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LIFE IN THE PRAIRIE.

(From England in the New World.)
In one of my transatlantic voyages in a steamer, I met
with a very singulariman, a German by birth, who was on
his return from Europe to America. He was about thirty
years, of age, of a rather small but active and wiry frame,
his features very handsome, of a chiselled and distinct
outline; his bright black eve never met yours, but
watched as you looked away, with penetrating keenness;
the expression of his mouth was wild and somewhat sen-
sual, with two perfect rows of large teeth, white as ivory ;
his hair was black, Worn long behind ; complexion fresh
and ruddy, but swarthed over by sun and wind. tie was
never still, but kept perpetually moving to and fro, even
when seated, with the restlessness of a savage animal, al-
ways glancing round and behind, as though he expected,
but did not fear, some hidden foe. His voice was soft
and rather pleasing, very low, hut as if suppressed with
effort. This strange being had been educated in a Ger-
man university, and was very well informed ; the Euro.
peen languages were all equally familiar to him ; he spoke
them all well, but none per!ectly, not even German; in
several Indian tongues he was more at home. When still
young he had left his country; struggling out from the
down•tiampled masses of the north of Europe, he went
to seek liberty in America. But even there the restraints
of law were too • severe ; so he went away for the Far
West, where his passion for freedom might find full vent.
Hunting and trapping for some months on the upper
branches of the Missouri, he acquired money and influ-
ence enough to collect a few Indians and mules, and
drive a dangerous but profitable tra.le with•the savage
tribes round about. In course of time his commerce
prospered sufficiently to enable him to risemble twenty-
four men, hunters, Canadian voyagers, and Indians, well
armed with rifles, with many mules and wagons laden
with the handiwork of the older states. He started with
his company in the beginning of April for the Rocky
Mountains, from Independence—the last western town,
ori.einally settled by the Mormons, four miles from the
Missouri River. They travelled from twelve to fifteen
miles a-day through the " Bn-h" and over the Prairies,
and were soon beyond the lands of friendly or' even neu-
tral tribes, among the dangerous llama; of treacherous
and warlike Blackfeet. By day and night the party were
ever on the watch ; though they rarely saw them, they
knew that enemies were all around. The moment there
was any apparent carelessness or irregularity in their
march, they were attacked with horrible whoop and yell ;
if there was sufficient time, they ranged their wagons
round, and used them as rests for their rifles, and for
orotection from the bullets and arrows of the Indians.
Once they were suddenly; -surrounded by a more than usu-
ally numerous and determined body, all well mounted ;
tbere was no time to form the accustomed defence; so
each man fell on his face; the bowie knife, stuck in the
ground, gave him in its handle a rest for his aim, and the
hunter of the Prairie seldom shoots in vain ; but when he
fired he turned on his back to reload, thus always expos-
ing the smallest possible surface to the unskilful eye of
the Blackfoot marksman. Many of the assailants were
slain, and the survivors attacked openly no more. These
travellers carried no tents, sought no shelter; wrapped
in their blankets, they braved the wind, dew, and rain;
their rifle: gave them abundance of buffalo, deer, and
mountain sheep ; and they sometimes had the luxury of
wild potatoes, roots, and nuts. They did not burthen
themselves by taking with them spirits, salt, flour, food,
or luxury of any kind ; for their horses there were rich
and plentiful grasses. Sometimes, but that very rarely
happened, they ate their beasts of burthen. when the
chase had been for a long period unsuccessful; fuel was
not always to be had, and then they were fain to devour
their meat raw. There is one Brea salt prairie, where
some white men lost their way, fainted, and died of thirst.
Occasionally these adventurers had lack of water; but
when they had got five hundred miles on, and into the
Rocky Mountains, they found abundance, with many
mineral springs, some of them of rare virtues, and a few
sait lakes.. The peaks of this grim range are here ten
thousand feet high, always white with snow ; but the
company, keeping in the gorges and the valleys, felt no
great cold at any time. They steered their course by the
compass through the wilderness. Besides the Blackfeet
they had fierce but seldom unprovoked enemies, in the
huge grizzly bears. Some of the hunters were dainty in
their food, and liked the flesh of this monster, and they
were very vain of his spoils, the rich fur and the terrible
claws: he can run very fast, and may be struck by many
a bullet before he drops and yields ; he knows no fear,
and never declines the combat when offered ; if he once
gets within reach to grasp, the hunter must perish; but,
somehow, these white men, weak in body, strong in mind,
in the end crash alike the stalwart and active Indian, and
the fierce and grizzly bear. For five hundred miles more
the it way lay through these Rocky Mountains; for six
hundred beyond them, they still steered for the north.
west, till they struck on the upper forks of the Columbia
River. Here they met with more friendly natives, and
some of a race mixed with French Canadian blood, be-
sides a few lonely hunters and trappers. Here and fur-
ther on they traded, and got great quantities of rich and
valuable furs, in exchange for their blankets, knives,
guns, and other products of civilization.
The burning of the prairies is one of the dangers and.
hardships to which these traders are exposed. In the
autumn the tall rich grasses dry up and wither; the
slightest spark of fire suffices to set them alight, and then,.
whichever way the wind may carry it, the flame only ends
with the mountain, the lake, or the river. The heat is
but for a few moments, as the blaze sweeps by, but it
leaves no living thing baltind it, and the smoke is dense
and acrid. When the fire approaches no man mounts his
horse and trusts to its speed ; that would be in vain ; but
they fire the prairie to leeward and follow the course of
the burning, tilt enough desolation lies between them and
their ravenous pursuer to starve it into tameness. The
German once found the blackened tract of the fire for nine
hundred miles, and could only obtain scanty grazing for
his cattle by the borders of the lakes and rivers on his.
route. In the year 1844 he was delayed much beyond his
usual time in collecting mules sufficient for his expedition,
and could not start for Santa Fe till the middle of Septem-
ber. There is a low, hollow country, many miles in ex-
tent, about fifty days' journey on their road ; it is covered
with, gravel, sand, a.id stone; there is no hill, rock, or
shelter of any kind ; it supports no animal or vegetable
life, for a strong withering wind sweeps over it, summer
and winter. The adventurers have named this hideous.
place—probably from the wind—tha Simoom. Great
caution is always taken to pass it before the winter begins ;
this year they were late, and the rigour of the season set
in very early ; and, when they were well advanced into
the danger, a thick snow-storm fell. There was no track ;
the cattle moved painfully; they were without fuel, and
the stock of forage was soon exhausted. Many animals
dropped by the way; and, in one night, a hundred and
sixty mules died from cold, weariness, and hunger. Then
the hunters, who had faced many great dangers and hard-
ships before, became appalled : for the snow still fell hea-
vily, and the way was tar arid dark before them. The
next morning they consulted together, and agreed to
abandon the convoy and hasten back to save their lives.
An old hunter. who had served long and faithfully, and
was known to be much esteemed by their leader, was cho-
sen to state this determination to him. The delegate
came forward, and, in a quiet but determined way,
declared the mutiny. As he spoke the German shot him
dead : the rest returned to their duty. Leaving orders to
his company to remain where they were, the leader, es-
corted by two Indians, rode back to the settlements : they
had but little food with them ; the journey was seven hun-
dred miles, and they had to cross many rapid, swollen
streams, but he arrived safely, procured supplies, returned
to his people, and, after a prosperous expedition, they all
came back in safety. His narrative of these events was as
free from bravado as it was from the expression of human
feeling or romance. The adventurer, being now wealthy,
went to Europe, with the intention of settling, or at least
spending some time with his friends in Germany. Here-
mined in London for a month, where he met some con-
nexions who treated him with kindness. But the bond of
society proved intolerable to him ' • he gave up his plan of
going home, and once again turned to seek the wild but
fascinating life of the prairie. This strange man was tho-
roughly well informed on all the political and social con-
eiitions of the nations of the earth, in their poetry, philo-
sophy. and even their novels. He had reamand thought
much ; with an anxious effort to overcome this love of sa-
vage life, be felt deeply the evil of yielding to its influence,
but succumbed. By this time he is again in the deep
gorges of the Rocky Mountains, or chasing the buffalo on
the prairies of the west.

A FRENCH SCHOLAR.

" ' Aimez sous la musique, Monsieur ?' inquired her
Majesty, addressing me in the court dialect, which she
evidently saw 1 understood.

" Oui, votre Mojall," I answered promptly ; "Jesuis
un grand amand de cela."
"Dana ce cas, Monsieur, it est possible pm vows possi-
des le talent du chant."

I was not quite sure that I understood her Majesty's
meaning, for royalty loves to envelooe itself in a disguise,
and I hesitated a moment, but recollecting that the word
"chanter" means to sing, my natural acuteness came to
my aid, and I replied—
" J'ai le plaiser depouvoir un petit."
The Queen smiled at my readiness, and continued.
" Clue/ eat mire genre. Monsieur 1"
_ _

" Je suis masculTn, votre Majesti," I returned.
" Sans doute, Monsieur, je ne suppose pas le contraire,
mais, dana quel genre chantez vous—ltalien, Francais,
Anglais ow Aliemand ? '
I saw that I made a slight mistake here, in supposing
that the word "genre" meant gender, but I speedily re-
covered myself, when I found, by the question being put
in English, that her Majesty wished to know what was
my style of singing.
"Moi chanter, Madame, Anglais chansons; je non
sav7ir pas plusieurs."
" Quets soft les noms de ceux auquels vows donnez la
preference, Monsieur?"
It was not a very easy task to express their names in
French, but I made the attempt.
"Le chien viande Homme—Le Rose arbe en plain por-
tant—Chez-moi, douse Chez-moi— Reigle Britannia—
Ecossais qui out—La jeune mil lune—Mon apartement
garni est stir la froide terre—Sautez jacques corbeau—
et un peu autres."

THE DUTCH FISHERIES IN SHETLAND.--It is stated,
apparently on good authority, that for many years the
Scotch herring-fishery yielded the enterprising Holland-
ers a revenue of about £3.000,000 sterling. Dr. Camp-
bell, after premising that the value of the Dutch fishery
has often been exaggerated, and that, therefore, be will
give " a modest computation," proceeds to observe, that
it would be no difficult thing to prove to the satisfac-
tion of the candid as well as critical inquirer, that while
it continued to flourish in their hand, they drew from
their fish-ry out of the ocean washing the coasts of Shet-
land, to the amount of two hundred millions sterling I"
This spews what an immense and inexhaustible field of
wealth our remote seas in days of yore proved to those
who bad skill and enterprise to cultivate it.—Fraser's
Magazine.

