The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-08-24 00:00:00

ANOTHER IRISH LION!

One of the Irish correspondents of the London newspapers
has just discovered "in the romantic woods about Buttevant"
what he enthusiastically denominates "the Lion of Ireland!"
—totally forgetting in bis ecstasy that Daniel himself is not
yet defunct;—but we beg pardon—Daniel is not properly
the Lion, but the Dragon of Ireland—the great Dragon of
Derrinane ! and far more pestilent even than the great
Dragon of Wan tlev which More of More-hall so whimsically
demolished. But let us return to the Lion which lies just
been "discovered in the romantic woods about Buttevant."
This Lion then be it known is not a lion—not a real genuine
roaring lion upon four legs—hut a steam-drag upon four
wheels; and only hear how ecstatically our contemporary's
Irish correspondent describes his discovery of it:—
" On approaching Buttevant Castle one is struck with its
beautiful and romantic situation. You reach its hospitable
entrance through an avenue of evergreens; and perhaps
forget in the beauty of the scenery before you (at least so it
was with us) that you have come to see a piece of mechanism
manufactured there entirely by Irish mechanics. Ire had
forgotten; but we were awakened to the object of our visit
by a gate opening as we passed the back of the castle, and
discovering to our astonished gaze, amidst the din of anvils
and the bellows' blast, the lion and its inventor—Sir James
Anderson! We were astonished. Though living within
twenty miles of Buttevant Castle, we, like the rest of the
world; were left almost in ignorance of what he was doing.
He (Sir James) worked in silence, and oft, perhaps, in sor-
row, until his task was done; and ere it was done—to use his
own emphatic and most expressive words—' spending two
apprenticeships and one fortune in building twenty-nine un-
successful drags to succeed in the thirtieth !'—Hear this, ye
who would persevere not!—hear this !!"
"The astonished narrator then goes on to detail the powers
this newly discovered drag—hr as he persists in calling it this
lion; though as it is evidently a drag, and intended to drag
things along the road we do not see why he should not call it
a erag-on. He says "We (that's himself) do not profess to
be an engineer, but the simplicity of its mechanism is such
that a child may see its capability (that's the lion;) and we
confess that had we not known the fact, we should have
doubted that such exquisite workmanship could have been
executed here. (How complimentary to his fine country-
men !) We (that's himself again) are not boastful, but we
can with truth aver that we never saw anything equal to it
from the best factories in England. (And no doubt he has
seen everything! Neither is it like anything hitherto at-
tempted, inasmuch as it is a machine to do the work of horses!
(There Mr. Hancock of the Mile-end road what do you think
of that ?) The vehicle for passengers is to be attached to it.
(Like that which some five or six years ago used to ply be-
tween Waterloo-bridge and Walworth, perhaps.) No noise
is heard, no smoke, no unpleasant odour perceived, and the
gallant panting steed (that's the lion, alias the dragon) can
gallop to his journey's end untired and untiring ! How ad-
mirable this arrangeinent ! Let us look a little forward and
we shall see Bishop Brinkley's prophecy realised —` Sir,'
said that eminent divine—' Sir, mark me;—ere long we shall
see a pan of coals—yes, sir, a pan of coals, brought to use in
place of a feed of oats.' Nobody in stupid old England ever
invented such a prophecy as that.) And who can doubt it?
On every road the carriages (that's the lions')—our own
native turf or coal can be used to boil us into a gallop; and we
may almost name the day that we can breakfast in Cork and
dine in Dublin !" Nay we shouldn't at all wonder if some
day this new Irish lion runs off the hill of Howth with such
astonishing velocity that its own impetus will carry it high
and dry_ across the Irish channel slap into the heart of Liver-
pool ! Let the Linerpuddleans look out.
"Who in our county, nay in Ireland, is it," concludes the
astonished narrator, breaking out into a fine burst of admira-
tion—" Who in our county, nay in Ireland, is it that will not
feel proud, that we 'the despised and look'd down upon,'
shall, after all, be the first to give the world one of his great-
est benefits—that we, 'the wild and untaught Irish,' should
have accomplished that with all the talents of our sister na-
tions have for years and years been unable to overcome? As
a nation we should be proud of the accomplishment of so
great a good, How much more so should be Sir James An-
derson, the indiiidual who had done the trood !"
And how if it should turn out after all that Sir James An-
derson is no Irishman at all, but just a cannie Scot ;—a third
or fourth descendant of the famous "John Anderson my JO,"
wha dwelt in Aberfeldie!—Morning Herald.

