The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-02-26 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

Mortality ; a Poem, Sung in. Solitude. By Thomas
Cambria Jones. Chester, John Dixon.

This is altogether an extraordinary production. We
know nothing of the author personally. We know not
whether he is young or old, whether he is in the meridian
or in the decline of life. But we have listened to his
harp, and the wild, strange, deep tones of his minstrelsy
have been pleasant to our soul. We feel by the terms
suggested to us that we are still under the spell of his
mysterious song, and that the echoes of " Snowdon,"
mournfully sweet, are still sounding in our ears. In the
few remarks that we have space to make, therefore, we
shall not exhibit the cold analysis of a professional critic,
but give the honest expression of what we have been
made to feel during a necessarily hurried perusal of the
book before us.

We have said that we know nothing of the author'
and, were we to attempt a description of him from his
poem, we should probably be found to have formed a very
fallacious picture of the man. We should suppose him
to be an enthusiast—a dreamer among the solitudes of
the Cambrian mountains. We should suppose that he
had never seen a poem in his life, but that in his soul
was a fountain of song, which had welled out uncon-
sciously and without any effort of his own; and that,
listening continually to the melody of the ancient woods,
or to the roar of waters and of winds, he had tuned a
chance-found harp to the sounds around him. This is
the impression that his poetry has made on ourselves,
and we cannot doubt that such will be its general effect
on others. There is, indeed, something in it of Ossian;
something, but little, of Moore; something, and not a
little, of Hogg; but, taken as a whole, it differs from
any thing we have ever seen. Its sentiment, its diction,
and its measure bear the ineffaceable stamp of originality.
Still we have some doubts whether it will ever become
a popular poem. It requires a degree of attention to
discover the writer's meaning, through the garb of
antiquated phraseology in which he has clothed it, that
we fear few readers will choose to bestow upon it; while
its abrupt transitions from subject to subject, and from
measure to measure, though of these we complain not,
will but too proeably act as repellants to many. His
contraction of 'Pon for upon we abominate; and his
usage of like in the line—
" Like Death doth the human race,"

as well as in some others, is absolutely ungrammatical.
We have only room for a single extract, taken almost
at random ' - and we cordially recommend a perusal of the
book itself to our readers. We may add, that it will
well repay them for the time they may spend upon it.
" The bay of the dog is heard afar,
The winds his Pleasant dreamings mar;
The eastern clouds are red and bright;
Each virgin star
Is beaming in the breast of night :
0 song, it is thine hour!
-The voice .of the world ie eehn and Ptill; -
The baying dog, and the breeze of the hill,
The flow of the stream, and the fall of the rill,
Have now a power."
These lines are introductory to a celestial vision, which
is thus described :

" The wondrous vision before me remaining,
In grandeur, and glory, and beauty was gaining;
The sheen of the towers, uplifted in light,
Was brighter than leviu that flashes by night,

With unutterable hue,
Through a cloudy avenue.
There the City of the Blest
in its fulness stood confect,
With its many bowers of bliss,
Meet for those whose home it is;
Laurelled souls, who once had sighed,
Deathless now and glorified,
Underneath a sapphire sky,
To which night came never nigh,
Stood around. Hand linked in hand,
Twice ten thousand there did stand,
And gave honour to the name
Of the Ore that sat on the bow of flame."

Mr. Henry Baring's splendid mansion in Carlton-gardens,
adjoining Count de Salis's has been fitted up in a superb style
for its new tenant, Mr. Gladstone, M.P., who took possession
last week.—Morning
The Lords of the Admirality have chartered the Moffatt, for
the conveyance of 400 male convicts to New South Wales, and
the Lord Lynedoch, to carry out 330 female convicts to Van
Diemen's Land.

