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      OH TELL ME SOT . _ Oh tell me not in yonder bower , . Absent from taee I can be gar—Not ill its glittering scenes harepower , To chann one anaaausthsuglit away ^ Jy Bovereign ' i smiles no rapture bring to me , for then my lore art on the dark , the deep , thetreatherooBsea-Mt face perchance , may -wear a smile But&o . ! my spirits lone and sad ; While be ( the nameless ) tries each irile Tolure my lieart , can I be g lad ? Kotore ! I ipnra each golden bait for thee . Ana pray nfcfle fhon ar't on the dajk , the deep , the treacherous sea .

      Bnt ion not yonder breeze filled jail , Bear hoine my ktom ' i chosen lord ; It d?>»—thou rt he»—my pT » yer » preTaU And bhuhes aid the « hi ^> er'd word ; Vf nre i * kind , he grants my hand to thee , j ^ sd there no moreahall tempt the-dark , the deep , the treacherous sea . This night ( such is my sire ' s decree , ) The holy priest our hands shall join ; And one repentant pleads to be - ¦ A pledg'd , a constant friend of thine ; I know his worth , tho' onee unjust to me , yVben thon trait absent on the dark , the deep , the treacherous sea .

      And now return'd thon shaltbehaiTd A grateful nation's guiding star , As when thon o ' er our foes prevailed , And braVd the fiercest rush of war , The eoroneted brow , the princelv garter d knee , Meet thy arr ival from the dark , ' the deep , the treacbei ouseea . But though I joy to see thee grae'd With glittering honours , jicn and Tare ; Yet oft in thought shall be retraced The hoars when madden d frith despair , Mvlove , my "hopes , my fears , were all vriththee , ily life , my all , upon the dark , the deep , the treachei cusses . Bui . June 26 , 1 S 33 . T . B . SMITH .

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      QUESTIONS FROM THE LOOM . Oh , tell me ye tyrants of earth . Ere arrive the retribative hour , Tefl the millions degraded , the butt of your mirth , What distinguishes noble fr » m ignoble birth ? Whence ^ arisss , what constitutes power ? Jiowyourbarkisat sea , and tout mariner ' s sl » eji » Tho' the dark gloom of thunder half shadows the deep . Oh , -H-here is your pDoi , and where Are your means , whence to buffet the storm ? Sow the dark gulf beneath yon behold and beware , Jrom the s = a . rifted wreck who would shoreward repair , Can but reach by the raft of reform . Tate frowns dark on your 'windward , rocks rise on tout lee , Leave the hulk of tout liopes or Te founder at sea .

      Ye who scoff when s . nation complains , When Jill mangled it blenis at the core ! How , when millions in bondage shall sever their chains , Bidding war * brazen trump banish peace from tout plains , W 31 you silence the cannon ' s dread roar ? Or behold undismayed and-witiipitil-sseves Desolation ' s dark columns ascend to the skies ? Shall those basales of famine late built for divorce—child bereavement—and woe * East the land of onr fathers , and cold-blooded milt Stay : ae errpe of the torch and th _ - dagger ' s dark hilt In revenge ? fell despair answers no . Tor the mob on tn « se grounds von their franchise refbse Bavins n . 'iicht to protect can have nothinz to iuse .

      "i et that mob or what rise you Tnav please They from whom you your grandeur derive ; Who the battle field brave * fee " deep mine and the seas ; But to nurture vour pnde aggrandizement and ease Could expel every drone irom the hive ; Where the check of popnlatimists liud -with alarm TbasimproridPiit marriages cumber the swarm . Ye despoilers o ' er earth , of ycrai kind , All your hope blighting prospects vere vain , Were you still , to the times so besottedlv blind As to deem that the mob whom yuur manacles bind . Cannot burst the Tile bondace in twain . Inofiensive shall fall the red blade of your trust And your cloud-dejving dtacel crumble to ficst . They whose thousands have passivelv died Ere a death wound to patience was given , Asapower long insulted by impatient pnde ShaH the millions to wkom due redress is denied Make appal to their strength and to Heaven . Is that sorrrce whence tout wealth and tout mizhriness

      COHrC , Restitnti-. n to reap at the roil of the drum ? Beard no more sleeping vengeance with deeds ; Such as yet yen might -vaial v deplore ; Tho" withjadgmentsnspended morality pleads And with patience e ' en carnal omnipotence bleeds , Dread the burst of an Etna the moie . For the daTkness of yore superseded shall be By the efiulgence of " reason the light of the ires . Yes ; tks Tiigni of deletion 13 bv And thfih ^ art gladd ' nin ]? elimpses of man iiake the clouds orcormptiim " dissolve a » ti « T &v - And the light which iUnmes the political skv ' ' Glows the life-beam of ages unborn 2 " Whra fell wars cease to crimson green earth ana bins wave , - And alike shall unknown be the tyrant and slave . CHARLES DARLIX . -

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      SAXUBAL THEOLOGY , ^ TTTH TORCHES OF MATURE . 'Mr . Leadi !' 'Captain Track !' 1 Do you erer pray ?* ' I have aoce such a thing in my time , Sir ; "bat , snee I have sailed ¦ nith jotT I have been taught to ¦ work Srst and pTay afterwards ; and when the ~ difncdtr ha ? ueen gotten over by the work , the prayers cave commonl y seemed snrplEsage . ' Ton should then take to jour thanisgrrings . I " 2 ii jocr grandfather was a ' parson , Leach . ' ' Yes , he was , Sir , and I have been told your iather folio ; rtd the same trade . '

      You have been told the truth , Mr . Leach ' . My father was as meei , and pious , and humble a Christum as ever themped a pulpit . A poor man , and , a truth urns ; be . spoien , a poor preacher too ; but azeal pos one , and thoroughl y devout . I ran away som him at twelve , and never passed a week at a tune nuder his roof afterwards . He could do little for ine ^ for he had litde tdaeatioB and no . money , ^ a , I believe , carried on the business pretty much fey faith . He was a good man , Leach , notwith-« 22 CiB £ there mi ght be a little of a take-in for snch a person ^ to Set up as a teacher : and as for my Hosier , if there ever was a pure spirit on earth , it * as ifl her body •' Ay , that is the waT commonly with the mothers , Sir . ' '

      52 e taught me to pray , ' added the Captain , 5 * abi : g a btde ttk-ic , ' but since I ' ve been in this Lo-dcn lies , to own the truth , I find but Dttle time ¦¦ or any thing but hard work , until , for want of pracoce , praying has got to be among the hardest things i can turn my hand to . This is the waj with all of us : it is my opinion , Captain Truek , these London and Liverpool liners ¦ Rill hare a good many los : souls to answer for . ' '' Ay ay , if we could jrat it on them , it would do well enough ; bnt my honest old father always Maintained , that every man must stand in the cap * & by his own sins ; though he did assert , also , that * e were all foreordained to shape our courses starboard or port , even before we were launched . '

      'That doctrine makes an easy tide ' s-way of life ; S ? I see do great use in a man ' s carrving sail and jamming himself up in the wind , to claw off immoralities , when he knows he is to fetch upon them * &er all his pains . 'I have worked all sorts of traverses to get hold of Ais matter , and never could make any thing of it . It is harder than logarithms . If my father had been tie only one to teach it , I should have thonght less * kpt it , for be was no scholar , and might have been JajiDg it out just in the way of business ; buLjhen * sy mother believed it , body and soul , and she was * ° o good a woman to stick long to a course that had lot truth to batk it . '

      "by . not believe it heartily , Sir , and let the " * setl fi y ? One gets to the- end of the vVge on 22 ! tack as well as on another . ' , BoBaOEs of War . —Alison , in his History of ^ treach ReTolutioii , draws the following fright-J ^ F- ^ re of the field of Eylan , tfce day after the fatke b which Xapoleon defeated theSussians with ja ^ a slaughter on both sides : — " Above 50 , 000 ea hy m t ] j e space of two leagues , weltering in ¦ Da n ' . f v ^ " wounds were , Jbr the most man " ^ seTerest Wnd , from the extraordinary ^ - ^ , ^ cannon ba ^ ls which had been discharged ^ . ^ -. V action , and the close proximity of the "teiicirig masses to the deadly batteries , which Jf * grape at half musketsbot Aroueb their ranks . oh

