The Sun.
London, England, 1829-01-14 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

THE HISTORY OF GEORGE.GODFRRY.

TIMEX Voas. LONDON, 1828.:
This is an attempt, and a highly successful
one, to revive the
.faded glories of the Fielding
and Smollett school of novel writing. Like the
best fictions of those immortal judges of human
character, it is wholly of a practical nature, and
approaches so, closely to reality, and appeals so
confidently to the personal experience of. nine
out of ten of its readers, that it cannot fail
to delight. Throughout his narrative the au-
thor has sedulously eschewed all attempts
at romance or exaggerated sentiment. From
first to last, though his incidents are varied
and uniformly diverting, his plot complex,
and his personages " thick as autumnal leaves
that strow the brooks of Vallornbrosa," he has
adhered scrupulously to probability. There is
not a character that does not come within the
scope of an ordinary experience—which of
course enhances the merit, a's it does the diffi-
culty of his narrative. 'lt is easy, when the no-
velist is deficient in knowledge of real life, and
contracted in his views of human character,
to -take refuge in the creations of fancy ;
an unlimited license is gisen- to him in
such a case ; but the great difficulty con-
sists in drawing those portraits with which all
his readers are familiar, and which they are all
competent to criticise. The author of " George
Godfrey" has done this.; ; he has gone to the
Stock Exchange, the Police Offices, the Law
Courts, and even Newgate, for his best charac-
ters, and so admirably his he hit some of them
off, that the originals, even through the curtain
of fiction that he has dropped before them, must
at once be recognized. His hero, like Anasta-
sius, is an auto-biographer, and like him, too,
is thrown from childhood into those scenes where
he is most likely to become acquainted with the
darkest traits of the human heart. Moreover,
he is abit of an adventurer, though not destitute of
principle, and has the henour—an original one for
the hero of a modern novel—of being very nearly
hanged. The chapters in which this peculiar
incident of his life is detailed, are drawn with
rude masculine energy, severely true to nature,
scorning ornament, and not unlike in its style
and quality the familiar tragedy of Hogarth.—
We give, as a specimen, the preliminary hints
respecting Jeremiah Wildfire—a sort of Jona-
than Wild in ids particular line of business—
whom George Godfrey meets with in prison, and
whose character is subsequently developed with

most impressive egeet.
" I was committed to Newgate, and had not rc;- spirit
been previously broken, I should, perhaps, have felt the
hardship of
.my lot more acutely than I did ; but the 'nor-
ti&cation which I had lately sustained; much abated the
anxiety and alarm which, but for these, I should certainly
tave er.perienced., The Ordinary, when he first addressed
roe, was of opinion that I was by no means properly awake
to the- awful situation in which I stood,' though he cer-
tainly bad no resaon to complain that I was not sufficiently

