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THE FALLING LEAF.
THE FALLING LEAF. How drear this spot! how raw this chilling air How lifeless, suit! how dull, each object round; Oil when shall Spring's soft touch these scenes rrpait ? When shall these mourning trees, with green be crown'd ? These trees, (huw oft) embracing o'er my head. In smiling kindness, lodg',d the warb'ling bird,?— How off, have bless'd me with their fragrant shade, While, pleas'd, my pensive ear the songster heard.- While thus I muse—a rattling sound I hear- -,ire I raise my eyes, th' apparent cause [ seek— A Leaf!;—its texture all distain'd, and sear Conies whirling downward, and salutes my cheek I'c)or w'tlier'(i I'ea"tliy tiiiieIiideed was short To me, perhaps, thou'st lent thy friendly aid, When, to -litis fav'rite spot I wou'd resort, To watch the setting sun,- or moonlight-shade. 13tit why this last salute ? am I more dear To thee than to thy fellows ?-say'st thou" stay, And lend a pitying, sympathizing ear, To what your poor departing f.-iend wou'd say ?" For fancy draws thy his'try, and pourtrays The period, when thy form receiv'd its birth, Expanding in the sun's reviving rays, Proud, i.,i tliv tov,"riti., distance front the earth. Thus—with thy partners of the self-same bud, Bright in the sun,—soft quiv'ring in the breeze, Witness of day, and night, thou long hast stood, Pre-eminent, thou reign'dst midst meaner trees. Poor, pale, expiring Summer long'd to stay In the delightful haunts herself had made But rude, unpolish'd Winter's iron sway Soon forc'.d her thence, and on her beauties prey'll! Then, with his desolating icy hand,— He robh'd yon stately Limes of all their pride, Scatter'd their foliage in the whist'Iing wind, And all their weak resistance, stern defied 1 poor Leaf!—thy parent tree cou'd ill withstand His tyrant power ;—he seiz'd the waving prize, Ravaged the stem,—then ope'd his graceless hand, And spread the ruin, thus before my eyes So, now, poor Leaf,-thy season has an end— Thou'st spent youth's prime thou'st past thy life's short day, Now must thy frail remains to earth descend, There buried lie, in silent, last decay. Then, when kind Spring renews her pleasing reigti J list on thy unobserv'd, neglected 10m b,- Perchance some flower may rise,—and 1. again, May hail thy spirit, in its sweet perfume. Nov. 19th, 1324,. A. Y.
—— CHARITY,
—— CHARITY, (From" Sacred Songs," by Thomas Moore, Esq ) Angel of Charity, who from above, Coinest to dwell a pilgrim here, Thy voice is music, thy smile is love, And Pity's soul is in thy tear; When on the shrine of God were laid First fruits of all most good and fair Thai ever grew in Eden's shade, Thine was the holiest offering there Hope and her sister, Faith, were given But as our guides to yonder sky as they reach the verge ot Heaven, Lost in that blaze they die. But long as love, Almighty love, Shall on his throne of throne's abide, Thou shalt, Oh Charity, dwell above, Smiling for ever by his side
ON THE LOVE OF LIFE.
