The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-11-02 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

LARGE POTATO.—A potato of the Highland early kind
was taken up at Dalston this week, by Mr. Bi:kett, wertglimg
two and a halt puunds.—Carlisle Pattiut.
The Hon. and Rev. W. Spencer, brother to Earl Spencer,
has been performing mass at Dieppe. lie is said to be anxi.
OUS to become an instrument towards the re conversion ”f
England to Popery, which, he says, he trusts is not far distant.
POPE:ay.—lt is stated, that in the vicinity of Sunderland
the Roman Catholic priest has sent to Ireland for two monks,
who have come over, and are now instructing 2.50 children of
Protestant pa. ents, many of whom they have induced to adopt
the Roman faith.—Sunderland Guardian.
The Earl and Countess of Wilton left Heaton Park on
Monday, fur Beaudesart, Staffordshire, the seat of toe Mar-
quis of A nglesea' where they will remain on a visit for a few
nays. They will afterwards proceed to Walmer Castle, on a
visit to the Duke of Wellington.
The death of Sir Robert Grant, late governor of Bombay,
is a fine windfall for ministers. The salary is not less than
£lB (X)0 per annum, and the vails of office of con esponding
importance. The ,ale goseruor was brother to his soruno-
leucy—Loid Gleneig.
W. Smith, Esq. of Reddish House, near this town, took
his seat on the magisterial bench, on Monday Last, at the
Salford sessions.—Stockport Advertise?. _

Experiments have beFis tried in mixing piteh with coal for
cr,•am navigation, and it is said to have answered most effec-
tually.

It is reported to be the intention of the Marquis Conlng-
ham to resign the post of Lord Chamberlain, in consequence
of the delicate state of the health of the Marchioness.

STOCKHOLM, Ocr. 12.-1 n consequence of the scarcity of
corn, a royal proclamation of the 10th prohibits the distil-
ling of brandy lot two months.
_ . .

CURIOUS ConscinsNcE.—ln the neighbourhood of Gros-
venor square reside tour surgeons, all enjo lug excellent
praciive, whose names are Cbutch)ard, Slaughter, Blood,
and Death.

The ceremony of laying the foundation stone of two new
churches within the borough of Dudley, took place on Sa-
turday :abt.—Oxfad Herald.

Several Dutch guilders have lately passed as sovereigns
at Bath and in its neighbourhood; the intrinsic value of the
guilder is not more that 16s. Si.
In some of the prisons of America warm wormwood tea is
git en copiously to confirmed drunkards, to counteract the ef•
feet of a too-sudden disuse of spirits., and has been found ef-
fectual.

CLOSING Stiops.—lt is said that the drapers of Halifax in-
tend to close their shops at seven o'clock iu the evening from
the Ist of November to the Ist of March, except on Saturday
nights.

Placards were yesterday posted up in the Tower, and on
Tower-hilt, for " petty officers and able-bodied seaman to serve
in the navy, on board vessels from 10 to 120 guns."—Morning
Herald.

EXTRADEDINARY PRODUCE OF A POTATOE.—A person re-
siding in Richmond, of the name of Jas. Craven, planted this
year a potatoe that produced the amazing number of 2,15 po-
tatoes, which weighed 4st. 12.135.
CLOSING OF SHOPS.-1t will be seen by an advertisement
in :mottle r column, that the cheese and bacon dealers in Leeds,
have agreed to close their shops at eight instead of uiue, du-
ring the winter mouths.— Leeds Intelligencer.

DRATII OF ALDERMAN ATKINS.—This venerable and
highly-respected Alderman died on Friday at aim ead-place,
Kent, in the 79th Sear of his age. Be It is event a vacancy
Ia created in the ward of \Valbruok.—Standard.
A (*ratifying instance is recorded of the triumph of steam.
Goods from Bristol, England, reached Cleveland, a ton n of
Ohio, on the shores of Lake Etie. in only 30 (lays! They
mete brought actors the Atlantic in the Great Western.—Ame-
-7 ican paper.

