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ANOTHER WHALE SHIP, THE " HARMONY,"
AERIVED.—Henry Groat, first mate, and Robert Meggison,
second mate, of the ship Dordon, arrived here to-clay in the
Harmony, from Davis' Straits, depose that the ship Dordon
was totally wrecked in the ice on the 20th October, in lat.
67 N. and 43 miles from the West Land. The crew were
saved, and divided amongst the following ships :—Captain
Willis and half the crew, with half the provisions, were
taken on board the Abram, which ship had then 94 men on
board ; the 'rest were divided, taking their proportion of
provisions, between the Grenville Bay, Lady Jane, and
Norfolk, except themselves, who came in the Harmony.
The Harmony got clear of the ice on the 28th November,
in about 62 50 N. lat. and about 60 W. long.: had not
seen any of the other ships since 13th November, on which
day the Abram was in sight at 12 miles N.W. of them.
.Nw
The Grenville Bay, -folk, and Lady Jane were in sight,
lying close together, covered in with canvas, about 18 miles
N.W., but have no subsequent knowledge of these ships.
Since we received the above, we have seen a letter which
came by the Harmony, from the Captain of the Grenville
Bay to his owner. His hopes of getting clear are better
than the above paragraph would have induced us to be-
liev,e,Tyne Mercury.
T 49 wpghpr has been variable and stormy. O
Friday there waii a;4:0 deal of rain, and, in the evening,
to use the Kentuckian phrase, ff first it blew, then it snow,
then it frizz horrid," but in the course of
4 f:e W hours, the
fro4t, doparted, and the air has been inn ana moist since.
The hills we ROY pretty deeply covered with snow.--
Whitchaven Herald,

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.
The Gazelle, from Liverpool to Bahia, Nov. 25, lat. 8. N.,
long. 20. W. The Llgonquin, from Liverpool to Philadel-
phia, 30th ult., lat. 49., long. lg., by the Royal Saxon, ar-
rived at Liverpool.
The Ostrich, from Antigua to Halifax, 12th ult., lat. 37.,
le'. 47., with mainmast sprung and loss of sails, by the
ibilee, arrived at Liverpool.
The Emma, of Salcombe, Dec. 19, lat. 39. 39., long. 22.
48. The Penelope, of Glasgow, 23d, lat. 42. 40., long*. 16.
43., by the Aldbro, Murphy, arrived in the Downs.
Adriact, 60 days, from Archangel to London, lat. 49. 14.
long. 6. 50. by the Samson, Chadwick, arrived in the Downs.
Ann Ross, of Workington, Quebec to Bristol, 29th Dec.
lat. 50. N. long. 11. 10. W., having on board the master and
crew of the American brig Palmer, which vessel foundered
in long. 39. W. by the Friends of Liberty, arrived in the
Downs.
Hero of Malown, London for 'Bombay, 29th Sept. lat. 22.
S. long. 63. E. by the Minerva, Macpherson, arrived at Li-
verpool.
Britannia, Mauritius, for London, Ist Nov. off the Cape of
Good Hope, by the Parsee, M‘Kellar, arrived in the Clyde.
Portland, London for Jamaica, lat. 47. N. long. 17. by the
Amazon, arrived off Scilly.
Barke Jane, 26th -, lat. 44. long. 12, by his Majesty's
ship Netly.
Vixen, Liverpool for Madeira, 22nd ult. lat. 47, long 8. by
by the Lord Nelson, arrived in the River.
Eliza, Penzance, for Naples, sth nit. off Cape St. Vincent ;
Eliza, Clyde for Rio Janeiro, 15th, lat. 38. long 16. 1
Duncan Gibb; Dublin for Rio Janeiro, 17th Nov. lat. 4. N.
long. 22. W. ; Cherub, of Clyde, for Batavia, 18th, by the
Sicilian, Mellory, arrived at Liverpool.
Havre, of Portland, bound to Gibraltar, 9th ult. lat. 118,
long. 24. by the Charles and Elizabeth, arrived at St.
Michael's.

Coreyra, New London to Pacific, 10th Aug. lat. 10. N.
long 13. W. by the Charles Kerr, arrived at the Cape of
Good Hope.
Fatima, Liverpool, to Vera Cruz, 7th Nov. lat. 42. long.
47. by the Euphemia, arrived at Newfoundland.
John Walker, of Liverpool, not John Miller, was spoken
with 20th ult. lat. 44. long. 14. by the Tom and Jessie, ar-
rived in the river.

Bee, of Glasgow, for St. John's, 24th ult. lat. 49. long. 32 ;
Jane, Vilet, of Hull, 31st ult. lat. 50. lung. 16., by the Meri-
dian, arrived off Dover.

