The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1832-12-07 00:00:00

MONDAY, Dec. 3.

BY THE KINO.--A 'PROCLAMATION
- DISSOLVING THE PRESIZNT .PARLIAMIINT, AND DECLARING THU
CALLING OF ANOTIICII.
WILLIAM, Ti.
Whereas we have thought fit, by and with the advice of our Privy
to dissolve this present Parliament, which stands prorogued
' Tuesday, the 11th day of this instant, December ; we do for that
elul Publish this our Royal proclamation, and do hereby dissolve the
'aid Parliament accordingly ; and the Lords Spiritual and Terriporal,
'414 the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for
!hires and burghs, of the House of Commons, are discharged from
their meeting and attendance on the said Tuesday, the 11th day of
December neat : and we, being des';•ous and resolved, as soon as may
to meet our people, and to have their advice in Parliament, do
hereby make known to all our loving subjects our Royal will and plea-
eure to call a new Parliament ; and do hereby further declare; that'
lath the advice of our Privy Council, we have given orders to our
'hancellor of that part of our United Kingdom called Great Britain,
and our Chancellor of Ireland, that they du respectively, upon notice
;"reof, forthwith issue out writs in due form, and according to law,
:t Calling a. new Parliament : and we do hereby also, by this our
n'al proclamation, under our Great Seal of oar United Kingdom;
~.reelOire writs forthwith to he issued accordingly 'by our said Chancel-
-71 respectively for causing the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and
L-°rArnons who are to serve in the said Parliament to he duly re-
ned to, and give their attendance in, our said Parliament ; which
"t 8 are to be returnable on Tuesday, the 29th day of January next.
' dive n at our Court, at St. James's, this 31 day of Deciluber, 1032,
444 in the third year of our reign.

God save the King.

Theo follows a Proclamation directing the election of Sixteen
.iepresentative Peers of Scotland, to take place at Holyrood
`louse, on Monday, tile 14th day of January next.
t,The following are the Orders in Council :—December 3.—lt is
day ordered by His Majesty in Council, that His Majesty's Or-
aer in Council of the 6th of November last, directing that no ships or
r"ssels belonging to any of His Majesty's subjects he perinittA to
"titer and clear out of any of the ports within the dominions of the
1,1,; of the Netherlands until further orders, shall not extend, or be
trued to extend, to prevent any ship or vessel belonging to His
is
subjects from entering and clearing out for any ports or
[l:4 Mces in the possession of, or belonging to, Ills Majesty the King of
In Netherlands in the East or West Indies, or in Africa or America,
)It that all such ships and vessels shall be permitted to enter and clear
yr" for the ports and places aforesaid. as they might have done before
(late of the said Order."
becEwMßsrt 3.—lt is this day ordered by His Majesty in Council,
1,, t all vessels under Dutch colours, having cargoes on board consist-
of perishable articles, and which shall have been, or hereafter
rtY be, detained after the embargo laid by His Majesty's Or-
in,- Council of the 6th November last, or that have been, or may
,„t'reafter be, sent in by any of His Majesty's ships of war in pursu-
-'ee of such Order, be forthwith released, and that all such vessels
tt,tli their cargoes, consisting of perishable articles as aforesaid, shall
Permitted to proceed on their respective voyages,"
koeicenE OPORTO.-The following communication has
Veen received by Messrs. Quarles, Harris, and Sons, in reply
t) a letter from them to Lord Palmerston, requesting to be in-
Poled whether his Majesty's government recognized, or inten-
"d to recognize, the iand blockade establised by the officer
l'oltintanding Don Miguel's army, as affecting British merchant
\.,sseis in ballast, or not having on board provisions or muni-
'
444ns of war
" Foreign Office, Nov. 29, 1832.
Gentlemen,--1 am desiredby Viscount Palmerston to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter of this day's date, and to state to you, in re-
. Ply, that a communication has been received from his Majesty's con-
-541 at Oporto, by .which it appears that the general commanding the
I°tees of Don Miguel has announced his determination to resist, by
l'nelos of land batteries which he has erected, the passage of all foreign
rr'e'ellant vessels into or out of the Douro ; but Lard Palmerston has
4t Present no means of judging whether this measure will prove to be
515 effectual blockade, or, if so, what will be its probable duration.

