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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-10-22 00:00:00

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M. Sutton, Cambridge
Sir W. Rae, Buteshire
Dr. Nicholl, Cardiff
J. D. Jackson, Bandon ..
Lord Jermyn, Bury St. Edmund's
W. E. Gladstone, Newark ..
G. W. Hope, Weymouth ..
Sir R. Peel, Tamworth
Sir G. Clerk, Stamford
A. Pringle, Selkirkshire
Sir G. Cockburn, Ripon

Sir 11. Hardinge, Launceston .
H. G. Boldero, Chippenham .
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Bell, Lisburn .. .
Bruce, l Marlborough

daring,

;ir T. Fremantle, Buckingham
1. M. Gaskell, Wenlock
;ir F. Pollock, Huntingdon ::
.:olonel Peel,
:;olonel D. Darner, Portarlington
;ir J. Graham, Dorchester ..
1. Goulburn, Cambridge University

Population represented by the late whig mi-

in favour of the conservatives

7,182
7,062
6,833
5,735
5,394

3,091
3,033
2,780

1,978,449

1,295,032

683,417

EWSPAPER REPORTING IN CHINA

From the Canton Reporter June 15.)

LOCAL NEWS

following is a brief statement of the late important
drawn up by a caterer for the Chinese public. It is
xs the ideas prevalent among the bulk
ng what so recently took place, and is

people regard

whole tolerably correct. The account of matters
to Court, however, will be widely different from

On the first day of the present (4th) moon, during the
1 watch (Friday, 21st of May, 11 to 1 midnight), the
t Generals, Yihshan, &c., ordered the officers and soldiers
every encampment to take fire-rafts and fire-ships, and
:k the rebellious foreigners lying at anchor in the Tai-
gkaou (Macao passage). The battle lasted till daylight,
g which time several boats belonging to the foreign
were burned, seven devil's imps (foreigners) were taken
several tens of them were killed, and a part of the
'any's hong was destroyed. The gates of the city were
kept most strictly shut, and the people were not allowed to
pass out and in.

ilOsn
imthres 2dday(Saturday, May 22), at 10 o'clock, the
embarked on board a fire-ship (Nemesis
amer.), and sailed
up to Neisheng (near Ssangpoo), where
ey made use of fire-arrows
licit they attacked ad (rockets) and great guns, with
smashed Neisheng, and burned
eral tens of carrying v
On the 3d day (Sunday, May 23) the devils were early
he Fa-tee creek(t,hwehseerewytehreey seized and carried off seve-
•aassage-boats
fora tl conveyance of the
,cps). They then commencedsimultaneous'e attack on
,e Leipaontoy, or Shanaeen fort,
t), ch folly, and along the side (:)i'leh Hoychupaontoy, or
tl- r fire-arrows, with which they
buf t e river. They used
oases, shops, and sheds, belongingried several hundreds
ie banks of the river, on the eastern, to the inhabitants
luarters outside the city walls. The fire
and wes-
tedly for two days. fire lasted main-
a the sth day of the moon (Tuesday, May )
abovc Neisheng, and marched straight towards2s' they
rthern gate, where they attacked and the
captured the
art and the round fort ; then directing tiie
all northern gate, they burned an encampment
le sixth day (Wednesday, 26th May,)
they attacked
-d the Tangpoutoy (French folly), and using their
, they burned all the custom-houses and chop-
; the banks of the river. Thus, whether by land
the devil's imps took possession of allour strong
ards evening the Flung merchants and linguists
Tship, Yu, the Kwangchowfoo, to meet Elce liot
of
,
Elliot wanted them to pay the pri
, 0,000,000 dols., and limited seven days, within
A the full amount was to be paid, when his war-ships
ald leave the Bocca Tigris; and he also insisted upon the
tad of Hongkong. Just now the great General (Yihshan)
is consented to the payment of the stipulated sum of
1,000,000; and on the 7th day (Thursday, 27th of May) he
delivered 1,000,000 to account. Regarding the question of
the territory, we must wait till he has made a due memorial
to the Emperor on the subject, and got his commands, when
he will be able finally to decide.
"Thus,
on(Friday, the Bth day 2Bth of May) the city rates
were again Opened, and people allowed to pass out and in.

