The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-12-23 00:00:00

THE SHETLAND

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The followitig
.ex tract from a letter, dated " Manse of Falai:"
(one of the Shetland Isles,) the 7th• of October, 183 G, contains a
few concise statements regarding a class of Elis,Majesty's sub-
jects about whom almost as little is known as concerning our
faithful allies in the island ofTongataboo.! ,flotri the concluding
sentences, it will be observed that the ,labours of an Orem-Ilan
.minister are more arduous than his brethren of the south perhaps
wot of :--",Fetlar is only about seven miles long and four broad,
and contains about 80ti inhabitants. It is in general pretty
fertile, though,. like the rest of the Shetland ,Isles,. there is
neither tree. lair shrub to be seen, and it must to strangers appear
Very barren and uncultivated. Every: one has a little 'farm al-
tered to the cottage, and consequeolly they can be but poorly
supplied with .roeal;, but every one reaps the harvestharv;estpf the. deep!
• during the summer, at the * halve' or ling fishing, and of late
years the herring fishing has been i,:trodnced, and very success-,
fully carried on, through the whole, islands, till last year, when.
both ling and herring tishiog failed in a .great measure, which„
together with bad crops, reduced the most of the poor people to.
the greatest want. Last winter was so bad that they had to give
the cattle a great. quantity of the coin to keep them alive, and.
many lost all, noNithstanding, I fear much there will be a
general famine this winter • the weather is so dreadful that the
crops cannot be-got iu. winter;
was a frost about r. month ag
(September) o
Nt Inch nipped the Oats completely. Coid help
them, for, except he interpOses, there is little,hope. • Thelan-d--
lords are ia general very humane. but there are exceptions. I
should suppose the Irish, with a soil 10t) times more fertile, are
in niucit the same. circumstances; hot how different is the dis-
position of the people! Here you may leave your door unlocked-
in all seasons,. except
:in Lerwick, our metropolis, where there
are some had Bharat ers. Fetlar is about 30 miles from : it
is situated on the-mainland as it is called. formerly lived
in North Mavine, a parish on the mainland, fronaW ich he
must
dsix.ii";td it na" ago,iu W
-thinking his charge wtrild be easier;
ch more (ool!, having: in addition to
tbrheulitlislip)ivelet't ee, to go to. North Yell every alternate Sabbath, which is
most
saidabsurdly
having placed a sound six miles broad with
a dangerous tide between them. You may think his family
have many an!aulious hour while he is away; he has no fear,
u
however, add is fond of the sea. How would your dry shoe
agai joined to Fetlar bythe church law, though naturest it,
has
to •
and stocking southern clergy hat: change Otter. with
hira,? We have all kept our health in spite of the weather."._
Times.

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Toascco.-7-What .earl be more. 401eles than tohacen..,
ny an honest Deutcher have I seen smoking himself into
the grave!
Bch--Rauch,—iinmer Rauch!
The countenance pale and haggard; the frame emaciated; the
propensity to smoke irresistible !
” A pipe! a,pipe! my heart's

Mood for a Pipe!"

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Neither is there need of much physiolOgical acuteness, to ac •
'count for the bad effects of this pernicious habit ou the health.
Tobacco is a very powerful narcotic poison. If the saliva, the
secretion of which it prov,,ke,i, be impregnated with its essen-
tial oil and sa swallowed, the deleterious influence, is communi-
cated directly to the stomach; or if., as mote frequently happens,
it is' ejected, then the blandest fluid of •the human frame, that
which, as a intvent and Ililtient, perfornis an office in digestion
-secondary only to the !trAtiie juiCe'itself,' is • lost. tenEt'en snuff,
-my old friend Aneruethy
:used-to stiylrddles the nose; but the
fumes of tobacco pctstiN"Wofirit4itql;l4ltivifyitigYall the senses
-and•alLthe4actilnee' -by•silerw dut4nittrillig-iutoxicatien, in dull
obliviousness.—Narlil Years and Late Reflections.

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_UV ERPOOL INFIRMA,R,Y REPORT,
From the 15th of December, to the tl2d December, 183 g.

nrso Anosi).
In-patients cured • -
Relieved and at.owit request
Made Ont-patients
Irregular
Dead

ADMITTED.
In -patiet t F
Out-pa tiet,ta
Casual duriug 2 1. P.
the last'seek S 0 •'.
Remain in tbe house 21.;6

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Consulting Surgeon, Mr. Forshaw•..
• House Visitors-:—Mr. Ripley and Mr. Lawrence.
Chaplain, the Rey: R. baVies.-116use Surgeon, 411..1. Ashcroft.

LOOK HOgPITA
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'I ELEGRAPII OFFICE, PEchusifit 22, MG.
Wind at Ilolylipail, W.N.W.—Blol,ring frfsh.
Olt finlYbead, inward-hound—No. 1663, Victoria, B 8, I'W 'Quebec,
at.l p. in. . . . .
Off ear Or
inward-bond—No. 1231, Betsey Hall, B Schni,
from Hirer Plate. at 12 noon.
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Off Puffin Island, outward-bound—No. 342, Oporto, U Schnr, for
Oporto. at 12 noon. .
Sailed from Beaumaris, a lithr, called the Annie, for Africa, at 1 pm.

LIVERPOOL TIDE TABLE

Atm Ern

FArttrai.t, S,

. DEC. 'lt. 31, H. M P.'
Tuesday ..0 18 . 1.50 14. ',Saturn ritieg 41, rzin morn
Wednesday..2l 10 13 10.32 1,14 11 St Thulua,.. wi„ter „um
in
Titursday....22 ,In 50 11 91 15 Liu:. ler rises 711 Sr u; pre;l
loridayy-...,21 II 28 11 4.5 ja 15. 'r Juhiter sets, Ill) Sim . ,rn
ituro-ky •• • •21 —— • 0 `,l 1> 7 • &y.. 74
SUNDAY...2S 19 036 15 8 Christmas Da
Monday —.26 051 1!1 15 3 St Stopho4 y