The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-01-16 00:00:00

COVEA"P-GARDEN THEATRE.

This Evenint. MONDAY. Jan 18. will be performed the Tragedy' of
uTHELLO.

Othello. Air. C. Kemble; Deedemona, Him A.Jones;
indlia. Mrs. Palma.
After which the Pantomime et
HARLEQCIN AND THE MAGICK ROSE;
Or, DEAL; i V AND Till: 0!:.%S r.
liarleguln. Mr. Eller; Pantaloon, Mr. Darnell; Clown, Mr. J. L
Grimaldi Columbine, Miss Romer.
To-morrow, The Duenna; and the Pantomime.

The BRITISH PRRSS commenced publishing on Saturday
morning kr five o'clock.

LONDON, MONDAY, J•NUAIY 16, 11128.

Last night we received the Paris Papers of Friday, with
the h'toile dated Saturday. The latter contains a circum-
stantial detail of the mutiny at St. Petcrsbt'rgh in favour
of CCONIITANTINt. It also notices the receipt of advices
from that city, dated the 29th ult. stating the continuance
of public tranquillity. The narrative of the mutiny dif-
fers in no material point from those already published.
The conduct of the revolted troops was evidently that
of men who expected to be supported by
.the rest of
the army and the mass of the people. They must have
known that they were too few in number to have effected
any change by their own power. , They marched, there-
fore, into the heart of the city without opposition, and
stationed themselves before the Palace of the Senate, where
they were joined by some soldiers of the body guard, and
welcomed by the acclamations of the multitude. All
means of persuasion having been exhausted in vain by the
Emperor NICHOLAS and the Metropolitan of St. Peters-
bare), orders were given at the close of the day to open
the fire of artillery upon the mutineers, and " in an in-
stant," says the veonnt, " the square was cleared."
The cavalry curnii!eted the work of slaughter, and
in a short film! no two individuals were seen together•
Five hundred of the mutineers were made prisoners by ten
o'clock that (s•liing. While these scenes were transacting
in the atrects of the city, Te Deem was performing before
the whole C, urt on the accession of the new EMTEROTI.
• During the following tight the regiments of the guard
bivouacked round the palace. The next day Nicttotas

The "nutria,' Okorprer of the 3d inapt. though, as the
organ of the government of Vimma, it gives, opn

The island of Porto Rico wee nearly destroyed by an
earthquake and Minimum at the end of July; nine tonms
were entirely demolished; the Government House Isla
much. injured, and the bridge of St. Antonio destroyed, as
also the cattle.

An extract of a letter from Alexandria, dated Not. 5,
shows the system of monopoly which frevails in the
trade of Egypt:—" His Highness the Pacha of Egypt bls,
this year, possessed himself of all the ptm arable and os-
trich feathers that enter the country ; a Id
.lie has resold
them on credit, to a company of Jews, at extravagaat
prices. His extraordinary system of monopoly is now
perfected, there being no article of protlt:cc which he has
not absorb-ft. Gums, in the &menet: of the staple ternmo.
aides of the country, which are all shipml by the alums
of the Pacha, would be of trifling assistarstc to
.11rfthilt
residents as a means for returns for. Pritishimds
sold."