SINGULAR EXTRACTS FROM THE PARISH REGISTRY OF
SEIGHFORD, NEAR STAFFORD Wm. Wakelyn was bap-
tized at Shefnal, May Ist, 1590, and buried at Adbaston, or
Eceleshall, 28th Nov. 1714, aged 124 years 8 months. Had
by two wives 19 children, one whereof, Thomas, 'was born in
1690, when his father was about 100, and his mother 48, and
is now living in Worvil Parish. Com. Sal. The registers
attest his age, the rest I had from one of his sons. May 6,
1717. Thos. Loxdale, vicar of Seighford."—" Aug. 7, 1648,
Col. Stepkin was shott thro' a hole in Seighd. Hall door into
the hip by Captn. Backhouse, aid buried at Seighford,"—
Satopicin Journal.

INFANTICIDE IN TAHITI AND SOCIETY ISLANDS.—During
the visit of the deputation, our respected friend, G. Bennett,
Esq., was our guest for three or four months; and, on one
occasion, while conversing on the subject, he expressed a
wish to obtain accurate knowledge of the extent to which
this cruel system bad prevailed. Three women were sitting
in the room at the time, making European garments, under
Mrs. W.'s direction; and, 'after replying to Mr. Bennett's
inquiries, I said, " I have no doubt but that each of these
women have destroyed some of their children." Looking at
them with an expression of surprise and incredulity, Mr. B.
exclaimed, " Impossible ! such motherly, respectable women
could never have been guilty of so great an atrocity."—
" Well," I added, " We'll ask them." Addressing the first,
I said to her, •' Friend, how many children have you
destroyed ?" She was startled at my question„and at first
charged me with unkindness, in harrowing up her feelings
by bringing the destruction of her babes to her remembrance;
but, upon hearing the object of my inquiry, she replied with
a faulteriog voice, " I have destroyed. nine ;"—the second,
with eyes suffused with tears, said I have destroyed seven ;"
and the third informed us that she had destroyed five. Thus
three individuals casually selected, had killed one-and-twenty
children ! but I am happy to add, that these mothers were,
at the time of this conversation, and continued so as long as
I knew them, consistent members of the church under my
care.— Williams' Missions to the South Seas.

MISFORTUNES OF AN HEIR-AT-LAW.—The misfortunes of
an heir-at-law, "be it then known to all to whom these pre-
sents come greeting," commence from the hour of his birth.
There is a period in married life when the olive branches begin
to thicken, and then, indeed, a child may venture upon its
existence, without the fear of being killed with kindness for
his trouble; but the birth of a son and heir is a very different
matter. The arrival of a Personage of such vast importance
is an affair of so much joy, and kicks up so much confusion,
that the whole family is in conspiracy against hini. The
young gentleman is at once constituted a common centre,
round which every thing turns. In the drawing-room, in the
nursery, and the servants' hall, there is such a stir made to
welcome him into the world that the long odds are decidedly
against his artiving either at man's estate or his father's.
Every one must dandle him at the risk of breaking his neck;
and every one must feed at the risk of choaking him. Prom
my earliest recollection to my tenth year, life was a rapid
alternation of gorging and of physic; and between the cook
and the apothecary, it was a miracle how I escaped poison.
11Iy mother was never satisfied that I was in safety, and that,
too, not without good reason; for I certainly was as sickly a
brat as ever swallowed pill or powder, so that the physician
was in almost daily attendance. While I was crammed
at all hours of the day like a pincushion, because the young
heir was to be refusednothing, I was nightly supersaturated
with cakes, ices, fruit, and wine at the family dinner table by
my parents through fondness, by the guests, if not in sheer
malice, at least to get rid of my troublesome importunities.
Thus primed and loaded for indigestion, and sent to bed to
sleep off the consequent fever as I best could, when I shrieked
aloud under the horrors of a night-mare dream, the nurses
gave use laudanum "to make the darling quiet;" and the
doctor followed, as a matter of course, in the morning, with
his infernal black dose, to cure at once the disease and the
effects of the shrreptitious sleeping drops.—New Monthly
Magazine. _

