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FROM FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. Nov. 16
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THBBRJTdN'S FATHERLAND , ~ \ ' \ { Fred * adapts from the Gerntan . ) "Where » the Bnton'a Fatherland ? Is It where Victoria , reigneth—1 : "Wkere each nod man complalnrfh"Where the Arat « eratremam » th"Where the Patriot * feebly stand—/ -: 3 s that the Briton ' s Fatherland ? j t "Where i » the . Briton ' s F&therlaaa ? : Tia where yreedom ' * Flmgi 8 waving ; :: Where free hE 3 BtB- » reDe « K > t 6 braTiiigV Where aea-wall * are free shore lariag ; Where all is holy , brave , and grand ; - - That is the Briton ' s T&therlajid . "Why wtseps the Briion '» Fatherland . ? . . Soe -weeps fiir her rulers' tyranny ; She weep * that poor men Dend the knee , Though rotr * ' * by call * of Liberty ; Unmindful of her patriot band—Thru waBrthe Briton ' s Fatherland . "Whom calls the Briton ' s Fatherland ? To the shaaes of tiie Freemen dead , she criesaebWaHimpoen 'B spirit rise ; She bids a Sydney hWatteyes , - , T ot the Patriot ' ssoiiljlQi the Freemaii ' s hand—These call the Briton ' s Fatherland . What trtraldflie Briton ' * Fatheriand ? TbePeople ' sFowjtewoula lowly lay ; Make equal Freedom ' s sunny ray ; Content as open as the day ; - &aa See as wares that wash her strand ; Or dead—would the Briton ' * Fatherland . And hopes theBriton ' s Fatherland ? . ' - _ - £ 3 ie im peaiiT Charter ' s aarfmg light , WiH dearth * donas from the cause of right , ' That her sons will arm Tot the moral fiAt , And looks for aid from her God ' s jasthaad' ¦ -- " --: . Thus hopes fhe Briton ' s Fatherland . _ , J 1 MO JOHN GOODWIN BABMBY . YuxFora , 1838 . ,.- -- .. vu
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THE IMPRESSED SAILOR'S CHILD . "If a man be fonnastealing any of his hreihren , then the -fluef shall die . "—Dept .. xxlv . 7 . -:, _ ¦ __ - Mother , where is out hope tote ? . Some sunny spot of rest ; "With here and there , a shady tree , - - And grass and flow e rs the . rest . "Why hasjny father left-QB "here , l So 3 onelraj » d » otaBg ? - "We never have an hoar of cheer , No evening tale and song . Has heiarptten where we are , And seeks for us in vain ? Or has he eeas ^ S far-nsto < are , And wQl not come again ? Mraald ] fiiy fether is a slave , Bis tyrant farcad him hence ; Ohicnrae—but hush , I must not rare—. Mysterious Providence !
rheiinx , -srhoiu ire have never seen , Complained he had , a foe ; And thousands to war were Bent , And thousands more most go . One night , my child , ere thou wert horn , Saturnine home with me , l Thy fatter from mv side was torn And carried off to sea . I pray'd font 'twas a useless thing , ) The king te intercede—They had a warrant from the king To do that Toy deed ! I ne ' er ance then ia ^ e seen my i 3 uH , - Thy father ' s face nor fona ! : Anfl Bone Imt thon and God have smil'd AsliavehraTed the storm . And we shall have no home again ! Oh ! let my sonl abhor . " ..-; . Tliepamp ox Icings and pride of mAn For these have made the war . But though thy wrongs , my child , he deep , Yetletthembeibrgrren ; Go—on thy cold hard pillow sleep ! Our fauna must he mheaven .
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Mabtiaii MpsuatEn-TS in St . Patjx 5 - Cathkdbai . " As losg as wiMiKnyahmTl continue to bestow more liberal applause on . ^ K *»* y desirpyers *!*«•» on ? Hptt' bene&ctors , the thirst for military glory wfll ever he the -rice of the most exaltea charactera . "—Gibbon . To reKere the eye in its-dreary range OTer the rast space of the unoccupied part of the church , the go-Temment began , abont the year 1796 j to introduce statutes and Tnr » TmmpT » fa » " of illiistrioiis Tnwi , The stataes of Dr . Ssumel Johnson , ' Sir Joshna Reynolds , and Sir William Jones , next attract attention . But of nearly thirty persons , all the others , from Lord Nelson downwards , are heroes of ihe sword and in this great Christian temple one meets -with daggers and great gun ** British lions , and imperial
eagles , vrtih . naval captains oa the quarterdecks , and eeneial * in the act of dying from wounds received in battle . One of the last ofthe monuments is that of General Brock , who fell at Queenstown , in Upper Canada , in 1 S 12 . Over the heads of some of thes « are hanging the flags taken from the enemy , now reduced bytime and dust to unsightly and filthy ragt . What more than this could hare been expected to decorate the Pantheon of ancient and Pagan Koine ? What , may it not be asked , has pure Christianity to dp with deeds of this description ? Has the religion of the Author of tout salvation any thing in it mat can sanction a feeling at variance with universal benevolence—of '' peace on earth and goodwill to man r '—Professor Griscome ' s Travels in Europe .
Glatuatoks AuoxG the Romaks .- —These tragical combats , which so much delighted our forefather ? , ¦ were put an end to through Telemachns . This good i nyp left the East and came to Rome , where , entering the theatre , and seeing armed men rushing rislenfiy , with intent te kill each other , he leaped into the midst of them exclaiming , What are 70 a doing , brothers ? Why do you run . head-long , like two wild beasts , to each other ' s destruction r" In short ,
whilst the goodnatured man was endeavopring to save the 5 * e * ofthe combatants he lost his ewn , lor thepeoi&i&ne ^ lnricto 3 eaflit--r « o highly did the untSMra ^ tTaBble Talne thi ? cruel diTeniojQ , ' which afforded but aa object to stare at . What ' was Che « onjequenee ? : The finperetHonorious , as soon as he heard of the trantactiea , 'is « iied order * to abolish flie gladiatorial cembat * . Nbw ieflecit how base an aanraemenl this wa »—jtovaaanyjffionwnwl Tfrea were lort oyit-- * ndTou wlll « e « now mnch the world is
indebted to one . ^ flirifipftlrjy ^ r > f * ^ Jfo * this , TelCTiachus ' wasna ^ medly canovfced . iiut bow nroch more richly wouldTShat-iifit ' & 8 » fg % cm 6 ut whe snould put « n end . to ^ fte conflicts "' of the great potentates , who lord it over a Bufering -worW*— TSramut . "¦ ¦\^ V _ T -o ' Poetby . —The nensitivB mind discovers poetry . CTerywhere . ^ As it is touched wifli wnatererliB affectog in tte chances of life , bo does it taste wnafcerer is pcturesjue in the objects of nature . All ihat b majestie w » 6 Vlorely here is to it a source of ue ^ it , ^ nd he lp * it to form a more just conception of Him who is the author of so much beauty . It i * ttu « that in the in » ges of earth may be recognised the tokens of eternity , —in the canopy of heaven , and the expanse of tie ocean , —m ; the setting glories of the buu , and the melting colours of the rainbow — Tisions and emblems of a brighter world . —ifr * . JoAn Sanford ,
