The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-06-28 00:00:00

SELECT EXTRACTS.

NITROUS OXIDE.—This gas was first breathed by Sir.
Humphry Davy, and before that it was supposed to be totally
unrespirable. It is now known that it does not extinguish
life ; but I cannot too strongly caution all those who are at
all subject to headaches, or in any other respect to a deter-
mination of blood to the head, not to make this experiment,
as I have seen one instance, and heard of others, in which
breathing it was followed by insensibility for a considerable
period, rendering it doubtful whether or not the persons would
recover. Nothing is more foolish, I think, than for any per-
son to make such experiment, without having some object
more in view than the gratification of curiosity.—Brande'e
Lectures at the Royal Institution.
THE BALLOT.—Scarcely is any great virtue practised
without some sacrifice ; and the admifation which virtue
excites, seems to proceed from the contemplation of such
sufferings, and of the exertions by which they are endured :
a tradesman suffers some loss of trade by voting for his
country ; is he not to vote ?—he might suffer some loss of
blood in fighting for his country ; is he not to fight ? Every
one would be a good Samaritan, if he was quite sure his
compassion would cost him nothing. We should all be
heroes, if it was not for blood and fractures ; all saints, if it
were not for the restrictions and privations of sanctity ; all
patriots, if it were not for the losses and misrepresentations
to which patriotism exposes us. The ballotists are a set of
Englishmen glowing with the love of England and the love
of virtue, but determined to hazard the most dangerous ex-
periments in politics rather than run the risk of losing a
penny in defence of their exalted feelings.—Rev. Sydney
Smith on the Ballot.

WHAT IS A " Loco Foco" ?—A loco foco, in the pre-
sent acceptation of the term, is a man not satisfied with any
thing as it exists ; but in favour of an equal distribution of
property, an uprooting of the institutions of the country, and
substitution of some monstrous and impracticable fancy of
his own in their stead. He professes to be in favour of
" equal rights, equal privileges, and equal laws ;" by which
he means rights, privileges, and laws, which will make him
as rich, as influential, and as consequential, as his more in-
dustrious, prudent, able, persevering, and thriving neigh-
bours, without any particular talents or exertions of his own.
A loco foco wants a new constitution: he desires that there
should be no credits ; that all debts should be debts of
honour • that no man should be superior to himself ; that
we should have no medium of exchange but gold and silver ;
that the whole form of society and government should be
changed, and that they should have the privilege of concoct-
ing a better. He is a restless, unsatisfied mortal ; and could
he have all his heart's desire to-day, he would grumble to _
morrow just as lustily as even—Utica (American) Observer
•

ST.'HELENA.—A VISIT TO LONGWOOD.—The farmhouse
—or more properly speaking, Longwood House, the resi-
dence of Napoleon, is an old-fashioned looking place, view it
in what light or situation you may, its appearance has nothing
" to crack of." We entered a narrow, low ceilinged, ill light-
ed apartment, which was his billiard room, this led into one
of smaller dimensions, which was his dining room, and in a
corner of this the illustrious chieftain breathed his last. The
marks are still remaining in the wall, where the pallet upon
which he lay was fastened. In this room is now a machine
for grinding corn ; and on it are written Messrs. this and that,
with various remarks till in the mass of names, hardly one
is discernable. It is astonishing, how indefatigable some
persons have been in their endeavours to perpetuate their
names, cutting them out in full, and chalking them in twenty
different places ; and like the bill-stickers of the present age,
posting their own over their predecessors. We left this room,
and proceeded to the next, which our guide informed us was
the library; but the windows were nearly all blocked up. We
then entered the bedroom, and there were nistalled six or
seven horses. The garden which once surrounded the house,
and in which Napoleon passed most of his time, is now no
more ; and the trees and flowers that once ornamented it,
have like their master passed away. Napoleon had great plea-
sure in poultry, and his farmyard could boast of the choicest
birds. These amusements however foreign this usual pur-
suits, were a great consolation to his else idle hours. It must
have been an interesting sight, to witness the desolater rais-
ing the tender stem of a carnation, or dealing out food to his
feathered dependants.—Leigh's Reconnoitring Voyage.