      ^ "? ^ tehed the cold sand , and exposed to Tm } TiV ° an Arctic winter , they were burning for ^ ^^ P 5 teoas cries were heard on all sides benJrifV 1 ^^ fc" 106 to extricate the men from whiS v teaps of 8 ljdn ' or loads « f Worses by BohL ¦ 7 7 ere crusied - s « : thousand of these ° « e animals encumbered the field , or , maddened »« P ? ?' v Hrere ' V l I al < md amia ^ " ^ flea gU of the wounded . Subdned by loss of blood , S ?^* ? $ ?? rted ^ ai ™ g « r , the foemen cLfT by ade smiist As general wreck . The V « SMk was to be seen beside the Italian : the eav j ^ -Qresser from the smiling banks of the Garonne y atawart the _ stern peasant from the plains of the smnS ! 6 " The extremilT of offering had extin-«^» ed ^ alike the fiercest and most generous

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      " Lokdon and Oxford . —To a thoughtful eye , even external appearance is very follof meaning . And-Iliere <*« ti Kearc £ 3 y _ be a -contrast more pregnant with serious refleetion , than is presented by a rapid transition from the metropolis to Oxford , It must 'be familiar to every one who has travelled in England . London itself is one of the most remarkable phenomena in the world . Its vast size , its dense population , its boundless and multifarious wealth , lying open in the midst of want and vice ; the splendour of its palaces contrasted with the misery of its hovels ; the eager , restless faces , marked deep with anxiety or vice , that throng it * streets ; its crowds , where each man is unknown to the other LoiOKm akp Oxfobp . —^ To a thoaghtfal eye ,

      and every one » struggling to rise upon the shoulders of his neighbour ; even the daily supply of its public wants , secured with a wonderful accuracy , through the instinctive rapacity of private selfishness- —altogether form a spectacle of melancholy and painful interest , most fit to prepare the mind for receiving deeply the impressions produced by * the sight of Oxford , from noise , and glare , and brilliancy , the traveller comes upon a very different scene—a mass of towers , pinnacles , and spires , rising in the bosom of a Talley from groves which hide all buildings but such as are consecrated to some wise and holy ^ urpose . The same river which , in the metropolis , is covered with a forest of masts and ships , here gliding quietly through meadows , with scarcely a sail upon it—dark and ancient edifices clustered together in forms full of richne « s and

      beauty , yet solid as if to last for ever ; snch as become Institutions raised , not for the vanity of the builder , but for the benefit of coming ages—streets , almost avenues of edifices , which elsewhere would pass for palaces , but all of them dedicated to God—thoughtfulness , repose , and gravity , in the countenance and even dress of their inhabitants ; and , then to mark the stir and the business of life—instead of the roar of carriages , the sound of hourly bells calling men together for prayer . Andthfi contrastwould be still more striking , and the comparison more just , it before the traveller entered Oxford , he could be carried from the splendour of London through somt of those vast manufacturing towns which in reality constitute its suburbs , and supply the wealth which it displays at the cost of men ' s bodies and souls . Birmingham and London are separate indeed locally ,

      but thev are one eitv—a r : itv nf ATnmmnn rt ,,, r ~ * . but they are one city—a city of Mammon . —Quarterly Revietc . Progress of Vegetable Life . —First upon the burning sand , or naked roek , the simplest structure of vegetable life , the lichen , almost invisible-to the eye , fixes itself , blown possibly by the breeze . Its generation is scarcely unders ; ood : " it boasts no flowers which require time for their development , or food for their secretion . They struggle through their ephemeral existence either upon " the confines of eternal snow , or upon the scorching regions of the torrid zose ; they fulfil the general low of naturetbev die , but in their death they are the harbingers oflife ; they decompose ; the particles of which they

      are formed unite with the oxygen of the air ; an acid is the result , which eats its way into the crevices of the rocks , or insinuates itself amid the sand , when its other particles form new combinations , and . burying themselves , become a first layer of vegetable mould : cracks and crevices thus are formed , in wbich mois'ure is deposited ; these become enlarged , either by the expansion produced b y heat or by frost ; the granite mass is burst asunder , or slow disintegration occurs . In the thin stratum of mould 2 . tribe , a little higher in the scale of vesretabl ^ Hie , is developed , probably some elegantly formed mus / , which bears a miniature resemblance to the trees and shrubs ; these , too , run through their desdnt-d course , they die , and leave behind xheir remains for tae birth-place of some more perfect plant ? , such as the grasses , the saxifrages , the wonmroodand

      , plants , with small leaves and low slender su'm * . The vegetable mould now deepens , generation succeeds generation ; plants ot more complex structure , of a higher stature , such a ? shrub .- ; and bushes , W-n ' m to rise upon the roc-k , or the sand , now no longer an-inhospitable mass ; atlas : the loftiest monarc-bs of the forest are developed , and spread over an immense surface , for perchance a single set-d , wafted by the wind , borne by some bird , washed by some flood , or swallowed by some animal , and thus prepared by germination , is the means by which the new generation bursts into birth , and " changes the face of nature . There is an uninterrupted . circle of events on wbich the preservation and the gradual improvement of all the productions of naturehanss and-there is an endless source of inijuirv for man . " Dr . 'Sigmond , in the Lancet .

      Scholastic Contentions . A facetious French clergyman wishing to ridicule the hot disputes that took place between bis disciples and those of Aristotle , had brought four dogs , one of which he called Aristotle , another Descartes , givin ' e to each a disciple , and had found means to keep up the sharpest animosity between eacbTparty . Aristotle , at the very si ? ht of Descartes , was readv to fly at him , and tear him to pieces : and Descartes by hi * snarling , showed that he also longed to have a brush with him . The curate frequently diverted hi * company with the following scene : " he called Aristorle and Descartes , who immediately took their proper places , Aristotle on his right hand , and Descartes on the left , and each of the discipie . s close

      by-his master ; then the curate would speak to Aristotle , persuading him to come to an agreement with Descartes , but Aristotle ' s larrar ions , and fiery eves , bespoke his implacability : then he turned " toward Descartes , who manifested the like aversion to the curate ' s overtures . " "W ell , " sa > s he , " then let u--try what a conference may do ; " then ordering them to come near and face each other , at first they only muttered and growled , as it were , alternately , and " scorned to answer each other ; but , by degrees their vociferations increased , and terminated in a violent fray , two against two , so that they would have destroyed one another , if the curate by the authority which he h = d beeD careful to maintain , had not interfered . This , with the curate , was a natural image of scholastic contentions .: —Sunbeam .

      Division of Time—is the grand secret of successful industry . Lockart , in his life of Scott , shows how effectually the illustrious subject of his memoir found opportunity for unequalled literary labour , even wh le enjoying all the amusements of " a man of leisure . 4 i Sir Walter rose by five o ' clock , lit bis own fire ¦ when the season required one , and shaved and dressed with great deliberation—for , " says his biographer , " he vras a very martinet , as to all bnt the mere coxcombres cf the toilet , not abhorring effeminate- dandyism itself so cordially as the slightest approach to persoBal slovenliness , or even those ' bed-gown and slipper tricks , as he called them , in which literary men are apt to indulge .

      Arrayed in his shootin , -jacket , or whatever dress he meant to use till dinner time , be was seated at his desk by six o ' clock , all his papers arranged before him in the most , accurate order , and bis books of reference marshalled around him on the floor , while at least one favourite dog lay watching his eye just beyond the line of circumvallation . Thus , by the time the family assembled for breakfast , between nine and ten , he had done enough , ( in his own language , ) ' to break the neei . of the day ' s work . ' After breakfast a couple of hours more were given

      to bis solitary tasks , and by noon be was , as be used to say , ' his own man . ' "When the weather was bad be-would labour incessantly all th" morning ; but the general rule was to be out and on horse-baok by one o ' clock at the latest ; while , if any more distant excursion had been proposed over-ni ght , he was ready to start on it b y ten ; his occasional rainy days of unintemitted study forming , as he said , a fund in his favour , out of which he " was entitled to draw for accommodation when the sun shone with special brightness . "

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      "William Pitt . —The fashionable hours of the present times were neatly censured by this warmaking minister . ' 31 r . Pitt , ' said the Duchess of Gordan , 1 shall expecc you to dine with me at ten this evening . ' " ' 1 must " decline that honour , ' said the premier , ' for I am engaged to sup with the Bishop of London at nine . ' Irish iKGENuiTY .-The skill with which thelower class of Irish elcde inquiries , has been more frequently spoken of than the remarkablv cautious and delicate

      manner in wnich they convey a partial disclosure . 1 But what became of that uncle- vou speak of , Donelly—is he alive ? ' ' Sorrow the " know I know ov he ' s alive now . The thruth is , he wint away , for a raiscm he had , in the time of the hurry . ' 1 The hurry : means the Rebellion ; and it was afterwards explained , that Donelly ' s uncle took so active a part in it , that a reward had been offered for his apprebensien , on the charge of setting fire to a building in which were thirty sick and wounded soldiers of the king ' s troops .

