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      A"N ACROSTIC . 7 earless mad boYd rnsTnrain thy part , E ncumpaas'd by a glorious heart ; A patriot band with ebnrage high 1 & esotred to etmqner or to die * G ive * forth the enrapturing battle cry— 3 U ni »> n and order , law and peace , 8 umrand our camp t' insure success , O mar fair Albion ' * bhaihing Rose C ale&oaia ' s Thistles atem enclose , O n each be Erin ' s Shamrock twin'd , ~) "N or Cumbrian ' s Leek be left behind , V N eaxb . union ' s peaceful « w » v pombin'd . J O n Fearpas on , till oa each » e » -w » sh'd lvad R giplpcdgnt Freedom shall in glory stand . T . B . SMITH . Selby , December , 29 th , 18 S 8 . . "

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      A FAMILIAB EPISTLE TO THE QTJEEJ Young , tender hearted , royal dame " , You ' ve jfot to play a lofty game , "Which , if you'd manage dear of blame , This council take : Let truth and justice be / oar aim .

      Kor England's cake . No do&bt but ytmil offend a few Of that deceitful courtly crew , "Who every virtuous action view With jealon * ere ; Bat then , the wise , the good , the trae . Hart them defy . - Wiad he * yon trust your Lords and Dukes , Thrae fawning flattering subtle folk * , "Who "re eramm'd in » U the holes wad neuka Adjacent to yon ; Gire them some stinging keen rebukes , Or they'll undo you . Take not their counsel * , or I fear They'll pop some poi » m in your ear , To rn ^ ke you more inc&n'd to steer l ' ih G « orges' track ; "Which God forbid , for its not clear Hovr you'd get back .

      But see each hardr son of toil , ¦ Who nfeunts the" \ oom , ot tills the soil ^ Is well regarded for theitpoil , Which they create ; They make ( he pot of commerce bail , That feed * the stile . They are the props that prop Tip all , The hoops that keeps the vessel whole , Then suffer not these men to Ctrl Unh *«* ded down' ; They are the ground-work of th * t wall That guards your Oown . They build your cities , fill your street ' . Compose your annie * , man your fleeu , Produce ail £ ng \ aBi 3 wears and eats , Yet are debased ; "With life ' s worst bitter * , for its sweets They seldom

      taste-And let your justice reach that shore "Where trans- Atlantic billows to » t . Kor let convulsive warfare more . Canadians feel it ; Remove the goad that caused the sore ; , Theu , toq may hea . 1 it . Their claims toe strong op your regard ; Remember they ar » striving hard , for sacred rights niihatry barrM > roa the people ' s hand ; Then grant injustice the reward . Truth most demand . To Ireland , likewise turn your ere , And you'll a aorry pack espy . Of hungry parson * , who defr A nation ' s corse * . Preaching submission , while thev cry Give up-rour puraes .

      But eurb the spiritual denon ' s rage . Their fiend-like thirst of gain assuage ; A loyal people diaeseage 5 rom a tithe-bound creed : Theu this and erery future age Will bless the deed . In shnrt . where ' er oppression . reigns , On Brkiihjor Canadian plain * , Remove it tiU no more remains , Or felt or seen ; Then we will aisg ' heartfelt strains , Long hve the Qnem .

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      THE HOLY ALLIANCE OF NATIONS . Insatiate war . ' - is bloody wings unfori'd . And ne-3 the field * his d » mon hands had torn , And he * ven-born peace descended on the world , Flying around b *? fiowertaad ears of corn . ' Oil ! " said the godd **** , " hear , ye nations , h « ar ! English , French , Germans , —all contending la ^ d ^ From au alliance , holy and sincere , And join ,. join hands ! Oh , Tn « ti ! poor lump of eangsinarr meed ! Opr-n your eyes , and be no longer blind ; "Vi hy ihould ye rage » i > d * hed-each other ' s blood , . Bee * u * e some tyrant thinks his realm confined ? Why . when he nwanu his chariot . » h » iuld ye ebe * r , E ' ihongh *• hot wheels crush the obvious lands ? Yiirxa as alliance , holy and sincere . Ana join , join n » nds !

      " Lo ! ' mong the corn , now bniiW and trunpl < - <] down , T « thousand soldiers breathed their riving groaci , And * t each borier-fort , andTronti'T tM » -n , The b * rren sod grows rich with humiin b . > aes ' . The lurid war-torch , blazing far and near , H » s filied with terror all th- suffering land * : Form an alliance , holy and sincr * -, And join , joLq haads ! ' Should millions perish in lheu-cursed strife . Still monarchs tXinJc their battles cheaply won What do they care for wastins tcman life ? Tb * j gain a province and th- thing is . done ! Then up to Hearen their haughty heads they rear , And prate ol glory to the blecuing lands ; Form an alliance , holy and sincere , And join , join hands !

      " Why should tbeir glory , founded on your woe , Danle your eyes , and yoke you to the ear ? Are ve the gals Tt by their warlike show ? »*> & that reVe been , * hart- « ghted that ye are . Why should th *» e tyrant ' s troubl » thus your sphere , And with their quarrels decimate the lands ? Form an alliance , holy and sincere . And join , joix hands ! Yes , free and happy let the world repose—Sh > - » th'd be the sword—asd be the cansbn dumb ; And let the memory of Tdut former woes Make you the wiser for ' the time to come . Then shall ripe corn-fields all your labours cheer , And the red vintage gladden all the lands ! Form an nUiamv , holy and * mcere , And join , join hands . "

      Thus to the nations spoke the seraph peace—The vintage ripened and the rich corn frevr ; Wen bade their struggles and ihfir warlare cease , And youths and maiden * dance upon the "dew ; Then hear , ye nations , bear , ye people , hear ! Freedom and wealth shall gladden all your lands , When that alliaDce , holy and sincere , Has joined all hands !

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      TAIT'S MAGAZINE . Tait begins the new year well . He has , through iis five years" career of independent liberal writing , proved himself a friend to the people ; and , though he may not assume quite so high a front or I'd determinrd a bearing as we might wi-h , he yet does not spare to rebuke the oppressors , whether Whig or Tory , very sharply . Tbe present number opens " with a description of "Wordsworth by the English Opium-eater , being the firs . t or a / erie * of Lake Bernini seen ces frum 1807 to 1830 ; it is too lengthy and prosy to be generally interesting , darting off into a thousand different channel * , and occupying a rart amount of type and paper about—nothing . * ' How do poor men lire ? " is a seasonable article at present . A calculation is mane of toe positiTe expenditure a working man mu >> t have , and a statement given of his wages—of course an average mngt be taken . "We consider that the writer has calculated the food , &c ., at too low a figure , and the aTerage wages too highly .

