The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-12-01 00:00:00

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SAMUEL HUGGINS d among hawk, as it flits out of tb( s bark g, I hay MIS w in to say tl hortation a heeded ionatel y delivere true Call nd freetbir explored e wild so ln the tower ally, and wrote e the rer figures A Nept quadruped it they ht •ivar AQI, 1 crumbs, such delicious favourite dishes of t d where , I pede suburbs, vy rainy d caused by i o preve altered p "A 41- . iuratia quently c ay even o of Mar repit man, e s of his and VERY UGLY E CONTINENT, (Writtenfor Ike Liverpool Standard.) ^.ov disturbed by the cry of the night t ghastly ruin, or the distant Tiber's yellow stream—reigns in Sometimes, of a delicious, calm, balmy lied into the vast area, with its pan two hundred feet high, and have of the monks as they have filed -slyer, and the earnest ex. d—to convert here• lic faith! ly description of the ob- lan at Caracaila should be care tow.. mg arches of the latter, Rhellev, the gentle bard, ,ne of his imperish of that astonishingly thing must command another, it is the ever-gushing, untains of pure water : that of Treve, for ould think, the finest in the world. the sea nymphs, ting about the cool upon them, look no larger n this splashing neighbour- Ichants ever at their busy or sale, and trimming up the Williams! you and savour and gusto of the most o well fried, so brown with bread s sauce, only surpassed by the other he tender kid. and the wild boar, nountains that surround Rome. A word about mountains, the baths, and the conduits or ague ] softness of the air of 1 the glittering fire-flies during the five months rianised daily miles and )nly confined by one or t my perambulations— !Mon, open only on the 'not dins forming nearly the cold and frost of Ave seen a fountain co .vs ; but this was in the cold and exposed square, mountains, varying from ice, have a very beautiful _ ~Acred with snow, yet ith the rays of a December vast aqueducts, did the Ro .he baths with myriads of tons gushing from the fountains un•- Hew wretched the supply of tot:- - England, in compari " modern, Catholic, , on account of the excessive heat, but dogs and Englishmen are seen _ iin to the present, id music-loving people. and impromptu pasqui .tatue of Pacquin, at the rio. One is worth men le I was at Rome. Four new d they were named in a Heaven, and Hell ! The ighty years of age. totter graN, e ; the second, Judg rs and handsome entertain mrdinals, at his villa third, Heaven, was a ion and extraordinary the fourth, or essor, being severe, ion of cardinals when I conse nd shall only observe police—also very few, , avengers! So that A NIGHT 1 And friend Our star of For friends The bands Of selfishn Of jealous By hope ce south to faded from vnturr. POETRY DEPARTED , 1 Standard. fled of Trnt :s of Vic prized below, ,eraphic wing Lo more; to bloom kILTIALLY REFERRING TO THE ecstacy r wands rrds hush'd ; :rial clime— ,s. and fond yonth with pitying eye; A flower ,t is joy, and life te gone, but ver3 al and / of water, Rome is a badly -managed city, full of ecclesiastical ;onversatinn, occupation, residence, t suppli watched And known and Propaganda tion is now anxiously Sorted people, to be orbid that it should ! k up the 9 cii avidity as ever, on, the axe, or red for a day or two :ome, it was amusing -ied off the roofs of :Is, or pipes, into the flagged footpaths: 1 not at the sires, is coachman, cabman, or driver of arrow streets under ing the falling deluge One of the most disgraceful things in ition and confinement of the Jews to a the city, near the Tiber, where they are by large gates every night ; and every _nine of them are compelled to hear the ana ma and maranatha from the Roman Catholic pulpit and Ir. Now this is " too bad ;" they are an industrious, sober. quiet people. and in this enlightened age, ought not any longer to be under this degrading ban. This Jewish quarter, called the &eta. is near the house of close, dark, confined habitations, igs, and must be very inimical to of the streets of Rome have here and ur.tit health aman t e fragment; of marble columns, broken up, and put down for repairs. And there is one beautiful, palace like, ancient Roman building, the name of which I at this moment forget—the theatre of Marcellus, I think—near the Sreta and the fish market, now abused by its being turned into blacksmiths' shops and stables for cattle, and it is well worthy of note, whether it be the Coliseo, Pan theon, temple of Claudius, tom, otAdrian, or arches of I Constantine. Any and all of the ancient Ro man pagan structures are disfigured by modern inscrip tions, eulogising in Latin the pious Pope that has pre served and beautified these edifices (as our churchwardens do our churches); and no doubt many good Catholics believe the good popes built the said temples, tombs, and theatres. Again the most beautiful churches are indebted to the ancient Romans for their magnificent marble co lumns. In many c h urc h es , th ese no bl e co l umns are o f one entire piece of granite or marble, and from thirty to forty in number. When the beautiful church of St. l'aul was destroyed by fire, the fine marble columns only sur vived ; and they are now erected to decorate the new pile! which church when finished will almost rival St. Peter's, and which every stranger at Rome should ce r t a i n ly no t omit visiting ; and it is a delightful drive of two or three miles to its pleasant site. The population of ancient Rome is variously stated, Tacitus asserting it to have been eleven million one hundred arid fifty-twn tho usan d ; another authority limiting it to twice the amount of our metropolis of London—only four millions. My opinion Titus 'a ' , ''i.l.t.,t enance tt The etlic THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. is, that we can form but a very i n ad eq uate conclusion, as their suburbs of contiguous towns, villages, and villas, raning from Ostia towards the sea round to Vecii; Tivoli, now containing seven thousand i eopla g and founded four hundred and sixty years before the existence of Rome; Frescati, twelve miles distant along the via Appia, the road to which from Rome is marked with ruined aqueducts, vast sepulchral tombs, monuments, and catacombs. Then again there is Albano, built with its palaces and fountains upon the ruins of the Alba Lunga. Here are the ruins of an amphitheatre, and outsid, the bs of Ascanius, and the vast ruined one of ate the t t is. I ex triples and vast build- the Curiatii. At Ost:a, sickly and marshy a plored many fragments of ruined t ings, nearly obscured by the accum don of earth du e of ages, and al rown by rank g important suburban adjunct to Ro must have as belonging to, if not part of, the imperial city; therefore, the mount 0 ci .. tu . s, might have been no ex- r what was the power, grandeur, ssessed by ,dge, i 1r lives, could enable them to march ian heat, to xtremes of cold, )V their indomitable cou- INVITATION TO UNITED PRAYER, FOR THE OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, On the let of January,lB47,_being the first day of the New Year DEARLY BELOVED IN THE LORD, Since I had the privilege of addressing 'you, the Lord in his gracious providence has changed my sphere of duty to this part of his vineyard. Whilst I review with feelings of grateful remembrance his manifold mercies during my pastoral charge in Liverpool, the sweet seasons of Christian communion with my beloved friends and brethren, and especially with that dear flock for whom I earnestly pray that grace, mercy, and peace, may be multiplied unto them ; whilst these past tokens of divine goodness are fresh in my me mory, I may. when speaking of my present charge, say with the Psalmist, "The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places." Oh, that " the good Shepherd" may lead many of his own sheep into these green pastures, overruling this providential change to the advancement of His cause, and the good of His people. It is a sense of His unmerited goodness which leads to b frozen clad moon- I this desir and especially inclines me to repeat THE INVITATION WHICH, FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS, I