      Shocking and -Vulgar . —The late Sir Uobt . Henley , who was commonly pretty much in debt , walking one day with two or three other gentlemen in the Park , was accosted by a tradesman , who took him ^ side for a minute or two , and when the baronet rejoined his company , he seemed to be in a great passion , which his friends taking notice of , asked him what was the matter ? 'Why , the rascal , ' gaid he , 'has been dunning me for-monev I have owed him these seven yeare , with as much impudence as if it was a debt , of yesterday . '

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      ^ AiTER the Play , Sm . i-A respectable old gentleman , whose chief sublunary desire was to hr ^ uid rt tenor of Ms wa y > and aiwa y *> if SiS- bP ? ' r * once Persuaded to go and SrilH a Rlchatd - The old buck paid his seven ft § v ™ U toxed in the front . As the ? noL K ? ed ' g 0 t c ^ iderably fidgettv , anu inconceivabl y uncomfortable . In the Tower ' scene exclSinT ^ ° ? \ ** ^ red fS ;^ S 5 . S t ^ , TT > let me ont ! 'VoAwp . r , let me out ! I didn ' t pay seven shillings to be made miserable , and I won ' t : give % e ; myLhey Daek ^ 'leant , sir' -replied the boxi ^ per . < You can ' t you rascal , then , d—n it , ahe ^ be play , s ? r ° I won ' t be made miserable . ' - ; % ^ v ¦ " ' Mb . Justice Park a ^ jd his DESK .-On one one > occasion . when the / grandlury entered tSe oourt Alter thb Play . Sm — a T ^ r . ^ ., ok . ^ _ .-

      -room , at Unelmsford , Mr . Justice Park , with considerable solemnity , challenged thei r attention to a subject demanding their serious notice . The grand jury stood up with intense anxiety , and the af wwl I ** - P ^ f ^ - ' Gentlemen tbi * desk at which I wnte ( pointing to the desk ) is full two inches too short , a circumstance which , 1 unfeiffnedlv assure you , is productive of much inconvenience to EZ ! t !! ™ 61 raise "T Wto take a diof

      Z ^ , . p mk , and return with my pen to my note-book , the sleeve of my robe is caught by this corner , which thus causes a most vexatious interruption to the progress of my duty , and is exceedingly harrassing ; Gentlemen of the Grand Jury , I trust you will turn your attention to this subject , and that by the next assizes the evil will be remedied . '—The jury , as well they might , eyed each other in mute astonishment at this important communication .

      Biting SABCASM . -An English sailor , observing some slaves marched down to the quay to be freighted to Sew Orleans slave-market , said to his companions : ' I say , Jim , if the devil don ' t catch them ere fellers as drives them poor creturs along it s no use having a devil , that ' s all . ' The Physician PHYSICKED .-Some time ago an eminent Scottish physician requested an equally eminent surgeon to accompany bim to see a distinguished but sl . ppery patient , which he readily acceded to . The patient was exceedingly pojjte to both the

      medical gentlemen , shaking hands with them , and bowing them out of the room in the most affable manner . Soon after this professional visit , the same physician called again on the surgeon , requestiim him to accompany him to see anotbe patient . On tneir way thither the surgeon observed , "» I hope this patient will behave more liberally than the last did ' ' \\ by , ' said the M . D ., ' did he not give you a fee ?' 'Kot a shilling , ' was the-reply . 'Indeed ! ' said our Scottish Galen , with a toss of the head ; ' why he borrowed two guineas of me to give to you !'

      Tithe in KiND .-Mr . S- ~ r the lay impropnator of Wilton , Somerset , claimed the tithe of the treadmill in that town . The parishioners determined that he should take it in kind . An Awkward Threat . —Charles Fox told an insolent fellow , ' He would kick him to hell ' ' If you do , ' said the other , ' I will tell your father how you are squandering his money ;* Franco-English . —A curious specimen of this

      occurred the other day . A French gentleman ; rescued from a ducking in the Thames , and taken to an adjacent tavern , was advised to drink a tumbler of very hot brand y and water , -aud thus addressed the waiter , who was mixing it : — 'Sir , 1 shall thank you not 10 make it a fortnight . ' <¦ A fortnight , ' replied Joe , 'hadn ' t you " better take it directly ?' ' Oh , yes , ' said Monsieur , ' directl y , to be sure , " but not a fortnight , —cot tiro u-ceA : '

      EN COUNTER BETWEEN TWO T MRUSHFS AND a Cat . —Some time ago a remarkable instance of the tenderness of the thrush species for their young and their courage in defending them , was evinced at Ribble Bank , the seat of Mrs . Hind e , Walton-le-Dale . A cat , which was in the habit of climbin ^ the trees and devouring the young birds from the nests , was seen from a window to ascend a tree near the house , on which there was a thrush ' s nest with young ones . Grimalkin had reached the branch on which it was fixed , when the two parenrbirds , having observed her movements from the next tretsi mul tan eously Hew down and assailed the murderou ^

      enemy so vigorously with beak and foot , that she was fain to forego her prize , and scamper down the tree , uttering cries of pain . The throstles did not give up the attack even after she had reached the ground , but twice pounced upon her with effect . Had ther then relinquished all further assailment , they might have returned to their favourite rree and their young with all the honours of victory ; but ' alas ! birds are like men , and , when flushtd with success , do not disc-over the moment whtn it becomes

      prudent to aesis :. They again attacked the now exasperated cat ; but becoming less wary , and probably somewhat spent by the prolongation of the combat " , one of them paused an instant , and—in the nextwas crushed between the teeth of the whi > kered foe . The other , probably struck with affliction and terror on witnessing the death of its mate , appeared to be incapable either of revenge or of flight , and in another moment became also the prey " of the voracious enemv of the feathered warblers .

      Legal Wit . —A barrister observed to a learned brother , in court , the other day , that the wearing o ! whiskers was unprofessional . ' Right , ' replied his friend , ' a lawyer cannot be too barefaced . ' FOTIBIDDISO THE BANNS . —A scholar of Dr Busby ' s , coming into a parlour where the doctor had laid a fine bunch of grapes for his own eating , took it up , and said ' I publish the banns between theie grapes and my mouth ; if any one knows any just cause or impediment why these two should not be joined together , let them declare it . ' Thedoctor

      being but in the next room , overheard all that vras said , and coming into the school , ordered the boy who had eaten his grapes to be taken up , or , as they called it , horsed on another boy ' s back ; -but before he proceeded to the osual discipline , he cried out aloud , as the delinquent had done , ' I publisn the banns between my rod and this boy ' s breech ; if anyone knows any just cause and impediment why these two should not be joined together , let them declare t . ' ' I forbid the banns , ' cried the boy . ' Whv so ? ' said the doctor . ' Rp /> -inKi > t"hc » narfiau - * i- «^ - so ? said the doctor . ' Because the rties not

      pa are agreed , replied the boy . Which answer « o pleased the doctor , who loved to find any readiiiess of wit in his scholars , that he ordered the boy to be set down . A Reason for not Gaming . —Some gentlemen being at a tavern together , for want of better dirersion , one proposed play ; 'but , ' said another of the company , ' I have fourteen good reasons against gaming . ' ' What are they ? said another . 'In the first place , ' answered he , 'I have no money . ' 'Oh ! ' said the other , 'if you had four hundred reasons , vou need not name another . '

      The Duxsiovt Flitch . — A certain couple going to Dunmow , in Essex , to claim the flitcb of bacon which is to be given to every married pair , who can swear they have had no dispute , nor once repented their bargain in a year and a dav , the steward , ready to deliver it , " asked , ' where they would put it P' the husband produced a bap , and told him , 'in that . ' 'That , ' answered the steward , ' is not big enough to hold it . ' ' So I told my wife , ' replied the good man ; ' I believe we have ' had a hundred words about it . ' ' Ay , ' said the steward , 'but they were not such aswill butter any cabbage to eat with this bacon , ' and so hung it up again .

