The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-10-01 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

There is but very little new to report this week. Our
market has remained firm throughout the week, with a
fair amount of business doing, more estiecially in goods
suited to the home market. Yarns are also in fair demand
at firm prices ; and in counts suited to the Indian market
a good business is doing. The demand for piece goods
suited to the American markets is good, but prices s..em
to have a downward tendency. On the whole, we may
say that our trade is in a very Healthy state, and that there
is every prospect of a good winter's trade, and that prices
will be fully maintained. This may be accounted for
from the lowness of stocks, which were never lighter thin
at the present time. In this state of commercial affairs,
the operatives have applied to the masters for an advance
of wages, and in most cases have succeeded. Thenurnher
of persons out of employment is fewer than at this period
of the year previously.
SHARE MARKET.—TIC Share Market has been very
active during the week, and a considerable amount of bu-
siness has been transacted. On Tuesday last the inquiry
was particularly brisk, arid the sales throughout the week
have been very numerous. The market is very firm to-
day, with a fair amount of hnsiness doin,>. The following
are the sales up to the time of post :L.Criurnet Val:ey,
4-,1- II ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrinetoti, 4 ; Lou-
and and York, 3 1:3-16; Dover, 391 1 ; Eastern Coun-
ties registered, l 3 ; Birmingham quarters, 5 ; Water
Works, 601; Assurance, In- cumaq.

SOUTH LANCASHIRE REGISTRATION.
The interest which all classes of politicians have taken
in the registration courts is but 1 tile, it any, abated.
William Eckerslev, the objector-general to the League,
has been struck off the list, by Mr. Mathews, in conse-
quence of his qualification being wrong described iii the re-
gister. On the oth, r hand, Mr. Brandreth has decided the
description to be good, and th,refore h,plds that all his
objections are valid. How these contradictory decishins
are to be reconciled yet remains to be seen. The deci-
sion of Mr. Mathews, however, will have the effect of
setting aside upwards of 1,500 objections made by
Eckersley in this district.

The Duke of Grafton died on Saturday, at Euston
'Jail, Suffolk, at the advanced age of eight•-four. He is
succeeded in his title and estau a by the Earl of Euston.
SPAlN.—Accounts have been received from-Biy,,nne
to the 25th ult., which state that the reconciliation - be-
tween the principal men of the Esparterist and Progres-
ista parties was complete, and that their was every reason
to fear that their united en eavours would ere long suc-
ceed in producing a new insurrection in Spain.
RE-OPENING OF THE ADELPHI THEATRE, UNDER
THE MANAGEMENT A' MR WEBSTER AND MADAME
CELESTE.—On Swurday, this pet theatre, which has
been closed for the last six months, was re-opened under
the auspices of the enterpri,ing lessees of our own
Theatre Royal, Mr. 'Webster and Madame Celeste, Mrs.
-Yates, the former fair menagt ress con, inuing her services
as the leader of the female acting department. The
theatre was crowded ott the occasion. An address having
been delivered be Mrs. Yates, from the pen of Mr.
Gilbert, the curtain rose and discovered the whole
of the dramatic company, who sang the national
anthem, amid-t warm demonstrations of loyalty. Mad.
Celeste, the new manager, was in the centre, on the arm
of Mr. Webster, the lessee. Paul Bedford, 0. Smith,
Wilkinson, Wright, Mrs. Fitzwilliarn, and Miss Wool-
gar, (the favourites of former times.) are retained; :tad
Hudson (a very clever actor), James Vining, the excellent
" fop," and Mr. F. Matthews. wilh several new person-
ages, whose merits are yet to be IcitJwri, are added to the
company.

LIEUT. PUDDICOMBE.—This officer, accused of steal-
ing some plate, from the }vats, of a geld-len-lan, at Cork,
where he.was present at a 1)30, was tried for the alleged
offence, on Friday, and acquitted.

