The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-11-30 00:00:00

Warp, TRYING TO PLEASE EVERYBODY. Hints to Editors. One reader cries, your strain's too grave, Too much morality you have, Too much about religion; dive me some witch and wizard tales, Of slip-shod ghosts with fins and scales, And feathers like a pigeon. I love to read, another cries, Those monstrous fashionable lies— thope novels, rrarnoturrose o inks, an pries s, an ords, Of border wars, and Gothic hordes That used to live iu hovels. No, no, cries one, we've had enough Of such confounded love-sick stuff To craze the fair creation Give us some recent forein news Of Russians, 'lurks, the Poles, or Jews, Or any other nation. The man of dull scholastic lore Would like to see a little more Of first-rate scraps of Latin; The grocer fain would learn the price Of tya and sugar, fruit anti rice; The draper, silk and satin. Another cries, 1 want more fun, A witty anecdote or pun, A rebus or a riddle; Some wish for parliamentary news, And some, perhaps, of wiser views, Would rather hear a fiddle. The critic, too, of classic skill, Must dip in gall his gander quill, And scrawl against the paper; Of all the ►iterary fools, Bred in our colleges and schools, He cuts the greatest caper, Another cries, I want to see, A juinbled-up variety, Variety in all things— A miscellaneous hodge-podge print, Composed (I only give the hint) Of multifarious small things. I want some marriage news, says miss, It constitutes my highest bliss To hear of weddings plenty ; For in a time of general rain None suffer from a drought, 'tis plain, At least not one in twenty. 1 want to hear of deaths, says one, Of people totally undone By losses, fire, or fever; Another answers, full as wise, I'd rather have the fall and rise Of racoon skins and beaver. Some signify a secret wish For now and then a favourite dish Of politics to suit them ; But here we rest at perfect ease For should they swear the moon was cheese, We never should confute them. Or grave or humorous, wild or tame, Lofty or low, 'tis all the same, Too haughty or too humble ; So, brother editors, pursue The path that seems the best to you, And let the grumblers grumble, CONTEMPORARY PRESS. LADY HESTER STANHOPE AND THE WHIG GOVERNMEN r. (From the Morning Herald.) We published, yesterday, a very curious correspon dence relative to the conduct of the whig government in reference to Lady Hester Stanhope. We take, now, the opportunity of stating, that the annals of official meanness contain nothing more disgraceful. The whig cabinet has not, since the accession of Queen Victoria, been sparing in the unconstitutional use of her Majesty's name, and alleged political sym pathies. But we are not aware that they have, in any previous case, compromised the authority of their royal mistress in a manner so grossly unconstitutional, as they have in this affair of Lady Hester Stanhope and one of her creditors. The facts of the case are these. Lady Hester Stanhope, the niece of Mr. Pitt; has , since - the death of that distinguished_ statesman, received a pension of £1,500 per annum. Her ladyship has, for very many years, resided in eastern countries. In her wander ings, she has contrived to learn more of the manners and opinions of the "far east" than ever was learned by European before--encountering, at the same time, more moving accidents by flood and field than ever fell to the lot of heroine of romance. Her ladyship's eccentric habits, strong powers of mind, and unbounded generosity, have acquired for her vast influence in the district where she has of late years fixed her residence. In consequence of a recent ebullition of benevolence, on a very magnificent scale, her ladyship was com pelled to transact sundry large debts. One of her creditors, at length, applied to the British government for aid in his attempt to enforce a settlement of his claim, and in answer to this application Lord Palmer ston prevailed on the Queen to intimate that Lady Hester Stanhope's pension should be stopped until the debt in question was provided for. On the subject of the debt adverted to, Lady Hester Stanhope has declared, that her creditor subjected her to extortion of the rankest kind, and that, at all events, he is entitled to no preference over her other cre- ditors. It seems to us scarcely possible to imagine any de reliction of duty towardS the crown more gross than that committed by Lord Palmerston in advising the Monarch to abase the royal prerogative into the means of effecting the forcible adjustment of a dispute be tween a creditor and a debtor. Such a duty is not, as suredly, amongst the duties assigned to the crown by the theory of the constitution ; but if such are to be, henceforward, on the authority of Lord Palmerston and his brother whigs, recognised as amongst the functions "of royalty, it would seem to follow that all creditors may, when it suitslhem, advance pretensions tooffices the benefit of the friendly of the crown, in bringing refractory debtors to reason—pretensions quite as well-founded as those of the whig-patronised claimant on the resources of Lady Hester Stanhope. Many debtors, having large means in England, have been in the habit of living abroad, in order to evade payment of their debts. Why should not the influence of the crown be forthwith placed, in all such cases, at the disposal of all classes of creditors, honest and dis honest ? Why should not the crown prerogative be, henceforward, employed in the attachment of rents and dividends—the property of all debtors who may not choose immediately to settle with their creditors? Who can touch pitch and not he defiled ? Royalty itself, when doomed to contact with whiggery, would seem destined' to lose no small portion of its lustre ! It may be urged, perhaps, that our reference to rents and dividends is not warranted in the circumstances — that pensions differ in character from the other varie ties of property which we have named—and that, over pensions, the crown must be admitted to possess a le gitimate power of control ! It will, at all events, be conceded by the defenders of Lord Palmerston, that if this assumed distinction were admitted, the admission would not deprive the interposition of the whig government in this matter of Lady Hester Stanhope, of its oppressive and uncon stitutional character, unless, in all similar circum stances, a similar species'of interposition might, as a matter of course, be calculated on. Yet such inter position might have been, and might still be, attended with exceeding inconvenience in the instances even of many illustrious individuals. The Duke of Sussex might, on his confession, be, at this moment, subjected to the benefit of this whig-discovered variety of the royal prerogative; whilst, " if we have writ our an nals true," the late Dukes of York and Kent might have had the pecuniary difficulties that beset them fear fully aggravated, if the measure which has been - meted out to Lady Hester Stanhope had been meted out to those members of the royal family. We beg, however, to express our dissent from the whig construction of the nature of that control which is, undoubtedly, possessed by the crown over the re cipients of pensions. Pensions ought not to be granted on light grounds; nor ought pensions, when granted, to be, for slight reasons, revoked. As the sanction of Parliament besides, is, not unfrequently, superadded to the royal authority in the bestowal of pensions, it might be desirable, perhaps, that the sanction of Par liament should, in like manner, generally, warrant the withholding of that which bears the character of a public reward. Not that we would be understood, for a moment, to question the constitutional right of the Sovereign to revoke a pension ; but we venture to think, that as a pension is presumed to have been won by public services, the forfeiture of a pension ought, e converso, to be preceded by some offence against the public on the part of the recipient. And on this po sition we are prepared, without hesitation, to take our stand—that although the crown may, with perfect pro priety, in certain cases, interfere to revoke a pension, the crown never can, without compromising its dig nity, interpose to regulate the distribution of the pen sion between the recipient and his creditors. The creditor of a. public pensioner, like the creditor of every kind of debtor, has his remedy at law ; and to courts of law—on the implied protection of which he, in the first instance, risked his property, in the shape of a loan—he ought to repair fur redress. If the powers of courts of law be found insufficient to se „pure justice to creditors—(although on that side there is not commonly supposed to he any lack of efficiency in our civil tribunals)—let these powers be increased until the ends of justice can be attained. To the whigs alone could it have occurred to abase the royal prerogative to the level of the privileges vested by the constitution in a Court of Requests. It is a circumstance not generally known that the three last pretenders of the dethroned family of the Stuarts, have recorded upon thil tomb-stones in the cathedra! church of St. Peter, at Rome, their pretended titles of Kings of Great Britain and Ireland. under the names of Charles 111., James 111., and Henry IX., the last being the Cardinal York, who lived and died a pensioner of Geo. 111. THE EMPEROR TRAJAN.—" You teach," said the Em peror Trajan to the Rabbi Joseph, "that your GOD is every where, and boast that he resides a m on g s t y our nation; -I should like to see him."—" God's presence is indeed every where," replied Joshua, "but he cannot be seen; no mortal eye can behold his glory." The Emperor insisted. " Well," said Joshua, "suppose we try to look first at one of hia.am bassadors ?" The Emperor consented. The rabbi took him in the open air at noonday, and bid him look at the sun in its meridian splendour. " I cannot, the light dazzles me." "Thou art unable," said Joshua, "to endure the light of one of his creatures, and caust thou expect to behold the re splendent glory of the CREATOR? Would not such a sight annihilate you ?"