The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-09-02 00:00:00

MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE.

The Dock Committee held their weekly meeting yesterday,
when the following members were present :—Messrs. Sands
(chairman), Barclay, liolt, Holmes, Middleton, IVlolyneux,
Bold, Sandbach, Nicol, Tobin, and Evans.

CLARENCE SOUTH GRAVING DOCK.
The SURVEYOR stated that he was not quite ready with his
plan for the Clarence South Graving Dock.
The CHAIRMAN added that the plan had, in fact, been
submitted to the master carpenters for their consideration
and approval.
Mr. TOBIN inquired whether this was the plan for length-
ening the Southern Graving Dock ?
The CHAIRMAN replied in the affirmative. It was for the
dock, the lengthening of which Mr. Tobin had advocated
upon a former occasion.

•Mr. TOBIN contended that the committee must consent
either to lengthen this graving dock or to ►nake a new one.
There were frequently fifty or sixty vessels upon the books,
waiting for a berth in the graving docks ; and frequently
after having waited they did not like to go in because they
might thereby lose a voyage.
Mr. Ntcot said that these graving docks would very soon
be ready to render real assistance.

Mr. TOBIN said, that as the committee kept increasing
their docks so, graving docks would be wanted. That was
the reason why he had supported the lengthening of the one
in question.
The conversation on this subject then terminated.
CROSBY LIGIIT-HOLYSE.

The Sub-Committee for the department of the Marino
Surveyor, recommended that Thomas Stirzaker, one of the
keepers of the Rock Lighthouse. be appointed keeper of the
Crosby Lighthouse, at a salary of £B4 per annum.—Con-
firmed. '

Vottrp.

RECOLLECTIONS.
BY THE LATE S. LOUISA P. SMITH.

I've pleasant thoughts that memory brings, in moments free
from care,
Of a fairy-like and laughing girl, with roses i n her hair ;
Her smile was like the star-light of summers softest skies,
And worlds of joyousness there shone, from out her witch-
ing eyes.

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Her looks were looks of melody, her voice was like the swell
Of sudden music, notes of mirth, that of wild gladness tell;
She came like spring, with pleasant sounds of sweetness and

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of mirth,
And her thoughts were those wild, flowery ones, that linger
not on earth.

A quiet goodness beam'd amid the beauty of her face,
And all she said and did was with its own instinctive grace ;
She seem'd as if she thought the world a good and pleasant.
one,
And her light spirit saw no ill in all beneath the sun.

I've dreamed of just such creatures, but they never met my'
view,

'Mid the sober, dull reality, in their earthly form and hue,
And her smile came gently over me, like spring's first
scented airs,
And made me think life was not all a wilderness of cares.
I know not of her destiny, or where her smile now strays,
But the thought of her comes o'er me, with my own lost

sunny days,
With moonlight hours, and frir-off friends, and many plea-
sant things,
That have gone the way of all the earth on time's resistless
wings.

LITERARY NOTICES.

The Commissioner, Nos. 9 and 10. Walmsley.

Whoever the author of this work may be be is a queer
fish, and possesses queer thoughts and fancies. The present
numbers are decided improvements upon the last. It ap-
pears to us that the tale is approaching a termination. It is
certainly the most original of the day. Portions of it are
amusing, though the general plot and incidents are un-
likely—amidst a great deal of nonsense there constantly
breaks out very apposite and trite remarks. The illustra-
tions are all admirable.