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t 1 i- > r 1 i m i -7 A Docroa of Lawb in the Intbmob *—talighted ihAisumptian atthe nduse of Dr . Bsrgft * . He was a doctor ^ oflSw , gradnated at the Unive ^ ty 6 f Cor-^ OTO ; but na ^ rag apa ttirnlmial vineyard in Mendoza , which produced him fivenhundred barrels of wine a-year , he had come to Paraguay for the pnrpose of selHng them . Grating as is such a union of law and merchandise in one single person to our association ofideas , mere isnothing perceptibly anomalous in the junction , to the minds of the - South Americans "Hedayon whiehwe arrived was a holiday . Dr . B&rgas had been :,. to ^ pallado " , in his court dress . Iliat was a Hght . ^ ellpw ' cpa ' tl with large mother-ofpearl buttons , green satin , breeches with gold knee-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ — - ^ HftKJO » art « TA-nnumr n-ncIx-rgmnB ^ - ^ taligrttaH : s ^^^ fei ^^*^^^^^ -: ^
buckles , and -white sdlk stockings , an embroidered waistcoat , a cocked hat , a bagwig , and avery ancient rapier .- His Bumpttlons head of hair was highly powdered and pomatomed , and a quantity of cravat and-shirt frill , which would look truly monstrous in these days , obtruded itself upon observation , as demanding deference from all beholders . The house of this Doctor Bargas consisted of three apartments . One was the store for his Mendoza wine , and for the tobacco and yerba which he received in exchange for it . This served him at once for warehouse , diningroom , and drawing Toom , and the door of it opened directly upon the street . Behind this repertorium was the doctor ' s bedroom , in which were to be seen
a stretcher , horse geer , sundry petacones or hideboxes of superior tobacco and cigars , awash-hand basin on a chair , and » small window wifljout either sash or glass . Glothes were strewed hither and thither , and boots and shoes in all directions . The wall was whitewashed , and the conspicuous rafters were black . The floor was of dusty : brick , uncovered by either carpet or mat ; some-casks . of -Mendpza wine stood at one end ; while a georgeous hammock , a Spanish blunderbuss , and a irace of p istols were ostentatiously displayed upon the -walls . Bphihd" this apartment , and en suite , was a ^ mud-walled and mud-floorediitchen , in which , by a fire kindled in the centre of it , a one-eved black slave called Bopi
( in Gnarani , •* the man of one eye " ) cooked the doctor ' s assado , made his olla , -or seasoned with garhchu more dainty guisado , x > t stew . The doctor received us in his court dress , seated hpon a petacon of tobacco . With unfeigned iospkality , and no little grace of demeanour , he welcomed-me to Assumption . " * I was now fairly located among Dr . Bargas ' s Mendoza wine casks , serous of tobacco and yerba ; and I was often fain to smile as 1 witnessed the daily occupations of this learned , facetious , but rather inflated personage . In one corner of his wine-shop ( for it was nothing else ) stood his
-Drofessiotialbufete , or lawyer ' s writing table . At this At * .-made-ont escritos , or lair petitions and papers , for iis clients . The next moment , and often with interruption to his writing , he bought tobacco from the smaJljH > untry fanners , in quantities of from ten to one hundred pounds weight ; he trafficked in cigars with the Paragnay nymphs who manufactured them ; he arid Mendoza wine-by the cask or by the gallon ; Mendoza figs by the arobe of twenty-five pounds ; and all this with his own hands , aided enjy in his manipulations by his man of all work , one-eyed Bop i . —Robertson ' iiJLelters on Paraguay .
The First Italian Lady who Sang tn En g land . —In 1692 , an advertisement in the London Gazette announces that " the Italian lady , that is lately come over , that is so famous for singing , " will , sing at the concerts , in York Building ? , during , the season , lu April , 1693 , Signor Tosi , author ofthe celebrated treatise on singing , adverr tises aconcert ; and from that time ths announcements of concerts by Italian performers became frequent . " The Italian lady , " announced in 1693 , as being so famous far singing , yrzs Francesca Margherita de 1 'EpiBe , the first Italian singer of any note who appeared in England . She " came to this country with a German musician of the name of Greber * '
and hence we find her , income ofthe musical squibs of the . day , called " G . eber ' s Teg . " She sang in Italian operas and at concerts and other musical entertainment * till the year 1718 , when she retired , and married the celebrated Dr . Pepusch . She was an excellent musician being not only an : accomplished singer , but an extraordinary performer on the harpsichord . She was so swarthy and ill-favoured that her husband used to call her Hecate , a name to which she answered with perfect good humour ; but her want of personal charms did net prevent her from enjoying the uninterrupted favour of the public . By her marriage with l > r . Pepuseb , she brought him a fortune of £ 10 , 000 ; a sum which , by relieving him from the daily cares and toils of his profession , enabled him to follow his favourite pursuit of learned
researches into the history and antiquities of his art . She was a person of perfect respectability , but nevertheless was unceremoniously treated by some of the writers of the day , who had no love for foreign players and musicians . She had a sister who came te England in 1703 ; and these ladies are thus raentiontdby Swiftinhis journey to Stella : — " Aug . 6 th , 1711 . "We have a music meeting in dur town fWiadsor ) to-nigmv I went to the rehearsal of it , and there Tras Margherita and her sister , and anoth er drab , ' and a parcel of fiddlers . I was weary , and wonld not go to the meeting , which I am sorry for , because I heard it was a great assembly . " The dean frequently speaks of the music meetings at "Windsor in the course of this season , always with spleen and an affectation of contempt , saying for example— " In half an hour I was tired of their
fine stuff ; " and so on , merely showing how little even a great mas can make himself by talking flippantly of what he does not understand . — -Hogarth ' s Memoirs of the Musical Drama . A Russian Court B ^ ll . —On returning from the ball , we found the emperor ' s younger children , the two grand dukes Michael and Nicholas , with their governess and preceptors , assembled in the outer Toom , where a large montagne Husse had been erected for their amusement , in using which they often got the emperor and ladies of the court to join . The . two boys are fair , but - stroDg and healthy . They ; were dressed en Conaoue , spoke English , and had a Scotch lady in charge of them , who was very -conversable and agreeable . She had been nineteen
years in the imperial family , and gave me the most interesting account of the perfection of its interior ^ and of the qualities of the emperor as a father hnsband , and master , which could only be surpassed by those of the empress as a mother and a wife . Having noticed and communicated with all the nursery department , we went to the ball-room , and shortly afterwards the empress appeared . She led off the dance with her son , and it was kept up with spirit till twelve ; her majesty really dancing as if she were fifteen , and looking much more like the sister than the mother of the cesaro witch . It is useless to enumerate all the company that graced this splendid ball . The elite of Petersburg are well known . ;— Lord Londonderry ' s Northern Courts of Svrope .
