The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-12-15 00:00:00

COMMODORE NAPIER

Of the heroic services of the brave and daring Charles
Napier, no statement can be so interesting or so characteristic
as his own, contained in his address to the burgesses of Ports-
mouth, at the election of 1833,:
,` in the course of my canvass (said the gallant officer), I
have been asked who I am ? I'll tell you. I am Captain
Charles Napier, who, 25 years ago, commanded the Recruit
brig, in the West Indies, and who had the honour of being
24 hours under the guns of three French line-of-battle ships,
flying from a British squadron, the nearest of which, with
the exception of the Hawk brig, was from five to six miles
astern the greatest part of the time. I kept flying double-
shotted broadsides into them. One of these ships, the
Hautpolt, only, was captured by the Pompey and Castor,
the other two escaped by superior sailing. Sir Alexander
Cochrane, my commander-in-chief, promoted me on the
spot into her. At the siege of Martinique, the lEolus,
Cleopatra, and Recruit were ordered to beat up in the
night, between Pigeon Island and the Main, and anchor
close to •Fort Edward. The enemy, fearing an attack,
burned their shipping. At daylight in the morning it
appeard to me that Fort Edward was abandoned ; this, how-
ever, was doubted. I offered to ascertain the fact, and with
five men I landed in open day, scaled the walls, and planted
the union jack on the ramparts. , Fortunately I was undisco-
vered from Fort Bourbon, which stood about 100 yards off,
and commanded it. On this being reported to Sir Alexander
Cochrane, a regiment was landed in the night. Fort Ed-
ward was taken possession of and the mortars turned against
the enemy. lam in possession of a letter from Sir A. Coch-
rane, saying that my conduct was the means of saving
many lives, and shortening the siege of Martinique,' 1 had
once the misfortune of receiving a precious licking from a
French corvette; the first shot she fired broke my thigh, and
a plumper carried away my mainmast. The enemy escaped,
but the British flag was not tarnished. On my return to
England, in command of the Jason, I was turned out of
her by a Tory Admiralty, because I had not interest : but,
as I could not lead an idle life, I served a campaign with the
army in Portugal as a volunteer, when I was again wounded.
At the battle of Busaco I had the honour of carrying off the
field my gallant friend and relative, Colonel Napier, now
near me, who was shot through the face. Busaco was not
the only place where he shed his blood; at Corunna he was
left for dead; but, thank God, he escaped with six wounds.
On my return to England I was appointed to the Thames, in
the. Mediterranean ; and, if I could bring the inhabitants of
the Neapolitan coast into this room, they would tell you that
from Naples to the Fare-point, there was not a spot where I
did not leave my mark, and brought with me upwards of 100
sail of gun-boats and merchant vessels. I had the honour of
running the Thames and Furieuse into the small mole of
Ponza, which was strongly defended; and before they could
recover from their surprise, I captured the island without the
loss of a man. I was then removed to the Euryalus, and had
the good fortune to fall in with two French frigates and a
schooner. I chased them in the night close into Calvi, in the
island of Corsica, passing close under the stern of one,
plumpering her as I passed : and though we were going eight
knots, I tried to run aboard of her consort, who was a
little outside, standing athwart my hawse ; the night was
dark, the land close, and she succeeded in crossing me,
but I drove her ashore on the, rocks, where she was
totally wrecked, and her consort was obliged to anchor
close to her. The Euryalus wore round, and got off,
almost brushing the shore as she passed. These ships
were afterwards ascertained to be armee en flute, mounting
22 guns each, and the schooner 14. From the Mediteranean
I was ordered to America ; and if my gallant friend Sir
James Gordon was here he would have told you how I did
my duty on that long and arduous service, up to the Potomac.
He would have told you that in a tremendous squall the
Euryalus lost her bowsprit and all her topmasts, and that in
12 hours she was again ready for work. We brought away a
fleet from Alexandria, were attacked going down the river

by batteries built close to what was the "residence of the great
Washington, and I was again wounded in that action in the
the'peace-taking place,l went on half-pay, where
I remained till I was appointed to the Galatea, which ship I
commanded for three years on this station ; and I hope and
trust that I have faithfully done my duty during that period
to my King and country."

