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

*Orr. TRYING TO PLEASE EVERYBODY. Hints to Editors. One reader cries, your strain's too grave, Too much morality you have, Too much about religion; 4;ive me some witch and wizard tales, Of slip-shod ghosts with tins and scales, And feathers like a pigeon. I love to read, another cries, Those monstrous fashionable lies— in other words, those novels. Composed of kings, and priests, and lords, 0: border wars, and Gothic hordes That used to live in hovels. No, no, cries oue, we've had enough Of such confounded love-sick stuff To craze the fair creation: Give us some recent foreign news Of Russians, Turks, 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 tea and sugar, fruit and rice; The draper, silk and satin. Another cries, I want more fun, A witt y 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 qu►ll, And scrawl against the paper; Of all the literary fools, Bred in our colleges and schools, He cuts the greatest caper. Another cries, I want to see, A jumbled-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, sass miss, It constitutes my highest idiss To hear of weddings p:eoty ; For in a time of general rain None suffer from a drought, 'tis plain, At least not °nein twenty I want to hear of deaths, says one, Of people totally undone • By losses, tire, or fever; Another answere, 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, Nis all the same, Too haughty or tou 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 (From the Moi fling 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 ' hig 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 theit'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 stun 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, revised as amongst the functions of royalty,it would seem to follow that all Creditors may, when it suits them, advance pretensions to the benefit of the friendly offices 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 be defiled ? Royalty itself, when doomed to contact with whiggery, would seem destined to lose no small portion of its lustre I 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 tvhig goverriment 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 Wright, as a matter of cotirse, 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. Tire creditor of a public pensioner, like tire 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 tlie shape of a loan—he ought to repair for redress. If the powers of courts of law be found insufficient to se cure justice to creditors—(although on that Aide 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 t 9 tire level of the privileges rested by the constitution in a Court of Requests. It is a circumstance not generally known that the three last u:etendeis of the dethroned 'dirtily of the Stuarts, have recorded upon limit tomb-itones in the cathedra! church of St. Peter, at Rome, their.pretended titles of Kings of Great Britain and Ireland. under the names of Charles ill., James 111., and Henry IX., the last being the Cardinal York, who lived and died a pensioner of Geo. Ime Emenaou TRAJAN.—" You teach," said the Em peror Traj;in to the Rabbi Joseph, "that your Goo is every where, and boast that he resides amongst your 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 his aua bassaclurs?" The Emperor consented. The rabtlftook him in the open air at noonday, and bid him look at the sun iu its meridian splendour. " I cannot, the light dazzles sue." "Thou art unable," said Joshua, "to endure the light of one of his creatures, and canat thou expect to behold the re splendent glory of the CaxaTna? Would not such a sight annihilate I (A?" —Goodhu9h's Lectures on Biblical Literature. STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH THE WEST INDIES. (From the Glasgow Courier.) Suggestions for the Substitution of Steamers from Liverpool to the Packet Commmuications with the Colonies, sanctioned by frest India .Associations of Glasgow. The result of the repeated experiments made by the Great Western steamer pnives 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 formed from the experience of the sailing packets from Fal mouth. That place is in a remote part of the country, and a passenger iu 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 West Indies, he finds his journey and passage have cost him considerably more than he would have incurred for excellent accommodation iu 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 conseanently prevails as to the extent of the intercourse with the West Indies. It is not difficult, however, to approxi mate to correct inCermation on this subject. According to an account taints of the passengers that sailed front the Clyde, during the ;year ending on the Ist September last, it appears that 148 vessels bound to the British West India 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 theist would prefer the steamers, 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 cats absent. himself for five or six months, he has not sufficieut 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, be could be almost sure of not beis , much longer than thirty days. He would often be induced to move if he could spare three months from his usual avocations—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 etiojy the advantage of one month's personal intercourse with their connexions and friends. Ail 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 waists 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 he thus effected at little expense, and with great comfort and certainty. Suppose that each steamer were adequately pre pared fur the reception of 80 cabin and 40 steerage passen gers, and that fur 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. 40 Steerage do. 12 = 480 Steerage. ICBO While, according to the estimate already referred to, the ac tual existing intercourse may be taken at nearly 3000. The rates of passage-money may, and ought to be fixed so as to compete, iii point of mere expense, with the other means of conveyance; for, however desirous every person may he 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 first year -50 Cabin Passengers 30 = 1500 20 Steerage do. 15 3W-1800 2 = £3600. And, as each steamer would perform at least six voyages au nualle the yearly return for each would be 3600 - 6= £21,600 from passengers alone. Indeed, it is highly pro bable, that soon after the establishment of such spleudid con. veyances, every berth would be occupied, pod 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 wails between Fal mouth and the West Indies, there shall be dispatched, or: the Ist and 15th of every month, a steamer front 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 hest description. In consequence of the railways already formed, or in preparation, and the. steam communications by water, it is practically iu the cen tre of the United Kindotn. Letters and passengers are con veyed,in eleven hours to London, and may front thence, of course, he distributed in every direction without delay. Those for Bristol and the West of England are carried by railways which, ere long, will be extended to Gloucester, and•eventualiS to that city. ihose for Scolaud may be conveyed by superior steamers to Glasgow, from whence there will, in a few years be a railway to Whitby rgh, and another to Avre—while there are steamers along the whole of the east and west coast. Those for the northland and midland counties may be forwarded by railway's 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 ateamer of the first class in every res pect—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 sntooth 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 front the West Indies. And as it may be desirable, 10. 