GRATUITORS .EGRET.--A modern writer ex-
presses his-regret that " George the Third bad not con-
ferred the honour of Knighthood on David Garrick." Cott
sidering that there is no instance upon record of a similar
distinction, nor any proof that our Roscius himself ever
courted this distinction, it is almost a pity that any one
should go back sixty years to find something to be sorry
about.

MR. STANLEY, M.P.—We are enabled to state,
on the best authority, that the report, that our excellent
and talented Representative, Edward Stanley, Esq., M.P.,
of Ponsonby Hall, is dead and privately buried, is a mali-
cious fabrication. The Hon. Gentleman, it is true, has
lived incog. since his unfortunate vote on the Malt Tax, but
the report of his decease is entirely unfounded; We are
also enabled to add on authority, that Mr. S. is actively en-
gaged in making preparations for the approaching egg-lating
season, and superintending the interesting natural processes
preparatory with the oviparous tribes, and fully expects,
against the middle of next month, when Parliamentary
business will commence in good earnest, to accumulate
a store sufficient to supply his breakfast table during the
Session. We have also heard it whispered that the Hon.
Gentleman is engaged in a course of profound experi-
ments, for the purpose of investigating the most efficient
method of preventing fresh eggs from turning stale, a
department of economy to which his talents are peculiarly
suited, and intends at once to put an end to the imputation
that he is entirely incompetent to the duties of a legislator,
and to redeem his credit with the agricultural interest, by
introducing a Bill into the House of Commons, making it
a penal offence to import eggs from the coast of France into
-the port of London, thus protecting the interests of that
important and interesting rural class the British hen-wives,
who intend in return to present him with a superbly orna-
mented cock's-comb as a token of their gratitude t:nd emblem
of his deserts. We have not received any precise informa-
tion as to manner in which his
.eminent colleague, Samuel
Irton, Esq., of Irton-Hall, disposes of his learned leisure ;
but we have no doubt that it will be one equally commen-
surate with his unbounded reputation and undoubted abili-
ties.— Whitchaven Herald.

Two LIVES LOST.—While two men, of the names
of James Gibson and James M'Farlane, were at work in
No. 9 coal-pit, belonging to the Muirkirk Iron Company,
on the morning of Thursday se'nnight, the roof and coal
fell on them, weighing about twelve tons, when melancholy
to relate, they were both instantly crushed to death. They
were both very steady men, and have left wives and fami-
lies to deplore their untimely end.
It is
,our melancholy duty to record another acci-
dent, in the Engine-pit at Muirkirk, on the morning of
Monday, the 21st inst., when a collier of the name of James
Logan was crushed to death by the roof falling on him while
at work. He was a young man, and unmarried.—This is
the fourth death by accident, in this place,-within a week.
—Dumfries Courier.
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During the past Nyeels, an advance of about 15 per
cent. has been made on the selling price of coals steathed
in this neighbourhood. We understand that this is par-
tially attributable to the general difficulty of finding col-
liers, and partially to the general suspension of work during
.the Christmas festivities. The stocks of coals on the banks
are and have been extremely low.— Whileltaveu Herald.
A MAID AND A MAGISTRATE.—A petition has
been forwarded to Captain Pechell, for presentation to his
Majesty, by Mary Ann Booth, of Brighton, praying that
Sir David cott, Bart., may be removed from the roll of
Justices, in consequence of his • having committed her for
felony, against the evidence of the prosecutor.—Brighton
Guardian.

Some of the over-zealous of the Tory party pro-
claimed last week that the Hon. Mr. Fitzroy.and a friend
would visit Lewes this week on a canvassing expedition.
They calculate on a speedy dissolution of Parliament.
Should such an event happen (which is not believed here,
unless Lord Melbourne should be defeated again in the
House of Lords on the Irish Church Bill), the Reformers
arc perfectly prepared to meet Mr. Fitzroy and his ally.—
Brighton Guardian.
On Friday night a workman had got upon the rail-
way near the King's Park, and fallen asleep with one of
his arms lying across the rails, when the railway coaches
that leave Edinburgh at four o'clock unfortunately passed
over his arm, and completely shattered it. He was imme-
diately conveyed to the Infirmary, and bad the arm ampu-
tated.—Edinburgh Advertiser.
RAILWAY.—A few weeks ago, we intimated it was
rumoured that the Earl of Burlington was going to make
a Railway from the Slate Quarries to the river lluddon•
The railway will be commenced immediately.
At the fair in Killarney last week, cows fetched a
good price ; pigs, however, did not bring so advanced a
price as was generally expected.
The recent purchase, by the Earl of A boyne, of
the extensive and valuable estates of Glengarry, has been
the occasion of great rejoicing among his Lordship's tenantry
in Aberdeenshire.
A SPEECH I I—At the Hastings Municipal Dinner
Mr. Breeds spoke thus .44 Mr. Chairman, we come here
to be comfortable. It is not the day for politics. Polities!
I don't know any thing about them. My sentiments are
these : I love my King, I love my country, and I love 1)131
constitution.—(Laughter.) Well, I wish to live as long as
I can,and wish every one else to't. My sentiments are
these, Mr. Chairman : May every n:an have sympathy for
others, but need not the sympathy of others for himself. I
;13411' kry to live for ever as I have lived, and hope every
I'!?;# else will do the same."—(Shouts of laughter, amidst,
yfthip4 Mr;l3re4ls sat d4win) •." . •