have been permitted to give " to all who love the Jesus Christ in sincerity," TO UNITE ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE NEW YEAR, FRIDAY, JANUARY Ist, 1847, IN A GENE RAL CONCERT FOR PRAYER FOR THE OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. As I come nearer to the metropolis, I see more and more clearly the need there is of thi, great gift of God. For in what very peculiar circumstances does the coming year open upon us. First. We are suffering under " the judgment of Almighty God, against whom by our strifes and divisions, our misuse of his gifts, and forgetfulness of his manifold mercies, we have grievously sinned. At his bidding the earth hath withholder the wonted provision of food, and turned abundance into scarcity." Whilst the Almighty is thus contending with us, the aid of the Holy Spirit is peculiaily required to produce repentance for our manifold transgressions, and to avert still further judgments, by His leading us " to break off our sins by righteousness, and our iniquiiies by showing mercy to the poor." For the Scriptures of truth make known that the divine judgments will not of themselves turn she heart to God. They rather increase the enmity. The Lord alone can " take away the stony heart, and give a heart of flesh," and produce that " godly sorrow which leads to repent ance not to be repented of." It is true that solemn prayer has been offered throughout the land that God would remove this judgment, and all who fear His name must be thankful for this recognition of His provi dence ; but where, it may be asked, is the real turning to God as a nation suffering under his chastening rod ? Where the stop to the open breach of the Sabbath? to the pride, covetousness, sensuality, and overflowings of ungodliness, which make us afraid? It is the Lord alone who can make this 'effectual change. When He " pours out t he Spirit of grace and supplication," we shall mourn for our sins and mil from our wickedness. Oh then, Christian Brethren, unite as with one heart and soul in prayer, that God of tender mercy may pour out of the abundance of his Holy Spirit. Connected with this judgment of God is the state of our beloved Sister Island. There the band of the Lord is heavily felt. For there, alas ! whilst there is a scarcity of food, amounting, in some parts, almost to famine, still severer judgments threaten that unhappy land. I need not mention them. It is enough to say that God alone can deliver from them. Oh ! theo, let our Sister Country have your earnest prayers—that God would send the Comforter to his suffering people—sanctify their present trials, and so strengthen their faith and fortify their pa tience, that they may " glorify the Lord in the fires," and be as instruments in his hands to turn the hearts of sinners to " Him that smiteth him," and bring them from the errors of Roma' ism to the knowledge of the truth as it is in Jesus. A second peculiarity in the opening year, is THE MUL TIPLIED EFFORTS OF THE CHURCH OF ROME TO EX TEND HER COMMUNION. The effect of these efforts has been to damp the zeal of Protestants in maintaining the faith of their forefathers, and almost to persuade them that Popery must prevail. The only fear we ought to have is fear for those who become proselytes to the Churchof Rome, and for thosewho abide in her communion. For them, reflecting upon the terrible judgments to which they are exposed, we cannot have too great compassion, or be too earnest in our en deavours to bring before them the solemn warning of Al mighty God : " Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, ansi that ye receive not of her plagues." For her destiny is unalterably fixed. " The Most High, who does as He pleases in the armies of hea ven," and who " beareth rule in the kingdom of men," has decreed her fall—has declared that He will send " a mighty angel, having great glory, and lightening the earth with his glory ;" who shall proclaim with a loud voice, " BABYLON THE GREAT IS FALLEN, IS FALLEN, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird." We, therefore, have no cause for apprehension. Since the efforts of the Church of Rome are but as the convul sive throes of a dying man, if these efforts should for a season prevail, they alter not the mind of the Most High, for " His counsel shall stand, and He will do all his plea sure :"—nor need they alarm his people. For " these shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall over come them ; for he is LORD OF LORDS, AND KING OF KINGS : and they that are with Him are called, and chosen, and faithful !" " They overcame by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death." " Here is the pa fiance of the saints : here are they that keep . the cora. ' mandments of God, and the faith of Jesus." To raise his people to this standard, and to enable those who profess the Protestant faith to act up to their profession, the abundant outpouring of the Holy Spirit is essentially requisite. Beloved Brethren, then, as you partake of the spirit of our Protestant forefathers, pray for this unspeakable gift. Pray, that He who said to Joshua, " Be thou strong and courageous," may give to his people that strong faith in his word, and holy bold ness in his cause, which may lead them to say with Lu ther, " Though the sun be darkened with legions of devils as by thick clouds, we will not fear, for God is for us, and victory js ours." And especially that the Lord would send forth many, many faithful labourers, " boldly to preach the Word." A third particular calling for notice iS, 011 R STRIFES AND DIVISIONS. These are so well known as to make it unnecessary to particularize them. But how grievous must they be in the eight of that God whose name is " LOVE !" and who has commended his love to us by sending his Son first "to die for sinners," and then to gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which era on earth, even in Him." How grievous to our blessed Saviour, whose last prayer was, that " all who be lieve in Him may be one, even as the Father and the Son are one." How grievous also to the Holy Spirit, who dirt cts that " all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil. speaking, should be put away, with all malice ;" and that we should " be kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven us." When we bear in mind the strife and debate, the hard words and angry spirit, which have lately prevailed, and which have almost sepa rated bosom friends, and rent asunder the church of Christ, we cannot but apprehend that these unhappy di visions have been one fertile source of all our sorrows. Nor can we hope that God will be reconciled to us whilst we remain unreconciled to one another. How im portant, then, is the abundant outpouring of the Holy Spirit, to convince the members of the universal church of Christ of their sinful neglect of their Lord's new com mandment, " Love one another ;" and at the same time to incline the hearts of his people to the exercise of bro therly love. For He alone can remove these obstacles which unrenewed nature, long cherished habits, educa tional prejudices, narrow-minded bigotry, and sectarian selfishness, have raised. He alone " can break in pieces these gates of brass, and cut in sunder these bars of iron." Let your prayers, then, be earnest for his mighty aid, that he who on the day of Pentecost brought the very crucifies of our Lord to be of one heart and mind with his chosen disciples, would pour such streams of love upon the church of Christ, that they who are now fur thest off may be brought " to love one another with pure hearts fervently!' There are other very important calls for prayer which have been referred to in my former Invitations, which the purposed brevity of the present address prevents my again mentioning. Entreating you to bear these calls in remembrance, as well as those pressing necessities ad verted to in this paper, let me affectionately invite all who love the Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity TO COM MENCE THE NEW YEAR, FRIDAY, JANUARY EST, 1847, BY UNITING IN THE GENERAL PRAYER FOR THE OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. The following suggestions are respectfully offered, to assist those who are derirous of this union :- Ist. Let Christians folk w the example of our blessed Lord, (Mark i., 25,) who rose up a great while before day for secret prayer. Let them thus secure the blessing of Him who says, Pray to thy Father which seeth in secret, and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly." 2nd. Let them call upon the Lord in their families, for his Spirit to be poured upon themselves and their households, their neighbours, their country, including Great Britain and Ireland, and our Colonies, the min.sters of the Lord, the Churches of Christ, the remnant of scattered Jueali and outcast Israel, and upon the Gentile world. 