RUMOURED BREVET.—The expected military brevet
will include lieutenant-xeierals, majlr-generals, and co-
lonels of 1837; lieutenant-cotortels, majors, and c,ptains
of 1836 ; and will cause the clitnges :—Nlaj ,r-
General Lord Preces irk Fitzclarence to command the
Dublin district, vice General Wy:;dharn, promoted ;
Major-General Prince George of Cambridge to be In-
spector of Cavalry, vice General Lygon, promoted; Co-
lonel Sir liobert Sale to he Deputy Adjut.rit-General in
Ireland, vice Colonel Napier, promoted ; Colonel Sir
Richard England, K.C.8.. to he Adjutant-General in
India, vice Colonel Sir Robert Sale, to Ireland ; Colonel
Love, C. 8., 73rd Regiment, to h- Colonel en the Staff
ar. Corfu, vice Pl,nce George of Cambridge; Colonel
Spink, to be D,puty Quartermaster-General in Ireland,
vice Bainl:rigge, piornoted.—Lirnerick Chronicle.

Tom THUMB AND HIS EQUIPAGB.—The a:•neral, his
cars iage, pair of ponies, enacianat., and footman, weighed
one day lately, at Spa: k brook gate, near Birmingham,
7 cwt., 2 yrs., and 4 lbs.

The Rev. Jacob Smith, Wesleyan Minister .t Sunder.
land, was drownrd on Thursday Zest, whilst bathing in
the sca at the North Sand, between Sunderland and
Whitburn.

DREADFUL AFFRAY.—Last week a scuffle took place
between two men, named Tansy
.and Martin, at Halifax,
during which A.lartin gave Ta,,sy a eomplete swing round
against the wall ; and the poi, t of a knife in Tan,y's hand
being in the direction of Mirlin's left ear, the latter,
during the turn at the wall, drove his head against it with
great force, lansy's eln.w resting at tie time ogainst the
wall, thus giving a double force to the contact with the
knife, which entered just below the left ear, and inflicting
a dreadful wound, from which the man died on Tuesday.
A HINT TO OUR CABMEN.--According to a report of
the Prefect of Police of Paris, the hackney-coach drivers
of that capital deposited in the hands of the authorities
18,079 f. in money, and articles to the value of 22.7191., in
all 40,8161., left by mistake in their vehicles during the
year 1843.

LIDY CIGAR SMOKERS OF MExtco.—Of all the petty
vices practised by tbe 'Mexicans, vicio inocente of
smoking among tidies is the most intolerable ; and it is
,a
habit of which the loveliest and most relined equally rar-
take. The puro or rigarro is seen to the mouth of all ;
it is handed round in the parlour. and introduced at the
dinner table. Even in the ball-room it is ',resented to
ladies as regularly as any other speci, s of "refreshment:"
and in the dance the senorita may often he seen whirlin,
round wilt a lighted etgarrito in her mouth. the belles
of the southern cities are frequently furnished with !elm-
ritas de et.° (little golden tongs) to hold the cigar with, SO
as to prevent their delicate fingers from he porute'd
either with the stain or scent of'ttibsicco, forgetting, at the
same time, its isagreeable effects upon the lips ;rid breath.
—Gregg's Northern Mexico.

ICE IN A RED-HOT CRUCIBLE.—PIace a platina cruci-
ble over a spirit Limp, and keep it at a red heat ; pour in
some sulphurous acid, which, though the most volhtile
of bodies at a coin u.on temperature, will be found to be-
come completely fixed in the hot crucible, and not a drop
evaporates—be.ng surrounded by an :atmosphere of its
own, it does not, in fact, tooth the sides, A few drops
of water are now introduced, when the acid immediately
coming in contact w•th the heated sides of the crucible,
flies off in sulphurous arid vapour, and so rapid is it, pro-
gress, ti•at the eta rio of the waver pares cif with it,
which falls a lump of ice to the bottom ; but taking ad-
vantage of the moment before it is allowed to remelt, It
may be turned out a lump of ice from a ted-hot vessel.—
Mining Journal.

