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,~~ I:titc t c t. INSTRUCTION IN Alt'cTr• "' PLAYING, AN!) v,i:IN(I. ri I anuonnep .17 1 41 R that I IT: l A N C E A T a ;0' ri ES ‘" i ' !l Altl, VI N s•rl4 an d 16, PORTT ,NDPLACR, NORTH BIRKENHEAD, will re-eominPnee neAt Monday. - F. DIX ATION.-CH x SCHOOL, IN EAU CH E.3TER. 'll?nr this Estal.iishment will be resumed on KnAso Y. the 2Vh instant. C.. iatl~tnn 411 i J.enmarti. 1838. — Pt , il?. and M itS. STEPHENSON beg to annnotive to their j_ Friends and the PoOlic, that the,ir distiort ACADEMIES wit he RE-OPENED. Mr. S-tenhen4on's on Mondav nest, the 15•1 1 . anti Mrs. Srephenstn's On the succeeding Monday, the . 221 instant. Carts of Terms may he had at Mr. STEPHENsos's Residence, ;No. I. Devon.street, Stafford-street. CLASSICAL COMMERCIAL. k. MATHEMATICAL ACADEMY, _l2, KING-STIMET, SOHO; AXIL SllOll. ►HOUSE rp4ro.ctitills , intimAtp. that hi• Ara- V. l l_ rlpmy will he RE-OPENED on MONDAY next the Q h instant. Pupils :mending thiS Seminary-will have the privilege of Littratv, specially selected, for the pnrpose of assisting them in' the val'imis branches of their editeation. NI It. WILSON (many yfiar4 Classical Aiisioant to Dr. rpsppetrully anwionces, that hia SCHOOL in PEMBRI,Kg GA tt n4:N4, Broiirnlow.street, will be R E-OP ENED o n Mots nA Y, '12.1 January.—Carle of l'erms ITIRV had fiv ap plying- ar the School-room, or at \l r. WA S LEy's, Bookseller, Chnrch-strent. • het!. to annonnre to her Ftienfls anti the a-ottry Liverptol, -that her SCI-1001. for the E•tortition of Yoting Ladies will RE-OPEN on MONDAY, the 22d to.tartt, Cu 4TH A M-STICEFT. References aTe per m itte.l to Mrs. IlotA Jonna. ; Mrs. Peter 1-leNcrood, Oswestry: Mrs. MoAes Benson, Chat ham-street M Ratosno, St. Anne'.-street; the Rev. C. T. Giallivin, Rev. R. Davies, Rev. T. L. Pain, Rev..l. North. EDUCATION. ' , TIRE Messrs. FISHER — WiII ltp uprN,their ACADEMY, 20, GREAT GF:OI:GF...sTREhT, nn TI'FDAY, the 16th inst., where YOUNG GENTLEMEN are carefully instructed in the Anc , ent and Modern Lamm:toes, Mathematics, Commerce, and all branches of Science and General Literature, so as to qualify them for any - University or for Mercantile Pursuits. N.B.—The Foreign Languages will be taught by an eminent Scholar from the Continent, who will reside in the Family and practise the Pupils in French Conversation. P.S :qps.rg. F. have recently erected a handsome anti spacious New School-room, which is well lighted. and fitted up with every convenience. They have likewise, for the accommo dation of additional Boarders, enlarged the Premises in Great George-street: and, on the former Play-ground they have also erected a large airy Gymnasium : so that every requisite is pro vided for health, contort, and an efficient education. VERY ,CUPERIOR : ROSEWO3D WORK BOXRS, wßrrisc;- DESKS, &c. s. if. f'-inch Wort; Box - 3 6 Ft-inch Ditto 10-inch Ditto 12-inch Ditto 11-inch Itosewooo Dusk lO • 0 14-inch Ditto l7 0 .18.irich Mahogany Ditto 20 0 `2O-inch Ditto 23 0 The Public are reepeetftl4 ',WON! !4,aii it)Sportioll of a very elegant and extensive assortment of Work Boxes, Writinv, Desks, Dressiiw Cases, &e., which will be found, on ex amination, of excellent quality, and the above prices most afford a ronviticints proof that Purchasers will effect a consider at Ale saving by selecting their !rood.; at Tl - 1 E CI I VI.I . I' CAT, 61, Loor-stifiET. L rvi isrnni.. • R. TAYLOR, BOOI:SET,T,ER, STATION - ER, PAHADISE•STREET. LIVERPOOI., RES'PECTFULLY informs the Bankers, Nierchants, Shop keepers. and the Politic of Liverpool. that he is atipointed AGENT for W HANCOCK'S PATENT CAOUTCHOUC 800 KB I N DING. While noinerons important improvements have taken place in every other department of the mechanism of Bookhiniting, that part of it which consists of attar hini. the leaves tostet her. has hitherto remained without improvement, if, indeed, it have not retrogailed. Whatever excellence Bookbinding . mac have hitherto attained, those who are familiar with its details will readily admit the existence or art imperfection which has lonLir been deemed without remetilv, and most nartictilarly experien red by those who have to make entries in Ledger'andot her Account-balks. By this Patent, Canute:hone. or India-rubber, has bee n hrouUht into operation for supplyirto the defects expe rienced in binitinz, and the application thereof has exceeded the most-sanguine expectations of the Inventor. The invention is especially applicable to LEDGERS AND ACCOUNT-1100K. _ Every person experie;;ced in holikTicepin , most have felt the ineanvenience arising from wasting towards the inner part of a this-hly hound book; the p atent method of hindinv, so com pletely obviates this utmleits'ant obstrortion to writing, as to pr., , ,nt the folio of a Ledger in. an ottinirm plane sorface; an object hitherto unattained, hut now equally practicable with the b o ok of 30 or stX)!eaves. The Patentee hag the 51tigractinn of hevin,rf her! th^ arlYan tav,eg of hig invention dill, appreciated by all the seat merean tile hongeg to which it has been sithnnitted, and by the first Ac count-book makers in the trade who have patronised the in vention. Specimens of hintlinv. af:er the above-mantioned method. mats he fleet), and orders received at It. TAYLOR'S :'74tationeiry and Bookselling Warehouse, corner of Church-street and Pa radise-street 4 ,* Export Orders promptly execntefl. THE YELLOW PLUSH CORRESPONDENCE MISS SEIUM'S FIUSEAND. (From Fraser's Magazine.) Dear Ilollever Y.,—There was a phut , distubbance, ns yon may phancY, when your Magaseen arrivert in otir ball.and wait read by all the men and gals there assambled. Fust there Tits CO;10111110 he takes his whig off when I comes into dinner, and 'toughing with a hair of mock gravity, drinks , to " Mr. .-. Charles, the littery man." Nex. Shalott, my lady's maid (a French gal), says, "0 Jew, Mower Shawl, roust ei gilt tiny lrelispre." " Will von have some bile mutton, Yellowplush, cries cook ; it's the leading Hartirle of our dinner taalay." Never, in lack. was such chaffin heard, the jockes and reppareea flashin about like lightnin. " 1 arn," says 1, in a neat spitch, " I am a littery man_ there is no shame in it in the present .instins; though, in genneral, it's a bbiggerd employment enough. But it ain't my trade—it isn't for the looker of gain that 1 sitt penn to payper—it is in the savored caws of nollitch. (Hear, hear.) The exalted class which we the honour to serve," says 1, '• has been crooly mis reparvsented. Authors have profit to describe what they never see. Pepple in 11.ussle Square, and that vulgar naybrood, bankers, slisaitora, merchints' wives, anii indeed snobs in gene ral, are, in their ideer of our manners stud customs, misguided. delooded, Husint:GGEn—for I can find r.o more ellygant elpressiou—by the accounts which they receive or us '6.0111 them authors. Does But.wEa " says I, " for instans. know any think of fashnabble life? (Soe.ors, and hallyorieal cries of " HOokey," " How's your Mother ?" &e.) "You pile with me in a 'pinion," says 1 , "and intuit) , hawser. No! Did SKr t.wrost know any think more' (Cries of "Ho,: hofT" . from eoarhmin, " Fee dung." ,from my lady's maid.) No, no more nor Bulwer. It is against these imposteis that I harm myself; and you, my friends, will applod my resolution." 'l'he drawing-room hell hail been ringing all this time like mad, and 1 was here obliged to finish my spitch, in a pint of porter to the•health of the cumpny. On entring the morn, I only found miss stnilin and readin a copy of your Magazine. • Papa has been ringing this half hour, Chawls," says she, " and desires you will wait till he returns from the lihry." And then Miss (Lucy her name is) simpered and stuttered, and looked down and looked up, and Meshed, and seemed very oil— bewtifill she always is. " Chowla." eel's she, a summonsing enrridge, " is this—that is—is that—l mean, is this article in Fraser's .Ilayazine germ composition?" It is, miss," says I, l oo ki n a t h er mos t t en d r illy, " an in r.gnifieant trine from illy pea.” " it is the best Magazine in Eurup," adds Miss LnvT. And no mistakt." " Yott ,- article is—really—very—amusing," says she, blushing as rent as a plans', , " rat, do you think so, rais- ?" save I " miss, dear miss, • if it gives yinn any pleasure, oh how amply it repays me !" 1 gas , her, ;is I said this, one of niy pecuniary 'never knew tnem loot fail with any woman at any - ha e, I was on my knees, as I said, quite appropo; for I had just been emptying coals from the skittle. i laid one of my hands on my left weskit. and said, "0 Misa Lucy!" in a voice of such exeroashiating tenderness. that 1 sate dr once it was all tin with her. But " Hush !" cried she, all of a sudden; "get up, Si—i here's •Anifpafta it was, sure enough Sir Jeatoescaine into the room very stately, and holilin a book in his baud. "Chawls," says he, we have been readin your artickle in Fraser's Magazine, and very much amused we was. Iligh life was never so well described, or so ant henticly. Pray, sir," says he. " may 1 ask is this review also yours ?" and he holds up to me the Quotly- Reriew of Octohei. on " Ettykitt." I saw at a glans that this Was none (f my doing. a' Sir," sas•s 1, " I never so much as see the thitv." " Well, sir," says he, " take it, and read it, and go about ynnr bisness; and, harks', banser the bell when it's rung next time," Cuss the al itoxy. says. I, for a set of proud tyrants, who won't reckanise the highest order of merit, gen'us• For the whole or that afteronon I thut myself in the pantry, and dewed myself to the neritsial of that artickle. The author of it is partiely proud, as I see, of the annvgoats which he in trojnices ; and which are, though Lsay it. no More to my atiny goats than whisky to milk and water. They are ingenns, they are pleasant (many of 'em being old frens, and not less welkim for that;) but they are hot the real thing—only a juke iir a juke's foottnin can do fashnabble life justice ; and it to for that season that I have determined to have another wick at maga zine writin. In this artickle the author quotes fifteen or sixteen boos about phliteniss. Nonrins t. only expprunce can give authority on the o.o , ,ject—and ex pertmee I have hail. I•felt convinced that, to deserih fashnable life, ONE OF us pit do the thing, to do it well ; and I determined to give yin feW passidges from my own autobografy, in which I have I ,,,ssed through all grads of it, from a shopkeeper up to a duke, from a knife boy to the dignaty of a footman. Here is its first tail : it aint about very faslinabble society, but a man begin by being at olive a•leader of the ho tong—my fust services was in a much more humble capasity. • COACH ,k'CIDENT.