FREAKS OF WEALTH.—The wealth which now exists in
the town falls much short of what it was previous to the
French revolution, or during the period of Dutch commercial
preeminence. It was not long since, strangers, in visiting
Amsterdam, were shown the spacious house of a merchant,
who, after lavishing much on furniture and painting, actually
caused the floor of one of his apartments to be laid with
Spanish dollars, set on edge. Whims equally ridiculous for
disposing of an overplus of wealth appear to have been far
from uncommon in former times in Holland. A gentleman
of my acquaintance, passing through Arnheim a few days
ago, had his attention directed to an old fantastical-looking
dwelling, concerning which he gathered the following histo-
rical reminiscence. The original owner was a Jew, and he
erected the house out of pure reven-rbe. His coffers were so well
replenished that he was at a loss how to employ his superflu-
ous cash : at last he hit upon a fanciful expedient. He de-
termined to make a pavement before his residence of large
massive plates of silver, and to surround it with an orna-
mental chain of the same costly metal. Before carrying his
plan into effect, it behoved him to obtain the sanction of the
authorities. These worthies, however, void of sympathy,
set their faces against a proposition which might have com-
pelled them to increase the strength of the town guard.
Enraged at their non-compliance, Moses determined to
punish them. He ordered his dwelling, situated in the prin-
cipal street, immediately to be pulled clown and on its site
erected the one now standing. It is literally covered with
diabolical figures, amounting, it is said, to 365.—Chambers's
Continental Tour.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS.—" And with respect to a great por-
tion of what are called accomplishments, my ever dear
father informed me, and I believe it, that they are but differ-
ent branches of the art of making believe : which offer so
little inducement to aim at excellence in them, that a suspi-
cious fear of other's bad faith renders the main body of what
is called polished society, powerless, except in the way of
evil example, and by which, together with other irregularities.
imposed by, or connected with them, the accomplished are
rendered the prey of too much mental discontent and bodily
ailment ever to effect any thing worthy to be called a good
purpose. The better part of prudence, therefore, so far as
relates to the humble and unpretending, is to keep them-
selves, as much as possible, out of the power of the accom-
plished; and their safest enjoyments, industry, relieved by
recreations, at once elegant, innocuous, inexpensive, and
void of offence ; the means of which are to be found every-
where." "Do you consider singing, dancing, elegant attire,
music, drawing, correct speaking, and engaging manners,
generally," said Stella, "accomplishments, or only simple
recreations, or the means of such ?" Maria said, that en-
tirely depended upon circumstances ; upon time, occasion,
and so forth. If indulged in, or displayed at unseasonable
hours, in loose company, or for the gratification of any low
or slavish purpose, the whole was just so much pure and un-
mixed evil; but if, on the contrary, they were used in mo-
deration and in season, in company worthy to be honoured,
or as relaxations from the more severe domestic or social
duties, and made subservient to godlike ends, and therefore
a part of our very religion, which is the perfection of good
manners, they are undoubtedly accomplishments, and of an
order worthy to be called the solaces, the graces, and orna-
ments of life." Stella said, she should endeavour, then, to
make such good use of her visit to her dear friend, Maria,
as to render it unnecessary that she should ever be sent to
Miss Beauclerk's ; and added, that she was not before aware
that the graces and ornaments of which they had been speak-
ing had any connexion with religion. She had always
thought they were becoming in the rich and powerful only,
who always appeared to consider religion as a very gloomy
subject. Maria said, that was a great mistake ; for the Al-
mighty had poured out before us, in the greatest profusion,
all the elegances of form and sound, and scent, and colour ;
and had spoken to us at all times in the language of a living,
a loiring, a refined, and a holy poetry, over the whole face of
nature—of which language the poorest human being, if
kindly and fairly treated, would have as devout a sense and
relish as a duke. It behoved all persons, therefore, profess-
ing to be Christians, to manifest by their actions a willing
and cheerful attention to their duties, to cultivate the
elegances and refinements connected with them, and thus to
endeavour to rescue their religion from those gloomy associa-
tions with which they, whose selfish dread of losing their im-
portance in this world, without being prepared to obey the
call, and to abide the trial for passing into another and a
better, have too long been endeavouring to connect it.—
Floreston, or the New Lord of the Manor.

