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of the people. The two liberators now effected their
ape—not terrific, indeed, in descent, but within
nutes the whole interior was in flames. Disentang-
ling himself from the embraces of the women (as little be-
fitting Don Juan as his escape from fire), Elliston now, like
good Launcelot, " took to his heels and ran," reaching the
theatre just in time to see a substitute Libertine, like other
tagouts, " dressed on the shortest notice," and ready to be
served up in his place. An apology had been made to the
audie ce fur his absence, bnt the cause of it was still in in-
-1 tC

own e,

ing mystery. In a few worr',s, he explained to his apo-
logist the event of the evening, who, taking the opportunity
of Elliston's dressing, again presented himself before the
curtain, and repeated the slight account he had received with
considerable point. " Don Juan," he added, "as announced
in the bills, had already

descended in a shower of real fire,'
but having set his very fate at defiance he had effected his
return, to receive, as he richly deserved, a still warmer
sentence at the hands of his judgesinow present." His wel-

come, as may be well supposed, was most enthusiastic.
Called upon to tell his own story, Elliston wasas much in
his element as Don Juan—for he had to make a speech; a
faculty which, though in after life he greatly improved, he by
no means inconsiderably possessed at this present. The
above incident gave such additional attraction to this drama.
that it was scarcely out of the bills at any part of the season.
So much for the adventure itself; but Elliston, who, it will
be readily believed, took the earliest opportunity of search-

unhappy patient be had rescued, discovered that
no bad originally been an actor, and frequently a fellow-la-
bourer with the great Macklin. Indiscretion, and conse-
quent want of employ, had brought on this state of mental
aberration and wretchedness. Elliston continued bis kind-
ness to him till he died.—The Elation Papers in Ainsworth's
Magazine.

A newspaper has lately been established in Dublin, with
the undisguised purpose of promoting an Irish rebellion in
concert with the war party in France.
Great preparations are making in India, under the direc-
tions of the Governor-general, for the reception of the vic-
torious troops returning from Affghanistan.
The veteran Dowton, the comedian, at the age of 78, acted
for the benefit of his son, at Rochester, some few evenings
since,to a great audience, and with so much vigour.

The steamer which brought the Indian mail was obliged
to put into Toulon by stress of weather, which caused some
delay.

There have been published at Paris in 1842, 6,445 works Of
all descriptions ; 1,941 engravings and lithographs ; and 395
pieoes of music.

The Augsburg Gazelle states from Rome that the Pope
contemplates sending an apostolic vicar to China, at the re-
quest of the catholics in that country.

REPRESENTATION OF GREENWICH.—There has been a
strong rumour in the borough of Greenwich that Mr. Bar-
nard is about to retire as one of the Parliamentary represen-
tatives, in consequence of ill health.

The New corporation of Sligo, to show their passion for
economical reform, ordered a set of account books for
£l7 1)s. to keep the income of 4:100 a year! The expense
of introducing the Municipal Act of this borough was £2lB.

North Shropshire Election will take place next Monday.
The only candidate is Viscount Clive, and no'opposition will
be offered, to his return. He is a worthy scion of a noble
stock.

PORT OF GLOCESTER.—The revenue of the customs at
this port for the year ended the sth instant, amounted to
£156,000, being an increase of £32,000 on the-year ended
the sth of January, 1842.

We are informed, on authority which may be relied on,
that her Majesty and the court will return to Buckingham
Palace for the season in about a fortnight from the present
time.—Globe.

The premier has issued a circular to the members of par-
liament, in which he expresses " an earnest hope that it will
be consistent with their convenience to be in attendance at
the opening of the session on the 2d of February.
The British territory at home and abroad now extends to
one-sixth part of the earth's entire surface, and the popula-
tion subject to British sway includes one-seventh part of the
whole number of the inhabitants of the world.

An Enniskillen paper announces the death of the Rev. Mr.
Home, curate of Tempo, who lost his life from the circum-
stance of a piece of meat having stuck in his throat while at
breakfast. •

The committee who have erected the Martyrs' Memorial at
Oxford are responsible for a debt of £BOO, the deficiency of
the amount collected, and the expense of erection, the latter
being £9OOO.