—Goodhugh's Lectures on Biblical Literature. MALI COMATINI T UTIOT WWIII wgS (From the Glasgow Courier.) Suggestions for the Substitution y Steamers from Liverpool to the Packet Commmuications with the Colonies, sanctioned by the West India Associations of Glasgow. The result of the repeated experiments made by the Great Western steamer proves the practicability of substituting similar vessels for the packets at present employed in the conveyance of the West India mails; and it is not less evi dent that, besides effecting an immense improvement in the communications with these colonies, such arrangements may be made as will not only diminish, but probably save, the ex pense now incurred in this service. No opinion with regard to the success of such steamers, as passenger-ships, can be farmed from the experience of the sailing packets from Fal mouth. That place is in a remote part of the country, and a passenger in going there to embark must undertake a long, expensive, and fatiguing journey. The accommodation in the packets, which is by no means superior, is so limited, that he must employ an agent —thereibeing no office for the purpose in London—to bespeak a birth some time before hand, in order to be certain: and when he is landed in the \Vest Indies, he finds his journey and passage have cost him considerably more than he would have incurred for excellent accommodation in a first-rate merchant-ship, departing from a port near his own domicile, and conveying him direct to his destination—whereas the inconvenience to many of the pas sengers is very great after their arrival at Barbados, for they are there transferred into very small uncomfortable vessels, called mail-boats, which distribute the mails among the colonies. Of course, all females, children, and persons not in robust health, are practically excluded. In short, the passengers by the sailing packets, are, for these and other reasons, confined to a comparatively small number of per sons, who are anxious to make rapid progress, without regard to expense or inconvenience; and an erroneous impression consequently prevails as to the extent of the intercourse with the West Indies. It is not difficult, however, to approxi mate to correct information on this subject. According to an account taken of the passengers that sailed from the Clyde, during the year ending on the Ist September last, it appears that 148 vessels bound to the British West ludia Colonies carried '273 passengers—being an average of about two for each vessel, and applying this average to all the ports, the aggregate number is nearly 3,000, including those by the packets. There can be no doubt that almost every one of them would prefer the steameis, if the rates of passage-money were reasonable; and it is equally certain that the intercourse would be very greatly increased. At present a merchant or planter, in contemplating a visit to Great Britain, either for business or recreation, has to calcu late upon spending three months and a half at sea before his return; and, unless he can absent himself for five or six months, he has not sufficient motive to undertake the trouble and-expense of the voyage. The case would be exceedingly different if, instead of an uncertain transit of three or four months, he could be almost sure of not being much longer than thirty days. He would often be induced to move if he could spare three months from his usual avocationa—and this is almost annually in the power of many—because he could ' reckon upon being two-thirds of his time in this country; and the passage each way, by a superior steamer, being so quickly and easily performed, many merchants especially would come to euojy the advantage of one month's personal intercourse with their connexions and friends. All who are acquainted with the West India Colonies, and the nature of their relation with the mother country, will readily admit the correctness of these statements. But, even if no increase whatever were to take place, the number of passengers ac tually passing to and fro at present are more than sufficient to furnish most ample remuneration for the expense of the projected establishment of steamers. To insure complete success, however, arrangements must, in every respect, be equal to those made in private steamers, such as the Great Western—and there is certainly no reason why they should be at all inferior. The Government need not aim at realising profit, and ought, therefore, to be content with full reim bursement. In order to meet the wants of every class of passengers, it may be expedient to prepare suitable accommo dation to the steerage as well as the cabin; and, as no room will be required for any cargo, except specie, the troops may also be conveyed to and from these colonies by embarking a company, or some more definite limited number, in each successive packet—at least, all ordinary movements may be thus effected at little expense, and with great comfort and certainty. Suppose that each steamer were adequately pre pared for the reception of 80 cabin and 40 steerage passen gers, and that for the first year only 50 and 20 were, respecti vely, the average numbers that embarked—there being two departures monthly—the total number per annum would be 100 Cabin Passengers 12 = 1200 Cabin. 4U Steerage do. 12 = 480 Steerage. , 1680 While, according to the estimate already referred to, the ac• tual existing intercourse may be taken at near l y 3000. The rates of passage-money may, and ought to be fixed so as to compete, in point of mere expense, with - the other means of conveyance; for, however desirous every person may be to enjoy superior comfort, that consideration cannot always be indulged. If the rate for the cabin were fixed at £3O, and that for the steerage at £l5, the returns for each voyage would be—as supposed for the !last year -50 Cabin Passengers 30 s.-_-.- 1500 20 Steerage do. 15 = 300-1800 2 = £31300. And, as each steamer would perform at least six voyage/3 an nually, the yearly return for each would be 3600 6 £21,600 from passengers alone. Indeed, it is highly pro-, battle, that soon after the establishment of such splendid con. veyances, every berth would be occupied, and the revenue consequently greatly augmented. The rates of passage money might then be reduced, and the letters charged with only the inland postage; for, as has been already observed , full reimbursement is all that need be required. Under the in fluence of these views, it is proposed that, instead of sailing packets at present employed to carry the mails between Fele mouth and the West Indies, there shall be dispatched, on the Ist and 15th of every month, a steamer from Liverpool. That port is decidly the most eligible station for steam packets to our possessions abroad. Coals, and the requisits, and tradesmen for the outfit or repairs of such vessels, are there in abundance of the best description. In consequence of the railways already formed, or in preparation, and the steam communications by water, it is practically in the cen tre of the United Kiodom. Letters and passengers arecon yeyed in eleven hours to London, and may from thence, of course, be distributed in every direction without delay. Those for Bristol and the West of England are carried by railway, which, ere long, will be extended to Gloucester, and eventually to that city. Those for Scoland may be conveyed by superior steamers to Glasgow, from whence there will, in a few years be a railway to Edinburgh, and another to Ayre—whilethere are steamers along the whole of the east and west coast. Those for the northland and midland counties may be forwarded by railways to Manchester, Preston. Lancaster, Leeds, Selby, Hull, York, Sheffield, Derby, &c., and there are already daily steamers to the principal ports of Ireland. It is con ceived to be a reasonable expectation that a steamer of the first class in every respect—of adequate tonnage and power —shall arrive at Barbados in about fifteen days, upon a mo derate consumption of fuel—for, after getting into the lati tude of the trade winds, she will have the advantage of smooth water, as well as a favourable current, and derive important assistance from a great spread of canvass. The homeward passage may occupy a few days longer, but it will probably be performed in seventeen days, if St. Thomas be the point of departure from the West Indies. And as it may be desirable, lot the convenient distribution and collection of mails and passengers, to detain her there fourteen days, the course of post would be about forty-six days. Four steamers would, therefore, accomplish the service, and have spare time on both sides of the Atlantic for occasional repairs. On the at rival of the steamer at Barbadoes, it is proposed that she shall proceed, a fter a few hours' delay, with the mails and passengers for St. Vincent, Grenada, and Trinidad ; and that the following arrangements shall be made with regard to the others: — A powerful and commodious ,steamer, prepared in every respect for the comfortable accommodation of passengers, to receive those for Hayti and Jamaica, and proceed immedi ately to Kingston, calling at Jactnel, or some other conveni ent point. on the south coast of Hayti. After remaining four days at Kingston, to return by Jacinel, and the South coast of Porto Rico to St. Thomas, where she may arrive on the thirteenth day after leaving Barbados; to which Island she shall return direct from St. Thomas, after there delivering the mails and passengers to the home-bound steamer. A steamer of moderate tonnage, but adequate power and suitable accommodations, to receive those for Tobago and British Guiana, and proceed immediately to that Island, Demerara, and Beibice. After remaining one day at the last mentioned settlement, to return by Demerara and Tobago to Barbados, receiving on board the homeward mails and pas sengers at each colony—and proceed to St. Vincent to transfer the same to the home-hound steamer, and immediately- return to Barbados to perform a similar tour on the arrival of the next steamer from Liverpool. A steamer, somewhat larger, to receive the ma is and pas sengers for all the islands to the northward of St. Vincent, and proceed immediately to distribute the same in succession at St. Lucia. Martinique, Dominioa, Guadeloupe, Antigua, St. Kitts, Tortol a, and St. Thomas ; and to return by Nv th e es i a s 'me route to Barbados, calling at each island fur mails and passengers. A schooner to proceed monthly from Barbados to La Gnayra, carrying the homeward mail to St. 'Thomas, and re turn thence to Barbados. The mails and passengers far Carthagena, Chagres, and Honduras, to be forwarded from K in g ston, Jamaica, twice a -month, by a steamer of adequate power and accommoda tions, which shall proceed in the order here stated, and return front Honduras to Kingston. The home-bound, or Atlantic, steamer, after remaining five days at Trinidad, to proceed to collect the homeward mails and passengers from Grenada, St. Vincent, (where she will receive those brought by the steamer from Berbice, Deme rara, Tobago, and Barbados,) St. Lucia, Martinique, Do minica, Guadeloupe, Antigua, Nevis, St. Kitts, Tortola, and St. Thomas—where she will, on the fourteenth day after her arrival at Barbados, receive the return mails and passengers front Jamaica and Hayti, and immediately proceed to Liver pool. It will be remarked, that throughout these arrangements it is proposed the passengers shall be conveyed to and front every place in a good steamer, of adequate tonnage and power, with suitable accommodations. Without the full observance of these conditions, the objects in view may not be attained. Hitherto the comfort of passengers has been little regarded, while the expense of passage, even for the shortest distance— from one island to another—has beets unnecessarily heave ; and the vessels at present employed by the Goverment are such that they never can be rendered productive as passenger ships. The steamers that have been sent to carry the snails front Jamaica to St. Thomas are so unfit for the purpose that they have frequently failed to arrive in time for the homeward packet—and the Lords of the Admiralty, overlooking the true cause of the disappointment that has ensued, have been in duced to propose a change in the course of the packets, by making the point of final departure instead of St. Thomas, Gape Haytien, and directing the steamer from Kingston, by St. Jago de Cuba, to ;hat place, Although it is believed that this alteration will he found, even for sailing vessels, very . in. convenient, especially during the season when northerly winds prevail, and the passage from all the colonies to the east ward of Jamaica will be rendered longer, while that from Kingston will not be shorter, it is deemed unneces sary to enter into any argument on this point. What ever may be urged as to the probability of a sailing