The Sun.
London, England, 1834-08-29 00:00:00

LITERATURE,

vila TO THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS
OF SCOTLAND.
Jr OBORGE AND PETRI! ,INDBBSON.

Murray, 1834.
The title of this volume by no means does justice
to its contents.
Guide-books, in general, are little
more than, imperfect gleanings from county histories,
mixed
- up with recommendatory puffs of bad inns,
' eulo •
gies of the little great men of the neighbourhood,
Of*h
• om no one knows, or wishes to know, anything,
and laboured descriptions of barrenness in the very
worst possible language. Such a name, therefore,
excites no very favourable'jexpectations ; but in deft-
knee
of so inauspicious an augury, this work is one of
Ilia ordinary merit and presents a mass of valuable know-
edge) the result, in a great measure, of actual ob-
servation. The tourist, who carries this book with
inn], will need no other guide through the remotest
wilds
of the Highlands, and, what cannot be said of
/flan
Y cicerones, he will possess in it an agree-
:,l)le companion. alternately playful and scien-
-6 ,
with e' amusing and instructive ; now narrating
spirit' the romantic legends of olden
tittles, or dwelling with a poetic fancy on the sublime
scenery) and now measuring roads and distances, lee-
og geology, or explaining the secrets of the
'a ieottsb Flora. Some alowances—perhaps large al-
4Av ances•—are to lie made for the noble, warm-hearted
enthusiasts of a Scotchman, when describing his na-
tive
land ; but after eveiy exercise of a cautious judg-
er:t in stripping off the colours of fancy, it will yet
be
found that the Highlands present as magnificent
eencrY, and as many objects of deep interest, as the
triore
betravelled .parts.of Europe. It is true they
cannot pretend to the clear warm skies of Southern
°ll44ies, yet the mist and the storm have their pecu-
tdiiiar char
ms no less than the bright sunshine of Italy ;
the sublimer features of nature abound in their
wildsf and mountains, and when the summer visits the
tile vallies and the lakes, dotted with picturesque
harts, and embosomed in green hills, the beautiful will
Ybe denied to them. A Highland tour would,
most cases; be much more to the traveller's advantage
than
the visit which fashion has prescribed to Rome
or p •
be

'aril,
In the keen breeze of the mountains he w:

muchmore likely to find health than in the stifling
the of the French salons ; and admirable as may be
-"e Works of art in the Roman capital, that from their
oultitude first dazzle and then satiate, they will never
th I'l6 exalt the mind or purify the imagination as
e Sublime and beautiful of Nature. Nor is there any
ant of those many modern appliances which have
made .travelling a matter of recreation even to the
e valid; excellent roads, with abundant means of con-
boYanee, and rivers and canals navigated by steam-
tn:Lts, offer the ready means of access, and at a cheap
into the very heart .of Scotland. If, moreover,
i.e tourist should entertain any Epicurean fears as to
phr creature-comforts, to borrow the Cromwellian
:ase, he may dismiss them at once with perfect
ta':tY' He will find plenty of substantial fare, though
1:1-1,Inneh refinement or elegance,—abundance of eggs,
Ponit
and whiskey,—no lack of black-faced mutton and
ex „rY, with the addition of salmon, and various other
6-cellent fish on the sea-coasts, while there is scarcely a
ru that does not afford trout. All these luxuries
otaeaY generally be obtained throughout Scotland at a
which er rate than in France, and even at Inverness,
"smaY be called the capital of the Highlands,
Sd tekeePing is remarkably moderate ; mutton sells at
the 4d. per imperial pound—beef at 4d. to 5d.,
th. same
—herrings, ten to fifty, for 6d.—a pair of
t, Bd. to Is. 6d. geese and turkeys at 2s. 6d.
gar. 6de each—whiskey at 7s. to 95., the imperial
tulk"---verY good, strong ale, at 17s. or 18s. an
re -I.' which will run five dozen of bottles. House-
fifltlts are in the same proportion, averaging from ten to
f
jn„Y P°tlnds per annum, and in the neighbourhood
too
letverne
ss, there are generally some country houses
findoll,ith garden-grounds, office-houses, grass-parks,
inzi Eller accommodations. .The air, too, is exceed-
-YPure and healthy, so much so that we have known
in exceed-
ed
the Ptive patients sent there, who have recovered
to th Course of a single twelvemonth, in opposition
ofyre doctrine, which recommends the warmer climate
of untpelier and Nice. If, however, the tourist be
onia* hardier frame and more enterprizing spirit, he has
be Y to attempt the Grampians, nor does there seem to
much occasion to deviate from the beaten track, and
114 :ill find enough to put his mettle to the proof,—
wiled'etually, indeed, as if he had wandered into the
wilds y,
Calabria. Par exemple--
trial, °lie of these routes should be attempted by the p.edes-
hts with„t
a guide, and each of them will require, in the
two can the greater part of a long summer day. The first
fro be undertaken, either from Castletown,. in Brae-
ideSr irem Aviemore, in Strathspey, at both of which places
pist bAntitly be hired ; and the third route, in
.like manner,
"10,4 Y t(CD!'egtin either from Blair Athol, terminating the same
,ot it inns
taettedcw
sin Badenoch ; or this order may be reversed.
the 1 sh-aid be distinctly borne in mind, that when once
at either end of these journeys. are
foundot: a single hut or place of shelter is to
robsll th the hills, and that none but persons in
,-tetiss.,:altu an •
tempestuousccutomed to stalking should try these
'punt hlB' In weather they should no ac-
No,i t att
f empted by any one. The length of each is at least
errltlisnd .?rtY miles -and as the visitor must start from
.o.ne
°sr,' lind•rieeP next night at the other, without the possibility
s'a°,,s..e icartl3' intermediate place o. f refreshment, we would
rssible rYing provisions with him, and loitering as shortly
. Y the Way.
-41' A •Iling the first rote we cross the Spey at Inverdruie,
vivvetnit°re, and prouceed eastwar.d through Glenmore,
01 Its 0,, uont being picturesque, is a magnificent
high and
.‘„%utolte,Pen basin-like form rising at once up the ig
I.l'4llfool'illltsen.ntains which Lrround it from_ its,
Everywhere
extent,.
01a1Pcito "Me grandeur of character. Every here is seen
nours..tive simple grandeur of various ages, promising,vtey when centuries
111411 the tuiTt
:CI away, to.reos_tothree
anciento the 11 its former ho-
forest which arrests
ore „atterw, the wreck
rho than a w and which renders Glenmore a melancholy—.
t liej, Melancholy—a terrific spectacle. Trees of enor-
ke"'Pe t .rt, which have escaped. alike the axe and the
their" standing, stripped by the winds even of their
I)e,v White gigantic skeletons, throwingto far and wide
lift tielett.; Nhii'leuetb,leached bones to thevios storms and rains of
sistetieelrasplit
andbferarsc,tubrreodkternunbkys lence of the gales,
a thousand shapes of re-
toncos bid of destruction, or still display some knotted and
gefian -at'elies, stretched out in sturdy and fantastic forms
iota fiance fee to the
1110 vati°e'vtleath whirlwind and the winter.. It is one wide
t.riertts
that oifhteahsesiigffahtlhte angel of destruction had passed over.
ciitteregPand witherinieneven-
sfolrestt
of a fietlhled tree is painful ; still
all its green branches
;and at rest, where once they
thnthis 'dew ana'theensu'n and trembled in the.
.breeze.
ih-tll4l:Pressioti:aansstulesaige of vegetable death : it is familiar, and
,lipeakin Ink the
ogfig4Ecsyh.oltelst
oisfththeenafterdesstksetlieltlonesrebclte,acthhe-
'4ed, records
enor_
o.lgorous
The
eirnei..houosLer7Elitfl)te,,aganhdichofstrength still unsub-
Glenmore one
we
.renders
those Ighlands abound more than most countries
to
tradition which, though they leave us
cause s,
and
re. u regret that the good old times of " rugging
little 'yule have passed away, are .yet not a
inodeP°l.tent in waking up the torpid fancy of
"nIP-41.1 life, Of these the Guide has a fair portion,
loareireafiddyelifat.ymiliar, and others again, to all appear-
rledof itielently collected from oral information, but all
and spirit. For the most part, they
a da 1_
rr( and
iQual 1 gloomy colour, redeemed only by
11" age b • g eamm of light, the fiercer passions of the
siteills at times
rest4:4Yls_oand a contrastedattaehm eNnvtit,hwhtriaciitls,
forof
looks like crime.
The
l"I st
ney after Part of the work is devoted to the Ork-
that '3hetland
Islands, and is replete with matter
follo has.
s"'ll the intereA of fiction. How would the
and wi4g ila
-- heightr escape from shipwreck have spread
.0
int a tale of the deepest interest, had