SCOGGAN, QUEEN ELIZABETH'S JESTER —Scoggan
having once borrowed £S(O of the Queen, and not being
able to return them, contrived to find out the time whenl
the queen went out, as she was obliged. to pass by his
house, coffin Dade;andi
nt
,having,a
nd h.
allad
le,tfa m family
into the
hie bad
secret,
ta
be laid himself
friends invited to his funeral. The queen, happening to
pass at the rot met t they were camii-g the corpse with
ceremony, inquir, d who was dead. " Madam," ihey re-
plied, "it is your devoted set want Scoggen." " What!"
dhe exclaimed. " he is tit ad, and I was not even inf., rived
of his being ill! The poor man owed me £5OO, but I
forgive him the debt with all my heart !" Sciiggan in-
stantly rose up in his coffin, and oiled out, " I thank your
majesty ! The favour she bestows on roe is so agreeable
that it has brought me to life again."—Fraser's Maur:zinc.
VOLTA IRE.— Remember the prophet and precursor of
that great reformation. Recal bis person so softly appa-
-1 gilled, his residence so del cately furuished. See him in
his study. It is hung with the portraits and needlework
of sovereigns. His portfolio is full of their correspond-
ence. He is proud et nothing so much as of being a gen-
tleman of the climber. lle tfrliglos to compare Louis
the Fifteenth to Trajati He will not how to God, but he
cringes to Madame Pomnadour. He receives a pension
through her influence. He i. enabled by her bounty to
display the ostentation he oe-slights in. He drives out
every day in a gilt cc ach with four horses. He insists
upon the inhabitants of Feroey calling him " Mon-
seigneur." lie despises and tramples on " the canaille."
The main offence of Christianity, in his eyes, is, that it is
a religion of the people ; the chief fault of the apostles,
that they were not gentlemen. Yet this luxurious lord,
who sapped all tie authttri y that was above and all the
faith that was I.Eneath hint, could write about the tyranny
of monarchs and the evils of their sway I—Hon.
Smythe.

PROBABLE DURATION OF THE SUPPLY OF COAL. IN
GREAT BRlTAlN.—Although the [resent known coal
fields of Great Britain Cbnialit, perhaps, sufficient coal to
supply her wants for fr. n 1 2.060 1°3,060 years to come, it is
a very erroneous !Jase of calculation to assume that the
whole is at our disposal. Utidrr the present system, in
the finest descript-on of coal in the northern field, there is
even, in its extraction, a 10,s ef 3Q percent. The vievt s
of the theoretical geo;og,,ts, µ 11.11,,ta allowing tor waste,
would lead us to the most mcorrect practical conclusions
while Conybeare, Lardner, and others would make our
coal resources sufficient r 1,500 or 2,000 years, Proles-
smr sedgwick and. 1 :r. Buekland, allowing for to>s in
working, calculated tr, •tn ;Tactical experience,
are con-
vinced that 410 ears a ill leave little mi re than the name
of our best seams. Ot tort N .five f,. s :
of coal .fi a section
feet sir woikable. In the 'truth, coal cannot
of all the coal sir:,-a in one of the best pits of the 1) ne,
not thinly
lie extracted at a pr., 13 it less than eft. Sin. 111 the ,` tern part of vv all's 1•:tt(I, the Benehait, seam is ecn-iticied
unworkable at 211. Lin. thigh ;It to are t.tnes when it is
worked at twei s. Tin thittot,t seam at eked iu
Yorkshire is tit :e it :nehes, in North Lam ashiie twenty
inches, in the r Lomb• rla: d and dist 2it.
61ni, St. Lawrei.i e gin. Must ~1 the thin stares
above are workt.. iot and cant:utbt ar
the expense of c .! petition for manutactuiing
and comnicreitii i rent tst s. Airr-any tt Tire purtion of
the north rut co-ti-bell 1:i t ins. to feel the difficulties of ex-
haustion in the tit r rpton t t c •,1; and that t f the
Wear-and Tt s ( es- tti .11;e,; than t) 1 as II e advat tage in
corniiiireial ens, le o, of iron, nine to tan per cei t. in
price. —3linitiy Jons.na:.

SE

COND E

Standard-office, Ten o'clock.

ARRIVAL 07 `i.,:':', PETREL MON
It 10 PE JANE iil, Reduction of
Tonnage Bukties in the Bravils.