f , ---r•—• ••• •••• .....• a> •voks ....a.s.• .n.••••saay . ...c saistVg nAziNgtailll Z CIECLIIII. I - his .
an presence, in that of the whole Court, and the civil and
-r- ••• L.% L• L.," FL ..... LL• •rs. L. sac L... LLL ." LL'L' cain,a, 19, that tne night non. Rtrattora canning, nu majesty's
l ' ' Imperial Parliament, by his Majesty's Ministers, art likely ta
stantial detail of the mutiny at St. Petersbergh in favour' vested in their machinery, this is very coolly considered as Ambassador to the Porte, had Railed for Constantinople. in
P ure heneScial to our interests. Restricted as we hare been in ourmilitary authorities. Tranquillity was restored in the capital. the Revenge, 78, Sir C. Burrard, bearing the flag of Vice-
' commerce. and °permed by heavy imposts upon our staple ankles of CQNATA N TIN A. It also notices the receipt of advises The Emperor has shown on this occasion great coolness anti an evil to which the manufacturers must submit. Rut
Admiral Sir Ha Neale, Bart. G.C.B. and that the
of produce, which have reduced ay ti great distress, we hail with v__ __
froth that. city, dated the 29th ult. stating the continuance elevation of soul, which have delighted the troops and the oldest it is the task of the political economist to conihat
Thetis, 46, Sir John Phillimore, had in consequence sailed
heartfelt saiiifisction every prospect of improvement, and therefore
sincerely hope that the advantages anticipated in your Grass's of public tranquillity. The narrative of the mutiny dif- generals.. this difficulty instead of tiius escaping from it. Mr. Ric A 1:1)0 on her return to England.—Hampshire Telegraph. '
speech may be fully realised. fers in no material point from those already published. The agitators met with no support, except from drunken soldiers treats this calamity—without regard to what may be the The Pacha of Egypt, in order to infuse the requisite de-
" Yuur Greco may rely that we shall continne to give our most
and sonic of the dregs of the people. Many of the revolters have cause of it—as if it were inseparable from a rich gree of valour into his naval officers, has, it is announced,
serious cntsisideTatlon tothe insprovent of the Ten
of the slave The conduct of the revolted troops was evidently that nation
) tt a man oneveryEgyptian ship, who ins ow isa
hoard I 1
population. We me disposed to do alt that ran be done with safety of
men who expected to be supported by
,the rest of already resumed to their barracks and manifest the sincerest re- as suda ; and as if it would be as useless and as ulijust for
'''' to cut off' the Captain's bead if he does not do bin dui it !"
in the, respect. Our local knowledge qualities us to be, e best pentence.
judges how far to go without hazard; and WeileVii to regret that the the army and the mass of the people. They must have The regiments which bivouacked during the night about the the manufacturer to murmur at it, as fora farmer to re-
The Captain's headsman is, we presume, to be the judge
Interference of certain proprietors residing in England. (who are un- known that they were too few in number to have effected pelace have returned to their barracks. monstrate against the blight of the spring or the smut of whether or not duty has been neglected; and, perhaps, to
ee! which they have undertaken to ads* acquainted with the sulij
upon), hay - The Emperor has reviewed
ful services, he is to succeed to the Captain's rank, with a
them this morning; and his majesty, the harvest; whereas it was his duty to have dwelt in insure the fulfilment
.of his task, and as a reward for faith-
which hied them to impute our corduct.to want of inclination, fore, into the heart of the city without opposition, and having learnt :hat the battalion of marines of the guard, which had detail on the conFAticnces which would result from this
new headsman for himself, who may calculate on similar
rather than to the dictates of prudence and diaceetion.
showed the annihilation oldie fixed capital of any great branch of ma-
stationed themselves before the Palace of the Senate, where been misled the day before by perfidious insinuations,
•consideration rash Mors as your
We shall take IMO
most lively repentance of its conduct, anti had taken the oath of nufacturing industry. Ile should hive demonstrated promotion.
Gram may think proper to enownuniecite to us, for tee pereose of they were joined by some soldiers of the body guard, and the The island of Porto Rico was nearly destroyed by an
• Mewing in the hands of the Bohm. of Jamaica, the spiritual amid
allegiance to the Grand llake Michael, permitted them to