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 fur occasional repairs. On the at rival of the steamer at Barbadoes, it is proposed that she shall proceed, ster a few hours' delay, with the mails and passengers for St. Vincent, Grenada, and Trinidad ; and that the following arraugentents shall he 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 Jame!, or sonic other conveni ent point, on the south coast of Hayti. After remaining foul days at Kingston, to return by Jactuel, and time 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 front St. Thomas, after there delivering the mails anti reissengers 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 saute 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 mails 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, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Antigua, Nevis, St. Kitts, Tortola, and St. Thomas ; and to return by the same route to Barbados, calling at each island for mails and passengers. A schooner to proceed monthly from Barbados to La Guayra, carrying the homeward mail to St. Thomas, and re turn thence to Barbados. • The mails and passengers for Carthagena, Chagres, and Honduras, to be forwarded from Kingston, Jamaica, twice a-month, by a steamer of adequate power and accommoda tions, which shall proceed in the order here stated, and return from Honduras to Kingston. The home-bound, or Atlantic, steamer, after remaining five days at Trinidad, to proceed to collect the homeward mails and passengers front Grenada, St. Vincent, (where she will receive those brought by the steamer fttnu Liedtke, Deme rara, Tobago, and Barbados,) St. Lucia, Martinique, Do minica, Guadeloupe, Antigua, Nevis. St. Kitts, Tortola, and St. Thomas—w here she will, on the tourteceth day after her arrival at Barbados, receive the return mails and passengers. front Jamaica and ayti, and immediately proceed to Liver pool. It. will be remarked, that throughout these arrangements it is proposed the passengers shall be conveyed to and from every place in a good steamer , °ladequate 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 hes been little regarded, while the expense of passage, even for the shortest distance — from one island to another—has been unuecessarity heat , ; -and the vessels at present employed by the Goverment are such that they never can be rendered productive as passeuger ships. The steamers that have been sent to catry the mails from 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 deluge in the course of the packets, by making the point of final departure instead of St. Thomas, Cape Hay tien, and directing the steamer front Kingston, by St. Jag() de Cuba • to :hat place, Although it is believed th a t this alteration will he found, even for sailing vessels, very in. • convenient,especially during the season when northerly ,Ad prevail, and time passage from all the colonies to time east ward of Jamaica will lie 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 from 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 live, 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 saute as are.at present in commis sion—with the addition of one for the proposed cominunica tion twice a-mouth between Jamaica and South America — and all the existing mail schooners might he disposed of, ex cept two or three for the conveyance of the LaGuityra mail, and for occasional extra services. 'Cher( are seven or eight gun brigs employed in carrying the mails from and to Falmouth, 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 good 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 opinion, they may give a certain aein for the conveyance of the mails, and the other services that may be performed for the government, and in that case there will be no difficulty in forming a company with sufficient 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• mite touched the Skies, once dwelt a people celebrated fur wisdom, piety, and valour. Time, which destro)s 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. Their geographical position, fortified by naval defences, secured them front foreign invasion. Whilst other countries were ravaged by I•ostile 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 snug 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 wit b, 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 Rome considered the various systems of philosophy taught by the Greeks, worthy of being studied "dispatundi 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 sl ed its light amongst men, the constellations of the heavens were the most natural objects of wonder and venerwion. '[his people worshipped the sun and the moon. To the first they ascribed the powers of life and fertility. To his halo ' once they acknowledged their obligations for their blessings of corn, and wine, and oil, 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 hint, they found his face too bright to be looked at ; they averted their eyes front a radiance they could no longer endure, and sought refuge in the temples dedicated to his worship, where they adored, in silent awe, the surpassing splendour of his meridian glory. A sense of unbounded power aas mingled with their devotion : they felt conscious of an influence that could destroy as well as preserve; and they were tilled with reverence and fear when - they sought to propitiate a god at once iucomprehensible 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 teen 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 futlest 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 station 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 he 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 begun 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 breach 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 fur so many years under the united worship of the sun and 'moon ; by ad monishing them that the theories of their new instructors, however specious; were not founded on experience, nor capa ble of 1,1..4. 