ON THE LOVE OF LIFE. CI''row. the Monthly Magazine.) From the eariiest periods of infancy down to the second childhood of decrepitude, the love of life teaches us to exert our faculties for our preservation and well-being. From the moment that the babe is presented to the breast of its mother to the latest hour of weak and delimitated age, when it receives assistance and nourishment from children's children through- out 11/1 the variations of youth, manhood, and decay, the love of life never forsakes us; but, in every situation, and under every circumstance, teaches us to cherish and preserve our frame. Children rarely think of death, and never but with apprehemion and dismay; and it is equally true, that, for the most part, the old regard it with a childish fear: "The tree of deepest root is found Least willing still to quit the ground." T must own, that it has often been to me a matter of niiiil) surprize to witness men. grey, andbelltwith the weight of y ars. without a seeming coruiort upon earth, and alums"with- out a sense-or faculty to enjoy one, clinging to life with all an i,,tain's loudness. From this I have heEn convinced, that the Love of Ltfe fs an innate quality of the strongest and most en- during power. It is inseparable from existence and [ am of opinion, that, when under the influence of the most perplexing and distressing circumstances, huwsocverwe may affect to despise our lives, we should resign them. were they to be de. nianded, with so-row and reluctance; I concur with Byron in the opinion, that The very suicide Lets out impatiently the rushing breath, Less from disgust of lite, than dread of death." In sickness also, and bodily calamity, when the thread of ex- jsti-nce seems almost severed by the pangs of disease when fever breathes its burning pestilence through every pore, and natuie uruans in the convulsions of paIn; even then, when to be noihing would seem a consummation devoutly to be w ished," we still cling to existence, and pray. not for the ob- livion of the grave, but for the renewal of health, and the pro- longation of life. And when, at length, indisposition loosens his debilitating grasp, and the sufferer recovers strength sufficient to quit his sickly couch and walk abroad, how sweet and refreshing does she meanest natural object appear See the wretch, that long has tost Oil the thorny bed of pain. At length repair his vigour lost, Ancl breathe and walk again 'I lie meaiic- fl,)w'ret of ilie vii!e, The simple note that swells the gale, The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening paradise." 1t is evident that the love of life includes, in some measure,, (he idea of happiness, and the desire to attain it for happiness is the essence of desire and we consequently cling to those ects which can give us either immediate or promise us future pleasure. It is from the sarlle princtpte of action that the Sensualist continually chc-rishes and gratifies his appetites, and the mora!i-t chastens and governs them, and practices self- denial. Both are equally influenced by the love of life: ■'dthough the one is content with-a calm and lasting enjoyment, and the other can be gratified only by the sensations of strong excite men f. Who are so desirous of pleasure or gratification as those who ere the most easy in their circumstances,.and the least afflicted bv trouble and misfortune ? It is then that we are most sen- sihle of our existence. and of the pleasures derivable from it. We. feel as though we were created, only to be happy, and seek the abodes of pleasure as disposition or circumstance suggest. The ills we so, lately endured are then forgotten, or remembered only to give a zest to present enjoyment. We are -satisfied with ourselves, and at peace with others. Nature wears a livelier rohs the mn seems to laugh in his brightness, and the clouds are tinged with an imaginative lustre the l.;gbtot paradise seems to be opening through them, as they to our excited senses the gluw of love and the golden smile ofjoy. It was this simple consciousness of existence, mingled with the delight derived from the observation and contemplation of li.-jrure, that causest the wisest of kings to exclaim, "Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it' is for the eyes to behold -itie Andlthink there is u'*t a reflecting being in the -w<*rld who liaut not felt, though he may not have expressed tlwsaIN(". Tiiat the love of jife should beget the idea of immortality, is not in the least degree surprising. We naturally wish to con- unu- whatever affords us pleasure; and from thence the opinion of immaterial existence has originated for we are convinced by experience of the destruction of the body, and *are consequently impelled to consider the mind as a separate and independent being. Whether the idea of a Life hereafter be merely a visionary delusion of the wish-a recoiling from "the secret dread and inward horror of falling into nothing" —or whether it be an emanation of same innate principle, or intuitive consciousness of the human mind, I will not presume ♦ it her to affirm or to discuss. My belief is in the latter opinion; and certain I am that such a belief is individually consolatory, and universally beneficial. Milton, in his immoital poem, gives its the following advice from the lips of the angel Michael Nor love thy life, nor hate but what thou livest Live well: how long or short, permit to Heaven." To live well, we must live virtuoudy which is our interest as well as our duty, knowing that real and lasting happiness, which is our beiiig's end and aim." is incompatible with aught but virtue. Our very love of life should be in propor- tion only to our means of rendering benefit toothers; which ss indeed the truest means of gratification to ourselves. For what selfish pleasure is equal to the exercise of charity and ;H«odw)H? indeed.what luxury to that of doing good? The pompous tributes even of universal fame and flattery, are nothing ra irlsoli with the silent applause of tlie heart. C.