The Artesian well forming at the head of the chain pier,
Brighton, has been sunk upwards of seventy feet, the depth
at which water was expected to be found, but no such result
has followed the experiment.

Mr. Chnrles Kemble, it is stated, has lost, during the
ten weeks' management; no less a num than £3,000; £2,000
expended while conducting the establishment, and the other
for which he is liable.

The Leicester Herald (against the editor of which Mr.
Baker, of Cottesmore, lately obtained a verdict for libel,) was
discontintied on Saturday week, after being in existence 15
years.—The Staffordshire Examiner, another high-flying
Liberal paper, has also stopped.
A RAILWAY AT ROME.—An English engineer, accom-
panied by an English general are now in Rome, treating with
the pope for the construction of an experimental railway of
three miles, on a principle which they say will be unattended
with danger to passengers.

COUNTY RATE ASSESSMENT, ON THE HUNDRED OF
SALFORD.—In the year 1815, the assessment of the hundred
of Salford to the county rate, amounted to £918,397. The
lsst assessment, that of 1841, reaches the enormous sum of
£2,703,292.

The ecclesiastical commissioners have recommended aug-
mentations to the amount stated, to the following arch-
deaconries :—Nottingham, £160; Richmond, £130; Salop,
£l5O ; Sarum and Sudbury, respectively, £l4O. The scheme
has been approved by the privy 'council.
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An old rector, writing in a metropolitan paper, with pro-
priety condemns the very prevalent practice of giving the
clergymen, as presents from their congregations, such pieces
of plate as are either useless to them or unsuitable to their
station, and recommends the adoption of presents of books.
The number of presents sent by the different coaches from
Norwich, to London during the Christmas week, amounted,
by the Ipswich mail, to 400 ; Newmarket, ditto, 400 ; Phe-
nomenon, 250 ; Telegraph, 346 ; Magnet, 1,400 ; Mack's
van, 280. Total, 3,076.
Bridget Pilkington, a pauper, has been refused admission
to Ennystimon workhouse, because she is a Protestant, the
guardians conceiving if she were received, they should be
burthened with £2O, the salary of a Protestant chaplain, as
the inmates of the workhouse are all Roman Catholics!—
Limerick Chronicle.
On Saturday last, in the shop of Messrs. Hart and Leslie,
a loaf of excellent light bread was exhibited, six feet in
length and seventeen inches in width, made from half a sack
of flour, and weighing 1411 b. The price named was one
guinea. It was baked in Moulsham by Mr. Charles Craske.
—Esser Herald.
It is a melancholy fact, but not less true, that there is no
lunatic asylum for the reception of the insane throughout
Wales, although it has been ascertained that there are up-
wards of 1,000 lunatics and idiots in the principality. Surely
the
much clergy and magistracy will not allow this crying evil
longer to exist.
An order has been issued that the Roman Catholic clergy
shall be at liberty to hear the confessions of the convicts at
the Milks at Deptford, in their cells, and to administer to
them all the rites of their church ; and that in future, the
Roman Catholic convicts shall not be obliged to attend the
service of the Established Church.
Dr. Welsh, the moderator of the General Assembly, has
received a communication from government in answer to the
memorial of the commission. Various rumours are in circu-
lation on the purport of it, but the letter has not yet been
made public. We have sufficient reason, however, to believe
that the answer is unfavourable.—Glasgow Guardian.
The butter trade is declining rapidly in Limerick, and the
condition of the coopers, in consequence, is said to be most
deplorable. The exports have fallen off lamentably since the
brand of the chamber of commerce was removed, and the
coopers have sent memorials to the chamber to take the sub-
ject into their consideration.
The renowned John of Tuam has taken the field against the
poor-law commissioners for Ireland, and a meeting of the
inhabitants of the union of Tuana is convened for the purpose
ofnt petitioning the legislature for the utter repeal of the pre-
se " unwise, cruel, and oppressive enactment, denominated
a law for the relief of the poor."
A newspaper, of " liberal" politics, that has been published
during the last four years, at North Shields, under the tills
of the Port of Tyne Pilot, ceased to exist last week. The
proprietor, in a parting address, intimates that he has been
deceived, and that, as a commercial undertaking, the paper
has been unproductive.
The Railway Times states that in consequence of the re-
commendation of the jury in the late accident on the Lon-
don •and Birmingham Railways Com-
pany have determined on placing
a luggage van between the
the Grand Junction
tender and the front passenger carriage, and that orders have
been issued to prepare the requisite 'number immediately.
A dreadful thunder-storm passed over the town of Mac-
clesfield on Wednesday night last, during which the electric
fluid took effect in a field near the town, tearing up the soil,
but doing no other damage. Another discharge fell on three
houses, arid though it tore down brick work, and penetrated
solid walls, did not injure any person
The presidents of the various Jewish synagogues in Great
Britain have been requested to proceed immediately to ap-
point delegates from their congregations, and to intimate
their names to Mr. Simeon Oppenheim,sembling in London
the secretary of the
great synagogues, preparatory to their as
to elect a chief rabbi of the Jews of the British empire, in the
room of the late Dr- Hirschel.
We have sufficient reason for believing that the statements
made last week, contradicting the alleged conversion to
popery of the Rev. Bernard Smith, late rector of Leaden-
ham, were not correct. Little doubt of the fact now exists,
and we further understand that the popish convert is now an
inmate of the college of St. Mary's Oscott, near ,Birming-
ham.