      How to Core a Cough . — ' "VYell , Mrs . Lanagan , did you put the blister on your chest , as you promised ? and did it rise ? ' ' "Why , then , mistress dear , the niver a chest I had to put it upon ; but sore and I have a little bit of a box , and 1 put it on that , but sorra a rise it rose ; and if ye don ' t believe me , come and see , for it ' s sticking there still , I ' m thinking . ' 1 i . ;

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      Adventures of a " Diamond . — A week or two since a jeweller , living " n Long-lane , Smithfield , purchased a diamond of great beauty , which , after keeping by him a few days , he sold to another dealer , also an Israelite , for eighteen sovereigns * This man , who possessed considerable sagacity in matters of the kind , soon after disposed of it for fifty pounds . It then obtained notice in a higher and more respectable market , and a jeweller living near

      Aldgate pump becoming its owner , sold it to a celebrated and extensive firm on Ludgate-hill for £ 260 , and it has since realised a sum exceeding 400 guineas . Malcolm M'Lean . — Malcolm M'Lean was last week convicted of seducing and debauching the minds of young girls to lewd , indecent , and vicious practices . The prisoner , who is an old man about sixty years of age , and who was once banished for a similar crime before , pleaded -guilty , and was sentenced to sevent y ears transportation .

      A Fool . —At Wicklow Assizes , 'William Hutton pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with wilful perjury , in having sworn that whilst he was in a barn on the premises of a respectable farmer named Boulger , near Enniscorthy , he saw , during the night , about a hundred men come and take each a pike from a place of concealment , and that some of the men were armed with gucs and blunderbusses . The prisoner , it appeared , was an habitual liar , and had frequently caused himself to be apprehended by representing himself to he a deserter from different rpgiments in which he had never served . He . was sentenced to seven vears ' tr . T . rivT-or ra ) -ion .

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      ^ SinGula * CiKCTjMSTAN CE . -Last Week , * a Mr . Lambert , cabinet-maker , of Chesterfield , was opening a bg . of pin ^ he discovered embedded in the ^ entre ¦ < the *> lid wood , a considerable number ofbees , of ^ descri ption similar to the English species ^ ough somewhat less m size . The preemption is , that the insects had crept into the tree In ifc growing state , and the aperture by which they had obtained an entrance , being by some accident closed up ( probably from the expansion of the sap , ) they thus became entombed alive . - : . The Sharper btrTwittTED .--At Nortbtown Faijji last , week , a' countryman sold his horse for £ 13 , of which sum £ 3 was naid in sovereuma : and .

      a _ £ 10 flash note for the remainder . ^ The owner of the horse , double itbe genuine ; character of the n » t * s insisted otf takifagit to ope of the banks ; upon which the fellow who had paid it snatched it away . anoV haying torn it to pieces , required the repayment of the three soverei gns . This was resolutely refused by the countryman , observing , that he should keep the horse and the three soverei gns until £ 10 more 1 ^ ? , ?^ w ^ brou f ? ht him . The sh arper immediately slunk away , glad in being able to secure himself from summary punishment for his knavish intentions .

      More Military Torture by the Lash , AT ^ ooLWicH ' . ^ On Mondayweek , one of thosedial ^' f ^ y . ** - «? TpIting' to ; Engii 8 bfeeiitJg ook place in the barrack yard of theBoyal Artfll lery at WoolWIChi , at about half-past six o ' clock in the morning , when the troops were assembled to wltness the degradation of three of their comrades to the level of brute beasts , the men were formed into a bo low ; square of ten ; deep , the recruits in

      front ot the victims ( so as , in military language to make suitable impression on them , but the rather according to civil feelings , to reflect with horror and disgust on a service to which they had devoted themselves for " life" ) . James Mack , of the 1 st battalion , Isaac Hawkins , ; of tfce 6 th battalion and John Boulter , oF the field batteries , were then " paraded" to hear their sentences promulgated which were 150 lashes each . They were ordered to stri p to receive the infliction , when the two first

      unhappy beings received their" dosej" as it is termed , during which some of the recruits fainted , others were led out into the air , whilst even a few grey-beaded vete-ans retired from the ranks , no longer able to behold the mortal suffering ? of their brother wldiers in ^ heir struggle to prevent a sigh or groan to escape their fryered lips . These unfortunates each endured under these harrowing circumstances , thirteen hundred and fifty stripes »! after which they were conveyed to the hospital to be cured ! The third miserable man escaped the gentlemanly military English satisfaction for breaches of discipline , and the troops returned to breakfast with

      " . wna ; appetite they had . " Humanit y mongers are now raising the war-whoop relative to ' naval floggin " ad libitum , but the two at present bear no analog / , for the first is in all its prevalence and glory , and the Royal Artilley have acquired the soubriquet which once stigmatized the Coldstrearn Guards , and caused recruits to shun it as contagion . Weekly Dispatch . The Milk Trade . —A Jury sat on Monday , in the Sheriff ' s Court , to assess the damages in an action brought by Ann Stone , who kept cows and also carried on the business pf a carter , in Cable Street , St . George ' s-in-the-East , against the Commercial Railway Company . The premises of the plaintiff had been taken by the Company ; and the sum sought to be" recovered was £ 1 , 826 . The witnesses , when eross-examiried , gave some curious particulars of the London milk

      business—Mr » . Stone deposed , that she bad carried on the business since her husband ' s death ; ke * rps five horses , four carts , three waggons , and fifteen cows , which , on an average , yield twelve quarts of milk , which , by the addition of water , is increased to sixteen quarts . Mr . Phillips- ' "What ! four quarts of water to every twelve of milk ? ' Witness— ' That is commonly done . ' Mr . Thesiger— ' Gentlemen seemed astonished at this when stated in open court , but I can assure them it is extremely moderate . ' ( Much laughter . ) Mr . Phillips— 'Do you put in any chalk ? ' Witness— ' No , I never did . ' Mr . Phillips— ' Nor anything else ? ' Witness declined to answer . Cross-examined by Mr . Hill— ' I did not keep the books ; might have talked of leaving the business , but don ' t-recollect ; the trade is greater than at my husband ' s death . ' Mr . Hill— 'How can that be if you only keep the same number of cows ?' Juryman— ' I suppose you work the cows harder ?' Witneai ^ laughingly assented . Juryman— ' And go oftener to the pump ? ' The witness smiled . ¦¦ .. ! ' . . Mr . Phillips— ' And are less punctilious about its purity ? ' Witness declined to answer . Verdict for £ 7 ( j 0 .