JOSEPH ADY AT IT AGAIN.—We have received from a gen-
tleman near Linlithgow, a letter addressed to him by this per-
sonage (by post), of which the following is a copy :---•"l'he un-
dersigned is able to inform you of something he believes to your
advantage, on receipt of 20s. fur his trouble, by post-office order
or otherwise. Respectfully (signed) Joseph Ady, Accountant,
No. 7, York-street, Charlotte-street, Whitechapel-road, Feb.
sth, 1836. No letters received unless post paid."—Scotch
Paper.
MANCHESTER CHURCH SOCIETY.—On Monday, a meeting
of the friends of the Society for Promoting the Building and
Enlargement of Churches and Chapels in the.parishes of Man-
chester and Eccles, was held at the Town Hall, for the purpose DEATH OF THE LORD BISHOP OF DUEHAI.—It is with deep
of originating a subscription in aid of its designs, and we are regret that we announce this day the death of the BiShop of
Durham, (William Van Mildert, D.D.,) which melancholy
happy to state that upwards of five thousand pounds were sub- event took 'place on Sunday last, at nine a.m. Dr. Van
a Mil-
scribed almost entirely by the few persons then present. After dent was consecrated Bishop of Llandaff in 1819, and translated
such an auspicious commencement we cannot for a moment
to the see of Durham in 1826.—Morning Paper.doubt the complete success of this truly Christian institution.

*bipo lioabing.

( The figures denote the register burthen of the Vessels.)

AFRICA.
Oscar, - 213 Africa T Tohin
Kingston, - 268 Africa T Tobin
Mary, Kers 299 Africa II Latter
Charlotte,
Sir F Burton, Hayes 410 Africa D Gihb •
Nailer, Dawson 312 Africa D Gibb
Magnificent, Tobin 151 Africa It Hall
Wm Rathbone, - 326 Africa T Tohin
Thos Halliburton, - 113 Africa T Tobin
Harmony, Midcalf 215 Africa W Norris
Hope, Grimshi re 831 Sierra Leone F H Langley, or J Poole
Hortensia, Reed 253 Cape G Hope, Batavia & Sincapore Wise
[and co, or Holderness
Cheerful, Scott 123 Cape G Hope and Algoa Bay W Ander-
[son, sen, and co
Fair Barbadian, - 157 Cape Town Farie and Rowand

NEW SOUTH WALES.
LadyMaryPelbsin, - 206 Pt Lincoln, So Australia N Hurry
Goshawk, Laing 244 Hobart Town & Sydney II Fox

CHINA.
Judith, Ager 253 Sincapore & Canton W and J Tyrer
Orixa, Clover 362 Sincapore & Canton NV and J Tyrer
Heywood, Jones 447 Canton Sir J Tobin, or Bold Sc co
lmogen, Riley 330 China Taylor, Potter and co

EAST INDIES.
Fortfield, Sly 285 Calcutta J 0 Johnson, or Ashleys
Ripley, Lloyd 267 Calcutta W and J Tyrer
Crown, - 292 Calcutta T and J Brocklebank
Mandarin, Donald 424 Calcutta J Haselden
Royal Saxon, Renner 510 Calcutta M Hunter
MaryAnnWebb, Lloyd 338 Calcutta J Brebner, or H Ripley
Mercurius, Seepe 269 Batavia, Samarang & Sourabaya W An-
[derson, sen and co
Nelson Wood, Robinson 309 Batavia, Sincapore & Lin tin J N Wood
[and co

Warwick, Brewer 277 Madras&Ceylon J 13rebner
Majestic, Lawson 346 Bombay 3 Aikin
Emma, Pecket 307 Bombay W and J Tyrer

WEST INDIES.