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ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF THE ( assumed ) DUKE OF NORMANDY . Between eight and nine o ' clock on Friday night a report was circulated that a deliberate murder had been attempted at one of the houses in Clarenceterrace , CamberwelL A short time having elapsed it was discovered that the intended victim 01 the assassin was Charles Louis de Bourbon , Duke of Normandy , a native of France , who xlaimed to be the son of the unfortunate Louis XVI . and Marie Antoinette , and legitimate heir to the crown of France " . For some months past the soi-disard duke , who is advanced in years , has been residing in the , above Tillage . Amongst those individuals who have partaken of his hospitality was a person of the name
of Desire Ronselle , about five feet six inches in height , dark complexion , dark eyes , aquiline nose , and short dark whiskers ; hn spoke but little English . This individual introduced himself into the family , and was , to a certain extent , entrusted with the secrets of it » " master , whom he pretended to . consider his lawful prince . A few days since he returned to . England , called on the duke , and in the course of conversation stated that he had left his passport at the Cnstom-house . Although this was rather a singular occurrence , it attracted no particular attention amongst the party residing in the house ; for there was nothing in his actions or manners to excite suspicion . -At the rear of the house is a large garden , which is separated from a back thoroncbJare , called
St . George-street , by a small ditch . At the end of the garden is the water-closet . About half-past eight o ' clock on Friday night ? the duke went to this -part with a light in . his hand , and' on leaving . it ie was surprised at seeing Ronselle standingin the path immediately before the door , with a brace of pistols , one in each hand . Before he could retreat into the 'wat » -clo 8 et ^ usassailant fired . Two balls enter ed -the " fiesbj part under the left arm ,, and a third lodged in ' - ihe . breast" Tortnnately " the . thickness ot the clothes wnKhhe wore prevented the ball from penetrating . The assassin instantly fled , and his victim ran . into the ionse , calling for assistance . On entering theTiouse he fell . Mr . Browne , a surgeon , was -instantlr sent for , and on his arrival examined his
piarson , and found the wounds-onder the arm ' to be >«* "dangerous " Qescription . " Inrormation was forwarded to the station-house at Camberwell , when jhe jawector and ' some of the constables went and ; rjQ ^ ut ^ y : e » mined the premises . From the report it ^ ppear i . th&t . tbe attempted murder was pre-ar rauged j for a plank had been laid- across the d ^ tch , by -wnichV . tbe . ' . WB ^ wer had gained access to 1 the garden , and made MVescape . Tootsteps were traced into an adjoining piece ^ of groand , and from the aumerouiinaiksit was evident . that there had oeen more than one person . About the tune the pistols were fired , several persons , and the police , saw two rocketo fired ^ bffj , which came from the duection of George-8 treet ^ J ? nt at the time no su spicion was entertained as to the real cause of their being discharged . About an biour after the attempt had been
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M ?^ S ^^ ' ^^^^^ n ^ Ni SRHaUed at Mr . JSrewne ' s , and wittf a great dealof evident anx-» F Mipertobatian ^ oT mind inquirea if the ^ luke Wdr ^ dead . 7 He was « nswered in the negatirevand ; & , *? £ * * * y .-smdelitty disatopdinted . During the mgw the wounded man temained in a > ery alarming state and although Mr . Browne was aware that some « f tte bullets had entered the ^ body , he considered it tobe unsafe to ^ ttempt to extract &e balls until the mflammatwn had abated . On Satarday morning Mr . Urowne succeeded in extracting two balls- he , However , w ^ f-opinionthat ihere is a third stm remammg , and until that is removed he considers tttat the patient cannot be pronounced out of danger . APPBEHEN 8 ION OF THE ASSASSIV-^ na ^ a | a . forcjgnrirl mrilrilji . Li . 1 J ' ¦ . ffl _ V ... -ILii ^ . i ~ Il ^^^^^^ Sinqrri ^ ifSw ^
- "oon as the attempt was made known to the P ° kce , information was sent to the commissioners , and thev immediately communicated with the Home-office , who adopted every precaution to prevent the assassm leaving the country . Large hand-Dills wwepnnted at the expense of the commisrioner ^ and distributed to the varioas station-houses , cottee-house 6 , and the inns . Information was also ^ l , of [ to &e varions sea-port ^ ^ towns . Since Friday nignt the whole of the police have been unremitting in their exertions , and from inquiries which they inshtate ^ a Btrong suspicion existed that the assausin , onfind » g that he had not killed his man , would J ? * ^ " second attempt . A strict look-out was tnerefore kept over the premises , particularly the £
"< . * . wny , oywmcn me assassm affected Ms escape . Aboutseven o ' clock on Saturdaynight the attention of those who were placed on the watch was directed to a person dressed in dark clothes , who was lurking about , and this being communicated to inspectors » alters and Croome , who happened to be on duty at ^ station-house , they proceeded to the spot , and took the i ' ellow into custod y . On being collared he said . something in French , and when conveyed to the station-house he appeared to be in a state of great excitement . On being searched , a shilling , a sixpence , and a penny were found on his person , a large clasp knite , several documents , a passport made out for Cork , and a few otter things of minor importance . His appearance was that of a person who had been in the fields all night , his shoes , the lower
part ot nis trowsers , and coat being covered with mud . By the time he had given his name he had recovered some degree of self possession , and in broken EngUsh inO j Uired what he was taken into cusfody for . On being told for attempting to murder the Duke of Normandy , he muttered something in French and smiled . He objected to having . his knife taken from him , and he intimated that there were other means to kill nimself if he wanted . On the door of the cell bein g opened he objected to go in and said he had done nothing to be kept . From his manner it was considered necessary to place a constable with him , so as to prevent his making any attempt on his own life . After the prisoner had been secured , a pair of old slippers were procured , and
his shoes taken off , which when compared with the impressions on the ground exactly corresponded . When taken it was supposed he had the pistols about his person ; but not being found it is suspected that he threw them into the ditchj which is toliedragged this day ; at the same time a watch is to he kept to prevent any of the prisoner ' * companions from looking for them , as there is no doubt that he had associates . From the nature of the wounds there is not the slightest probability of his being able to attend for some days before the magistrates . The third ball is not yet extracted . At present the immediate danger is not great . The prisoner is thirty-five years of age , and was formerly in the French army , from which he deserted , and on the 17 th of January last arrived from Ostend in the Earl of Liverpool' sUampacket . . In H / Initirtn \ f \ ' TriCk onrtn / i ^« r ^^ rtT ^ n-nr \ nftw / % # ) i « . 4 . V * -.
Sunday papers , we have received the following from a correspondent : —Since the prisoner has been in custody several communications have passed between the family of the duke , the police , and the Homeoffice ; and at a late hour oh Saturday night the Count dn Plessis called on the duke , and on seeing him wounded became exceedingly agitated , and exclaimed , ^ ' He is my King , mV Sovereign ; he is my master and Emperor , and I am his loyal and devoted subject . " On becoming more composed , the count said he was convinced that tbe assassin had been hired to murder his Sovereign , and thanked God that his prince had escaped . The count subsequently went down to the station-house , and saw the assassin , whom he ins tantl y recognised as having called on him at his residence , Dorset-square , and solicited alms . :
When the prisoner was apprehended he pretended that he could not s-peak English ; but , when taken up stairs into the apartment adjoining that in which the Duke lay , he said , in Euglwh , that he would murder himself . During the whole of yesterday a person was busily emplpy « d in searching tbe ditch running * t the bottom ot the garden , in the hope of finding thepi . « tols , but the search was unsuccessful . It is supposed that he either has thrown them away some distance from the place , or else that "he gave them to an accomplice , it being the general opinion that others were engaged with him . In the course of yesterday Mr . Browne succeeded in extracting tbe third ball from the Duke , who is much better than the nature of his wounds had led his friends and family to expect ; hot , in the opinion of the medical gentleman , he will not be able to leave ids room for a week .
The following is the certificate of the medical gentlemen : — " Thsee are to certify , that on the evening of Friday last , the 16 th inst ., about nine o ' clock , I was requested t « attend immediately the Prince Charles Louis De Bourbon , at his apartments in Clarenceplace , Camberwell , who had been attempted to be assasinated . I found he had received two balls from a pistol in the fleshy part of the upper arm , which I suggested should be removed as soon as possible ; the prince instantly acquiesced , and I sent for my brother , Mr . Tobias Browne ( who is also my partner ) , and we extracted in about half an hour after the occurrence the said two balls \ since which period the prince is , to appearances , going on as well as time and circumstances will allow , although we cannot pronounce him out of danger , or in a fit state to give evidence .
" JOHN BROWNE , > o ^ TOBIAS BROWNE , 5 S eons " Camberwell , Sunday evening , 10 o ' clock , Nov . 18 , 1838 . "
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TAXATION—MISGOVERNMENT . MEANS OF REDRESS . " Homo sum , humani nihila me alienum ptito . "Ter . Heavt . Act 1 . Sc . I . "I am a man , and think nothing uninteresting to me which concerns mankind . " "The being that is master of himself bendeth events to Ms will ; but a slave to selfish passion is the wavering creature of circumstances . "—Tuppeb ; There exists a custom in India , through which a creditor seeks and obtains justice from his debtor . He sits "dhurna" upon him ; that is , he takes his seat at his debtor ' s door , from which he will not move until redress is obtained ; and whilst thus sitting "dhuma , " he abstains from food . The iollowing is Bishop Heber ' s account of this extraordinary custom , —( VoL i . p . 432 . )
"To sit * dhurna , ' or monrmng , i 3 to remain motionless in that posture -without food , and exposed to the weather , till the person against whom it is employed consents to the request offered ; and the Hindoos believe , that whoever dies under such a process , becomes a tormehting spirit to haunt and afflict hi « inflexible antagonist . This is a practice not unfrequent in the intercourse of individuals to enforce payment of a debt , or forgiveness of one ; and among Hindoos it is very prevailing , not only from the apprehended dreadful consequences of the death of the petitioner , but because manv are of
opinion , that while a person sits * dhurna' at their door , they must not themselves presume to eat , or undertake any secular business . . Bishop Heber farther relates , that the Government of India having imposed an obnoxious tax upon the great city of Benares , containing a population of several hundred thousand persons , the whole population quitted the city , and retired to the fields for the purpose of sitting ¦*• dhurna" upon the Government of the country . This . remarkable event will , however , be better told in the words of the Bishop : — ; : , , : .