      COJCFOBTS OP THE POOR . " Another common (» H * cj , in looking to the coodidom ef the labouring population , is the reduced price of all manufactured goods , and especially of eiothing . The flimsy texture of the spurirnj wares which hare deep !? " injured the character of British goods in every market ' of the world , and drives them from some , is sever eoBsiderva . A labourer ' s wife may now hare four or fire pretty-patterned cottoa gowns for four or five shllliHjn e » eh , ' where hf ? grandmother ' s -would have cost twenty •• hillings ; but then it -would hare worn and washed one six of tile gay said flimsy modem dresses , which , moreover , rans * cost four timri linicg and iurninhingj and either the hooewife' s time , if she hare the necewarj skill , or else her busband ' fl money to the mantua-maker . The same spurious eeoaamy holds of all articles of female , ajod maavof male dret * . tased by the labouring claas- How

      true is it that what is Jow-pricod is not often , cheap ! But admitting thai the pretty cotton gown and shawl , and . the Sunday stockings of wobikb tn * gni « . ir * ^ K ^ Hj eheaper , tbongh worthless and flimsy , bow doei it stand with the lanre exsestial articles of clothing in our climate ? Vie hall take the waata ' sflaaorf vai . sttiffprtiieoaU * nd gown * - , their warm , long-wearmg shawls astf cloaks , stout shoes , and Worsted stockings- _ Thes « , if geod said of isslifyjgt- ' tore , are no ¦ ehesyet- ^ aanbt be cheaper than those which labourers' wjres fonaeri f Bts&ufaetnred for thratselra in their cottages , u j w > w often go without , because d » ey canfiot afisrd to wear them , antes * tbe lady of the manor deal out garments at ChnstnaW- Artklas u ( prime necessity to the comfortable condition of working men ' * famifas , are mear , be * r , auhstaatial woollen fabrics , and good shoes ; and these never hare been rhfPtHn wealthy , manu £ » etjiring _

      Kngiand ; sna aerar can be , « ven in th * best time * , Ctsfly » ceessible to tne labouring class ia anything like rewooaUt plenty nnder the preWsyitem . " Th « peopie would- thea require their whole earnings'to keep thrai coBUortably , nor find than t * o mueh . Pay the tau who may , they will no longer , onr improrei machinery and cheap magufaetgres notwithstaading , gpsie tV- half or the fourth tS their wa ^ es to the StaU and the landlord , than the ttataxed Amencan mor ^ tiTii ^ . with his hig h wages . " After all , the . difference « f wages between the countries unnt « r < BTeat ; and the Knglisb artimn woftld h » Te wry ufficient wages , could he call them his on , I ~ He na * , as be is often , reminded , along wife some other adrantageg .-much nicer stone-ware and cutlery , aj » d other ¦ ueh gear , than his simple ancestors ; and if not so KubstantiaU y and warmly ctothed erery day , he ii i more showily

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      dresaed en Sqndays . He m , hnwever , prone to coneludrt that all that u good and true in these changes , he owes to ha fellow-labourers ana tin-ir employers ; to the thinking neads , the emterpnging minds ana working hands ; all that i « < ml » J » i » condition , to the impwidrot or rapacious rulers and nobles of his gantry . Besides , ajtboagh thT Staffordshire plate umucb dnuier and neater than the wooden or pewtet pbtter , ' ft concern * him mightily that there should be at least M moch beef , bacon , and ' dumpling-, served on the new utensil an replenished the old one ; and this to him M » ^ W . P * *" point . But how are these evils to be remedied ? Thw mast form the subject of another paper : in which ws > shall endeavour to shew , -nieehr and accurately Qf

      how m ^ h our poor man ' s weeekly guinea goes to the state , U > tile national creditor , and into the pocket of the ••» alort ; aiid- adw much more would be subtracted if he indulged mere freely in e . xcUeable commodities . If the sum taken were but a fourth part of his weekly income—as it is greatl y more—how far would that rescued 5 a . 3 d . go in elerating' hisphyBcal and moral condition ! He could then educate his childra by the fireside as well as in the school ; he could live better ; he could sare and accumulate ; he could hope to rise in the world , and he could look with cheerfulness to that gloomy future , the contemplation of which leads maay a poor man to seek pernicious indulgences , unul he becomes callous to erery good feeling . "

      " Dialogue of the Unborn" and "Blanche Delamere , " are \ ery interesting . The renewing department , for which Tat has always been famous , is above the average in quantity and quality—the very essence of the various works is extracted . In the poetical list we also find some excellent contribntiaB * .

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      * , * Tbe other Magazines we are again obliged to postpone . Nicholas NicJcleby , The Naturalist , ana the Oriental Herald we have not received .

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      ORIGIN OF WARS . ( From Gulliver ' s Travels . ) " Those who wi > h to know the origin of wars will do well to read Gulliver ' s Travels . "—Lord Bexley . Gulliver represents himself in the country of the rational bowes , amongst whom tb » human form , ungiftedby soul , and sunk to the level of the most despised brute , was held in a state of degraded inferiority , under the name of Yahoos . It w , however , hiB fortune to be placed with a very intelligent native , and at his desire Gulliver inform * him of tbe causes of war amongst the Princes of Europe as tollowji !— r

      " In obedience , therefore , to his honour ' s commands , I related to him the revolution under the Prince of Orangt , the long war with France , entered into b y the said Prince , and renewed by bi « successor , tbe present Queen ( Anne ) , wherein the greatest powers of Christendom wete engaged , and which still continued . I eomputrd , at his request , tnai about a million of Yahoos might hare been killed in the whole progress of ir , and perhaps a hundred or more cities taken , and five tunes as many shi p * burnt or sunk . " Hp a . « ked me what were the usual causes nr motives that made one eountrv go to war with another ? I answered they were innumerable , but I should only mention a few of the chief :

      —Sometimer * toe ammtiun of princes , who never think they have land , or people enough to govern . Sometimes the corruption of ministers , who engage their makers ir a war , in order to stifle or divert the clamours of the subjects against their evil administration . Diffcrenc-e in opinions hath cost many millions of lives ; for instance , whether flesh be bread , ur bread rWh ;—whether the juice of a cer-Uin berry be biood or wine ; whether whittling be a virtue or a vice ; + whether it be better to Vi *< a po . « t , or throw it in the fire ; J what is the best

      colenr for a coat , whether black , white , red , or grey ; wb .-t . ner it should be long or short , narrow or wide , dirty or clean ;§ with many more . Sometimes the quarrel between two princes id to be decided which of those shall dispossess a third of his dominions , when neitner of them pretend to any right . Sometimes a war is entere-i upon , because the enemy is too strong , and sometimes because he is too weak . Sometimes our neighbours want the things which we hare or have the things which we want , and we both fight till they take ours or give us theirs .