Our Mess. By Harry Lorrequer. Walmsley, Liverpool.
Jack Hinton, in this number, we find idling away his time
with the Bellews, falling deeper and deeper in love with the
" one fair daughter," and rescuing her from a watery grave.
A reucontre with Ulick Burke is well described. The fol-
lowing terrific Teeital by " Tipperary Joe" takes place while
he and the dragoon are journeying together, the latter on his
refit rn. tirhexcl-quarters
M," cried he aloud, as his eye glistened with an unna-
turarlustre, " better be poor Tipperary Joe, without house
or home, father or mother, sister or friend, and when the
time comes, run to earth, without a wet eye after him."
" Come, come, Joe, you have many a friend ; and when
yon count them over, don't forget the in the reckoning."
" Whist, whist," he whispered in a low voice, as if fearful
of being overheard, " don't say that—them's dangerous
words.'
I turned towards him with astonishment, and perceived
that his whole countenance had undergone a striking change.
The gay and laughing look was gone • the bright colour had
left his cheek ; and a cold, ghastly paleness was spread over
his features, and as be cast a hurried and stealthy look
around him, I could mark that some secret fear was working
within him.
" What is it, Joe, said I ; " what's the matter ? Are you
ill ?
" No," said he, in a tone scarcely audible, " no • but you
frightened me just now, when you called me your friend."
' How could that frighten you, my poor fellow ?"
" I'll tell you—that's what they called my father—they said
he was friendly with the gentlemen, and signs on it—" he
paused, and his eye became rooted to the ground, as if on
some object there from which he could not turn his gaze :
" yes, I mind it well—we were sitting by the fire in the guard-
room all alone by ourselves—the troops was away, I don't
know where—when we heard the tramp of men marching,
but not regular, but coming as if they didn't care how, and
horses and carts rattling and rumbling among them.
" Thim's the boys,' says my father. ' Give me that ould
cockade there till I stick it in my cap, and reach me over
the fiddle till I rise a tune for them.'
" I mind little more till he was marching at the head of
them through the town, down towards the new college that
was building—it's Maynooth I'm speaking about—and then
we turned to the left, my father scraping away all the time
every tune he thought they'd like ; and if now and then by
mistake he played any thing that did not plaze them, they'd
damn and blast him with the dreadfullest curses, and stick a
pike into him, till the blood would come running down his
back ; and then my father would cry outL-
" I'll tell my friends on you for this—divil a lie in it, but
I will.'
" At last we came to the duke's wall, and then my father
sat down on the road sat, and cried out that he wouldn't go
a step farther, for I was crying away with sore feet at the
pace we were going, and asking every minute to be let sit
down to rest myself.
" ' Look at the child,' says he, his feet's all'bleeding.'
" ' Ye have only a little further to go,' says one of them
that had cross belts on, and a green sash about him,
" The devil resave another step,' says my father.
" Tell Billy to play us "The Farmer's Daughter" before
he goes,' says one of the crowd.
" I'd rather hear "The Bowld Fox," says another.
" ' No, no, " Baltiorum ! Baltiorurn ! " ' say many more
behind.
" Ye shall have them all,' say my father, and that 'ill
plaze ye.'
" And so he set to, and played the three tunes as beautiful
as ever yeheard; and when he was done, the man with the
belts ups and says to him—
"" (Ye're a fine hand, Billy, and it's a pity to lose you, and
you friends will be sorry for you'—and he said this with a
grin—' but take the spade there and dig a hole, for we must
be jogging, it's nigh day.'
" Well. my father, though he was tired enough, took the
spade and began digging as they told him, for he thought to
himself, the boys is going to hide the pike and the carbines
before they go home. Well, when we worked half an hour,
h444litevroff his coat and set to again ; and at last he got tired
and sat down on the side of the big hole, and called—
tt,f'lsn't It big enough now, boys?'
iffilt-NO,' says the captain, ' nor half.
Z." !ROMS) father set to once more, and worked away with
all his might, and they all stood by, talking and laughing
with one another.
",‘Will="it do now?' says my father ; for sure enough I'm
clean beat.
" Maybe it might,' says one of them : lie down and see
if it's
' Well., is it that it's for ?'
" says may father : faix, I
neVer guessed it was a grave ; ' and so he took off his cap and
lay down his full length in the hole.
" That's all right,' says the others, and began with spade
and shovel to cover him up. At first he laughed away as
hearty as the rest ; but when the mould grew heavy on him
he began to screech out to let him up, and then his voice
grew weaker and fainter, and they waited a little, then
worked harder, and then came a groan, and all was still;
and they patted the sods over him and heaped them up ; and
then they, took me and put me in the middle of them, and
one called out, ' March!' I thought I saw the green sod
moving on the top of the grave as we walked away, and heard
a voice half-ehoking calling out, There, boys, there !' and
then a laugh. But sure I often heard the same still, when
there's nobody near me, and I do be looking on the ground
by Myself."
1 great God.!" cried I, "Is this true ?"
'True as you're there,', replied he. " I was ten years of
age_ when it happened, and I never knew how time went
since, nor how long it is ago, it was in the year of the great
troubles here ; and the soldiers and the country people never
could be cruel enough to one another : and whatever one did
to-day, the others would try to beat it out to-morrow. But
it's truth every word of it ; and the place is called
Billy the
fool'* grsve7,to this hour. I go there once a year to see it
myself."
This frightful story—told, too, with all the simple power
of truth—thrilled through me with horror, long after the
impression seemed to have faded away from him who told it;
and though,he still continued to speak on, I heard nothing';
nor did I mark our progress until I found myself beside the
little stream which conducted to the mill.