it ever been touched by the wand of the Northern
enchanter?

CO

"In the storm which arose on Wednesday, the Ath of
March, 1834, the Star, of Dundee, a schooner of 78 tons,
was seen, along with others, standing-in on the lee shore,.
which, it was evident, she could not weather, and, as she came
directly towards the Black Craig, three miles west of Strom-
ness, the spectators ran to the precipice with ropes, to render
assistance. The violence of the storm, and the shortness of
the time, prevented the crew from benefiting by the good in-
tentions of the people on land ; for the first wave that bore
properly upon her dashed her so powerfully on the rocks, that
she was instantly converted into countless fragments, which the
water washed up into a cave at the bottom of the overhanging
cliff, or strewed along the beach, and the spectators retired
from the awful scene without the gratification of having saved
even one fellow creature. During the remainder of the week
nothing of consequence was saved, and no vestige of any of
the crew was seen. On the morning of the following Sun-
day, however, to the ineffable astonishment of all, and the
terror of the first beholders, one of the crew, who
could scarcely be believed to be a human being, pre..
sented himself at the top of the precipice, saved by
a miracle. It appeared that he was washed up into
the cave which we have mentioned, along with a con-
siderable portion of the wreck, which afterwards remained at
the mouth, checking the violence of the waves, so that they
did not again penetrate so far as to carry away some red her-
rings which had been washed in along with the seaman, and
which served him for food. By means of an oil tin can he
collected fresh water in drops, as it trickled down the rock.
Two pillows were also washed in for his comfort, pne of which
he made his bed, and the feathers of the other he stuffed into
his boots for warmth. He did not complain of cold ' • for the
sea, which at high tide nearly immolated him alive by throw-
ing in huge stones and blocking him up in his den, gave him
sufficient employmcnt at low tide to restore things to order
before the next attack. The principal inconvenience which
,he suffered, was from a sense of suffocation, when the waves
darkened his abode by filling up its mouth, and condensing the
air within, so as to give the sensation of extreme heat when
the wave was in, and of cold when it retired. The ban's
name was Charles John Son, cook and steward of the vessel,
who, after recruiting himself by a short stay at Stromness,
was enabled, through the kindness of the rich inhabitants, to
re urn home in comfort to his friends."--( Page 664.)

Who after this will say that the romance of life is
over ? And yet—horribile dictu f—the schoolmaster,
that goblin of Toryism, has found his way, birch in
hand, even into these remote islands, and has used it

to some purpose, too .; for it appears that education is
more diffused amongst the Orkneymen and Shetlanders
than it is in many parts of England—Lancashire, for
instance, where the inhabitants are not many degrees
better than the Kentuckians, even supposing the latter
to be as bad as they are guessed to be by Mrs. Trol-
lope. Yet, notwithstanding this intellectual advance,
the 'men of Shetland and the Orkneys actually follow
their humble and laborious occupations, probably more
contented, and certainly not less so, than their southern
neighbours, who have all the blessings of ignorance in
full abundance, whatever these blessings may happen
to be. With them, " all the present generation can
read, most:of them can write, and arithmetic is com-
monly taught." As the sagacious Pompey has it,
" here be facts !" and upon these facts we leave the
friends of night and darkness to ruminate at their
leisure.

MERITS OF WHIGS AND TORIES.

STATIONERY AND PRINTING.