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      SM 1 THFIELD qATTLE MARKET ^ Jdly 25 . ttESr ^^ T 0148 ^ " ° ? W « fa these jnceatfaonKtont ^ s ^ s ^^^^ bi ^ ih ' rt , ? . !?'' . " ^ tinje rP ^ year'mpp ^ of masts ext ^ faKS ^ ? f llnst ' at Tally , bnt at nothing qho ' tjme beneathlnst week ' s prices . The Bopply or Shera mk RffiW' ?^ ^ * P « o' » ewhat SeaL ^ Sd lUh * i i stationary prices . Although the anppW-of currencies , Calves wwe iu moderate rowly and steady d £ S ^ ^™ ' " ^ ""?• ¦ •« p /*» " « 5 lr of whUh was limited , experienced asluggisE sale at : &e prices beneath quoted . ¦ , 1-ewer ^ eaata and > he < ip haye been consigned for sale to this market during the present month than ® in ^ ny month this year , owing to the comparativ « ly low prices which huveheenof late realwed for them here , the demand for store stock , which , was in thorfc supply , was rather brisk , and the whole of it offered for sale was disposed of at enhanced rates :: -. " ... ¦ " - . - ¦ ' - . ; .. . - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . . ¦ ¦

      About 600 of the Scots and short-horns exhibited in thb day ' s market can » e fro . m Norfolk ; 200 Scots and Devons from Suflolk ; 120 Derons , Scots , and runts , from Bwex ; 80 peyons and Hereforas , frtin Cambridgeshire ; lbO short- horns , from Lincolnshire ; 100 Bhbrt-hbrns and runts from Leicestershire ; 85 Khort-horns , Devons , and Scots , from Northamptonshire ; 60 short-horns , Scots , runts , . and Irish Beasts , from Oxfordshire and Warwickshire ; 20 Pembroke runts , from different parts of Walf-a- 180 Devons from Devonshire ; 160 Herefords from HereforS- shire ; 65 horued and polled Scots , by steam-packets , fronvAberdeen ; 50 Oxen , runt ? , and Devons . from Sussex ; M Devoms and runts from Kent ; and 40 Devona , Cows , nerpfprda , and Devons , ; from Surrey . Thesupplies of Sheep and Lambs were chiefly composed of ; isouth Downs , Lincolns , L ' eicesters , Somersets , and Rents , with various other breeJs , and 300 from Scotland , 200 from Hull , and 400 from Boston . Per stone of 81 bs . to sink the offal . » ,. „ ¦ ¦ s . d . Hi d . s . d > t . d . [ nfenorBeef .... 2 0 to 2 2 Prime Beef ....... 2 " 8 to . 8 4 ? 4 - i ? T * ' -i "' - * " Ditto Mutton .... 3 10 .. 4 2 Middling Beef ... 2 4 .. 2 6 Lamb ........... 4 10 .. 6 0 Ditto Mutton .... 3 10 .. 4 2 Veal .. 4 0 ., 6 0 LIVE CATTLE AT MARKET . Beasts , 2 , 583—Sheep & Lambs , 26 , 210—Calves , 189—Pigs 470 .

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      LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET , MOWI ) ay , JOLT 23 ^ The supplies to our . dorn market have this' week been , extremely light , and , with » tolerably good demand for free W heat Irom the millers , the stocks ot this article are getting " into very amah compass ; in fact those of free grain generall y are lessening materially . In prices there has not been much change . English red Wheat has sold at iO » 2 d to lft » 6 d ; flue tree foreign at about the same rates , arid the best Irishred ut 10 a per 701 b . Flour has met a good sale at 50 , to 52 a ' { or good , up to 56 s per 2801 bs for extra raarks of Irish- Oatshave ^ rought full prices ; a few very choice have cached Ss 4 d and 3 s to 3 s 3 d per 451 bs have been Uie current ktesm « ^ K «! ^ TOa 9 o ™ u ri 8 b - The beiJt Oa'meal has commandedZba . ed per 2401 bs . The market stfll almost void of S 2 i m v f * ^ wi ^ ont change in value . In the mwmmm

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      ' ! ! ' ' ! ' ilVERPTOL CATTLE MiRkCT . kij . Jd , a ' rli ^^^^ ia ^ mand for the . article , we cannot note any altcra&ri hrpricw from our last week ' s quotations . The- snpply of 'Sheel ^ rf Lambs has also been large , and the ouality ^ toferably ^ od ?„ l ^ e t une of the year , with prices muA the aame a » lwtwee ? The best Beef sold : very readily at 7 d ; middlingTegdT wTd ordinary , 6 d ; but the sales were principally are the antecedent prices .. Good WetherMntton may De quoted at 63 d to 6 id ordinary and Ewes from 5 d to 6 d ; Lambs , 6 | d pe ^ \ bi There were ¦» few Sheep and . Lambs left unsold at the close of the market . Number of BeasU , H 17 y Sheep and Lambs ,... 1 v j Uv 7 i . . . " . - . . . ¦ - . . . ¦ ' . CATTLE IMPORTED INTO LIVERPOOL From the 16 th to the 23 a July . : - ¦ Cows . Calves . Sheep and Lanibs . Pigs . Hbreea , 2 , 745 8 - 7 , 397 - 1968 290 . ,

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      MANCHESTER CORN EXCHANGE , Saturday , Jul y 21 . At pur market this morning there was a fair attendance ot the trade , and the transactions in Wheat were at pr ices fully equal to the currency of this day se ' nnight . Gooa fresh parcels of Flour yvre in moderate request , and late rates firmly ' demanded ; infer ior and stale descriptions were offered on lower terms without finding purchasers . The business , done in ail other articles was only to a limited extent , without variation in prices .

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      NKWGATE AND LEaDENHaLL MARKETS .. . , Moni . ay ) Notwithstanding that the weather since our last hasbeen very warm , the receipts of slaughtered Meat frdni all quarters are tolerably good . The arrivals of live stock from Scotland , have consisted of 25 Boasts , 100 Sheep , and 135 . Lambs , tha whole of vyliicli have been of a very superior quality ; The suppl y of London slaughtered Meat has been for the time of year large r whilst the demand for it , as the buyers have been very cautioud in dealing , is dull , at somewhat drooping curreucies . . Several letters , complaining of the losses which the shippers of both live and slaughtered stock have experienced fulsome time past , have reached us since this (! ay se'nnight . Some-of the speculators have signified their inteiidon of discontinuing any further shipments until the autumn ; consequently we may anticipate that au improvement will take ? place , before long , in the trade in these markets .

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      ' PARTNERPHIP 8 DISSOLVED . -W .. Broomhead , Birmingham and Sheffield , and J . TThomas , Birmirigham , Sheffield , and Rie de Janeiro , South ; America , merchants—C . Howard and Son , Almondburyj Yoikshife , clothiers .

      BANKRUPTS . MERCHANT BAKER , Hampton , linen-draper , to surrender July 31 , at one o ' clock , AugSl , at 11 , at the Bankrupts * Court : solicitor , Mr Warney Leadenhall-streee ; official assignen , Mr Whitmore , BasinghaU-stTeet . JOHN HAMILTON , Broadway , Westminster , wholesaleironmonger , Ang 3 , at one o ' clock , Aug 31 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts' Court : solicitor , Mr Chaplin , Gray ' s-inn-square j ofEciai assignee , Mr Groom , Abchurch-lane . HEYM AN LEV IN , Crown-court , Cheapside , merchant , Aug 4 , at half-pant eleven o ' clock , Aug 31 , at t « elve , at the Bankrupts' Court : solicitors , MessTS . Hindmarsh and Son , Crescent , Jewin-street ; official assignee , Mr Edwards , Frederick ' s-place ,-Old Jewry . : ROBERT "W 1 LX 1 N , Wigton , Cumberland , cattle-dealer , August 7 . 31 , at eleven o ' clock , at the King ' s Arms Inn , Wigtor .: solicitors , Messrs Mounsey and Gray , Staple-mn . WILLIAM MASON , Plyiuouth , victualler , August 7 , 31 ^ at ten o ' clock , at the Commercial Inn , Plymouth : solicitors , Messrs . Tilsoh , S quance , and TUson , Cohoan-street . RICHARD ROSE , Sutton Valpnce , K ^ nt , grocer , July 30 , August 31 , at eleven o ' clock , at the Guildhall , Canterbury : solicitors , Messrs . Wilton and Thurlpw , Raymond-THOMAS COURT , Hampton-in-Arden , Warwickshire , innkeeper , August 1 , 31 , at half-past ten o ' clock , at the Castle Hotel , Coventry ; soUcitor , Mr Cary , Raymond-buildings , Gray ' s-inn . DIVIDEND 3 . ' August 10 , G . Coates , Hunton , Yorkshire , innkeeper . CERTIFICATES—AUGUST 10 .,. G . Nicholson , RotteTham , Yorkshire , grocer . —J . Ar . ton , Howden , Yorkshire i draper —R . Parr , Liverpool , draper . ! ' ' ' '

