The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-12-25 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

THE COTTON TRADE.—MANCHESTER, FRIDAY.—Less
business has been done this week in grey cloth, but prices
are full as high as they have hitherto been. Twist is in rather
better demand, and a little higher in price.
THE WOOLLEN TRADE.—HALIFAX, CE SD A Y.—We do
not recollect that, at this season of the year, we ever felt a
more steady inquiry for all kinds of goods than at our last
market. The stocks continuing low, give great confidence
to buyers, and the manufacturers find no difficulty in readily
obtaining the late advances on all descriptions of goods.
Some are sanguine enough to expect that, should the present
demand continue, prices will he higher after Christmas.
Wools are firm, and the demand for yarns continues good.
ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET.—Whether the approach
of Christmas has had any influence on the market to- lay, it
is difficult to assert; but the buyers were neither so nume-
rous nor so eager to buy as for many weeks past. Still there
was no attempt to beat down prices. Indeed that must re-
main a hopeless attempt while stocks remain as low as at
present.
LEEDS, TUESDAY.—Goods are looking up, but not, we
think, from fair and legitimate trade. It appears to arise
from the advance of every article used in the production o f
cloth, from the wool to the dye. There are, however, plenty
of purchasers in the market fully equal to the production,
and the stocks are again lower than when we last reported,
especially for particular colours. The merchants do not buy
a piece except for order; none on speculation.
BRADFORD, 'THURSDAY.—There has been as much busi-
ness, perhaps, done in our market as is usual at this season;
but we hear of no advance in goods, though yarns continue
at the late advanced prices. In yarns the usual business is
doing, with prices quite firm. There has been less doing in
wool this week, but there is no decline in value, nor, in fact,
any anticipated.
CHESTERFIELD WOOL MARKET, DEC. 19.—1 n our report
this week we have to state that the trade in all descriptions
of wool continues in a steady healthy state—the demands regu-
lar—and, if we may be allowed to quote anticipations which
are derived from good sources, the consumption will be of au
uniform character for a while.

LEICESTER. —The demand for goods for the home trade
continues steady, and considerable business is also doing in
the snipping department. Yarn is without alteration, but
the spinners complain that the trifling advance recently ob-
tained is by no means equivalent to the advance they are
compelled to give for the raw material. There has been a
fair business doing in wool during the last week or two. Prices
remain as last reported, but the aspect of the market is de-
cidedly firm.
STATE OF TRADE IN KENDAL—The manufacturing trade
of this town, it is agreed on all hands, was never in a more
prosperous and healthy state than at present, for a number of
years back ; the strikes which were productive of so much evil
both to masters and men, and which generally took place at
this season of the year, have not as yet disturbed the linsey
business. Some parties attribute this revival in a great mea-
sure to the quantities of grain coming out of bond, by which,
capital before lying dead on hand has a market opened for its
investment in manufactures. The working man's remunera-
tion for his labour ought to keep pace with this amendmen-
in the condition of trade ; for as provisions seem to be adt
vancing in price, the labourer will find much difficulty to sus-
tain his family with any moderate degree of comfort.— West-
moreland Gazette.

The Atheneum concludes its review of a Frenchman's work
upon the steam-engine thus:" The result of our research
has been that this theory contains much that is new and much
that is true ; but that that which is new is not true and that
which is true is not new."