THE KABYLES OF MOUNT ATLAS.—Amongst the
most determined enemies of the French in Africa, are to
be enumerated the Kabylcs, tribes dwelling in the ranges
of the Lesser Atlas, from Tunis to Morocco. Of differ-
ent race from the Arabs, they are believed to be the 'abo-
riginal inhabitants of Northern Africa. Secure in their
wild valleys, they have ever preserved their independence.
Carthaginians, Romans, Vandals, Arabs, all failed to
subdue them ; and. although some of the tribes, whose
territory is the least inaccessible, are now partially under
the rule of the French, the maritime range, from the east
of the Metidjah to Philippeville, remains•unconquered.
Their numbers are inconsiderable, roughly estimated at
eighty thousand. This would give a fizhting population
of at most from sixteen to twenty thousand men ; but that
smallforce has been found efficient to preserve from fo-
reign domination the almost impregnable fastnesses in
which they dwell. Although the tribes wage frequent
war amongst themselves, a common enemy unites them
all. Tne attachment of the Kabyles to their country and
tribe is remarkable. Like the. Swiss, or the Spanish Ga-
licians, they are accustomed to wander forth when young,
and seek their fortune in other lands. Kabyle's servants
and labourers are found in all the towns and villages of
Northern Africa. But if they learn that their tribe is
threatened or at war, they abandon their situations, how-
ever advantageous, and hasten home, and to arms. They
are very brave, but barbarously cruel, giving no quarter,
and, torturing their prisoners before cutting off their
heads.—Blackwood's Magazine.
SKETCH OF T. S. DUNCOMBE, ESQ., M.P.—He is the
most gentlemanlike demagogue of whom we have any re-
collection. Of course we speak of the exterior man alone,
not desiring to go the length of assuming that other men,
of perhaps more ardent patriotism, but of manners more
rough, may not possess quite as many of the real qualities
of the gentleman, those which are independent of conven-
tional customs, habit, and dress. In those externals,
however, let their worth be what they may, Mr. Dun-
combe is certainly distinguished from the members gene-
rally of the House of Commons, so much so, that a stran-
ger entering the assembly would naturally observe the
singular elegance and finish of his attire as distinguishing
him even in a place where well-dressed men are rather
the rule than the exception. We have been almost
tempted to think, too, that in proportion as his Tribuni-
tian displays grozr more bold, and his principles more
democratic, he has become more and more anxious to
preserve his old character as one of the most fashionable
men about town,—thus, as it were, drawing the personal
distinction more and more strongly, the more he approxi-
mated towards the principles of the working classes.
Strange as it may seem, the most able parliamentary ad-
vocate of the " great u• washed" is himself a perfect
model of every thing that is recherche'in dress, manners,
and carriage,—nay, be has even been called the " Dandy
Demagogue." One thing, at least, is certain, that he is,
to look at, almost the very last man from whom you
would expect such powerful, nervous, and humorous
speeches as he has made during the last few years, or the
bold and clever tactics, followed out under every disad-
vantage, and against overwhelming odds, with which he
has puzzled and so times discomfited the most distin-
guished masters in the petty strategies of party politics.
It is well that we should get over our surprise at this
contrast between the roan and his doings, because we
shall then be better able impartially to estimate the value
of those doings, and to examine the machinery by which
he has obtained his unquestionable influence in the de-
bates of the House of Commons, besides exciting a cer-
tain degree of interest in the public mind on behalf of
whatver subjects he may choose to bring before parlia-
ment ; otherwise we should be continually puzzled with
practical contradictions. Not in his careful attention to
dress alone does be so differ from his colleagues in Radi-
calism ; the contrast extends to his physical and mental
organisation, his whole bearing and demeanour. There
is not one of them, however honest may be his intentions,
or respectable his conduct, who does not prepossess a
casual observer unfavourably rather than favourably.
They have all some physical defect to overcome, or some
want of mental training, or some jaundiced, distorted view
of things, grating on the feelings of a lazy public, and
creating a predisposition not to attend to their represen-
tations. A Wakley is considered too palpably to embody
in his person and style of speaking some of the more
commonly received ideas of the demagogue. With all
his shrewdness, clear-sightedness, and information, he
still has a stout array of prejudices to overcome, before
he can make his way to the feelings of a fastidious audi-
ence. A Roebuck, on the other hand, with fewer natural
disadvantages, more authorised pretensions, and more
regular training, wilfully deprives himself of these privi-
leges, by indulging in distorted views of existing things,
and in a habit of spiteful but pointless persona itv, which
renders him at once annoying and ridiculous. The mind
of a Hume, though well constituted, is too contracted for
an assembly which, with all its short-comings, is so en-
lightened ; and his defective address destroys what little
influence his steadfastness of character and consistency
of purpose have acquired for him. And so in like man-
ner is it with most of the leading members of the extreme
Liberal section. They all seem to have been forced by
some accident, not harmonising with their previous ca-
reer, into the position they hold, without having had that
power of adaptation so singularly displayed by Mr. Cob-
den and some others, by which &stranger to the forms
and customs of the house becomes at once amalgamated
in feeling with those whom he finds there, as if he had
been all his life accustomed to these new duties. But
Mr.Duncombe has every natural advantage in his favour.
Whatever disapprobation he may at times excite by the
license he occasionally gives himself when making his
personal attacks, it is a difficult thing for him to destroy
the prestige at first created on his behalf. Tall and very
well proportioned, there is a striking. air of elegance in
his whole figure. which is rendered still more pleasing by
the absence of all affectation ; which is, in fact, precluded
by a peculiarly frank and manly deportment, and a cap 1-
eating openness of mariner almost amounting to famili-
arity. A handsome face, singularly expressive of the
humorous, a remarkably intell gent eye, and a voice at
once sonorous and harmonious, complete the attractions
of this fortunate and favoured candidate for popularity.—
Fraser's Magazine.
A HOUSE TO LIVE IN.—Another acquaintance of ours
—and this we will say that we are proud of being known
to him—dwells in an old-fashioned gloomy house at Pe-
tersham. It is a respectable old gentleman in a brown
cnat, black shirts, white waistcoat, and a pigtail ' and is
a member of the Royal Society as well as of the Society
of Antiquarians. The house in question suits him, arid
he suits the house; it was built in the time of that impu-
dent intriguing Dutchman who came over here and drove
out his uncle and beau pere ' • and it accordingly possesses
all the heavy dignity of the Dutch houses of that period.
The windows are pedimented and cased with mouldings ;
they are lofty and sufficiently numerous; the doorway has
two cherubs flying, with cabbages and roses round the
shell that hangs over it ; and the lawns are still cut square,
and have queer-shaped beds and parterres. There is
something dignified and solemn in the very bricks of tie
mansion, wearing as they do a more regular and sombre
hue of red than the dusty-looking things of the present
day • and when you once get into the spacious rooms,
all floored and all pannelled with oak, you feel a glow of
veneration for olden times—though not for those times—
that you cannot define, but which is nevertheless excess-
ively pleasing. While sitting in the well-stored library of
this mansion, you expect to see Addison walking in at one
door, and Swift at another; and you are not quite sure
but that you may have to meet Bolingbroke at dinner,
and take a glass of wine with Prior or Pope. There are
numberless large cupboards all over the place; you could
sit inside any of the fireplaces, if- the modern grates were,
as we wish them, removed; and as for opening or slam-
ming a door in a hurry, it is not to be done ' • tney are too
heavy ; no such impertinences can ever be tolerated in
such a residence. And then our friend himself—we
could tell you such a deal about him, but we are writing
about houses, not men—syou must go and get introduced
to him yourself. Let it be put down in your pocket me-
moranda, whenever you hear of te house of this kind to
let, either take it yourself or recommend somebody else
whom you have a regard for to do so. It is not a hand-
some, stylish kind of house, but it is one of the right sort
to live in.—Blackwood's Magazine.
MICHAELMAS Goosa.—The old custom of eating
goose on Michaelmas-day has much exercised the inge-
nuity of antiquaries. Brady remarks that this festival " is
no longer peculiar for that hospitality which we are taught
to believe formerly existed, when the landlords used to
entertain their tenants in their great halls upon peeve;
then only kept by persons of opulence, and, of course,
considered as a peculiar treat, as was before the case at
Martinmas, which was the old regular quarterly-day ;
though, as geese are esteemed to be in their greatest !ler-
fection in the autumnal season, there are but few families
who totally neglect the ancient fashion of making that
bird a part of their repast on the festival of St. Michael."
There is a current, but erroneous, tale, assigning to Queen
Elizabeth the introduction of this custom of the day
Being on her way to Tilbury Fort, on the 29th Septem-
ber, 1588, she is alleged to have dined with Sir Neville
l-lumfreville, at his seat near that place, and to have par-
taken of a goose, which the Knight, knowing her taste
foie high-seasoned dishes, had provided ; that after her
dinner she drank a half-pint bumper of Burgundy to the
destruction, of the Spanish Armada; soon alter which she
received the joyful tidings that her wishes had been ful-
filled ; and that, being delighted with the event, she com-
memorated the day annually by having a goose for dinner,
in imitation of Sir Neville's entertainment; and that,
consequently,
the courtgeneral
throughout adopted the
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practice,
soon became This
anecdote is a strong proof that the usage was sanctioned
by royalty in the days of Queen Bess, but there is evi-
dence that it was practised long anterior to the destruc-
tion of the Spanish Armada. Among other services,
John de la Hay was hound to render to William Barnahy,
Lord of Lastres, in the county of Hereford, for a parcel
of the demesne lands, one goose fit for the lord's dinner
on the feast of St. Michael the Archangel ; and this as
early as the tenth year of King Edward the Fourth. The
custom may have originated in a habit, among the rural
tenantry, of their bringing a good stubble goose with their
rent to the landlord at Michaelmas, in the hope of making
him lenient. In the Posies of George Gascoigne, 1575,
are the following stanzas:—
" And when the tenants come to pay their quarter's rent.
They bring some fowl at Midsummer, a dish of fish in Lent,
At Christmas a capon, at Michaelmas a goose;
And somewhat else at New-year's tide, for fear their lease fly
loose."
"We may suppose." observes a writer before quoted,
" that the selection of a goose for a present to the land-
lord at Michaelmas would be ruled by the bird being then
at its perfection, in consequence of the benefit derived
from stubble-feeding. It is easy to see how a general
custom of having a goose for dinner or. Michaelcoas.day
might arise from the multitudes of these presents, as
landlords would, of course, in most cases, have a few to
spare for their friends." In Poor Robin's Almanack for
1695, under September. are these quaint lines:—
" Geese now in their prime season are;
Which, if well roasted, are god fare:
Yet. however. friends take heed
How too much you on them feed.
Lest when. as your tongues run loose.
Your discourse do smell of gaose."—SharPe'a Mug

THE EXECUTIONER OF LOUIS XVl.—When Louis the
Sixteenth was about to sufrer death,'Sanson, the public
ex-cutioner, had the resolution to refuse the dreadful
office. "Say not ro," said one of the regicides, "your
own life will be the penalty of your unwise disobedience!'
"Be it so then," instantly replied Sanson, "do with me
as you please ; I will never be the murderer of my king."
One of this man's relatives performed that execrable deed,
and it is to be regretted that, having the same name, the
odium of that act has been attributed to a person meriting
a better fame.—B' ady'R Clavis Calendaria.

