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poetry. TEN YEARS AGO, BY THOMAS HAYNES BAYLEY Ten years ago, ten years ago, Life wa us a fairy scene; And the k blasts of worldly woe Had sered not then its pathway green. Youth and its thousand dreams wece ours, Feeling we ne'er can know again; Unwithet'd hopes, unwasted powers, And frames unworn by mortal pai n. Such was the bright and gentle flow Of life with us, ten years ago! Time has not blanch'd a single hair That clusters round thy forehead now; Nor hath the cankering touch of care Left e'en one furrow on thy brow. Thine eyes are blue as when we met In love's deep truth, in earlier years; Thy cheek of rose is blooming yet, Though sometimes stain'd by secret tears; But where, oh where's the spirit's glow, That shone thiough all—ten years ago? I, too, am changed—l scarce know why— Can feel each flagging pulse decay; And youth and health, and visions high, Melt like a wreath of snow away; Time cannot sure have wrought the ill; Though worn in this world's sickening strife, In soul and form, I linger still In the first summer month of life; Yet journey on my path below, Oh, bow unlike—ten years ago! But look not thus—l would not give The wreck of hopes that thou must share, To bid those joyous hours revive When all around me seemed so fair. We've wander'd on in sunny weather, When winds were low and flowers in bloom, And hand in hand have kept together, And still will keep, 'mid storm and gloom, Endear'd by ties we could not know When life was young--ten years ago. Has fortune frown'd ? Her frowns were vain For hearts like ours he could unt chill; Have friends proved false? Their love might wane, But ours grew fonder, firmer still. Twin barks on this world's changing wave, • Stedfast in calms, in tempests tried, in concert still our fate we'll brave, _ . Together cleave life's fitful tide; Nor mourn, whatever winds may blow, Youth's wild dreams, ten years ago. Have we not knelt beside his bed, And watch'd our first-born blossom die? Hoped till the shade of hope had fled, 1 hen wept till feeling's fount was dry? Was it not sweet in that dark hour, To think, 'mid mutual tears and sighs, Our bud has left its earthly bower And burst to bloom in Paradise? What to the thought that soothed that woe, Were heartless joys, ten years ago? Yes, it is sweet, when heaven is bright, To share its sunny beams with thee; But sweeter far, 'mid clouds and blight, To have thee near to weep with me. Then dry those tears—though something changed From what we were in earlier youth. Time, that bath hopes and friends estranged, !lath left us love in all its truth— Sweet feelings we would not forego For life's best joys ten years ago. CONTEMPORARY PRESS. THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA. ( From the Morning Herald.) There is something exceedingly touching in the kind, heartfelt, and paternal tone of eloquence in which the Emperor Ferdinand of Austria addressed, the other day, the states and deputies of the Tyrol. In language that borrows its interest from its simpli city he speaks without reserve, and without the cold complaint of the formality of courts, the emotions of the father of his people. "It is with joy," says the Emperor, " that I have come among you, my dear people of the Tyrol and Vorarlberg. The solemn oath of fidelity which you are desirous of swearing to me, through your states and reprosentatives, proceeds, as was the case with your fathers, from tried and faithful hearts. My heart receives them with the same emo tion as did my ancestors—as did my father, who now reposes in God. And so it will continue to be. The Lord, who governs the destinies of empires, has hi therto, on every occasion, blessed such a bond with in creased prosperity, and times of severe trial have only made it more firm. I will, therefore, my beloved, be your father, even as my father has handed you over to me as his children." The closing passage of this interesting and pathetic address is particularly beauti ful—" Carefully preserve your religious spirit—your simplicity of manners—your ancient truth, vigour, and endurance—your filial reliance on the care of your Sovereign, and with these be assured, assembled states and representatives of the Tyrol and Vorarl berg, of my imperial and paternal grace and favour." These are not empty words, coming as they do from .the lips of so good a man—so just and benevolent a monarch as Ferdinand of Austria. A sovereign who is as incapable of exercising absolute power to grind and oppress his subjects, like Nicholas of Russia, as he is of practising the low artifices to catch a hollow popu larity—the clap-trap contrivances for public stage effect, which distinguish Louis Philip, who is only the "Citizen-King" in his speeches, but the despot ill his Mac He who has taken care that the liberties of Fiance should not endure much longer than the "three days of July," in which so much blood flowed to se. cure them, who has been the incessant unrelenting persecutor of the press ever since it helped to raise him to a throne, is, in the tropes and metaphors of the artificial eloquence of courtly deception, a clever and not unsuccessful actor. But one sentence of the sim ple truth—the truly paternal kindness which the Em peror Ferdinand addresses to his people is worth all the flourishes of rhetoric that ever obtained for Louis Philip the momentary acclamations of the most thea trical people of the civilised world. - During the time that Ferdinand has now been on the throne of his ancestors, the blood of not one of his millions of Austrian subjects has flowed upon the scaf fold. One man was condemned to death for murder in the second year after his accession; but his heart revolted against the barbarous punishment which the law still retains for that offence, and he commuted the sentence to imprisonment for life—a punishment equally coercive with death, but which gives the offender opportunity and inducement to repentance, and does not destroy in the minds of the people the salutary notion of the sacredness of life which princes and legislatures should ever cultivate and guard. The spirit of religion which breathes the Emperor's speech—the entire and unqualified dependence which it expresses and inculcates upon the will of the all ruling Providence in whose sight nations are but "dust upon the balance," while he cares for the meanest of his creatures, might shame the "enlight ened liberality" of many of our British "reformers," who would achieve for the people the melancholy— the fatal triumph of emancipating themselves from the "yoke of religion," and exalting their free natures to a level with those of the beasts that perish" by blotting the name of Divine Providence from their acts and their remembrance. But the true British patriot will say to the English people in nearly the words of the Emperor Ferdinand, " Carefully preserve your religious spirit—your simplicity of manners—your ancient truth, vigour and endurance—your filial allegiance to your sove reign, and hereditary reg ard for the ancient institu tions of your country." In these things your high minded and glorious ancestors found the elements of empire, and as they are preserved or abandoned, so inspire will be maintained or lost." CHESTER CHEESE FAIR.—Our fair yesterday was well at tended by both sellers and buyers from every part of the country. Middling dairies fetched from 58s. to 60s. per cwt., and prime ones went off from 60s. to 655. The quantity pitched in the Halls was so great, that a good deal remained unsold in the afternoon.—Chester Gazette. BLOWING Le of , THE Boy:sm.—On Thursday noon con siderable curiosity was excited in this town, (Portsmouth,) to witness Mr. Abbinct's experiment of blowing up the wreck of the Boyne, off Southsea Castle, which was burned and sunk in NM. This wreck has ever since been a disgrace to the naval energies of thi s country, a ff or di ng as i t did an ob• struction to all coasters and vessels of light draught of water. When Abbinet first made a n e ff ort to remove it , parts o f i t were only four feet under water; at this moment there is not less than 18 feet over every part at low Water, and therefore grea t good has bean done to the navigation of Spithead and the port purely by diet of private exertion. About four years ago, Mr. Abbinet, with a magazine of 2001bs of powder, blew off about 30 feet of the sternmost part of the wreck • and it was enly in the spring . of this year that he brou harbour a mass of timber weighing at least 30 tons, a portion of the result of that explosion. We mention the time of this first experiment to s h ow that Colonel Pasley's late experi_ meets in the river Thames were by no means original ones. On the present occasion, 6301bs of ,bd powder ,.sea winetroe which two and this was enclosed io a n oil ho,„ stop cocks were inserted;. to these wereatta:g f e e d e r in o lg l e e n ad t e b n ; tube pipes, containing an igniting match of at the upper end of eacb, port fires were attachedw, e n r - p hi a c t h . would burn about four minutes. W hen the pipes teased, the magazine was very gently lowered into the water; and as it sank, it was hauled into the situation intended by means of a rope leading through a 'block, previously lashed to or near the kelson of the wreck. The part fixed on was under the larboard bilge, abreast the main chains, with at least 20 feet of the bottom overhanging; the ship was lying on the opposite bilge. At this place about 30 feet of the bot tom aft was entire ' this is now destroyed or laid flat, as well also as the bottom for 40 feet forward. The whole wreck now therefore is dispersed on the ground, the fore part having been destroyed in the original burning; and as the tides, which run pretty strong over the spot, will no doubt soon Wash off the mud which has accumulated to some feet in depth, Mr. Abbinet will be able to pick up the various portions, the most valuable of which are copper bolts and copper sheathing. The guns have been already nearly all picked up. When the magazine was safe landed, the two portfires, with the Sipper ends of the lead tube projecting upwards about two feet, were securely lashed to an eighteen-gallon cask. as a float; all boats and vessels were now ordered to withdraw; and Abbinet, having fired the matches, withdrew himself. On the explosion taking place, a huge mass of water, about 40 feet square, rose up in a solid bulk for about six feet high, and then broke in the centre, throwing up several foamy columns for about ten feet higher. A low report was heard, as of a heavy explosion at a great distance, but no flame was apparent, nor was there any smoke: we imagine, however, if it had been dark, that aflame would have been seen to issue from the water. The day was beatifully fine; nearly 100 b oa ts, filled with parties, were assembled-, and it was quite amusing to witness the subsequent scrambling for fishes which were stunned or stupified, and to the number of hundreds came up floating on the outer. The Port Admiral, Sir was present; and as the e xp er i men t was Philip Durham , intended to have taken place on the preceding day, it would have been a singular incident that he should then have been present at the blowing up orcmee sin k ing o shipas flag f officer own ship, of the port, on the 56 th anniversary' of the the Royal George, near the same spot ; at a time when he was Axel lieutenant of her.