THE ARMY,
THE ARMY, DISTRIBUTION OF HIS MAJESTY^ rOKCES THROUGHOUT TIIEEMPtRE. The utility of thit ubstract is evident to every class of the pualic, baving refercnce to the army. Several attempts that have been made for some time past have proved incorrect; it is therefore equally obvious that the reader must hive been misled. In oider to remedy this defect, the following has been compared with 1111 the diffeient authorities at head- quarters :— ENGLAND AND THE ISLANDs.-Cavalrlf,-lst Life Guards, Hyde Park barracks; 2d Lite Guards, Windsor Royal Horse Guards, Regent's-park barracks; 1st Dragoon Guards, New- castle 2d Ditto, Norwich 2d Light Dragoons, Manchester; 3d Ditto, Coventry 6th Ditto, York 7th, Hounslow 8th, Dorchester; 11th, Maidstone 12th, Brighton 14th, Exeter; and 17th, at Canterbury. Infantry.—1st Foot Guards, 1st battalion, Westminster; 2d Ditto, Portman-street; 3d Ditto, Windsor 2d Coldstream, 1st battalion, Knighlsbridge barracks; 2d Ditto, Mews, Charing- cross; 3d Regiment, 2d battalion. Tower, London; 2d Regi- ment of Foot, Chatham; 7th, Manchester, 8th, Ptymouth; 17th, Hull 24th, Plymouth 3lst, Gosport; 5:3d, Weedon; 57th, Chatham; 99lh, Portsmouth. 3d lloval Veteran Batta- lion, Jersey, Guernsey, and Sheerness 1st Veteran Company, Chatham; 2d, Isle of Man; Royal Waggon Train, Croydon Bayal StalfCurps, HytiJe, SCOTLAND.—Cavalry -6th Dragoon Guards, Glasgow; and I st Light Dragoons, Piershil'l. Infantry —72d Regiment of Foot, Edinburgh. IRELAND.—Cavalry.—3d DragoonGuards, Cahir 4th,Dub- lin 5th, Dundalk 7th, Newbridge; 9th Lancers, Dublin; 10th Hussars, Ballinrobe 15th, Cork. lnfantnf.-3d Foot Guards, 1st battalion, Dublin 1 Regi- ment of Foot. 1st battalion, Castlcbar; lotli, Feriiiov 11th, Cork; 15th,Cork 19th, Limerick 22d, Dublin; 25th, Elluis; 26th, Tralee; 29th, Kinsale; 34th, Enniskillen S9ih, Butte- vant; 42d, Buttevant; 58th, Waterford 61st, Limerick 62d, Templemore; 63d, Naas; 65th, Birr 66th, Boyle; 73d, Athlone; 75th, Ferrlluy; 78th, Dublin 79th, Kilkenny 84th, CUrnmel; 86ih, Newrv 88th, Dublin Rifle Brigade, 1st bat- talion, Belfast; 2d Wtalion, Dublin; 1st lioyal Veteran, Bat- talion, Galway 2d, Londonderry. MEDITERRANEAN .—In fan try. — 12th Regiment of Foot, Gib- raltar; 18th, Corfu: 23d, Gibraltar 28th, Corfu; 32d. Corfu; 36th, Corfu 43d. Gibraltar 3ist. Cephalonia 64th, Gibraltar 80th, Malta; 85th, Malta; 90tb, Zante 94th, Gibraltar: 95th, Malta. NEW SOUTH W ALEs.-3d Regiment of Foot, and 40th Regiment. EAST INDIES.—Cavalry.—4th Light Dragoons, Bombay; 13th Lancers, Madras; and 16th Lancers, Bengal. Ist Regiment of Foot, 2d battalion, Madras; 13lh, Bengal; 14th, Bengal; 16th, Ceylon; 20th, Madras; 30ih, Madras; 33th, Bengal; 41st, Madras, 44th, Bengal; 41111, Ceylon; 46th, Madras; 47th, Bombay; 48th, Madras; 54th, Madras; 56th, Mauritius 59th, Bengal; 67th, Bombay; 69ih, Madras; 82d, Mauritius; 83d, Ceylon; 97th, Bengal; 89th, Madras. CEYLON CORPS.—Ceylon. WEST INDIES.—Infantry.—4th Regiment of Foot, Dominica and Aniigua; 5th, Dominica 9ih,Grenada; 21st,St.Vincent; 27th. Deuserara; 33d, Jamaica; 3.5th, Barbadoes; 50th, Ja- maica; 60th Regiment, 2d Battalion, Barbadoes; 77th, Ja- maica 9lst, Jamaica; 9.3d, Barbadoes 1st West India Regiment, Barbadoes; 2d ditto, part in the West Indies: 3d, Trinidad. AMERICA.— Infantry.—37LH Regiment of Foot, Canada; 52d, New Brunswick; 68th. Quebec; 70th, Montreal, 71st, Quebec; 74th, Halifax 76th, Canada; 81st, Halifax 96th, Halifax; Royal Newfoundland Veteran Companies, New- found-land, AFRICA.—Infantry.—6th Regiment of Foot, Cape of Good Hope 49th, Cape of Good Hope 55th, Cape 0; Good Hope 2d West India Regiment, part in Sierra Leone; Royal African Colonial Corps, Cape Coast Castle; Cape Corps, Cape of Good Hope.