ENJOYMENT FROM PlCTURES.—Pictures are a set of
chosen images, a stream of pleasant thoughts passing
through the mind. It is a luxury to have the walls of
our rooms hung round with them, and no less so to have
such a gallery in the mind, to con over the relics of and-
eet art, bound up " within the book and the volume of
the brain, life passed among pictures in the study and
the love of art, is unmixed, (if it were possible) with baser
matter !" A happy, noiseless dream ; or, rather, it is to
dream and to be awake at the same time ; for it has all
"the sober certainty of waking bliss," with the romantic
voluptuousness of a visionary and abstracted being.
They are the bright consummate essences of things; and
"he who knows of these delights to taste and interpose
them oft, is not unwise !"—Hazlilt.
LEARNED COURTIERS.—It was while the king was
from home upon this Assyrian war, that his queen Bere-
nice, in Egypt, sacrificing a bull to the gods, vowed that
if they brought her husband safe home she would cut off
her beautiful tresses, and hang them up in the temple in
token of her thankfulness. Euergetes soon afterwards
returned a conqueror, and the queen's locks were yielded
up to the knife, while the whole court praised her hero-
ism. Conon, the astronomer, was then busy not;ng
the places of the fixed stars, and immediately grouping
together into a constellation one of those many clusters
which the earlier astronomers had left unnamed, he
marked it out on his globe, and gave it to the world as
the new constellation of the Hair of Berenice. Callima-
chus took the hint from the courtly astronomer, and, in a
poem which we know only in the translation of Catullus,
makes the hair swear by the head from which it was cut
off, that it was against its will that it left the queen, and
was raised to the skies; but, what could it do against the
force of steel ? The poet and the astronomer have here
heen of use to one another ; the constellation of Coma
Berenices is known to hundreds who have not read- Cal-
limachus or Catullus, but it is from the poet that we learn
why the queen's locks were set among the stare.—
Sharpe's History of Egypt.
I BMA TI IM's GARDE N.—There is another fine garden in
the vicinity of Cairo, which belongs to Ibrahim Pasha,
and occupies the whole of the little island of Rhoda; the
locality pointed out to travellers as the spot where Ns-
roh's daughter went down to Cue river to bathe, and found
the infant Moses among the bulrushes. This garden is
under the superintendence of !dr. Trail, a Scotch horti-
culturist; and is rich in every variety of tropical vegeta-
tion and Indian trees, besides whatever European pro-
ductions can be made to succeed in this dry and burning
climate. It is laid out in the English style; and the
beautiful flower beds,. and the graceful willows drooping
their flexible branches over marble balustrades into the
calm Nile, reminded me of the fair gardens of the West,
and some of those lovely creations of my own country
which have no equal in any other part of the world. No
pains or expense have been spared in rendering the gar-
dens of Rhoda as complete as possible; but when I in-
quired of Mr. Trail whether Ibrahim Pasha understands
enough of botany or horticulture to appreciate the rare
collecti'n of plants and trees he has assembled together
there, he assured me that all his highness's knowledge of
that science is comprised in enjoying a fine peach when it
is served at his table. The ladies of his harem are oc-
casionally permitted to visit the gardens; hut Mr. Trail
declares that he would rather s-e a flight of locusts alight
upon the premises than these fair recluses. They gather
halt the flowers, tread down the remainder, devour all the
fruit within their reach, and six months are scarcely suf-
ficient to repair the ravages effected in less than six
hours by them when they are let loose in the bowers of
Rhoda."—Mrs. Burner.
MEXICAN SUPERSTITION.—But Mexico has one fatal
feature which makes the mind despair of her ever holding
the rank of a great nation. However glaring may be the
super, tition of continental Europe, it is of a feeble hue to
the extravagance of Mexican ceremonial. In those re-
mote countries, once guarded under the Spanish govern-
ment with the most jealous vigilance from the strangers
eye, every ceremonial was gradually adopted, of every
shape and colour, which the deepest superstition, aided by
great wealth, the influence of a powerful hierarchy, and
the zeal of a people at once desperately ignorant and sin-
gularly fond of show, could invent. Rome, and even Na-
ples, were moderate, compared with Mexico. The con-
veyance of the Host to the sick was almost a public pa-
geant ; and its carriage to the wife of Santa Anna was ac-
companied by twenty thousand people. The feast of
Corpus Chris'i exhibits streets through which thirty or
forty thousand people pour along, of all classes of society.
with thousands of soldiery, to swell and give military bril-
liancy to the display. At the head of the pageant moves
a platform, on which the wafer is borne by the highest
dignitaries of the church. Then followsein a similar ve-
hicle, " Our Lady of the Remedies," the blessed Virgin
Mother, a little alabaster doll, with the nose broken and
an eye out. This was the image of herself given by the
Virgin to Cortes to revive the valour of his soldiers after
their Mexican defeat ; and this the priests profess to be-
lieve, and the populace actually do believe. The doll's
wardrobe, with its precious stones, is valued at a million
of dollars. The doll stops all contagious diseases. and is
remarkably active in times of cholera.—Blackwood's Ma-
gazine.
THE RAVEN.—This bird has been highly honoured in
some of the ancient British traditions, which record the
transmigration of the mighty prince Arthur into the body
of a raven, in which shape he shall dwell till the approach
of the hour for the restoration of his kingly line. M-ny
of the superstitious notions concerning the raven may
have their foundation in the fact that the bird's acute
scent enables him to-detect the presence of dead bodies,
where human senses would fail to impart any information.
Murders have thus been discovered. and ignorance has
ascribed to the raven supernatural powers. The follow-
ing account of one of these.events is generally pUt forth as
entitled to credit, and it does not contradict any natural
law :—A gentleman was murdered in his bed at an inn ;
the body was taken to a river near the house, and,to pre-
vent it from rising, the murderer passed a stake through
it, making one end fast in the mud. When this was done
a very small part of the stake still appeared above the
water. In a few days afterwards some ravens perched
near the spot. over which they were constantly flying and
croaking. Their numbers increased, and the peasants.
alarmed at such an unusual appearance, attempted to
drive them away, but the birds persisted in keeping close
to a particular part of the river, as if searching for some-
thing therein. This induced the people to examine the
water, but nothing was seen save the end of the stake.
This was drawn up, when, to the surprise of the specie-
to-s, a body rose- to the surface. Suspicion became ex-
cited ; the marks of cart whet Is were traced from the river
to the inn. The owner was apprehended, and, learning
the above particulars, was terror-stricken, and confessed
his crime. The ravens were probably at first attracted by
the effluvia from the decaying body. and one or two would
of course soon attract numbers.—Sharpe's London Mag.
COSTUME OF•TFIE AFFGHAN LADIES.—When in

lic the high-born Affghan lady is so cAnpletely enveloped
by her large veil (literally sheet), that the person is en-
tirely concealed from head to foot ; there are two eyelet
holes in that part of the sheet which covers the face, ad-
mitting air and light, and affording to the fair one, her-
self unseen, a tolerable view of external objects. I trust
I may be permitted without indiscretion to remove this
shroud, and give some slight description of the costume.
Over a short white under garment, whose name of kam-
mese (chemise) sufficiently denotes its use, is a peiran, or
jacket, which, amongst the higher classes, is made of
Bokhara cloth, or not unfrequently of Russian broad
cloth, brought overland through B„khara. This garment
is generally of some glaring gaudy colour, red or bright
yellow, richly embroidered either in silk or gold; it is
very like the Turkish jacket, but the inner side of the
sleeve is open, and merely confined at the wrist with
hooks and eyes. A pair of loose trowsers, gathered at
the waist with a running silken cord, and large at the
ankle, forms a prominent feature in the costume, and is
made either of calico, shawl-cloth, or Cashmere brocade,
according to the finances of the wearer. Instead of
stockings, they weir a kind of awkward-looking linen
bag, yellow or red, soled with thick cloth or felt, the top
being edged with shawl-cloth. The shoes are similar to
the Turkish slipper, with the usual Affghan high-pointed

heels tipped with iron ; and as these articles must from

their share be an impediment to walking, I presume that
the real use to which they are generally put must have
given rise to the common expression in Hindoostan for
any punishment inflicted, the term being " jutte mar,"
literally, beating with the shoe. The weapon put to this
purpose would be very formidable, and I have Ude d-aibt
that the beauties of the harem keep their lords in high
discipline by merely threatening with such an instrument.
—A Peep into Toorkisthau.
MODE OF CONDUCTING THE HERRING FISIERIES4.
The fisheries of the greatest importance to Shetland,
speaking commercially, consist of hog, cod, and herring.
Obvious though tit- advantages are that might be derived
from this source, yet the prosecution of it by the native
Shetlanders beyond the mere supply of food, is clmpara-
Lively but a modern pursuit. For centuries the Flemings
and Dutch were the chief adventurers, and engrossed 'the
whole fishings, not around the islands only, but also on
the coasts of Scotland. So early as the twelfth century,
it is said, the salting of herrings, in a temporary manner,
was known to the Scottish fishermen, and if we may cre-
dit tradition, the Dutch purchased them from us in that
state, and likewise carried away immense quantities of
dried cod, which are still known in Holland by the name
of haberdien—an evident corruption of the word Aber-
been, the port from whence they were shipped. The
balance of trade, however, appears to hare turned against
us after the 'Flemings had discovered (about the year
1307). the method of pickling herrings as a staple article
of exportation. During the following century, the Dutch
herring-fishety became independent of the Scotch, for
they used only large vessels with nets, On board of which
the fish were cured, without any communication whatever
with the shore, except at Bressay Sound. The vast ad-
vantages reaped by these enterprising foreigners appear
to rave aroused the attention of the old Scottish parlia-
ment, for in the reign of James and in the year
1471, it was enacted, " That certain lords, spiritual and
temporal, and burghs, soud gar mak great schips, busses,
and ither great pink-boats, with nets and ither abuilzie-
menis for fishing." This act was confirmed by James
IV. in 1491, when it was further ordained, that no vessel
should be employed in the herring-fishery under the bur-
den of twenty tons. In 1573 the government of James
VI. appointed the herring-barrel to contain nine gallons
according to the Stirling jug, which was the standard
Sootch pint. By an act of WO, and several preceding
acts, it was ordained that no. herrings should be exported
before Michaelmas, all, those caught before that time
being appointed to ha sold in the home market for the
service of the country•—ef"er'4l Magazine,

Sept. 22, 1846.

THE LIVERPOOL EXHIBITION OF WORKS OF

MODERN ART.

NOTICE SECOND.
We shall commence our notice today in the second
room, in which we find several paintings of a very high
order of talent by Liverpool artists, some of which are in-
finitely more deserving of a prominent position in the
exhibition than many we could point to, which, but for
the names of their respective artists, might very justly
have been consigned to inferior places. This apparent.
favouritism, by the committee, of men of established repu-
tation, or of those who can affix to their names the sym-
bolic letters R.A., A.R.A., or R.H.A., is one of the
greatest difficulties with which the young artist has to
struggle. It is the cause too, we doubt not, of much
heart-burning. In alt the arrangements of such an exhi-
tion as this merit ought to be the leading test. An ar-
tist, whose pictures already command notice, might very
well afford to give away a little, to allow unknown merit
a fair chance to be appreciated.

- - -
No. 323. Sir Guyon and the Palmer approaching
Excesse at the Porch of the Bower of Bliss, by W. Hog..
gins. The subject is apparently taken from the following
passage of Spencer :
" Under that porch a comely dame did rest,
Clad in fayre weedes, but fowle disordered.
And garments loose that seem'd unmeet for womanhed ;
In her left hand a cup of gold she held.
And with her right the riper fruit did re ch.
Whose sappy liquor, that with fulnesse sweld,
Into her cup she scrazed with daintio breach
Of her fine fingers, without fowle empeach.
That so faire winep esse made the wine more sweet:
Thereof she used to give to drinke to each.
Whom passing by she happened to meet :
It was her guise all straungers goodly so to greet.
So she to Guyon offered it to taste."
Spenser's Faerie Queene; Book 2, Canto 12.
We regard this picture as one of the most meritorious in
the whole exhibition. The subject is well told, and the
figures, scenery, and adjuncts are faultlessly painted.
The principal figure, the Bacchanal in the foreground,—
" Excesse,"—is especially excellent, the flesh, limbs, and
attitude precisely those which would belong to a "comely
dams" indulging in the habits described by the poet. Sir
Guyon is a striking figure, and his shirt of mail a most
skilful piece of painting. Mr. Huggins has advanced his
own previous reputation and the credit of our local art
very materially bv this production.
No. 318, a portrait of an English and Scotch terrler,
by the s'irne artist, is full of truth and merit and No.
439, in the third room, we do not hesitate to pronounce
the best painted portrait in the exhibition.