for ileac

An important discovery of large strata of coal has been
made at Buckow, a small village not far from Berlin. A
company has been formed for working the mine, which pro-
mises to be so abundant that Manufacturers and steam-
engines will probably soon be supplied with coal at half its
present price. When it is known that the Berlin manufac-
tories employ about 40,000 workmen, the importance of this
discovery will be easily understood.—German paper.
It is our painful duty this evening to announce the death
of the Right Rev. George De la Poer Beresford, D.D., Lord
Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh, which melancholy event
took place on Saturday morning last, at half-past one o'clock,
in the 77th year of his age, and fortieth of his episcopacy.
His lordship took his accustomed drive on Friday, and dined
with his family as usual. In the night he became suddenly
unwell, when medical aid was at once called in, but without
effect.

DEATH OF DR. FRANCIA, DICTATOR OF PARAGUAY.—
Dr. Francis, the author, and up to within the last few weeks,
the inflexible upholder of the non-intercourse policy of Pa-
eaquay, has, by his death, removed the only obstacle to trade
upon the river Parana, and other parts of the rich kingdom
of Paraguay. This singular man now rests in the quiet of
the grave, having been tottering on its verge for the last
three years. Before his time the chiefs of the South Ame-
rican republics, who, under the name of presidents, had
more than the power of kings, succeeded each other with
less than the brief sovereignty of Lord of Mayors of Lon-
don. Francia was the first who had the skill to fix himself
steadfastly in power, and to retain it against all other men in
the state. Francia's early history was that of a scholar and
a gentleman.
Loss or A COLLIER.—Sorne Calais pilots fell in on the
6th instant with a collier from Sunderland, the Respect,
bound for Calais, with a cargo. It had been abandoned by
the crew, was in a sinking condition, and shortly after it was
met went down. The Journal de Calais, in mentioning the
loss of this vessel, says that the crew had been picked up by
the English mail steamer Dover, going from Dover to Os-
tend. It appears, this paper adds, that the crew of the
Respect had not seconded the captain in endeavouring to
save the ship ; that they wished to take to the longboat, but
the captain, seizing a hatchet, stove in the boat, so as to ren-
der it impossible to be used. A sailor, however, took the
hatchet and threw it into the sea, and ultimately the captain
giving way, embarked with the crew in the jollyboat. The
collier had first struck on a bank off Dunkirk.
SUCCESSFUL CHASE AFTER A RAILWAY TRAIN.—A
few days ago a gentleman, who appeared anxious to reach
Darlington with the least possible delay,applied at the Derby
station for a special train to convey him. Not being able to
procure one he proceeded by the mail train, and, on arriving
at the Castleford station, near to Wakefield, he alighted and
asked one of the porters how long the train would remain.
The porter, understanding him to mean the Hull train, told
him about 20 minutes. The traveller then left the platform,
and, on his return, his surprise and vexation may be imagined
on finding the train, which contained the whole of his lug-
gage had started. He immediately ordered a chase and four
post horses, but was only able to obtain two, and started in
chase of the train towards York, a distance of 20 miles,
where it was to remain 40 minutes, 50 minutes being allowed
to reach that station. He arrived at the York station just as
the train was starting, the engineer's whistle having been
sounded as lie came within sight. Fortunately the chaise
driver made a signal, which was observed by the guard of the
train, and our hers was enabled to take his place in the rail-
way carriage he had quitted at Castleford.—Derbyshire
Courier.