packet getting sooner under the influence of favourable winds, by departing ;rom Cape Haltien, it is presumed there will be no difference of opinion with regard to the unexpediency of sending the Atlantic steamers in this case, further west than St. Thomas—seeing there would be no difficulty in bringing the mails and passengers to that island from Kingston in five, or at most six, days. Such is the conviction of persons who have made the passage in the inadequate steamers now used, with their coals piled high on their decks! The num ber of subsidiary steamers required for the service among the colonies would be the same as are at present in commis sion—with the addition of one for the proposed communica tion twice a-mouth between Jamaica and South America — and all the existing mail schooners might be disposed of, ex cept two or three for the conveyance of the LaGuavra mail, and for occasional extra services. '1 herr are seven or eight gun brigs employed in carrying the mails from and to Fahnouth, which would, of course, be no longer required. In the estimate made of the returns, no account has been taken of the passengers who would most certainly in great numbers take advantage of gdod steamers communicating, between all these colonies once a fortnight, and with many of them four times a-month. To show the perfect contrast which such a system of intercourse would present with what now exists,it may be enough to mention that the occurrence of a disaster last year to a vessel, bound from Trinidad to the Clyde, was known in Glasgow, by letters and newspapers from St. Kitts, sooner than in Trinidad, • where it was most desirable the parties concerned should receive the earliest in telligence. It may be supposed that the arrangements here suggested require, for their complete success, such minute and sustained management as would be best secured under a Joint Stock Company. If the Lords of the Admiralty entertain this they may give a tertaitt far the venvertnee of the mails, and the other cervices that may be performed for the government, and in that vase there will be no difficulty in forming a company with bufficient capital to execute the whole plan. LORD ABINGER'S ALLEGORY. (From the Book of Beauty for 1839.) At the base of an extensive chain of mountains, whose sum mits touched the skies, once dwelt a people celebrated for wisdom, piety, and valour. Time, which destroys all things, has obliterated their original name. Divided from the rest of mankind, on the one side by inaccessible mountains, and on all other sides by the ocean, it was upon that element only that they- held any commerce with-. other nations. Theis geographical position, fortified by naval defences, secured them from foreign invasion. Whilst other countries were ravaged by hostile armies, and by famine and pestilence, which follow in their track, this happy people read of the ca lamities of war only in their gazettes. The song of triumph was often sung at their festivals, but the shout of victory was never heard in their holds. In these were seen only the traces of agriculture and abundance, whilst their cities re sounded with the busy hum of industry, or the cheerful tones of amusement Their institutions, founded in. great anti quity, had been prudently accommodated to . the change of circumstances, and improved gradually by time, and a con stant attention to preserve their true spirit and practical ad vantages. In the true spirit of patriotism, they loved their laws and institutions not only for their intrinsic value, but because they had inherited them from their fathers, had been imbued with them from their infancy, and found them moulded up with, and grafted into, their language, their man ners, and their habits. Ideal forms of government they treated as the amusement of conversation, not as the practi cal business of life. They considered them as the statesmen of Home considered the various systems of philosophy taught by the Greeks, worthy of being studied "clisputandi causd, non ita vivendi." They acknowledged nothing abstract, either in virtue, or liberty, orlaw. Habit, practice, and experience, they looked upon as the true sources of attachment, and the surest foundations of knowledge. They were not less remark able for devotion to their religion. Before revelation had shed its light amongst men, the constellations of the heavens were the most natural objects of wonder and veneration. This people worshipped the sun and the moon. To the first they ascribed the powers of life and fertility. To his influ ence they acknowledged their obligations for their blessings of corn, and wine, and nil, and all the fruits of the earth by which man is nourished, and all the flowers of the.field by which his senses are delighted.. Their hearts swelled with gratitude, and their lips sounded with praise. when they bent towards his rising orb as the author of these inestimable gifts. But when, ascended above the horizon, he darted his beams through the misty clouds of morning,. and melted them front before him, they found his face too bright to be looked at ; they averted their eyes from a radiance they could no longer endure, and sought. refuge iri the temples dedicated to his worship, where they adored, in silent awe, the surpassing ..splendour of his meridian glory. A sense of unbounded power was mingled with their devotion ; they felt conscious of an influence that could destroy as well as preserve; and they were filled with reverence and fear when they sought to propitiate a god at once incomprehensible and unapproachable. Not with less reverence, but with less fear, they worshipped the moon. In her they contemplated chiefly the attribute of be nevolence, which spread a mild lustre over her countenance, and adorned it with ineffable grace. As she rose from behind their lofty mountains, she became a signal for the cessation of labour, and the approach of pleasure. Those nights of the month, when she shone in her fullest beauty, were dedi cated to social amusement, mixed with religious rites. Songs of praise and the harmony of musical instruments expressed and elevated their gratitude. The wide expanse of the hea vens formed the temple of the goddess, illuminated only by the chaste and silvery flood of light which she poured upon her votaries . These nights were passed in processions , in festivity, in dancing. Devotion was mingled with their amusement, and piety was a portion of their joy. They had a religious establishment which enjoined these rites, and cul tivated these feelings. The rules of morality were inculcated by their preachers, and corroborated by the sanctions of reli gion; and the habits of the youth were formed to a love of peace, order, and virtue. But neither the power nor the happiness of a nation can endure for ever. After many ages of unexampled prosperity—the admiration , and envy of the world—the harmony of this people began to be disturbed by a sect of dissenters from the worship of the sun. At the first, these were but few in number, and had only declared a pre ference for the moon, as the purest object of adoration. The unmixed delight which she gave, the habitual pleasure and gaiety that accompanied her periodical splendour, were the first allurements of these her votaries towards their new he resy. At length, by the incessant practice of extolling her superior claims, and directing their devotions to her, the religious admiration and fervour which she excited.began to be extravagant and exclusive. Her beauty, her charms. her power, her virtues, were their constant themes of celebration and praise, till, like the blessed Virgin amongst the Papists, she began to rob the true deity of his worship, and her parti sans ventured openly to deny the divinity of the sun. Whilst their numbers were inconsiderable, they gave no alarm to the government or the church, and were allowed to preach their new doctrine without molestation or controversy. But as this new doctrine was founded on the mixture of pleasure with devotion, and appealed for its truth to the senses, it possessed a charm for the multitude, which engrossed their passions and inflamed their zeal. The proselytes increased, and their numbers encouraged the boldness of the preachers. It was in vain that the regular clergy endeavoured to call the people back from their phrenzy by appealing to the past, by reminding them of the blessings they had enjoyed for so many years under the united worship of the sun and mown); . by ad monishing them that the theories of their new instructors, however specious, were not founded on experience, nor capa ble of proof. The arguments of the church served but to kindle new zeal in her opponents. They treated her defenders as actuated by a sense of personal interest, or as governed by antiquated prejudices: they ridiculed experience as the test of reasoning; and treated the wisdom of past ages as a mere topic to delude the present, to throw a mist of prejudice over the eye of reason, and to fetter the freedom of inquiry. They resented the aid which the government afforded to the national worship as an unjust interference with the rights of man; and they denounced as intollerance the support of one farm of worship and the encouragement of one system of re ligious opinions. They published pamphlets, without num ber, to prove that all mildness, charity, and benevolence, flowed from the moon; that the sun was Lather an object of terror; that his influence was malignant; that his burning rays would dry up and consume the earth, but for the kindly rain and refreshing dews, which they ascribed to the labours of the moon. They taught that between these two luminaries there was a constant struggle, in which the moon prevailed; that she was engaged, during her recess, in throwing darkness over the night, to counteract the effect of the excessive light with which he dazzled the eyes of men in the day ; but when she uppeared in the firmament with him, it was to mitigate the fervour of his rays; and when she beamed in her soft glories—the sovereign of the night—it was to give to the world a foretaste of the undying rapture which would attend her sole dominion. From these premises they deduced, by plain reasoning, that the safety, as well as the happiness of men, depended on the moon ; and a corresponding duty on their part to worship her alone, and by sacrifice cud prayer to propitiate her and to encourage her to shine the brighter and the longer for their benefit. They gained many prose lytes by their reasoning, but more by their eloquence in preaching. 