3rd. Where circumstances will admit of a morning service, let the congregation be assembled, and, in addition to the ap pointed prayers and a suitable sermon, let all who are devoutly disposed partake togLther of the Supper uf the Lord: or. as may be more couvenicri let the whole congregati n meet in the evening for public worship, and let an appropriate discourse be preached. 4th. Let the ministers of the Lord meet on the following Mon day, with their brethren of their own communion, in earnest prayer for themselves, the . r flocks, the whole body of Christ, and the world at large, and then especially consult together upon the most effectual means for hastening the coming of the Lord's kingdom, and particularly for the continuance of such a general concert for prayer, that the year may proceed according to this devout commencement. _ ..... May the Lord accompany these means of grace, or such others as may be adopted, with His abundant bles sing ! Oh ! may it indeed be a season of special refresh ment from the presence of the Lord! Let this be the prayer of all who read this paper; and as the New Year is now approaching, it would be a great kindness if those who approve the object, and have influ ence over the press, would republish and circulate this invitation, which any one, into whose hands it may fall, HAS FULL PERMISSION TO DO. Peace be with all who love the Lord Jesus in sincerity ! Thus prays their affectionate Brother and Servant in the Lord, JAMES HALDANE STEWART. Limpsfield Rectory, Godstone, Surrey, November, 1846. ----- The Count de Montemolin, (eldest son of Don Carlos) called by his adherents, de jure King of Spain, a rrived in London last week. His Majesty is accompanied by a limited suite and travels incog. I SECOND EDITION. Standard-office, l'en o'clock ARRIVAL OF THE BRITANNIA. By the royal mail steam-ship Britannia, which left Boston on the 16th ult., and Halifax on the 18th, we have advices from New York to the 15th ult. inclusive. She reached this port this morning about seven o'clock, having made her passage from Halifax in twelve days._ The Great Western ;team-ship had not arrived at New York on the 15th, but was anxiously looked for. The packet-ship Liverpool from this port arrived at New York on the 14th ult. The rates for sterling exchange had for several days been steadily declining, notwithstanding a fair demand. Quotations ruled about per cent below those current at the departure of the previous steamer. Domestic ex changes continued dull, and the quotations were merely nominal. During the two or three weeks prior to the Britannia's sailing, upwards of seventy square rigged vessels cleared from New York, destined for Europe, loaded with flour and grain, (and one carrying out three hundred barrels of onions,) scarcely one of which had left the bay on the 15th ult. owing to the bad weather. Accounts from Monterey of the 16th October, state that fever and ague were spreading rapidly through the United States army. About 2000 mules had been hired at Monterey for the use of the army, and 1500 had arrived from Camargo. An American mail from Camargo for the army, was taken by the Mexicans and forwarded to Santa Anna. A later mail from the same place had also been captured by the same force. An end had been put to the neutrality of Yucatan, and in consequence of an order from the secretary of the Treasury the. United States Marshal at New Orleans had seized a Yucata nese schooner, called the Ventura, which had arrived from Campeachy. She had 7000 dollars in specie, but these had been landed prior to the seizure. An other letter, received from Monterey, states that there never was seen a more starved and famished set of men than the American soldiers, and hunger, it was said, wit's making greater slaughter than all the efforts of the enemy, The Mexicans were not at all disheartened at the result of the battle of Monterey, but resolved to fight to the last. On the 25th September General Kearney left Santa Fe for California, taking with him about 400 men mounted on mules. The route of this small command was consi dered by many of the oldest and most experienced moun taineers as one of great hardship and suffering. Every thing was tranquil at Santa Fe on the 27th September, though a very current rumour existed that the Armijo family would endeavour to excite the population to open resistance as soon as General Kearney and the regular troops of the United States had left that part of the country. Gen. Kearney, by printed proclamation, had organised a government and appointed officers to execute the laws of New Mexico. Col. Doniphan's re giment had obtained permission of Gen. Kearney to march to Chihuahua, and effect there a junction with Gen. Wool. Provisions were very scarce, the army being obliged to subsist from July to the last of September without sugar or coffee, and on half rations of flour. LATEST INTELLIGENCE, by TE IJEGRAPH ANOTHER ATTACK ON ALVARADO BY THE AMERICAN SQUADRON. CONTEMPLATED ATTACK ON TOBASCO. An extra of the New Orleans Picayune, of the 7th ult. contains letters from the squadron, dated off Anton Lizar do, Oct. 13th, 16th, and 25th. On the 13th all was bustle and preparation for an at tack on Alvarado. For a month previous the sailors had been drilling for the attack, and were eager for the fray. The Mexicans had a battery of ten guns at the mouth of the river.—On the 14th sailing orders were counter manded, the wind blowing too fresh for operations. On the 15th they sailed, but anchored again the same day, within ten miles of the mouth of the river. There was a heavy swell on the bar. On the morning of the 16th, steamer Vixen, and cutter McLane, towed by steamer Mississippi, anchored at long shot distance, and commenced their fire. The Commo dore leading, in the Vixen, with the rest of the force fol lowing, passed by the fort—each vessel firing her broad side as she ranged ahead, with little or no effect, owing to the great distance. A long eighteen of the cutter Forward sent a shot directly into the fort. The shot was repeated with great effect. In the meantime the Mississippi bad closed up, and was exploding her Paixhans effectively about the heads of the Mexicans, doing considerable damage to the fort. During the morning several of cur boats sounded with in half a mile of the fort, and were fired upon, but re ceived no damage. • At 1 p.m. the line was formed, the steamer Vixen tow ing the gun-boats Reefer and Bonita ' • the McLane, schooner Forward and gun-boat Petrel, two launches, three cutters, and a barge containing a force destined for boarding the vessels of war, brought up the rear. The Vixen and her tow passed the bar, and took a position within point blank range; but the McLane stuck so fast that the Commodore was unable to bring up all his force, or stand the enemy's twelve gun battery, and was obliged to retreat. • The force in the boats was exposed to heavy fire, but none were hurt. The McLane is pronounced an abominable abortion. When she got afloat again, Captain Howard offered to make another attempt to pass the bar, but the Commo dore declined it. On the night of the 16th, the cutter Forward, gun boats Bonita, Reefer, and Nonata, under Commodore Perry, left Anton lizard°, for an attack on Tobasco. Two prizes had been taken, one the American bark Cooza, and the other a Yucatan schooner. FOOD —We hope the news by this steamer will enable the hungry Eastern nations to see, that are shall have as much fond to spare during the coming winter and spring, as we may have ships to carry away. Our new crop of Indian corn has none of it been shipped as yet, and it is a vast crop. It will be coming forward along through the middle end southern States, and pouring down the Missis sippi, all winter. The northern canals will be closed for several months, hut during those months the supplies will come from more southern outlets. Our exports, there fore, will only be limited by the means of exportation.