DARING ESCAPE FROM PRISON.—A person of the name
of David Lee, a native of Kendal, by trade a wailer, who
was committed to the House of Correction in that town for
six weeks for an assault, this week made his escape over the
prison walls on the morning of the 13th instant, by placing
his back in an angle of the wall, and working himself by his
hands and feet until he arrived at the top, where there are
projecting flags. When he had reached the flags he laid
hold of their edge with his hands, and raised himself up until
he got his breast upon them, and by that means succeeded
in getting upon the top of the wall, from which he instantly
leaped to the ground, a height of about 25 feet. He made
direct for Cunswick -wood, about two miles west of Kendal,
where he remained all day. Search was immediately made,
and the Kendal police and Lancashire rural police were
placed in different directions on the look out for him. The
next morning he surrendered himself, being so much in-
jured by the leap from the wall that he founa it impossible to
get away. This most astonishing and daring feat equals any
one we read of in Jack Sheppard. It seemed almost impos-
sible that a stout man, such as Lee is, could succeed in
turning himself round to get upon the flags, which project
two feet and a half from the wall in a sloping direction, with
the insecure hold he could have upon the wall. This, how-
ever, he accomplished, and we give the particulars as re-
counted by the unfortunate, but daring, young man himself.
One of his legs is much bruised and swollen from the effects
of the leap. His cap and shoes were left at the bottom of
the wall in the prison.
CHANCERY ACCOUNTS.—Some idea of the magnitude and
importance of the operations of the Court of Chancery may
be formed from the following detail. According to a state-
ment just completed, it appears that the balance of cash and
securities placed to the credit of the various accounts in
Chancery amounts to the extraordinary sum of £42,000,000
and upwards! At present the actual number of these ac-
counts is about 12,000; but parliament has recently deter—
mined that all the accounts belonging to the Court of Ex-
chequer (amounting to 1,600, or thereabouts) shall be added
to them. thus forming an aggregate of 13,600. For facili-
tating the business incidental to this great mass of accounts,
such as the payment of the quarterly dividends, &c., the
offices have hitherto been divided into three departments
(arranged according to the letters of the plaintiffs' names),
but we believe it is now determined to subdivide these de-
partments into four. Great exertions are being made to
carry this into effect ; and the new arrangement will, no
doubt, contribute much to the expedition of business and the
convenience of the suitors, so soon as the labour of closing
and bringing forward into new books such a vast number of
accounts (for the purpose of subdivision) shall be com-
pleted. The officers in Chancery-lane are undergoing ma-
terial alterations in order to afford accommodation for
the carrying on this great increase of business.—Morning
Herald.

ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY.—At an early hour on
Sunday morning a chaise and four, containing two persons,
the one apparently about 25 years of age, and the other a de-
licate-looking stripling of 16, drove up to the King's Head,
at Brookfield. A fresh chaise and relay of horses were
ordered on immediately by the travellers, the elder one
urging the people of the inn to make haste, saying he carried
an " express." The postboys, &c., were accordingly on the
qui vive, and the " express ' was quickly despatched as fast
as four good horses could carry it. Twenty minutes had
barely elapsed when a dark green travelling chariot, contain.
ing an elderly gentleman and lady, accompanied by a man-
servant, dashed up to the King's Head, and the gentleman
eagerly inquired whether a chaise containing a lady and
gentleman had stopped there? The landlord said that a chaise
in which were two gentlemen had left there a short time
previously. This information evidently threw the party at
fault, but after a few minutes' private conversation with
" mine host," fresh horses were ordered, and the second
party followed in the %cake of the first, the gentleman telling
the postboys that if they succeeded in overtaking the chaise
in advance, he would give them a sovereign. Between six
and seven miles were speedily passed without any signs of the
fugitive chaise, when, on reaching the submit of the hill above
Evington, the pursuing party caught a glimpse of the chaise
turning a corner of the road in the valley beneath. The ex-
citement of the gentleman in pursuit grew to an exceedingly
high pitch at the sight; he thrust his body from the carriage
window, and urged on the postilions, who spared neither
whip nor spur, and the two vehicles dashed through the
village of Evington to the great surprise of the good folks of
the place who perceiving a couple of carriages whirled along
at a railroad speed, and a respectable looking person with the
greater part of his body hanging out of the window of one of
them, and using the most frantic gestures imaginable, were
completely at a loss to account for the extraordinary ex-
hibition. The pursuit continued in this fashion for nearly
three miles, when the chaise came to a dead stop in conse-
quence of an obstruction caused by a waggon load of straw
crossing the road, which enabled the pursuers to come up
with the pursued, and a somewhat singular scene took place.
The elderly gentleman sprang from his carriage, and rushing
to the door of the chaise, commenced dragging out the
younger of its occupants, at the same time using the epithets
"You jade, you undutiful creature," &c.; while the party
addressed, who, it now appeared, was a lady in disguise, clung
to her compagnon de voyage, and exclaimed, with a voice
nearly suffocated with sobs, "that she would not go home;"
but the elderly gentleman, deaf alike to her tears and en-
treaties, with the assistance of his female companion and the
reneweda'n°
man receive
servant,t managed to drag not only the fair fugitive but her
r o likewise from the vehicle into the road. Here a
and which he
straggle took place, during which the young gentle-
an accidental blow from the servant's elbow,
down, who, however,
returned by knocking the man
the pugnacious gentleman
the others forced theernan
quickly recovered his legs, and, seizing
in placing her young
lady
, firmly pinioned his arms, while
their prize, the postilions the carriage; and, quickly following
from his grasp, and suc-
ceedednearest inn, when the man-servant, orderedwho
a still
itlol
hperlodcteheed t
enragedo the
his
hoidrful grasp till it was " all
and helpless gallant in
sprang up to his seat in
quickly disappeared from
right," suddenly quitting
" sociable"' -and the carriage the
the scene of action, leaving the dis , paring Lothari
himself as hest he night.o to console