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      FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE , July 24 i BANKRUPTS . REUBEN BALL , shopkeepeT , Olvestbn , Gloncesterehire , to surrender Apg . 11 and Sept . 4 , at one , at the Commercialrooms , Bristol . Bayuton and Son , Bristol ; HfrUn , Fnrnival's Init . -London . . , _ , / ' ¦ ' WILLIAM HOWARD , cloth merchant , Leeds , Aug . 8 and Sept 4 , at twelve , at the Court-house , Leeds .. Robinson and Barlow , Essex-street , Strand . London ; Ward , Leeds . JONATHAN SUTCLIFFE , stuff merchant , Bowlings Yorkshire , Ang : i . at twelve , and Sept . 4 . at ten . at the-Court'house , Leeds . Battye , pisher , and Sudlow , Chaneeiy laneLondon ; LeesLeeds . . - ¦ ... . ¦; . v

      . , _ . _ DAVID DAVIS , grocer , MerthyrTydvfl , Glamorganshire , Auk 10 and Sept 4 . at eleven , at the Castle Hotel , Brecon : Hornby and Towgood , St . Swithen ' s-lane , London ; Clarkeand Son j Bristol ; Towgood , Cardiff , v HENRY 1 LBERY LEWIS , tallow chandler , Salford , Lancashire ,. Aug . 4 and Sept ; 4 , at ten , at the Cornjiiiasioners'W'ooms , Manchester . ^ C . Cooper , Brown-street , Kingstreet , Manchester ; Adlirigton , fGregoryj Faulkner , ani Fbllett . Bedford-row . London-. " (! . BENJAMIN ROBERTS , jBJB ., joihef , Stanningley , near Leeds , Ypikshve , Ang . \ , at elevpn , i Bnd Sept , 4 , at two . a « the Court-hdosei , Lee 4 s .: Strapgw » y 8 ,, and Walker , Barnard ' s Inn , London ; Blackburn and Hopps , Albion-street ,. Leeds . .. ' ' ¦ ¦ . ¦ ' ¦' . - ¦ .- : ¦' .: '" .: ¦ . ' ¦ '¦ •¦¦ : '; ' . '¦'¦ : ' . - ¦ ¦ -

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      LEEDS CORN MARKET , July 24 . Tlie arrival of Wheat is much smaller than last week , also of other Grain . Fine fresh Wheat h : is . boen Is . per quarter higher ; tb > sscondary qualities have been in fair demand at last week ' price . Beans , Oats , and Shelling very little alte r " at . ion . The weather has been very showery the last few etiys . W H EAT per Quarter of Eight Bushels , 601 bs . Norfolk , Sutlolk , Essex , new red , 65 , 69 , tine 7 " . ls .. wht . 70 s 7 : $ 9 Liiicolnsliire und Cambridge , dp 05 s 69 s , do 70 s , do 70 s 72 s Yorkshire ,. do 64 » , 67 s , do 69 s , do 69 s 71 s Old ... i do 64 s , 66 s ) do 69 a , do 6 l 72 s BARLEY per Quarter of Eight Imperial Bushels . Norfolk , and Suffolk . new , —s , extra line —s —s Lincolnshire , ' ....:,. < do .. s , do —s —s Vorkshire , Wold& Boroughbridge , do —s , do —s —s Peas , White do 3 < 5 s 40 s -bo Grey ,.. i 4 .. do 33 s 35 s BEANS per Quarter of 631 bs per Bushel . Ticks ,. . new , 36 s , 33 s , old 35 s 39 s Harrow and Pigeon , do 37 b , 40 s , do 38 a 42 s OATS , per Quarter of Eight Imperial Busheb . Potato new , 24 a , 25 s , old 27 s Poland ,- ! ... ... .-. ; ., do 2 | s , ' 25 s , do 27 s Small and Friealand , * ...., do 23 s , 25 s , do 26 a Mealing , new 12 d . to 13 d . per Stone of 141 bs . rfHKLL 1 NG , per Load of 261 U > 3 ,. ; .. old 30 * 31 s new Us . to —s MALT , per Load of 6 Bushelo ,. 38 s , 39 s , to 41 a RAPESEED , per iiastof . 10 Quartern , ........ ^ 28 to ^ 30 —s ARRIVALS DURING THE WEEK . Wheat .... . 2928 -Malt — Oats 120 Shelling 60 Hurley Flour ... * 170 Beans 476 Rapeseed .... 1342 Peas Lmsoed ................ 9 Tares THE AVERAGE PRICES FOR THE WEEK , ENDING July 10 th , 1838 . Wheat . Oats . Barley . Beans . Rye . Peas ^ 3143 646 — 765 7 39 68 s . 2 d . 23 s : Od . —s . —d . 38 a . 3 d . 429 . Od . 37 a . 0 d

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      LONDON CORN EXCHANGE . Mark-Lake , Monday , July 23 . Since this day sn ' ' ight the weather has been mostly fine , having hud only occasional slight showers ; but the temperature yesterday and this morning has been much colder , with a northerly wind , and thermometer registering last night as low as 44 dug . The supply of Wheat , from Essex , Kent , aud Suffolk , was very limited lor this day ' s market , andtherewaB a very trifling quantity © f Barley , Beans , and Peas , from all these counties , with a fair fresh arrival of Outs , having * evpral cargoes of Irish and a few of English up this morning ; There was a good steady demand lor Wheat , having a few distant buyers besides our regular town millers , who took off the . finest qualities at fully the rates of this day se ' nnight , ! whibt the runs of secondary : descriptions , if fresh thrashed , commaudert . rather more money ; inferior and stale paTcela were withont alteration in value . Flour met a fair sale at 1 , 1

      last week ' s quotations . Barley Was fully as dear , the demand confined to distilling and grinding qnatities . There was no variation in the value of ftlaltj good season-made samples bringing fully as mucl f money . Beans and Peas realise last week ' s currency . The Oat trade was dull , but for fine corn lower prices were not submitted to , and there was no disposition to press sale 3 . Much hay has been got up well during the past week round the metropolis . There was nothing ot consequence passing in bonded grain . Wheat , however , was held with much iirinneisa , some unfavourable accounts of . the growiug crops arriving in town this morning . The first sample of new Rapeseed for the season was offered from Kent this morning , only 15 qrs . quality not fine , being red in colour and rather soft in condition ; it was sold to the seedsinon , however , at jJ-36 per last , which can be no guide for the crushers . There wer .- two samples of new Carrawayseed on sale to-day of good quality , but held at more money than the usual buyers were disposed to ; offer . CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE . 1 ' | - 1 t , j

      WHEAT , s . s ; Malt , Norfolk Pale .. 52 .. 60 Essex , Kent , Suffolk 60 .. 69 Ware ............ 61 .. 63 White . ., . 62 .. 77 PF-ao N < W § £ W 18 hire « n - - $ Hog ana Grey ^ . ... 84-.. 35 YYnyte , ao . do . .... 60 .. 72 \ fnnlii f » i aa Yorkshire .......... White '""" ^'"^ n West Country Red .. hl e *••• 38 ,. 40 White , do ....... BEANS . Northumberland and '¦ ' §?¦? " •••••• „ Scotch White .... 58 .. 64 Ticks , old .......... 35 .. 38 Fine do . 64 .. 68 " a * ^ ....... 38 .. 41 Moray-Angus and " * " " Mazagan .......... RothsHre Red .... 0 .. 0 OATS , i ; Vtt rw '"'•••• ° " ° Englishfeed . t 20 .. 23 n wi ' - ? - ' * * ' ' «* Short small Do . Whrte :., - es- .. 67 Poland .......... 24 .. 27 r-. ; - ^ , ^ - iiARLE V . Scotch , New Angus 24 .. 26 Grinding .......... 30 .. 33 Potatoe .......... 26 .. 30 Disdhng ....... 34 # . 35 Berwick .......... Malting , New ...... 36 .. 37 Irish , white 21 .. 27 Chevalier , New ...... Do . Potatoe ...... Malt , Brown ........ 48 .. 50 Dd . Black ........ 20 .. 22 . 0 3 5 0 18 l * , » 6 JO 27 22