'This they practised, chiefly during the full of the moon, to vast congregations assembled under the canopy of the heavens, made resplendent by the orb which the preach ers invoked; to which the eyes of all the audience were turned, and from which they imbibed at once an impression of the truth and of the delight of their religion. Then the preachers triumphantly declaimed against the, bigotry of the Sunuites, who persevered in their infatuated worship even at the very moment when they were driven by the fury of their god to hide their faces from his view in temples and in caverns, where his scorching beams could not penetrate. Lastly, they denounced the government, in unmeasured language, for giving countenance to the established worship, and for allowing any worship whatever to be established. So great was the enthusiasm excited by these means, and so vast the multitude which shared it, that, fur three or four nights in every month, the authorities of the state were in danger; and it became a question whether a sudden and immense re volution would not be effected by the popular fury. When the leaders of the new sect had advanced thus far, they thought it better to aim at the power they sought by . more constitutional means. They gradually established their in fluence in the primary assemblies of the people; and finally obtained a small majority in the council of the nation. When they had accomplished this , they no longer disguised their intention of destroying all religion and all literature, but their own. They prohibited, by law, any worship but that of the moon; they destroyed the temples erected to the sun, and made it penal to offer any homage to him, or to profess any respect for hint. Those who still adhered to the ancient religion, could no longer testify their creed by their conduct; the greater part were obliged to conform to the established discipline; some ,were banished by public authority; and others sought freedom in voluntary exile, and became the founders of religion in other countries, where they taught the worship of the sun. No sooner had the followers of the moon thus gained the power of the state, than they in their own turn were disturbed by anew sect which improved upon their doctrines. This new sect was founded upon the admitted basis of the first,—that all true felicity was derived from the moon. But they deduced from this, as a necessary conse quence, that it was the duty and the interest of all true be lievers to come as near to the moon as possible, and to dwell in her perpetual light. They pointed out that, notwith standing the happy change which had recently taken place in the banishment of a false worship, and the establishment of exclusive power. in the true believers, yet the moon had neither shone more brightly, nor increased the number of nights in the month when she blazed in the fulness of her majesty; that the nation was in no respect happier, nor wiser, nor richer, than before; on the contrary, they had lost certain temporal advantages in the absence of many wealthy citizens, who, preferring exile to the abandonment of the worship of their ancestors, had transferred themselves and their substance to foreign countries. It was manifest there fore, that something yet remained to be done for the attain ment of true happiness, and to carry out the principles of the late revolution. They showed to the people that, when the moon rose front behind the mountain, she always touched it; that, when she was at the full, she rested for several moments upon the summit . before she ascended into the heavens; and that, during such time, her orb was dilated with appa rent satisfaction, if nut with reluctance to quit the moun tain. From these signs, and 'from the principles already established, they deduced, as a natural consequence, the duty of the people to sacrifice every other pursuit in life to the grand object of approaching and touching the moon. It was true that the mountain, beyond a certain height, had beeinedvery possibly resolve but nothing could resist enthusiasm , aided by the divine influence ; that when the whole n ation should ar r ive at the summit of the mountain, the moon m i g h t resolve to remain there, and dwell with them for ever: but at all events, those who desired it would enjoy the inestimable privilege of touching her, and be gainers of immortal life and felicity, whether they became absorbed into her substance, or were allowed, retaining their present forms, to accompany her eternal course in the paradise of her beams. It is incredible with what rapidity this new sect gained credit with the people. Their old attachments once broken, they yielded the more readily to the last novelty. The acknowledged disappointment of their late hope com bined, with the desire of consistency, to make them adopt the new theory. The leaders of the late revolution, in order to retain their power, were conspelled to place themselves at the head of the new movement, and to increase the impetu osity with which the popular tide overwhelmed all judgmen t and prudence. The resolution, suggested by the new preach ers, was at length adopted, after much debate and various expedients of delay. By a solemn convention and decree, the whole nation was hound to desert their dwellings and their occupations, and to assemble at the foot of the moun tain at a period appointed for the purpose, being the night before the full of the moon; thence they were to proceed, in a mass, to ascend by all practicable means. An inconceiva ble multitude—some furnished with musical instruments, some with scaling ladders, some with sacks and baskets of provisions—assembled accordingly, and began their march. Many, worn out and exhausted by theirlabour, died in their progress; many perished by falling between the clefts of the mountain; many, disappointed and disgusted, would have turned back, but were pushed forward by the multitude moving from below. Repentance came too late to save them. Their footsteps could not be traced: they were borne upwards, till in their turn they ceased to exist. Thus this great and famous nation perished by its own frenzy. The small number which , by incredible exertion and fanaticism, reached the summit of the mountain , were mortified and dis gusted beyond expression to find that they were no nearer to the moon than before. They cast themselves down, and wept in despair. .Those who recovered wandered away from each other, andbecame dispersed amongst the nations of the earth, withoutsthe name which distinguished them as a people. They appeared to have lost their powers of reason and of Just perception; and gave birth to a tradition which long pre. '47 -S-iN - vaPedwaist tbo wits of roan, when !opt, weya to be found in the Monti. The remnant of this Naplo, scattered over the face of the earth, is still known by an appellation connects d with their fate. Their number is inconsiderable, in com parison with the mass of any nation amongst whom they dwell. But it has, of late, been much on the increase; and there is reason to fear that, if they should become the ma jority, they I l t d exercise the power and the right, which a majority is a itted to have, of locking up the minority in bedlams and atic asylums; for it is one of their most in yeterate• maxims,—that reason resides with the multitude, and that the majority can never do wrong. RATHER Too Soon.—An apprentice was brought before the Warrington magistrates on Illondav, and committed for six weeks, for absentinLhimself from the service of his mas teri,'Messri. TheiTii - and - GrilVa, file ctiftel7Fr ertzetting the adage which says " never holla before you are out of the wood," on his way down the Bridewell stairs he called out, " Hurra, my boys, I've only got six weeks of it ;" and for that pieee of impertinence he was again placed at the bar, and his commitment was made out for three months, just double the time originally awarded His employers had been at the expense of sending to Birmingham to apprehend him. • ------- A FEE-LEI2.—A surgeon and a lawyer had very little good feeling towards each other, and the following occurrence took place :—" If," asked the surgeon, " a neighbour's dog destroy my ducks, can I recover damages by law?" " Cer tainly," replied the lawyer, " you can recover. Pray what are the circumstances?" " Why, sir, your dog, last night, destroyed two of my ducks." " Indeed! then you certainly can recover the damages; what is the amount? I'll in stantly discharge it." " Four shillings and sixpence," chuckled the surgeon. " And my fee for attending and advising you is 6s. 8d.," responded the attorney, " and un less you immediately pay the same my conduct will be suit able."—The Honest Lawyer. • NV ATERLOO.—In a letter to Marshal Beresford, written soon after the event, the Duke of Wellington thus described the battle of Waterloo :—" You will have heard of our battle on the 18th. Never did I see such a pounding match. Both were what the boxers call gluttons. Napoleon did not tna nceuvre at all. He just moved forward in the old style, in columns, and was driven off in the old style. The only dif ference was, that he mixed cavalry with his infantry, and sup ported both with an enormous quantity of artillery. I had the infantry for some time in squares, and we had the French .cavalry walking about us as if they had been our own. 1 never saw the British infantry behave so well."—Colonel Garwood's Dispatches glthe Duke of Wellington. MAN AND SWINE.—I may here take occasion to observe, that there is a remarkable similarity of constitution between the man and the sow. Scrofula, which woad is derived from the Latin name of the sow, "scrof," is peculiar to man and swine. These last are also subject to apoplexy : a friend of mine lost several by this disease. They ate also liable to softening of the brain; a disease rare, if all, to be met with among other brutes, but common in the human subject. They are also liable to tubercles in the lungs and liver, to diseases of the heart, to ruptures of blood-vessels, accidents almost peculiar to mankind with them. And, more remark able still, they are subject to a species of madness quite dif ferent from the hydrophobia of dogs and other brutes, but bearing an exact resemblance to human insanity. This re semblance between man and swine I notice that Juvenal re presents the Jews as being in part aware of. " Nec distare putant, that is, the Jews,) humana crane, suillain."—SATlßE, XiV., line 98. —Dick's Diet and Regimen. ASPH ALTU PAVEMENT.--The promoters of asphaltic paving on the Continent mention with triumph, that some . which has been lately laid down in the "Electorial-street," at Warsaw, has borne with success a trial which must re move all doubts of its stability. A train of carriages lately passed through Warsaw, carrying machinery . from the ma nufactory of Cocker-hill, at Seraing, in Belgium, for the use of a great cotton spinnery, belonging to Mr Geier, at Loda. The load carried by some of these carriages was nine tons, their weight was a ton and a half, and the combined weight of 10 tons passed over the new asphaltic pavement without occasioning the slightest fracture or other injury. The cir cumstance is noticeable in itself, but its accessories give it additional interest. The "great cotton factory at Loda," beyond Warsaw, and the machinery supplied to it from the workshops of Englishmen settled in Belgium, are striking facts in the history of the "march of manufacturers." — Mechanics' Magnzine. . _ _ POLITICAL Duets.—The violence of political parties during the early part of the reign of George 111. gave rise to many duels. lu 1762 Wilkes discharged a brace of pistols with Lord Talbot, which meeting he has described ina man ner irresistibly ludicrous in a letter to his friend Earl Tem ple • in the following year he fought his well-known duel with Martin, the secretary to the treasury, and was severely wounded. Just previous to the American war Mr. Whatley was found dangerously wounded .by lieutenant-governor Temple. In 1779 Mr. Adam called out Mr. Fox for words spoken in the heat of a debate. Two cases of pistols were discharged • Fox was slightly wounded. When the affair was over, iox, in allusion to the clamour which existed as to the badness of the ammunition supplied to the troops, is said, on discovering his wound to the party, to have remarked, " Egad, Adam, it would have been all over with me, if you had not been charged with government powder." In 1780 Colonel Fullerton, the member for Plympton, wounded the Earl of Shelburne, for designating him a " mere commis." in the house of lords; and in the same year Sir Philip Francis challenged Warren Hastings, then governor-gene ral of India, for severe animadversion on his conduct as one of the members of the council of Bengal. Hastings waived his dignity, and gave Francis a meeting, at which the latter was severely wounded. Francis, on his recovery, hastened to England, and accused his antagonist of high crimes and misdemeanours, and to him Burke was deeply indebted in his gigantic attacks upon Hastings. In 1786 Geu. Stuart wounded Lord Macartney in a political duel; and in 1798 Pit and Tierney discharged a brace of pistols each with a lucky perversity of aim, and shook hands in the harmless smoke they had raised. We pause ins the threshold of the 19th century.