There is now living at his native town in Holderness, a
shoe-maker, who once made a pair of boots for Paul Jones
and another pair for the King of France. He made those for
Paul Jones, at Amsterdam; and those for the King of France,
at Patrington!
Tug RF.otsTasTioss.—The Morning Chronicle, a few
days ago, in an article on the registration courts. challenged
the conservatives to show that they had increased their
strength in any borough. We have since seen at least 20
instances of success : one is now before us. In Blackburn
the conservative gain on new claims is 18—on the objection,
53. Total conservative gain, 71.—Blackburn Standard.
A correspondent says :—" At a late inspection of troops,
out of 4(X), as many as 93 firelocks refused to fire after re-
peated trials; and on another occasion, out of 130, no less
than 50 were found to have no fire in their steels, and these
were roles."--Morning Herald.
Mr. David Salomons, a Jew, and who on account of his
religion is refused admission to the Court of Aldermen by a
majority of that enlightened body, has been placed on the
commission of the peace for Sussex, by the Lord-Lieutenant
of that county, the Duke of Richmond.
A new suspension bridge over the Dordogne, at Beaulieu,
in the Correze, was tiled a few days since, but gave way
under the weight put upon it, owing to a defect in the sup-
porting piers, and fell with its whole mass of railway and
chains into the river. Fortunately no lives were lost.

We regret to have to announce the death of Lieutenant-
General Sir George Pratt, K.C.R., which took place at
Brighton on Thursday last. The demise of this distinguished
Htficer leaves the Colonelcy of the 95,h regiment vacant.—
/hailed Service Gazette.

BANKRUPTCY. • In the Court of Bankruptcy, Mr. Commis-
sioner Meriv.ile expressed an opinion that Do person Could
be made bankrupt under the 81h clause of the art fur relief
of insolvent debtors, which came into operation on the Ist
instant.—Nottingham Review. -
FooL-HARDlNEss.—Richard Jones, a labourer, of Con.
gleton. performed the dating and foul-hardy feat of standing
upon his head 40 minutes, on the summit of Astbury spire,
previous to the repairs being► commenced. on Tuesday last,
it being the wakes at the above place. —North Cheshire Re-
former.

A lady applied, a few (lays since, for a seat at one of our
chapels, and being, informed that the pews were all filled,
asked if there would lie a vacant sitting by Lati-dav;'
to which the Akin} replied, " Lady Da), Ma'am? idid
not know that Lady Day had applied for a seat."—Brighton
Gazette.

STI PENDous STEAM-SHlP.—Messrs. Curling and Fount;,
of Limehiasse, who built the British Queen, have a steam-
vessel now upon the stocks of two thousand tons burden, beitig
one hundred more than that of the noble ship just nam,d.
The model has been materially varied; fur, though out so
lone, she will be much wider.

The ship Amelia Thompson, Captain Dawson, which sailed
from Plymouth on the 28:h of March last, with a great num-
ber of entigract, arrived at Sydney on the Ist of July.
Fever hart broken nut on board, and upwar.ts of 40 of the
passengers hid died. When the latest accounts left (Jury 6),
the ship was riding at quarantine.
It would appear that Scotland is to be honoured with the
visits of more than one member of the royal family this win-
ter. It has already been announced that the Duke of Cam-
bridge is coining to the moth; and it is now reported pretty
confidently that the Duke of Sussex will also very soon pay
us a visit.—Edinbur9/4 Paper..

POTATO CROP.—We are very sorry to say that the average
crop of potatoes in the Fylde is not so good as was antici-
pated seine time ago; as a proof of which a fanner in this
district who had six men getting up potatoes for him halt a-
day, in a field—a choice piece of ground—the quantity of
potatoes did not fill two sacks.—Preston Pilot.
PENnrrn AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.—We are glad to hear
that +hares to the amount of between 20 and £30,000, have
been taken at Penrith and its vicinity, wiihin the last few
days, in this highly popular project, and that the Earl of
Lansdale has subscribed for 1(X), and expressed his wish to
give every support and encouragement to the undertaking.
—Cut lisle Patriot.

DI'NDEE AND ARBROATH RAILWAY.—We are glad to
learn that the traffic along this line continues steadily to in-
crease, and already far exceeds what the most sanguine of
its promoters had anticipated. On Saturday last, betwixt
5W and 6(Y) persons travelled on the railway, and during, the
twelve da)s it has already been open, upwards of 401 X) pas-
sengers have availed themselves of it. So far as we have
observed, all those who have made the experiment have been
highly delighted with the Oil).— Dundee Courier.