SINGULAR FACT.-A few days ago, a woman residing in the
village of Stevenston, near Edinburgh, who bad for some time
been affected with a severe swelling in her thigh, applied to
Dr. Brown, of Saltcoats, in order to get the pain alleviated.
After minutely examining the swollen part, the doctor com-
menced to operate, and succeeded, after considerable labour,
in extracting a sewing needle, about an inch and a half long,
which the patient had swallowed nearly thirty years ago.

RETURN OF IRISH HARVESTMEN.—During the last fort-
night an almost incredible number of reapers, not a few of
whom belong to Connaught, have returned from harvest-
work in the sister kingdom by the steamers. Sometimes as
many as 1000 have come in one boat. We have been assured
by a gentleman who was lately in Scotland that total ab-
stinence was there almost universally observed by them,
which, though it excited the admiration of their employers,
caused no little inconvenience, as they had provided the
usual beverage of beer for the men, which they would not
taste, and milk was not to be obtained in sufficient quantities.
—Londonderry Sentinel.
DEXTEROUS THEFT.—On Thursday, among the passen-
gers by one of the railway trains from Greenock to Glasgow,
was a well dressed young man, with an address and manner
calculated to make an impression of a very favourable cha-
racter on the most fastidious. A lady sat opposite him with
her face to the wind, and the weather was really cold, to whom
he endeavoured to make himself especially engaging. He
generously proposed to exchange. The lady, with many
thanks, accepted the kind offer, and the gentleman, think-
ing himself entitled to some remuneration for his service,
took the opportunity which the jostling unavoidable in moving
from one seat to another while the train is at full speed, to
relieve her of her gold watch, by cutting the chain with some
instrument.—Glasgow Courier.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—On the morning of Wednes-
day, the 6th instant, a most distressing accident occurred at
Newhouses, a farm about three miles distant from Lauder.
A little boy, named William Smeal, nephew to Mr. Dixon,
tenant of Newhouses, had been appointed to take charge of
a young stallion. Having occasion to open a gate, in order
to admit some cattle, the boy tied round his body the rope
by which he held the horse, in order, no doubt, to secure the
animal, and at the same time have full power to remove the
gate. During this process the horse took fright and ran off,
dragging the poor boy at the end of his halter. Whe❑ the
animal stopped, the boy was taken up in a state of insensi-
bility, from which he never recovered. His head was severely
fractured, and his body also much bruised. He survived the
accident only five hours.

CHARLES DICKENS, &c.—The London Correspondent of
the Dundee Warder says :—As the lull in the political world
is so profound as to divest politics, for a brief season, of all
interest, allow me to communicate to your readers something
of a literary character. I find that Mr. Dickens has an inti-
mation of discontinuing " The Clock," and going abroad.
Your readers. however, are, I presume, unacquainted with
the nature of the agreement entered into between the pub-
lishers and himself, at the commencement of the undertak-
ing. That agreement was, if niy information be correct—
and I believe it is—that the work should goon for three years
instead of twenty months, which will now be the term of its
existence ; and that it should, when completed, form six
goodly octavo volumes. As matters have turned out, it will
only be three volumes. The terms were to be, and have
been, £5O for each weekly number, making about 1000 guineas
for each volume, or 2000 guineas for Mr. Dickens' yearly
labours as author of the work. The " Clock" has very
materially fallen off in sale, which is the true secret cause of
its discontinuance.

