Star.
London, England, 1829-11-18 00:00:00

TABLE TALK,
HISTORICAL, POLITICAL, LEARNED, and HUMOROUS*

Pleasant without scarring!, witty without affection, ands -
doss without impudency, learned without opinion, and strange
without lieresy."--SuassegaßN.
" WA Warre is a scourge of the wrath of GOD,
which by famine, fire, or sword, humbleth the spirits of
the repentant, tryeth the patience of the faithfull, and
hardneth the hearts of the ungodly. It is the misery of
time, and the terror of nature ; the dispeopling of the
earth, and the ruin of hir beauty. Hir life is action ;
hir food, blond ; hir honour, valor ; and hir joy, con-
quest. Shee is valor's exercise, and honor's adventure ;
reason's trouble, and peace's enemy ; shoe is the stout
man's love, and the weak man's feare ; the poor man's
toile, and the rich man's plague ; shee is the armourer's
benefactor, and the chirurgeon's agent ; the coward's
ague, and the desperate's overthrow ; shee is the wish
of envy, the plague of them that wish hir, the shipwracke
of life, and the agent for death. The best of hir is, that
shee is the seasoner of the body and the manager of the
minde, for the induring of labor, in the resolution of
action. Shee thunders in the aire, rips up the earth,
cuts through the seas, and consumes with the fire.
Shoe is indeed the invention of malice, the worke of
mischiefe, the musique of hell, and the daunce of the devill.
She makes the end of youth untimely, and of age wretch-
ed ; the citie's Backe, and the countrie's beggary. Shee
is the captaine's pride, and the captive's sorrow ; the
throat of blond, and the grave of flesh. Shee is the woe
of the world, the punishment of sinne, the passage of
danger, and the messenger of destruction. Shee is the
wise man's warning, and the foole's paiment ; the godly
man's griefs, and the wicked man's game. In suntme,
so many are her woundes, so mortall her cures, so daunge-
rous her course, and so devilish her devises, that I will
wade no further in her rivers of blond, but only thus con-
clude in her description: She is GoD's curse, and Man's
misery ; hell's practise, and earth's hell."—N. BRETON'S
" Characters upon Essaies." Ed. 1615.
VOLUMINOUS LIBILARY...-We are told that the li-
brary of I. I. Fucc RR, which was committed to the
care of JEROM WOLFIVS, contained as many books as
there are stars in the sky !
FEMALE FIDELITY AND PRESENCE OF MIND..—