We gather the following conclusions from a statement of the
several arrangements made by the Treasury in 1830, 1831,
1832, 1833, and 1834, in regard to the charges made by the
King's Stationer in Ireland, the King's Printer in England,
the Printers for the two Houses of Parliament, and by the
King's Printers and King's Stationers for Scotland ; and in
regard also to the expense of printing at the Printing Press of
the Excise Office.
By a negotiation with Sir A. B. King, the King's stationer
in. Ireland, he surrendered his patent for the supply of sta-
tionery and binding for the public departments in Ireland,
which, by a Treasury minute, dated 23d March, 1830, was
placed under the controul of the Stationery Office,. London.
Annual average saving 14,7751.
On report of Lord Nugent and Mr. Vernon Smith, dated
Feb. 31, supply of paper for Parliamentary printing placed
under the controul of the Stationery Office, to be supplied by
contract. Actual saving in two years 32,0001.
On the same report, 20 and 25 per cent. were saved on the
Parliamentary printing charges of Messrs. Nicholls and
Messrs. Hansard.
By the same report it appeared that the charges made by
King's printer for Acts of Parliament promulgated under the
resolutions of the two Houses of Parliament were—
Per sheet folio 2d.
For ditto per sheet quarto 4
For private and local acts per sheet
The-public acts in folio, sold to the public offices by re-
tail, were also charged per sheet at
And those sold to the public at large, at per sheet 3
Which charges were reduced as under :
For acts of parliament promulgated in folio, per sheet O3/
For ditto ditto, in quarto, per sheet ll
For local and private acts, per sheet 24
For acts supplied at the public offices, per sheet 1
For act supplied to the public at large, per sheet
The Acts of Parliament promulgated in 1832, and charged
at the old prices in the King's printer's account of that year,
consisted of 1,088,141 sheets, and the amount charged was
12,2951. 17s. Id.

The Acts promulgated in 1833, and charged at the above
scale of reduced prices, consisted of 1,100,877 sheets, and the
amount charged is only 6,3351. 7s. led., showing that this
arrangement alone has produced an annual saving of
5,9601. 9s. 1 lid., notwithstanding an increase of upwards of
12,000 sheets in the numbers printed and promulgated.
And by the same regulation the public departments of Go-
vernment, as well as the public at large, have procured the
advantage of purchasing all Acts of Parliament, of whatever
dates, at one-half of the former prices.
By a negociation with the King's printer and King's sta-
tioner in Scotland, for the surrender of those portions of their
patent which conferred upon them the privilege of supplying
the public departments in that country with Acts of Parlia-
ment, stationery, printing, and binding, the supply of the ar-
ticles hitherto furnished under patent was transferred from the
Ist of January last to the Stationary-office in London.
It appeared by the accounts of these departments, that the
annual amount of the supplies under the patentees had been
10,500/. ; but the vote for this head of service in the stationery
estimates of the present Session was only 4,5001., and from
the quantities already issued for the service of the current
year, there is little doubt that this vote will cover all charges,
and that a saving will be effected on the amount of the sup-
plies required for Scotland of about 6,0001. a year, by this ar-
rangement with the King's printer of that country.
In June, 1832, the Lords of the Treasury took into con-
sideration the circumstances connected with the printing-
office at the Excise Office, and the Commissioners of Excise

having reported that the establishment of printing-presses
immediately under their own controul had been attended with
great advantages as well as economy, and that they con-
sidered their continuance essential to the safety of their
revenue, directed an examination into the condition of
that establishment with a view to ascertain whether the
printing work of other departments, convenient in point of loca-
lity, viz., of the Customs, Post-office, Ordnance-office at the
Tower, might not with advantage be transferred to it. And
their Lordships having ascertained that it could be made effi-
cient for the performance of the additional work in contem-
plation, with a comparatively small additional expenditure, and
that the capital already expended upon it would become by that
means more productive, directed preparations to be made, so
that the transfer in question might take place on the Ist of
October next, and such preparations are making accordingly.
Various regulations have at different times been issued by the
Treasury, and more frequently and strongly within the period
comprehended in this statement, for the purpose of stopping
the practice which had prevailed to a considerable extent of
purchasing articles of stationery, printing and binding for the
use of several of the public departments at home, as well as in
Ireland and the colonies, from private retail tradesmen, who, it
was well known, charged for those articles double the price at
which they could be procured through the Stationery-office.
There is reason to believe that this practice has now en-

tirely ceased, and although it is impossible to specify ,the
effect of its abolition in point of economy, yet a comparison
of the charges of the retail stationers so employed, with those
of the Stationery Office, many of which have been laid before
Parliament, as well as before the Treasury, will show that this
regulation is not the last important of those which have recently
been made in this branch of the public expenditure.
It has also in several recent eases been directed by the
Treasury that " Papers presented to Parliament by command
of his Majesty," should be printed for that purpose under the
superintendance of the Stationery Office, and various papers
presented to Parliament in the present Session, as the papers
on the slave trade from the Foreign Office, the statistical
tables of the Board of Trade, Dr. Bowring's reports on fo-
reign trade, and the several reports of the Commission of
Excise Inquiry, have been printed in this way, and at a price
less by 25 per cent. than the prices which would have been
charged by the parliamentary printers, even at their reduced
rates. It is, however, only fair to these gentlemen to add,
that reports of this description, which partake more of the
nature of a continuous work than the great mass 'of parlia-
mentary papers, and are not required to be performed with the
same expedition, can be completed at a less cost to the printer.

DERBY CHEESE MARKET, AUG. 26. There
was a very fair show to-day of the several qualities of cheese
produced from the dairies of this county. We understand
that a considerable quantity had been brought into the ware-
houses previously, the factors having made liberal offers.
This induced the farmers to ask high prices in the morning,
but the factors were not eager to purchase, and sales were in
consequence heavy ; lower terms were submitted to in the
after part of the day by those who were anxious to sell. Co-
loured cheese obtained the preference—general prices for
plain, 50s. to 525. • for coloured, 525. to 555. We heard of
a fine dairy being disposed of at 575. We hear that it is not
a general opinion that these prices will rule the fair.--Derby
Reporter.

Alt,

Lord Auckland left town yesterday for Portsmouth, on an
official tour as First Lord of the Admiralty.

Sir George Grey, M.P., attended yesterday at the Colo-
nial-office, and transacted official business for the first time
since his appointment as Under- Secretary of State for that
department, in the room of Mr. John Lefevre.
The Earl of Mulgrave has left town for 14Iulgrave Castle,
Yorkshire. His Lordship had an interview with Mr. Secre-
tary Rice at the Colonial-office on Wednesday. •
M. Dedel, the Dutch Special Minister, transacted business
on Wednesday at the office of the Secretary of State for Fo-
reign Affairs.
Earl Grey's furniture is being removed from Dovvning-street
to his Lordship's, residence in Berkeley-square.