AN IRISH ELECTIONEERING SPEECH; OR A BRILLIANT
BIT OF BLARNEY.—Women of Kilshindy ! the feelings of
my heart irresistibly impel me to address myself to you. I
am come to render homage to your numberless perfections.
I lay my devotions at your feet; 1 implore your sympathy,
your aid. I solemnly protest that I would far prefer the
loss of my election, if supported by your influence, to success
the most brilliant and decisive if acquired through the ener-
gies exclusively of men. (Fiurra.) But this, my lovely
countrywomen, is a totally impracticable case, for your ma-
gic aid will invest me in a panoply of proof, and wreath my
brow with victory's luxuriant laurel. (Great cheering.) My
adorable countrywomen ! does not the genial fire of patriot-
ism animate your breasts! 0, yes; it glowi within the sa-
cred temple of your swelling bosoms with a lustre, more in-
tense than our ruder sex can possibly appreciate. Women
of Kilshindy you are all either married, or you hope to be
married. (Roars of laughter.) Would you not wish the
husbands of your choice, the beloved companions of your
lives, to bear upon their fronts the proud stamp of liberty ?
(A tornado of applause.) Would yoR not wish to transmit
unimpaired to your posterity the glorious inheritance of free-
dom ? 0, I know you would. The elevating sentiment
sparkles in your glance, and beams upon your smile. Exert
then in the cause of Catholic Ireland, the magic fascinations
of the female eye—(shouts of laughter)—tbe irresistible
witchery of the female tongue; make the arch boy Cupid
auxiliary to our patriotic efforts—(storms of laughter)Hex-
ert the thousand charms with which dame nature has so
lavishly endowed you; and if these don't produce the de-
sired effect, congeal your melting maiden tenderness to ice;
dart frowns of rror and reproof upon the man who would
perpetuate the stamp of servitude which tyranny has branded
on the manly brows of Irishmen. Rouse the electors of
Kilshindy—excite them to national exertion, by fair means
or rough! If possessed of the aid of your artillery, my be-
loved countrywomen, I confidently promise that my struggle
will be brief, glorious, and triumphant.—The New Novel
" The Wife Hunter," by Denis Moriarty.