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      ... demand ^ fo r Britisa Plantation Sugar continues Very limited , and the sales only amount to 550 hhds , at a decline-Q | bd _ to Is per cwt . 300 bags Bengal sold at 63 a , arid 30 O Mauritius at the quotations . Foreign Sugar . U 3 , 000 baas of Luna , offered by auction on Monday last , were withdrawn for want of biduers , and 800 bags of Manilla . sea-daiiiaKedonjednesday , sold at 17 s per cwt ; the sales ' by private Ion ' tract have been conhned to about 50 chests of Brazil , low wh » teS * t onr quotations . No sales reported in ft ] classes , TheruwntinuBaa good demand for Bri . isn Plantation Coto » ' the sales conwat of 250 tees . 50 brl 8 . Jamalct * £ ? & 180 bags of Demerara , at very full prices tor aU descri pt ^ M , ana tor several lots a further advance of Is to 2 s per ewt ^ waa paid , at the public sale yesterday . No inquiry for fureUaT Iqo bags blac k Pepper sblU at 4 id . No transactlbns In Cocm " Ginger , or Pimento . The business in Rice is limited to smali paicelsofCarolina , at 36 s per cwt , duty paid . Rum continuga : in good demand , and higher rates have been obtained * and . the ^ salesare about 300 punchs ., chiefly Demeraw , at 3 a to * as 3 d per gallon lor common Leewards , and 4 s 2 d to 4 s 9 d for choice marks . There has been a partial inquiry for Indigo , and a few ches ^ a nd serous sold at steady prices . Nothmg reported in Shell Luc , but of Lac Dye 50 chests sold at lOd to uid according to quality . 40 bales of Bombay Safttower taken , at l'LZ u ' ° i- ? ° f Tincal at 65 s P cwt- ln Saltpetre AWU bags disposed of at steady prices , and small salea o £ Nitrate of Soda at 13 s 9 d per cwt . DYEWOODS .-The ho . lders of Campeachy Logwood are asking ^ 15 , but it has not yet been paid ; 100 tons ef Jamaica sold eurly in the week at ^ 12 . 15 s , and yesterday a small lot brought only _* ' 10 . 12 s 6 d ; in Fustic , / 0 tons of Savanilla sold at ^ 6 . 5 s to ^ 6 . 7 s 6 d ; 30 of Ceara at ^ 6 . and 10 tons of Camwood at jf 18 . 5 s per ton . Several small parcels of Turpentine have been sold at a reduction of 3 d to 6 d per cwt . upon previous pr ices , but the largest holders are storing their imports as thny come forward , and will not accept the reduced oflers made by the trade . No alteration in Tar . The newarrivals of Montreal Ashes , which are now in the course of janding ; go off slowly ; some trifling parcels have found buyers at 28 s for Pot and 34 s for Pearls , hut these prices could not be obtained for any large lots ; old Ashes have gone off in small quantities at former quotations . There have been several inquiries for Quercitron Bark , and about 50 : hhds dis-Posea pf ,. chietty at 16 s 6 d forfirst quality Philadelphia . Bees- * Wax is scarce and in demand at higher prices ; a parcel of American of fair quality brought ^ 9 . 10 s to ^ 10 . per cwt ia . bond , fhe only public sales in Hides are 6 , 300 salted Danish , at 4 . d to 4 | d , and 500 Kips at 4 jd per lb ; abuut 2 , 50 fr salted River Plate have also b « en sold by private at 4 Jd to 43 d ; Horse Hair brought high pr ices on Wednesday , and 150 bales have found buyers at 16 d to 20 ^ d tor tails , 9 Jd to 10 | d for niixed , 8 ^ d to 8 Jd for short , and lod perlb for good Cow . Hair . The sales of Tobacco are about 2 dQnhua , about one nulf o £ which were , leaf , for exportation , and the remainder were taken for Ireland . * 1 There has been a good inquiry for Brimstone this week , , and ui some instances a small advance upon previous priced 1 has beenobtained ; the sales are 500 tons , chiefly good second ( quality , at JE 8 . 10 s per ton . A fair demand has been experienced for Shumac , about 800 bags Sicily having been sold t at 13 s . 6 d , and a few bags Verona at steady prices . Argola and ' Cream of Tartar have also been in demand ; of the former article , 60 ; casks red Oporto , and 25 casks Lisbon have been - disposed of at-29 s . to 30 s per cwt . No sales to notice in Mad-, ders or Madder Roots . Only a small business done in Olive ' Oil , without alteration in prices . Some further imports of new pale Seal Oil have been received , and sales to the extent \ ofabout 180 tuns effected , principally at ^ 33 , but , to a small extent , ^ 34 has since been ob tained ; some business has also-J been done in Cod at the price qupt «? d . lii Seed Oils somesmall sales have been effected . The Consumers have takea > 100 tons Palm Oil , part at \ £ 39 . 10 s , but subsequently at ^ ' 39 per ton . Oil of Turpentine ia rather dull of sale at the prices quoted . The new importations of Hemp meet a ready sale , the market being without stock . Tallow is dull , and the prices have experienced a further decline of 6 d per cwt . !

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      IMPERIAL AVERAGES . 1 Wht RarleiOats Rve \ Bns . 1 Peas Week ending June 81838 : 64 3 31 4 221 u 33 8 37 7 36 15 641131 4 22 7 34 5 37 5 36 15 22 656301122735937 7 35 8 29 67 3 3 i 2 22 9 36 3 37 6 35 10 July 5 68 0 31 10 22 7 36 3137 8 36 11 12 68 0 31 5 221134 7 37 5 36 1 Aggregate Average of the last six weeks 66 4 31 4 22935237 6 36 4 Duties .... 20 8 15 4 13 9 16 914 015 6 Do . on grain from British Possessions out of

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      TALLOW AND CANDLES . Whitec hapel Market price ofKat , 2 s 8 Jd . In quantitie of 81 bs . s . d . 8 . d " Town Tallow ( per cwt ) 48 6 Graves jg 0 Russia do ( Candle ) .. 48 6 GbqdDregs 5 0 White &o . 0 0 Mould Candles 9 0 Stuff 37 0 Store do 7 6 Rough do 24 0 Inferior ditto .. 6 6 Imports from St . Petersburg !! , 350 casks-

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      PRICES OF HOPS IN THE BOROUGH . Prices have given way full 8 s per cwt . with a dull market Old duty jt 175 , 000 to ^ 180 , 000 . Monday , ( p er cwt . ) Farnham jf 6 0 to 8 0 | Kast Kent , Pkets ^ 3 15 to 5 8 Mid . Kent P . kets 3 15 .. 4 10 VVYiild ol Kent do 3 12 .. 3 16 Bags .. .... 3 10 .. 4 10 I Sussex Pockets .. 3 10 .. 3 10

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      ] ' \ ¦ ' ' SUGAR , COFFEE , COCOA , AND SPICES . SUGAR . s . d . s . d . J COCOA . Large Lumps .. 72 0 a 73 01 a . d . s . d . Small ditto .. 74 0 a 00 0 I Trinidad ( per Molnsses , British 24 0 a 28 0 1 cwt . ) ........ 40 O a 52 0 Bengal good aud | Grenada 40 0 a & 2 ft fine ¦ .-. 0 0 a 0 0 St . Lucia .... 0 0 a 0 0 Barbadoes , Kine 0 0 a 0 0 Brazil ........ 35 0 a 40 0 COFFEE . SPICES . Jamaica , Fine 110 0 a 129 0 Cinnamon lb . 3 6 a 7 < i Middling ..,. 100 0 a 108 0 Cloves ( Am-Ordinary .... 81 0 a 98 0 boyna ) .... 1 0 a 1 S Denifiraraand Do . ( Bourbon ) 1 0 all Berbicegood Mace 2 8 a 7 ( Middling ; . 108 0 a 114 0 Nutmegs ( un-Good and fine garb . ) . 4 8 a 5 Ordinary .. 84 0 a 106 0 Pepper ( Cay-Ordinary and enne ) ...... 0 8 a 2 ( ; Broken .... 70 0 a 86 . 0 Pimento ( Ja-[¦ Dominica , maica ...... 0 3 a 0 3 ? ' Middling .. 98 0 a 116 0 Gincrer ( Jamaica ) ) Good and une White pr cwt 80 0 a 130 ( . Ordinary .. 86 0 a 96 0 Fine large .. 135 0 a 205 < St . Domingo 40 6 a 44 0 Barbadoes .. 43 0 a 48 ( , Mocha ...... 70 0 a 120 0 East India .. 19 0 a 24 <