dejected.
" My grief was, in fie, , so profenuil, that I was
wholly incapable of disguieing it. The rabble with whom
1 was associated, treated my want of pluck,' as they
termed it, with incessant derision, s The chop- fallen
swell,' as they were *aged to designate we, wrs, in their
eyes, a very contemptible object. itlany of any cow paeions
could aecoet the officers of the prise!) with a degree of
freedom only to be tolerated in old :tequaintances, and
Inaskieg about them, with a consequentittl sir. they some-
times threw on me a glance of supercilione pity, which
seemed to say, that poor wretch knows nobody to whom
he can speak, while we are, in a manner, quite at home.'
Notiiieg but the fact of my being about to be tried for a
Capital offence, entitled toe to the slightest consideration.
My forlorn situation roved at last the ,e,mpe.ssion of
a person of considerable iropertance there. This was
Jeremiah Wildfire, who had been. .4 meat eminent and
.faring burglar for many years. He ceodesceuded to over-
Mob the circumstance of my being only a beginner, and
pointed out to hie the folly of being low spirited.
" Though,' sal;.' he, ' you ware never at college before,
and of course lave no r:;,t4ttei expect me to speak to you,
as an old acquaintance, yet,- as I suppose you and I shall
have to go out together some morniiig., I wander you can
he such a sap for to take on this here sore of way. Vy,
you fool, snivelling won't do no good.'
"I replied I had no expeetation that it would, and Wee
aware that I had been guilty of ti,e weakness to which
he
had all ul:d.
-Vy,' said he, I don't mean to say that you ]lubber
out, but you are always sulky and sorry, and what the
—'s the use of it?'.
" I aseured Mtn it was not my wish to (lister!) him, hat
I thought that my prudent situation justified some depres-
siou.
" Pooh ! nemsentie, you fool ! It's no worse for you
than it is for another ; then don't bother because you have
got to go to sleep with your ears full of cotton.'
" This I did not understand at first ; but 1 subsequently
learned that it was a cent allusion to the Ordinary, whose
name was Cotton, and who attended elm malefactors exe-
cuted in the Old Bailey in their het momenta.
" It's no use going on about it,' my comforter pro-
ceeded. Ve mutt all, one day or another, come in for a
drop tor) muck, and after all scragging is nothing when
you are used to it.'
" 31:f friend, Mr. Wildfire, recommended me to the
attorney who had assisted him i Ilia examinations, and
who was then preparing his defence. This was not fleet,-
sary, as I had been long knewn to Mr. Searapta and who
volunteered his services. He now reproved me for laving
neglected his termer advice, which would have led one into
a safe course of crime; but he talked over the present
business with great pleasantry, and said my affair was a
bagatelle—was nothing at all to some of the eases which he
had at that moment on his hands.
" He hinted to me, that before doing ley thing towards
gettfag me off, he must be paid, for you know,' said be,
with a significant leer, we cannot trust in our little way,
as some of you gentlemen might forget the matter alto-
gether after the Recorder sae reported.' "
The Scampo in the above extract is, as his
name imports', a pretty considerable scamp. He
is a sort of cross between an attorney and a pick-
pocket, and has all the appearance of having
been drawn from life. Another equally
well-
pourtrayed character is that of Mr. Mason, a
religious apothecary, father-in-law of George
Godfrey, a gentleman who, in his over-anxiety
to multiply his Maker's image on earth, is guilty
of one or two awkward mistakes with his maid-
servant. His wife too is ably depicted, and her
undiscriminating jealousy put i:orth in fine styk.
Nor must we omit the great Joint Stock Com-
pany projector, Mr. Skim ; and the spirited and
highly finished portrait of Mr. Alderton, the
auctioneer. But in fact the book abounds in cha-
racter, hit offwith all the sternness and discrimina-
tion of an acutejudge of Inman nature. The style
is in 4xcellent keeping with the draynatts,. per-
some, it is pointed and epigrammetic, una-
dorned, 'hut scrupulously correct ; and abounJ,
inf.; in a certain sly unconseion% archness, which,
if not wit, is yet ;eery like it. With respect to
ineislentS,- the best are, we think, the Sheriff's
breakfast after the execution of Jeremiah Wild-
fire, in Newgate—a specimen of .exquisite sa-
tire—the process of getting up a Joir.t Stock
Company—which however le rather too highly

LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 144829.

There have been no French Papers received
last night nor this morning, occasioned, we pre-
sume, by the state of the weather in the Chan-
nel; • but the private correspondence from Paris
partly supplies the inconvesdence. It would ap-
pear that the present Ministry in France is by nos
means so popular as it might become by adopting
more decisive measures. It professes to do good,
but fears to carry its wishes into execution. It
pursues a system of indecision which alarms its
friends, while it only provokes the sneers and
contempt of its enemies. It is not sure of the
KING'S support, while its hesitation creates
distrust in the people. It was the voice of tha
people that in fact forced the Ministry upon
the Ku o, and hence the coldness of the
Court. The KING smiles assent to the acts of
his Ministers, but his smile wants the cordiality
of a sympathetic feeling. He merely endures—
not encourages them in their administration.
Hence the timidity of their measures. They
would he more daring and decided but for their
natural apprehension of the influence behind the
Throne, which is constantly working in oppoSi-
tion to the national spirit. The KING, though

he publicly sanctioned the suppression of the
jesnits, is yet himself the private slave of their
machinations. Their influence hangs like a
nightmare upon all his thoughts, and para-