SUMMARY OF THE EFFF.CT% OF VARIOUS RAILWAYS ON
THE AMOUNT OF INTERCOURSE.—By referring to our notes
A and B it will be seen that on the Stockton and Darlingtou
line the passenger traffic prior to the establishment of the
railway, amounted to 4,0(X) persons in the year; it now ex-
ceeds 16,000. On the Bolton line, the average weekly num-
ber of passengers is 2,500. whereas the number of coach
journeys out and in per week, which the railway has super-
seded, amounted only to twenty-eight, carrying perhaps, on
a weekly average, about 28Q or 3-10 persons. On the New-
castle and Carlisle road, prior to the railway, the whole num-
ber of persons the public coaches were licensed to carry in a
week was 344, or, both wave, 686; now the average daily
number of passengers be the railway, for the whole length,
namely, 472 miles, is 228, or 1,596 in the week. The num-
ber of passengers on the Dundee and Newtyle line exceeds,
at this time, 50,000 annually; the estimated number of per-
sans who performed the same journey, previoul to the open-
ing of the railway, having been 4.000. Previous to the open-
ing of the railway between Liverpool and Manchester, there
were about 400 passengers daily, or 146,000 a-year, travelling
between those places by coaches; whereas the present num-
ber, by railway alone, exceeds 500,000. In foreign countries
the results arising from the same cause are equally, if not
more, striking. The number of persons who usually passed
by the road between Brussels and Antwerp was 75,000 in the
year; but since the railroad has been opened from the former
place to Malines, it has increased to 500,000; and since it
was carried all through to Antwerp, the number has exceeded
a million. 'rhe opening of a branch from Malines to Ter-
monde appears to have added 200,000 to the, latter number;
so that the passenger traffic of that railroad, superseding a
road traffic of only 75,000 persons, now amounts to 1,200,000.
It is remarkable that on this, as on most other railroads, the
greater number of passengers are those who travel short dis-
tances, being as two to one compared with those who go the
whole distance. This appears from a statement read by Mr.
Loch, before the Statistical Society of Manchester. showing
that between April 30th and August 15, 1836, 122,417 persons
falned 244,834 short distances;
furtherstates. that "nearly
ntrhaivefielyletdo
and
rwrohniolemdaiisitnaeusc. e,
one-third of the whole revenue of the railway is derived from
travelling to and from Malines, and paying a fare of about 60
centimes, or nearly sixpence sterling." On the same au-
thority we learn another fact, most deserving of attention in
calculating the probable . success of a railway in such a coun-
try as Ireland, viz.:—that nearly three-fifths of the whole re-
venue of the company are derived from passengers of the
lower clue, paying a very low faro, —Pia Railway Report.

THE BEGGAR'S OPER A.—The celebrated policemagistrate,
Sir John Fielding, once told Hugh Kelly, the dramatist, on
a successful run of the Beggar's Opera, that he expected, in
consequence of it, a fresh cargo of highwaymen at his office.
Upon Kelly's expressing his surprise at this, Sir John as-
sured him, that, ever since the first representation of that
piece, there-had been, on every successful run, a proportion-
ate number of highwaymen brought to the office, as would
appear by the books any morning he chose to look over them.
Kelly did so, and found the observation to be strictly correct.

THE MARRIAGE LAW TN RUSSIA.—The marriage law and
right of succession, particularly as regards the imperial fa-
mily, are rigidly enforced in Russia. Constantine was firmly
attached, and bad privately united himself, to a lady of great

never aspire to the throne. Sensible of thesedislvantageS,
but true to the object of his affections, he sacrificed ambition
at the shrine of love, preferred a voluntary retirement to the
splendour of a crown, and signed the transfer of his claims
to a younger brother. At the death of Alexander, when the
mutiny broke out among the troops in Petersburg, his name
was unfairly made the watchword of revolt; the soldiers
were instructed by their leaders to cry out, "Constantine
and the constitution." When asked the meaning of this
cry, the ignorant and deluded men thought it was " Constan-
tine and his wife." At that moment, it is said that he wished
to avail himself of the impulse; but it was too late, the
energy and bravery of Nicholas had decided the day.—
Raikes'i City of the Czar.

MA HOMMEDAN CEMETERIES.—About half a mile from the
the town of Calcutta is an extensive cemetery, pertaining to
mussulman community, denominated the " Cossye Bugaun."
This spot of ground contains nearly 20 acres, and is beauti-
fully shaded by aspiring bamboos, lofty and spacious cedars,
and other sombre trees, whose dense foliage casts a doleful
gloom around this hallowed sanctuary. The tombs and se-
pulchres of the Mahommedans are, all. of thetri,!so constructed
as to admit of a taper being burned in every night—a cus-
tom which is religiously observed by the surviving rela-
tives of the deceased parties, with a view to keeping away the
carrion beasts. Various tanks are interspersed throughout
the cemetery, to admit of those who may attend the funerals
of the departed to undergo the ceremony of ablution. In
villages remote from large and populous towns, some shaded
spot is chosen by them for their funeral obsequies; generally
under the spree-din.' and pensive branches of the tamarind
tree, which is regarded in the same light by them as is the
yew in this country. Thus in the most quiet and sequestered
places the lonesome and contemplative traveller may detect
two or more Mahommedan sepulchres which have been
erected some hundreds of years, and which, very probably,
might contain the dust of men who were mighty in their-day,
but who there remain entombed, without a letter or a symbol
to denote their distinction.

