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      ~* *~ ~ 1 _EklSE _& OF BYRON . " "io . xrx . " CHILBS SAMtD . " . _; . .. " - - _^ nrM on R _ocssxAT-j ' _sKe _* .. onr last , will _?* 55 S _& succ _^ _dea by _thtfeHowiijoa * ' * : n TOtliiBK . _-13 D _GIDBOy . « _, __ ne ' " * _nd _Ferniyi ye _hartbten the abodes _£ _* _**»• whieh unto you bequea & 'd a name ; ! _Si who sought and found , by _dangerous roads , _fA perp . _^ . f & _me : , A _^ -or . _rieantic minds , and their steep aim ? . ? _Sjae , ou daringdoubftopae . : . * ft 6 uS hts which should call down thunder , and th .

      _MSuSk * S _& * _" _& _' _* , _^ Heaven the whilt _^ _U , _^ Bd man ' * research could deign do more than smile . The _ofi _« w « _* " * ficldeBeS 8 » * chUd Most mutable in wishes , but in _miad f « it as various , —gay , grave , sage , or wild , -. _ff-wri = n , h « fd , philosopher , comhhwd ; _^ -jtip Bed himself among mankind , The _Prottus of their talents . But Ms own BKat i _** * most in ridicule , which , as the wind , all

      j L _f Were it _usteth , laying things prone , _t o " erthrow a fool , and now to shake a throne . _jse other deep and slow , exhausting thought ; _kjjl hiving wisdom with each studious year , la _meoitatwn dwelt , With learning wrought , _ini shaped his w « apon with an edge severe , Sjp -o _. j' * : a solemn _ereed with solemn sneer ; Thtlord ef irony , —that master-spell , _-tffcich _stuii » his foes to wrath , which gnw from fear _AnS doom'd him to the zealots ready hell , _vtach _acswew to all doubts so eloquently welL

      11 % p «* h _* _** * * neir ashes—for by them , jf merited , the penalty is paid ; It is not ours to judge—tar less _condsmn ; Tfc « hour most come when such things shall be made _iuown unto aU—or hope and dread _allay'd 5 y slamb-T , on ont pillow—In thc dust , _ffhieh , thus much we are sure , mustlia _decay"d ; And when it shall revive , as ia our trust , Iirill * ot to he forgiven , or suffer what is just . The Mowing stanzas ., descriptive of a Swiss night _icene , a » magnificent .

      Itis the hush of night , and all between Thy margin * andjhe mountains , dusk , yet clear , _JlellowM and mingling , yet distinctly seen , Save darken'd Jura , whose capt heights appear Precipitously steep ; and _drawing near , There breaths a living fragrance from the shore , Of flowers yet fresh with childhood ; on the car Props the light drip ofthe sapended oar _. Or chirps ths grasshopper one good-night carol more ; He is an evening reveller , who makes His life an infancy , and _sin-s Lis fill ; _£ t _intervals , some bird from out the brakes glaris into voice a moment then is stilL There seems a floating whisper on fhe hill ,

      Eat that his fancy , for the starlight dews AU rdtnfl y their tears of love instil , " _\ r «! _iiiiig themselves away , till they infuse p » _-ji _i-iio Nature ' s breast the spirit of her hues . Te stars , which are th * poetry of heaven ! If in jour bright leaves we would read the fat _« Of men and empires , — 't is to be forgiven , That in our aspirations to be great , Oar destinies o ' erlcap their mortal state And claim a kindred with you ; for ye are A beauty and a mystery , and create In ui such love and _reverencs from afar , fiat fortune , fame , power , life , have named themselves a star .

      Sot vainly did the early _Persian make IDs altar tbe high places and the peak Of _earth-oetgazingmountains , and thus take Ant and unwall'd temple , there to seek Th * Sprit , in whose hsnour shrines are weak , _TprearVl of human hands . Come , and compare Columns and idol-dwellings , Goth or Greek , "Willi _jSatarc ' _s realms of worship , earth and air , Ifor fix on fond abodes to circumscribe thy prayer ! The sky is changed!—and such a change ! Oh night And storm , and _darJoieas , ye are wond ' rous strong , Toi lovely in your strength , as is the light Of a dark eye in womau ! Far along Prom peak to peak , the rattling crags amonj leaps the live thunder !_ Not from one lone cloud , Hut every mountain now hath found a tongue , And Jura answers , through her misty shroud , Back to thc joyous _Alpi , who call to her aloud !

      And this u in the night : —most glorious night 5 Thou wert not sent for slumber ! let me be A sharer in tby fierce and far delight , —• A portion ofthe tempest and of thee t Howihelit lake shines , a phosphoric sea _. And the big rain comes dancing to the earth : And bow again ' tis black , —and now , the glee Of the loud bills _shalccs _ivitliits tt ..-t _, ti _» - _^ -. _tt » _-tI-T-. Is if ihey did rejoice e ' er a _joung . _earthguate's birth , .. * ¦ - * * ¦ » Sky , mountains , rivers , winds , lakes , lightnings ! ye "With night , and clouds , and thunder , and a soul - To make these felt and feeling , well may be Things that have made me watchful ; fhe far roll Of your departing- voices , is the knoll Of what in me is sleepless , —if I rest , But where of ye . oh tempests ! is the gaol ? Are ye like those wit-bin the human breast ? Or do je find , at _lengfi , like eagles , some high nest !

      Could I embody and unbosom now That which is most within me , —could I wreak My thoughts upon expression , and thus throw Sonl heart , mind , passions , feelings , strong or weak , All that I would have sought , and all I seek , Bear , know , feel , and yet breathe—into one word , And that one word were lightning , I would speak ; But as it is , I live and die unheard , With a most voiceless thought , sheathing it as a sword . "V 7 care sorry that we are compelled , by want of mm , to omit fhe beautiful and affecting stanzas terminating this canto , addressed hy the poet to his daughter- Wc conclude our extracts from Canto III ¦ with the felloirinff noble protest : —

      Ihave not loved the world , nor the world me ; 1 have not flattered its rank breath , nor bow'd _ _T ' o its idolatries a patient knee , — Kor eoin'd my cheeks W smiles , —nor cried aloud In worship of an echo ; in the crowd They could not deem me one of such ; I stood Among them , but not oftuem ; in a shroud Of thoug hts which were not their thoughts , and still could .

      Had I net filed ay mind , which thus itself subdued . Ihavo not loved tie _wsrld , nor the world me , — But let us part fair foes ; I do beliere , Though I hare found them nor , that there may be Words which are things , —hopes which wiU not deceive , Ana vir tues which are merciful , nor weave Snares for the failing : I would also deem Cer Others * griefs that some sincerely grieve ; That two , or one _^ are almos t what they seem ; That goodness is no name , and happiness no dream .

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      The Purgatort Of Suicides. A Tsison Basm...