By her Maje•ty's raeiet. Pe'rel, Lieut. Cresen, arrived
at Falmouth on Saturday tiight, we have dates from Rio
de Jacirp, of July 28; from Bahia, of August 14; and
from Peroambuco, of lit,e,•us 21. Her freight is valued
at X45.0(2;0. in gold, gold dust, and diamonds. The fol-
lowing were her passengers :—Mr. Dale, British consul-
gene:al at Monte Video). lady, and son; Mr. S. Chap-
tnao ; Mr. A. L. Bonaire, Mr. T. G. Burezzo, Don D.
Tjriotto, Mr. T. F. Pereira, and Liatt. Suckley, R.N.
Der MPjesty's Lirmet. next following, Lieut.
Dicken. arrived at Rio de Jaociro. July 23, end would
*ail on her homeward voyage, it ,-as anticip tted. in 14
dayS. consegnent y she may be looked for at the close of
thi• current week. The A. fret, with Commodore Purvis,
vvi, at Rio de Janriro. The Arden', steamer, left Rio
for the coast of Afiina on Judy 27. The Racer arrived
A wow 11, at Bahia, on a cruise, and sailed again next
(lay. The tint Gwalier, from London for
Bombay, had pot in wtth logs of topmasts, at Pernam-
liwo, and saird fur her destination on August 21. •
Tile Petrrra d-tention teas from the pending negocia-
tions existing at Rio relative to the treaty with Brazils,
now shout to expir, ; bu it is confilentiv stated that it
llas not been sent to Fngland be this packet. The Linnet,
it is supposed, will positively bring this commercial desi-
deratum. The Royal ftroily was in good health ; and the
Emperor n aintain,d popularity. No change has
taken plsce iu thr administration.
A material reilsction i• being about to take in the Bra-
!Lilian tonnage dues. to commerce the 611 of November
nev, of which the folowil,g are the particulars:

T T .Q• TT)
AL it d
DITION•

St a nriard-oifice, ,Iwo. o'clock.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, THIS DAY.
A fair ding to-day; about 3000 bales sold,
without ch:,ne in prices.

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE. THis DAT.

A goo:I supply of Wheat, Oatmeal, and Flour, and a
few parcels 4 f Oats, form the principal arrivals into this
port. from Ireland since 'Tuesday last ; while the receipts
coastwise, wlth the exception of a fair quantity of Malt,
are still very small, and those of Grain and Flour from
abroad rather inconsiderable.
Our market to-day was moderately attended by town
and country huver,, hut the millers not being eager pur-
chasers, Old Wheats of all descriptions met a very limited
sale Lt scarcely the rates of this day week; and. New
Irish, with which we were more plentifully supplied, was
difficult of sale, at a decline on Fiiday's rates of Id. upon
prime samples, and 2d. to 3d. upon inferior brands, per
70lbs.
Sack Flour was taken off sparingly at a decline of Is.
per sack, and barrel Flour barely supported late prices.
In Barley, Malt, Beans, and Pease, we have no altera-
tion to note.

Old Oats being very scarce, were rather dearer, and
Dew, on ►he contrary, rather lower in value.
In Oatmeal a fair business was done, at a decline from
this day week of 6d. to 9d. per 2401 b.

ARRIVALS OF CORN.

From the 24th to the 31jth September, 1844, inelusi

IRE- ICI)AST- I COLO- PO-
LAND. y WISE. NIAL. REIGN.

TOTAL

8165
731
2129
'3651

-
Wheat .. Ors. 6886 ' 81 438 760
Barley Qrs. 3i 196 500
Malt
Oats Qrs. 3946 155
Rye Qrs.
Deans Qrs. i 357
Pease Qrs. 15
Shelled BarleyQrs.
Indian Corn. Qrs. j 334
Rapeseed Qrs.
Oatmeal .. Loads 5913 12 5927
.
Flour. .... Sacks 65,3 56 650
Ditto Brls. 94 : 1r33 4 1131
In o Runcorn. Inland an 1 Coastwise,—Wheat, qrs.;
Oats, 299 qrs., Oatmeal, loads; Flour, sacks.

2012

23 it 3

EXPORTS.—Foreign. Wheat.— qrs.; Malt, qrs.; Pease,

qrs.: Oats. qrs.; Indian Cor qrs.; Oatmeal,
loads ; Flour, 659 brls.—lreland Wheat. 833 qrs.: Bar-
ley, —qrs ; Beans, qrs: Rye, qrs.; Indian Corn,

,
; Oatmeal. Ids ; Fleur, sks, brls.— —Coastwise.
Wheat, 1006 qrs. ; Barley, 118 qrs. ; Malt. qrs.; Oats, 56
qrs. ; Rye, qrs. ; Pease. qrs. ; Oatmeal. 75 loads ;
Indian Corn, 10 qrs. ; Flour, 238 sacks 2803 brls.