welcomed by the acclamations of the multitude. All a his mischievous eitt!cts that must inevitably arise from the de- earthquake and hurricane at the end of July; nine tons
et.lesiiaatical jatisdiction over tite clergy of his diocese.
appear in presence, granted them pardon, and ordered their ti demolished ; the Government Howie Via " Our attention shall beater) directed to the supplies which the means of persuasion having been exhausted in vain by the struction of that most invaluable of all capital in a omitnor-
coloure, which had been taken from them the preceding day, in be were en rely d
much. injured, and the bridge of St. Antonio destroyed, as
publio service may remdre.
Long experience has taught us to rely with perfect renfiJence
re our Lira&Emperor NICHOLAS 2nd the Metropolitan of St. Peters- restored.
's isOlninactliwn in erne mesons, which can contd. burgh, orders were given at the close of the day to open
bs•e to the adeaste ofJameica, tho prmperity of which has been
the uncealing obi-try: of your Grace's Admintstratine:"fire of art tipo the nvial country—its machinery, the great mine of all its
instant A letter of the 20th from St. Petersburgh, wle e Hs %width. With regard to the workmen, which this revul
sch we hay ti - •
~ , - received,.contirmsall that we have said relative to the restora-
tion of tranquillity in that capital, and again overthrows all the con- also the cattle.
An extract of a letter from Alexandria, dated Nev. 5,
sion, as it is called, throws out of employ, from the easy shows the system of monopoly which frevails in the.
A Mewage se:it to hisffiace de Governor, sequaintine his Brace vent," says the aeronnt, " the square was cleared." jeetures of the journals of this morning ;we have nut time to insert way in which this point is disposed of, their foe is not trade of Egypt;—" n - a Egypt i
His Hirihness the Paeh of hls
this year, possessed himself of all the gnm arebic and os-
.t in the Polk of this day.
that, having an humble Address to present, the (louse desire to . cavalry
cm,n
plod* the work of slaughter, and made to excite sort of sympathy, nor is the event itself
. The offinal part of the itfoniienr of Friday contains a royal ordi. • any
h•les when his Grace will be plemsed to be attended. In antiwar to The
in a short tune no two individuals were seen together. nance for the levy of 60,00 men of the elaas of 1823. looked upon with any sort of alarm ; and this happ.ms from them on credit, to a company of Jews, at extravagant
seloch his Grace was pleased to say " irtunedittely."
WlerestlPort •"l'• Sraaer, and taa whnl2 ' went "P• "d Five hundred of the mutineers were made prisoners by ten Fm ENCH F u AIM—PAT! is, Jex.l3.—Five per l'erts.9Elf. 20c. its tieing put before the reader as if it were the case ra: prices. liis extraordinary system of motionoly is now
beim ret,,eina, Mr. speaker reported that the Hausa sad attended Three per Cent,. 67f. 30c. ; itvr:e d'Espagne 10; ltente de
/la (am, and
,presented
1 ted their Addreas, to which fik orate was o'clock that t v•ming. ”'hile these scenes were transacting Naples 771. 20c. • Royal Sparish Loan 40.1 f. Exchange on Lon_ a single reorknian—" the clothing, the food, and the lotlg. perfected, there.heinr, no article of produce which he has
not ebsorleel. Gums, in the &teepee of the staple Comoro-
j:llasett orretarn an answer, of which Firs Speaker said he WA to in the strects M. Ili!! city, Te Drum was performing before don, one month, 26t. 15c. ; three months 24f. 90c.—Couir eiii- ing of the labourer in one employment may be devoted t t
yew %Inseam obtained a copy ; and the same being read, bar pre Amapa*.ditiee of the country, which are ail shipped by the agents
orteretto be entered, and n bil fallow.:— the whole C. cart on the accession of the new Est TERM --••••••••■••••"'... the support of the labourer in another •; or the same h:bourer of the Paella, would be of trifling aesistatate to Billet
i " i"-Mr. tfpeaaer. and Gettlainen of theAnertittly, . . During the I°,llou/ill Light the regiments of the guard The Austrian Observer of the 3d instant, though, as the may receive the same fool. clothing, and bnleing, whits! residents as a means for making returns corlltitieb "reeds
mam you my .{Deere thank.' for your Address.
The next day Nicuotas organ of the gevertunent of Vienna, it gives, cal oar the his employment is changed." Now, it is true that there sold."
" Zee assurance yO,l gm sue of ;ow diapelitioa to do all that bivouacked round the palace.
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VIE SUCCESSION to the RUSSIAN THRONE.