In addition, we may mention, that in 1833 Captain Napier
succeeded Admiral Sartories in the command of Don Pedro's
geet, and achieved a signal victory over the more numerous
and powerful squadron of Don Miguel, which the gallant
Englishman, with hiS British followers, captured at a single
blow, by boarding. He now commands the Powerful, of 84
guns, with the rank of Copamodore, on the Syrian coast. This
intrepid and enterprising sailor is the eldest son of the Hon.
Charles Napier, R.N., of Merchistoun-hall, in the county of
Stirling ; was born on the 6th of March, 1786, and married
Eliza, widow of Lieutenant Edward Elers,

TO MESSRS. CALLAN, REIMARS, EROWN, AND
THE CHURCHWARDENS OF ST. MARK'S.

MY DEAR FRiEsns,—As you were the medium of con-
veying to my hands a flattering testimonial from the congre-
gation of St. Mark's, permit me to return my thanks, through
you, for their kind consideration, and for this proof of their
affection and esteem. I feel fully conscious how undeserving
I am of the terms of approbation by which this was accom-
panied. At the same time, lam bold to say, that I will give
place to no pastor in the gospel folds, in my earnest desires
for the external interests or my flock, in labouring to the
best of my ability for their spiritual good, in endeavouring to
set before them the whole counsel of God, and "to give them
their portion of meat in due season." But Ido not mean,
when I say this, to arrogate to myself any superior intelli.
gence, zeal, or amount of labour, in the discharge of my duties ;
nor to a conclusion personally favourable to myself from the
spontaneous offering of the congregation : if the kind feelings
of the church have been favourably evidenced in my case, to
God be ascribed all the glory Nor does it follow that other
flocks may not feel equally attached to their respective pas.
tors, although circumstances may not have favoured a similar
mode of developement. In fact, wherever the gospel isesim-
ply and faithfully preached, it will be its own witness In the
corresponding fruits and behaviour of the people; and it is
to that blessed gospel alone, and not to any personal feelings,
that I attriknilte this expression of attachment from the flock
that I love, to their unworthy pastor,
B. A. MARSHALL.
Dec. 12,1840.

The mahogany coffin which enclosed the remains of Na-
poleon at St. Helena, and which was evchanged for the ebony
one brought from France, was cut up by order of the Prince
de Joinville, and distribnted in pieces to the officers and
men of the Belle Poule and Favorite.

The Boston Notion, surpassing its contem-
poraries in magnitude, has surpassed them all in its extrava-
gant admiration of the dancing of Fanny Elssler ! Noticing
her appearance in the Tremont, file Notion remarks that it is
" no longer wonderful that she has been able in Europe to
make crowns her playthings, and thrones her footstools ! !"
She is then likened to "the spirit of dreams, sporting in reck-
less and unrestrained delight." " A cloud wandering be-
tween earth and heaven seems not more etherial." " The
sea-bird on the ocean wave moves not more lightly." Her
dancing is said to be " the result of mind chastened and dis-
ciplined by study ! " And the Notion absolutely goes so
far as to intimate that the duet occupation of the tenants of
heaven will be such dancing as Fanny Elssler's !