329 is a landscape by Copley needing, full of that ar-
tist's style. The subject is from Ariosta, where Angelica,
flying from Rinaldo, seeks a rtfuge in the forest. If any-
thing, the light thrown upon the figure and steed-of the
lady is a little too strong, and inconsistent with the idea
of a person biding from pursuit. The objection; how-
ever, has little to do with the merits of the picture, as a.
land.cape, which are great.
331. The Gypsy's Encampment, Rydal Water, West-
moreland, by E. Williams, senior, is a fine landscape.
Mr. Williams has several other in the exhibition, all of
which, especially No. 100 in the first room, are very clever.
291, by F. Pickering, certainly does not nwe its place in.
the exhibition to any merit-it possesses. It is a bad pic-
ture.

2.94. Deer Stalkers Refreshing, by R. Ansel!, is a
good specimen ot the artist. The dogs in particular, and'
the-elder figure, are well painted.
334. The Vale of Clwyd', by J. Allen, is a fine-
picture, most elaborately painted. We much question,
however, whether it is not throwing art away, to lavish so
much detail on such a landscape. The aim, however, of
the artist has been to give the scene as presented under a
strong: and clear light ; and he has succeeded triumphantly,
at the expense, however, of giving to the picture very
much of the character ot a panorama.

316: On the Conway, after Heavy Rain, by Mr. West,
is a good picture.

245. Touchstone nominating 'llie Degrees of the Lie,
by W. L. Windus, a Liverpool artist, is a pa'nting of
great merit. The scene is the 4th,of Act 5, in "As You
Like it.

Jaques.,—`. Can you nominate in order, now, the degrees of
the lie ?"

Touchstone.—" 0, sir, we quarrel in print, by the book. As
you have books for good manners, I will name you the degrees.
The first, the retort courteous; the second, the quip modest;
the third, the reply churlish; the fourth, the reproof valiant;
the filth, the c untercheck qiuirrelsome-; . the sixth, the lie with
circumstance; the seventh, the lie direct. All these you may
avoid hut the lie direct; and you may avoid that. too, with an
• If.' I knew when seven j. stices could not take ix., a quarrel;
but when the parties were met themselves-, one of them thought
hut of an -• IT,' as • If you said so, I said so ;9 and they shook
hands and were sworn brothels. Your It' is the only peace-
maker; much• virtue in • if.'"

The figure of Touchstone is most characteristic, and the
stolid expression and attitude of Audrey are inimitable.
The whole picture indeed is well managed.
3-,7. Another work of Mr. Windus's, is a pleasing little
picture of Aißtsstic Girl.
238. The Ejectment, by W. Davis, Liverpool, is a
painting of great character and ability, though evidently
the accessories and "the background require working up.
The subject is the i-jcion of an Irish family of the far-
mer class, and the story is very strikingly told. The
figures in the foreground are well painted, and the whole
scenery in excellent keeping with the sombre spirit of the
Picture. A few more days bestowed upon it would render
it a work of great value. As it is, the talent displayed
upon it is unmistakeable.
239, 240. The Village Church and A Scene on the
Tees, Yorkshire, by H. J. Boddington, are two beautiful
landscapes, as are 209 and 211 in the first room by the
same artist.

241. The Letter Writer, by George Keet, Liverpool,
and 312, The Loa Game, are Egyptian sketches of much
merit. They are not the best, however, of the artist.
His No. 50, in, roam first, is an- er.trellent little picture,
and No. 121, The Tombs, of the Culiphs, which we ob-
serve marked "- sold," is very meritorious. Mr. K. has
altogether seven productions in the exhibition.
376. Scene in Bristol, by W. G. Herdman, is an ex-
cellent picture.

188 Margaret Ramsay, by Miss. E. Hunt, is a most
delicate specim-n of flesh colouring. If the orizinal was
half so ethereal, the smith, " Hal of the Wynd" might
well be afraid of taking any of her delicate limbs into his
nervous gripe.

304. Harem Captives, by R. Rothwell; is not a success-
ful effort of the artist.

354. Summer's Evening, by G. A Williams, and 355,
Dutch Fishing Boats earning to Anchor, by W. A Knell,
are pleasing compositions.
309. The Palace Garden, by J. D. Wingfield, is a stiff
al'air.
314. Prayer, by H. Tiffin, is a very interesting and
clever picture, placed in a corner where it cannot be pro-
perly seen.
272. Old Forest Hall, Arden, Warwickshire, by F.
H. Henshavr, is one of the best landscapes in the exhi-
bition, bold in character and well painted.
278 is a fine specimen of Lance's Fruit.

Amongst the oth-r meritorious pictures in this room
are 214, A Trelxh Rustic, by J. J. Hill, 251, Heeds of the
Village, by H. J. Pidding, a painting full of character,
and 276, The Maiden's Gift, by W. Duffield.

FREE TRADE AND MANUFACTURING
PROSPERITY.

Notwithstanding the assurances that the 'Yankees would
pay us in the consumption of cotton for, all their previous
frauds—that we should array all Pomerania in printed ca-
licoes, and that even Russian furs should give way to the
wares of Manchester, it turns out that we are on the brink
of a period of great commercial distress. With the popu-
lation of Ireland actually starving, a great proportion of
the labourers of England likely to be thrown on the poor-
rates for support, we are about to have the hands of the
manufacturing districts turned out for the positive lack of
a market. It will be too clear before the winter is over
how desperate a last throw of the millowners the attempt
t o bribe foreigners to buy by offering to them the markets of
the English farmers. Some tune ago the manufacturers
of Blackburn cairn to a resolution to reduce their hours of
labour. They did so, on finding that the demand was
failing, and that to work the ordinary number of hours
would be still more to glut a fligging market. The
other millowners, however, whether waiting upon the
issue of events, or still preserving a hankering belief in
the false prophets to whose " testimonials" they were
subscribing,_ or, perhaps for the sake of that phantom
which has ruined so many thousands in all classes of life,
" keeping no appearances." refused to follow the example
of the millowners of Blackburn, and hence the following
resolutions adopted by the latter:— 1
" 1. That the cotton-spinners and, manufacturers in this
town and neighbourhood having almost universally adopted
short time, in pursuance of t'e resolutions unanimously
passed at the last meeting, this meeting regrets exceed-
ingly that, in consequence of spinners and manufacturers
in other towns not uniting with them, it will be neces-
sary to resume working full time..
"2. That seasons of stagnation will, from time to
time, occur in trade, and can be prevented by no human
measures, however w:se ; but that the evil effect of inch.
stagnation may be greatly diminished by a temporary re-
duction of the hours of labour, and of the quantity ot
goods produced.
" 3. That the tendency of working full time in present
circumstances will be to increase the price of cotton, and-
to depress trade in general, and will probably lead to the
usual train of evils incidental to over production, limited)
demand, and want of confidence.

" 4. That this meeting cannot separate without record-
ing their opinion, that the relative prices of cotton and
cloth and yarns render short time still more necessary
now than at the last meeting; and that although they ad-
journ sine die, the secretary. call a wg hereafter to
reconsider the subject, at the request of ilhy five members
of the association."
Now, if the plea of insanity were allowable in courts of
insolvency, could any rational commissioner visit with
penalties the manufacturers who ride this John Gilpin
race into their courts? It is not strange that a highly-re-
spectable authority, the Blackburn Standard, should
state that "-unless an improvement takes place in the
market, a stoppage of the mil's, or a great number of them,
partly if not altogether, will be inevitable before winter is
over." Let no man interfere with the progress of the Cob-
den testimonial, the lesser gratuity to Mr. G. Wilson, nor
the " little go" for Friend Bright, for if the matter
is not done quickly it is likely never to be done at all.
With the prophets of the League, as with the equally
honest seers whose hands you " cross with sixpence," to
outlive the time of fulfilment is to outlive all belief in their
powers of vaticination. In the case of the manufacturers
this will be evident. The Manchester Guardian may
well say that the depression of the labourer " makes in-
roads upnn the demand for articles of clothing and manu-
factures." The mill-owners have assisted to destroy the
home market by oppressing the labourer and the farmers
and when they have sent their goods out to China and
back, like a cargo of Madeira (except the improvement),
and find that after freight both ways is lost, they yet
cannot sell their wares in England, it remains for those
who warned them of their conduct to consratulate tbeel
on their position.

