The British frigate Nieman, Capt. Wallis, is now at anchor in our harbour, and will sail for Halifax in a few days. The officers have been much on shore, and experienced the hospitalities of our citizens. They attended the theatre on Monday evening, and were saluted with three hearty cheers from the pit.

Hon, Nath. P. Russell, has been elected President of the General Interest Assurance Company, of this city.

Two truckmen were on Tuesday prosecuted in the Police Court, before Justice Orne, on complaint of the City Marshal, for racing in the street with their teams. They were fined twenty dollars each. In Consequence of the act complained of, a black boy was run over and injured.

The Ordination of Mr. Ripley, over the new Church,in Purchase-st. will take place, on Wednesday next, with appropriate ceremonies.

The Rev. Mr. Tuckerman, of Chelsea,on account of his declining health, has asked a discharge from his pastoral duties in that place. These duties have been fulfilled for 25 years past with great fidelity, and to the most perfect acceptance of the congregation.

Such is the estimation in which Mr. Webster, the Representative to Congress from this district, is held, that on entering the theatre on Monday evening, to witness the first appearance of Macready in Virginius, he was received with

According to appointment the Fire department paraded on the Common on Wednesday afternoon in full uniform. Their appearance was creditable to themselves and to the city.

NEWS-PAPERS,

In 1760 there were but 7 news

papers printed in North-America; in 1810, there were 359, inccluding 25 daily's-in 1823 there was 598, including about 50 daily's and the impression of copies, struck off yearly in these establishments, cannot be calculated at less than from thirty to forty millions. This is an important fact, and to the cause of education, is of, inestimable value. whole continent of Europe, containing 160 millions of inhabitants does not support,it is said, half this number of public journals.

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For the Boston News-Letter.

A stranger, who walks leisurely through the principal streets of this interesting city, is generally surprised at the grandeur and richness dwellings, and the splendor which of the public buildings, the private is presented in the interior of them; and goes away, repining at his own condition, which is so far below the sight he has been contemplatingbut, let him pursue his walk into the hundred lanes, in every direction from the main street, and examine into the circumstances of the numerous families inhabiting the miserable apartments in such dwellings as are rented the poor, and he will only not pity, but weep over the misfortunes of his fellow creatures. There is no poverty like that of a city, where a day labourer, or a feeble woman, is obliged to toil, unremittingly, for the bare necessaries of life. The number

of women who live from day to day, by fatigue, almost beyond endur

ance, to procure their scanty meals, and pay for lodgings to rest their exhausted frames, from week to week, is truly astonishing. Hundreds of little children are wedged up in filthy rooms, in which they eat, drink and sleep-while others, less fortunate, undoubtedly, often stand in need of the poorest com

forts.

Notwithstanding the plenty and cheapness of the common articles of food, as well as clothing, there is no telling how much suffering there is among this particular class. In the first place, one and two dollars a week, for one miserable room, is a tax upon their small earnings, which actually prevents them from obtaining scarcely enough of any thing, to be comfortable or decent. Again, much of this abject poverty arises from tippling-a propensity for spending every penny that can be spared, for spirit-and hence it is as common as the rising of the sun, to see children in the shops with a tin cup, for a few cents worth of rum. Many sober and industrious people, on the other hand, seem to have the continual frowns of fortune, and cannot, with the most arduous and intense industry, emerge from the deplorable condition in which they are so frequently found. Old after a half century of menial drudgery, reclines upon a bed of straw, and shivers through the day over the smoke of a handful of chips which were gathered up in the streets. The philanthropist may weep, and charity may alleviate the distresses of a few, but where one finds a friend to pour in the oil, a hundred are living upon hope. Such is the character of a city, that a certain portion must be poor, and others will be wealthy; and what is still more surprising, the very objects we have been describing are the supporters, and indeed the basis, of all the real wealth and real distinction in society.

age,

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For the City Record.

MR. EDITOR, SIR-I perceive there is an effort making to remove the Municipal. Court from Leveretstreet, to some other part of the city. If this prayer of the petitioner is granted what is to be done with that valuable and expensive building, which was expressly made to accommodate the Municipal Court? Is the jailor to occupy the

whole-and become the exclusive

lord of that fine stone edifice?

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All the arguments which may be brought to prove the necessity of holding that court in a more central situation, should have been considered of before the public money was appropriated in a manner than useless. The apartments are convenient,-the location is better than any other in town, from its proximty to the prison;-and almost every trial, in the Municipal Court, relates to individuals who are in jail;

such, therefore, being the fact, because it would save a few jurymen a few minutes walk, or increase the fees of a constable to escort à greater distance, no removal should take place. As one who has been well taxed, in proportion to my property, I have every objection to urge against a measure, so injudicious, as would be the case, if the new court house in Leveret-street, S. J. A. is abandoned.

THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES.

We have perused the address of Mr. Carter, delivered at Plymouth, a short time since, and take leave to express our warmest admiration of its general merits. The concluding part, as offering a sketch of the signs of the times, embraces sentiments as strong and irresistable as truth, and their confirmation fixed, as certain as the destiny of fate. They are likewise conveyed in language of uncommon force and beauty, and should adorn the columns of every paper printed in the two Americas