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On the motion that the Report be adopted',
Mr. CURTIS wished to ask whether it was tr'tie that as
much as ten minutes elapsed before assistance was given by
the medical and other officers to the unfortunate persons ?
• There was an impression out of doors unfavourable to the
*Society, in consequence of this statement.
Mr. BENJAMIN HAWES, the Treasurer, said that the
Committee had had the drummer-boy before them, and
from questions put to him, it felt satisfied that mistakes as
to time had been committed. The drummer-boy deserved
the greatest praise for having rushed in to save the persons
in the water, while hundreds were looking on without ren-
dering the least assistance. He had succeeded, assisted by
one of the Society's men, in saving two or three of those
immersed in the water. After the inquest had terminated,
those who had previously expressed a feeling that the So-
ciety's officers had not acted promptly, came forward and
shook hands with him (Mr. Hawes), and observed, that
no blame whatever could be attached to the Society. . The
Society had been established 62 years, and had saved a great
number of lives. If the public expected more from the
Society, they must afford the means of doing it, and the as-
sistance of Government ought to be given.
Mr. CURTIS said he was only anxious to correct the
impression which existed out of doors, that ten minutes
had elapsed before assistance was rendeied to the unfortu-
nate persons.
Mr. B. HAWES, M. P., said the charge against the So-
ciety, that the boats were left in care of the boy, was not
true. There were not less than 70 people in the water at
one time, and when it was known that ,the Society's men
were-absolutely obstructed in their duty by the crowd, it
was remarkable that so short a delay in rescuing the unfor-
tunate persons had taken place. The Society's men were
armed with no authority to preVent obstrUCtions to them.
Mr. SWEET said that the Police Commissioners had
granted a number of police, but the latter declared that
it would' have required a regiment of soldiers to keep the
people off.
Mr. B. HAWES said the expenses during the skaiting
and bathing seasons to. the Society was between 201. and
301. per week, and although it had funds, still the Commit-
tee were bound to look to its future prosperity:
_

Mr. CURTIS moved a resolution that it .be referred to the
Committeeto draw up a statement relative to the late la-
mentable accidents at the Serpentine and in St. James's
Park, for publication and circulation.
The resolution was carried,

The adjudication of prizes and rewards to persons who
hare saved the lives of their fellow creatures, was postponed
until the 18th instant.

The SECRETARY reported that since the new Receiving
House bad been completed. 60. persons had been restored.

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Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the
Meeting adjourned.

A tradesman in Blackman-street, named Caston
carrying on the occupation of a " general dealer," had a
narrow escape from suffocation a few days ago, under
rather singular circumstances. It seemed that amongst
other articles he had purchased at a sale, a diving appa-
ratus, which would enable the wearer to remain under
water for a considerable time, also came into his posses-
sion, Never having seen a machine of a similar construc-
tion before in his life, Mr. Caston was determined .upon
trying it in the first instance on terra firma,.and for this
purpose drew the helmet or cap over his head, and then
adjusted that part whielf fitted the lower extremities. He,
however omitted the most essential part of the apparatus,
namely, the valve which admitted the air into that part
which fitted over his head and face. The consequence of
this neglect in trying the experiment. had nearly cost him
his life, for when one of his servants entered the warehouse
Mr. Gaston was discovered rolling about on the floor, en-
velbped in the diving apparatus, apparently in great agony,
and from which, with all his endeavours, he had neither