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 resettled 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 form of worship. anti 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 rather 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 dazzletlAe eyes of men in the day ; but when she appeared in the firmament with him, it was to mitigate the fervour of his rays; and when she beatned 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 aisle dominion. From these premises they deduced, by plain reasoning, that the safety, as well as the happiness of men, depended ott the moon ; and a corresponding duty on their part to worship her alone, and by sacrifice and prayer to propitiate her and to encourage her to shine the brighter and the longer for their benefit. They gained many prose lytes by theif reasoning, but more by their eloquence in preaching. This they practised, chiefly during the full of he 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 'nutrient when they were driven by the fury of their god to hide their faces front his view in temples and in caverns, where his scorching beams could nut 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 meet's, ands() vast the multitude which shared it, that, for 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 c on s titutional means. They gradually established their in fluence in the primary assemblies of the people; and finally obtained a small majority in the council of time nation. SVlt i When o they n had accomplished this, they no longer disguised their 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 him. Those who still adhered to the ancient religion, could no longer testifytheir 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, titan they in their own turn were disturbed by anew sect which ituproved 'spelt 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 baeishment of a false worship, and the establishment of exclusive pow er i n th e 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, th an b e f ore; on time contrary, they had lost certain temporal advantages in the absence of many wealthy citizens, who, preferring exile t t r o ,,, t , i s te fer aba red iuln themselves oue tiit uf worship ref their ancestors, had atnhde their substance to foreign countries. It was manifest there fore, that something yet remained to be done for the attain s-net:rot* true happiness, and to carry out the principles of the late revolution. They showed to the people that, ellen the union rose from behind time mountain, she always touched it: that, when she was at the lull, she rested for several inomentS upou• the summit before she ascended into the heavens; and that, during such time, her orb was dilated with appa rent satisfaction, if not 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 time moon. It was true that the mountain, beyond a certain height, had beemed inaccessible, but nothing could resist enthusiasm, aided by the divine influence; that when the whole nation should arrive at the summit of the mountain, the moon might very possibly resoive to remain there, and dwell with them fur 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 cousiStency, to make them adopt the new theory. The leaders of the late revolution, in order to setain their power, were compelled to place themselves at the head of the new movement, and to increase the impetu osity with which time popular tide overwhelmed all judgment amid 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 bound to desert their dwellings and their occupations, anti 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 us mass, to ascend by all practicable means. An inconceiva ble moltitude—stime furnished with musical instruments, sonic with scalitio ladders, some with sacks amid baskets of provisions—assembled accordingly, and began their march. Many, worn out and exhausted by their labour, 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, and became dispersed amongst the nations of the earth, without the 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 vailed—that the wits of man, when lost, were to be found•in the moon. The remnant of this people, scattered over the face of the earth, is still known by an appellation connecte 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 would exercise the power and the right, which a majority is admitted to have, of locking up the minority in bedlam and lunatic asylums; for it is one of their most in veterate 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 Monday, and committed for six weeks, for absenting himself from the service of his mas ters, Messrs. Thewlis and Griffiths, file cutters. Forgetting 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 haullTeen at the expense of sending to Birmingham to apprehend him. A Pas-Lim—A surgeon and a lawyer had very little good feeling towards each other, and the following occurrence took place :—" lf," 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 dug, last ❑►ght, 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 he suit able."—The Honest Lawyer. NV ATERI.OO.—In a letter to Marshal Beresford; written soon after the event, the Duke of Wellington thus described the Little 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 ma ncettvre at all. lie 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 srluares, and we had the French cavalry walking about us as if they had been our own. I never saw the British infantry behave so well."—Colonel Gartrood's Dispatches of the Doke of Walling:um MAN AND S I may here take oecasion to observe, hat there is a remarkable of constitution between he man and the sow. Scrofula, which woAis derived from the Latin name of the sow, "scrof," is peculiar to man and swine. These last arc also subject to apoplexy : a friend of mine lost several by this disease. They ale 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 front the hydrophobia of dogs and other brutes, but bemiring an ( xact resemblance to human insanity. This re semblance br.tween man and swine I notice that Juvenal re presents the Jews as being in part aware of. " Nec distare putant, Mat is, the dews,) huraana crane, suillam."—SATlßE, 'iv., line 98. —Dick's Diet and Regimen. ASPII A LTUM 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 10i toils passed over "the new asphaltic pavement without occasioning i the slightest fracture or other injury. The cir cumstance s noticeable in itself, but its accessories give it additional interest. The " great cotton factory at 1,0da," beyond Warsaw, and the machinery supplied t. it from the workshops of Englishmen settled in Belgium, are striking facts in the- history of the "march of manufacturers."— , Meehanice Magnzine. POLITICAL DUELS.—The violence of political parties during the early part of the reign of George . 111. gave rise to many duels. In 1762 Wilkes discharged a brace of pistols with Lord Talbot, which.meeting he has described iu a 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 daneetously 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, Fox, 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 liBo Colonel Fullerton, the member for Plycapton, 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 govemor-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 wi:aich 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 Gen. Stuart wounded Lord Macartney in a political duel; and in 179 S 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 on the threshold of the 19th century.— United• Service Journal. ADULTERATION oF DRUGS.