THE HULKS.
THE HULKS. The public have long been accustomed to hear of prisoners being sent to work oil board the hulks, but as, perhaps, a very imperfect idea is generally entertained respecting them, a little information may not be unacceptable Oil the subject. The hulks are large vessels without masts, which have been line of bzttile-sliips, or frigates, fitted upfur the reception of male convicts sentenced to be transported. These floating prisons are securely moored near a dock-yard or arsenal, so that the labour of the convicts may be applied to the public service. It will be scarcely credited that there are usually about three thousand men in the country thus employed, which the following statement, supposed to be correct as to the average numbers, will exemplify :— At alieerness the Retribution containing 600 Bellerophon «• • • SM) Chatham o. Dolphin 400 Woolwich • • Jusutia 230 Deptford •• Ganymede .0 o. 120 rortiituomth" York o. 600 Leviathan o. 51)0 A small ship 0" •• 120 ■——Total 2,890 At every station there is a ship which is used as an hospital for the sick; each hulk is under the superintendence of a Cap- tain and a certain number of inferior officers, also a chaplain and a surgeon. At the termination of the assizes or sessions, the keepers of the various gaols throughout the kingdom are required to transmit to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, a list of the convicts who have received sentence of transporta- tion. and an order is then forwarded, directing to which of the hulks they are to be conveyed. On their arrival, they are im- mediately stripped and washed, clothed in coarse gray jackets and breeches, and two irons placed on one of the legs, to which degradation every one nHist submit let his previous rank have been what it may. They are then sent out in gangs of a cer- tain number to work on shore, guarded by soldiers. A strict account is kept of the labour performed by each gang, there being a scale by which it is calculated, and out of each shil- ling earned for the Government by the convict, lie is entitled to a penny, which is carried to his credit; but of this lie re- ceives only one third part weekly, the remainder being left to accumulate until the expiration of the term which he is doomed to serve thus it sometimes happens that a man who has been six or seven years on board the hulks, on his discharge, is put in possession ot ten or twelve pounds, and is also supplied with an additional sum of money to defray his travelling expences home. The strictest discipline is maintained, and extreme cleanliness enforced in the vessels. The diet daily allowed is a pound and a quarter of bread a quart of thick gruel, morning and evening on four days of the week, a piece of meat weigh- ing 14 ounces before it is cooked; and on the other three days, in lieu of meat, a quarter of a pound of cheese, also an allow- ance of sutati beer; and on certain occasions, when work pe- culiarly laborious is required, a portion of strong beer is served out: no where does good behaviour meet its reward more than at the hulks. A correct chronicle is kept of the conduct of each individual, and the Captain, jointly with the Chaplain, has the privilege of recommending annually a certain number as fit objects for a mitigation of punishment, so that it fre- quently occurs that a man sentenced to seven years' transpor- tation, serves only three and a half or four years; there are also other inducements to orderly conduct, such as having the irons lightened, and being promoted to little appointments, which relieve from severer labour. Besides those who are retained to serve out their term of trasporta ion in this -country. thousands are every year sent to New South Wales; iotir ships, containing, about eight or nine hundred, have recently taken their departure. Amongst others who are actually transported beyond the seas, such are invariably selected as are known to be old offenders, and those who appear to be. incorrigible. It should be observed, that one ship, the Bellerophon, at Sheerness, is appropriated exclusively to the recep ion of boys not exceeding 16 years of age, most of whom are not expatriated, but are taught various trades, such as shoemaking, tailors' work, bookbinding, &c. The murals of thes" youthful-delinquents, some of whom are not more than: ten years old, are very carefully attended to it is, however, a lamcnuibk: fact, that notwithstanding the severe lessons taught by the discipline ot the hulks, very many instances occur of convicts who have been discharged again, returning to habits of dishonesty, and again incurring the penaity of transportation: such characters are always banished the country. It is well known that the controul of the whole system referred to is in the hands of thc Home Secretary of State, and is certainly well conducted. The gentteman upon whom devolves lhe more immediate superintendence, is Mr. Capper, who discharges the responsible and active duties of his office; with a zeal, intelligence, and humanity, which could not be easily surpassed.
