The Cambrian

THE VOICE OF THE FALLING LEAVES. A friendless minstrel walked alone, Where the autumn twilight lay Cold on the woods, and leaves were strown By thousands in his wav He thought of the promise breathing spring, And of summer's rosy eves,— And he said-" Alas, for the withering, And the time of falling leaves." The music of bird and breeze had passed From the woodlands, hushed and dim- But there came an answering voice at last Frotti 1 lie d) iii2; leaves to liiin And it said-" Oh, thou of the sleepless thought, In itiv musings sad and lone, Weep not the close of our tearless lot, But raiber mourn thine own II For the greenness of earl., spring was oar's, And the summer's palmy prime, And the glowitig titi(s iti.t decked the bowers In the glorious harvest time ;— And have we not seen the roses die? For their splendonrs might not stay- And the summer birds are gone, then why Should not leaves too pass away ? Yet the flowers may fade, and the leaves may fall, And the glory of woods depart, But monrn in ¡h, sorrow, more than all, The withering of the heart: And the soul's young brightness dimmed so soon, 'Twas a glorv early o'er- For Time hath taken that blessed boon, D But time can ne'er restore And mourn for Life's perished hopes, that died W hile the spring was flowery still, For the stainless love which the grave hath hid, Though it could not change or chill For the weary eyes that have looked for light Which never met their aze. And for all who have lived through storm and blight, But saw no summer days." The winds in their lonely powers awoke As the night came darkly on, And the voice which in twilight stillness spoke, With that twilight hoar was gone. And, oh said the minstrel, stiange, in sootli, Are the spells which Fancy weaves, For now she hath given a voice of truth To the fading, falling leaves."

To the EDITOR of The CAMBRIAN. MR. EDITOR,- When barbers—we be pardon, hair- dressers—torture the human hair luxuriant with a pair of curling- irons, have not the inhabitants of the poll a right to plead before any Christian community (and more especially in these days of morbid sensibility) against the horrid cruelty of death by scorch- ingl Finger and thumb, say they, if you please, nay, even small- tooth combs partake in some degree of a humane though sweeping measure, but such bloody instruments as are now handled by the knights of the lather and brush, can only be equalled in their ferocity by the burning and cruel days of the bloody Mary. Whether these vermin martyrs have a right to be heard forms another question. Barbers, as we have known them, are in gene- ral pliable and docile, they may therefore turn the ear of humanity even to vermin or perhaps some tender-hearted Member of the Lower House may bring the matter before the notice of Govern- ment, under one of the clauses of Martyn's Act." We can promise him that his measure will not be thrown out, as was the case in the bill against the sowing of ferrets' mouths," by reason of such not being indigenous for it is obvious to all that there can be uo question as to the indigenousness of the smaller vermin. Until such compulsory method be put in practice, we, the lialf-incubated parson" and the tyrannical monk of the dark ages, will pay no regard to the petition or rather admonition of the Survivor of the Horatii How Crito and the Reporter may feel we know not; but we, one of the Cnratii," the monk," the half-incubated parson," the deprecator of cheap knowledge" (have we any more of these Dames, Mr Editor?) feel as if we could fight ten thousand such Horatii as the re- doubtable lagu. In dealing with eur opponents, however, we claim the right to adopt our own line of defence; and if we should happen to fly into what be terms a whirlwind of passion" (which as yet we have not certainly done), he should remember the words of the most bitter but the most faithful of satirists, that of all your knaves your fools are the worst, for they rob you not only of your time but your temper." We are rejoiced that he has retired from the scene, as we are fully convinced that by wrestling with a chimney-sirevp we gain nothing but soot And now, Mr. Editor, by your kind permission we will resume what is more congenial to our own feelings, and we hope we shall not be thought vain if we venture to say, more edifying to those of your readers, a candid and impartial view of some of the theo- ries of the Rev. D. James, relative to the colonization of this island. If then we can prove that Triad 5 is not spurious, and therefore that the country through which the mighty Hu proceeded, not uninhabited, we may then, we think, reasonably infer t'jat the great antiquity of the first inroads of the Cymri into our isle, contended for by Mr. James, is inconclusive, for the very reason which we gave'at the close of our last communication. Furthermore, if, as we did in our last, we argue partly from concessions made in Mr. James's Book, our argument must, necessarily, under stich cir- cumstances, carry greater convictiou to the mind of every impar- tial and unprejudiced reader. The plan we propose in this matter is the following:—Mr. James tells us that the Cymri of the present day are the same as the Cimbri of the Latins, and the Kimmerioi of the Greeks. The question, then, will be, who were the Kimmerioi, and what is known of them? The best authority on this question will be Herodotus, not simply because be is the oldest, and gives a longer account of them than any other historian, but, for the sake of our having taken a different view in the matter, because he is admitted by Mr. James to be the oldest, and therefore the best possible evidence next to that of the Bible. Mr. James has brought to his aid the Scriptures. In our humble uncle rical opinion, writers, in treating of profane history, especially of so remote and obscure a period as that before us, ought to pause before they tread on such delicate and sacred grounds. For if such a latitude of interpretation be given to Holy Writ, there is nothing which Scripture might not be made to mean. It cannot be denied but that Herodotus committed a great num- ber of mistakes, which it would be easy to point out. At (he same time justice bids us declare that most of them are owing not to what he saw, but to what he heard for his constant ex- pression is, Whether these things are true I know not, but what is said I write.' Indeed his veracity in recording what he saw is Dow very generally admitted and as there is reason to suppose that he visited the countries wherein we have to treat of the Cim- merii or Cymri, our reasoning, founded on his records, must have a proportional weight attached to it. Herodotus possessed an active and vigorous mind, ever on the watch for information, and sparing no labour to attain it, great modesty and candour, which {>ermitted him from rejecting dogmatically even what appeared to lim erroneous frank simplicity which attached all those with whom he had intercourse, and a most scrupulous adherence to the first law of historical writing; to sav nothing false, and to conceal nothing true. The evidence of such a man, then, is be- yond question unimpeachable. Having premised thus far, we shall immediately procecd to translate literally, without paying any regard to the idiom of our own language, as, without doubt, in a discussion of this nature, such a proceeding is the fairest, for the reader will come at the meaning of the author more readily by doing so. In the Melpomene, sect. XI., There is, moreover, another report existing in this manner, to which report, in chief, I myself am inclined—that the Scythian Pomades, who dwell in Asia being oppressed in war by the Mapaget, proceeded to cross the river Araxes i,ito the Cimmerian land: tor that which the Scvth- ians now dwell in. the same is said to belong of old to the Cim- merii. And that the Cimmerii. by the invasion of the Scythians, took counsel, since a large army was upon them: and that their sentimetits were divided, either party indeed being firm, but that (opinion) of the nobility was the better. For the opinion of the people" as, that the thing would be to quit the country, nor was there a necessity to run into danger on account of many but that (opinion) of the nobles, to fight with the invaders on behalf of their country. The people, however, would not obey the nobles, nor the nobles the people—these (people) indeed consulted to decamp, without a battle, delivering up their country to the in- vaders but to the nobles it seemed good to lie buried in their own country, nor to fly together with the people. And as these things seemed good to them, having revolted, and being in number equal, they fought with one another and the people of the Cim- merii buried all those who had died near the river Tyra their burial place is yet visible. And when they had made the burial, they then took their road out of the country. But the Scythians having made an entry, found a desert territory." Sect. XII. Even now in Scythia are there Cimmerian walls asul there is Portbrnaea Cimmeria. There is, moreover, a country whose name is Cimmeria. There is the Bespborus called Cim- merius. But the Cimmerii appear flying from the Scythians into Asia, and to have inhabited the Chersonese, wherein is now in- habited the Greek city Sinope. Now the Scvthians are evidently in pursuit of them, and having struck into the Median land, lost. their way. For the Cimmerii took their flight always alozig the sea and the Scythians pursued holding the Caucasus on their right, whereby they struck into Media, being turned from their journey into the interior." [Melpom. of Herod., sects XI. XII.] We shall comment on these extracts in our next. Your obedient servant, Mr. Editor, CANTAB.