—Harepshire Telegraph. ' . a MISCELLANEOUS. At Buckland, near Frome, a respectable farmer has a terrier hitch, which lately had young ones, and having beaten them off, has adopted a kitten, which she is now suckling with the greatest fondness. ... KNOWLEDGE.—There is no simple interest in knowledge. Whatever funds you have in that bank, go on increasing by Interest—till the bank fails.— The Doctor. A DETERMINED PUNSTER.—Some one attributing the wants of Ireland to absenteeism, a resolute punster, de clared that "the misery of the Irish arose not from absent tea-ism, but from absent-dinner-ism."—Colburn's New Monthly. A shoemaker of the Faubourg St. Jacques, is stated to have made the discovery that the soles of boots and shoes steeped in boiling bitumen are rendered waterproof and eve, lasting !—Paris paper. At the Knutsford sessions, just concluded, John Brockle hurst, Esq. M.P. for Macclesfield, qualified. and took the oaths, as a magistrate for the county. FISH, FLESH, AND Fowt..--Last Saturday, Thomas Woodhouse, fisherman, of Heaton, on hauling in his nets, found in them a hare, a crow, a flounder, and a salmon ! The son of the late desperado Thistlewood, the head of the Cato-street conspirators, has been committed to take his trial at Maidstone for a highway robbery. He is a private in the 50th regiment. STATE OF TRADE.—There has been no change in our market for several days past. The demand for yarn continues languid, and the prices are consequently depressed; but there is a good demand for almost all kinds of piece goods, at steady and remunerating rates.—Manchester Guardian . LARGE SALMON.—On Tuesday last the men employed by Mr. Melling, fishmonger, of this town, caught in the Ribble near to Walton-la-dale, a salmon, weighing 30y,,1b5. This is one of the largest fish that has been caught in the Ribble for many years.—Preston Chronicle. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, SEPT. 3.—We have had an average market to-day, but the demand has been chiefly confined to flannels of the coarser kinds. The prices remain the same as last week. There has been little or no change in the wool market, either in regard to the quantity sold, or the price given. The monument in the burying-ground of Laeken, near Brussels, to the memory of Madame Malibran, is now finished. It consists of a small circular chapel, in which is to he placed the statue, by Geefs, of this lamented cantatrice. The build ing will receive light from a dome at the top. The design is said to be remarkably elegant. - • On Wednesday evening last, the Stag coach, in returning to this town from Manchester, was.unfortunately upset at the bridge, within one mile of Midhope. This point of the road has long been complained of as highly dangerous, having some time ago caused the upsetting of the Tantivy coach. Two of the passengers are we understand, injured; but the others providentially escaped.—Sheffield Independent. SNOWDON.—This majestic peak has had a clear front for the few last days, a fact which sufficiently shows the state of the weather. On Tuesday there were no less than 50 pedes trians at one time on the side of the mountain, as we are credibly informed by an eye-witness. The summit was en tirely free from cloud during long intervals, and only oc casionally moistened with a mist or two.—Carnarvon Herald. There is now growing in the garden of Mr. Thomas Ingham, of Stow Pasture, near Gaiushorough, a remarkably fine specimen of that beautiful and (in this part of the country) rare plant, the variegated Scotch thistle. It measures nine yards in circumference, six feet two inches in height, and bears the enormous quantity of a hundred and one flowers.— Lincoln Mercury. KINMEL.—We are happy in being able to announce the return of Lord Dinorben to his delightful residence in ex cellent health. We perceive by the papers, that his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex has arrived on, a visit to his friend Alexander Thistelvvayte, Esq., at Southwick Park, near Frodsham, where he is expected to remain a fortnight, and then proceed on his annual tour of visits, which of course will include Kinmel.—Carnarvon Herald. During the last week an interesting spectacle has been witnessed on the lawn opposite the vicarage house, at Stur minster, where a young cuckoo is supported and maintained by the industry and attention of a water-wagtail. This little fellow is most careful and zealous in behalf of his gigantic protege, and seems not a little proud of so promising a youth. If another wagtail approach the cuckoo, he is sure to meet with very heavy blows. The cuckoo can tly quite strong, but is still in leading-strings, and seems loth to relinquish the flattering attention of its little guardian. The two birds constantly roost together.— Wilts Independent. NEW GAS CoSiPANY, SHEFFIELD.—EFFECT OF CO➢IPE TITION.—A general meeting of this company was held on Wednesday the 25th ult., James Montgomery, Esq. in the chair, when it appeared by the report, that, from the low price of qas, the returns for the past year scarcely amounted to the cost of manufacturing that essential article, leaving no profit to the proprietors for the great amount of capital already ex tended (upwards of £120,000) consequently no dividend could be declared; notwithstanding that, by an arrangement with the old company, the price of gas had been raised from five shillings to ten shillings per 1,000 cubic feet.—Birmingham paper. . . IRISH Pooa-LAws.—Mr. Nicholls started for Ireland on Saturday. He takes with him, or they will follow, an office. keeper and one clerk, and the followintr assistant commis sioners:—Mr. Hawley, Mr. Earle, Mr. Voules, Mr. Gulson ; and, in all probability, the Hon. Mr. Clements, brother to Lord Clements, will be appointed, and will join them. Mr. Lefevre will, it is believed, have the power of the commis sion entrusted to him during Mr. Nicholl's absence; Mr. F. Lewis being absent on account of the death of Mrs. Frank land Lewis. Mr. Stanley, of Dublin, we hear, has been ap pointed an assistant secretary.—Hertford Reformer. We expressed last week our disbelief of the accounts which had reached this country from Constantinople of the taking of Bushire, in the Persian Gulf, by the expedition ary force from Bombay ; and we, at the same time, added that the island of Karrak was more probably the object of the expedition. The result has proved the accuracy of our information. We are now enabled to state, that the British force from Bombay took possession of the island of Karrak on the 19th of June last, and that this important object was effected with the full consent of the local authorities. No thing has been heard, in quarters the best informed in this country, of the alleged proceedings at Bushire.—Observer. Lord Mostyn has arrived at Pengwern, St. Asaph, from Holywell, where his lordship will entertain a party of sport ing friends in the ensuing month. • FIRST ENGLISH STEAM-VESSELS.—The following notice appeared in the Oracle daily newspaper, December 1789: "There has been lately laid before the Admiralty board, the model of a ship, worked by steam, which is so constructed as to sail against wind and tide. This ingenuity is to be re warded by a patent." CORNISH HERON.—One of these rare and beautiful birds was shot on Monday evening last, near Bordeaux, on the margin of a pool where it was enjoying its evening's repast. Its plumage is particularly beautiful, and the size of the bird is truly majestic. From the point of the bill to the feet, it measures four feet six inches; and the extent of the wings is six feet.—West Briton. •- • - - PLEASING DISCOVERY.—On Thursday last, as Mr. Fen ton, auctioneer, of Kendal, was disposing of the effects of a man (deceased), of the name of Fletcher, who lived in New street, he put up to sale an old knapsack, which Fletcher had used in his campaigns as a soldier. Happening to open it to ascertain what it contained, the auctioneer discovered, in the midst .of much rubbish, a sovereign; a second soon made its appearance; and upon a more accurate search, two checks, upon Messrs. Crewdson's Bank, for the sum of £6lO, were brought out. The relatives, who live at Penrith, were aware that the man, though living in a state of much poverty, was possessed of property, but had not been able to find the necessary authentication. It is not supposed that they would have lost this windfall, if the acknowledgment of the bankers had not been found; but it will be readily imagined, that the circumstance relieved them from no slight uneasiness. SINGULAR Ace' riENT.—A short time ago, Mr. Whitlow, of Crowley, near Great Budworth, Cheshire, sent a team of four good horses, under the care of two servants, to harrow one of his fields. They were attached to very large harrows, with spikes nine inches long projecting front the frame. After working some time, one of the horses, a fine young colt, became restive; and, owing to the carelessness of the driver, it turned short round, pulling the other horses after it, which caused the harrows to upset, the spikes then turning upwards, and upon thein the first horse fell, and dragged the other three horses down after it; thus all the four animals were impaled upon the spikes of the harrows, kicking furiously from the agony they endured. In this state they remained for nearly half an hour before they could be re leased, which was only done by applying levers under each of them. The lungs of one of the horses were perforated, and they were all seriously injured; but, owing to the skill and attention of the veterinary surgeon, Mr. Lewis, of Bud worth, they have all recovered, and are again in working con dition.—Macclesfield Courier. RAILWAY SIGNAL.—We have recently had an opportu nity of inspecting a railway signal erected at the Grand Junction station, Birmingham, which, from its great sim plicity, and the unerring certainty with which it conveys the requisite information, as to the state of the points, to the drivers of locomotive engines, both by night and day, ap pears to be an invention highly important, not only to the proprietors of railroads, but to the public generally, as it will greatly tend to prevent those accidents which have occa sionally occurred in consequence of the points (or shunts, as they are called) being left in a wrong position. The inven tion consists of two discs, about two feet in diameter, placed at right angles, surmounted by a lantern showing four lights, but of three distinct colours—namely, two red, one blue, and one white; the discs are painted to correspond. This ap paratus is firmly attached to the top of the eccentric shaft employed in moving the points, and consequently turns with it with unerring certainty, and cau be seen at a great dis tance, affording the enginemen or drivels ample time to govern the trains according to circumstances.—Birmingham Herald. EXTRAORDINARY WHEAT.—A field belonging to Mr. John Surridge, of Sampford Peverel, containing three acres of the finest wheat ever remembered to have been grown in that parish, or for many parishes adjoining, was cut during the past week. It was supposed by competent judges, that it would realize full 50 bushels per acre. The corns have been counted from 120 to 140 in one ear, and in many ears the corns have run six in a chace. We have seen a quantity of the ears, and counted them. This splendid wheat is named the radical wheat. COBLENTZ, AUG. 27.