.4,1 Elementary Introduction to the Nautical Almanac, and
Astronomical Ephemeris, ire. By G. P. Payne, Optician,
Liverpool. Charles Wilson, London ; Melling and Payne,
Liverpool.
This is a truly valuable work, not solely as "An Introduc-
tion to the Nautical Almanac," but as containing clear and
f"Riliaversplanations of the whole of the technical terms and
phenomena appertaining to tbe sublime science of astronomy;
the whole illustrated by numerous diagrams, and rendered of
easy comprehension by students even of moderate capacity.
Informs, in fact, as stated in a secondary portion of the title
Page, "An Epitome of Astronomy." and will be found as
usefal and acceptable to the general student of that science
on shore, as to those who seek only to determine by planetary
observation, the true position of a ship at sea, a pursuit
which is, we fear, too generally neglected by nautical men,
from the want of such an "instroduction" to smooth the diffi-
culties encountered in the onset, and who arc thus thrown
too exclusively upon a reliance on their chronometers. The
author, in a very brief a
ad'unassuming preface, remarks :
" Writers on elementary astronomy generally either reserve
the itl,forlll.olgn Most eagerly sought by the curious, or detail
it Onlbe supposition that the reader is a mathematician.
Unelatibtecily no great progress can be made in astronomy
without the aid of the mathematics, but there may be a
medium between a perfect acquaintance with these abstruse
snake astronomical data
studies and a sufficient knowledge t
familiarised and
in pursuance
n.. The author,
easy of mil
enableaud introduced as
of ,hi 4 An has.,l:relll:7:lieves,
ie :nay student to
cexplanations as may
many icient4- and complicated theor
comprehend'tlie f,acts the Celes-
tial
ei la
a In this object, we think, those who have
?PIIC4C)Pen-:. (like ourselves) of the science,
but a moderate knowledge
wilt readily adroit that he has fully succeeded.
and at the same time so corapPre:
nations are indeed s 9 clear,
s
bensive, that a comparatively slight study of the work will
convey an entirely satisfactory knowledge of points which
the perusal of most elementary treatises on the same subjects,
left in cloudiness and doubt. The writer must haveemployed
unwearied research of the voluminous works of celebrated
men, and he has shown great judgment in the appropriation
and condensation of such facts only as were necessary for the
attainment of the object in view, without wearying the patience
or perplexing the understanding by disquisitions unnecessarily
abstruse. He has thus done an important service to students
of astronomy in general, and to the nautical world in parti-
cular ; and his book should be in the hands of all seamen,
young and old, who are honourably ambitious of perfecting
themselves in the higher branches of navigation, by which
the great desideratum of the longitude at sea can be accu-
rately determined. The work is arranged alphabetically,
and is thus readily accessible for reference. The explana-
tions .under the following heads, appear to us to be pe-
culiarly lucid :—A.bberation, Central Forces, Comets, De-
pression, or Dip Ecliptic, (with two lessons and a
map), Conic Sections,
IVIOOII, Natation, Mensuration,
(including the motion of p...ht
) Refraction ; the whole
of the articles under the general head of " The Solar Sys-
tem," "The Seasons," and those headed "Tides," "Time,"
and, " Winds," all of which are exceedingly lucid, and, we

may add, interesting. The Diagrams are well executed, and
by help of these and the explanations accompanying them,
we have, ourselves, readily arrived at a distinct perception of
many problems which, we confess, we were unable fully to
solve. We are glad to find, by a contemporary paper, that
our talented townsman, Mr. Andrew Livingston, teacher of
navigation and nautical'astronomy, awards his high and va-
luable testimony in behalf of our author's production , of which
he states amongst other commendations :—" I have never
seen any work on the subjects treated of, so well adapted for
the use of a student, and yet of such decided advantage even
to those well versed in the science of astronomy." But we
must select one or two paragraphs almost at random, as
specimens of, the clearness of the style of a volume the mo-
derate price of which is by no means adequate to its intrinsic

MISCELLANEOUS.

It is said that the Marquis of Westminster gives to each
of his granddaughters lately married one hundred thousand
pounds.

The exportation of cattle from Belgium to England has
commenced. The Belgian sloop Union has just sailed from
Ostend with forty-six oxen on board.