      " It i * a very justifiable cause of a war to invade a country after the people have been wasted b y famine , desolated b y pestilence , or embroiled b y factions am . ing themselves . l ( It L » justifiable to enter into a war with our nearest all y , when one of his towns lie * convenient for u « or a lerntnry of land that would render our dominion * round and compact . " If a prince seudj forces into a nation where the people are poor and ignorant , he » ay lawfull y put half of them tn dpath , and make slaves of the " rest , in order to civiliz them , and reduce them from their barbarous way uf living .

      "It is a very kingl y , honourable , and frequent practice , whea oDe prince desires the assistance of another , to secure him against an invasion , that the assistant , when he bath driven out the invader , ^ hould seize on tbe dominions him-elf , and kill , imprison , or banish the prince he came to relieve . Alliance by blood or marriage i . s a frequent cause oi war between princes , and the nearer the kindred is the greater their disposition to quarrel : poor nations are hungry , and rich nations are proud ; and pride and hunger will ever be at variance . For these reasons the trade of a soldier is held the mn . st honourable of all others , because a soldier is a Yahoo bound to kiil in cold blood as manv of his own species , who have never offended him , as ht possibly can .

      " There is likewise a kind of beggarly princes in Europe , not able to make war themselves , who hire out their troops to richer nations for so much a . day to each man ; of which they keep three-fourths to themselves , and it is the best pan of their maintenance ; such are those in many of the northern parts of Europe . ' What you have told me , said my master , upon the subject of war , doe- * , indeed , discover most admirabl y the effect of that reason vou pretend to . However .

      it is happy that nature hath left you utterly incapable of doing much mischief . For vour mouth » lying flat with your face * , you can hardl y bite each other to any purpose unless b y consent . Then as to claws upon your feet before and behind , thev are so short and tender that one of our Yakoos would drive a dozen of your ? before him . And , therefore , in recounting the number of thone who have been killed in battle , I cannot but think youhavenaid the thine which is not .

      " 1 could not forbear staking my head and smiling a little at his ignorance ; and being no stranger to the art of waT , I gave him a description of—Cannons , Pistols , Bayonets , Culverins , Bullets , Battles , Muskets ,. Powder , Sieges , Carbines , Swords , Retreats , Attacks , Undermine * , Countermines , Bombardments , Sea fight *—Ships sunk with a thousand men ! Twenty thousand men killed on each iide ! Dying groans—Limbs flying in tbe air 1 Smoke— Noise—Confusion ! Trampling to death nnder horses' feet ! Flight—Pursuit—Victory ! Fields strewed with carcases left for dogs , wolves , and birds of prey !

      Plundering—Stripping—Ravishing—Burning and Destroying ' . ! \ And to < et forth the valour of my own dear countrymen , I assured him that I had seen them blow up a hundred enemies at once in a siege , and as many in a ship , and beheld tbe dead bodies drop in pieces frorm . the clouds , to the great diversion of the spectators ! * ' I was going on to more particulars , when my master commanded mt silence , He said , whoever understood the nature nf Yahoos , might easily believe it possible for so vile an animal to be capable of every action I had named , if their strength and cunning equalled their malice . But as my discourse

      had increased his abhorrence of the whole species , so he found it gave him a disturbance in his mind , to which he was wholly a stranger before . He thought bis ears being used to gnch abominable words , might , by degree * , admit tbem with less detestation . That although be hated the Yahoos of this country , yet he no more blamed them for their odious qualities than he did the gonagh ( a bird of prey ) for its cruelty , or a sharp stone for cutting his hoof . But when & creature , pretending to reason , could be capable of such enornrties , he dreaded lest the corruption of that faculty might not be worse than brutality itself . He , therefore , seemed confident that instead of reason , we were only possessed of some quality fitted to increase our natural vices . "

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      • Transrabstantiation . t Chnrch Music . J Kissing the Cross . § The colour and shape of priest ' s vestments , and different orders of Popish Ecclesiastics .

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      . Affection . —It was a beautiful picture to behold the grave yard of Jerusalem thronged with Turkish women , in their long white veils . I would , perhaps , be too poetical to took upon them all as monrnen . Perhaps , indeed , ic would not oe too much to say , that , of the immense multitude who , day after day , ' are seen flitting among the tombs , many a widowed fair one , over the tomb of a dead lord , is dreaming of a living lover . But there was one whom I noticed every day ; she was always sitting by the same stone , and I always noticed her as one af the first to come , and one of the last to return . She was a young Selote

      girl , mourning over the tomb of her young lord ; and wed she might , for he had been to her a friend and protector , and she had been only bride . "When her father ' s house was laid in ruins , and her greyheaded sire and her manly brothers were slain before her eye * , he had saved her from the bleody cimiter , or from a fate worse than death ; and he had woed her , not as a Turk and a master , but as a lover . He had won her young heart , and she had forgotten her kindred and her country ; he had died with his bloody cimiter in his hand , acu she thought only of the dead when she stood beside his grave . — Stephens ' * Incidents of Travelt in the Holy Land .

      No Discrepancy between Geology and Revelation . —When tbe theories and discoveries of geologists were first propounded , they were condemned as opposed to the statements of the Bible . Upon this poiat , Dr . Mantell , in hiB Wonders of Geology , says— " There was a time when every geologist was called upen to defend himself against imputations of this kind ; but a more enlightened era has arrived , and it is unnecessary to allude to the circumstance , except to assure those who for the first time are called upon to follow the researches of the astronomer and the geologist , that in proportion attheir minds become aequainted with theprinciplei . bt scientific investigation their apprehensions of auy

      rollision between the discoveries in tbe natural world and the inspired Tecord will disappear . "With regard to theology , I will content myself on this occasion with the following extract from the Hermoii » of an eminent prelate , the Bishop of London — ' A * we are not calUd upon b y Scripture to admit , so neither are we called upon to deny , the supposition tbat the matter without form and void , out of which this globe of earth was framed , may have consisted ef th- wrecks and relies ol more ancient worlds , created and destroyed by the same Almighty Power which called our world into b ^ ing , and will one daj cause it to pass away . ' Thu * , while the llibfe

      reveals to us the moral history and destiny of ; our race , and teaches us that man and other living things have been placed but a few thousand years upon the earth , the physical monuments of our globe hear witness to the same truth ; and as astronomy unfolds to us m ) riad 8 of worlds , not spoken of iu the sacred records , geology in the same manner proves , not by arguments diawn b y analogy , but by the incontrovertible evidence of physical phenomena that there were former conditions of our p lanet , ise ^ araui from ewch other by vast intervals of time , during which this world wag teeming with lite , ere man . and the animals whieh are his contemporaries , had been called into being . "