      THE PURGATORT OF SUICIDES . A _Tsison BasMBH Tks Books . . _3 J _Emmm Cojjekb , ihe Chartist . London : J . How , 132 , Fleet-street . ' ( Continued from the Star of Sov . 8 th . ) Wenow come to ihe Tenth and last" Book" of the Poem , which opens with the following fine address

      fo Iaberty : — _HsoL Mies * Liberty ! who har t thy sarin . Deep ia _*• _*« _feithfol patriot ' s soul _iwess'd , — _jKgfoang from thy visage light divine That glads the dungeon ' s g loom and drear unrest , _Until-i * _& eams with visage overblest Of _Hfcht triumphant over hoary Wrong , _jbid Truth rictorioas over Fraud _coafeir , Ananew-bom nations joining choral song O'er eart _h—beeonwona tempi * for thy brother-throng " sail , sn _^ bi _^ tKnerryl Life-source of Truth , — _TCthont whom Knowledge waxeth , sere , _andmlli Into bxc _dQUtgo i while with lusty _yosth Thou -dneweit Season till she disenthrals Her essence of Time ' s dreams , nor basely crawls '

      At eld Authority ' s decrepid _ftat , — But 1 o tlie toil of search calmy upcalls Her rigour , and fall soon sack plausire cheat _Biteets , and _winnoweth Folly ' s chaff from Wisdom * wheat , Thou peat palladium of the moral -man , — If thee hv sloth _setf-treasoMUS he _lOSft - " Orfoiled * by force , or duped by charlatan , — Hew soon the _serfish spirit doth diffusa Xtsinfluence throug h Wood , ana bones , and thaws—Until his very form , Ms blOW , M 8 _lOOK , Forfeit their grandeur ,- _^* eaehgesture shews , _S low _^ _riTe _foIIows his lord ' s rebuke , wiat _flfrnth of insult , now , his slavish soul can brook .

      But garbedtohumblest _sear , if _KsKrthrifht B . j rtimbartered _. impurloined _. _Tinsained _,-~ U st-31 Ms forhead bear thy sigtt bright , — HownoWeiS h "« mien , —how _unconsttamed He standsa _witnessfor _thetruth , unfeigned , Or ehampion for the right ,-o ' erawing kmgi And loi _& y _powers , who feelas jf amugned _JKKSSSSS- _^* _- _* With _aignity so godlike , stood the sage OfADdera , atHicocreou ' 8 flirone , Toning the Cyp rian tyrantinhis rage _««^ od the Caledonian captive one , — _o TL h i _ehain 3 , -and from the Roman won 2 l _^ SS _^ S- _«* with _bww unblent , JES 3 S « rf . Seotia _' _slaterwn : 2 _f _S base _fi esler shook , magnificent , - S _^ _^ a sneasant , in hishaxdiment . __ T" * Lake Lemaoi

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      T > * _** _f _»«^^ with gristliest terrors , _soowl 0 » fty nraw on > primr | --They can gaze and smile ! ho , inourage of _grandestmim , with soul _unpiweed , thaV « _jmt uuiver « _fil » , * _~ _IJatirinjRaUij _^ _it the ax _« could _SBile , — Passing W 9 _fingw calmly o ' er the edge , Andeltpingit amed ' _einesharp , the while , Butimost re ' _meaalsicknessto assuage , 2 Conscious Death e ' oald not mar his & me * s high heritage So smiled our bravest , trust , martyred sir * , — Pell _Suptntitioa _' s vicUm , who could ckeer , With heart that veritabl y quelled the fire , ffis _brothsr sufferer , and more frail compeer , Breathing those death-words that will fill the ear

      , And thew the heart of England , through all time , — Until her _clUdrea a mind-rampart rear Shall foil the Jesuit ' s craft , and save our elime From witnessing , again , the Priest ' s Hold deeds of crime . So smiled thy own , thy darling champion , A true-born Briton names not without prid 9 That thrills the soul—onr noble Algernon , — Who gloried at the scaffold that he died For thine—the Good Old Cause , —nor falsified The promise of his youth . When , from thy womb , My country ! shall such men be multiplied ! 0 Liberty ! o ' er £ nglanx _' _. » germs resume Thyguickeniiig power , —or wake our _fathsrs _fram the tomb !

      _Ws are become a servile , serdid crew : The grandeur of our lineage is forgot : We crawl as if ner peer nor franklin knew His fathers walked erect , and parleyed not With Patience ere their swords the tyrant smota _Orhumbled him to meekness : we ne ' er turn Unt _» tha page where their great deeds art wrote , And read , _andpoader , till our bosoms burn T _» think the _yske they spurned , so long our necks have worn ' . Every poor man , _ereiy one of England ' s wronged and insulted sons and daughters , will heartily join Inthe following bitter apostrophe to that combination of traitor and mountebank , Brougham . Mr . Coops * expresses only what millions feel : —

      Our _msn of promise are a recreant _hords : BT ' n he who bears that glorious patriot name Par which the friend of Sydney a record , Gold-writ , hath won on England ' s roll of fame , Starts , like au actor who hath oped the drame , Back from Ids part , af eard to play it through : And he , tht golden-tongued—a thing of shame Hade by his whims—to self-respect untrue—What will he next—the spaniel of old _Waterloo 1 Oh ! haste to hide thee in the charnel grave—Thou _Harlequin-Dtmosthenes !—» re change Shall leave thee not a semblant speck to save Of that rich monument which thou , with strange Fatuity , has toiled to disarrange As hotly as to carve ! Give up thy strife To mar it more—and list the White ' s revenge—Friend of tho Black!—' twill cleave to thee through life—The "Bastile ' -curse—from man severed from child and wife !

      Arch-traitor to tby kind—sc _* urge of the poor—A word from thee had dashed their poison-cup To atoms ; hut thou , wantonly didst more Prefer to their lean lips to hold it up—Aye , wast to thine own vanity the dupe So fully , as to claim that thou shouldst bear The dread weight of the crime ! Would thou might ' s ! sup For ages of that chalice ! " Bastile " -fare , Perchance , a med _' eine were thy reason to repair . Beshrew thy heart ! bntit was bold , as well As villainous—responsibility To court—so foully , darkly damnable . 'Head-robber of the savage band to be Should perpetrate upon humanity ' A theft so daring as would make recoil The sternest heart of ancient tyranny—Of Nature's rights the hapless wretch to spoil—Who hath no bread , because his lords refuse Urn toil .

      And dost thou , scouted changeling ! madly dream This lawlesB law will save "their lordships' laud t " Or , that to gaol and eunuch men the stream Of discontent can stop—and misery ' s band Convert to sneaking slaves lords may command At Trill ? As sure ' y as thy head grows gray In this tby monstrous sin—if not by brand , By mightieF means , the poor will win their way To right—and shout when worms hold riot in thy clsy . 01 not by changeling , tyrant , tool , or knave , Tby march , blest Liberty ! can nowbe stayed . — The wand of _Guttemberg—behold it wave ! The spell is burst!—the dark _enehantiments fad * Of wrinkled Ignorance!— 'twas she betrayed Thy first-born children , —and so oft threw down ' The mounds of Freedom . Lo . ' the Book its aid Hath brought!—the feudal serf—though still a clown , Doth read;—and , where his sires gave homage , paysa frown : -

      The sinewy artisan , —the weaver lean , — The shrunken stoeMnger , —the miner _sirarthj —• Bead , think , and feel ; and in their eyes the sheen Of burning thought betokens thy young birth Within their souls , Wythe liberty ! That earth Would thus be kindled from ths humble spark Te caught from him of llentz _, and scattered forth , — : Faust , Soster , Caxton!—not *¦ the clerk , Himself ; _coold prophecy in your Otrn mid-a ° re dark ! And yet , 0 Liberty 1 these humble toilers The true foundation for thy reign begun , — Aye , and while throne-craft decks Han ' s murderous spoilers , - . ¦ ' - - _¦ ¦ - . -. ' While feverous Power mocks the weary sun

      With steed-throned effigies of Wellington , And columned piles to _Nelson , —Labour's child Turns from their haughty forms , to muse upon . The page by their blood-chronicle defiled;— . Then , bending o ' er his toil , weighs well the record wild _Aycj . they are thinking , —at the frame , and loom , ' At bench , and forge , and in the bowelled mine ;—And when the scanty hour of rest is come _. Again they read , —to think , aud to divine How it hath come to pass that Toil must pine _YThile sloth doth revel;—ho w the gama Of Mo * A Hath served their tyrants;—how the scheme malign Of priests hath crushed them ; and resolve doth bud To band , —and to bring back the primal Brotherhood .