THE MAID OF SARAGOSSA.—Having put. up our horses at
a stable in the neighbourhood, we went straight to the house,
and Major B—, having informed a domestic that he had
business with the senora, we were ushered into an upper
apartment, where we awaited her entrance for some minutes.
At length the door opened, and a lady of middle stature, but
finely proportioned, made her appearance. Her counte-
nance was of the most pleasing cast, her dark eyes beaming,
with expression, her nose slightly arched, and her mouth dis-
playing, when she spoke or smiled, a row of teeth like po-
lished ivory, and giving instant animation to her whole coun-
tenance. Her age did not appear to accord with what a re-
ference to historic data would attribute.to her; for, though
approaching the "mezzo del cammin," the colour on her
cheeks, and the lively expression of her features, still arrayed
her in the mantle of youth. She received us in the most
courteous manner, and conversed for a considerable time
with Major B—, who, as my interpreter, alluded to the
interest attached to her character in England, and to the
fact of her portrait having been drawn, not only by our
artists, but by the greatest of our poets; of which she seemed
to be aware, but by no means vain, and testified her acknow-
ledgment of the compliment by a smile of very winning
sweetness. It is said she had numerous offers of marriage
since her residence at Hernani; but on that point she is in-
exorable—a determination which enhances the interest of
her character, and the universal regard in which she is held.
—Varga' s Rambles.
EXTRAORDINARY SECT OF FANATICS IN INDIA.—(From
the United Service Journal.)—Ever since I have been in In-
dia, I have heard of a class of Mussulmans, the disciples of a
sect or saint, by name Shaikh Ruffai, who, in order to im-
press the unbelievers with the truth of the Mussulman faith,
imparted to his followers the power of plunging swords and
daggers into their bodies, cutting off their tongue, frying it,
and putting it together again, cutting off the head and limbs,
scooping out the eye, and, in truth, doing with their bodies
whatever it pleased them to do; all of which Col. G , in
company with a clergyman, a Mr. had seen, when
the latter grew sick and ran out of the place, declaring it was
the power of Satan, which to this day he believes, and the
colonel that it is done throtrgh the power of the magic art, at
which I, of course, laughed, and declared that, so soon as a
man of the regiment (by name Shaikh Kureem, one of these
Ruffai) should return from turlough, I would witness the ex-
hibition.—A large tent was accordingly pitched, and fifty
lamps furnished, and plates full of arsenic, and quantities of
a plant of the cactus tribe filled with a milky juice, a drop of
which, if it fall on your skin, blisters it, and a vast quantity
of the common glass bangles, or bracelets, worn by the
women, and daggers, and swords, and things like thick steel
skewers, and other horrid looking weapons like a butcher's
steel, only with a large handle covered with chains, and about
taventy Ruffais to beat all manner of drums; and so, when all
was ready, about five of the officers left the mess-table with
myself, and along with us about a hundred sepoys crowded
into the tent. When we were seated, and silence obtained,
the work commenced by a sort of chaunt from their sacred
books, the drum-beaters joining in and keeping time; the
