Star.
London, England, 1829-01-12 00:00:00

THE WEATHEg:IN THE_NORTHi

The season his .at lenr,th assumed its characteristic
appear-o.er. • Wednesday and Thursday a. gnod.deal of
,now fell but as it was .tccaaonally mixed with rain it
lies but thin in the country, and-in the streets it in a
great mea►ure disappeared.—Caledonian Mercury.
Monday we had a slight frost, and since, it has groin
much more intanws and ►everal shoe ers of snow have
fallen, and nature now looks more like winter, and ap.
peztances indicate a storm of frost —life Herald.
The 'leather has undergyne a Great and seatnnable
alteration. I%r three days past snnw has fallen at in•
tervals, and them has been severe though not continued
frost. The country 114 i at once changed !loin the sp.
pearance of sating, and every Ming indicate a conti.
nuance of wider weather.—Kelso
We Mtn:lone in our last that the lligliland modes
loins were coveted with ',messy. We h.ve since had a
shAri, rens'. Vas re 11,s been:sons. snow in th-,North of
England. Tie London Nj did nc.t arrive to night
till 45 nsioutes past its 1er5e....fge.:;;414 Chronicle.

LIVERPOOL, .lA` UAR/ 10.

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Between five And sir o'cloac law eeen:rg a fire Iv*,
out in the surgar-hriuse of Mears. Webb end blhirtio,
in Old-starer; and immediately commui.icau.d to Ow
ceuitting4l •use mt. Thoinhill, which ad;oined. By
the tare the engines could he put into play, the flames •
hid so tivir•ughly pervaded the is hole et the pile of.
nuildirg •n-which the iiie ro hope of
subduing them remai ed. T ecas!:, br.:•%, and I aptlS
in the 7ontitii.g-houtes weie 6 • d, but the whole-of
the re-t. of the pioneity .t c...nher wi:h the builJings
was &strove!. Tbe premi:e..wei fortuiraely tom"- •
pletely isolated, vrh:ch f.cil:tated the endeavour to pre.
vent the destruction from spreiciiii.to the adjacent
buildings. • Con islereble alarm tram for some time felt
for a iLI.O of I oases in Fezikerle.;•-street, inhibited by
poor people, t! e tia4s of which were opposed to the
linm-nse heat of thr herniae pile eft_ the distance of but
few paces; lost the w effotts i,f ibe fiiernea
succeeded in preserving tl ens fn m t!.e destruction wbicb
was indeed inimenent. The si ectaele presented by the
mass of flames i7as for a considerable perind- 'awfully
grand ; befoie nine o'clock the whAe of
.tneintitior:Of
the buildings was destroyed, and Ow outer. walls stopd
a mass of butaingsruioe.

The suppleineittary•iecture delivered ,by Mr. Buck-
ingham Om day, on the destructive nature of the mo-
iiep;fy of the lt st India Company, was received with,
the warmest apionhatit,rt from a delighted and criivided
audiences. At it. conclusion, .
. The Worshipful the MAT 3R came forwaxcland said,
" I cannot permit this meeting separate without at,
tempting It; ewe s the deep lease 1 entertain of •thst
oblig &oils under which Mr.lluekingh.m has laid this
community in t' e great cause to shich he has tlir.csed
mu, attention. I therefore move, that the cordial thanks
of this meeting be presented to P.ir. Buckingham for his
-exertions in exposing the injurious effeits consequent On
a:continuance of the monopoly of the East India Conn.
hpany ; und th it this meeting c:tnuot permit Mr.l3uck.
Ingham to leave Liverpool without expressing their best
vri,hes for his success in the towns which he it abOut
!b. wish." . . . .

This resolution-was seconded. by-Jams
Esq in a limy eloquent. ansl-feeling-tpeech, and was
carried by acclamation.

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Behind the chair of .Mr. Buckingham we noticed
Mesirs. Gladstone, Bemnn, Earl,- RathbO-net ROscoe,
Barclay, Grant, Alston, Hope, ate.

When Mr. 'O'Gorman Mahon was removed from the
Magistracy, he was deeply affected, and carded the
supersedeas to the Lord Chancellor of Ireland to be as•
cured of its authenticity. "Quite natural," says Rogers,
he was bitterly mortified at his dismissal, and took it
to Hart:'

*An illiterite grocer on the lone wharf in Boston,
placed an empty cask in front of his store, upon which
he wrote. in chalk, " for sail," A wag shortly after
*role underneath, a for freight or passage apply at the
bung-bole."
'A large body of weavers paraded the streets on Moo.
day, with' three persons tied into a donkey cart, wi!lt a
label puiporting them to have taken work underprice.
They were continually hooted, and all kinds -ef filth
thrown at them by the persons who .accompanied the
cart. We oriderstind another person was taken out of
his loom in his shirt-sleeves, and carried some distaace.
—Noralia Vercsiry. . ...*
Fasugn Salmi/arm EXPIDITION To
expedition, which we announced some time ago,.arM in
a few days takeits departure. It consists of 1711ersons.
who :lave been appointed by the GovernMent, upon the
recommeadation'of the Academy of science., and other
,cientific inanition' in Paris. A correspondent in that
capital informs us, that in fitting out this expedition no
expense has been spared; it is supplied with insure-
Ments and necessary apparatus by the first 'macro; anti
most of the persons compoiinF it have liberal. salaries.
'Two of these Gentlemen are. first rate botanists. srj
-another has had great experience in• agriculture. It
would seem,from some circumstances which have trans.
pired. that great attention is to be paid to the foil and
climate of Greete, with a view to the cultivation of
Many articles of necestity and luxury, under the super•
intentlenee of French colonists. On its ariiist in
Creece, the expedition will be divided into three. Few
ties, each of winch will prosecute its resarches oa eepa•
rite points, but under such arrangements as Will reader
it easy for them to unite when it shall be necessary to
do so. Colonel Fabvier, the French commandant
'in Greece, has received instructions to provide WIWI
'escorts; mid letters have been sent by the French' Mi•
ni..tei tel the. Greek President, requesting him to nerd
every facifity in his Ortsfer.-- The King of France' hes
takintreit interest itr thepipiiitition of this eaterpriser
aadbas bliteadiaas *is tor/tribute, from bit
05111:PuVirs ihtlo4Vdfai oily be coniidetedaleceitirt
—LiteYary tioeile.• • . •