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This Day;
Sept. 22, 18-16. • THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. 7
SEPT.
ii SEPT,
d I Prices. 2:
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g..t tpping iintellignut. MARKETS. LEEDS CORN MARKET, SEPT. 15.
The arrival of Wheat is large to this day's mark- t. but not of LUNDUIV GAZETIE.—TUESDAY, SEPT. 8.
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_IIRICES OF SHARES,
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IL—ipvietr
_....,48....____
"es ___4o,—__ other articles. Wheat and Barley have met a limited 'remand. Amt. I Saturday's Sales "IL Saturday's Sales -
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15.-Wind N.W. light. WARRINGTON CORN MARKET, SEPT. 8. though Is to 2s decline would have been submitted to. Oats PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. paid.
L. Langworthy and R. Walkinshaw, Manchester, commission- SHARES.ARES.
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maintain their value, and Beans are again rather higher.
ARRIVED -Henry Bliss, Cummings, from New Orleans- Total quantities per Price per
111000
Dittoooc Ditto
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& Borough
l.iveCluti•amo:pLia
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Rate, Branagan, from Montreal- Especulador. Roche. from Imp. Quarter. Imp, Quarter M. Smith. Worcester, surveyors-R. Upperton, H. Verrall. and 20 Aberdeen Railway ............6 d 5a
Saint Übes-Charles, irom Ostend-Countess of Westmoreland, Wheat lO5 .... £252 0 0 .z 2 8 o SALFORD CATTLE MARKET, SEPT. 16. Veysey, Brighton, attorneys; as far as rugards A. Veysey-B.
120
RNooyratlllAasiduSnonucteh 44:11pe. i....,...y •:: : : 1a d 1:
Clark, from Venice. Barley OO 0 - Wright, E. Williams, and J. Millard, jail., Tipton, atafforr shire.
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SAILED.-Sin nee. Clarke, for Riga-Luvia, Calonius, for'Lu- Oats .-Sheep about an aver. ge number. coal-masters ;as far as regards J. Millard, jun.-J. Owe,, and 26 .. 28 .. .
beck-Brideet. Wade. for Lisbon-Recovery. Moore. for Mira-
michi-Leander. Phelan, for St. John, N.8.-Freeland, M'Ken- DUBLIN CORN EXCHANGE, SEPT. 18. fully previous rates obtained. Only a small number of inferior Hickman, Bilbton. coal-masters-H. and S. Agar. Britwell, 21 Birkenhead, Lancashire &Ches. la pra II lip
215 Am
Arbroath
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Easterngn sl tae n, Nd o
Junctionotirofagrh am , Bo s t o
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tie, for St. Petersburg-Globe, Ward, for Valparaiso. Beasts left unsold. Bucks, farmer - A. Milroy, D. M'Callum. and E. Birkhead.
Steel--; BoDoittltee'WE ter Wnoerwks ...... . :::. 435;75•PP• 43315 l
There was a large supply of grain at market. In some cases
our quotations of Tuesday for wheat were obtained, but alter- - li4j(2)s
iiliiirrmniiinngham and Dudley
than: and Gloucester • •
The Orphan, Burrows, 1' ence for New York, put into Belfast
war a' a reduction of from Is. to Is, 6d, per barrel was submitted WAKEFIELD CORN MA RK ET. SEPT. 17. Strand, bootmskers-C. M. A., C. F... P., F., and L. E. Paice,
Lough yesterday, dismastedPrinces-sheet. eet. Cavendishsquare, milliners-J. Williams, sea., 17a i.shares iss. 7a dis. 311.... 13282
to and even more on middling samples towards the close. Oats We have had a large arrival of Wheat to this day's market,2l Blackburn, Charley & L'pool .. 258 d 22s
Her Majesty's steamer Devastation, from Plymouth and the R. Williams, and .1. Williams.ijun., Liverpool, nailmakers-J.
Stock.so HaDrririrnognteenw 14.'1:freer:I;
were also at a reduction of from 6d. to Is. per barrel. Bare end a fair number of samples from vessels that are near at 8 Blackburn, Dan; eu and Bolton. a d i
River Plate. at Rio Janeiro previous to the 17th July Harwood and T B. Monk, St. Dunstan's-court, Fl et-street. 72 P 83
brought an odvance of Is. per barrel. Barley without a'tera. hand. The demand for Wheat is to a good extei,t at a reduc 20 Blackburn and Preston
Constanza e Onnre. Serra, hence at Bahia die sink rs-M. Skipwith, R. H. Saxton, and J. G. Skipwnh.
100 Coal Gas Company
lion. tion of Is per quarter from last week's rates. In Beans no al- 75 Bristol and Exeter
lot
Ch, star, Maxwell, hence at St. John, N.B. Nottingham, wine merchants-H. E., ti . A. J.. and G. F. 41 p 54
100 New Gar & Coke Ccrn;;.. :: ' 2'
2,,
505
or 8.. ..1 blii 830
teration. Barley, Oats and Sbelliug. are each rather lower.• 5 Ditto new Shares
Havre. Carpenter, hence at P.cton Larkieg, Whitechapel. High street, wholesale cheesemongers; 221 p 221
30 , Bristol and Gloucester ..
_
Scotland, Kelso, hence at Dalhousie DUBLIN CATTLE MARKET, SEPT. 17. ___
---T------ as far as resa.ds H. E. and H. Larking. Icl
11 Boston. Newark and Sheffield.. 17:6dd 14s ............ 1 203.. 205
Lady Constable. Poole, hence at ditto This day's market was heavier titan for some time back, there BIRMINGHAM CORN MARKET, SEPT. 16. BANKRUPTS. 42s Buckinghamshire Bs d ss6d R 25 Ditto, quarter
Mary & Ann, Beimster ; Cynthea, Gallsworthy ; Mary Ann, being less doing in the way of e,Port to effect sales; there was During the present week only triffiieg transactions are re. das 3fd . 45 . 46
Cleat. and Maria Grace, Guthrie, hence at Newfoundland Drysdale. Hamb's Comlnit-street auctioneer-Dave- reduction of fully 2s. per cwt. in beef. say id- Per ih•- and ith ported in Wheat. and the prices obtainea are rather under those • - Henry,' ' - • 20 'Caledonian
rill, Henry, Stol-e.npen-Trent, Staffordshire, corn-factor- 2.ai Half shares
aKmutton sd. to of last market day. Fine Barley is offering rather 10wer.206.. 2F.8
cwt.;Hardy, John, Castle I onington, Leicestershire, cattle-dealer- 231 Extension
port Ist September 6d. per lb. ; veal. 6d. per lb. There has been a considerable bit- Beans and Pease salt readly at an advance of Is to 2s per qr.
',wins, Willicm Mullinger, Birmingham, laceman-M•Shane. 50 Chester and Birkenhead
King Alfred. Knill. railed from ditto for this port 29th August sines doing in the way of heifer calves, for rearing, at from tas At this day's market, there was again a large supply of Wheat • . i d.. par
peter, Dundslk, Ireland, cattle-dealer-Milnes. Jonas, Joseph 20 Rock Ferry
Marga et, Robertson, hence at St. Petersburg - Ditto new Shares .
to 90s per cwt. In pigs everything worth notice was bought from the farmers. and no progress could be made in sales with.
gLraoreer.Joseph Wilby, and Thomas Brook, Litt letown. Yorkshire, 25 Ditto half
IsabAla Agnes. Auld, and Eleanor. Laing, hence at Riga with avidity-common swklings 'Gs. to 255., and those fit for out submitting to a reduction of about Is pt r quarter. Oats ''
Primrose, Grossman. hence at Palau pork at 468. to 495. . dull at last week's currency. Beans and Pease both 2s per qr. scrinting.millers-11 arburton, William, Newcastle.upon-Tyne, 83 Ditto new £2O shares la pl 3 13 1 1/1)
Prices marked thus [p] are at a premium,-those marked [dl
Tenth of January, Tunteler, hence at Bridle
• - rsyttrrscsnrrso 2PlelithPrOP Junction

The Orphan, Burrows, hence for New York, put into Belfast
Lough yesterday, dismasted
Her Majesty's steamer Devastation, from Plymouth and the
River Plate. at Rio Janeiro previous to the 17th July
Constanea e Onore. Serra, hence at Bahia
Ch, ster, Maxwell, hence at St. John, N.B.
Havre. Carpenter, hence at Plcton
Scotland, Kelso, hence at Dalhousie
Lady Constable, Poole, hence at ditto
Mary & Ann. Beimster Cynthea, Gallsworthy ; Mary Ann,
Cleat. and Maria Grace, Guthrie, hence at Newfoundland
Katinka, Casely, from Leghorn at Denis, and sailed for this
port Ist September
King Alfred. Krill', sailed from ditto for this port 29th August
Marga et, Robertson, hence at St. Petersburg
IsabAla Agnes. Auld, and Eleanor. Laing, hence at Riga
Primrose, Crossman, hence at Pillau
Tenth of January, Tunteler, hence at Bridle
Rosa. Fi,h, hence at Helvoet
Charlotte. Muys ; Barbara Catharina, Bohn ; Jenne Leonie,
De Vries, and Catherina. Hansen. hence at Antwerp
superb, of Greenock. off Cape Clear on the Sth instant
QUEBEC, Aug 13.—The Calcutta. from Liverpool to this port,
that was on shore on Metis on the 29th May, has become a
wreck, and was sold o i the lath instant. The Liverpool. Oil.
ver, from Quebec to Liverpool. which was on shore on Basque
Island on the 22d June, and was sold on the 12th instant,
has been got off and towed up to this port.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER N.W.
ARRIVED —Albert Henry, from Boston—Templar. from Cey-
lon—susan, Fisher, sfrom Mauritius—St. Catharine, Oliveira,
from Genoa.
SAILED —Grecian. Todd, for Cephalonia—Berbice, Black-
more, for Madeira and Berbice —Oregon, Glidden, and Medora,
Young. for New Orleans—Fai field, Loveland, for New York—
Abbotsford, Lock, for Restigouche—Fhilomene. Christens, for
Antwerp -Dalmatia, Smith, for Boston—Jane Hammond,
Really, for St. John, N.B.

Britannia. of Pictou, was passed Igth August, in lat. 46, long.
40, a derelict
Antelope. (steamer) O'Brien, hence for Rio Janeiro. was
Spoken 13th instant, at eleven a.m. thirty miles N.E. by E. from
Tuskar
Asia hence off Maranham
Jasper, Selwyn, hence at Messina
Ann, Ballincham, sailed from Marseilles for this port Bth inst.

Charlotte, Voss, and Liverpool, Million, hence at Da nzic

Annette Hage,RlamSt,hen.ce off Frederickshaven
Jane &
.Alfred, Evans, from Antwerp. at Milford, for this port
Content. Cooper, from Cape Coast Castle, at Cove
Eivira, from Calcutta, off the Start
DUNFANAGRAN, Sept. 12.—The schooner Express, of Glas-
gow, was lost off the west end of Tory Island, early on the
morning of Tuesday: the Bth instant, and all hands perishe 1.
Already four bodies have been washgd on shore, and were in-
terred by the keeper of the lighthouse. She was laden with sul-
phur. Spanish nuts, and some bales of damask muslins have
drifted ashore, and is sn posed to have been from a Spanish port.
She has become a total wreck

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, SEPT. 15.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17.—Wind W.N.W.
ARRlVED.—Franconia, Ganeett, from New Orleans—Messen-
ger, Garrick, fro,. Quebec.
SAlLED.—Georgians, Williams. for Calcutta—Maria, Cerrio-
go• ccvich, for Qyra—Mary E izabeth, Thom, for Santa Martha
—C,lumbia, Rollins. for Philadelphia—Europe, Furber, and
Findland. Brown. for New York—Villa di Sorento, Longobardo,
for Messina—Ellise and Ann, Thomas. for Dordt—Uranus, Ho-
horat, and Heinrich—tiaestop. for Angostura—Lady Douglas,
Ritson. for Africa —Alidi Maria, Oaytes, for Amsterd• m
Schyryd, Nowlan. for Smyrna—Mischief, Lewis, for Mauritius
—Nautilus, Parkin, for Malaga—West Indian, Capman, for
Cuba—Betsey, Allen, for Corfu—Java, Perry, New Orleans.

Lancashire Wi►ch, from Jama'ca, off Cape Clear.
Black Eyed Susan, C o►e, hence at Ancona.
Helve lyn, Thomas, hence at the Cape of Good Hope.
Cynosure, sailed from Patras 25th Aug.; Clemanthe, 30th,
and Gilbert Jamieson. 31st. for this port.
Faro, Zappar, hence at Trieste.
Caroline, Curry, sailed fdr Malta for this port Frd Sept.
Zephyrus, Hutchinson ; Eliza Bell, Bell; Mary Lawson, Wil-
kins ; urns, \Utz ; and Ariel, Darling, hence at St. Peters-
burgh.
Elizabeth, Edmonds, hence at Antwerp.
New York, from New Yvrk, off Tuskar 15th instant.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18. —Wind S.S.E.
A RRIV an.—EcUnburgh, Lawson, from St. John, N.B.—Mary,
Roberts, from bouen—Caesar, Jansen, from Havre—Amity,
Nicholas. from Hamburg—William Barber, from Rotterdam—
Trinity Yacht, from Denia.