A SHORT VOV AGE.-The Whaler Gange returned into the port of Havre from the coast of New Zealand on Wed- nesday week, after a passage of only one hundred days, haviiie obtaioed an oHparalleled success in an equally re- anal kable short space of time. She sailed from Havre on I September 11, 1840, and in the seven mouths she was en- gaged in the fishery obtained 2,300 barrels of oil, and a proportionate quantity of whalebone. This is one of the shortest voyages known. {

DIARY TABLE FOR 1842. The following table shows on what day of the week ] each day of every month falls throughout the year 1842. It cannot but prove useful to many of our readers, for it will supply sonif of the information afforded by an almanack, and can easily be transferred to the pages of a diaiy or pocket book Irom its small size:- ? if 5' > ■«-. «5-5;! i'i 5- » s* I i\>^ H 1 5 S ."= = 1 = S ? S 1-5 5 Di| = >.r,; «i| = Z = r r= = 00 ir" 0^ t* t/i j; X r-' V3 JAN. I JULY L; 2 2 3 4 5 6 7 8] 3 4 5 0 7| 8 9 9 ltf 11 12 13 14 15 10 u i* 13 U1516 1617 1819I202I 22 17 18 1920 2122 23 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 24 20 it; 27 28 29 30 30 311 III 31 FEB. 1 2 3 4' 5 AUGUST 1 2 3 4| 5 0 6 7! 8 9110 IV12 7 8 9 10 1112 13 1314115 1617 1819 14 15 16 17 1819 20 2021 2223|24 L'5 26 21 -k i'A '4 25 2627 2728) 28 29 50 31 MARCH 1 2j 3 4 5 SEPT. 12 3 6 7 81, 9 10 11,12 4 5 6 7 8, 9 10 13 14115:16 17' 18 19 11 I* 13 14 1516 17 2021 2223 24125 26 18 19 JO 22*23 24 27 28 29:30 311 25 26 17 2b 29 30 APRIL 1! 2 OCTOBER 1 3 41 51 6 7 8 9 2 3 4 5 6 71 8 10 11H213 14115 16 j U 10 1 1213114:15 1718 1920 21(22 23 1(, 17 18 19 20121 22 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 23 24 25 26 27128 29 MAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7;! 3031 8 9 1011 12 1314 Nov. 1 2 3 4 5 151617181912021 6 7 8 91011,12 2223 2425 26 27 28! 13 11 15 16 17 18|19 *>30 3l| 20 21 >2 23 24 25i26 Jt'NE 12 3 4 27 28 29 30 5 6 7l 8 910 11 DEC. 1 21 3 1213 1415 16 1718 4 5 6 7 8 9110 1920 2122 23 24 25 11 12 13 14 15 ltijl7 26272829 30 j| lh ly >0 21 22)23124 25 2< 27 28 29i3 )j3l

INTERESTING NOTICES. GAS A SUBSTITTTE FOR COKE.-A correspondent of the Mechanics' Magazine, in a communication on the employment of gas as a substitute for coke in locomotive engines, asks—Might not gas be used with great advantage to heat the water ? Jets of gas might be burnt in the tubes of a boiler, no sparks or cinders would then annoy the pas- sengers, or ignite the goods in the trains; the fire could be raised instanerusly, and be regulated with the greatest nicety it would require much less attention, and, I believe, be more economical. Gas is condensed and made portable, and these holders might be carried in lieu of coke so far as raising the steam is concerned, gas would be far superior to coke, and to stationary engines, I am convinced, it might be applied iu lieu of coal with advantage. NEW ADAPTATION OF STEAM-POVVF.K.—Mr. H. Burden, of the Troy Ironworks, a gentleman of great me- chanical genius and practical skill, suggests the prLpriety of constructing a steam-boat 750 feet long for the navigation of the Hudson, divided into three sections, with an engine in each, similar to a train of railroad cars, or locomotives. Each of the present boats has to dig or excavate a passage in the water equal to the cross section of the boat. Mr. Burden argues that as in in his long boat only one canal would have to be excavated, the entire power of two en- gines might be saved and applied to increase the speed of the fiist boat or section for in constructing three boats of 250 feet each into one boat of 750 feet, the said boat can be so formed as to pass through the water at high velocities at much less resistance than one of 250 feet. He thinks boats may be constructed so as to answer every purpose of river navigation, and, by lengthening the trains, increase the speed ad i)tfinitum.-Americ(in paper. TRAVELLING BY STEAM ROUND THE PLANET UKANUS. —The circumference ot the orbit in which Uranus revolves about the sun is 11,314,600,000 of miles, through which it moves in 30,686 mean solar days, or about eighty-four years; it is the slowest moving planet in the system, and yet it pursues its course at the rate of 15,000 miles every honr. Were a steain-carriage to move round the immense orbit of this planet at the continued speed of about thirty miles an hour, it would require no less than 64,570 years before this ample circuit could be completed and yet a globe eighty times larger than the earth finishes this vast tour in eigiitv. four years! -Dick's Celestial Scenery. ELECTRO-MAGNETISM AS A MOTIVE POWE({.—Pro- fessor Grove, dming a lecture on magnetism, at the London Institution, exhibited a working model of a boat fitted with an electro-magnetic apparatus, on the principle of being dependant on attractions and repulsions consequent on the reversion of the electro-magnetic poles, for its source of power, and actiug dfectively on an Archimedes' screw pro- peller; the lecturer, in his remarks on the probable adapta- tion of electro-magnetism to locomotion, said, "to motion there can be no doubt of its application, and effectively for many minor purposes, such as the lathe, &c., but for engines on a large scale the economy of its use becomes an im- portant consideration; for the steam-engine the efficient material may be said to be coal and water, for the electro- magnetic engine zinc and acid, the latter much more costly at present than the former. There have been, however, numerous instances in which increased demand has consider- ably reduced the market value of the manufactured stuff, and not lessened the manufacturer's profit; we mean that production on a laige scale is frequently less expensive than the obtaining the same material in small quantities. What would be the market cost of coal, for instance, raised by the expensive machinery of the Durham pits, if the consumption were hundreds, only, instead of thousands of tons annually? The yeat demand for coal, then, has reduced in this respect its market value; and why may not in time zinc and acid be lowered in price if they were used generally for locomotive engines? There is another assistant to the economic use of the electro-magnetic engine, whilst not working, the zinc and acid are not wasting, the duty of the engine is propor- tional to the consumption of the fuel. This is not the case with the steam-engine, coal is being burnt when the engine is at rest." PILE-DRIVING MACHINE.—A very simple yet very admirable machine for driving a double row of piles, has very recently been imported from the United States. It was built at Utica, and has the national name Brother Jonathan" inscribed on it. It is now in operation at Smith's timber whaif, Pedlar's Acre, where it can be seen diiviug the piles for the causeway and abutment on the Surrey side of the New Huugerford Market Bridge, now in progress. The hammers, or vveigh?s,or as they are more usnally called by pile-drivers the ''monkeys," are elevated to a height of thirty-five feet or thereabouts, along grooves in perpendicular by pile-drivers the ''monkeys," are elevated to a height of thirty-five feet or thereabouts, along grooves in perpendicular leaders, by means of a locomotive steam-en»ine of ten-horse power, fixed on a platform, on which the whole of the ma- chinery is placed. The power of the blow given by each of these hammers exceeds six hundred tons, and drives a pile of twenty-seven feet long, and as thick as the thickest piles used in embankments and for coffer-dams, nearly its whole length into the earth in about eight minutes, perhaps less. It drives two piles at the same time. A circular horizontal saw is worked by the engine, which, in a few seconds, cuts the tops of the piles even, and enables the trucks, or stHall wheels on which the platform is supported, to come forward as fast as the piles are driven, and cut them even at the top; the platform is propelled by a one-horse power by the engine. The power of this machine is absolutely astounding, and re- quires to be seen to be fully estimated. It is an important application of steam power, likely to produce very beneficial results in public works, in the formation of sea banks, and in all operations on a large scale where rapidity of execution and precision are required. The machine was used in America for driving piles tor railroads and tiavelled by its own power upwards of two hundred miles, driving piles, and making its own road through swamps and districts heretofore impervious. It is patented in this country, and also in the United States. The machine has, moreover, the power of drawing piles out of the earth as qnickly as it drives them in, and can be applied to the raising of blocks of stones, and all heavy weights that require an fttraordinai y power. It is almost indispensable for all persons immediately connected with engineering and science to see it, and it is well worth the while of a visit from the caiioui and intelligent of all profc8SK»BS. )