THE ORIGIN OF PLOUGHING MATCHES.—The occupa-
tion of the ploughman is one upon which the very existence
of the whole human race depends ; shall he not then be con-
sidered respectable and worthy of support ? " Let," says
the Maidstone Gazette, " the origin of ploughing matches
answer. An extensive farmer in Essex, not many years ago,
happened to lope his ploughman, and went to the overseers
to make enquiries for another. To his surprise, however,
he discovered that out of upwards of GO men who were then
working on the roads, not one of them could hold a plough !
The magnitude of the existing evil soon induced several other
farmers to join him in a society, which offered premiums to
the best ploughman. This, we believe, was the small begin-
ning from which our present numerous and valuable agricul-
tural associations have arisen."
THE FORMATION OF PUBLIC COMPANIES IN THE UNIT-
The President. steam •ship, brought us an
amusing specimen of the mode in which Trans-Atlantic spe-
culators attempt to procure capital in this country for the
formation of joint-stock companies in the United States. By
it we received a letter from a gentleman in New York, of
whose existence we had no previous knowledge, informing
us of all the preliminary steps he had taken to form one of
the most likely companies in that city ; how he had obtained
the best charter, induced men of the first-rate respectability
to join in the direction ; how he was determined to have
every dollar paid in cash, or bank and state stocks in sound
banks, whose stocks are above par; how he could command
the best business, and would pay the highest profits ; but
how unfortunately he could only procure one-half the capital
he required in his own country. In this predicament he
thought it possible—to use his own words, " we can render
each other some mutual assistance, either directly or indi-
rectly ;" we could draw " the attention of our capitalists to
the subject in a few lines he would be all liberality. " If,"
said our correspondent, " upon examination of the subject,
you can, with the aid and influence of your friends, assist
Mr. —, the American consul at —, in forwarding our
views, and carrying out our plans in London, we shall be
disposed to pay you the liberal sum or bonus for your time
and trouble of 5000 dollars !" The proposal is certainly
liberal as well as characteristic; but it should have been made
to a stock-jobber, and not to a journalist in England. We
suppose they manage these things better in the States.—
London Journal of Commerce.
A GHOST STORY.—In the hot weather of this last summer,
'
Lord Ashburnham's very old uncle, the Bishop of Chiches-
ter, was waked in his palace at four o'clock in the morning
by his bedchamber door being opened, when a female figure,
all in white, entered, and sat down near him. The prelate
who protests he was not frightened, said in a tone of autho-
rity, but not with the usual triple adjuration, " Who are
you ?" Not a word of reply : but the personage heaved a
profound sigh. The Bishop rang the bell; but the servants
were so sound asleep, that nobody heard him. He repeated
his question : still no answer ; but another deep sigh. Then
the apparition took some papers out of the ghost of its pocket,
and began to read them to itself. At last, when the Bishop
had continued to ring, and nobody to come, the sprectre rose
and departed as sedately as it had arrived. When the ser-
vants did at length appear, the Bishop cried, " Well! what
have you seen ?" " Seen my lord !" " Ay, seen ; or who,
what is the woman that has been here ?" " Woman ! my
lord!" (I believe one of the fellows smiled ; though, to do
her justice Lady Onslow did not say so.) In short when the
lord had related his vision, his domestics did humbly appre-
hend that his lordship had been dreaming: and so did his
whole family the next morning, for in this our day even a
bishop's household does not believe in ghosts : and yet it is
most certain that the good man had been in no dream, and
told nothing but what he had seen ; for, as the story circu-
lated, and diverted the ungodly at the prelate's expense, it
came at last to the ears of a keeper of a mad-house in the
diocese, who came and deposed, that a female lunatic under
his care had escaped from his custody, and finding the gate
of the palace open, had marched up to my lord's chamber.
The deponent further said, that his prisoner was always read-
ing a bundle of papers.—Rorace Walpole.