      Oh ! might _Isea that triumph ere I die—Ths poor , oppressed , contemned , and _hungered throng Hold festival for Labour's victory O ' er Mammon , Pride , and Sloth , —for Right o ' er Wrong : Oh ! might I hear them swell the choral song" The Toilers' Bights are won ! our Fatherland " Is fully free !"—with joy to rest among The solemn dead , at Nature ' s high command , I'd haste : nor ask to stay the speed bf one life-sand 1 Kor selfish is the wish , —however vain : From boyhood , Greece , and our old Commonweal I worshipped ; but 'twas gnawing hunger ' s pain I saw yonr lank and fainting forms

      reveal—Poor trampled stockingers . '—that made me feel - 'T was time to be in earnest , —nor regard . Han ' s freedom merely as a theme for zeal In hours of emulous converse , or for bard Weaving rapt fancies in pursuit of Fame ' s reward . I threw me in the gap , _deling scorn , Threats , hatred , pois ' nons tongues _^ _-to front your foes And this hath come of it—that I hsve worn The fetter for your sake . Yet , now the close Of this captivity is near , no throes Of anger , sorrow , or regret , are mine For aught that I have suffered ; but ' your woes—Poor victims ! who by grinding tricksters pine , — Breed thoughts that with my hopes their tortures inter

      twine . - _ . * . ' # * * . Here , then , 0 holiest Liberty ! my heart ; I lay upon thine * -dtar , —undismayed , " Unswerving , unsubdued : the afterpart : Of life it aims to play with healthier aid Of wisdom , —bnt no guilty thoughts upbraid : i It asks but to be kept from sordid stain ! As free as now : let consciousness pervade : Bach pulse through life that still by gold or gain ITnbonshtit beats , —and it shall shun no toil , no pain ' 0 . welcome , even if its blood be shed ; thee , blest Freedom!—only keep it pure 1 1 Welcome , the living death more deeply dread j Of calumny , oy evil shapes obscure ' ¦ That haunt the patriot darkling , and secure | From Truth ' s Ithurielspsar , their poisons vend : ' Welcome , that keenest heart-acho—forfeiture i Of friendship true : welcome , aU pangs that rend The heart—if pure unto the grave it may descend ! 1 ( Tobeconlimed . )

      Douglas Jerrold's Shining Magazine. !Nov...

      DOUGLAS JERROLD'S _SHINING MAGAZINE . ! _Novemb £ S . London : Awe * Office , 92 , Fleet-I This is an excellent numher of this _veiy excellent _-Magazine . We have but one complaint to make , 2 thafc is , that the Editor 8 beautitul stpry of" St . Giles ' s and St . James ' s" is doled , out in portions 22 J too small : the quaUty is so _tet-rate , that we ffouldfain have an increase in the quantity . , The retired _muffin-maker _, to p *** , shines _» _^ _J » _^ orWnality thismonth : _asspewmeasofhisphilosophy Shed in the true _Jj-kbold rein of satire , we give the following : — Din ADAH BAT EGGS * " Think you , " said the visitor , chipping an egg-shell , « think that Adambefore the fall , ate eggs .

      you , ; « i can ' t say , " said Capstick ; "but recollecting the things I have read , the question would make a _verypret _^ book . 'Tis a pity the matter wasn't stared two or tliree hundred years ago . How many thousand throats might fcave been cat upon itl How many men-and women roasted like live oysters 1 For the wisdom of humanity , 'tis a great miss . How popes might have thundered about it ! What Te Deums have been chanted ; what _maledictions—and all with the melted-bntter voice of a Christian—pronounced ! The world has had a great loss— ' 3 very great loss . " And Capstick sighed . *• I can hardly see that , "' says Jem . " It seems to me that this blessed world will never want something to quarrel about so long as there ' s two straws upon it . "

      , " Whv , there havebeen the Battles of the Straws , " observed Capstick , " although for certain purposes they ' ve been called after other names . "

      Douglas Jerrold's Shining Magazine. !Nov...

      j HEDGEHOGS AND CATS . For a time the breakfast was silently continued ; when suddenl _y Capstick cried-out , "Beast that I am ; Ihave forgotten Velvet !" "Velvet ! Who is he ! " asked the _Tisitor . _^ "Au excellent fellow , Master Kingcup , " said Capstick . "A worthy creature _aftkr my own heart . We became acquainted last frost ; it was a roadside meeting , and I brought him here to the Tub . You would , hardly think it ; but though I saved him from a wintry death , and have comforted him like my own flesh and blood ""He isn't a bit like it , " cried Jem .

      "Like my own flesh and blood , " repeated Capstick , with a reproving look . "He has neither bitten nor slandered me , nor lifted my latch to midnight thieves , nor , in fact , done anything that a friend you have benefited should do . " At these words St . Giles , forgetful of the misanthropic drolling of his host , shifted somewhat uneasily in liis seat . He thought of the muffins bestowed upon his _boyhsod , and of the discomfort-he had afterwards inflicted on his benefactor . " Here ,. _Telyetr-Velvet , " cried Capstick ; and Bright Jem sat with a grave smile , enjoying the expectation of Jfr . Kingcup . " With all the coaxing bestowed upon him , ' tis such a humble soul , " said Capstick . " He never puts himself forward never . _I'J ivagerye , now , one of these egg-shells , " and Capstick rose and looked about him , ' that I shall find him quietly curled up in a corner . I knew it ; there he is . " With this Capstick took two steps from his chair , stooped , and in a moment returning to his seat , placed a hedgehog on the table .

      " Humph ! " said Kingcup ; " ' tis aa odd creature for a bosom friend . " .. ... "Give me all bosom friends like him , " cried Capstick ; "for there ' s no deceit in ' em ; you see the worst of 'cm at the beginning . Now , look at this fine honest fellow . What plain , straightforward truths he bears about him . You see at once that he is a living pin-cushion , with the pins ' points upwards , and instantly you treat him after his open nature . Tou know he ' s not to be played at ball with . You take in with a glance all that his exterior means , and ought to love him for his frankness . Poor wretch . ' - ' tis a thousand and a thousand times the ruin of him . He has , it is true , an outside of thorns—heaven

      made him with them—but a heart of honey . A meek , patient thing . And yet , because of his covering , the world casts all sorts of slanders upon him—accuses hm of wickedness he could not , if he would , commit . _, And so is he kicked and cudgelled , and made the _craelest sport of , his persecutors all the while thinking themselves the ' best of people for their worst of treatment . He bears a plain exterior . He shows so many pricking truths io the world , that the world , in revenge , couples every outside point with an interior devil . He is made ' a martyr for this iniquity—he hides nothing . Poor Velvet !" , and Capstick very gently stroked the hedgehog , and proffered it a slice of apple arid a piece of bread .

      ? ? 'Tis a pity , " said Kingcup , "that all hedgehogs ain't translated after your fashion . " " What a better world ' twould make of it , " answered the cynic , "But no , sir , no ; that's the sort of thing the world loves , " and Capstick pointed to a " handsome tortoise-shell cat , stretched at her-fullest length upon the hearth . "What a meek , cosy face she has—a placid , quiet sort of grandmother look—may all grandmothers forgive me . Then , to see her lap milk ; why , you'd think a drop of blood of any sort would poison her . ' The wretch ! ' twas only last week she kUled and ate one of my doves , and afterwards sat wiping her whiskers with her left paw , as _^ comfor tably as any . dowager at . a tea ' party . I nursed her before she had any eyes to look at her benefactor , and she has sat and purred upon my kaee , as though she knew all she owed me , and was trying to pay the debt with her best singing . And for all this , look here , tbis is what she did only yesterday ; " aud Capstick showed three long fiae scratches oa his right hand .