Fool' R ACE.— On Monday, a foot race was run on Newton
Common, between bitellead, of Sialey, bridge, and Wild,
of Bury, for £lOO aside, over the two mile course. White-
head was the favourite, and was backed at 2to 1. WM,
after a severely contested race, was declared The winner,
Whitehead being compelled to give in on reaching the dis-
tance post. The two miles were tun iu nine minutes and two
seconds.—Manchester Courier.

WRETCHED SUPERSTITION. The Abingdon (Virginia)
Statesman, says—" An unotiending free mulatto. named
Yates, near that town, while riding home on horseback, was
brutally shot down and killed by an old white man, named
Marsh (since arrested), on a plea that Marsh, who was suffer-
ing from king's evil, imputed it to a spell, or charm, put
upon him by Yates." -

We have this day received intelligence of the wreck Of
the Duke of Northumberland, Indtatnan, on her passage
from Madras to this country, on the night of the 2.5 th of
August, off Cape L'Aquillas. It seems doubtful front the
locality and the season. if any of her cargo could have been
preserved; but we rejoice to be enabled to add that the whole
of the passengers and crew were saved.—United Service Gaz.

THE SLAVE TRADE.—During the period of service of the
Curlew on the coast of Africa, she lost no less than 36 of her
crew, including five officers, and was for a length of time
without any surgeon on board. She captured nine vessels,
with 1600 slaves. Iler gallant commander, Captain Nor-
colt, is still suffering from the effects of the fever, and, dur-
ing the passage home, Mr. Alexander Rae, one of the chief
merchants of Sierra Leone, died.

WEDDING Days.--Of all the popular fallacies (and there
are a great man', ) none is more fallacious than that which
connects the idea of gaiety with a wedding day. lithe newts--
married couple be sincere in their affection to each other, and
if they possess minis of the least susceptibility, the happiness
of the moment will not assume a character of mirthfulness,
but will be qualified by gra we and anxiols thoughts : the bride-
groom will meditate on the serious responsibility he has in-
cuired in a,suming the sole guardianship of the cherished
bring he has just made his own; and the bride will ponder
upon the important change in her position in. life, and Sorrow
over her separation from those tender and loving hearts she
has left artrind the parental hearth.— Capt. Glascxk's Land
Sharks and Sea Galls.

GA MB, A.-By letters just received from Gambia, we regret
to announce the death of no less than seven individuals in
one week by fever, namely, Lout. Macpherson, of the Royal
African Corps, an ()Hirer deeply regretted by his regiment;
Assistant Commissary General le Lievre, Mr. Buckton, col-
lector of customs; Mr. Wei I, a missionary; Mr. Shepherd
and Mr. Munro, clerks to \V. Foster, Esq.; and a mercan-
tile man, whose name we have not heard. The same letters
state that her Majesty', brigantine Forester has lost nearly
the entire of her officers and ship's company from the same
disease.

NEW CHI Rcil IN lIEATON Noaets.—We are happy to
announce that there is every probability of a new church be-
ing erected in the more populous part of the township of
Heaton Norris, a desideratum long and touch want,d. .Wil-
brahain Egerton, Esq , of ration Park, with his usual wool-
ficence, has given a Most eligible plot of land for its site, and
1:10:X) towards the endowment of the church; the Manches-
ter and Eccles Church Building Society, £500; and the
loi-al subscriptions amount to about £l6l/0. About 1:1000
more will be required, and it is intended to wait persotially,
ti some members of the committee. on every inhabitant of
Heaton Norris. In the meanwhile subscriptions will be
most thankfully received by the Rev. E. Present, the Hec-
tor; and the 'Hey. T. Middli ton, Grammar School, secre-
rdiA to the building fund.—Slockpurt Advertiser.
CAUTION TO MEMBERS of FRIENDLY SoCIETIEs.— John
Boardman appeared before the magistrates sit the petty ses-
sions, held at Wars ingtom, on Nlowl4y, to complain id being
expelled from a friendly society, held in this tool), of which
Gii4ling and Thomas Lomax were the stewards.
The complainant hail ample reason to concur in the truth of
the adag:, which says—" Between too siools a man is in dan-
ger of falling to the ground." For a number of years he
had been a member of the Warrington society, when, in au
unlucky moment, he also entered his name as a member of
another society, held at Sankey This was contrary to the
provisions of the Warrington society, and the members re-
solved upon his expulsion. The magistrates recommended,
that the complainant, h.aviug withdrawn from the. Sankey soci-
ety, should he re•admitted into-the Warrington Club. This
suggestion the stewards said they would endeavour to carry
kin effect, although it WO admitted there Wad no law locum..
pal them to do so;