Water has become so scarce at Derry, that it is sold at the
rate of 2d. per can. This circumstance is owing to the long-
continued drought.

THE QUEEN'S TM/R.—Her Majesty, it is said, has ex-
pressed a wish to visit all the scenes of Sir Walter Scott's
novels,

The law appointments have been definitely settled, and
Mr. Jackson may now be considered a Judge in the Court of
Common Pleas, being succeeded in his late office by Mr. T.
B. C. Smith, who is now the solicitor-General.—Dublin
Evening Mail.
At no period were so many deaths known to have occurred
by the practice of bathing in the Thames between Southwark
and Blackfriars bridges, as within the last fortnight, during
which period no fewer than nine lives have been lost and only
time of the bodies found.

By the Brisk we learn that the Madagascar and Water-
witch had recently attacked and destroyed a settlement, or
what is called a baracoon, at a place near Cabenda, and libe-
rated 900 slaves.—Anti. Slavery Reporter.
BEYROUT, July 24.—1 regret to say that Bishop Alexander
is very ill and confined to bed from fever, having already
been several times slightly indisposed. The climate of
Jerusalem does not appear to agree with his constitution.—
Times.

There died lately, says a German paper, in the village of
Felsoe Foerock, in Transylvania, a farmer named Terebesi,
in the 135th year of his age. He always enjoyed good
health, and worked in the field until just before his death.
Mr. Campbell, of Islay, in the presence of the Duke and
Duchess of Argyll and the Marquis of Lorn, from his pool
in the Langan, caught in one draught 557 fish. Mr. Camp-
bell then proposed to the duke to apply the net to that part
of the pool from which 1,021 had been taken a few weeks ago,
but his grace remarked that enough had been killed for
one day.
DEAR BREAD.—Several of the metropolitan journals are
agitating the question of the dearness of bread, and making
enquiry whether the bakers and millers are justified in ob-
taining such great profits. The following calculation appears
on the subject in the Morning Herald, from one of the cor-
respondents of that paper :—" 1 have understood that a
quarter of wheat, of middling quality, will yield in flour
about 392 pounds of flour, and that 392 pounds of flour will
make about 130 four-pound loaves. If so, and the price of a
quarter of wheat is 545., that is equivalent to sd. the loaf, as
130 loaves at sd. each amount to 545. 2d. Why, then, is the
consumer charged Sid. or 9d. for his loaf? Is the expense
of grindine the corn and making the bread equal to na. or
4d. the loaf, in addition to the profit of the bran and pollard ?

DEATH OF MR. LONGMAN, OF PATERNOSTER-ROW.—
It is with much grief that we have to announce the decease,
at an early hour this morning, at his residence at Hampstead,
of Thomas Ncrton Longman, Esq., the eminent bibliopolist,
of Paternoster-row. This melancholy event arose from his
horse having fallen with him on Wednesday last, by which
accident the unfortunate gentleman was precipitated to the
ground with much severity, as to occasion considerable in-
jury to the spine, from which he never recovered. Mr. Long-
man was as much distinguished by his amiable and unas-
suming qualities in private life, as by the extent and integrity
of his commercial dealings. He was in, bis' 72d year.—
Standard.

THE ROYAL MAIL COMPANY'S STEAMER TAY.—We take
blame to ourselves for not having earlier mentioned the regu-
larity of departure and arrival of this vessel on its late service ;
especially so, as the line of steamers had hitherto been sub-