— New York Journal of Commerce, 14th ult. LIST OF PASSENGERS' PER BRITANNIA.--From Boston :—Messrs. Fischet and lady, R. A. Silman, G. Thompson, Tinson, Capt. Usher, G. Black, ship builder, Quebec, J. Robinson, E. Varnish, J. Moore, (Manilla). Chrs. Phillips and lady, Robt. Jackson. J. Lederer, G. Beswick, A. Bell, G. Burgess, Kamike, G. Rapper Henry Wykoff, E. Maillana, F. Stewart, 52nd, Light Infantry, F. Thompson, Little.—From Halifax :—Robt. Morrow, Duff, 59th Regiment, Wilmott, Romer, 14th Regiment. NEW YORK MARKETS.—Nov. 15 AsHas.—Have been in excellent demand, and the supplies being rather light, prices have again advanced. During the week about 1,100 barrels of pots have been sold at S's 12} to Srs 25, and 450 Pearls at 415 50 to $5 6*, closing for Pots at S 5 25, and for Pearls S 5 75 is now asked, and more buyers than sellers. The stock in the inspection warehouse on Friday was 3,715 bbls. Pots and 2,233 Pearls—both kinds, 4 s,94S barrels. BARI LLA firm There is a fair demand, and the - market closed Some 50 tons were sold at 530 six months. BEESWAX.—There is no change in the prices, and not much demand, during the week about 3,000 bbls. were sold at 27 cents each. BREA DSTUF FS.—When the news per Britannia first reached us, prices went up at a very rapid rate ; but when it was pro perly digested, they declined just as rapidly, as it was found there was a very large supply here, and a great scarcity of ves sels to export it to Europe. During the last two weeks, owing to the advance in freights, large receipts, and unfavourable state of the weather, business has been at a stand, the market heavy, and prices have come down to where they were before the arrival of the steamer's advises. Genesee has been offered freely at $5 93i to .B'6, and Michigan and flat Ohio at 85 871 to S 5 93i, and more sellers than buyers at that. In Southern there has scarcely been anything done, Georgetown and How ,ard-street at .85 87i, and from 1200 to 1500 barrels sold at S 5 75. The sales during the week amount to about 85,000 barrels of all kinds of wheat flour at the above prices. Rye flour is steady Jersey. o t i: v e o n f ri o s i y .m i N e ra r n e - k a t n a nn(01 now be r b a e m b ly o ‘ u v g i n h e t , a c t l with moderate sales at S'-1 12i- to Si. 25 for North River and that p iefly, ifricnoot , but for asked; 100 puns. of this descrip is cash; and 10,000 barrels have been sold deli -"7c. on terms we did not learn. Buckwheat - /to 8 ; ship stuff 11 to 12 Brandywine rather more i tion sold at verable at a flour is worth 84 cents,; and second quality fine feed 16 to 161 cents. xport from Ist to 10th November. 4.893 barrels Wheat Flour There have been sonic very heavy transactions in Grain since the arrival of the Hibernia. A large amount has been bought on speculation, and stored with the expectation that, on the arrival of the Great Western, it will bring a much better price than at present. The supply is so large, and it is so diffi cult to effect immediate shipments, that the speculators will, no doubt, be disappointed. The sale of Wheat alone consists of 140,000 bushels red and mixed western, chiefly for export, at S 1 10 to 81 16; and 37,500 do prime white Genesee, part for future delivery, Si 20 to 123 ; showing, notwithstanding this J 7 activity, a decline of about 5 cents per bushel, and leav ing the market very well supplied. Northern Rye is in request for drilling and for export, and 37,000 bushels have changed hands at 77 to 78 cents, delivered, and 77 in the slip. Ilarley is firm, and rather tends upwards ; 7500 bushels brought 61 to 624 cents. Northern Oats are steady, at 35 to 37 cents, there being perhaps few to be obtained at the lower, and diffi cult to sell at the latter rate. Corn has continued in request, and full prices have been realized ; the sales include 62,500 bushels mixed western and prime northern yellow at 76 to 80 cents ' • 3000 Jersey yellow 80 ; 7000 southern white, part if not all, 80 ; 1600 new northern yellow 60, all per bushel of 561bs. ; 200 bags black eyed Peas sold at S 2 25 per bag of two bushels. Export, from the lst to 10th November 91,204 bushels. 91,150 bushels. 53,311 bushels. 186 bushels. 415 bushels. Corn.. Wheat Rye .. Oats .. Barley COTTON MARKETS, NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 3.—From the Commercial Bulletin— We last had the pleasure of addressing you on the lith ult. per Hibernia, and stated in conclusion that the cotton market, for some days preceding, had begun to waver, as buyers were not inclined to continue their purchases at the full rates then noted. During the week subsequent, the transactions were again ex tremely limited, amounting merely to 3800 bales ; and in order to effect sales, holders were compelled to submit to a decline of to c per lb. 'f his reduction brought forward a few pur chasers, and during the first three days of last week 4000 bales changed hands, chiefly on French account. The Ca ledonia's advices came to hand on Wednesday: last, and since their reception, a better demand has prevailed for cotton, which has resulted in sales of 12,500 bales, nearly the whole of which was taken for England and France, at about the same rates current, previous to the arrival of the news. In some instances buyers contend that they have ob tained a slight advantage, which is no doubt the fact, but as a general rule, the market ranges in conformity with our quota tions subjoined. Of the business aforementioned, 6000 bales were disposed of on Saturday, and 2500 yesterday. MOBILE, Nov. 6.—The sales for the past three days amount to about 1200 bales, making the transactions of the week 4000 bales. The market closed quiet but firm 9tic. The purchases have been for France, Spain, and the Northern markets. Re ceipts of the week 1955 bales—exports 604, leaving a stock on hand of 10,627 bales. CHARLESTON, Nov. 11th.—Soon after the issue of our weekly report on Saturday last, six days later accounts were received in this market direct from Liverpoo I.—They were of a more favourable tenor than those of the latest previous dates, and for a short time some little excitement was apparently ma nifested by operators, during which it was stated a few trans actions had been effected by holders on better terms than previously. The demand remained fair during the day, but prices generally ruled in unison with those of our last quota tions. On Monday and yesterday, the market continued un changed, with less activity, however, on the part of buyers. The daily sales were as follows :—On Saturday 1986 bales ; Monday 1427 bales, and yesterday 1500 bales; total 4913 bales, at the following particulars :-8 bales at 104 ; 116, 10: 898, 9; 1255, 93; 354, 9 9-16; 1074, 91 ; 70, 9 7-16 : 336, 9,1; 234, 9 5-16, 18, 9a ; 298, 9 ; 96, 8R; 47, 8,3; 56, 8. FINANCIAL SUMMARY OF THE WEE} SATURDAY MORNING The Consol. Market has slightly improved during the last week, the prices remaining firm, with a moderate amount of business transacted. Thursday last was set tling-day, but the account was, on the whole, a light one, and the settlement passed off with perfect ease. The exchanges have rallied slightly after their late de cline, which may in some measure be accounted for by the increasing stock of bullion in the Bank. The Gazette of last night shows that the stock of gold and silver bullion for the week ending Saturday last was, in the issue de partment, £14,317,830, as compared with £14,245,885 in the previous week, being an increase of £71,945, while in the banking department the stock has risen from £602,458 to £605,932, giving a total increase since the last return of £75,519. The scarcity of money continues with little alteration. Consols