—United Service Journal. ADULTERATION OF Mmes.—Professor Thomson, in, his examination before the Medical Poor Inquiry Committee, stated, that the trader sorts the drugs: the purest kind he - sells in its natural state, the second kind he reserves for pow ders, and the worst of all he uses for tinctures, and this infe rior kind is very often in a state of decomposition. Frauds are often ,practised in the drug market. Opium often con tains a piece of iron embedded in it; calomel often consists of very little more than sulphate of barytes, which is an inert substance • and white precipitate of mercury is sometimes sold as calomel; but in scatnony the adulteration is even more remarkable, an-immense quantity of chalk being found in it, so that the active ingredient in it often varies from 8i per cent. to 811 per cent. Gamboge is often a manufactured article ; milk of sulphur commonly contains one-half of stucco, as is proved by exposing the composition to heat. Peruvian bark, as it comes from the hands of the drug grinder, consists of charcoal, with Venetian red, Catthage nian bark, lignumvitue, and satinwood. Eisen so late as forty years ago this composition was made by the Apotheca ries' Company, and was supplied to the army as Peruvian bark. It is known that; on one occasion, two chests of the genuine article having been sent to a drug-grinder, he put eighteen chests of extraneous matter to the two of pure bark, and sold the remaining eighteen chests to. his own profit. Calamine, or carbonate of zinc, as it occurs, in commerce, contains very little zinc at all, consisting principally of sul phate of barytes, coloured with a little iron. Ginger is adul terated with 50 per cent. of capsicums, saw-dust, satinwood, and flour; and sometimes the article sold does not contain more than 30 per cent. of ginger. Julep is frequently adul terated with twenty-eight pounds of barley-meal per cwt., and lignumvitw dust is sometimes used. Liquorice.powder is made of equal parts of common sugar and barley-meal, with a little turmeric. Lac and plumbago are adulterated with coal and opium, with extract of senna, and there is sometimes an infusion of from 30 to 60 per cent. of water. Rhubarb is often made of 141hs. of flour, Boz. turmeric, and 981bs. of rhubarb; and the article sold often contains no more than one-half of its weight of rhubarb. Nittate of silver, which is extensively used in medicine, is often adulte rated with nitrate of lead. Tinctures are diluted with ti, when the water. A gentleman, now retiring fr o m the drug trade, bad been offered any powder he chose for 36 5 . per cwt., and, person making the offer was asked if the article Was genuine, his answer was, that it was the best he could make at the price, thus showing that the powder might be brought down to almost any price ! The dr u gg is t himself sometimes sends out the genuine article to the grinder, mixed with a number of foreign ingredients; the griuder then does his share of the adulteration; so that very little of the genuine article ever reaches the customer ! The apothecaries who are supplied by the chemists, only consi der them selves judges of the roots y any chemical tests to and drugs as they p rese nt themselves in th e na t ura l s t ate: they a d rte o i n le o . t pretend s a to re b l e ik a e b i l ) e t toobaepiocured p )r in their genuine state where the apothecary employs a respectable druggist who grinds for himself. To the knowledge of witness only two houses in London grind their own drugs. It was his opinion, that drugs adulterat ed as d escribed were commonly sold to country practitioner s, and he thought that the educe tint' prescribed to medical men was nut calculated to direct detect their aststrecnhtattention frauds.to chemistry whirls medicine is purchased , the poor are more liable than others to be supplied with b a d remedies. A chemist had sufficiently t o ena bl e t h em to price is on e o f th e t e st s by inasmuch urged the witness himself to deal with him, saying, in refer ence to his prices, that he could supply him with drugs for paupers much cheaper. TEMPERANCE AND SNUFF - TAKING.—"Tht present age," said Mr. Phillipson, "is an age pregnant with quackery. Every scheme that is fitted to charm the vulgar is set forth ac the regeneration of the race. Diseases are to be cured by homoeopathy, men ate to be made immortal by auimal mag netism, and morals are to expand into a milenium by dint of tee-totalism and temperance societies. I hate drunkenness and immortality, but even more do I hate that mercenary spirit which turns these to a good account, and daubing the wall with untempered mortar' keeps men from solid and real papaceas. The whole system of temperance and tee total societies is but a new edition of Monasticism. The monk retired from the world rather than 'use, as not abusing it,' and the anti-whisky man runs from the blue ruin and its sis ter spirits, rather than resist the intemperate use of them. Both are indolent ways of overcoming evil and ruinous pas sions. • What think ye 0' sneeshin-takin'?' said one of the old elders. • I'm thinking it's ua better than dram drinking. Ma mull inaun be an ee-sore to sae partiklar partialities; but it will naed muckle logic and main divinity than poopit or pen can steak out to gar me abjure the custom o' three score an'ten.' Snuff,' said the parish mini s ter, `must be put on other ground. It never intoxicates—it never steals away the senses. Its orthodoxy depends on its influ ence on the physical system. But it always struck me that if it had been the design of the creator that we should be snuff-takers or tobacco smokers, the nose would have been inverted!' "—Fraser's Magazine. Slower: OF Memons.—The following description of the meteoric phenomena, during the night of the 12th instant, is given by Mr. Robert Carr Woods, of Hatton-garden, in a letter to the Times:—" The night of the, 12th of November, being the time for the .periodical return of an unusual num ber of meteors, I determined to leave London, on account of the obst ruction buildings offered in this crowded city, to locate myself in the delightful village of Richmond, Surrey, for the purpose of observing the annual returnn, of this remark able phenomenon. In the afternoon of the 12th the sun sunk below the horizon as to predicate a clear night. When be low the horizon, there was a grand display.of a rich profusion of red, orange, and rosy coloured hues. The wind blew fresh from the N.N.E., and the night was, in consequence, very cold. At 10 hours 13 minutes p.m. (clock time) a meteo, without train, fell from the star Lyra , and took its di rection across the Milkey Way. At 11 hours - 48 minutes a large meteor with train fell from Cassiopeia, and crossed the Milkey Way at an anle of nearly 9 0 de grees. From 12 o'clock (midnight, 'l2th) till 3 hours 25 minutes on the 13th, nine meteors fell, crossing the galaxy at angles of from 70 to 80 degrees; six were without trains, and three with trains. 1 now began to despair of witnessing the 'grand display' seen in former years, recollecting, however, on some occasions, the • shower' did not comm e nc e t ill near four o'clock. 1 continued to direct my attention to the N.N.E. whence the greater number of meteors had fallen. At three hours thirty-five minutes nothing could exceed the beauty and grandeur of the heavens: from E.N.E. to N. meteors fell like a shoiver of bomb shells in a bombardment, and in such rapid -succession as to defy every attempt to watch their particular direction and course among the stars, or to ascer tain their number. The whole visible heavens were illumi nated by the light of such a prodigious number of meteors dif fused in their descent towards the earth, and a more beautiful and maeatificent sight cannot possibly be conceived. At three hours fifty-five minutes the 'shower' ceased, and after fotr qAock all traces of meteors were gone; the stars, how evdr, shone with no diminution in number or brightness, and the atmosphere was remarkably clear. The total number of meteors could not have fallen short of from 400 to 500, the maximum number at three hours forty-five minutes. We tnay, therefore, conclude the 'meteoric shower' was equal in interest and splendour to any of a former year." *Dipping rititllfuence. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27.—Wind, E.S.E. Rain. Amin'En.—Challenger, Hernaman, from Smyrna—Damon. from Jersey—Henry Alexander, Pike, from Barletta—ldea, Cooper ; Swift, • ; Nonpariel, —; Jane Pipe, Dawne, from London —Octavia, Bayfield, from Swansea. SAlLED.—British Heroine, Atkins, for Mobile—Jane, Gregory, for Rio Janeiro—Le Zephir, Niolan, for Senegal—Brilliant, Craig, for l3ourdeaux. British Merchant, hence for Bombay, at Llanelly Royal William, Irvine, from Ilamburgh at Falmouth; and sailed 23d instant for Calcutta Lancashire Witch, Grayson, hence, at Monte Video Isabella, Smith, hence, at ditto Agenoria, Itattrav, hence, at Quebec Zante.Johnsoo. hence. at—Ancona Express, hence for Genoa, was spoken 12th instant, off Cape St. Mary's. Racer, from Smyrna for this port, off Cape de Gatt, Ist instant Sophia, hence for Bahia, was spoken 19th instant, in lat 49, long 20 William Hill, Berrill, sailed from Marseilles for this port ".7th November Bess, Martin, from Barcelona at Tarragona, and sailed 20th Oct. for this port Teri, Vivian, hence, at ditto Isabel, from Antigua, was off Holyhead yesterday Don, Morton, from St. Petershurgh for this port, at Londonderry Manchester, from Pernambuco, and Christopher Columbus, Heulin, from Naples, off Liverpool Induic Walker, and Glasgow, Somerville, cleared at Quebec for this port 17th ult. Mary, White, from Quebec for this port, at the Cove John Walker, Gaskin, from Dalhousie for this port, at ditto, in 38 days. On the 15th instant, in lat. 9 20, spoke the John Ander son, hence for Charleston, out three days Invejia, Le Cruz, from St. Übes for this port, at ditto Lady Clifford, Grainger, fm Calcutta. leaky in her upper works, lost sails, &e. ; Redbreast, Millard, from Smyrna and Lisbon, and Elizabeth Ann, Ellis, from Salon, at the Cove , . Prowler, 51` Dowell, from Smyrna. at Dublin Catherine, Wilson. from London for this port, at ditto Universe, Breck,, from Quebec, passed Kilnish 22nd instant, in 35 days ; experienced very bad weather, lost bulwarks, Ike. Eagle, Williams, hence for London, at Milford, leaky Egidius, Duyts, hence for Ostend; Baltic, Ditcham, from Lon don for this port, leaky, and Guilhelm, Bass, for Rotterdam, at Plymouth Navigator. Ketelboter, hence for Stettin, at Portsmouth George IV, Leggett, sailed from Charente for this port 19th ult. City of Exeter, —, hence for Algiers, was spoken 23th ult. off Cape de Gatt The Superior, Sherries, from Lisbon, with foremast sprung. and loss of sails ; Griffin, Berry, leaky ; Triumph, White, and Friendship. Davies, from London ; and Laura, Rundle, fin Wood bridge, with loss of bulwarks, all for this port, at Waterford Fame, Whitley, from Monte Video, at Crookhaven ; sailed 15th Sept. Left at Monte Video, the Isabella, Lancashire Witch, John Cock, Reindeer, Fair Barbadian, Catherine, Golumbia, John Sou chay. Trio, Bella Portena, Tynwald, Calder, Plata, Abeona, Eve, and Solway. The John Scott was to sail in two days for this pole. On the 15th ult. in lat, 3 30 S, long, 27 0 W. spoke the Philomela. from the Cape de Verds for Monte Video. On the 22nd, in lat. 11 0 N, long. 25 0 W. spoke the Alexander, from China for London Naw Yonic, Oct. 25.