THE THUGS, OR SECRET MURDERERS OF INDIA.—
The Thug associations which the Indian government are now
engaged in suppressing, have been taught by those whom
they revere as the expounders of the will of their deity, that
the murders they perpetrate are pleasing to her, provided they
are perpetrated under certain restrictions, attended by certain
observances, and preceded and followed by certain rites, sacri-
fices, and offerings. The deity who, according to their belief,
guides and protects them, is ever manifesting her will by
signs, and so long as they understand and observe these signs,
they 11 consider themselves as acting in conformity to her will,
and consequently fulfilling her wishes and designs. On all
occasions and in all situations, they believe these signs to be
available if sought after in a pure spirit of faith, and with the
prescribed observances, and as long as they are satisfied that
they are truly interpreted and faithfully, obeyed, they never
feel any dread of punishment either in this world, or in the
next. The circles of society in which these assassins by pro-
fession live and move, are conciliated by their lavish expendi-
ture of the booty they acquire on their aunual excursions,
and by that amiable deportment which they find necessary to
enable them to win the confidence of their victims while abroad,
and which they continue to preserve at home, where they are
commonly the most scrupulous in the discharge of their du-
ties in all relations of life, the most liberal promoters of all
aocial enjoyment, and the most rigid observers of everything
relating to caste and religion. In such circles, the dreadful
trade of murder by which they earn their incomes, even when
known, or suspected, as it commonly is, hardly ever makes
them odious, for the want of sympathy between men of differ-
ent castes, or different places of abode is unhappily, the grand
characteristic of Indian society, and as long as these assasins
forbear to murder in and about the places where they reside,
and conciliate or keep in ignorance the local police authori-
ties, they are sure of being cherished as among the dearest
members of society. In some cases the village communities
among which they live, and. the local authorities in native
states, have a notion that they are under supernatural influ-
ence, and dread the consequences of being made in any way
instrumental to their punishment.--.Ba7naseeana, by Major
1-1. K. Steam.

WIRE-DRAWING.—When, for very accurate purposes of
science or the arts, a considerable length of uniform wire is
to be drawn, a plate with one or more jewelled holes, that is,
filled with one or more perforated rubies, sapphires, or chry-
solites, can alone be trusted to, because the holes even in the
best steel become rapidly wider by the abrasion. Through a
hole in a ruby 0.0033 of an inch in diameter, a silver wire 170
miles long has been drawn, which possessed at the end the
very same section as at the beginning ; a result determined
by weighing portions of equal length, asalso measuring it with
a micrometor. The hole in an ordinary plate of soft steel be-
comes so wide, by drawing 14,000 fathoms of brass wire, that
it requires to be narrowed before the original sized wire can
be obtained.—Dr. Ure's Dictionary of Arts.
INGENUITY or BEES.—A large brown slug made its way
into a glass hive, where the operations of the bees could be
distinctly seen. Having killed the slug, and finding that they
were unable to get it out of the hive, they covered it over
with the thick resinous substance called propolis, and thus
prevented its becoming a nuisance to the colony. Into the
same hive one of the common brown-shelled snails also
gained admittance. Instead of embedding it in propolis, the
bees contented themselves with fixing it to the bottom of the
hive, by plastering the edge with that substance. I have now
in my possession a regular fortification made of propolis,
which one of my stock of bees placed at the entrance of their
hive, to enable them the better to protect themselves from
the attacks of wasps. By means of this fortification, a few
bees could effectually guard the entrance, by lessening the
space of admission, which I had neglected to do for them.—
Jesse's Gleanings f Natural History.

STATISTICS OF THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAlL-
WAY.—Thirteen miles of the railway are laid level—fifty-two
at an inclination varying from one foot to fourteen in a mile
—and forty-seven at inclinations varying between fourteen
and sixteen feet per mile. The greatest difference of level
between any two parts of the line is three hundred and eighty
feet ; the gradients change forty-four times. The longest
continued length of level rails is about four miles ; the greatest
extent of any gradient is seven miles and a half; but there is
an inclination in one direction, varying from one gradient to
another, measuring fourteen miles. From London to Bir-
mingham fifty-five miles ascend, forty-four descend, and
thirteen are level. The land occupied by the railway and sta-
tions may be estimated at nearly two thousand acres.—His-
tory of the London and Birmingham Railway.
REAING ALOUD.—One of the accomplishments which we
wish to see cultivated among females, and which is greatly
neglected or wholly overlooked, is the art of reading aloud.
It is a most healthy employment when used discreetly, since
exercise is as advantageous to the lungs as to all other parts
of the human frame. The ability to read aloud agreeably is
also a truly domestic acquirement ; it will be another link in
the chain which binds men to their hearths ; it will amuse the
young, cheer the old and instruct the ignorant.—Journal of
Education.