      Duel Prevented by a Lady .- The following remarkable anecdote appears in the memoirs of Martha Routh , anesteeraed minister of the Society nf Friends , who , afterwards , resided many years in Manchester : — " The back part of our house ( i » t Nottingham ) looked into the yard of the inn . The landlord and hi * wife wwe very kind neighbours to un ; the latter would often come and ask advice ol my mother . An officer of distinction happened to be taking up his quarters there . One evenirg , having got too much liquor , he began to quarrel with some of ihe company , and , after some time , concluded to go into the yard to decide the affray . The laudlord was not at ' home and the landlady seeing the ollicer draw his sword fainted . One of th ^

      servants , exceedingly alarmed , came to acq"aint us with the circumstances , fearing murder might ensue . My lather was from home , but my mother quickU slipped out , passed through those who surrounded the officer , and , as he was holding up his glittering sword , took it out ¦ " his hand and brought it into our house . The act so surprised him and the rest ol the company , that they soon separated , and the family were greatly quieted . In about two hours

      after , understanding who had got his weapon , thr officer sent a submissive request to have it returned , but my mother told the servant it was safel y locked up in our parlour , that she wished it to rrmain there till the morning , and would be glad if the officer himself would call for it and put it into the sheath . This he did , and he very civilly acknowledged h » r kind interference . Herein was the scripture declaration fulfilled— " The righteous are bold as a lion . "

      War as it is , by one of the Trade . —How little do young men know ot war tuid its miseries . They are apt to say , — " How I should wish to look like that officer , although he has lost an arm . " He forgets tb »» starvation endured before going into action—the cold iind bitter nights spent in drenched clothes in wet fie . ds , in encampment—the momentary forgetfulness of all misery in action until the shoulrler bone , by a shot , is splintered into bits ;—theu the httle sympath y felt , every man being for himself -then the excruciating pain endured by the shaking of the bullock-waggon , or the want of care iu currying him away , the little bones coming through the skin , making him shriek withagonv ;

      t . ien the time he is allowed to lie on the co d floor of some church or other building , till the surgeon comes to dress him in his turn ; then tbe pain of amputation , and when that is over , the necessity of shutting bis earrf to the screams of the dying , and hi * eyes to tbe corpses of those carried past him , who « few minutes before had suffered an operation similar to his own . This appears to him very sliogking , but this is nothing compared with ; the di > gust which be experiences in the dressings , washings tplinttrings , bandagings and cuttings out , which are the daily , nay , hourly detail of milrary surgery . Of the foul air caused by so many confined in the same spot , and suffering tbe

      same inconvenience , some idea may he found , but no desiflption can be given . Wor .-t of all the pntient is obliged to witness th « deaths of many around him , who , almost before the breath is out of their bodies , are robbed , and their effects distributed among the attendants , mont of whom volunteer thin service , to have an opportunity of plundering the dead and dying . Often , when a patient is theirs , these attendants are too hardened or too drunk to be able to give him drink , and very possibly offer him the nearest liquid to them , prububly something which was intended for a wash . Or while the

      expiring man is saying his prayers , a wretch is holding up his head with one hand while he is stealing the money of the dying man with the other . This was tbe daily scene for many days in tbe hospitals of Oporto after the 29 th , until they were to a certain degree emptied by death . " —Shaw ' s Memoirs of Spain and Portugal . Early Youth and Old Age . —There are in existence two period * when we shrink from aDy great vicissitude—earl y youth and old ago . In the middle of life , we are indifferent to change ; for we have discovered that nothing is , in the end , bo good or so bad as it at first appeared . "We know , moreover , now to accommodate ourselves to

      circumstances ; and enough of exertion is still left in us to cope with tbe event . But age is heart-wearied and tempest torn : it in the crumbling cenotaph of fear and hope ! "Wherefore fhould there fce turmoil for the few and evening hours , when all they covet is repose ? They gee their shadow fall upon the grave —and need but to be at rest beneath ! Youth is not Uss averse from change ; but that is from exaggeration of its consequences—for all seems to the young so important , and so fatal . They are timid , because thty know not what they fear ; hopeful , because they know not what they expect . Despite their gaiety ef confidence ^ they yet dread the first plunge into life ' s unfathomed deep . —Sunbeam .

      A Compromise with Conscience . —Old Ferdinand of Naples was addicted , with a royal addiction , to the chaste aux oiseaux ; so royally , indeed , that he would not be prevailed upon to balk his diversion even on the death of his queen . He continued to pott « r about , therefore , his gun on his shoulder , though he ought to have been mourning ; but , as a compromise with his conscience , between love for his amusement and grief for his bereavement , - be told his courtiers he should shoot nothing but very little birds . — Notes of Naples .

      "Wolsey and his " Fool . "—Among the cardinals , who are reported as . having kept fools , our own Wolsey must not be forgotten '; arid , like the bishop we have just referred to , he would seem to have had good cause to repent of having disobeyed in this respect the ordinances of the church . Wolsey , who , as is well known , was the aon of a butcher , received no heartier congratulations on obtaining his cardinal ' s hat than those which bis jmter offered him . " Thank God ! you are a cardinal , " said the jester ; " now have I nothing more to desire than to see you pope . " The cardinal inquired of him his reasons for this wish . "Why , " said he , " St . Peter was a fisherman , and he therefore ordained fasts , that fish might fetch a better price ; now , your eminence being a butcher bred , would of courfe abolish fasts , commanding us to eat meat , that your trade might flourish . " —Bent ley ' s Miscellany ,

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      After an Election !— Should you , when n town , meet , in the « sweet shady side ot Pall Mall , |< the member , of your native borough ^ to whom , at the last election , you-gave a- * pluvtpir t' and otherwise exercised your interest for- ^ -he , without noticing your un-wood-stpeked hand , and evidently wishing , as the Scots any ' , for byganes and hyVanes , ' gives you au awful bend , which , when interpreted , means . Keep your distance , iellow ! ' " —Baxters Humour and Pathos . Jusi Published . Out op his Element . —A person of the name of Fi 4 i , having made a short trip in a balloon , on coming again on terra firma } was 8 eiz « d with a swoon . A gentleman asking one of the crowd collected arnund him what was the matter , was answered ' Nothing but . a flat fiihy who has been out of his element . ' , .