      ' . « That ' s nothing , " said Mr . Kingcup , f You know that cats will scratch . " ¦ _.- - ¦¦•' ¦ .. ¦ "To be sure I do , " replied Capstick ; " and all the world knows it ; but the world don't think the worse of ' em for it ; and for this reason , they can , when they like , so well hide their claws . Now , poor little Velvet here-- — poor vermin martyr—he can't disguise what he has j and so he's hunted and worriedfor being , as I may say , plainspoken , ' when puss is petted , and may sleep all day long at the fire , because , in faith , ' she ' s so glossy , and looks so innocent . And all the while has she not murderous teeth and claws ?"

      " The Englishman in Prussia" is a continuation of the articles we have before quoted into this paper , we shall quote from the present as soon as we can find room . It has been the custom to laud the Prussian system as the perfection of paternal government ; but the articles' publishing in Jerrdld ' s Magazine , together with the extraordinary revelation of onr own German correspondent , ' are letting in a flood of light upon that system , which'will completely , unmask the hideous deformities of . the infamous and doomed thing . Aye ! doomed ! its hour is drawing high ! Hurrah for its speedy downfall . " The Countryman in St . Paul ' s" is a humourous and laughable slap at the holy showmen , who inveigle the " gentle public " into their show by _' charging ' " tuppence" at the _. door , and then _half-aHsrowri to see tkts ,- eighteen-pence to ' see ' . that , and a variety of . "tuppences" ; more to see other things . Really this My show Js a nuisance and disgrace to the country . 'The article

      entitled "A Ki _^ _hte ( ioode _Jfeiiovre , _tnouga oriel , contains some " righte goode" sense .. ¦ • 'The- Man and his age , " by an Opimist , contains matter for reflection . " The Price of a . Garter and the Priceof a Life" is an excellent article , commenting on two choice morsels of the Government " miscellaneous estimates and contingences ,. placed side by '* side in the original account ,, as though wooing observation and criticism ; theyare , 1 st : "The amount issued to pay rewards to thc crews of the boats Earl Grey , Po _, Sparrow , Duke of York , and Caroline , i ' or saving the lives ofthe crew of the Shepherdess , wrecked on the Goodwin Sands ; £ 53 . " 2 nd : " Fees paid to the Officers ofthe Order ofthe Garter , upon the installation ofhis Majesty the lung of theFrench as Knight Companion , £ 439 3 s . 4 d . " These disgraceful items form thc foundation of a scourging commentary , for which we return the writer our hearty thanks . We must notice the descriptive talent of this writer ,

      which is oi a very high order ; his picture ol a night storm in the Channel is truly sublime . Wo had marked a lengthy extract for quotation , but have been compelled to omit it through want of room . *• The Decline of the Drama" is a well writtenandinteresting article . " The Egotism of Aristocracy" is apaperof the right sort , by "A . B . ' R . " Is this Angus B . Reach ? If so , " more power to him . " Surely the days of aristocratic domination and royal tomfoolery are drawing to a close , when such articles as this find publicity in one of our monthly magazines , and when thousands read and echo the sentiments of the writer . "A History for Young England" ; describes the fierce struggle between Henry the 2 nd and Thomas _a'Becketi _, and shows the King to advantage sis compared with the hypocritical , grasping , and tyrannical churchman , The " Rewiews " . have the fault of being somewhat too brief , but are otherwise unexceptionable . ..

      Simmonds' Colonial Magazine. November. L...

      SIMMONDS' COLONIAL MAGAZINE . November . London : Simmonds and Ward , 18 , Cornhill . ' *' - ' The opening article of this month ' s number is a continuation of the interesting papers bv Dr . G . _M'Henet , on the " Liberated African Establishment at St . Helena . " The description of the . miseries of the unfortunate Africans ia exceedingly -painful . " The Serpent of Martinique and St . Lucia" is a translation of an article from the French , by Dr . Rofz , originally published in Lcs Antilles , Martinique newspaper . The article gives a somewhat dry account of the various species of snake existing in the above-named islands . The trigonocephalus , or spearheaded serpent , appeals to be the most dreaded . " More fortunate than the Carib Indian , the serpent

      has obliged the colonists to surrender its native wilds ahd forests—all that is uninhabited by . man ; and , save when it shows itself upon cultivated ground , no attempt is ever made to trouble or molest it . The spear-headed serpent renders a country life dangerous , and the terror which it inspires prevents the inhabitants of Martinique from enjoying the shade of ai tree , or a reverie in the fields ' . " That "truth is stranger than fiction" is proved by the singular adventures and hair-breadth escapes narrated in the interesting "Memoirs of an American Royalist . " These " Memoirs" afford an additional proof of the utter baseness of that infamous Government which the Royalist lost his all to support . He was severely punished for his folly * and a man who , despite , the

      , lessons of history and the experience of ages , clings to thedegrading belief of the "divine right of kings " fully deserves the ill treatment which fie of old had doubtless experienced who penned . the emphatic warning , "Put not your trust in princes . " " Notes eh the Sandwich Islands" give some interesting particulars ofthe progress of a young but rising people , who , if they can only escape the withering influence of European and American ambition and cupidity , may yet become a race of importance in the list ot civilised nations . There is a good dealbt laboured the

      attempt at "fun" in the " Reminiscences of Island of Cuba , " and abo in " The Emigrant : a Tale of Australia ; " but we confess we cannot discover the wit in either . "Colonial Railways and their Prospects , " by the editor , is a lengthy and ably digested article , containing much valuable information to all parties having an interest in railway matters . We extract the _following ** Adventure With a Boa Constrictor . " We should premise that the " adventurer" is described as a Captain C — — , _^ her Majesty ' s S 4 t ! i Foot , a great sportsman in _^ the Indian jungle . He is in pursuit of a large clieetul , or spotted deer , when : —

      After procaeding about a mile through very dense jungle , and being as the villager supposed near the spot where _thecheetulhad laid down , Captain C « _^ _-ofa sudden missed his dog , and hearing a rustling in the bushes about ten yards off , accompanied by a wimperin ' g noise , he turned in that direction , and saw what he at the first glance took for a tiger , from its colour , a mixture ol black and brown , but soon discovered what thc monster really was , an enormous boa constrictor , which- had seized his poor Juno , and was at the moment crushing her to atoms in its terrible coils . The native who was with him saw what it was likewise , aud immediately fled ,