—Great excitement prevailed on the line of road between Leicester and Northamnton. on, Saturday morning, respecting the Defiance Nta'nehester coach, which ought to have arrived in Leicester at five o'clock. bufw !rich was not heard of even at Ilarborough till about ten. when intOrma (ion reached that town, that it had been upset beto,co there. and Northampton. Owing to its being so heavily laden. one of the wheels gave way at the nave, and the pasAem4ers'.wer, thrown of, fortunateby (with one ,txception) without being h ,jured. The party injured was arterrial , . with an infant in her arms, who 'escaped uninjured, Whilst its Mother's head was " t mil'lY hurt, though not, we believe, fractured. The up coaches were also laden in% fearful manner, the Union reach ing London five hours after its usual time. On Friday, one coach brought no less than 193 barrels of oysters from London. .--Loisaofer9bire Morewry. CAN ADA. (From the Statistical Joarnql, No. 4.) As the affairs of Canada excite at the pregent moment great public slummy, we are induced to extract the following informa tMn, relating to the Upper and Lower Provinces, from an Ad dress on the legislative union of Upper and Lower Canada, published about four months ago by the Constitutional Associ ation of Montreal. We confine ourselves exclusively to the statistical portion of the document, omitting the political deduc tions contained in it. The actual population of tie Iwo provinces, and their rate of increase are illustrated by the following detaiis:— TA PULAR VIEW OF THE POPCLATIoN OF RUTH PROVINCES _ AND ITS RATE OF INCREASE.. • RATE OF INCREASE IN THr. GkNERAI. POPULATION 01 , LOWER CANADA, FROM 1796 To 1836_INCI.CsIVE. In 1760, the population of the undivided province was Increase, 1784, Ditto 113000 1815, the population of Lower Canada, by a • - - corrected census ' say 4SO 000 18.31, the population of Lower Canada, bv•cen • sns of this sear, was 511,917 61 917 1836, the population of Lower Canada sto, posed to be 6;11.1:60 89,581 Increase in -6 vests, roan 1825 to 1831, of Lower ,Catrailit• Dn. in 5 years, 1831 to 1836, of Lower Ca , General rate, trio 1825 In ustir. ) , hoiver Coos da. 11 years Average increase fioin teo , I ,.; Canada, per annum Do. increase from iiB4 to 1825, of Lower Canada-, per a uu,nn Do. increase from 1825 to 18.31, of Lower Canada, per annum Do. increase from 1831 to 1836 of Lower •• Canada per annum From 1764/ to 1835 the population tias dounied itself 34- times in Lower -Canada. -Taking the corrected census relians in 1825. and those of 1831, and the generally supposed population in December, 18.36, the population of 1.. , ,wer Cauaua would ap pear to double itself in `29 .years only. 48,000 337,000 17 2 sths. 10,319 KATE OP INCREASE IN TNG GENERAL POPULATION OF UPPER CANADA. FRoM THit; YEAH 1821 To 18:36 INcLusivE. In 1824 149.301 - .18'25 .. 156.8:16 I ncrea3e 7,535 18'26 164.7t13 7,815 1827 . . 165,128 • . . 1 U.4'_'J 1828 • . .. 11.217 • 1829 196.704 .. 10 359 •• • 1830 • 211,569 .. 14.860 1831 .. • 231,681 . 23 314 1832 • .. 260 994 27.311 '1833 .. 296 870 .. 25,878 183 , 1 .. 3211,735 .. 23,835 346.165 315 UOU 25.430 28.835 Merage increase from 182-1 to 1828., per an. 9.261 1828 to 1832 .. 18.661 18:32 to 1836 .. 28.212 Gen. average ineroage 182-1 141.183 ... 18.712 onparin , the census of 1821 with that of 1833, and that of 1828 with that of 18:36, it appears that the population of Upper Canada has of late rinoWerl in about nine ry ara, which, CUM.. rated with the population of Lower Canada, is to the propor ;ion of lem•. than one third. 'fhe general average increase of Lower Canada. per annum.. 1825 to J 8,36. is 16,0'29—being less than the annual increase of Upper Canada by 2,68:3. • By the Provincial Act of are 9th of George IV., 37 counties return two representatives each, and 3 return one each, to the Prov!sion , triegislatute: of these counties 5 are incut.led in that portion of the province demoninateit the Eastern Townships, it'int; settled almost entirely by inbahitanrs of Ltritish origin return two members of Ow ace, lint in the reinaini;er the inhabitants of French origin preponderate so greatly that the representation is almoa exclusively French Canadian, or In support or French Canadian views. The provisional representation of Lower Canada is at present 90 Melt% 6 - erS, CO whom abort one eighth, or 11 in number, repre sent the wants of toe tub:too:mix of British Th. census of 1831 esiimatod the whole provincial population at 511,917, and stated the number of Roman Catholics to be 403,472, leaving, therefore, 108.445 to be protestants, none of whom could be of French origin. Of the catholics, tt is teasonahly estimated that 50,000 are of British origin, and the statement must therefore be satisfactory that in 1831 the total ntlinher of inhabitants of British origin was 158,01)0, whilst that of French origin was 353.000. Assuming, therefore that the increase from 18. 1 .1 to 1836 has raised the aggregate number to 601) 0t)0, the difference will he 89)JSl ; hat it is notorious that the fixed population of the pro vince. not only goff.-rtoi great mortality from Asiatic cholera, in the years 18.32 and 1831, but that during that period, aad especially miring the past two years, it has been tnuch reducer! by the emigration of French Canadian )ouiti to the territor es of the United States, whilst it is equally well known, front au thentic sources, that, in the neriod of five years above mentioned, 105.000 etni7rants have arrived at Quebec from the mother country. of whom it is calculated that 35,0(X1 have settled in Lower Canada ; the natural increase of the whole provincial population would thus only be 54,081, which, divided between the two races, in the proportion of 158 to 353. would augment the ntnnher of inhabitants of French origin to nearly 390,000 souls; and those of British origin to nearly 175,000; to which being added the amount of settlers by emigration, say 35.0(X), the total ntorther of the latter would he . 210,000, and the aogre vt, proportion of the two races, therefore, is as 210 : 000 to 390,(,XX) in round numbers. A cur.ory examination of the preceding ca'culat 7 on hosys that not only the increaqe of the inhabitants of British origin in Ltivrer Canada extreinety rapid, lint that it is in a very much greater proportion than that of the inhabitants of Fren,h . . In whlition to the informltion eontlined in the hern,•e-men. tinned 'address relative to the pooulation of Canada, we sobioin the following particulars:-13y the census of 1831 the population of Lower Canada is thus classified. The number of proprietors of real property u iv-o 57 .Sgt_ and the extent of land occu pied bra them at 3,9 , : 1 1,793 stag*, acres. The ...pbor of pergins twin_ in 1831, who were deaf and dumb, is stated. to have been 408, the blind 331, and the insane 921. The number of ionit lottants-proressino the Roman catholic fAth, iii7lB3l, is given (as befOre stated) at 403.472; the persons in connexion with the church of Eng:lend were 31,620; those belonging to the church of Scotland amounted to 15,069. There were only 107 Jews ; the remainder of the population were methodists, baptists, presbyterians. nit in connexion with the church of Scotland, and tither sects. The number of families emptoyed in agrieni tore was 50.821, employing among them as farm servants only 7,602 persons. There trete in the same year (1831) 2,5(13 faint pursuits,' and 1,282 persons subsist lies engaged in commercial inv on alms. The number of inhabited houses is stated to have 'been B'2 437—the number tieing built 1,458, and the vacant 1,512; making a total of of 85,437. The total signeurial population of the co u nty population, according to the census of tiezt r- , rt, was 385.417. and the total of the township population 52 695, The seven counties from Qttawa to Magantic, inclusive, either contain a majority or c o nsist exclusively of population resident in townships. GaspA and Bonayenture are inhabited hr a very mixed population, chiefly engaged in the fisheri es . I n th e res t o f th e counti e s the major part of the poutual ion is signeurial. '('he inhabitant of the se . ignenries may, for general purposes, be reckoned as French by origin.; the inhabitants of the townships as English. '['he to t a l o f the township popolation is not, however, 2.1 be taken as the total of the Population of British descent. The numbers interspersed with the nopolation or French descent are variously estimated troth 50 000 to 80,000 souls, of whom from 20.000• to 3/ 000 are in the cities and towns. The re mainder are dispersed about the country; d cities),but alWays overborne (as in towns an with the except ion, perhaps, of Bean harnois, by m ajorities of F renc h or i g i n. I n t h e county o f '1 iso Mountains, and behind the seigneuries on the north hank-of the St. Laurence. perhaps the inhabitants of British descent may tw (mind sufficiently condensed to claim, under another rule of division, to form separate electoral districts; but in general they are sn dispersed as scarcely to make it possible for their influecce to be felt in elections, except•by the adoption of some novel principle. A table relative to the state of representation of Lower Ca nada is given in the appendix to the report of the Canada com missioners. At the time thst table was drawn up, the !mother of ro p r esentatives in the H ouse of A ssem bly was 88. The cities and boroughs sent Tilt iv. 