left off last week at 94i for money and account. On Monday a trifling increase took place, and a better feeling seemed to exist in the market, a good deal of busi ness having been done at 951 to a, both for money and account. On Tuesday little variation took place, but Con sols still maintained an upward tendency, leaving off at 951 for money and 974 for account. Wednesday Consols opened firmly at 971, but towards the close of the day they became dull, and the quotation receded to 944, at which they closed, both for money and account. Thursday was settling-day, consequently little business was done, but Consols remained in much the same state, leaving, off at 944. Yesterday a rise took place, in consequence of stock having become scarce on the settlement of the account, the quotations being, last night, buyers at 958, although business has been done for the account as high as 951. Bank Stock has been done at 206; India Bonds at 2563 to 258; Exchequer Bills have varied from Bs. to 12s. pre mium ; New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. from 95/ to 95j. The Foreign Market continues in a very depressed con dition, but a slight improvement has been noticed in Spanish Stock ; the Three per Cents. having been done yesterday at 37/. Portuguese Bonds are still quoted at 36, but the quotations even at that low price are merely nominal. By the accounts received by the Lisbon mail we learn that the Minister of Finance has issued a new order, modifying one which he formerly issued, for the purpose of constituting the notes of the Bank of Lisbon a legal tender. By the first order it was declared that these notes should he a " tender " for all engagements con tracted from the month of May last. By the new modifi cation it is declared that the order shall not have a retro spective effect, but shall only apply to liabilities contract ed in future, in respect to which it is declared that the notes of the Bank of Lisbon are to be a legal tender. This suspension of cash payments must have the effect of raising the nominal prices of goods equal to the deprecia tion at any particular time, which, as public confidence in the ultimate solvency of the Bank is nearly destroyed, must be very considerable. Dutch Four per Cents. have advanced to 91/. Mexican Fives remain at 22. The principal feature in the Share Market during the past week has been the continued heaviness of old shares. Better prices were, however, had for French. The deal ing in the new-created South-Western shares has been very extensive ; the price, after having been as low as + premium, settled down at to prem.—Britannia. SATURDAY EVENING The English funds have been well supported through.. out the day. Consols were first quoted at 94* to 5 for money, and at 95 to * for the opening, and several money purchases having taken place, amongst which were some for the Court of Chancery, they advanced to 95 to * for money, and 95* to * for the opening, these being the closing prices. Bank Stock left off 205 to 207; Reduced Three per Cents, 93* to ; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents, 951 to *; Long Annuities. 9* to 15-16; and India Stock, 257 to 258. Exchequer bills did not par ticipate in the general firmness of the market, and were heavy at 7s. to 10s. pm. The operations in the foreign market to-day included Brazilian, at 85; Danish, at 86/; Portuguese Four per Cents, 371 for money and the account, Spanish Five per Cents, for the account, at 26*; Passive, at s*; the Three per Cents, for the account, at 37*; and Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents, at 594. "EVERY EYE SHALL SEE HIM." We copy the following from the Worcester Journal of Thursday last. Our contemporaries still persist in reiter ating their calumnious falsehoods in reference to the ser mon to which the subjoined communication refers, and it is therefore as well to show what is thought by disinter. ested lookers on, both of the publication itself and of the blasphemous attacks by which it has been so pertinaci ously assailed : " It would be amusing to see with what pertinacity the hirelings of the press, from the Tractatian to the Infidel, persist in stigmatising the above title to a sermon by the Rev. Hugh M'Neile as blasphemous, if we did not know that the charge originated in, and is maintained by, feel ings of ' envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitable ness.' The outcry against him has been a wicked lie from first to last, and his calumniators know it ; but their end is answered, or they think it is, and they are satisfied. It is not difficult to show why this hue and cry has been raised. There are few men who from their commanding talent, and the peculiar position they have taken, are so thoroughly hated by Papist, Tractarian, and political dis senters, together with the whole fry of semi's and semi demi's with which the present age abounds. They ' wait for his halting,' and if they can detect anything like a dead fly 'in his ointment,' it is paraded, and exhibited as one of the greatest monsters in nature. Perhaps, in justice to the calumniated individual, you will insert the enclosed short extract, * which will show the simple use which Mr. M`Neile made of Prince Albert's visit to Li verpool. He only did what his Lord and Master has done before him—seize on a passing event, and improve it to the spiritual good of his congregation. Some of its members thought that the sermon, if published, would be useful itself, and help to forward the interests of the in stitutio❑ which brought Prince Albert to Liverpool ; and thanks to the publicity which his enemies have given to it, it has now gone through four editions. * Our contemporary gives the extract, but our readers are suf ficiently familiar with it. _ _ _ [The last number of The Church and State Gazette, which is no very cordial admirer of Mr. M`Neile's prin ciples, says " The preacher merely made use of a passing event to illustrate an important truth'"] @ultra! ,iilistrilanp. JEWISH SHERIFF.—Baron Meyer de Rothschild has been appointed High Sheriff for Buckinghamshire. The first shipment of . gold from the Bank of England took place on Wednesday, for Paris. The amount was inconsiderable. The increase of one-halfpenny per paper on the price of the Daily News will bring in to the,proprietors, it is said, £20,000 a-year. _ The Home ana Colonial Infant School Society being in - want of funds her Majesty has presented £2O towards the support of that valuable institution. The late Mrs. Carr, of Knosthorpe, left £4,000 for apprenticing the boys who form part of the choir of Leeds parish-church. During the last few weeks, Mrs. Rowell, of Town-end, Wisbeach, has lost her whole family, her husband, two daughters, and a son, by typhus fever. One of the candle manufactories of Messrs. Palmer, at (lerkenwell, was destroyed by fire on Tuesday. The damage is estimated at £300), and is fully insured. Nearly all the steamers on the Thames, plying between London and Westminster bridges, have now reduced their fares to a halfpenny. The Town Council of Worcester have resolved to adopt the act of last session for the adoptio❑ of baths and wash houses. Such fancily announcements as the following sound oddly :—" At —, the lady of Captain—, unattached, of a son." At a late electioneering meeting at Stirling, it was moved, seconded, and supported by four votes, that Mr. Alison was unfit for a seat in parliament, owing to his ignorance. o AN ORDER FOR A NOBLEMAN.—Lord Huntingtower received his protecting order in the Court of Bankruptcy last week. The debts, &c., were stated on the petition to be £87,000, and the assets " none." A violent shock of earthquake was felt at Perth on Tuesday. In high tenements heavy articles of furniture were violently shaken, bells were rung, and crockery ware overturned. Many rushed into the streets, under the im pression that the houses were falling. A young gentleman, named Coney, has recently fallen a victim to hydrophobia, in the neighbourhood of Bri s t o l. While caressing a favourite dog, he was bitten on the lip ; and the disease subsequently declared itself with the usual symptoms. THE BANK ROBBERY AT MESSRS. ROGERS ' S.