(Signed) " GEORGE SURE.
'` Meisrs, Quarles, Harris, and Son."
OFFICIAL MOVEMENTS.—Mr. Kennedy, the newly-appointed
lord of the Treasury, in the place of Lord Nugent, continues
1.0 perform the functions of Clerk of the Ordnance, in which he
tkiceeeded Mr. Tennyson, but it is understood that the Hon.
,ientleinan. will shortly resign the situation, and that Colonel
kla.berly the present General-Surveyor of the Ordnance, is to
he his successor. We have not heard whether Col. Maberly's
P, resent appointment is lo be filled up, or whether it is in eon-
'etteplation to consolidate the two offices, Col. Maberly dis-
charging the duties of both.--2litas.
l'oliTsmourn, Dec. I.—We are confidently told that a differ-
• Qnce of no trifling consideration has already arisen between the
l'rench and English governments on the subject of the Dutch
the occupation of the city of Antwerp is absolutely for-
, L.ticlucit by. England, and the very mention of such a necessity
~l'asoccasioned a threat, that our ships will instantly be with-
`4rawn from the blockade. Indeed, it is asserted, that the ships
are already ordered to Spithead, and that the French squadron
•i 3 to retail to Cherbourg.—Rompshire Teleyraph.
A.ceinENTs DURING THE THUNDER STORM.—On Sunday the
ketropolis was visited with the rare phenomenon at this season
cif te year of a severe storm of thunder' and lihtning accom-
Danhied with a gale of wind of extraordinary violengce. In Black-
-I:riars-road umbrellas, bonnets, and hats were seen flying about
SIC
all directions. The lightning was very vivid,- and soon after
commencement of the storm, the Jubilee, a Gravesend sail-
'ag vessel, was coming up the river, in Black Wall Reach,
• wfien the electric fluid struck the mast, shivered it to pieces, ands
carried the whole, and a great portion of the bulwarks, away.
sail was also torn to ribands. Fortunately, the passengers
'ere below and no one was hurt. The vessel was instantly put
ashore. 'the lightning also struck the chimney-pots on the
• a,ta, tion-house in Green Bank, Wapping, and forced them upon
adjoining premises -belonging. to the workhouse, and broke
r'teveral panes of glass. In the nghourhood o'fStepney several
tees were blown down, and others torn up by the roots. A
small unoccupied house in Bromley was struck by lightning
and much injured. The storm was severely felt in Greenwich
and Deptford, and much damage was done.— Times.
CONSERVATIVES AND REFORMERS SRETCIIED.—Mr. Wode-
ruse, his Majesty's Lord Lieutenant for the county of Nor-
rlk, has favoured us with the following just remarks :—A
• 'Oieservatice.—" it is our duty to stand to the last in resistance
• against any further eitertrachments upon that happy constitntion
Which was once our glory and our pride. There is another
Important principle in which we are conservatives, and 1 trust
tbas
time is not far distant when any gentleman—any man Who
Qas any thing to lose, will join with us. We are united 'for the
Preservation of property against a set of robbers and plunder-
;rB. A Reformer.— 'What is the composition of many a re-
4nrnaer ? Every thing that is desperate and bad. If there is
,Ileh a person as an atheist, he is a reformer; every deistis
teforrner every man who is a bankrupt in fortune and eharac-
,er is a reformer;—every one us soon as he becomes an•oulcast
°f society immedately declares himself a zealous unflinching
17-Lehner. A oe zealous reformer never lived than Tons
eeine. I believmer Mr. Nockolds, the incendiary, was also a
tided reformer."—Old England.
to INcEromAßism.—We do not like this word, on a principle•of-
t4ste, but it has crept into the newspapers, and we use •it for•
t e sake of its conventional convenience. We regret to huve-
t° record the returning spirit of rural insurrection; but AV,3
'list that active means will be resorted to for its speedy sup--
teSsion. On Thursday se'nuight, a stack of straw, the pro-
•‘Tzee of 45 acres of a large wheat crop, the property of Sir.
illiain Dow, in the parish .of Elm, artirisbeach, was entireiy
had
Stacks of oats, baltmg,ing to Mr. Retinas,
had been previously burned.--Three stacks of barley, the pro-
' r"Y of Mr. Steady, of the Harewood Arms, Ilaretrocid, were
'"?nstiined on Friday se'nnight; the perpetrator of this out--
Oge was a discharged servant, who has since been appre-
?puled, and has confesSed his guilt.—A hayrick, belonging to
Counsell, of Lama-tack, near Blackburn, was burned to
"S on the same night, and, although a reward of 'l.-:100 has
offered for theaUfender, no dine to his discovery has been
;et obtained.—On Saturday morning, a cottage on the turnpike
44/44(.1 between Evesham and Norton, was set on fire, and'lle-
°Yed. The incendiaries are not.yet discovexed.—A