GAS-LIGHT.—The earliest application of this artificiallight,
on a large systematic scale, was made at Manchester, where
an apparatus for lighting the great cotton mills of Messrs.
Phillips and Lee was fitted up, in 1804 and 1805, under the
direction of Mr. Murdock. A quantity of light, nearly equal
to 3000 candles, was produced and distributed in the building.
This splendid pattern has been since followed very generally
in Great Britain, and more or less in many parts of the con-
tinents of Europe and America. By the year 1822, gas-
lighting in London had become the business of many public
companies. In 1822 there were four great companies, having
in all 47 gas-ometers at work, capable of containing 917,940
cubic feet of gas, supplied by 1315 retorts, which generated
per annum upwards of 397,000,000 cubic feet of gas, by which
61,203 private lamps, and 7,268 public or street lamps, were
lighted in the metropolis. Besides these public companies,
there were likewise several private ones.—Dr. Ure's Dictio-
nary of Arts.
FACTS IN TYPE FOUNDING.—A good type foundry is
always provided with several furnaces, each surmounted with
an iron pot containing the melted alloy, of three parts of lead
and one of antimony. Into this pot the founder dips the
very small iron ladle, to lift merely as much metal as will
cast a single letter at a time. Having poured in the mettle
with his right hand, and returned the ladle to the melting-
pot, the founder throws up his left hand, which holds the
mould, above his head, with a sudden jerk, supporting it
with his right hand. It is this movement which forces the
metal in the interstices of the matrix; for without it the
metal, especially in the smaller moulds, would not be able to
expel the air and reach the bottom. The pouring in the
metal, the throwing up the mould, the unclosing it, remov-
ing the pressure of the spring, picking out the cast letter,
closing the mould again, and reapplying the spring to be
ready for a new operation, are all performed with such as-
tonishing rapidity and precision, that a skilful workman will
turn out 500 good letters in an hour, being at the rate of one