the power to call out for assistance or to extricate himself.
The servant had just entered in time to disengage the appa-
ratus, otherwise his master would have been suffocated.
The heroic "conduct of Patrick Coffey, who, at the
imminent peril of his own life, succeeded in rescuing six of
the crew of Les Deux Sours, from certain death, has been
rewarded by a sum of 201., which was unanimously voted
him on Wednesday last at Lloyd's, at a general meeting of
the subscribers. He has, we understand, been also presented
with a silver medal and 21. from the Marine Shipwreck In-
stitution, as a token of the
.adiniration which his intrepid
humanity has inspired.-117a/erfird Chronicle.
SIAMESE POLICE.—The seals which the Emperor
of Siam delivers to his Magistrates are the• greatest marks
of their dignity. Those given to Princes who discharge
Magisterial duties are of gold ; the. Viceroys (Mandarins)
have silver seals, and those held by the ordinary Magistrates_
are of copper or lead. None of these officers, great or
low, can exercise their functions legally and publicly without
the seals are in their possession. The President of a
Siamese tribunal having made the Commander of the troops
his enemy, the latter in revenge stole the President's seal.
The poor Magistrate, forced under the misfortune to sus-
pend the exercise of his functions, had no means of avoid-
ing the punishment he was liable to receive for neglect of
duty than by counterfeiting illness. Every one was deceived
by this stratagem during some time ; at last, however, the
people suspected a trick, and complained to the Mandarin
who was Viceroy of the province. The President was
called upon to explain the cause of his inactivity, confessed
the strange difficulty under which he was placed by the
robbery, and loss of his •seals. He communicated at the
same time his suspicion with respect to the Commandant of
the troops, his,most deadly enemy. The Viceroy, who had
great respect for the President, gave him the following
advice :—" Go," said he, " set fire to your house, and;
when the Commander of the troops attends'to perform his
duty in putting out the conflagration, appear, and deliver to
him the box in which you kept the seals. He will he
answerable for it. After the danger the box will be restored

to you. - Open it in the presence of witnesses, and it is
highly probable you will get back your seals. If he returns
the box empty you may proceed against him for a criminal
act. He will understand the difficulty of his situation, and
never run the risk." The event turned out as the ingeni-
ous Viceroy had foreseen, and the Magistrate recovered his
seals.--Mwurs et coutumes dcs diferens rcuples.
DREADFUL ATTEMPT AT SUlClDE.—Yesterday
morning the following attempt at self-destruction was com-
mitted by Mrs. Mary Bellamy, a gentleman's coachman's
wife, residing in Burlington Mews, Old Burlington-street.
It appears, from the statement of the unhappy female's
husband, that she had only been confined three weeks, and
in a fit of despondency, caused by some unforeseen family
dispute, she committed the rash act of attempting to put a
period to her existence by cutting leer throat in a shock-
ing manner with his razor. The tragical deed was almost
immediately discovered after having been committed. Sur-
gical assistance was promptly procured, and the wound,
which was extensive and deep, sewed up. It was recom-
mended for the unfortunate sufferer to be immediately con-
veyed to the Middlesex Hospital, which was done. On
her arrival every possible surgical assistance was rendered
the poor sufferer ; but to such an extent are the injuries
she has committed on her person that she lies without hope
of recovery.
We have to discharge the painful task of recording
one of those shameful outrages that disgrace humanity. On
the night of the 26th of December two ruffians entered the
offices attached to the residence of William Squirrell, Esq.
Mount-Henry, near this town, in one of which a female
servant slept, and one of the scoundrels (at least) violated
her person. They came over a wall, over a shed into a
yard at the back of the house, and the unfortunate girl
hearing a noise got up, when she saw them in the yard as
if listening, and describes one of them with remarkable accu-
racy. From some cause they appeared to depart, and the
girl getting out of her bed, was proceeding to open tho deer
of the dwelling house, when the fellows jumped again .-9ff
the shed, and dragging her into' her room, succeeded in
their abominable prime, and left her senseless. Mr. Squir-
rell has offered a reward of fifty pounds for the discovery
the offenders.—lfte.tArd Freeman.
Newport, in the Isle of Wight, is in a curious posi-
tion. The parties are precisely equal, and as they
neither agree in the choice of a mayor,
clerk, and have consequen oostn. 'pll'ed !tll' the provi-
sions 1:1?.1,f
sions of the 4(4, Is in abeyance, if not
actual
defutiq, •