      A Musical Cook . —It is related of a celebrated French cook , who hud been in the service of the late Marquis of Abercorn , that be refused to accompany him to Ireland , with a salary of £ 400 per annum , on learning that there was not an Italian Opera in Dublin . Elliston and George IV . —Some one complimented Elliston on his assumption of regality in the pageant of the Coronation , saying his imitation of the mannhr and bearing tof George IV . was ad mirable . ' Sir , ' exclaimed EUiston , with a patronising air of better knowledge , ' ¦ he imitates me . '

      The Begoah's Rep artee . —John Walker , the lexicographer , used to relate an anecdote o ! a Welsh chambermaid , as an instance of Cambrian wit . At an inn where be had slept , in pa « si : g through Wales , the chambermaid , as he wa-i leaving the home in the morning , requested her cusromarv present . 4 1 would willingly give you something ' » aid he , ' but TeaUy I have nothing less than a seven-fthilling piece . ' * I have no objection , sir , ' replied she , ' to the colour , ' if you have none to the value . '

      Con . Theatrical . — Chelmsford is decidedly the worst theatrical town in England . Keeley wan once fortunate enough to go thither as a aiar ; the first night he acted to a select few , the second night the numbers were scantier than before , and on the third and last night the auditor * were few and far between ; the last piece was 'The Hundred-Pound Note , ' in which Keeley plaved the conundrummaking Billy Black ; in the la « t scene he advanced to the lights , and said , 'I ' ve one more , and this is a go"d 'un . ' Why is the Chelnmt ' ord Theatre like u half-moon ? ' « D ' ye give it up ? ' ' Because it is never full . '

      A Rebuff . —When the Marquis of Bath was a young lad , he behaved rather ruddy to one of the chamber-maids , of which she complained to his mother , who being extremely angry with him , he exclaimed , 'Upon my soul , mother , xhe had go •¦¦ eat an ancle , and so pretty a foo \ , flrsh and blood could not resist the temptation . ' Being remarkable r liin in his person , his mother looking at him said , ' That may be true—but skin and tones have no excuse . ' Theatrical . —Coleman being asked what he thought of John Kemble in Dm Felix , answered , ' that there was too much of the Don , acd too little of the Felix '

      HOW TO AVOID HAVING VISITORS . —A pe ~ son complaining that his mornings were too much taken up with ,. visitors , was advised by a friend to lend rnoney to the poorer sort , and to ask favours of the rich . The plan succeeded . Doctoring . —Dr . Pitoairn having been out on a shooting party one whole morning without killing any thiag , his servant begged leave to go over into the next field , for he was sure there were some birds there : 'And , added he , ' if there ar « , I'll physic them . ' ' Phyric them , ' said the master ; ' whdt do vou mean by that ? ' ' Why , kill them , to be sure , ' immediately replied the servant .

      A Promising Trade . -A gentleman being asked what business he intended to bring up his son to , he answered , ' If I thought the rage for gig * , cabs , tandems , &c . would continue , I would bring him up as a ce-on . '

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      The Best Market .- A Protestant fishmonger of Kipon , the other d ; tr , when t > he was called on b y 'he Diocesan Church Building Society , to solicit her subscription for the building of churches , immediately answered , she «<\ ild not afford to give anything for such purposes , us nhe hud given fiva pounds a few day * before , fon building a new Catholic chapel in Ripon , with the expectation that she would have agreater sale for her tish . Timeous Munificence . —About ten days since , Mr . RKwIincon , of the Mar \ Ubone Policeoffice , received a letter enclosing a five-pound note lor the use of the poor at this inclement season ; and on Tuesday moraine the same worrhy magistrate received another letter from some anonymous philanthropist , containing two five-pound notes , io be appropriated to similar benevolent purposes .

      Valuable Information . -It should be generally known that ahno-phvric air , nuddmly compressed to a certain degree , becomes sufficiently heated to set fire to gunpowder , and , therefor * -, on loading a gun , the ball should be driven so slowly as to allow the escape of the air contained in the barrel . It in probable , tbat most of the accidental discharges of guns , whieh occur in the act of loading , arise from a sudden and violent compression of air . More than was bargained for . t—The Rev . Dr . Ford , of Melton Mowbray , an enthusiastic lover of music , was at a festival in Birmingham , and , with his book on his knee , hummed the music with the performers , to the great annoyance of a gentleman at his elbow , who at length exclaimed" I did not pay to hear you sing ! " " Then , " said the doctor , " you have that into the bargain , " and proceeded with his accompaniment .

      Too much of a Joke . —A Devonport paper states , that information was given the other day of the dead body of a man being lying on shore , near Catsdown . Two men were dispatched with a bier , but were unable to find any corpse . A carpenter hearing of their errand , threw himself down near the waters edge , and lay motionless . In this portion he was found by the workhouse men , and they forthwith laid him on the bier , and bore him away . On the road , they met the undertaker , who proceeded to measure the body , when the dead man sprung upon his legs—upset the three men ( a very easy task)—and bolted . He was subsequently however , apprehended , and treated to a night ' s lodgings in the lock-up .

      Birmingham Corporation . —At the election of the corporate officers of Birmingham , some of tie newly-chosen town councillors objected to make the prescribed declaration— " that they would not do anything , by virtue of their office , to weaken the Church established by law . " Mr . Sturge , the Quaker , said he had so strong a feeling against Church establishments , that he was determined to do all he could , in a lawful and constitutional manner , to make a change , and therefore he could not conscientiously subscribe to the declaration ; for to do one thing as a councillor , and anothe r as a man , waa too nice a distinction for his plain understanding .

      A Rural Police Force . —At the Shropshire Quarter Sessions , on Monday , the Hon . F . Ker . yon , chairman , said he had received a communication , stating that Government hud determined to introduce a general measure for a rural police into Parliament , under which circumstances the magistrates would not go into the subject of the means of improving the present inefficient system . The Hon . R . CIivh said , at an interview he had with Lord J . Russell , his Lordohip propped that the magistrates in Quarter

      Sessions throughout England , should send a memorial to the Secretary of State , asking for an alteration of the present system , and the adoption of an uniform measure of rural police , and the Ministers would devote their attention to the required object . A committee of magistrate * wa * 4 appointed , who drew up a memorial , complaining : of the presentstate of tbe police force of the rural districts , and proposing that an Act sbauld pass giving the magistrates the power of appointing an efficient police for each county . —Salopian Journal .

      One Rogue after another . —Within the laet few days an English gentleman , who takes every day his morning walk und 6 r the piazzasof the Rue deRjvoH , Paris , and who carries a remarkably fine stick , ornamented with a golden ball , saw a poor fellow on crutches who humbl y begged alms . The good gentleman took from his " pocket a small piece of silver coin , and was in the actofgmng . it to the beggar , when a well-looking man came near him , and said , " Sir , yon are too good ; this man is

      a sharper—his legs are as good as yours or mine ; just lend me your stick , and I'll punish the rascal . " The English gentleman gave his stick ; upon which the beggar immediately threw down his crutches , and ran off , with incredible swiftness , the welllookiug man followed him with the stick ' , and all those around laughing at this novel sort of race . The beggar turned a corner , the other did the same , and the English gentleman is still waiting for bis stick , which is worth £ 20 .

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      Carter , thb person charged last week , at the GoildhaH , Bary , with treating so cruelly Elizabeth Hewetson , the female who jived wvb him , and who was found bound with a rope , and naked , was on Monday fully committed for trial . He denied all knowledge of the circumstaricea . The woman in recovering . The Wesleyan Methodists have purchased the City of London Tavera , BisbopHgaterntreet , for the sum of £ 15 , 000 . A part of the spacious building , which is freehold , ib to be appropriated to meetings for business ou their missionary and other business—a portion being reserved for public worship .