THE UNEMPLOYED AT PATSLEY.—We regret to state,
that the number of unemployed is still on the increase, and
that the depressing appearances of trade afford no other
prospects than a continued increase. The following is the
state of the list down► to a late hour yesterday :
Males, married .. .. 620
Females, married .. .. 620
Males, unmarried and widowers .. 166
Children depending on the above .. .. 15-16
Females, unmarried and widows .. 509
Children depending on the above .. .. 747

Total .. .. .. 4208
Add to the above, new applicants, who will receive
relief for the first time to-day .. .. 136
Estimated number of dependants on the last men-
tioned number .. .. .. .. 320

Total number depending on Relief Committee .. 4664
Two members of the deputation for London left town on
Thursday, and the other two leave to-day. A meeting of
the distress committee of 1826 is expected to take place in
London on Monday.—Paisley Advertiser of Saturday.
FOUR Lives LOST.—On Monday evening, at about ten
minutes after seven o'clock, a most melancholy catastrophe
happened on the river, near the Cadogan Chain-pier, Chel-
sea, when four individuals were precipitated into eternity.
That being the day appointed for a rowing match to take
place from Vauxhall to Putney the river was consequently
crowded with boats filled with anxious and interested spec-
tators. Amongst others was one containing the wife, sister,
and child of the waterman Coombes, and a female named
Goodrum, the wife of the waterman, the two successful com-
petitors for the race. After the race was over, land the time
arrived for the parties to return to London, the boat was en-
trusted to two youths, who were to row the three women and
child from Putney home. When the boat neared the Cado-
gan-pier it was carried by the farce of the current, the tide
having been exceedingly high, against the " dummy," a
barge attached to the pier, which it struck with much vio-
lence. One of the females instantly sprang from her seat,
and it was this imprudent act which caused the boat to upset.
The two youths saved themselves by clinging to the barge ;
but, melancholy to relate, all the rest were carried along with
the stream, and sank before assistance could be afforded them.

THE WEALTHY MISER.—The sale of the furniture of the
late Mr. Smith, of Great St. Andrew-street, Seven Dials,
took place on Friday. The interest excited by the event in
so populous a neighbourhood caused such a rush of people
to the house as to render necessary the interference of the
police to preserve order. The lots were, as may be supposed,
of an ordinary description, but realized extravagant prices,
owing to a prevalent idea among the buyers that they con-
tained hidden treasures. The story of the fortunate man
who recently bought ft pair of old shoes, in which lay con-
cealed a number of bank-notes, contributed in no small de-
gree to promote this delusion. The library of the deceased
consisted of a few sacred volumes, of which the Bible an-
nounced in the catalogue was not forthcoming. The late Mr.
Smith used to attend Whittleld's chapel, in Tottenham-court-
road. The sister, who acted as housekeeper to him, enjoyed
an income of £1 per week, not from the liberality of her
brother, but by the right of her father's will, who died many
many years ago. She has long laboured under an imbecile
state of mind. Until within a very few years Mr. Smith
used to labour actively at the forge, which his father had left
him, together with upwards of £20,000 ; but latterly his toil
was restricted to the supply of the locks, bars, bells, &c.,
required at the various houses in Mornington-place and else-
where. Mr. Smith was, in the strictest sense of the word,
a miser. He was of the Phineas Phiddy school, and formed
a striking illustration of the degree of wealth to which a man
ma) attain by regarding self in every moment and movement
in life. Mr. Smith is supposed to have died worth £200,000.
It is said that his funeral expenses, though moderate, would
have swallowed up his expenditure for three years while
living.—Times.
A very extraordinary and interesting circumstance hap-
pened during the last week in connection with the operation
now going on upon the Royal George, at Spithead, under the
direction of Col. Pasley. Amongst other relics brought up
from " the deep waters," from the wreck of that unfortunate
ship, was the collar of a dog, with the name of the owner,
Thomas Little, as well as that of the animal, " Victory," en-
graved upon it. It appears that this collar has been recog-
nised by one of the oldest inhabitants of the town as the pro-
perty of his father, who was one of the many on board that
vessel at the time she went down, but who, more fortunate
than a number of his ill-fated companions, was saved from a
watery grave, although his faithful animal perished. The
party in question is named John Little, who has been long
known as the owner of a passage boat which plies between
Portsmouth and Wootton-bridge, in the Isle of Wight, and
whose brother was during the long period of thirty years in
the Customs at this port, but is now in Liverpool. The aunt
Little, Mrs. Harding, is also a resident in this town, and
knew the dog well, from its being a constant visitor at her
mother's house. A sister of Captain Little is also living,
who is named after the three wives of the father—viz., Mary
Ann Eleanor, one of whom was on board the Royal George
p dead a few days
had twenty-three
in existence. He
cahi withtieldr
rhetenhr, ltti
nsr be
eel na
oda
nc,
lhayon
idyo
fwehwvoehnaovt
ma!
ap
ricek
Thomasendo
wn
sailed with the present Captain Burford, hydrographer to the
Admiralty, in the Phaeton frigate, then commanded by Cap-
tain—now Admiral—Stopford, the hero of Acre. Little was
then boatswain, and was present at the action of Admiral
Cornwallis, as well as in several other engagements, and
died in the Phaeton during the command of Captain Stop-
ford. We are informed that the present John Little has ap-
plied to Colonel Pasley for the collar as an interesting relic,
and a reminiscence of the extraordinary and providential
escape which his father experienced from sharing the melan-
choly fate so many met with in that ship ; and we are happy
to hear that the application has been complied with in a man-
ner which does infinite credit to the feeling heart of Colonel
Pasley, inasmuch as thousands would be proud in possessing
the slightest material which might be recovered. from the
wreck at any price,—Hampshire Standard,