(From Campbell's Letters from the Smith, in the New
. Monthly Magazine for January.)
Among the French from whom I have experienced
civilities here, I have, particularly to thank Colonel Maret,
for his efforts to procure me the best specimens of Alge-
rine poetry. Indifferent, I must own, are the- best ; but
that is not. the fault of the gallant Colonel. He mentioned
my name to Ben Omar, .the ex-Bey of Titeri, who,
though no longer a prince, is one of the richest and most
influential Moors at Algiers, and counts a Dey amongst
his nearest ancestors. Colonel Maret brought the next
day an invitation to dine with him, which was doubly gra-
tifying to. me as a mark of hospitality from a total stranger,
' and as a means of seeing, at least, as much of the domestic
manners of the Moors as can be exhibited in a dinner from
which the charm of woman's society is shut out. At six
o'clock I repaired in company with the Colonel to the
town-house of Ben Omar. It is situated in one of the
gloomiest alleys of Algiers, but it is nobly furnished within.
At the servants' lodge, or floor that enters from the ground,
a nephew of our, host, a sprightly lad about thirteen, dressed
so becomingly that he might have trod the stage, welcomed
us both, and shook us by the hand. The negroes in the
hall told us that their master had not yet arrived from the
country, but might be expected every moment ; and in the
mean time requested us to walk up stairs. Colonel Maret;
however, who perfectly understands both the Arabic lan-
guage and Moorish etiquette, told me that it would be
thought more polite if we were to wait for his ex-highness's
arrival. The tread of his horse very soon announced his
coming, and the quadruped preceded -Ben. Omer in en-
tering the ground-floor, through which he passed into his
stable. Our host apologized in French, which he speaks
very fairly, for having detained us ; he then took a candle
and gave another to his chief negro, and by the light of
these we marched up stairs to the Salle d Inanger. It is
a room after the Moorish fashion which I have already
described, with the difference of having cnly one upper
side room- divided from the one below by a curtain of
silk richly embroidered. The walls are hung with. an in-
finity of pistols, guns, scimitars, and yataglians, ornamented
with gold, silver; mother-of-pearl, and ivory. The otto-
mans, too, low to; be called sofas, are of rich crimson silk,
well besmeared_ with gold. My attention, however, was
diverted from contemplating inanimate objects by a living
bit of furniture in the room ; namely, 'the younger nephew
of our host, a boy about four and, a half-years old. I
never saw a puerile beauty to match this indescribable
cherub, with his large blue eyes and auburn hair. What
is painting, what is statuary, to the living workmanship of
nature? The beauty of the little infidel .made me faith-
less to the curiosity which I owed to the scene before
me, and I could rivet my eyes only on him, whilst the
ex-Bey was courteously describing his curious armoury, and
showing us his Damascus blades, with minute histories
-of many-persons of distinction whom they, had had the
honour of decapitating. • ••
The guests were Colonel Maret, two other Frenchmen,
and myself. Our host placed me on an ottoman, and after
_taking a few whifs of a long pipe, handed it to me moist
from his own lips, as the greatest-respect that can be shown
to a stranger. At last the dinner table was brought in, or
rather a large round tin tray, which was placed on a slight
elevation from the floor. In the midst of it was a bowl of
exquisite rice soup, and each of us-having squatted himself
cross-legged on a low cushion, like so many tailors, we were
helped to a plateful of soup a-piece, and we fed ourselves
with wooden spoons. The plates were fine English porce-
lain. Before each of us was placed a long napkin, which
our host told me was of Smyrna cloth. Next came a large
broiled fish, deliciously flavoured and stuffed with pudding ;
it was sent round, and every one clutched a portion of it
with his fingers and thumb. By my faith, I thought, on
tasting this regale, for aught that the French can do in
civilizing African cookery, they may as well stay .at home.
I was so pleased with the fish that I desired to- be helped
a second time from it ; whereupon the ex-Bell, with ex-
emplary 'politeness grasped a handful of it, and. laid- it on
my plate. ,
Behold, my friend, what it is to move in high life, and
to see the world ! Presently we had roasted fowls, flanked
by some savoury dishes of vegetables,: well soused with
oil; arid by and by followed couscousou. The pullets we
tore asunder by strength of hand, but with ineffable deli-
cacy. Meanwhile my heart was yearning after the rich
legumes that were floating in gravy, as golden bright
as the clouds of a summer sunset. There was no spoon,
and so I poured a part of the vegetables on my plate,
and by the aid of a piece, of bread, and my spoonless
fingers, whipped considerable portions into my mouth. For
shame ! methinks you arc already exclaiming ; is this your
high life, to sit pawing your food like a squirrel? Could
you not have asked for a spoon ? Well, I did so when the
couscousou came in ; but in the meantime I was desparately
hungry. For the glorious couscousou we of Christendom
were allowed spoons ; and though our words could not
describe its relish, our mouths did it ample justice, without
uttering a word. Since the days of my boyhood I never
ate a heartier dinner :
c' But pleasures are like poppies spread,
We seize the flower—its bloom is fled ;
Or like the snow-flakes on the river,
A moment white, then gone for ever."
How limited is all human felicity ! In twenty minutes j
found that my appetite was playing the false, and that I was
tasting the subsequent dishes of the feast rather out of
courtesy than inclination. Ben Omar, who was attentive
to us all, but particularly to his English guest, pressed me
frequently. I asked him if it was a custom in the better
society of this country to press the stranger to his food ?
" Not at all," he said, " but I only 'recommend our ragouts
to you, as the pride of our cuiSine. You are rather a poor
eater," he added, " or you don't like my dinner ?" " A poor
eater !" I replied, " My excellent host, I have that within
me which assures my conscience of .having done ample
justice to your hospitality." All this time, nevertheless,
I was conscious of making but a miserable figure as an
eater by the side
,of the other Christian convives. There
was Colonel Maret, a bold dragoon, six feet some inches
high, who might stand for the picture of Sir William
Wallace. But there were two skinny Frenchmen who
beat even him all to nothing at the board of nourishment.
The stomachs of Pharaoh's lean kine seemed to have
transmigrated into their bodies, and to have pressed
them to the twentieth dish that ivent round would have
been a work of supererogation. The desert was of a piece
with the dinner, presenting a vast variety of fruits, both
fresh and confected. We had now spoons of tortoiseshell,
with handles made either entirely of sea-horse tooth or of
ivory, with amber tops. The porcelain was very rich, and Ben
Omar told me, to my surprise, that it 'came, like the dinner
plates, all from England. After washing our hands, we had
pipes and coffee, with silver-wire wine cups supporting the
English ones.
We sat conversing till ten o'clock. I need not tell you
that we had no wine, either at or after dinner and the
want of that comfort, you know, is apt to dispose an Eng-
lish mind to pensiveness after a hearty meal. I thought of
Philoctetes in the desert island, when the Chorus laments
that the genial wine cup is never raised to his lips. I re-
gretted in my heart that so perfect a gentleman as Ben
Omar should live in a state of Mahometan delusion ; and
recalling to mind the pious clergymen of Scotland; I ac-
knowledged how justly they had denounced that Arch im-
poster, Malicnnet. Colonel Maret and our host maintained
an animated conversation ; but I found the same fault
with it that the Athenians alleged against one of their
dramas, that it was osisv rage Atovvrrov—Li. e. had nothing
to do with Bacchus. By and by a thought touched and
tickled my fancy. 'Were I to give a hint for a drop of
" the liquid ruby," and were our host to grant it, what a
triumph over the infidels would it be—far beyond that of
the Crusaders, who only poured out their blood—if I
could make them shed their wine ? But by .this time I
fear your delicacy may again be taking alarm, and soli-
loquizing thus :—" What, ask for wine under the roof of
a hospitable Mussulman !"—Oh, no ; I did not ask, I
only hinted ; and so distantly, that the hint would 'not
reach. My motive, I also assure
you, was not so much
the love of wine, as the indulgence of a ii":;ar thought.
I turned the conversation to the sulnees oArabic litera-
ture, not that I cared half a strew at that moment about
Arabic literature, but b!cP.".. it gave me an opportunity
of asking about soma !songs in the poetry of the Mussulmans
which extol- the joys of wine. I also quoted a verse of
the Koran, promising wine in golden cups to the blest in
Paradise. " I never heard of such a text," said Ben Omar ;
and I ruttier believe he never had ; for I had taken the
liberty
----;u4lg it on the spot. Mine host, I scarcely
believe, suspected my drift.
Ben Omar had been a wealthy merchant before his ap-
pointinent by General Clausel to be Bcy of Titeri, one of
the'four grand divisions of the Regency. Ile has travelled
through -Italy and France ; and at Paris he received the
cross of the Legiou of Honour, in reward of his services to
the Fres4; Idle is about forty.seven. His conversation,
being brilliant, is sensible ; and Isis manners are
spike those of the general gentleman of the world, that
you speedk forget his wearing a turban. He told me
t.ltAt u. and country house he has an establishment
Qt. CiihtZ,RM wry ants, and that he is besides obliged to