MIS C E LL A N E O ITS. REPLY OF Iolm JOHN RUSSELL TO THE PLYMOUTH ADDRESS.- Plyrnouth, Thursday.-Tlie deputation appointed by the public meeting of the inhabitants of this borough to present the address to Lord John Russell, proceeded this day to Eudsleigli Cottage. The following gentlemen formed the deputation :—G W. Soltan, Esq. (Mayor of Plymouth), T. Gill, Esq., M.P., R. L. Gwatkin, Esq., and P. E. Lyne, Esq. They were most courteously received, and his Lord- ship appeared highly gratified at the expressions of good feeling from the people of Plymouth towards him. The address having been presented, Lord John Russell read the following reply: — GENTLEMEN — I im deeply sensible of the kindness and con- fidence which have induced the inhabitants of PUmoulh to vote the address you have just presented to ine. The late Adminis- tration endeavoured to relieve the country from those taxes which are paid to the Landowners, to the West India Planters, and ot her favoured classes, at the expense of the community at large. 1 iiej attempted, above all, to subject the admission of Foreign Coin to a known and moderate dutj, in place of a scale so curi- ously adjusted, that it baulks the farmer at one moment and starves the people at an ither, while it defrauds the revenue at all times. The whole stren<h of monopoly, however. joined with the compact forces of an adverse party, defeated our efforts, and have placed a new Ministry in power. Still, if the people are united, prohibitions and prohibitory duties will shar., the fate of civii disabilities on religions ground:), the slavery of our negro fellow-fubjects, and other works of darkness. Nor is it neces- sary for this purposee that the late Ministry should be restored to power-the men who surrendered what they deemed the essen- tial bulwarks of the Church and the Constitution to the menaces of the Roman Catholic Association of Ireland, will be sure to yield the fortresses of commercial restriction when they shall be summoned to do so bv the peaceful, but powerful, voice of the people of England and Scotland. Those who have resigned oflice have the satisfaction of thinking, that with the exception of the obstacles which self-interest opposes to the measures necessary for restoring our trade to a souitd condition, and thereby invigor- ating our finances, they have left ti eir successors an easy task. The suppression of sedition at home, without suspending the Constitution, or the odious employment of spies; the rule of Ireland in conformity with the wishes of the great majority of its inhabitants; the establishment of just priuci pIes of govern- ment in our colonies, together with a firm and pacific policy abroad, have made the empire so strong that noue hut tlH grosest incapacity can endanger its fortunes or impair its reputation. Endsleigh, Nov. 25." J. RUSSELL." SUDDEN DEATH OF THE EARL OF HAREWOOD.- We are sorry to announce the sudden death of the Right Hon. Henry Lascelles, Earl of Harewood, whilst on his return home from hunting on Wednesday.—An inquest was held on the body on Thursday at the Bay Horse Inn, Bramham, near York, and from the evidence it appeared that the hounds met at the Cross-roads on Clifford Moor, and on the fox being run to ground, his Lordship turned his horse's head towards home, and a short distance from Bramham was seen to get off his horse at a gate apparently looking into the field: shortly after the whipper-in rode up, and seeing his Lordship's horse standing without a rider, he called out, and receiving no answer, got off his horse, and then found his Noble master tying on the ground the hunts. man coming up, he called to him, and after some little time they took off his neckerchief, but he appeared dead a car- riage was sent for, and he was removed to the Inn.—Mr. Scatchard, surgeon, of Boston, deposed that on being sent tor, he found deceased dead he had no hesitation in say. ing that death was produced by the rupture of a blood. vessel at the base of the brain, most assuredly not from any violence.—Mr. F. Gibbs, surgeon, of Harewood, deposed that he had attended deceased for the last 27 years: he had been indifferent in health, but was latterly so much better as to go out and take his usual exercise: his Lordship had an affection upon him which required the use of an instru- ment. The instluments now produced are those he was accustomed to use daily, and he might have became faint after the use of them, and have fallen from exhaustion deceased was not subject to any disease calculated to pro- duce sudden death had seen the body since death, and there was no appearance whatever of any violence; there wa3 merely a slight scratch upon the face; had no doubt whatever but that his death was natural: his age was 73 years on last Christmas day.—Verdict, Died suddenly by the Visitation of God." DEATH OF SIK FRANCIS CHANTRY.-This eminent Sculptor died suddenly on Thursday evening at his resi- dence in Belgrave Place, Pimlico. He had returned the preceding day from Holkinan, where he had been on a visit erecting a fine Statue of the late Bishop of Norwich. An Inquest was held on the body on Friday.—Dr. Blight de- posed. that he had attended deceased for several months- he was labouring under severe indigestion, with a tendency of blood to the head: when he left town tor Holkhani about three weeks since, he was in his usual state of health which witness had ever since he had known him considered' very precarious, but as there were no urgent symptoms, he did not object to his journey. On Thursday evening wit. ness was called on to attend deceased at his residence without delay. On his arrival, he found him dead, and, in witness's opinion, he had been so probably fifty minutes Witness considered that he had died from a spasm of the heart, consequent on a complaint of the stomach.—Mr. J. Perry, of Eaton-square, surgeon, was also called in previ. ous to the last witness being sent for: On entering the drawing-room he discovered the deceased sitting on the sofa with a tin bottle of hot water, which he pressed on his stomach he told witness that he had had long abstinence | from food that day, having had nothing to eat since breakfast, he also mentioned that he had walked out with a friend (Mr. Jones) and had endeavoured to reach Buckingham Palace, but failed in the attempt, from an agonising pain in the stomach. Having prescribed for him, witness left the house. At a quarter to nine he was again called in, when he found deceased apparently lifeless on the couch witness endeavoured to blted him, but in vain, and also recom- meuded that mustard poultices should be applied to his stomach and feet, but they were of 110 avail, for be was dead deceased was about 60 years of age.—James Hatton Barker, the butler, stated that when his master left the house with Mr. Jones he appeared to be quite well. He returned in about twenty minutes, and while witness was taking off his cloak he complained of being very unwell, and soon afterwards medical advice was sent for.—Verdict That the deceased died from a spasm of the heart." SIR. CHARLES FELIX SMITH.—A Special Court of Common Council was held on Thursday at the Mansion- House, for the purpose of presenting Major-General Sir Charles Felix Smith with the freedom of the City, for his gallant conduct in Syria, in a gold box, the counterpart of those presented by the Corporation to Sir Robert Stopford and Commodore Sir C. Napier. The Chamberlain then read the resolution of the Court, expressive of the sense en- te.rtained by them of the impoitant services rendered by the Gallant Officer in the recent brilliant transactions on the coast of Syria, for the zed, talent, and bravery displayed by him, in conjunction with his gallant associates in arms, in that arduous service, terminating in the surrender of the important fortress of Acre, and thus affording unquestionable evidence of the undiminished bravery, skill, and heroism of the naval and military forces of the country. Sir C. Smith expressed his acknowledgments for the special mark of fa- vour confened on him by the Corporation, and entered at some length into the unparalleled obstructions and diffi- culties he had to encounter in the command of the Turkish troops at the siege, of which he had the unfortunate evi- denceofa severe wound, disabling one limb, which would remind him of Acre at every future step in life. "A fa- mily," continued the Gallant General, is one of the last things that a soldier of fortune ought to desire, but I for the fiist time in my practice, and probably the only occasion I may have dming my life, lament that I have not a son to whom might pass as an heirloom this splendid mark of dis- tinction. I have been 32 years on foreign service, for the most part contending against the climate of the Tropics, or actively engaged with the enemies of our country; I am now about to return to my station abroad, but, if ever I come back to England again, it shall be my earnest endea. vour so to quality myseif as to cultivate and improve my ac. quaintance with the Citizens of Londou. To you, my Lord iklayor, I am under peculiar obligation- not only for having convened this Special Court, but for the urbanity and marked attention I have received at your Lordship's hands." This address was frequently interrupted by cheers. The Gallant Officer then shook hands most cordially with the Lord Mayor and several of the Members of the Corpora- tion, and left the Court amidst loud acclamations.