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

BAN

AND

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 29,. 1834

SIR D. K. SANDFORD.—We learn with sincere
pleasure that Sir D. K. Sandford is at length gradually re-
eovering from his severe indisposition. The quiet and the fine
air of Bute have produced a favourable effect upon his health ;
and on the 21st inst. he thus writes to a friend:--" Thank
God 1 my strength is now considei ably restored, and I have
every hope that, by continued care, I shall recover all the
physical vigour I was ever possessed of."--.Glasgow Courier.
"We are glad to see," says the Spectator. ".a third
edition of England and the English ;' for it cannot be but
amongst the thousands who have read that exciting work, very
many have had a fresh impulse given to their minds, or a new
direction to their thoughts, upon matters connected with our
own country, most interesting at the present time. In a pre-
fix to this new edition, Mr. Bulwer takes a rapid, but com-
prehensive, view of the changes and events of the last year :
it is popular in sentiment, vivid in description, fertile in illus-
tration, and pointed in expression."

AGRICULTURA L SCHOOL s.—The trustees ap-
pointed by the Irish Relief Committee of 1822, for the pur-
pose of establishing agricultural schools in Ireland, having
obtained the lease of a quantity of land for a model farm, have
erected suitable buildings thereon, in the province of Con-
naught. It is proposed in the first instance to receive forty
pupils, thirty males and ten females, who will be boarded and
lodged in separate divisions of the institution. The site of the
school is near the centre of the province, at Hollymount,
county Mayo.—Stewares Dispatch.
THE WOOL TRADE.—Sorne sensation was pro-
duced among the mercantile interest in the City yesterday, by
the announcement of an extensive failure hi the woollen trade.
The firm is that of Hicks, Brothers, near Stroud, which has
been established upwards of forty years. A meeting of the
creditors in London was held yesterday afternoon in the City,
at which arrangements were made for an investigation of the
Concerns of the parties. The total liabilities are stated at
about 80,0001. to 85,0001.

LOUIS PHILIPPE'S MODERN VANDALS.--TWO
paintings, by M. Serrur, which appeared at the late Paris Ex-
hibition, were destined by the Government to adorn Lille, the
native city of the young artist. On their arrival, however, at
the gates of the town they became victims of the careless and
violent manner in which the officers of the 'entrance duties per-
form their office. Notwithstanding the nature of the contents

• The Bank of Ireland has now fifteen branches of that esta-
blishment in the fourprovintes, viz. 'ln Ulster—at Belfast,
Londonderry, Newry, and Armagh. In Leinster—at Drog-
heda, Carlow, Wexford, and Longford. ln Munster—at
Cork, Limerick, Waterford, and Clonmel; and in Connaught
—at Galway, Sligo, and Westport.
The Provincial Bank of Ireland has fourteen branches in
Ulster alone, viz. Londonderry, Coleraine, Ballymoney, Bel-
fast, Armagh, Banbridge, Downpatrick, Monaghan, Dun-
gannon, Omagh, Enniskillen, Cavan, and Strabane—and they
propose establishing seven more, viz. Carrickfergus, Lisburne,
Newry, Ballyshannon, Donegal, Cookstown, and Lurgan.
The Provincial Bank has established four branches at Birr,
Athlone, Kilkenny, and Wexford ; and they are about to esta-
blish
two more, viz., New Ross and Enniscorthy. In Con-
naught four, viz., at Sligo, Ballina, Ballinasloe, Galway ; and
are about to establish five more; viz., at Castlebar, Roscom-
mon, Carrick-on-Shannon, Tuam, and Loughrea. In Mun-
ster, the Provincial Bank has branches at Cork, Waterford,
Youghal, Tralee, Clonmel, and Limerick, and are about to_
extend their establishments to Dungarvan, Cove, Fermoy,
Charleville, Tipperary, Cashel, Nenagh, Roscrea, Thurles,
Bandon, Clonakilty, Killarney, and Ennis.—Frecinart'sJourna/.

At Stockholm, an opera, entitled Ryno, is at this
moment being performed, the greater part of the music of
which was composed by the Prince Royal of Sweden.
It is said that policies .of insurance to the amount
of 186,0001. were effected on the life of the late Lord Glent-
worth, eldest son and heir of the Earl of Limerick.
Fontanelle, at an advanced,aape, was the only man,

perhaps, who said—" If I was to begin my career again,
would do as I have done through life."
IMPORTANT.—WeIIs dug on the sea shore, above
the high water mark, to the depth of the low water nark, fill
with fresh water as the tide ascends.

THE CHURCH SINCE THE UNlON.—Since the
Union above 600 churches, 600 glebe-houses, and above 1,000
working clergymen, have been added to the Establishment in
Ireland.—Steward's Dublin Dispatch.
The Richmond Theatre opened for the season on
Monday last, under the direction of Mr. Lee. The play chosen
for the occasion was Virginius, in which Mr. Macready dis-
played his unrivalled talents, and was welcomed with enthu-
siastic applause.
STOCK EXCHANGE SPECULATION.--M. Bou-
cherot and M. Thieaudieu, two gentlemen well known upon
the Parisian Bourse, shot themselves on Sunday morning last,
at their respective residences in Paris, in consequence or -losses
incurred by the,great fall in the Funds on the preceding day.
Four deaths of cholera have occurred at the Pottery
near Kensington, during the past week, and one of typhus
fever. The medical men would do well to look to and report
to the parish authorities the nuisances which pollute the atmo-
sphere of this place.

LIBELS.—A person one day told Frederick the
Great that some one had spoken disrespectfully of him.
" Can he command :100,000 men ?" asked the King. The
answer was No." " Then," replied Frederick, " I can do
nothing. If he had 100,000 men I could declare war."
The August show of the Ballinasloe Horticultural
Society for. Connaught was held on Tuesday, in the great
room of the Farming Society-buildings ; it was extremely well
attended, and the exhibition far surpassed that of the former
year.—Freentan's Journal.
The Doge of Venice formerly observed the cere-
mony of marrying the Adriatic. He went on board the Beau-
centaur, and cast a ring into the sea, to take possession of his
bride. One of the Sultans with whom the Doge was at war,
said jocosely, " I have a strong desire to make him consum-
mate the marriage."
The herring fishery has •been pretty good during the
week ; but in consequence of the great demand for fish by
the present .buyers and the country people, the price is kept
up. They
_have been selling from 4s. to '4s. -6d. per hun-
dred. Large quantities of fine mackarel have been caught,
which were -sold at four to eight for a shilling.—Mona's Herald.
OUSE ICAVIGATION.—The steam dredge which
has for some time past been building at Naburn Lock, for the
improvement of the navigation of the river Ouse, was launched
on Thursday afternoon, with.much ceremony, in the presence
of the trustees, several members of the York Corporate body,
and a numerous assemblage of spectators.
BIBLES FOR THE NEGROES.--Several philan-
thropic individuals of Bradford have employed themselves du-
ring the last week in canvassing the town, for donations
towards supplying the emancipated negroes with the word of
God. We understand their success has surpassed. their most
sanguine expectations..—Bradford Observer.
During the war in the Peninsular, an Irish ser-
jeant entered one of the churches with his halberd in his hand
and laid it at the foot of the confessional. The confessor, a
man of austere character, heard him accuse 'himself of being
the servant of the Devil. " Then take up your halberd," said
the priest, "and go and serve your master."
" Foreign nations have no taste for our Shakspeare,"
said Bishop Sherlock to Voltaire. " That is true," replied
he, "but they only know him by bad translations. Slight
defects are exposed, and great beauties concealed. A man
born blind can never, persuade himself that a rose is beautiful
when the thorns wound his fingers."