Kers,llatte risinbyri:
Fairfield, Clark 433 Jamaica ----
C Lawrence and Son
259 Kingston, Jam Laidman &co or Kers
Lucy, Bishop 163 Kingston, Jam Ashley Bros
Rookery, Evans 311 Kingston, Jam II W Appleton
296 Trinidad
acnod, or
nn Kers
Rt Js Haynes, Graham 206 Antigua J Winder and co
RLaieihrlmaradn.s,BHlacukghiee;
257 St Thos & Car
208 Antigua
Ann, Penrice C Turner, jun
Mensagero,De Gorordo 253 Havana F Manero, or Ashley Brs
Paragon, Beeton
Jane, Bartlett 154 St Thos & Nas Kers, Imrie and co
Grotius, Page ' 290 Havana Ashley Brothers
Maria, Walker 275 Demerara II N 114.4,es
Sandbach, Bispharn 415 Demerara - Sandbach. Tmne and co
Indian Chief, M'Dowal 416 Demerara J Gladstone '
and co
Adriana, Cocks 213 Berbice It Semple and co
Agnes, Brown 201 Barbados & Honduras Ken. 'rude & co
SOUTH AMERICA.
Britannia, Short 270 Bahia Higgirt and 'Lane
Cervantes, Hughes 217 Bahia J Gordon and co
Robert Finnie, Ward 255 Arica, Islay & Lima W arid J Tyrer
Hermes, Cook 141 Arica, Islay & Lima CTayleur,Sons &co
Peru, Arthur 203 Vera Crnz C Tayleur, Sons and co
Emily, Smith 169 Buenos Ayres Bold & co, or N N Huges
Isabella, Smith. 221 Buenos Ayres W and 3* Tyrer
Sarah Birketi, Cook 202 Buenos Ayres W and J Tyrer
Wm Mulvey, Cheveley' 160 Buenos Ayres T Hampson
Roht Scurfield, Clough 315 Maranham J N Wood and co
Santa Maria, Potter 199 Maranham Cotesworth and Smith
Elizabeth Waliter, Hall 303 Valparaiso W and J Tyrer
Henrietta, Dickinson 199 Ditto C Tayleur, Sons and co
Octavia, Bayfield 244 Ditto Ashley Bros
Francs Barclay, Prowse 240 Ditto II N Hughes
Secret, Hocquard 212 Lima . Ashley Bros
Tampieo, Robinson 129 Lima T and J Brocklebaok
Stithngghire, Brown 236 Monte Video & Buenos Ayres Cotnylegworth
ta Smith
Chieftain, Nooney 31:5 Pernambuco A Parlane, or G Highfield
Savanilla, Padilla 253 Carthagena Km, Imrie and co
Asia, Kilventon 329 Rio Janeiro Ashley Bros
Wanderer, Cobb 404 R Jan&BombayW and J Tyrer

UNITED STATES.
Colossus, Wyle 350 Philahelphia W and J Brown and co
Dependent, Simpson 257 Philadelphia T Inglehv
Elizabeth, Smith 320 Charleston Lodge, Prichard and co
Kirkella, 'Brown 406 Baltimore Holderness, or G Brown
Argo, Farley 472 Boston Isaac, Low, and co
Granville, Taylor 352 Boston Baring, Bros and co
Hope, -- 396 Apalachicola G Brown, or Waddington
Mary Cath, Oliphant 391* Mobile Lodge, Prichard and co
Jane, Lowther 356 New York Robinson Bros
Mary Ann, Crowder 261 New York Lizard!, or Kers and co
Eli Whitney, Harding 528 New York Bolton, Ogden and co
Ocmulgee, Leavitt 500 New York E Frodsham
Copia, Le Craw 334 New York Focke and Boult
Combatant, Simpson 372 New York T Holt and co
Columbia, Lee 478 New York Fitzhugh and Grimshaw
Congress, Fox 4fo New York Waddington, Holt and co
Gondola, Bartol 500 New York W and J Brown and co ,
Macon, Osborne. ' 314' New York Fitzhugh and Grimshaw
Republic, Williams 676 New York Baring, Bros and co
Emulous, Meigs . ' New York Crary, Fletcher and co ,
James, Cooper 189 Natchez G Green and Son
Emerald, Flanders • 500 New Orleans W and J Brown and co
BRITISH AMERICA.
Waterville, Martian 198 Nfld &., Brazil Job, Bulley and co
Onondaga Morgan 567 Quebec J Froste and co
Asia, Kilvinton 328 Quebec Bahr. Behrend and co
William IV, Maplin 291 Quebec Chapman and Willis
Lune, Pearson 287 Quebec Bahr, Behrend and co
Kelsick Wook, Collins 234 Quebec W Fisher and Son
Tam O'Shanter, Sumpton 300 Quebec W Fisher and Son
Mary, Henderson 151 Restigouche Dixon, Waln and co
James Lemon, Lawton 300 St John, N B J and G Lockwood
Evergreen, Moran 574 St John, Nll Gibbs,Brig_ht And co
Emerald; Campbell' '-"Tl4'Srldrin, N B - I Campbell
Swallow, M'Kean 142 St John, Nfld T and J Brocklehank
St George, Carrick 240 Halifax & St Andrew's Cannon and co
Corsair, Williams 281 Halifax, N, . W Fairclou,gh
Captain Ross, Morton 310 Halifax, NS Miguowitz Sz, co,or J Hall
Mary, Hamilton, ' 368 Halifax H }loose
Woodman, Wright - 321 Halifax Baring, Bros and co
John Porter, Jenkinson 298 Halifax W Fairclough
Halifax, M'Cleary 344 Halifax W Fairclough
Ma,rnet, Payne 335 .'Slontreal ' K Howie and co
Esther, Sumpton - 352 Montreal W Fisher and Son
Ld Ravenawth,Newman?,42 Montreal Baynes and Cram
li obert, Blythe 310
:Montreal 0 Glen
Vestal, Clunn 133 NeWfoundland Graham and Taylor
Norval, Carmichael 197 Newfoundland W Tarbet
Caroline, Perrott 130 Newfoundland R Alsop
Hazard, Churchward 114 Newfoundland W W Bulley