EMIGRATION FIWM LIVKRPOOL.—The following is a statement of emigrant departures from the port of Liverpool, between the 1st of January and 31st October, 1841: British Colonies of No, Ili America, 3,870; United States of America, 34,998 Sydney, New South Wales, 5,648 Port Phillip, 1,439; Swan River, 117 giving a total of 46,072. THE GREENWICH PENSIONER.—A commission of lu- nacy was opened on Wednesday, at the Gray's Inn Coffee- house, to inquire into the state of mind of Richard Wicks, formerly an acting lieutenant in the navy, but latterly an inmate of the Greenwich Hospital, and more recently of Doctor Warburton's establishment for lunatics at Bethnal- green. The counsel on behalf of the commission said that Mr. Wicks was 54 years of age, and had moved in a very respectable station in society; early in life he entered the navy, and, after being midshipman for many years, became acting lieutenant, but never bore his Majesty's commission. In 1820 he married his present wife, who had a small in- combe settled to her separate use, which had since formed their principal means of subsistence, and in 1837 was ad- mitted into Greenwich Hospital, through the interest of Ad- miral Rowley. A Miss Wicks, cousin of Mr. Wicks, resid- ing in Gloucestershire, was found to be lunatic in 1835; she" had some property, and Mr. Wicks, from his relationship, had hopes of becoming possessed of it. These hopes in- creased a malady which had slightly manifested itself for some years, and he began to entertain fancies respecting his situation in lite; he believed he had become possessed of unbounded wealth, and soon after laboured under a variety of such extraordinary delusions as proved that his mind was utterly gone. Miss Wicks subsequently died, and left tes- tamentary papers, executed in 1830 and 1833, under which Mr. Wicks took considerable benefit. The validity of these documents was contested, but it became necessary to adopt the present proceedings in order that the rights of Mr. Wicks might be enforced, or, if it should be thought more prudent, for the purpose of entering, under the sanction of the Chancellor, into a compromise with those who said they were next of kin, and for this reason Mrs. Wicks had been under the necessity of bringing before a jury the delusions of her husband. Several witnesses were then examined, and from the evidence of the whole of them it appeared that Mr. Wicks considered himself to be possessed of inexhaustible wealth, to be sovereign of the whole earth, father of a large portion of the royal family, husband to Queen Elizabeth, &c. &c. The lunatic was present, and proved by his con- duct that, though in his own estimation the first physician, bishop, and counsellor in the world, the testimony of the ( witnesses was not at all exaggerated. The jury found that Richard Wicks was a lunatic without lucid intervals, and had been so from Sept. 1, 1840. It is now said that the property beqneathed to Wicks does not amount to a tithe of the sum originally mentioned—120,000/. Mrs. Wicks re- sides at Greenwich, supporting herself by needle-work in manners she is much superior to her present, or rather late, station in society. CHURCH-RATES AT DOVER.-During the present t week the Church-rate party at St. Mary's, Dover, have met with two signal defeats in their attempts to enfore 'he payment of Church-rates. On Monday 54 persons were summoned before the Magistrates, who ordered the parties to pay their rates; but after about 15 or 16 cases had been heard, it was ascertained that the legality of those rates is at the present time questioned before the Ecclesiastical Court. The Magist ates therefore refused any further ad- judication in the matter, and ordered that the money which had that day been paid into the hands of the Churchwardens by order of the Court should he refunded. On Thursday the Churchwardens called a Vestry, for the purpose of ap- poiniiii- persons to audit their late accounts, and to make? a new Church-rate. From a question put by one of the parishioners, the Churchwardens stated that the outstanding debts, which they were unable to collect, amounted to about 321. They were, however, unable to tell, even within 1001. or 1501., what was the amount of their liabilities. The Church-rate party then moved that the accounts be audited, and a new rate made. Mr. Robinson moved, as an amend- ment, "That the Vestry do stand adjourned till this day six months." The amendment having been seconded by Mr. Frazer, it was put from (he chair and carried, in a full Vestry, by a majority of two to one. INCREASE OF THE O'CONNELL Tit I BUTt,The simul- taneous collection of the O'Connell tribute took place on Sunday and the result shows that there has been a very considerable augmentation as compared with last year. The following is the authorised return for Dublin, contrasting the sums received in the last and the present year. The returns from the country have not, of course, yei been received 1840, 1,4381. and 1841,2,0061. Thus the increase in Dublin alone, 5681., being more than a third of the entire collection last year. It is calculated that there will be a proportionate increase all through the country. SEIZURE OF LErTi..Rs.-Tlie British and North Ame- rican Royal mail steamer the Acadia, Capt. Ryrie, sailed on Friday se'nnight for Halifax and Boston. She carried out a fair rumber of passengers. The Post-office authorities having reason to suspect, from the mass of letters put into the Post-offices ot Halifax and Boston, but particularly into the office of the latter, after the mail-bags had been received, that they must have been so put in by passengers arrived at these ports by the. mail-steamers, a rigid search was made, prior to the Acadia starting, for contraband letters. The result was, the finding and seizure of about 60 letters, besides a bag containing letters in possession of a passenger, which were taken to the Post-office. Proceedings will, it is thought, be instituted by the Post-office against the senders and carriers of the contraband letters, for the penalties thereby incurred. 3 THE COURT OF CHANCERY.—Friday being the last day ot Michaelmas Term, the new orders in Chancery came into operation, with the exception of the first five, which by a recent order are suspended until next Easter Term. Those that are pended relate to the entry of the names of every solicitor in a book to be kept at the Six Clerks'-office, with their residence, where papers in every suit eould be left, in order to dispense with the present plan of servina the necessary papers upon the Clerk in Court of the res- pective parties. It is expected that some new order will be made in the interim. The operative rules create some im. portant changes with respect to pleadings and the mode of enforcing the orders of the Court. Among many salutary regulations is one, where no direct relief is sought against any party but who is necessarily made a party for the sake of conformity in such cases, instead of a bill and answer, a copy of the bill is to be served on the parties. In cases where it was necessary to obtain attachments torn ot obeying a decree or order, which practice was attended with much expense, it is provided by the new rules that every decree or order shall siipuiate the time in which the act required to be done is to be performed, and on proof of service of the order and non-performance, the body of the individual is to be attached. Considerable benefit is expected from the orders and the commission recently issued. The routine of the Master's Office, and the necessity imposed on every party in a suit to take office copies of the different proceed- ings, will, it is understood, form a portion of the inquiries under the Commission. THE TIMES AND THE CHARTISTS.-On the occasion of Mi. Walters's memorable election for Nottingham, the readers of newspapers cannot fail to remember the gentle coquetting and soft speeches which were passing to and fro between the Times and the Chartists. The most that, ae- cording to the Times, could be said against that body of men was that they were a little unreasonable in their demands, and somewhat untractable in their dispositions. Such as they were, however, both the Times and Mr. Walters were ready to fraternise with them, and the latter gentleman un- dertook to represent their principles in Parliament. Once t iere, indeed, he easily forgot his pledges and his passion for the Chartists, though they obstinately remembered both. At present the Times has nothing to gain by affecting sym- pathy for. the working classes, and accordingly its judgment or them is as follows:—"Some decent men have indeed beer. induced to join the Chartists, and by their influence some good has been effected; but really the generality of them aie rank, incorrigible scoundrels." But how has this mighty change been effected ? Why the Chartists, who were the finest fellows in the world, when they onlv dis- turbed anti-Corn-law and Radical Meetings, have began to turn their backs against Tory gatherings. Need we add another syllable ? CONVICTION OF SIR E. KNATCHBULL.—On Monday great interest was excited in Canterbury, in consequence of the summons issued against thp Right Ho'ij. Sir Edward Knatchbull, Hart., for refusing to pay toll in the month of September last, being fixed foftimwring by the city magis- trates. The following magistrates- were on the bench The Mayor; Alderman Neame, Cooper, and Masters; W. Plummer, and W. Mount, Esqrs. The court became densely crowded before the case was called on, the parti- culars of which are, that in the month of September last, on the occasion of the Right Honourable Baronet's acceptance of office in the new government, under Sir Robert Peel, his seat became vacated, and the election consequent thereon was fixed to take place on Monday, the 20th September. The Right Honom-able Baronet's residence (Mersham Hatch) is situated about twenty miles from the place where the election was appointed to take place. He left his resi- dence on the previous Saturday, and the usual toll was de- manded of him at the several turnpike-gates through which he passed, at some of which he refused to pay, and among them was the one which formed the ground for the present summons. He claimed his exemption oil itlie ground that he was going to an election. After consulting some time the court gave as their decision, that there was asufficient evidence to convict the Right Hon. Sir Edward Knatchbull of the offence with which he was charged, and that they, therefore, did so, in the penalty of 21. 2s. with 8s. 6d. costs which penalty was fixed at that sum to afford him the op- portunity of appeal." We understand that the Right Hon. Baronet intends to appeal against the conviction. FAILURE OF THE CHICHESTER BANK.-tin investi- gation into the affairs of the Chichester Old Bank, which failed a tew days ago, has led to an unexpected result, viz., the apprehension and committal for trial of William Styles Goodeve and William Williams, two clerks of the firm, whose frauds upon the concern, so far as they are detected, amount to nearly 20,000/. This sum was obtained by the surreptitious re-issue of the notes of the bank after they had been cancelled. So recently as the 28th nit., Goodeve obtained by tlrat means 5,0001., and on two former occasions 3.5001. and 8 0001. He bore a high character, and by him- self and immediate family connexions he had largely em- barked in mercantile transactions, deemed inconsistent with the situation he filled. The examination of the prisoners was strictly private, but bail to a large amount, offered for Goodeve, was refused. The affairs of the bank and its failure seem involved in mystery, for the fiat though issued has not been acted upon, and the late partners are still in uncontrolled possession of the moneys, books, and other property.of the bank.