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LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(T HIS DAY.

LONDON, Nov. 29.—Wind at Noon, S.W , foggy.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 28.—Wind, W.S.W. • Arrived—
Alby, Petiowski, Bahia ; Robin Grey, Maceio ; Pel-
tona, Maranham ; Turner, Old Calabar and Fer-
nando Po ; Elizabeth Bruce, Brown, Mobile ; Susque-
hannah, Hungerford, Charleston ; Susannah and Mary
Pleasants, Philadelphia ; Isaac Webb, timber, New
York : Parliament, Boston ; Niagara, Montreal ; Jane,
Hunter, Quebec ; Henrietta, Welch, Prince Edward's
Island ; Conte Viraldenstein, Sussanich, Alexandria ;
Robert Putsford, King, Calcutta ; Rangoe, Houghton,
Maceio ; Manilla, Leavitt Storer, and James Nasmith,
New Orleans ; Shannon, Thomson, New York ; Alfred,
Delany, St. John's, N.B. ; Astonia, Walsh, Tatma,-
gouche ; Warrior, Alexandria. Sailed—Niagara (s),
Boston ; Caroline, Charleston. Put back—St. Vin-
cent, St. Vincent.

RAMSGATZ, Nov. 28.—Wind, S.W., strong gale.
Arrived- dquacite, Cuba.

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WEYMOUTH, Nov. 27.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—
Alabama, Blandford, Quebec.

PLYMOUTH, Nov. 28.—...krrived—Frederick, Stormer,
Monte Video ; Chorister, Richards, Rio Grande ; Nisos
Speyyia (?), Taganrog.
DARTMOUTH, Nov. 27.—Arrived—Calypso, Arbher,
Quebec.

ABERDEEN, Nov. 25. The Venus and the Armistead`
both of and for this port, coal laden, were driven on e
beach north of the harbour this morning, and have be-
come total wrecks ; master and four men of the Venus,
and six men of the Armistead, drowned. A large
schooner was also seen to founder off the same place this
morning ' • crew supposed to be lost. The Christina of
Arbroath, from Montrose, was totally lost at Stone-
haven this morning. crew saved.
MALDEN, Nov. 27.—The Eliza (brig) of Maryport,
with oats, went ashore on the Makering Sand on the
morning of the 25th, and was yesterday reported not
likely to be got off.
BLYTH, Nov. 26.—The John Pedder, of Colchester,
ran on shore at the entrance of the harbour this morning,
but is expected to be got off without much damage.
PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 28.—Arrived Ariel, Jensen, Riga.
29.—The Resolution Colson from Sunderland, for
Southampton, put in here yesterday very leaky, having
repeatedly struck the previous day on the Horse Sand.
DEAL, Nov. 27.—Wind, S.S. by W., strong and
squally. Arrived— Glenbowie, White, Sydney, New
South Wales • George, Thole, Now York ; Alice,Ostrich,
Medi-
terranean ; 'Kathadin, Morse, Calcutta
Stephenson, Madras ' • Eliza Caroline, Rowland, Claslplaeolt:
Persian (s), Milburn; Constantinople, Malabar ; Moakes,
Madras. Arrived from the River for Africa, E
Penn, Demerara ; Edward, Vere, Bermuda.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following gen-
tlemen were admitted members of the college, at the
meeting of the court of examiners, on the 26th inst. :
Messrs. John Ross Diamond, London ; Charles Fluder,
Lymington, Hants • Thomas Frederick Sanger, Alfris-
ton, Sussex ; Philip Charles Hayman, Axminster,
Devon ; Richard Savill Hanbury, Misfield, Yorkshire ;
Elias Jones Roberts, Bangor, Carnarvenshire ; Edmund
Shaw, Thatcham, Berkshire ; York James Moore,
Mount-street, Grosvenor-square ; and David Johnson,
Peterborough, Northamptonshire.
LIBERAL BEQUESTS.—The executors of the will of the
late Mrs. Mary Halford, of Newcourt, near Exeter,
have just paid the following munificent charity legacies
left by her will :—The Deaf and Dumb Institution,
1,0001. ; the Blind Institution, 1,000/. ; the Exeter
Dispensary, 1,0001. ; the Exeter Eye Infirmary, 1,0001. ;
and the Governesses Benevolent Institution, London,
1,0001.; and all free of legacy duty.

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Reuben Medlicott ; or, tlOky)tgairulkt4itillovel.
by M. W. Savage,q."the Bachelor of
the Albany." '3 vols. Chapman and Hall.