ED STATES

ORIGIN OF THE TERM " PROTESTANT."—The name of
Protestant took its rise from the following circumstance. At
a diet of the princes of the empire, held in Spires, in Ger-
many, in the year 1529, it was decreed by the majority there
present, " that in those places where the edict of Worms had
been received it would be lawful for no one to change his
religion; that in those places where the new religion (i. e.
the Lutheran) was exercised, it should be maintained till the
meeting( of a council, if the ancient (the Popish) religion
could not be restored without danger of disturbing the public
peace ; but that the mass should not be abolished, nor the
Catholics hindered from the free exercise of their religion,
nor any one of them allowed to embrace Lutheranism ; that
the Saeramentarians should be banished the empire ; that
the Anabaptists should be punished with death ; and that no
preachers should explain the gospel in any other sense than
what was approved by the church." Six princes of the
empire entered their protest against this decree, viz., John,
elector of Saxony ; George, margrave of Bradenburgh ;
ErAest and Francis, dukes of Brunswick and Lunenburg ;
Philip, laudgrave of Hesse ; and Wolfgang, prince of Anhalt :
to these were joined the following free cities of Germany,
viz. Strasburgh, Norimburg, Ulm, Constance, Lindaw
Memmingen, Kempen, Nordlingen, Halibrun, Reutlingen,,
Isne, St. Gall, Weissenburg, and Windscheim ; and from
this protest the Lutherans first obtained the name of Pro-
testants, which was afterwards given in common to all who
separated themselves from the tyrannical and idolatrous
practices of the church of Rome.
SACK OF A VILLAGE 11Y AN EGYPTIAN ARMY.—AS soon
as the general and his suite had disappeared, I and my
comrades, being resolved to see something, turned our
horses' heads towards the village whose smoking ruins the
general had pointed out. It lay about a mile and a half
from his tent. As we approached, the wind, which blew
from it, seemed actually laden with the footer of half-burned
carcasses. It was an odour perfectly unlike any I had ever
before encountered. There was no escaping from it. It
clung to one's nostrils, clothes, every thing. But we had
short time for reflection, for we were soon on the spot. A
broken part of the rampart served us as a gate, through
which our horses clambered with some little difficulty.
What a terrible sight burst upon our eyes ! immediately
before us were a party of Nubians rooting amongst the rub-
bish and yet burning walls, still fringed by the half-expiring
flames. They were delving for treasure concealed by the
unfortunate inhabitants, nearly a dozen of whom lay dead at
the entrance of the breach, which they had died in defend-
ing. The appearance of the bodies was horrible in the last
degree. Most of them seemed literally to have been burnt
to death. There having been no outlet for escape which
was not taken possession of by the invaders, the flames
and heat of the adjoining houses, when fired, must
have consigned them to the most painful and torturing
end. Filled with disgust, I was urging my horse for-
ward, when the noble animal, with the instinct of hip race,
refused to budge ; and on looking down I saw, stretched
across the narrow path, the body of a young woman, clasp-
ing an infant to her breast. Her clothes were still burning ;
add as the offensive exhalations rose from her body, I either
heard, or fancied that I heard, the hissing noise of the flames,
as they licked up the juices that oozed through the pores in
the body. Even there—there, of the midst of all that is
horrible or devilish—the bland smile of infancy seemed yet
to linger on the face of the infant, which in the struggles of
death she had clasped to her bosom with all that frightful
energy which a mother alone can feel. Yet one of the feet
of the child had been burnt off. It must surely have been
freed from all mortal suffering ere that terrible agony could
have reached it, for its face was as the face of slumber.—
From Fraser's Magazine for December.

GLACIERS IN S9oriAND.—Dr. Buckland has stepped
forward to support his friend, M. Agassiz, with respect to the
theory of the latter on the existence of glaciers in Scotland.
At the Geological Society, London, the doctor lately read a
paper to this effect. He seems to think that glaciers may
even have covered the Calton Hill and the Castle Hill of
Edinburgh ! They existed in all parts of Scotland ; and he
had observed grooves and strive on the surface of granite
rocks near the east base of Ben Nevis, and also near the base
of Ben Wevis, where there is a high ridge of gravel, arranged
obliquely across the valley, and not explicable by any action
of water. These phenomena, he is convinced, since his ex-
amination of the Swiss glaciers, may be explained by the ac-
tion of ice upon rocks.,• .It is impossible, Dr„Bucklaud ob-
serves, to refer the strim to the action of pebbles set in motion
by water, because fragments of stone moving in a fluid can't
produce continuous parallel lines ; and because, if they could
produce them, the striae would be parallel to the direction of
the current. The vast longitudinal and insulated ridges of
gravel, extending two or three miles up the valley east of
Blair Gowrie, and the transverse barriers, which form a se-
ries of small lakes on its west, in the valley Lunanburn, Dr.
Buckland considers to be moraines ; also the lofty mounds
composing the ornamental grounds adjacent to Dunkeld
Castle, the detritus which covers the left flank of the Tay,
along a great part of the road from Dunkeld to Logierait, the
left flank of the Tumel valley from Logierait to Killiecrankie,
and the left flank of the Garry, from Killiecrankie to Blair
Athol ; likewise the vast congeries of gravel and boulders
lodged in the shoulders of the mountain opposite the gorge
of the Tumel, and accumulated, the author believes, by gla-
ciers which descended the valley of the Tumel, from the north
side of Schiehallion, and the mountains around Loch Ran-
noch. This elevated mass of moraines, and detritus of mo-
raines, in the lateral valley of the Tumel, Dr. Buckland con-
ceives was formed across the longitudinal valley of the Garry,
in the same manner that modern glaciers of the Alps, as in
the case of the Val de Bagne, occasionally descend from the
transverse across the longitudinal valleys. The climate of
Scotland must then have been cold indeed !—lnverness Cou-
rier.
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Twi WOUNDED SNIPE.—When snipes congregate in
wisps" they are always wild ; but if they rise in flocks they
never keep together till they alight. I have seen fifty rise at
once from a piece of bog of half an acre, and disperse them-
selves over twenty times that space. Under such circum-
stances, if you can mark them they will be certain to lie—a
good dog is then indispensable, one, of course, that is not
afraid of water. On one occasion last season I shot and
wounded a snipe in a favourite bog, but did not at the time
bag him. The next time I beat the same spot the wounded
snipe rose with the cry of " scape," repeated many times
the moment I put my head over the hedge surrounding the
bog, and every other snipe went with him. This happened
five or six times : the wounded snipe was so wary that I could
not get near to him, and he invariably so alarmed his com-
panions, that, in a place where I had generally eight or ten
or more shots whenever I visited it while he remained 1 sel-
dom got one. Ile was killed at last, by my using a wire
cartridge in each barrel, and firing them at almost the same
moment at a long distance. The snipes lay afterwards in
the bog as they had done previous to this occurrence. On
examining the bird, I found that the three outermost wing
feathers had been separated from the rest; and hung by the
skin ; it had not pined ; on the contrary, was fatter than
usual. Its flight was steady, and in a direct line, like that of
a partridge, but lopsided after being first shot at.—Old
Sporting Magazine for December.

