70 per lb; mould, 7s; dipt, 6s per doz. FEATIIERS—From the country per stone, 7s to Os ; white Ils to 14s 6d ; mixed 6s to 8s Gd. GLUE—Per cwt. 60s to 655. Glass—Wine and porter quarts per gross 34s ; ditto pints 30s ; ditto half pints 22s ; imperial quarts 42s ; ditto pints 335. 2 per cent. off for breakage. HIDES AND SKlNs.—Salted hides per cwt. 30s to 31s ; ditto calf skins 3d to 31d per lb. LEATIIER—Per lb. British 10d to 12;d; native light 8d to 10Id ditto 421 b. to 451 b. per hide, 131 d to 141 d ; ditto 481 b. to 501 b. 13d to 160 ; calf skins 18d to 21d per lb. slitters ditto 14d to 15id ; kips, Irish, 18d to 2ld ; English 22d to 26d; cordovan 18d to 20d, bellies 9d to 11d. I'tices firm. LEAD.—Pig per ton £ l 9 ; sheet £2s; pipe £23 105 ; shot £24. OlLS—Rape refined per cwt. 42s ; brown rape 403 ; turpentine 75s to 80s ; linseed 39s to 358. RAPESEED-145 to 15s per cwt. SLATES—Queens, tons, sized, 50s; tons, 355; quarters, in lengths, 50s ; half ditto 25s ; commons 125: duchesses lsts £9 les ; 2nd £7 10s •, countesses, lst.s, £6 ; seconds, 90s ; ladies, lsts, 35s ; 2nds, 40s, doubles, 30s ; and mosses 80s per thousand. SALT—Per ton 485 to 5Cs. SOAP—White per cwt. 35s to 38s Od; yellow 25s to 28s Od. STARCII-48s to 50s per cwt. TlLES—Flooring per dozen 4s to ss. TALLow—Melted per cwt. 56s to 60s; bladdered lard 60s to 63s ; rough ditto 39s to 40s; fat per stone 4s 6d to 4s 10d. Tomteco—Roll per lb. 3s 4d to 45. WooL—Fleece per 161 b. 22s to 235 Od ; skin 20s Gd to 21s 6d; pockets, new, 21s to 22s 6d—firm. WHISKEY, OLD—lmperial gallon, 7s Od to 8s 6d ; new 6s 4d to 6s 6d. In bond 3s to 3s 4d. SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—Hay, Is 4d to 2s 4d per cwt. ; Straw is 6d to 2s per ditto. SPITALYIELDS.—Aug.9.—Bacon per cwt. 53s to 565; Hams 50s to 53s'; cheeks, 38s to 42s Od ; cool butter 8d to lOd ; new 84s to 90s ; bladdered lard, 61s to 635. POULTRY MARKET, COLE'S.LANE.—FowI per pair 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Chickens, I s 8d to 2s Od ; ducks, 2s Od to 2s 6d. EGG MARKET—Wholesale, 4s Od; retail, 4s 6d per 124. POTATOE MARKET—AppIes 3s 10d to 4s Od ; blacks, Os to Os Od ; Cups, 2s 6tl to 2s 10d; Jumpers, Os Od to Os Od per cwt ; new pota toes, 4s to 5s per cwt. BUTTER MARKET—Per lb. ; cool, 7/1 to 9d ; fresh 9d to 10d. FlSH—Turbot, per lb. is to is 3d ; crimped cod, 5d to 7d ; soles lid to is 3,1; lobsters. 2s to 4s 6d each; oysters, Os Od to Os ; fresh herrings, 4s Od to 5s Od per hhd. COALS—Whitehaven, 16s; Carlisle, 16s; Harrington, 14s; Scotch 15s ; Kilkenny 35s to 37s per ton. PREMIUMS OF INSURANCE AT LLOYD'S. LONDON & LIVERPOOL. (Sailing before 12th Jan.) Outward. Home. Jamaica Leeward Isl. Deme. & Berbice Honduras New York, Boston Charleston, Savannah ...... New Orleans Havana 12th Jan. Canada British North America Newfoundland Brazils River Plate East Indies 25s Od Os Od 20 0— 0 0 30 0 -- 35 0 20 0 -- 25 0 25 0 -- 30 0 35 0 -- 40 0 40 0 -- 60 0 30 0-35 0 30 0 -- 40 0 25 0-30 0 25 0-30 0 0 0— 0 0 4' l 0 -- 50 0 40 0 -- 50 0 40 0-50 0 40 0-50 0 30 0 -- 40 0 25 0 -- 30 0 20 0-25 0 45 0 -- 70 0 25 0-30 0 25 0-30 0 20 0 -- 30 0 15 0-20 0 20 0 -- 30 0 15' 0-20 0 20 0-25 0 7 6-10 0 7 6 -- 10 0 7 6-10 0 13 0 -- 20 0 15 0 -- 20 0 15 0-20 0 after Ist Aug. 40: Ode 50s0d 20 0 25 0 340 0 —350 0 15 0-20 0 15 0-20 0 25 0-30 0 340 0 —350 0 25 0-30 0 25 0-30 0 20 0-30 0 20 0 60 0 0 0— 0 0 40 0 50 0 40 0 50 0 45 0 60 0 40 0 60 0 30 0-40 0 30 0 —l2O 0 15 0-20 0 40 0 50 0 20 0-25 0 20 0-25 0 20 0 25 0 15 0 20 0 20 0 25 0 15 0-20 0 15 0-25 0 7 6 10 0 7 6 10 0 7 6-10 0 10 0 20 0 10 0-15 0 15 0— 0 0 Company's Ships 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 Verds Lisbon Cadiz France Holland Hamburg, Bremen, &c. Gotteuburg, Stockholm Petersburg, Riga. &c. Oporto - I . :MlTZ7TtiTea:a6o.lr-str'eet ian ~rp` t ' nns instO .Aen Wood, Deals, 120 Stan. M. duty paid. Archangel £lB 0 0 18 10 Memel l6 10 18 0 i Gothenburg l5 10 16 0 Wyburg -- --- Petersburgh Planks, per foot of 2 in. thick Dantzig, Deck British American, Pine 0 21— 0 21 La thwood, per fathom. Danzig, 4 feet £9 0 In 0 British American 5 0 6 0 Mahogany, per foot of 1 inch thick. I Honduras Cüba St. Domingo. Oak Planks, British American.. none Teakwood, cubic feet Staves, per 1200. Danzig, Common Pipe £135 0 Ind. 65 0 —7O 0 Quebec, red 11 inch Thick, and 51 feet Long laltto, Puncheon l4 0 18 0 Timber, per cubic fuot. Oak _ . Pine, B. American, common 1 41-- red , 1 5-- 2 0 yellow ..., 1 51— 1 9 Danzig, middling 2 2 2 6 Memel, middling Riga, red ~.•,. i •