chaunt increased at length both in noise and velocity, until,
having worked themselves into an ecstacy, they seized hold
of the instruments, the body kept in a sort of swinging MO-
tion, some plunged the skewer instruments, one through each
cheek, another through the tongue, a third through the throat,
and then commenced stabbing themselves with swords and'
daggers, and all sorts of nasty instruments. Others cut off
their tongue, and, having roasted it in the fire, put it in their
mouth again, when it immediately united; they ate the blis-
tering milk-plant and the arsenic, whilst others munched the
glass bangles, as though they were the greatest delicacies.
This was all done within half a yard of my knees, for they
Caine up close to me with many lamps, in order that I might
i see there was no deception; and I do assure you that t made
me feel sick, and produced any thing but au agreea‘de sen-
sation on my mind, for to this moment 1 know not what to
think Of it. 1 am not superstitious; and,. although the
colonel and numerous most respectable natives had declared
to me that they
.did actually do these things, and that; if a
sense were to be in any manner trusted, they had seen it all
done, I would, nevertheless, not believe it. I was told be-
forehand that it required faith and purity on the part of the
performer, and that then not a drop of blood would follow,
but that, otherwise, a few drops of blood would sometimes
follow the instruments, and the performer would receive
some slight injury.—On taking my departure from. the tent
I happened to say that I should, at ail events, think more
.honourably of their prowess if I saw them exhibited in the
face of open day, and divested of noise, motion, parapher-
nalia, &c. On the following day, whilst reclining on my
couch, at about two o'clock, reading an English newspaper,
without a servant or a soul near me, in rushed their Kasee
(priest or judge,) his hand full of instruments, which, throw-
ing upon the ground, he seized one, plunged it through his
cheek on the left side, another on the right, a third through
his tongue upwards, so that it stuck into his nose, another
through his throat; he then stabbed himself with a bright and
sharp creese, which entered his body about three inches; not
a drop of blood fell: he was going to cut off his tongue, when
I begged of him to desist: I was, in truth, perfectly nauseated
at the sight. The man was in a state of frenzy, and really he
looked frightful, his face stuck full of instruments, and stab-
bing and cutting himself with all his might. I sang out for
some people, and turned him out. I have now told you what
I have seen, and yet I will not ask you to believe it, for 1
know not myself what to think. There are many persons of
very strong minds in other respects who firmly believe, and
who do not hesitate to declare their belief, that, although
driven out of Christendom, demonology, witchcraft, necro-
mancy, and the entire list of black and forbidden arts and
powers, are abroad and in full existence in India. And I
must declare that I will never again trust my senses if I did
not see all that I have told you. I examined the instruments
—I saw them drawn out of the flesh, and no scar, or blood,
or mark left ; I saw also a man eat and swallow three ounces
of arsenic, and crunch and swallow glass bangles innumer-
able; and yet, although "seeing is believing," I can scarcely
say that I believe what before a court of justice I would swear
I bad seen.