—The ship Mersey, Webb, of New York, at Philadelphia from Londonderry, reports that on the Bth Sept in lat. 49 49 N, long. 29 51 W, passed the British brig Maria, of Maryport, full of water, nothing standing but part of her foremast. She appeared to have been but a short time in that situation, as a part of her foresail was remaining WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2.B.—Wind S.E. fresh. SAILED. - Laurena, Merrill. for N. Orleans—Richard Anderson, Lucas, for Baltimore—Vrow Gelie,Wycham, for Antwerp—Guilel• mo, Godfrey, for Syra, &c.—and James, Muir, for Bourdeaux. Woodstock, Cook, hence at Madeira Wm. Salthouse, sailed from Madeira 6th Oct. for Trinidad, and the Alice, Anwyl, 25th, for Barbados Louisa, -, hence at Arichat Brenda. Simpson, hence at Halifax Mary Ann 114;on. hence at Pictou Indefatigable, Orton, and Catharine M'Donald, Corner, hence at Richibucto Hercules, -, hence at Shediac Glide, Riley, hence at Baltimore Sydney, Cowan, hence at New Orleans Xylon, Franklin ; Alfred, Cheever ; Britannia, Cook, and Thomas, Arnold, hence at New York Pactolus, Harding, and United States, Turner, hence at Phila delphia Madison, Wood, and John Marshall. -, hence at Virginia Denison, Jones, from Antigua, at ditto Royal William, Miller, hence at Virginia Guiana. -. hence off Cadiz 17th-instant Mary, M' Kenzie ; Ann Paley, Hunter, and Visiter, Luscombe, hence at Lisbon Mary, Walker, hence for Smyrna off Scilly, 19th instant Newton, Ferguson, from Danzig, at Stromness ; sailed 18th inst. in company with the Terra Nova, both for this port Phoenix. Zellman, from Riga for this port, at Longhopo Ann, Storr, from St.Petersburgh for this port, in the Caledonian Canal • . Nicholas Biddle, hence for New York, was spoken 14th instant, in lat. 50,10ng. 17 Water Witch, Shedden, from Glasgow for Leghorn, is on shore near Carnsore Point. and it is feared will go to pieces WEXFORD, Nov. 20.—A ship, from 4 to 500 tons, timber laden, came on shore on the bank near the bar last night ; five or six persons can be seen on board, and it is hoped they will be got on shore at low water. Part of her cargo is washing on shore DUBLIN, Nov. 27.—1 t blew a heavy gale from S.E. last night. The Gainsbro', of Ipswich, is on shore at Malahide ; crew in the rigging. The Margaret, of Preston, from Wicklow, is on shore near the same place. The vessels wind bound in Kingstown harbour, are all well. THURSDAY, NovEmsEa 29.—Wind S.W. fresh. ARRIVED.—The Manchester. Roddock, from Pernambuco—and Christopher Columbus, Heulin, from Naples. Overland mail from India. via. Bombay : dates from Bombay Gth Oct. ; Calcutta 13th Sept. ; China Bth July, and Sincapore 20th Aug. Lady East, Emery, hence at Bombay 15th Sept.; Princess Char lotte, Sproul, ditto, 20th, and Memnon, Every, from Llanelly 29th. Jupiter, Elden, sailed from Bombay 14th Sept.; Brighton, Bed man, 15th; and Tamerlane, Smith, 20th, all for Liverpool ;—Fort. field, Sly, 22nd Sept. for Bushire ; Herculean, Grindale, 27th Sept. for Calcutta; and Malabar, Southward, 31th Sept. for China Elvira, Simpson, hence at Calcutta 11th Sept. ; Sunda, Greig, ditto, 14th, and Blakely, Holmes, ditto, 15th. Isabella Cooper. Currie, from the Clyde, at Calcutta Cassiopea, Wlnram, sailed from Calcutta for the Mauritius 28th Aug.;• Ripley, Steward, 11th Sept. for Liveapool, and John Wood all, - 111ossman, 13th Sept. for the Mauritius H.M.S. Wellesley, from - Madras, at Lintin 12th July Bencoolen, Tait;lence and Batavia, at Sincapore Hopkinson, Stephens, from Bombay, at Sincapore, and sailed 13th Aug. for China Glasgow, Hamilton, from Siam, at Sincapore, and sailed 31st July for London Ranger, Brown, sailed from Sincapore for London 18th Aug. • Osprey, —. hence for Bombay, was spoken Bth Oct. in lat. 8 N, long. 22 W Bonanza, Ponsonby, from China, at the Cove • sailed from Whampoa 3rd July, Batavia 15th Aug. and St. Helena 10th Oct. Left at Batavia the Superior, Elizabeth Walker, Palmer. and Jean. The Diamond was to sail from Batavia in a few days for Cowes. On 23rd Oct. in lat. 8 N, long. 25 W, spoke the Bahamian, hence . . for Calcutta, and the chili Indus Brilliant, Craig, hence for Bourdeaux, was totally wrecked near Castletown, Isle Man, during a severe gale 27th instant: two men and two boys drowned Jane, Williamson, and Esk, -, hence at Pernambuco Ha , net. Scott, hence off Demerara Margaret Helen, Roach; and Margaret Ann, Hartery, hence at Newfoundland' ----- Neptune, Parker, hence at ditto, with loss of fore yard and pare of bulwarks . . John Taylor, -, hence for Africa, was spoken 21st instant in lat. 49, long. 10 Fanny Connell, -, hence for Leghorn, was spoken 10th inst off Cape Sines John Peat, Leslie, hence and Malta, at Smyrna Helme, Astrope, hence at Syra, and cleared Ist Nov. for Constan. tinople Temperance, Le Grand, hence at Syra Highlander, Bottomley, sailed from Trieste for this port Ntl: Nov. _ James, Wright, hence at Ancona John Airey, Wilson, from Leghorn, at Gibraltar Hope. Guthrie, from Alexandria, at Gibraltar, and both sailed 12th Nov. for Liverpool Trinity Yacht, Johnson, sailed from Gibraltar 10th Nov. for Denis; and William, Wakeliam, 13th Nov. for Liverpool Charlotte, Blenck , hence at Travemunde Cordelia, M'Mahon, hence at Riga Carl .Whilhelm, Bartel, hence at Swinemunde Alert, Hall, from London for this port, at Waterford ; cargo shifted and loss of bulwarks St. Martin, Vaughan, from St. John, N.B. at Cove ; in running in got foul of the brig Don, and carried away her bowsprit Jos. Wheeler. Brien: from Demerara at Cove H.M.S. Inconstant, from Quebec at Plymouth SYR A, Nov. 10.—The Zuileka. Scott, from Liverpool, grounded on some sunken rocks off the S.F.. coast of this island, on the 7th instant, but was assisted off and into this port, after discharging part of the cargo MALTA, Nov. 10.—The Red Rover, from Alexandria to Liver pool, has put in here, having been struck by lightning, and it is ex pected must discharge STIIANGFORD, Nov. 24.—The Active, from Liverpool to Belfast, broke from her moorings, in Ardglass Harbour, on the 21st instant, drove on the beach, damaged her bottom, &e. and lost one man overboard WEXFORD, Nov. 27.—The timber ship reported yesterday is the Ariadne, from Quebec to Belfast. The vessel has become a total wreck ; captain and eight men saved DUBLIN, Nov. 23.—Part of the cargo of the Ga!nsbro', from Liverpool to London, (reported yesterday,} has been saved ; three of the crew drowned. 'the Bootle, Carson, from Liverpool to Tri nidad, struck on the Kish Bank, got off with loss of rudder, and was brought into this river by the Hawk, pilot-boat. A French schooner, name unknown, is on shore at Five-mile Point. The weather continues very wild. COVE, Nov. 27.—We had a very heavy gale last night from S.S.E. and several vessels drove. Both masts of the schooner La Rose Victoire, were cut away to prevent her driving on shore. A ship ladder, with some cabin curtains. have been picked up near the Lighthouse ; also a ship's boat without name . VrOtiO L7inttral for toabing. (SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.) EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, A^c, Crusade-r, l G Wickman, 300 Bombay, Bold & Starkey .lectJr, J Johnson, 392 Bombay, .1 Aikin & Son !!'EST INDIES 119 St. Vincent, Antigua and Cape Hayti, J Poole Sr, Co Margaret, J White, SOUTH AMERICA. Alert, 230 Bahia, Cabotia, J Ashton, 388 Bahia, Ivanhoe, .1 Gibson, 299 Rio Janeiro, UNITED STATES. 500 Baltimore, W & 3 Brown & C 400 New York, Bahr & Co 488 Savannah, Anderson, Garrow & Co EUROPE. _ _ _ Chapman & Willis W Sr, J Tyrer W & J Tyrer Hermann, J Allen, Sankari, E Fellman, Irviae, W Reed, Antonius, H H Scheper, Ellen, W Coster, Louise, J F Rooms, Frederick, S Gimen, Venus, C F tljerne, Emma, T Irving, Gertrude, A Whyte, Emma, It Maine, 160 Antwerp, Bahr; Behrend &Co 107 Ancona, .1 floss & Co Antwerp, C C. webey & Co 177 Constantinople, Eshelby & Co 180 Gothenborg, Bahr, Behrend & Co 153 Lisbon, .1 Bibby & Co 133 Lisbon, V ianna & Jones 121 Smyr.la, Haskayne, Chapple & Co Emporto. SOUTH AMERICA. Octavio, (241) W Bayfield, from Valparaiso. 511 bales cotton, A Gibbs and Son-38 boxes bark, Templeman and co-1 ox hide, Hanksley and co-1 box specimens, '2l tons ox horns and horn tips W Bay-field-1 box contents unknown order—G D EUROPE. • Georgina, (227) N Hill, from Hambro'. 8 cases 8 chests contents unknown, S A Brandeis-25 cases 1 basket do, order-125 bales do, 13 sample boxes do, Gibbs, Bright and co-8 cases toy mirrors. 1 case patterns. 1 case spangles, M and B Joseph-50 brls salt pro visions, 'l' Hutton-17 pipes gin, Came and Telo-1 case toys. E Eastce-3 pees smoked beef, It H Stalker-73 casks spirits, T Rimmer, jun-3768 plates spelter, 13 casks soda, 800 brls flour, 70 bags broad, 1 rocking horse, about 46 tons hark, 1 parcel samples, 6 casks bread, 6 casks beef, 6 casks pork, exportation, order—P D Gazelle, (241) T Asbridge from Ilambro', 900 hampers 4 trunks 2 casks 29 cases contents unknown, order-8 cases 1 cask do, S A Brandeis-3 casks do E Eastee-2 cases do, T Rimmer, jun-9 do, 2 sample boxes do. Leech, Haraison and co-1 hag do. 4 casks yel low wax, lloldforth and co-30 casks black lead, J H Elmenhorst -5 cas•-s glass ware, J Bibby and Sons-3 cases toys, E Eastee-2 casks 2 bales 2 chests drugs, It Watkins-2 chests furniture, Carne and Telo-1 case cotton goods, Keill and Courant-100 bundles salted hides, 249 brls flour, 6 cases furniture, 2 packages smoked beef, 20 frks 1 cask 46 kegs butter, 38 brls beef, 10 hhds 16 casks 8 brls bread, 8 brls pork, 2 brls split pe as, 1 hhd barley, 102 hams, 962 plates spelter, 14 casks black lead, about 56 tons bark, 409 bags peas, 4 tables, 1 sofa, 1 work box, 3 picture frames, order—U 1) Frances, (111) II F Delpierre, from Ostend, 127 bales flax, A Swainson-2 do, J C Kalowski-35 do, order-50 tons oak bark, Boutcher, Mortimer and co—Q D Damon, (119) T Luce, from Jersey, about 70 tons potatoes, 2520 bushels 1 box apples and 7c paper stud', 1 cask apples and pears, P Simon—G D PACKET BOA'IS.—FAL MOUTH STATION GENERA I. PosT-OFF icy., Nov. 27. illails made Last Packels Next Packets. DESTINATION. / 7 :0 1 ; i lo " „. Sailed. Due. --_ _ llolland . Hamburg & Steed Tues. Sc Fri. Tues. & Satur. Lisbon Madeira ... Saturdays .. >. Nov. 19. Nov. 23. Spain & • • ihralt J Malta and Greece.. 2nd Saturday Tagus, Nov. 12. Egypt and India .. 