'ses the free exercise of his more enlightened

hut irresolute mind. This is so sensibly
felt by the present Ministers that they have
to feel the pulse of their enemies before they
cau 'hope to agitate any great question—far less
attempt to e-.-zenite it. The ultra-Tory incubus
is as powerful at Head-quarters in France as in
England, and ramifies into many ch7:mels, affect-
ing neutrality, but secretly cherishing the old leaven
of corruption. Parties though divided,' are not
cut off from each other by a broad line of distinc-
tion. They occasionally associate, but do not her-
monize_living more in dread and self-evasion
than in actual hostility. The following is from
the private correspondence of a Morning Paper :

" It is with difficulty that people can conceive the
apathy cf the Ministers at the moment when the
Deputies are assembling in Paris. They ought
to know that these Deputies arrive from the pro-
vinces dissatisfied with their supineness and their
indecision, and yet they do nothing to sooth their
impatient humour. In a few s.;;=lis three import-
ant nfelzures must be submitted to the Chiun-
bers,—narneir, .a law for departmental acitni,
nistration, one for municipal regulation, sad another
for arranging the municipality of Paris. These
measures will be brought forward under the shade
of the unpopularity of the greatest portion of the

incapable administrators who afflict our provinces.
Is this sloth, or is it timidity ? The publication of
the electoral lists reveals every day more revolting
turpitude, anti .attests the frauds which were em-
ployed in the comp.ssjtion of ouceectoral colleges.
You need not doubt that the Ministry both blush
at the disclosure and regret the oectnrange of these
fiats , but they are more *aid of the abuse of
MAOurentie in the Quotidienne, and of the scar-
casmxitfM. Lourcloo_a!i: in the Gazette de France,
tmcaute they are supposed to .peak tht sense

of the Court, than of the complaints of the
Deputies, which are only re-echoed by the country.
" Weakness of purpose and goodness of intention"
is the device of our present rulers.
It is said that 17 important projects will be pre-
sented to the Chambers the ensuing session.

We are glad to find that the subject of the
Game Laws has been brought forward by Mr.
BRISCOE before the Surrey Magistrates, under
the firm conviction—in which the majority of
the Magistrates acquiesced—that the entire
system requires a prompt, a fnll, and an en-
lightened revision. No greater proof of this can
be adduced than the plain undisguised fact that
owing to these odious laws—a wretched and un-
, worthy remnant of the feudal system—our gaols,
from one end of the country to the other, are
crammed with poachers, among whom may be
found boys of sixteen or seventeen, whose minds
are thus degraded, and whose characters are
ruined, even before they have had time to learn
the value of a good name. The Chairman, we
perceive, dwells most pathetically on the general
increase of every species of offence. Is this-to
be wondered at, when error is perversely tortured
by the Legislature into crime, in order that by
the serious penalties attached to it, country
sportsmen may be allowed to enjoy the full
privileges of, the feudal Game Laws ? In these
Laws alone, we unhesitatingly assert, may be
found the seeds of half the crimes with which
our provinces are invaded. They are unsocial,
ungenerous, unnatural to a degree, conceived
by tyranny, fostered by prejudice, and per-
petuated by selfishness. They make no dis-
tinction is crime ; to be a poacher, is, we verily
believe, in the eyes of an interested country
gentleman, to be a felon of the blackest die.
The result is obvious. It is a general demorali-
zation of principle on the part of those who,
whether from inclination or necessity, have lost
their caste, by falling within the pale of the Game
Laws.