—At the Sheriff's Court, on Monday, three writs of extent, on behalf of the crown, were brought before the court, relative to sums of money belonging to the crown which had been paid into the Chichester Old Rank prior to its stoppage. It appeared by the affidavits that Henry Brooker, collector of Itaxes for Bosham, Sussex, had paid in the sum of 122t. Os. 7d.; that John Diggins, of Chi- chester, distributor of stamps, had paid in 571. 8s. 8d.: and Arthur Sydney Upton, the sum of 1151. 4s. lid. and that the latter person also held possession of five promissory notes tor 51. each, which he had received as collector of taxes for Furtington, in Sussex. The jury found that there was due to the crown the several sums enumerated, amount- ing to all to 319l. Us. 2d. OPENING OF THE THAMES TVSNEL.-On Wednes- day a thoroughfiire was affected in the Thames Tunnel, and made use for the first time by the whole of the Directors, and some of the original subscribers, who had assembled upon the occasion. The shield having been advanced to the shaft at Wapping, a considerable opening was cut in the brick-work, and it was through this the party, who had met at Rotherhithe, were enabled to pass; thus opening the first subterranean communication between the opposite shores of the river. Upon their arrival at the shaft the party were gieeted by the workmen with most hearty cheers. A curious and interesting incident was connected with the event; a few bottles of wine, preserved since the dinner on the occasion when the foundation stone was laid, with the understanding that it was to be drunk only when it could be carried under the Thames, having been opened and enjoyed by the company to the health of her Majesty and the infant Prince. It was remarked, too, as a singular coincidence, that a seal on one of the corks bore the impress of the Prince of Wales' feathers, a circumstance that caused some merriment. The veteran engineer, Sir I. Brunei, ap- peared highly gratified at the happy result of all his past anxiety and aiduous labour. The shield will continue its advance until it has afforded space for the formation of the remainder of the Tunnel, which is expected to be com- pleted in about three weeks. A WIFE STABBED BY HER HUSBAND.—The town of Upton-upon-Severn was thrown into a state of consider- able excitement on Monday last, in consequence of a murderous a'tack made upon a respectable woman by her husband. It appears that, owing to some domestic broils, the wife had for some time resisded at home with her mother, the husband living in lodgings in Upton. It is known that there is certain property, to obtain which the husband must first be furnished with the signature of his wife, and it is known that the conduct of the husband on fonner occasions towards his wife determined her not to sign. On Monday night they met, and the subject was renewed words ensued, and from words the husband went to blows in the open street. The unhappy woman then took refuge in the house of a friend, imagining probably, that the company present would be some protection, it being a public-house. The husband followed and took a seat. After the lapse of a short time he said she had better go with him to his lodgings and sign." This she declined doing. He then rushed on her, with an open knife in his hand, and saying Then madam, I'll do for yoit!" aimed a desperate blow at her side: fortunately, however, for his victim, her arm caught the blow and received the wound. Ilie- husband then left the room, brandishing the knife, and menacing with looks of ferocity any attempt to detaiu him or oppose his retreat. POST-OFFICE ANOMALY.—A letter for London must be posted at the large and important agricultural town of Newbury, distant from the Reading station 17 miles and a half, and 56 miles from London, only just one hllf hour later than in the city of^Exeter, 44 miles from the Bridgewater station, and 195 miles from London. A letter, without pay- ing any fee, can be posted at Taunton or Bridgewater half an hour later than in Reading, although one town is distant from it 123 miles, and the other 112, and the same train takes all the letters. SHIPWRECK.—NINE LIVES LosT.-We have received the following particulars of the loss of the Susannah, of Stockton, belonging to the Stockton Commercial Shipping Company, and her crew, consisting of nine persons, from our own correspondent at Redcar. The greatest credit ap- pears due to the brave sailors, who, undeterred bv danger, or by the late melancholy accident at Blyth, gallantly manned the Redcar liie boat, and strained every nerve to rescue the crew of the Susannah from their untimely fate. It appears that on Sunday last, at 8 A. M., a vessel was seen in the offin", though at a considerable distance, with a flag of distress flying, and appearing to drift towards the Tees." The alarm was immediately given in the village, and responded to with the usual alacrity, in spite of the prophecies of the few, who, from a misunderstanding of the character of the British seaman, had expected to find the brave fellows here daunted by the disastrous accounts of Blyth and Whitby life-boats; forgetting that the more an English Jack Tar is Ilutfeted by the waves, the readier he is to brave them, especially when lie sees his fellow-creatures in distress; and so it proved in this instance, for the pilots, fishermen, and in fact all hands, were ready to take the boat to its destination, and man it with a most efficient crew —a body of men well-known from their many previous and successful exertions. The unfortu- nate vessel being coal-laden, and in a sinking state, struck in very deep water, with her unfortunate crew hanging in the rigging, not being able to remain on deck, and, in this position, they were plainly seen from the shore, where numbers were collected awaiting the awful catastrophe. As the vessel neared, the danger becoming apparent, the life- boat was launched off by her gallant crew into a tremendous surf, when she made her way in a most masterly style and it was hard to say whether the boat or the ship was more closely watched bv the numerous spectators on shore. The working of the oars excited the admiration of all, being as regular in the stroke, amidst the heavy seas, the oars being as coolly replaced when broken, and the well-tried boat being managed as steadily as on a gala day. Unfortunately the tide was setting strong in, with the wind dead on shore so that the boat was carried, in spite of every exertion, so much to the leeward that she could never make up her lost way; and though fiequently nearing the vessel, it was as often driven back when, during their gallant but futile exertions to recover their position, the ship broke up, and all on board perished, save a poor dog that reached the shore in a most exhausted condition. Still the life-boat lingered amidst the foaming surge, in the vain hope of meeting some of the poor sufferers, dead or alive, but alas! without success—and the boat's crew were teluctautly com- pelled to return in a state of complete exhaustion. The boat was frequently filled over the gunwale, and drifted with the tide in that state for a considerable distance before she could be recovered added to which, their being nearly two hours on the water is sufficient to prove the gallant and praiseworthy conduct of the men.—The vessel left the Tees the day previous.—Northern Times. EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGE -On Tuesday evening the schooner tVhim, Captain Kerridge, belonging to Harwick, arrived in the West India Import Dock from St. Domingo, with a cargo of mahogany, after a passage of sixty-four da's. The voyage was performed under the most extraordinary circumstances, and is, we believe, unparalleled in the annals of navigations. The crew of the Whim, 011 leaving St. Domingo, consisted of five perns-viz., the captain, mate, ™V",a • ^0Wr atter sailing, the mate, -r i(,marned'b,,t ,heo!y support of a widowed )' 'a"" lt severe cold during a succession of tre- mendous gales, which prevented him from attending to his duty, and notwithstanding the usual remedies, which were kindly furnished by the Captain, he gradually got worse, and on the twelfth day he expired. Next morning his body was consigned to a grave in the abyss of the ocean; the prayers for the dead having been previously read over it by the master. Captain Kerridge being thus deprived of the services of his chief officer, his duties were necessarily ren- dered doubly laborious and irksome; but, unforlnnately, lie had soon to contend with greater hardships and priva- tions. A few days after the death of the mate, one of the seamen, named Michael Shey, a native of Kinsale Ireland was attacked with a lingering disease, and being'confined' to his hammock in the forecastle, he was unable to perform any kind of duty. In this state he has arrived with the vessel in the West India Import Dock. About the time of the mate s death the apprentice got also disabled, in consequence of a severe ulcerated leg, which made him unable to stand, and he, too, has been brought home an invalid, and it is feared amputation of the leg will become necessary to save his life. There was now only left the captain and one seaman, named John Lily, to bring the schooner to England, a distance of nearly 4,000 inilt-s! This they deemed a task almost impracticable but, as their own lives, vessel, and valuable cargo must be sacrificed if they did not persevere, Captain Kei ridge, and his only remaining seaman (Lilly), resolved on prosecuting at all hazards the voyage. The weather was, at the advanced period of the season, unusually tempestuous, Captain Kerridge stating that he never experienced such a continuation of heavy gales, at times approaching to a hurricane. The foreyard and part of the schooner's sails were blown away during one of these tornados, and they wei e not replaced by others, the Captain having to steer the vessel, and one man being inca- pable of making a refit of sails, &c. In this partly disabled state the voyage was continued, and Captain Kerridge and Lilly, when almost worn out with fatigue, descried a ship at some distance from them, and, on nearing each other, Capt. Kirridge solicited from the master of the stranger vessel one of his crew to assist him, at the same time acquainting him with his distressed coiidit* on. Capt. K. was answered by the master that he also was short of his crew, and could not spare any of his men. Captain Kerridge did not fall in with another vessel until he reached longitude 15 W. Having perceived a sail at a short distance, he hoisted a signal flag, and the ship, belonging to St. John's, New Brunswick, and' bound for Liverpool, immediately bore down upon him, and the captain kindly gave Captain Kerridge one of his crew. Thus manned, the Whim successfully accomplished the re- mainder of the voyage, and that notwithstanding having been exposed to the late disastrous gales. Strange to state, Captain Kerridge did not have a chronometer on board the Whim, and his arrival from St. Domingo, under all these extraordinary circumstances, is almost a miracle. The schooner and her valuable cargo are, we understand, partly insured, and as the owners, underwriters, and others, have been, by Captain Kenidge's unexampled courage and in- domitable perseverance, as also that of Lilly the seaman, prevented from sustaining a heavy loss, it is to be hoped that such untiring zeal, suffering and fatigue, will not be per- mitted to go unrewarded.