—On Wednesday, from information which has recently been obtained that it is expected will throw some light on this mysterious affair, the offer of a reward of £3OOO, to gether with her Majesty's pardon, was renewed. Immense meetings were held last week, in favour of the ten hours' bill, at Dewsbury, Wakefield and Barnsley. Mr. Oastler delivered telling speeches, an d th e proceed ings were very enthusiastic. Several large manufacturers argued in favour of the measure. A BLUE HARE.—On Tuesday, a hare of a singular colour, which had been seen in Mr. Woodbridge's coverts, near Chelmsford, for a year or two, and called the " blue hare," was killed. Its fur resembled that of the grey squirrel. G. Hudson, Esq., M.P., last week entertained a distin guished party at Newby, including Lord. G. Bentinck, M.P., Major Beresford, M.P., Sir J. Lowther, M.P., Hon. Capt. Duncombe, M.P., Andrew Lawson, Esq., M.P., R. C. Hildyard, Esq., Q.C., H. Broodwood, Esq., M.P., Mr. G. H. Bentinck, the Rev. Canon Sutton. &c. There has been some mystification about the health of Thomas Moore, the poet. It was stated in some of the French journals that Mr. Moore was " dying" in Ire land : a Limerick paper thereupon announced that . the poet was " much re c o v ered ;" and now the Dev i zes Gazette states that Mr. Moore " was in Devizes on Wed nesday, apparently in good bodily health." bee. 1, IFI4B. Up to the present time the Scott Monument in Edina burgh has cost £15,050. There are fifty-six niches yet to be filled with the statues of the principal characters in Sir Walter's works. PRIVATE GOVERNESSES.-A correspondent of the Morning Post, who signs herself " A Retired Gover ness," states that there are in this country. 15,000 ladies of her professsion, who receive salaries varying from £2O to £3OO per annum. The Rev. W. Champneys, at a recent meeting, said that in crowded parts the want of sanatory regulations was not only removing the present generation, but caus ing the next to grow up poor and puny, weak and un healthy. Tile Rev. Mr. Eavins, Wesleyan minister, late mis sionary from America, preached in the Wesleyan chapel, Keelby, near Caistor, on Sunday, in his usual spirited manner, apparently in good health; and on Monday evening, while conversing with some friends, he sank from his chair and instantly expired.—Doncaster Gaz. A dreadful row took place at Covent-garden Theatre on Friday night, in consequence of the building having been crammed too full—such is the anxiety to hear the music of Mons. Jullien. The police bad to use their truncheons pretty freely before anything like order was restored. WELSH EDUCATION INQUIRY.—This inquiry is pro ceeding very rapidly, and, from the facilities given every where to the Commissioners, promises to be accomplished in an unusually brief time. Every parish, it appears, is being looked into, and its schools inspected where they exist. Thus the return, as regards statistics, promises to be complete. Manchester Guardian says, that Colonel Maberly is about to retire, on his full salary, from the secretaryship to the Postmaster-General, and that he will be succeeded by Mr. Rowland Hill. The Observer of Sunday says that Mr. Hill is to be appointed an additional secretary, in order to relieve Colonel Maberley, who will continue as chief secretary of the Post-office. On Friday, the 6th ult., as some men were gathering jet out of the cliffs between Staithes and Runswick, a por tion of the cliff fell, and three of the men escaped by climbing up a rope by which they had descended. Other three were more tardy, and the entire mass, comprising several thousand tons, came down, and hurled them to the bottom, a distance of about sixty feet. Strange to say, they were all, though much injured, found alive. RETURN OF A CARRIER PIGEON AFTER LONG AB sENcE.—On Thursday afternoon, a pigeon belonging to a gentleman named Rawlings, of Brixton, made its appear ance after an absence of two years. In October, 1844, the pigeon -house of Mr. Rawlings was robbed, and the whole of his pigeons were taken away, and nothing was heard of them till Thursday, when a carrier pigeon, of pe culiar marks and colour, arrived at home, and took his roost in his old spot. The Registrar-General of births, deaths, and marriages in England, announces in his seventh annual report, the alarming fact, that there is a great probability of the race of Quakers shortly becoming extinct I Under the head of "• marriages," this official authority states that " the mar riages of Quakers have decreased considerably ." and that " the Quakers appear to b e di sso l v i ng i n t o the general population of the country, under the benign influence of religious toleration."—John Bull. TEA.—The Economist says, that in consequence of a speculative movement in tea, the price of common eon gous has risen from 9d. to 100. per lb. ; the speculation has arisen in hopes that a reduction of duty will take place next session. Our contemporary, however, says that he has good authority for saying that government has no intention of making any change in the duties next session, and that the large increase in the present stock, as com pared with that of last year, will furnish more than a provision for the gradual increase of consumption. A NEW INFERNAL MACHINE.—As Mrs. —, of NS' em, in this county, was lacing her stays on Wednesday morn ing last, the lace broke, when a severe shock was expe rienced by the lady bruising her hack and sides, at though gunpowder bad exploded near her. On examination it was found the lace was made from the material now so much the subject of conversation, " gun cotton," and bad been sent by some friend in an envelope to the lady in question, as a new invention for which a patent had been obtained.—Shropshire Conservative. MADEIRA ORANGES.—The cultivation of this delici ous fruit is likely to form an important frature in the ex port trade from Madeira, the soil being in every way adapted for the growth, the temperature being similar to that of the Azores. A small parcel in boxes has just ar rived by the Dart. The fruit is perfectly sweet. This vessel has likewise brought a large quantity of bananas in a ripe state, specimens of walnuts, green citrons, and sugarcanes, all the growth of Madeira, being sent over as a sample of the productive capabilities of the place. MARRIAGES AND CHRISTENINGS WITHOUT FEES.—. On Sunday, in consequence of the authorities of the parish of St. John, Clerkenwell, having discovered that numbers of the poorer classes inhabiting that district were living together without regard to either of the above ceremonies, and bringing up their children in the same way, notice was given—their excuse being that they were unable to pay the fees—that on Advent and Whit Sundays christen ings would be performed gratuitously, and marriages on the first Mondays in December and May. The cargo of the Victoria, from New York, was re ported on Wednesday in the Custom-house (London) list of entries, and seldom has such a mass of merchandise been discharged from one bottom in the port of Lon don. The single article of cheese would appear on paper to be enough of itself to load a large vessel, and yet it only forms a fraction of the whole carg o. Of this article there are no less than 6,681 boxes an d 1,034 casks. Another item merits attention—this is two hundred and fifty bales of hops —au ominous item to the growers in Kent, Sus sex, &c. ATTEMPT OF A MAN TO BLEED HIMSELF TO DEATH. On Tuesday, a working man (a stranger) was discovered lying weltering in his blood on some loose straw betwixt two haystacks, near Wakefield. He was in a to of great exhaustion, and was conveyed to the UnionTlouse. It appeared from what he afterwards stated that he was a mechanic in search of work, but not being able to find any, and not liking to beg, he deliberately cut his left arm, with the intention of bleeding himself to death. He had cut himself on the Saturday previous, and had been lying in that state till discovered as above described. He is recovering. The electors of Weymouth have had another meeting, at which Mr. Christie introduced to them a second Li beral " candidate for the next election. We are no