NORTHALLIERTON.—The men employed by Mr. Paxton,'
the contractor for a section of the Great North of Eng-
tand Haiharry, near Northallerton, have, (luring the last
month. removed the enormous quantity of 18,826 yards of
soil and stone from the Castle Hill, and in addition to
which, in the same period of time, upwards of 6000 yards
have been removed from the foundations of the bridges now
knitting near Northallerton all in Mr. Paxton's contract.
On the summit of the great hmll, about a yard from the sur-
face, a deep well, or fountain, about a yard in diameter, has
been discovered. The stone work is of exquisite workman-
ship, which has, no doubt, been for supply ing the fortress
with water. From an inscription upon a monumental stone,
(top up by the workmen in July last, this place appears to
have been a station of the Tentir Cohort of the Sixth Human
Legion. On the extensive plains which surround this an-
cient fortress, the English army, under the Earl of Surrey,
on its march for Flodden Field, in the year 1513. were en-
camped; and to this camp, Henry Jenkins, who was then 12
3 ears of age, brought a horse load of arrows from Richmond.
or Scorton, for the use of the said army. The.grand army
under General Wade, on its march for the North, in the re-
bellio❑ of 1745, were also encamped on the same grounds fur
some days —Leeds Intelligencen

FRAUD ON THE GRANDJUNCTION 'RAILWAY COMPANY.-
011 hursday a respectable farmer, filling the situation of
steward to a gentleman residing between the Crewe and
Hartford stations on the Grand Junction Railway, was sill,-
moned before the Rev. Thomas Brooke and the Rev. R.
11. Gritton, the magistrates assembled in petty sessions at
Nam w ich, to shew cause why he should not be convicted in
the pena:ty of £2. for travelling a greaten distance in the
company's carriage than for wnich he had paid the legal
fate. The defendant admitted the charge, and accounted
for having committed the offence, by mann that he had ex-
pected a friend to have walked home with hint from the Hart-
ford station, and atierwaids finding his friend was provided
with a hot se, lie inadvertently, and without imagining that
he was committing any offence, rode on to Alinshull Vernon,
which, although some miles turther on the line, made his
journey only one mile snorter than if he had got down at
the end Ot the distance for which he had been booked. The
magistrates convicted the defendant in the penalty of £l.
and £l. 7s. costs. The chairman commented at some iength
on the conduct of the defendant, who ought to have known
better than commit such an offence. He believed that it had
been done inadvertently, ami in. the manner described, or
the bench would have inflicted the full penalty for unless
they did so, it would not be justice to convict a poor man,
going perhaps in search of work, who might, from poverty,
be tempted to offend in a similar way.

CONbERVATIVR DINNER AT WORSLEY.—On Thursday
evening, there was a large assemblage of Conservatives at
the house of Mr. Sutcliffe, the Bridgewater Hotel, Wursley.
Corers were la.d in the large room for upwards of one hun-
dred gentlemen, and about one hundred and fifty sat down to
a most sumptuous dinner.. The room was inoonveniently
cioaded, so much so, that many gentlemen were compelled
to dine in another apartment, and join the main body after
dinner. Elias Chadwick, Esq.,.M.A., of Swinton Hall, oc-
cupied the chair. and was supported on his right and lett by
the Right Hon. Lord F. Egel ton N.Y.; the Bev. Tho Mas
Blackburne, ALA.; the Rev. Oswald Sergeant, M.A.,F.C.C.;
the Rev: H. C. Clifton, M.A.; W.F. Hulton, Esq., Charles
Wilkins, Esq., &c., &c. Mr. Fereday Smith occupied the
vice-chair. Some very eloquent speeches were delivered by
the chairman, Lord Francis Egerton. the lieu. O. Sergeant,
Charles Wilkins, Esq., Mr. Feieday Smith, Mr. W. Harper,
&c., &c., and the meeting passed off with the greatest bril-
liancy and harmony ; in fact, a meeting of such magnitude
and importance never occurred in NVorslev before. It was
our intention to have given a full report of the proceedings,
but we regret to say, that the petson whom we sent there with
that object has been suddenly and seriously indisposed, so
that be has been totally unable to write out his uotes.—Man-
chester Courier.