NATURALIZED FOREIGNERS IN BELGIUM.—
The Moniteur Beige publishes a general view of the native
countries of the persons (710 in number) who have made the
declaration presented by Article 133 of the Constitution of
their desire to be naturalized as Belgian citizens ; among them
are 386 Frenchmen, 132 Dutchmen, 128 Germans, six Eng-
lishmen, two Irishmen, and one Scotchman.
A satirical writer wrote one day to Voltaire, " Sir,
I have printed, a libel on you. There are 400 copies ready for
publication. If you wish to have them send me 400 livres. I
will faithfully remit all the copies." Voltaire wrote in answer,
" Sir, I will not take advantage of your generosity. We
should both be losers by such a bargain. The sale of your
book will produce you much more."
A DISINTERESTED MINISTER.--LOUIS XVI.
frequently pressed Malesherbes to remain in the Ministry.
One day the King offered him any department in the State.
Sire," answered that illustrious man, "in all things lam at
your disposal. lam ready to devote my life to your service ;
but I ask, as a mark of especial favour, that you will never
give me places, honours, and money."
MILITARY FLOGGING.--THE 93D HIGHLAND
REGIMENT.--It is highly creditable to the officers and privates
of the 93d regiment, at present stationed at Canterbury, that
no military flogging has occurred in the regiment since the
year 1813, a period of twenty-one years ; and only the week
before last the Commander-in-Chief complimented the officers
on the excellent discipline of the regiment.
Don Telesforo de Trueba, who has lived so many
years in this country, and distinguished himself by his dramatic
and other writings, has returned to his native country, and is
now one of the Secretaries to the Cortes at Madrid. We
have heard some traits highly creditable to the character of
we
.are assured, refused the means when offered
Trueba, who,
to him by his relations of living without labour, choosing rather
to support himself by his own exertions.—Brighton Gazette.
Lord Bolingbroke conversing with Voltaire upon
English dramatic writers, the hero of Ferney said, " Addison
had-much taste, but the abyss between taste and genius was
immense. Shakspeare had astonishing genius, but little taste.
He had spoiled the taste of the nation. He had constituted a
taste which had lasted two hundred years, and would con-
tinue two thousand. It had become a religion, and there
were many fanatics with respect to that author."
EXPORTATION OF THE PRECIOUS METALS.—
The official returns state, that the actual exports for the week
ending on Thursday last are on the increase. The actual ex-
ports are—to New York, 6,223 ounces of gold coin ; and to
Oporto, 465 ounces, total, 6,688 ounces. Of silver coin,
there were shipped off to New York 7,830 ounces; to Ham-
burg, 12,700 ounces; and to Oporto, 1,417 ounces ; making a
total of 21,947 ounces. '

' of the cases in which they were inclosed- was inscribed on the
outside, these officers pierced them in every direction with
their pointed instruments as they would have done a bale of
wool or cotton, and when the pictures came to be unpacked
they were found to be full of holes.—Paris Paper.
The quality of the new. wheat is found to differ
so much, that at Uxbridge market it has already varied in
price from 31s. to 565. the quarter, or nearly one-half.
-SHOCK OF AN EARTHQUAKE AT CHICHESTER.
—On Wednesday evening, exactly at half-past ten o'clock,
the inhabitants of this city were thrown into the utmost alarm,
having a fourth time experienced the shock of an earthquake,
which lasted, as it is said, for three or four seconds, but no
damage was occasioned. The shock was felt at Goodwood
and at Arundel, but in a less alarming degree. The noise to
persons in the houses resembled the rumbling of carriages in
a gateway.
GRAND BALL• AT WENTWORTII.—Great: pre-
parations are making at Wentworth House, the seat of our
Noble neighbour, Earl Fitzwilliam, for a grand ball, on the
30th September next, in honour of Lord Milton's coming of
of age, which was postponed at the time in consequence of
the lamented death of the late venerable Earl Fitzwilliam.
We understand there will be such an assembly of the nobility
and gentry of the country as has not been in Yorkshire for
many years.—Sheffield Iris.
PROFITS OF LONDON FILTH. Mr. Holmes,
civil engineer, has published a pamphlet, in which he suggests
the propriety Of rendering available as manure the filth which
now runs from the common sewers into the Thames. He es-
timates that " the amount of manure now passing into the
river Thames, and otherwise wasted, exceeds 12,000 tons
per diem ;" and that it " may almost, without expense, be
concentrated to about 7,000 tons, which will yield a profit of
400,000/. per annum, after paying all expenSes attending it."
CHOLERA IN GENEVA.---We were alarmed yes-
terday by a report that the Asiatic cholera had made its ap-
pearance within three leagues of the town, in the communes
of Clancy and Soral, contiguous to the frontier of Savoy. An
epidemic disease has been evidently prevailing in these rural
districts for some time, but the faculty have been very cautious
in giving it a name ; the symptoms, however, which have now
become generally known, leave no longer any doubt as to its
nature.—Geneva Letter, Aug. 21.
EMIGRANTS.—The number of emigrants arrived
at St. John's up to the 12th instant, amounted to 3,610.
Since that time 404 adults, 61 children, between seven and
fourteen years of age, and 70 under seven years of age, have
'been entered, making a total of 4,152, exclusive of those on
board the vessels at quarantine. At St. Andrew's, also, a
large number of emigrants have arrived this season. The total
number has not been published, but we observe by the arrivals
at this port last week, that three vessels from Ireland brought
out 371 passengers.—American Paper.
The trustees appointed by the Irish Relief Com-
mittee of 1822, for the purpose of establishing agricultural
schools in Ireland, having obtained the lease of a quantity of
land for a model farm, have erected suitable buildings thereon,
in the province of Connaught. It is proposed, in the first in-
stance, to receive 40 pupils (thirty males and ten females),
who will be boarded and lodged in separate divisions of the in-
stitution. The site of the-school is near the centre of the
province, at Hollymount, county Mayo.—Mayo Constitution
EXTRAORDINARY ARRIVAL OF VESSELS