w Government had then , unadvisedly , imposed a house-tax of a very unpopular character , both from its amount and its r novelty . To this the natives objected , that they recognised in their British ralera the same rights , which had : been exercised by the . Moguls—that the land-tax . was theirs , and that they could impose duties . - , on . commodities eoing ^ to market , or for exportarion , but that their houses were their own—that they kad never been
intermeddled Mth in any but their landed property , and commodities nsed m ^^ traffic—and that the same pxfwer which now imposed a heavy and unrieard of tax on their dwelling * ,- might do the same next year on their children or themselves . These considerations , though backed by strong representations from ttwmagistrates , produced no effect in Calcutta . On which the whole population of Benares and it <» neigbbourliood , determined to sit " dhurna" till their grievances were redressed . ; - '
'& I do not know whetiier there is any example under their ancient princes of a considerable portion of the people taking thi » strange method of remonstrance against oppression , but in thi * caaej : it vras done with gjeat resolution and surprising consent and unanimity . Some of the leading Brahniins sent written hand-biUs to the wards in Benares ' ' nearest the College ; and to some of the a 3 io | ning villages , declaring very shortly the causes and necessity ofthe measures which they were about to adopt , cauhig on all lov « rs of their country and national creed to join in it , and commanding , under many bitter curses , every person who received it to forward it to hia next neighbour . Accordingly , it flew over the country like the fiery cross in 'The Lady of the Lake and
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^ rt ftww ^^ *^ # wipmeiJoif thejilanVabove ^< V »^ P « » pn ^ as it i ^ alai ^ e {« r ( eQ ^ ifie&' houses , shnt ^ iheir . shopiv ; Jraspenaedttlie ^ abonr ^ of their fertt ^ forbpre , to figh ) fire * , uress ^ ctualsj raauy of them even to eat > and sat down mtii'fbldea arms and dropping heads , viike so irianjr ^ sheep ; on the plain wbaehsurrounds Benares , ' * : '¦ - ¦¦ - -. ' ¦¦ ^ . It : i ^ ntyfdrthef necessary to stateytha ^ aliribugh ^ einb ^ itent ^ were eventually : obliged to return to the city ^ yet government were so terrified at the unanimity and decision of bharacter displayed by the Hindoos , that the obnoxious tax was immediately repealed . : .- •¦; ¦ ¦ ¦ - -V ' ' .:. > r : - ;; - ' ,: ¦ : -v - .. .: ¦ , ; r 1- ^ ^ tonVrfsitting ? ' dhurnaV marks in a very high degree the patience and perseverance of the Indian character , and their readiness to submit to Ll 2 ' ^ . ' ; A ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^ S ^^
every privation , even to the sacrifice of life , that they mar obtain what they ooasider to be due to them ; ¦ That the Bntish nation should obtain justice , and the redress of grievances , no such privations would be necessary on their part ; Their "dhurna" would only be the giving up the use of thosethings : which couldmno de ^ e mar their happineBS v dr lead ^ to other than highlrbeneficialefrects ; they would only be called on to abstain frorn the use bf certairi exciseable articles , 8 * ch as spirits , ^ tobacco , tea , < fec . The disuse of thetwo first would , besides tendihgto reduce the Government of the country to a compliance with the just demands of the people , be the means of _ addinB to the real wealthy comfort . and power , of ttie abstemious ; whilst it would also heighten the moral force of their character , and exhibit an adniirable instance of order , unanimity , and fortitude . ' J *
Let not , then , Britons be inferior to the inhabitants of sulitfy India ; and let them , by the sacrifice of a jew useless or enervating indulgehciea , seek tp obtain those rights , and privileges which will raise the national character to a pitch , that would produce the most wonderful aad beneficial results . AVe may now shortl y examine what would be some ofthe consequences of the abandonment of such excis « able articles as we have mentioned . In the first place , by the tqtatdisuse of spirits' , and all other intoxicating drinks ^ during the year 1836 , a saving of i" 30 , 083 , 844 sterling , would have accrued to the consumers , and a loss , of revenue to the Government of ili 6 ^ 1 O , O 27 sterling . During the same year , the disnfcB of tobacco would have sayed the consumers £ 4 , 160 , 831 sterling , and lessened the , revenue of the Government bv £ 3 , 397 , 106 sterling . ; : y *
In the same year , the disuse of tea would have saved the consumers £ 9 , 544 , 582 sterling , and lessened the revenue of the Gbverhment by £ 4 , 674 , 534 sterlihg . We have thus , then , upon these three articles alone , in one year , ( 1836 ) shown a possible saving to the country of £ 44 , 608 , 457 sterling , and a consequent loss of revenue of £ 24 , 581 , 667 sterling ; and when it is considered that we have calculated the amount paid by the country only by adding the official value to the revenue derived from each article , instead of the retail price which the consumer really paid—and assuming the additional sums expended to be fifty per cent , mow , which will riot be for from the truth , we will have the enormous amount pf sixty millions sterling BYnpnvM K * th *
country duriiig one year ; and if we add the amount derived -from licenses consequent upon the demand for these articles , tbe Government will be found to have derived a revenue from their consumption of more than twenty-six millions sterling . Of the * above articles , the disuse of spirits ^ however , would produce another beneficial effect—it would lessen the price of provisions ; which reduction of price might be reckoned equal to fonr shillings per quarter upon all kinds of grain—a farther national saving 6 f £ 5 , 322 , 816 sterling . B y the disuse of the above articles , the wages pf the industrious and labouring man would place him in circumstances of greater wealth ; his physical power , as well as -hist , clearness of mental vision wonld be heightened ; whatever he did would be better dene , and the access to improvements and
inventions would be more fully open to him . Capital would then increase , debt would be lessened , and with the lessened amount of debt , the iutefest of money Twhich is the consequence of debt ) would fall . The power of the greatl y wealthy would be diminished by the lowering of interest , would also lead to many national improvements , and enterprises would become feasible , which pannot be set about when the rate of interest is high . A rapid development of the capabilities of the country would thus take place , and the inventive powers ^ of thet mind would be greatly enlarged ; the Tewards of physical and useful mental labour would increase ; the aristocratic power would be lowered ; a more happy and equable condition of mankind tvould be brought ; about , and the abuses of government would naturally yield to the beneficial influence * -which would bfi thus spread abroad and pervade society .
That the industrious classes of Great Britain ha ^ * V if ¥ iT - P 6 wer ' by a r ery ? Kght exertion of self-denial and unanimity among themselves , to bring , about such a happy ¦ state of things ; and tliatthey can at once controlthe Government and rectify its abuses , will be evident from the following facts : — ^ Assuming the population of Great Britain and Ireland . to be'twenty-six millipnsj ( it is estimated at twenty . geyeu , ) and the revenue derived from these three articles , intoxicating liquors , teas , and tobacco , to be twenty-six millions sterling , and the cost price , to the consumers to be fifty-two millions , which is less than is actujilly paid by them , we have thus two millions sterling annually expended on
them by ej'ery million of inhabitants—one million of which goes to the revenue of the country ; but as one-half of the whole population are children , we must strike them off , and the result will stand thus —viz . Every million of population expend , annually , in the three articles named , the : sum of four millions of pounds sterling—of which two millions go to the revenue of the-.- country . ' . ' Of the 18 , 000 , 000 remaining , after deducting the children , how many belong to the labouring or workingclasses , it Li impossible to decide . Probably we shall not be far wrong if we state them as 11 , 000 , 000 . Suppose that ; of these only 2 , 000 , 000 Mere impressed with a conviction of the ; truth of the views here promulgated , and really desirous of promoting tteiorm
, ootn social , and political , and moral ; and that concentrating their efforts , they- were , upon a given day , to commence sitting" dhurna" upon Government by abstaining from the use of the rexciseable articles before named , and were to continue the same for six months only , they would be at the end of that time , £ 4 , 000 , 000 richer themselvesaud Government wouldbe £ 2 * OXW , 000 in arrears . If they continued their system for , one year , the money they had saved would be £ 8 , 000 ^ 000 , and the deficiency in the revenue £ 4 , Q 00 , O 0 O--an amount which Government could not stand ; and which they have no means to coyer , except by adopting measures which would essentially benefit the people—a reduction in their expenditure .