A lady, whose fondness for generous living had given her a flushed face and carbuncled nose, consulted Doctor UH/I"16, • Upon s,n veyinS herself in the glass she exclaimed, Where in the name of wonder, Doctor, did I get such a nose as tins?" <' Out of the decanter, madam, out of the decanter," replied the Doctor. It is stated that Sir Richard Jebb was very rough and harsh in his manner. He once obsei ved to a patient to whom he had been very rude, "Sir,if is my way." "Then," replied the patient, pointing to the door, "I beg you will make that your WilY," The Rev. Sydney Smith, on beiner told by a friend that the weather had greatly improved since the birth of a Prince, is said to have replied, Yes, but I suppose, instead of rain, it will now be all hail As a phrenologist and his friend were conversing, the latter said to the foiuier, Did it never occur to you, to rap on the head those who come to submit their skulls to your examination, by way of trying if they were empty ?" "No," said the other, "It was not necessary, as if they had any- thing in their heads they would never have come to me!" Dr. Radcliffe had a great objection to paying his bills. A pavior, after long and fruitless attempts to get his account settled, caught Dr. Radcliffe just getting out of his chariot, at his own door in Kloomsbury-square, and demanded the liquidation of his debt. Why you rascal," said the doctor, "do you pretend to be patd for such a piece of work? Why you have spoiled my pavement, and then covered it over with earth to hide your bad work." Doc- tor," said the pavior, "mine is not the only bad work that the earth hides." "You dog, you," said Radcliffe, "are you a wit? You must be poor—come in, and you shall be paid." A spruce Barrister, who one morning came late into court, was asked by a slovenly judge why he was so dilatory. I beg your pardon," said the barrister, I knew not that your Lordship intended sitting so early: the instant I heard your trumpets I dressed myself." You were a long time about it," growled the judge. "I think, my Lord," rejoined the learned councillor (looking at his watch), "I was only twenty minutes." "Twenty minutes!" replied the aston- ished sloven I was ready within five minutes of leaving my bed!" "In ihat respect," was the sarcastic reply, "my dog Shock distances your Lordship hollow; he ouly shakes his coat, and fancies himself sufficiently dressed for any company."

BANKRUPTS from Tuesday's Gazette. To Surrender in BasinghaU-street. WtLHAM BARNES OvEttroN, ship and insnrance broker, Dalston, Middlesex, Nov. 30, Jan. 4. Alls. Vaiidercom and Co.. Bush lane. ROBERT PALMER VICAT, linen draper, Nelson place, Old Kent-road, Dec. 7, Jan. 4. Alls. Vandercom and Co., liusli-Une. To Surrender in the Country. PETER WILLIAMS and CHARLES MOTTRAJ^, Manchester warehouse- men, Wood-street, London, Dec. S, Jan. 4, at the Commissioners'- rooms, Manchester. Att. Bennett, Manchester. JOHN JEK VIS. draper, Wells, Somersefshire, Dec. 3, Jan. 4, at the | Mitre Inn, Wells. All. Brittan, Bristol. Mitre Inn, Wells. All. Brittan, Bristol. JOHN KING, dealer in ships stores, Bristol, Dec. 7, Jan. 4, at the Commercial Rooms, Bris ol. Alt. Britlan, Bristol. BENJAMIN RIIAD. wine merchant, Worcester, Dec. 1, Jan. 4, at the offices of Mr. France, Worcester. Att. Prance, Worcester. GEORGE ALGAR RAYNER, lineu-draper, Halesworth, Dec. 3, Jan. 4, at the Kind's Head Inn, Beccles. Art. Sole, Aldermanbury, London. SAMCEL GILLOTT, jun hatter, Sheffield, Dec. i.i, Jan. 4, at the Town Hall. Alt. Milner, Sheffield. RICHARD HOLDING, coal merchant, Blackburn, Lancashire, Dec. 17, Jan. 4, at the Town hall, Preston, Lancashire. Att. Crook, Chorley, Lancashire. WILLIAM REYNOLDS, cotton-spinner, Breightmet, Lancaster, Dec. 16, Jan. 4, at the Swan Inll, Boitgn le-Moors. All. Hibbert, Wood-street, Bolton le-Moors. HENRY HEAP, silk dyer, Leeds, Dec. 1, Jan. 4, at the Commissioners*- rooms, Leeds. Att. Barwick, Leeds. CHARLES GATEHOUSE, surgeon, Clirton, Hiistol, Dec. 7, Jan. 4, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. Atts. Prideaux and Son, Bristol. STEPHEN SACKETT CHANCELLOR, jun.. bater, Margate, Nov. 29, Jan. 4, at the London Hotel, Margate. Alia. Boys au I Sons, Margate. JAMES LINDSAY and JOHN WEATHBRBY LINDSAY, grocers, North Shields, Dec. 16, Jail. 4, at the Bankrupt Commission-room, New- castle upon-Tyne. Att. Dale, North Shields. JAM&S HAW ARDEN, ROBIIRT MYERSCOUOH, and JOHN JACKSON, commission agents, Little Bolton, Dec. 7, Jan. 4, at the Uommis»joner»'- rootos, Manchester. Att. Pendlebury, Bolton. BANKRUPTS from Friday's Gazette. To Surrender in Basinghall street. WILLIAM BARNES, milliner, St. Pant's Church yard, Dec. 11, Jan. 7. Asti. Turner and Henamao, Bating-lane. CHARLES RICHARDSON, builder, Bramley, Surrey, Dec. 14, Jan. T. Atts. Blackmore and Co., New Inn, London. LEOPOLD SCHWABACHER, wine. itterch ant, Miiiories, Dec. 7, Jan. 7 Att. Spiller, B;uik buildiugs, Loihbury. ROBERT HOLDSWORTH CAREW HUNT and EDWARD Osborne^ SMITH merchants, Old Hroad street, Dec. II, Jan.7. Atts. Healhcote and Holman, Coleman street. HENRY THOMAS COGGAN KEHR, JOHN HENRY B«UGHAN, and I HOMAS TIHIGIS HAINES, army agents, Suffolk street, Pall mall, East, Dec. 6, Jan. 7. Atts. Pain and Hatherley, Great Marlborough- street. To Surrender in the Country. WILLIAM PENNINGTON, grocer, Marple, Cheshire, Dec. 16, Jan. 7, at the Commisaioners'-rooms, Manchester. Att. Warmsley, Marple. JAMES (JIIIFFIN. upholsterer, Dudley, Worcestershire, Dec. 6, .'an, 7» al the Swan Hotel, Wolverhampton. Att. Fellowes, inn., Dudley. JOHN HILTON BAZLEY, narehouseman, Manchester, Dec. 15, Jan. 7, at Ihe Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Att. Hadfield, Manches- ler. THOMAS LYSTER, corn-factor, Manchester, Dec. 16, Jan. 7, at the C Manchester. Alts. Higson and SOli, Man- Chester. SAMUEL EVANS, clothier, Read, Someisetshire, Dec. 9, Jan. 7, at the I (Ttorge Inn. home Selwood. Alt. Miller, Frotne Selwoud. I JOHN BROWN, victualler. I'.irmiugham, Dec. 10, Jan 7, at Ihe Wateiloo- I rooms, Birmingham. Att. Harrison, Edmnml street, Birmingham. JOSEPH H EY, jun.. carpenter, Ovenden. Yorkshire, Dec. 14, Jan.7, at the Shakespeare Inn, Halifax. Att. Wavel, Halifax. HENRY GRCVFS, tiinber-itiercliant, Leamington Priors, Dec. fi, Jan. 7, v 1 kaiisdow ne Hotel, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire. Att. Kilchm, Warwirk. EDWARD LEECH, cotton-spinner, Cinderhill, Lancashire, Dec. 17. Jan. 7, at the Swan liii), Bolton le Moors, Lancashire. Att. Grundy, Manchester. J JOSEPH WOOD, lace dealer, Manchester, Dec. 17, Jan. 7, at the Com- I missioners'-rooms, Manchester. All. Parsons, jun., Nottingham. THOMAS NocK., eoal.masler, Oldbury, Slirop hire, Dec. 7. Jan. 7, at the Waterloo rooms, Manchester. Att. Harrison, Birmingham. SnlUEL HIGG IN BOTTOM, shop k. eper, Dnkiufield, Cheste, Dec. II, Jiin.7, at the Commissioners' rooms, Manchester. Ails. Higeinbotlom ana Lo., Ashlon-uixler-Lyne. COPPER ORE Sold at TRURO, November 25 1841. | MINES. 