JONATHAN RIVALLED.—A recent number of Galignani's
Alessenver contains the following " wonderful (if true)"
story: The day before yesterday a long• file of chiffoniers
attended the funeral of the senior chiffonier to the ceme-
tery of Mont Parnasse. This man, it is said, had married
three wives, allot' whom were christened Franc 'lse, and had
by each of them three children, and each of the wives died
in the third year of wedlock. He has left three sons, each
of whom was the third child of his mother, and all were born
in the same month of the year, and their nativities were
within three days of each other. Another peculiarity is also
mentioned ; the worthy chiffonier remained three years a
widower between each of his marriages, and died three years
after the death of his third wife.

KEEN SPORTSMEN.—We are often amused by anecdotes
of cockney sportsmen, and they not unfrequently are made
to adorn our print shop windows with marvellously tunny
'subjects. An occurrence, however, which took place here,
" in the far north," last Monday, will do to place along with
them. O'n that day, a brace of sportsmen sallied forth from
a village not more than four miles north of York, "in quest
of game." They saw a hare, at which pop went the gun,and
away went puss. Finding another, the attn was taken more
carefully; "Deng it, I have thee, however," said Yorkshire,
bringing his tube to his shoulder. Bang went the gun, and
again off sped the game. It was very odd; either the hares
must have charmed lives, or, at any rate, out heroes had
taken out with them no charmed bullets. At length, the
cause was discovered, the party cart vim; the bag thus clear
lug up the mystery: " Why, thou day weel miss, for thou's
forgotten to put shot ;" which was the fact, for the firing
party w.is so very keen of his-sport, that he had only given
himself time to apply to the powder flask; without consider-
ing that saltpetre requires mixing with a little lead on these
occasions.—Hull Times.

EXTRAOIIDINARY LONGEVITY.-The /tfohiteur I'ari.ien
records the death of a woman, named Marie Prion, which
happened recently in the environs of Saint Beal, in the
Haute Garonne, at the patriarchal age of 158 years, retain-
ing, as they say, her mental faculties to the last, although
her corpse, when dead, weighed only 421 b, her tle4l being
gone, and her skin and muscles adhering to her hones like
pat chment ! They add, that, at the age of 66,. she sold a
cottage, and some trifling [pieces of land, for an annuity of
£126, which the purchasers have, consequently, had to-pay
fur no less a period than 92 years!

THE GREAT CARAVAN 01, THE DESERT.—A letter from
Cairo, dated Sept. 24, says—" For the first time, after a
lapse of three years, the great•caravan has just arrived from
Carlour. it was 30 days in crossing. the Great Desert from
Darfour to Syene, where it left its camels, and embarked
with its slaves god merchandise on the Nile. The caravan
was composed of 8000 camels, and brings as many slaves to
be sold in our market. As it takes nothing but merchandise
money not being ►o ireufation either at Darfour or in the
interior of the country, its arrival soil tend greatly to reani-
mate our commerce,"

SLAVS TRA DE.—A missionary at Belize, Honduras Bay,
in a letter of Aug. 18. says, "A short tone ago one of her
Majesty's cruisers captured a slaver between here and the
island of Cuba. Two hundred rind sixty poor wretches were
landed on an adjoining quay, having the small pox raging
among them. I believe only two have (lied. This morning
they have been brought into town, and urn( be distributed
among the inhabitants, who ate to feed, clothe, and teach
them to work; and, in return, are to have their services for
about three sears. Their sufferings on board the slaver none
can describe—men. women, and children, all in a state o
nudity, chained together in the miserable hold of the vessel,
Surely it is time that her Majesty's government should do
s Inething mole effectually to sui press this nefarious and
inhuman trade. One 01 the crew of the slaver, when he saw
a number of b ark men, even here had tde audacity to ex-
claim' ' 0 that I had those men in the liavannah—they
would fetch 4U) dollars a-head !"che town of Belize is
very sickly just now. Fevers are very prevalent."