It may be averred , that it would be impossible to induce this number of people to act together on any point ; but it is ' degrading to the character of Britons to suppose them so inferior to those whom they jpresumptuotisly style the ignorant Hindoos , as not to have self command enotigh over themselves to give up a few luxurips , h aying the spectacle of the conduct of those very Hindoos before them ; to think that men and women , many of them educated , and all of them impressed with a desire for Reform , are hot courageous enough to submit to a temporary and trifling inconvenience , when people of all ages , whom they pretend to de . » pise , cheerfully resign themselYes , even to death , by starvation arid cold , to protect what they deem their rights . That such an ihrirrnity of character as is here supp osed * is not natural to Britons , may be inferred from what they have already done .
The National Petitions for the People ' s Charter have been signed by two millions of men ; andriauch expense of actual outlay ^ as well 4 s trouble and loss of time , has been incurred in attempts to forward their adoption : and presentationf to ; Parliaiaaent . Now , these men must : represent an equal nuinber of Vpmeri , using all the articles before-mentioned , with the exception , perhaps , of tobaccoi and who must necessaTily approve of the steps which their husbands andbrothers are taking , This would give at once an instance of four millions pf people abtihg togetiier for a given object ; but suppose that we deduct from ^ this one million , there remains three millions of people acting together , at great personal sacrifices ^ for an object which they are not sore of obtaining , and the struggle for yvhich only renders them poorer the longer it lnatn . Wirtinnt in
the shghtest degree lessening the resources of the monoponsts against whom they have to contend ; ¦ . ' "It canhpt ^^ be doubted that they are sincereiri their object ; arid it follows , that they only require to be shown an easier mode of bbtainingit . It is > presumed that the plan noV offered is such ^—possessing , as it does , the incalculable advantage of not taking them a single day offwork r of ' ndi ' requiring a singlepenny of outlay , and ' of-makingthem ripher and better the longer tt continues , while yxtv thfi ^^ dpoviiotiit deprives their opponents of ifinriiwansfQf defehcei VV ere it carried into operation , the - Government mudthave immediate 1 irecdurse \ a ihe j ' tistest of all taxes , a property : ^ , ^ d the ^ temptto : imppse such would at once arraV the ian'd-ownerson ihe side of retrenchment ' , * '" r " ^ - v ;
Let , thenVthe first a ^ tentioh : of the i N ajj onai Convention be directed to this . subject ; the more it is examined the more practicable initeadoption and certain it its result dpe * it appear .:: Let them ; fix a day oil which , to cpmmence ' : sitting , ' ^ dhurna "; pn Government , ; so far as intoxicating drink ? , tea , ind tobacco , are cpricerned-. let : e < rery true Raaical throughout ; - thie , kingdom T ? e readv to I back their efforts by a . Utfle selC-deni ^ aod ^ ha victory will neither be Jong , donbtipl nor ; incojirolete . ^ . R jHW be a sictory , pbtamed t withpnt , bloofclie *^ which calls forUi np angry feelings r ^ ani whU e > it secures all that is necessary for ; tbe hRppiness of I the natjpn t wall present it to the ^ brldinainptflerppint ofvlew than it has ever yet appeared—as triumpning over its own evil propensitiea . ^ rrMe Scotsman , ;
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SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET , Nov . 19 . ( WhenevCT the wordBtontepccurs in these pricesthroBghbut this paper , it is , ' tb be considered as the imperial stone of l < Ubs and such only , no other beiag lawful . ] : ; . For the time of year our ; -supply of Beasts to-day was tolerably good , it exceeding that exhibited for sale here on the corresponding market flay last , year j by 4 ^ 4 . The Devon * , Scots , runts ,. and shorthorns , received , from our northern grazing , Idistricts were mostly of very superior quality j but ¦ tae-Her ^ fords , _ Devons , amd Scots , trom our westerncouritriesi came toliand in by no means , » p excellent a , condition as we haV . e on previous occasions ; noticed . Some exceedingly line beaatH were on sale from Warwickshire . ? ndPembrokeshife , Notwithstanding that an advance has . taken place in the prices of Beef here , no fresh Beasts have arrived , bv sea . from
hcetland , nor any expected for some time hence . * he demand for the primest Scots , Devons , and Herefords was steady at last week ' s prices , but the middling and inferior Beasts were difficult of disposal , though the salesmen submitting to a depression of full 2 d per 8 Iba . We had but a moderate number of sheep qflering , the sale for which was very du ll , at barely , but at nothing quotable beneath , late rates . The sheep were for the moat part , with the exception of some of those from some parts of ; our western- counties , of fair average quality . Calves were in short supply and heavy demand , at no variation in prices . Prime flairy-fed Porkers wentoti ' briskly , bat in the inferier Pigs next to nothina was doing ? .
No Pigs this week from Ireland . The fresh arrivals of Beasts this morning , consisted of 612 shorthorns , andDevona , from Lincolnshire ; 450 shorthorns , Devons , and runta , from : Leicestershire ; 340 Devons , and shorthorns , from Nprttamptonahire ; 230 Scots , runts / arid homebreds , from Norfolk ; 47 Scots , and runts , from Suffolk ; 80 Devons , Scots ,. and runts , from Cambridgeshire ; 870 Herefords , from Herefordshire ; 680 : Devons from Devonshire ; 312 Devons , Scots , runts , and Irish Beasts from Warwickshire , and Oxfordshire ; 20 Pembroke runts , from Wales ; 23 Devon * , ana Oxen , from Sussex ; 38 Cows , Devons , and . runts , from Surrey ; 30 Devons , Cows , and runts , from Kent ; the remainder from the vicinity of London .
Per stone of Slbs . t ^ sink the offal . 8 . d , 8 . d . 8 . d . « . d . Inferior Beef .... 2 2 to 2 4 I Prime Beef ....... 3 6 to 3 6 Ditto Mutton .... 3 2 .. 3 6 Ditto Mutton .... 4 g .. 4 4 MiddlingBeef ... 2 4 .. 2 10 Lamb ........... 0 0 .. 0 0 Ditto Mutton .... 3 10 .. 4 0 Veal ., ... 4 10 .. 5 2
LIVE CATTLE AT MARKET . Beasts , 3 , 822—Sheep 23 . 950-Calves , 87-Pigs 512 . ANOTHEIt ACCOUNT . Beef is a heavy trade to day , and id a shade lower—3 s to 4 s 2 d ; MuttonSa 8 d to 4 s 8 a . Trade is good , at about the same as last week . Veal , 4 s to 5 s ; Pork , 4 s 4 dto 5 s 4 d .
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CURRENT PRICES OK GRAIN per Imperial Quarter . QUANTITIES and AVERAGE PRICES of BRITISH GRAIN , per Imperial Quarter , sold in the London Market , duiinf ? the week , ending Nov . 17 : —Wheat , 5 , 038 ors . 76 * 9 d . Barley , 6 , 520 qrs . 36 s . 6 i . Oats , 19 , 382 qrs . Z 4 b . 2 d . Beans , 1 , 450 qrs . 40 s . 4 d . Peas , 1 , 060 qrs . 46 » . lOd . Rye , 64 qrs . 39 s . 2 d .