'her II representatives to the assem blv, and all tlt'e cenntie R, with the exception of Montmorency, Drommond, and Megantie, sen t two representatives each to the House a As ,,, thlY: The three just-mentioned tamuties sent one representative rite!), their population being in 1331 muter 4.0(X). By the Provincial Art, settling the representa tion of the province. it is enacted th at all counties should have two 'members whose population at the time of the passing of the act atnounted to 4,000 or upwards ; and that those under 4010 should have one member only tint!l they attained that number. The enmity of Megantic is the only one that now re mains entitled to no more tha n one member. It is stated in the address of the, Constitntional Associa tion, that in the period of five years, from 1831, the number of emigrants who arrived at Quebec front the mother coun try was 125,000, of whom it is calculated, that 35.000 have seilled in Lower Canada; thus showing that the greater pro portion of the emigrants only made use of Lower Canada as a country of transit. From 08'29 to 1825. both inclusive, the total number of emigrants who arrived at Quebec was 211,159. Of these 53 2.52 Pattie from England and Wales, 26 816 from S c otl a nd. and 128-,578 from Ireland, making a total .1 . 258.601 . em i v ,... n ts from the tinted kinedom. The maj orit y of the emi grants pissed to tbe Upper Province. and some proceeded to the United States. - The bomber of Actual settlers who arrived in the country between 18::5 and . 1831 was only 2.3.406. The following table "hihit 4 th''' amount of the births, marriages, and deaths, in 1833 and 1831: _ _ ......... ___. .. . . 18.33. 1831. .Births 25.247 26.114 Marriages.. 4.788 4,598 . Deaths 10,793 15,714 • In the (list year the proportion of birth, to the population i 5 1 in 22,4, of marriages I in 11)7, and of death.: I in 17. In 1934 the proportion is shewo to be; hirlhß, I in 191; mart iages. 1 in 1.11.; and deaths. I in 321. 'l'he noiLhpr of men. r , mu 18 to 59 tears Of nilf, einbnelied in the militia, for the (!..•rilire of the Lower Province. in 1833 amount , ol to 9•1337: the number of hitt: l N/in,: was 18, of companios, I. 010; an , ) of iiiiisiAeta St C.Ol The population of the counties of the Upper Provim•e, in 1831. was as folloWS ; 0 1 t4Way, 6.3:-35 ; li;;weril. 25.1(5; Jolittoown. 28,061; Bathurst, `22.079; _ Midland, 41,:'32; Newcastle, 27 El: Homo. 55 510 (inc;tidin Toronto, 9.'2521; Niiiizarii.•Z;.:-!,17 ; Gore, 31,618; London, 3 8 , 330 ; Western, 12,732. T ota l 3.11,9'03. hike is the I: ll , rnst body LAKE SUPER (OR --This mi,ghty rf fl'esh water in the known world. Its length is 4f. - 10aniles, and its breadth is 16I—its circumference about 110 mile,,, andits depth 90t1 fathoms. Its waters are rematkable for their un rivalled transparency. Abent 1000 streams empty themselves into this lake, s w ee ping in sand, primitive boulder s t ones, an d drift timber, which sometimes accumulate, so as to form islands in the estuaries. A lignite fortration, indeed. is said to he now in progress. Within a mile front the shore. the water is about 70 fathoms; withi n o i o ht miles, 1.'6 fathom. From the above causes the lake is gradually filling tip. ,Oun INi.l„l,st hundred years have not e l apse d since the p o s sess i ons o f the East India Company were limited to three settlements of narrow extent, inhabited toy a few hundred Europeans„ who, o ld „., re ply d e fend thetas , - lees against pirates and banditti, much le . ss comp . ete with the power of the native Princes- Now "the 'Republic of Leadenhall-street" ru!es over an empire con - pitiing one hundred millions of subjects, raises on annual trihme of more than £3,000000, possesses an o - mv of above 2C0 : 000 rank aml tile, has princes for its set vants, and an emperor a Pensioner on its bounty. The village of Calentta h ' ls Io ''"'"P the ot"troltolis.of the East; Bombay possesses more tradegan . -a To ri in days of its glory . ; and' Madras, in. spite of its penions Snit; rivals the Commercial prosperity of Carthage. There is no parallel to such a career in the annals of the world; compterers. Indeed, have acquired more extensive dominions in a shorter space of time, but they failed to establish permanent empires—after a few years the traces of their tempestuous pas tags were sffaced:-411tonalon. ~~.~J ~e ItesIVOTIIMS,S...ISCMS2%TI 111 ESC ELLAN LARGE TURK EY.—T he largest turkey exhibited this Christ tniis. Leadenhall Alarket, nas bred liv Mr. itayner, of Wint t;elford, near Cambridge. and weighed 32,1i5-1 he price bein g £5. ss. Twelve capons, weighing l2Olbs. lied ..ny Paget anti Page, near Dorking, fetched nine guineas. A Posen.—A boy once cOmplained of his bedfellow for tak ing half the bed. " And why out ?" said his mintier, ''he's entillnl to half, aint he ?"'''' Yes. mother," sa id the buy, '• out how should you like to have hint to take out all the soft part for ills had? he witi have his had right out it' the middle, and I nave to sleep both sides of him."--American paper. Tut: CANADIAN GENERAL. BROWN.—The distineuished Gen. Brown, of whose dastariny conduct the Canada papers bring us such unpleasant accounts, was, we are assured, for some t:tue the editor or an obscene radical Irian newspaper, entitled the Comet. In that capacity lie r<as sentenced to a fine of £IOO. and six months' imprisonment. The whigs not only remitted his floe, but actually gave hint an hundred pounds fur the pur pose of enabling him to emigrate. No sooner did the fightiUg begin than Brown bolted at full speed, with the contents, it is sail,of the mit itary chest of the rebel litorade in his pouch. The mimey was, however, retaken, and the vagabond well thrashed, hut. his pseudo Friends do riot seem to have considerei hint worth hanging.—United Scenic Gazette. THE NECESSITY OR HAVING A PURPOSE.—Life lies before us, as a huge quarry lies befu►e the architect, exceM when out of his for►uitous mass he can combine, with the greatest economY, suitableness and durability, some form, She patterit of which orhonated in his spirit. All things without—nay, 1 may acid, all things on us a►e mere elements; but 'feel) within us lies the eteetlye force, which out of these can produce what they were meant to be; and which leaves. us neither si,ep nor rest till, in one way or a►rather, %%about us or on us this has teen produced. —Goethe. The arzette Ua;t•erselle de T,e;psic of the 25th of ljecetnher,. speaks of a new treaty, which has heel) signed by t he patties to the treaty ipoulruple allittnee, iu consequence of which all the troops who may lie sent into Spain w►ll carry the tiag tot their respective nations. • • SELF IsrKttEsT.—Every one woidil pnrsne his Own interest, if he knew what it was; and, in fact, every one does pnrsue it; but the generality totally mistake it. No lawn would choose tithes before happiness. power before quiet, or tame hafore safety, if he knew the true vatoe of each; no man wituld prefer the transitory and worthless enjoyment of t h is world, io the permanent and sublime felicity of a better, if he had a cleat prospect of them both; but we see the former through a mist, which alway, magnifi,s, and the latter appears at so great a diet-. taure, that we'scarce see it at and therefore it makes little imp,,,ooni upon our senses, and b.oi as little influerice on our condtict.—Jenyux. r A MIDNIGHT ADVENTURE.—In the night of Wednesday week, about the hour when ghosts play at leap-frog over tourb ' stones, or slid( themselves up in the corners of dark rooms to frighten simple maidens out of their senses. Mr. Th0111:AS Eve and Mr. Charles Bird, inhabitants of the village of Oreett, sallied forth from the house of a friend some miles nistant, to search out their own good roof trees. Now, be it known, at the iden tical house from which they sallied, a young stranger hail taken up a "local habitation," to whom they had that. day given "a twine," and consequently the hearts of Messrs. Eve and Bird were SO wrapped tip in the warm things which hospitality scat ters aoont at these j.ivous times, that they feared not cold winds,, tnieves hob,zoblins, or other midnight trifles. In this heroic mood Ciey reached St ifford- hill, when a cart attracted their at tention. Thouoh fear shmiliered, suspicion was awake, and they very coolly walked round to look at the name on the catt. Now conscience is a troublesome fellow at times, at least to a certain class of persons; and as the owner of the cart (hi not happen to be provided with the best in the world, it gave him, a. this particular ,juncture, certain twitches; so, throwing off his owl, he leaped to the .round and escaped, leaving au ex ' cellent cart, Lis coat, and five Rigs in the hands of Messrs. Eve and Bird, who thus captured a valuable prize without striking a blow. The cart had on "Samuel Mitchell. General Dealer, Tottenham Road:" and Messrs. Eve and Biid, following up I t adventure with the most praiseworthy promptness, started without loss of time, and, on searching the premises thus pointed out, found a sack with the name of Field, (who is known at Avelev.) upon it. The pigs it proved, had been stolen trout Miss Hanson's. of New Jenkins Farm, Mucking, about six miles from Stitlord Hill, and the cart was evidently on its way to Tottenham, when it was thus captured by the christening part y.