21 CWT. I'll KCflASMKS. PRICE. Cons. Mines 10*2 Freeman and Co. £ 7 I Ditto. 90 Suns, Willyams, Nevill, Drnce, & Co. 5 18 O1 Ditto 97 Ditto ..Tuo Ditto §7 jvian and Sons .62ft- n! Sims, Willyams, Nevill, Druce, & Co. 6 19 6 n o ■" « R'tto 13 8 unto 75 Ditto In n ft Ditto 74 p. Grenfell and Sons fl ltj & Ditto. 72 Sims, Willyams, Nevill, Druce, & Co. 6 2 6 Ditto 57 Vivian and Sons, Freeman & Co., and Tv,t„ Grenfell and Son 3 13 6 iritto 0b Freeman and Co .670 Ditto •• 51 Vivian and Sons 5 j;j Ditto 50 Freeman, and Co 5 *9 O rT^'U.°*• 3 P. Grenlell ana Sons 12 13 O United Mines 141 Ditto 5 !» ft Ditto rets Ditto 7 ii Ditto 102 Ditto in « Ditto .101 Ditto 11 o n Ditto. 70 Di.to J ,7 ° TrethelIan ||5 Mines Royal Co. [. 5 9 « Di.lo .1,4 P. Grenfell ami Son» 5 IU 0 ..112 Vivian1 and Sons, and Sires, WiHyams, n.„ Nevill, Drnce, and Co 3 16 Ditto go p Grenfell ami Sons 18 0 Tresavean ..121 Vivian & Sons « 1 8- Ditto £ 5 Freeman anf\ Co. 8 13 6 Ditto 77. iM'-nes Ko>'al Ct>- and Vivian & Sons 5 lti « Fow-v ,70 "L's R°.V;'I Co. and Freeman & Co. 8 U » fowey Consels.. K>2 V.vian & Sons- BOB »!«°. 71 Ditto •• g ft D't'O .70 Ditto 8 f ft Ditio (37 Ditto 7 Hallenbeagte 79 Williams, Foster, and Co. 1 11 6 D' 0 •• 75 Vivian ami Sons ..440 •• OA Ditto e il « rv'tf° 65 Mines Royal Co. 6 1.. « w,' p.i" •• P-Grenfell, and Son. 2 S 0 Hittn en Sims, Willyains, Neviif, Druce, & Co. 3 18 O *• Mines Royal Co. and Williams, Foster, r* •• •* •• 4 4 ft Ditto .• ..38 Mints Royal Co. 6 1 ft r Hv'Vh' ii." ft v '"3' N«vi-U Druceand Co. 8 18 0 Vivian & Sons and Freeman & Co.316 Ditto. 4* V man and Sons « q R ir? Freeman and Co 1 7 to- Wh, Unitywood 79 Williams, Foster, and Co. K i« « Ditto 34 Freeman and Co 10 4 O Ditto. 14 Sims, Willyams, Nevitl, Druee,&Co. and Williams, Foster, and Co.7 1 O Trewavas 125 Vivian & S".S, si..S, Willy;$,& Co. „r, „ an<i Williams, Foster, and Co. 5 19 o Wh. Harmony., aft Williams, Foster, and C& 1 is ft Ditto 35 Ditto I « „ Ditto l-l P. Grenfell and Sons 2 1ft r,?,rd;?w- •• 27 Williams, Foster, and Co. « 17 ft Wh.Vyviatt 55 Freeman & Co 1 I n Ditto 40 Ditto 7 « « Tregollan 4t P. Grenfell and Soar 2 19 « British"S*L. and*) "-I Co 2 10 0 Copper Mines >. & Sons •• 7 17 Ditto. 10 Ditto Perran Mines 40 Sims, Willyams, N'evill,'DTaCe.'&C* 3 7 o Ditto. 20 Freeman and Co. qll „ Bolenna. 34 Wiltiams, Foster, and Co. 3 i « •• 16 Freeman & Co. 0 1(, ? h. lehidy „ 43 Sims, Willyams, NeviU, Druce'^mt Co". 8 4 0 3,976 Average Pro<l.ice ej.-Quantity of fine Copper, 272torn 6 ev»t. 0 qr.— Amount of Sale, £ '24,453 13s. Cd.—Average Standard, £ 130 0s. High Water in Swansea Ihtrbour and at the Passages, KOR THE liNSUlNG 1VEKK. DAYS. u, THB PASSAOK* j Mom. Even. Heights J Morn. ~foe~n7 I H. If. H. U, I F, | 'H M U U Saturday, Bee. 4 9 47 10 13 l6 9 11 7 "i 33 Sunday 5 ,0 42 u ,3 J » 33 Monday a 45 n n ,5 l » | uesday 7 | 12 20 1 3-2 14 4 1 40 i W Wednesday, 8 2 6 2 41 14 5 3 26 4 V I l.nrsday » j 3 12 3 41 14 8 4 32 5 I Friday 10, 4 8 4 33 15 i\ 5 M 5 53 MOON S AGB.—Last Quarter, 5th day, oh. 3m. even. ♦

LONDON, November 29.—Fine sample of English Whtut this morning weie very firm, and rather dearer than other- wise. In horeujfi Wheat there was less business doing than for hZt hme P ,°ders been Prosed to press sales, it would ue been necessaryto- submit Is loaer p, ices —Malting Bar leu meets a dragging sale, aud except for ihe best qualities, whu-LaretZealize Ptr t/°n (lao'fu"ls'f rices from Is. to-2s. per quarter lower.— With Oats the market is well supplied at present, principally iron, mo Za'rlZt 'ft COndition °f Com being for the most part extremely bad, sales are sloio at a reduction of about is, per quarter really fine samples of new or old Oats are not cheaper. In Malt or Flour there is no material alteration, but trade is.sloio jor both these articles. PRICE OF G R A I li. Per Itiaperi#ol Quitrjet-. II. a. 8. Wheat, Red 5U to 58 Maple 30 to 3T w white. yjf'. 66 <S8 Boilers 43 White (new) 58 6u Small 42 4I P'ne 64 68 Old 68 70 Ticks *30 V, 72 Harrow .1 lr R^C| Y 38 Feed Oals 22 Barky gnndnu .2(5 28 Fine 22 £ D" o,l„.e maltiu.32 34 Pola, afl 2r 58 60 Fine „ £ f.'ne„ 60 Polato. 23 Hog Pease 34 35 Fine oj FLOUR, per .Sack of28U/J». 25 tiu.. 106.58. I !SeCUJIIJs_- _51. Iu 60.. AVERAGE PRICE OF CORN, P7R OTT ,he Week um1",8 Nov- au. <8-11, and by which iiiportaitioH. is regulated. Wheal.Mil' Oat, « „ea,„ .40^ __Barley 33 4 Rye 40 2 Pease.. "43