THE lAVEIZPOO

GENERAL ELECTION-ISSUZNG OF THE WRIT.

The Ilea= Bill does net alter the old law of elections, ex-
cept in such eases where there is some SPECIAL, ENACTMENT on
the subject. All returning officers and-candidates should bear
this in mind.
Whenever a new Parliament is called. "there must be forty
days between -the te.,te (or issuing) and the return of the writ
of summons.
Aathough the 7th and Bth of William and Mary mentions 40
days, yet, in practice 50 days intervene, in consequence of the
22nd article. of the treaty of union with Scotland,—under which
Queen Anne was limited in the power of calling the first Par-
liament after the union, to a period or not less than .50 days
from the date of the prO,;laination for assembling it. The nets
Parliament, therefore, under the Refozin Bin, cannot meet
until the last week in nuary next,
The writs, when issued, are carried by the messenger of the
Great Seal to the teneral Postoffice, and there delivered to the
poSt-master or to his deputy. The deputy is to give an ac-
knowledgement in writing, expressing the time of delivery.
The writs are to be despatched free of postage, by the first
post, after they are received, under covers to the sneriffs and
returning officers to whom they are directed,—accompanied'
with proper directions to the post-master of the town (or
nearest to the town where the returning officer shall hold his
office) requiring
,him forthwith to carry such writs to such
office,—and to deliver them to such officer or his deputy,—who
is to give an acknowledgment of the receipt of the writ.
In counties, the sheriff, on receiving the writs, should en-
dorse thereon the day Of receiving them, and give a receipt to
the person delivering them to him, specifying the day and
hour of delivery. And within two days from such receipt, the
sheriff must cause proclamation to be made of a special county
court to be hoiden for the purposes of the election of knights of
the shire, &c. This special court must be. holden on a day
fixed;—not later from the day of making such proclamation
than the sixteenth day, nor sooner than Ithe tenth day. In
counting these days, one day is to be reckoned inclusive, and
the other exclusive. But before we proceed with the duties, of
sheriffs and. other officers in counties, we shall point out the
duties of the returning officers in cities, boroughs, and towns,—
reserving our observations on county elections until 00-next.
When the sheriff of. the county, - &c. shall have received the
writ., endorsed it, and given a receipt for it, lie must forthwith
make out the precepts; and, within three days after, cause
them to be delivered to the proper returning officers of the
boroughs and towns within his
.jurisdiction. All this should
be done, as it was formerly -done, at the office of the under
sheriff.
It is. the practice to direct or address the precept to the re-
turning officer. But it may be delivered, provided it be made
out rightly, without addressing it to the officer by name.
There is no magic in Parliamentary law more than in any
other law, and toms must yield to substance. Therefore a
second precept may be sent to the returning officer of the
borough, if any Mistake shall have been made in the first.
If the sheriff detiver the precept to any person, but the pro-
per officer of the city, town, or borough, entitled to return
members, he is liable to be punished by the house.
. The returning officer is to endorse upon the precept the day
of the receipt thereof, in the presence of the party who deli-
vered it to him.
The returning officer is forthwith to cause public notice to be
given of the time and place of election, and to proceed to the
erection within the space of eight days next atter his receipt
of the precept, and to give four (lays notice at least of the (lay
appointed for the election.
It does not appear to have been determined whether Sunday
is a proper or legal day, on which the notice of election might
be given. But the authorities incline to the affirmative. (see
Wordsworth's valuable book on Elections, p. 101, 102,) The
question was raised in the Bridport case, in which a petition
was presented, founded upon the objection that the notice had,
been given on a Sunday. But the petition not having been
heard in the first session, it was not renewed. " I have, ' says
the reporter, "particular reasons to think that the petitioners
