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guage, insomuch that they were led even to overrate its
importance, and to account excellence in its grammar

anal rhetotie the first of all mental attaintneois..

This

feeling was festered and confirmed by the appearance of
the Koran, written in the h►ghest and purest style, and
by its metaphorical a►id very elliptical phraseology re-
quiring close study and illustration from other sources
on the part of. those who fully understand it. From
that time many eminent grammarians among the Arabs
of the large towns were wont to sojourn among the
Bedouins, in order to acquire purity of style, and to
establish from their usages the best rules and autho-
rities in grammar. Thus, the learned under the
Caliphate, revering the Bedouins as the parents of their
race, and the repositories of their copious and admired
language, naturally imbibed their peculiar tastes and
habits of thought, till they acquired that almost extra-
vagant estimation for verbal variety and rhetorical
copiousness which led them to regard the MAk4mAt
of Al Ilariri as an incomparable monument of intellec-
tual culture. Numerous quotations from several of the
Mtkt£u►ttt, as rendered by Mr. Preston, were read to
the meeting by. Dr. Camps in the course of his paper, as
illustrative of the peculiar mental and social habits and
practices of the Arabians.

- An animated discussion followed, in which Mr. Ains-
worth, Mr. Sharpe, Dr. Turnbull, Mr. Wright, Dr.
Holt Yates, and the author of the paper took part, after
which the meeting adjourned until the month of May.

DEPARTURES FOR AUSTRALIA.— The departures from
k show an increase. , They
the port of
.London for the Australian colonies during
the past -Wee
have comprised
altogether 11 vessels—five to Sydney, with an aggregate
burden of -4,189 tons ; four to Port Pailip, with an
aggregate burden of 1,920 tons; one to Launceston, of
356 tons, and one to Hobart Town,-of 199 tons. Their
total capacity was 6,669
tons. The rates of freight
exhibit firmness, with a tendency in some particular
cases to improve. - .
COST OF THE WAR.—Various calculations c are afloat
as to our present' war expenditure ; that which would
seem to he not very wide of the, mark fixes it at be-
tween 30,0001. and 40,0001. per .diem. The drain of
specie, in payment of our forces, will soon become pil-
palile; which will be materially increased if the Turkish
Government is unable to find the large body of troops 1
which will occupy the Ottoman territory in supplies.— 1
Sunday Timm

8111PPII7t7 iivrtILIO.VIVOR.

CUSTOM-HOUSE, APRIL 17.
ENTERED INWARDS.—The Wiliam Frederick, from
Monhuisen ; Judy, Hamburgh ; James Armstrong, Shang-
hai ; Harmonic+, Seville; India, Manilla; Gesina, Ham'
burgh ; Maria, do. ; Gaspian, do. ; Jonge Jens, Bremen ;
British Hero, Antwerp; Alice Thompson, Madras and
Cuddalore ; Almuth, Hamburg,h ; Fredericks, Feddet.
wardersiel ; Unity, Antwerp; Anna Maria, Norden:
Aiphardo, Groningen ; Robert Barton, Calcutta; Herr •
lichkeit Godens, linstringerseil • Minerva, Nieustadgoden
Hai movie, Stralsund ; Raven:bourne, Antwerp ; Diana,
Sudwesthorn ; Oceane, Nord,rschleuse; El zabeth, Sud•
westhorn ; Othello, Norderschlense ; Ellenborougb, Syd'
ney; Kundo, Nile; Frithiof, Kjoge ; Antzti, Bremen;
Hermann, Emden; Ic 0., Mauritius; Maria, Constan-
tinople ; Diamond, Bruges ; Aincip, Leer ; Jonge Her.
mann, Fredericdest ; Anna, Bremen; Eliza, Ham burgh ;
Immanuel, Carolinenseil ; Annette, Emden ; Helene,
Ka,rsoe ; Diana, Nerniiarlingerseil ; Wieler Kunft, He'
merrninerseil ; Vrou Johanna, Bremen ; Norma, Seville
Oxel and Walton!, Skien ; Gute Manz, Jarmen, Ka-
gesene, and Cecilia, Hoyen ; Jermes Clothilde, Santander;
Ann, Rouen; D:nnenborg, Aalborg; Anna Henrietta,
Harnburgh ; Drie Gebroders, Steinhauserseil ; Emanuel,
Rustringerseil ; Therese, Bungseil ; Ambrosia, Frederick'
stailt ; Wilhelmina, Carolinenseil ; Tina, Hookseil ; Wil-
helmina, ; Warner, Leer ; Carolinda, Cher'
bourg ; Surprise, St. Michael's; Iloffnurg, Oltenclori;
Rekoton, Gothenburg.
ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Mercury, far
Rotterdam ; Florencia, Bilboa ; William Prowse, Ade'
laide ;- Zwantina, Hain burgh ; St. George, Valparaiso and
Lima ; Mona, Ceylon and Cannanore.
CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Hietoria, for
Adelaide and Port Philip ; J. J. Colt, Melbourne and
Sydney; Marshal Bennett, Geelong; Mercury, Ascension;
Demerara, Demerara.