4th Saturday Braganza, 0ct.29 Madeira Brazil &B. Ayres each month Nov. 9. Nov. 23. America lst Wedues. Reindeer,Nov 10 Skylark,Nov.lo 5 Jamai I: ward Ist day of Lord Melville, Lord Melville, (Isl. 84 ilaYti• • each month Oct. 3. Dec. 26. Laguira Mexico and Ha- t 15th day of H.M.B Petrel, Swift, vans... f Jamai. L'ward 15th day of 11. NI.B. Tyrian, Magnet, 1 Isl. & ti.l each month. N0v.17. Dec. 10. Carhtagena ... • i IRISH PRODUCE AND MANUFACTURE. DUBLIN, November. BRlCK—Tullarnore per thousand 30s to 325. County Dublin 32s to 38s. BEEF—Per tierce India, £0 Os to £0 Os ; prime mess, £5105 to £5 15s Od; plant mess, £2 lOs to £2 15s ; barrels £3 lOs to f 3 15s. BACON—Per cwt. 48s to 525: heavy 45s to 46s ; pigs' cheeks 40s. to 42s ; hams 52s to 545; pork per barrel 85s to 90s ; tongues per firkin 35s to 365. BUTTER—First per cwt. Os to Os ; in cools M to lld per lb. firkin, RB5 to 90s. CANDLES—Patent mould, 9s ; plain mould, 8s 6d ; dipt, i s 6d per doz. lbs. FEATUERS—From the country per stone, 8s to lOs ; white Ils to 14s 6d ; mixed 8s to 9s. 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 3ls ; ditto calf skins 3d to lid per lb. LEATHER—Per lb. British Ild to 16d; native light 10d to lld ; ditto 421 b. to 451 b. per hide, 14 d to 15 d ; ditto 481 b. to 5018. 15d to 16d ; calf skins 18d to per lb. slitters ditto 140 to 15Id ; kips, Irish, 190 to 21d; English 22d to 26d; cordovan 160 to 20d; bellies 90 to 10d. Prices upwards. LEAD.—Pig per ton £l9 ; sheet £2l; pipe £23 lOs ; shot £4. Orts—Rape refined per cwt. 425; brown rape 40s ; turpentine 75s to 80s ; linseed 32s to 355. RAPESEED-13s to 15s per cwt SLATES—Queens, tons, sized, 50s ; tons, 355; quarters, in lengths; 50s ; half ditto 25s ; commons 12s : duchesses lsts £9 103 ; 2ds £7 lOs ; countesses, 1 sts, £6; seconds, 90s; ladies, lsts, 335; 2nds, 40s, doubles, 30s; and mosses 80s per thousand. SALT—Perton 48s to 5Cs. SoAr—White per cwt. 36s to 40s Od; yellow 205 to 25s Od. STARCH-50s per Mt. TlLRS—Flooring per dozen 4s to ss. TALLOW—Melted per cwt. 56s to 60s; bladdered lard G2s to 6.5 s ; rough ditto 40s to 425; fat per stone 4s 6d to 4s 10d. TOBACCO—RoII per lb. Is 4d to 4s. WHISKEY. OLD—lmperial gallon, 75 Cd to 85 Oct ; new 6s 4d to Gs 8(1. In bond 3s to 35 Bd. :SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—fIay, IS 20 to 2s Od per cwt. ; Straw Is 3d to is 64iler ditto. SPITALFIELDS.—Nov. 22.—Bacon per cwt. 48s to 52s Hams 555 to 575; cheeks, 38s to 49s Od ; cool butter 91d to 1010 ; firkin 84s to 90s ; bladdered lard, 62s to Giss. EGG MARKET—Wholesale, Cs 7d per 124. POTATO MARKET.—AppIes, Is Od to 3s 40 ; Cups, 2s 6d to 2s ; Od per cwt. POULTRY MARKET. COLE'S-LANE.—FowI per pair 2s 6d to 4s Od ; Chickens, Is 8d to 2s 00 •, ducks, 2s Od to is G(1; Turkeys, 3s Gil to 4s 6d; Geese, 3s to 3s 4d each. BUTTER MARKET—Per lb. ; cool, 910 to 101 d ; fresh lld to 120. Fish—Turbot, per lb. is to is 4d ; crimped cod, Id to 7d ; soles lld to is 2.1 ; lobsters. 2s to 4s Ad each; oysters, 4s Od to ss; fresh herrings, Gs Od to 7s 00 per Mid. Coats—Whitehaven, 18s; Carlisle, Os; Harrington, 17s; Scotch 17s ; Kilkenny As to Os per ton. ariarittto. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, Nov. 29, Since our last the operations have been most extensive. The sales yesterday were 10,000 bags, and to-day they amount to 12,000. This large business has been principally done by speculators, their purchases in the two days being estimated at 15,000 bags. The market has closed firmly at an advance of id per lb on Friday's prices. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, Nov. 27. Our recent supplies, owing to a series of easterly winds, have been extremely Itght, and the market has become almost bare of new Grain. The improvement noted in the demand last Tuesday has been fully sustained throughout the week, and has applied to most articles of the trade. Wheat has found a very free vend; besirlesit- good sale to ourlocal . deaters; orders - te - setne-extent have been executed for the Yorkshire millers, and many purchases have occurred for shipment eoastwise. Foreign red has been the most ' eagerly souht for, and the best has reached Ils 6 d; Danzig lls 3 d to 12s; Eng'lish white as high as 12s 6d per 701bs, Irish new has gone off readily, Limerick of fair quality realising 10s 6d per 701 b. Prices of Flour generally have been slow to follow the advance in those of Wheat. but the demand for all descriptions of sweet has been good, and the best English at the close of the week was worth 68s; Irish. 66s per 2801bs. Most of the new Oats left over from last week hove found buyers at improving prices; 3s 101 could now be obtained for the best meshing qualities, and 3s 8d to 3s 9d per 451bs. for ordinary and fair runs. Oatmeal has further advanced in value, 36s per 2401bs has been paid for Irish manufac- . ture. The market continues almost bare of Barley ; it is much wanted, and would readily command our highest quotations ; a little lot of choice Chevalier, on Friday. brought 44s per imperial quarter. Beans have not yet brought any material advance, but they are scarce and likely to be dearer. Peas are in request, and 52s per imperial quarter obtainable for choice breakers. The con fident opinion entertained of a further advance in prices, induces a demand for bonded Wheat, and every parcel is picked up as soon as offered; Ils per 701hs has been paid fur the best Baltic red. From five to six thousand quarters may have changed hands during the week. Flour under lock has sold at 42s per barrel. We advance our quotations this day week, 6d per bushel for Wheat, Id for Oats, 3a per sack for Flour, and 2s 6d per load for Oatmeal, with a corresponding improvement in the value of most other article's of the trade. At this advance there was rather less activity in the demand for Wheat, still a fair amount of business was transacted. Several parcels of bonded were sold at lOs 9d to lls per 701 h. The transactions in Oats and Oatmeal were only limited,—both articles in small supply. WHEAT, 1Y 70Th a. d. a. d INDIAN CORN, V 4801 b. English 11 0 al2 6 Red Scotch lO 9 —ll 9 White Irish Bonded.. BARLEY, 4f qr. Irish English 38 0 —42 0 PEAS, Grey.... 36 0— 43 0 Chevalier 42 0 —44 0 White .. 50 0— 54 0 Scotch, V 60Th 5 3 5 6 RAPESEED, V last, £ Irish Foreign, bond 42— 4 6 Fine 54 0— 65 0 OATS,V 451 b. Irish English 3 9 4 3 Scotch ...... 3 9 4 3 Irish Foreign, bond 2 6 3 2 Ditto, duty free 3 6 3 10 RYE, tir qr. 36 0 —lO 0 MALT, 41► qr. fiuesG 0 —63 0 Middling 46 0 —56 0 American, of Uri. free. Sweet, U.S. 0 0 0 0 Sour,liond 35 0— 40 0 OATMRAL, 4c , 240115 English 32 0— 34 0 Do. new 1837 34 0-36 0 Scotch 32 0 36 0 lON MARKET, Nov. 29. pward appearance. Belfast, first Irlow. Sc. 90s to Ms. ; Banbridge, held firmly at 90s, and 2s more ire in limited supply, and the late illy supported. Bacon cannot be quotations. LIVERPOOL PROVI The Butter market wears an tit quality, 9•is to 98a ; Kilkenny. Cai &e. 86s to 91s Pickled Butter generally required. Provisions al advance in Beef and Pork is ful bought within h to 2s of ourlate Wood,,Deals, 120 Stan. M. duty paid. Archangel £lB 0 0 18 10 Memel Gothenburg l6 0 16 10 Wyburg Petersburgh l6 0 18 0 Planks, per foot of 2 in. thick Dantzig, Deck 0 31— 0 41 British American, Pine 0 21— 0 .21 Latliwood, per fathom. Danzig. 4 feet £9 0 10 0 British American 5 0 6 0 Mahogany, per foot of 1 inch thick. Honduras Cuba St. Domingo. Oak Planks, British American.. none Teakwood, cubic feet Staves, per 1200. Danzig, Common Pipe £l4O 0 Hhd. 65 0 70 0 Quebec, red 11 inch Thick, and 51 feet 1 50 0 65 0 Long Ditto, Puncheon 14 0 20 0 Timber, per cubic foot. Oak 2s. 6d— 3s Od Pine, B. American, common red 1 6 2 2 yellow Danzbz,middlin ,, 2 21— 2 G Memel, middling 2 21— 2 G Riga, red PRICES OF TIMBER AT LIVERPOOL. £1 lOs. £7los. 155 load. 10s. Not above 16 ft Foreign £l9. B. Plan. £2. Not above 21 ft. Foreign £22. B. P. £2 10s. Sot above 3G in Foreign £1 3s. B. Plan. 23. 10s. per load. £•l 15s ill load. LIVERPOOL AGRICULT s. d. s. d. O 101't1 2 V2Olll 0, 8 1 1 - 0 . 7 0 10 - A' 8 0 9 - 060 7 - O 5 0 6 - 0 0 0 0- Old Hay New Hay Clover Hay Straw, Wheat Straw, Oat Straw, Barley Clover 'URAL MARKET, N0v.29 s. d. s. d. Potatoes 2 803 6 - Cattle Ditto 2 4 2 6 -- Turnips 28 029 Oper to' Carrots 4i 050 0 -- Manglewurzle 0 0 0 0 - Manure 7 0 9 6 - AN ACCOUNT OF CATTLE, Imported into Liverpool, from the 14th to the 20th Nov. Flto3l IRELAND. Cows. Sheep. Pigs. Horses. Mules. Calves. Lambs. 1535 1377 2015 20 Previously9772l 158490 194377 5372 281 630 28682 COASTWISE. Cows. 'Sheep. Pigs. Horses. Calves. Lambs. 71 805 332 4 Previously 4757 74589 6999 208 77 2089 LATEST DATES AT LIVERPOOL. Direct. Indirect. From Direct. Indirect. Calcutta .. Bombay .. ..... Oct 6 Maranh am Mauritius Lima . . M. Videe. Rio. Bahia .... Sept. 23 TIDE TABLE. Ern. Ht U. F. I. I Tuesday 27 7 4 737 14 5 Wednes. 28 p 8 7 836 15 7 Thursday 29 9 2 928 16 8 Friday 30 i 9 51 10 15 18 1 Saturday 1 10 38 11 2 18 8 Sunday 2;11 25 11 48 18 5 Monday 3 ! ) 0 1-) 118 1 Length of night 16h. Om. Moon in Perigree 11h. even. Venus in con. with Saturn, St. Andrew. [Oh. 15m. e, Saturn rises. Advent Sunday. Saturn sets 3h. 26m. even. PREMIUMS OF INSURANCE AT LLOYD'S. LONDON &..- LIVERPOOL, (Sailing before 12th Jan.) to Outward. Home. Jamaica .. Leeward Isl. Deme. & Berbice Honduras New York, Boston Charleston, Savannah New Orleans Havana 25s od As od 20 0— 0 0 50 0— 0 0 40 0 -- 50 0 30 0 -- 0 0 40 0 -- 0 0 50 0-60 0 0 0— 0 0 84 0 -- 0 0 0 0 -- 0 0 25 0 -- 0 0 35 0-40 0 35 0 -- 40 0 45 0 -- n 0 40 0— 0 0 40 0 -- 0 0 40 0 -- 0 0 30 0— 0 0 20 0— 0 0 50 0 -- 60 0 0 0 -- 0 0 40 0 -- 0 0 20 0 -- 0 0 20 0— 0 0 0 0— 0 0 25 0— 0 0 25 0— 0 0 25 0 -- 0 0 30 0— 0 0 :I',o 0 -- 0 0 0 0 -- 0 0 0 0— 0 0 25 0— 0 0 84s Oci 610:5s0 40 0— 0 0 105 0 —147 0 20 0— 0 0 20 0— 0 0 50 0— 0 0 50 0— 0 0 0 0— 0 0 00— 0 0 40 0— 0 0 25 0— 0 0 30 0— 0 0 35 0-40 0 50 0— 0 0 40 0— 0 0 40 0— 0 0 40 0— 0 0 126 0 0 0 20 0 0 40 0 0 0 30 0— 0 0 30 0— 0 0 20 0 0 0 20 0— 0 0 00— 0 0 20 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 0— 1 0 40 0— A 0 84 0 —147 0 20 0— 0 0 Canada British North America Newfoundland Brazils River Plate East Indies __ 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 Verdi Lisbon • Cadiz France Holland Hamburg, Bremen, &c. Gottenbura, Stockholm Petersburg, Riga. &c. Oporto LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES. Number of new patients entered on the Looks of the Dispensaries during the last week:— North. South. Total Received advice and medicine at thelnsti tution Visited at their own houses and supplied with medicine 322 218 540 196 155 35 Total at each Dispensary VISITORS. North—Mr. T. Barbor, Rev. Moses Fisher, and Mr. W. F Macgregor. South—Mr. Francis Jordan, Rev. J. Martineau, and the Rev. J Aspinall R. WEDGWOOD, Secretary, Dispensaries Office, 1, Fenwick-street, 26th Nov. 1838. THE WORKHOUSE. Statement of the average number and expense of paupers in the Workhouse for the week ending Pauper:. I Head. Nov. 17, 1838 Nov. 18, 1837 Per Week. £162 9 8 155 0 5 Less 61 More 0 11 More 7 9 3 Statement of daily relief paid out-door poor the week ending Nov. 26, 1838 Nov. 27, 1837 ........ 2113 do. do. 254 16 5 More 4 Less..a 3 g LONDON CMZETTIC...Tuuniv,Nor. 27, PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. - _ J. Moore and It. Getty, Liverpool, wine-merchants— , H. Higian and J. Gee, Bolton-le-Moors, brewers—E. Pickles, W. Burney, and W. Jackson, Enfield . Lancashire, corn-dealer-. INSOLVENTS. - - - Nov. 24.—Samuel Holmes, Beemal-green,hrlek maker. 26.—William Grant, Haymarket, London, watchmaker. 27.