      Singular Discovery of a Murder . — It will be in the recollection of our readers that in the month of August last great excitement prevailed in the neighbourhood of Mitcham-comrooh , from the fact of the body of a man being discovered , under circumstances that led to the belief that he bad been murdered . After diligent inquiry , the body was ascertained to be that of James Budd , a mill-wright , who had been missing for several days , and which , when found , was in a state of decoxposition . The deceased had no hat or coat on , hi * pockets were turned inside out , and the gla » 9 of a watch wasfound broken to pieces in his fob . There were also appearances of blood and wounds about the head , and also

      bruises upon the legs and arms . An inquest was returned , leaving the cause of death unexplained , and the case open for future inquiry . On Friday last , as a labourer named Page was at work in ihe osier-bed at Camberwell , in which , it will be remeinheied , the legs of the unfortunate Hannah Brown , the victim of Greenacre , were found ,. he saw something on tbe water which attracted his attention , and it proved to be a coat . He placed » he coat in the charge of Inspector Bass , P . division , at Brixtnn . The circumstance brought to the officer ' s recollection the finding of the body at Mitcham , without a coat and hat , and on its being * hown to the relations of the deceased , they identified it as that he had on the day of bis leaving home . Upon a further search being made , a hat and

      handkerchief were found , that have since also been identified . Some other information has been obtained , which it would be premature to make public , but which leaves not the slightest doubt that the deceased was robbed and murdered , and then carried to tbe place where he was found . Inspector Bass ii « actively engaged in tracing out the case , and if is to be hoped that his efforts will he successful in bringing the guilty parties to justice . The widow of the deceased has gone to Chichester , hut she has been communicated with for the purpose o ascertaining the number and description of the watch , which information may tend to a furtherance of justice . The man Page , who found the coat of the deceased , is the same person who found the legs of the ill-fated Hannah Brown .

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      LEEDS CORN MARKET , January 8 . The arrivals of all kinds of Grain to this day ' s market re » maller thau last week . There has been very little alteration in th

      BARLEY per Quarter of Eight Imperial Boahela . Norfolk , and Suffolk new , 44 s , extra fine 46 e 47 » Lincolnshire do 39 a , do 43 a 46 s Yorkshire , Wold 4 Boroughbridgo , do 37 a , do 40 s 45 » Pea » , White .. . ' d 0 —ii-s D G'ey < do .. « -. BEANS per Quarter of 631 bs per Bushel . ricks .......... new , 42 s , 44 « , old -46 . 48 Harrow and Pigeon , do 42 a , 45 a , do 46 » 48 * OATS , perQuarter of Eight Imperial Bushels . P" «» ' « i new , 23 g , 268 , old 27 < ol » ml ,.. do 258 , 26 s , do 27 » ainallandl-ncaland , do 24 s , 25 b , do 26 » Mealing ,... new 14 d . to lod . peT Stone of I 41 bs . 3 H riLUNG , par Load or 2611 bs ,.. . old 86 « 88 s new —» to —a M A ^ T , » m > v Load oV 6 Bushel * , 44 a . 46 s , to 47 s RAi'lSSiiED , v et La » tof 10 Quartern , ........ jr 30 toi-32—h

      ARRIVALS DIKING THR WEEK . Wheat feO 92 Malt ... 8 ? Oats IM Shelling ] _ Barley ; ... 9 * ' 8 Hour * _ Bean * 2 M Rapesced !* 500 reas Linseed . , r 50 Tares ; THE AVERAGE PRICKS KOR THE WEEK , ENDING Jan . 1 st , 1839 . Wheat . Oats . Barley . Beans . Rye . Pea » . 3607 554 3082 505 _ 15 85 s . Id . 31 h . lOd . 41 s . Od . 46 a . lOd . —s . Od . 44 s . 4 d

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      CURRENT PRICES OK GRAIN per Imperial Quarter QUANTITIES and AVERAGE PRICES of BRITISH GRAIN , per Imperial Quarter , uold in the London Market , diuing the weeli , ending Jan . 1 : —Wheat , 5 , 423 ora 81 . 4 d . Barley , 1 S 175 qrs . 40 g . Od . Oata , 15 , 106 an 2 & fit Beans , 2 , 155 ore . 40 s . ld . Peas , 2514 qw . 45 a . 7 d n « T 30 qw . 47 s . 9 d . M * * * * *

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      LONDON CORN EXCHANGE . Mask-Lank , Monday , Jut . 7 . The qnantit / of Wheat from Emex , Kent , and Suffolk , wu only moderate this morning ,-but from these counties there «** a good « upply of barley , Beans , and £ ert , and u fair freah arrival of Irish u » t « , iti addition to BconHderibleqttantfty reluatuiug . over from laitt week ' * veaaek There wan a good rtestdy demand for line dry KnglUh Wheat at fully the rate * of thw day se ' unight , indeed in some in » tence » fur rach rat net more money wan made , whilst parcel * ant of condition from the late w « t weather met a slow gale , even at rather lower price * . Prime foreign , particularly the new importations of French red , met a lair oale , at fully as muck muney ; Bordeaux red fetching 76 a . per quarter , about 6 'ilb * . per bmhel . r'loar was much tbe same as last week . ' All descriptluns of

      Barley were held at very high prices , but the tradn was not brink , at au advance ol' 2 a . to 3 * . per quarter . Malt most be quoted Is . to 2 a . per quarter dearer , with a good demand for choice samples . > ine Beans , as well new' as old , were in good demand , at an improvement of Is . per quarter . There wa * only a moderate trade in Oat »; good heavy horse Corn mast be quoted much the same as last week , but most of the Iraib , supply , consisting of light inferior quality , such must be quoted 6 d . to Is , per quarter lower . In Linseed and Rapewed not much passing , but both articles were fully a » dear . Cluvergeed incoming furwaid ia small quantities from the near counties , and-rJne qiuilitied command high prices . Barley in bond has met considerable inquiry , but there ia little offering . White Pea * were -without change in value , but hog Peas were decidedly 2 » . per quarter dearer . ¦ !¦

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      NEWGATE aSO LEAUKNHALL MARKETS , MONDAY . During the past week wo have received for the time of year ' a fair average irapply of slaughtwed meat from moat quarters , whilst ithasb « en , generally speaking , of good quality . The attendance of buyers has been tolerably numerous , whilst the demand has proved steady ; but , in some instances , lower prices have been accepted in order to effect sale * . By the Great Westers K ^ jlway nearly 1 , 000 carcases of slaughtered pigs have arrived ' . From Ireland no Piga , either alive or dead , have reached these markets ; whilst our advices thence state that tbe prices of Pigs are still unusually high . '