LIVERPOOL, April 16. -The William Patten, arrived
here from New Orleans, passed•, 14th March, in hit. 4 iCs
long. 67 W., several bales of cotton and some boxes.
SCILLY, April 14.—The Vereinig, from St. 17bet for
Vlaardingen, with salt, was assisted in here last night,
with loss of stanchions, bulwarks, and covering board splits
and making water, having been in collision yesterday with
No. 14 Transport, from London to Malta, when the crew
of the former got on board of the latter, and subsequently
returned to their own vessel ; the Transport lost jib-boora.

• VESSELS SPC.- EN WITH.
The Coronet (*eh.) from L?ierpool to Porto Rico, April
3, lat. 47 N, long. 13 W.
The Oregon (brig); for New York, April 6, lat. 49 No
long. 12 W.
The Delia Maria, from Liverpool to Charlestown, March
7, lat. 49 N, long. 20 W.
The Robert Hooper, from Liverpool to New York, Feb.
26, lat. 4 N, long. 61 W.
The Avalanche, from New Orleans to Liverpool, lat. 26
N long. 85 W.
_ _

The Columbian, from Liverpool to New York, March
20, lat. 34 N, long. 74. W.
_

The John Gardiner, from Boston to Bombay, Feb. 10,
1at..23 S. long. 25 W.

The Nathan Hannan, outward bound, March 25, lat. 38
N, long. 32 W.

The Louisiana (American ship), from Baltimore to Lon•
don, April 10, lat. 49 N, long. 7 W.
The Othello (Swedish sch.), from London to Rio Janeiro
March 4, lat. 1 N. long. 23 W.
The George Lord, bound to Plymouth, lat. 50 N, long. 9
W.

The Barbara (ship), from London to St. John's, April S,
lat. 49 N, long. 11 W.
April 17.—The Caroline Louisa, of Bideford, bound to,
Genoa, with loss of main-mass, fore-topmast, &c., and one
man overboard, was Spoken with two miles off Cape Spar.
tel, by the Island Queen, arrived at Gibraltar.

Extract of a despatch from her Majesty's Vice• Consul ab
Galatz dated March 27, 1851
" There has been an einb ,r,,ao on all vessels since Mon•
day last, but as no commuuic4tions are made to Consulates
or any public notice given, it is difficult to ascertain
whetiier the hindrance comes irotn the high authorities, or
merely from subalterns.
(Signed)

" CHARLES CUNNINGHAM.°

C 0 171 V IRY MARKETS.

CFIELAISFORD—APRIL 15.
Prices today were as follow :—Wheat, white, old 694 to
to 84s Od, new 6',/s to 84s ; red, old 57s to 80s, new Ns to
803 ; barley, 27s to 35s ; chevalier, 33s to 38s ; grindin •
21a to 3Js ; malt, 61s to 65s ; chevalier, u4s to 68s ; oak-,
24s to 314 ; peas, partridge, 393 to 44s ; white, 47s to 49<;
boiling 54s to 6 s ; dun, new, 39s to 41s ; _beans, tick, as
to 403; Harrow ticks, 36s to 423 ; Mazagan, 36s 'to 395.

COLCHESTER —APRIL 15.
Prices to-clay were as follow :—Wheat, white, 76s to 88w;
red, 72s to 8)s ; barley, 34s to 34s ; oats, 28s to 33i . beans,
Mazagan, 36s to 3.•;s ; middle and small, 38.3 to 46s ; pease
white, 56s to 60s ; grey, 38s to 425.

Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, &c.,
in the port of London, from the following pol
the 10th to the lith April, both inclusive.

, received
rbs, from

A 4.,
4.; .
4

Colchester
Harwich ~
Leigh
Ma,1d0n....

65 48 8501 -

5401 125 - - 191
417? 65 180 278

KIRKCALDY--APRIL 15.

- --•
Here, to-day, we had extremely limited supplies of all
kinds of grain. Barley sold very slowly at Is to Os per qr.
reduction ; wheat and oats sold slowly also, but could not
be purchased cheaper.
Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Beans.
First
Second
Third o2s Od I 37. Od 30s Od Os Od
Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs imperial, 48. Od to 00s Od.

COAL MARKET.—Aram 17.
Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market :-.
a. d.I
Bate's West Hartley 18 0 Wallsetult &o.
s. A.
Huddle W. Hartley l9 0;Belmont 17 3
flolywell
.18 61Hagwell 19 0
North Percy Hartley ..-.18 0 Plummer lB 0
Tanfield Moor . 17 o:Stewart's l9 0-
Tatifield Moor Butes 17 0 Hartlepool l- S
Tyne Main.-- ...... ......17 rlLleugh Hall . 1;) 0
Wylam 17 6 Kelloc 18 0
!South Hartlepool ..... lB 0
South Kelloe 18 0
.18 OtWhitworth l7 6
17 3

Wallsend, &o.

Eden
Bell ..