MURDER OF ANOTHER GAMEKEEPER.—The park at Nor-
manby Hall, near Brigg, the seat of Sir Robert Sheffield,
abounds with game, and has lately been very much visited
by poachers. On Thursday morning, about three o'clock, a
report of a gun was heard in the park, near to the hall, when
two watchers went forward. The man who first came up
with the poacher attempted to capture him, but the poacher
declared he would shoot him if he persisted; he did persist—
the poacher fired, and killed the watcher on the spot. It
appears the poacher must have been on his knees when he
fired, one side of the watcher's face being blown off, and
other shots having entered his breast and passed out through
his back. The night was very dark. The poacher immedi-
ately ran off, and was met in his flight by the other watcher,
whom he knocked down with the butt end of his gun. This
was done so instantaneously that the watcher could not re-
cognise his person, and he escaped.—Lincoln paper.
HINDOO WIDOWS.—We are glad to see that the Hindoos
are stirring themselves to obtain permission to remarry. It is
a question of their law, and one which cannot be interfered
with by our government, unles they can show that the pre-
sent prohibition is not an essential part of the Hindoo system.
Certainly, if in any country such a prohibition is absurd, it
is here, where Hindoo females are frequently married at two
years of age; so that the ordinary chances of life must ex-
pose them to about ten times the widowhood of persons mar-
rying at maturity. A child who has thus been pledged, and
whose husband may have died before he left his nurse's arms,
is thus sacrificed to an absurd prejudice, which the Hipdoos
are beginning to be ashamed of, Till they consent to place
their women on a perfect equality with the other eexl,they
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' . THE MURDERING BANKER. "Dawson,". said Charles, "no time is to ha bit. follow LIVERPOOL 11IECHANkCS' INSTITUTION, ' '
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ill' (Concluded from the Standard of Friday.) Mr. Dawson folded up his books and papers, and did as LECTURES ON .PAINTING.
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21.—Wind S. Fresh. ....--,40..........._
r: THE BRIDE. A week, a month, a quarter of a year elapsed, and matters he was told.
pa. On Saturday evening se'nnight Mr. Haydon terminated SAlLED.—Eleanore, Halewyk, for Ostend—Challenger, Winter, LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, DEC. 21.
were not ostensibly much changed. Captain Slasher, indeed, Mary was nolittle amazed to see Charles, thus accom
' his course. for the Cape of Good Hope, &c.—Hendrika Arentina, Breeland, The demand for Sugar, as is generally the case at this season of
The bridal veil hangs o'er her brow; was a frequent visitor, but, to ordinary eyes. his delicate at- "What's Hied, her breakfast parlour.
The ring of gold is on her finger; tentions seemed exclusively devoted to Mr. Pearie's claret; .
~ the matter ?" she exclaimed, "has anything There never was a great painter yet who was not at first for Rotterdam—Eleanor, M'Pherson, for New Orleans—Britannia, the year, is extremely. limited, but holders are very firm, and
obliged to work for his subsistence. In those ages when .lintehifoiaPhitedelphia—Havana Packet, Liddle, for Africa— the_ sales of. 8.P., which do not reach. 200 bhds, have. been at
his reminiscences of Oriental beauty were too lively to Per- happened?, Sibberdina, Uger, for Rotterdam—Titania, Loosemore. for at former prices. There is a fair inquiry for Bengal, and 2300 bags
der,Gihr
foralta
Antwerp—andr —EI l Gibraltar—Ellen, , Coster,
Proven,
e x pn,
Her lips have breathed the marriage vow;
Why should she at the altar linger? mit his attaching much value to the lilies and roses of Mary ,
Peat : and with a persevering gallantry worthy of a scientfic u " Yes," said Charles, "murder has happened ! have you genius was scarce, it was always the idea that patronage
heard the bell-man ?".
~ could have produced it, and when genius was prolific, it was
the opinion that patronage was not extended towards it in -- Ancona—Marie
for Charleston. Antoinette - have been taken by the grocers at 64s for low, up to 69s 6d for
very fine white. The sale in Foreign Sugar are 40 cases Brazils at
21s 6d for dry brown, to 27s for white, and a small parcel of Siam
a, Why wears her-gentle brow a shade ? No—who? what is it? oh, tell me. . .
old soldier, he persisted in maintaining the footing he bad
"Dawson can tell you best.—out with it, Sir,—it is no proportion to its merits. No genius was ever encouraged to Liverpool. (steamer) Fayrer, from New York, at this port; sailed 26! per cwt.-350 puns of Barbadoes Molasses have been sold,
Why dim her eye, when doubt is over?
gained in the worthy banker's family, even after it wasthe extent of his own desires, and every man attributes his 6th Dec. at noon, and came to anchor off the light ship at three but the.price has not tranapired.—There is a moderate demand for
Why does her slender form fur aid •
abundantly evident that a retreat would have been agreeable secret to me !—I saw you last night by moonlight." . o'clock this morning
La Jenne Natalie, Aubert, from Bourdeaux, at this port Plantation Coffee, without any change in prices; the sales com-
Lean tremblingly upon her lover.
Is it a feeling of regret to all parties, and particularly to the " heed o' the hoose."
The " heed o' the hoose" was reduced to a very humble "Me, Sir ?—de'.ll a. blit,,o' me will tell ony thing without failure to every other cause than his own want of talent and
the order o' 7 rincipa. genius. There is not an outcry in Liverpool against great prise 150 casks Jamaica, 40 bags Demerara and 40 casks Berbiee ;
Emigrant, —, from Liverpool for Bombay, at the Cape of the latter at 103 s to 105 s for fair to good middling quality. 44 bales
middling Mocha sold at 93s per cwt. Nothing done in Fora-ign.-
1 For solemn vows, so lately spoken? height in presence of the Indian soldier—his Cheeta shooting "Then Iwi 1, continued Charles. " You will see your works as there is in London. Not that great works are not Good Hope, dismasted
acknowledged to be essential to the greatness of the metro- A large ship was seen on shore near Tortugas Light, 17th Nov. In Cocoa, Ginger or Pimento no sales.-450 bags black Pepper sold
admirer, Captain Slasher, no more."
i‘ADEirlaaaim,rd.rseph.fiLeaarewo,o:Nn,Ai_ieeiwlands, and Eliza, Garrett, hence at Jamaica
Is it a fear, scarce own'd as yet, at Dhurwar—his steeple chases at Belgaum—bis leopard
ini
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obil Havana
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tat 41d to 41d per lb.—Nothing reported in Rice.—Rum continues
That her new ties may soon be broken ? hunts at Bellary, threw the after-dinner boastings of Mr. '' I know it, " replied Mary, "Mr Pearie has told ale so." polis, but because it is asserted that the rich have not dining:
in request, and in most instances an advance has been obtained;
irClouve.'nhhetem• Bayonne
,
Peter Pearie, who in his day was considered a dead shot at a l'
ItrasMr. Pearie, aided b 3 the 'diabolical ruffian at my rooms sufficiently large to contain them. The new Houses, the sales amount to 220 puns. chiefly Demerara of good quality, at
Ah. no ! such causes darken not
The cloud that's swiftly passing o'er her; moorcock, completeiy into the shade : and it was with feel-' 7 of Parhament will afford plenty of space for large paintings
whogotquit of him."
side,
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5s to 5s 7d ergallon, I
know that, too, said Mary; "I think they managed and this objection will not tie. Be this as it may, so incon- North America, Ifoxie; hence at New York 4th Dec. K Nothing as occurred in Indigo this week.—Sales of Lac Dye re-
•,,
1 Her 's is a fair and happy lot, ings of satisfaction worthy of Milton's Satan, that Charles .
it very well." sistent are those persons who use such an objection, that Sheffield, Allen, hence at ditto 6th Dec.
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Williamw erp ported at Is to is 2d' small parcels of Shell Lac at 66s to 70s; Gum
And bright the path that lies before her. saw the fires of rage and jealousy slowly wasting away all
Charles Patieson reeled as if thunderstruck, and fell intoArabic at 50s ; and East India Senna at 21d.—About 500 bags of
the good nature in his partner's bosom. In fact, it could no while they exclude a battle piece the size of life, they will
4s pniiinn,s tsetro.,rArt,
Saltpetre have been taken at 21s to 28s 6d, and 300 bags of Nitrate
;!i Her heart has long been freely given
longer be concealed that MPearie hated Captain Slasher, . a order a full-length picture of their grandmother of equal
E terprise, Boyes from Miramtchi at Belfast, in 29 days ; suf. of Soda at 17s per cwt.
16th Dec.
To him who, now her hand possessing, r. But farther disclosures were interrupted by the entrance of size. Indeed, the lecturerhad known a gentleman of reputed fered h h bad ' • ' muc vweather and ice About 180 tons of Cainpeachy
ales rep have been sold at £l5,
and it was also equally incapable of concealment that Cap- ..
Through patient years has fondly striven al fine taste, go to a picture dealer, arid say, that he wanted a Frederick, Gimeo, for Constantinople, after being on shore, and and 50 of Honduras at £l2; no sales reported in Fustic •of Nica-
'• Lain Slasher didn't care three straws whether Mr. Pearie r' Pearie.
To merit well the precious blessing.
hated him or not. Twice or thrice a-week, without any in- "Ah ! Dawson ?"—he exclaimed—" this a foolish busi- Titian so many feet and inches long and broad. Harriet, Beniest, for Antwerp, have put back ragua Wood, 40 tons of Lima sold at £l3 to £l5, and 2'o of small
at £6 per ton; 20 tons of Barwood brought £7 lOs for Angola, and
dr• • ' the r t r—the 'll find the to a The people are decidedly alive in England to grand art;
Hess—they'rer aggin water—they'll e y body
It is the thought of untried years, vitation, the gallant soldier stalked into the banker's dining but the enthu • f slam o the people has never been seconded by £5 its for Gaboon.—There is an improved demand for Turpentine,'
'' . That, strongly to her spirit clinging, room just as dinner was announced—told all the feats of the certainty."SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22.—Wind S. moderate. in consequence of the Officers of Customs having received orders
"There! there!" cried Charles. "I told you so Mary!" the state, and the great works which have been painted within
,i Is dimming her blue eye with tears, day—the leaps and falls, and other incidents—sent in his „ ' AR • RIVEIL—Sir Wm. Wallace, Cumming, from Quebec. not to admit any more Foreign Spirit of Turpentine at the duty of
Unless we get some body to tae' the wyte o't, it'll ruin the last fifty years are hid from the public eye, and so will
' l And o'er her face a shade is flinging. plate five or six times to the joint of beef, emptied his hot- SAILRD.—Abbots Reading, White, for Arica, &c.—lsabel, Jones, 26s 2d ; 500 brls were sold this morning at Its 8d to 12s 10d, and 300
our reputation ;—some young chap—it wadna harm the like remain until a permanent gallery is built. There are works for Antigua—ldogheten Newman for Genoa to 400 brls at 13s • but a further advance was obtained late on
It is the thought of duties new, tie of port and three tumblers of toddy, and concluded •
' - -
will rotting in private •
which, ifcentralized in ''' Grant,' ' `, 'change to-day. and' •
o' a 'addle o'twa or three an' twenty—Charlie, you just now
Of wishes that may prove deceiving, the evening by snoring an accompaniment to Mary's nicest
save Dawson an' me free disgrace, and tae' the blame o't on national gallery, would place England on an elevated pinna- 11th Dec. in lat. 30, long. 15, with loss of rudder, deck load, and new in American or Stockholm Tar.—Montreal Pot arid Pearl
Of all she hopes, yet fears, to do, songs. boats stove, &c. and intended running for Cork Ashes are dull, and very few sales effected, and the market is rather
ersel 2" ele in the history of art. One of the most powerful societies
i Of all she loves, and all she's leaving. Now, whether it were from the perversity that is said to be Y • • Letitia, Causzer, hence for Barcelona, off Anjer 11th Sept. lower.—There are no transactions to report this week in Quercitron
"Who, I Sir P" in town is The Dilettanti, but extraordinary delight which it
' Ranger, Brown, from Sincapore, at St. Helena, and saded 29th Bark.—Some small parcels of new American Flaxseed, for sowing,
a constituent part of the feminine disposition, or from some
i It is the thought of by-gone days,Was it na for your sake it was donee has in the productions of the dead renders it decidedly cal-
?.
" Wha• else' *•
Oct. for London ' have arrived, but the market has not yet opened.—llides. The
Of those, the fond and gentle hearted, other cause with which we are unacquainted, Mary did notlthe merits ofthe 1. • Th. 'almost * its sates are not very extensive, but full prices have been paid ; 1300
appear to share in her guardian's dislike to the society of her Was hand(ye've gotten the heart sires- ous to
d Ina. it to get ye the .
Who meet not now her tearful gaze—face against proposalwhichwilltend-Englandand from '0
1 se) o' Mary Peat there, that Dawson and me did any
new acquaintance. She delighted in his tales of wild Indian i.y;ja ou
on a level with Italy and Greece. It set on foot the British Moderaziona, Bertolluzzi, sailed from Genoa, for Liverpool 4th sound light, lid to Hid for heavy, and 81d to 101 d for rubbed, 185
The dear, the absent, the departed.
Who, then, can marvel that the bride adventures, and his accounts of the noble deaths of the wild I
monsters of the desert. On days when the hounds did not Charles looked at Mary, and Mary's silence and blushes pallery. At the first. exhibition, in 1806, it betrayed an Dec.
Waterlilv, Cambell hence at Newfoundland Buffalo atsld, 1580 salted Monte Video Ox at 51d, 160 Cows at 51d,
150 dry salted Jam ilea at 61d per lb, and 550 salted Monte Video
Should leave the sacred altar weeping? confirmed Mr. Pearie's statement. ignorance and insensibility of the nature of the encourage- Cora, Schnitz. henceat Danzig Horse at 13s 6d each.—There has again been a very good demand
meet, he generally wiled away an hour or two listening to
Mary meat wanted in art, and which in Italy and Greece stimulated
Or who would seek those tears to chide, "No S. "he replied at last, "not even for that, Sir,.Hermann, Wunnenbere hence at Bremen for Tobacco, and the sales are estimated to be 500 hhds • of these,
Mary's music, or escorting her in her walks •in these respects 12 ' h - ho are now held u*tous as atterns of Mar aret ' stea ' ''' • •
te t ery men w p p g , ( mer/ from Skibbereen at this port, with 291 hhds 100 hluls Kentucky stemmed. and 100 lilids Virginia 'leaf, have
II That fresh and green her heart are keeping ? herself would recoil from a person accused of murder."
supplying the place of Charles Patieson, Who had gradually „ • • •
.;
Not he who, with a lover's care withdrawn himself from his former intimacy, and was endea- Murder!" cried Mr. Pearie, astonished; "it's no just
And husband's pride, is fondly guiding
Her trembling steps; for he can share Your:n to wean himself from his foolish affection. One da sae bad as that either, though Tam Jaffrey, the bell-man, systemfor the young,
but commissions and employment are
g Ysays - rewards for theestablished artist. Aft
when matters were in this state—when the gallant Ca fain k .
. that the town••clerk tauld him it amounted to hame- the only
arrived at this port 6th Dec. leaky, and with cargo damaged, hay- stemmed has realized 15d per lb, and rather higher prices have
ing encountered a succession of heavy gales been obtained for other descriptions.
(1! The gentle thoughts which need no hiding. had escorted Maryto seethe wax-work models of distinguised n and robbery—principallyon account of the breekse 1
ic e
Captain• • band pair ; premiums went out of fashion, and commissions came in.
A steady demand has been experienced this week for Brimstone,
One thousand guineas were given to a man to paint angels for
Soon love for him those tears will chase, characters, which a provincial forerunner of Madame Tus- for ye see trier wer,e, the sam reeks, a o
Chelsea H •1 h Ithe distinction• ospita , w ose on y claim to was, that SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23.—Wind S. moderate. and 120 tons have been disposed of, chiefly at £lO per ton.—There
And smiles relight her eye with gladness; saud had brought into the town, with the additional recom- his auld boots too.
" What is all this about ?" enquired Mary, who had gazed he had previously painted excellent pigs. Commissions ended, Aueiven.—Jessaa, Ford, from Miramichi—Trio,
.Boag, from has been a fair inquiry for Sicily Sumac, and 700 bags sold at 13s to
13s 6d, according to unlit ,—Small sales in Tartar and Argots, at
, And none will blame, who truly trace mendation of modelling correct likenesses, in a few hours, fromVideo—Egidius, Duyts, from Ostend—an
and so commissions and premiums were given up. The from Monte
d Active, Russell, previous prices.—Madders and Madder Roots continue in demand.
one person to the other, amazed at the conversation.eville.
. To its pure source her transient sadness. of any one who chose to be immortalized in wax—while " Just a frolic Mary, o' Dawson au' me " said Mr Pearie Duke of Wellineton inquired upon what ground they bad SAM ED Al • d 9 f L• b G II Hutchinson,hut holders generally are asking an advance on the quotations.—
Slash Slasher, we repeat, was escorting Mary to this sight, Mr.
___. ' • 'txan et'. . colt, or is on— aze e, Only a limited business in Olive Oil. at former rates.—Some small
..._•••-..sars _
Ward the eminent animalpainter 1000 guineas for the for ' .
'
Rio Janeiro—Mars, Bowers, for Mobile—ancl Scotland, Robin- sales of Newfoundland Pearie, after many ominous and mysterious nods with hisd Cod Oil have been effected at £3O lOs per
painting of an historical picture, and well he might. He son, for New York. tun from the quay ;in Seal Oil nothing done Pale Rape Oil is
LITEMAIL7 NOTICES, sagacious bead to his junior partner, commenced a laments- had the vanity to hae his statue done by the folk at the Wax-
(m
Haydon)
works, and had furnished it with his auld claes. Noo, I saw' , r.had predicted that the picture would be a — more inquired for, at improving prices ; Linseed remains rather
lion in the following terms— William & Thomas. Leigh, of St. Ives, from Aberavon, after dull, at a trifling de
clear enough that his plan was to leave this statue wi you, , " failure and so it was—a miserable failure, and it now re- cline.—No transactions to report in Palm Oil
Fraser's Magazine. Dec. 1838. " Charles, boo does it happen ye sae seldom stay to yet having been into Holyhead, with damage rep
Mary, as a parting keepsake; an' as I didne wish to hae mains rolled up in the cellars of Chelsea Hospital. What-this v.week, and. the price remains without alteration.—Oil of Tur-
ka.il ?" P. J, Nevins, of St. John, N.B. was run foul of last night in the pentine realises an advance of Is, sales being'effected at 62s per