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      Captain C _ , afterwards described the appearance of the reptile , when thus coiled round his dog , as somewhat _resembling-a barrel , every portion-in violeut muscular motion , andhe distinctly , heard the bones 0 f the poor animal . crack in , succession : within . its terrible embrace . At last the monster raised his head and fixed two glaring eyes . qnCaptain C .. _, who , in another moment , might perchance have heen fascinated by their deadly gleam , but with unerring aim he placed two balls inits forehead . Their effect was not , however , as he expected , fatal , and the snake , instantl y uncoiling itself frbm its victim , camo straight at Captain _C—^— , who _b ' fcnjrse took to flight ; but so thick was the jungle , ' that he found the animal gaining on , him , from the _^ ' _hdise it made amongst the bushes , 'imd . therefore sought shelter in a tree , _re-loadine _*

      hisgun with all possible expedition '; , ; Whether the reptile followed him by sight or sj _^|^ yi _^ i ; puld not judge , but Captain C— was only jdst prepared for a second discharge , . wh _? a the boa reached the tree , and . _instant-y twisting itself , round the stem would have soon seized him , but fortunately at the next shot ; _hetbiew . out both his eyes with a charge of B B ; yet though'the snake appeared for a moment stunned , it still con _tinueaits _, efforts to reach him , until by _repeateid shots it was incapacitated from rising , not though tillCaptain _C—^ _-i-, had completely emptied his powder flask , and he even , then did not venture to descend , as the reptile continued coiled round the tree , occasionally by a muscular movement showing that its-vital powers were -not yet Wholly extinct . At length , after some hours _solltaryconfiuemenf on his perch and shouting until . he : was . hoarse for aid , Captain C , _— . had the satisfaction to seea number of villagers arrive , by whom the monstrous animal was soon

      completely destroyed . Captain 0 — had no means , of accurately measuring itslength but by a piece of stick _, which . the natives said _was . a cubit long , and he declared that it measured .. upwards ' , df . thirty ' . of these , and _Iwas much thickef _^ th ' an pue . qf his . own thighs ,. which , were of a make that would'h ave Well ; become ; the ieath ' e . _^ e- / orshames . bt / an _^ . Lift . Guardsman ! Th ' e . _head ' of-the ' bo _* was ciit _Offby _^ is order > , ' . aiidso ' ht _tofiie H 6 ri . Mr . Cole , then Resident of M ysore _ihdits enormous ja . ws \ still may _ppdsibly be inejisten _^^ , . ¦ ¦ We . had almost forgotten , to -mention some _^ _veiy beautiful stanzas by- Mrs . _Sioournby , _iOn . _'Mndian riame 9 i"thefollowingibeing . themotto . of _ : the poem :-r" How can the _= _RedManrnforgotten ,. while so many _ofohr states and territories , bays ; lakes , _! and rivers , are indelibly ; stamped by . names of their giving ?" Oh the whole , this is a very g « od number ef this very useful magazine ; . . * - ;; .,. . _.-.. ¦ . . -

      Memoirs Of. An. Umbrella. By G.Herbert R...

      MEMOIRS OF . AN . UMBRELLA . By G . _Herbert Rodwbh ..., Part . . IV . London : E . Mac-• kenzie , 111 , Fleet-sU'eet ' .. .. ; , ' . " , ' _, "From grave ., to gay _. _iwm lively to severe , " appears to be the mottoof Mr . RoDWEhh , and these "Mem ' oifs _' of a ¥ Unibrel ] a""forma ' very good illustration of thatoft-quoted sentence . This ; part concludes the story , which may how bo had in its complete form , _^ and . . will , doubtless , find many _^ readers who would object to patronise it : in it ' s piecemeal ' character . _^ ¦ ' _^ Messrs . Pinz _. and- _; Lanm _ lls have afforded the _iauthor great assistance by their onaint ,

      beautiful , aud highly-finished ' illustrations . With all young ladies , —the best patrons of an author , — this work cannot fail to be popular ,. and they will be glad to learn that although the poor old Umbrella will speak no more in his own person , he has given a subject for a new tale to Mr . Rodwjbix . It will appear in shilling monthly parts , commencing , on the 1 st of January next , and will be entitled , " 'Woman's Love , ' a Romance of Smiles and Tears . " We wish Mr . _Rodweix success with his new venture , and , in the meantime , recommend the work now under notice to all who are not acquainted with it .

      Cooper's Novels.-People's Edition. Londo...

      COOPER'S NOVELS .-People ' s Edition . London : Clark , Warwick-lane , Paternoster-row . It ia now too late in the day to attempt to criticise the works of the great American novelist , _Coopbr , their immense popularity throughout Europe , as well as America , is the best evidence of the estimation in which they are held , and " the Scott of America" ia a title their author has fairly earned , and is likely to keep , no matter how great the talents of future Americas writers . Every body reads Cooper ' s works who can procure them , and to Mr . Ciabk is due the credit of having printed an edition which , in price ,

      enables the very poorest to become . readers ot these wonderful productions . This edition is rightly named the " people ' s . " In one large and handsome volume , consisting of nearly 1 , 000 closely-printed pages , with about 200 engravings , the purchaser may have , "The Pilot , " "The Spy , " " Last of the Mohicans , " " LionelLincoln , " " The Pioneers , " " The Prairie , " " . TheRed Rover , ! ' and "The Water Witch , " ail for- _^ how much . does the reader suppose ? Ten shillings ! . These works were , originally published at twelve gunieas j This is not all ; each novel , complete in itself , may behad for one shilling ) . 'Verily , this is the age of . cheap literature . ...

      Tales . Of Shipwrecks, And Adven-. Tures...

      TALES . OF SHIPWRECKS , AND ADVEN-. TURES AT SEA . London : Clark , Warwick-¦ lane . Paternoster-row . We noticed parts ' ! and IIof : this work some time ago ; we have now before us parts III . ' IV . V . and VI . Amongst the _* prominent contents of these parts , we notice the " Life and . Adventures of ' the celebrated Captain Dampibr ; " - " Captain Ross ' s voyage in search ' of the Missing Whalers ; " "The Loss of the Antelope , with the true and interesting story of Prince I _ eeBoo . '' ,, ; The Loss of the Royal George . _' * , " , The * Extraordinary Adventures of John Cockboiw , -English" mariner , *" . "The Exploits of _Ghace Darling ; " the horrible story of the "Loss of the Me'duse _^ " i & c . Tbe mass of information ' contained in any one number of _thispublioationis truly astonishing . The work is now half completed ; and , when finished , will be one of the cheapest works ever issued from the British press .

      . Ym~ We Had Prepared Reviews Of Several...

      . ym ~ We had prepared reviews of several publications , whichjwe are compelled to withhold fov the present , through , want of room .

      German Litenatubit. ^ The Following Stat...

      German _LiTEnATUBit . _^ The following statistical returns ahow the progress ' Of literature in Germany during the last three centuries " : —Inthe year _168 _fy the ! humber of works published was ' 362 , * in 1617 , 371 _. T ; in 1717 , 558 ; inl 789 , 211 S ; in 1831 , 6389 ; in 18 _i 0 , ?? 76 » andin _J 844 _, nearly 11 , 000 . . .. _Disease in ToRHiPS . —We regret to Iearh that in many parts of the country the turnips are affected in the same way as the potatoes . / - _.- _ThJe Tba Trade , Nov . 10 . —The oonsiimption of tea ' _continuesyeiy large . Last week it _wasSl 7 , 8061 b . The market is firm . -Magnificent Theatre . —A new and splendid theatre was opened at Lisbon , on the 29 th October . It occupies the whole of one aide of the handsome square ofthe Rocio , and is built on the site of the fonner Inquisition . It is of native Lioz stone , which for fineness , of texture and purity of colour is nearly equal to marble . The theatre was commenced in the spring of 1843 , and has cost- £ 50 , 000 .