—Samuel Paul Baghott, Britannia-street, Horton, book seller. BANKRUPTS. Robert English, Oxford-street, London, grocer. Anne Stiles, Gower-street, Bedford-square, London, lodging house-keeper. Edwin Heath and John Heath,Totnes, Devonshire,linen-drapers. James Horner, Newport, Monmouthshire, leather-seller. DIVIDENDS. Der. 10, R:VVlTlterns' Finsliurv-square; London, merchant—Dee. 19, W. Manning and F. Manning. New Bank-buildings, London, West India-merchants—Dec. 18, G. Martin, Oxford-street. Lon don, builder—Dec. 18, G. Hanson, Fleet-street, London, cutler— Dec. 19, H. Lee, Down-street, Piccadilly. London, saddler—Dee. 11. Mower, Shoreditch, Lon lon.woollen-draper—Dec. 19, A. Knox, Maddox-street, Hanover-square, London, tailor—Dec. 19. G. B. Robinson. Cross-lane, London. coal-factor—Dec. 18. J. lloiloway. Bracknell, Berkshire. grocer—Dee. 18, T. Shadrake, jun. Hope wharf, Commercial-road, London. coal-merchant—Dee. 18,• J. Winder, Little May's-buildings, Bedfordbury, tobacconist—Dec. 18. J. Ewbanke, Crawford-street, Marylebone, draper—Dec. 18, J. Humphries, Great Yarmouth, victualler—Dec. 18. J. Woollett, Gould-square. London, merchant—Dec. 18, G. Harvey, Spring field, Essex. builder—Dee. 18. D. Riddick, Cirencester. Gloucester shire, tea-dealer—Dec. 19, G. Suggett, Barbican, London. merchant —Dec. 18, W. Ryland and it. Ryland, Savage-gardens, London, corn-factors--Dec. 2), B. Wallis and R. Wallis, Blackwell. Lon don, ship-builders—Dec. 18, C. Palmer. Russell-street, Bermond sey, brewer—Dec. 18, J. Hook, Nicholas-lane. London, general. merchant—Dec. 18, J. Collett, 13ishopsgate -street-within, London, merchant—Dec. 20. S. lloadley, New Bond-street. London. coach maker—Dec. 20, T. Hellyer, St. John-street. West Smithfield, London, general tool-warehouseman—Dec. 20. C. Richardson. Limehouse, timber-merchant—Dec. 20, W. Long, Warminster, Wiltshire, ironmonger —Dec. 19, J. London, Studley, Warwick shire, victualler—Dec. 22, J. Wells, Dunstew, Oxfordshire. tailor 22. W. Judd, sen. 'Banbury, 'carrier—Dec. 22, W. French, Heaton Norris, Lancashire, cotton-manufacturer—Dec. 94, W. Smith, Swarkestown Lowes, Derbyshire. dealer and chapman— Dec. 22, W. Powell. Sutton Coldfield. Warwickshire, spade-manu facturer—Dec. 21, J. N. Simpson, Bridlington - quay. Yorkshire. surge on—Dec. 20, W. Peace, ..eamington-priors. builder—Dec. 20, M. Sharp, Thornton, Yorkshire, worsted-piece-manufacturer. CERTIFICATES To be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, en or before tc.e 18th day of December J. Holme, Whiston; Lancashire, stone-mason—S. Woods. Man chester, Manchester-warehousemen—J. Lester, Derby, shoe manufacturer—D. Davis, M erthyr Tydvil, Glamorganshire, linen draper—W. Greenwood, Farringdon-street, London, linen-draper. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. George Young, jun. Leith, wine-merchant. James llenderson, Clyth, fish-curer. PRICES OF SHARES. LIVEIWOOL, Nov. 29. Last Prices This day' s RAILWAYS, Bcc. PerSbare. Prices. Birmingham and Gloucester 3O paid 15 0 0 Ditto and Derby Birkenhead and Chester - 0 Bolton and Leigh lOO paid 64 10 0 .... Chester and Crewe l5 .... d 0 0 16 7 6 Dublin and Drogheda Eastern Counties Edinburgh and Glasgow lO .... 910 0 ... 4 Ditto Leith & Newhaven 5 paid 0 0 0 .... Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 6 .... 6 7 6 .... Glasgow, Paisley; Kilmarl nock, and Ayr 5 p aid 0 0 0 .4.. Grand Junction 100 .... 205 0 11 __ill* 0 0 Ditto half shares lO .... 55 10 0 .... Great Western Hull and Selby lO paid 0 0 0 .... Lancaster and Preston lO paid ••• Liverpool and Manchester lOO .... 204 0 0 e.d. Ditto quarter shares Ditto half shares .. 30 .... 72 .0 0 .... London and Birmingham .... 90 .... 174 0 0 .... Ditto stew quarter shares .. 5 .... 29 5 0 .... Ditto and Southampton .... 50 .... 46 0 0 .... 45 10 0 Ditto, new shares 2O paid 40 15 0 .... Ditto & Brightln (United) Leeds and Manchester Leicester and Swannington 56 .... 74 10 0 .... Ditto, (new) l5 paid 0 0 0 .... Manchester, Bolton, & Bury 7B .... 70 10 0 .... Manchester and Birmingham l3 .... 11 0 0 .... Ditto and Ditto Extension 3 lOs 5 3 6 ..... Midland Counties Newcastle and Carlisle 100 .... 92 10 0 .... Ditto quarter shares North Midland South Eastern and Dover North Union, lOO .... 73 10 0 .... St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap —lOO paid 0 0 0 .... York and North Midland 2O paid 20 5 0 .... BANKS Royal Bank of Liverpool 5OO ... 710 0 0 ...., Bank of Liverpool £l2 I °spat(' 23 12 6 .... Commercial of Liverpool 10 .... 29 21 6 .... Liverpool Union lO .... 13 7 4 .... Northern and Central lO .... 3 3 • .... --- Albion 25 paid 26 2 6 .... North and South Wales lO .... 10 12 6 .... 10 - 15 I of Manchester lO .... 13 0 0 .... M'chester & L'pool Dart 15 .... 20 10 0 .... South Lancashire 7 lOs 7 0 0 .... Liverpool Banking Company lO .... 11 2 6 .... Borough Bank 7 lOs 13 0 0 .... Commercial Bank of England 5 .... •••• East of England lO .... 9 10 0 .... Phoenix Bank ' Wilts and Dorset . 10 .... 7 0 0 .... GAS, WATER WORKS, Ste. Exchange Buildings £loo paid 163 0 0 . .. L'poo I and Harrington Water i 350 ••••4 52 0 10 •••• Works Booths Ditto Stock .... 320 6 0 .... Liverpool Coal ChtsCompanyStock .... 372 0 0 .... 1211001 New Gas & Coke Co. £lOO .... 196 0 0 .... Ditto New Shares are now paid up. ASSURANCE COMPANIES. Liverpool Marine Assurance 25 paid 9 0 0 •••• Company Ocean Assurance Company ... 10 .... 6 10 0 ... Liverpool Fire and Life DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES, &c., Anderton Carrying Company 12 10 s. 11 10 0..,.' Woodside Ferry ... . Egremont Ferry Rock Ferry Monk's Ferry Steam Tug Company Harrington Docks lOO .... Apothecaries' Company Asphalte (Liverpool) 2 .... ----- (Poionceau) 7 IT 6 ;:: 7 17 6 ... 3 5 6 ... 615 0 7 2 6 1 0 0.... 1 5 0 .... BIRTHS. On the 11th ult. at Blairbuy, Portwilliam, Mrs. Blair, of three children, two girls and a boy, the latter of whom survived a short time only, but the girls, with the mother, are doing well. On the 27th instant, Mil. Walter H. Whitehead, of a son. MARRIED. At Cavan, Upper Canada, by the Rev. S. Armour, Sohn Kilvert. Esq. formerly of Bath, England, to Mrs. Murchall, widow of the late B. Murchall, of the Rice Lake Plains. Lately, Mr. M ichael Murphy, fitter at the Grand Junotton yard. to Miss Ortnshaw, daughter of Mr. Ormshaw, cow-keeper, all of Edge-hill. On the 14th instant, at Kirk Braddan, Isle of Man, by the Rev It. Brown, Mr. Wm. Neale Atkinson. to Catherine, eldest daughte r of Nicholas Boscow. Esq. Ott the 21st instant, at St. Mary's Bryanstone-square, London,' Robert Thompson, Esq. of Brompton-square, to Susan Sogh , _. s Lartitia Ramshottom, youngest daughter of John Ramsbottom. fAq' M.P. for Windsor. On the 22d instant, at the Old Chapel, Dukinfield, by the Rey. R. B. Aspirin& A.M. Mr. James Ogden to Sarah, daughter of Mr* C. Armitage, Dukinfield Old Mill. On the 26th instant, at St. Luke's Church. Mr. Siddeley, London-road, to Mrs. Sheppard. On the 26th instant, at Llanbeblig Church, Caernarvonshire ,ll the Rev. Thomas Thomas, vicar, Captain William Roberts, of the brig Resolute, of Bartnouth, son of Captain Hugh Roberts. late master of the brig Glyndwr, to Miss Eleanor Evans, of the Harr Inn, Carnarven. On the 27th instant, at St. Mary's Chapel. Edmund-street, hi the Rev. J. Wilkinson, Mr. M. Byrne, of Dublin, to Elizabeth , third daughter of Mr. Joseph Shepherd, Grecian Hotel. DIED. At Ernstbrunn, in Lower Austria, at the extraordinary age " 0 , 13u, a (lay labourer, named Damberger. lie was born in 170 8 . Zierotitz, in Moravia, and served, in the time of Charles VI., under Prince Eugene. of Savoy. He never married till he was 100 Ye,"/ old, and from July, 1829, was a pensioner on the Emperor's Pil l ' purse. (1, In Normandy, from apoplexy, the Duc de Fitejames. Edwar ds Due de Fitzjames, was great-great-grandson of the Duke of B e s t wick, natural son of James 11. He was born in 1776, and was or gee tleman of the chamber to Charles X. On the 29th October, at Funenal, in the Island of Madeira, si te a long and painful illness, Anthony Moly neux, Esq. of lieWshaw . house, in the 50th year of his age. Last week, aged 81, John M'Cracken, Esq. sen. of Glenlued\t truly worthy man. In our last we announced the death of On venerable Mr. Thomas Wallace, of Galdenock, a ged 92. ?h ei ; veteran friend:4 and neighbours had grown grey together, and their deaths were hut a few days,div Wed.—Dumfries Courier. , „ f t On the oth ult. at Godmanchester. L o we r C ana d a , a fter a 1 0 ' 4 illness, Mr. John Gibson, a n a ti v e o f G a ll owa y s hi r e, Scotia n formerly a merchant at Quebec. n of On the 9th instant, aged 76, William Younge, Esq. Sheffield. • Same clay, at Warrington. aged 70, Mr. Henry Uneworth. lo° founder. Same day, aged 53, Mr. William Hyton, of Upholland , 06 manufacturer. 'lll o ° 6 On the 10th instant, after a short illness, aged 42, John WI , ate Esq. Portugal-house, Low Harrogiate. London, proprietor to n id Chlotenham Pump-room, and of the Public Baths, near the Promenade-room. set a On the 15th instant, at her residence, Lympsfield, Surrey. a bf 94, Mrs. Louisa Seawall. She was the last of her name , 5 2,,4,111 her death, an old English family. once possessing large es tate several counties, have become extinct. Same day, at Valleytield, near Kirkcudbright, aged 74 .2 4 10 11 . Mary Coultart, relict of Mr. John Straufauld, of Kelton. Same (lay, at Shaw's-brow, Douglas, Isle of Man, aged 50 . Joseph Stead. Sh er On the IGth instant, at an advanced age, Mr. John Carter. gate, formerly spirit-merchant. gr. J. Same day, at Manchester, aged 54, Elizabeth, wife of Mitchell, woollen-draper, Preston. Same (lay, aged 30, Mr. George Knight, of Hanover-Ware' Manchester. Oh the 17th instant, in Ramsey. Isle of Man, much ankore servedly respected, aged 42, Mr. Thomas Crawford, 110ii,et master of that part. He was a man who felt peculiar whilst rendering assistance to the distressed mariner. Cap Same day, aged 56, Mrs. M'Neile, daughter of the late L,"e Thomas Wright, of Aughton, near Ormskirk. .Tll,ol° Same day, at Eaton, near Tarporley, aged 8 6 , bare Hough, whose rectitude of character and private charities been proverbial for more than half a century. On the 20th instant. Mr. Rogers, the Magistrate of Hatton - 0 , den. He attended at the office and transacted the was custon'eousl airless, in cur unction with Mr. Bennett, a pp a rently in T ig &O 00f state of health. At about half-past two o'clock. 1 0, custom, he partook of a trifling luncheon and a glass of s the bench. After the business had been gone through, e r e e; b de d- to to his residence at Hampstead, in good spirits, and Prec.,atoey to the drawing-room. where he reclined on his sofa prepvo soetil taking his dinner. Shortly afterwards be was discovered sP_p . it wal asleep, but, when endeavours were made to arouse ho",,istr, ascertained that he was quite (lead. Mr. Rogers was abou__ As five years of age, and filled the office of magistrate upwl"-- twenty years. d 42. C a l " On the 22d instant, at his residence, Wall-street, Age tam William liustan tadeffe. . On the t.3d li t, after a painful affliction, aged 90. lUc only son of Mr. Joseph Appleton, Inspector of Police. 15 tar' , On the 24th instant, after a long and tedious illness, age" William, second son of Mr. William Parry, London-road: Ate On the 25th instant, after a protracted illness, endureo traordinary patience, Mr. I'. Nathan. Castle street in rf,,t• her; year. He was truly a fond h u sb an d, a kind and indulefr` an d tea a firm friend, and a benevolent man. He has left a wif e children to deplore his loss. h Ila rdnia n. Same day, in her Blst year, Sarah, relict of Jo se p h Esq. 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