Though Fraser is not quite so lively as he is wont .. you h on y thine o' the kind, Dawson an me just geed down last ever errors, however, the British Gallery has been guilty of, river, by a steamer, and lost cutwater, head and bowsprit cwt.—Some business is doing in Hemp from the quay, at the prices
have other company, Sir; I might perhaps be in- have been based upon a desire to do good, whilst the errors Wm. 'Jardine, Crosl)ie, from Batavia. at China
to be, this month, be is not on that account the less ac- trusive." night, climb into the u •
and gaud ' upstairs window, goto thequoted.—Flax of good quality is more inquired for, and this de-
wax figure. We didna ken hoo to get quit o't, so we tied a of the Royal Academy have always arisen from selfish mu- Tickler, Ellis, sailed from China for London 11th Aug. scriptions is scarce,—The transactions inTallow have been limited,
eel-stable. The present number is rather characterised " Deil a bit, dell a bit. Ah, Charles if ither folk had a - an' • • • t• As these two societiesdo the good fives. not yield which Collingwood. Downes, hence at Calcutta but prices are fully supported.
a-been stanes round it, threw it bodily into the waterEnmore, Nash, from the Mauritius. ditto
by solidity than piquancy. The " Specimens of Per- wee taste o' your way o' thin kin', it would be a' the better for •oue Itobe expec e from em, it is .roanthe al lc,
h D d el t
, opposite t e enewalks—an Charles, ye see, refuses toQueen Mal), Ainley. sailed from Calcutta for Liverpool 15th Oct.
• sian Poetry" introduce to our notice many poems of my peace an' comfort. Charles, hospitality is wearyin' o
tak' the blame o't, tho' I've tauld him - 'willing to reward ye re
the flesh. I wish I had never askit that tang neckit Indian him o
_ The Nation Gallery is a disgrace to the country, for al- Lintin, Gillmann, hence at Bombay
exquisite beauty. The same may be said, with a slight
q savage to
uglification, of " Specimens of the Drama in France." e 1.1 is see the inside o' my hoose."
He an agreeable man, Sir, I believe—full of anecdote"
Charles Patieson at this explanation, started up. "What, •s no a single Berenice(steamer) f though designed to contain the cartoons, there' t , from Mocha, ditto, with dates from England In the early part of the week Cotton remained quiet, and the
to September prices of Friday last were barely supported ; but on Wednesday
"A Vision of Familiar Faces" is a poetical rhapsody refuse? Who said refused ? My dear Sir,-1 will confess room large enough to contain them. The state as well as
Memnon, Every, sailed from Bombay for Aleppo and Liverpool there was a revival of the inquiry on speculation, since when
this moment " the respective public bodies of the country ought to support
- 25th Oct.
of some merit. One of the best papers in the num. "Lees, every word o't; hut a' that, the smooth-tongued art, but our statesmen will not turn for advice to those upon c 0 nsiderable business has been done, in consequence of the ac.
" An•
marry
Mary Peat."Heart of Oak, hence at the Mauritius
her is that on " A Visit to the Harem of the Pasha leear is gainin' his point. I had ither thochts for Mary; but Our • • - chronicle gives no account of what Charles's answerth •might butt the "
whose
evidence they depend, u they apply o e Helvellyn, M‘Lean, hence at Sydney, N.S. W. counts received from the United States being considered favourable
of Widdin." "The Painter's Bargain" is full of wit a wii,fu' maewillhaehis way—and
wllolwilla wilfu' woman." was. But, we believe, a very short time saw every thine authorities in alt. To the present ministry we owe the forma- Sultana, Lyall, sailed from Sydney, ;or Valparaiso Ist Aug. ; and to the prospects of Cotton. American and Brazil have advanced
Mary will soon be of age—she have a right to choose" tion of
.a. committee and the establishment of a school of Duncan, Wardle. for Sourabe, a, sth Aug.and humour. "The City of Temptation" is a drama- satisfactorily arranged—and the spotless reputation of the- . fully id per lb, whilst other descriptions remain without altera-
• design in London from the establishment of which in the
"heed o' the house' preserved frem the scandal of so frolic- . , , Standard, Peile, from Calcutta, at the Cape of Good Hope, and . ,
tic sketch of considerable power. It contains many "But is't no shocking she should leave the Bank, and set- sailed 17th Oct. for Demerara tion. Speculators have taken 18,500 American, 700 Surat and 300
some an achievement, by the self-devotion of the younger country, we must hope everything. No country ever was,.Day, sailed from Demerara for New South Wales 4th Oct. Pernambuco
passages of great sublimity. The review of "Elliot's tie in some wearifu' place wi' a name like Meritchgaum or or ever will be great, unless the King and nobles join to tturreai;ge ,
from
partner. The church bells thundering forth their best, "one Liverpool for Calcutta, was spoken 'lst '
Travels in the three great empires of Austria, Russia, Sh,olapoor ? The lassie's an ass, and there's an end. Dogs morning very early, one morning in the spring," gave notice encourge native art. The Greeks are examples of this, and Aug. in lat. 16 N •
t'if I werena' sae braid in the warm, and eied ower fair a
and Turkey," contains a very able analysis of that °n • , eto all whom it might concern, that the banking establishment they rank high, but the Romans, who did as we have been Tigris, ---, hence for Canton, was spoken 30th Aug. ACCOUNT OF SALES AND I M PORTS OF corrroN,
mark, I wad challenge him to fecht; or if I were a wee Diamond, from Batavia fur Cowes, was spoken:33rd Nov. Front the 15th Inst. to this day inclusive.
work. The extracts given are extremely interesting. younger—hoo Id Ch I "
au are ye, Charles?" es? lately carried on tinder the names of Pearie, Peat, and Pa- doing, and preferred foreign art, foreign artists, and foreign
in hit 24, 10ng.35 1
The satire on polemical "Prize Fighting" is some- '. Three-and-twenty, Sir,"— tieson, was now conducted under the names of Pearie and subjects, never excelled, they never produced a single sculp-ThO
Patieson only. In the course of a few years it was finally tor or aainter, because they were overvvhelmed with Greek sth Sept. ALES OP TILE WEEK. I Prices. Th isWk this Year
what too severe, but not altogether uncalled for.— "Three-and-twenty !If I were three-and-twenty—ay, or d• • • d t Our h •ofparliament afford - Trewartha Tomkin, hence for Genoa, at Ilfracombe —
"The Bayaderes" is the title of a paper furnishing us twice shies-aged-twenty, I wad shoot him as 1 wad a pairtrick." at the Dene—his old premises bearing, in new gilt letters
lent opportunity for encouraging art, and if it be not done, John O'Gaunt,' --. herice at Anjer, 150 Sea Island l7d 6 36d
" M is y indignation not quite .so warm, Sir," replieda great stain will be placed upon the British name. Immense 80 Stained
with a copious history of the dancing girls of India.above the door—" Branch Bank. Hours of business from 10
Charles. 6730 .Bowed Georgia 6l ti
sums of money have been voted by the Commons to purchase MONDAY DECEMBER 24.—Wind Eastr Mobile fit 81
Lord Plunkett is this month immortalised among the " But it ocht to be, Sir h b .1. 'I 11 ' .
, ot— oi in tell ye this land- till 4."—Blackwood's Magaztne. •
the productions of foreign artists - t the 11 nut' * 5240 ~ ye ey will vote a ARRIVED.—Robert Isaac, —, (rem Savannah—and TrinitY 1. Alabama and Tennessee 60 —7/ .. •• I 618724
series of "Little Men and Little Measures." Dr. louper is going to break in on the customs of three genera- small sum for the encouragement of British art. It has been Yacht, ____, from ----. 22820 New Orleans 6l 9
Maginn has given us the conclusion of his admirable tions. We've aye married thro' ither—an' Slasher wad be a BRITISH MARRIAGES. said that poverty, is an excellent stimulant of genius, but let _— . ,
c Pernambuco & Paraiba. 90 10
metrical version of the "Homeric Ballads" in this grand name to pit into the firm! I'll no stand it—l'll gang me tell you, said the lecturer, that competence is much bet- Royal William, (steamer) hence for New York, was spoken 18th 810 i Aricati and Ceara 9
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' through wt my plan, and marry her in spite o' her teeth— Incompetent historians have grossly misrepresented theinstant, at 9 a.m. in lat. 46. long. 14 30 430 Bahia and Margin
number. The notes which he has appended are highly ter. Had it not been for Lord Mansfield, the Village Politi- 7l —9l •• • • 34568
there's nee consent needed but yours an' mine; we are her ancient Britons on the subject of marriage. They charge clans, by Wilkie, would not have existed, for be would have Emulous from Trieste, off Gibraltar Ist instant for this 5 i%Jaranham
810 .. 81- 91
valuable. "Treason within the Church" is another port i sawginned
guardians--you'll consent, I'm sure; and as for hers them with living in promiscuous concubinage, like savages painted anything -thing be which•
patronage
might be procured. Elizabeth,Smith, . from Prince Edward Island.
.at the Cove;
castigation of the Puseyites. "You, of course, have secured that," said Charles with of the worst description. Such falsehood has been ably and Martin has) now ceased to iaint, because he has not been sailed
something of bitterness in his tone. fully confuted by the Rev. D. James, author of " the Patti- encouraged, and he has taken the engraving of his previous 20th instant, off Cork, spoke the Wilsons, hence for Calcutta
The Dublin University Magazine. December, 1838. "1 thocht I had ; indeed, as heed o' the house, I thocht it archal Religion of Britain," who, in defence of his position, productions as a means of livelihood. , 600 Egyptian lli —l7 .... 26992
my duty to use all my influence, if it had been for naething has quoted from the genuine productions of the British Mo-
This number commences with an excellent review This institution is really a bee-hive of the most interesting ------
Barbados 8 9 .... 203
but the sake o' the Bank • but dept hae this lang-backit ne'er- ralists themselves. indeed he has rescued from misre resen-
P description, but I have not still seen in it what may be called 17toorlo Enttreb for LoaDing. 350 Peruvian B—Bl 1 1
} of Dr. Crolly's sermon "On the Religious Destinies ' - kind tations the whole d ••
do-west, she seems to forget her auld freend and the o'
14 al-
' - '_ I I
of Great Britain"—a sermon which ought to he pe- promise she aince gave me"— proofs identified it with the patriarchal religion of Noah. at the Royal Instisution, but not a systematic school of de- (SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.) 580 Laguayra
Common Westlntlia, &e. 60 81 > 154 } 24763
t! rused by every sincere Protestant. It abounds with "She gave you a promise? Sir," inquired Charles; " 1 We shall here present to the readers of The Churchman the ' Bh h dh' sign. ot ere an t ere the student draws whathe likes, ...---eeze—
think she might have consult Triads selected from the laws Of DYFNWAL 10 at 930 Carthagen a.
matter for deep and serious reflection. The verses on Consulted me before going quite so far.
In a matter like that ray consent,lived four hundred years before the Christian
~, "The Rine•-dove" are very pleasing, The review offine figure, and make the pupils draw it. By this means you
• b • importance." that marriage was held sacred emote, the ancient Britons. Johnstone,—Spence, 436 Bombay, Bold & Starkey 116) Surat s— 61 .... 63028
" The Life of Wilberforce" does ample justice to that ~ Nv • • i , can contrast one boy's drawing with that of another. As an
Hinds J Lowthian 258 Calcutta. Bold & Starkey 30 Madras 4l 61
hat the dell, Sir .—are ye dementit? Do ye think, 1. There are three causes of welcome progression; co- artist, I hope that all the Mechanics' Institutions in the "
delightful and instructive memoir. "The Vision of young man, that it wad be seemly in me—the heed o' this proximation, alliance by marriage, and defence. country will found a school of design, and that the directors AFRICA.
Killermont.J Dicic, 160 Africa, R C Crosbie
Negrohead and Havannali" is a powerful tale from the hoose, Sir—to hae nee discretion in the marryin' or not mar- 2. There are happy progressions; bards announcing peace will take advantage f o the experience of other schools. From 40720 bales 1360 1308483
eloquent pen of Coul Coppagh. Some of Lire descrip- ryin', o' Mary Peat ? It's yer ain faut, Sir—ye'll drive me a meeting in harvest time, and a marriage. what I have seen, I have no doubt that in a short time you AlEliza,
11 Purdye, 343 Sierra Leone, G Brown
to do something yell be sorry for—l'll speak to this Captain 3. There are three progressions for mutual support; the will have an excellent school of design. ill r. W. S. Bishop WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA, five portions of this tale are truly sublime. We must,
—into this hoose he'll come no more—ye 11 repent it, Sir; chief of the tribe, a married person, and he that is employed by is an excellent young man and well adapted to undertake Kitson, S Johnston,237 Tortola, DEC. 24.
however obect to the too freq uent introduction ofe sales on
j , .
ye I 1 repent it, and that'll be seen and beard tell o'." the country and disti ict.—Triads of Prog the task ression. ,
J Swine The market continues in a very animated state. Th
of your drawing master, but he cannot advance his UNITED STATES-. Saturday were 10,000 bags, and to-day the business amounts to
scriptural passages into tales of this nature. Such an While Charles Patieson looked en, awe-struck at the unex- 4. There are three kinds of private property belonging t Alcyone. T Muir, . 391 Darien, 22,000 ; about one-half of this is on speculation, the remainder to
e• o pupils for want of the proper means. There is a great dis. G Brown
irreverent use of Holy 'Writ is highly offensive. Tile amp
review of Newel's " History of the Revolution in led agitation of Mr. Pearie, that Gentleman, as if sod- every man, whether he be a foreigner or a Kimbrian (Bpi- advantage in allowing boys to draw as they please, and it is
denly seized with some great resolve, snatched up his hat and ton •;) a wife, children, and moveable property. the best to confine them to one thing. Queen Victoria, w Chambers, 588 Savannah.
BRITISH' AMERICA. G Brown the trade. Prices arced per lh higher than on Friday.
--_-.-.====-a.,.a. —
Texas" contains some very strong but just remarks
upon the interference of the United States with that wt'irks.
province. The conclusion of the truly German tale of
" The Thirty Flasks" is well worth reading on ac- as Robert Burns sings—and
count of the powerful language and beautiful imagery lonely he seemed
which it contains. In the " By-Ways of Irish His-
tory" we have some additional illustrations of Popery themstticka,n(iiacioulitroewdeAvhither AtolissPeetndthe Captain were gone
the exhibition room of the wax-
g..
" Slighted love is sair to bide,"
~ as Charles Patieson felt. How
that long, lope evening; reflecting, in P
o
every possible way, over the words and inuendoes of Mr.
Pearie. The Dene had never appeared to him so dull; even 5. There are, three kinds of private property belonging
to every man, which must not be shared with another;y nor be
wen in payment for a fine; a wife children, and parapher-
nalia. The paraphernalia denote clothes, arms, and the im-
plements of the privileged arts; for without
these a man is
de rived of his just station in society ; aryl it is not right for Institution •
owing,
the law to unman a citizen, or to prevent him from practising only
the arts.
6. There are three persons whom every Kimbrian, bein
It is impossible for me to leave Liverpool without saying
that the arrangement of the sculpture gallery at the Royal
ion is a credit to the town, and I am told that it is
to the exertions of a gentleman whose whole life has c
been devoted to the
fine arts in Liver herculean task of fostering a taste for the
Liverpool. I allude to Mr. Winstanley, and I Wakefield, J Young, 607 St. John, N.B. Gibbs, Bright &Co
EUROPE.
Martina Johanna, R J Van Driesten, 137 Amsterdam,
moomoTeeyrcej.Lrorimrose, Bahr, Behrennd &Co LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, Dee. 24.
The currency of Butetr is nominally supported.—For Beef and
much doing,
186 Alexandria, Haskayne &Co --- --,
89 Gibraltar, Cotesworth & Sant
Royal George, P'E Le Coutier, 3Jersey, HG&A K' , 9
regret that he is not always consulted ,in London, where eamuel St Julia, G Nicolle, 30 Jersey,
the casts are placed in such a situation that they cannot be Ocean, J Patterson,
Lynx, J Forsyth, 176 Leghorn,
65 Lisbon, ' h
'dock
H G & A Kellock
G Yates Old Hay
Pork high rates continue to be demanded : there is not, however
--_,--,_________-,-.=
LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL MARKET, DEC. 22.
s. d. s. d. s. d. s. (1.
0 Bii,l 0 air-Orb Potatoes .... 2 6,0 0
T Hampson New lie .... 0 8 011 Cattle Ditto.. 2 2 2 4
-
and her instructors. The poetry in " Hours of Soli- the bright moonlight trembling into his drawing-room, a landed proprietor, must keep and suppo •g seen to advantage. When Igo to London, whenever I have
support; a married wife, any influence I will say, where matters of taste are concerned, --- ,e,„„e Clover nay .. 080 11 Turnips 28 030 6per ton,
hrough the glass of his conservatory, failed to sooth him ; Straw, Wheat 070 8 Carrots 4O 045 0
ilde" is far above mediocrity. In the review of t - - • • an armed man if he do not bear arms himself, and a farad .
Y consult Mr. Winstanley, of Liverpool, if you want to get
and, in a fit of desperation, he rushed out into the open air.
" Twist" we are favoured with very copious He wandered down the banks of his beautiful villa to the tutor. things done well. You are advancing more than any other importss. Straw, Oat ... 0 6 0 7 nanglewurzle26 0 0 0--
Oliver
Straw, Barley 0 5 0 6 Manure 8 010 0
7. There are three legal injuries to a man •to murder
extracts from that incomparable work. Altogether, river, which was brawling along beneath its overhanging , town. Exhibitions of pictures have been a bane. If they .....-1111............. Clover
him, and to have illicit intercourse with his wife, and to violate were shut
we must pronounce this number of the Dublin roc „ rucks, sometimes hidden in darkness, sometimes, for a long
the protec • he may have ' lion .EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, 4-c.
panse ef its bright pure water, gliminering peacefully inartists in the mean time to draw and dissect, you ,
versify Maaazine to be one of the best that we. have ex 8. There are three removals which have no return; first, obliged
• - • • ' Lysander ,(475) W Currie, from Calcutta 1500 ba•
4s saltpetre, 271 LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE DEC 22.
° the moonlight. Charles stood still beneath one of the real would have a much better exhibition at the end of that time. e, '. es ugar, 9 chests shell lac, 7 chests lac dye, 1 bale raw silk, 2 • • .
seen. We hope to find this excellent and truly con- cliffs, for he thought, on the opposite side of the water, whereg
a woman by marriage,fbr she quits the privilege other Jranaig, Mr. Ha dun then made his bow and retired. The imports of each article of the Corn trade have this week
boxes silks, N Crooke and co-50 hhds su.2l•,r. °allay_ oilandeas nhi nin e ihnt ,-,f 1...