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LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET , Monday , Nov . 19 . We have had a large supply of Beasts at market " to-day , but the quality was generally only middling , good Beef being very scarce , owing to whida there lias been no reduction in the price ot good quality . Bee } V : but that of ordinary qnahty hasbeensoldat ashade less than last week . Ol sheep we have also had rather a large supply , a few of which were of very good qualitvj butlarge prices asked for them . v The sales for both Beer and Mutton have been rather drill , except for those that wtire . tolerable good . Good Beef sold at about SJd i middling and ordinary 5 d down to 4 d per lb . but those at the latter pnee were of an extraordinary strt . Wether Mutton may bequoted at 6 >^ d ; middling , 6 d ; ordinary quality and Ewes from 5 d to 5 id . There were a great many inferior Beasts as well as sheep left unsold at the close of the market . Number of Cattle . —Beasts , 1 , 777 ; Sheep , 5 , 420 ; Pigs , 10 ; Calves , 3 . CATTLE IMPORTED INTO LIVERPOOL From the 12 th to the 19 th Nov . Cows . Calves Sheep . Lambs . Pigs . Horses . 2 , 538 8 4 , 893 0 | 5 , 447 100
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LIVERPOOL GOTTON MARKET . Saturday Evening , November 17 , 1838 . The demand for Cotton has been maintained with unabated spirit , the Dales considerably exceeding those of th » preceding week ; and although no positive advance has taken place in American , fu ll prices hare heen obtained with less difficulty , and the market closed with , every appearance of continued steadiness ; Brazils have partaken of the general briskness and Pernam . and . Maranham have gone orT freely at an improvement of Jd per lb . j . Egyptians have also been taken , though in smaller quantities ^ at a Bi milar advance ; Surau are without change , " hut" have ; rriet with a ready sale at extrqme prices . The -.. public' , sale of yesterday , consisting of 360 Sea Island and 320 Stained , though but thinly attended , went oft" steadily , and a large proportion found Duyerfi , at prices fully equal to those previously paid by private treaty . The trade havei supplied themselves more extensively thas in anv'formerweek thisyear ; : the quantities onSpecularibribeing only 3 , 700 American , 2 , 500 Pernam , 1 , 250 Miiranham , l , 3 « 0 Surat , and for export 2 ^ 500 American ,- out of a total of 46 , 616 bags . The sales comprise : —
. ' ¦ * ¦ ¦ - ¦ : ¦ . & d .... ¦ . i A 600 Sea . Igland .. 16 jto 36 107 Bahia * Mac . 7 | to 9 320 Stained do ... ; ... 5 J tol 4 10 Peuierara . &c . .. 8 to 12 750 ff Bowed Geor .. 5 | ' to 8 17 C ? Egyptian .... 10 Jt <> 151 ««(>> Mobile ...... 6 to t * — Barbadbes ...: 0 to 0 To ,, ! Alab ^ '* 5 i tD 6 * 40 Per » v » an . ' i . v . i 7 to 8 18730 NewOrleans .. 5 | to 9 260 Lagnayra ...... f ' 7-: t 6 Ste 718 cl Pernambucp , — Westlndia .. 6 * to & / i 0 Vt Paraiba , 4 c . 8 J : to 9 ^ 221 Snrat ........ 41 to 5 | 315 ol £ ' ™ aiBm l& ' * o . »" - " ^ Ma uras ...... 43 to 5 fSawginned .. 6 J to 7 J — Bengal ........ 4 * to Sj The Import * for the week are 6 , 952 bags . \ Comparative view « f the 1 Import * ana Exporte of Cotton into and from the whole kingdom , from the 1 st of January to the 10 th inst . and of the Imports and Exports for the same period last yean .
; Into the kingdom this year : ' " American .... i . .. bags 1 , 099 , 981 South American .. .. .. .. .. 140 , 321 West Indies , Demerara , 4 c . .. i . 5 , 567 East Indies .... . * .. .. .. 91 , 583 Egypt , Ac . ........ .... 28 J 94
ToUl of all descriptions .. .. .. 1 , 368 , 840 Same period last years ¦•" ¦ American .. . ' . " .. bags 1 784 , 310 South American ^ . ' . ' i ' .. 112 , 070 West Indies , Demerara , * c . ' 4 , 954 East Indies .. .. .... 137 , 063 ¦; Egypt , Ac . i . * : ¦ ¦ ... ¦ .. ' . *; 68 , 992 V a 1 , 077 , 38 ? Increasepf imports as compared ' : ' ' l •;' with ^ amepenodlast year , bags ¦ ' 291 J 457 ' , -.- - EXPORTS IN 18 S 8 . ¦
; AmOT ^ n ,, 46 , 302 ^ Brazn :, 73 ei-i- ^ . B * stIJBiaiea , 45 JJ 4 f , . . v \ Yest India , <) 0-- —Othe * kinds , 85 " **?* .: . . total in : 18 ^ 3 . . ' ... . i . f m 94 d b «» . i ;> . ; f .- , SameperMM ^ ^^^ - 'i ^ 6 * 8- '¦ '' '; : : '¦ ¦ ' . ' ¦ ¦ " , " !• ¦ ¦ '•; ¦' : J ' y < '" :. ' '''' . 'K' 'itf <« ia » y ^ Ndv « nWl 9 y ^ i 8 aB * - ; ^ vn ^ aeiniia kai Veen , i ^ e ^ aii Cotton / so sparing ly offered u to . giVeprices tlii appenramce of great firmness . 'The ** fe ? to $ * J ^ tutew ' . OOObamV coanpriaing ^ 500 Pemaini at 8 f « V to Hii 700 Stt » Mjd to ^ d ;; 30 igyp ^ n , UJ « l ; » , 770 Speri-SSiv ' to «>?* P ** . U > . . Th » safes on Saturday w « roal » o i -wWDaga . . ; . , ; ' :,:: : ' . . ' . ¦ . ; . ' ¦ ' . , ' . ; ' - . ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ ' ; - . ' - . : ' . ' -,- ;
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ij ^» . Mmm ^ Sm ^ SSSSSSS ^ ^^^^^^^^* ' ~ ^^ M * " £ $ & * 3 ? # * y ^« y ^*! MJ ^^ arjp ^ i ^ ie week , from both giw ^ anl refinef ^ ndWSles i ^^ to 1358 ; Uhds British PlanUtioU , at a jjl i ght ipu > rov « ment nnoa good and fine qnalities ; ' * amall * $ ait&- of » wmtaTW * Dl * at the quotations , b * t owingtoj ^ e ^ mall stock of Bengal , there are no sales of this desenption to notice . There are no sales reported in Foteign , Sug ? ri ^ -ThfttranBactioogin MobMtwaro limited to 70 pnnchs . of Antigna , a £ akMg ^ nrtj l > 4 i jabre Dusiness ; might te done were the -KpUaBfHBato accept present rates . The demand & &iitmfmfotfa Caffo continues dulli arid a further reduction of 2 s to 3 aj ) er cwthaa heen submitted to / . at ? ifhieiiJ b * gHK&h » rtm % a W > tees . 50 brls . Jamaica ; , ; aid 20 bags Demer » -a , consisting ilhtefc of clean ordinary u ^ to middlirig Quality .: 100 baga . of brditorjr Maracaibo brought 32 s for sound , - in * damaged 2 & perSrt-Cocoa continues neglecVedi 40 brls JasQaicaiBinger soli at 80 a and 1100 bagsSaigal at 18 s to 18 « 3 d tiei > v * U lit 4 » tg » Blael ? Pepper t 4 d to Mi psrJV : ; NotniBgdoDeiifPineito . India at 19 s per cwt in bond . 90 punehsof fine Jamaica Bum . vf » >» per CTrtover-proof hiye . beeii- sold m . 5 » . to 6 fjpct i ^^^^^^ s ^^^^^