earnestly wished to prosecute the petition; I therefore con-
clude that their dropping it must have been owing to legal
advice. It seems to me that the law authorises any ministerial.
acts of this kind, done upon a Sunday; indeed, on account of
the greater notoriety attending notices on a Sunday, many
acts, merely secular, are required by law to be notified on a
Sunday, and in the church. Till 29 Car. 11. it was lawful to
make arrests and serve judicial processes on a Sunday. In
the case of Clarkenwell (Bott 11) it was held, that an appoint-
ment of overseers of the poor on a Sunday was legal."
In borough elections, the notice of election must be a four
days' notice at least. If this direction of 7 and 8 Wm. 111.
c. .25, be not complied with, it forms a sufficient cause for
avoiding the election, notwithstanding the agreement of the
parties.
The place of the election must be that which has been sanc-
tioned by usage. The same practice as to the providing of
polling booths, and the appointment of poll clerks, prevails in
cities and boroughs,—as in counties, and cities, and towns
being counties.
The returning officer must provide places, and appoint com-
missioners for administering oaths, if required by any of the
candidates, three days before the election.
Also an authenticated copy of the register of voters must be
provided for every polling booth of every district in which a
city, borough, or town may be divided, for the convenience of
voting.
By the 67th sec. of the Reform act, at every contested elec-
tion for every city or borough in England, the poll is directed
to commence on the day fixed for the election, or on the day
next following, or at the latest on the third day (unless any of
the said days should be Saturday or Sunday,) .and then on the
Monday following. The partibular day for the commencement
of the poll is to be fixed by the returning officer; such polling
to continue for two days only; such two days being successive
days—that is to say, for seven hours on the first (lay of polling,
and for eight hours on the second day of polling. The poll is,
on no account, to be kept open later than four o'clock of the
afternoon of the second day.

Where the booths are situated at different places of a town,
city, or borough, the returning officer is to appoint a deputy to
preside at each place. The several poll books, taken at the
several booths by the deputies and clerks, are to be delivered
sealed to the returning officer at the close of the election,—
who is directed to keep them unopened until the following
day,—when he is openly to break the seals of the several.
books; to cast up the number of votes as they appear upon
them, and openly to declare the state of the poll. He is then
to make proclamathin of the member or members chosen,--
not later than two o'clock of the afternoon of the third day.
There is a provision, however, of a very important kind in this
clause, viz. that the returning officer may, if he thinks fit, de-
clare the final state of the poll, and proceed to make the return
immediately after the poll shall have been lawfully closed.
By the "roth sec. the returning officers are enapowered to
close the poll before the expiration of the time fixed, iu any
case where it might have been lawfully closed before the'
passing of the Reform act.
Where the proceedings are interrupted by riot or:violence,
the returning officer is not for such cause finally to close the
poll, but to adjourn the poll until the interruption or obstruc-
tion shall cease,—and the day of adjournment, on account of
such riot and obstruction, is not to be deemed one of the days
of election.
Candidates, or persons proposing candidates without their
consent, are to be at the expense of booths; and the ex-
penses are limited for the principal booth at a sum not exceed-
ing £4O, and for any district booth not exceeding £25. The
depdties appointed by the sheriff are to receive two guineas per
clot, and the clerks one guinea, to be paid by the candidates.
}limes may be hired for polling instead of booths, and cer-
tified copies of the register of voters are to be delivered by the
sheriff to each booth before the day of election.
At the time of erection no inquiry is to be made except the
three (blowing As to the identity of the voter.-2. As to
the continuance of his qualification.-3. Whether he has voted
before at the same election.L-Bell's