The author of ".The Bachelor of the Albany'
has• deservedly found: avour with the reading pub-
lid. There is so muclisht awdness in his perceptions
of character; ancl_so much spirit in his delineations
individuality
that his heroes and heroines are invested with an
not conimonly met with in the novel-
charactbrs of -the —pre-sent day. In his new work,
Mr. Savage has adventured upon a somewhat am-
bitious attempt. aim is not only to amuse,
but toinstruct, his reader,—to instruct by a warn-
ing .example. His satire is directed against a not
uncommon error of modern education, namely, that
ambition which seeks to acquire "many things," not
to accomplish "much"—nvalta non multam. Reuben
Metllidott, whose name is an indication of his cha-
racter—for, like the Reuben of ancient times, he is
"unstable as water," and, like the poem of Tenny son,
his acquirements are " a medley". Reuben Medli-
cott is the " coming man," " always coming, but
never come," bountifully laden with the flowers
of promise,
which, in no single instance, are de-
veloped into the fruits of performance. With
abilities sufficient to raise him to a prominent place
in any particular career, he aims at all things and
accomplishes nothing. Among his many accom-
plishments, Reuben is unfortunately conspicuous
for a fluency of language, hardly to be called elo-
quence, seeing that it consists in an abundance of
words ratherthan thoughts ; but with his injudicious
admirers it passes for • oratory of -the most brilliant
order, and Reuben is elected as the representative
of his native town of Chichester. His failure in
the House of Commons, and his failures in his other
multitudinous undertal6ngs—his affectation and
foppery—his abounding self-confidence and provok-
ing versatility, are described in that felicitous man-
ner in which the author of the " Bachelor of the
Albany" excels. Quiet sarcasm alternates with
lively satire in these pages, and wiles the reader on
through what would other Wise be somewhat of a
dull history, for the life of Reuben Medlicott, full
of warning though it be, is not of itself sufficiently
interesting to keep our attention suspended through-
out three volumes. Many passages, especially in
his earlier life—the tour in Wales for example—
might have been omitted with little detri-
ment to the value of the work. In the group
which immediately encircles Reuben, are many
capitally drawn characters. His fa,' ther is a
country vicar, a quiet easy man, devoted to
gardening, his mother the daughter of Dean, after-
wards Bishop Wyndham, is a learned lady, to whom
Reuben is greatly indebted for the medley acquire-
ments which characterise him. His ' biographer
shrewdly remarks, that had the vicar cultivated
his cabbages less and his son more, or had his mo-
ther's stockings been of another colour, it might
have been better- for Reuben. The Barsac family
with whom our hero in his school days becomes ac-
quainted, are adniirably sketched by that same
pencil which portrayed the Narrow-Smiths and the
Spreads. The daughters of the family are
surnamed by Reuben's schoolfellows, Pale
Sherry, Brown Sherry, and . Dry Sherry,
Mr. Barsac, being a wine merchant; Pale Sherry,
the object of Reuben's bOyish love, becomes the
bride of his grandfather, Dean Wyndham, one of
the most effective characters inthe book. The various
school companions of Reuben, the energetic
Winning, the poetic Hyacinth, the selfish De
Tabley, and even the booby son of the Chichester
Apothecary, . Theodore Pigwideon, attain in the
course of the narrative to honourable positions in
their several walks of life ; but Reuben; the pro-
mising and brilliant, is left behind, and in his me-
lancholy old age a miserable wreck, points a moral
to the " coming men" of the new genera-
tion—" perdidi vitam." For • the benefit of that
moral, we commend the - work to our readers,
and if, as we have intimated, the story is somewhat
too long drawn out, ample compensation will be
found in the lively and sparkling, manner in which
ii;is at times narrated. Every " book" is pre-
faced with an " argument," . written in a comic
strain, which is occasionally very happy. ,