SAI;.IID Groenendahl, for Ostend—Liebe, Thomp.
son, for Gibraltar—George William, Clough, for Hamburg—
Christian, Craig, for Lima—Thetis, Aitkin, for Narva—Tyrean
Jacksou ; Alioth. Harrell ; Halcyon. Patten, and Ashland
Williams, for New Orleans—Lady Sale. Anderson, for St. John,,
N.B.— Juno, Spohn. for Dantzic—Aaguste, Kerkhove, for Ghent
—Nelson, Se- gwick, for Wellington, N.S.
Triton, Tutor, her ce at Cadiz.
Amity, Forrest, and Adelina. Bra field, hence at Lisbon.
Vintage. Cockril. sai ed from Oporto Ist instant, and Mersey,
Steele, 9th i stant, for thi4 port.
Ocean, Hall, hence at Havre.
Harriet, Kraeft, and llendrika Elizabeth, Helmers, hence at
He'voet.
DUNDEE, Sept. 15.—St. Lucia, Edward, from Liverpool to
Nerve, has put in here leaky. and must discharge to repair.
VESSPiI..I SPOIMN.

There was less animation at our market this morning ;
in Wheat and Flour a limited business done for consump-
tion, at prices rather lower than this day week.
Oats and Oatmeal are also cheaper, and bonded Flour
but little inquired for, either in store or on the passage.
Indian Corn is the only article much noticed to-day,
an active demand being experienced at about 2a. advance
on the currency of this day se'nnight.

Ditto new £2O shares
IChester and Holyhead
Iclitheroe Junction

MANCHESTER CORN EXCHANGE, SEPT. 19
Since this day week, the trade has been steady, but not
active, at prices much the same as last quoted.
The same was the case at Liverpuol }esterday and at W9ke.
field a large arrival of Wheat was met by a good demand, at a
small reduction upon last week's rates.

Clydesdale Junction
'Derby and Crewe
'Derehain and Norwich
(Dundee and Arbroath
New

26i.. 27
P
d I
17s d Ids
121 p 131

2 d 11
37 .. 38
11 p 12
4/ p Si
22 —224
P 71
* • 71
7*.. 71
29:6d p 3256 d
P 8i
12s6d d 9s6d
711. • 71i
M.. 171
174..
8 p
/ 7 ..174
20 .. 21,4
1 d
d
par.. p

Price
are at
S.-1
R.—

•Denotes Scrip Shares cared in fr.
-Denotes Shares called in for Rcgi:

• Registration
Aration.

Bfrtbs, Aftarriagts anti leati)o.

Dundee and Perth
Eastern Counties
Nev Shares

BIRTHS.

At to-day's market little is done I eyond what is required by a
steady demand for consumption, but the quotations of our last
are generally fully supported. Good qualities el English and
Irish Flour are very scarce, and go off readily at full prices.

Perpetual, No. 1
Perpetual, No. 2
York Extension

On the I4th instant, at Crowle Vicarage, Worcester, the:wife
of the Rev. EflW I N CRANE, of a son.
Same day, at Walton Breck, Mrs. HENRY THEAESTONE,
of a daughter. _ _ _

East Lan cash e

'East Lincolnshire.

Edinburgh and Glasgow
Ditto quarter shares .
New quarter shares

On the t sth instant, at Kenipsey, the wife of the Rev. JOHN
WA LCOT. of a son and ber.

S4rne day. at Tong Parsonage, Shropshire, the wife of the
Rev. G. S. HARDING, of a son.

Halt shares ..

Edinburgh, Leith and Granton
Ditto, preference-shares..
Edinburgh and Peebles .
' I
Edinburgh and Northern
Ditto shares—Newport
Ditto £l5 shares— Lochgelly .
Edinburgh and Perth .
Ely and Huntingdon
'Exeter. Yeovil and Dorchester
(Fleetwood. Preston and West R.
Furness aanndd
BelfastWindermere.
Union
;Glasgow and Dumfries
G aslrow, Paisley. & Greenock.
Ditto half shares

Ditto preference shares
!Glasgow and Ayr ......

Prices paid IMPORTS
SALES OF THE WEEK. in the week, Thia Wk. thisyear
-- --
68a Sea Island 1 9 di 21
,
lo Stained
7451, Bowed Georgia
•' / 15670 Mobile
644
Alabama and Tennes
39730 New Orleans
if 50' f Pernambuco & Paraiba; :44 —--
4i
}'• ' • 13 i 3237 6:13162
1 Aracati and Ceara
1589 Bahia and NI aceio . si 64 .... !63' 5
inoo' Maranham
' 1 Sawginned
Minas
Para - -- -- I ....
-- Demerara, Surinam &c — .... 786
5050 Egyptian
Barbadoes — 304 ;50
.. I'eruvian
. . Bahama __ —— 1
3°o Laguayra 5 -
10 Common West India — } .... 5251
1130 Carthagena 34
40 Smyrna — I
Mani.la
---
j •
}
bcngal
__ 0 3 ... .•.• j 38360
i }
5970 Surat . 2a 41
030 Madras 3
.. __
.... 17
-- -...--. -
81150 bales. 6173 1009389

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL.

SEPTHAIBER 21

The demand for Cotton continues very good, and the sales
reach I Noon bales, at the extreme prices current last week. The
full advance id. to id. on a I cottons ordinary and middling,
and id. on all classes fair and upwards.

i 2. Henry Francis Aldridge, 2nd... District Court, il
22. Cowie and Clark, 2nd
22, John Mack, a-dit Ditto, 11
22, John Lythgoe, andit
_ . . .

22. Edward Jones, audit
22, Duncan MacDougall. audit
22, Forrest and Lloyd. audit .. •
22, Thomas Siddorn, 2nd
22, Thomas Henrey, audit.... •
22, Henry Wildams, audit
22, Benjamin Thomas
22, Helamain proof and div
24, Benjamin Carrey Sothern, Ist
25 Peter M`Shane (Ist)

Ditto,
Ditto,
Ditto,
Ditto,
Ditto,
Ditto,
Ditto,
Ditto,
Ditto,
Ditto,

PRICES OF TIMBER AT LIVERPOOL.

Wool), DealB,l2o stand. m. (tut:, paid

Arch'angel @ 0 0

Morel - 0 0 0 0
Gothenburg
16 0 - 0 0

Wyburg ;7 0 - 17 10
Petersburg l6 0 18 0

PLANKS, peit foot of 2 inchesthick
Danzig, Deck
British American Pine
:ATM'', GOD. per fathom.
Danzig, 4 feet .45 0— 0 0
British Amer ican 4 0 4 10
SIfA ROOAN Y per foot of 1 inch thick.

John Cabot, from Africa for this port. 10th Aug.. in lat. 32,
lon. 38. out 'fifty days, very leaky—Charles Forbes, from Bom-
bay for China, 29th April. in lat. 6 north, captain ill—Catherine
Jamieson. 2d June, in lat. 25—Socrates, for Calcutta, 21st
July, in Lit. 11 north—Lancashire, hence in lat. 50, by the
Ursula—British Monarch, from Cuba for Loudon, 4th Aug. off
Cape Antonio— Cairo, Elphinstone, and Tropic, all from Ja.
maica for Loudon, 9th Aug., in the Gulf—Corfu, hence for St.
John's, N. 8., 6th instant, in lat. 50, lon. 14—Juliet Erskine,
hence for China, 7th instant, in lat. 51. lon. 11, by the Gover-
nor—Voluna, Ganges, and Sunbury, 6th instant, in I.'t. 47, lon.
47 by the steamer Caledonia—Leone, from Panama for Havre,
lath July, in lat. 13 south, lon. 25 west—William Wise, from
Port Philp for London, 21st Aug.. in lat. 36 north, ton. 39 west,
b 9 the Enchant, ess— Robert Pulsford, 2d Aug., in lat. 13 north,
lon, 36 west—lda, hence for Quebec, sth instant, in lat. 49
Aurora, of this port, and Success, from Calcutta f London,
28th Aug.. in tat 40 north, lon. 38 west—Castle Lauchlan,
from Jamaica, for London, 19th Aug., in lat. 41, ton. 39—Rock.
shite, 11th Instant, off Bardsey, by the Lintin —Malabar, sth
instant, in lat. 50, lon. 13—Niagara, hence, 90th Aug. in lat. 51,
loft. 31—Bolton Abbey, hence for Valparaiso, 3d June—Valpa-
raiso. ath Aug.. in lat. 16 north, lon. 27 west, by the Paragon—
H.M.S. St. Helena, from Mozambique for Simon's Bay, sth
July, in lat. 3if south, lon. 21 east—Ostrich, from Madras for
London, 2,,th Aug., in lat. 30 north, lon. 40 west—Templar,
from Ceylon for this port, 30th Aug., in lat. 40 north, lon. 37
svest—Doubtful. 17th Aug., in lat. 25, lon. 36—Hope, of Work-
ington. homeward bound, 10th instant, off Tuskar—Agues. 1 lth
instant, off Bardsey, by the Jumna—Zenobia, hence for
Quebec, 31st Aug., in lat. 48, lon. 48—Gunga, hence, 25th July,
in lat. 15 north, lon. 26 west- Amity, hence, in lat. 48, lon. 31—
Thomas Lowry, Graham, hence for Sydney, N.S.W., 29th July,
lat. 11 north, lon. 25 west—Joseph Wheeler, from Sydney for
Cork, (would put into Flores tor provisions.) 19th Aug.. in hit.
34, lon. 42—Lewis, from Rio Janeiro for Bremen, 3d instant,
in lat. 45, lon. 20—Zante Packet, from this port, lgth Aug., in
lat. 36, lon. 7—Eliza, from Gulf of Taranto for Plymouth, 21st
instant, in lat. 37. lon. g—Ranger, from Marseilles for the
Clyde, 6th instant, in lat. 45, lon. 16.

Honduras
Cuba
St. Domingo 1 0 1 6
OAK PLANKS
TEAKWOOD, per cubic feet
STAVES, per 1200.
Danzig, C. Pipe 9O 0 —lOO
40 0 50 0
Quebee,red. to liin.thick,) 40 _5O 0
and Si feet long
Do. Puncheon l3 0 17 0
Tlalßsa,percubicfoot. s. d. s. d.
Cak

4l 12s. uer Id.
I Free.

.4 2 os
Free.
}
Free.

-- _
20, Duncan M'Douiall (proof and div.) Ditto,
30, John Lythi,oe. (proof and div.) Ditto.
30, Thomas Henrey. (proof and div.) Ditto,
30, Patrick O'llarilon, (2nd) Ditto,
Oct. 1. Charles Thomas Wood, (2nd) Ditto,
1, Edward sturdy, (2d). Ditto,
1, William Tweddle. (proof)

NORTH ERN HI
[WEEKLY

Pine, British Amer. common 0 0 0
red 1 5 2 0
yellow
Danzig
Memel 1 9 2 0
Riga.red 1 10

STATE OF TRADE.

Free.

A DMITTICD.

,SPITAL, SEPT. 19.
X SPORT.]
DISHARORID.

Accidents l9 Cured
I Medical and Surgical cases Relieved and at own request 6
upon recommendation.. 24 Attending as Out Patients g
- Irregular
Total..
Remainingin the Hospital . . 97.
Consulting Surgeon. William Gill, Esq.
Physician and Surgeonfor the week, Dr. Turnbull and
Mr. Stubbs.

_House Visitors, John Ligtdbody and Jacqnes Myers, Esqrs,
House Surgeons. Mr. G. S. Deane and Mr. T. B. Glidersleeves

,Treasurer, B. H. Jones, Esq.
Chaplain Rev. Wm. Hughes.