The Dublin University Magazine. December, 1838.
This number commences with an excellent review
of Dr. Crolly's sermon "On the Religious Destinies
of Great Britain"—a sermon which ought to he pe-
rused by every sincere Protestant. It abounds with
matter for deep and serious reflection. The verses on
"The Ring•dove" are very pleasing. The review of
" The Life of Wilberforce" does ample justice to that
delightful and instructive memoir. "The Vision of
Negrohead and Havannah" is a powerful tale from the
eloquent pen of Coul Coppagh. Some of the descrip-
tive portions of this tale are truly sublime. We must,
however, object to the too frequent introduction of
scriptural passages into tales of this nature. Such an
irreverent use of Holy Writ is highly offensive. The
review of Newel's " History of the Revolution in
Texas" contains some very strong but just remarks
upon the interference of the United States with that
province. The conclusion of the truly German tale of
" The Thirty Flasks" is well worth reading on ac-
count of the powerful language and beautiful imagery
which it contains. In the " By-Ways of Irish His-
tory" we have some additional illustrations of Popery
and her instructors. The poetry in "Hours of Soli-
tude" is far above mediocrity. In the review of
" Oliver Twist" we are favoured with very copious
extracts from that incomparable work. Altogether,
we must pronounce this number of the Dublin Uni-
versity Magazine to be one of the best that we have
seen. We hope to find this excellent and truly con-
servative periodical more extensively patronised in
England than it has been heretofore.