...The same accounts add, that Nicholas had protested to the allied powers of Europe against the proposed levy of 300,000 men, by the Grand Sultan, for the purpose of being disciplined in the European tactics of war. A more serious protest may arise, hereafter, by some of these allies, against the immense hordes of troops kept in pay by Russia itself.... The Coronation of Nicholas the First as Emperor of all the Russias, took place at Moscow, on the 22d August, and was concluded in a style of great magnificence without interruption, and without the intervention of a single accident to mar the festivities of the occasion; the Grand Duke Constantine was present at the time and took part in the ceremonies, by walking in the procession, and thus giving the sanction of his personal appearance to the solemn act, which placed the imperial crown upon the head of his brother. If there is any sincerity in this, Constantine may stand the chance of rendering himself illustrious for humility and condescention; but we shall be mistaken, if this mildness of behaviour," is not the dictate of policy; and that to be a Chief, any where else, than in his native country, would multiply, greatly, the chances of human life; for unfortunately, longevi ty, in Russia, though frequent among the peasants,is quite a rare thing amongst ·its Emperors....The Pacha of Egypt, it is said, has offered a reward of 25,000 dls. for the capture, alive, of Lord Cochrane; but not a cent for his carcas. It would therefore seem, that his Lordship, if caught, is not to be cannonized, as a saint; but to be kept in flesh and blood, for some special purpose which the liberal advertiser does not think proper to name ....The desertion of troops from Portugal to Spain, is more than counterbalanced by desertions from Spain to Portugal; it is, in fact, getting rid of dangerous ene"mies, and augmenting warm-hearted friends, without any expence or trouble to the government....An army of 5000 Jannisaries are assembled together in the interior of Algiers....France has sent

Commercial Agents to all the South-American States, with liberal and extensive powers....The Revenue of England had fell short, the last quarter, about 800,000/

...The bank of England has further extended their loans nearly 12,000,000, and though lending at 4 and 5 per cent per ann. had declared a dividend, for the last six months of 4 per cent....A powder mill, at Ostend, containing 1400 bbls of powder lately exploded, by some accident in the Magazine and killed 40 persons.... The English and French funds were steady; and the markets for foreign productions, in fair demand, and rather improved prices....The only culprits ever hung in Russia were five of the conspirators against the life of the present Emperor, and that the operation was very clumsily effected, from the weakness of the halters, although the finest and strongest hemp grows in Russia; they will, however, do better, when they get more practice.......... Four out of the six Insurance Companies in Dublin, have been lately dissolved, from the exhausted state of their funds;-one of them, it is said, with an original capital of 150,000/ had been reduced to 11,000 with outstanding risks exceeding a million of dollars....Efforts are making in England, for a loan of $15,000,000 to the government of Buenos-Ayres.

DOMESTIC SUMMARY, The accounts from Georgia, and from the upper Mississippi, betoken a speedy war not only between the Ossages and their implacable foes, the Delawares, Whawanese,and other tribes; but between the Miamies and Potawatamies and our frontier troops, the Indians refusing to remove, agreeably to their plighted promise. To these black specks of unnatural war may be added the prospect of more serious difficulties with the formidable tribe of the Creek Indians, unless the mad-cap Governor of Georgia shall be inclined to change the course of his present measures against them.......... Texas, and other Mexican states adjoining Louisiana, are to abolish slavery....The in

dictions in New York, against certain bank and insurance directors, are to be tried again, by a new jury-and so on until a verdict shall be obtained....The

quantity of cotton brought into the NewOrleans Market this year is calculated to exceed that of the last year, by 45 or 46,000 bales....The malignant fever, at Norfolk, has not ceased its ravages; from the 1st to the 15th Oct. twenty persons fell victims to it....The Grand Jury of Charleston, S. C. have presented, as a greviance or nuisance, the number of Trading Magistrates, which infest that city....A very ingenious machine was exhibited before the N. E. Society, on Tuesday week last, for squaring and smoothing timber, with exactness and rapidity.

DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES.

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The Factories at Taunton, this State are extensive and flourishing. They consist of two distinct departments; one is devoted to the manufacture of cotton cloths, calicoes and prints; and in the other

various articles of iron are manufactured.

Taunton is a very pleasant village, containing about 5000 inhabitants, at the distance of 32 miles from Boston. The factories are situated on Taunton Little River, so called, being the western branch of that river; which is navigable for sloops and lighters to the southern part of the village; and after passing Dighton and Sumerset, on the western banks, and Berkley, Freetown and Troy, on the eastern, falls into the large bay or arm of the sea on the eastern side of R. Island,

and thus is connected with the sound and the ocean.

The iron factories have been inoperation several years, and nails in large quantities have long been made there, and thence transported to various parts of the country. The very extensive and valuable cotton factories are of more recent date.

The iron annually wrought into nails, hoops, plates and machinery is estimated at 1500 tons, or more; 1200 tons are made into nails, and 300 tons into plates, hoops and various articles of machinery,

The present capital of the company is $600,000: $500,000 has been actually vested in the factories, stock, &c. About 800 bales of cot

ton are used annually.

The mills are built upon five different dams, at unequal distances from one another. At the first, the cottages and houses, for the accommodation of the labourers are of wood. At the next, distant about one mile, the cotton mills are of stone, 100 feet by 45, each; with a large stone rolling and slitting mill, the approach to which is through a street of neat brick cottages belonging to the establishment. At the next privilege is a new brick mill of the same dimensions as the stone mill before mentioned: A machine shop,furnace,blacksmithry, and a rolling and slitting mill, and a number of brick cottages for the work people.--The establishment for bleaching and printing cotton is situated still lower on the river. To this establishment there are attached several buildings,all of brick. A block of brick dwelling houses is now building for the people here employed. One other brick mill is nearly finished at the same dam.

Of calico prints, from 1500 to 2000 pieces are prepared weekly. And they are considered equal, in style and workmanship, to the best imported goods of the same description. About 800,000 lbs. of yarn are manufactured annually. They have in operation 7000 spindles and 200 looms; and employ about 700 persons.

The calico prints are of very fine figures and colors; and the demand, we understand, is fully equal to the large quantities manufactured.Gaz.

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