PREMIUMS OF INSURANCE.

LONDON & LIVERPOOL,

MAszenrsTma.—The business transacted during this week
has been limited, and prices have been exceedingly irregular.
The action it: the Liverpool market on the rates of the raw
staple, produced by the operations of speculators, and the
credulity of the trade in the recent intelligence of injuries
sustained by the growing crop, has had the effect of putting
spinners and manufacturers in a worse position than before.
The prices of textile fabrics, at the previous low rates of cotton,
barely left a margin of profit ; and, at the present advance on
the raw material, it will he quite impossible to continue pro-
duction, unless a correspondent advance can be realised here,
Merchants and factors have refused to pay the advanced rates
demanded by spinners and manufacturers. and consequently
business is materially limited. Although money is abundant,
there appears to be little disposition on the part of capitalists to
speculate in goods; and, as accounts from all foreign markets
represent the existence of an excess of sVicks, and sales diffi-
cult even at low rates, it can hardly b expected that merchants
can operate at enhanced prices in this market. The only safe
policy for manufacturers would be to curtail production by
working " short time," until the demand counterpoise supply :
or they may calculate on a repetition of a continued decline in
prices, su has took place from Sotember. 1838, until the great
strike in September, 1842. e frain quoting prices, as they
are irregular. The business done has been in almost all cases
at old rates, but, at the same time, many manufacturers are
stiff in their demands for an advance of lid to 3d pps. on Mad-
dapolanr s and Printers, and of 3d to rid on 40 in. 72 reed G E.
Longcloths. The vane of all heavy goods, as Punjums, Do-
mestics, and T c'otlis, are materially affected by the rise in
cotton ; but the makers find it work to reconcile prices
here with the consumers. Nntwithstanding the eagerness with
which many spinners have ru,lied into the Liverpool market,
to buy at an advance of id to 5- oths per lb., there are many ex-
perienced parties here who look upon the recent reports of a
failure in the cotton crop as only a repetition of the Avie ican
tactics of 1843-4, by which it will be remembered many of our
clever speculators burnt their fingers in February of the latter
' year.
ROCH DA LE —We have had a brisk market to-day. and a good
demand for Flannels. at fcrmer prices. There is little change
in the Wool market to report.
HUDDICIISFIELD.—We have had a very fair market to-day,.
with every prospect of a good trade doing for some time to
come. Prices are still very low, and this circumstance, added
to the large importations of foreign produce which are going
on, will no doubt have a very important influence on the export
trade of the country, so far, at least, as this district is con-
cerned. The demand for Wool continues firm, without any
great alteration in prices.
LEKDS.—The markets at our Cloth Halls have been dull, both
on Saturday and to-day. but from the circumstance of many
manufacturers being engaged in delivering to order, the stocks
do not increase, end it is pretty apparent that a fair amount of
business Is doing in bulk goods. Ft ices are steady. In the
warehouses there has been some little improvement this week,
on comparison with the business the last few weeks, particularly
for goods for the winter demand at home. The foreign houses
continue dull, they are, nevcithetess, doing rather more than
they have done for some time past.
BRADFORD.—Owing to the unsettled question of combing
wages in the district of Keighley, there is but little Wool pur-
chased, and the supply in the tnatket abundant but as there
are great difficulties in getting Wool from the farmers at prices
to meet the rates current here, there is no disposition to press
sales.—Yarn Market. —There is nothing new in this branch of
the trade. Prices arc still very disproportionate to the cost of
Wool, and the inclination to prevent any increase in stocks is
strongly maintained. There is a very large quantity of unem-
ployed machinery; and till better prices can be realised, the
production must continue limited.—Piece Market. —The busi-
ness Going is satisfactory, and the beautiful weather tends to
inspire confidence that our home trade will be a good one.
LEICESTEIL—There continues to be a steady business doing
in goods suitable to the season ; the stocks of goods on hand
are small, and there is a reasonable prospect that the " hands"
will be fully employed for some time to come. Wool and Yarn
are without alteration in price.
NOTTINGHAM.—The condition of the wrought stocking trade,
though the best of all the hosiery branches, is still in a very de-
pressed state, especially for fine hose. '1 he silk glove trade gets
gradually worse. The bobbin net trade is certainly consider-
ably amended, and some activity prevails in preparing for the
German and Russian, especially the Leipsic and Ni.e. (1
fairs. The cotton warp lace trade, upon the whole, has for the
last week stood rather firmer. The silk warp trade has also
a shade revived, and the fancy warp trade is in some measu"e
in abeyance, the Jacquard frames, in many instances, being
rather in a dull state and stagnai.t. As yet the making of
velvet lace is exciting but little speculation.

Jamaica.
Leeward lal. Dem. & Berbic
Honduras
Havana
New York, Boston
Charleston, Savannah
New Orleans
Canada
British North
Newfoundland. ...
Brazils
River Plate .
East Indies '
China • ..
Batavia
New South Wales.
Cape of Good Hope
Africa
Gibraltar
Lima. Valparaiso, &c.
Malta, Sicily, &c.
Smyrna and Constantinople
Malaga
Madeira
Western Isles ,Cape de Verds
Lisbon
Cadiz
France
Holland
Hamburg, Bremen, &c.
Gottenburg, Stockholm
Petersburg, Riga, &c.
Oporto

Outward 1 Home,

25s Od@ 30 0
20 0 0 0
50 0-60 0
35 0 50 0
26 0 25 0
20 0— 0 0
30 0— 0 0

25 0-. 30 0

25 0-- 0 0
25 0-90 0
35 0 40 0
35 0 —4O 0
50 0 -- 60 0
35 0-40 0
40 0-- 50 0
35 0-- 40 0
90 0
15 0 -- 17 6
50 o 6o o
17 6-20 0
30 0-- 0 0
17 8-- 20 0
15 0-20 0

SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 19.—Wind South, light.

SAILS D.—Larpent, Bland, for Bombay—Glendar ugh, Kissock,
and Mary Stoddart, Dean. for Calcutta—Vesta, Shearer, and
Rollo, Miller, for Rio Janeiro—Serampore. Baker. and Arche-
laus, Boutelle, for New Orleans—Columbia, Rollins. for Phila-
delphia—Hibernia (s). Ryrie ; Henrietta. Eaton, and Mary Shell,
Riley, for Halifax. N.S.—Venelia, Walker, for Newfoundland—
Eurydice. Brown, for Newfoundland, &c.--Liverpool, Simford,
for St. John. N.B —Spartan, PrOWST, for Prince Edward Island
Jim Crow. Clipperton; Waterloo Packet. Kenny, and Highlander,
Silica, for Dordt—C August, Ashkendorff, for Danzic— Mary,
De Coste, for Antwerp—Ann. Ingate, Madgn, for Ancona—
Stately, Daglish. for Elsinore—lnvoice, Rollings, for Syra—
Preciosa, Minde, for Memel—Levantine (a), Easterley, for
Malta, &c.
Jasper, Chillow ; Charlotte, Rendell, and Ed, Ball, from Li-
verpool. at Messina.
Nymph, Nicholas, from Liverpool, for Labrador, at Baltimore
(Ireland), with loss of foretopmast and m ainmast sprung.
Palender, Rice; Acadia, Younger; Diana. Crow; Fairfield,
Abbott, and Columbia, Orowar, from Liverpool, at St. Peters-
burg.
Christians Haab, Rude, hence off Frederickshaven.
. Wassiiy Wellikoy, Chernitsky, hence at Copenhagen.
North Ash. Algard. hence at Hamburg.
David anks, Curtis. hence at Palermo.
Exchanle. Shaxon, from Messina. at Palermo, and sailed for
Liverpool 30th August.
Georgina, Turcan, sailed from Palermo, for Liverpool, 31st
August.
Amphitrite, Harris, from Patagonia. at Cove.
Hinds, Kennedy, from Jamaica, off Cove.

20 0 25 0
20 0
20 0
20 0 0 0
2S 0— 0 0
o 0 0
O 0— 0 0
O 0— 0 0

308 od Aug. 1
20 0 —3O 0
50 0 —6O 0
33 0 —44 0
15 0
15 0 0 e
2u 0 —36 0

25 0 -30 0

20 0 25 0
25 0-30 0
30 0 ..- (W. 7
95 0 40 0
60 0 70 0
35 0 40 0
40 0 --..
40 0
105 0 --
17 6 20 0
40 0 -.-- 50 0
17 6 so 0
40 0 0 0
17 6-20 0
16 0-20 0

17 6-20 0
17 6-20 0
20 0-25 0
20 0 •-•
25 0 -

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20. Wind S.E., light.
Aarttvgn.—John Farnworth, Christie, from Jamaica—Ocean,
Pritchard, from Moulmein—Jane Anderson, M'Killar, from St.
Andrew. N B.—Katinka, Caseley, and King Alfred, —, from
Denia— Ocean (sl, —. from Havre—Lucy Ann, Askew, from
Cronstadt—Norma, Weekland, from Uleaborg—Beth:ehem,
Killing, from Riga.
SAILED,— Paragon. Ledger. for Ceylon —Knickerbocker. Stege,
for St. Thomas—T.Bennett. Eldridge. for Char'eston—Theodosia.
Irvine: for New Orleans—Kestrel, Turner, for St. St. John, N.B.
—British merchant. shield. and Jane, Potts, for St. John, N.B. •
—Tory, Kelly. for Yarmouth, N.S.—Johanna, Linse for Danzic
Albion, Stanford, for Dordt— iohn flail, Tracey, for Genoa—
Princess Josephine, Lassen, for Hamburg—Arthemise.
Duche-
min, for Havre—yEolus, Marks. and Concordia. Bindeman. for
Ilemel—Patriot, Christie, for Pernau—Louise, Prutz, for Riga.

' WEEKLY REPORT OF THE FEVER AND
WORKHOUSE HOSPiTALS.
SEPT. 19. 1846.

. ADMITTED. DISCHARGED.
22 Cured Fever and Small Pox.
Medical and Surgical Wards 29 Relieved
Lying-in Wards
Lock

Total
REMAINING IN THE HOSPITALS.

Fever and Small Pox
Medical and Surgical Wards
Lying-in Wards

Orphan, Burrows, for New York, that put into Belfast Lough
dismasted. has been towed peel; to this port for repairs.
Twee Gebroeders,--Gertrueding, and Clemence, Ninteman,
hence at Scheldt.
Elvezer, Phillips, hence at Havre.
Enrequita, Clementine, sailed from Cadiz, for Liverpool, sth
September.
Flora -. from Defile. for Liverpool. off Lisbon.
Laurence. Salmon, from Arracan, at Downs.

TIDE TABLE.
DAYS. MaN. EVN• I HEIGHT HOLYDAYS , ETC.
Sep
esday 25 0 7 16 10
'does. 23 023 039 16 10
urs_ 21 0 55 1 11 16 9
day.. 25 1 28 1 45 16 !
.urday 2'i 2 4 233 15 1
3daY •27 245 3 7 14 0 116th Sunday aft. Trinity
'ndaY. 28 3 3 451 13 0

Sep
Tuesday 25
Wednes. 23
Thurs... 24
Friday._ 25
Saturday 21
Sunday . 27
Monday. 28

LIVERPOOL HAY AN

Locke

Total 394
Consulting Physicians, Dr. Maclorie and Dr. Gouthwaite.
Consulting Surgeon. Mr. Maculloch.
.. . .