      Tale of a / Dressing , gown , —Hiooihs d . Webstbe . — Bail Codm _^ Monda _* . —In this case Mr . Higgins appeared for the plaintiff , and Mr . Bramwellfor the defendant . The action was brought to recover the sum of £ 15 , being the price ofa dressing-gown which the plaintiff had made for the defendant . On the part of the plaintiff the sale and delivery of the article in . question was proved . _' -rMr . Bramwell , in : addressing the jury on the part of the _defendahtj said _thathis client was a gentlcmaa of taste _andfashion , and the reason why he refused to pay for the dressing-gown was that it- did not fit him . He did not object to the amount of the plaintiff ' s charge , indeed he was hot a ' person likely tdmako an objection of that kind , for he had on a former occasion paid 109 guineas for three pocket handkerchiefs . He should , call two fashionable

      tailors frem : the West-end , who would prove that the dressing-gown did not fit lhe defendant ; and the defendant himaefi was in court , and would put on tao dressinggown , and give the jury ocular proof that it did not fit him ; _ and he trusted that having heard their evidence , the jury would return a verdict for the' defendant . He then called Mr . 0 _eorge Andrews , a tailor in Cork-street , who stated that he was sent for tothe Burlington Hotel , and there saw the defendant try on the dressing-gown . It did not fit him , and it was not an article which any gentleman would keep . —Mr . Goodman , a tailor , living in Great Marlborouglustreet _, gave similar evidence . The dressing-gown could not be altered so' _as'to fit the defen . dant . —Mr . Brockett , a third tailor , gave it as his opinion that the dressing-gown had been made for some

      gentleman much shorter than the defendant , Proofs were then given of the return of the article to the plaintiff . —The defendant himBelf then came forward , and , amidst roars of laughter from all parts of the court , dirested himself of his dress-coat and put on . the dressing-gown . - Having taken his station on the floor of the court , he-was surrounded by the three tailors . who . had been examined as witnesses , each of whom pointed out to the jury the various defects in the garment in language which none butthe trade could understand . While this was going on thc council on either side were not idle . When the defendant first put on the gown it was evident he was not anxious to set It off to the best advantage , the Collar stood out behind and appeared much too high ; the counsel for the plaintiff sought to remedy this by pulling it down , and declared it was an excellent fit ; on which _th 6 'defendant ' s counsel recommended liim to purchase

      tnearticle . One of the dealers next proceeded to show ] that the " vallance" was too short , und that the whale _w-eight of the garment rested on the shoulder bones , which made it a very uncomfortable article for any gentleman to wear . The unfortunate defendant was pulled about by tailors and lawyers until ha was heartily glad to divest himself of the objectionable garment , and resume the dress which he wore when he entered the court . The scene altogether was of a most amusing description , and even the learned judge laughed heartily several times . —Mr . _Higgias having replied to the evidence produced on the part of the defendant , Mr . Justice Patteson summed up the evidence . Thejury could not agree , aud the court was cleared to enable tliem to consider their verdict , and , after a consultation of nearly an hour , they returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount claimed ,

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      Absxnci Of Mira.- - .The Promoter Of- Th...

      Absxnci of Mira .- - . The promoter of- the Great Hanseatic , intending to drink a pint of beer , poured into his stomach the contents of an inkstand . ' ' Ho found out his mistake when he discovered hi 3 body breaking out all over with a new prospectus . _SiBTflOEP-s .: _Latbss . — Tho _anti-ropublican and enemy of railroads observes ; that judging from the present mania , we shall soon have as many " locomotives" in England as there are " loco-focos" in America Joeililkr . ¦ _>' ¦ _¦<¦¦

      _Casdid . —Sir James Graham has been heard to declare / that tlie only , earthly use to which he could apply the Seals ofs ' . OfKce , was to empower him to break every , other , seal , and that hi » own impression was , that there should be no other . The honourable (!) baronet further assured his confidant , that what he said was " true to the letter . "—Ibid . TK __ iorALissil — "Arrah , Teddy , dear , will you tell me what is the meaning of _teetwotalism ? Is it repale . " Teddy took his pipe out of his mouth , and deliberately said , "It ' s not repale , Dennis , but it ' s like it .. Eepale is dividing a sister from hermother . Teetwotalismis cutttng the heart oiit of a man , and sticking a lump of could water in its place . " The _DfAurrr os Love . —What a two-fold shape there is in love ! If we examine it coarsely , —if we look but on its fleshy ties—its cnioyment of a

      moment , —its turbulent fever and its dull reaction , how strange . it seems that this passion should be the Bupreme mover of the world—that it is this wliich has dictated the greatest sacrifices , and influenced all societies and all times—that to this the loftiest and ; lovelieBt genius has ever consecrated its devotionr-that but for love there were no civilisationno _eiiusio , no poetry , no beauty , no life : beyond the brufes . But examine it in its heavenlier shape—in its . utter abnegation of self—in its intimate connection ! with all that is more delicate and subtle in the _fpu ' it—its power above all that is sordid in existence —its _pastery ovor the idols of the baser worship— - its abliity to create a palace of the-cottage , an oasis id the . deserjy : a _. summer in the Iceland—when it breathes , and fertilises , and glows ; and the wonder rather becomes how so few regard it in its holiest nature _.-wZJuJu / er . .

      Ait ;' Unpronounceable Name . — A Scotchman ,-named Alexander-Finney , drowned himself in Coekneyocketies creek , near Buffalo , on the 12 th instant , while in a state ef insanity . If he had tried to pronounce thenamo of thc creek , it would have answered the purpose quite as well , by choking him . — Boston Bcci ' : A New Way . of , . taki . v < j- ths , Change out of a PohincAh Adversary . —There is a militia colonel in the " United _iStates , a Whig , who , in . arranging the companies of his regiment , always puts the loco toco men on the wheeling flank , and his own political friends on the pivot one . Thus the loco focos have to do all the walking and running in the hot sun , wliich sweats them down considerably . When we get to bo colonel of militia "here in Canada , " won't we put a fat radical on the wheeling flank , that ' s all . —Montreal Courier .

      Advice , Ghaiis . —Never tread on the tail of a cat , or tell a woman she is not handsome , unless you are fond of music . As Old Story . —A Glasgow antiqarian recently visited- Catkeart Castle , and asked , one of the villagers " if he knew anything of an old story about the building ? " " Ay ! " said the rustic , " there was anither auld storey , but it fell down lang since . " _RErWMT VSDEB the _Iycome Tax . —I , A . B ., do declare , I have but little money to spare—I have one little house '; 1 little maid ; 2 little boys ; 2 little trade ; 2 little land ; 2 little money at command ; rather 2 little is my little all , to supply with comfort mj little squall ; and 2 little to pay taxes at all;—by this you see , I have children 3 dependent on me , A . B . _, Popk _Perverted . —A Yankee schoolmaster , who had no faith in the " soothing system , " was in the habit of quoting Pope as is authority ; and using the rod , he made the line to suit it—thus : —

      ' Tis education forms the common mind , . And with a twig you drive it in behind ! A ScrjRVt Saint . —A pious Irish saint , who settled ia the island of lona , and formed a society of recluses , had such an antipathy to the fair sex , that he would not suffer a cow to be kept within his district . '• Wherever there is a cow , ( said he , ) there must be a woman ; and wherever there i 3 a woman , there must be mischief . "

      _SOUif _BULIi _' _s LOCOMOTIVE LEO . ( From Punch , ) I'll sing you a song of one John Bull , Who ate good beef and wore fine wool , And _bragg'd each morn that none could pull From his breeches _pocket a ' purse more full . Ei tooral , looral , & c . That purse he'd fih'd by Wnest pains , But , not content with his lawful gains , To add to his store he rack'd his brains , To get more money and new domains . Hi' ' oral , looral , & c .

      Some humbugs great In depredation _. Came and made him along oration ; They wanted a flat for victimisation , p So they got him to dabble in speculation . Bi tooral , looral , ise . . ¦ Said John , "Your plan my mind contents , I ' m sick and tired of the Three per Cents . ; And don't get enough by ray paltry rents ;" So he get hooked in by the Railway " genti . " * Ki tooral , looral , & c . These arrant gamblers , it would seem , Had greenhorns made their study and theme They set their wits to work by steam , Aud they wheedled him into their swindling scheme

      Hi tooral , looral , & c . The fastest way to wealth , they said , Would be by steam to go ahead ; And thus by the noise their dupe was led , Till John was caught in the net they spread Hi tooral , looral , & c . They made him a hobby to ride upon , With a strong Steam-power to move it on ; And all his sober senses gone , They bound thereto the foolish John . , Ri tooral , looral , & e . But first before they bade him start , With wondrous craft and singular art , To lighten his weigat , they made him part With the money that lay . so near his heart .