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      The transactions , in wool are conducted , as is-usually the case in thu petiud ot the year , on a very limited scale ; whilst the prices ar * almost nominal , which appear * to be the state of the demand throughout the kingdom . Next iu nothing i » doing in the foreign wool murket at the late rates . Siuce our last , the arrival * have been composed of 300 tal * s fruiuGermany ; 4 tO ditto Ironi Spaiu ; & « 'ditto from New South Wales ; and 300 ditto from various other parts-

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      Li VtKl'OOL , CU'ITON AlAKKtl . Saturday Kveniug , December 5 , lt » 9 . The market opened with , a limited inquiry , and until Thursday a decline ul Jd . lo jd . hum generally submitted to , but nearly ' all the large ft ltier * reltued to sell ul any reduction and prices souii rallied . Yesterday tbe demand was vert extensive irom butu the iraue uutx speculator !) , the latter taking 11 , 000 bales , ol wmen one house look 4 , 000 , at rates fully eataUUhuig tins quotations of frriday lust . 7 , 500 American , 1 , 100 Curtnageua , 11 H > Bahia , aud 300 burnt , have been taken ou speculation . Ihe sales amount to 20 , 690 bags , and

      comprise—4 A * d 220 Sea Island ...... 18 to 3 o 450 Bahia & Mae . 8 to 9 } 30 Stained do ....... 7 to ij I 20 Dementia , &c ... 9 to 13 3390 Bowed Geor .. 7 to 9 J 16 (» Egyptian .... 114 , to i 7 ' 110 i Mobile 7 tf > y i M Baruadoes .... M to 91 - J Alabama , &c . 6 | to 8 j 40 Peruvian 8 to > J 9901 / Sew Orleans .. 1 to 11 I 20 Laguayra ...... 7 to 8 J . QgiPernambuco , | 20 Went India .. 7 to 9 ¦ J Paraiba , &c . 9 J tolOJ , 1590 Surat ........ 55 to < a n ( t l Alaranham .. 8 } to 10 20 Madras 5 * to o * "" jSawginned .. 7 $ to 8 jj — Bengal ........ 5 $ to 6 The Imports for the week are 6 , 403 bags .

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      The demand foT Sugar continues limited , and the sales of British Plantation are under 300 hhds at stead y prices 1200 bag * beagal have bven taken at 68 * bd for good white , ' up to 71 s for extra tine . Nothing done in Mauritius . The sales ia Foreign are W chests BrazilH at 19 s for low brown , up to i 7 « for good white . There ban not been any business done ia Alol uses , and prices are without alt-ration- Toe transactions in Plantation Coffee have been moderate , not exceeding 120 casks of Jamaica and 120 bags of Denierara ; no alteration ia prices . Of Foreign there are no sales to report . No sales reported i p Cocoa , Ginger , Pepper , or Pimento . The only transaction to notice in Rice u 500 bags Bengal at 19 s 6 d per cwt . in bond . Rum continues in good demand , and prices are gradually advancing ; the sales consis t ol 400 punchs De . meraTa proof to 5 over-proof at 3 s 8 d to 3 s lOd , SO to Si over-proof 5 « 3 d to 5 s fid , Beibice 25 to 28 over-proof 4 « to 4 s 2 d , Jamaica 28 to 32 over-proof 5 a to 5 s tid , 33 to 35 over , proof 5 s 8 d to 5 s lOdper gallon . ' * The transactions in all Kaat India Drysaltery articles have been very limited this week , being connned to 30 bales BengalSafflower , at - *" 3 and ^' 3 10 a and 12 00 'bags , Saltpetre at 5 J 5 s to 29 a per cwt . - *> r »

      r or Brimstone there has been some , dqcutpd ^ at a shade below the present prices , and about 500 tot . a have foond buv-« re , besides parcels sold by dealers at fhU Vites / : ' / A moderate business has been done in Saumae .- j ^ OO % ags of Trieste brought 9 u . per cwt . A parcel of 25 u boxes ; ft » lo « nk ' whhe Argols sold at the close of last weekal ; 46 » per . cwt ; notbanir worthy of notice done in other sortB , nor in Creaki of Tartar or brown Tartar . Madders and Madder Roots are fully » thk ported ; small sales of Smyrna RooU have been made at 54 s perewt . Olive Oil has been in limited request , without change in prices ; the sale * of the week un only . abnnt 80 tnis . iManOils continue without much inquiry ; Newfoundland Cod hasheensoldratheT lower , and a parcel of pale Seal , on speculation , at jfHi ; no more of thb article remains ia the importers' hands . Linseed Oil ia in good request , at im . proving rates . Pale Rape scarce , and held for an advance Onlyoxeemall transaction haaagam taken place in Palm Oil , at the price quoted . For Oil of Turpentine there is a good inquiry . Hemp and Flax remain without alteration . The business m 1 allow continues limited , but prices remain » ery steady ; 143 casks good fair Tuscan sold freely by auctisa yesterday from 58 s to 59 per cwt . ¦ ¦ *

      The holders of Campeachy Logwood are demanding for small parcels * 16 yet nothing has been done above i' 16 ; 100 tos * sold , to arrive via New York , at j £ li per ton ; Fustic is held tor higher rates ; / Otons of Lima Nicaragua Wood sold at ^ 14 is 6 dto JT 18 10 » p « r ton ; in other Woods no sales reported . The Turpentine market is rather lower , 2 , 000 brls . having been gold at a , price which has not been allowed to transpire , but is understood to be 12 s . 6 d . to 12 a 9 d . Nothing new m Tar . Montreal Pot ashes are in very limited demand , and rather lower , some sales having been made at 28 s to 28 s 9 d ; in Pearl Ashes no alteration . Some amall sales have beea made of Quercitron Bark , at former rates . A few caska American Bees' Wax sold at ^ S per cwt . duty paid . Tfc Sales of Hides yesterday were not so brisk , bnt fair prices were generally realised r 9 , 600 dry salted and Drilled W India-Kids brenghtlld to 1 j 3 for sound , and 8 | d to ll | d for rubbed ; 3 , 000 dry salted Bratil 6 Jd to 6 J £ d for fair to eo » d , and 51 d ! for inferior , 300 dry Monte Video plain 7 d 8 , 600 dry Rio Grande 7 Jd to 8 Jd and 300 salted Dutch 5 * . d , per lb . The sain of Tobacco have been 230 hhds . of which SQhhds . were takes by speculators , 20 hhds . for Ireland , and the remainder bv tha home-trade , at foil prices . . ¦ *

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      LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET . —Tdesday . There was rather a doll trade to-day , and the sale * effected in Wheat were at a decline of 2 a ! to 3 d . per 701 b « . on the quotations of last Tuesday * Flonr was Is . L sack * an * Oatmeal 6 d . per load cheaper . Several parceliof Oata rrprXus ^ . ^ * ^ ' * ° ** ' **** - " *•

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      Doicestic Life . Pleasure is to women what the « m is to the flower ; ii moderately eDJojed it beautifies—it refreshes—and it improves ; if immoderately , it withers , deteriorates , and destroys . Bnt the duties of domestic life , exercised as they must be ^ in retirement , and calling forth all the isensibilities of the female , are perhaps , as necessary to the full develnpement of her charms , as the gbade arid the sbower are to tbe rose , confirming it ? beauty and increasing its fragrance .