—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 au inert substance; and white precipitate of mercury is sometimes a . sold as calomel; but in scamony 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 81; per cent. to 811 per vent. Gamboge is often a manufactured article ; Wilk of sulphur commonly contents 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, Caahage nian bark, bpi:air/am, and satinwood. Even 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 O f the genuine article having been sent to a drug-grinder, be 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 bar) tes, 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 lignumtitm 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 3 0 to 60 per cent, of water. lihubarb is often made of 14Ihs. of flour, Boz. turmeric, and 98ibe. of rhubarb; and tie article sold often contains no more than one.lialf of its weight of rhubarb. Nitrate of silver, which is extensively used in medicine, is often adulte rated with nitrate of lead. Tinctures are diluted with water. A gentleman, now retiring from the drug trade, had been (dieted any powder he chose for 365. per cwt., and, when the person making the effer was asked if the artitee 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 druggist himself sometimes sends out the genuine article to the grinder, mixed with a number of foreign ingredients; the grinder then does his share of the adulteration ; so that very little of the. genuine article ever reaches the costumer! .Th e apothecaries wh o are supp li e d by the chemists, ouly consider themselves judges of the roots and drugs as they present themselves in the natural state: they do not pretend to be able to apply any chemical tests to the article. Drugs are likely to be procured 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 adulterated as described were con - in - Only sold to country practitioners, and he thought that the educa tion prescribed to medical men was not calculated to direct their attention to chemistry sufficiently to enable them to detect such frauds. Inasmuch as price is one of the tests by which medicine is purchased, the poor are more liable than others to be supplied with bad remedies. A chemist had urged the witness himself to deal with him, saying, in refer ence to his prices, that he could supply bits with drugs for paupers touch cheaper. TEMPEKANcE AND SNUFF-TAKING. —"The present age," said Mr. Phillipson, "is an age pregnant with quackery. Every scheme that is fitted to charm the vulgar is set forth as the regeneration of the race. Diseases are to be cured by homoeopathy, men ate to be made immortal by animal mag netism, and murals are to expand into a milenium by dint of tee-totalism and temperance societies. I hate drunkenness and 'immortality, bust even snore do I hate that mercenary spirit which turns these to a good account, and daubing the wall with 'unteinpered mortar' keeps men from solid and real panaceas. The whole system of temperance and tee total societies is butt 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, tether than resist the intemperate use of them. Both are indolent ways of overcoming evil and ruinous pas sions. What think ve o' sneeshin-takinT said one of the old elders. • I'm thinkinng it's na better than drain drinking. Ma mull maun be an ee-care to sae partiklar 'partialities; but it will need muckle logic and main divinity than poopit or pen can shale out to gar me abjure the custom o' three score an'ten." Snuff,' said the parish minister, '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. • SHOWER OF 1%1 ETEORS.—Th e following description of the meteoric phenomena, during the night of the 1 2 th 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 tor the periodical return of au unusual num ber of meteors, I determined to leave London, on account of the obstruction buildings offered in this crowded city, to locate myself in the delightful village of Richmond, Surrey, for the purpose of observing the annual return 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 lotq horizon, there was a gran play of a rich profusion of red, orange, and rosy coloured mph: The wind blew fresh from the N.N.E., and the night was, in consequence, very cold. At 10 hours 13 minutes p.m. (cluck time) a meteor, without train, fell from the star Lvra, 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 angle of nearly 60 de grees. From 1 2 o'clock (midnight, 12th) 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, ate three with trains. I now began to despair of witnessing the 'grand display' seen in former years, recollecting, however, nu cute occasion”, the shower' did lint commence till near four o'clock. 1 continued to direct tny 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 shower 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 magnificent sight cannot possibly be conceived. At three hours fifty-five minutes the 'shower' ceased, and after four o'clock all traces of meteors were gone; the stars, how ever, shone with no diminution in number or brightness, and the atmosphere was remarkably clear. The total number _of meteors could not have fallen short o f fr om 400 to 500, the maximum number at three hours forty-five minutes. We may, therefore, conclude the 'meteoric shower' was e q ual in interest and splendour to any of a former year." Emporto. SOUTH AMERICA. Octavio, (214) W Iloyfield, from Valparaiso. 511 bales cotton, A Gibbs and Son--38 boxes bark, Templemon and co-1 ox hide, Hanksley and co—i box specimens, ai tons ox horns and horn tips W Bayfield-1 box contents unknown order—G D EUROPE. Georgina, (227) N Hill, from lbouliro'. 8 cases 8 chests contents unknown, S A Brandeis-25 eases 1 basket do, order—l 23 bales do, 13 sample boxes do, Gibbs, Bright and co-8 cases toy mirrors. 1 ease patterns. 1 case spangles, M and B Joseph-50 brls salt pro visions, 'l' Hutton-17 pipes gin, Came and I'elo-1 case toys, E Eastee-3 pees sinolte , l beef, ft 11 Stalker-73 casks spirits, T Rimmer, jun-3768 plates speller, 13 casks soda, 800 brls flour, 70 bags bread, 1 rocking horse, about 46 tons bark, 1 parcel samples, 6 casks bread, 6casksbeef. 6 casks pork, exportation. order—P D Gazelle, (211) Ashridge • from Ilambro'. 904 hampers 4 trunks 2 ens 529 cases contents unknown, order-8 cases I cask do, S A Brandeis-3 casks do 11 Eastec-2 cases do, T Itinunsr, jun-9 do, 2 saniple boxes do. Leech, Haraison and co-1 bag do, 4 casks yel low wax, Holdforth and co-3!) casks black lead, J H Elmenhorst -5 cas s glass scare, J Bibby and Sons-3 cases toys, E 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, 219 brls flour, 6 cases furniture, 2 packages smoked beef, 2) Irks 1 cask 46 kegs butter. 38 brls beef, 10 Idyls 16 casks brls bread, R brls pork,. 2 brls split peas, 1 Ithd barley, 102 ham s , 9.52 plates speller, 14 casks black lead, about 56 tons bark, 409 bags pens, 4 tables. 1 sofa, 1 workbox, 3 picture frames, order-0 1) Frances, (111) 11 F Delpierre, from Ostend, 127 bales flax, A Swainson-2 do, J C Kalowski-35 do, order-59 tons oak bark, Boutcher, Mortimer and co—Q D ) Damon, (119)1' Lure, from Jersey, about 70 tons potatoes, 2520 ,t bushels 1 box apples and 7c paper stuff, 1 cask apples and pears, P ,r 1 Simon—G PACKET BOATS.—FA Llllolll'll STATION GICNMIA I, POST-OFFICE, Nov. 27. Malls i,vide Up in London. Lat l'ackels A'ext Packets, Due. Tues. & Tues. & Fri.' Saturdays.. }Liverpool, Nov. 19. Tagus, Nov. 12. Braganza, 0c..29 11.M.8. Seagul, Nov. 9. Reintleer,Nov 10 Lord Melville, Oct. 3. Mon. St Thurs. Tues. & Satur. Royal Tar, Nov. 25. 2nd Saturday 4th Saturday Ist Tuesday each mouth Ist Wedues. Ist (lay of each month, 15th day o mouth.ch 15th day of l each month.l 11. M B Petrel, Nov. 17. 1R.D1.8. Tyrian, Nov. 17. ( , 110:Su 2 31, Lord Melville, Dec. 26. Swift, Nov. 21. Magnet. Dec. 10. ippmq Enttiligetur. TUESDAY, NovEmßrot E.S. E. Rain. AlluivED.—Challenger, Hernarnan. from Smyrna—Damon, from Jersey—Henry Alexander, Pike, from Barletta—ldea, Cooper ; Swift, ; Nonpariel, ; Jane Pipe, Dawne, from London —Octavia, Bayfield, from Swansea. SAlLED.