18011

1809

A man named PEARSON, would have betrayed GusTA
Pus of Sweden (who had taken shelter in his cottage) to
his enemies, but when the pursuers came, his wife saved
the King with wonderful presence of mind, by treating
him like a servant and turning him into the scullery.
HOMAGE To Evs.—The sect of ' Quintilians' esta-
blished by the prophetess QUINTILIA, attributed pecu-
liar gifts and superiority to Evn, for having first eaten of
the Tree of Knowledge.
PERIL OF PROPHECY.—In 1540, GONZALES BAN..
DARA, a cobler of Lisbon, had nearly finished his days at
the stake, under the sentence of the Inquisition, for utter-
ing absurd predictions. By a not unusual revolution in
human affairs, it chanced that a hundred years afterwards
when the house of BRAGANZA rose to the throne of Por-
tugal, some of the cobler's fanatic effusions were judged
to have pointed out, clearly, the events which had newly
happened ; and the memory of a man who had hardly
escaped the flames as an impostor, was honoured as that
of an inspired prophet.
PERIL OF SANCTITY...—ST. ROMUALD underwent
a singular species of peril from his own reputed sanctity,
and from the fanatical respect borne to him by his neigh-
bours. He had long resided in Catalonia; but having
declared his intention of quitting that country, the inha-
bitants, rendered almost desperate by the dread of losing
their holiest of hermits, consulted together and deter-
mined to cut the good saint's throat, that they might at
least be sure of that share of the miracles which the
bones of so eminently pious a man might work amongst
them. The result of this conference chancing to reach
the ears of Romuald, he made a private and speedy re-
treat from Spain, not chusing to be made into reliques
before his time.
HONORABLE EULOGY.—The Earl of MORETON, Re-
gent of Scotland, was present at the funeral of KNox,
and pronounced his eulogium in a few words, which were
the more honorable to the dead, as they came from the
lips of one whom he had censured with peculiar severity,
whilst living :—" There liesHe who never feared the face
of man."
UNINTENTIONAL SARCASM. Bishop BURNET'S
absence of mind is well known. Dining with the Duchess
of MARLBOROUGH, after her husband's disgrace, he
compared this great General to BELISARIUS. " But,
said the Duchess, eagerly, " how came it that such a
man was so miserable, and universally deserted ?" " Oh,
Madam," exclaimed the distrait Prelate, " he had such a
brimstone of a wife !" Walpoliana.
RETORT COURTEOUS......DEODATI, Professor at Ge-
neva, was one day asked what he.thought of the preach-
ing of DuMOVLIN ? to which he answered, sneeringly,
" Clear waters are never deep." Shortly afterwards,
D EODATI himself delivered a sermon, and DUMOULIN
was asked his opinion. Du m ouLiw, who had learned
the remark of the critic, parodied the expression, and
answered, " Deep waters are never clear."
THE PITY OF PIETY.—A Gascon Preacher stopped
short in the pulpit : it was in vain that he scratched his
head ; no " wit would come."—" My friends," said he,
as he walked quietly down the pulpit stairs, " My friends,
I pity you, for you have lost a fine discourse!"

AN ACCOUNT
OF THE AMOUNT OF STAMP ON CARD
DICE, PATENT MEDICINES, ANDDUTY ALMANACKS,S,
Is SUCH 07 TIM TIVIDIThONS Yuas, 1808-1828.

Years.) Cards.

£25,973

27,290

1810

27,980

26,680

1812

24,930

1815

24,462

1814

1815

1816

22,514

20,550

1817

21,201

1818

112,641

1819

*445

1820

41,369

1821

51,147

1821

11,180

1844

42,390

1925 ' 22.578

1826 18,301
182 T 40,865
1828 17,365

X 2,579
1,538
1,094
1,448
863
723
991
1,588
1,217
771
612
714
664
830
1,668
1,309
1,111
1,194
1,794
I,OW
867

Patent
Medicines

.09,963
39,298
41,526
37,860
33,802
41,789
38,545
38,022
39,791
41,195
44,525
57,942
39,227
40,109
39,926
38,518
47,002
44,640
41,789
43,655
1 40,880

Almanacks.
'Gross Itec. Returns.

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I g ;
73 el
ess
A'
£32,694
32,752
33,320
33,434
32,789
33,016
32,455
30,550
32.027
31,948
30,545
30,106
32,537

THE SPINNING JENNY.

£1,256
1,258
1,532
1,781
1,783
1,289
1.535
1,489
1,762
1,544
1,488
1.254
1,819

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.
Silt—As your Correspondent who addressed you some
time since on this subject, under the signature of " A
CONSTANT READER," has not availed himself of your
willingness to bring to issue the pretensions of the re-
spective claimants to the merit of having invented THE
SPINNING JENNY, by the insertion of any authenticated
proof that he might possess to the prejudice of Sir
RICHARD ARKWRIGHT,—I now transcribe, in confir-
mation of the statement which originally appeared in
" THE STAR," a passage which I find in a memoir
of Mr. Secretary PEEL, contained in a work published
by Messrs. IA:moue); and Co. and entitled Public Cha-
racters of 1828.
I ant, Sir, your obedient servant,
A. D. Z.