Parbury's Oriental Herald. December, 1838.
This spirited periodical continues to furnish us with
the latest intelligence from all parts of the East—in-
telligence which, at the present moment, is only se-
condary in importance to that Which we derive from
our Canadian possessions. Among the literary arti-
cles in the present number there are some very perti-
nent remarks on " The Former Misrule of India,"
and a very interesting paper on " Steam Communica-
tion with India." Tire note on the " Cultivation of
Tea in Assam" we have already transferred to our co-
lumns. Under the title of "The East India Voyager"
Miss Roberts furnishes us this month with some ex-
cellent advice to outward bound cadets, from which
many valuable hints may be collected. Under the
head of " Natural Products of India" we have some
remarks on the Suleah fish of Bengal, and the ising-
glass it affords. The account of the Afghaun chiefs
and Runjeet Singh's army will be read with great in-
terest. "Russia in reference to the East" forms the
subject of a very powerful essay. The miscellaneous
paragraphs of news from Calcutta, Madras, Bombay,
Ceylon, China, New South Wales, Mauritius, &c. &c.
are as copious as usual.

The New Statistical Account of Scotland. No. 20.
Edinburgh : Blackwood and Sons.
The present number of this truly national work
fully sustains the character of its predecessors. It
contains an ample description of the topography, na-
tural history, antiquities, industry, parochial economy,
&c., of part of Fife and Roxburgh, and is accompa-
nied with a beautifully engraved map of Stirlingshire.
The parishes embraced by this part are those of St.
Andrews, St. Leonards, Forgan, Ceres, Kilmany,
Kults, Balmerino, Flisk, and Anstruther Wester, in
the county of Fife ; and those of Aslikirk, Bedrule,
Kelso, Minto, and Kirktoun, in the county of Rox-
burgh. No Scotsman, who can possibly afford it,
should be without this admirable statistical account of
his native country.

The French Student. By Professor G. J. Bertin-
champ, A.B. London: Sinapkin, Marshall, and
Co.

This admirable compendium will afford the diligent
student a very considerable insight into the niceties of
the French language. We like the method adopted
by the author in conveying instruction. He first pre-
sents an example, and then deduces the rule from that
example, showing its application in the exercise. The
work has been compiled with great care.

as Robert Burns sings—and as Charles Patieson felt. How
lonely he seemed that long, long evening; reflecting, in
every possible way, over the words and inuendoes of Mr.
Pearie. The Dene had never appeared to him so dull; even
the bright moonlight trembling into his drawing-room,
through the glass of his conservatory, failed to sooth him;
and, in a fit of desperation, he rushed out into the open air.
He wandered down the banks of his beautiful villa to the
river, which was brawling along beneath its overhanging
rocks, sometimes hidden in darkness, sometimes, for a long
expanse of its bright pure water, glimmering peacefully in
the moonlight. Charles stood still beneath one of the great
cliffs, for he thought, on the opposite side of the water, where
the light was unobscured by trees, he heard the sound of dis-
tant voices; shortly afterwards he observed two figures emerge
from the darkness, whom he easily recognised to be Mr.
Pearie, and Mr. Dawson, the head clerk. They seemed to
look around them very cautiously : and then they suddenly
returned to the dark corner they had emerged from, and car-
ried between them an object, which at first the breathless
spectator found it difficult to recognise. Lifeless and limber,
without sign of voluntary motion or resistance, it was dragged
along the ground by Mr. Pearie and his assistant. With a
thrill of unimaginable horror Charles recognised, in the long
blue surtout —the top boots and breeches—and, above all, in
the long, pale face, with the prodigious whiskers and
moustaches, the lifeless form of the unhappy Capt. Slasher!
Horror kept him silent—in voiceless, motionless, terror and
surprise, he watched the dreadful proceedings of the pair.
They dragged the body to the river, and apparently fixing
heavy stones to ensure its sinking, they dropt it slowly into
the water—and rapidly retired. * * * *
Pale and agitated with a night of sleepless distress, Charles
Patieson presented himself next morning at the house of Mr.
Pearie. He had come to the resolution to warn the unhappy
man to flee for his life, for he could not bring himself to give
his friend, and his father's friend, into the hands of the ex-
ecutioner. At the same time enucealment of the awful
secret was out of the question—and not a moment was to be
lost.

7. There are three legal injuries to a man; to murder
him, and to have illicit intercourse with his wife, and to violate
the protection he may have given.
8. There are three removals which have no return; first,
a woman by marriage, for she quits the privilege other family,
and obtains that of her husband according to the authority and
will of the law. She can no more assume the privilege of her
family, neither will the law knowingly revuke what it has once
determined.

9. There are three primary indispensables of a voter;. that
he be a free-born Briton without defect in pedigree and with-
out meanness in dignity; that he be an efficient man, and
that he be the head of a family, having a wife and children by
marriage. Without these a man will not be recognised in
law as the head of a family; and with these he will not de-
cide against privilege and justice, he will vote conscien-
tiously on their account.
10. There are three kinds of vassals who do not obtain the
dignity and privilege of the free-born Briton, until the ninth
in descent. The first is an illegitimate child that is legally
denied by his father;- or in another manner according to law,
because he was not born in honourable and organised wedlock,
or in another manner still, because he was begotten in opposi-
tion to the law and the privilege if the country and the tribe.
11. "There are three reasons for vassalage, as it respects
disorderly persons, who are neither recognised by the law
nor by the citizens. First, to prevent treachery by strangers
and their confederates. Second, to prevent foreigners from
obtaining the land of free-born Britons. And third, to pre-
vent celibacy by getting children promiscuously and illegally,
through direct commerce with abandoned women."
Such was the sacred light in which our British ancestors
viewed the marriage-tie under Druidical sway. After their
transition into Christianity, they still retained the same
scriptural views, sanctified by the holier influence of the
gospel. They extended the privilege to the clergy as well
as the laity, in accordance with divine declaration, "Mar-
riage is honourable in all." A remarkable proof of this may
be had in the "Genealogy of the British Saints," a very an-
cient and valuable document. As the saints recorded there-
in were for the most part in holy orders, their hereditary
canonisation evidently implies marriage. We find also from
a decree passed in a Synod, held by-St. Patrick, Auxilius,
and Iserninus, that the Irish Church allowed the clergy to
marry. In this council, held A.D. 432, it was resolved that
"priests' wives should be veiled." St. Bernard says, that
one family enjoyed the Archbishoprick of Armagh for fifteen
generations. In the year 961, an attempt was made by the
Pope to impose on the Welsh clergy a life of celibacy, which,
however, was strenuously and effectually resisted. It seems
that a similar trial was made in the reign of Henry 11, for
we learn that a Welsh priest of the name of Madog Hen
Gwvllt wrote some Latin verses against the Pope on the oc-
casion, in which he implies that he " sinned criminally in
wishing to put asunder what God had joined together," that
he was a "thief," a "hypocrite," had " decreed wickedly,"
and had "taught contrary to the Scriptures." He tells him
further, that all such clergy as coincided with his opinion,
were " transgressors of the law," acting contrary to the ex-
ample of "Zacharias" and the precepts of " St. Paul," and
that whoever maintained "this new error was "deserving of
perdition." A bold defiance!
Injunctions to the same effect seem to have been equally
disregarded by the majority of the English clergy, who urged
in their own vindication, that Moses. and others among the
most eminent of God's servants, were married men.
The ring formed a part of the matrimonial right. 'raliesin,
in the sixth ceutury, speaks of a " Ringed Virgin." If the
etymology of Modrwy (a ring) be ainmod aerwy (the yoke of
contract.) the above expression,would imply that llie ring was
given to the betrothed souse time before the actual celebra-
tion of the marriage. This would be in accordance with the
Catholic custom of those days. If, however, the word be
composed of Bawd (a thumb) and aerwy (a yoke) it would
only mean Ofat the ring was originally worn on the thumb.
Or perhaps there is in it a reference to a practice which we
know prevailed in some of the English Churches prior to the
Reformation ; this was, the man, at the time of marriage,
placed a ring on the woman's thumb, sayiug, in the name of
the Father; then on the second finger, saying, and the Son :
then on the third finger, saying, and the Holy Ghost; then
On the fourth finger, saying, Amen.—The Churchman.

THE PARISIAN GlANT.—There are many great men in
this world, among whOm M. Thiers, the radical deputy at
Paris, and Mr. Spring Rice, the superficial inch chancellor
of the exchequer at London, are, in their own opinion, the
greatest. The giant of the Olympic Circus,. on the Boule-
vards, however, must be deemed as good as both, as unques•
tionably, if Thiess was put on the head of Spring Rice, or
Spring Rice stood on the shoulders of Thiers, the French
giant would out top them. He is a wonderful man, and
nightly draws crowds to see him at Franconi's. He is the
Goliah of a piece which has been got up to display his amaz-
ing proportions. It is quite wonderful to see him striding
across the stage, and demolishing whole armies by the sweep
of his tremendous arm. He is more than eight feet in height,
well made, without the least apparent defect of person. His
countenance is handsome, well garnished with mustachios
and lukurious whiskers. His manner is dignified, and his
attitudes are formed on classic models. Ile is a Belgian by
birth, which is, to be sure, rather against him; but, barriug
that accident, he is a tine specimen of humanity, and is as
tall and more civilised than any production of the same size
that has vet ventured to these shores. He travels in his own
carriage, as no diligence is elevated enough to do justice to
his limbs; but he is fond of walking, and often astonishes the
passengers by descending from his vehicle and striding along
the roads as if a windmill had slipped off a neighbouring
elevation, or as if the steeple of one village was going to pay
a visit to the spire of the next town. The giant is in his 25th
year, and if he has not yet done growing,• we may expect to
find him in the course of next summer adding another foot to
his present height. He says that he is content, and hopes
that Dame Nature will leave him at ease in his present high
position.
HINTS To DINERS-ot:T.---(From the first number of a new
periodical called "the Heads of the People," by Henry
Brownrigg, Esq., alias Mr. Douglas Jerrold.)—The diner
out must be a man of very moderate humour—of the most
temperate and considerate wit. It must be his first study to
obtain and keep the character of a good-natured fellow, a
most agreeable companion, at the same time rendering it
impossible for those who praise him to tell the why or the
wherefore. We know that certain wags have blazed and cor-
ruseated for a season or two at a few tables where are to be
found the first delicacies of the season, whether of bird or beast,
vegetable or man ; the that pine-apple or the last author;
but these wits are but for a few invitations; the regular pro-
fessional diner-out, and it is of him we speak, is for all cloths.
It must therefore be his study to display a certain good-na-
tured dullness, an amiability that shall 'take him repress the
brightest jest that ever fell from human lips, if by any possi-
bility the unuttered joke could be thought to tell against
one of the party ; that one, it may be, happening to possess
the noblest kitchen—the most glorious cellar; and therefore
to be conciliated hy a meek politeness, an attentive urbanity,
that shall ensure the diner-out a future summons to his table;
for it mist be remembered that the diner-out, whilst apparently
enjoying the delights of the repast, and its after-ease and
hilarity, is, indeed, labouring to extend his connection. He
is not asked to grace a board on .the strength of a new picture
—a wonderful poem—a galvanic, man-eating, rnan-slayi.ng,
novel, or the discovery of a new self-supplying 'sugar-tongs,
or for the great merit of having lived with the Esquimatix on
walrus flesh and train oil; our diner-out feasts not upon any
such adventitious, any such accidental principle, but upon
higher deserts; yea, he obtains his turtle and Burgundy from
worthier, from more lasting causes; for, in a very flutter of
"delight," he helps any and every lady and gentleman to.
the wing of a chicken, and, with a stereotype smile upon his
face, is at a moment's notice prepared to be "but too happy"
to " take wine" with all the world,
SENSATIONS OF A BALLOON ASCENT.—Vauxhall-gardens,
with all the people in them, went down ! Totn—Tom—l can-
not have been deceived. I speak from the evidence of my
senses, founded upon repetition of the fact. Upon each of
the three or four experimental trials of the power of the bal-
loon to enable the people to glide away from us with safety to
themselves, down they alt went about thirty feet—then up
they carne again and so on. There we sat quietly all the
while in our wicker buck-basket, utterly unconscious of mo-
tion; till at length, Mr. Green, snapping a little iron, and
thus letting loose the rope by which the earth was suspended
to us—like Atropos cutting the connection between us with a
pair of shears—down it went with everything on it, and your
poor paltry little Dutch toy of a town (your great metropolis
as you insolently call it), having been placed on castors for
the occasion—l am satisfied of that—was gently rolled away
from under us.—Poole's Crotchets in the Air.

EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, 4*c.
Lysander, (475) W Currie, from Calcutta. 1500 bags saltpetre, 271
bags sugar, 29 chests shell lac, 7 chests lac dye, 1 bale raw silk, 2
boxes silks, N Crooke and co-50 hhds sugar, Ogilvy, Gilanders
and co-280 bags sugar, Baring Brothers and co-150 do. 418 sacks
wheat flour, 62 sacks ground rive, Heywortb and co—l box stuffed
birds, Dirom and co-1 chest silks, G Malcolm and co-1 box con-
tents unknown, Melly,- Prevost and cis-2(1 bales 1 case silks, 155
chests indigo, 2103 bags sugar, 1000 bags linseed, 24 bags saltpetre,
00 chests castor nil, 1740 pees deer horns, 12 chests lac dye, 10
chests shell lac, 340 bales jute 6 packages elephants' teeth, 9 hags
rice, 1 box mats, 3 boxes preserves, order—P D
Esther, (051) .1 Pickering, from Calcutta, 84 hhds sugar, J Kirk-
land and Son-80 bags do, %V A and G Max well-360 do, Heyworth
and co-183 do, East India Company-551 do, 611 bags saltpetre,
Fletcher, Alexander and co-75 chests castor oil. East India Com-
pany-29 hhds I cask tincal, 20 chests lac dye, Sands, Turner and
co-8 chests bottled castor oil, A Appleton-9 bales cow hides, 90
hales cutch. 11 chests lac dye., 9 bales raw silk, 11 bales kid and
1 bale goat skins, 1 bale buffalo hides, Bates, Sons and co-10 hales
raw silk, G Boggs-19,280 buffalo horns, 9 cases China and silk
goods, Rawson and co-2 baskets 2 jars contents unknown, 1857
bags sugar, 10s8 bags saltpetre, 56 bales safflower, 2 bales raw silk,
58 chests shell lac, 27 chests lac dye, 1 box shells, 14 bales hemp, 2
china jars and fans, 1 box sewing cotton, 260 bales jute, 2 cases silk
piece goods, order—P D
lrt, (215) H Ludlow, from Calcutta, 1096 bags 8 hhds sugar, 325
bags saltpetre, 500 bags rice, about 5 tons sapan wood, 641 bags lin-
seed, 43U pockets ginger, 200 bales jute hemp, 70 hales hides, 12
bales silk, 11 bales raw silk, 20 chests indigo, 3 boxes contents un-
known, 376 bags horn tips, about 10c horns, order-1 box contents
unknown, It Bartholomew-1 box preserves, Sirs. Thompson-1
box tippets, Miss Webster-2 parcels patterns, N Crooke and co—
-1 box seeds, 11 Gladstone—l' D

The imports of each article of the Corn trade have this week
been on a moderate scale; the general demand has, at the same
time, resumed a considerable share of that activity which has, so
far during the season. been its usual characteristic, and prices have
again shown a decided tendency towares advance. At yesterday's
market Irish red Wheat brought 105 9d ; the best Baltic red Ils 9d
to 1-2,s ; Danzig 12s to 12s 9d ' • English white 13s to 13s 3d, and red
12s 6d per 701bs.—Is 21d per 451bs was paid for very choice meeting
Oats, and 3s 1 Id to 4s for fair runs of Irish.—Flour and Oatmeal
were each better sale ; the latter brought 30s to 37s pet 2401b5, being
is to Is 6d per load above the quotations of this day se'nnight.
The best marks of Irish Flour may be noted at 63s to 65s per sack.
—Barley has been less eagerly sought after than it was ahOut ten
days ago, still several sales have been made to the distillers at 5s 9d
to 6s per 601bs for parcels to arrive from Midland Counties; Cheva-
lier is worth 42s to 46s per imperial quarter.—Beans and Nes as
last noted.—A few parcels of Oats in bond have been sold at 2s 9d
to 3s per 451bs.

LIVERPOOL PRI
(Quoted as duty paid, excepi
ASIIEs
Montreal, Pot —2B 6,a 29 0
Pearl, new ..34 0 —33 0
U.States, Pot none.
Pearl
BARK, Quercit nominal.
Oak, ton
German
B ImsToNE,IF ion
Sicily, Sze.
Tuscany
CASSIA LIGNEA, s, (1. s d.
. . _ _ _

CES CURRENT

a when mentioned in bond.)
MADDER, ,tp• cwt. s. d. s, d.
Dutch, crop 56 0 —62 0
Ombro 4O 0 —52 0
Gamene 25 0 —3B 0
Mull
French, S.F. 4O 0 —44 0
S.F.F 4B 0 —52 0
E.S.F 55 0 —57 0
E.S.F, F. 58 0.-60 0
Spanish :30 0 —32 0
MOLASSES, 4V cwt.
Trinidad, &c. 29 0 —3O 0
Demerara, &c ——3 O
Bar. & Antigua 31 0 —32 6
NIUNJEET, 41, cwt. 14 0 —l6 0
OIL, Olive, V 252 galls.
Gallipoli £55 0 —56 0
Trieste 52 0 —53 0
Sicily 53 0 —54 0
Malaga
Portugal, &c. 5l 0 - -51 10
Levant 5O 0 —5O 0
Palm, 41' ton —— 46 0
Fish, 4Y 252 galls.
Seal, pale 34 10 —35 0
browr 28 0 —2B 10
Cod 30 0 —3O 10
LiNsEED, 4f cwt 28 0 —2B 6
Itape, pale do. 45 0 —46 0
Turpen. cut 62 0—
Bac a, V cwt.
Carolina, dress. 42 0—
in bond none,
Bengal, ord. d 0.14 6 —lB 0
mid. to fine-19 0 —2l 0
African
Russ, 4y gallon, in bond.
Jamaica,

Alary Peat received him. She was gayer and more friendly
in be manners than she had been for a long time.
" Dear Charles, L am so glad to see you.—You've come
to breakfast ?" .

411 cwt. in borui 52 0 —35 0
CLOVER-SEED, f cwt.
American, red
Dutch I Nominal.

I've —no appetite, Mary"' replied Charles. "In

French & Germ

fact"—

" Oh! you've breakfasted already—Mr. Pearie will be so
glad to see you."
" I doubt that," answered the young man, coldly.
" But he will though—he told me so himself—he told me
that he was busied to a late hour last night in your service."
Charles shuddered as the dreadful scene recurred to him.
" My service ?"—he said—
" Yes—and do you know I think it must have bad some
connection with Captain Slasher's departure."
" Departure !" echoed Charles, almost unconsciously.
"Oh ! yes—he's away; quite suddenly—something or
other carried him off."

Cocoa, 4V ciat.
Trinidad 4O 0 —45 0
Grenada 4O 0 —43 0
Brazil 32 0 —35
COFFEE, 41, Cie. in bond.
Jama. triage..
ordinary .. 50 0— 92 0
goodScfin ord. 95 0-103 0
middling —.105 0-112 0

good mi.l. ..114 0-128 0
fine mid. &c. 132 0-144 0
Dutch. triage.. 145 0-85 0
ordinary • • • •
good &fine 0rd.90 0-95 0
middling 96 0-103 0
Rood mid.
hne mid. &c. 104 0-108 0
Mocha 95 0 —llO 0
Ceylon 95 0 —IdO 0
Java 45 0 —55 0
Havana

" Marv,"—said Charles, solemnly taking her hand into
his—" something has indeed carried him off; but something
very different frum what you suppose."
"Mr. l'earie called him aside fur a very short time at the
wax.works,—and this morning he told me, before he went
out for his walk, that 1 should not see Captain Slasher
again."
"He told you so ? —"Fis, indeed, too true."—

good Pzem.ord.42 0 —4B 0
St. Domingo 40 0 —42 0
Brazil 37 0 —42 0

`• I'm so sorry !—Captain Slasher bad seen such strange
things in India; but I don't think Mr. Pearie ever liked
him ;—Do you think he did,"
" My dear Mary," said Charles, "don't run on so thought-
lessly—it is of the greatest importance that this subject
should not be mentioned. Never on any account allude to
the dislike you perceived Mr. Pearie entertain to Captain
Slasher.. Hush ! he's coining ! It may be the saving of a
life. Beware !"—and Charles rushed out of the room to have
his interview with the murderer alone.

Laguira 45 0 —5O 0
DYEWOODS, 4f, ton .C. s. s.
Lotzwood, .1am.12 0 —l2 10
Hon. & D0m.12 0 —l2 15

eirylpeachy 11 10 —l5 0
Fustic, Spau 9 0 —lO 0
Tampico ll 0 —ll 10

Brazil... ...... 8 0 9 0
Cuba 13 0 —l4 0
NTCARAGUA WOOD
Rio de la 'Liebe
solid .

TIDE TABLE.

i illrn. 1 Ern.

ENCOUNTER WITH A WILD BUFFALO.