[From the Journal des Debulrsf Friday.l
Jaw. 12.
The clouds of the nor h ere not yet dissipated. The manifestoes
lei:eh have been pnlidished throw no light on the subject. We do
eat contest the amounts given us of the pmeredings on the 2fith
!Wernher. We believe th it peace is re.estehlished at St. Petra-
inirch t but we knew that there have been disturbance'', and that
sanguinary contests haac taken place. These fuels prove that the
army is divided ; and be it remembered tha• the army is not merely
at St. Peteraburgh. hot et 11'a-saw. at Mohilow, 'at Moscow, in
the Ukraine. on the bosiere or lie Black Ses and of Turkey. It
i‘iv.ities spread °err the v rat c'ttent of military colonies, establish.
manta as much to he feared within the kingdom as whbont, and
whose name'. MCA to our flummery the Homan legions of the fron-
tiers who so often raisial or ererthrew the ('W931%1.
The sedition at ',ft. Pere-sborgh, be it siteceaaful or he it aubdued,
is still what it waa—a mast eertois event. Its consequences 'nay
shake, but ought net to surprise Europe.
In abailiee gnvernments, an interregnum is a total revolution.
States in which there is oily one power, or where that power is in
one man. can bear neither let iy nor Orlin in the succession. The
day on which the throne breronied .% es va
incant the constbetutig. deliberateon is changed.
All ties are brakee_the tistead of on
they are a flack without a shepherd--an army without a chief—a
church without a lied.
• To have saved the principle of autoerat government, the Grard
Duke Nicholas. in reclaiming his brothel a accession, ought to
have kept • profinted itiei 'angular transactions of which the
Senate was the depositary. as also the negotiations which followed
it. The Ilusslan natier.right to have known nothing till the day
when the I:tvoicror Cons•antine would have made use of his
power to convey it with the 'teeth' fidelity of a subject, to the
second heir of Alexander. By this means there would have been
no interregnum.
Far, however, from this plan having been followed, the wool
" renunciatiea" was, from the first, used in the oath required from
Russia. The fraterral discusainne, on which the fate of the em.
Ire hung, have been rnrried on in the moat open manner • indeed,
in much would hard'y rave been made known in a freecountry.
It is easy of he even whose interest such a mode of proceeding
lured. nor does the Alanifesto of the Emperor Nicholas snake any
mystery of it. It hft ratty millions of men in suspense as to what
they should do with their allegiance, and upon whom their destiny
was to depend. It made, in the most extensive meaning of the
word, an interregnum.
The Hist consequence of atth a state of Clings is, that every man
asks hinahelf which of the two rikele will reikm, anti then there can
be no breast so bowed by woritue who will not come to the net:
que.tion—which of them la best? In such 3 CM'. suppose the
ctril authority without force, the nation bowed down by the exist-
ence of powerful armies,--suppose these and you have the state of
things under the Prztorian bands.
The principle of despotic governments has not alone been mis.
understood. That of all monarchies has been mistaken at the
same tittle. The great law of hereditary right has been violated
by the ratter and mysterious renunciation of the Cesarowitch, who.
being the legitimate heir to the throne, has not mounted even to
release the nation from the oath which Nicholas demanded for hint.
Nicholas In this has shown himself dexterous anti wise. He knew,
according to his own farrow:ion. " that the 'interior renunciation
had oat the force of law." Ile desired, therc•fore, a new, potent,
and decisive resignation. Ills proclamation discovers to us his
designs. He does not tell us why his brother has not fulfilled
therm We merely lo ow that the name of the Emperor Conatan-
Pne, to whom oee of the most timonius people of the earth have
sworn obedience before God, will not figure in history. The reign
of the new Monarch will date from the day en which he lahret-if
declared that lie was merely a simple subjee: of the Empire. All
this is full of mystery.