STRANGE CIRCUMSTANCE.—TA little bantam hen laid
eight or ten eggs lately, and sat on them till they were
hatched, when she died ; immediately after her death, a
chicken of the same hen, which had never laid an egg !
espoused the young brood, and is now tending them exactly
as her and their mother would have done, had she lived.—
Belfast paper.

PERILOUS SITUATION.---A Berlin letter, of the 25th ult.,
states that the Hereditary Prince of Prussia being a few days
before out at a boar hunt, wounded one of these animals of
an unusually large size. The beast turned upon the
Prince, threw him down, and, in all probability, would have
killed him, had not one of his suite fortunately coffee to his
rescue.

A meeting of the Glasgow And Edinburgh Railway com-
pany was held last Friday. The report that the revenue of
the balf,year affords a balance of £7,281 9s. 2d., out of
which the directors recommend that a dividend of ss. on the
old shares, and 2s. 2d. 2.sths on the new or half shares, be
declared, (payable on the 27th inst.,) and the residue of
£2,401 9s. 2d. be carried forward to the credit of revenue."

Mr. Peter Purcell has addressed a letter to Lord Eliot
urging amendment of the poor law. He would limit the re-
lief to the aged and impotent ; and would exempt from poor-
rate all whose annual rent is below £l5 or £2O; as the needy
cottier class are those who resist the collection of the rate,
and in nine cases out of ten the expense of collection exceeds
the sum to be collected from them.
STEEPLE CHASING.—The steeple chases to come, weather
permitting :

January 17,*18; and 20, at Aberystwith.
February 1 Enfield Town
February 9 Blackburn.
February 16 Hereford.
March ..........
March 13 and 14..... Worcester.
.

CAUTION TO INSOLVENTS.—The Chief Commissioner of
the Insolvent Debtors' Court has announced his intention of
remanding every man, whether opposed or not, who shall
appear before him to be discharged, and who shall have been
dealing in accommodation bills, or have rendered himself
liable for the debts of other persons by becoming security to
loan societies. Several insolvents (unopposed) have already
been remanded within the last two days, for periods of three
and four months from the vesting order, for having debts of
this nature in their schedules.