11r.tur1oN LAW.—It is important that the following provi-
sions of the 7 and 8 Geo. IV. 1827, c. 37, -should be generally
know n :
B y -sect ion I.—lf any person, shall, either during an election, or
within six calendar months previous to an election, or Within fourteen
days- after the, completion thereof, be employed as counsel,-agent„ at-
torney, poll-clerk, or in any other capacity, for the purposes of such
election, and shall at any time, either before, during, or after the elec-
tion, take from a candidate, or from any other person whatever (for or
in consideration of or in reference to such emoloyment) any sum of
money, retaining fee, affice,.place, or employinint, or proirdse or secu-
rity for a sum of money, Bre„ such person to be deemed incapable of
votnig and his vote (if given) to be utterly void.
Sec:2 add 3.—No person to be hereafter elected to serve in Parlia-
mett ?hall, (after the test of the writ of summons, or after the place
becomes-vacant iu time of Parliament, before his election,) by himself
or agent, directly or indirectly, give or allow to any personhaving a
vot6- at the election, Or to any, inhabitant of the city or place, any
cockade, *ribbon, or, other mark of distinction; under a penalty of XlO
• fr,each offence.
Sec. s.—No person having a right. o vote at an election shall he corn..
pelled.to serve as a special constable. at or during the election, and
shall not he liable to any fine, penalty, or imprisonment, for refusing
.so to act as special constable.

• 'The only two pluralists in the county of Durham are, the
Rector of Chester-le-street, patron, the Lord Durham; and he
of'Darlington, patron, the Marquess of CleNeland. So much
'for Rdona inthetkurch by the Whigs.

_, STA NDAR,I).

BENEFIT SOCIETIES.—Mr. Tidd Pratt has printed, for the
use of Benefit and Friendly Socities, to enable them to frame
their contributions and payments upon sound principles, a
series of ".tables, for providing relief in sickness and old age,
for payments at death, and endowments for children," which
have been computed by. Mr. FinlaisonP actuary of the national
debt. These tables, which are published all but gratuitously,
(the price only 3d.) will afford a very useful guide to these
excellent institutions. The author's observations at the end
are worth attending to, particularly that which shows that the
payment of 3d. per month, the usual amount of what is termed
spending-money, by a member aged 38, would secure £6 at his
death to his widow and family.

Tabt ifnvrtsH FEELING.—A right jolly Jack Tar, a fore-
mast man of the Castor frigate, was brought before Mr, Conant
the other day for` damning the tri-colour, and assaulting two
police constables named 'arra and Truemaii. It appeared
from the statement of the officers, that the defendant, as he
was standing against the railings of a nobleman's house in
Piccadilly, was railing against the conduct of the present
ministry in suffering the nifty tri-coloured flag to fly alongside
of the union jack. 'The police ordered him to go on, and
being intoxicated, he 'refusea. They laid hold of him when he
immediately struck them both very violently, and added with
au oath it was just the way he should like to serve the ministry.
Mr. Dyer, considering. that the constables in the performance
of their duty had a right to be protected, fined him 15s. for
each assault, and in default committed him to hard labour for
three months.—On the worthy magistrates taking their seats
on the bench on Wednesday morning, a messenger waited
upon them with the following letter:—

" Lloyd's Subscription Room, Nov. 28, 1832.
" To the Magistrates at the Poliiv Office, Marlborough-street.
" Gentlemen,--Commiserating the situatiou of the rough Jack
Tar, James Brown, committed by your worships to the 'House of Cor-
rection for a too strong ebullition of British feeling when in liquor, a
few individuals beg leave to forward the same for his relief. We re-
spectfully beg your worships will have him again before you, and,
after reading lum a lecture on intemperance, whatever may remain
:trier paying the fine, be so kind as to hand over to him."