—Chelmsford Chronicle. . - FItACA 4 IN HIGH LtFE.—The Duke of Sussee,,though past his grand cliniactertc, and one of the most extraordinary figures in existence, Goer and Magog; not excepted, has atw a % s been remarkable for that he terms the tender passion. Ri i t even the sub v.capped 'Etna burns within, and the gall a nt Duke, with the weight of torn' stone on his feet, and the snow s of the equivocal old age under the black silk nightcap, which he and t h e judges wear alike, we should conceive as an exti n • guisher to alt human hopes, is still pervious to the arrows lathe little deity of youths and maidens. Some time since it wa s rumoured that his gay and Radical Highness ( bun& proper t o marry, as was then said, a lady Cecilia Mug,gins of iing g i ts which rather nna rislueraoc naine she subsequently changed for Underwood; but as she is a pretty woman , her name is do mat ter to any body. lis Royal IlLhness on being , invited t o th e city dinner, requested cards for two ladies; one of Whom was Lady Ceeilia. The cards were given, a nd the places ass i gned were at the table of the ladies of the royal household, 1 , 40 days before the ceremony an order was suddenly dispatched to the Managing Committee that seats shmild he proviit e d for th e the Duchess of Stahel land and Lady Mu grave at the Qiree n ' s table—the Duchess and Countess haying, in fact, retused to dine at the table originally appointed for them. heir reason was obvious; they iii t tint Bice their company. AU this, of (nurse, was toneh talked of. But it luckily has not shaken the old Doke's attachment to his young s overeign. Ile still plays. first f Idle at levees, wears his black cap with the air ante D •ge 'if Venice_ and is as fat as ever. Of course, rumour, as the newspapers phrase it, - has been b us y . B ut the ol„,.„1,i ity .of the illusn'ions Duke only shines the more brightly. Why does he not call. his wife the Duche ss of Suss ex? is the gent-,al query. The most sagacious profess .the answer.— Blackseioil's :11anazinef tlietnselves un a bl e to g i ve or JullllllTy. DIsCOVEFIV IN THE A ItT OF Pit INTI NG.— We havejesi h ear d from Scotland of. a discovery made by \I r. Ambrose Blittkloek, surgeon, of Dttntltie.s, 1111 it cheap :ma ooJI hod of I ring antireprinting honks, engravinns, I lithograph s . importance of such a discover/ we need not dwell on. It is Well known, that, wiffi P m Paper newly pried, the impression may b e r tb t, unless the aid the transfer be madelof pressure ; printer s ' i t n a k is . i h t , e ,w rce v d ,,,. t o e• ne .dr a i t e a s n s. . ( i t,it rely by ekvthta almost immediately, the attemp t will.fail. But .Mr.' Blacklick informs us, that, by a cheap chemical process• which he h as old discovered, the ink of prints sa d letter-i ho wever dry, may be expeditiously ted from, wit tout, in the trtits of its being transferred and pi in , slightest degiee injuring the , oriainal Entity •of course, the nit. brought whic . h a a n d- I ; cere l . nor have we lure of this chemical 'theme:rm. seen any printed wank ptoduced by these means.—zt well process is at present A DEPINITIoN.—At the Town-hall, Presstin , a slip drunkenness, known for his drunken habits, heingeharged called three very "queer - looking customers" . witnesses to I d h If drat an a . rebut the charge. One of them, a peculiarly drunken ge.itb-rnan. Jence • gave following evii • Magis trate —Well. w a s the defendant drunk? Witness,—No • n ot what I ik ? Call drank y . Magistrate — Why , wh at do you all drat Wit ness—ln course when a man is reef g ,radely drunk.% ya- h gistrate—H ow is that? Witness — (stantinerl ll o ye ye know a fellers rayther whip I calls drunk wh 'ld the d e . nay-01er s t an d nor g is t . Nlaeistrate—Well , a ni, 2 fenilant do that ? Could he stand and e'o • \Vit tiess—Ave,watilii may be a hit ; just a bit. Maaistrate de7elltia"l. vi nn like any more if your witnesses examine d ? De;cti, it short censideratton)— I'lltell you what, I think I've exati2l nrd enough o't sort. The bench troubled the defendant for las. o h s loose cash, and discharued him. TOE QUEE N ' S SLIPPERS.—We had snICP time since theplea- t sure of boasting that our city had th e . howitir of produc ing a t the same ti me the President of the Ifoval Academy, The P.let Laureat e , the Director-General of the Postoffice. his Alajesty's Chief Musician and PhYsitnan, together with the Champion of England, and now we ;hall be enabled to add, that the , worthy' co dwainers of B r ist o l " k now th e l eng th of the Queen's foot. In a word, as they had received th e ro y a l commands of his late Majesty for a pair of home, an her mesent most gracious Ma jesty has been pleased to order from hence a pair of dress slip pers. These shoes which really almost rival the famous glass sliprer of Cinderella, we have had the pleasure olseeing. They, are of purple velvet, the royal arms ' and tbe initials V. 1t . .., being embroidered in gold on the front. The figures are admi rably delineated, well relieved, and the whole executed - with great art and exquisite delicacy. Around the sides are en twined w rea th s o f oak leaves, intetspersed with acorns and roses, of gold thread - anft'sitk. The inside is of white satin, and exhibits, also in gold, the rose, the thistle, and the ahainrack. twined around the words " All hail to Victoriar—Bristol Mirror. RESCUING A PRISONER.—VALORoI:SCONDUCT OF A WONIAN. —A woman named Alice Kellett was mainlined by the Rev..L Hopwood, of Blackburn, ion Monday last, c h a rged with stealing two shillings from a tiny. The part of the lock-up in which female priSaners are confined is at the top of two pair of stairs. About MIX o'clock in the evening, a Mall Minted Samuel Rigby went to the lockup with some tea, which was taken from hint by the servant woman employed to attend the female prisoners. She proceeded up stairs to the room where Kellet was confined, and gave her the tea through a hole in the door. Ott turning retina to return down stairs, Riot (who I followed her up tinheardl seized her, and threw her down tc, the first landing ; alai a hile she lay, stunned with the fail, he succeeded in un bolting the door, and setting the prisoner at liberty. „Ile then returned to the wom a n o n th e s t a i rs , an d w i t h hi s knee on her breast, held her (limn, until Kellett hail sufficient bate to . get clear off. By dint of hard struggling, the servant at last - got eienr of her cowardly detainer, ati,i ran down stairs. She im mediately locked the nutter door, and with great pi esence of mind threw the keys over the ratline into the inner office, thereby imprisoning blab herself and Rigby. This dime like a true Amazon, she seized Rigby, and after a struggle Sitt.ceeileil in getting him to the top of a flight of stees leading down i n t o the cell where the male prisoners are confined; and. mustering the whole of her strength, threw him to the tedium, and, the door being open, thrust him in, and bolted the door. Kellett has not yet been captured. Rieby was fatly c o mmitted on 'Tuesday nnerpoon, to answer the charge of breaking open the watch house, and rescuing the prisoner. —Manchester Guardian. GENERAL BuowN.—There are severaierroneotis'account s in circulation respecting Brown, one of the leaders or the Cana dian insurgents. Some call hint au Irishman—some a native Of the United States. lie is, in Ceti, a NOV:1 Scotian, but h as spent a considerable part of his life in the American st a t e „f Vermiint, where he tailed about a year ago. Neither he nor Papinean are thought to have sufficient nerve to discharge the functions of military trailers. The teal chief, the most deter mined s pirit among the insorgents, is Dr. Wilfred Nelsen. It is cm inns, that the Eeriest ruffian among the French revolu tionists was an apothecai y doctor—the infamous Ilarat ; and if we look at home we have, and have had of late yeats, some professors of the - "healing art" who exhibit a ravenous sort of a pp e tite for rebellion. Even Thistiewond owned the ascend, ancv of Doctor \V atsnn, till the lord of the gallipot was forced to icy from the scene of his greatness.— Timer. Stincx tNG IlitirtnAm ACCIDENT.