--In the lodging-house of Reus, in this city, a man-servant has found a pocket-book, containing hank notes and bills of exchange to the value of no less than three hundred and six thousand dollars! The bills are draw❑ from New York on the chief cities of Burge. It is not known which way the traveller is gone who has left this treasure behind him. The room which he occupied was al- ready taken possdssion of after his departure 'by another lodger. It may be supposed that the treasure is deposited in a place of safety.—Dutch Papers, Sept. 1. WILD CATS.—Mr. Cahill, of Whiskey Hall, shot on Thursday, at Cragg Wood, in this county, three wild cats monstrous size. These strange animals . attacked the wood ranger a few days ago, who narrowly escaped with his life; so disfigured were his features, and so completely exhausted was he, that his family did not for a considerable time recog nise him on being brought home. Mr. Cahill, on hearing the above, came from his residence to rid the neighbourhood of the cause of so much terror and alarm. In size these wild cats were much larger than any terrier.—Limerick Chronicle. A report has found its way to the papers, to the effect that the Board of Woods and Works had commenced certain alterations in Kensington Palace, preparatory to her majes ty's making it her residence. As far as regards her majesty's alleged intention, there is not a particle of truth in this state ment; the plain fact being, that part of the palace is falling down; that the Princess Sophia has teen obliged to take up her residence in an adjoining house, and that, if anything be done in the way of repair's, it will be - to fit the palace for the reception of her royal highness, its former tenant.—Observer. At the sale of the materials of the Old Royal Exchange, the statues of the kings and queens that were placed round the interior of the old building, and which were included in the catalogue, seemed to excite considerable interest, though sadly broken and mutilated. Queen Anne fetched £lO 55.; George 11. £9 55.; George 111. and Elizabeth. £ll 15s. each; Charles 11. £9 ; and the others, sixteen in number, similar sums. The portico entrance next Corn Hill sold for £275; and the sale altogether produced about £1.700. What think you of my j recognising in the person of a cri minal in a Paris court of ustice, a magnificent and dignified count, the favourite of all the ladies in Loudon, exalted by them to the table of English lords and ministers of state, a nobleman who used to travel about London with a magnifi- cent red and gilt morocco book of his pedigree unde - r his arm, showing how he was descended from the noblest blood in Europe ? This amiable nobleman has been condemned by the disciples of the blind goddess for the trifling matter of fifty-four robberies. Who do you think he turned out to be, this divinity of the London soirees? Why, the son of a Roman cook. This virtuous and agreeable man, if I remem- ber right, ran away from Rome because he had robbed and thrashed his culinary sire.—Correspondent of the Morning Post. MELANCHOLY DEATH.—CAUTION.—A person of the name of John Slee, a pensioner, residing in Kendal, on Sunday week imagined that an issue in one of his legs would be be neficial to him; and he undertook the task of cutting for one himself. In making the incision for that purpose he cut into a vein, which he was unaware of, and, after slightly bandag ing it, laid himself down upon the bed, imagining that the hemorrhage would shortly cease; and in this state his wife left him to manage her ordinary concerns in a room below. The blood ; however, continued to flow so profusely as in a short time to drop through the ceiling, and then it was that his wire awoke to all the terrors of the moment, She ran up stairs, and a medical gentleman was immediately sent for ; but, alas! the poor fellow was i❑ the last stage of exhaustion, and be shortly breathed his last. He was interred on Tues- day, and was borne and followed to the grave by his fellow pensioners, members of the Royal Veteran Society.—Man cheater Guardian. INGENIOUS CALCULATION.—In one of the spinning and power-loom establishments in Bury, there are 1,140 looms at work. An intelligent book-keeper employed at these works has made the following curious calculation, viz.:—The shut tle of each loom, in traversing through the shed formed by the warp, passes over a space of 4 feet 6 inches at least; some more, but none less than that. Whilst at work, the shuttle is thrown 100 times per minute, of 27,000 feet per hour. The looms are in operation twelve hours per day, consequently each shuttle traverses 324,000 feet, or 61 miles 640 yards in one day. Amongst so many looms, there will be always some standing, from various causes; allowing, then, 140 out of the 1,140 to be the average number standing, and assuming that 1,000 are kept constantly going for twelve hours each day, these shuttles will travel 61,363 miles and 1,120 yards each day, or through a space almost equal to 21 times the circumference of the earth, in the short period of twelve hours ! Wigan Gazette. SINGULAR ADVENTURE OF FOUR BOYS.—In that well known and often-visited Middleton Dale, where the towering rocks stand in such majestic grandeur, capped with forest trees and mantling ivy, the threatening attitude of which has often struck with the sublimest admiration and awe the mind of the idle wanderer, the careless pedestrian, and the tasteful and inquiring tourist—amidst the crags which surround the base of one of these stupendous rocks is a narrow creek, which leads through a long and tugged subterraneous pas sage into a cavern called " The Wonder," but which, owing to its dangerous and rugged path, is not often visited but by the most enterprising and curious, and the most daring chil dren of the High Peakers. Four boys of the latter descrip tion, from the village of Eyam, about the age of 11 years, ambitious to explore the secret cavern and narrow windings of " The Wonder," a few days ago provided themselves with a candle, and immediately after dinner proceeded.to carry their purpose into effect. Various are the reports as to the lengths of this cavern; some asserting that it extends for severed, miles under the naialabouring hills. It is not often explored further than about 300 or 400 yards; to which point it appears our youthful subterraneous travellers extended their rout, when, unfortunately for them, a drop of water from the top of the rock extinguished their light, and left them in total darkness in the gloomy cavern. Night came on, and their parents began to be uneasy about their absence, and not returning home when darkness began to cover the earth, immediate search was made for them, and every in quiry among their playfellows; when it happened that they found one to whom it appears this scheme of exploring " The Wonder" had been communicated Provided with lights and mining clothes, two men immediately started at midnight to seek for them, when at the extremity of the cavern they found the little daring creatures fast asleep r with their clothes torn, scratched, bruised, and bleeding from the wounds they had received in their attempts to make their way that a ti t i tin darknes o s. wasa ye From bxaticnkg iun t i he syha i e r idn on , they:v a f after account which severali appears, t they knelt kn e 1 at temptst down and repe a l e d th e i r prayers, an d t h en tr i e d again, with outany greater succe ss . Th ey then prayed againandagain, ' tt and each time attempted i n va i n to get back, till exhausted and wounded by falling ove r th e rugged pieces of rock which their they awful tere line the windings of the cavern, and terrified s ituation, they sank into sleep, in which stat y e found.—Sheffield Iris. MOCK P IA NO-FORTES. — Among the ingenuities of modern trade is the practice of constructing piano -fortes in a showy and, indeed, elegant style, so as to appear, as far as the ex terior is concerned, equal to the best and most costly manu factured by respectable makers. An assumed name flou rishesinstruments; price. halfth o e n the accustomed hap pens, which might be exp ected ; the instrument, being made of imperfect wire and ma terials and of unseasoned wood, soon warps, and, of course, renders tuning impracticable, and thus the whole affair, with its fine French polished rose wood veneer and stylish silk drapery, is found to be of no more value than when its component parts are converted into a travelling case or a lady's work-box_ A number of pianos of this description have been sent out to South Ame rica, and found, on their arrival, to be of no other service than, after taking out their works, that of using them as parlour cupboards ! The proper security against this mis chievous disappointment is, to purchase only from those houses which, having a reputation at stake, will be sure not to risk it by an imposition on those who confide in them.— Loudon paper. We have reason to think this trick has not beer‘Nontined to instruments intended for exportation, but that, in many of our principal towns, the system has been carried on of advertising piano-fortes in the way most likely to attract those who are not "up to the thing!"—" a lady going abroad, having no further use for her piano, purchased only a few months ago, selected by an eminent professor," &c.,—referees are ready prepared for the suspicious, and so the gulls are caught. We hope, the hook being a little ex posed, the bait will not take so easily as it has done.—Ereter Flying Post.—[We suspect the trick is often tried in this town. We have frequently seen very suspicious looking advertisements on the subject in the advertising columns of our Liverpool contemporaries.—E.L.S,l TiE RAILWAY DELTA IN LANCASHIRE.—The completion of the Manchester and Bolton Railway has enclosed a con siderable tract of country with a triangular boundary of rail way lines ; of which the base is formed by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway line from its terminus in this town to the Kenyon junction, being a distance of rather more than ten miles. The left or westerly side of the triangle is formed by the Kenyon and Leigh junction jine, of which the termi nus at Bolton forms one side of the apex ; this line is proba bly about ten miles in length. The Manchester and Bolton Railway forms the right or easterly side of the triangle, and is somewhat the shortest side; its termini ate Salford and Bolton. Besides connecting the towns of Bolton and Leigh with Manchester and Salford, this delta includeathe townships of Pendleton, Pendleburv, Monton, \Vorsley, Little Haugh ton, Clifton, the three flultons, Kersley, Fanworth, Great Lever, Sbakerley, Atherton, Tidsley, Astley, and Penning ton. !The Duke of Bridgewater's canal enters it at Patricruft, and auits the delta at Leigh. The delta includes a portion of Chat Moss, probably about four miles in length, and of breadth vary from a mile to a quarter of a mile. The prin cipal stream in this tract is the Glazebrook, and the eastern boundary line is skirted by the Manchester, Bolton, . and Bury canal: Perhaps no district in the world of similar size is equally favoured in the means of both land or water com munication than this little delta, which, once the scene of the triumphs of a Brindley, and the site of one of the earliest canals in England, is now girt and environed with an iron zone, enabling it, like the fabled belt of the fairy tale, to transport its treasures (mineral, manufacturing, and agri cultural,) in a space of time hitherto inconceivably rapid, to the most distant parts of the kingdom.