Scorrtsx BAN KING.—We have frequently noted, of late,
the too palpable symptoms of a desire, if not a determina-
tion, on the part of a considerable interest in England, to
interfere with the monetary concerns of this portiori of the
empire. The statements and arguments of the parties in
England, to whom we allude, are remarkable for their ex-
treme ignorance and presumption. They not only know
nothing of the system which they assail, but they wholly
misconceive, and, of course, misrepresent, its true objects
and effects. Two of the common objections these parties
urge will show this beyond all question. They assert that
the circulation in this country exceeds the capital of the
banks, and could not be met in specie: in short, has no re-
ference to the legal standard. The facts are, however, the
very reverse—the capital of the banks greatly exceeds the
issues, and they possess precisely the same facilities of paying
in gold as the Bank of England. The Scottish banks have
no advantage whatever in this respect. Then, we are 'told
that our banking establishments are no better than many of
the joint-stock banks in England have turned out : that they
are based upon mere speculations, and, in the event of a
crisis, could not meet their obligations. These assertions
argue the grossest ignorance, not only of the banks them-
selves, but of the Scottish character for caution and foresight.
We beseech our English contemporaries not to agitate this
subject without some inquiries—without some knowledge of
the system they wish to destroy. Meanwhile, we may
frankly tell them, that any attempt, fromnyhatever quarter,
to carry out the ideas they entertain, must prove futile and
abortive.—Edinburgh Standard.

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 10.—Wind W.N.W. a gale.
George Armstrong, from Bombay, at China
Higginson, Hogg, hence at Bombay 2nd Nov. and sailed 27th on
her return
Helen Mar. Melville, hence at ditto 4th
Lucy Wright, Pollock, hence at citto loth
Dartmouth, Jacob, from Calcutta, at ditto
Eleanor Lancaster, Cowley, from ditto at ditto
Ripley, Norman, hence at Calcutta loth October
London, Bean, hence at ditto 30th
Ennerdale, Boadle, hence at ditto 17th November
Otterspool, Cornforth, hence at ditto 18th
John Brightman, Vial], from China, at ditto
Duncan, Graves. from London, at ditto

Competitor, Prichard, from Madras, at ditto
England, Boothby, from Sincapore, at ditto
Ritchie, Duncan, sailed from Bombay for London 2nd Nov.
Woodman, Good, 22nd, and Broom, Gray, 23rd, both for this port
Unicorn, Allen, and Hope, Kerr, sailed from Saugor 16th Oct,;
Winifred, Hardy, 2nd Nov. ; and Circassiau, Marshall, 4th, all for
this port; Wm. Ackers, Nichol, for Cork 2nd Nov. and Ursula,
Martin, for London, fah
Ann Medcalf, Errington, from Calcutta, at Madras, and sailed
11th Nov. for this port

Gilbert Henderson, Tweedie, from Bombay at ditto and sailed
16th Nov. for this port
Gazelle, Ogg, sailed from Manilla for Sydney 28th August
Christian, from the Clyde and Trinidad, at Puerto Cabello
Heroine, from Talcahuana, at Rio Janeiro
Beethoven, sailed from Rio Janeiro for Monte Video 3rd Nov.
Jenny Jones, hence for Constantinople, off Ivim 16th Nov.
Maguete, Carl, from Hamburg, at Lisbon. On the 27th Dec. off
Cape Finisterre, was in contact with the Marmora, Barnes, from
the Mediterranean to this port, and both received damage
Rebecca Margaretha, hence for Bremen, has put back, leaky
The Spaniih barque Maria, from China to Manilla, is reported to
be lost

Sir William Wallace, from Calcutta to this port, was spoken 12th
Nov. between the Cape and St: Helena
Effort, Orfeur, from Patras to Trieste, was on shore near Mis-
solongi 24th Dec. and would have to discharge
Betsey, Hadgraft, from Ipswich for this port, at Dartmouth,
with loss of bowsprit

Sweet Home, hence for Rio Grande, was spoken 29th Dec. in
lat. 5 N, long. 23 W

0 rixa, hence for Canton, was spoken 29th Nov. in lat. 5 N, long.
23 W
Norfolk Hero, Holmes, from Smyrna for this port, at Milford
, Zepler, Bootle, hence for Waterford, at Milford, with loss of
main bt om

MADRAS, Nov. 22.—1 t blew a severe gale 24th ultimo, and serious
damage.has been done both here and at Pondicherry. The Eme-
rald, of Liverpool, succeeded in riding cut the gale, after being
obliged to cut away her masts, and is so much strained that she
has been surveyed, condemned, and sold. The Francis Smith, Ed-
monds, went on shore near the Seven Pagodas, and has become a
total wreck : Ist and 2nd mates, and 8 seamen drowned ; part of
the cargo saved. The Ganges, Godson ; Arethusa, Clarke High
lander, Nichol, and Ten, Smith, are stranded on the beach south of
this harbour.