The commercial accounts received from the
Russian capital down to the 26th ult., bring an
order issued by the Russian Government for the
prevention of frauds in the Tallow trade at St.
Petersburgh. The document has been received
by the Governor of the Russia Company, and
by its articles fines are imposed on the proprie-
tors of tallow who shall have been found to have
mixed with their tallow, flour, butter, water, or
any other ingredient. Rules are also laid down
for insuring the foreign purchaser from being
misled by improper marks. The purchases of
grain at St. Petersburgh by speculators were on
a very extensive scale, and to this circumstance
alone is the extraordinary,rise in the Exchange
to be attributed, which, according to the latest
dates, was a shade above I Id. An expectation
was entertained t!,at Ntcnor.As would soon

requite another loan, as an enormous expenditure
would be occasioned by preparations: tOr com-
mencing the campaign against Turkey with
vigour, as soon as the season would permit. Not
the least idea was indulged, when the letters came
away, that any negotiations would prevent the
re-commencement of the war. Money at St.
Petersburgh was becoming more and more scarce,
and in every branch of commerce a more than
usual depression existed. •

THE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TwELr o' CLocr.

We are exceedingly dull in the City this morning,
occasioned by the non-arrival of any intelligence,
owing to adverse winds. This had a considerable
effect on the Comol market, anti prevented any
speculation up to the present hour. Consols have
remained during the whole of the morning at the
same price they left off at yesterday, S7i for the
account, with little or no business.

Little or nothing is now said about Stephenson,
the Banker, and all hopes are given up of his being

taken.

The Foreign market is in the same inactive state
as the British, scarcely a bargain haying taken place
up to the present time.
Three per Cent.' Consols, 8C ; Ditto, for ta-
cos,. at, 67i i; Three per Cent. Reduced, SEA 7; Three
and a ball per Cent. Reduced, 96 ; Four per Cent., 101 i ;
Four per Cent., 1826, 1051 ; India Stock, 233 40;
Beak Stock, 212 ; Exchequer Rills, 73 4 ptn.

TWO O'CLOCK•

We have no news or reports, arid Consols hare
continued all the morning at 871, alternately buyers
arid sellers ; at present they may be quoted at S7i
sud for next time, S 7-1; no speculation of the least
importance is going on, and every thing appears very
dull. In the Foreign market there is scarcely any
idea of business.

THREE 0' CLOCK
Consols for Account, 87i :1; for next time, 87,
buyers.

FOUR O'CLOCK.—'
Consols 86i -4
Do. for Ac. 871
Brazilian Bonds 63
Buenos Ayres
Chihli Do.
Columbian, 1824 23,1

CLOSING PR10E5.3.
Danish 631
Greek, 1825
Mexican, 1823 33i
Peruvian 17
Russian 95i
Spanish 9i

Between the 3d and Sth inst., both days in-
clusive, 28Z.; vessels from ports abroad passed Gravesend.
On Monday his Excellency Baron Billow,
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of his
Majesty the King of Prussia to hi 3 Britannic Majeety,
jointly with Mr. N. M. Rothschild, and aecompanied by
Mr. John Venn, Notary Public, cancelled and deposited in
the Bgatk of Eugland the luta of 28,0001. in special Bonds
of the Prue/lien Loan of 1822, being one moiety of the sura
fixed for the redemption of Bonds in the sixth year, and
also the tikivin.4' of the interest on the 218,800 Z,, redeemed
to the Ist of .131 y List inclusive.
Tlic following is the resolution with regard to
the Gains Laws, which was proposed by Mr. Briscoe at
the Surrey Quarter Sessions yesterday, and carried unani-
mously :7.-" That this Court deem it a duty to represent
to the Secretary of State for the Prome Department the
crying evils resulting flow the present state of the Game
Laws, and to implore his Majesty's Government to effect
such an amendment of those laws as to its wisdom shall
seem expedient, for the diminution of crime and the gene-
ral welfare of the country ; and that the County Members
do Ty...,-,zent.- the same."
Owing to the largeness of the supply, coals
were selling last week at Southampton at 32a. a chaldron,
awl 11d. per bnahcls

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.