      Ri tooral , looral , ise . They filled the pockets of John the Soli With scrip and shares instead of gold ; The gull believed the tale they told j ' So they over him came the soldier old . Ri tooral , looral , Ac . On went John Bull , through thick and thin ; Through mess and hobble , out and in ; To see him caught like a rat in a gin , How all his foes did chuckle and grin ! Ri tooral , looral , & c . On , on he flew , with speed intense , Fast ali the bounds of common sensa ; At last his fright became immense , And he _shriek'd with fear for his darling pence

      Ri tooral , looral , inc . He roarM out" Stop ! " and he _roar'd out " Stay !" His face the picture of dire dismay ; He snatch'd at each straw that cross'd his way , But nothing could his course delay . Ri tooral , looral , < tc , Atlast his pocket-buttons broke , — And out flew scrip and shares like smoke , And his enemies made his case their joke , Whilst a panic rent his heart of oak f RI tooral , looral , & c . Hii weight and substance how more light , ' iiore rapid grew his engine ' s night , Until it _wax'd tremendous quite _. And John was quiekly out of sight . Ri tooral , looral , & c

      O ' er land and sea , o er rock and shoal _. Across the line , beyond the pole , In short , to utter ruin ' s goal , Rush'd mad John Bull ; alss _, poor soul Ri tooral , looral , & c .

      MORAL , We ' ve sung a song both free and plain , Now let a moral close _« ur strain : All swindling practices disdain , Nor mix with rogues to share their gain . . Ri tooral , tooral , be . Killihg Time . —The Morning Herald , in the supplement of Monday , mentions the following ingenious method of Icilling time : — "Prince Albert , the Earl of Hardwicke , Mr . G . E Anson , Colonels Bowles and . Grey , took the diversion of shooting ytttetda . ! )} afternom " ' _^ i ' mielh A Great Title . — A witness examined before the committee on tlie Zealand question , stated incidentally that he knew a chief in New Zealand who maintained that he had a great title in his lan d , inasmuch as he had eaten the former owner I The Seasov . —Thomson ' s " Seasons" have been superseded by an American poet , who dismisses the four quarters of the year in so many lines ,

      thus—Spring—snowery _, flowery , bowery _. Summer—hoppy , croppy , poppy . Autumn— 'whe . ezy , sneezy , freezy . Winter—slippy , drippy , nippy . Music Hate Charms . — "Those notes enliven me , " as the man said ou receiving a remittance . A Wise Son .-A monk , who had introduced himself to the bed-side of a dying nobleman , who was speechless , continued saying— "My Lord will ypu grant such and such things to our monastry ? " The sick man nodded his head . "You see , " said the monk to the Nobleman ' s son , " my Lord , your father assents . " " Father , " said the young man , " shall I kick this monk down stairs ? " —The nod was given , and his reverence was sent down the stairs without delav .

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      LoxnoK Cork Exchange , _'MdsDATi _^ qvi 10 . —fhe past week's arrivals of English , wheat ; coastwise , were on a liberal scale , but ; : ri > r . 'the moat pMr Ojwnff to the prevailing damp weather / somewhat dut Of condition . The fresh supply of barley Of home produce , as well as flour / wa s' largb , that' of most other articles small , if we except tliat ' o'f peas ; Treshvf to-day only a ; moderate : quahtitj ;' . of English wheat was received coastwise and 'by land . ' carriage and sample , yet the stands were somewhat heavily supplied With last week ' s unsold qualities . '" Notwithstanding there was a full average numhj | p of buyers m attendance , the wheat trade was _/ _orrthe whole , dull . However , the finest qualities of both red ana white sold at about stationary prices ; but all other descriptions suffered a decline of from lsl'to fully 2 s . 1

      per quarter . At the close ' of the market ,- several parcels in bulk were unsold . Since our last scarcely any foreign wheat has been entered at the 15 s . duty , the importers feeling confident that the late upward movement in the value of wheat must have the effect of producing a lower impost . We had / therefore , today comparatively few samples on-show , and for which full prices were demanded . This cheeked business , wliich was principally confined to small parcels , which were mostly taken at a . trifle below last Monday ' s currencies . Corn under lock was heavy , yet the holders would not reduce , their demands . The additions to the stock have been very trifling during the last ten days . Of English barley we had a large quantity on offer , upwards of 7 , 000 quarters having come to hand in the week just concluded . The . hne & t malting kinds were held at fully previous currencies , but . the secondary qualities , as well , as the grinding and distilling sorts , declined from ls . to 2 s . per quarter . Very little free foreign

      barley was brought forward . The quantity of malt on show was tolerably good . The best parcels sold steadily at fully the prices paid on this day se ' nnight , but all other , kinds hung on hand , though they cannot be considered cheaper . From Ireland only about 2 , 000 quarters of oats nave come in since Monday , but from our own coasts an increased supply . has reached , us . . The oat trade was in a very sluggish _, state , and the prices were from 6 d . to Is . per quarter lower than last advised , though our accounts state tliat the shipments from the various ports continue small ; . The . supply of beans was tolerably good , while the' demand . was somewhat inactive , at barely stationary prices . . Having a large quantity of _Beaa en offer , that description of grain ruled very dull ; and to eftect sales a slight reduction took place in th » quotations . A large quantity of flour being on offer , the trade was dull , at barely late rates . Linseed cakes and canary seed were in good request . Other seeds were heavy .

      CURRENT PRICES OF GRAIN , FIOUR , AND SEED

      IN MARK-LANE . _BBITISH _GBAHT . Shillings per Quarter . Wheat .. Essex d . Kent _. white . new .. 61 to 71 .. 06 to 75 Ditto , red 57 67 ., 59 71 Suffolk and Norfolk , red .. 60 63 white 63 70 Lincoln and York , red .. € 0 G 6 , white 65 70 Northumb . and Scotch ... 60 68 Rye 29 32 _Barlny .. _jralting 32 35 extra 37 — _DistilUug .. .. .. 29 3 * Grinding 26 29 Malt .. Ship 53 57 v 7 _aro 59 61 Oats .. Lincolnshire and Yorkshire , feed , 27 s- 0 d to 29 s Od ; potato , or short , 28 s Od to 32 s Od : Poland , * _27 s 6 d to 32 s Od ; Northumberland and Scotch , Angus , 30 s Od to 32 s Od ; potato , 33 s Od to - 'is Od ; Irish feed , i _! 6 _i Od to 28 s _0 d black , 26 s Od to 28 s Od ; potato , 27 s 0 dt 9 30 s 9 d ; Galway , 25 s Od to 2 Gs Od . Beans Ticks 3 ? _

      .. Harrow , small .. .. 38 ii Peas .. White U _iSboilcrsM 5 * Gray and hog .. .. _*<> ** Flour .. Norfolk and Suffolk .. 45 51 Town-made ( per sack of 2 S 0 lbs 50 60 Buckwheat , or Brank .. •¦ 30 82 _ENAT . ISH SEEDS , iC . Red clover ( per cwt . ) .. _<• ' ¦ •¦ _" T ? White clover ( per cwt . ) .. 45 7 * Rnpeseed ( per last ) « y ** _. •» _* 8 Mustard seed , brown ( per bushel ) 9 s te 13 _^; w hit e , 9 s Linseedcakes ( per 1000 of 3 lbeach ) £ 11 to £ 12