,
every eighth Part of a minute. A considerable piece of metal
remains attached to the end of the type as it quits the mould.
There are nicks upon the lower edge of the types, to enable
the compositor to place them upright without looking at
them.—Dr. lire's Dictionary of Arts.
CIGAR MAKING IN SEVILLE.—The most extraordinary
sight in the Fabrica de Tabaco is a room, or rather four con-
nected rooms, about an immense square court, where three
thousand women and girls are daily employed in twisting
cigars. It is not saying much for Sevilian beauty, that I
looked in vain amongst this vast number for one that was
beautiful, pretty, or even interesting in appearance. I never
beheld such an assemblage of ugliness. As Juanico well
expressed it, " Venus passed by their doors at the time of
their birth, and would not even glance within." The young
female superintendent was the only exception—the only one
who did not disgrace the city of Donna Julia. Each woman
can twist 10 or 12 bundles of cigars a day, each bundle con-
taining fifty-one cigars, or five ounces of tobacco. There are
600 men similarly employed, each twisting 14 or 16 bundles
daily. The various other workmen in the establishment
amount to 200. The daily wages of the whole are above 1000
dollars, or nearly £250. This is a little world in itself.
Every article wanted is made within its walls—tin-chests,
sacks, baskets—nay, even the wheels of the carts in which
the tobacco is conveyed to and from the Fabrica—have all
separate manufactortes.—A Summer in Andalucia.
A HINT TO CIGAR SMOKERS.—A gentleman entered a
stage coach where there was only a lady with a sneezing can-
cery-nosed Dutch pug dog on her lap, which soon becoming
troublesome and offensive, to him, he proposed very politely
to give it outside to the guard ; but he could not prevail on
her to part with the " dear darling." Therefore, at length
coming to a town where a market was held, he, while the
horses were changing, finding a number of pigs close at hand,
ordered a large dirty sow to be brought to the door of the
coach, which was opened, and had her fore legs reared on the
steps as if to put her in, on which the lady most furiously
remonstrated, while be pleaded the same right of accommo-
dation for an inside place for his sow as she for her pug ; the
lady all the time most hysterically kicking to resist the en-
trance till a compromise took place, for the dog to be handed
over to the guard, provided the pig was discarded. This
done, the gentleman got in, and all went on well between
them to the end of pheir journey, although the lady had been
as difficult to convince of the impropriety of the propensity
as your smokers ; she acknowledged her error, and ever after
left pug at home. If smokers are equally impressed and ac-
commodating, the public will be essentially benefited by it.
THE INFLUENCE OF WEALTII.—The radicals (I do not
use this word in any offensive sense, for I know many honest
and excellentmen of this way of thinking), but the radicals
praise and admit the lawful influence of wealth and power.
They are quite satisfied if a rich man of popular manners
gains the votes and affections of his dependants ; but why is
not this as bad as intimidation? The real object is to vote
for the good politician, not for the kind-hearted or agreeable
man : the mischief is just the same to the country whether I
am smiled into a corrupt choice, or frowned into a corrupt
choice. What is it to me whether my landlord is the best
of landlords or the most agreeable of men ? I must vote for
Joseph
_Hume, if I think Joseph more honest than the Mar-
quis. The mere mitigated radicals may Pass over this, but
the real carniverous variety of these politicians should de-
claim as loudly against the fascinations as against the threats
of the great. The man who possesses the land should never
speak to the man who tills it. The intercourse between
landlord and tenant should be as strictly guarded as that of
the sexes in Turkey. A funded duenna should be placed
over every landed grandee. And then intimidation ! Is
intimidation confined to the aristocracy ? Can anything be
more scandalous and atrocious than the intimidation of mobs ?
Did not the mob of Bristol occasion more ruin, wretched-
ness, death, and alarm, than all the ejection of tenants, and
combinations against shopkeepers, from the beginning of the
century? and did not the Scotch philosophers tear off the
clothes of the tones in Mintoshire ? or at least such clothes
as the customs of the country admit of being worn ?—and
did not they, without any reflection at all upon the customs
of the country, wash the tory voters in the river ?—Rev.
Sydney Smith on the Ballot.
In Kilkenny the barley crops are in full ear.

Lord and Lady Francis Egerton left Bridgewater House
on Friday last for Oatlands, their seat in Surrey, where the
noble lord and lady are entertaining a select party.
On Sabbath a married woman, while attending divine ser-
vice in one of the parish churches of Greenock, fell down in
the pew, and instantly expired. She went to church quite
well in health.—Scottisle Guardian.
SINGULAR PRESERVATION OF POTATOES.—Two potatoes
were recently found by a workman, on the premises of Mr.
Copestake, baker, Derby, under a pavement that had not
been disturbed for 34 years. They were quite sound, and co-
vered with rubbish and lime about two feet deep.
We understand that the ancient fashion, of attorneys wear-
ing gowns, is being revived amongst the metropolitan prac-
titioners, and it is anticipated that the fashion will soon
become general amongst the professors of the law ; there is
also a rumour that the judges on circuit will intimate to the
profession, that they are expected to appear in court in gowns.
London Paper. [Very likely indeed !]

It is expected that a promotion will take place in the navy
on the anniversary of the coronation, which will include the
remainder of the post captains of 1806, &c. ; and. also that
colonels of the army of the same year as the last-made ma-
jor-generals, and who were lieutenant-colonels in 1831,
will be promoted, most of these officers having been in the
service from 40 to 48 years!

BEER ACT.-It appears, from a return which has just been
made to the House of Lords, that the number of petitions
presented to that house against the Beer Act during this ses-
sion and in the years 1837 and 1838, from magistrates in
quarter sessions, magistrates in petty sessions, boards of
guardians, inhabitants of parishes and towns, and bodies of
individuals, was 211, of which 24 were for the revision of the
act.