Beans Qrs.
Pease. Qrs.
Shelled Br ley . Qrs.i
Indian Corn Qrs.;
Rapeseed Qrs.;
Oatmeal . Loads; 5015 Igo
Flour . Sackst 853 i WS
Ditto . Brls.

Into Runcorn, Ireland and Coastwise :—Wheat, qrs. ; Beans,
qrs. ; Barley, qrs. ; Oats, 1246 qrs. ; Oatmeal, 1554 Ids.; Flour,
sacks.

EXPORTS.—Foreign. Oats. qrs. ; Indian Corn, 26 qrs. ; Oat-
meal, 30 loads; Flour, 74 brls.--•lreland. Wheat, 315 qrs. ;
Malt, 20 qrs.--Coastwise. Wheat, 427 qrs. ; Barley, qrs.;
Malt, qrs. ; Oats, qrs. ; Beans, 10 qrs. ; Pease, 19 qrs. ; Oat-
meal, Ids.; Flour, 119 sacks, 325 barrels,

Average prices of Grain, for the week ending Oct. 15, 1841.
Wheat.. 625. 3d. I Barley 31s. 6d. I Oats.. 21s. Sd. Rye.. 38s. 3d.
Beans.. 38s. 6d. I Pease.. 38s. 6d.

Aggregate average of the six weeks.
Wheat..64s. Id. I Barley 355. gd. Oats.. 225. sd. I Rye.. 38s. Od
I Beans.. 425. gd. Pease.. 425. 2d.

Duty on Foreign Grain, &c. this week

Wheat22s. Bd. I Barley 9s. Oats . 13s. Od. Rye.. 12s. 6d
Beans 6s.6ri. Pease.. 6s. 6d. I Ind. Corn Os. Od. I Flour 135.7#

Ditto from British Colonies out of Europe.
Wheat ss. Od. I Barley.. us. 6d. I Oats .. 2s. ad. I Rye.... 3s. Od,
Beans.. 6d. I Pease.. 6d. I Indian Corn.. 3s. Od. I Flour.. 3s. od
Liverpool Averages, week ending Oct. 19, 1541.
Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Pease.
Qrs ll9g 1422 25
Prices