THE WEATHER IN SCOTLAND.—WhiIe frost and
snow prevail generally and deeply in England—while the
Cocknies crowd -the Serpentine ltiyer, slating and prome-
nading a fa Russe—ana while hoarfrost covers those noble
trees in the ParkS which gives the Londoner a glimpse of
rural nature ; while, in short, the present,seasou is noted
for its severity on the other side of the Tweed, we, in the
heart of the .Highlands, though some degrees.festher north,
and situated amidst rugged mountains and lakes, are en-
joying remarkably temperate and mild weather. Not-a
skate has been exercised yet in this quarter, and the fa-
mous Lochiel could scarcely have eulleated as much snow
as would have served for his luxuricau, pillow. The year is,
no doubt, fast. drawing to a closes yet it gives no symptoms
of its speedy exit. We speak-, 'however, only as denizens
of the town. In the higher districts of the country we
know that there have hem. some stormy blasts, and that
the sheep-farmer has- felt tl,leir severity. On Sunday there
was a furious tempest of wind and rain, which continued
all night and the gre:dter part of Monday. We have heard
of no accident,,. Jut it must have raged fearfully at sea.
The weather Is now soft and dull, such as we should ex-
pect about. October, with no indications of a " feeding
snow storm" or of " thick-ribbed ice," So far, Christmas
has been favourable -for the poor,. who canill bear the pelt-
ing blasts of winter ; yet it is questionable whether, at this
time, clear frosty weather,. which braces the nerves and
purifies the atmosphere, Would not be more wholesome and
invigorating to the whole system of nature. " A green
Yule (or Christmas) makes a fat-churchyard," says the old
proverb, and it has been observed here that the weak and
the aged are dying thick around us, while the increased
.number. of funerals is .but too apparent at the present sea-
son.—lnvemess Courier.

