gapore.-28. Pandora, Cothay, China; Colchester, Withers, Aden. MARCH 1. Panthea, Glen, Calcutta; Agricola, Potter, Bombay.4. D'Arcy, Garrick, Hope, M'Lachlan, and Royal Bride, Welch, Aden.-5. Lady Bute, M'Kinley, Mauritius; Richard, Edwards, Cape.

From PLYMOUTH.-Feb. 24. H.M.S. Acteon, Coast of Africa. From SWANSEA.-Feb. 25. Gipsey, Turpin, Singapore. From SUNDERLAND.-Feb. 21. Numa, Storey, Cape. From FALMOUTH.-March 2. Cornwall, Richards (from Newport), Aden.

From THE CLYDE.-Feb. 22. Argaum, Tait, Calcutta.-27. Cashmere, Jamieson, Port Philip and Sydney.

From BORDEAUX.-Feb. 7. Inverna, Gardner, Calcutta.-17. East Anglian, Stevens and Tar, Langley, Mauritius.-28. Planet, Harrison, Bordeaux; Portly Reed and Lady Mary, Scott, Mauritius. From HAVRE.-Feb.21. Centurion, Gallie, Mauritius.

The Maid, Sproul, from China, arrived in the river, experienced a succession of violent gales from S.W. in the China sea, from Oct. 14 to Nov. 8, and saw several vessels very much disabled.

The Neerlands, Koningen, from Batavia to Rotterdam, got on the Banjaard Sand, about 12 miles from the entrance of the Maas, Feb. 25, and went to pieces.-Crew saved.

The Margaret (of Bristol), Shields to Calcutta, was spoken by the Napoleon, arrived at Havre, in lat. 10° S. long. 31 W. on Jan. 21, leaked and obliged to be pumped out every half hour.

The Port Fleetwood, Vidler, from Breede River to England, went on shore near that river, Jan. 5, and was not expected to be got off. Crew saved.

The Henry, Finlayson, loading coals for Ceylon, caught fire off the East India Dock buoy, Feb. 10, and was burnt to the water's edge.

The Arab, Westmoreland, from London to Launceston, sailed from Rio Janeiro March 24, and has not since been heard of.

The Pilot, London whaler, was condemned at Algoa Bay, previous to Dec. 13.

The Lady Feversham, Webster, from Madras, got on the shore. near Folkstone, Feb. 13, but was assisted off with loss of rudder, and towed to the river.

The Forth, Barker, sailed from Manilla April 27, for Falmouth, and has not since been heard of.

The Mathilde, Carnot, of Bordeaux, was condemned at Bourbon previous to Dec 16.

The Edward Robinson, from China, which was ashore on the Flats, and afterwards taken into Sheerness, was towed to London Feb. 24.

The Ganges, Walker, from London to Calcutta, put into El Rio previous to Jan. 11, leaky and with other damage, having touched the ground, and proceeded on the 12th, after repairing.

DEATHS.

Feb. 2. Col. Strickland Gough Kingston, H.E.I.C.'s service, at Hersham, Surrey, aged 91.

18. Marianna Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Maj. G. W. Onslow, at Dunsborough House, aged 11.

23. Comyn, the widow of Maj.-gen. Bengal army, at 13, Imperial-square, Cheltenham, aged 62.

27. Eleanor Moore, daughter of the late W. T. Beeby, Esq. at Watford, aged 12.

March 1. Mr. V. Rice, formerly of the East-India House, at Islington, aged 55.

2. John Russell, Esq. formerly of Pubna, in Bengal, at his residence in London, aged 56.

3. Miss Jane Dynely, at the residence of her nephew, Charles R. Baynes, M.C.S., at Beaver's Bush in the county of Hertford. 5. Charlotte, widow of the late Sir John Kennaway, Bart., at Escot, Devonshire, aged 70.

LITERARY NOTICES.

Points and Pickings of Information about China and the Chinese. By the Author of "Soldiers and Sailors," " Paul Preston," &c. With twenty Engravings from Drawings by W. H. PRIOR. London, 1844. Grant and Griffiths. "Points and Pickings! It is clear from the very words that I am not going to put you off with a humdrum account which might send you to sleep. If my book be not full of good information, good feeling, and good temper, it will not be the book I intend to make it. Thus speaks the author; and as he has enlightened us as to what he meant to do, we are thereby enabled to judge his performance upon the principle laid down by Pope

"In every work regard the writer's end."

We can honestly testify that he has not given a humdrum account," but a very lively one, and that the book is exactly what he proposed it should be; "full of good information, good feeling, and good temper." It is worthy the locality from which it issues that famous corner of St. Paul's Churchyard, which, from the time of Newbery, the friend and patron of Johnson and Goldsmith, down to this present month of March, 1845, has poured forth a continuous stream of useful and delightful books for the edification and enchantment of the numerous and interesting body known as "the rising generation." For their benefit these "Points and Pickings are primarily intended, but they

may be read both with interest and advantage by many who have ceased to be "rising," even though they may not belong to the class of ladies and gentlemen "whose education has been neglected." The author has evinced a talent for packing as well as picking," and has successfully employed the literary lever and screw to compress a vast mass of information in a very small space. If the reader be desirous of learning what are the impressions made by our metropolis on a Chinaman, and at the same time enjoying a taste of Chinese song, he may gratify himself by a perusal of the following translation of a native poem entitled "London." The poetry does not describe us as excelling in sublimity, but John Bull has not much reason to find fault with the character given of his capital and its people.

"Afar in the ocean, towards the extremities of the north-west, There is a nation, or country, called England:

The climate is frigid, and you are compelled to approach the fire:
The houses are so lofty, that you may pluck the stars!
The pious inhabitants respect the ceremonies of worship,
And the virtuous among them ever read the sacred books.
They bear a peculiar enmity towards the French nation,
The weapons of war rest not for a moment between them.
"Their fertile hills, adorned with the richest luxuriance,
Resemble, in the outline of their summits, the arched eyebrows of
a fair woman.

The inhabitants are inspired with a respect for the female sex,
Who in this land correspond with the perfect features of nature;
Their young maidens have cheeks resembling red blossoms,
And the complexion of their beauties is like the white gem:
Of old has connubial affection been highly esteemed among them,
Husband and wife delighting in mutual harmony.

"The two banks of the river lie to the north and south;
Three bridges interrupt the stream, and form a communication:
Vessels of every kind pass between the arches,
While men and horses pace among the clouds (fogs):
A thousand masses of stone rise one above the other,
And the river flows through nine channels:
The bridge of Loyâng, which out-tops all in our empire,
Is in shape and size somewhat like these.
"The towering edifices rise story above story,
In all the stateliness of splendid mansions:
Railings of iron thickly stud the sides of every entrance,
And streams from the river circulate through the walls.
The sides of each apartment are variegated with devices;
Through the windows of glass appear the scarlet hangings:
And in the street itself is presented a beautiful scene;
The congregated buildings have all the aspect of a picture.
"The spacious streets are exceedingly smooth and level,
Each being crossed by others at intervals:
On either side perambulate men and women;

In the centre career along the carriages and horses:
The mingled sound of voices is heard in the shops at evening.
During winter the heaped-up snows adhere to the pathway:
Lamps are displayed at night along the street-sides,
Whose radiance twinkles like the stars of the sky."

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