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      SM 1 THK 1 ELD CATTLE MARKET , Jan . 7 . { Whenever the word stone occurs in these prices throughout thisuaper , it i » to be considered as the imperial stone ol Hlbs undsuch only , no other being lawful . ] The proceedings here on the first Monday in the year are generally considered not only by the metropolitan and provincial dealt ! 8 , but likewise graziers , residing ut most pans of the country , who transmit their stock hither lor sale , aathefinu really important market « ince the holding of that denominated the Great Christmas Show , at ) the actual value of fat stock is , by this time , more steadily established ; for , as a matter of course , it is a somewhat difficult matter for the salesmen to procur .- for the Beasts and Sheep conaigsed to them for sale , immediately after such a market as that above noticed , such steady currencies as could be desired . We ourselves have repeatedly noticed that , comparatively speaking ,

      Kreaterfluctuations usually take place in the value of all kindaof stock * olo here in the last month , than in any other period of the year . The sudden depression in the value of livestock , which is a matter of much importance to breeders generally , ia chiefly accounted lor by the extensive numbers of both Beasts-and Sheep , particularly those of middling and inferior quality which are on many occasions turned out unsold at the cioaeof most of the principal Beast market * held here , even though the demand , on the part of the batchers , may be ready , and enhanced rates obtained for prime qualities of stock ; the sudden and somewhat unexpected enhancing of the quo t tit ions ( which is often perceivable about the middle and latter end of December ) to most of the owners ol Beasts living in a distant part of England , keeping back their stock under the impTesmon that any increase in the supply may prove prejudicial to ihuir interests . These circumstance * have breu verified during thpast month j whilst the and extensive *

      « rapid fluctuation which hav « taken place ( they having been , in many instances , from 6 d . to lOd . per bibs . ) are rapidl y subsiding ; but we dy not ronsider that the prices of Beef realized thia morning are sufficiently remunerative , ( the highest p rice of tho best Scot ' s being only 4 s . 4 d . per 81 bs ., ) or that they will remain at that level lor any lengthened period . . ; A greater disparity exists a this time between the highest and lowest prices of Veal thnn fomnme time past , many of the must interior Calve * being worth no-more than 3 s . lOd . per Nib ... whilst the bent were Belling at 5 s . 4 d . per 81 ba . This is owing , however , in a greatmeaxure , to ibe immense quantities of slaughtered Veal which are received weekly up to Newgate and Loudenhi . il markets from the W est of England , for which very low prices are generally obtained , it bein ^ imperative to procure pnrchaseti immediately on tho arrival of the Vealwhilst it w finally anticipated that immediately the Great

      Wi'ntern Railway shall be completed , that the supplies of that description of meat will be by far more extensive than they are at present . There was exhibited for sale to-day a limited supply of B « a « t » , but their general quality was tolerably prime ; whilst the Beef tradi" was exceedingly heavy , atbarefy the depression noted on Kridaylast . With Mutton we were tolerably , well but not heavily , supplied , the sale for which was dull , » t no ' variation in the currencies . Calves were in moderate supply , and slnggigh inquiry at late rates . In the currencies of Figs no variation was noticed , with a fair supply in the market . We received trei » h up to this day's market 300 Short-horns , from Lincolnshire ; 250 Short-horns and Hunts , from Leice * - ternhire ; 2 iO Short-horns and Devons , from Northamptonshire ; 200 Scots . Runts , and Devons , from Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire ; 40 Scots , by sea , from Scotland : 100 Oxen , Runts , and Devons , from Sussex , Surrey , and Kent ; the remainder frum the neighbourhood of London .

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      Per stone of Slbs . tosink the offal . ¦ a > «¦ d . ¦ . d . s . d . Inferior Beef .... 2 4 to 2 6 PrimeBeef S 4 to 3 10 Ditto Mutton .... 3 10 .. 4 2 DittoMutton .... 4 8 .. 5 0 Middling Beef .. . 2 8 .. 3 0 Prime Sonthdown 4 10 .. 5 0 Ditto Mutton .... 4 4 .. 4 6 Veal . 5 O .. J 4 LIVE CATTLE AT MARKET . Beasts , 2727—Sheep , 23 , 390—Calves , 170—Pim 460 .

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      LIVERPOOL WOOL MARKET , Jan . 5 . FOBEIGN .-It is generally anticipated that a much brisker demand will befett for forei gn Wool in Spring Wt and holders , in consequence , refrain from selling , exfcept at ' verv full prices , which ha . tuHd % transaction , toZ £ S ihw week , notwithstandmg a brisker inquiry . Sojne interest which has to take place some time about the enTof wS month . Asyetnorurther particnlarihavetranspirei J&lfiiiffi . ffi ^^^ p ^^ i ^^^^ ^^ r a ^ ble amount , but in heavy a » d unwashed of any sort ^ here was only a , veiy limited busunnu transacted . Of white HiAand none w * s offered . The suppl y U much Vighto tW * thw period- •![ many preceding yeaw , and if an improvement 1 ^ t * P «^ ° i . ? demand , higherpriees wfertp " Ibablybeobtamed . Arrived this year , 176 bags . 1 UW " »

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      Comparative view ef the imports and Exports ol Cotton into and from the' whole kingdom , from the Ut of January to the 29 th ult ., and of the Imports and Exports for the same periodlast year . Into the kingdom this yen : American .. .. .. ,. bags 1 , 1 H , S 68 South American 160 , 543 West Indies , Demerara , &c . .. .. 6 , 344 Eaut Indies .. .. .. .. .. .. 104 , 0 i 0 Egypt i *« 36 , 047 TeUlofalldescriptionn .. .. .. 1 , 421 , 492 Same period last year : American .. .. .. bags 837 , 023 South American .. .... 134 , 729 West Indies , DemRTara , 4 c . 5 , 830 East Indies .. 143 , 409 Egypt , * c 42 , 758 —1 , 163 , 839 Increase of imports aseompared withaamepenodlestyear tbags 257 , 653 EXPORTS IN 1838 , American , 50 , 152 Brasil , 7906 East Indies , 58 . 322 West India , 00—Other kinds , 35 Total fai 183 S .. .... 108 , 475 bags . Same period in 1837 .. . M 128 ^ 35

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      Monday , January 7 , 1839 . The market is firm ana steady : the salesto-day are 6 , 000 bag » , 1 , 400 of which are American on speculation , and also 6 fi 0 Pernams . PricM remain as on Friday . On Satnrdav 12 , 000 bags were sold . " ¦ ' » waaj

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 12, 1839, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1040/page/7/