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22.—Wind S.S.W

ARR IVE D.—Liffey. Williams ; Leeds, Williams ; and Nottingham,
Stewart, from Dublin—Reindeer, Head, from Belfast—Stag, from
Londonderry—Finn M'Coull, Hutchinson, from Dnndalk.
SAlLED.—Reliauce, Hall, for Bombay—Pandora, Cothay, for
Ceylon—President, Waller, for Hayti—Cambridge, Bursley ; Silva-
nus, Jenkins, Seymour; Siddons, Cobb; and Normandie, Spalding,
for New York—Shannon, Pike, for New Orleans—Zorilda, Brian,
for Texas—Rising 'un, Pollard, for Newfoundland—Christina,
Grant, for Bahia—Bueno Mathilde, --, for Rio Janeiro —Atwick,
Mather, for Naples—and Clydesdale, Piercey, for Almeira.

Ann & Jane, -, heece to Calcutta, was spoken 27tn Aug. in
lat. 6 S. long. 32 W, out 32 days
Gazelle, Allen, henee at Portsmouth, N.H.
Reindeer, King, and Jane Geary, Reid, hence at Constantinople
Daniel, Jones, sailed from Palermo 17th Sept. ; Sylph, Uren,
21st ; and Wm. Murray, Dobie, 23rd Sept., all for Liverpool
Goshawk, Willey, from Sydney, N.S.W. at Milford for Liverpool ;
sailed 11th June
Mary, from Monte Video, at Plymouth
Warwick. Ntckells. from St. Domingo. at Cove
Hebe, Wrignt, from St. John, NM. ditto
PLYMOUTH. Oct. 20.—H.M.S. Cambrian, (36) is ordered to be
ready by the first week in November. H.M.S. Malabar, (72) and
Spartan, (2.6) are fitting with dispatch, all for China

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Columbia, (steamer) Judkins, hence to Halifax, was spoken on
the I Hu. at 4 p.m. in long. 28
Syra, Aubert, and Fanny, Spring, hence at Rouen
Schnellpost, Evert, hence at Pillau
Eclipse, NI ulhert, hence at Ostend
H.M.S. Styx, sailed from Portsmouth for Quebec 20th instant,
with the Governor-General of the British Provinces.
William and Jane, from Hull for this port, was at anchor off the
North Foreland 20th instant, with loss of bowsprit
Fidelitas, Midbroet, from Danzig at Deal, and sailed for this port

TELEGRAPH OFFICE, OCTOBER 22

Oft' Voel Nant, outward-bound, at 8 a.m., an American ship with
a black ball in her foretopsail. .

Off Holyhead, wind S., moderate, inward-bound, at 8 a.m., No.
62. Agnes, B Bk, by Marryatt's code, and a ship without any signals
Off Holyhead, at 11 a.m., No. 6508, Grecian, B Sch, from Valpa-
raiso

Off Point Lynas, at 10 a.m., No. 2869, Jessie Logan, B S, has a
pilot, from Quebec
Off Point Lynas, at 11 a.m., No. 62, Agnes, B Bk, has a pilot

' On Wednesday, a Court of Directors was held at the East
India House, when the Right Hon. Lord Ellenborough was
appointed Governor-General of India.
NEW PEERS.—It is believed that several new Peers will
be created in November. In addition to those before alluded
to, it is said that Sir George Murray (Master-General of the
Ordnance) will be called to the House of Lords ; and that
Sir-Charles Coote. Sir Francis Burdett, and Sir John Ge-
rard, will also have peerages. Mr. Bushe, Chief Justice of
Ireland, will probably have a peerage, on his expected resig-
nation ; and it is said that Doctor Lefroy, the Irish barrister,
will also have a coronet.—Age.

WHALE CAPTURE.—On Wednesday a large whale ran
ashore and got fixed in a fissure of the rock at the projecting
point on the north side of Bsoadhaveu, about a mile north
of the bay of Wick. The monster of the deep was observed
by some people fishing " cuddens" in a boat near the head.
The alarm was instantly given, and many on shore hastily
armed themselves with old swords and other lethal weapons,
and immediately commenced an attack on the helpless
animal. After a good deal of exertion they succeeded in
killing it. The animal, which measured upwards of 76 feet
long, was claimed by Mr. James Bremner, on behalf of the
Vice-Admiral of the county, and the broad arrow cut on its
back. in the forenoon it was towed round to the curing
station at Eliza, and sold by public roup. The sum realized
was £Bo.—John o' Groat Journal.