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jected (and justly so) to a great deal of censure upon this
point. It now clearly appears from this latter circumstance,
that the arrangements contem plated are becoming so complete,
as almost to ensure a certainty to passengers, that no morti-
fication or inconvenience will hereafter arise, excpt such as
may happen through those causes over which the parties can
have controul. The Tay completed her recent trip, within a
fraction, we may say, of the time in which it was calculated
she would perform it. This looks well.—Guiana Times.
NELSON'S MONUMENT, TRAFALGAR-SQUARE.—It will
be recollected that, some weeks ago, .a large block of stone,
from Scotland, presented by his Grace the Duke of Buc-
clench to the committee for erecting Nelson's monument,
was deposited in the space of ground appropriated for its re-
ception at Trafalgar-square. Since then a large and well-
lighted wooden shed has been built over the same, to
protect the sculptor from the inclemency of the weather
during the continuance of the task he has undertaken
to perform, which he commenced a few days ago. The
entire figure of Nelson will be formed or chiselled out
of this immense mass of stone, with the exception of
the head and shoulders, for which another block will be re-
quired. Some idea may be formed of its magnitude when
it is known that it weighs 32 tons, is 12 feet high, 7 feet wide,
and 6 feet thick. The pedestal and column are proceeding
with great rapidity, and, notwithstanding the delay oc-
casioned by the strike of the masons a few months ago, it is
believed that the column will be ready for the reception of
' the statue very little over the time originally contemplated.
THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY.—After all, there is likely to
be a contest, and judging from the equip premises of the two
candidates, it will no doubt be a severe one. A requisition '
from several of the heads of the college was this afternoon
in course of signature, addressed to Mr. T. B. Smith, who
is understood to have received the appointment of Solicitor-
General, soliciting that gentleman to stand for the vacancy
in the representation created by the elevation of Mr. Devon-
sher Jackson to the judicial bench, and it is reported that
should Mr. Smith accede to the terms of the requisitionists,
he will have the weight of government support in his favour.
Mr. Hamilton, notwithstanding these adverse circumstances,
is determined not to withdraw his claims on the electors,
a vast number of whom have already decided on supporting
him, in preference to any other candidate whatsoever. The
contest, should it be persevered in, will place both parties in
a very embarrassing position. Mr. Hamilton started with
the full knowledge and sanction of the Irish government, and
his withdrawal at the present juncture, when it is, of neces-
sity, found that one of the law officers of the crown should
have a seat in parliament, would lead to the suspicion that
henceforward the representation of College was to be but
the stepping-stone to place, and that the University, com-
prising the most enlightened constituency in the kingdom,
should be content to rank with Clonmel, Cashel, or any other
whig nomination borough. As to the respective merits of
the two candidates, it is impossible to decide ; in truth, there
is no difference between them ; both would reflect honour
on the choice of any body of electors here or elsewhere ; and
this it is that renders the position of all parties embarrassing
in the extreme.—London Times.—[The Dublin Evening
Mail mentions something similar to this, but says there is
no foundation for such statements.]
OPENING OF THE SOUTAAMPTON DOCKS.—SOUTHAMP-
TON, AUGUST 29.—The tidal-dock of this great national
commercial undertaking was opened this afternoon. Although
no official notice of the event had been given by the direc-
tors, long before the hour reported, when the first vessel was
to enter the magnificent dock, thousands of persons had
congregated around the walls to witness the ceremony, if
ceremony it may be called. The directors of the company
arrived from London during the morning ; and it was ar-
ranged that the Tagus, belonging to the Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Company, should be made use of to open
the docks pro forma". She was accordingly decked out in
her various colours, and proceeded from the quay to the con.
• fluence of the river Itchen, for that purpose ; when the Little
Liverpool, also belonging to the same company, was disco-
vered steaming up the river from Gibraltar. This apropos
circumstance induced the directors to lay to for a quarter of
an hour, to give the Liverpool time to reach her, and enter
first, with her passengers and cargo of goods. In the course
of a few minutes she passed the entrance to the dock into its
basin, amidst the cheers of the assembled multitude, the
firing of cannon, &c. ; and shortly afterwards a part of her
cargo was landed, and sent off per rail to town, where it ar-
rived in due course this evening, thus giving a remarkable
instance of despatch ; and showing at the same time the im-
mense advantage Southampton has over any other port in
the kingdom for the landing and transmission of foreign
goods to the metropolis. To those of our readers who are
unacquainted with this stupendous undertaking, it may be as
well to remark en passant, that the tidal-dock is the largest
in England, the inside, from wall to wall, covering an area
of 16 acres. It is excavated to that extent, that there will
be always 18 feet water at low water spring tides. The open-
ing is 150 feet in width, thus admitting vessels of almost any
tonnage. A. shed is now building on the north-east side,
360 feet in length, and 50 feet wide in the floors, for the
storeage of goods, from which a tram-way leads to the rail-
way station, distant about 300 yards. This dock was com-
menced three years ago (in October next), at a cost of about
£140,000, and, had it not been for unforeseen causes, would
have been opened for traffic some time since. The vessels
belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental and the Royal
West India Mail Company will henceforth make use of it ;
and no doubt every vessel of consequence will take advan-
tage of the facilities thus offered for landing and shipping
goods. The latter company have contracted for a use of a
portion of the dock for the sum of X2OOO per annum. There
is another dock, now in progress, called the inner or wet
dock. It is impossible to state when this will be finished.
Want of funds prevents that accomplishment for the present.
This dock covers an extent of 14 acres, and is the nearest to
the town.

