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ment is affected by the subdivision of the estate ? It
would also be desirable to have such a statement in
the case of clergymen in the receipt of tithes. I know
one case of a clergyman (though not a tithe recipient),
and, of his five sons, one was • established in the church
by the cession of a living originally in the hands of the
father and afterwards adleit to; and the othe four
wiena established, one as a literary man. and three
in
trade."
We trust that such of our readers as possess the in-
formation desired by Colonel Thompson will furnish us
with the instances that have come within their know-
ledge. Where have our merchants and manufacturers
Manch.,ster come Iron ? Many of those at the head
.air largest .stahlishmenta are farmers' sons. The
or tr.)' Mapeliester, the Alessi s. Gr..ot. the Messr4.
11:nnerinim, and many others whom we could name, are
farmers' sots. Several at the head of gr, at cone( ens
are sons of drapers in agricultural district:a, bred to theP
father: bu:in ss, but who, seeing no mown fir its pro-
fitable exeriese at home, have cone h, to enjoy a vide
tick. We ii,vite comaiimications on this point. We
have scarcely a reader vk ho could not furehh matte,
illustrative of our position that farmers have a much
deeper interest in the prosperity and extension of com-
merce and manufactures than they have in what is called
" protection" to agriculture, but which, in fact, is a de-
vice on the part of landowners to obtain high rents.

LIEUT. MORRISON'S LECTURES.

The concluding lecture of Lieut. Morrison on Me-
teorology was delivered last night. Among the sub—
jects referred to by the lecturer was the showers of
falling stars which of late years have occurred on the
lath of November. This phenomenon was attributed
to the circumstance of the sun's peculiar position
amongst the stars on that day, being in exact conjunc-
tion with Alpha Serpentis, a star of the second magni-
tude, which, according to Ptolemy, operates like Ju-
piter and Mercury, the most powerful of all the planets, in
producing electrical scintillations. It was very proba-
ble, however, that the precession of the equinoxes
might, in the course of a few years, put an end to this
phenomenon. An ingenious sketch was given of the
solar system, demonstrating the motion of the moon,
which has been hitherto erroneously said to move round
the earth. The position of the earth amongst the
other planets was shown to•be peculiar at the periods of
great storms, and illustrations were given with reference
to the snow storms of February, 1838, and the severe
storms of snow, rain, thun.ier, &c., as predicted some
months before the time. The lecturer then proceeded
to show the probable causes of such phenomena to be
the variations in the inductive electricity of the earth,
and to answer the objections which had been urged
against the science ; he concluded by remarking
that some learned individuals had refused to
attend the lectures, being predetermined not to
hear any thing in favour of a system against
which they had suffered themselves to be prejudiced.
There were, however, others who had paid great atten-
tion to the subject, and all he asked was, that a fair
and candid attention should be paid to it.
The lecture was extremely well received, and Lieut.
Morrison retired amidst the warmest expressions of ap
probation.
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

Arrivals—The Asia, Gillies, from Bengal, off Dart-
mouth, sailed December 23, Cape, March I, St. Helena,
13, Terceira, April 21 ; Malabar, Dunlop, from Mauri-
tius, in the Clyde, sailed Feb. 1, Cape March 5 ; Dart,
Airth, from Madeira, off Portland, sailed April 26.
Arrivals at Rio Janeiro—lsabella, Cunningham, March
4. from the Cape; Irt, Ludlow, from Liverpool; Vibelia,
Penticoats, March 8, from the Cape.
Departures from Janeiro—The Jscobo Maria, Haas,
Fib. 25. for Batavia; Siozamont, Moore, 26, for Canton ;
Occi,lci.turn, Gas, 28, for Batavia.

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Departures from MlUntlUF-The Asia, Quentin, Jan.
27, fur Bourbon; the British Monarch, Davies, was to
sail early in February for London.
Arrivals at Oaha, Sandwich Islands—The Admiral
Cockbarn, Laurence, Oct. I, from whaling, with 1,100
barrels, and sailed 28; Folkstone, Bliss, 13, from whaling.
1,700 barrels, and sailed Nov. 8 ; Tuscan, Watson, 14,
from whaling, 850 barrels, and sailed 21 ; Eleanor, Bar-
nett, 27. from w haling. 1,250 hirrels, and sai:ed 29; Alert,
Palmer, 28, from whaling, 400 barrels, and sailed Nov.
20 ; Harriett, Aps,y, Nov. 2, from whaling, 1,600 bar-
rels ; Coronet, Bond, 7, from whaling, 400 barrels, and
sailed 16 ; 11,Tovery, Green, 14, from whaling, 2,120 bar-
rels, and sailed 15 for London ; Plymouth, Paty, 14, and
Rasselas, Barker, Dec. 3, from San Barbara.