SIAMESE MODE OF DETECTING A THIEF.—Like all igno-
rant and uneducated people, they are superstitious. With-
out referring to a belief in ghosts, witchcraft, lucky and un-
lucky days, this trait is amusingly observed in their mode of
detecting a thief. A gentleman, who has been long a resi-
dent at Bankok, related to the the following anecdote :—An
individual lost from his apartment two bars of gold. Imme-
diately on missing them, all those persons suspected of the
theft were called together, and a conjuror summoned to de-
clare who was the guilty individual. He came provided with
several square bars of a metallic appearance, six or seven
inches long, and thick as the little finger, which, on exami-
nation, proved to be a species of clay. He charged each
person with the theft, and asked individually whether any
among them knew any thing of the gold, and was answered
in the negative. He then lighted a small wax candle, and
stuck upon each side of it a ticid, obtained from the man who
had lest the gold, and, muttering an invocation or spell, took
a piece of clay, and three times very ceremoniously raised it
above his head. Then measuring it very carefully by the
little finger, be broke it into pieces an inch and a half long,
and gave to each suspected person three of them, which they
were directed to chew as fast as possible, and prove their in-
nocence by spitting, when the mastication was complete.
All set to work chewing, and soon all were trying to spit;
and as upon the success of the effort depends the innocence
or guilt of the accused in the opinion of the Siamese, the
scene may be readily imagined. In this case there were ten
attempting to spit, and at last, after much labour, all suc•
ceeded, except a girl of fifteen, who was finally pronounced
'guilty ; and the conjuror, with the candle and tictils, walked
off in triumph. The test by clay is so much in favour that,
upon this ordeal alone, persons are often heavily ironed, and
daily flogged, until they confess, or the stolen property. be
returned. In the present instance, the poor girl received
only a promise of such treatment, and probably owes her
escape altogether to the proverbial faithlessness of the
Siamese to their words.—Reschenberger's Narrative.
MARCOLiNI—A TALE OF VENICE.—It was midnight; the
great clock had struck, and was still echoing through every
porch and gallery in the quarter of St. Mark, when a young
citizen, wrapped in his cloak, was hastening home from an
interview with his mistress. His step was light, for his heart
was so. Iler parents had just consented to their marriage,
and the very day was named. " Lovely Giulietta !" he cried,
" and shall I then call the mine at last ? Who was ever so
blessed as thy Marcolini?" But, as he spoke, be stopped;
for something was glittering on the pavement before him.
It was a scabbard of rich workmanship; and the discovery,
what was it but an earnest of good fortune ? " Rest thou
there!" he cried, thrusting it gaily into his belt; " if another
claims thee not, thou halt changed masters!" And on he
went as before, humming the burden of a song which he and
his Giulietta had been singing together. But how little we
know What the next minute will bring forth ! He turned by
the church of St. Geminiana, and in three steps he met the
watch. A murder had just been committed. The Senator
Renaldi had been found dead at his door, the dagger left in
his heart; and the unfortunate Marcolini was dragged away
for examination. The place, the time, everything, served to
excite, to
.justify suspicion ; and no sooner had he entered
the guard-house, than an evidence appeared against him.
The bravo in his flight had thrown away his scabbard ; and,
smeared with blood, with blood not yet dry, it was now in
the belt of Marcolini. Its patrician ornaments struck every
eye; and when the fatardagger was produced and compared
with it, not a doubt of his guilt remained. Still there is in
the innocent an energy and a composure; an energy when
they speak, and a composure when they are silent, to which
, none can be altogether insensible; and the judge delayed
for some time to pronounce the sentence, though he was a
near relation of the dead. At length, however, it came; and
Marcolini lost his life, Giuletta her reason. Not many years
afterwards the truth revealed itself, the real criminal in his
last moments confessing the crime; and hence the custom in
Venice, a custom that long prevailed, for a crier to cry out
in the court before the sentence was passed, " Ricordatevi
del povero Marcolini lo—Remember the poor Marcolini.—
Great, indeed, was the lamentation throughout the city, and
the judge, dying, directed that henceforth and for ever a
mass should be sung every night in the ducal church for his
own soul and the soul of Marcolini, and the souls of all who
had suffered by an unjust judgment. Some land on the
Brenta was left.by him for the
issue purpose; and still is the mass
sung in the chapel; still every night, hen the great square
is illuminating, and the casinoes are filling fast with the gay
towardsliht itsh see e
place
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Importrs.