PRICE OF MEAT.—SMITHFIEI.D, Nod. 29. I'rom having a targe number of Beasts, and not very favourable weather Jor their disposal, the market this morning is but middliwi and something tower, it being quite an extreme figure if we keep our quotation at 4s. Sd., uoue but the very choicest Scots litakifig I't*- I here is an increased supply, of Sheep, which being seared,, wanted business in consequence is a little depressed: for choice Wethers' however, a fair pi ice is obtained, their value reaching fu!tu 4v 10< The demand for Calves is quite adequate to the show, owillg to its being short, and previous terms a,e supported, delicate qualities j etching &R. 4 d.-Uf Pigs there is an extensive number, with trade heavy jor all but prime dauy-jed, and for those onlu at lower prices 4a. coming quite up to vmat they sell for. .0 sink tht: "rhl-per !SIbs. Beef 3, Mutton 3s lOd. to 5i. 0 1. Pork i! 4d! to 5s\' *• •• Os. Oil, lo Os. Od. NBWGATB and LsT^sH\LL.~By the Carcase. Beef. 3i. 4d. to 4s. Od. Vea| 2s 3d to -5« 11L. MU,,°" Lamh6,t04S- •" 3- ad.' lo L." 44 IjamU Od. to 0a. Od. PRICE OF IIOPS, in the Borough, per Cwt. o&'sS.'V*?. ::}«♦?': ditto. ^.410 5 |5 1835, lijliO, 1^37 & lSitJ 2 0 4 0 PRICE OF SEEDS. Iurnlp, Swedes, per bush, —to— Clover, Red, per cwt — — O'1'" sorts ID ]S Flemish Mustard, Brow lo 14 New Hamburg — While ij 13 French — — Canary, per qiMi it. 84 100 Trefoil flye Gritss 30 -42 Caraway 50 5a Tares.. New 60s. Old ..6 8 I Coriander lo |(J PRICE OF TALLOW AND SOAP, per C4vt. II. d. a. d. a, a. l'ownl allow 47 (S Melted Stuff 3d 0 Cnid diito ..GO O Yellow Russia 49 0 Ditto Rough 24 0 Palm v Ditto Soap 50 0 Yellow Snap — (l Greaves" 18 o White ditio.. — 0 Moliled ditto.. 54 0 Dregs 5 0 BRISTOL PRICE CURRENT.— Nov. 26. The sales of the week amount to about 300 casks, at about Is. per cwt. advance upon previous rates. The offices are now quite cleared oj samples, and the sm>ply in first hands is reduced to a very small co mpass. .M- „ „ SU<5AR. S. ». COKKEB. ». «. Muse, very Brown (per c.) 55 to57 Fine ditto H2/oII4t !>' B.rowu •• •• 5s 59 Very fiiie 120 125 Middling (JO CI RUM. s. d. ». Ixood middlings 62 tfti Jamaica (per gal.) ..4360 — Good aud tine. 68 73 Leeward Isle ..2 1 2 3 Molasses 28 29; LOGWOOD. £ a. £ Jamaica (per ton.) 6 5 6 10 COI'KBE. 9 010 9 J imaica, triage (per cwt.) 60 05 C:tmpenchy 0 0 0 9 Ordinary (SS 70 Fiistic, Jamaica 6000 Good ditto 72 75 Cuba 9099 Fine ditto 78 88 oil.. Middling 105 115 Gallipoli (per tun) 69 0'0 0 Good ditt0 121) 125 Sicily 05 0 68 0 Average Pric.e of Brown Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending Nov. 24, 33j. 2dd. per cwt. PRICE OF LEATHER. lb. lb. d. d. I b. I b. d. d. Crop Hides 30tll35.. rJ tol'¿ German Horse Hides 121ol(J nitto dillo 40 45..12 14 Horse Bulls 9 II Ditto ditto 50 6(1..15 16 Calf Skins, BestP. 30 36..14 Is Foreign Hines.. a5 30..11 12 Ditto (common).. 40 50..18 24 Ditto ditto 35 40..12 13 Ditto ditto.. 50 64..21 28 Butts, English 10 20..14 16 Ditto ditto 66 70..21 20 Ditto ditto 24 ui.. IS 16 Ditto ditto 75 100..19 21 Ditto ditto 2S 30.. 1 (i J1 Irish Skins.. 24 40.. U 18 Ditto ditto(extra)34 36..16 IS Welsh Skins 2-1 36..13 J5 Ditto, Foreign.. 16 20..14 15j Ditto ditto 40 45..16 IS Ditto ditto 22 25..14 Hi Ditto ditto 50 56..19 23 Ditto ditto 28 30..15 16 Ditto ditto 21 .35..12 13 Ditto ditto (extra)34 36..16 17 Kips, English and Welsh 15 17 B. Saddlers'Hides 34 38..11 14j Ditto, Petersbiirgh f! 8..17 19 Common (lillo.. 40 45..11 14J Ditto ditto 9 10..14 IT •Shaved Hides 16 20..14 17 Ditto, East India ..12 IS Shoe ditto, 20) 23..Il £ 12$Seal Skius, Small ..17 19 Common ditto.. 27 34..11 13 Ditto, Middling ..14 10 Welsh Hides .11$15 Basils .7 11) Bull ditto .10 It Shoulders, English 9 II 1 Kngliah Home l^idss ..12 13 Ditto, Foreign 8 11 Welsh (litto ..It 13 Bellies, English 79 Spanish ditto .14 18 Ditto, Foreign 6; 8 Do. without Butts,15s. to 18s. Od. ea. Printed and Published by WILLIAM COURTENAY MURRAY AND DAVID REES, At No. 58. Winu-STRKBT, S«A>SE». SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1841.

GLEANINGS. PUNCTUATION.—Caxton had the merit of introducing the Roman pointing as used in Italy; and his successor. Pinsou, triumphed by domicilating the Roman letter. The dasli, or perpendictildr line (thus, I ),was the only punctua- tion they used. It was, however, discovered that the craft ot poynting well used makes the sentence very light." The more elegant comma supplanted the long uncouth the colon was a refinement, "shewing that there is more to come." But the semicolon was a Latin delicacy which the obtuse English typographer resisttW. So late as 1580 and I 1590 treatises on autography do not recognize any such iuno- vation; the Bible of 1592, though printed with appropriate accuracy, is without a semicolon; but in 1633 its full lights were established by Charles Butler's English Grammar. In this chronology of the four points of punctuation, it is evi- dent that Shakspere conld never have used the semicolon; a circumstance which the profound George Chalmers mourns over, opining that semicolons would often have saved the poet from his commentators.-D'Israeli's Amenities of Literature. COMPENSATION.—Riches and Poverty.—How equal! v are the ifls of God distributed among men, in spite of ap- pearances to the contrary! It is not the intention of Pro- vidence that one part of mankind should be happy and another pat-t niise, able, though it certainly is his intention that one part should be rich and another poor. Riches are far from being the best tift of God. The poor partake often in a larger share than the rich of the blessings of health, contentment, and the affection of friends and relatives: the want of either one of these would poison the enjoyment of the richest man in the nation; and, when the poor man is unwise enough to look with envy on those who enjoy more of the luxuries of life than he does himself, it is very proba- ble an exchange would teactt him how very much he was deceived in thinking their lot preferable to his own. Thus, the peae of milld that always attends upon honest industry is an abundant compensation for many a hardship incident to a lower condition of life. This sentiment is very beauti- fully expressed by an old writer—" It was wisely said by a man of great observation, that there be as many miseries beyond riches as on this side of them. Let us not repine, nor so much as think God's gifts unequally dealt, if we see another abound with riches; when, as God knows, the cares that are the keys of those riches hang often so heavily at the rich man's girdle, that they clog him with weary days and restless nisjhts, even when others sleep quietly. We see but the outside of the rich man's liappities, few consider him to he like the silk-worm, that, when she seems to play, is at the same time spinning her own bowels, and consuming her- self. And this many rich men do loading themselves with corroding care, to keep what they have already got. Let its be thankful if we have health and competence, and, above all, if we possess a quiet conscience."