PORTAMOUTU, JAN. 13.—Wind N.B.— Sailed the
Mary Ann, O'Brien, for Madras, &c.
PLYMOUTI, JAN. 12.—Wind E.—Arrive-d the
Ebenezer, Capes, from Nantes ; Amphitrite transport,
from Guernsey; and Nymph, from Morlaix.
FALMOUTH, JAN. 12.—Wind
the Cygnet packet, for Jamaica; Sandwich, King,
for St. Lucia; and Pursuit, Alexander, for Bahia.

HULL, JAN. 12. —The Stapler, Brady, passed by
to-day for Goole ; she left Hamburgh on Tuesday,
and the Elbe on Thursday ; the ice was becoming
very heavy, and the master thinks no more •easels
would get away.
SUNDERLAND, JAN. 12.—The Harriet, of this
place, during a gale from S.E. this afternoon, came
on shore behind the North Pier.

T•
he King was lately present at an exanuna-
tion of the deaf and dumb pupils, -and it would seem that
the new plan adopted with a view to restore to thou the
partial use of speech has been very successful. One of
the pupils, on being presented to his Majesty, articulated
the following words very distinctly :—" The pleasure of
seeing your Majesty has restored me to speech / Lott
live the King !"—Paris Paper. [This is a practical
obedience to the maxim of Talleyrand (" that speech was
given to man to conceal his thoughts"), when the first use
the lad Was taught to make of language was to utter a
falsehood.]
A Requisition for a call of the County, to ad-
dress the Marquis of Anglesea on his retirement from the
Government of Ireland, is in rapid progress of signature
in this town.—Carlow Morning Post.
. .
TAM O'SHANTER AND SOUTER JOHNNY.
—The exhihitioa of these admirable statues, we observe,
is shortly to close. It must be a high gratification to the
talented artist, and is not less creditable to the taste of our
citizens, that so great a number of persons have visited
these statues, all of whom, we have been given to nuder-

stand, were delighted with the skilful delineation the Artist
has given of characters so well known to every reader of
Scottish poetry. They were visited on Saturday by their
Graces the Duke and Duchess of Atholi, the Lord Chief
Commis,oner, and many persons of distinction.--Edin-
burgh Evening Courant.
It is asserted that more persons are annually
convicted in tkis country for offences against the Game
Laws than are punished for every kind of offence within
the same time in the kingdom of liolland and the Nether-
lands. •

CAUTION TO PERSONS WHO LET APART.

atimrs.—A fellow, having the outward appearance of a
gentleman, applied on Monday afternoon at No. 16,
Lambeth-road, respecting apartments which were to let,
when after examining them and seeming perfectly satisfied,
he asked the servant for pen and ink, to give, as he said, a
reference, which not being at hand she had to go to the
next room for. The fellow in her absence stole a bracelet,
and there is no dmibt if the servant had not returned im-
mediately, he would have succeeded in taking away some-
thing more valuable.

EXTRAORDINARY CANINE LONGEVITY,

—lt is a remarkahle fact, that there are now living at
Easingwold, in this county, two dogs, whose united ages
amount to 44 years, via.:—the one a sheep cur, aged 23,
and the other a Dutch mastiff, aged 21 years. 'The dogs
are in good health, suffice it to say the cur only last week
killed a rabbit, and the mastiff a rat, in gallant style.—
York Courant.

NORTHERN HERRING FISHING.—The
herrings have been so long of making their appearance in
the Frith of Forth thie season, and the fishing 11218 hitherto
heen so unsuccessful, that there is no chance of an average
quantity being taken. The corers have in consequence
already begun to tarn their attention to the summer fisLings
in the north. One company in Wick has requested a friend
in Fisherrow to engage all the boats belonging to the ex-
cellent hands at that station, at I Is. a-crane, 2s. above the
allowance of last year.—Caledosaion Mercury.