" The Cotton Trade was as yet in a state comparatively rude, ex-
cept immediately in those place. in which Sir Riciraati A RILIVIUGIIT
had succ►eded in procuring the adoption of his machinery. Ob-
vious, and, as it might be presumed, unquestionable, as were the
advantages of the machinery proposed and invented by Sir B. A Mt-
wawa; they encountered in many districts an incredible degree
of opposition, as tending to change the habits and manners of the
peasantry, and to throw the poor out of employment, by substi-
tuting machinery for human labour. It was not as yet well under-
stood that the first result of such machinery would be the working
of such a vast increase of goods, and at such a diminished price, as
must greatly augment the sphere and quantity of the consumption ;
that the commodity would thus be brought into universal demand,
and that such demand must require the employment of all hands
to supply It. If the quantity made were, indeed, always to remain
the same, the employment of machinery would necessarily displace
so much human labour, and give no other compensation for so
much evil and misery than the cheaper price of such goods to the
public. But as the demand must always increase with the vast
and extraordinary reduction of price occasioned by the use of ma-
chinery.; this increase of demand will require such a perpetual in-
crease of labouring hands, either to work the machinery or to pre-
pare the materials for it, that the effect will eventually be, to aug-
ment rather than to diminish the call for human labour. These
principles, however, were not understood at this early period, and
the consequence was, that in many places Sir R. Aacwaionv's in-
vention was either not introduced, or was very imperfectly ma-
naged or worked at the time."—Poilie Characters of 1828, Lona.
stay and Co.

THE LATE M. DUMONT.

The late M. Dumont, the celebrated Jurist, and Editor of the
Works of Mr. Bentham, was born at Geneva in 1759. In early
life be struggled with, and overcame the disadvantages of poverty,
and the brilliancy of his first studies foretold the success of his
future literary career. He was educated for the Church, and at
the early age of twenty-two years his persuasive and animated
eloquence in the pulpit, the clearness and elegance of his diction,
joined to an Impressive delivery, attracted crowds of eager
auditors. The political disturbances of 1782 induced him to
quit his native country, and the scene of his poularity as a preacher
was transferred to Petersburg!), where he was received as Pastor
of the Reformed Church. He soon after visited England, where
he remained for some years in the strictest intimacy with the Mar-
quis of Lansdown, Lord Holland, Sir Samuel Readily, and other
distinguished political characters. Jut before the memorable epoch
of the French Revolution be went to Paris, and became associated
with Mirabeau, as his friend and fellow-labourer in the cause of
Reform. Although so little known to the world at large as an
actor in the political events of that time, that his name
is rarely mentioned in contemporary memoirs, he was engaged in
important occupations behind the scenes, and many of the most
celebrated passages of Mirabeas's public speeches and political
publications were from the pen of M. Dumont. The same self-de-
nial which induced him to labour for the fame of others, distin-
guished his character through life. With a mind stored with
useful information, a sound, discriminating judgment, a lively
fancy, and a style abounding with point, he was capable
of composing original works, which would have secured to
hint a great immediate reputation. This sort of reputation he
sacrificed to higher views of utility; and above 50 years of his
life were devoted to the exposition, development, and adaptation
of those principles which have honourably connected his name with
that of, perhaps, the greatest writer on Legislation in this or any
other country. "If it seldom happens," says a writer in The
Edinburgh Review, (Sir S. Romilly)," that to such extraordinary
talent as Bentham Foment is united an ardent desire to
devote them totally and exclusively to the service of man-
kind, it is no less uncommon to find a writer possessed
of the eloquence, the powers of development, and the per-
spicuity and vigour of expression which so eminently distin-
guish Dumont, contented, instead of applying his great endow-
ments to some original work which might immortalise himself, to
submit, from no other motive than that of benefiting his fellow
creatures, to the humble office of setting forth another's ideas to
advantage, and of advancing another's fame.".--.E.D. Rev. No. 57,
p. 237. In 1814 he returned to his native country, which had just
recovered its independent Government, and in the language of a
Swiss Journal, " to her interests be devoted his time, his know-
ledge, and his eloquence. Eager for steady improvement, the cause
of truth was proclaimed by him without bitterness—that of
liberty without violence. In the Representative Assembly, in its
Commtttees, and in society, be captivated every mind; and obtained
that confidence and respect from others which was due to the ex-
tent of his views, the soundness of his opinions, the grasp of his in-
tellect, and the purity of his intentions. But those whose good for.
tune it was to enjoy his intimacy will never forget that the rarest
qualities of the individual were in his character joined to the
greatest public virtue. Amiable and affectionate, he rejoiced in
the happiness and success of others. Eminently attractive in
conversation, and benevolent in all the relations of society.
his family tithed him as a father, and his friends were ever
sure to find him the same, however much they differed from him in
political opinions." It is not, however, solely as a literary man
that we should admire him • and the esteem and regret evinced by
the lively emotions of his fellow-citizens, who followed him to the
grave, will justify the remark, that his ambition of reading his his-
tory in the happiness of his country was rewarded by the highest
applause that can fall to the lot of man. " His tomb a people's tears
shed over bins." But his usefulness extended beyond the narrow
limits of his little republic ; and, as the world advances in know-
ledge, he will be revered, as among the first of those who ex-
pounded the just principles of jurisprudence and legislation ; and
taught, by precept and example,• the duties of a pure and benevo-
lent morality.