It having been represented to Mr. Campbell, indigo plan-
ter, at Jellasore, by theßyotts living near one of his factories,
that a wild bull buffalo had for some days infested the neigh-
bourhood, and had destroyed three of the villagers, a party
consisting of Mr. Campbell, Major C., of the Bengal engi-
neers, and a Lieut. G., of the same service, agreed to proceed
to the spot and proclaim open hostility against the reigning
monarch of the plain, Mr. C. being equipped with a rifle,
and the major and lieutenant with a double Joe Manton each.
They undertook to oppose him on horseback, having given
orders to the Mahout to bring up the rear on the elephant.
It may be necessary in this place to state that when a wild
buffalo is separated from the herd he becomes exceedingly
ferocious, and will attack almost any animal thatcomes within
his view, and the brute in question having been solitary for
some days he had grown desperate. On entering the field
where he was, Major C., who was an experienced chekarrie
(sportsman), advanced in the centre, whilst his two ft iends
struck off to the right and left of him, keeping somewhat in
the rear. No sooner did the beast perceive the enemy advan-
cing
then he came down with furious impetuosity on the
major, within two hundred yards of him, when he made a
dead stop, gazing wildly at him, with his horns thrown back
on his neck, whilst he pawed the earth with his fore feet. The
major now halted within a hundred paces from him, when be
charged hint in gallant style in one of those heavy gallops for
which this animal is distinomshed. On arriving, however,
about ten lengths from the arse, who stood his ground nobly,
the major met him, planting a hall in his neck, which checked
him, and he wheeled round, taking the country right ahead,
closely pursued by his invaders. At the extremity of the plain
was a"feel" or pond, surrounded by a circular patch of bam-
boo jungle, into which he retreated, and the parties on corn-
ing up considered he had been mortally wounded, and had
concealed himself there to die. Lieut. G., however, discharged
one of his barrels at ..shat he fancied the animal's horns, when
he suddenly rushed out of the muddy pool through a shower
of balls, making a desperate attack upon the latter gentleman,
who, with admirable coolness levelled his piece at him and
pulled the trigger, but, unfortunately, without effect, the
percussion tube unluckily failing. The horse and rider were
both floored, and the lieutenant was immediately pinioned to
the ground between the capacious barns of the exasperated
beast. Providentially Mr. Campbell succeeded in placing a
ball in his flank before be had time to inflict summary ven-
geance on his unhappy victim. On this he relinquished the
object of his assault, and suddenly rushed at Mr. C., who
putti::g spurs to horse escaped from his charge. The
lieutenant, on recovering from his perilous dilemma, managed
to conceal himself behind a white-ant hillock, overgrown with
bushes, and being put quite /tors de combat, prayed within
himself that the elephant might come up, and afford him
temporary security against a second attack. The major now
had him to himself, and approaching him tempted him again
to come down. This he did at a steady gallop, roaring with
dissappointment, till within a dozen paces or so, when the
major lodged another hall in his hotly which evidently, stag-
gered him. He then turned round again upon Mr Campbell,
who had by this time reloaded his rifle, and from it he received
a ball in one of his fore legs, just below the knee, which
vwo.lip4kiegilit-n to the ground. The major, on this, rode up, and
7'
" 'lr. patched him. He was ajlair beast,L. having pro-
t s, which proved fortunate
j ESB
wico
et,,ett
them.
The
.aretieesr Lieutenant G., as,
ad to
juelutah:gt of the citrLse,. whciaetti"ttythbeore away
. .
se a trophy of their ~riamph.
dr7.t
;:- /.•
4!,
MOO • •

Never were happiness-Lidie:ce(t mind more clearly de-
picted on a human countenance than on that of Mr. Pearie.
His hands stuck in both pockets, his hat Cocked airily on one
side of his head, for be had just returned from his morning's
stroll,—and his whole outward man swelling with comfort
and satisfaction, be winked significantly to the horror-struck
visitor, and said—

" We've done him, Charles ; you birky will gie us nae
mair trouble."

M. M. H. MI. F. I.
Tuesday 25 j SIG 553 14 6
Wedrw3. 2n 627 j 7 0 14 6
Thursday 27, 756 8 8i 14 7
Friday 28 838 9 8 15 1
Saturday 29 935 10 ,3 15 9
Sunday 30 10 29 10 53 14 2
Monday 31 :11 16 11 39 il6 10

Christmas Day. Moon in
St. Ste,lien. [Perigee 121 i e.
St. John.

12 to 16 o.p 4 3 4 9
stronger 4 10 5 2
choice marks 5 3 6 0
SAFFLOWER, gr cwt.
Bengal,
good & tine ..£4 0 5 0
ord. &. mid
Bombay

SALTPETRE, 1p cwt. S. d. s. d.
East India 23 0 —2m 6
SouttiAtnerican.l6 0 —l7 0
'SHELL LAC, Of cwt. in bond. 0

Innocents Day.
Length of night 16h 311,

[llh even.
Silvester. Sun in Perigee

LATEST DATES AT LIVERPOOL.

A shudder passed over poor Charles at this dreadful corn-
mencement. _ _

—......—..
" You— allude—l presume—to—to Captain Slasher?" he
stammered.

China
Calcutta
Bombay
Mauritius
St. Helena
Rio.
Bahia

Direct. tixiirect.
AuLT...•.11
• Oct £0
N0v.... 1
Sept. ..18

" Just so-1 gi'ed him a hint about some promotion that
was going on in the Indian army, and he set off that very
hour for London."

Oet —3ll
Oct .

'`Promotion;" enquired Charlee, with a searching look at
the unconscious narrator. _

BANES OF NEWFOUNDLAND.— Several important rectifi-
cations of the existing chats of the banks of Newfoundland
have been made by the officers of the Cuirassier and Bonite,
recently employed by the French Government on the survey
of these important submarine districts. The banks do not
extend, according to the last soundings, beyond 42 deg.
50 min. N. lat., and the spindle-shaped prolongation of the
banks towards the north, laid down in many charts, has been
found not to exist; the limit of the great bank in this direc-
tion appears to be in 48 deg. 40 min. N. lat. Towards the
east, the great bank extends much farther than has been
hitherto supposed, soundings having been obtained in 49deg.
45 min. long. W. of Paris. The Bonite is still carrying on
the survey.

Prom
Pernam...
Maranbam
N. Orleans
Mobile ..1
Savannah.
Charleston
New York

f Direct.
INov. .. 4

Indirect.

Nov. 3
Nov —.27
Nov ....28
Nov ....28
Nov ....30

lOct ..28

Dec—. 61 ...

" Yes—a sudden death had ta'en place in the Regiment
that he was aye puffin' and boastin' about.—Du ye mind hoo
he used to be telling us boo pleased he would be if we could
see his corpse?"
Charles gathered the whole energy of his soul into one
sentence. With compressed lips, and an eye rivetted on Mr.
Pearie, he said, " I have seen it, Sir!"
" Neel, was't a braw ane ?—lt maun bae been unto black,
for ye mind he tauld us his men were a' niggers.—But is't
come hame ? Whar saw ye his corpse?"
" Old man !" said Charles, laying his hand solemnly on
Mr. Pearie's shoulder, "do you think I believe your tale
about a promotion in Captain Slasher's regiment
" What care I whether you believe it or no? He believed
it, an' that's enough. He's awa' to Lon'on,—his horses are
a' to follow to-day ;—his rent's a' paid, and sae we're quit o'
him. You dinna seem half pleased about it, Charles?"
"Look within, into your own heart, Mr. Pearie; and tell
me if you think I ought to be pleased."
"'Deed ocht ye, for ye see we've the disposal o' Mary a'
to ourselves,—she'll still be in the firm; and between outsets,
I has every reason to believe she's as well pleased at the
business as we are."

---:---- =— -- - ---- - - ------ ------ - -
PACKET BOATS.—FALNIOUTII STA'FION
GENERAL POST-OFFICE, Dec. 21.
Mails made
Last Packets o..7Vext Packets
DESTINATION. up in
Sailed. Due.
London.
-- -
Holland
Hamburg & Swed Tues. & Fri. Tues. & Satur.
Lisbon
Royal Tar I3raganza,
Madeira ...
' Dec. 10. ' , Dec. 10.
Spain 8: ibralt. 3
Malta and Greece.. 2nd Saturday - Dec. 10.
Egypt and India .. 4th Saturday Braganza.Dec. 3.
Madeira
Brazil & B. Ayres each month Dec. 7. Jan. 25.
America lst Wedges. Star, Dec. 8. Reindeer. Jan 12
r Jamai I:ward
Ist (lay of H.M.B. Delight, Linnet,
2 Isl. 8: Hayti..
each. month Dec. 3. Jan. 26.
Laguira
Mexico . nil Ha- 1 15th day of H.M.B Petrel, Sheldrake,
vans... -Tell month. Nov. 17. Dec. 21.
c Jamai. L'ward
: Hayti. 15th day of H.M.B. Tyrian, Pandora,
2 Isl. 3
Jan. 8.
Carhtagena

SUBSTITUTE FOR THE SUN.—The newly-invented light of
M. Gaudin, on which experiments were recently made at
Paris, is an improved modification of the well-known inven-
tion of Lieut. Drummond. While Drummond pours a
stream of oxygen gas, through spirits of wine, upon un-
slaked lime, Gaudin makes use of a more etherial kind of
oxygen, which he conducts through burning essence of tur-
pentine. The Drummond light is fifteen hundred times.
stronger than that of burning gas; the Gaudin light is, we
are assured by the inventor, as strong as that of the sun, or
thirty thousand times stronger than gas, and, of course, ten
times more so than the Drummond. The method by which
M. Gaudin proposes to turn the new invention to use is sin-
gularly striking. He proposes to erect in the island of the
Pont Neuf, in the middle of the Seine and centre of Paris,
a light-house, five hundred feet high, in which is to be placed
a light, from a hundred thousand to a million gas-pipes
strong, the power to be varied as the nights are light or dark.
Paris will thus enjoy a sort of perpetual day; and as soon as
the sun of the heavens has set, the sun of the Pout Neuf will
rise.--Mechanics' Magazine.
AFFECTING DELUSION.--Not a day has passed for several
years without a stout middle-aged man being seen to walk
hastily up to the Post-office, thrust into a box a piece of ear-
thenware, wood, or tobacco-pipe (which he_evidently stlP-_
poses to be a letter,) and then run away as if he feared detec-
tion. It is clear the poor fellow cannot write, but, whenever
the surface of his supposed letters will admit, they are covered
with unintelligible markst and when the box is closed he
leaves them in the wituioNi: The authorities at the Post-
office, perceiving that the light of reason has flitted from the
poor fellow's brow, and being but slightly annoyed by their
daily visitor, have not interfered with him; but still the poor
fellow's hasty movements would seem to infer that he had
not always been treated with such indifference. What makes
the circumstance more remarkable is the fact that the. poor
fellow resides either at Avlestone or Knighton, more than
two miles from the Post-office. He is apparently a person
in humble life, and as such would seem not to have had much
to do with letters; but perhaps-at some period of his.life may
have had that to do with one letter which has deprived him
of his senses. Perhaps some of our readers can inform us of
the cause of the poor feUov's madness.—Lsicerter ithircurv.