DELIBERATE SUICIDE. On Saturday
morning week, the body of W. Driver, in the employ of
Messrs. Mitchell, at Huddersfield, was found suspended to
the crane in the warehouse. Subsequently to committir,g
the fatal set, the deluded man had secured the rope to the
crane-head to prevent it from slipping. The rope being
adjusted round his umk, he next tied his own hands fast,
blew out the candle, and launched himself into eternity—
thus completing one of the most singular and deliberate
acts of suicide w:riell we ever remember to Lave recorded.
He was a single men ; tuns very quiet, civil, and industri-
ous; and by those who knew him was considered quite the
beuu.ideal of Don Quixote.— York Cokrant.

LIE SINKING FUND.—On every transfer
day at the Bank of England, during the current quarter,
and which terminates on the stli April, the Commissioners
tor the reduction of the Nati;an Debt will iuveet the suni
of 12,i552/., which, in the quarter, will make a total of
money laid out in the extinction of public deLt 0'576,025/.
11s. 3d. The investments to be made this quarter are
arch level than those in the preceding quarter, when the
total sum laid out on behalf of the Sinking Fund was
395,8001..55. Id., leaving& balance in favour of the latter
of I 9,8731. 13e. 10d. In the remaining quarters of the
veer, therefore, the investments by the Commiseioners will
he on a larger sae, in order that the total of debt re-
deemed may amount to three millions, sterling, being the
reduced quantity of debt required to be brought up an-
nually, by the act of the last Session of Parliament. The
Commisisiones in the last quarter commenced purchasing_
3:1 per Cent. Annuities, as well as the Reduced Stock,
bearing the ferule interest as S per Cent. Consols and Re-
duced Annuities. The amount now laid out by the Com-
inissionere on behalf of the Savings Bauka is understood to
be much smaller than at this period last year.
`VEST PORT MURDERS.—We have the
heat authority for stating that measures have been taken,
with the eanctien and by the authority of the nearest
kiudred of James Wilson, commonly called " Deft Jeanie,"
for investigating into the cause and manner of his death,
and, if possible, bringing those concerned in his alleged
murder to punishment. For this purpose au able and
active agent has been employed, and Mr. Jeffrey, we un-
derstand, is already retained as senior counsel fur the in-
tended prosecution, while two other eminent Counsel
also be retained in the course of to-day. In these circum-
stances, it is highly expedient that the press generally
should heneeforqi abstain from making any further obser-
vations upon this case, as advantage might afterwards be
taken of the circumstance, by alleging that the public mind
had been in&med on the subject, and the case pre-
judged before it was sent to the Jury. If, however, the
ends of justice can be promoted by any private information
from any quarter, there can be no doubt that it will be
thankfully received by the gentleman appointed to conduct
the prosecution. We have learned from good authority
that Dr. Knox has dismissed from his employ the max
Paterson ; and we are glad of it both for the sake of Dr.
Knox himself and for the satisfaction of the public. If this
man nas any this; to state, in relation to the late occur-
rences, which he has not stated already, he is uow free
from every trammel; and if he has not, the fair and equit-
able presumption must be that he has !Token the truth.--
Caledonian Mercury.

A DISCONSOLATE HUSBAND.—The Con-
sul's wife at Ms cone " had been married upwards of six
years, and yet at the time I was introduced to her she was
scarcely twenty years of age. The Consul appeared ar-
dently attached to her ; nor did sae seem to bold that
servile rank to which the Levantine ladies are devoted ;
she was gay, young, and lovely ; her husband, good-
humoured, frank, and affable ; and, in short, the family
was a perfect oriental picture of domestic happiness. • "
Here we were visited by my former host, the Consul, whom
I was startled at seeing equipped in a full suite of the
deepest mourning, and with a beard of six week's growth,
according to the mourning custom of the Greeks. On
inquiring the cause of his distress, he informed me,
with streaming eyes, that bis beloved signora had expired
about two months before ; her death being occasioned by
followir,g the advice of an inexperienced physician who bad
attended her during her confinement. The sight of me
seemed to tear open all the closed wounds of the poor fel-
low's bosom ; he wept profusely, sighed long and deeply,
and seemed a turs achely picture of fixed and overwhelm-
ing grief. * ° • • On his departure, I communi-
cated to another old acquaintance my sympathy with the
sorrow of the worthy Consul ; but, judge of my surprise
when he informed me, with a significant smile, that Signor
Cordia had omitted, in his tale of misfortunes, to mention
one little incident—namely, that he had consoled himself
with a second partner about a month after the death of the
first, and, by a strange commingling of joy and grieving,
had absolutely compelled his present lady to put on, along
with himself, deep mourning for her lamented predecessor."
—Ernereonie Letters from the Xficcurb,