AFFECTING CIRCUMSTANCE.—On Wednesday, the 10th
current, a stout good-looking man, five feet eight or nine
inches high, apparently of the age of 24 years, fair hair, and
yellowish bushy whiskers, landed from the Liverpool steamer,
at Annan Waterfoot. He inquired for a quiet lodging, as he
proposed resting for a few days, and was conducted to the
house of Widow Beatie, residing in Port-street. During
the night be was sick and restless, and in the morning
swallowed a cup of tea, without tasting bread. He then went
out with the expressed intention of calling at a barber's shop,
and returning immediately. But, from whatever cause, he
has never since been heard of. He was dressed in moleskin
trousers and waistcoat, wove sleeves, a white shirt, a cap
stemmed and furred,,Wellington boots. The box he left at
the lodging was 'addressed " James Smith," and the way-
farer talked as if he belonged to Ayrshire. After some delay
the box was opened by the Procurator, Fiscal to the burgh,
in the presence of Bailie Sawyer, and an invetory taken of
its contents, consisting of a quantity of joiner's tools, and
body clothes. On the latter there are no marks, and on the
former simply the maker's name, " Henderson, Greenock."
From a memorandum found, it appears that poor Smith had
sailed from Greenock for America, on the 14th of May last ;
and as the box in question is an old commercial packing one,
and its tradesman contents incomplete, it seems probable that
he had sold his tool chest, to raise money sufficient to carry
him back to this country. In the course of conversation, he
told Mrs. Beatie that although he had been in various parts
of the United States, he could find no employment, and that
he would never, lie rather thought, travel more unless he had
the misfortune to be banished. There is something strange
and suspicious in the disappearance of this wanderer ; for had
not something serious or fatal occurred, it seems most certain
he would either have returned to his lodging, or sent for his
property.—Dumfries Herald.
A SINGULAR DISCOVERY.—A grotto or natural cavern
inAIE hntwieckraMceo-ogrroiunntr B
limyestthe recentoneroeks
southwestihyaisngbeteonthdeisco-cred of
removal of part of the rocks two openings were found, one
of which was known 50 years before, but, by the falling of
the earth from above, has been partly hidden and unobserved
for a long period, The cavern is of considerable extent, in
height from 4 to 6 feet, with passages branching off on both
sides, but its length has been recently explored, as a thick
stratum of soft clay has closed one of the priucipal avenues,
Therd place in some parts is neatly arched, approaching to the
and regularity of a work of art.
The roof was at one
time beautifully studded with sparkling suancites, anti from
the sides rose small pillars of white semi-transparent calca-
reou
s spar disposed in some degree like the Anglo-Saxon
architecture of some of the ancient monasteries. But the
„when the late Duke
great influx of visitors has robbed the groqo of its attractions
and the choicest of its finely-moulded
carried away, not entire, but broken
ago,:
.fragments
for
mantle-piece relies. Several years into
age
Hhave been
I
of Northumberland kept a pack of hound images
sat une West
Park, two of the hounds pursued a fox into this cavern, and
were unable to find their way out. Sot ne men who proceeded
and cries
in search of them day after day heard the barking
of the dogs, and one man went so far that he heard the people
of Hobberlow, a hamlet about a furlong distance of the
entrance, stir their fire above him. One of the clegs wasti
and
brought out on the 15th day of its imprisonment,
other on the 16th day, in a famished and emaciatedcondition ,
and unable to walk home.— Tyne Mercury.

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, —This DAY

(From Messrs. R. MAICIN Gr SONS' Circular.)