The ^ nsactipnsinlndigo areiinii ^ ^ a « ew / che « ta ; at very full prices . 1 , 50 chests Lab Dye have iteendianoiad of at lOd VlO | £ per ^ b : j ,-A fewSsW ^ OodK are reported at , 6 sJ 0 di ^ and . 150 ^ bags of . Mnnjeet at MsM . The sales in Saitpetre and \ Nitrate of Soda have been trifling . ' . - . : . ' ¦ ¦ ¦' :,-. ; ' ¦' ,.. "¦ ' ¦¦'¦¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ ' -: ¦" : ¦ : - : i \ i ' / ' r-:-. '' : ' { i- ; -. : ¦ ¦ ¦ ^ PTTEwoops .-rThecpririnued high price of Logwood render the sales limited , the business of the week bavins been only about 50 tons Campeachy , at ^ J 5 and ' tO-of Jjunaieaat jflZ per ton ; Fustic is very scarce ' , 60 tons of SavaniUahrouaht the advanced price of \ £ 8 i 10 s ; 5 tons ^^ Jamaica jfllt l ( l 4 " ' ^ lO ' tons of inferior Cuba 411 , and' a small lot of good J ^ Bi ' aaa still higherijates are now demanded ; of Nicaragua Tr ?« oa no sales are reported ; of Camwooit , amall lot ^ good miality , at ^ 29 , and of Barwbod , 20 tons Gaboon at 44 , wd 10 Angola at ^ " 6 15 ^ -per ton . The sales of . TarpeBtine have-bean rather extensiw ,, amounting to 4500 brls at lls Wtb 12 s 8 d : the m&rket has advanced 3 d to 6 d per cw ' t oiifinir the last two or
tftree days , and w still firm at the advance ;' theparcei which 735 ??*? I * * ?* " ' ° ? superior quality ^ Of Stockholm Tar 3500 brls have found buyers , at ; a slight deajne ! onJprevioua pneea . The busineaaih ilonitreal Pearl Asae ^ h # s feeen ^ riflinff -, put 35 s has been obtained ; in Montreal to . i Ashes , aLu . % the sales are inconsiderable ; for one lot , hQW ^ Ter , of 40 trlfl of choice quality 39 s was given . Quercitron Bark is iS ' eood request ; 64 hhds , just arrived , will be brought ojvtte markel in a few days . A parcel of East India Linseed '» dld at 48 a per i quarter . . Some extensiv e vales haye been , iriade in Hides , generally at faw prices ; , 600 dry Monte ; Videohwh ; been aofl . ai ¦ auctionat . 7 * d to SJd , 6600 salted at ^^ 5 J to 5 fd for & ; ai * f \! ° * ¥° l ?^ ' I - * y , ^ ted Bra « l at 6 d to 6 Jd ; ' 40 ff dry salted East India : Kip 8 at 124 d to 13 jd for sound * » nd 8 d to lU ^ d for rubbed , 120 dry Salted Jamaica at 6 \ £ & per 1 *^ 2000 ttry Monte Video Horse at 8 s 9 d , " * o 10 s 6 d , sna ' Soix ) salted at n ?* ' v tol 3 AW ;« n- The sales of Tobacco are about 260 hhds iT ^ 4 Q ^ ^ , » for Manti ^ * fewfot exportaUen , and the remainder , chiefly stemmed ; were taken . byUehome trade at full pnees .. ¦¦ ¦ ¦ : ; ¦ ¦ _ ¦¦ ' . i ' . ' . .
The speculative demand for Brimstone : noticed in the last two weeks has continued unabated during the present , ' and large parcel * have changed hands , amounting in ill to 1800 tons ; the demand has been freely met by the holdere , but the article is ; now less easy to purchase at the late prices . Nothing at all worthy , of notice has bei : n done in iihtiniac . ¦ For Arg ^ ols there haibeen a good demand , and abputWO casks of yanous sorts have found buy ore :. Sales 6 f both !; French and Turkey Madder Rpota have been at 45 s ana scarcely any of either description now remain in first hands . Madders hare become . scarce , and command higher prices , - ' Fine Persian Bernes have brought the advanced price pt "^ I 8 > eriwt . For Yaloma there has been a good demand , the sales of the week being 30 Q tons Smyrna Jrom the ship , at jflSlOs to \ £ 16 being ah advance of-at least 10 a per ton oh £ he cominon quahtiea . ; Rather more business has been done inr Olive Oil luun ior tsales
some weexs past ; -ne Deing bO tnris , prmcipally ot Trieste at the quotations . In Fish Oils there has been nothing done , except about 20 tuns Newfoundlaiid Cod at ^ SO pflr . tun .. Some transactions have taken placed both . Rape and Lmseed Oil , but no improvement in . price has * been realized . The Hales of Palni Oil areto theffl ^ ntbT iibont ZOO tonsj part to arrive ^ t jf 44 , ind on the spot a £ ^ 44 l » s to 4 ^ 45 tier ton . The distillers are looking ^ fof Higher prices for Oil of Turpentine , and feel less inclined to isell . ! Sbme exterisive business has been done this week in Hemp at ^ f 42 10 s to ^ ' 43 for Petersburgh clean ; 900 bale * Jute have also been disposed of at ^ " 14 for 400 bales on the spot , and of 16 for 500 bales deliverable at Dundee ; 300 bales Bombay Hemp sold at •^ 23 lOs-pertpn . " Flax ia more inqntred for at imprbvinjl prices . Tallow is in good demand at the quotations , being an advance of Is to Is 6 d per cwt during the week .
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LIVERPOOL WOOL MAFIEET , Nbv ; 16 . 19 rt ^ p M ^ . ajetion of foreign wool was hela yesteroay , Vhen 1200 bag * of New ^ South Wales wool ( the greater part uj prima condition , and of an excellent quality ) were brought forward . Combing sorts sold for 2 s 2 d to 2 s 5 d , and clothuig qualities for Is lOd to& 3 d ,, and these rates were generall y considered Id per lhhigher . than the late London sales ; 500 Peruvians realised 8 Jd to 6 | d , but the other low wools were withdrawn , higher pncea hayuig been offered b y private cbntract , 300 baleu of East India were offered ; thin lot was very badly classed , notwithstanding j / rhich fuU prices were obtairiedi and the sale altogether passed over in : * Very U Sati » fa « tory manner . dlT ^ mm ^ bales ; p ' evi 08 ^^ w
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LONDON CORN EXeSANGE . Mar k ^ ane , ^ MoNDAy ^ Noteiibeb 19 . There was only a moderate quantity' of Wheat , Barley , ^\ 15 ^ i ?? t ^ .- ^ i" 8 W'i > P ^ :. Ken't , Wstf folk , and the fresh arriyals of Oats were limited , navingonly three vessels in since Friday from Ireland , owing , probably f ^ » T -T ^? 8 tate of the wither having Wffafes liT ^ l" ^ ' ^ < = « cely any intermission of ' rain fdthe lastSehours . The supply of English Wheat being sialler < . 7 \« ^? ! 1 y « P « trf . -nd the condition otmuchV oftt considerably aflectedb y the wet state onth&weather ; " finVary samples met a better 4 nmnd than on Friday , aid 4 Kt nearly the currency of this day se'nniitKt , wh&t iruch Srfria as were ina damp stale , mustbe ; quoted much theWaaor ? tf ^ ° i .- ' ° Zi P * F- unde « he quotations of last Mon . day , with , however , a firmer ncr > o » f « t . «^ - » . ti ¦ '&' ?¦ ' , ! it " .