During the present month not less than 900 vessels have
at this port, 300 of which are from foreign ports, the re-
mainder from Ireland and coastwise. The docks are conse-
quently crowded. The trade of the port continues rapidly to
increase. As 'connected with the increase of trade we may
mention that the number of subscribers to the Exchange
News-room, who. are all engaged in commerce, was never
greater than it is at the present moment.—Liverpool Standard.
DONNYBROOK FAIR.—On Saturday "the Brook"
re-opened with its usual splendour. The array of tents and
booths, and provocatives of merriment, and, better than all, of
jocund faces, is quite as attractive as on any previous occasion.
" Dame-street". shines in all her transplanted glories ; and the
outpouring of liquor in the tents, and the prancing of steeds
in the " circus," and the talent, tragic and farcical, of the
Thespian troops, which have located in the fair, shine as con-
spicuous as anything that has been heretofore exhibited at
Donnybrook. After two o'clock yesterday ( Sunday), the fair
was crowded until a very late hour.—Dublin Dispatch.
It blew here on Thursday last, from 1 to 3 o'clock,
a.m., a complete hurricane. Several trees were blown down,
and quantities of hay and corn, in cocks and stacks, wore,
with corn yet uncut, prostrated. One large tree fell with
great force from the 'Castle pleasure-ground (a perpendicular
height of about 40 feet) upon the point of entrance to the
Canal-walk, where a few seconds before a number of persons
had sought shelter from the storm, and where, had they re-
mained a few seconds longer, their lives would have been in
imminent peril. We have not heard of any serious injury or
losses being suffered.—Kilkenny Journal.
BOLD POACHERS,--At Corgarff, on the Earl of
Fife's moors, Lords Craven and Mollineux, and the Hon. Mr.
Villiers, were assailed, last week, by a large gang of desperate
poachers, who not only shot the birds at which those Noble-
men's dogs were pointing,' but had the audacity to plunder
their bags of their day's sport. This is a fresh proof that there
is something wrong in the game laws, or the mountaineers are
returning to the habits of their ancestors, only substituting
"black game" for "black mail." A similar circumstance oc-
curred last year on Lord Panmure's hills, with the exception
that the game bag was spared.

TOM DURFEY.—The remains of this author, who
was contemporary with Dryden, and who owes much of his
notoriety as a writer to his being mentioned by Pope, in his
Dunciad, were interred near St. James's Church. A stone
slab, inserted in the brick-work opposite the south entrance
into the church-yard, is often passed, but seldom noticed from
its sombre appearance. It simply notifies as follows :
" Tom Durfey,
Dyed February 26th, 1723."

USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.—The Trades' Unionists
at Farnley, near Bradford, finding that they derived no more
benefit from the profits of their Society than from the promises
of the Reform Bill, have had the good sense at last to vote
the Union a humbug. The directors were always preaching
philanthropy ; but it appears the effects of their brotherly
love were never seen beyond the increasing good looks of their
own precious persons. On recovering their independence the
brothers sold the insignia and other mummery of the body, and
converted the cash into gin and beer,_ and thus the last night
of the Union was the most rational of its whole existence.--
Halffax Guardian.

We receive from all parts of the country the most
favourable accounts of the state of the harvest and the state of
the crops. The bulk in the farm-yards is not so great as it
has been in some late years ; but the quality of the grain is
said to be very superior. It is very seldom, indeed, that
Britain suffers from a dry summer. The danger is almost all
on the other side; cold, wet weather has been the occasion of
nine-tenths of the scarcities and deficient harvests we have ex-

perienced. It would be premature as yet to enter into any
speculations as to the future state of prices; but if the crops in
Ireland and Scotland be safely got in, there must be an end
to all expectation of a rise.

A lawyer, retained in a case of assault and battery,
waecross-examining a witness, in relation to the force of the

blow struck. " What kind of a blow was given ?" asked the
lawyer.—" A blow of the common kind." " Describe the

blow."—" lam not good at description." " Show me what
kind of blow it was."—" I can't." " You must."—" I won't."
The lawyer appealed to the Court. The Court told the wit-
ness that if the counsel insisted upon his showing what kind of
blow it was, he must do so. "Do you insist upon it ?" asked
the witness. The counsel replied that he did. " Well, then,
since you compel me to show, it was this kind of a blow," at
the same time suiting the action. to the word, and knocking
the astonished disciple of Coke upon Littleton over.—New
York Advertiser.

EFFECTS OF STRIKES AMONG MASONS.—It is
a fact not generally known among stone masons, that two emi-
nent practical engineers, in the North of England, have nearly
completed a machine of the most ingenious construction, for
the working and dressing of stones used in buildings ; it is ca-
pable of preparing them, either broached, chiselled, or po-
lished, at the rate of for cubic feet per minute !—and is also
calculated to set the stones in their proper position with the
greatest facility and precision, and might also be applied to
the mixing and raising of mortar, &c. Surely the misguided
men who are led away by a set of designing adventurers for
their own private aggrandizement, will soon see into their fatal

error ; when, alas rwe fear it will be too late.—Newcastle
Journal.

THIS. EVENING.

EXTRAORDINARY ABSTINENCE.--The Anzi du
Peuple, a paper published in Montreal, relates the following
curious circumstance. It mentions having seen, a few days
ago, in the Court House, a curiosity, in the person of T.
Saumur, wife of Joseph Plout, from St. Martin. " This
woman has scarcely taken any nourishment for two years and
a half, but supports her existence by a few spoonfuls of milk
tea or oat water, which she can only swallow drop by drop.
She even sometimes passes three or four days without this tri-
fling nourishment. She does not feel any habitual pain, but
when she drinks her stomach swells, and she is often subject
to vomiting. Her appearance is healthy, and she walks with-
out difficulty. Medical men have in vain attempted the effects
of treatment upon her. She generally carries a piece of sugar
which she occasionally applies to her mouth."