—Britislt Heroine, Atkins, for Mobile—Jane, Gregory, for Rio Janeiro—Le Zephir, Niolan, for Senegal—Brilliant, Craig, fur Bourdeaux. British Merchant, hence for Bombay, at Llanelly Royal William, Irvine, from Ilamburgh at Falmouth, and sailed 3d instant for Calcutta . Lancashire Witch, Grayson, hence, at Monte Video Isabella, Smith, hence, at ditto Agenoria, Rattray, hence, at Quebec !ante, J ohnson. 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. Petersburgh for this port, at Londonderry Manchester, from Pernambuco, and Christopher Columbus, Heulin, from Naples, off Liverpool Indus, '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 lnyejia, Le Cruz, from St. Übes for this port, at ditto Lady Clifford, Grainger, fin Calcutta. leaky in her upper works, lost sails, Sze. ; Redbreast, Millard, from Smyrna and Lisbon, and Elizabeth Ann, Ellis. from Salon, at the Cove Prowler, M'Dowell, from Smyrna. at Dublin Catherine, Wilson, from London for this port, at ditto Universe, Breck, from Quebec; passed 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 Guiihelm, Bass, for Rotterdam, at Plymouth Navigator, Ketelhoter, 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, leaks ' Triumph. White, and Friendship. Davies, from London ; and Laura, ituridle, f:n 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 port. On the 15th ult. in lat, 3 30 S, long. 270 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 YORK, 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 hut 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, NnyntnEn 28.—Wind S.E. fresh. SAILED. - Laurena, Merrill, for N. Orleans—ltiehard Anderson ; Lucas, for Baltimore—Vrow Gelie,Wycham. for Antwerpp—Guilel• too, Godfrey, for Syra, &e.—and James, Muir, for Bourdeaux. Woodstock, Cook, hence at Madeira Salthouse, sailed from Madeira Bth Oct. for Trinidad, and the Alice, Anwyl, 25th, for Barbados Louisa, —, hence at Ariehat Brenda. Simpson, hence at Halifax Mary Ann Hatton, 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 Thom* Arnold, hence at New York Pactolus, Harding, and United States, Turner, hence at Phila delphia Madison, Wood, and John Marshall. —, hence at Virginia DCII iSOn. Jones, from Antigua, at ditto Royal William, M iller, 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,l9th instant New ton, Ferguson, from Danzig, at Stromness ; sailed 18th inst. in company with the 'Fenn Nova, both for this port Photenix. &Bunn. from Riga for this purl, at Longhope Ann, Steer, from St.Petersburgh for this port, in the Caledonian Canal Nicholas Biddle, hence for New York, was spoken 14th instant, in lat. 50, !orig. 17 Water Witch, Shedden, from Glakrow for Leghorn, is on shore near Carnsore Point. and it is feared will go to pieces WEXFORD, Nov. 20.—A ship, Irons 4 to MO tons, timber laden, came on show 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.—it 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 ale same place. The vessels wind bound in Kingstown harbour, are all well. THURSDAY, Noramtp, 29.—Wind S.W. fresh. ARRIVED.—The Manchester. Roddock, from Pernambuco—aud 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, Etnery, hence at Bombay 115th Sept.; Princess Char lotte, Sproul, ditto, 20th, and Memnon, - Every, from Llanelly 29th. Jupiter, Elden, sailed from Bombay 14th Sept. ; Brighton, Svd 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, 3ith Sept. for China Elvira, Simpson, hence at Calcutta 11th Sept.; Sunda, Greig, ditto, 14th, and Blakely, Holmes 4 ditto, 15th. Isabella Cooper. Currie, from the Clyde, at Calcutta Cassiopea, Winram, sailed from Calcutta for the Mauritius 28th Aug.; Ripley, Steward, 11th S e pt. for Liveapool, and John Wood all, LlSossman, 13th Sept. for the Mauritius H.M.S. Wellesley, from Madras, at Lintin 12th July Bencoolen, Tait,ltence 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 Banger, Brown • sailed from Sincapore for LondomlSth Aug. Osprey, -. hence for Bombay, was spoken Bth Oct. in lat. N, long. 22 W Bonanza, Ponsonby, from China, at the Cove • sailed from Whampoa 3rd July, Batavia 15th Au, ,, 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 NI. Calcutta, and the !ship Indus Brilliant, Craig, hence for Bourdeaux, was totally wrecked oar Castletown, Isle Aran, during a severe gale 27th instant: two men and two boys drowned Jane : Williamson, and Esk, hence at Pernambuco Ha , riet,Scott, hence oil' Demerara Margaret Helen, Roach; and Margaret Ann, Hartery, hence a Newfoundland Neptune ' Parker, hence at ditto, with loss of fore yard and par of bulwarks John Taylor, -, hence for Africa, was spoken 21st instant in lat. 40. long. 10 Fanny Connell, -, hence for Leghorn, was spoken 10th inst 00 Cape Sines John Peat, Leslie, hence and NI alta, at Smyrna Ha lme , Astrope, hence at Syra, and cleared Ist Nor. for Constan it inople , Temperance, Le Ormid, hence at Syra Highlander, 13ottomley, sailed from Trieste for this port ICth Nov. James, Wright. hence at Ancona John Airey, Wilson, from Leghorn, at Gibraltar llope. Guthrie, from Alexandria, at Gibraltar, and both sailed 12th Nov. for Liverpool Trinity Yacht, Johnson, sailed from Gibraltar 10th Nor. for Denia ; and William, Wakeham, 13th Nov. for Liverpool Charlotte, Blenck, hence at Travemunde Cordelia , *WM ahon. hence at Riga Carl W'hilhelm, Bartel, hence at Swinemunde Alert, Dail, 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 Jo Wheeler, Brien, from Demerara at Cove Inconstant, from Quebec at Plymouth SYR A, Nov. 10.—The Zuiteka. Scott, from Liverpool, grounded on some sunken rocks off the S.E. 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 ST I+ ANGFORD, 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, &se. 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 aneteight men saved DUBLIN, Nov. 24.—Part of the cargo of the Gainsbro', from Liv,rpool to London, (reported yestesday,) has been saved ; three of the crew drowned. ''!he Bootle, Carson, from Liverpool to Tri nidad, struck on the Kish Bank, got off with loss of rudder, and was brought into this ricer by the Hawk, pilot-boat. A French schooner, name unknown, is on shore at I ire-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 Yroorto lE,ntera for toabinq. (SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.) EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, ci-e, Crusader, J G Wickman, 300 Bombay, Bold & Starkey Hectir, J Johnson, 392 Bombay, J Aikin & Son SVEST INDIES 179 St. Vincent, Antigua and Cape Hayti, J Poole & Co Margaret, I White, SOUTH AMEIHCA. Alert, 230 Bahia, CAbotia, J Ashton, 388 Bahia, Ivanhoe, J Gibson, 299 Rio Janeiro, UNITED STATES. 500 Baltimore, \V C J Brown Sc Co 400 New York, Bahr & Co 4SB Savannah, Anderson, Garrow & Co EUROPE. Chapman & Willis W & J Tyrer W & J Tyrer Hermann, J Allen, Sankari, E W Reed, Antonins, 11 11 Scheper, Ellen, W Coster, Louise, J F Rooms, Frederick, S Gitnen, Venus, U F lljerne, Emma. T Irvin , Gel trude, A Whyte, Emma, E. Maine, 160 Antwerp, Bahr, Behrend Sc. Co 107 Ancona, J Moss & Co Antwerp, C G Weber Sr, Co 177 Constantinople, Eshelby & Co 180 Gothenburg, Bahr, Behrencl & Co 153 Lisbon, J Bibby & Co 133 Lisbon, V ianna & Jones 134 Sinyr,ta, Haskayne, Chapple Sc. Co DESTINATION. ITidlond Hamburg & Swed Lisbon Madeira .. Spain & Malta and Greece.. Egypt and India Nlad4ira Brazil ;.tc B. Ayres America S l amai L'ward L Isl. & Hayti.. Laguira Nlexico and Ha- z vana... Jamai. L'ward) / hi. & Hayti. Carhtagena J itlatiteto. 