The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-11-15 00:00:00

SINGULAR AUTHOR.—A poor clergyman, In a very remote
county in England, bad, on some popular occasion, preached
a sermon so acceptable to his parishioners, that they entreated
him to print it, which after a due and solemn deliberation he
promised to do. This was the most remarkable incident of
his life, and filled his mind with a thousand fancies. The
conclusion, however, of all his consultations with himself
was, that he should obtain both fame and money; and that a
journey to the metropolis to direct and superintend the great
concern was indispensable. After taking a formal leave of
his friends and neighbours he proceeded on his journey. On
his arrival in town, by great good fortune, he was recom-
mended to the worthy and excellent Mr. Bowyer, to whom
he triumphantly related the object of his journey. The
printer agreed to his proposals, and required to know how
many copies he would have struck off? " Why, Sir," re-
turned the clergyman, " I have calculated that there are in
the kingdom so_many thousand parishes, and that each parish
will at least take one, and others more, so that I think we
may safely venture to print thirty-five or thirty-six thousand
copies." The printer bowed—the matter was settled, and
the rev. author departed in high spirits to his home. With
much difficulty and great self-denial a period of about two
months was suffered to pass, when his golden visions so tor-
mented his imagination that he could endure it no longer,
and accordingly he wrote to Mr. Bowyer, desiringhim to send
the debtor or creditor account, most liberally permitting the
remittances to be forwarded at Mr. Bowyer's convenience.
Judge of the astonishment, tribulation, and anguish, excited
by the receipt of an account, charging him for printing thirty-
five thousand copies of a sermon, £785 ss. 6d., and giving
him credit for £1 ss. 6d., the produce of seventeen copies,
being the whole that had been sold. This left a balance of
£784 due the bookseller. All who knew the character of this
most amiable and excellent printer, would not be at all sur-
prised to hear that in a day or two a letter to the following
purpose was forwarded to the clergyman :—" Rev. Sir,—l
beg pardon for innocently amusing myself at your expense ;
but you need not give yourself uneasiness. I knew better
than you could do the extent of the sale of single sermons,
and accordingly printed but fifty copies, to the expense of
which you are heartily welcome, in return for the liberty I
have taken with you."—Percy Anecdotes.

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TUESDAY, Nov. 12.—Wind S.S.E,

ARRIVED—Warrior; Wade, from Lisbon-Jane, Davidson, and
Charlotte,
sterdam—Huddersfield, , from Bonny; sailed 27th Aug.—
Colchester„ from St. Andrew's

SAtLan—Lome, Erich, for Hambro'—Medora, Harrison, for
Bombay—Scotland, Merryman, for New Orleans—Rosalie, Ryk, for
Ostend—Robert Pulsford, Prince, for New Orleans=Achiever, Nor-
rie, for St. Thomas—Napier, Sanford, for New York—Thomas
Hughes, IVPMann, for Valparaiso

Huddersfield, Owens, from Bonny, at this port; sailed 27th Aug.
In lat. 27 0, long. 28 0, spoke the Shakspeare, hence for N. Orleans
Fama Martin, hence at Berbice

Majestic, •-, and Charlotte, -, sailed from Bonny on the
27th Aug. for this port
Charles, -, from Odessa to this port, was spoken gth Oct. five
days from Malta
City of Durham, , hence to Odessa, was spoken 25th Oct.
in lat. 39, long. 6 E
Irt, Ludlow, from Hambro' at Newfoundland
Higginson, Heath, hence at Madeira, and sailed 25th Oct. for
Barbados
Reward, Salmon, hence, at St Übes
Ruby, Arming ; Tejo, OliveL a;• Alliance, Avellar ; Mungo Park,
Anderson ; Burley, Miller ; and Despique da Inveja, Cruz, hence,
at Lisbon
Lisbonense, Leao, sailed from Lisbon for this port 3d instant
Eleanore, Halewyck, hence, at Ostend
Leopold I. ; Atalanta, Malchow ; and Ober Breg Sack, Schaer,
hence, at Schelde
Ellen, Chapman, hence at Brielle_

Zeelust, Muk ; Hoop and Verdaghing, De Boer; Neptunus, Bak
ker; Treasurer, Farrage ; Vesta, Poll ; Anna Catherina, Komving
Agatha, Scholar, hence, at Helvoet
Wellington, from New York, at Portsmouth
Reliance, , hence for Brazil, was spoken sth instant, in lal
47, long 10
Middleton, Tinion, sailed from Cadiz for Monte Video 31st Oct
Acadia, M'Kenzie, hence for Mobile, was spoken sth November,
in lat 49, long 8

ShaksPeare, hence for New Orleans, was spoken in lat 46 N, long
34 20 W

•
Cintra, Renfree, hence, at Gibraltar
Feliz Pensamento, Sohton, sailed from St Übes for this port Ist
November
Telemaco, Cafiero, hence, at Naples
Ebenezer, Adams, sailed from Malaga for this port 24th Oct

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13.—Wind S.S.E.
ARRIVED.—United States, Fisher, sailed 13th ult. and South
America, Bailey. sailed 2oth ult. from New. York—Lord Sanden,
M`Ketinedy, from Miramichi—Sir Walter Scott, Young, from Que-
bec—Anna Louisa, Scott, and Ruth, Kendall, from St. Petersburg
—Medea, Brockhurst, from Stettin—Alexander, Albrecht, from
Danzig—Maria, Moretz, and Johan Frederick Notzel, from Konigs-
berg.

SA I LED & M. BroWn, Brown, for Riga—lsis, Scott, for
Trieste—and Napier, Sandford, for New York.

Paraense, (steamer) Richards, hence at Madeira, and sailed 9ti
ult. for Brazils

Rothschild, Luckett, hence at. ditto, and sailed for Bombay Bth
ult.