DONCASTER AND SELBY ROAD.—The' works of
this link of the great chain of important public improvements
between London and Edinburgh are now rapidly approaching
completion. So much are they advanced, that within a fort-
night from this time the whole line, with the exception of the
works near Doncaster, will be ready for the passage of horses
and carriages. By this road, a most convenient and short
communication will be opened to the public, not only from the
metropolis of old Ebor, but to all places in direct northern po-
sition to it; and when the contemplated improvements between
that city and Selby are completed, a saving of near five miles
between Doncaster and York will be effected, avoiding all the
hills, and between Doncaster and Selby a distance of six miles.
The northern approach to the town of Doncaster will, by this
improvement, court the admiration of the stranger, and ap-
proximate to the beauty of the celebrated and universally ad-
mired southern entrance. The line of road is well laid out;
the country through which it passes is luxuriant ; and the _
nu-
merous interesting objects which are presented to the.view::
the traveller, with the new cast-iron bridge over the .. Aire
at Haddlesey (a beautiful and substantial structure), will
ren-
der this road the most pleasant and safe route to the north.of
York. and Edinburgh.—Hull Observer.

T.
R.
• AL
sted,

SECOND EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock.

THE LONDON GAZETTE

' ST. JAMES'S PALACE, AUGUST 13, 1834.
The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of Is7.inight-
hood upon Samuel Thomas Spry, of Place, in the county of Corn-
wall, Esq., M.P., Lieutenant of the Honourable Carps of Qentle-
men at Arms.

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, AuousT 20. ,
The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knight-
hood upon the .Right Hon. Robert Grant, Governor of Bombay,
and Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphie Order.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, AUGUST 29.
The King has been graciously pleasecrto approve of Mr. Thomas
Dennison, as Consul at Bristol for the United States of America.

WAR-OFFICE, AUGUST 29.
2tl Life Guards—Lieut. T. Naylor, from the 15th Light Dra-
goons, to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, vice Duckett, who ex-
changes, August 29.
2d Dragoon Guards—Cornet H. C. Paulet to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice cholmeley, who retires ; A. Prescott, Gent., to
be ,Cornet, by purchase, vice Paulet, Aug. 29.
Ist Regiment of Dragoons--R. Corbett, Gcnt., to be Cornet,
by purchase, vice Campbell, whose appointment has not taken
place, Aug. 29.
15th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Cornet and Sub-Lieut. G.
F. Duckett, from the 2d Life Guards, to be. Lieutenant, vice
Naylor, who exchanges, Aug. 29.
sth Regiment of Foot--J. 0. C. Barnes, Gent., to be 'Ensign,
by purchase, vice Martin, who retires, Aug. 29.
7th Foot--Lieut. J. Vereker, from half-pay 27th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice Meade, appointed to the 43d Foot, Aug. 29.
12th Foot—Captain H. Boys, from the 75th Foot, to be Captain,
vice Gold, who exchanges, Aug. 29.
17th Foot--W. B. Kelly, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Holden, who retires, Aug. 29.
43d Foot--Lieut. J. Meade, from the 7th Foot, to be Lieutenant,
vice F. Jackson, who retires upon half-pay 27th Foot, Aug. 29.
56th Foot—J. F. Burke, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase, vice
Thornhill, who retires, Aug. 29.
59th Foot—Lieut. A. D. W. Richardson to be Adjutant, vice
Heathcote, promoted, Aug. 29.
74th Foot—Ensign G. T. Evans to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Horton, who retires ; A. E. Obins, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Evans, Aug. 29.
75th Foot—Capt. H. Y. Gold, from the 12th Foot, to be Cap-
tain, vice H. Boys, who exchanges, Aug. 29.
78th Foot—Ensign J. Gillespie, from half-pay 89th Foot, to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Sutherland, August 29.
Ceylon Regiment—Lieut. A. Grant to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Law, promoted in the Royal Newfoundland Veteran Compa-
nies; Second Lieut. R. Lisle to be First Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Grant; J. W. Grylls, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Lisle, August 29.
Royal Newfoundland Veteran Companies—Captain R. Law,
from the Ceylon Regiment, to be Major, by purchase, vice Burke,
who retires, August 29. •

- COMMISSARIAT.
To be Assistant-Commissaries-General. —Deputy Assistant-
Commissary-General G. Maclean, May 28 ; 'Deputy Assistant-
Commissary-General W. Bishop, July 24. .

DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY.
GEORGE ROWLAND, innkeeper, Plymouth.
FRANCIS BONNAFFE, merchant, St.. Michael's-alley,
Cornhill.
EDMUND PETER POWELL, tailor, Southampton.
JOHN BRADLEY, joiner, Clown, Derbyshire.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
JOHN MORGAN, grocer, Newport, Monmouthshire.
BANKRUPTS.
JOHN LARKINS KENSINGTON, merchant, Mincing-
lane, to surrender Sept. 3; at one, and Oct. 10, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Owens, Holyhead ; Adlington, Gregory,
and Faulkner, Bedford-row, Lendon; Whitmore; Basinghall-street.
official assignee.
PELLEGRIN ARCHER and GEORGE ARCHER, mer-
chants, Botolph-lane, Sept. 10, at twelve, and Oct. 10, at ele-
ven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, Pancras-lane, offi-
cial assignee ; Brown, Martin, and Thomas, Mincing-lane.
WILLIAM MITCHELL, grocer, Abingdon, Sept. 17, at
twelve, and Oct. 10, at ten, at the Lamb Inn, Abingdon.
Graham, Abingdon ; Graham, Mitre-court Chambers, Temple,
London.
JAMES WILLIAM BELL, upholsterer, Rotherham, York-
shire, Sept. 11 and Oct. 10, at one, at the Town Hall, Sheffield.
Butterfield, Gray's Inn-square, London ; Potter; Rotherham.
JOHN BURLEY, brushmaker, Birmingham, Sept. 3, at one,
and Oct. 10, at four, at the Law Society's Rooms, 13 rmingharn.
Taylor, Roscoe, and Turner, Bedford-row, London ; Ryland, Bir-
mingham.
ILLIAM MASON, coachsmith, Margaret-street, Cavendish-
square, Sept. 3, at two, and Oct. 10, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Locock and Greville, Sun-court, Cornhill ; Carman,
Lothburv, Official Assignee.
HENRY WALLINGTON, builder, Stockport, Cheshire,
Sept. 16, at twelve, and Oct. 10, at two, at the Commissioners'-
rooms, St. James's-square, Manchester. Gadsden, solicitor, 7, Fur-
nival's Inn ; Coppock and Woollam, solicitors, Stockport.
THOMAS ASHCROFT and JAMES TILTSON, timbcr-
merchants Liverpool, September 10 and October 10, at one, at
the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Atkinson, Liverpool ; Adlington,
Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford-row, London.
BENJAMIN TUMMON, painter, Sheffield, September 11 and
October 10, at eleven, at the Town-hall, Sheffield. Rodgers, De-
vonshire-square, Bishopsgate-street, Londen; Rodgers and Son,
Sheffield.
WILLIAM SEDDON, flour-dealer, Eccleston, Lancashire,
Sept. 24 and Oct. 10, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool.
Baxendale, Tatham, Upton, and Johnson, King's Arms-yard, Cole-
man-street, London; Shackleton, Wright, and Hunter, Liverpool.
JAMES BACH, inn-keeper, Aintree, Lancashire, Sept. 10
and Oct. 10, at twelve, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Ad-
lington, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford-row, London ;J. and J.
Brown, Liverpool.
WILLIAM- EDWARDS POWELL and JOHN POWELL,
linen-drapers, Oxford-street, Sept. 6, at half-past twelve, and Oct.
10, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Burt, Mitre-court, Milk-
street; Turquand, Copthal-buildings, official assignee.
DIVIDENDS.
H. Benns, cordvvainer, Norwich, Oct. 9, at two, at Messrs.
Beckwith and Dye's offices, Norwich.
J. Gosport, victualler, Gosport, Southampton, Oct. 2, at twelve,
at Mr. Compigne's office, Gosport. .
J. Jay, Upholsterer, Welbeck-street, Cavendi.sh-square, Sept.
19, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
J. Stonebridge, corn-merchant, Wivenho, Oct. 8, at eleven, at
the Lion Inn, Colchester.