Two sovereigns were enclosed in the letter. Mr. Dyer im-
mediately ordered Wilks, the gaoler, to proceed to the House
of Correction and bring the sailor up again. On his arrival
the worthy magistrate said that he hoped, now the effects of
the liquor had subsided, he regretted that he had assaulted the
officers. Some gentlemen had very kindly enclosed the fine
for him in order that he might be liberated. They had even
done more for him; they had ordered a few shillings also to be
given to him. He was now discharged, and he hoped he felt
grateful to the gentlemen for their kindness. Probably the
poor fellow would have turned his quid, but that, unfortu-
nately, he had no quid to turn; and on leaving the dock he
hummed the beautiful lines of Dibdin:—

" There's a sweet smiling cherub that sits up aloft
To keep watch for the life of poor Jack."

We are most happy to add that various subscriptions were
made in different societies in various parts of London for the
purpose of effecting the poor fellow's liberation. It is all
mighty grand to fine a man for defending. himself against a
constable; but why should the constable interfere, or what
good does the magistracy anticipate by putting down the spirit
of our seamen, of which the country has been from time im-
memorial so proud? The constables never interfere to prevent
the most treasonable songs against the King and Queen of
England being bellowed about the streets—on the contrary,
when spoken to, they said they had no orders—and here, be-
cause a true Englishman denounces a ministry, as every Eng-
lishman has a right to do, for doing what no Englishman has
a right to do, he is dragged to gaol.—Same!—John
On Wednesday a splendid meeting took place at Glasgow,
attended by five hundred of the principal merchants, manufac-
turers, and traders. An attempt was made by a despicable knot
of the Whig retainers to defeat the obj ect of the meeting., but
the resolutions against the war were triumphantly carried.

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—We regret to state that two stu-
dents of Oxford University, lost their lives on Thursday morn-
ing, by theupsetting of a boat on the river Thames. Mr. Gra-
ham, of Trinity, and Mr. Surtees, of Exeter, both undergradu-
ates, are the unfortunate sufferers; a third, who was in company
with them, was saved with great difficulty.
STOCKTON R AILWAY.—COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MONDAY.
—ln the case of Rex. v. Pease and others.—Mr. Justice Park
delivered the judgment of the court in this case. It was an
action for a nuisance, for employing locomotive steam-engines
on the Darlington and Stockton Railway, between the latter
place and Yarm, by which means horses on the highway were
frightened, to the great injury of persons passing along the
road. The defendants justified, under an act of Parliament,
and the court was of opinion that the justification was well
founded, and that the legislature might have intended that the
smaller inconvenience should be submitted to for the greater
good. Judgment for defendants.
- - - - - -

COLONIAL ADMINISTRATION.-We understand that his Ma-
jesty's ship Jupiter, with Mr. Jeremie, and the 9th regiment of
Infantry, sailed from Cork, on the 28th ult., for the Mauritius.
It is apprehended by those, however, who were well acquainted
with the settlement, that this force will be fouud totally insuffi-
cient to even effect a landing for Mr. Jeremie, as the organised
white militia of the island amounts to 8,000 men, and there was
a population of whites and tree blacks to the number of up-
wards of 38,000, all most exasperated against the new-func-
tionary. The slaves, who are represented as most devoted to
their masters, amount to full 90,0110.—Standard.