Average prices of Grain, for the week ending Sept. 21, 1444.
Wheat 455. 3d. ; Barley 355. 6d. I Oats.. 235. 5d Rye 355. id

Beans.. 375. 3d. j Pease.. 333. 1d

Aggregate average of the six weeks

Wheat 48s 4d I Barley 35s od I Oats 20s 4d. ! Rye.. 35; sd.

Beans.. 36a. lid. I Pease.. 335. ed,

Duty on Foreign Produce this week.
Wheat2os od I Barley 3s Od Oats .. . 6s od Rye.. 7s 6d
Beans 6s 6d I Pease.. Ds 6d Ind. Corn Os Od I Flour 12s oad

Duty on Canadian
Wheat.. Is. Od. I Parley.. Os. 6d. I Oats ..2s. Od. Rye.. Os 6d
Deans os. 6d I Pease cs. 6d. I Ind. Corn cs.od. I Flour.. Os 7id

Duty on other British Colonial.
Wheat.. ss. od. I Barley.. rs.6d. I Oats, 2A. rid. I Rye
Beans.. us. tid. I Pease.. es. 6d. I Flour. 3s. Od .
Liverpool Averages, week ending :4th Sept., 1844.
wheat, 1434 qrs., price, 4 is. 3d. ; Barley, qrs., price, Os. Od.
Oats, 543 qrs.. price 19s. 2d.; Pease, 40 qrs., price 335. od.
Rye, qrs., price os od.

Os. 6d.

Duties paid in Liverpool, for week ending 26th Sept., :844.
Foreign—Wheat, 1216 qrs. ; Barley, 47 qrs.; Beans, n. 5 qrs
Pease, 1581 qrs.; Indian Corn, 25 qrs.; Oatmeal, loads
Flour, 1 brls.
Colonial--wheat, qrs.; Barley, 70 qrs.; Pease, qrs.
Oatmeal, I ds. ; Flour, 3122 brls.

ttcr. aturr.

N 0 T 1 C E.

*Miscellaneous Poems, by Georgiana Marie Palmer.
Liverpool: Robert H. Frazer, James-street.
This little volume of occasional poems, which the au-
thoress offers to the world as a " Widow's Mite," contains
loamy pleasing al d graceful pieces, which, if they do not
come up to the highest order of merit, display on the part
of the fair authoress a refined mind and great amiability
&disposition. It is dedicated, by pf-rmission, to the
Countess of Sefton, who is thus apostrophized in the
opening piece :

"Dear lady, but fur thee my lyre,
By cypress bcugl s enwreathed,
All mute had bun ;, all quenched its fire,
Nor e'er again had b:eathed.

Thy kind. sweet :o s, with feeling fraught,
Awoke its silen voice ;
They cheered wi 11 hope each widowel though',
And bade my :lean rejoicer