CORN, Dec. 97—Hanover, , from Baltimore for Liverpool,
is on shore near Beerhaven. The cargo is expected to be saved
Duentrz, Dec. lo.—Perthshire, Jones, from Liverpool for Havana,
struck on the Codling Bank this morning and filled. Crew saved
in the long boat. It is feared the vessel will go to pieces.
Voluna, Foy, from St. John, N.B. at the Cove. On 19th Nov.
in lat. 47, long. 34, saw a barque with green counter, upset, but
could not render any assistance, as the Voluna was scudding under
close reefed maintopsail
Agnes Ewing, Wade, from Miramichi, off the Core. Has on
board the crew of the Deveron, from Dalhousie for the Clyde,
abandoned in lat. 46, long. 47

SATURDAY, DECEMBER
,12.-.—Wind S.E.

SAILED.— Isabella, Thorpe. and Cambridge, Dickson, for Dem a-
rara—Lord Glenelg, Simpson. for Trinidad—Concordia, Eddss, for
Rotterdam—Hermes, Oliphant, for Lima—Garrow, Lingham, for
Africa—and Ganges, Henderson, for Charleston.

Souter Johnny, Little, from Quebec, at this port; sailed Ist Nov
On 3rd Dec. in lat. 22, spoke the Earl of llarewood, from Cuba and
Nassau, for Swansea, with 200 tons copper ore thrown 'overboard,
very leaky, and with loss of stanchions, bulwarks, sails, &c. boat
stove, and part of the crew laid up, having experienced very severe
weather

Adam Lodge, James, from Calcutta, at this port ; sailed July,
and from St. Helena 20th October

Phoebe, , from Quebec, at this port; sailed 11th November,
lost boats, bulwarks, &e,
Ma.y Ann Hatton, , from Quebec, at this port; lost sails,
bulwarks, &c.
Sophia, , from Messina, at this port
Hayworth, Dunlop. from Demerara, at the Clyde; sailed 26th
October; lost bulwarks, &c. On 7th Nov. in lat. 21, long. 28,
spoke the Spartan, hence for Cuba
St. George, Stewart, from Cuba, at the Cove, in 39 days ; sailed
in company with the Fama, for Cowes _ _

Cayman, (iron steamer) hence tor Demerara, at Dundalk
Effort, Orfeur, hence for Naples, at Belfast Lough, with loss of
boats and bulwarks

Harriet, Matthews, hence for Cadiz, at Scilly
Victory, Jarvis, from Newfoundland, at Holyhead
Julia, Swindell, hence for Hamburg, at Beaumaiis
Mount Stewart Elphinstone, for Calcutta, has put back to the
Clyde, with loss of stanchions, bulwarks, tkc.
Mary Elizabeth, Currie, sailed from China for Liverpool 21st July
Clyde, Matches, from Batavia, at St. Helena, and sailed 22nd
October for Amsterdam