On Wednesday William Milroy, a private in the sth Dra-
eon Guards, who was quartered at the 'White Swan, St.
Peter's-street, Derby, having been- threatened by his ser-
leant that he should report him, loaded his pistol with the
intent, as he said, to blow his hand off, but was prevented by
one of his comrades, who wrested the pistol from him. He
afterwards became more cairn, and retired, as he said, to bed ;
his comrades having taken the precaution of securing all the
other fire-arms. He had not been up stairs long when a noise
was heard, which induced them to follow him, when they met
him coming down with two of the fingers of his left hand
nearly severed from it, done with his sword which they had
not thought of removing. He has been removed to Not-
tingham to be tried by a court-martial.—Derby Reporter.
CHALLI PRINTING, &c.—An act of parliament has just
passed for the protection of printed patterns on articles made
of linen, cotton, wool, silk, or hair, or of any of these ma-
terials mixed ; hich act is of great importance to the manu-
facturers of this city. Hitherto the protection has extended
only to articles made either of cotton or linen •, and conse-
quently the splendid patterns printed on the rich and costly
fabrics made in Norwich could be copied on a calico worth
only 4d. a yard with impunity. Under this act, if a pattern
be copied within three months, the party copying is not only
subject to a heavy penalty, but an injunction can at once be
obtained, preventing the sale of the goods ; or, if any pre-
viously sold, the parties will have to render an account of the
profits upon such sale.—Norwich Mercury.
A MAN SHOT IN MISTAKE FOR A DEER.—An inquest
was held on Friday the 14th inst. at the Greyhound Inn. En-
field, before H. Sawyer, Esq. coroner, on the body of James
West, one of the sons of a respectable gardener, living at
Enfield Wash, who was unfortunately shot the preceding day,
in mistake for a deer, by Benjamin Knott, a young farmer,
residing on the Chase. It appeared that a stra7 deer had for
some days past been repeatedly seen, and that several young
men had been out with their guns in search of it. On the
day in question, young Knott went out with the intent of
killing the animal ; he was accompanied by a boy and dog.
Unfortunately the deceased had gone to an adjoining field
to show a boy a blackbird's nest, when Knott, perceiving
something moving under the hedge which he believed to be
the deer, shot the poor young man instantly dead, The
jury, after visiting the spot to satisfy their minds, returned a
virdict of " Accidental deatt,"-on4 20s, deodand on tlie'gtua,
/Word lifformer,

01)tpping Enttlitgente.

TUESDAY, JUNE 25.-N.N.W.

ARRIVED-St. Lawrence, Chase, from New Orleans—Seymour,
Martin, from New York—Betty, Frederica, Molla, from Iceland—
Triumph, Andrews, from Trieste—lvan Slatoust, Wullff, from St.
Petersburg—Josephine, Dahlstrom, from Borga—Trenton, Snow,
from Mobile—Alleghany, Croaker, and Tallahassee, Croaker, from
New Orleans--Peuline, Kraft, from Danzig—Elizabeth, Akercale,
from Christianstadt—.Arethusa, Mitchell, from Riga—lduna, Groens.
wold, from Memel—Rosanna, —, from Hambro'—Brilliant,
from Grenada

SAlLED.—Chester, Lawson, for St. John, N.B.—Bonne Mere,
Lehgot, for Rouen—Culcutta, M'Kennell, for Quebec—Agnes,
White, for Malta—Jessie Eason, Ritson, for Elsinore—Reliance,
Cunley, for Ceara—lntrepid, Stewart, for the Cape of Good Hope
—Charles, Coffin, for Philadelphia—Wanderer, Smith, for Calcutta
—Nelson, Village, Gregg, for Miramichi—and Adelaide, Davison,
for St. John, N.B.