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 beer' principally clone 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 light. 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; besides a good sale to nur lccal dealers, orders to some extent have been executed for the Yorkshire millers, and many purchases have occurred for shipment coastwise. Foreign red has been the most eagerly sought for. and the best has reached 115 6d; Danzig Ils 3d to 12s; English white as high as 13s 6d per 701b3, Irish new has gone off readily, Limerick of fair quality realising 108 6d per 701 h. 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 28011,5. Most of the new Oats left over from last week have found buyers at improving prices; 3s 10d could now be obtained for the best mealing qualities, and 3s 8d to 3s 9d per 451hs. for ordinary and fair runs. Oatmeal has further advanced in value, 3tis 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 he dearer. Peas are in reteat, and 52s per imperial quarter obtainable for choice breakers. I'he eon . fident opinion entertained of a further advance in prices, induces a demand for bonded Wheat, and every parcel is picked un as soon as offered ; Ils per 70lbs has been paid for the best Waltic red. From five to six thousand quarters may have changed hands during the week. Flour under lock has sold at 42a per barrel. We advance our quotations this day .week-, 6d per bushel for Wheat, Id for Oats, 3s per sack for Flour, and 2* 6d per load for Oatmeal, with a corresponding improvement in the value of most other articles of the trade. At this advance there was rather less activity in the den-and for Wheat, still a fair amount of business was transacted. Several parcels of bbnded were sold at 10s Od to lis per 701 b. The transactions in Oats and Oatmeal were only limited,—both articles in small supply. WHEAT, ir 701 b s. 4. s d INDIAN CORN, V 4 5 361 b. English 11 0 .1119 6 lied Scotch lO 9 —II 9 White Irish .... .. . Bonded. BAKERY, qr. English ..38 0 —42 0 Chevalier 42 0 —44 0 Scotch, 43'' 601 b 5 3 5 6 Irish Foreign, bond 4 2 1 6 OATS, 4P . 451 h. English .. 3 9 4 3 Scotch Irish Foreign, bond 2 6 3 2 Ditto, duty free 3 6 3 10 RYE, 4, qr. 36 0 —4O 0 MALT, ir . qr. flnes6 0 —63 0 Middling 46 0 —56 0 English 44 0 Irish PEAS, Grey.— 36 0 White - RAPESEED, cir last, FLOUR, English, 41 , 2861 b. Fine 54 0— 65 0 Irish American, 4f brl. free. Sweet, U.S. 0 0 0 0 Sour, bond OATMEAL, <IF 240th • English 12 0 Do. new 1837 34 0 Sebtch 32 0 46 0 44 0 43 0 54 0 LIVERPOOL PROVI The Butter market wears an ul quality, 93s to 98s ; Kilkenny, Ca . ere. 86s to 91s Pickled Butter generally required. Provisions ai advance in Beef and Pod: is ful bought within is to 2s of our late lON MARKET, Nov. 29. pward. appearance: - Belfast, first irlow, •JOs to 955. ; Banbrichre, held firmly at 905, and 2s more ire in limited supply, and the late illy supported. Bacon cannot be quotations. PRICES or TIMBER AT LIVERPOOL. Wood, Deals, 120 Stan. M. duty paid. Archangel £lB 0 0 18 10 Memel l6 10 18 0 Gothenburg l6 0 16 10 W yburg — Petersburch Planks, per foot of 2 in. thick. Dan tzig, Deck 0 31— 11 41' British American, Pine 0 21— 0 21 Lathwood, per fathom. Danzig, 4 feet £9 0 10 0 British American... 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 Ilhct. GS Cr —7O 0 Quebec, red 11 inch Thick, and 51 feet ...... 50 0 65 0 Long _ _ _ . Ditto,Puncheon 14 0 20 0 . Timber, per cubic foot. Oak rine, B. American, common red..... •• • 1 6 2 2 yellow Danziir,middliiw. 2 21— 2 6 Memel, middling 2 21— 2 6 Riga, red • LIVERPOOL AGRICULT URAL MARKET, N0v.29. s. d. s. d. P. d. s. d. Old Hay 0 10&1 2 4P2011% Potatoes .... 2 Ba 3 6 New Hay 0 8 1 1— Cattle Ditto.. 2 4 3 6 Clover Hay 0 7 010 Turnips 28 029 Oper ton. Straw, Wheat 0 8 0 9 Carrots 45 050 0 Straw, Oat ... 0 6 0 7 Wangiewurzle 0 0 0 0 Straw. Barley 0 5 0 G Manure 7 0 9 6 Clover IRISH PRODUCE AND MANUFACTURE. DI'I3LIN. November. Bittcx—Tullamore per thousand 30s to 325. County Dublin 32s ;o 38s. BEEF—Per tierce India, LO Os to £0 Os ; prime mess, £slos to £5 15s Od; plant mess, £2los to £2 15s ; barrels £3 10s to £3 15s. BACON—Per cwt. 48s to 525: heavy 45s to 46s ; pigs' cheeks 40s. to 42s ; hams 52s to 545; pork per Barre' 85s to 90s ; tongues per firkin 353 to 3fis. _ _ _ Hui-run—First per cwt: Os to Os ; in cools 9d to lid per lb. firkin, 88s to 901. CANDLES—Patent mould, 9s ; plain mould, 8s Gd ; dipt, 7s 6d per doz. lbs. • FaxTirgas,-From the country per stone, 8s to lOs ; white Its to 148 Gd • mixed 8s to 9s. Gtus—Per cwt. 60s to 655. GLAss —W ine and porter quarts per gross 3-La ; ditto pints 305 ; ditto half pints 22s ; imperial quarts 425; ditto pints 335. 2 per' cent. off for breakage. HIDES AND SKlNS.—Salted hides per cwt. 30s to 31g ; ditto calf skins 34 to lid per lb. I.E.kTIISR—Per It). British lld to 16d; native light 10(1 to 11d; ditto 421 b. to 451 b. per hide, lid to 15d ; ditto 4811,. to 501 b. 15d to /Gd ; calf skins IBd to 21d per lb. slitters ditto lid to 151t1 ; kips. Irish, 19(1 to 2ld ; English 22d to 26d ; cordovan 16d to. 20d; bellies 9d to 10d. Prices upwards. LEAD.—Pig per ton £l9 ; sheet £2l; pipe £23 lOs ; shot £4. Oita—Rape refined per- cwt. 425; brown rape 40s ; turpentine 75s to 80s ; linseed 32s to 355. ItAFESEED-145 to 15s per cwt. , SLATES—Queens, tons, sized , 508 ; tons, 355; quarters, in lengths; 50s ; half ditto 255; commons 12s duchesses lsts £9 10s; gds 11 lOs ; countesses, Isis, £6 ; seconds, 90s • ladies, lsts, 35s ; 'finds, 40s, doubles. 30s ; and mosses 80s per th'ousand. SALT—Perton 48s to 5Gs. Soar—White per cwt. 36s to 40s Od ; yellow 20s to 25s Od. STARCH-50s per cwt. TlLES—Flooring per dozen 4s to ss. TALLOW—Melted per cwt. 56s to 60s; bladdered lard 62s to 63s ; rough ditto 40s to 425; fat per stone 4s 6d to 4s 10d. Taimcco—Roll per lb. 3s 4d to is. "Wiriskes, OLD—lmperial gallon, 7s Cd to 8a Od ; new 6s 4d to 6s Bd. In bond 3s to 3s Ad. SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—Hay, IS 2d to 2s Od per c*t. ; Straw is 3d to is 6d per ditto. SPITALFIP.LDS.—Nov. 22.—Bacon per cwt. 48s to 52s ; Hams 55s to 575; cheeks. 38s to 49s tid ; cool butter 91d to 101 d ; firkin 84s to 90s ; bladdered lard, 62s to 655. EGG MARKET—Wholesale, GS 7d per 124. POTATO MARKET.—AppIes, 35 Cd to 3s 4(1 ; Cups, 2s 6d to 2s ;Od per cwt. POULTRY MARKET. COLE'S-LANE.—FowI per pair 2s 6d to 4s ed ; Chickens, Is 8d to 2s Od ; ducks, 2s Od to 2s Gd; Turkeys, 3a 6(1 to 4s 6d; Geese, Is to 3s 4d each. BUTTER I-TAT:ET—Per lb. ; cool, 9%d to lOW ; fresh lid to 12d. Ft sit—Turbot, per lb. is to Is 4d ; crimped cod. 5d to 7d ; soles II d to is 2d ; lobsters. 2s to 4s 6d each; oysters, is od to ss; fresh herrings, 65 Od to 7s Od per 1111(1. COALS—Whitehaven, 18s; Carlisle, Os; Harrington, 17s; Scotch 17s ; Kilkenny Cs tolls per ton. AN ACCOUNT OF CATTLE. Imported into Liverpool, from the 14th to the 20th Nov. _ PROM IRELAND. Cows. Sheep. Pigs. 11ors;;;.111ules. Calves. Lambs. 1535 1377 2015 20 Previonsly9772l 158490 194377 5372 281 G3O '28682 COASTWISE. Cows. Sheep. - liis.. llorses. Calves. Lambs. 71 805 330 4 Previously 4737 74589 6999 208 77 2060 LATEST DATES AT LIVERPOOL. Direct. Iralirect. Front Direct. Indirect. Calcutta .. Bombay- .. ..... Oct G Mar:11111 am Mauritius Lima .. .. tug.... 1 Mobile .. Oct ....21 M. Video.. Rio. - Oct ....23 Bahia .... Sept. 23 TIDE TABLE. Days. , Alm n. j Len. I AD. H. 11. j H. 1%1. F. Tuesday 27 , 7 4 737 /4 5 Wednes. 