DONCASTER, ROBBERY.—COMMITTAL OF JAMES,
alias JosIAH SNIART.—Monday, after a very long exa-
mination at the Mansion-house, Doncaster, which lasted
upwards of four hours, James, alias Josiah Smart, was
fully committed to take his trial at the next York As-
sizes for the above robbery. Messrs. Mason and Col-
linson appeared as solicitors for the prosecution, and Mr.
Stocks Heaton for the prisoner.

THE THEATRES.

COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.
A new comic opera was presented at this Theatre last
night, called The Night before the Wedding, and the
Wedding Night, in which Mr. DEAN made his first ap-
pearance. The plot of the drama runs thus :
" Sir Lionel Lorimer (Mr. W 000) a Colonel of Infantry, is ca-
rousing with his brother officers on the night before his wedding•
and Laughingly dares any of the party to supplant him with the
lady who bas consented to be his bride. The challenge is ac
ctpted. and a wager founded upon it on the part of one of Sir
Lionel's comrades, Valentine Acton (Mr. Demi), who suspects
that t yis Marina (Miss Mirages) towards whom he has long
preferred an accepted suit, but which bad been broken off Ly some
love-quarrel or mkunderstanding. He is confirmed in his ma-
picion by seeing his' happy rival produce her portrait, and de-
termines ts; on endeavouring to obtain an interview and explana-
tion with her in time to re-awaken her former tenderness, and
place himself in the envied situation of Sir Lionel. In this hr is
assisted by his impudent and cunning valet, Hector, (Mr. J. Rus-
set.) who introduces his mater and himself to the presence of the
Lady in the disguise of minstrels; and by the aid of Jocelyn and
Rose, (Mr DURUM' and Miss H. Cawsz,) =naives to substitute
►alentine for Lionel at the very steps of the altar. The latter being
reminded of his wager. takes the matter very coolly, and when he
finds himself laughed at by his comrades, hay the philosophy to
laugh with them. and to bless the bride ..nd bridegi.oni."
To bring about the denouement of this simple affair, a
great many characters are employed ; and, us may be
anticipated; they have little or nothing to do. There are
no less than seventeen dramatis persona, besides officers,
servants, and an innumerable host of Morris dancers.
We believe, that had it not been for the agreeable man-
ner in which Mr. WOOD sustained the character 9f Sir
Lionel Lorimer, and the urch acting of Miss H. CA W SE,
in the part of Rose—a peasant—the thing would have
been damned. One redeeming quality, to be sure, the
piece possesses. It abounds in good music and songs.
One of these songs, by Mr. WOOD, as the Colonel, was
very deservedly applauded :
Yes, a soldier's breast should be free from love,
Lest in the hour of duty
He think on the sigh of a widow'd heart.
And the tears of orphan beauty :
Or if he fall, slain in battle-field,
Whatever high fame assigned him,
His last beam of pride is o'ershadow'd by woe
Fur the sorrow he leaves behind him.
Yet a soldier's breast should be fraught with love—
Then in the strife severest
His arm will be strong, and hie courage firm,
Yes, for her he treasures dearest:
With broken sword, 'Death his banner, then
Dead on the lists should they find him;
He'll lie where the heart of his love may be cheer'd
In the glory he leaves behind him.
There appear to us to be both fact and fancy in these
stanzas. Mr. RUSSEL, as Hector, the cunning valet of
Valentine Acton, made a good hit in his invocation to
the demons of intrigue ; and Miss H. CA WSE, as the
peasant girl, got through the following verses with ama-
zing effect :
" Shun all the men !" such my father's advice is ;
" L'oor maiden's hearts with as baubles they play ;
" Guard well your peace, or 'tis lost in an bar. ant;
" Lovers alike silly damsels betray."
Ahl—what a fate ours !—oh ! terrible crisis !
If we should fall in love—what can we do?
These naughty men ! a perplexing!
Beguiling ! untrue !
These cunning men !
Wicked men!