AN INGENIOUS SMUGGLER.—The following clever ruse
is related by the Draft:—" A few days ago a Belgian smug-
gler, whose horse and its contraband lading had been seized
by the Custom-house officers of Ais-en-Artois, went to them
and proposed for a reward to lead them to a spot where they
would be able to effect an extensive seizure of tobacco, making
it a condition, however, that as he was known to the smug-
glers he should, for his, personal security, go with them in
disguise. The precaution appearing to be a proper one, the
uniform of a Custom-house officer was lent to him, and he
was mounted on a horse to accompany the two officers, also
on horseback, who were to make the seizure. On arriving
at the inn in the village of Hermies he said he was afraid to
go further, lest he should be recognized, bnt pointed out a
barn at some distance, where he said the tobacco was lying,
and told them that he would wait for them. They all put up
their horses in the stable of the inn, and the two officers
nroceded on foot to make their capture. During their ab-
sence the smuggler saddled the best horse of the three and
rode off with it. It is needless to state that the officers lost
a horse without finding any tobacco."

CALCULATING Bor.—Among the many boys employed
for the different purposes of calculation on the Ordnance
survey of Ireland, there is at present one named Alexander
Gwin, only eight years old, and a native of Derry, whose
abilities at his early age are truly surprising. He has got by
rote the fractional logarithims from 1 to 1,000, which he will
repeat in regular rotation, or otherwise, as the interrogator
may put the questions. It is certainly astonishing to think
so tender a mind can retain with such tenacity and correct-
ness seven figures of an answer (according to their different
variations) for 1,000 numbers. His rapidity and correctness
in the various calculations of trigonometrical distances, trian-
gles, &c., are amazingly beyond snything we have ever wit-
nessed. He can in less than one minute make a return in
acres, roods, perches, &c., of any quantity of land, by giving
him the surveyor's chained distances, while the greatest
arithmetician, with all his knowledge, will certainly take
nearly an hour to do the same, and not be certain of truth in
the end.

.MOTI9N.—The common watch, it is said, beats or ticks
16160 times an hour. This is 411,840 a day, 150,424,560 a
year, allowing the year to be 365 days and six hours. Some-
times watches will run, with care, 100 years. In that case it
would last to beat 15,042,456,000 times ! The watck.. is made
of hard metal ; but I can tell you of a curious machine which
is made of something not so hard as brass or steel—it is
not much harder than the flesh of your arm—yet it will beat
more than 5,000 times an hour, 120,000 times a day, and
43,830,000 times a year. It will sometimes, though not
often, last 100 years; and when it does, it beats 4,383,000,000
times. One might think this last machine, soft as it is,
would wear out sooner than the other, but it does not. I
will tell you one thing more. You have this little
.machine
about you. You need not feel in your pocket, for it is not
there. It is in your body, you can feel it beat; it is—your
heart.

WARLIKE APPEARANCES.—PORTSMOUTH.—The number
of ships fitting for sea, and the general call for seamen to
man them, is greater than we ever recollect, certainly quite
equal to anything of the sort during the late war. The
whole neighbourhood of the Dock-yard and Common Hard.
presents the appearance of one continued placard. Every
ship has its bill or placard—and, as though this were not
enough, the Admiralty caused one to be exhibited at the
Dock-gates, which to a sailor has all the appearance of a
" round robin"—no less than 18 or 20 ships being enume-
rated as requiring hands. The placard alluded to is to ordi-
nary seamen, landmen, and stout boys—who are informed.
that they may have employment in any of the ships, enume-.
rated—or may be entered for " general service.' Those
who have been engaged in boats, barges, or small craft, are
particularly invited. Yet amid all this, we are assured, on
good authority, that men are slow in entering. We hope,
for the sake of humanity, that the energies of this nation are
not likely to be called into operation in warlike conflict; yet
what are we to suppose is the cause of all this? •We readily
concede the point, that, to prevent war, it is proper to be
always prepared for it, and would fain hope that the demon-
stration now made may end in peace. War at all times en-
tails a vast amount of misery and expense—at the preeeut
time it would prove almost ruinous._Hamphire Indepen-
dent.