THE Boni!, NAVY.

POUTSMOUTII. JAN.I4.

The Cruelly winds hive prevailed 1.1p;;;;-thepitstWeek, which
have prevented any arrivaht here from the Wen:ward.
Itenr..tdruiral W. 11 ail recenly avninted Commander.
in-Chief in the East Indict,. notated his flag on Tuesday last oa
board the Warspite 74. Captain Win. Fail-biotite! Carroll, C.B.
in this bathe r, attended with the ciiminmary !minim The Rear-
Admiral will sail in the (muse of the present month to assume his
c.arniand. The Vol ige, 11.1, Capt. the lien. Robert Saunders
Dundan, will proceed to tonipary.
The Eden arrived at Pert Royal 23.1 November, to take Corn-
nnissiener lints to Malia„ and then proceed to England; the Bus.
lei arrived In bb' days from ,Mithead.
A ('Hurt-martial has hi en ordered to assemble (at which Rear.
Adntiral (loge is to preside) to try C.:pt. !sham Fleming Chapman,
or his 31aji sty's ship Arindne. in criliseque-ce of a statement Of
ruin ns given by Mr. 31• Coy, Purser of his Majesty's ship Esp'egle
(which ship Captain C. then cominandrii)tOr refusing to sign Capt.
Charnan's certificate (and in consequence of which Captain C.
requested that a CaUft•taarill might be held upon himself) to the
e9e,t thst the retnilatimis established by Captain C. in the Es.
inegle had teade,: to destroy the skip's provisions, and, that Capt.
t', had been concerned iii purchasing a tetnale slave. The proceed-
ings will commence on the it iv aof a witneas from Staffordshire,
11!,11 was recently paid off from the Enpii.gle.
Yesterday the Colonial %train-vessel African, Lieutenant Austin,
withal from Denthird, biturul to Sierra Leone. She was for-
merly a gun-brig; is of 3110 ions; has two 40-horse power en-
gines (which are found not sufficient), and thirty men. She trust
be taken into dock, having sustained damage by getting on shore
off Ramsgate.
'Fite Calliope. ',Scorpion, and Arrow have sailed on cruises.
Remain at :pithead—Tweed (for St. Domingo and Vera Cruz),
and Ariadne. In the llartiour—Vtittozy. Ganges, Warspite,
Superb, Spartiate, Ronvey, Volage, Herald, Sparrowhawk, and
Jasper.
Lieutenant J. A. Mow is appointed to command the Hovock
ran-brig, for the North Aincriein minion. Dr. Wm. Burn, late
of the Sappho, is appointed to the Java, and Mr. bolds, Assistant-
Surgeon.
Lieutenant John Hewett is appointed Qiiartermaster of this divi.
sion of Royal Marines, vice Captain Moore.—flumpshire Tele-
ge

It was reported on Saturday, that overland despatches .1
had been received at the East India house on the 'newt- ,
ing evening, bringing unfavourable news from that quay-
ter. Upon inquiry, we learned that there had been no
such arrival,
A lion, which was hrotteht by Captain Chapman from
the east coast of Africa, for the Noble Lord at the brad of
the Admiralty Boa: d, has been landed from the Ariadne,
and forwardal to lc,niloti.—llampshire Telegraph.
The statement published in some of the papers of this
week, that the un&rwritera of this port bad settled an
annuity on Mr. Gabriel James, is preinature.—Liverpool
Commercial C.,:-nnicle.
The amount of duty received at the Liverpool Custom-
house oa spirits, since the operation of the new Act, ex-
ceeds bu,oou!.
Forged one-pound Bank of England notes, of the date
of the 3d May, ISIS. have found their way into York-
shire, but thi.y are without the water rsark, and in other
respects so ill executed as to he instantly detected by cum-
parson with a good note.—leads 3lercory.
Yesterday the Lord Mayor. the Sheriffs, and the great
civic officers, attendA divine sr rvic.• at St. Sepulchre's
church, where the Lord Bishop of Landon preached an
excellent seaman in aid of the funds of the newly stab-
lkhed Female Charity School in that pariah. The Right
Reverend Prelate descanted at great length en the benefits
necessarily resulting from a suitable education being given
to the children of the poor. His Lordship in conclusion
vale a forcible appeal to the liberality of his audienc-,
and a handsome collection was made on the occasion.
PROVIDENTIAL DIECOVLIIV.-011C day last week the
man who attends the furnace at the Etna Iron-works was
p paring the charge for an air-furnace to cast a large cyliti-
el•,, when it occurred' to Mr. Clegg to examine two old
c ninon which were to be mixed in the cha g • ; the precau-
tion was most fortunate, and in all probability prevented
considerable mischief to the weak!: and destruction of life
am.mg the many hands employed therein, as one of the
pieces, a 12-pounder, proved to be deeply loaded and
'hotted, and must inevitably have exploded on heating.
What renders this accident the more striking is, that in-
credible as it may appear, the gun in question bad been the
faithful guardian of a gateway, in Graclwell-street, for up-
wards of 25 years.—Liverpool Chronicle.
Tar. HAMPSHIRE GIIOST.—The person who has been
exhibiting himself with a mask, &c. at Southampton and
I.ymington, has reached the Isle of Wight, and is making
has terrific appearance almost nightly on the Mall, near
Newport. lie has caused great consternation, and been
the means of frightening into fits several persons, who are
in consequence lying dangerously ill. Ile has also been
playing off his pranks at other little villages near. Ile has
been shot at by two or three individuals, but is found to be
tinultierable, being enveloped, it isssad, in steel armour,
a'.il a pair of spring boots ; the latter of which are Po eon-
vrocteel as to allow him, with a little exertion, to vault
vvrr a ten-foot wall.—/fampshiie Telegraph.
Farm. CouLtr.--Jonathan, a sawyer, and S. Theo-
)) till, a workman on the River, having quarrelled at their
dinner-hour.' at a public-house at Limehoose, on Saturday,
they agreed to fight for a crown, and immediately. want on
h ail a lightest and set-to, with their seconds. A smash-
allvt battle of one hour's duration took place, chiefly in
fa vAir Of Jmatban. who however received a finishing
atitisiit uptot the heed, with a heavy fall, and he died
in the heather. The other parties ahscontird.