The _Romance of the Forum.. EY I'. Burke, of
the Inner Temple. 2 vols.: -Cc' slbuin.
This work contains a series of narratives, scenes,
and anecdotes from Courts of Justice.:. It' is truly
observed in the preface, that " these volumes de-
rive their contents from matter of truth more
strange and startling than any flight of fiction,
however daring and fantastic. "No one unaccus-
tomed to such perusal could imagine these records
to be of a character so remarkable, or of a nature so
interesting. They have, indeed, a right to the
title of romance, for in no pages of fiction has the
novelist ever introduced the like wonders, the
same horrors, or similar convictions. The real has
here its triumph over the ideal, nature prevails be-
yond art, and the revelations of truth are shown to
surpass the suppositions of fable and the imaginings
of fancy. In many instances the scenes referred
to have been passed abroad; and such information
has been gleaned from various foreign works. In
this respect the English have been behind other
countries, it has been remarked, for few accounts of
remarkable trials have been preserved, a circum-
stance to be regretted, both intellectually and
morally—as such must be of service to the student,
and of information to the general reader; while
they hold out a solemn warning to the devotees of
crime that the deepest cunning will not make a
crooked way look straight, or the greatest caution
keep their dark deeds from coming one day to the
light of justice. " Thus far shalt thou go, but no
farther," has the voice of retribution declared to the
sinner in many a convicted outrage.
The following anecdote of a canine discoverer of
crime is very interesting :
" Aubri de Mondidier, a gentleman of family and for-
tune in Montargis, travelling alone through the forest of
Bondi, near Paris, was murdered, and buried under a
tree. His dog, an English bull-dog, would not quit his
master's grave for several days, till at length, compelled
by hunger, he proceeded to the house of an intimate
friend of the unfortunate Aubri, at Paris, and by his
melancholy howling seemed desirous 'of expressing the
loss they had both sustained. He repeated his cries, ran
to the door, looked back to see if any one followed him,
returned to his master's friend, pulled him by the sleeve,
and, with dumb eloquence, entreated him to go with_ him.
The singularity of all these actions of the dog, added to
the circumstance of his coming them without his master,
whose faithful companion he bad always been, prompted
iwohwoi conductedscratching them
to the
theacotmrepeanlyvhteor-efo ilileowretnheeivaenimdal,
his
significantly entreating them to
search withhthat iplis feet,articulr spot. Accordingly, on digging,
the body of the unhappy Aubri was found. Some time
after, the dog accidentally met the assassin, the Chevalier
Macsire, when, instantly seizing him by the throat, he was
with great difficulty compelled to quit his hold. The king,
struck with such a collection of circumstantial evidence
against Macaire, determined to refer the decision to the
chance of battle ; in other words, he gave orders for a
combat between the Chevalier and. the dog. The lists
wore appointed in the Isle of Notre Dame, then an unen-
closed, uninhabited place—Macaire's weapon being a
great cudgel. The dog had-an empty castle allowed him
for his retreat,' to enable him to recover breath. Every-
thing being prepared, the dog no sooner found himself at
liberty than he ran round his adversary, avoiding his
blows, and menacing him on every side, till.his strength
was exhausted—then, springing forward, he grasped him
by the throat, threw him on the ground,
oal. andl In con-
se
him to confess his guilt in the presence
sequence, the Chevalier was convicted on his own
-acknowledgment, and beheaded."

Punch's Pocket-Book for 1853. Bradbury and
';ndoenligghtful the most,
of
Evans.
Although crammed full of facetice, of course, as
ususeufaik
as".Pituniselaii'ssoPoaentelti-gßothkot is
os among
Almanaclis. In the old roan-cover, " tongue-tied"
form, it comprises. an extraordinary mass (if infor-
mation. Itsxplains all about the 'State, all about
the Legislature, all about Commerce, all-
Law, all about .Taxes—and it does this,about the
while enlivening the tables and stat. moreover,
drollest wood-cuts from the drawings isties with the
Tenuiel. These wood-cuts, by tof John
con-
ceived in the " extravagant sL n the
Ivay, are
diveval school of art, knowne - style of the me-
Raphaelites. They show as that of 'the Pre-
back (with a leer) present. us our dear little hunch-
to the British -Lion—the 0. his "annual" offering
Royal Kitchen ° rapturous pomp of the
Household "
the '.under the head of the " Queen's
under that of •c c gifts of a blackamoor envoy
Ambassadors
rs"—Dizzy and Derby
very. squeamish
aboard the vessel of the_ State,
under that of the " Legislature "—the man in
armour, and the Lord M ' • bread coach,
ayor s gingerbread
and the ecstatic r etio.f the " City
po iceman, under t -
however,
Corporation."
Drollest among them all, however,
are the sketches illustrative of " Amusements '
(with the natty little debardcu"s and Punch as a
French postillion in the Vauxhall masquerade)
—and "Population" (with a cherubic brat in
the arms of its male parent at midnight)--.
and " Hackney Coach and Cab Fares" (with
such a Gent remonstrating with such a Jehu 1)
Besides all these attractions, the " Pocket-
Book" contains the customary supply of blank
leaves for cash account, diary, and memoranda. A
sort of literary and pictorial supplement comprises
humorous contributions in prose and verse,
embellished by John Leech—the ol '
nntum gatherum
of stray witticisms not inserted in the London
Charivari.

Loss OF THE BRITISH SHIP AOLUS.—GIBRALTAR,
Nov. 15.---The British ship alolus, of upwards of 1,000
tons burden, McMinn, master, from Cardiff, bound to
Valparaiso, with a cargo of coals, was lost on the night
of the 10th ult., 10 miles to the southward of Casabianca
(Dar-el-baida), during a thick fog,