The duty on Foreign Wheat is again advanced this week,
being now 12s. per quarter, with a certainty of an increase
in the rate until it reaches close upon the highest point; that
on Rye is raised to Bs. 6d., on Pease to 9s. 6d. per quarter,
and on Flour to 7s. M. per barrel : the Colonial Wheat duty
also will shortly be higher.
We have a fair fresh supply of Wheat from European
ports, with a few thousand barrels of States and Canadian
Flour, which'forming the bulk of the arrivals into this port
within the past three days, the general imports are rather
moderate; the market at the same time being less pressed
with samples from granary, and the improved tone lately
manifeSted here being confirmed by a corresponding feeling
in 'London and several leading markets of the country, the
trade has assumed more buoyancy between Tuesday last and
to-day ; the disposition to purchase Wheats on speculation
has continued, and at the rates of our last Circular, some
large sales have been effected, but many holders looking for
an advance has served to check much general business.
At this morning's market both town and country millers
freely paid the full rates of Tuesday, for the general qualities
of Wheat, and inclusive of one or two parcels taken for
holding over, a fair amount of business has been done. A
good demand was also experienced for Flour, fresh descrip-
tions of which are becoming comparatively scarce, and for
such 6d. per barrel advance has been obtained to-day.
In Barley, Beans, and Pease, we have no alteration to
note, there being scarcely any enquiry for any of these arti-
cles to-day.

Old Meaiing Oats were in better request, but no improve-
ment on late prices could be effected : rather extensive pur-
chases of old Oatmeal, the stock of which is much reduced,
were made on country. orders, and an amendment of Is. per
sack was realised : the supply of new coming forward in very
limited quantity ; a small lot of the latter brought 28s. Gd.
per 240 lbs.

Much rain has fallen on Wednesday night and yesterday,
which appears to have been general through this district ; but
the interruption to harvest work, in the small compass where
it is incomplete, is only temporary, to-day being again very
fine, with brisk drying winds.

ARRIVALS OF CORN.
From the 3th 30th August to the Ist Sept., 1842, inelusine

DESCRIPTION. LAND. IRE . COAST-'CANADA
WISE.AST , C A NAs
TDsA.
REIGN.
EP
10.-N .
TOTAL
188 u
Wheat Qrs.l 281 40 -
7395 7706
Bailey Qrs. 27 • 700 727
Malt Qrs. 609 609
Oats Qrs. 462 '550 1012
Rye Qrs.
Beans Qrs. 410 - 410
Pease. Qrs. 4 140 144
Shelled Barley . Qrs.
Oatmeal Rapeseed
Indian Corn ~, Qrs. 661 660
Qrs.
.... Loads 488 488
KOUT . Sacks 51 1 684 728
Ditto . Brls. 3135 3436
Into Runcorn, Ireland and Coastwise :—Wheat, qrs.; Oats
qrs. ; Oatmeal, Ids; Flour, sacks.

ie :—Whcat, qrs. ; Oats

EXPORTS.—Foreign. Wheat, Barley, qrs.; Malt,
67 qrs.; Pease, qrs. ;
qrs. ; Oats, Indian Corn, 112 qrs. ; Oat-
meal,— loads; Flour, sacks, 38 brls.—lreland. Wheat, 391 i
qrs. ; Barley, qrs.; Oai,s, qrs.; Beans, qrs. ; Indian
Corn, 353 qrs. ; Oatmeal, Ids. ; Hour, sacks 220 brls.--
Coastwise. Wheat,. 71 qrs. ; Barley, qrs.; Malt, qrs. ;
Oats, 65 qrs.; Rye, qrs. ; Beans, 20 qrs. ; Pease, 31 qrs.
Indian Corn, 2 qrs. ; OaLinecl, 155 Ids.; Flour, 201 sacks 7.6
barrels.

Average prices of Grain, for the week ending Aug. 20, 1842.
W neat 555. od. Barley 275. 3d. I Oats.. 18s. 7d. I Rye.. 31s. 6d
Beans.. 335. 110. I Pease.. 325. 6d.
Aggregate average of the six weeks.
Wheat.. 60s. Id. i Barler274. 6d. I Oats.. 205. 3d. I Rye.. 345. 6d,
Beaus.. 34a. 3d. I Pease.. 335. Bd.
Duty
on Foreign Grain, &c. this week.
Wlicat 125.0 d. I Barley 9s.
od. I Oats .. . Os. ed. Rye.. Ss. 6d
Beans Bs. 60. I Peage .. Ss. 6t:. Ind. Corn Os. Od. I Floor 75.4 d.
Ditto from British Colonies out of Europe.
W heat... . Is. od. i Barley.. So. 6d. I Oats ..2s. Od. I Rye.... os. 6(1
Beans.. us. 6d I Pease.. Os. 63. I Indian Corn.. Os. Od. I Flour.. 7id
Liveipool Averages, week ending Aug. 23, 1842.
Wheat. i Barley. I Oats. Beaus. Pease.
Qrs — ' '
Os. Oil. Os. Od.
Prices