" Once a young Rose gaily bloom'd is a bower,
" Calm was her life as the blue Is the sky,
" Till a false butterfly, borne on a zephyr,
•' Sipp'd all her perfume and left her to die."
Roses are we that fade in one short hour;
Robb'd of our sweetness, in vain we grieve;
Maids, mark the fable—fluttering! beguiling,!
AU butterflies believe
These cunning men!
Wicked men!

Another pretty song " The Knight of the Scarlet
Plume" by the same lady was loudly encored ; and these
reliefs, scattered through the tedious details of the drama,
fairly redeemed the whole. Of the new aspirant for
histrionic fame, Mr. DEAN, we would rather not speak—
particularly to-day—as we think there is another chance
for him.

THE ADELPHI.
"BILLY TAYLOR" AND THE SISTERS."
Claim in that early and excellent specimen of
• Autobiography'—the " Apology for his Life,"—after
relating, in the pleasantest tone that ever mortified
vanity assumed, the disappointment he experienced when,
on his success in the' Old Bachelor,' he " found that there
were few or no parts of the same kind to be had," or any
other parts which his brother comedians considered " in
his way ;" lets us fairly into his notions of histrionic
qualifications by observing that he " thought every
thing naturally written ought to be in every one's way
that pretended to be an actor."—Such universality of
genius, though no longer professed or required at the
hands of the " great creatures of the great houses"—
and, indeed considered in our fastidious times dero-
gatory to their dignity,—is one of the chief sources
of attraction at the ADELPIII,—where we find a
combination of talent that is really surprising
where "each man in his turn plays many parts,"
and every thing is well played—from the mock heroics
of " Billy Taylor," to the natural and pathetic ten-
derness of " The Sisters." " SENECA cannot be too
heavy, nor PLAUTUS too light."—Notwithstanding the
seriousness with which we endeavoured, last week, to dis-
cuss the merits of that " gay young fellow," and to
inspire his modest representative, Join; REEVE, with a
consciousness of his own tragic powers, critical justice
compels us to declare, that though " Billy Taylor"
maintains all his popularity, Mister REEVE has lost some-
what of that sentimental sadness—that inexpressible iden-
tity with the hero which constituted his chief e7:cellencJ.
Flushed with success, he smiles when he should look sad
—laughs when he should sigh—defies the encore even
of the Gods, and substitutes a growling thorough-bass,
for those tender tones, that so captivated his hearers
when first

" Like flakes of feathered mew
They melted as they fen!"—
We have now to notice a performance of a very differ-
ent character ; and in recording the perfect and un-
qualified success of " The Sisters, or the Brigands of
Albano," to ascribe that success to the talent by which
every scene was sustained, every incident wrought up to
the height of intense excitement, and every situation
rendered effective. Fillipo, the Brigand hero, displayed
the melodramatic skill of Mr. 0. SMITH to the utmost
advantage ; and impressed us with a conviction that had
Nature been more bountiful to this deservedly favourite
actor, in the quality of his voice, he might, ere this, have
taken rank amongst the best of our tragedians• Mr.