—On.the 11th instant, as th e passenger train or cars was proceeding at a rapid rate to Portsmouth, about forty-four miles front the latter place, the e ngine struck a lifted rail. Mr. Banks, of Augusta, was standing on the engine at the moment. Ile leaped tiff, and escaped nnhutt. Not an with the rest. The engine was hurled from the Rack, and all its frame-work dashed to pieces. The first car was entailed, and the second lilted and thrown from the track fifteen feet, by the third running under it. The latter was broken to atoms h) the collision. In the second ear were Cnl. -Preston, U. S. Senator, and his lady. They and their companions escaped uninjured. All the passengers in the fit St and bird cars were more or less hurt. There were eight or nine :allies among them. Great difficulty experien c ed in ext chit tog the wt.unded sufferers from the ruins. Mrs It , chelle out: Blow, of Southampton, die:10101Th- he (Adept. Situmons, of Southan,pton, and Mr. Crocker, id' J ac k son . N. C., wet e the only ones in danger at the last accounts. The next thing to be done is for .Mr. Goody to bring in a bill to make the enoshnctots of railroads answerable - for accidents on their wretched works. Throughout this country, with the ex ception of the Baltimore and Ohio road, the railways are a die. grace to the credit of the companies owning theta.—New York Herald, Dee. 10. -~-~-~° ri! Li 'V E lir( )0 L sr.,,N I , 4II'I4(4VENII4:ST HE THE. Pohl' ¶)roitTi).—The iroverialueilt has anwitiiice us iys eau,' sitai of I iiiineV 14) thw iinpriitut•lit of the ivirtiour of Oporto, the se cond capital of the kitigil,m. MR. ROEBUCK.—Ajew or the most ultra ridicals of the city of Bath are just now clubbing their pence 101 l the purpose of purchasing some little present for their late memoer Um, buck) by aav of consoiing him for the loss of his seat. A Mi niature portrait of Monsieur Panineau, in a bonnet range,' and g,rasping a bowie knife, set in a cast-non locket, has been talked M . as an appropriate device ; whilst others have recom mended au allegorical painting. representing Britannia about to undergo amputation against her will. QUALIFICATION OF A CANDIOATE.—A man resident in In ,diatia has announced himself a candidate for a seat in the legis lature, and in his address to the public Milne Up his qualifications as follows: '• I believe 1 was the first civilised man who skinned a coon, chased a deer, caught a hear, or treed a wild cat, on the west Side of White River." His views on the currency are not novel, but he seems disposed to go againSt hickory leaves— " Fellow-citizens, I am aware that von are now satisfied that the salvation of us Ili viers depends upon having an honest man to represent us; therefore I pledge myself, it eleMed, to regulate, and to render entirely quiescent, the legalantl natural currency of the country, to wit, Loon skins."—American paper. DUKE OF NORFOLK —lt is reported in the countyrf Not tingham, that the Duke of Norfolk is about to sell the splendid mansion in that county now occupied by the Earl of Surrey, called W orsup 11'14nm...house, to hiss Angela Burdett Coons. This miusion is one of the finest in the kingdom, and came Into the family of the Dukes of Norfolk through the marriage of an aw•estor with 30 heiress of an E,lll of Shrewsbury. The holder of \Vorsop Manor has a right to support the arm of the fnwereign of England at the coronation, but receives no fee in return fur the Service. —Notticyham Journal. SINGULAR CIRCLIMsTANCEJA FEMALE SWEEP.-011 Mhh (lay last, an itinerant chimney sweep. named Wm. Greenwood, was taken into custody by the police constables of Preston, charged by the sot ho;ities of Burnley with absconding from his family, and leaving them chargeable to the parish 'With him was a little sweep, about ten years of age, who was dressed in the ordinary way Of a sweet,. and was, when taken by the constab4.s, riding ci lrr chevalier upon a donkey. On the arrival of the parties at the police station, this young sweep was found, front inquiry, to be a girt, and her twister stated that she was a most excellent sweep, " the best he ever knew." Greenwood and his female apprentice were sent in custody, to Burnley. The girl stated her name to be Jane Nolte'. AIM AT INDEPENDENCE tip MlND.—There are some men who go in leading•st rings all their days. They, always follow in the path of others, without being able to give any reason for their opinions. There is a proper mental independence which alt should maintain ;—self-respect, and the stability of our clt . racier require it The man who pins his opinions entirely on anuther's sleeve can have no resnect for his own judgement, and is likely to be a changeline.. When we consider carefully what appeals loom- mind, and exercise upon it our own reason, taking into respectful consideration what others say upon it, and then come to a conclusion of our own, we act as intelligent beings should act, and only then. This proper independence of mind is far removed from presumptions self-confidence, than which there is nothing more severely to be condemned. Presmnplion is the associate of ignorance; and it is hateful in the extreme to hear smite half-taught stripling delivering his opinions with all the authority of an oracle. This is not what we mean by mental independ,nrce; and it is hoped none will mistake what has been said. We refer to a modest yet firtp and independent exercise ofludgment upon subjects which the mind understands; i n s h o rt, we intend °pity the opposite of that slavish habit which makes one man the mere shadow of another.--Rev. J. Hoag/awes Addre". A.NOTHRa WRECK oN THK BLACKWATER BANK.-I.l'e re• gret to state, that about 5 o'clock, A. N. on Saturday last, there being a dense fog, and the wind blowing a stiff gale from the S.S.W..at the time, the fine brig Wateraitch,"of Whitehaven. Captain Newbv, burden 4(X) tuns, general cargo, and bound from Liverpool to Barbadoes. struck on the Blackwater Hank, and imtnediate!y sunk on her beam ends. Just us she sunk, the lung boat was carried away from her fastenings, and one of the men dashed into her by a succeeding wave—who - was thus most providentially saved, as the boat was soon after washed ashore, near Courtown Harbour. We are gratified to add, that all hands made the land in safety in a five-oared boat—and Mr. William Powell, with his accustomed zeal, is actively engaged in savin g as much of the cargo aS may he practicable. If Go vernment abd Lloyds longer defer the practical consideration of a s•rlety harbour on our South Coast, and a floating light in the North Bay, let the consequences be on their own heads.— Ifeaford bidependerif. THK TuRF IN IN nta.—Few men in India have been ruined by the turf, white it may certainly be said that all the affairs connected witn racing are conducted in a more gentlemanlike manner than at home, an u wi thout the l east a d m i xture o f th e strategy which is so f r equently resorted to by persons who con sider that all is fair in horseflesh, or at least are quite-satisfied to cheat, provided they run little risk of being discovered. There are no persons to he found upon the turf in India who live by it, or who, having spent large fortunes in a disreputable career., are now obliged to practise those arts by which they, themselves were fleeced. It lots been very justly observed that in India, the best horse is always brought out to win ; and should he fail, the disappointment is ascribed to the right cause —accident or bad riding ; anti it is in this latter point that the sport in the Midussil is decidedly inferior to that of Calcutta, and f a lls sn many • degrees short of what is enjoyed at home. — Asiatic Journal, ACCIDENT TO Loan Arm-Laura FrrzcrattaNce..--On Wee.- nesdav evening an accident occurred to Lunt Adolphus Fitz clarence which caused a great alarm, anti might have been arteeded with the most serious consequences. It appears that his lordship was driving tip Ma rylebone-lane, in his cab, about eight o'clock, accompanied by his groom, when, on turtling an angle, near the station house, he came to violent collision with a inilkinates cart, which Was proceeding in an opposite direc tion. Tire shock was so violent that both vehicles were nearly overturned. The groom, Otl nut to ascertain what was th e ma tter, fount! that the shalt of the cart had entered the chest of his lordship's horse so deeply that he found it impossible to draw it out. Prompt assistance having arrived, the shaft was taith . difficulty disengaged, a nen a torrent of blood followed, and the aniii;al tell dead to the ground. Linton, the driver and ..vnor of the cart, who reside on the spot, was Conveyed to the station house, where his lordship also attended, but refused to press any charge, kindly ebserving that he did not know whom to 11K the blame on. The horse whirls his lordship was driving was a reinarkahv flee animal, and, as it is said, his noble Owner his refused 300 guineas for him. MINIsTEMAI. MoVEMENTS LYTHoGRAPHRD.--The indefa tigable /1. 