J. Warren, currier, Ellingham, Norfolk, Oct. 9, at ten, at the
Offices of Messrs. Beckwith and Dye, Norwich.
W. Ellis, mister, Fuller's-hole, Norwich, Oct. 9, 'at twelve,
at the. Offices of Messrs. Beckwith and Dye, Norwich.

CERTIFICATES—SEPT. 19.
J. Prince, innkeeper, Bath.
11. Roberts, ship-chandler, Liverpool.
W. Atherton, merchant, Everton, near Liverpool.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
W. L. Spelt and G. Moose, schoolmasters, Southampton.
C. Gooch and W. Blake, Custom-house agents, Harp-lane,
Lower Thames-street.
F. Roope and J. D. Rock, commercial agents, Lolnbard-street.
H., T. Y., S., and J. Hunt, and R. Chatfield, Pentwyn Iron
Works, Alonmouthshire.
W. Lee and Isabella Mary Lee, builders, Honiton, Devonshire.
W. J. Cooper and T. Hornby, apothecaries, Tuxford, Notting-
hamshire.

Porter and H. Porter, copper-smiths, Liverpool.
Warr, W. H. Piggott, and'W.W. Thompson, tailors, Bristol.
Cooper and Mary Jennings, schoolmistresses, Hemel Hemp-
Hertford.

H. C. Payne and G. Dyke, tea-dealers, Clapham, Surrey.
J. Hobson, H. Hobson, andJ. Broadbent, carriers, Manchester.
R. Horsefield, S. Goodier, and J. Holden, engravers to calico-
printers, Manchester.
J. Leathley and W. Mortimer cloth-manufacturers, Batley,
Yorkshire.
J. i\lellin and T. Leonard, grocers, Ponty Pool, Monmouth.
W. and S. Heald, Woolstaplers, Leeds.
T. Morgan, tallow-melters, Tottenham Court-road. -
J., J. and W. Capper, linen-drapers, Gracechurch-street.
J. Whitworth and W. Whitworth and Sons, Rochdale.

An excellent second crop of grass has been cut in
a meadow belonging to Mr. Gall of Bury, which had been
dressed with decomposed salt after the first crop. It is ex-
pected that this preparation may be applied at a cost of aboat
18s; per acre.,

RFTURNED EMIGRANTS.-- The American ship
Francis, arrived at Greenock on Wednesday, after an extra
ordinary short passage of 22 days. There were 40. passen-
gers, principally tradesman, who, owing to the depressed
state of trade at New York, arising out of the dispute on the
Bank question between the United States Bank and the
President, found it difficult to find employment, and, so re-
lurned to the land of their birth. Another vessel left New
York for Liverpool at the same time with the Francis, with
about 150 emigrants, several of whew had been in the country
for a year or two.—Glasgow Courier.

RAPID SAILING.—The brig John Gilpin, of Bal-
timore, left Baltimore about two rears since, and arrived in
Batavia after a passage of 82 days : proceeded thence to Can-
ton in 11 days ; from Canton to Manilla in 5 days ; from Ma-
nilla through the Straits of Sundy, round south of New Hol-
land, to latitude 48 or 50 degrees to Valparaiso, in 85 days, and
from Valparaiso to Lima, in 6 days and 17 hours ; making an
aggregate distance of 34,920 miles in 189 days, 17 hours ;
averaging a fraction more than one hunched and eighty-three
miles per day. We have the above from an authentic source,
and incredible as it may appear, it may be relied on as cor.
rect.—New York Evening Post..
BARRY, THE CELEBRATED PAINTER.—In
Gould's " Biographical Sketches of Eminent Artists," we
find the following passages of a letter from , Barry, dates'
Rome, in 1769-70 :—" Oh I I could be happy on my going
home, to find some corner where I could sit down in the mid-
dle of my studies, books, and casts, after the antique, to paint
this work, (the Pandora), and others, where I might have
models of nature when necessary, bread and soup, and I coat
to cover me, I should not care what became of my work when
it was done ; but I reflect with horror upon such a fellow as
am, and with such a kind of art in London, with house-rent
rveee
to pay, duns to follow me,
poinandemployersteedin June
proceed
dtht:
to look for.
BONDING IN INLAND TowNs.--A meeting of
merchants and others, interested in the trade of the
port of
heldpois p
ne deputation,
e proposition of Mr. Poulett The nto
t o ,• n a fw days ag
last,
t to
to ec
irLlneitopurnool Iddr, report of
to o
oc wase thefthep bonding system into inland towns. Mr. Alder-
man Terry having been called to the chair,
the project, a series of speeches
were delivered, and resolutions d, stron l condemning
been defeated. It was further resolved to
and expressive of their asse
satisfactiLy at its having
" agitate" against
the measure, should it be re-introduced next Session, and for
this purpose the committee who had Organized the opposition
to the plan was re-appointed.—Liverpool Standard.