YATES supported, with the happiest effect, Cuptain Au-
gustus Mignonette—a whimsical medley of the coxcomb,
the soldier, and the sentimentalist, blending the frivolity
of Cornet Count Carmine with the generosity of Va(conc.
Mr. Be c KSTON E aims too much—at least for his own
success—at peculiarity of style, which he must know can
only be tolerated for the sake of peculiarity of talent. It
has seldom been the lot of dramatists to succeed as actors,
but Mr. BUCK STONE is yet new to the world in either
capacity ; and if we did not think ho had merit we should,
not take the pains of cautioning him not to suffer the
favour he enjoys in the one respect, to abate his zeal in the
other. His " Coco Cacklett, in "the Bold Dragoons,"
is incomparably a better performance than " Pippo Pop-
poloni" in " the Sisters ; and yet " Pippo" is by far
the better part of the two. Serjeant Serpentin has but
littie to do, and that little Mr. BENSON' Htt.t. slid well.
We know few more assiduous performers, and his atten-
tion to the business of the stage is worthy the emulation
of more experienced actors. Mrs. Fly z w
ever excellent and Lumourous—rendered Lisette: ex-
tremely amusing : but the great and absorbing interest
of the piece devolves upon " Tile Sisters," and admirably
did they sustain it throughout.
With every mental and personal qualification that can
constitute a claim to professional distinction, it is beyond
measure praiseworthy, to see so charming an actress as
Mrs. YATES foregoing, in the midst of a successful ca-
reer, and in the full enjoyment of popular favour, the
brilliant course in which she had but few competitors, to
give all the aid and the attraction of her talents to her hus-
band's judicious and spirited enterprise. Her perform-
ance of the fond, the devoted Nina, was delightful ; no-
thing could be more innocently ingenuous—more full of
generous and confiding tenderness, than her attar inient
and devotion to Fillipo—nothing more natural or more
affecting than her feverish anxiety, her .anguish which, in
its v.ry excess, brought with it an appalling semblance of
frenzied unconsciousness, as the hour of her doom ap-
proached ;—and then the womanly struggle between the
love of life, and fear for her sister's safety, rendered the
picture irresistibly touching and pathetic. Miss 1.) AI.Y,
whom we had before seen only in comic diameters,
played Maria, and exhibited talent of a higher order,
and a deeper feeling, than we. had given her credit
for. The scene in which she effects the deliverance of her
sister, was admirable :—her own calm determination—
the indifference with which she incurred every risk to
save that sister—and the mingled gentleness and energy
with which she excited her to make the effort that was to
place her in safety, and the desperate yet soothing fond-
ness with which she kissed her forehead, as she encou-
raged her,—all were given with that fidelity to Nature,
which is one of the most arduous accomplishments of art.
The house was crowded, and the attention of the audience
seemed rivetted to the incidents of the piece, which at it.,
close was louldly applauded. The scenery is as beautiful
as imagination can fancy, or the eye delight to dwell
upon.