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      . THE WATERSIDE POTATOE MARKET . The season for ware Potatos is nearly closed here , and the above are the only descriptions of Potatos at market . The Devon realised COs . per ton , and the blues 30 s U ' 35 s per ton , with a heavy sale , the demand for new Potatoa having been rather brisk . S . 8 . fl . R . York Reds ( per ton ) 000 a 00 I Shaws ( per ton ) . 00 a 00 Scotch Reds . ... 00 aOOO Devon Reds ... 60 a 00 Kidneys .... 00 a 00 | JerMey Whites .. 00 a 00 Natives . .. 00 a 00 j Blues 30 a 35

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      HIDES ( per lb . ) d . d . d . d . Market Hides , 56 a Market Hides , 96 a 641 bs , 2 Ja 2 ^ 104 lbs 3 J a 4 i Ditto , 64 a 72 lbs 2 J a 3 Ditto , 104 a 112 lbs 4 o 5 Ditto , 72 a 801 bs 2 | a 3 } Calfskins ( each ) 6 s 6 d Ditto , 80 a 88 lbs 3 a 3 J Horse Hides , ditto ..... 8 s Od Ditto , 88 a 961 bs 3 | a 3 J

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      HAY AND STRAW ( per load of 36 trusses . ) Smithfield . £ . s . £ . s . I Whitechapel . £ .. s . \ £ . s . Hay 4 0 a 6 6 Ha y 5 0 a 6 6 Clover ... 5 15 a 6 10 Clover 6 Oa 6 lO Straw 2 5 a 2 10 Straw . 2 4 a 2 8 Cumberland . Portman , Edgeware-road . Hay . . 5 0 a 6 0 Hay ............ 4 0 a 6 0 Clover 5 15 a 6 6 Clover 5 0 a 6 0 Straw ..... 2 4 a 2 8 Straw 2 0 a 2 8 The supply short , and trade brisk .

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      LEATHER ( per lb . ) d . d . d . d . CropHids 8 , 30 a 401 bs . 11 a 13 German Horse Hides .. 10 a 21 Dittp , 4 Oa 501 bs ...... 12 a 15 Spanish horse Hides ... 12 a 24 Witto , 50 a 601 ba . .... 13 al 7 Calf Skins , 30 a 40 lbs . Bull Hides 10 a 13 ( dozen . ) . 14 a 18 Vitriol Butts . 16 al 7 Ditto , 40 a 50 lbs ...... 15 a 21 English Butts 14 a 24 Ditto , 50 a 60 lbs ...... 16 a 22 Koreign Butts ........ 14 a 17 Ditto , 70 a 100 lbs . 14 a 20 Foreign Hides . 10 a 12 Large Seal Skins ...... 11 a 15 Dressing Hides ....... 11 a 14 Ditto , Small .......... 20 a 22 Ditto , Shaved ........ 12 a 14 Kips . 10 a 18 BestSaddlers'Hides .. 14 a 16 Basils .... ; 7 a 12 English Horse Hides .. 10 a 13 Bellies .... 6 a 8 ¦ . ' Shoulders 7 a 13

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      METALS LEAD . ^ 9 . £ s . jr . „ . £ . . British Pig Litharee 23 0 a 0 0 ( per ton ) .... 19 0 a 0 0 aN . 8 . d . s . d . Sheet ( milled ) 20 0 * 0 0 In Blocks .... 85 0 a 85 6 Bar 21 0 a 0 0 Ingots € 6 0 a 86 6 Patent shot , Bars ... 87 0 a 87 6 la 12 .. 24 0 a 0 0 COPPER . Red , or Minium 22 5 a 0 0 British Cake ^ ' 87 10 a 40 0 White . 30 0 a 0 0 Sheets , per lb . 0 lid a 0 0

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      LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET . Saturday Evening , July 21 , 1838 . The import continues on an extensive scale , and the demand moderate , but as the principal importers still abstain from offeriiig their stoek' 3 , the market remains without change for all descriptions . Speculators have taken 300 . American , and exporters 900 American and 300 Surat . The sales amount to 19 , 760 bales , consisting of— d d d d 190 SeaIsland 17 to 36 680 Bahia & Mac . 7 | to 89 — Staineddo . 5 jtol 2 . | — Demerara , &c ... 8 to 12 5750 Bowed Geor .. b \ to 8 | 830 Egyptian .... ; . 9 to 12 | .. oon ? Mobile 5 } to 8 j r— Barbadoes .... 6 j to 7 A V Alabama , &c . 5 to 6 J 500 Peruvian 7 * to Bi 6210 New Orleans .. 5 to 9 540 Lagnayra ...... 7 to 84 f 9 rti Pernambuco , 20 West India .. 6 to 6 uu Paraiba , &c . 8 * to 9 » 800 Snrat ........ 4 to 5 J ; 2 sol Marannam " 'i to 9 ^ —Madras 4 J to 5 £ J Sawginned .. 7 to 7 | —Bengal ... 4 to 5 The Imports for the week ara 52 , 922 bags . Comparative view of the Imports and Exports of Cotton into and from the whole kingdom , from the 1 st of January to the 14 th inst . and of the Imports and Exports for th ? same penodlastyear . Into the kingdom this year : American ... .. .... .. bags 887 , 153 South American .. 86 , 039 West Indies , Demerara , &c . .. .. 3 , 203 Eastlndies .. .. 39 , 153 Egypt , &c 21 , 166 Total of all descriptions 1036 , 714 Same period last year : 1 American .. .. .. bags 627 . 194 South American « . West Indies , Demerara , Ac . a . ^ 'o East Indies .. ? 2 , 680 Egypt , &c .. .. .... , 943 ¦ : . . ' . ' . Increase of imports as compared _ with aam « penodlastyear , bags 222 , 367 EXPORTS IN 1838 . Americail , 25 ^ 87 BrazU , 3000- Ernst Indies , 19 229 Total in 1838 48 i 21 S . - 'bagB .-Sarne period in 1837 .. ^» 57 , 476 Monday , July 23 , 1838 . There has been a good demand for Cotton to-day , andSOOO bag * have been sold . Prices of Friday are fully supported .. . " On Saturday 2 , 500 bags . were sold . , The sales to-day consist of S 00 Egyptian , at 9 | d to l&ld ; 350 Pernam , 8 | d to 9 Jgd ; 100 Bahia , 8 d-to 8 Ud ; 300 Surat , 41 d to 5 d ; and 3 , 450 American , 5 ? d to 8 d . "

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      LIVERPOOL "WOOL MARKET , July 21 . There was a large attendance of the trade at a public auction of Australian and low foreign wools held here this week . The bids were brisk , arid the sales concluded steadily . The transactions by private contract were few . Import ot foreign wool this week 914 , previously this year 26 , 635 ; total 27 , 549 .

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      CURRENT PRICES OF GRAIN per Imper ial Quarter . QUANTITIES and AVERAGE PRICES of BRITISH GRAIN ,-perImperial Quarter , sold in the London -Market during the we , ek , ending July 17 : —Wheat , b 8 73 ore . 69 / Od . Barley , 2 , 432 qrs . 33 s . Od . Oats , 22 , 680 qmTSSs 2 d Beans , 1 , 168 qrs . 35 s . 6 d . Peas , 290 qrs . 35 s . tid . Rye 153 qrs . 34 s . 6 d . .

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      LONDON WOOL MARKET , BRITISH * FOREIGN—Mod . The fairs for the sale of British wool , which have takes place during the past week , have gone off well , and goo d ' prices being realised for the wools disposed of , we have to notice an . increased demand , by private contract , at full prices . But a small portion of the present year ' s clip of wool has , as yet , reached the metropolis . Our manufacturers , appear to be busy in executing the orders for woollen goods , lately received Irom the United States . _ Down tegga , Is 6 d to Is 7 d ; half-bred do . Is 6 | d to Is < l % & ; Down ewes and wethers , Is 3 d to Is 4 d ; Leiceirter hugs . Is 3 d to Is 5 Jd ; Leicester wethers Is 2 d to Is 3 d bhinket wool 9 d to Is ; flannel do . Is 2 ' d to Is 4 d ; combing skin I 3 l £ d to Is 3 Jd . We have to notice that the demand for most kinds ef foreign wools is very steady , and the prices noted last week , are exceedingly well supported . The imports of foreign wool since our last have been very moderate 1 . *'

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 28, 1838, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1016/page/7/