MACHINE FoR THE CURE OF- APOPLEXY, SUGGESTED BY
Me. I.li.‘vls GoNIPERTZ —Provide a plank with a perpendi-
cular axle at one end, and place the axle in a socket, so that.
the plank can turn round horizontally, like a turnpike-gate;
then let the patient lie on the plank, with his head next the
axl,, and let the plank be caused to revolve swiftly. so that
hlood in the patient's head may, by means of .centrifugal
force, be forced towards his extremities:—Mechanics' Journal.
MINUTE CREATION.—The melt Oa cod-fish contains more
animalcul-s than there are people living in the uodd—up-
wards of 200.000 of these could t.ia contained in a globe not
exceeding a hail's breadth in dia.neter; and the-crystalline
lens of the same fish, scarcely larger than a pea, is com-
posed of upwards of 5,000,000 of fibres, which lock into one
another by means of more than 62,500,900,000 of teeth!
The head of the common dragon fly presents a surface for the
display of 25.000 lenses or eyes, and there are animalcules
many thousand times less than a grain of sand, which in
proportion to the smallest creature visible by the unassisted
eye, are what a fly is to an elephant. •
APosTAcv.—We are credibly informed that such has been
the influence exercised overrhe mind of cite of our notorious
radicals, by a certain public functionary, that he has been
induced to espouse the cause of the' body-corporate at the
cumin elvction, on condition of a victualler's licence being
g
granted to him at the next general licensing day. The whi's
in the council chamber are now no longer ‘• the best of a
bad lot," but everything that is virtuous, disinterested, and
honourable to human nature! —Stackport Advertiser.

SALE OF A WIFE BY: AUCTION Between the hours of four
and five o'clock on Saturday last, a immuring man of the.
name of Moutrop, of Haninanhy,lrought his rib into Brid-
lington market-place. to sell. This modern Helena had, for
some time past, been living with a man named Colley, who
was the lucky purchaser, fur the sum of £2! Although the
cireumstaoce occasioned an immense and rather unruly
crowd, to witness the actions and looks of the trio, neither
the husband, the wife, nor the amoroso appeared the least
abashed. A similar transaction occurred at Bridlington about
ten years ago.—Hurl! Times.
CONSERVATIVE DEMONSTRATION IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.
—On Thursday the town of Brill was a scene of much life
and animation. On that day the Conservatives of this district
of the county dined together, in the large school-room be-
longing to Mr. Simmons: some hundreds of persons sat down
to table. Among the company were the Marquis or Chandos,
M.P. (John Stone, Esq.. took the chair). J. P. Wykeham,
H. Reynolds, E. and 1. Payne, G. Croke, J. Kepling, and
W. Harding, Esqrs.; Sir Alexander Croke, the Reverends
Messrs. Kepling. Cranoft, &c.
SINGULAR MA TC match was made last week by two
gentlemen of the parish of Bracetneole, near Shrewsbury,
each backing a man in his einploy to dig the greatest quanti-
ty of potatoes in two days—nine hours each day. Oakley
anti Harris wete the names of the competitors. Oakley dug,
—first day, 2,487 Ilis ; second day, 2,863 5,350
lbs. Hams, first day, 2.659 lbs; second day, 2,547 lbs ,
total, 5,233 lbs. Oakley Mooing by 117 lbs!! It is doubted
whether any other two men in the county could perform the
saute work.—Stowed Advertise).
HUMANE AND EXPEDITIOUS METHOD OF KILLING PIGS.
—An instrument called a pig's hammer, weighing about ?lbs.,
and about 26 or 28 inches long, including the head, has been
brought halo tt.is town by a gentleman who is anxious for its
general adoption. The Itainnter is to be held with both hands,
and the pig shuck a stuart blow between and a little above
the eves. and then stuck instantly w hilst in a state of insensi-
bility. If many are to be killed at the same lime, two men
should be employed; one to knock them down—the other
to stick them. In this manner about 30 may be hi led in an
hour. The same hammer is equally useful for killing calves,
sheep, &c. It hashing been in use at the slaughter-houses in
Bristol, and is found to lie a humane and no less 'expeditious
method of effecting his object. Mr. Trudell, of this town
has mantifictured several of these instruments at the expense
of the humane gentleman above-mentioned.— Taunton Coo-
vier.