POP

THE DAV OF LIFE.

Oh ! blue were the mountains—
Anil gorgeous the trees,—
And stainless the fountains—
And pleasant the breeze;
A glory adorning
The Wanderer's way,
In Life's sunny morning,
When young Hope was gay !
The blue hills are shrouded—
The graven arc o'ercaat,—
The bright streams are clouded—
The breeze is a blast—
The light bath departed
The dull noon of Life,
And Hope, timid•hearted,
Ilath fled from the strife

In fear and in sadness,
Poor sports of the storm,
Wit ptc shadow end madness
Enshroud and deform t
Ere Llfe's day is dosing
How fondly we crave
The dreamless reposing—
The Peace of the Grave
Sonnets and other Poems by D. L. Riclaardeare.

The Duke of Sussex visited the Duke of York, at his

house in South Atlley-street, nn Saturday.
We regret to state, that information was sent from Ha-
milton-place to Lincoln's Inn on Saturday morning, that
the Lord Chancellor continued so ill, that he would not be

able to sit on Monday, the First Seal, as a few days ago

he had purposed.
Yesterday morning Mr. Secretary Canning, accompanied
by the Marquis of Clanricarde, left town for Windsor.
The Duke of Somerset, his Grace's daughter, the Duke
of St. Alban's, Viscount Melville, and the lion. John To!.
lemache, and the Hanse Towns Minister, were among the
promenaders on the banks of the Serpentine on Saturday.
The Marchioness of Hastings, the four Ladies Ilastings,
their daughters, and Colonel M'Cres, Military Secretary,

will arrive at Portsmouth on Tuesday next, to embark in
his Majesty's yacht the Herald, Captain Lecke, for Malta.
The Herald goes out of harbour to-morrow (yesterday).—

Hampshire felegrai.h.
The domestics of the Russian Ambassador all appear in
deep mourning for the late Emperor Alexander.
On Friday, about two o'clock in the afternoon, the Hon.
G. Stanhope, whilst skating on the S:apentitie, fell, and dig-
hicated his arm. . . .

•`l.!r. Greatorex is to conduct, and Mr. Cramer k to had,
the ensuing Choral Fund Concert, at the English Opera-

honme.

We hear that it is the intention of Sir William Cooke,
Bart. of Wheatley, near Doncaster, to offer hinntelf a can-
didate for the Borough of Pontefract, at the approaching
General Election. _ _

We are sorry to announce the failure of one of the most
eminent houses in the wholesale grocery trade. Their pur-
chast-s of sugar annually were estimated at about a million
and a half sterling, a tenth part of the whole West India
import. One of the firm retired four years ego with a very
lar.te fortune. _

%e are concerned to state that several failures have
taken place here this week, in consequence of the scarcity
of money.—Glasgow Chronicle.
A plan has been promulgated for the establishment of a
University at Leeds, on the model of the new institution
under that name in London.
LIVERCOOI. AND' BIRMINGHAM RAIL-ROAD•— At a
meeting of the Commissioners of the Wirral turnpike
roods, the above Company solicited the concurrence of the
Trust to their projected undertaking; but, after some dis-
cussion, the Commissioners formally declared their dissent.
, A similar application from the same party met with a like
fate, at a recent meeting of the Commissioners of the
Chester and Whitchureh turnpike-roads.—Chester Chron.
Jon. 13. _ .