© PArrt BLain. ' ..11HOL AND GLEN TlLT.—What a ehanee in a
century ! Lis not qu tea century since "the For ty-five,"
and here in sylvan retreat and highland sports area yucca
of the detested house of Hanover. her German husband,
and her child, in the very heart of the land of Stuart de-
votedness—
" I/awn by Loch Tummell and banks o' the Garey."
A hundred years ago their lives would nut hive been
worth a pin's fee; now they are all but worshipped by
the same race of men, guarded like idols, the wiid deer
chased, and the lovel est green of all the Scottish glens,
Glen Tilt, and the romantic fallsof Brea,. " promenaded"
like Keasinatoa and St. James's. What voices might
the walls of Carlisle and 'the Tower and Temple Bar of
London tiler, could the ghastiey reads exhibited on them
witness this strange scene! Who can look forward to
1914 ?—L;terary Gazette.
THE Rtotir OF THE CHURCH TO EDUCATE THE PEO-
PLE.—And when we come to enter into a thoughtful ana-
lysis of the spiritual machinery, which a pure aed aposto-
lic Church can britig to act on the internal life•springs of
a being I,ke man,—we can well understand what is meant
by the dispute 1 but yet noble assertion, the Church is
alone competent to EDUCATE the national heart ant con-
science. To take only a hasty view of the matter. When
the grosser wants of the body are reasonably supplied;
when the cravings of the animal a e subdued, and toe exi-
gencies of the interior man ere to be met ; what a mass of
new ideas, what might of truth, what majesty of doctrine,
does her prophetic office (ruder Christ) enable her to
brinv, down on the intellectual powers ! Fer instance:
confine your views to the incarnation of the Eternal Son,
and to redemption through His atoning Blood ; and let
these two facts be preached with eeeray, applied with
earnestness, and in every possible mode be urged home
with affectionate pressure on the intelligence of the poor
and the depraved,—and by the Spirit's blessing, how
much of sublime repulsion is there in these two facts
alone, wherewith to expel political discontent and social
despair from the bosom of humanity ! Let the humbler
classes be encouraged to behold the essential dignity, the
spiritual nobility of manhood, as generically assumed
iato the Person of the Owls-Begotten,—and much is ac-
complished towards proving to them, in what the ideal
of man's equzeiry consists. While the ambassador of
heaven narrates to him how in Adam all die, cud are
under the curse of irreconcilable law, guilty, polluted, and
undone; let him also hold forth to trim the gleams of Mt-
, mortal glory which the Incarnation radiates around indi- •
vidual man, as taken into membershio with Christ. Lot
him teach him how the sublime of wrsonaliry-, that is,
spiritual enlargement and liberty and elevation of our na.-
ture.—eon,ists not in earthly rank or secular good, or in•
any form of political privilege whatsoever ; but in being
federally related unto the Lord Jesus, as the Head of re-
deemed manhood, the First-born among many Brethren,
after whose " image," the whole body of His believing
people, are " predestinated" ti be c,nfortned. Aga.n:
let the faithful pastor endeavour to show the deluded
martyrs of a mistaken liberty, that the grand secret of
rean's freedom is Lund in submission to a law without;
that law being the disposing Will of God. And when the
sinful but awakened man asks, " who is sufficient for
these things ?" let him be told that all moral " sufficiency
is of God ;" and that the fittest expansion of his faculties
and the highest glory of his being are related to the secret
indwelling of that Divine Spirit, whose delight it is on
earth, to inhabit the souls of them for whom -the Son of
God wars crucified."—Rev. 1?. Montgomery's Gospel be.
fore the Age.