TWELFTH NIGHT FESTIVITIES.—SO early as the
reign of Alfred the Great a law was made relative Ito holi-
days, which ordained the twelve days after the nativity to
be kept as festivals. Bourne, in his " Antiquitates Vulga-
res,"which Brand republished under the title of " Popular
Antiquities'," iustly remarks that this is the greatest of
the twelve holidays, and is, therefore, more jovially com-
memorated by the • visiting of friends and Christmas gam-
bols than any other.. Confectionary was anciently em-
ployed in all solemn feasts with great profuseness. After
each course were subtilties, which were representatives of
castles, giants, saints, knights, ladies, and beasts, all raised
in pastry, upon which legends • and coat armour were
painted in their proper colours. - Fabian, the chronicler,
describing the festival at the coronation of King Henry
the Sixth, in •1429, says there was a subtilty of St.
Edward and St. Lewis, armed, and upon either his - coat-
armour, holding between them a figure of King Henry
standing, and an, inscription passing from both, saying
" Behold
.twoe perfect Kynges under one coat-armour."
As, all :the various customs of different countries on this
day concur in the common object of commemorating the
visit of the three wise men, or the Kings, to the birth
place of Christ, a King is some way or other always a
consPicuous person in the entertainments which take
place. At Court, in the reign of Edward the Third, the
title of King. was given by Ale Sovereign, on the vigil of
Epiphany, to one of his minstrels, and we find it recorded
that sixty shillings were given to Regan, the trumpeter,
and his associates in the name of the King of the Bean.
Some persons derive the custom frOm .the • ceremony ob-
served by the Roman children of drawing lots with beans
after the saturnalia. In France, previously to the revo-
lution, this mode of celebrating Twelfth Day Monarch
prevailed at Court as well as among the people in
general. At the former, one of the Nobles was chosen
King, and, at the entertainment which 'followed, the
Twelfth Night Monarch was attended by the King and
the courtiers. Among the people the person who obtained
the first slice of cake was King, and reigned throughout
the evening. The first act was to dub some one of the
company the fool of the evening, whose business was "to
keep the table in a roar" by his verbal and practical
jokes. No one drank till the King set the example, for
which every one was on the watch, and when he placed,
the cup to his lips, the place was in an uproar with huz-
zas, Laughter, and shouts of " the King drinks."
EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.—We
understand that the whole of the capital required by the
Company formed for carrying a railroad between these two
important cities has several weeks since been subscribed
for, and . the deposit money of four per cent. thereon has
been all paid. This Company stand pledged to select the
best line for the interest of the public and the subscribers,
and to ' secure this they have engaged several. of the most
eminent English railway engineers. Mr. Locke, the engi-
neer of the Grand Junction Railway, has been already on
the ground, and this week Messrs. itastrick, Vignoles, and.
Leather are to proceed with the surveys. Several lines of
railways have been projected by Scotch engineers between
the two cities, among Which. there is ene surveyed. by
Messrs. Robert Stevenson and Son, of Edinburgh, which
has been brought before the .public, accompanied with a
prospectus for the establishment of a second Company. The
plans of these several lines are to be put by the Company,
already formed into the hands of the English engineers above
mentioned, but there is a strong expectation that a be+,ter
line will be found. than any that has yet been surveyed.
With this view, and in order, to facilitate these operations,
levels of different parts of the country not previwasly sur-
veyed have been obtained. The line most advantageous
for all parties \sill thus be immediately ascertained by the
engineers, and adopted by the Company.