8., like all those who strike trot a new method of operating, in any art tit science, if followed by H. •11., in his praiseworthy attempts to intim. ialise our unhappy ministry. But ,is it has 1: ) , , e0 well remarked long ago, " When t wo persons ride tome th e same h arse , nue of them must he behind." This is "' is rlY the ease with the moltitactions hobby under our con sideration ; 11, a being in advance, high chronologically and graphically, his that nut allowing him to vulgarise those dra tinsa e umt sr ' ir fi r p a ss astidious i under his inspection. H. H., however, .teeling. nor me accurate as lo the nice delineation of a tike64 or general knowledge of the drawing, and proportions of the ,! , gore at large, neither of our graphists have more than they actually now before us, we h ave ;he e 7 quir " . In the aeries by H. El . Lords, between th e great l'P eh I.4ted scene. in the House of chancellor Whackum." and his noble friend Wind'em•next the said Whack= doing the "Schoolmaster at ) 1 0 a poor little skinny mortal, bawl, he is layin g on ,one of the Russell s , wh o is mounted on the back o f ~nv j t s i eems to tvear.a broad grin at the Ilagellat t i7 r x i v i h e i ,c„ l iii et fl ar b am friend is un decgming. The third is • schoolmaster and his other fried This is very good, done somewhat con amore , comps next in the N4Vind'eme.tw"h the said mask of Wind'etn, holding the little Queen of Lilliputians at arm's length, on his left, or, more classicallv The last of this Niter, is rather tumultuous scro' n ie sinister h r e h ri l ; of the exchequer. The title of it is The .uncivil List:" It represents a crowd of pensioners rushing • ttimUltuously at the Limerick butter manufacturer , who is pinned up with his ba c k against the door, whilst several enraged ladies and gentlemen are pitching into him a la Crib, in a most scientific manner. There are some others, but these are the most intelligible of the present collection. THE LAST NIGHT OP THE PARIS GAMING HOUSER. In conformity with the law passed the session before last for the abolition of gambling houses in France, every house of the description in Paris was punctually closed at twelve o'clock on Sunday night, that being the last hour of their pernicious exis tence. A notice had been previously put up in all the rooms, stating that no one would he allowed to play a moment after the expiration of the old year, The Cercle des Extranyeries, the twist arisfocratic of all the gaming houses, which it was not customary to open till eleven o'clock at night, and close till three or four in the morning, on this, the last night of its exis tence opened at nine. All the principal ft equenters haul been informed of this arranirement by letter. The erowd at all the houses on the last two thys iris very veer, anti particulerly . so No. 151 in the Palais Royal, and at Fraescati's. Several scenes 'which may be described as dramatic signalized these last oppor tunities for public gaming; and agabouring man was killed coming ,opt of one of the houses. It is stated that two young men lost enormous sums. and have not since returned to their homes. Other scenes of a ludicrous, and many of an amusing character also occurred. One well-dressed individual, who had been very nufortunate in play, risked the last note of a thousand francs which he possessed, and lost it-; but before the croupier (-mild get the unluckey note within his grasp. the player seized it. and bolted out of the house. A cry Of "stop thief was raised, the inspector.; the proprietors, anti waiters, all ran in pursuit of the fugitive; and when he saw himself in danger of being taken, he relied up the note and swallowed it in the face of his pursuers. He was threatened and scolded, but the note being fairly gone he was allured to depart', 'No one wasaalowed in enter any of the houses after ten o'clock; indeed it was al most impossible for them to dui so. so. densely full were they previously to that hour. Crowds lingered outside the doors. however, and in the Rue Richelieu numbers assembled to wit ness the sortie at twelve o'clock. Mr. PAPINEAU, TUE CANADIAN RERELS.—Louis Joseph Papineau, who, Fur stone years past, has occupied the most con spicuous position in Canadian affairs, is still in the prime of life, being about forty-two years of age. Ile is a notary by prays sums, and possesses a handsome fortune as there is no country in the world where litigation Or so virulent and lucrative to its ministers as in Lower Canada: Mr. Papineau is well informed for a Canadian; i s a fair orator, being more a declaimer than a reasoner ; passionate invective, conveyed iii a thtert torrent of words, is his reason anti facts; anti being intensely convinced of the justice anti holiness of his cause, and that Great Britain is (tete:milted to oppress its colony, all the energies of his mind have heen devoted, since 1825, to an indiscriminate anti uncom promising hostility to every measure of the provincial adminis tration. H is a man of ungovernable - passion in every thing relating to politics, and holds everything British or American in utter abhorrence. Helonks upon commerce as an innova tion, and its extension its corrupting' the innocence and simpli city of his countrymen; agriculture is with him their natural vocation; and in the prosperity of merchants he sees the com mencement of a s,ystent by which their lands will be wrested from the seigneurs and farmers by the sure but gradual pro iziess of trade, and the necessary mutation of real 'impart v.— He is hostile to the diffusion of the English language, as he considers its propagation as a latent anti dangerous auxiliary to the dissemination of the modern principles of business; as teaching his ignorant countrymen new wants and a metros of emancipating themselves from the brutal tyranny of their grip. jug feudal masters, Such a man's inejudices insure his integrity;. and his. vanity will always make him atilicre to the party where his pretension,: to supremacy are undisputed. Mr. Papineau, however, has one fattin g which incapacitates hint from being so dangerous to the government as he other wise might be—and that is a want of personal courage. He is loud-tongued and zealous assertor of the tights of the house of assembly, and a Mild and unmeasured denouncer or the govt., n rilent sad its administrators; he has chanted Laud Dalhousie, Lord Aylmer, and Lord Gosford, With alti}, , st every political mime and personal corruption that public oe private me n can he gwity ; Hit when lie has iissaded individuals in society in hke manner, awl they lin%e called him to account and demand ed sa isfaction. - he has term/ably explained away his charges, or refused the rsnaratnin • repined. In the late affairs at St. Charles, he removed to a ;dace of safety a hen that fort was me "aced by the troops; arid with all the zeal and en erg y o f Cats hale, he will never jeopardise his bodily safety like that haughty and bold-spirited revolutionist.—Ve t o York Herald, JANtiAitif 9, 183°P. Second appearance at 'this Theatre of Mr. HOSKINS, Flom (From the Sunday Times.) i the Thealre-Rocal, Manchester, Ste.. who is engaged for a CITY, SITURD alf .—The new year has come round with limited lieriod• much Mom prospects, as respects trad e a nd commerce, than il IS present TUESDAY, the 9th instant, the performances that Mika has just expired. The situation in which the great commence with an entirely new Nautical Drama, sources of industry are placed, may, in fact, be considered as ydept JACK'S ALIVE! • highly favourable. The stocks of manufactured goods in the OR, THF. 3AcoRrrES IN 1745. United States, on the Continent, us well us of foreign produce, Jack Jibboom (in the service of King George) Mr. T. P. Cooke, are usually light, and a spit it of energy is aroused in almost ail „, with the Song of " Drink and Kiss the Lasses." departments ut inercattilat- pursuits, which will soon lead to ex - To which will be added a new laughable Interlude never acted tensive operations. The attenti.m of the merch a nt s an d o th ers , I here, called THE MAN ABOUT TOWN. having tuts week been principally engaged in balancing their Skirts (a Man about Town) Mr: Hoskins. accounts for the past year, we have not to notice any very ex- To conclude with tensive transactious. The advices received from the United BLACK. EYED SUSAN. St a t e s of America to the 17th ult., notice a continued fall in the With the original Music selected from Dibnin's Songs, by Mr rate of the exchange on Englaud, and with it, the• amount of Blewitt. remittances for the liquidation of the still heavy balances due William Mr. T. P. Cooke, to British merchants have increased. It is, however, not now In which character he will intioduce the Song, " Boun denied, that of the sums now due, a very heavy per tentage 'Prentice to a Coasting Ship," and Dance his must be written off as total loss: The agent of the Bank of celebrated Hornpipe. England, in the United States, it is said, is providing very salis in realising the a sse t s w hich were On WEDNESDAY. a variety of ENTERTAINMENTS, and a popular INTERLUDE, in which Mr. RAYMOND will factorily for the corporation, advanced to the suspended Anglo-American firms. The returns I Vellum', being his first appearance this Season. of the cotton trade in this country have been nearly completed, and we are glad to state, that they exhibit an increased coo sumption of this staple in manufacture than in the previous year. The average weekly consumption of the United King dom, as increased from about 18,000 to 21,000 bates. As the shipments from America up to the last dates had fallen off very considerably, as compared with what they were in 1886— prices are net expected to fall, 'l'he total shipments of cotton op to the 16th from the Ufrited States, were 102,(Xf bales, or 32,(X10 bales less than in the corre-ponding period of the pre vious year. The financial difficulties (tithe American execu tive ap:edr rather to he increasing. Tee Treasury paper, as will be see!' by the latest exchange news front New York, is falling in value, and, a new issue appears to be determined upon. "NEW YORK, DEC. 16.