MADEMOISLLETENNY VERTPRE.
One of the most agreeable actresses of the Theatre do
Madame, Mademoiselle Janie Vernet, concluded, a few days
since, her engagement at Marseilles. The last of her cheracteril
was in the Actrice en Voyage. In this vaudeville there is a scene in
which two performers converse upon new publications. Have you
read Trilby? Are you acquainted with Smarra ? asks one I)
741ILLIS, of the daughter of M. lionassoxo. Al. DI Vase, as
who played the latter, took up the subject a-p►opos, and said—
" Have you real Waterloo—the admirable verses on Water-
loo?" Three salvos of applause followed the ingenious allusion
made by the Actress. The audience instantly understood it
was a compliment to Messieurs ?AMY and BARTIIBLIDIT, Au-
thors of the Poem► of " Waterloo," as both were horn at Mar-
seilles. No one felt grave and dissatisfied. with the t xception
of NI. as Jot:pugs, the new Prefect of the 'touches du Rhone.
Jealous of the honour of M. de BOIIIIMONT, he left his Lox, and
ordered the Manager to produce the piece, for the purpose of seeing
whether the guilty phrase could be fonnd. It could not, but the
author had anticipated the thought of the actress, by the insertion
of a note authorising her to name any work which might be most
popular. The Prefect, disroncerted, entertained, for some m meats.
the intention of giving our witty actress a night's lodging in prison.
Fortunately, however, the functionary felt the ridicule and odium.
which must follow such a measure, and did not take that course. The
next day Miss Jaime Venetia received an order to appear at the
Prefecture. She replied that in using the name Waterloo epos the
stage. she had no intention to do more than render homage to
talent, and had merely adopted the idea of the author of the piece.
She added that she was not in the least angry with the Prefect.—hi.
Jonsson, very much displeased, threatened to write to the super-
intendent of the beaux-arts, at Paris ; to M. Porno* ; to NI.
Hounslow? himself; and, in shurt, to interdict the future appear-
ance of Miss JENNY at the Theatre of Madame. We doubt whether
the Prefect can realize his projects of vengeance. He will only
obtain the ridicule which falls upon unnecessary rage, and great
measures occasioned by frivolous causes.—Cerutifutiortnef.

As the new Opera at Covent-garden last night, called
M The Night before the Wedding and the Wedding Night," had s
Bishop to furnish the music, and a Dean to take the principal parr,
no doubt the marriage ceremony was well performed.
By letters from the British fleet in the Mediterranean,
to the 19th of September, we learn that the Dey of
Algiers has solemnly declared that he knew nothing
of the firing into the French man-of-war, La Provence,
(which entered the harbour with a flag of truce); and,
because he has dismissed the Minister of Marine and
some artillery officers, he expects the French to be-
lieve him ; but the latter are in high dudgeon at the
treachery of the Dey and the humiliation of their flag,
which is daily braved by this insignificant corsair. The
French should imitate the dashing spirit and firm reso-
lution of Lord EX MOUTH, if they wished to impress
these barbarians with respect for their power. British
influence is predominant at Algiers, Tunis. and Tripoli.
At the latter place a hot search had been made for the
late Major LA ING'S papers, which had been traced front
Timbuctoo to the hands of the French Consul-General at
Tripoli. The 'labium had assisted Mr. W A ARINGTON,
the English Consul, in his endeavours to regain these
valuable papers, but the Frenchman bad struck his flag,
and left Tripoli in an Austrian brig. The American Con-
sul is also in disgrace for the p rt he had taken in this
affair with the French Consul, and has also left Tripoli ;
but the Republican flag is still fiyiug. The Bashaw has
written to the Governments of France and America com-
plaining in severe terms of the conduct of the Consuls ;
and the papers of our lamented traveller having been
clearly traced to the hands of the French authority, it is
expected that the British Government will require thews
to be given up.

CORN-EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, Nov. 18.
The arrivals of fluky from the Norfolk and Suffolk coasts are
greater than can be remembered, considerably more than adequate
to the demand ; and the trade was completely stagnant, although
offered at a decline of from Is. to 2s. per quarter under Monday's
quotations, although little done in either of them.
IMPOITATIONI Met MONDAY.
Wheat, English (qrs.) . 1,520 ; Barley. Foreign
Irish . . (Oats, English ,
Foreign . 700 Foreign
Barley, English • 7,300 I slab
Irish • . -- Flour (sacks)

. 21,00
. 2,040
230

4,100

COAL MARKET—Tuts Dar.
Coals continue to arrive in abundance, both from Sunderland
and Newcastle; and In consequence of the great supply, the best
Walhend Coals are full Ss. per chaidron lower than they were a
month ago; 72 new ships were at market to-day, making a total
on the week's arrival of 110 ships. The Coal Bashange was well
attended by ntetchants, and the demand for Coal was very fair,
but nothing equal to the supply.
Ships arrived daring the month
Best Wa!head Coals .... Sss. Od. liSs. 3d.
Other sons 2Bl Oti. 844. Od.
Ships at Market