ad mirer's of Mr. Christie's political opinions, or of the course which they lead him to take in parliament, but we must do justice to the manly and straightforward way in which he adverted to a " message " of a peculiar nature, sent him by Mr. Gordon, the person who had been mixed up with Mr. Christie's late " explanations " to his con stituents. Mr. Christie courageously avowed his deter mination, upon principle, never to fight a duel; and he said that as Mr. Gordon felt himself aggrieved by the im putation of "intriguing against him (Mr. Christie), he had referred the matter to a friend, Sir D. Le Merchant, who had advised him that the expression " intriguing " was objectionable, upon which he at once withdrew it. A deputation from the London Health of Town's Asso ciation, joined by several members of similar bodies in the country, had an interview with Lord Morpeth and Sir George Grey, at the IHome-office, on Friday last. The following particulars of the conference h ve transpired : That the Government have decided on bringing in a bill early in the ensuing session—that it will embrace the best parts of Lord Lincoln's measure, and several of the pro visions urged in the recent report of the London Health of Towns' Committee—and that not a few of the evils sought to be remedied by local acts of parliament will probably be met in a manner satisfactory to all parties. Sir G. Grey informed the deputation that, in reply to ap plications from several corporate bodies, as to the extent of the Government measure, and as to the desirableness of proceeding with bills which they contemplated, he had advised them to avoid all unnecessary expense, and wait for the announcement of the various details. THE EFFECTS OF SHOT ON IRON VESSELS.—The in formation received from the officers of the Gorgon steam vessel, which has lately arrived from La Plata, gives a very alarming account of the effect produced on the hulls of the Harpy and Lizard iron steam vessels, by the shot from the batteries of Rosas.. It was expected, from the nature of the material, that any breach made by shot would leave a clean fracture, merely curling up the lips of the orifice, as is usual when fractures are caused in iron by the application of an ordinary force. The results, however, are quite different. Instead of a clean fracture, large splinters of iron flew about in all directions on the hull being struck, rendering the danger from this cause tenfold more imminent than that produced by the shot itself. Several splinters of this kind, struck from the hull of the Harpy, have been brought home by the officers of the Gorgon, and, amongst the rest, the splinter from the angle iron which caused the death of Mr. Barnes, the clerk in charge, proving that the tendency to splinter is not confined to the thin sheet iron of the hull, but to the a l l av ein ier ac m . a r s d se a s nc w e h w ic i h th c t o h m os p e o o se bs t e h r e ve v d es i s n el. the l e ' x h p e e se rim re e s n u t l a ta l d tr r i s a , l , s b o a n ek b a o g a a rd ios t t he the E g x e c n el e l r e a n i t, useanodf ir h o e n y a c i o a n s al t i a t t u e t r e i a a l sad vessels of war. Whether the iron in question is not so malleable as it ought to be, or might be if better wrought, is another question ; for the present, however, the men are alarmed, and those who have witnessed the effects produced on board the Harpy declare that they will never go to sea in an iron vessel.—Daily News. TRACTARIANISM.—Mr. Ambrose L. Phillips has pub lished a letter from the Rev. F. Merewether, in reply to the charge reported in our paper last week, and made in a speech of the Rev. M. H, Seymour, tbat " Mr. Mere wether, a Tractarian told him (Mr. S.) that a leading Roman Catholic convert in the neighbourhood had written to him to state, that if Mr. Merewether would privately conform to Rome, he might trust to his (the writer's) honour to have it concealed, and that he might continue in his living as a Protestant clergyman, until such time as it would be convenient for him to make the matter public. The name of the Roman Catholic converted gentleman (said Mr. Seymour) is Ambrose Lisle Phillipps, of Grace dieu, Leicestershire." Mr. Seymour said he bad seen the letter, which bore out these facts. Mr. Merewether, in a letter in reply to an inquiry from Mr. Phillipps, says that the letter in question was written several years ago, and contained the following passage :—" My dear Sir,— You need not hesitate to speak your mind to me, for I promise you the strictest secrecy ; and whether you re main a minister of the Protestant Church or not, no one shall be the wiser of any thing having passed between ns on these subjects." Mr. Merewether, after giving this extract, says to Mr. Phillipps, " I must freely confess to you this passage offended me extremely when I received it; as I think it would any one under my circumstances. But this is no excuse for Mr. Seymour for making so bad a use of his memory, especially when he thought fit to mention the matter publicly, with names, without any sort of previous communication with me. In truth, he is a stranger to me, except on the occasion of what may be called his official visit in this neighbourhood, and once I saw him in London. The other statement of the allusion in the letter to ' thirty Protestant clergymen,' is totally without foundation." Won, as g eration ; b xly, skill, , too, nd won .emarkable people their hardy iron frames, tha ixty pounds of armour, to c to bear the sun's r rivets, to endure with fortitud r, and thirst, to subdue rage every other nation ; yet all this power and grandeur fell by the insidious mining and imperceptibly sapping in fluence of luxury And the cruel tyranny of the army over the laws and civil power completed the downfall of all-prwerful and majestic Rome! Where is now the , filled by animals Where the uluri u m ? he Animar and beasts from every part of the world ? golden house of the tyrant Nero, and the bronze one hundred and twenty feet in height, near it? no more, the chariots, the horses, the cohorts, the le- atues, \Are hear no more the exulting shout, the multudinous cry, the clangour of martial music, the laureated victor emperor! The slave thrown to the tiger and wild dogs all alike sleep in the dust! Truly, _ _ gions, the triumphal car " The melancholy ghosts of dead renown, All point to earth, and hiss at human pride." The mausoleum of Augustus with its statue of him on its summit, and its two Egyptian obelisks at its entrance must have been a grand edifice of three stories in height; now, despoiled of its statue, its obelisks removed to grace the front of the Church Santa Maria and the Piazza di Morte Cavallo, it is degenerated into an amphitheatre for bull fights and fireworks. The tomb of Cecilia Metilla is a picturesque object out on the vast campagna where the sepulchres of Scipio and the the catacombs attract the wandering strayer's gaze. There are thirty of these cata combs, some of immense extent, without the fifteen gates of Rome. Through the kindness of my esteemed friend, Mr. Gibson, brother to the justly celebrated artist, who, since the death of the venerable T'norwalsden, is consi dered the first living sculptor in the world, I explored the largest and most interesting of these caticombs with a party of ladies and gentlemen. After hearing a most learned address from him, we were conducted by Mr. Gibson through these vast ancient and interesting ceme teries and harbours of repose for the primitive Christians and persecuted Jews. In several of these the halls are painted, and stone altars and chairs remain in the small places of worship. We were one hour and three quarters exploring these streets of the dead, much have I been in debted to the three talented Gibsons for their kind and polite attentions to me. Both at Rome and in Liverpool how many delightful walks to distant villas, how many objects of rare interest, unknown to the multitude of hur rying travellers, have 1 through their interesting kind at tentions had access to, benefitting by their refined talk and classic conversation. Long before I ever thought of visiting Italy, I enjoyed