Pn'isoN BREAKING.—On Tuesday night se'nnight two pri-
soners named Henry Johnson, committed for horse stealing
and William Danse, committed for burglariously entering the
house of the Rev. J. H. Barber, and stealing a• quantity of
I plate, &c. made their escape from Huntingdon gaol. After
they had been locked up for the night they contrived to force
thecloorsof thbir cells and of a passage leading to the roof of
the ward, from which they descended by blankets fastened
'together, with which they also climbed the boundary wall.
They had nothing on but the prison shirts, marked "H. C. G."
. and Johnson carried off a heavy iron, rivetted upon the right
leg.—A few days since three prisoners escaped from Lincoln
gaol.
EFFECTS OF THE WAR WITH HOLLAND.—Of all places, the
ports of the Tyne and Wear have the greatest reason to depre-
cate a quarrel with Holland. From the ports on these rivers
alone, during the present year, not less than 500 vessels have
been employed in carrying coals to the Dutch ports, to say
nothing of the valuable cargoes of other articles of our produce
and manufactures which are constantly being shipped. The
vessels thus' employed, be it remembered, are nearly all Eng-
lish, the Dutch not forming a fortieth part of the whole ton-
nage, while the capital employed is all British capital, and the
wages of the seat-urn, and profits of the merchants are alike
expended in our own country. And all this is suspended, the
ships laid idle, and the seamen unemployed by the an-English
policy of the Grey government.—lorkshire Gazette.
LANDEn' s Ex.' l ITION TO AFRICA.—ShouId the expedition
il
succeed, it. is intent Ito form a settlement at Patashie, a large
and beautiful islant in the Niger, one day's journey below
Boussa. It helom..7s to the King of Wowwow, who has fre-
quently expressed his earnest wishes that our countrymen would
come and trade with his people. From him our adventurers
would receive encouragement and indulgence. From its cen-
tral situation and natural advantages, Patashie would afford
every facility for trading.; the natives are hospitable and oblig-
ing, and all the necessaries of life are in great abundance. In
the course of time, this delightful island may become a central
market for the sale of British manufactures; and the native
African trader, from Bornou on the one side, and Timbuctoo on
the other, may hereafter resort to it to supply their respective
countries with the cottons of Manchester and the cutlery of
Sheffield. Mr. Lauder has been supplied, by the Secretary of
state for the Colonial Department, with a variety of presents for
the rulers of the Nilo, or Brass River, to repay them for the
losses they incurredl in procuring his brother's freedom and his
own, when they were made prisoners in the Eboe country. It
will be remembered, that, though they were conducted to a Bri-
tish vessel by the natives, on the promise of immediate reward,
they were not only refused an advance of the promised ransom,
but subjected to treatment more unfeeling than that which they
had experienced among the uncivilized natives of Africa. It
is not generally known, that those portions of the Landers'
journals which were supposed to have been lost in the Niger,
when they were captured by the natives, are still in existence.
A shorttime since they were offered for sale, by King Boy, to
the master of a Liverpool vessel, at the Bonny River, but the
purchase was refused on account of the extravagant price de-
manded for them. Fortunately, Mr. Lander will now be ena-
bled, from the gifts he has it in his power to present, to redeem
his own property, and thus make his late narrative more com-
plete. Before his departure from England, the First Lord of
the Admiralty honoured him with several interviews, and,
amongst other favours, furnished him with letters to the com-
manders of his Majesty's vessels on the African station, request-
in q them to forward his designs to the utmost of their ability,
and to render every assistance to the interesting expedition of
which lie has the command.—The Saturday Magazine.

A MAN hotilti guard, in his youth, against sensuality ; in
his manhood, against faction; and in his old age against covet-
ousness.—Clihiese• ltfaxim.
ENtilil.—There is no saying shocks me so much, as that
which I hear very often, that a man does not know how to pass
his time. It wouldhave.--been but ill spoken• by Methusalem,
in the nine hundred aid sixty-ninth year of his life.—Colvley.