FATE OF COACHMEN.—Ask the people of Bristol and Ches-
ter what sewed them up; and they wall tell you, while they
was asleep, Liverpool ran off witu their trade. And if you
haviei time to go there ask the first coachman you get along-
side of, what he thinks of the railroads; and gist listen to
the funeral hymn he'll sing over the turnpikes. 'MAI I
was in England :as', I always did that when I was in a hurry,
and it puts coacher, in such a passion, he'd turn too and lick
his horses out o' spite into a gallon. ll—n 'em, he'd say :
them that sanctioned them railroads, to ruin the 'pikes (go
&nog, you az} willian Chailey, and he'd lay into the wheeler).
they ought to be hanged, sir, (that's the ticket, and he'd whop
the leader); yes, sir, to be hanged—for what is to become of
them as lent their money on the 'pikes? (Wh-st, crack,
crack goEs the whit. ) Ilaniied and quartered Ihey ought :0
be. These men might to be remunerated as well as the share-
holders. I wonder, sir, what we shall all come to yet? Come
to, says 1, why, to be a stoker, to he sure ; that's what all
you coachmen will end in at last, as sure as you are born.-
A stoker, sir, said he, (lookin' as bothered as if it weie a
French furriner that mod) what the devil is that? Why, a
stoker, says I, is a emitter that draws, and stirs, and pok-s
the fire of a st I'd sooner die first, sir, said he;
I would, fl—rt me, it' I wouldn't! Only think of a man of
my age and size brill' a stoker, sir: I wouldn't be in the fel-
low's skin that would propose it to me for the best shilling
that ever came out o' the mint. Take that, and that, anti
that, he'd say. to the off for'artl horse, (a layin' it into him
like mad) and do your own work, you dishonest meat' • It
is tun allvel you may depauch—Sak Stir kr

IMPOrtO •
IVEST INDIES

Eliza Killick, (199) J Waugh, from St Domingo, with 2075 bags
coffee,. 177 logs mahogany, 104 bls cotton, OA 13 t logwood, 11 Kit-
lick—Q D_ _

Susannah, (140) T Atkins, from St Domingo. with 345 logs ma-
hogany, alit 90 t lignumvitre, Humble and Uilehrist-194 logs ma-
hogany. II Ripley-23 do, 2 els 1 bottle honey, 2 jars sweetinedts.
order—Q D

11fouataineer, (330) II Shoit. from Belize, 188 logs mahogany, 33
t logwood. Ilyde, Hodge and co— D
Appleton, (258. E Evans, from Jamaica. 53 hhds 3 tees 26 brls
sugar. 30 puns 5 casks rum. 108 lancewood spars, R %V Appleton-
-11 hhds sugar, Cur& and Co-8 do, S L Trotman-1 pun rum, T
Rawson-50 hhds 4 tees sugar, 20 puns rnm, J Gladstone and Co—
-1 hhd 1 tee sugar, 11 and .1 lornby and Co-1
.brl do, A Cliff and
Son—l cask ,um, Robertson and Co-16 hhds 2 tees 20 brls sugar,
10 puns 19 casks rum, 28 brls ginger, 261 tons logwood, 31 logs nut-
bogaro,-, 17 tees 3¢-tees 9 brls coffee, 4 hhds 1 tee 2 1-tees 1 big 20
hales bees' wax. about 20 tont fustie, about 1 ton Brazil wood, 74
hrls ginger. 2 casks 1 case 3 wheels 2 iron bars hardware returned,
order-11 hides, A ClitTand Son-9 brls ginger. J Gilton—l7 do,
78 logs mahogany. 11 logs cedar, 5 tons fustie,s tons lignumvitre,
5O i aneewood spats. 2 pees silk piece goods returned, A-Abraham
—lO logs mahogany. l Rae.
Jane Smith, (147) 11. Swainston. from St. Domingo, 351 pees Ms.
hogany, 7 tons 5c logwood, fI blilliek-20 bags coffee, 111'Guille-
-42 do, 2 pees mahogany. J Gordon and Co—Q D.