SEPT. 21,
s. d. s. d.
HaY, old 2011) 0 7@o Oil
New, 0 s— 0 8
Vetches. ******
le—
Grace
0 4 0 2
Straw, Wheat 0 3 0 4 :
Oat
Bar`ey
Carrots 0
0— 0 ..

BIRKENHEAD HOMCEPATHIC DISPENSARY.
[WEEKLY RPEORT.]

New Patients
Old Patients

Total
Physician, Dr. Norton.—Charles Smith, Hon. Sec.

Physician and Surgeon (Jr the week, Dr. Carson and
Mr. M. Davis.
House Surgeon, Mr. Macdougall.
Apothecary, Mr. Gilmour.

£49 shares

Quarter shares
Gloucester, Abcrystwith, &c. .
IGreat Grimsby Dock
,Great Grimsby un4 Sheffield

Quarter shares
,
Extension shares
'Great North of England
New Stock
430 shares
415 shares •
Great North of Scotland
Great North and South Wales
Great Western
Ditto Half Shams
Ditto quarter...
Ditto Fifth Shares
Ditto Ditto

Goole and Doncaster ......
(Huddersfield Canal and Railway
Huddersfic ld and Sheffield
Huddersfield, Bradford, &c
,Hull and Seiby
Ditto half

PACKET LIST.
GENERAL POST-OFFICE, SEPT. 11.

Ditto quarter
Inverness and Perth
Ipswich and [Wry St. Edmunds.
Kendal and Windermere
Lancaster and Carlisle
Ditto thirds.

Lancaster and Preston
Ditto three-quarter shares
Ditto quarter
Lancashire and North YorksLir
Leicester and Bedford

Liverpool and Bury
New _

L'pool, M. and N'eastleJnnctior
Liverpool, Ormskirk & Preston.
London an" Blackwell
London and South Coast
New shares

ILondon & Manchester.. Rnagtn.
Ditto.. Rastrick's
London and North Western....
Quarter Shares
New quarter shares
Fifth shares

Quarter shares (G. J.)
One-eighth shares
.e4a shares (1.. & M.)
Lou con & Nlatichsr. & Birmg
Quarter shares .
Quarter shares ..... (B 1
Quarter shares (C)
London and Portsmouth
London am! south Western
.etti shares

New £4O shares .....
New £5O shares
London and fork
New shares
Direct Northern

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Longridge and Prestcr ......
Leeds and Bradford ......
Leeds and Do. sbury
Do. Branch
Leeds and Tbirsk

10 4.0
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6.'6'. °wo 0
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A 0 Fr .;lo
A A iv
4 1
4

Lynn and Dereham
Lynn and Ely .

14anchester & Birmingh. Con...
Manchester, Mid.& Gt. Grimsby
Manchester, Bolton, & Bury ~

Fifth shares ....
Extension
Manchester, Sheffield & Midlant
Nanchester and Leeds ......
Ditto half shares
Ditto quarter slut! es
Ditto fifth shares
Extension shares
Ditto sixteenth shares
Matlock ai:d Midland
Midland Railway
£4O shares
50th Shares

426
Stock.

Con. Birmingham and Derby
,MoldJunelon

geN%•castle ann Bernick

North Shields shares
Newcastleand Carlisle .

Quarter shares ..
,North British
Half shares

Stock
Stock
so
too

Ditto (Carlisle branch)
Korth Union (A.)
Ditto (B.)

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Northern and Eastern
Noriolk
Pal( shares

Tenth 5hare5.........
Extension ...... ....

North Stalrordshire.

(North Wales Mineral
New slihres
North Western

Nottingham, Manstield,& Midlc
Oxf,rd, Worcester &
11 Preston and Wyre
Preference (5 per cent) ....
RlNew (5 per cent & div.)
Half shares (A)
*1 Half sha; es (B)
-' Sixth shares

Preston and Wyre Extension ..
Runcorn Gap
New shares (49 dis.)
Ditto preference
Sheffield and Manchester
Quarter

}-shares No. 2 ..
}_shares No. 3 ..

-11 Sgeffield and Lincolnshire
2i Shrewsbury mid Gre,t Western.
3 Shrewsbury and Birmingham
6 S'bury. Oswestry & Chester
21 Somerietshire and Midland
3 ,zouth Devon.
,c, South Eastern and Dover
f, New shares No. 1 .
.2 New share: No. 2

11 d 1
li d 1i
ii d 1*
179 d 119
14 d 1
9a d par
i d I
16 .. 164
81.. 84
par.. 4 p
68 .. 70
16 p 17
17 .. 19

Consoli ated Thirds .
New shares No. 4. ...

2/1 d
3 d
d
22s d 19s
229..231
53 p 54
36 p 37
16 p it
If d I
d
55 p 57
;9 .. So
10ip 102
31} .32i
P 104
ISs d lOs
I}p
36 p 6
2} p 24
11.33 .1051
sLap 5i
19i.. 20

(Scottish Central
NPsv shares .

P
1 d f
18 p 20
51 P 61
74 P St
141 p I2i
Si p 6
d #
Ilsd Ss
6 p 61
11 P 11
I d
P 41
Stk gi
tilt.. 621
91 P
4; slid d 4496.1
278 d 248
201..2.s
211 p 22
1x3..152
/8i p 19
22f p 2a

Scottish Midland

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Month %Aidland

South Staffordshire J unct ion
I•ionithport and Euxton
/Trent Valley, Midland. &G.Junc
t Valley Continuation
Warwick and Cheltenham.—
Wakefield. Pont tract, and Goole
Extension shares
Warwick-hire and London.
West Riding Union .......
Wilts. Somerset, and Weymouth
IWhitehaven Junction
LI West End and Southern Counties
iWhitehaven and Furness
York and Carlisle
York and N rtli Dlidland
Dilto halt Shares
New Halt Shares
(Scarborough)
York and Selby 5u shares
Do. (E. & W. Riding Extension)

Same day, at Edinburgh, the lady ANNE HOME DRUM-
MOND, of a son.

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On the 16th instant, at Brunswick-square, London, Mrs.
ROBARTS, of a son.
Same day, in Upper Hope-place, the wife of Mr. CHARLES
MARSH, artist, of a ann.

Same day, at Pimlien. the wife of NATHANIEL BEARD_
MORE. Esq., of a daughter.

On the 17th instant, at the vicarage, Backford, Cheshire, the
lady ofthe Key. FRANCIS BRYA NS, of a son.

On the 78th instant, in Acre-terrace, Ererton, the lady of
Mr. JOHN MARSDEN. of a son.

On the igth instant, the lady of S. R. CLARKE Eiq., of Ever-
ton. of a son.

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Same day, the lady of Mr. THOMAS HAIGH, of West Deroy,
of a son.

MARRIED.

On the 74th ult., at St. James's Church, Warrington, WM.
MORRIS. Esq.. to MARY, youngest daughter of the late Mr.
JOSEPH' MOLYNEUX, of hester.

11s3d ip

On the is.h instant. at Clifton. Mr. WILLI 1M COLNETT„
jun.. of Tunbridge Wei's. to ELIZA, only daughter of Mr.
OSEPH HEMSLEY. of Clifton.

in Sos 9d

Same day, at St. ThomeWsquare. Hackney, by the Rev. Dr.
Border, Mr. CAM P 1310.1. HARDY, of Dablot), to SARAH,
eldest daughter of Mr. JOHN PITMAN. of Grove-place. Fiack_
ney. Also, the Rev.. JOHN GILL. of Sawhriogeworth. Herts,
to MARY ANNE, second flat.ghter of Mr. JOHN PITMAN.
Same day, at St. John's C urch, Hackney, by the Rev. A.
Gordon. Mr. R. P. WATSON, of Bury St. Edrnund'Q. to ELIZA
JAN 4, youngest daughter of the late Mr. DANIEL LAY, of
the Grove, Hackney.
. . . .

Same day.at Beckenham. Ken', bythe Rev. C. Holland. Rector
of St. Stephen's, Ipswich. the R v. FKANCJS BOURDII.LON,
Vicar of St. Mary's, Huntingdon. to SOPHIA. fourth daughter
of LAUNCELOT H ELLA N ll. Esq., of Langley Farm.

Same day. at St. George's Church, Parover.square, London,
GEORGE CHAPMAN, Esq., to LUCY, only daughter of the
late WEsTON BA ft WISE. Fscl•
same day, at Present, GEORGE HENRY, son of JEDEDI Alf
STRUTT. Esq., Bener, Derbyshire. to AGNES ANNE. daugh-
ter of EDWARD ASH YON. Esq.. West end, in this county.
On the !6th instant, at St. Nicholas's Church, Worcester, by
the Rev. Mr. Hasuga'e, Mr. WILLIAM LYNN, r.f the Water-
loo Hotel. in ths town, to MARY ANNE. second daughter of
Mr. THOMAS REEVES, coach proprietor, Worcester.

Satre day. Mr. CHARLES DVIE, of Lot don, to EVE. third
daughter of the late Mr. P. NATHAN, of this town.

Same day. at St. Pancras's New Church. London, WILLIAM
JEAN DIXON, Eso . of Taunton, to EI,IZA, daughter of the
late TVIO.si AS STRAFFORD. Esq.. of Hornsey. 3.eliddl sex.
Same day, at St. Philips Church, PARKER, West son of Mr.
W TOMLINSON, builder, of East Retford. Nottit.etarnshite.
to SA RAH ANNE, youngest daughter of Mr. JAS. TOPPING,
of this town.

Same day, at the Old Church, Mr. WILLIAM ROBINSON to
Miss ANNE BROWNE.
On the /7th instal t, at St Thomas's Church. Dublin. THOS.
1 GOUGH, Esq., secorrl .son of the late George Gcugh, Esq.,
of Ardsalla, county of Tipperary. rnd Woodsdown, county of
Limerick, to ELIZABETH WILLIAM. only surviving daughter
of the late Rev. WILLIAM CAUSABON FREND, of Rathurd
Cassatmleecdoauyi.itayt oMfa Limerick.
Same
ierCheku.reh. St. Helen's. by the Rev, Edward
nr
to Carr,ti Ls
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licSlaemn'es. day. at Stockton on• Tees, by the Rev. Robert Gray,
of
JOHNmerchant, of Lancaster.EAitN,
Esq..t o
C.MBHANRLSOII'A
Stockton-on-Tees.

Same day. C. R. S. MURRAY, Esq„ to the Hon. AMELIA
FRASER, eldest daughter of Lord and Lady LOVAT.
Same day, at Canterbury, H. W. MIA!. L. Esq.. of Birkenhead,
to LAURA, daughter of JOHN BRENT, Etci , magistrate and
alderman, of that city.
On the 19th instant, at St. Philip's Church, Hardman-street,
Mr. DAVID YOUNG. master mariner, to bliss ELIZABETH
MEFFAN, of this ti wn.
On the 20th instant, at St. Peter's Church, Mr. JOHN JOP_
SON, joiner, to Miss CHARLOT TA CARTER, urth daughter
cf Mr. Thomas Carter, Bouth, near Ulverston
Same day, at St. Barnabas' Church, (in Welsh,) by the Rev.
Ediard Roberts, Mr. ROBERT ROBERTS to Miss ELIZA.
BETH EDWARDS.