COM EUCI AL Em DARRASSM ENTB.—During the late
storms in the commercial world!, it has been matter of obser-
vation and congratulation, how well persons engaged in
the cotton-spinning and manufacturing iradts stood their'
round. IVithin the last few days, however, we regret to
state that the number of failures in those branches, chiefly
of country houses, has been very considerable; although,
so far as we are aware. with perhaps one e::ception, not
very extensive in point of amount, or amongst people whose
insolvency is calculated to cause any great surprise. When
the very low pries of, and depressed state of the demand
fur catten gauds and yarns, as well as the general reduction
of credit, ate considered. it will excite no surprise that at
such a time " the weakest go to the wall."—Manchester
Guardian.

AURICULAR CONFESSION.—In the case of Mary Caen,
the unfortunate woman who was found guilty of the wil-
ful merrier of Maurice Fitzge7ald, on Friday, a young girl,
named Jehannah Laughnan, was examined both Ware
the Coroner, Thomas Stirling, Esq. and at Hatton-garden
police-oflice, before Mr. Sergeant Sellun. Iltr evidence
was important, so far as circumstantial evidence could go,
but it was given with that reluctance and partial disclosure
which is often observable amongst the lower orders of the
Irish people. She did not tell all she could ; but fearing
the consequence of taking a false oath, she went the next
day to her priest, and in confession, admitted the conceal-
ment. The clergyman was restricted from revealing this,
but he admonished her of the necessity of complying with
the adjuration of her oath, to " to tell the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth." The consequence was,
that she came the same day to Wainwright. the officer, and
j when taken before the Grand Jury, she admitted, in addi-
dition to what she had before stated, that she had seen the
prisoner, Mary Cacn, washing away the blood after the
murder.
The frost still continues intense, and in consequence
the navigation of the Union Canal has been shut since
Monday. Duddington loch presents every day an animated
spectacle, being crowded with seaters and curlers. The
Sating, Club were on the ice there on Tuesday and yester-
day ; and hundreds, who cannot partake of these sports,
have been tempted by the clear weather to enjoy the ro-
mantic walks to and from the loch, and to become spectators
of the lively scene. The Leith seaters have been also
daily enjoying that elegant amusement on Lochentl.
Edinburgh Paper of Thursday.
The suicide who cut his throat in a hackney coach, on
Thntstlay, on his way front Holborn, to tl:e coach office,
in Oeford-street, as already stilt d, turns out to be Mr.
Saul 13-atrum. of Ashby, farmer, near Berkhampstead,
wt.o has left a widow and nine children in very indifferent
circumstances. lie had, it appeared, come to London, on
a law-suit, which went against him, and was the probable
cause of the rash act.

SCFI °CATION BY CHARCOAL.—On Thursday morn-
ing last, when the family of the Commanding Royal
Engineer of this district (Colonel Gossett, M.P.) arose to
resutne the duties of the day, the footman (James Poore),
a very industrious and useful young man. was found dead
in his bed ; the cause of which unlooked-for event was as
follows slept in an apartment on the ground floor,
and as the weather was extremely call he was induced to
kindle some charcoal, for the purpose of warming his bed-
room ; immediately afterwards he closed the door, got into
bed, and fell asleep ; and, not having admitted any fresh
air into the room, the carbonic acid gas, contained in the
burning charcoal, destroyed that portion of the atmospheric
air which is necessary to support animal life, and he was
anffocated by the noxious vapour with which the room was
alone filled. A chaffing dish was found outside of the
door, with charcoal in it, recently burnt, and a quantity
of un'ournt charcoal was discovered tinder his bed. The
Coroner's Jury returned a verdict—" Died by Suffocation."
—PcrlsmoutA Paper.
Inc or MAN.—On Wednesday last arrived here from
the Isle of Man, in the Duchess of Athol and Earl of An-
rtesley cntters, some detachments of his Majesty's 95th
Derbyshire regiment, under the command of Capt. Frazer,
from whom we learn that that island is in a perfect state of
tranquillity, and that he and his men never experienced
more agreeable and hospitable quarters.-1 iverpuol Mee"

THE 111U11,411 PRESS.