—Treasury notes to the amount of 9,0(13 dollars were disposed of yesterday, at a discount ot Ctum per cent. Those now in Circulation hear au interest of 2 per cent. But the Secretary of the Treisury is- about to make a new issue, bearing 6 per cent. interest, and thus keep them above bank paper, which is, at the pi esent time four per • cent below specie. The new notes Mr Woodbury is anxious to exchange for specie; in this, however, be will not succeed until specie falls to something like I a I% per cent. only above paper ; for while specie is 4a 41 above paper, a man having it to loan may get 10 per cent., for he will, in the first place, sell the specie at 4 per cent., and then loan the paper which he receives in exchange fur 6. The notes, if sold, will be bought -up for investinent, and not, as now, to pay Cbstom-house Bonds. " "che Stock Market was firmer yesterthyy than for a week past; some stocks were even a shade higher. United States Bank Stock is at 1191, • "The offers of Bilis on England were extensive, and the in quiry very light. Prices ruled from 1101 to 111, sonic, we un deistand,•as low as A large order could have been executed at the latter plice, and possibly at 110. The business in French Bills was very extensive; one establishment, in Wall-street, sold to the amount of 300,0(X) dollars, at 5.'25. which was the current rate " COMMERCIAL IN EELLIGENCE AND MONEY. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET AI :It;* ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, OREA T CHARLOTTE-STREET, LIFERPOOL. The last week of Mr. THOMSON,. who will pourtray his popular and justly-celebrated Grecian Statues, his original invention. The /INFANT AC TO RS', nearly Thirty in number, Will exhibit their astonishing and pieasing - exercises in a gor-* germs Pantomime Act, calk' ST. GEofiGii and the .DRAGON, in which the Stud of Ponies will appear. grin IS present TUESDAY EVENING & TO-MORROW I EVENING, the 9th and lush instant, will be performed' a new Historical Drama, called THE BATTLE OF SEDGEMOOR; Ok, THE DAYS ov KIRK AND MONMOIAH. A Sailor's Hornpipe, in Character, by Miss E. Gates. Mr. T. Thompson's classical scene of the GRECIAN STA- . 'IT RS. or Living Model of the Antiques.—Ryan's unequalled SCENES IN THE C I RC L E.—Mr. Ginnet will appear as the HORS E , TAM Ea OF CORFU.—Master Adams, the juvenile equestrian ; will perform his peculiar act called THE HIGH LAND NIMROD.—The Chiarini Family will go through w number of new and elegant EVOLUTIONS on the TIGHT HOP b rilliant Pantomimic Act; introducing the Stud of Ponies, called ST. GEORGE AN U THE DRAGON, per= formed only by the Juvenile C‘tinpaoy.—Mr. ltvau will tutro-' duce a new Equestrian Battle Scene, entitled THE FLIGHT OF THE SARACENS. The whole'n4.ceicit;m4: with a langhede Farce. entitled DOES YOUR MOTHER KNOW YOU'RE OUT? Prices of admission, Dress Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Lower Gal-' lery, Is. ; Upper Galler y , lid. Children half-price from the com mencement to the Boxes and Pit only. Second. Price at Half past Eight—Boxes, Is. Bd.; Pit, Is.; Lower Gallery, 6d. Box Office open esery day front 11 till 3 o'clock, when Mr. II ALE will be in _attendance. Doors opened at Six o'clock, and the Performances begin preciiely at. Half-past. Private Boxes may be had nightly for Parties at 21s. and 42i. Instructions in the Art of Riding given. Riding, Master, Mr. Gin nett. Terms may he known on application at the Amphi= theatre. Proprietor, Mr. BATES. Stage Manager, Mr. NEVILLE. The private communications addressed to the principal corn meicial houses counected with Canada, discredit the assertion that the rebels hail advanced into Toronto. They were dis persed by the volunteers about a Mile or a wile and a half from that place, and it was thought would not again venture upon any hostile demonstration. In the Grain Markets no variation of importance has taken place this week. The supplies have nut been large, but fully agreed to the demand. The purchases of Foreign Grain have decreased, the last advices from the United mates representing the markets there as having failen slightly, and the transactions as rather diminished. The stocks of Corn under lock in the United Kingilqui are rapidly decreasing. Lt the prices of the English Securities there was a depression yesterday of about I per cent—produced by the intelligence of the outbreak of revolutionary movements in Upper Canada. The latest reduction in the prices of Consols this week has been fully one per . cent., purchases having been freely made on Wed nesaay at 921, a general feeling then - having prevailed that the "had the neck of revolt in the Lower Provinces been broken," (to use the language of a letter to a large met eatitile establish ment,) no disturbances would have been commenced in Upper Canada. The speculators now look with much susuicioo to the issue of the proceedings in the colony, more especially as an addition - to the Funded Debt may be_ necessary to piovul e fur the expenses of the war. From 91/ Consols rallied yesterday afternoon to 92, as it is expected that the official .accounts will give a different version to the affair in Upper Canada to that received through the Amerieau papers. The extreme fall in Consols has been to 914, whereas the price given on Wednesday BY PERMISSION OF TIM RIGHT WORSHIPFUL THE MAYOR. UNDER THR DISTINGUISHED AND PERMANENT TATRDNAGS . OF THE UNIVERSITIIiS oF OXFORD AND CAAIRRIDGE. THE Nobility, Gentry, and Inhabitants of Liverpool, are most respeetfnily invited to visit and examine the asto nishing production of Nature, the Stupendous SKELETON OF TH 14'. ROYAL GIGANTIC WHALE, Now EXHIBITED fN QUEEN'S-SQUAUN. The Proprietor deems it wholkunnecessary to attempt any description of the amazing gigantic native of the Sea, whoa• wonderful size, strength, and character (so far as description can go) are so well known to every reader of Natural History,• who must have been struck with astonishment and admiration on reading the various accounts of the Whale, not only by the' Historian, but by the adventurous Voyagers in the Northern Seas. It. may be truly observed, however, that no written ac count can furnish any adequate idea of the enormous frame of the creature, every hone and - joint of which is is wonder in itself! It is no exaggeration to say that it must be seen to be understood, and even to be believcd . . The examination of the Skeleton now offered for public inspection must impress evely mind with a sacred sense oft he hoimdless power of the Creating Hand that produced all the living wonders of the Earth, from the minutest insect to the magnanimous monarch of the ocean. The Whale, of which the Skeleton is now to he seen, was Found' off the Coast of Plymouth, in October, 1831, and then Weighed' 118,000165., and measured in length 102 t'eet, circumference 75' feet. . . - for the same description of Stock was 923. The sup p lies of • Money Stock have not been extensive, to which circumstance may be aseirbed the comparative firmness of the Three-and-a- Half per Cents which have only been depressed from 99 . 410991, and the New Stock from par to 991. There has not been any demand fur Money on the Stock Exchange. The premium iin liiExchequer Bills has reached 51, but it left off yesterday at 50. India Bonds are at 27 premium. The holders of India Bonds have very generally assented to the reduction of the rate or in terest from 4 to 3 per cent., the assets having been far above the amount of New Bonds intended to be issued by the Company. The prices of Bank Stock has fallen from 205 to 2041, and India Stock to 267. The market for Continental Securities has been very inani mate this week, the attention of the dealers and speculators having been directed principally to Brazil Bonds, the value of which has changed very rapidly, as well as frequently this week. After a fall from 75 to 69:1, the Bonds yesterday reached 74 for account, and 73 for money ; a recent arrival from Bahia, setting at rest the statements before circulated, that . Maranhao had, as well as Bahia, joined in the revolt against the authority of the Brazilian government. The last price of the stock yesterday was about 72%. The fall in old Pottug,uese Five per Cents has been from 65 to 62 1 . For the Five per Cent Portuguese there has been but little demand, and 2 , 4 has been about the average price this week. The Three tier Cent Stock has fallen fro m 19% to 193. French Five per - Cents have fetched RN, and the Thiee per Cents 78 50, Exchange 25f 50c. With the excep tion of Dutch Stock which 'has fallen A to 4 per cent this week; there has not been a market for but few oe the other Foreign Bonds. Dutch Twmand-a-Hallner Cents have been as low as 51j, the Five per Cents at 1011, Colombian at 24, and ;Mexican at 26. • • In the current prices of Railway Shares, a decline has taken place this week. The Great NVestern Railway has fallen limn 68 to 65 or 11 premium, the B r i g ht o n front 4 1 to 3 a or 13 dis count, the ',endow and Birmingham from 161 to 1i5911 mr 691 • premium., and the Cu .% don from 19X tol7 or 3 discount. These have been the only changes this week of moment. Canada Bank Shares have wit fallen below 16% or 31 discount, nut. the Land Company's Shares below 25 or 1 discount. London and Westminster Bank Shares - are at 21 or 1 premium, and the London Joint Stock Bank at 7 or par. HALF -PAST Twkr.vE.