28 • 8 7 83G 13 7 Thursday 29 ; 9 9 928 16 S Friday 31 951 10 15 18 1 Saturday 1 10 38 .1 2 I'lB 8 Sunday 2 11 25 11 48 18 5 Monday 3 01)1 18 1 Length of night 1611. Urn. Moon in Perigree Ilh. even. Venus iii eon: with Saturn, St. Andrew. [Oh. 15m. e. Saturn fises. Advent Sunday. Saturn sets 3h. 26in. even. PREMIUMS OF INSURANCE AT LLOYD'S. LONDON & LIVERPOOL, (Sailing before 12th Jan.) Outward. Jamaica Leeward Isl. Dcme. Sc. Berbiee Honduras New York, Boston Charleston, Savannah New Orleans Havana Canada British North America Newfoundland Britzil; River Plate East Indies Od fie Os 04 20 0 0 0 50 0 0 0 40 0 sio 0 30 0 0 0 40 0 0 0 50 0 60 0 0 0— 0 tl 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 35 0-40 0 35 0-40 0 45 0 h 0 40 0 0 0 40 0— 0 0 40 0— 0 0 30 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 50 O—GO O 0 - 0 0 40 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 20 0— 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 O 0 25 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 70 0— 0 0 30' 0 0 0 O n 0 0 O 0— O 0 25 0— 0 0 84s Od (6105; 0 40 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 0 0— 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 0 120 0 0 20 0 fi 0 40 0— 0 0 30 0— 0 0 30 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0— 0 0 20 0— 0 0 20 0— 0 0 20 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 00— t 0 40 0— A 0 84 0 —147 0 20 0 0 0 Company's Ships Batavia New South Wales Cape of Good Hope Africa Gibraltar Lima, Valparaiso, &c. "tall a, Sicily, &c. Smyrna and Constantinople Malaga Madeira Western Isles, Cape de Verds Lisbon Cadiz Prance Rolland Ilamburg, Bremen. &c. Gottenhurg, Stockholm Petersburg, Riga. Sze. Oporto LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES. Number of new patient,: entered on thebooks of tZe Dispensaries duriNg the last week:— North. South. Total Received advice and medicine at thelnsti tntion Visited at their own houses and supplied with m j 322 218 540 371 Sl2 Total at each Dispensary isrrorts. North—Mr. T. Barber, Bev. Moses Fisher, and Mr. W. Macgr,gor. South—Mr Praueis Jordan, Rev. J. Martineau, and the Rev. J Dispensaries Office, 1, Fenwick-street, 2Gth Nov:1838. THE WORKHOUSE. Statement of the average number and expense of paupers in the Workhouse for the week ending Pattpers. F Head. Nor. 17, 1838 Nov. 18, 1837 Per IVeek. XlB2 9 8 155 0 Less 61 More 0 11 More 7 9 3 Statement of daily relief paid out-door poor the week ending Nov. 211, 1833 Nov. 27, 1637 Dlore 4 Less..£B 3 g INot above 16 ft Foreign I-19. B. Plan. £2. Not above 21 ft. Foreigo £22. B. P. £2 10$. £1 10s. £7los. 115 s load. 110 s. Not above 36 in. Foreign £1 3s. B. Plan. 2s. per load. £:lss• # load. LONDON GAZETTE.—TUESDAY, Nov. 27. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Moore and It. Getty, Liverpool, wine-merchants--11. }llgson and J. Gee, Bolton-le-Moors,. brewers—E. Pickles, W. Lindley. and W. Jackson, Enfield, Lancashire, corn-dealer•. INSOLVENTS. Nov. 24.—Samuel Holmes, Camden-street, Bethnal-green, brick. maker. 26.—William Grant, ITaymarket, London, watchmaker. 27.—Samuel Paul Baghott, Britannia-street, lloxtoni book. seller. BANKRUPTS. Robert English, Oxford-street. London. grocer. Anne Stiles, Gower-street, Bedford-square. London, lodging house-keeper. Edwin Heath and John Heatli,Totnes, Dercnshire.linen-drapers. James Hornet, Newport, Monmouthshire, leather-seller. DIVIDENDS. Der. 20, S. Williams, Finsbury-square. London. merchant—Dee. 19, W. Manning and F. Manning, New Bank-buildings, London. West India-merchants—Dee. DI, G. Martin, Oxford-street. Lon don, builder—Dee. 18, G. Hanson, Fleet-street. London. cutler— D.-e. 19, 11. Lee, Down-street, Piccadilly, London, saddler—Dee, It. Mower, Shoreditch, Lon lon.woollen- draper—Dee. 19, A. Knox. Maddox-street, Hanover-square, London, tailor—Dec. 19, (3. B. Robinson. Cross-lane, London. coal-factor—Dee. 18, J. Holloway, Bracknell, Berkshire. grocer—Dee. 18, T. Shadrake. jun. Hope what f , Commercial-road, London. coal-merchant—Dee. 18,• J. Winder, Little May's-buildings. Bedfordbury, tobacconist—Doe. 18, J. Ewbanke, Crawford-street, ,Marylebone. draper—Deo. 18, J. Humphries, Great Yarmouth, victualler—Dee. 18, J. W oollett. Gould-square, London. merchant—Dec. It, G. Harvey. Spring fleld. Essex. builder—Dee. 18. D. Riddick, Cirencester, Gloucester shire, tea-dealer—Dec. 19, G. Suggett, Barbican. Loudon. merchant —Dec. 18, W. Ryland and R. Ryland, Savage-gardens, London,. corn- factors—Dec. V, B. Wallis and It. Wallis, Blackwall, Lon don, ship-builders—Dec. 18, C. Palmer, Russell-street, Bannon& sey, brewer—Dee. 18, J. Hook, Nicholas-lane, London, general merchant—Dec. 18, J. Collett, Bishopsgate-atreet-within, London. merchant—Dec. 20. S. Iloadley, New Bond-street. London. coach maker—Dee. 20, T. Hellyer. St. John-street. West Smithfield. London, general tool-warehouseman—Dee. 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 —Dec. 22. W. Judd, sen. Banbury, carrier—Dec. 22. W. French. Heaton Norris, Lancashire, cotton-manufacturer—Dec. '34, W. Smith, Swarkestown Lowes, Derbyshire. dealer and chapman— Dec. 21, W. Powell. Sutton Coldfield. Warwickshire, spade-mann facturer—Dec. 21, J. N; Simpson, Bridlington-quay. Yorkshire. surgeon—Dec. 20, W. Peace, ..eamington-priors. builder—Dec. 20. M. Sharp, Thornton, Yorkshire, worsted-piece-manufacturer. CERTIFICATES To 1w granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, en or before o.e 18th (lay of December. _ _ J. Ilolme, Whiston, Lancashire, stone-mason—S. Woods, Man. chester, •Manchester-warehouseman—J. Lester, Derby, shoe manufacturer—D. Davis, Merthyr Tydril. Glamorganshire, linen draper—W. Greenwood, Farringdon-street. London, linen-draper. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. George Young, jun. Leith, wine-merchant. James Henderson, Clyth, fish-curer. PRICES OF SHARES, LIVERPOOL, Nov. 29. Last Prices This day's RAILWAYS. 2te. Per Share. Prices. Birmingham and Gloucester 3O paid 15 0 6 .... Ditto and Derby 36 .... 0 8 A..... Birkenhead and Chester Bolton and Leigh lOO paid 64 10 0 .... Chester and Crewe l5 .... d 0 0 .... 16 . 7 6 Dublin anti Drogheda Eastern Counties Edinburgh and Glasgow lO .... 9 10 0 .... Ditto Leith & Newhaven 5 paid 0 0 0 .... Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 6 .... 6 7 6 .... Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarl 5 paid 0 0 0 •••• nock,. and Ayr Grand Junction 100 .... 205 0 A —.205 0 0 Ditto half shares Great Western _ _ Hull and Selby 018 paid 0 0 Lancaster and Preston lO paid ••• Liverpool and Manchester lOO 2GI 0 0 e . Ditto quarter shares Ditto half shares ..„ 7.,t C 0 .... London and Birmingham Ditto new quarter shares Ditto and Southampton Ditto, new shares 2O paid 40 15 0 .... Ditto h Bright'm (United) Leeds and Manchester .50 .... 69 15 8 .... Leicester and Swannington .... 50 ... 74 10 0 .... Ditto. (new) Manchester, Bolton, & Bury 7B .... 70 10 0 .... Manchester and Birmingham l3 .... 11 0 0 .... Ditto and Ditto Extension 3 lOs 5 2 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 ..100 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 10s paid 23 12 6 .... - Commercial of Liverpool 10 .... '2O 2 6 .... - Liverpool Union lO ...„ 13 7 6 .... - Northern antlCentral lO .... 