LIVERPOOL HAY AND POTATOE MARKET,
JANUARY 12, 1843.
The arrival of Potatoes during the past week, both from the Isle
of Man, Scotland and Ireland, is only on a small scalefor the
season of the year, which may in some measure be attributed to
the exceedingly boisterous and unsettled weather prevailing for
the past few days ;—influenced by this cause, the demand both in
retail at the quays, and reshipment, has assumed a more steady
aspect, and although the business done has been by no means ex-
tensive, yet a small advance has been realized in some instances
for fine runs :—the best description of Manx, Scotch and Irish
Cups are selling in retail at from Is to Is Id per galbs. ; inferior
10d to lid.

Our neighbouring farmers continue to experience a steady con-
sumptive demand for all descriptions of agricultural produce
brought to our local markets, at the undermentioned currency.
Potatoes 9 11,. s. d. s.,d. s. d. s. d.
Short Tops 1 2 1 3 Old Hay .... 0 B@i4, lop p. 201 b
Cups 1 3 1 4 New Hay.... 0 6 0 su -
Pink-eyes and ' Clover Hay.. 0 6 0 9-
Kemps I 1 6 1 8
Clover & Grass 0 0 0 0 -
Cattle
Turnips, v ton -
Carrots 32 0 34 0 Straw, Barley 0 2 0 2A. -

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, .JANUARY 10th.
A moderately fair supply of Oats and Flour, with a further
liberal accession of Oatmeal, have arrived from Ireland into
this port since Tuesday last, but of Wheat and other grain
thence, or of any article coastwise, except Malt, we have
little to notice; and from abroad the imports consist merely
of 444 bags of East India Flour, with 1404 qrs. of Beans
from Egypt.

An indication of amendment in the leaning markets of this
district last week, and the rise in London yesterday, commu-
cated a better feeling to the Wheat trade here this morning ;
and, having a tolerable appearance of local and country
buyers, an increase of 2d. to 3d. per 70Ibs. over the rates of
this day week was paid upon most descriptions of both Irish
and foreign, whilst English Wheat, although rather scarce,
barely commanded a proportionate improvement; the ad-
vance, however, evidently tending to check any extensive
demand, the transactions on the whole were but moderate in
amount.

Irish Flour was taken off zither freely, and prime marks
were Is. per sack higher, States, as well as Canadian, at the
same time fully supporting late prices.
English Malting Barley, in the absence of arrivals, would
realise the increased terms noted on Friday ; but in grinding
qualities, or in Malt, Beans, or Pease, no change was per-
ceptible.

Oats met some inquiry, resulting in sales to a moderate
extent at an amendment of id. per 451bs ; and Oatmeal may
be noted 6d. per 2401b5. dearer, but was not readily saleable
above the rates of this day senrright.

Mrjt.

TIDE TABLE

Evn. I Height. I Sundays, Holydays, *.c.
______

A. M. R. 31. F. 1.
Friday.. 13 846 911 12 5 Cambridge Lent Term beg.
Saturday 14 940 10 3 13 9 Oxford ditto.
Sunday.. 15 10 25 10 47 15 6 2nd Sunday after Epiphany
Monday. 16 11 8 11 30 17 1 Full Moon Sh 14m. morn,;
Tuesday 17 11 51 - 18 3 Venus rises 5h 17m morn.
Wednes 18 012 033 19 3 Moon in Perigee 9h even.
Thursdaylg 054 116 19 8 Mars rises 2h 9m morn.