THE STRATAGEMS OF POPERY,—AII the contest I had
since I came here, was the following; what effect it will
have I know not yet, but I write to show the wiles and
stratagems the priests use even by the Scriptures, where
they can get a sentence to wrest. Miss ll—, who is
now in London, has two nieces here, who are, according
to their age, not deficient in knowledge. A man who l
lives convenient, came to them, arid told them that St.
Peter was the rock that Christ built his Church on ; and
whosoever was not built on that rock must perish, and
defied them to prove to the contrary. Teey not having
considered the subject, were thunderstruck, and told him
they could not answer him, but would con-uit me when I
would come. "That is what I want," said he ; " t.ll him
1 will meet him next Sunday evening." When I called,
they told me, in treat surprise, that they could not answer
him, and of 11,s challenge to me. I told them I would
meet hiM, but front circumstances 1 could not attend at
the time are otnted. lie came. arid not finding me, went
off vauntingly, and told !hem I should meet him the fol-
lowing Sunday. I got the account, but could not attend ;
so he cried out, that I dared not meet him, and it was the
opinion of oCiers also—hut the third time I came. He
did not wait to be sent for; be came with his wife and
others. One of the young ladies opened the subject,
That he said, Peter was the rock Christ built his Churn
on. I said, " A very bad foundation he laid." They
looked eith surprise at me. " Why," said he "is not
Peter cal'ed a rock in the Testament ?" " No," said I,
"no where." Said he, " Did net Jesus say, thou art
Peter, and on this rock I will bad my church?" &c.
" Well, friend," said I, " I will give you scope enough ;
will you not admit there is a great difference between this
and that ?" " Surely," seid he, " Well, if he lid built
his rock on Peter, he would have said, on that rock I will
build my church; but the word is, on this rock." But
I promised to prove that Peter is no where called a rock :
I showed in the Ist chapter of John, where Cephas is in-
terpreted a stone, apd that a rock is an immoveable
thing, and a stone is a moveable thing. And in the
Scriptures Jehovah is called the rock of ages, and three
times in the Htli Palm he is called a rock, and three
times in the 101st Psalm. And in the Bth of Isaiah, that
the Almighty has laid Jesus " as a stone of stomblug, and
a rock of offence." I read for them lit of Chorinthians, I
3d chapter, wl ere Paul shows, other foundation can no
man lay than that which is laid ; and said, they in the
wilderness drank of that rock which followed them, and
that rock was Christ, with other passages. "So friend,"
said I, "we must see the burden which my rock will
bear, and that which your rock will bear; for if Peter is
the rock which Christ built his church upon, that rock
must bear all the sins that are laid on it. So in that very
night_ that the Lord was betrayed, when the great load
was laid on him, his sweat was as great drops of blood
idling to the ground. 'What was your rock doing then ?.
Why, sleeping. So there was a shipwreck made of the .
church built on Peter, at the first trial. Next, when
Jesus was buffeted, scourged, and crowned with thorns,
what was your rock doing? Why he was cursing and
swearing that he never knew him. But Peter, who was a
lively stone in the building, though not the rock, after he
was converted, does not leave us ignorant ; for in the 2nd
chapter of his Ist Epistle he spews you plainly, that Jesus
to you is a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, for :
you plainly stumble at the WORD.—Life of Wm. Moore.
ANECDOTES OF BONAFARTE.In the imperial palace
it was never known before-hand the week or even the day
when Napoleon would quit his residence to take the corn-
mand of his troops. It was invariably expected, that all
the officers, both civil and military, should be ready to
follow hint at a moment's notice ; for he never informed
those whom lie wished to take with him until a few hours
before his departure; and, as they knew not the pace he
would go to, each one patiently waited until the grand
marshal should communicate the orders of the emperor.
These orders once given, the preparations for the journey
were soon made : we were then ready to follow Napoleon
to the end of the world, if he had ordered us. At the
time to which I am referring, he chose to depart from St.
Cloud in the middle of the night, accompanied in his car-
riage by his grand marshal and grand equerry, and passed
over, with the rapidity of light, a state of one hundred
and fifty French leagues in less than thirty-six hours.
The order of the journey was as follows. On the left side
of the carriage, an aid-de-camp on service rode; on the
right, the equerry on service ; the other aid-de-ramp, the
equerries, the orderly-officers, the Mameluke Rustan, and
the domestics of the suite, accompanied the cairiage;
while all these were followed by an escort of the chasseurs
of the guard, and the guides, corr.manded by an officer.
On they precipitated themselves like a hurricane, in full
trot, night as well as by day, for eight, ten, and even
twelve leagues, sometimes without even halting. We, '
who were obliged to follow this whirlwind, during the
night above all, were, as you might suppose, not very
well at our ease. In places where the road might be
narrow, we would sometimes run one upon another, and
with an ardour and zeal that had the appearance of some-
thing savage in it. Evil to him who was not a good
horseman, or perfectly sure of his horse ; for, in tumbling,
he would be sure of being trod under foot by the hones
in his rear, before their riders would be able to arrest
their speed. On went the torrent--on we precipitated
ourselves—in heat or in rain, on the ice, across the snow,
the dust, or the mist, to be always within the reach of
the voice of our master, or to obtain one single look from
him. Those who least suffered the fatigue were the
orderly-officer, the page, the groom, and twelve chasseurs
of the guard, who all preceded the carriage at about six
paces, these riot having the fear of a reprimand in conse-
quence of the postilions regulating their movements by
the pace of their horses. Napoleon, notwithstanding.
almost constantly thought that the postilions never drove
quite fast enough. " They go along like ducked liens ! "
he would exclaim, while striking his fist against the side
of the carriage; "we shall never arrive!" Then lower-
ing one of the front sash-windows, he would thrust out
his head, and address himself to the postilions. " Get
on ! get on ! are you asleep ? you make no progress : get
on, then ! " Whenever Napoleon stopped on the road.
the whole of the suite did the same, and dismounted,
excepting the chasseurs of the escort, who remained in
their saddles. If the emperor got out of the carriage,
four of the guides would dismount, fix bayonets, present
arms, and remain around him in single files; but not an
officer moved from his place, unless Napoleon gave the
word, by saving, " Dismount, gentlemen." If any of
those who were to have joined him remained in the rear,
they sometimes did not arrive at bead-quarters until a
day after a victory, or' perhaps the campaign had ended.
" It is good time to arrive, ma foi I" Napoleon would
exclaia to a loiterer ; " happily, sir, we did without you."
* * Before any serious engagement was expected to
take place, and when circumstances obliged Napoleon to
remain for some time in the open air, whether in the
morning or in the evening, the grooms and domestics of
the escort always prepared a large fire, nourished by an
extraordinary quantity of wood, comprised of entire
Branches of trees, of enormous logs, and even of beams.
During this time, Berthier, Duroc, or Caulincourt. were
, his faithful companions. It was rare, on such an occa.
sion, that any other than these three persons were to be
• found with him, unless he happened to send for any one
from whom he expected some information, or to deliver
instructions, or to convey orders to any particular mar-
; shal. All, save the three mentioned persons, remained
I at a distance of about fifty yards from him, and formed a
species of circle round the fire of the emperor.. Before
this fire he would walk alone, now and then whistling in
a low key, while waiting to hear the sound of a cannon,
or any other signal agreed upon with the chiefs of corps.
After he became tired, he would take a pinch of snuff,
strike here and there his feet against any pebbles be might
encounter in his perambulations, sometimes push the wood
more into the fire with them, and thus frequently scorch
his boots.—Colonel 'ruche?* Tales.