A Koonntsul:ur.—More than half an hour elapsed be-
fore we were led to a black chasm, which proved the entrance
to as miserable a hole of a longing as you can well imagine—
no light, no fire, the people all asleep, or obviously indisposed
to accommodate us; and we were actually beginning to de-
spair of anything beyond shelter from the blast, when the
chiaoosh, who had been summoned from the house of the beg,
or governor of the place, came in and roused up our unwilling
host with a vengeance. A light was then.at length procured,'
and we followed it into a small room, the floor of which was
covered with a dozen or twenty individuals of the human
species, and of all genders, for what we could see, sleeping
promiscuously, heads and tails, upon a few mats. Our entry
made a deuce of a stir amongst them; the stick went to work,
and up they got, some naked, others very scantily clothed,
running this way and that, like drunken creatures, till at
length the whole were bundled out, and we came forward to
occupy their warm nests. Numuds and carpets, and pillows,
however, were produced at the summons of the indefatigable
chiaoosh. A tire was lighted,. and after a little while, with
infinite delight, we felt ourselves begin to thaw. To complete
our comfort coffee was produced, and followed in a moderate
time by a tolerable pillau; and, at length, weary and sleepy,
we sunk to rest.—Fraser's Winter Journey.
SOLAR SYSTRSL—To afford the " mind's eye" clear no-
tions of the movements made by the planets and their
moons, a method has been suggested by that great practical
astronomer. Sir John fiernhej, upon the foliowing.princi-
ple :—Conceive the sun represented by a globe two feet in
diameter; at 82 feet distance put down a grain of mustard-
seed, and you have the size and place of the planet Mercury,
that bright silvery point which is generally enveloped in the
solar rays. At the distance of 142 feet, put down a pea—it
will be the similitude of Venus, our resplendent morning,
and evening star. Two hundred and fifteen feet from the
central globe, place another pea, just perceptibly larger—
that is man's world, once the centre of the universe. Mars
is stualler still, a good pin's head being his proper representa-
tive, at the distance of 337 feet. The four small planets,
Vesta, Juno, Ceres, and Pallas, seem as mere particles or
dust, about 500 feet from the sun • Jupiter as a middle-sized
orange,,ilistant about a quarter of a mile; Saturn, with his
ring, a lesser orange, at the—remoteness of two.tiftlis of a
mile; and the far Uranus dwindled into a cherry, moving
round a circle which has three quarters of a mile for its
radius, . .

"Once for all,"—said Charles, firmly—" I know all, Mr.
Pearie,—mark me,—all. I was by the water's side, last
night—you understand me."
"\Vhisht! for God's sake whisht—it wad ruin our credit
in the town—poor Dawson has his way to make—folk wad
think it was carryin' the joke owre far. It was grand fun!
but sef us, man, whisht about it."
During this recital, which was accompanied with many
explosions of mirth, the listener was transfixed with a min-
gled feeling of pity and disgust. At last, however, a convic-
tion of the insanity of the unfortunate banker took possession
of his mind. But Dawson, the quiet, steady head-clerk—
the confidant of his principal's plans about Mary—the de-
pository of his schemes of vengeance against his rival! It
was impossible to believe that both were insane. Time
pressed--he resolved to leave Mr. Pearie; to explain the
whole business in a few words to Mary; and then to inform
Dawson of the discovery of his misdeeds. At this moment
a hell was rung in the streets, and Mr. Pearie, rushing to
the window, listened for a moment to the proclamation of
the bellman, then looking at Chalks with a face in which
alarm and vexation were very powerfully expressed, he ex-
claimed, "We're found out! we're found out!—what'll be-
come of us?-I'll gie the bellman five shillings, and bribe
every one else to haud their tongues. Not a word, Charles,
o' what ye saw last night."
But Charles was in no mood to make promises. Mr.
Pearie rushed forth to carry his plans of bribery into effect;
and. Charles hurried into the Bank, There, seated quietly
at his desk, as if nothing particular had happened, was Das;-
i son busy making entries.

PREMIUMS OF INSURANCE AT LLOYD'S.

LONDON & LIVERPOOL,
(Sailing before 12th Jan.)

Outward,

Jamaica
Leeward Isl. Deme. & Berbice
Honduras
New York, Boston
Charleston, Savannah
New Orleans
Havana
Canada
British North America •
Newfoundland
Brazil
liver Pkte
East Indies

Company's Ships
Batavia
New South Wales
Cape of Good Hope
Africa
Gibraltar

25; *Cid ,a As 0c
20 0— 0 0
50 0— 0 0
4) 0 50 0
30 0 0 0
40 0 0 0
50 0 60 0
0 0 0 0
81 0— 0 0
00 0 0
25 0 0 0
—0 —AO —0
35 0 40 0
45 u— 0 0
40 0 0 0
40 0— 0 0
40 0 0 0
30 0 0 0
20 0 0 0
50 0-60 0
0— 0 0
40 0 0 0
2'o 0— 0 0
20 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
25 0 0 0
25 0— 0 0
25 0 0 0
50 0— 0 0
00 0 0
00 0 0
0 0— 0 0
25 0 0 0

Lima, Valparaiso. &e.
Malta, Sicily, &c.
Smyrna and Constantinople
Malaga
Madeira

818 026165:5.0
40 0- 0 0
105 0 -147 0
20 0- 0 0
20 0- 0 0
•50 0- 0 0
50 0- 0 0
0 0- 0 0
0 0- 0 0
40 0- 0 0
25 0- 0 0
-30-4- 0 4-
35 0 -- 40 0
50 0 -- 0 0
40 0- 0 0
'4O 0 -- 0 0
40 0- 0 0
126 0 -- 0 0
20 0- 0 0
40 0- 0 0
30 0 -- 0 0
30 0- 0 0
20 0 .- 0 0
20 1 -- 0 0
0 0- 0 0
20 0- 0 0
20 0- 0 0
20 0 -- 0 0
30 0- 0 0
0 0- 6. 0
40 0- 0 0
84 0 -447 0
20 0 0 0

Western Isles, Cape de Verds
Lisbon

Cadiz
France
Holland
Hanibum Bremen. &e.

. 9 10 -13 0
5 0 - 6

small
Lima, solid lO 0 —l5 0
Barwood, Ana° 7 0 8 0

Gaboori
Camwood 20 0 —24 0
Red. San. Wood 7 0 8 0
FLAX, ton.
Riga, P.T.R. 45 0 —47 0
P'burg,, 9 head 39 0 —4O 0
Archangel none.
Dutch & Flem 6O 0 —llO 0
GALLS, 4P' cwt.
Turkey, blue —73 0 —O2 0
mixed '6O 0 —O5 0
East India 70 0 —75 0
GINGER, 4P' cwt.
Barbadoes 45 0 —5O 0
Jamaica 50 0 —l2O 0
E. India, en bond 18 0 —2O 0
Gum, 41,* cwt.

Aril)le, Turkey. 70 0 —llO I
East India. 25 0 —55 0
Barbary 45 0 —55 0
Senegal 65 a —6B 0
HEMP, ciff iOn. X s. x s.
P'burg, clean ..48 10 —49 10

outsbot.47 0
Riga, nhine...,49 0 —49 10

orange 80 0
liver St black ..60 0
SKINS,

outshot.47 0 ••••••
Archangel 46 0
Manilla ..... 0 —3B 0
Bombay 27 0 —29 0
Jute l4 0 —l4 10
HIDES, Ox. and Cow, 4!r lls

-I.,VyTITsi Monte Video, dry.
inferior Sc mid.o 8 0 81
good Y prime 0 94 0 101
Do. salted . • 0 54 0 6
N.Amer.salted 0 '4 0 41
Brazil 0 51— 0 65,
dry salted 0 55 0 65
Rio, dry.
Valparaiso,dry 0 6 0 75
Odessa. &c.dry 0 61— 0 73
W. India. dry. 0 51— 0 7
salted. 0 5 0 53
Eastlndia ....0 8 0 124
• Kips,B.A.dry.o 74 0 8y
Horse, d. each 9 0 —l2 6
HORSE HAIR,
Short
mixed
long tails ... 1 8— 2 0
combed 2 0 2 9;
, 4Y lb, in bond.

Gottenbura, Stockholm
Petersburg, Riga. Eze.
Oporto

Neuiria, clif dox 7 6 —l2 0
Chinchilli, do 20 0 —25 0
Seal, each
SHUMAC, V cwt.
Sicily 12 0 —l3 6
Malaga ll 0 —ll 6
Trieste
Verona
Tyrolese
SUG %H._417 Ctnt.

B.P,7%iuseo;t:lo
moist brown 53 0 —55 0
dry brown 55 6 —5,4 6
good & mid 60 0 —65 6
fine &v. fine 66 6 —7l 0
Mauritius,
dabs &moist. 51 0 —53 0
brown 54 0 —56 0
yellow 57 0 —6O 0
fine yellow 6O 0 —65 0
East India, Bengal
ord. white 64 0 —67 0

good & fine ..68 0 —7O 0

extra fine ....71 0 —72 0
Manilla,inband.2l 0 —23 0
Havana, do.

Ben'al.
pur. & violet 7 6 8 0
blue & violet 7 6 8 0
blue none
violet,g.Bt fine 7 3 8 0
ord. & mid. 6 6 7 0
violet R& cop. 5 6 7 0
cop. g. & fine. 6 6-- 7 0
ord. & mix . 5 0 6 9
eon. quality
()tide . ..• 4 6 6 3
adrns
Gir,timala, 4P lb.

brown none
yellow 26 0 —29 0
white, ord 35 0 —37 0
good & fine 38 0 —lO 0
Brazil, in bond.
brown l6 0 —22 0
yellow 21 0 —25 0
white, ord 26 0 —2B 0
good & fine,29 0 —33 0
TALLOW, 4 cwt.
I"burgh, Y.C.

Orlessa
Archangel
Buenos Ayres
TAn, 49' brl.
Stockholm ....16 0 —l6 6
Archangel 15 6 —l6 0
Carolina
Virginia none
TARTAR, 41" cwt.
Cream of Tartar 61 0 —63 0
brown & yel.
TEA, QY tb zn bond.
Bohea, Canton — 0 10
Fokein
Congou, corn . 1 3 1 4
mid. to fine. 1 5 2 6
Twankay. corn . I si
mid. to good 1 6 1 7
Pekoe, Orange . 1 8 3 6
Campoi,
corn. to good none
Ilyson Skin
mid. to fine 1 5 1 7
Souchong, corn 1 4 1 6
good to fine 1 9 3 0
Pekoe, flowery 3 0 4 6
__Hxstm._ cam__ 2. o_._2
fine 3 0 3 9
Young Hyson 1 11 2 6
Imperial
Gunpowder,
good & fine 3 3 4 0
TOBACCO, 4D lb. in bond.

.CO 0 -GO 6
.60 0 -60 6
fig 0--
.55 U -39 0

Floras
sohres
Cortes
Carnecas, Floras 7 0 7 6
Sobres 5 9 6 9
Cortes
LAO DYE, 115.
D.T. and prme. 1 10 4 0
mid. to good 0 11 1 9
ord. & inferior 0 6 0 10f
MADD•rtt ROOTS, IV etc/.
Smyrna 5l 0 —53 0

J. River, Leaf 0 B} 1 0
Stemmed 0 9 1 1
Kentucky 0 9 1 3
'Maryland

ITun;IER lc, 4 Cu'!. in bond.
Bengal l2 0 —lB 0
TURPENTINE, ctr Cwt. _

America...:. 11 0 —l3 0
\TALON lA, 4P ton. s. s.
Smyrna, picketll2 10 —2O 0
Nlorea 12 0 —l4 0
WAX. liEEs', cwt. in bond.
Afrie.tn
East India. 9 0 9 10
American 9 0 r 9 10

rripoii 8; Syria. 4 i) _46 0
French 5O 0 —52 0
Natles 36 0 —3B 0