past we > k , and . there was a good steady ^^ Sd ^ br * » U aescnptions of foreigd at fullyIhe ferms of tlus oS ' nnLht sales being . made to ship away , as w « 11 as to fmShS near town , JJarley was taken offslowl y , but frbm thV ' ahort ^ ne ^ in the supply therewasno materiaateration in ^ ne S lL'Sfl- ^' whll 8 | the ¦««« " « runs ofmaHing / dbffl ! ^ rs and gr , nding samples , njust be quoted la Mrqr cyaper Malt wastully asdear , and good parcels mdemand : ^ ans w ^^ goodrequest , ahd ^ ne samplesof newas ^ U ^ mast be quoted : l 8 .. per or . dearer . Peas , particularly wariSitel bpuere , were Is per qr . nearer , and fine Ja hipUsmtt ^ SoV though notbnsk sale , the high price ^ mewhatchecktSe demand . There was a Uinitcd business ' transacted in Oata bntthw article ; must be Quoted quife > as dear ^ old-Corn contmues tobescarce . Lin&oed and ^^ ese e ^ WeW qufte n ^^^ S & ^^^ i ^ k
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LONDON WOOL MARK ^ BRT ^ I ^^^^ on . Speculation in British Woolitit ^ ntinues ^ oaireatektent as wSss ^ t ^ - ^«* -wRs q > The market for foreign wocpi ^ tflln ^ , at fully ^ late ratefc SrmaT- ^ t * Z ^^^ 1 * & $$ * WbaleiS
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BANKRUPTS , Massasfe £ x sg ^ sssssK so H |; A BACON , Cranrord-brid ge , victualler , Nor . 23 at mmm ^^^ m ^ M ^ iP ^^ sg 27 ?? tll , I ? B v . warJon r- ^ eet , ; Soho , apothecary , Not ^^¦^ V ^*^ -V ^ -- ^' ' ktr ' ^ i ^ « tew ^» t " uS BanTtrupts ' ^ Courtrsolicitbra , iMegsra . Woolmeran 4 Boone > ; S ^ ad ; i ! Bedford-row ; . official «^ . ' , tfSSS at ^ np ¦ # ( ^ ^ ^ ^ ? P ^ ' VktuaUer , Noy . 28 , « nli * 1 ^ ° ^' . P £ 28 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts ? Court solicitor , Mr Evitt . Haydon-sonarc . Minories : official M « t <™ , > , i '
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ALBXANDBR THE GREAT !! { The OiMs Inquiry . ) " How big-was Alexander , pa , That people call him ereat ? "Was heQe old } Golah , tall—His spear a hnndred weig ht ? =-u Vfas he so large , that he could stand Like some tall steepl e high ; And , while his feet were on the ground , His hands could touch the sky ? "
" Obi 3 * 0 , my child ; aboBt as large As I , or nicle Jameg . - TwasikOl his * tahfn ? maoehiffi great , J&ot grparnfBS of lag name . " « His name so great ? I know 'tis long , But easy qnite to * peB ; And more than calf a year ago ' I knew it Tny ^ reD /' "I mean , my child , his actions were _ ¦ _ So great , he got a same _/ That erervbodv speaks -with prkiae , And tgifg about his fame / 1 «^^ eD , what great acfians Sid he do ? I want to know it all . " " Why , he It was that conquered Tyre , And levelled down her wall;—w And thousands of her people Blew , And then to ? em -went ; And fire and sword cm erery nde . Through many a region sent . " Ahrmdred conquered cities shone ' Witri Tnitinigrit buminKsred ; And strewed o er nuiry a battle ground A thousand soldiers ' blea . " " ^ Kd ldRuu ) people make him great ? Then yfhv wasAbdel Yonng , "Who ialled hia neishhonr training-day , ; "Pnttntn jail anJ hnwg ? " I nerer heard them call him great . "—_ "Why , no ; 'twas not in wax ; And he tn » t Jails a single TriaT i Hiu nei ghbours all abhor . " ; « "WelL , then , iflahouldiiIlaman , - I'd kill a hnndred more : I should be freed , and not get hung lake AtHlelYerang before . "
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. .. ..:. : LEEt > S . CO ^ ^ . ^^^| IavDiBtai : ;» : ; i ,- 'J-. The airival of Wheats Barley , and Beans , to this a » V » market , are . smaller than last week j Date larger . There has heen a fair demand % both old and new Wheati » t last week s pneesj m Barlej there has been little alteration ; Beans much the samf ; pats and Shelling hive been ^ ea * y WHEAT perQiaarter / of Eight Bushels , ( 501 b » . J ^ J ^^^^^ V ^ ew redVMjVs , fine 7 ^ Vwht . 73 s 78 s LincolnshireandCambridgeao 66 s , 72 , aQ 74 s-do 72 a , 77 » Y orkshire ; ., *; , ; .. ; .. „ .. do 66 s , 71 s do 73 s , do 7 Is 76 a " -. " r * 'V"v ^ "v .. . do 70 s , 7 & , do 75 s , do 7 JfeL 78 s f oreign-,, ; ... > ,, * ....., ¦ , ... . ... .- Qo 7 o 8 ) J 2 s , do 75 s , ; do ; 73 s 8 <^ B ^ L ^ Y per Qna ^ N ? rfWk , "SdSuffolk . V .: ^ , ^ ,.. new / 36 s , extranne 37 » 39 » Linco ^ bjre j r .................. do 5 Us , do 358 368 York 8 hwe , Wold&Boroughbridge , do 34 s , do 35 s 37 s Peaa , ^ White .......... v ..,............. ; do - ^ s - ^ Do Grey ........... * ................... a .. « _ i .
BEANSpejfQuarterof 63 lBSperBushel . ,. Ticks ,............,.,.,......... new ^ 39 s , 41 s , old 43 a 45 » Harrow and Pigeon , .... „ ..,... do 39 a , 42 s , do 44 s 4 o OATS , per Quarter of Eight imperial Bushels . Pdtato ,. ; ..,...,., v ..,...,........... ; new , 25 s , 26 s , old 27 s Poland ,., do 25 s , 26 s , do 27 s Small and Fnezland ,.................. do 24 sj 85 S , do 26 s Mealmg ......... . . ; ... .. new 13 d . to 14 d , per Stoneof 141 bs . SaELLlNQ , per Load of 2611 bs ,.:. . old 31 s 34 s new -s to ^ d &h Ei 1 ^ 0 ^ of d Bushels ,-...- ............ , 37 s , 39 s , to 41 s R APESEED , per Lastof 10 Quarters ,....., ; . ^ " 30 to > 32 -a
ARRIVALS DURING THE WEEK . Wheat ... ; .......,.... 3584 Malt ...... 400 Oata 745 Shelling 984 Barley ................ 1781 Flour . ; ........,.,... w 85 Beans 832 Rapeseed ........ ; ..,.. 855 Peas Linseed . — Tares ............ 4 ..... THE AVERAGE PRICES FOR THE WEEK , ENDING NOV . 6 th , 1838 / Wheat . Oats . Barley . Beans . Rye . Peas . 2821 519 1743 : 711 — — . 74 s . lOd . 24 s . 3 d . 36 s . 5 d . 44 s . v 5 d . s . a . s . d
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NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS , MONDAY . Since Monday last the arrivals \ of slaughtered meat , both front Scotland and various parts of England , nave been oh the decrease ; whilst their quality has been somewhat inferior . The Scotch Beef has been disposed of at from 2 s lOd'to 3 s 4 d ; the mutton , 3 s 2 d to 3 s 6 d per 81 bs . being a depression of fully 2 d per 81 bs on the prices noted on this day se ' nnight . Oncompanng the receipts of slaughtered meat received at the cprresponding period in many preceding years ; and those whichare received at thia period , we perceive that ' there is now agreat falling ofif in them . This circumstance , however , is wholly attributable to the exceedingl y low returns which have been of late made to the shippers , who have in many instances been considerable losers by their speculations . With London killed meat we are amply supplied , whilst the sale for it is steady , at fully last week ' s rates .
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MANCHESTER CORN EXCHANGE , Saturday ^ Noy ^ 17 ; There was but a moderate demand for Wli ^ at at ^ our mark et thH morning - , and the best samples of old were 2 d to 3 d whilst new and inferior parcels were 4 d to 6 a per 701 bi- lower . For cheice descriptions of Flour there was a fair ttmriry , but at prices which Factors would not generally accept ;^ s the stock . i ? ° T ? ^ gh V h ° wever we reduce our quotations : It ) per 280 lbs . Oatmeal may likewise be notedfully Isper 2401 b » below the currenoyol this day se ' nnight . In ptner articlerfew altera ^ on * W 6 re TeP ° rted ' '"^ P ™ 8 » ommall y without
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FROM FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE . Nov . 16
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 24, 1838, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1033/page/7/
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