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MURDER.—On Monday, an inquisition was held at Tipton, Staffordshire, upon the body of William Bowater when a verdict of Wilful Murder was returned against James Hunt, under the following evidence :-On the 18th inst. a number of men belonging to the Moat Colliery, assembled in the evening to drink, and several of them remained till twelve at night, when Hunt and Bowater (two of the party) proceeded towards their home at Cosely. On the road they were heard wrangling, and Hunt made use of threatening expressions to the other. Shortly afcr, Buwater was found lying upon the the blood Bowing copiously from his Idt thigh, and being asked what was the matter, replied, Ob good Lord he has-stab bed- me." Hunt was standing by, crying and tearing the wounded man being taken to a house, in a very exhausted state from the loss of bloc,,d, expired in about twenty minutes. Hunt appeared in great anxiety and distress, and repeated iy called to Bowater." Do, God Bless you, Billy, spea k to me;" but he was so weak that he could not reply. IJuai uiienvvuds absconded, and has not since been heard of
i AGRICULTURE. ——■ _ 1
AGRICULTURE. ——■ REPORT FOR DECEMBER.—Winter and i's seasonable frost 'i are anxiously expected, for drying and giving firmness to the soil and the crops thereon but a sudden sharp Irost woutd be attended with perilous consequences, to ttieWheats purticutarty, and to the common turnips, which would be soon rotted and destroyed. It is argued, that such deluges of rain have fallen, little snow can be expected during the ensuing winter. We have been eye witnesses of such an abundance of slugs, as we never before beheld in any season for the prevention of this pest, the weather throughout has been unfavourable. The young wheats look well, excepting on lands saturated with moisture, where they appear yellow and sickly large breadths, also, being devoured by the slug. In some few districts, perhaps, one-third of the land intended for wheat will not be sown. Early wheat sowing is of great importance, the chances being so uncertain late in the autumn, or early in the winter. The discrepancies in country letters are curious men judge as they feel. The farmers of distant and poor districts insist that the last crop was deficient in quantity and quality that the young wheats look poorly, and that the genera) breadth of wheat sown this year will be considerably deficient. Their more fortunate brethren tell a directly opposite story, and the fortunate Scots farmers vouch the last crop of wheat to be beyond an uerllge, and generally of prime quality. The barley and oat crop, even, are said to prove beyond expectation. The Christmas supplies of wheat have been ample, and prices have given away. The same may be said of Siiiit ifeld mitrk t A good show upon the land, in the spring, must assuredly reduce prices, which, however remunerating and comfortable to the farmer, are still above the wages of the labourer, notwithstanding some advance. Cattle have been, and ought to be, taken to the home folds 011 all wet lands, where,. receiving no benefit, they do much mischief. The weather, has been unfavourable for storing potatoes and other roots, abencficiaipraetice. Nogcneralrot of sheep has yet taken place the marshy part of Keitt his suffered most. Winter tares, a most productive and advantageous crop on heavy lands, their culture extending in some parts, and totally neglected in others. The expoit trade of horses has been carried on to an unprecedented, extent; equally so the stealing of them. Hops and long wool are on the advance. The Christmas Smithfield Maiket and Annual Cattle Show were more numerously supplied/than in any former year, and the latter, full to stuffing last year, seemed to be more than full in the present. This exhibition is patronized both by town and country, evincing the national taste for the embonpoint, the oleose, and the luscious., BARILLA ASIIEs,-The qualities of the various kinds of manure, for land, are very essential points to be regarded by the farmer and agriculturist. Hitherto, it appears, sufficient attention has not been paid to a very powerfnl and cheap manure, namely, barilla ashes; which for most lands, and especially for all kinds of clliyey soils, are highly beneficial; and in consequence of the cheapness of salt, which has been recently fieely used by the soap manufacturers, the barilla ashes are become much mote valuable. The Board of Agri- culture has frequently recommended the use of these ashes to farmers in general and, if brought into more general use th -y would be an object of very considerable importance to the national agriculture. The following is quoted front one of thsir reports Barilla ashes are applicable wherever cal- careous matteriswanted in lands; they will serve the pur- poses of liming, and the albline salt they contain will render them a very superior topdressing for every kind of grass. Oil strong cold soils, peat moss, wet pastures, or spungy mea- dows, they are excellent they effectually destroy nislies, wetds, See. as well as flies, grubs, and other insects, and pro- duce a very fine sweet herbage. The effects from the use of these ashes have been very great; crops of clover-hay having been doubled by using sixty bushels to the acre, and these effects are seen most after the second or third year. One loati of barilla ashes is equal to live of rotten dung. Farmers bordering on the various navigations in the country may embark largely in the use of these ashes, with great advantage. In gardens they totally destroy vermin, prevent the club root to cabbages, See. and produce large heads of biocoli. There o reason for believing that there is no manure that will be found so profitable as these ashes."