one long evening's talk with Mr. S. Gibson and one or two friends, which began at five P.M., and continue with ones light intermission for re freshment, until four a.m. ; thus the feast of reason and flow of soul lasted eleven hours! Immediately after that relation of his two years tour in Italy and residence at Rome, I wrote those stanzas published in a Liverpool journal : " Ah, shall they ever greet my longing eyes, Say, Italy's fair plains, its azure skies? Shall I behold tho e snow clad towering mountains, Home's august palaces, high Panes, and four.tains, Pause at the watch. dog's bark by Tiber's wave, Or sadly mourn o'er Keats the poet's grave." &c. How loath am I to leave ancient for modern Rome, how can I tear myself from the grandest and sub' . melt objects my eyes have ever beheld ? what associations reign over the mind and hold it all enthralled with the great, the powerful, the mystic past. One evening, I was on the Tarpein Rock, another on the " Campidoglio "—no, the camp oil will not, must not, supersede the name of capi tol. There at the capitol, gazing at the dying gladiator so antique, or at the Vatican on the Laocoon, found at the Shetta antique also, or in modern villas, their choicest gems of art are the antique. Thus looking at objects mel lowed by time, surrounded by a halo of sublime asssocia lions, who cannot respect age? And thou, mysterious temple of Janus, who cannot remember thy double face, thy war and peace, thy now emilty niches for thy twelve statues, (that of Janus himself is gone) and thy brazen gates, no more open in war, nor shut in peace, give indi cations so fraught with interest to the bane or weal of mankind, but still there it stands, sold, firm, lasting, al though its brazen covering laid on at the time of Romu lus, is gone, still it is an object of surpassing interest, and like the dark Cloacae near it, sublime in its age, neglect, and decay. Imperceptible, however, at Rome are the transitions from one century to another. The Partheon, once dedi cated to all the gods or virtues, now dedicated to the vir gin and all the martyrs, is of great antiquity, repaired and ornamented by Agrippa, son-in-law to Augustus. Its I eight and diameter equally 144 feet, round its vast cir cumference are 14 columns of yellow marble, fluted en tire, and the finest in Rome. M. AGRIPPA. L. F. COS. TERTIVM FECIT is inscribed upon the porphyry figures of its portico, but many fatal spoliations and acci dents have befallen this beautiful temple! its bold and ele gant roof was much injured by the dreadful eruption of Ve suvius in the reign of Tiberius ; its walls decorated with lead and brass, with works of silver over them ; its ornamental gilded bronze plates were stripped; Alaric carried of all its statues of gold and silver; Genseric afterwards loaded a ship with its finest marble statues, the inestimable works of Diogenes became the prey of the barbarous Constantine 11., and the early christian Pontiffs pillaged it, and also all the rich pagan temples of Rome. Boniface IV. made a church of it; Rappheel, Hannibal, Caracci, and other artists left money by will for its reparation ; Benedict 11. covered it with lead; Pope Urban VIII. re paired it and built up two wretched ugly belfries; at one time its beautiful portico with its sixteen granite columns four feet in diameter were chisell'd, cut, and their capitals injured to support wretched shops and pedlar's sheds; Eugene IV. knocked all these out, but still the Partheon like our St Paul's is sadly hemmed in and its effect de stroyed by small houses and shops; close to it is a boar butcher's place, with heads, hides, and offal spoiling the effect of this superb antique relic ! A great overflowing of the Tiber took place from the mountain snow being suddenly dissolved, and a heavy day's rain. Some of the lower streets were inundated to the depth of eight feet. Tortonia's Great Theatre and the Partheon were alike flooded, and it was a beautiful sight to stand upon the altar, and from the watery mirror see the beautiful roof of the Partheon reflected with its grand aperture at the top. No wonder that Pliny in the palmy days of the Par therm, from its richness, thought it " one of the wonders of the world." But farewell the Cresars' Palace, the golden house of Nero, the Tarcrean rock, and the Capi tol !—farewell the vast Campagna, with its encircling mountains, its aqueducts and tombs ! Ye arches, temples, baths, and fountains, I shall never see ye more ! To behold the fragments of thy greatness, all-powerful Rome, was a privilege, an honour, a delight, a solemn lesson silently shooting the soul, never, never to be for gotten. Still, in my imagination I see Titus Vespasian entering by the Coliseum, pass the temple of Peace, along the Appian way where the stones still bear traces of their chariot wheels. I see the captive Jews, seven hundred of the handsomest of them selected at the destruction of Jerusalem to grace his triumphal entry into Rome. Hear the acclamations of myriads of people as the trum pets sound at his approach up the Capitol! Here too Co riolanus passed, crowned with his oaken garland; before him ehmorous noise, behind him tears ; he addresses Virgilia, •` My gracious silence ; hail ! would'st thou have laughed had I come coffin'd home, that weepest to see me " Ah ! my dear! such eyes the widows in Co _ioli wear, and mothers that lack sons." here too at the base of Pompey's Pillar great Cm3ar fell. "Julius Caesar who at Phillipi to good Brutus ghosted : what was it made pale Cassius to conspire? and what the all honest, honoured Roman Brutus, with the armed rest, courtiers of beauteous freedom, to drench the Capitol ? but that they would have one man but a man 1" Shakspeare, the inspired noet, who, as Dr. Johnson observes, " exhausted worlds and then imagined new," must have had—as he appears to have had upon every thing—a just conception of the power, weAocss, luxury, privation, military tyranny, and slavery,' that oppressed and were the curse of Rome, when Coriolanus was banished, and, heading the Volscians, threatened the burning of the city. The entreaties of his friends and brother officers are coldly heard, and abruptly answered ; but when the mother, wife, child, present themselves, the obdurate, cold, flinty-hearted soldier, the•hero of a hun dred fights, with nine wounds upon his gallant body, relents; and when his mother says to him, " Do you know this lady ?" how beautiful is the reply ! " The noble sister of Publicola, the moon of Rome ! chaste as the icicle that's curdled by the frost from purest snow, and hangs on Dian's temple! Dear Valeria 1" triumph .-...,ipp.---..-. In Russia coffins are generally brown, but children have pink, grown up unmarried girls sky blue, while other fe males are indulged with a violet colour. POTATO BRANDY.—Dr. Kane states that potato starch is readily convertible into sugar, and this sugar, by fer mentation, yields spirit. On the continent, the manufac ture of sugar from corn is almost abolished. Potato spi rit is almost universally used, and, in flavour, it so resem bles brandy, that it is well known that a large quantity of the French brandy brought into London, is potato spirit from Hamburgh, coloured with burned sugar. FEROCITY OF THE PHEASANT.—The cock pheasant sometimes exhibits marks of great daring and fierceness, even attacking man. I was once staying with a friend, who had a bird of this chaucter in the plantations near his house which was aceustaried to make frequent sallies upon persons passing near the place of its resort. I saw it myself fly boldly at the proprietor of the grounds, who purposely approached the spot, in order that I might wit ness the extent of its courage and ferocity ; it commenced pecking his legs, and striking with its wings, pursuing him for a considerable distance down one of the walks. He said that he generally carried a stick to beat it off, when ever he went that way. Some wood-cutters, who were at work close by, were in the habit of protecting their legs with strong leather gaiters from the attacks of this bird, which was constantly interrupting and annoying them in this manner.—Rev. L. Jetayne Observations.