Heart of Oak, -, hence at the Cape of Good Hope
Duke of Lancaster, -, hence for Bombay, off ditto 27th
Septembar
Lord Abercrombie, Potts, hence at Workington, after being on
shore, but without much apparent damage
Wilsons, Campbell, henee at Demerara
Rosabel, -, from Smyrna for Liverpool, off Cape Matassan
4th November

PILLA u, Nov. 23.—Farewell, Korsch, from Liverpool, in entering
the port, in tow of the Gazelle. (steamer) took the ground, but
came off after discharging a small part of her cargo, and put back
to the Roads. A lighter, with from 2$ to 30 tons salt, (part of the
cargo of the Carl Christian, Birr, from Liverpool for this port,)
was stranded 24th Nov. near this place. The Carl Christian pro-
ceeded eo Danzic to-day.

ISLEMAN, Dec. 11.—Dinah, Dick, from Liverpool for Palermo,
put in here yesterday, with loss of bulwarks, stanchions, caboose,
long-boat, &c. and two men disabled, having been struck by a sea
on Monday last, oft' Holyhead

SUNDAY,.I3rit DECEMBER.—Wind S.E. light.

Oriental (steamer) Soy, from Alexandria, at Liverpool; sailed
26th November; from Malta, Ist December, and from Gibraltar,
6th Decembcr.

SAILED.—Mary, Redpath, for New Orleans—Lady or the Lake,
Stewart, for Demerara—Garrick, Palmer, and Westchester, Perris,
for New York.

BREMEN, Eau December.—A long boat nearly new, marked out-
side Samaritan, and inside Thod v s David, was picked up in the
Channel, 30th November, and brought here.

Abbotsford, Chambers, from 1%1 uritius, at Kedgeree, and sailed
for Liverpool,

Young Queen, Atkins, sailed from Calcutta, for Liverpool, 11th
October.

BELFAST, gTII DECEMBER.—Cambria, Robertson, from Liverpool,
for Calcutta, has put in here, with head-rails washed away, long-
boat stove, and cabin half filled with water, in a heavy gale 6th and
7th instant. Mr. James Wrght, Leake, from Liverpool, for Cork,
has atso put in here, with loss of main yard and topsail.
CAMPBELTOWN, yth Dec.—Emerald, Dempsey, from Liverpool,
for Bordeaux, was driven on shore on Sanda Island Bth inst. and
it is feared will be a wreck.

Carl Christian, Birr, from Liverpool and Pillan. at Danzic
Science, Baker, from Liverpool for Constantinople, at Kingstown.
Appollo, Fisher, do, for Grenada do.

Osprey, Kirk, from Liverpool, for Bombay, at anchor off
Carrickfergus, gth Dec. having touched on the South Rock in the
gale on the 7th Dec. ; is leaky. and will put back to Liverpool or
Grenock.

Rosanna, Reid, from Liverpool, at Rio Janeiro.
OFF THE PORT.—Monarch, from Bombay.

MONDAY, DECHMBER 14.—Wind E.S.E. light

AnaivxD.—Harrier. —, from Marseilles.
SAILED.—Amelia, Teasdale, for Rio Janeiro—lndustrie, Zellein,
for Ostend—Britannia, Aitchison, for Mobile—and Vesta, Shaw,
for Rio Janeiro.

Snowden, (steamer) took fire this morning in the Clarence Dock,
but it was got under without doing any serious damage.
Scotland, from Quebec, that was on shore near the Magazines,
was got off this morning and docked

Lochinvar, Allen, hence for Trinidad, at Waterford, with damage
Cordelia, Cawdet, hence at Calcutta
Harper, Murphy, from Miramichi for this port, was spoken 22nd
Nov. in lat. 44, iong. 55

SAND HEADS, Oct. G.—The Urgent, from Calcutta to Liverpool,
in proceeding down the Hoogley yesterday, passed the Hector, for
Liverpool, on shore in Diamond Harbour.
DUNDALK, Dec. 19.—The Cayman, (iron schooner) from Liver-
pool to Demerara, got on her anchor on the ebb tide last night,
and filled.
Off the Port, the Monarch, from Bombay.