—Manchester Guar• NEW LAW IN AMERICA, REGARDING STEAM NAVIGA TION —The American legislature has pasSed an act, which has just come into operation, for the purpose of preventing the recurrence of such shocking catastrophes as have long dis graced their system of steamboat navigation. Its particulars may not be without interest in this country. The act directs —L A fresh enrolment of steam-boats. 2. Imposes a penalty of five hundred dollars for navigating them without a license. 3. Appoints inspectors on all the navigable waters. 4. Di rects the inspectors to examine and report on boats, and to give certificates of their sufficiency. 5. Directs duplicate re ports:of all particulars of the vessel and machinery to be made, one to be posted up in the vessel. 6. Directs licenses to be renewed every twelve months, under penalty of five hundred dollars, and efficient crews to be kept on board. 7. Directs, under penalty of two hundred dollars, that, whenever the en gine is stopped, the safety valve shall be liberated to keel) down the steam below the certified strength of the boilers. 8. Directs boats of certain specified proportions, under a like penalty, to be kept on board each vessel. 9. Directs, under penalty of three hundred dollars, fire-engine and leather hose to be kept on board each vessel, and iron chains to be used instead of tiller ropes. 10. Directs, under penalty, signal lights to be hoisted at night, when under way. 11. Gives ju risdiction to courts. 12. Declares fatal negligence or miscon duct to be manslaughter, punishable with ten years' imprison ment and hard labour. 13.—Declares that, in all actions for injuries for bursting or collapse, it shall be sufficient for plain tiff to prove the fact of the cause of the loss, and the onus of proving it not to have been the result of negligence shall rest on the defendant. COLONIAL SHIPPING.—The number of vessels built and registered in all our colonies, according► to the parliamentary paper 724, just published, in 1814 was 131, bearing a tonnage of 16,696. From that time to the present, with considerable oscillations, however, the number of vessels built has con tinually increased; and in 1837 it amounted to 496, having a tonnage of 70,878. Both 1825 and 1826, however. surpassed 1837. In the former year the number of vessels built was 536, and their tonnage 80,895; in the latter, 580, and their tonnage 86,554; adding to the many proofs of the extraor dinary spring made in all branches of industry in those cele brated years of speculation. Dn the whole, however, it is extremely gratifying, remembering the periodical wailings of distress made by our colonists and shipowners, to find such conclusive testimony to their prosperity, and to the ever-in creasing maritime strength and power of our empire. ROBBERY OF A BANKER'S PARCEL—PURSUIT AND AP PREHENSION OF THE TH lEF.—On Tuesday the 14th instant, Mr. Richards, of the house of Messrs. Wilkins, of Carmar then, bankers, sent a parcel, containing 300 sovereigns, and a letter of advice, to Mr. Morgan Williams, of Llanelly, by Juseph Phillips, a post-boy belonging to the Ship and Castle Inn, at Llanelly, with which it appears Phillips immediately absconded. The non-appearance of either the money or the post-boy at once suggested itself to Mr. Morgan Williams that a screw was loose, and he wisely set off instanter in pur suit of the depredator. With unwearied diligence and energy Mr. Williams traced the culprit to Swansea, following close upon his heels from thence to Itfiacombe, and back again to Swansea, and then to B ristol, at which place he ran the cun ning fox to earth on board an Irish steamer hound for Water ford, just on the point of sailing. Mr. M, Williams returned to Llanelly with his prisoner, who was dulyaodged in our county prison last night, with the warrant of Wm. Chambers, Esq. to take his trial fur the offenc e ; and it gives us great pleasure to add, that the gold was untouched, being found in its original package in the carpet bag of the delinquent. Very great praise indeed is due to Mr. Morgan Williams, for the activity and intelligence displayed by him in the affair. — Welshman. • ..... RAILWAY PROM NEWCASTLE TO EDINBURGH.—A NEW LINE P ROJ ECTE D.—The project of a railway from Newcastle to Edinburgh, by way of Wooler and the midland districts of the Tweed, is seriously in contemplation, and an explanatory survey of the line is now proceeding through Northumberland, but particularly between the rivers Wansbeck and Coquet, the latter of which is the most difficult to pass, as it is a point that requires considerable elevation,'in order to meet the more elevated parts north of it, viz. Rimside Moor. Four different lines are in course of survey between these two rivers—two east and two west of the great north roads; the westernmost, where the great difffeulties were supposed to exist, has been carried as far as Wooler, &c. The greatest inclination will not exceed 25 feet per mile, or 1 in 211; a tunnel is unavoid able through Rimside Moor, about two miles in length. The greatest depth of cutting will not exceed 70 feet, and the great est height of embankment (the valley of the Aln) 100 feet; the extreme length of these two places is 110 chains. The length of the viaduct over the Wansbeck is 30 chains, or 1,980 feet, and its height 148 feet—that is, immediately over the bed of the river (the width of which is 70 feet ;1 and the via duct over the Coquet is 60 chains, or 3,960 feet, and the height 180 feet over the bed of the river (the width of which is 60 feet.) It is expected that the latter dimensions will be greatly reduced by a line proposed to cross near Felton, but which will naturally increase the length of the tunnel about a quarter of a mile • but this again is counterbalanced by its having the effect mile; the height and length of the em bankment over the valley of the Alu. The depth of cutting at either end of the tunnel, as at present proposed, does not exceed 34 feet, and the extreme length six chains.—Berwick Warder. SELECT EXTRACTS. The study of truth is perpetually joined with the love of virtue; for there is no virtue which derives not its original from truth; as, on the contrary, there is no vice which has not its beginning in a lie. Truth is the foundation of all knowledge, and the cement of all societies.—Casuerba. THE EARWIG.—The great dread of the ear-wig entering the ear is a popular error, whence, indeed, the animal derives its trivial name. Like many other insects, it enters any cavity in search of food or shelter ; and it may. like them, enter the human ear as well as any other hole or hollow, but that it has a special predilection for that situation is a mistaken notion respecting the habits of the Forticula.—Notes on Nets, by the Hon. and Rev. C. Bathurst. OPIUM VENDERS OF CONSTANTINOPLE.—TaIking of drink ing and dramming puts me in mind of the opium -eaters, on a number of whom the sultan played a capital trick some time back. He was passing through a quarter of the city where they sold the noxious drug, and the thought struck him that, as the father of his people, he was bound to put a stop to so pernicious a practice; so, without mo►e ado, he pulled down all the shops, over the site of which I have several times had the honour of walking, and sent every single soul he found in them to the madhouse, which happens to be close by; and there they remained with iron collars round their necks and chained to the walls for two or three months, at the end of which time his sublime highness let them out on their solemn promise never to go mad auy more.—Capt. Rose's Three Months' Leave. BEGGARS IN LONDON.—Of the number of beggars to be met with in the streets of Londpn, it is computed that nine out of ten are gross impostors, who have probably been com mitted repeatedly to the house of correction as vagrants; and of these the very worst are the blind and cripples. The records of that valuable institution, the Society for the Sup pression of Mendicity, afford surprising proofs of the profli gacy of the regular street beggars. and the inveteracy of their idle and dishonest habits. Mr. Knivet, the secretary of the society, mentions two cases, one of a girl who has been from twenty to thirty times in prison within the last sin years, and another of a boy who has been as often as twenty tunes im prisoned within three years. It appears bv a return from the commissioners of police, that in the year 1837, 4,287 beggars were apprehended by the police, and taken before the magis trates. Of these, 2,568 were immediately discharged, and 1,779 were convicted and sentenced to various terms of im prisonment.—Report of the Metropolitan Police Committee. Rio PE JANEIRO.—The number of persons I met in full dress—black coats, black satin breeches, silk stockings, gold knee and shoe buckles, opera hats, gold headed canes, and ponderous gold seals—led me to think there must be a great many dinner-parties going forward. I was mistaken; for as I went into a shop to buy a pair of gloves, the man-milliner who served me was precisely thus attired. A little further on, I saw a whole group of men in similar costume, sitting at a shop-door, smoking cigars, and drinking lemonade. This seemed odd ; but what was my surprise, as I proceeded, to see two negroes meet each other, dressed in tattered and ragged coats, waistcoats, knee-breeches, and opera-hats, but without shoes or stockings ! They stood bowing the one to the other, hat in hand, and in polite contention as to which should be covered first. They at length seemed to agree that they should return their hats to their heads simultaneously, so that one should not have precedence of the other. A snuff-box was then pulled by each from his respective girdle, with half a dozen bows, a pinch of snuff was exchanged; and very cere monious inquiries were mutually made about their respective senhoras, or ladies. The hats were again taken off, and low ered to the ground; and after an amicable struggle as to which should take the wall, these curious specimens of Bra zilian politeness and etiquette walked on their several ways. —Robertson's Letters on Paraguay. AUSTRALIAN WINE.—Had New South Wales been the colony of a vine-growing country, wine and fruit would have been, years ago, among the staple articles of our export; while at present not above 1,000 gallons of tolerable wine are annually produced in the colony. The climate is dry and warm; none in the world can be more genial to the growth of the vine, or more favourable to the production of that juice which so gladdens the heart of man. This soil is as various as that of Europe, from the most barren to the most produc tive. Here we have the debris of the primitive granite, the fertile soil resulting from the decom position of volcanic trap extensive tracks of lime, unmeasured extents of drift land, proceedinit from the decomposition of sandstone, equally ex-, tensive portions of country consisting chiefly of alumina, and rich alluvial gcent deposits, which to a great extent occur on the banks'M our rivers 3. in short, we have soils in almost Last week, the cuckoo was heard by a number of shearers in a valve near Calvertou, amongst some oak trees. —Notts Review, Sept. 1, 1838. AN IRISH BLUNDER.—The Limerick Chronicle, in one of its late numbers, announces " that the Countess of Essex's nieces, the Messrs. Smith, are performing at Liverpool." . IMPRISONMENT Foe DEBT.