SPAIN.
Los Ninos, Laucirica 136 Malaga, klicant, Taragona & Barcelona,
ZJ Crump or W H Wood
W H Wood
G Fates

San Jose, Villaranda Cadiz
Brandon, Leigh 126 Gibraltar
PORTUGAL.
Hirondelle, Rendle 83 Lisbon
Tagus, Wade 109 Lisbon
Henry Hoyle, Ferguson 207 Oporto
St Antonio Feles,Vieira 87 St Übes

Cotesworth and Smith
J Bibby and co
J Bibbi and co
A J da Costa

MEDITERRANEAN.
134 Marseilles H N Hughes or Glynn
ss ,
[and Son
Ri,turd Batley, Scott 168 Naples Visions and Jones
Tar, Breeze 101 Naples & Messina .T Moss and co
Smyrna, Cornish 169 Leghorn G Yates
Science, Baker 184 Constantinople Walker and Wilkin
Ariadne, Ayre 206 Malta,Smvr& Con G Yates
Bramley, Brown 146 Venice & Ancona J Bibby and co
Nymph, Edwin 123 Genoa J Rothwell
Neptune, Jones 145 Genoa & Leghorn Kers & co, or Bibby
Hunter, Sterry 139. Messina& Palermo Vianna and Jones
Albion, James 113 Syra and Smyrna Walker and Wilkin
Beiram, Easter 135 Syra and Constan Bahr, Behrend and co
Scio, Teasdel 137 Trieste M'Nair and Dutton
Janet Izat, Poe • 229 Trieste Bahr, Behrend and co

Elizabeth, Brown

EUROPE.
Catharina Charlotte,Wildum Elsineur. Bahr, Behrend and co.
Minerva, Hertzberg Hamh & Danzic C G Weber and co
Johanna Gezina, Schnur Rotterdam Bahr, Behrend and co
Amanda, Raasch Rottdm&Amstdm. Bahr, Behrend and co
Cath Julie, Hazewinkel Rottdm&Amstdm Bahr, Behrend and co
Patriot, Mullens 3.33 St Petersburgh Barton, Heath and co
Constantine, Berry 229 Hamburgh Bahr, Behrend and co
Herstelder, De Vries 86 Hamburgh Bahr, Behrend and co
Vigilant, Marub 74 Havre & Rouen Bahr, Behrend and co
Mary Ann, Witt 160 Elsineur & Copenhagen Sack & co, or
F F Gibbs
Enigheten, Bremar 226 Elsineur Bahr, Behrend alid co
Brilliant, Lloyd 89 Antwerp ' Bahr, Behrend and co
Egidius, Duvts" • Ostend -Bahr, Behrend and Co
Frederica, Itirkbove Ostend ' Bahr, Behrend and co
Hercules, Hillstroem Revel Bahr, Behrend and co
Johanna, Toernvik Windau Bahr, Behrend and co

ftlarizeto.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET FEBRUARY 25.
There was a good demand for Cotton yesterday, which was freely
supplied by holders at steady prices, to the extent of 5,000 bales ;
to-day our market is quiet, the sales scarcely exceeding 2,000 bales,
without change.