      _ETOBEIOK GRAIN . Shillings per Quarter . _Frefc . In . Bond . Wheat .. Dantsic and Konigsberg 70 extra 74 .. 57 — 62 Ditto ditto .. 65 — 68 .. 54 — 57 Pomeraiiian , & c ., Anhalt 68 — 71 .. 54 — 59 Danish , Holstein , < 5 __ c . .. 61 — 6 i .. 52 — 57 Russian , hard .. .. — _„ _ . Ditto , soft .. .. 60 - 63 .. 50-58 Spanish , hard .. .. — Ditto , soft .. » 65 - 69 ' . » 55 - 53 Italian , Tu 3 can , & c ., red — Ditto , white . .. .. 68 — 74 .. 58 -- 62 Odessa & Taganrog . bard - * -

      Ditto , soft 58 — 63 ., 50 —« 7 Canadian , hard .. .. — Ditto , fine .. .. 65 — 67 _Rje . Russian , Prussian , & c . 28 — 30 Barlo ,. _Grinding .. .. .. 26 — 31 Ditto , distUling .. .. 31 — 34 .. 20 — 2 S Oats .. Dutch , feed . .. .. 22 - 25 Ditto , brew and thick .. 26 — 32 .. 20 — 27 Russian .. .. .. 26 — 30 .. 20 — SS Danish & Mecklenburg 26 — 31 ,. 20 — 26 Beans .. Ticks , 33 to 33 , small .. 37 — a .. 32 — 43 Egyptian .. ....... 87 - 40 ,, 35 « -3 _J Peas .. White , 44 to 54 , gray .. 40 - 42 Flour .. Dantsic and Hamburgh ( per barrel ) , fine 31

      36 , superfine .. .. 32 — 38 .. 26 - 30 Canada , 34 to 87 , United States .. .. .. 34 — 39 .. 28 — 33 Rilnlnvhp _... 30 — 35

      FOBEIGN SEEDS , & C Per Quarter . Linseed .. Petersburgh and Riga ( free of duty ) ,. 42 to 45 Archangel ; 40 to 43 , Memel and Konigsberg .. .. 40 iS Mediterranean , 40 to 48 , Odessa .. 46 43 Rapeseed ( free of duty ) per last .. .. £ 24 ' 2 S _Ued eiover ( 10 s per cwt . and 5 per cent , on the ; duty ) ¦ » .. •• ii 40 62 White ditto .. « .. » »• .. 45 68 Tares , small spring ( free of duty ) ai _* to 33 , large „ io — Linseed cake ( free of duty ) , Dutch , £ 8 0 s , £ 9 0 s , French , per ton .. £ 810 , £ 910 Rape cakes ( free of duty ) .. .. .. .. £ 5 0 £ 5 6

      Iharfcet Inwfe^.

      _iHarfcet _InWfe _^ .

      Aterage Prices Of The Last Six Weeks, Wh...

      ATERAGE PRICES Of the last six weeks , which regulate the Duties from tha 5 th of November to the 12 th of November . " ""* " _, Wheat \ Barky \ Oats ,, live , \ _Bwi ? iPeas

      ... , ,. s . d . s . d . s . d . s .. d- s . d . s . d . Week ending Sept . 27 , 1845 .. 53 2 30 2 22 2 33 1 42 5 38 9 Week euding Oct . 4 , 1843 .. 56 0 31 1 23 4 33 8 43 1 42 6 Week ending Oct . 11 , 1845 .. 57 9 31 3 23 4 34 2 43 1 44 4 Week ending Oct . 18 , 1845 .. 58 2 32 0 23 5 34 5 44 5 . 43 0 Week ending Oct . 25 , 1845 .. 59 5 33 8 2411 34 5 45 6 44 I Week ending Nov , I , 1845 .. 60 1 84 3 26 2 38 2 45 3 43 10

      Aggregate aver . age of the k _ 6 t Six weeks 7 57 5 3111 23 11 33 10 43 11 42 9 London avevl ages ( ending Nov . 4 , 1845 ) 65 10 38 4 2710 39 7 43 2 49 Q Duties .. .. 15 0 7 0 5 0 9 6 1019

      Lohdon: Smiihfibcd Catilk. Markbi, Mouda...

      LohdoN : _Smiihfibcd Catilk . Markbi , _Moudat _, Nov . 10 . —During the past week the imports of live stock into London from Rotterdam have been composed of 66 cows , 35 oxen , and 260 sheep ; and from Hamburg , 25 oxen , for the most part in . excellent condition . To-day we had on offer 170 foreign beasts ahd 240 sheep , tho whole of which found buyera at full rates of currency . At the out-ports 150 beasts and sheep have beeu received from the continent . From our own grazing districts the arrivals of beasts fresh up this morning were considerably less than those reported on this day se'nnight ; nevertheless , they were seasonably extensive . The attendance of both town and country buyers ' being large , the demand for the primest Scots , dec , ruled active , at aa advance in the prices obtained on Monday last of 2 d .

      per 8 lbs . In other breeds , a full average amount of business was doing , and the rates must be considered the turn higher . From the northern counties we received 1 , 600 shorthorns ; from the eastern districts , 300 Scots and shorthorns ; from the western and midland counties , 500 Herefords , Devons , runts , & c . ; from other parts of England , 400 of various breeds ; from Scotland , 150 horned and polled Scots ; and from Ireland , 350 beasts , The numbers of sheep ; though not to say large , were more ' than adequate to meet the wants of the trade , hence the sale for that description of stock was heavy , at , iu some instances , a decline in the quotations of 2 d . per S lbs . Tha veal trade was very inactive , and the rates suffered an abatement of 2 d ; per 8 lbs . In pigs only a moderate business was . doing , yet the quotations were supported . .

      By the quantities of 81 b ., sinking the offal . 8 . < 3 . 8 . dt Inferior coarse beasts . ¦ 2 6 2 8 Second quality . . . 2 lo 3 2 Prime large oxen . . 3 4 3 10 Prime Scots , & c . . . 4042 Coarse inferior sheep . . 32 S 8 Second quality . . . 3 10 i i Prime coarse woolled . . 46 4 8 Prime Southdown . . - . 4 10 5 . 0 Large coarse calves . , 38-44 rrime small . . , , 4 C 4 lo Suckling ealves _, each . . 18 0 3 ' 9 * 0 Largehogs ... . 3 10 . ' 4 * 6 Neat small porkers . . 4 8 " 5- 2 Quarter-old store pigs , each . 10- 0 21 o

      HEAD OF CATTLE ON SALE . '¦• : ( From the Books of the Clerk of the Market . ) Beasts , 3 , 582-Sheep , 27 , 020—Calves , 97—Pigs , 310 . RicnMO . fD Cokn Market , Nor . S . — We had a thin supply of grain in our market to-day , ahd the samples only moderate . Wheat sold from 5 s . to 10 s . ; oats , 2 s . lOd . to 4 s . ; barley , 4 s . to 4 s . 6 d . ; beans , 5 s . 6 d . to Cs . 6 d . per bushel . .: ¦ _::-.: '• : '; _.-. _-. Liverpool Cork Market , Nov . lO . —The alteration in duties this week is Is . per quaater decline oa wheat , and 6 d . per quarter on peas . Old : wheat was neglected , and the value stationary . . Elour fully supported previous currency . Bonded wheat , ahd flour continued to be held with firmness for' late prices . In oats , Tuesday ' s prices have : been paid Peas have brought full prices . ; Beans haye had merely a retail sale . Oatmeal sold slowl y .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 15, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_15111845/page/3/