—In all cases where the debt is under £2O, the law remains just as it was—viz , you have to serve a process in the first instance, and that to proceed to jugdment • upon which judgement you can arrest the person of you debtor, or seize his property. Where the debt is above £2O, and you might have been desirous of arresting yonr debtor in the first instance, by merely making oath to the bebt (which is called mesne process) the new law de- prives you of any such power ; you must, as in the before mentioned case, serve your debtor with a process, which will ripen to execution, and upon that execution you may take the effects of the defendant; and if the effects are not sufficient, you may take his person. So that, in truth, the only alteration which the present statute makes is by enact ing that no action shall be commenced by writ of arrest, but it shall he by summons or notice. The practical working will be simply this—Heretofore the arrest of a debtor was resorted to as an experiment to compel him to pay you, or to give you security, and which, no doubt, in many cases had the direct effect. Now, you cannot bring this experiment to bear until you have gone through certain proceedings, nor until you have incurred some delay and some expense in arriving at judgment. These two latter considerations will make it necessary to use some greater caution as to whom you will give credit to, and as against whom you will pnt the law in force. There are certainly in the bill increased powers against the landed property and the funded property of your debtor, if you can find, and you may also compel a man who owes you £lOO to become a bankrupt after 21 days, so that be surrender his property equally between you and the rest of the creditors.—.l Correspondent of the Times. every possible variety, which influence the quality of the wine to a greater extent than is generally supposed. We may, therefore expect to produce wines of equally various qualities. Some may have the roughness of port, some the aroma 'of Burgundy,. others the lusciousness of Cyprus or Syracuse, others may partake of the dryness of Amontillado, or the endurance and flavour of Hock, or the sweetness of Lacryma Christi: in short, we may produce every possible variety resembling the wines of Europe, from the weak nor thern products of the Rhine, to the rich generous wines of the south. The demoralising influence and the disorganising tendency of spirits, as a beverage, are eves before us, both by precept and example; and no town in the world exhibits more vivid living examples of the dire consequences of its use, than the streets of Sydney. A check has been proposed, however, to the progress of this ruinous vice, by some tempe rate and philanthropic men, who have mutually agreed to abandon the common use of the product of the still for that of the press; and associations exist here, as in many other countries, of which the members meet periodically for the purpose of drinking wine as a solemn religious duty. Books on the culture of the vine are already in the hands of the colonists, whereby that, and the process of making wine (from the use of which such evils are less apt to flow,) are shown to be exceedingly simple; and grape vines imported by Mr. Bushbv, from which the most esteemed wines of France are produced, are now growing in the colony, and cuttings of them may be had gratis at the Government Gar dens. Under these circumstances, it is wonderful how very little the culture of that useful plant, with a view to its vinous product, has hitherto been attended to in this country. Per-. haps the inferior quality of the product of the vineyards at the Cape of Good Hope deters many from attempting the culture of the grapes here ; but that ought to be no reason, when it is known that the greater part of the wines already grown in the colony, are far superior to the generality of those of the Cape. THE RED MooN.—lt is believed generally, especially in the neighbourhood of Paris, that, in certain months of the year, the moon exerts a great influence upon the phenomena of vegetation. Gardeners give the name of the " red moon" to that moon which is full between the middle of April and the close of May. According to them, the light of the moon at that season exercises an injurious influence upon the young shoots of plants. They say that when the sky is clear, the leaves and buds exposed in the atmosphere stands at many degrees above the freezing point. They say, also, that if a clouded sky intercept the tnoonn's light, it prevents these injurious circumstances to the plants, although the circumstances of temperature are the same in both cases. Any person who is acquainted with the beautiful theory of dew; which we owe, to Dr. Wells, .will find no difficulty in accounting for these effects, erroneously imputed •to the moon. If the heavens be clear and unclouded; all substances on the surface of the 'earth which are strong and powerful radiators of beat, lose temperature by radiation, while the unclouded sky returns no heat to them to restore what they have lost. Such bodies, therefore, under these circumstances, become colder than the surrounding air, and may even, if they be liquid,. be frozeu. Ice, in fact, is produced . in warm elimites, by similar means. But if the firmaMent be enve loped in clouds, these clouds, having the quality of radiating heat, will restore by their radiation to substances upon the surface of the earth, as much heat as such substances them selves lose by radiation : the temperature, therefore, of such bodies will be maintained at a point equal to that of the air surrounding them. Now the leaves and flowers of plants are strong and powerful radiators of heat ; when the sky is clear, they therefore lose temperature, and may be frozen; if, on the other hand, the sky be clouded, their temperature is maintained, for the reasons above stated. The moon, there fore, has no connection whatever with this effect; and it is certain that plants would suffer under the same circumstances, whether the moon is above or below the horizon. It equally is quite true that, if the moon is above the horizon, the plants cannot suffer unless it be visible; because a clear sky is in dispensable, as much to the production of the injury to the plants as to the visibility of the moon; and, on the other hand, the same clouds which veil the moon, and intercept her light, give back to the plants that warmth which prevents the injury here adverted to. The popular opinion, therefore, is right as to the eject, but wrong as to the cause; and its error will be at once discovered, by showing that, on a clear night, when the moon is new, and, therefore, not visible, the plants may nevertheless suffer.—ilionthly Chronicle. - PARAGUAY.—A LANDSCAPE WITH ANIAIALS.—The open Pampa was exchanged for the shady grove; the pastures, protected by the trees, and irrigated by abundant streams, were in most places beautifully green ; the palm-tree was a frequent occupant of the plain • hills, and more gently sloping eminences, contrasted beautifully with the valley and the lake. Wooded from the base to the top, those hills and slopes exhibited now the stately forest tree, and anon the less aspiring shrub, the lime, and the orange, each bearing, at the same time, both blossom add fruit. The fig-tree spread its broad dark leaf, and offered its delicious fruit to the tra veller without money and without price; while the parasite plant lend all its variety of leaf and flower to adorn the scene. Pendent from the boughs of many of the trees was to be seen, and yet more distinctly known by its fragrance, the air plant. Squirrels leaped, and monkeys chattered among the branches; the parrot and parroquet, the phea sant, the moigtit, the toocan, the humming-bird, the guaca mayo or cockatoo, and innumerable others described by Azara, inhabited, in all their gaudy variety of plumage, the woods through which I rode. There is one noble bird which tenants them, that I never elsewhere saw, except on the lake or on its banks. That bird is the pato real, or royal duck, nearly the size of a duck, but of plumage rich and varied. The lakes are covered with wild fowl, the marches with wa ter-hens and snipes. On the pasture-grounds you have the large partridge; and on the cultivated enclosures, in great abundance, the small one or quail.—Robertson's Letters. An organist, not without some celebrity in his day, (Je remiah Clark was his name,) being hopelessly in love with a very beautiful lady, far above his station in life, 'determined upon suicide, and walked into the fields to accomplish his purpose. Coining to a retired spot, where there was a con venient pond, surrounded with equally convenient trees, he hesitated which to prefer—whether to choose a dry death or a watery one ;—perhaps he had never heard of the old riddle concerning "Elia Lselia Crispis, which no CEdipus has yet solved. But that he might not continue like the ass between two bundles of hay in the sophism, or ;11ithomet's coffin in the fable, he tossed a halfpenny in the air to decide whether he should hang or drown himself,—and the halfpenny stuck edgeways in the dirt. The most determined infidel would at such a moment have felt that this was snore than accident. Clark, as may well be supposed, went home again; but the salutary impression did not long remain upon his poor dis ordered mind, and he shot. himself soon afterwards.— The Doctor. COVERING OR HOODING SHEAF.—In the rich corn dis tricts of the southern and midland counties, it is customary to place the sheaves in shocks of six, eight, or ten each; there they remain, their heads exposed to the pelting of every storm, with occasional turnings, perhaps, during the whole of a showery season, till, as we have too often seen, the ears mat together into a green mass of roots emitted by the grains. Is this the case in Warwickshire, Staffordshire, and Lancashire ? In those counties the farmer places only a few sheaves together,—say four,—their heads fixed close to gether, so as to occupy a small compass, and over these he invents a fifth sheaf, the ears of the lower extremity act as a thatch, covering and protecting the grain of the four standing sheaves. It must be manifest to every person of reflection, that, if a shock be set up thus in a perfectly dry time, and be so hooded, the rain will be shot off, and the whole will re main dry as a bee-hive under a hackle.—Gardener's Gazette. MARLBOROUGH AND HIS WIFE.—The Duchess was, in many respects, the faithful counterpart of the duke; she had all his ambition, and all his avarice; but she wanted both his cold temperament and high genius. Marlborough was never vindictive; his wife, on the contrary, never _forgave. The hard, polished, calculating Marlborough had in his nature neither love nor hate ; but the duchess, with all her vices, had a heart—she was avaricious, but she could be generous —selfish, yet not void of compassion—with all the petty vani ties, but with much of the earnest devotion, which form the traditional character of the sex. When she could no longer rule a nation, she entered with undiminished ardour into a squabble for the right of driving through the park. But on the other hand, she did not forsake a friend with the smiling ease of her husband; and her ambition almost loses its cha in the old age of this extr aordinar y p air there was a notable er fin of d h h e o r w giWe u,c l h e o i n t s ' o v r a t s . c ra e c n t t e r r ed o of n o d d i c o o u n s so g i r i o d s a s t n e e d s iu w th h e en ca w re e contrast. Marlborough exhibited the mournful and piteous ve philosopher, and her intellect seems to have brightened as h er y ears increased.