PRICES OF TIMBER AT LIVERPOOL

WOOD, Deals, 120 stand. in. duty paid ' Duty
Archangel 417 0 @ 18 10
Memel 15 0 16 0 Imf 2,
Gothenburg l3 10 - 15 0 I, 'l3 t...
Wyborg 15 0-16 10 :
riti,
Petersburg 15 0-18 10 -co.
PLANKS, per foot of 2 inches thick. I i, -
Danzig, Deck
British American Pine
LATHWOOD, per fathom
Danzig, 4 feet
. British American
BAHOOANY, per foot of 1 inch thick
Honduras

0 2*-

48 0 -

4 0 --

Cuba
St. Domingo
aAK PLANKS, British American
TEAKWOOD, per cubic feet
STAVES, per 1200.
Danzig, C. Pipe
Quebec, red, 1, inch thick,3o 0 47 10
and 5} feet long
Do. Puncheon lO 10 16 0
Timazn, per cubic foot. s. d. s. d.
Oak 4 ; 10
Pine, British Amer. common
red 1 7 2 0
yellow . 1 U 1 1
I 10 2 0
1 10 2 0
2 0 2 2

0 7 -
0 9-

3 3t-

is Odper load

£l5O 0 -

0 0
none

Danzig,middling
Memel, middling
Riga,red

28s. do

Is. perload

31s 6cl 14, load,

:John Press HoWard, Attlebridge, Norfelk, maltster.
Frederick Ford, Aldgate, grocer.
William Finch, Rickmansworth, miller.
Elizabeth Caroline Knuppel, Haymarket, hotel-keeper.
Thomas Whitmarsh, Tuubridge-wells, hotel-keeper.
Thomas Walker, Haughton-le-Sketue, Durham, grocer.
Robert Goodenough. Newton Abbott, woollen-draper.
Rodger Robinson Preston, Wakefield, innkeeper.
William Bath, Bilston, Staffordshire, brandy merchant.
William Horn Stanningley, Yorkshire, listing maker.
George Knowles, Halifax, corn-dealer.
DIVIDENDS.

Feb, 2, T. Rowell, Cambridge, linendraper—Feb. 2, A. W. Mills,
Carey-street, London, law-stationer—Feb. 2. H. Field and J. Crane,
Bush-lane, Cannon-street, and Haggerstone-lane. London, varnish-
makers—Feb. 2, J. Boyd, Welbeck -street, ironmonger Feb. 2, 3.
Collinson, South Melton-street, London, carpenter—Feb. 2, C.
King, J. Sandell, and D. H. King, Berners-street, London, paper-
stainers—Jan. 28, J. Saunders, Basinghall-street, London, and
Bradford, Wiltshire, woollen manufacturer—Feb. 2. J. Fanner and
T. H. Saunders. Basinghall-street, London, and Bradford, Wiltshire,
woollen manufacturers—Feb, 2, C. Hoppe, Blackfriars-road. Lon-
don, chinaman —Feb. 2, J H. Clark and H. C. Farrow, King
William-street, London, wine merchants—Feb. 15, J. Wilkinson,
Manchester, innkeeper—Feb. 7, A. Walfred, Manchester, com-
mission-agent—Jan. 31, E. Bayley, Exeter, straw-bonnet-dealer.

CERTIFICATES

;ranted by the Court of Review, unless cause be shown tO

the contrary on or before Jan. 31

W. Bushell. Eversham, innkeeper—J. Metcalf, Cambridge, up-
holsterer—J. Heaword, sen., and R. G. Bersley, Manchester, cotton-
spinners—W. Rotherham, Shoreditch, London, draper—G. Biggs,
Coal-Exehange, London, coal-merchant—J. Smith, Haselor, War-
wickshire, miller—A. Bull, Bucklersbury, London, merchant—R-
Jaques, Leeds, flax-spinner—B. Ward, Newcut, Lambeth, London,
boot-manufacturer—R. B. Thompson. Woc d-street, London, ware-
houseman—W. Blatch, Brompton, printer—M. Gilbert, Lawrence-
lane, innkeeper—H. Wood, Manchester, and Watling-street, Lou-
don, stuff-merchant—H. nip; Aylsbury, grocer—T. Morris, New-
bridge, Glamorganshire, grocer—J. T. Bowden, Addle street, Lon-
don, woollen-draper—W. Dunn. Southampton, merchant.