3 2 1 .... - Albion 25 paid 26 2 6 .... - North and South Wales lo' .... 10 13 8 .... 10 15 0 - of Manchester - ' 10 .... 13 0 0 .... - 51'cliester & L'pool Dset 15 .... 20 10 0 .... - South Lancashire 7 10s 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 Phoenix Bank Wilts and Dorset .... . GAS, WATER WOIIKS, Sze. Excitant. Buildings £loo paid IE3 0 0 . .. L'pool and Harrington Water ) , 350 •. . 452 10 0 .... Work.' Bootle Ditto Stock .... 320 0 0 .... Liverpool Coal GnsCompanyStock,.... 371 0 0 .... L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. £lOO ..., 198 0 0 . .... Ditto New Shares are now paid up. , ASSURANCE COMPANIES. Liverpool Marine Assurance 3, paid 9 0 0 -a paid .... Company Ocean Assurance Company ... I 0 .... 610 0 ... Liverpool Eire and Life DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES, he. • Anderton Carrying Company 12 10s. .11 10 0 ..„. Woonside Ferry Egremont Ferry . . l2 10a Rock Ferry Monk's Ferry .. Steam Tug Company Harrington Docks lOO .... Apothecaries' Company Asphalte iLiVerpool) 2 .. -- (I'olonceau) 2 7176. 717 6. 3 5 6. 6 13 0 -7 2 6 1 0 0 .... I 3 6 .... BIRTHS. On the 11th ult. at Blairl•u;•:Bortwiiliam, 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 the27th instant, Mrs. Walter H. Whitehead, of a son. %• MARRIED. At Cavan, Upper Canada, by the Rev. S. Armour, John Kl'vett. Esq. formerly of Bath, Englatid, to Mrs. Morelia!), widow of the late. B.Murehall, of the Bice Lake Plains. . . Lately, Mr. Michael Murphy, fitter at the Grand Junotion yard. to Miss Ormshaw, daughter of Mr. Ormshaw, cow-keeper. ail of Edge-hill. On the 14th instant, at liirk Braddan, Isle of Man, by the Rev. R. Brown, Mr. Win. Neale Atkinson to Catherine, elde►t daughter of Nicholas Boscow. Esq. On the 21st instant, at St. Mary's Bryanstone-square, London, Ilfibert Thompson, Esq. of Brompton-square, to Susan Sophia Ltetitia Rainsinittorn, youngest daughteiof John Rartishottom, Esq. iI.P. fur Windsor. On the 22d instant, at the Old Chapel, Dukinfield, by the Rev. R. 11. Aspland. 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. chemist, • London-road, to Mrs. Sheppard. On the 2Gth instant, at Llanbehlig Church, Cacrnarvonshire; by the Rev. Thomas ThomnV, vicar, Captain William Roberts, of the brig Resolute, of Barrnouth, son of Captain Hugh Roberts, late master of tee brig' Glyndwr, to Miss Elvanor Evans, of,the Harp Inn, Cal narvon. On the 2ith instant, at St. Mary's Chapel. Edmund-itreat, by :he Rev. J. Wilkinson, Mr. M. Byrne, ot Dublin. to Elisabeth, ;bird daughter of Mr. Joseph Shepherd, Grecian Hots]. DIED. At Ernstbrunn, in Lower Austria, at the extraordinary age of 130, a day ! bourer, named Damberger. Ile was horn in 1708, at Zierot itz. in Moravia, and served, in the time of Charles VI., under Prince Eugene. of Savoy. Ile never married till he was WO years old, and from July, 1829, was a pensioner on the Emperor's privy purse. In Normandy, from apoplexy, the Due de Fitrjames. Edward. Due de Pitzjames, was great-great-grandson of the Duke of Ben., wick, natural son of James 11. lie was born in 1776, and was first gentleman of the chamber to Charles X. On the 29th October, at Funchal, in the Island of Madeira.aftet a long and painful illness. Anthony Molyneux, Esq. of Newshana-• house, in the 00th year of his age. Last week, aged 81, John M'Cracken, Esq. sen. of Glenluee, truly worthy man. In our last we announced the death of the venerable Mr. Thomas Wallace, of Ualdenock, aged 92. Them veteran friends end neighbours had grown grey together, said in their deaths were but a few days div ided.--Dtonfries courier. On the (th ult. at Godmanchester, Lower Canada, after a short illness, Mr. John Gibson, a native of Gallowayshire, Scotland. formerly a merchant at Quebec. On the 9th instant, aged 7G, William Younge. Esq. M.D. of Sheffield. Same day, at Warrington. aged 70, Mr. Henry Unsworth.brsae• founder. Salme day, aged 53, Mr. William Hyton, of Upholland, aail manufactnrer. _ On the 10th instant, after a short illness, aged 42, John Williams. Esq. Portugal-house, Low Harrogate, London, proprietor of the Cheltenham Pump-room, and of the Public Baths, near the Old Promenade-room. On the lath instant, at her residence, Lympsfield, Surrey, aged 94, Mrs. Louisa Seawan. She was the last of her name, and, 13 7 her death, an old English family. once possessing large estates in several counties, have become extinct. Same day, at Valleyfield, near Kirkcudbright, aged 74, Mary Coultart, relict of Mr.: (Thu Stranfauld, Kirkland of Kelton. Same day, at Shaw's-brow, Douglas, Isle of Man, aged 60, M. Joseph Stud. On the 16th instant, at an advanced age, Mr. John Carter, Plebe , ' gate, formerly spirit-merchant. Same day, at Manchester, aged 54, Elizabeth, wife of Mr. . 1 . Mitchell, woollen-draper, Preston. Same day, aged 30, Mr. George Knight, of Hanover-square. Manchester. On the 17th instant, in Ramsey. Isle of Man, much and de" servedly respected, aged 49, Mr. Thomas Crawford, harbour master of that port. Ile was a man who felt peculiar delight whilst rendering assistance to the distressed mariner. Same day, aged 55, Mrs. APNeile, daughter of the late CaPrahl Thomas Wright, of Aughton, near Ormskirk. Same day, at Eaton, near Tareorley, aged 86, Mr. Thomas Hough, whose rectitude of character and private charities have been proverbial for more than half a century. On the 20th instant. Mr. Rogers, the Magistrate of Hatton-gar den. He attended at the office and transacted the customary but. siness, in conjunction with Mr. Bennett, apparently in hicusual state of health. At about half-past two o'clock. as was his daily custom, be partook of a trifling luncheon and a glass of sherry 01 the bench. After the business had been gone thrpugh, he return t o ed to his residence at Hampstead, in good epirits, and proceed e d the drawing-room. where he reclined on his sofa preparatory to taking his dinner. Shortly afterwards he was discovered apparently_ asleep, hut, when endeavours were made to arouse htm. !ss ascertained that he was quite dead. Mr. Rogers was about sixty' five years of age, and filled the office of magistrate upwards of twenty yenta. On the 22d instant, at his residence, Wall-street, aged 42, Car tain Willian, Radcliffe. • rd. On the . .nd instant, after a painful affliction, aged 20, Melo only son of Mr. Joseph Appleton, Inspector of Police. On the 2-Ith instant, after a king and tedious illness, aged 21 yea" , William, second son of Mr. William Parry, London-road, es On the 25th instant, after a protracted illness , endured arith traordinary patience, Mr. I'. Nathan, Castle-street , in his p s r. ye H ar. e was truly a fond husband, a kind and indulgent nd ti ten a firm friend, and a benevolent man. Ile has left a wife a children to deplore his loss. Same day, in her 81st year, Sarah, relict of Joseph Hardman'. J use P h On the 26th in e stant, in her 7 eth year , Mary , wi fe of Dunn, Esq. Hartford, Cheshire. • Es O g n s t o h l e ici e t G o t r l . l instant.d of On the 27th instant, at her residence. Netherfield- road Bedford-row, ( 111 f, r , s idr, Faulkner, London. wife of George Faulkner, the ar • On the 28th instant, sincerely and deeply regretted. town.Erton, Mrs. Eliza, relict of the late Mr. John Kilshaw, of this' eldest daughter of Lee Watson,"Esq. 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