-On Monday night, the 21st ult., about half-Dast
niiie o'clock, a bean-stack and barn at Little Tarpets Esn..rm,
situate by the road side, in Thundersley parish, Essex, in
the occupation of Mr. Thorne, were discovered on fire al-
most at the same instant. The conilartration was first ob-
served from the rectory, by the Rev.!. D. Lloyd, who ran
to the premiies, alarmed the inmates,- and conveyed the
children in the house to a place of safety, tl".eir father being
from home.' Mr. Lloyd proceeded to tir'e outbuildings, and.
drove the horses and cows into the 'road. By this time
farther .assistance arrived. The rPging. clement rapidly
communicated to a stack of oats P:od another of straw, both
of which; with the barn and. )-jean stack, were totally con-
sumed. In the barn were 'about twenty quarters of carra-
way seed. The laboure...s present refused to assist in re-
moving a thrashing
`machine from a shed, but otherwise
behaved remarkahl:v well,
exerting themselves to save other
moveables whi
not known. were in danger. The cause of the fire is
The stock and premises were insured. From
the resv,fct in which Mr. Thorne is held'in his neighbour-
-69`/.. it is difficult to imagine it to have been the work of
an incendiary. During the fire,- the stables of Mr. Parker,.
about half a mile distant on the same line of road, were bro-
ken into, and all his harness was stolen. The robbery
was discovered by him on his return honie from Mr. Thotne's.
—Essex Paper.
.—We find in the
24th.
the to-book of tlie
SHIPWRECK.—THE RoKEBY
Clyde Commercial List an extract from
16. 13. the Vessel in question-fell
Kin 's
in
i(a) Core, ,sCs.ap6t.alionnSmith, to the effect
g. the
in with the Rokeby, of London, • laden with timber, from.
St. Andrew's, New Brunswick, at which time the Rokciw
was in a state of great distress, which Captain- 811).44:and,
his crew ineffectually endeavoured to relieve,. but were,
compelled to put off in consequence of the state of the
weather, and the sufferings- to which they themselves Nadi
been reduced. OnWednesday evening last, the Roke.6il
was std
Lough by the Superb steamer,
Captain taili itd i
is now lung Garmoyle. a
completelyt
d condition'. The crew when d;.scovered
were in a state of lamentable distress, as their provisions
had been for a considerable time
;pkllzvs:ilen:lkone Belfast
,
before totally exhausted,
and ,many
them from absolute famine and fatigue were in
a dying condition. A number of the men sego were sick
have boon removed to the Hospital, and every relief bad
hew afforded tg, the wants of the others.—Bqfc,st Hews.

prztrTS OF ST(JC !:.!I THIS DAN' AT .)NE (n'fAIC.K.
Bank Stock . .. .0 7.— .214'4 ;Lnilia,:.*.tecl
t 5 per Cent Red.. .......... ...91,4::,, Dian Betels , edi
3r'l Cent Con i ........ .... : ....
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Bank Steck for Acconn`
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for Account
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PRICES OF FOREIGN iiiNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Austrian Bonds ......... - ........ PertlTian Bonds ....
Belgian Bona 4 ... .................. lON Ditto Account
Ditto Aceount . ......... ..... Portngueseßonds —
Zrazllian Bonds .... ...... ... ...... • 54,,, Ditto Account —
Ditto Account ... . ...... . ....... ,1414 t Ditto New Bond,. ,4-i 4,;. 3
r;
B tie n,,, A y„; Rands —l Ditto Account `ei 434 74
Ditto A renmit — 1 Ditto,. 3 per cent. Ati!iN
Chilli n Bonds ........... ---
Ditto Account - Pit,st-iii Fiend;, 14•21
tfolionb on Bonds —l Dail, Account —
Ditto Account ... . ............ — Ditto Metallic
Columbian Bonds, SS-4. 34 flii j Spanish Bonds _
Ditto ACCOIIPt ............:3311 4 31,4 t Ditto Account —
Danish Bonds .............. .. ..... 1 Ditto Bonds, 1Ft3,4 Lot* 49t; 50
Ditto Account —t Ditto Account `ol,i 4' 493' 50
Greek Bonds —l French, 5 per cent......-.. —f. —c.
Ditto Bonds. WS — i-- 4 per cent —f. —c.
Ditto Account _l— 3 per cent........... —l. —c.
\lexicon Bonds. 5 per cent 714 t--- Exchange —f. —c.
Ditto Account 27,4 ; Dutch, '2 per cent 'A;lfi li
Ditto 6 per cent
3 )ittr, Account
Neapolitan —l Ditto Account

PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Paid. Per Share.
Alten Mining Company ..£10y4 8%
Bolivar Copper Mining Company 2O
Ditto ;Scrip 3 5 43 5
Britiah lion Company
(rata Branca Mining -Company . 614 fit 4
Great Westcrn Railway Company 5 17 14
Brighton Rallway Company
Brighton (Gibbs') Railway . .......
London and Gravesend Railway Corn?any...... 1 1
Danube and Mayne Company 5 47fi
National Provincial Bank of England 25 25
Provincial Bank of Ireland 25 ,15'4

PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, JANUARY:?.
S per Cent. Consols 91% i Grand Canal Deb,. 6 per cent. 871 i
Ditto Reduced -1 Ditto, 4 per cent 57%
tI4I per Cent. Stock 9911 'Hibernian Bank
Ditto New, IMO 994 i City of Dublin Steam Co. 1121,4
34 per Cent. Debentures 91% National Insurance Co -
Rank Stock 2094, City Debentures, 4 per cent... 7SI
Royal ('anal stock :1614 Ballast Office Debentures, 4
Grand Carat Stock .23% per cent. -