Ball Thomas.

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AS SUPPLIED TO THE ROYAL TABLE.
CIAPTAIN PIDDING'S OWQUA'S MIXTURE
kJ TEA is an admixture of 40 rare Black Teas, produced
on as many different plantations, each Tea differing from
the rest, arid possessing a flavour, a fragrance, or strength,
peculiar to itself. Blended together in the proper pro-
portions, they comprise all that is desirable in Tea. This
discovery was not the effect of chance, but of many great
advantages united in one individual, and the result of
numerous experiments and the most minute analysis.
For another to produce the same result, he must possess
equal skill, the same discriminating taste, equal power of
procuring the forty various Teas required, and know he
exact proportions of eavh kind used—and though he may
never once have visited China, be must have had equal
opportunities of securing to himself, its productions :
with one who, like Captain Pidding, has spent years there
in acquiring these advantages, and to whom alone How-
qua—years before his death—imparted at Canton, the
secret of compounding his M ixture-
Yet there are upwards of 500 retailers pretending to sell
ter, they call " Howqua's Mixture"—each mixture dif-
fering from all the others. Now as there can be but ONE
REM, " Els.wqua's Mixture," it follows that, as 500 dif-
ferent medleys are offered-499 must be spurious. The
499 counterfeits are so many evidences of the superiority
of the ONE GENUINE. And it would be absurd to suppose
that Captain Pidding, with advantages, the result of Eight
Voyages made to China, and five years spent in that
country, would be so silly—even were it possible—as to
yield them up to 500 others, or impart to them so valuable
a secret. _ . . .

Rochdale
The very great celebrity this Tea has acquired, having
tempted many unprincipled persons to give similar, or
nearly similar titles to their own spurious mixtures, to
guard against such imposition, purchasers should observe
that " THE SIGNATURE THUS,"
Captain JOHN RHODES PIDDING.
Honourable Company's Service,
is on every genuine Package.
To those who drink Green Tea. " Captain Pidding's
Ilowqua's Small Leaf Gunpowder," grown only on one
estate, is recommended for it• strength and economy, and
as being the purest and moat wholesome Green Tea im-
ported from China.
Captain Pidding has appointed the under Agents for
this District :
GEORGE C:ARLYLE, Repository, 38, BOLD-STREET,
Agent for Liverpool.
Accrington.... E. Bowker, Bookse ler.
Ditto .... W. Hutchinson, Stationer.
Blackburn.... J. Parkinson, Chemist, Church-street.
Bolton
Burnley ..
Chester
Everton J. H. Pyer, Great Homer-street.
Knutsford ....... Williams, Draper, &c.
Lancaster
Manchester
Prescot
Preston H. Armstrong. Chemist.
Ditto
Ditto J. Higham, Draper.
Ditto
sr .1,
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et ~CANChuNe'acaprnttiteoiasrnitlneo.
eor House.
Southport
Wigan.. E. H. Burmish, Chemist.
Forei
thtdo
Pidding, 22, College-
hill, London.