FISH-MARKET, PILLINGSGATE

This morning's market exhibited but a middling sup-
ply of the under-mentioned kinds of fish, which met with
a ready sale at the following priess:—
Prime Turbot, each Sos. W. to 253.0 d.
D,tto man, per do.
Cod-fish. each 3 0 18 ,S.les, per three p:nrs
Fine Whitings, per 15..
Scate, each
Haddocks, per dozen 2O 0 :10 0
Brill, each ..
Gurrietts, each
Spz—ats, per bushel 4 U 0 0
Love Flounderi, per quartern
Lire Eels, per Mb.
Dutch Plaice, per basket 3 U 7 0
Fine Lobsters, per score 4O 0 VO 0
Inferior ditto lO 0 VO 0
Shrimps, per gallon
Fine 1 anuoutla Red Herrings, per hutrired 7 0 5 0
Scotch ditto 6 0 7 0
Cud Sounds, per barrel
Pickled Herrings, per RAJ
Best Common Ilystcrs, per bushel S U IV l)
Native's. ................ ......--- ............... - 3 l 3l 4., 80 9

A traveller informs us that the contractors for
the mail from Tain to Thurso, have lowered their fares one
penny per inile.—Layerncas Cokrier.

£TATE OF TRADE.—The demand for yarns
continues very fair ; stocks are low, and prices evince little
tendency to give way. Indeed, the middle numhers of
water-twist, we understand, were hardly ever scarcer, or
in mare request, than at present. For printing clothe
also, there was rather more inquiry on Tuesday last, and
for some descriptions of power-loom goods a shade higher
prices were asked. We have not beard, however, that
any advance was obtained. Altogether, the prospects of
business for this year seem rather encouraging than ntLer-
wise.—Manchester Mercury.

THE MARCH OF INTELLECT ! !—Some
,lays ago a ooach, loaded with young folks from the schools
of Brighton, departed for London, to spend the holydays
with their friends. Soon after commencingjheir journey
these children produced their cigars, tinder-boxes, matches,
fcc., and commenced smoking, to the great annoyance of a
few grown-up pers,-)Is •;,-ho happened to be their fellow-
prussengers; but this VIM not the whole stock of ammuni-
tion with which they had provided themselves. Several of
them had with them a supply of brandy and gin ; one of
them, not more than ten years of age, took off nearly a pint
of brandy at one draught, aryl, as might be expected, was
wry shortly after in a lit, and in so dangerous a state as to
make it nectstsary to leave him at the village where the
coach stopped to Change horses. This is one of the ae-
' complishments we have learned of our Continental neigh-
bours, and this is the manner in which the rising genera-
tion is brought up; surely nothing can be more filthy than
the practice of smoking, which almost always produces an
unconquerable desire to drink, even to intoxication ; it is
not the habit of a real gentleman, and every father of a
family ought to watch over his son, and prevent his falling
into so disgusting a practice. It has come to such a pitch
at Eton School, that we are told a boy was discovered
smoking the other day at Chapel ! ! He was, however,
very properly, for so doing, expelled by Dr. Keats ; and ten
were expelled lately at Sandhurst, for rioting, which had
its commencerneat at a Smokins Club..—Atorning chron.