Harriet, Robson, and Sisters, Brown, hence at Halifax
Traveller, Sutherland, from Palermo, and Lord Oakley, Crow,
from Marseilles, at Gibraltar, and both sailed gth instant for this
port
Adelaide, Swaffin, hence at Cadiz
Emma, Irving, hence at Lisbon
Elizabeth, Orr, from Laguna, at the Cove
Abeona, Grant, from St. John, N.B. off ditto 21st June, in lat. 51,
long. 53, spoke the Harmony, hence for Labrador
Iconi, Steele, from Newfoundland, off the Cove
Tom Tough, , from Charente, at the Clyde
St. Patrick, Molloy, hence at Quebec
Magistrate, —, from Samarang, at Antwerp
Leo, Kendall, hence at Quebec
Irish Lass, Granby, and Blair, Newby, hence at Rio Janeiro
Lanark, —, from Mobile for Quebec, was spoken 21st May,
in lat. 3g, long. 70
Ritson, , from Tortola, at Lancaster
Pickering Dodge, Holbrook, from New Orleans, at this port. On
the 18th June, lat. 47, long. 21, picked up a bale of cotton, marked
L R Y and A underneath
ALMEIRA, June EL—The Venus, Simons, from Messina to Liver-
pool, was stranded near Royintus, on the sth instant, but got off
without apparent damage and proceeded
RIO JANEIRO, April 20.—H.M.S. Grecian has arrived with the
following prizes—Ganges with 417 slaves, Leal 364 slaves

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26.—Wind N.E. fresh.

ARRIVED.—The Ambassador, Davis, from Galveston, (Texas.)—
and Port Reval, Ohrt, from. St. Petersburg.

SAILED.—Hebe, Green, for Rio Janeiro—Mohawk, King; St.
Leon, Westcott, and Roscoe, Delano, for New York—Benjamin
Morgan, Johnson, for Charleston—Mansfield, Edmonds, for Africa
—Columbine, Masan, for St. John, N.B.—Los Ninos, De Lancerieo,
for Havana—Australia, English, for Bahia—Tally Ho, Mills, for
Hamburgh—Niag-ara, Cole, for Philadelphia—Amanda, Anderson,
and Pecchini, Descovich, for Malta—Maria, Moller, for Iceland—
Union, Wienholdt, for Danzic—Hendrika Jantina, Dominie, for
Zwolle—Ganges, Corkan, for Quebec—Rosa, Fuicher, for Hammer-
fest—Plod, Budinich, for Constantinople—and Tyrer, Shadwell, for
Canton.

Wm. Parker, Sewell, hence in the Straits of Banca 25th Feb.
Courier, Dixon, from Calcutta; at St. Helena
Inca, Harrison, hence at Honduras
Jane Vilet, -, hence at Picton
Venture, Wilson, and John Francis, Cotter, hence at Quebec
Edgecombe, Hoyle; Trusty, Morris; Belle, Nicholson, and Saml.
Freeman, , hence at Newfoundland
Nightingale, Hunter, hence at Pernambuco
Black Swan, Hunt, hence at ditto, dismasted, and with loss of
bowsprit, having encountered a severe gale the 12th May, in lat.
S, long. 32 W
Harriet, Michael, and Thomas Crisp, Bloom, hence at Constanti-
nople

Norfolk Hero, Garwood; Eliza Sanders, Bulley ; Beccles, Man-
thorpe, and George Gordon, Primrose, hence at Odessa
Uzella, Newton, hence at Naples
Henriette, d'Hondt, hence at Antwerp
Zakrewsky, Mathlin, hence for the Baltic, at Elsinore
Gute Hoffnung, Radmann, hence for Copenhagen, at ditto
Carl Wilhelm, Bartels, hence for Danzic, at ditto
Dorothea, Hoppe, hence for Narva, at ditto
Auguste Caroline, Diane, hence for Pillau, at.ditto
Rochester, Swanson, hence for St. Petersburg, at ditto
Sartorius, Norman, and Familien, Bonch, hsnce for Stockholm,
at ditto

Union, Vanderheyden ; Helene Eugene, Gilgot, & Perseverance,
Monnot, hence at Ostend
Selma, Dottloff, and Julie, Kunow, hence off Pillau
Johanna, Wolter, hence at Stralsund
William, O'Hagan, (after being on shore ;) Miranda, Colgin
Abbey, Barnes, and Margaret, Craig, hence at St. Petersburg
Alexandrine, Vagt, and Tre Sostre, Palk, hence at Wismar
Crescent, Balls, from New Orleans, at the Clyde
Vixen, Palmer, from the Cape of Good Hope,, at Deal
Fairfield, Beard, from Jamaica, at ditto, with rudder damaged,
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and loss of bulwarks

Christian, Gardner, sailed from Nantz for this port 17th June
Amity, Glover, sailed from Bahia for the ChannCl 30th April
Guiana, Holt, for London Ist May, and Sarah, Newby, for Pernam,
buco 7th May