LIVERPOOL COMMERCIAL INTALLIGENCE.

lavzsro or., SATURDAY, JAS. 14.

Notwithstanding more business has been done in GO British
Plants ion Sugar market, prices are lower about is and Is 8d per
cwt, and about G5O lihds disposed of. About 150 hhds Bengal
Sugar sold at 75s for middling, and 70s a 79s for tine white. In
Foreign description* nothing done, and prices nominal. The de-
mand for Molasses is limited, and prices from Is a Sit lower. One
lot of 1;3 puncheons fair Demerara sold at 29s 31 In Rum the sales
have been principally confiaed to 120 puncheons low over proof
Demerara at 2s 2d and 2* iltl ; 0. P. at 3a per gallon. In Coffee
the sides have been principally to the grocers, who have taken GO a
00 casks at full prices. In Ashes the sales are 300 barrels Montreal
Pot at 20s Oil a Ms 9d, 40 barrels Pearl at 30s. and 60 barrel*
Boston Pot at 31s GA. No sales in Logwood or Fustic. In Nica-
ragua Wood HO tons goad solid have been sold at 241. per ton.
About 300 barrels Stockholm Tar at Ills 33, and 170 barrels Ame-
rican Tar at 17* a Ilk, have been sold. In American Rice no silos
and about 150 bags Patna sold at 23s per cwt. 750 barrels Turpen-
tine sold at Gs 9tl per cwt. In hides the sales were only 300 Buenos
Ayres dry, price not named, and 140 dry salted Brazil at 710 per lb.
Nothing done in Ilorse-hair, or Skins, or Oak or Cork-tree Bark.
A few packages of Cream of Tartar sold at 900 sills. 40 mons
Spanish Indigo have been forced by auction at Os Gd a 900 d, being a
reduction of 2s a2s fad on former sales. In Madder Roots 250
bales Turkey and 150 bales French were offered by auction, but no.
a bid ; 130 bales of the former have since been sold, but price not
known. In Olive Oil some little inquiry ; small lots of Gallipoli
have been sold at 421.; and 10 tuna Sicily at 30110 s. Only 50
bags Malaga Sumach sold at 17a. In Saltpetre 311)(1 b ags sal dat
21s Ott a 27*. A few tons prime Turkey Valonla sold at 221105.
Rather better prices have been obtained for Wheat, but no inquiry
for American Flour.

Our Cotton ,Market has been generally dull, and may be quoted
id lower than last week : the sales consist of 3040 balm Upland
Georgia at ON a B,d; 130 Sea Island at 21d a 24d; 30 stained
Sea Island at lld ; 1,300 Alabama and Mobile at 64d a Od; 720
Orleatis at Od a 110; 240 Bahia at 10 a lOU ; &00 31aranham at

101t1 n lOid ; 310 Pcrnambucco at Ild a 12d ; 60 Demerara and
Berbice at 100 a ll jd ; 10 Carthagena at al ; 240 Egyptian at
Aid a lld ; 260 Surat at Sid a 7.1; and 40 Bengal at 6.1, making
a total of 7,970 bags. out of which 1.900 bags have been taken on
Apeculation. 600 New Orleans, and 700 Egyptians are declared for
sale by auction on Friday.

IMPORTED INTO LIVERPOOL mist JAN. 7 to 13, INCLUSIVE.
Ashen - - 553 barrels Sladder 274 casks
Brimstone - 340 tons Hides - 1200 cow &ox
Oak Bark - In tons horsehair . - 17 bales
Tar - 932 tons Wine - 17 pipes
Tallow - - I 937 casks Cotton - 136 bales.
In the following vessel. :—From Quebec, 1; St. Petersburgh, 1 ;
Sicily, I ; Messina, 1; Licata, 1; Ilamburgh, 1 ; Antwerp, 1 ;
Cronstadt, 1; Ja:obstatlt, 1 ; London, 1.