[VEST INDIES

Frances, (413) C Heath, from Barbados, 597 hhds 6 tes sugar,
Barton, Irlam and co-16 do, S L Trotman-10 do,Wilson and Aus-
tin—l do, .1 G Oughterson-2 do, Gibbs and co-2 gourds alqrs, 9
pks suceadcs, R, . order-51 pkgs arrowroot, .1 Gowling—Q D
Charles Ilamerton, (180) It K Reynolds, from St. Domingo, 307
logs mahogany, 6 tons to wood, H Killiek-1 log 4 pees mahogany,
52 bags coffee, order—Q D.

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, AUGUST 21.
With the exception of Thursday last, (on the afternoon of which
day we had heavy rain for several hours,) the past week has upon
the whole been favourable for saving (lay, but still deficient of
sunshine, and too cold for the crops of Grain—certainly not that
description of genial warm weather now so very necessary for for-
warding the crops to maturity,—towards which they are progres-
sing very slowly,—being still green and far from ripeness, and re-
ports of the Wheat crops throughout this county and manp others
in England, Scotland, and Ireland continue unfavourable both as
to quality and quantity ; the imports from Ireland and coastwise
continue to a very moderate extent, but the weather having been
more favourable around London, and a decline in prices of Grain
having in consequence occurred there, and in some of the influen-
tial southern counties, this market, which advanced in the prece-
ding week too rapidly, and without sufficient reason, has experi-
enced a decline during the past week, of 6d to 96 per 701 b on free
and bonded Wheat, 3s to 4s per 280 lb on Flour, 2s to 3s per 240th
on Oatmeal, and there has been a proportionate depression on all
other articles in the Corn trade here, in Yorkshire, in Manchester,
and Birmingham, and the transactions of the week have been to a
very trivial extent. The duties on Barley, Indian Corn, and Buck
Wheat from Foreign ports are this week decreased Is 6d per qr.,.-z
on Wheat, as anticipated, 3s per qr.. and on 'Flour Is 91d per hrl ;
on all other Grain there is no alteration ;—on Friday next a similar
further decline will occur in the duties on Wheat and Flour, and
very likely is 6(1 per qr. on Oats, [leans, and Pease. The transac-
tions of the past week in bonded Wheat and Flour have been very
small, though at a reduction from the great advance of the prece-
ding one of 6d to 9d per 70th on the former, and of 3s to 4s per brl.
on the latter; very little has been done in any other Grain in
bond; hut the. scarcity of free Wheat has compelled some of
our millers and dealers to buy in small quantities, for their imme-
diate wants, of the finest red Pomeranean Wheat in bond, to be
delivered free of duty next Saturday, at Ils 6d to 12s per 705 to
which some few of the holders have assented, and duty was paid
last week on about 500 qrs for this purpose, although there is every
probability of a further reduction of duty, and that on Friday the
dlst instant the duty will be 6s 8d per qr on Wheat, and 4s per brl
on Flour. With a change of Moon on Sunday morning we have
had a recurrence of very had weather ;—very heavy rain on Sun-
day forenoon and yesterday—particularly severe last night—and
continuing this day with increasing severity, which must prove
very injurious to the crops in this district; in consequence of
which a recovery of the decline above noted was anticipated at
this day's market. but the unexpected account of the market in
Mark-lane yesterday, stating a decline on Wheat, free and Bonded
of Ss to 6s per quarter completely stagnated the demand here ; the
decline above noted was confirmed and a little increased, for
every article in the trade, and sales were effected to so very small
an extent, that it is difficult to quote prices correctly, wl.ich we
endeavour to do as under;—the weather continues with a very un-
settled appearance.
WHEAT, all 70th a. d. s. d
English 11 0 .Rl2 3
Scotch ll 0 —ll 1
Irish
Bonded.
BARLEY, lir qr.
English ..36 0 —4O 0
Chevalier 38 0 —42 0
Scotch, 47 60th 6 6 6 10
Irish
Foreign, bond 4 2 4 6
OATS, 4f, 451 h.
English .. 3 8— 4 0
Scotch
Irish 3 4 3 9
Foreign, bond. 2 10 3 4
Ditto, duty free 3 8 4 0
RYE, 41Nr. 34 0 —3B 0
MALT, gr qr. fines 6 0 —62 0
Middling 46 0 —5O 0

INDIAN CORN, 4F 4801 b.
Red
White
BRANS, 4, qr.
English 44 0 47 0
Irish
Plus, Grey 32 0 35 0
White
RAPESEED, 4 last,
FLOUR, English, 4V 280 Th.
Fine 56 0 66 0
Irish
American, 40' brl. free.
Sweet, U.S. 0 0 0 0
Sour, bond
OATMEAL, 4f 2401 b
English 29 0 39 0
Do. new 1837 30 0-31 0
Scotch 29 0 30 0