TIDE TABLE

Height,

Sundays, Holydays,

H. U. H. M. I V. 1.
Tuesday 15 331 358 13 4
Wednes. 16 423 455 12 3 Camb. Mich. Term ends.
Thursdayl7 529 557 12 0 Oxford Mich. Term ends.
Friday .. 18 623 7 5 11 11
Saturday 19 736 .8 6 12 11
Sunday.. 20 837 9 6 13 3 4th Sunday in Advent.
Monday 21 931 953 14 3 St. Thomas. Winter begins

LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, DECEMBER 12

The imports of Grain, &c., for the past week,have been moderate
and the duties have been paid on Foreign produce to the extent,
only of 620 qrs. of Barley, 611 qrs. Beans, 550 qrs. of Peas, and 12
barrels of Flour. Most of the parcels of free Foreign that were
pressed for sale at the close of last week having been cleared off,
the Wheat trade on Tuesday, assumed a firmer tone, and, with a
fair amount of business, prices recovered the decline we had to
quote in our last weekly report. Holders have continued to ask
rather increasing rates: this, however, has checked disposition to
purchase, and the subsequent transactions have been to a limited
amount. Sweet, barrel Flour becoming scarce, it has brought ad.
vanced prices : 35s has been paid for good brands of United States,
whilet 36s is demanded for some choice parcels. In the absence
of fine samples, the secondary qualities of new Oats, which have
been in limited supply, have been rather better sold : good mealing
at 3s to 3s Id per 451bs. Oatmeal has moved slowly, and has barely
sustained previous rates : 26s 6d per 2401b5. the top quotation for
Irish manufacture. No change as regards Barley, Beaus, or Peas,
A few small parcels of United States Flour have been sold, in bond
at 25s per barrel.

James Robinson, Kingston-upon-Hull, scrivener.
Henry Lewis, otherwise, Henry Price Lewis, Llandovery, Car-
marthen, draper.
George Hannam, Manchester, Lancashire, victualler.
Edward Hill, Woctwell ,Norfolk, mike . a
William ;and Benjamin Hulke and John East Dixon, Deal,
bankers, _ .
.. .

V Richard
and John Melling, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Manchester-
coach. makers.
George Brown, 13ilston, Staffordshire, 'mister.
DIVIDENDS.

Jan. 9. J. Hearn, jun., Salisbury, bookseller—Jan. 9. J. Higgs.
Walling-street, London, cheese-factor—Jan. 4. J. Threlfall and
W. Oliver. Manchester, tailors—Jan. 1. R. W. Johnson, Gloucester,
merchant—Jan. 5. Millichamp, Birmingham, wine-merchant—Jan.
1. G. W. Earle, Devonport, printer—Jan. 4. T. Chanter, Hartford,
Cheshire, banker—Jan. 4. T. Watts. Manchester, victualler—Jan,
2. 'l'. Halsall, Liverpool coal. Merchant—Jan. 1. T. Moffat. J. Outer.
and T. Halsall, Liverpool. marble-masons.

CERTIFICATES

To be granted, unless

cause be shown to the contrary, on or
before Jan. 1.

A. Wilson, Heaton Norris, Lancashire, cctton-spinner—R.
Richardson, Judd-street, New-road, bootmaker—C. Matishall,
Kingston-upon-Hull, victualler—E. Smith, Great Yarmouth,
Norfolk, and Norwich, linen-draper—J. and C. Macpherson and A.
Robertson, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, London, milliners—N. M.
Priaulx, Southampton. wine-merchant.

THE OLD LINE OF PACKETS
fir For NEW YORK,
To sail on the 7th and 19th of every Month.
OXFORD, J. RATHBONE .
NORTH AMERICA, A.B. LOWBER 610 tons.. 7th Jan.
EUROPE, E. G. MARSHALL
NE W YORK. W. C. BARSTOW
CAMBRIDGE, IRA BURSLEY
COLUMBUS. T. B. CROPPER
SOUTH AMERICA, D. G. BAILEY 610 tons.. 19th Mar,
ENGLAND, B. L. WAITE

These Ships are all of the first-class ; commanded by men
of character and experience. The Passage Money is esta-
blished at Twenty-five Guineas, for which ample Stores of
every description will be provided, with, the exception of
Wines and Liquors, which will be furnished by the Steward,
if required. BARING BROTHERS and Co.
Freight by these Packets will be collected at the rate of
four dollars and eighty cents to the pound sterling.