—London s r p ip e e c n ta e c d le in o to f a mental con decay;templation the contrary, his duchess, and Westminster Review, August, 1838. Dippmcc Enttiligentc. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4. ARRIVED.—Jessie Ritchie, 1\ I'Lachlan, from St. Petersburg— Ernst George, from Steitin—Lydia. Herman, from New Orleans — Jamaica, Johnston, from Jamaica ; sailed 15th July. The Fanny, Sheldon, sailed 13th for Liverpool—and Ellen Brooks, Lindsay, fm New Orleans. SAlLED.—Rookery. Hughes, for Rio Janeiro—Thomas limiter, Routlege, for Dantzie— Lancashire, Alexander, for Savannah— Hercules, Nye, for Rotterdam—Ocean, Prince, for Philadelphia— Europe, Drummond, and Alfred, Cheever, , for New York—Alex ander, Albrecht, for Dantzic—Ulverstone, Pockwood, for Dal housie—Jessie, Janvrin, for Boston—Victoria, Burn, for St. Peters burg—Plymouth, Kendrick, for Boston—Brutus, Douglas, for Africa—Valenia, Collis, and Rumbold. Brown, for Rotterdam— Favourite, Simons, for Archangel—and Persian, Sparks, for Sinca pore. Competent, Rhodes, from Bombay, at St. Helena Robert Syers, Nicol, hence and St. Thomas, at Laguira James Hunt, M'Donald, from Antwerp, at St. Domingo Water Witch, —, hence for Gibraltar, off Lisbon 15th ult. Isla. Norie, hence at Elsinore Highlander, Munden, from Copenhagen, at ditto The Hamilton, Bunting, hence for New York, was off Youghall 30th ult. Alexander, Ramsay, hence for Calcutta, was spoken 25 th ult. in 2 - lat. 47 30 N, long. 8 0 Marmora, —, hence for Constantinople, off Malaga 10th ult. Carena, Hayden, from Odessa, at Constantinople Cornubia, Bell, hence for Bombay, was spoken 10th Aug. in Ist. 40 N. long. 14 W. Regalia, Cobb, from Havana at St. Petersburg Venus, Stenorth, hence at Riga Naiad, Randall. hence at Helvoet William Russell, Bruce, from Bahia at Cork Todds, 51' Laren, hence for Pillau at Stranrser. lost sails, Sze Elanora, Bradden, for Sligo, lost bowsprit, &c • Ivanhoe, Gibson, for Calcutta at Falmouth Lily, --, from Taganrog at ditto Robert Syers, Nicholl, hence at La Guayra Trinity Yacht, from Leghorn at AEcant Resultad, Arenius, and Hoppet, Lindguist, sailed from Marseilles for this port, 27th ult. Jupiter, Carter, hence at Gironde - Caesar, Kelly, and' Angelina, Corneline, hence at Ostend Constant, Von Schie, hence at. Antwerp Wm. Cairey, Grundy, and Scotia, Malcolm, hence at St. Peters burg Binney, Hopkins, from Boston at ditto The Kingston hence for Quebec, that was on shore at the Isle of Man, has been got off, and taken into S t . Mary's Harbour Water Witch, hence for Gibraltar, off Lisbon on the 15th ult. Adelaide, —, hence to St. John, N.B. was spoken 17th ult. in lat. 47, long. 40 Ceres, —, hence was spoken 27th ult. in lat. 50, long. 11 Inca, ; Norfolk, Hardy, and Stamboul, —, hence and Syra, at the Dardenelles '1 he Mercury, Maherley, hence at Elsinore, bound to Narva, with stern and stcrnboard side damaged, having been run foul of in the Cattegat Alexander, NV Lachlan, hence for Canton, at Anjer 12th April CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 14.—The Newham, Bruce. for Odessa, is aground off Buyerkdree, and discharged part of her cargo by the assistance of H.M.S. Tyne, and is expected to be got off this after noon WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER s.—Wind S. moderate. ARRIVED.—The Brilliant, Gibson, from Jamaica—and Columbia, Bartlett, from Barbadoes. SAlLED.—Pericles, Storey, and George Canning, Gihh, for St. Petersburg—Champion, Warren, for St. Joseph—Eliza Warwick, Welch, for Lisbon and Canton—Minerva, Jorek, for Eekenfordt— Jeanette, Lechen, for Antwerp—Gannett, Tyrrell, for Africa— Mary Jane, Butt, and Anna Elizabeth, Poulsen, for Copenhagen— Glide, Riley, for Baltimore—Rosalind, Drake, for Naples—Ospray, Kirk, for Bombay—Sarah, Watford, for Revel—Snowdon, Wylie, for Africa—Clio. Denys, for Antwerp—Phcenix, Tanson, for Elsi nore—Mary Ann, Kemp, for Genoa, &c.—Margaret Helen, Roche, for Newfoundland—Ruby, Westcott, for Quebec—and Arrow, Harris, fur Gibraltar. Emperor, Hayward; Clide, M•Queen ; Mary Jones, Fishley, and Ca3sar, Le Brim, hence at Trieste Rebecca, Hooton. and Libra, Martin, from Bahia, at Trieste Virginia, Bovell, from Pernambuco, at ditto Eleanor. MeanY, from New Orleans, ditto Water Witch, Robinson ; Albion, Ball, and Star, Farrell, hence at Gibraltar Racer, —, hence for Malta. off ditto 15th Aug. Fame, hence for Trieste, off ditto the 19th James Dunlop, Dunlop, hence at ditto, and cleared the 21st for Tunis Botley Wood, Cutting, hence at ditto, and cleared 22nd for Ma laga I'eri, Vivian, 'hence at ditto. and cleared the 22nd for Valencia Cintra, Renfree, hence at ditto, and cleared the 29nd for Alicant Manchester, Bosworth, hence at Cadiz_ Zetland, Bence, from Savanilla, at ditto Augusta, Kruger, and Aurora, Cook, hence at Liebau Barbara, 13eazley, sailed from St. Helena for this port 11th July Garonne, Richardson, sailed from Cadiz for this port 14th Aug, Andes, Taylor, sailed from Trieste for Gibraltar and Pernambuco 18th Aug. Margaret Highfield, sailed from Leghorn for this port 21st Ang. Severn, Page. hence for New York, off Cape Clear Ist instant Industry, Nffers, from Embden, and Emilie, Winter, from Frederickstadt for this port, off Dover Industrie, Zellein, hence for Ostend, off Dungeness • Henry & Jane, Parker, from Danzig for this port, at Pentland Frith 30th ult. Two Brothers, Cutting, from London for this port, at Ramsgate leoky Brilliant, Gibson, from Jamaica, at this port; sailed 17th June. On the 2 . 2nd ult. in lat. 48 10 N, long. 36 30 W, spoke the barqne Northumberland, of St. John, N.B. On the 23rd, in lat. 49 ON, long. 36 10 W, spoke the Adonai, hence for St. John, N.B. On the 3rd inst. exchanged numbers with No. 1995, B. Barque, and 1384, 8.8. off Tuskar. Left loading at Salt River and Old Har bour—Royal Mint, Searight, for this port ; Clara, Masters ; Pysche, Young; Henry Tanner, Cousens, and Vere, Roberts, for London, and Caroline, t mmerson, for —, all to sail on or before the Ist Angust THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6. ARRlvED.—Albion, Foreman, for Pillau—and Charles, —, ---, from Ostend. SAILED.—John Bentley, Robertson, for St. John, N.B.—Boyne, Bulley, for Rotterdam—Stirling, Barton, for Quebec —Rapid, White, for Pernambuco—Ann Paley, Hunter, for Lisbon—Dora, Krohn, for Hambro'—llaabet, With, for Copenhagen—Medora, Harrison, for Bombay—Beverley, Brewer, for St. John. N.B.— Sarah, Adolphus, for Jamaica and Honduras—Dunlop, Galley, for Hobart Town and Sydney—Lancashire Lass, Norman, fur Beirout and Alexandretta. Alfred, of London, at Fernando Po Superier. Walker, from Bahia, at TeXel Catharine, Lebin, hence at Helvoet Ada, Hemingway, from Sierra Leone, at this port ; sailed 18th June, and from Madeira 15th Aug. The Lady Cornbermere, for Liverpool, was at Fernando Po Ist June. The Fame, was to sail from Sierra Leone for London 28th June. In lat. 28, long. 28, spoke the Brandon, hence for New Orleans. In lat. 32, long. 20, the I 0, of Workington, and requested a supply of provisions, but the 1 0, supposing the Ada to be a pirate, made all sail from her. On Ist August, in lat. 32, long. 19, spoke the Isabella, from Leith for Canton, and received supplies from her Brilliant, Gibson, from Jamaica, at this port ; sailed from Salt River 17th July. On 23rd Aug. in lat. 49. long. 36 10. spoke the Adonis, hence for Newfoundland. On 3rd Sept. off Tuskar, the Wilberforce, hence for Africa Importo. WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA. Jamaica, (298) J Johnston. from Jamaica, 227 tees 17 casks 218 brls 2hf brls 3 puns coffee, Tory, Holt and co-20 tees 4 casks 18 brls coffee, Wilson and Derbyshire-32 tees 2 casks 44 brls coffee, Adams-36 tees 2 casks 8 brls coffee, T and II Murray-1 qr cask rum, Wilson and Derbyshire-2 do, order-2 hhds 17 tees 48 brls sugar, Tory, Holt and co-26 hhds sugar, 45 puns rum, C Law rence and Son-135 hhds sugar, J Adams-8 do, J Hand-1 brl do, J Fannin-36 brls ginger, Tory, Holt and co-20 do, Wilson anti Derbyshire-22 bags 5 brls pimento, 17 boxes 24 tins arrowroot. 41 kegs 4 cases succades, 7 tons logwood, 24 tons 15c Nicaragua wood, 16 tons 5c fustic, Tory, Holt and co-303 salted hides, Shaw, Wilson & Co-160 do, J Hall and co-1 package returned goods, 3 Adams-16 do. T Peake-2 packages presents, order—G D Nightingale. (263) H Crookshank, from BarlAtdoes, 399 hhds 19 tees sugar, 1 brl shrub, 7 packages presents, T Lee & Co—B D UNITED STATES. Ellen Brooks, (507) J B Lindsey, from New Orleans, 1829 bales cotton,. A Dennistoun and co-18 do, Leech, Harrison and co— W D Lydia, (67) J Horman, from New Orleans, 67 t logwood, Master —S D LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, SEPT. 31 The number of Beasts at market to-day, has been much the same as last week. but the quality has been generally inferior, saving a very few which were sold at rather advanced prices, from the scarcity of good Beasts. We have had a tolerably good,supply of Sheep, and of very good quality ; but Lambs are now growing scarce, the season being nearly over. Good Beef sold readily at 6d varying at that down to 5d, , according to quality. The best Wether Mutton sold briskly at from 61d to 7d ; middling 61d ; with a few of ordinary qualiry, and Ewes, at tid per lb. Lambs may he quoted about 61d per lb. The market, upon.the whole, has been rather a heavy one, more especially for Beef. the quality being un usually inferior. Number of Beasts. 1429 ; Sheep and Lambs, 8.105. MEDITERRANEAN. "V igna, (156) G Napoli, tons biimstone, Acra man, Briggs and co-55 boxes oranges, Hathbone Brothers and co —22 casks tallow, 429 bags shumae, 50 boxes lemons, order—K D Castilian Maid, (112) .1 R Scott, from Smyrna, 10k} t valonea , Woolley, Bell and co-8 cs gum, 2 bxs otto.roses, order—G D EUROPE. Amtmand Treschow; (59) J P Wold, from Rotterdam, 2 hhds 2 cases genera, 6 boxes sugar candy, exportation-4 D Ernst George, (160) F Lieckfeld, from Stettin, 950 qrs wheat, Sandals and Claxton—l fm lathwood, Master—a 1) Jessie Ritchie, (159) D M'Lachlan, from Cronstadt, 251 cks tal low, Lund and Unsworth-255 bobbins flax, Horner and Bell-50 bdls clean hemp, Coltart and Lymburn-600 ps lathwood, H Bar ton and co—K D Arrow, (79) 11, Mcrae, from Cadiz, 4 hts 14 hds 7 4-cks wine, order —l4 hts 52 hds do, C Bushell and co-10 hds do, J Dawson-3 bts 2 Ms do, G and T Ilolgate-2 hds 12 4-cks do, J Gaskarth-6 hds do, Ellis, Duckworth and co-8 hds do. Moore, Vicars and co-12 4-cks do, J Slecldall-2 bts do, Alanson and Brandreth-9 bts do, Bevan and Smith-4 hds do, W Patchett-3 bts 4 hds 8 4-cks do, G Bennett-1 hd 2 i-cks do, W Tomlinson-2 do, F Townley-2 do, J Smith-1 i-cks do, W Turner-7 bts 10 hds do, It Procter and co —6 hds 8 4-cks do, J Wiristanley and Sods-4 hds do, Reeves and co-1 bt 6 i-csks 30 Ms do, Bond and Procter -S D Margaret, me) G Pitkethly, from St. Petersburg, 149 hales hemp J Butcher and Son-2046 bars iron, Came and Telo—i fm lath wood, order-1 spar, exportation—K D Fame, (121) W Graham, from Pillau, 828 qrs wheat, Falk and Griffin-2 500 mats, the master—Cg D PREMIUMS OF INSURANCE AT LLOYD'S. LONDON It LIVERPOOL , (Sailing before 12th Jan.) to Outward. Home. Jamaica Leeward Isl. Demo. 84.Berbiee Honduras ................ New York, 805t0n...... Charleston, Savannah ...... New Orleans Havana .............. 12th Jan Canada British North America Newfoundland Brazil.; River Plate East Indies Company's Ships Batavia New South Wales Cape of Good Hope 25s 0d 0 - OS 0d 20 0 0 0 30 0-35 0 20 0 25 0 25 0-30 0 35 0-40. 0 40 0 -- 60 0 30 0-35 0 30 0-40 0 25 0-30 0 25 0 -- 30 0 0 0— 0 0 4) 0-50 0 40 0 -- 51 0 40 0 50 0 40 0— 0 0 30 0-40 0 25 0-30 0 20 0 -- 25 0 45 0-70 0 25 0 30 0 zr o 00 0-- 20 0-30 0 15 0-20 0 20 0 -- 30 0 15 0-20 0 20 0 -- 25 0 7 6-10 0 7 6 10 0 7 6 -- 10 0 15 0-20 0 15 0-20 0 15 0-2 0 0 after Ist Aug. 40s Ode 50s0d 20 0-25 0 340 0 —350 0 15 0-20 0 15 0-20 0 25 0 30 0 340 0 —3SU 0 25 0-30 0 25 0-30 0 20 0 30 0 20 0 60 0 0 0— 0 0 40 0-50 0 40 0-50 0 45 0 60 0 40 0-60 0 30 0-40 0 30 0 —l2O 0 15 0-20 0 40 0-50 0 20 0 25 0 Africa Gibraltar Lima, Valparaiso, &e %lalta~SicilV &c. Smyrna aturConstantinoine ---- Malaga Madeira Western Isles, Cape de Verds Lisbon Cndiz France Holland Hamburg, Bremen, &e. Gottenbunr, Stockholm Petersburg, Riga. &c. Oporto 20 0 -25 0 15 0 - 2 0 0 20 0 -25 0* 15 0 - 20 0 15 0 - 25 0 7 6 - 10 0 7 6-10 0 7 6 - 10 0 10 0 - 20 0 10 0 - 15 0 15 0 0 0 LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL MARKET, SEPT. 5. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Old Hay 0 ()V1 0 W2olb Potatoes, new 3 oe3 3 - .New Hit* - Cattle Ditto.. 0 0 0 0 - Clover Hay .. 0• 6 010 - Turnips 0 0 0 0 per ton Straw, Wheat 0 7 081 - Carrots 0 0 0 0 - Straw, Oat... 0 6 06i - Manglewurzle 0 0 0 0 - Straw, Barley 0 0 0 0- Manure 7 0 8 o'- Clover - '7tOsStlic Enttreti for ILoabing. (SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.) EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, s•r.. Joseph Winter, T Nuttall, 253 Mauritius, .1 Aikin & Son H Smith & Co Anne, -- -, AFRICA 250 Africa, WEST INDIES Cheshire, W Gater, 376 Barbadoes, Barton, Irlam 8c Co Mariner, J M'Geachie, 306 Barbadoes, Svc. J Poole &Co Charles llamerton, J Reynolds, 180 St. Thomas, &c. W Rose & Co Ann, J Brown, 208 St. Lucia and Dominica, W Brown Wm. Salthouse, T Stanton, 251 Trinidad, T& 11 Murray SOUTH AMERICA. Rossendale, E C Friend, 297 Bahia, Marys, T C Law, 209 Bahia, UNITED STATES. It Tanton Chapman & Willis 13,11 , Ve, S K Aspleton, 219 Boston, .1 Calder Courier, Dugan, 293 Boston, 11, W Hallett & Co Powhattan, D Griffith, 735 Baltimore, W & .1 Brown &Co Courtenay, J Ellis, 658 Charleston. Gibbs & Co Marion. I' Masters, 148 New Orleans, &c. Watson Brothers &Co Actress. J Toole, 469 New Orleans, J 0 Johnson & Co Admittance, B Smith. 423 Savannah, Molyneux & Co BRITISH AMERICA. _ Breeze, S Murphy, Hylton, J Booth, Sophia, G Weatherall, Forth, J Lamp, Neptune, .1 Parker, Dibdin, —, 140 Quebec, Huntington & Day 231 Quebec, Chapman & Willis 253 Quebec, W Smith & Son 528 St. John, N.B. Bahr Sc. Co 145 St. John, Newfoundland, Job & Co 570 St. Andrew, Ellerton & Carter EUROPE. Zante, It Johnson, 194 Ancona, &c. Vianna k Jones Jeannette, F Lechen, 171 Antwerp, J Johdstone Lykkens Prove, .1 Rasmus, 196 Bergen, P Christenson Ilaabel, J P With, 100 Copenhagen, • W Tarbet Deslandes, J Qoerippel, 143 Constantinople, Bahr & Co Phoenix, P 0 Tanson, 120 Elsinore, Bahr, Behrend &Co Empress. C Hodgson, 301 Genoa, Ilaskayne & Co Fenella, T Hodson, 56 Gibraltar, J Aikin & Son Maria, P J Wallis, 140 Ilambro', Bahr, Behrend & Co Laura Ann, It Casely, 144 Lisbon, Vianna & Jones Frederika, P Vander Kirkhove, 222 Ostend, C G Weher & Co Pauline, J V Perre. 232 Ostend, Bahr, Behrend &Co Union, A Vander Heyde, 151 Ostend, Bahr, Behrend &Co Nyverheid, J Lievens, 180 Ostend, Bahr, Behrend &Co Oporto, W Smith, 172 Oporto, T Martin & Son New Harriet, D Urquhart, 131 Riga, Campbell & ltudd Brunswick, G Smith, 357 Revel, G Brown Andromeda, W Brown, 345 St. Petersburg, Campbell &Co Levant Packet, J Reid, 161 Trieste, Vianna & Jones Amtmand Treschow, J P Wold, 59 Weeile, W Tarbet ftiatheto. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, SEPT. 4. - _ With the exception of Tuesday and Saturday last, on the after noon of which days we bad very heavy rain, the weather during the past week has been.upon the whole favourable for the progress of harvest, now partially commencing, but it has been too cold in the nights and mornings for the growing Wheat, a great portion of which throughout this district is still far from ripeness ;—the im ports of Grain, Flour and Oatmeal from Ireland and Coastwise continue to be very small, and although our stock of free Grain is in the smallest compass, and have hitherto been very little assisted by those in bond, our millers and dealers have been purchasers in the most limited and cautious manner, only for their immediate wants ; and in the almost certain prospect of the release of all Fo reign Wheat and Flour next week, a decline of 9d to Is per 701 b has been submitted to on all English and Irish Wheat, and though the chief holders of Wheat in bond decline offering it until free, purchases might be made thereof at a decline of 3d to 6d per 701 b. —Oats and Oatmeal very dull and lower, the former 2d per 451 b, the latter 3s to 4s per 2401 b, and Flour 4s to 5s per 2801 b ; Malt, Bar ley, Beans and Pease likewise is to 2s per qr. lower here, and in the London and Yorkshire markets, and in those all around us of the past week. The duty on Wheat from Foreign ports is this week decreased 4s per qr, on Flour 2s 5d per brl, on Barley, Indian Corn. Buck Wheat, Rye and Beans is 6d per qr ; and on Pease is 3d per qr, and on Friday next, the 7th instant, a further similar decline will occur in the duties on Wheat and Flour, and it is very probable that even the lowest duty of is per qr. may then be pay able ; a weekly average of 74s 7d with the fractions, will produce an aggregate of 735, and a duty of Is ; and unless the weekly re turn he below 68s 7d, with the fractions, the aggregate must be 725, and the duty 2s 8d per qr on Wheat ;—in either event all Foreign Wheat and Flour now in bond may then be considered as free, and in the immediate prospect thereof—depending also on the weather at this most critical period, the fluctuations which may occur for some weeks cannot be confidently anticipated, The supplies of the week were considerably increased yesterday by arrivals of Wheat (chiefly Foreign) from London, and at this day's market, which was very well attended by town and country millers and dealers, sales of Foreign Wheatto be delivered free on Friday next, were effected to a fair extent—the finest fresh white at 9s 9d to lOs 6d per 701 b.—A little new Irish Wheat and Oats very soft and middling quality appeared, but not sufficient to enable us to judge of the general quality.—For Oats, Flour and Oatmeal and every other article in the Corn trade there was very little demand, though fully the decline above-noted was submitted to. Bonded Wheat and Flour we consider free, and now quote them nominally ; Oats in bond the prices are the same as free less the duty ; the weather is now very fine and seasonable, with an appearance of so con tinuing. WHEAT, r 70Th s. d. s. d INDIAN CORN, 4J" 4801 t. English 9 4 aio 6 Red Scotch Irish 8 6 9 9 BtANs, tr qr. Bonded. BARLEY, 4F qr. English 36 0 —4O 0 Chevalier 38 0 —42 0 English 44 0— 47 0 Irish Pens, Grey 32 0 35 0 White Scotch, 41 , GOlb. 6 6 6 10 Irish Foreign, bond 4 2 4 6 OATS, tr 451 b. English .. 3 4 3 Scotch Irish Foreign, bond 2 6 3 9 Ditto, duty free 3 2 3 6 RYE, 4Pqr. 34 0 —3B 0 MALT, 4, qr. fines 6 0 —69 0 Middling 46 0 —SG 0 RAFESEED, 41' last, noun, English, 4*l 2801 b. Fine ...... n— 57 0 Irish American, 4Y hrl. free. Sweet, U.S. 0 0 0 0 Sour, bond OATMEAL, 240113 English 23 0 24 0 Do. new 1837 24 0-25 0 Scotch 23 0 21 0 LIVERPOOL PROVIS lON MARKET, SEPT 6 Much apathy exists in our Butter market, and will no doubt con tinue, so long as holders pertinaciously demand—in the face of a large make and abundant supplies—the present comparatively high rates, viz.—for Belfast, Ist quality, 90s to 925; Banbridge 82s to 814 s ; Newry 81s to 86s ; Kilkenny 92s ; Carlow 86s to 925. As we ap proach the neW curing season, Beef and Pork may possibly be pur chased upon easier terms, which, however, in the mean time, are extravagantly high. Prime Beef 115 s to 120 s ; Middling, &e. 100 s to 107 s 6d per tierce.—Pork 7:is to 84s per barrel, as in quality.— Bacon recovers ; there being a fair demand at 52s for prime Belfast meat.—Dams are searce'and realize long prices. It is possible that we may, by and bye, be induced to offer some remarks connected with trade in Foreign Beef, Pork, and Butter ; —and will be able to show, that if Hamburgh. Copenhagen, and other continental ports are permitted to monopolize—as they vir tually do—the trade with our Colonies; the cure of Provisions in Ireland will he most materially injured, if not totally destroyed. Would it not be practical " justice for Ireland," if some of our frothy and-declaiming legislators would turn their attention to this matter, so as to prevent the total destruction of an important por tion of the staple trade of our sister country. We apprehend, however, that they are " Vox et preterea nihil." PRICES OF TIMBER AT LIVERPOOL Wood, Deals, 120 Stan. M. duty paid. Archangel £lB 0 0 18 10 Memel l6 10 18 0 Gothenburg 15 10 16 0 Wyburg Pe tersburgh l5 10 18 0 Planks, per foot of 2 in. thick Dantzig. Deck British American, Pine 0 21— 0 21 Lathwood, per fathom. Danzig, 4 feet £9 0 1 0 0 British American 5 0 6 0 Mahogany, per foot of 1 inch thick. Honduras Cuba St. Domingo. Oak Planks, British American.. none Teakwood, cubic feet Staves, per 1200. Danzig, Common Pipe £135 0 Hhd. 65 0 70 0 Quebec, red 11 inch Thick, and 51 feet Long Ditto, Puncheon 14 0 18 0 Timber, per cubic foot. Oak • 2s. Gd— 3s Od Pine, B. American, common 1 41— red 1 5 2 0 yellow Danzig, middling 2 2 2 6 Memel, middling 2 2 2 6 Riga, red PORT OF LIVERPOOL Number of vessels, with their amount of tonnage, entered inwards at the Custom-house, from the 25th July to the 24th Aug., 1838, viz.:— British. Foreign. Total. Vessels. Tons. Vessels. Tons. Vessels. Tons. Africa Australia 2 624 0 0 2 • 634 British America....7l 34426 0 0 71 34426 Belgium 0 0 13 1201 13 1201 Denmark Eastlndies lO 4168 0 U 10 4168 France ... - 5 707 1 70 6 777 Germany Holland Isle of Man Jersey Mediterranean Portugal Prussia . . 3 658 15 2659 18 3317 Russia . Sweden 8: Norway 0 0 6 1207 6 1207 Spain South America 2O 4518 0 . 0 20 4548 Teneriffe United States West Indies Ireland. Coastwise 1082 169454 119 36063 1201 205: Vessels and tonnage entered the port of Liverpool for the months ending 24th ✓lug. 1837 and 1838. 1838—Liverpool l2Ol vessels, 205517 tons. Runcorn l6l .. 8453 .. 1362 vessels, 213770 tons. 1837—Liverpool llO vessels, 170014 tons. Runcorn 276 . • 12323 1126 vessels, 182237 tons. Increase, Liverpool Decrease, Runcorn ll5 vessels ' 0970 LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES. Number of new patients entered on the books of the Dispcnsarie during the last week:— North. South. Total Received advice and medicine at thelnsti tution Visited at their own houses and supplied with medicine 274 1596 81 223 Total at each Dispensary VISITORS. North—Mr. S. Barber, Mr. J. N. Holmes, and Mr. W.'l, Macgregor. South—Mr. Francis Jordan, Rev. G. Gibson, and the Rev. J Aspivall. R. WEDGWOOD, Secretary Dispensaries Office, 1, Fenwick-street, 3d Sept. 1838. LIVERPOOL IS F 1 RAIAICY REPORT, August 25, 1838, DISCIIAILDED. ADMITTED. ID latieuts cured Relieved and at own request Itt Out-patients Made Out-patients Irregular Dead Consulting Surgeons, Mr. Forshaw and Mr. Dawson. House Visitors—Mr. R. L. Carr and Mr. Rushton. Itev_ ll_Dav hiss—House SIM'S Qn, Mr.N liam LOCK HOSPITAL Ettscharged 8 Admitted. 