—We have no later accounts from Ca nada this morning. but judging from the contents of the private letters, whieh are doubtless more worthy of credit than many of the public communications, many influential parties in the city connected with the Canada trade, entertain a strong opiniiin that the rebels never approached nearer than within tro miles of Tin onto, having been met and defeated at that distance by the loyalist volunteers and militia. The next intelligence from the seat of war will prove the correctness or otherwise of thi, , s upposition. There has been a slight disposition shown in the Consol mar ket to rally from the depressed quotations or yesterday. The opening value this morning was 92, and it is now at an improve ment to 92k ; Bank Stock remains at 2041. and Exchequer at 49 50 premium. Brazilian Stock has been down this morning to 721. but has since rallied to 73; Spanish Consols have fetched from 19a to 19" a; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents remain at 524 to 3. Portuguese new Bonds have improved to 29X. In the Share market the only transactions have been in Brighton. at an improvement to 11 discount. The other shares are nominally as yesterday. The Proprietor feels that, on inviting the Public to view lc euriusity so interesting to all who admire the amazing produc tion of Nature ; he should not do justice to himself if he were to descend to the too common modes of endeavouring to attract, the crowd by extraordinary assurance of success; but he respect.' fully begs to state that the Skeleton has been visited by many Thousands in various tarts of the Country, and that ever! visitor has been astonished and gratified beyond all expectation. Admission—Gentry Is. ; Tradespeopli., Servants, and Children 6il. each. rbe Iliberpool ,Stanbarb. TUESDAY MORN/NG „T ANUA Y 9, 1838. The Publication oi the STAN PA HD commenced this morn= ing at 5 o'clock THE REVENUE.-The official return. ~r the res'entl e for the year and quarter coiled on Friday night, h a ve been published. Upon the face of these tables it will be' seen that the public receipts for the last twelve montbs" have fallen short of those of the corresponding period or the preceding year by no less than £1,900,353. This is a remarkable difference ; but it is to he recollected that the returns for the last quarter of 1836 showed an excess over those of the antecedent vear of no less than two millions and a half, so that the contrast with so un usually favourable an account as that of last year is un fortunate for the present. Upon the quarter there ap pears an increase of £213,173. The loss. of public in come is chiefly observable under the head of the " Ex cise," which has fallen off, upon a comparison of the year, to the amount of £949,836, and, upon the quar ter, to £212,900. The " Customs" present an increase . upon the quarter amounting to £453,340, but a defici eney upon the year of £890,156. The.• revenue for stamps has declined upon the year and quarter to the amount of £318,26S and £29,129 respectively. In the produce from assessed taxes the falling off is uniform upon the year and quarter, the first being less by £12,013, and the latter by £15,632, than on the corre sponding periods of last year. Under the miscellaneous axes there is a deficiency of £5,894 upon the year, and . £9,699 upon the quarter ; but the ‘• re-payments" of tpublic money have increased upon the year by £248,071, and the quarter £193 upon the preceding accounts. The Postoffice returns show an imprOved revenue of £27,743 for the year, and of £27,000 for the quarter. The amount to be raised by Exchequer Bills for the service . of the current quarter is estimated at £5,878,545. TRE TRADESMEN'S REFORM ASSOCIATION. — The se er etary of this august body has just issued the following notice to the members : TRADESMEN'S REFORM ASSOCIATIO?f, 20, CLAYTON SQUARE. I beg to inform yon that the Monthly Meeting of the . Members will be held in the Music Hall, Bold-street, on Thurs- . day evening, the 11th instant, at Seven o'clock. T. Blackburn, Esq. will bring before yonr notice the subject of National Education, with a view of petitioning the Legisla , tore on this important subject. Resolutions connected with the motion given, by Mr. Grote on the question of the Bdllot,—on the Extension of the Suffrage, —on the introduction of Sir John Cam Hohhou‘se's Vestry Bill, and other business relative to the Rules and Organization of the APsociation, will be-submitted to your 6nsideration upon that occasion. I remain, your obedient servant, 11. TINDAL ATKINSON, Sac. January 5, IS:.18. ', The Members' Ti►kets for the ensuing }Par are nod ready for delivery, and will be required to be reduced at the' From this it would appear that the radicals, notwith- , standing their former abuse of what is designated the' hole-and-corner system, are so deeply enamoured of it as to adopt no other sort of proceeding in the, present times, for the purpose of Originating" their petitions.— Fortnerly they used to placard the walls,' and invite the inhabitants of Liverpool to give their attendance at the' nsnel rendezvous, Clayton•square, at a great pubtie meeting for the purpose of getting up petitions and ad dresses to the houses of Parliament. There, amidst the assembled thousands'of the people, resolutions were for mally put, and declared to emanate from the public of Liverpool. N , the practice is strangely altered. Ever since the memorable rebuff at the Sessions House, and the equally mortifying demonstration at the Music-halt on the subject of chnrch-rates, the radicals have most prudently avoided making any appeals to the " inhabi tants of Liverpool.” Their present course is to summon the members of a 'political union to meet in room which must be necessarily packed with their own party,' and there to concoct the petitions which are front time to time sent forth as the spontaneous expression of pub lic opinion. We, howev►°r, o►ce a debt of gratitude to Mr. Secre tary Atkinson for hieing us some insight into the secret machinations of the faction by which lie is retained. are informed by the above notice that Mr. Sntor Black burn is engaged, or has engaged himself, to edify thW aSsemhled snnbocracy of Liverpool, on the snbject. FMIALE FASHIONS FOR JANUARY. (From the London and Paris Magazine of Fashion.) PROM F.NA nE DnEss.—Redingote and mantelet of narrow vel vet, trimmed with ermine, and frill of gouffeled blond. Capote of velvet with plume of three feathers. CARRIAGK DitESS.—Nlantean•reilingot e of broche silk, with collar and facings of velvet. Sleeves large and loose, and the body full, confined by a cordeliere. Bonnet of white satin, with very long drooping feathers. EVENING DnEss.—Robe of pink satin: the corsage a point, open in f ron t, and laced with satin rilibon. Short sleeves of two bouffants with manchettes of blond. An open skirt en tablier, laced in frimt in a similar way to the body. Cap of Dentelle de soie, worn much of the face without brides. BA Lt. Daass.—Robe of white satin with corsage h point orna mented with wreaths of small flowers, en ccenr. 'Small sleeves of a single bouffant, with flowers tocorrespowl. Similar flowers descend the skirt, en tabher, to which the train is 10,,inql op. Deep flounces of Dentelle de soie, headed by a wreath. Coiffure of hair and flowers. Cuos Ks, &c.—Spanish cloaks have been introduced for ladies in Paris. They are cut a complete tound, having a small square collar, and do not quite reach to the knee. TUantelos are frequently made of fur, and lined with wadded silk; they are usually of the large pelerine form. Muffs are also much used. Very large . brooches are used to fasten mantelets in front. BONNETS.—Amongst the noVeltieslatelv imported from Pails are heaver bonnets, with a single feather of the same colour, and a feather trimmed round the front; velvet, however, is not likely to he superseded. Dress'esare worn with deep flonnres, indeed flounces ire gem+. ral. Sleeves a la Jardiniere are much icon). Tight sleeve► con tinue in favour. THE ARMY. The 11th and 73t1 reziments, ordered home from the 711orliter ranean, are also to proceed to Canada, making an addition of 1,20) rank and tile to the nnmbers we have already enume rated. _ The Hercules, and not the Hastinas, the Inconstant, Pirpo‘, and Vestal. are the ships of war selected for the conveyance of troops out to 11 alt fax, Nova Scotia. All regiments station-eft in Canada, or intended for it. are to be augmented to their full . estatili , hment (80 added to their pie sent strength), and we helieve the same arrangement s w ill ex tend to eve, y corps in the service. It is reporled in the hest-informed military circles. that 20,0 t 6 men are to he added to the present strength of th e a rm y. A less number ' it is said, would not afford the necessary rein forcements for America, and enable us to relieve the regiments in the List whose periods of service have expired. Major-General • Sir Marbean has been appointed to a command in Canada, and Major-General Sir James M action nell is io command the brigade of guards under orders f , r the same quarter, thereby causing two vacancies in the command of Irish districts. It is ur,w doubtful whether a regiment of cavalry will be sent to Canada, or a few squadrons selected horn two or three regi ments. We understand that the Ist regiment of life gnarls, as w e ll" the battalion of foot guards now stationed at Windsor, have re ceived orders from . the Horse Guards to hold themselves in rea diness for fntetgu service. This has crewed-a great sensation, as we may naturally presume it will cause a vacan c y i n a h i gh office in her Majesty's household. A GF7NTI.7.I7AN SWEr7.— crowd gathered a shrrt time OW house ut a chnuthey-sweeper, who lives iu Cain den-towo, acrd has a small ga`rden before the door. Curiosity had attracted t hem, for the dingy tenant appeared with his every' day complexion, and a white smock flock thrown over his halm . litnents, and he was busily engaged in clipping One grass w ith a pair of shears. When he raised his he.ui In sneeze, the crowd laughed heartily at the singular figure,before thcm. ," Why you warment," said the sweep io the vulgar people, •` u hat are you looking alter? ft an't no novelty fur '.o see a gentleman tultiwate hie own vegetables, is it ?" 7*-46,1PbA