8 Dead In the Hospital 50 Patients are admitted every day at 12 o'clock, Sunday excepted, THE WORKHOUSE Statement of the average number and expense of peepers in the Workhouse for the week ending Paupers. P Head. Aug. 25, 1838 Aug. 26, 1837 Per Week. £154 14 9 153 14 10 Less 154 More 0 21 More 0 19 11 Statenumt of daily relief paid out-door poor the week ending Sep. 3, 1838 1993 families, per week, £235 3 2 Sep. 4, 1837 1 977 do. do. 241 5 2 T.Tnr , .. 15 Less 6 1 11 Not above 16 ft. Foreign £l9. B. Plan. £2. Not above 91 ft. Foreign £22. B. I'. £2 10s. £1 10s. / 7 £7los. 15s load. 10s. Not above 3t; in, Foreign £l3s. B. Plan. 2s. 10s. per load. }£l 15s load LONDON GAZETTE.-TUVIDAY, SEPT. 4. • • PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. , T. Wylie and J. Morris, Liverpool, flag-merchant—P. V. Chaioner, T. Chaloner, and P. Cato, Liverpool, ship-builders--' J. Smith, jun. and J. H. Gould, Manchester, commission-agents-- T. Goadshy and F. Gondsby, jun. Manchester, druggists—J. Ads head and W. D. Whitehead, Manchester, dealers in calicoes—J. Nasmyth, G. Nasmyth, H. Gaskell, H. H. Birley, J. Birley, R. Birley, and T. H. tirley. Manchester,,machine-vnakers—R. Lees and W. Lees, Oldh am , co tton-spinners—G. Senior and G. D. Jarvis,' Manchester, cotton-spinners. BANKRUPTS. ... - Frederick Louis Schwind, Liverpool, merchant. to surrender. Sept. 15, Oct. 16. at one, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. citors, Messrs. ShaCkleton, Wright and Hunter. Liverpool; and Messrs. Baxendale, Tatatn, Upton and Johnson, Great Winchester= . ' . street, London. . _ David Francis, Goswell-street-road, London, surgeon. John Luce, Bristol, woollen-draper. John Robert Greer. Bristol, merchant. Walter Brown. Sheffield, victualler. John Hi ley, Caistor, Lincolnshire, currier. DIVIDENDS. - - Sept. 27, W. Weston, Gracechurch-street, London, merchant Oct. 2. R. Farguson, Petworth, linen-draper—Oct. 9, J. Boves,jun. Wansford, Yorkshire, carpet-manufacturer—Sept. 28, F. Hutcbin% son, Heworth, Durham, manufacturer of Epsom salts—Sept. 28; W. Coles, Taunton, shopkeeper—Sept. 28, J. Lewis, Margate, tim ber-merchant—Nov. 6, P. Wait, North Shields, engineer —Oct. 2., S. Woods, Manchester, Manchester warehouseman—Oct. 3; J. B. Cooper, Harleston, Suffolk, coal-merchant. . • CERTIFICATES To be granted, unless cause he shown to the contrary, en or before t , ,e 25th day of Sep t. G. B. Billows and G. Billows, Poole, ironmongers—J. Prince, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, leather-dresser—J. Smith. Nottingham. victualler-11. B urdek in, Sheffield, table-knife manufacturer—G. Iloare. Cirencester, grocer—B. Brierley, Manchester, merchant 0. P. Wathen, Woodehester. Gloucestershire, clothier—A. Kings 77 ton, Cheltenlihm, chemist. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. 11. George F. Crossley, (Ist.) Clarendon Rooms, 1 14. Thomas B. Walden, (special) Bankrupt's Court, London. 12 15. Frederick Louis Schw►nd, (lit) Clarendon Rooms, 1 PRICES OF SHARES, LIVERPOOL, SEI'T. 6. Last Prices This day's RAILWAYS, &e. Per Share. Prices. Birmingham and Gloucester 2O paid 712 6 .... Ditto and Derby Birkenhead and Chester Bolton and Leigh lOO paid 64 10 0 ...: Chester and Crewe lO .... 9 15 0 .... Dublin and Drogheda -10 paid 7 0 0 .... Eastern Counties Edinburgh and Glasgow 5 .... 4 17 6 .... Ditto Leith & Newhaven 5 paid 0 0 0 .... Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 4 ..... 3 10 0 .... Glasgow, Paisley - , Kilmarl 5 paid 0 0 0 ..•• flock, and Ayr Grand Junction lOO •••• 184 0 0 ....185 0 0 Ditto half shares 0 .... 36 15 0 ..... Great ‘Vestern hull and Selby Lancaster and Preston lO paid Liverpool and Manchester 100 .... 200 0 0 e. d. Ditto quarter shares Ditto half shares London and Birmingham Ditto new quarter shares 5.... •' S U .... 28 5 0 Ditto awl Southampton Ditto, new shares l5 paid 39 0 0 Ditto & Brighton (United) ~11 .... 817 6 .... 815 0 Leeds and Manchester •.'3o 42 1.) o Leicester and Swannington no .... 74 10 0 Ditto, (new) 5 paid 0 0 0 Manchester, Bolton, & Bury 7B .... 74 0 0 Manchester and Birmingham 7 • 7 7 6 Ditto and Ditto Extension 3 lOs 3 9 6 Midland Counties Newcastle and Carlisle 100 .... 92 10 0 .... Ditto quarter shares North Midland South Eastern and Dover North Union, (new) Ditto, (old) lOO ... 75 10 0 St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap lOO paid 0 0 0 • York and North Midland l2 paid 10 10 0 .... BANKS Royal Bank of Liverpool 5OO .... 716 0 0 Bank of Liverpool - £l2 Ifs paid 23 0 0 Commercial of Liverpool 10 .... 20 2 6 .... Liverpool Union lO .... 13 2 6 Northern and Central .... 3 2 6 .... Albion 25 paid 24 12 6 .... • North and South Wales lO .... 10 2 6 of Manchester lO .... 13 0 0 • 'chester & L'pool Dsct 15 .... 2') 10 0 .-- South Lancashire 7 lOs 7 0 0 Liverpool Banking Company lO 13 0 o 13 2 6 Borough Bank 7 108 13 2 6 Commercial Bank of England 5 .... 510 0 ..: East of England - • lO .... 910 0 .... Phoenix Bank Wilts and Dorset lu .... 00 0 . GAS, WATER WORKS, Ste. • Exchange Buildings £loo paid 162 0 0 • , L'pool and Harrington Water 350 4.52 10 0 .Works Bootle Ditto Stock .... 320 0 0 • Liverpool Coat GasCompanyStock .... 345 0 0 L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. £lOll 196 0 0 .... Ditto New Shares are now paid up. ASSURANCE COMPANIES. Liverpool Marine Assurance 25 p a id 9 0 0 , Company Ocean Assurance Company 10 6 17 6 .... Liverpool Fire and Life DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES. &c. Anderton Carrying Company 12 10s. 12 15 0.. Woodside Ferry ' 25 .... 0(10 .. Egremont Ferry Rock Ferry Monk's Ferry Steam Tug Company 6 ... , Harrington Docks Apothecaries' Company Asphalte (Liverpool) (Polontleau) 14 2 4 1 810 0.... 2 8 6.... 65 10 0 .... 4 15 0 .... 1 0 0 .... 0 0 0 .... LIVERPOOL TIDE TABLE. •- • Days. I Mrtia Ern. fit. • • . • ,• . , . . 0. )i. 8. M. F. I. Tuesday 4 11 8 11 30 18 3 Moon in Perigee lOb - even. Wednes. 5 11 51 19 10 Jupiter riaea Gh 33m morn. Thursday 6 012 I 031 21 1 Jupiter sets 6h 59m even. Friday 7 051 112 20 10 Enurebus. Saturday 8 131 153 19 5 Nat Blessed Virgin Mary. Sunday 9 213 235 17 8 13th Sunday after Trinity. Monday 10 257 322 15 2 Saturn rises 11h 47M morn LATEST DATES AT LIVERPOOL. Indirect From Direct. Indirect. , n o.oetetta . Bombay China ... Mauritius St. Helena. . Savannah.! ItioJaneiro Bahia .... July -12' July .. 7 • Aug. .. 7 Aug. ~ 8 6 Aug. .. 10 AN ACCOUNT OF CATTLE. Imported into Liverpool. from the 29th ult to the 4th instant FROM IRELAND, COWL Sheep. Pigs. Horses. Mules. Calves. Lambs. 3523 6440 2550 277 0 25 . 284 Previously 61436 104732 146228 3734 170 304 28272 COASTWISE. Cows. Sheep. Pigs. Horses. Calves. Lambs. 112 1864 1 50 Previously 3925 49893 6351 130 30 2039 BIRTH. On the 4th instant, at Carden-hat in the county Of Chester, the lady of J. 11. Leche, Esq. of -a daughter. MARRIED. On the 23d ult. at St. Helen's. Mr. James Penney, grocer, to Miss Hannah Norbury, both of St. Helen's. On the 23d ult. at Fiddling, Sussex, by her brother, the Rev. S. D. Wilde, Jonathan Peel, Esq. of the Middle Temple, eldest son of Robert Peel, Esq. of Accrington-house, Lancashire. to Mary, only daughter of the late John Wilde, Esq. llarnage, Shropshire. On the 25th ult. at St. John's Church, Mr. Thomas Davies, Ban gor, to Miss Mary Jones, of this town. • On the 28th ult. at St. George's, Hanover-square. London, liv the Hon. and Rev. William Somerville, the Hon. W. Booth Grey, brother to the Earl of Stamford, to the Hon. Frances Somerville, sister of Lord Somerville. Same day, at Bedfont, Samuel Martin, Esq. of the Middle Tem ple, barrister-at-law, to Fanny, eldest daughter of Sir Frederick Pollock, M.P. On the Ist instant, nt Kingston, by the Rev. D. Morgan, chap lain of her Majesty's Dock-yard, John Powney, Esq. R.N., K.H.. of Orizava, near Chndleigh, Devon, to Isabella Carleton, eldest daughter of the late William IV ilie, Esq. of North End Cottage, near Portsmouth, Purser, R.N. On the 3d instant, at St. Martin's Church, Chester, Mr. John Gerrard, gardener, to Miss Eliza Melling. both of Great Boughton• Same day, at St. Augustine's Church. T. T. Ryan, Esq. of Mexico , to Anne Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Isaac Iladwen, Esq. late of Gibraltar. Snipe day, at Walton Church, Mr. John Holding to Miss Ann Booth, Warren-street, Same day, of St. Luke's. and also at the M tropolitan .Roman Catholic Chapel, London. David Fraser. Esq. assistant staff an" geon of the Hon. East India Company's Service, Bombay Establish ment, to Mary, eldest daughter of Patrick Kelly, Esq. Surveyor - General of Excise. On the 4th instant, at St. Augustine's Church, Mr. Gilbert Har rison to Anna Boag, eldest daughter of Mr. John Stevens, Bo'nese• On the 4th instant, at the Parish Church, Wigan, by the Rev. 11. J. Gunning, Thomas liymer Bourne, Esq. son of John Bourne. Esq. of Stahnine-hall and Belle-vale, to Anne Fowden, daughter of Alexandet Haliburton, Esq. of Whitley. On the 5tlA. instant, at Llnnfair Dyffmn Clwyd Church, by the Rev. James Janes, Ramsey It. Williams. Esq. third son of II .11. lt• Williams, Esq. Penrhos, to Letitia, eldest daughter of Williams, Esq. Ilodafon, Anglesea. Same day, at St. Luke's Church, by the Rev. James Asminall. A.M. Mr. James Mulleneux to Hannah, eldest daughter of the lat e Mr. Charles Grayson. DIED. ,• Suddenly, at Hampton, near Marlborough, in the: tate of No / York. Mr. Lewer, the publisher of the American edition of the English Magazines and Reviews. He was a man of liberal vie of active enterprise, and opportunities of observation well er n " ployed. Mr. Lewer was one of the original proprietors Of the I.o o ' don Aibenwum, and,we believe, of the Sphynx newspaper and th'' Oriental Magazine. On the 31st July, at Oak Creek Settlement, in the township Hinchinbrook, aged 73, Mr. William Small], a native of lto% - burglishire_Seoiland. On the 4th ult. at Brawlin, at the patriarchal age of 1 08 . Mr . Donald M'Kay, of Crombacb. The deceased served in the licaY Militia so far back as the year 1745. the memorable one Of ,1,1 1 hellion, and was one of those engaged in the capture of the mfilleY which had been forwarded from the Continent for the use of tin unfortunate Prince Charles Stuart. The old man had a 'store 0 1 anecdotes relatiVe to the history of the eventful period.: lluded to• as also of many remarkable individuals who then figured 00 the, scene of action. M'Kay was the intimate friend of the cel ebrate" Rob Down, the hard of Lord Reay's country, whose poetical Olt sions were held by him in much estimation, and some of u'h w ' w . favourite songs he was in the habit of ehannting until w ithin a fr: . days of his death. He was a man of exceedingly sober 10b!1,... " la having been rarely or never known to indulge in ardent sPiTile During the latter part of his life he was employed in selling la 1 e and horses, and visited the Beauly market for that purpose 6 ° as On the year 1832. the 20th ult. in London, aged 44, Mr. Richard Gly of Mr. Henry Glynn, of this town. • On the 26th ult. at Liseard. Cheshire, aged 29, John Millington Walthew, eldest son of Mr. John Walthew. „b.. 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