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NEW RATL ROAD COMPANY.—A new Company to be called ihe "Grand Junction Rail Road Company," has been formed, originating with a number of gentlemen of the h ghest respectability resident upon or immediately connected with the proposed line. It is intended to unite at one com- mon centre the whole of the northern and eastern districts with the London, Liverpool. Bristol, and other railways, and thus completing two lines of most rapid communication across E g'and from north to south, and from east to west, it will be h.fhyadmntsgeous to the kingdom at large, and mote espe- cially to the inland counties. The following developement of the plan is extracted from the prospectus of the company :— Communications are about to be opened at Birmingham, the ports of Liverpool and Bristol, as well as with London and M-nchester, and the manufacturing districts of Lancashire. The main line of the present undertaking will therefore com- mencc at or in the neighbourhood of Birmingham in such a way as to connect itseil with the manufacturing and mineral districts of Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire, and Shropshire, thus combining at its very commencement not only a communication with the two great ports of the Western Coast, but with the Metropolis and Manchester, and thus ex- tending the great and important benefits to be derived by the town of Birmingham from the present undertaking. It will then proceed by way of Derby, passing over the mineral parts of that county to Sheffield, and from thence through the popu- lous and flourishing parts of the West Riding of Yorkshire to Leeds, with branches connecting the two latter towns with the Eastern Coast; there will also be separate branches to bring the main line into more immediate connection with the impor- tant towns of Manchester and Nottingham and their extensive manufacturing districts. The shares will be 1001. each. RAIL-ROADS AND CANALS.—A comparison has been made of the relative advantages of railways and canals, in a provincial paper. The writer calculates the degree of resist- ance a carriage or a vessel meets with, either from friction or the pressure of water, in each of these modes of conveyance. From these calculations, it appears that a horse will draw a load of ten times as great upon a railway and thirty times as g,eat upon a canal, as lie will upon a good road. When the horse moves at the rate of two. miles an hour, therefore a canal is the most advantageous mode of conveyance but when the speed is increased, the case is very different. With regard to the expense, the writer estimates the cost of a railway at three times the cost of a good turnpike road, and that of a canal abott nine or ten times. If railways, therefore, should come into general use, twc-thitds of llm expence of transporting commodities would be saved, as, though the first cost of the railway is three times that of the road, the same force will move ten times the weight over it. Railways then, it is obvious, afford prodigious facilities over any other mode of conveyance both as regards time and expense and there is scarcely any limit to the rapidity of movement these iron pathways will enable us to command, or to the improvements in trade, com- merce, and even agriculture, which they will allow us to effect —Courier. SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF VICE. t is with strong feelings of disgustwenoticeaSociety instituted for such an infamous purpose; but it is a fact, that a club, con- sisting of between thirty and furty fellow's, having a Treasurer, President, Stewards, &o. is established, to defray in common the charges which any member may incur by bastardy. We shall at present abstain from giving further particulars, but the parties may depend on it, that if the Society be not shortly dissolved, ve shall give publicity to their names, and call down on them that indignation and contempt which they so justly < e erve, and bring those dressed in "brief authority" to con- dign punishment.—Brighton Gazette. GRATITUDE OF THE PRESS.—During the recess of Parliament the daily papers often feel much difficulty in col- lecting together a sufficiency of new and genuine articles with wh ch to complete their columns hence the favours of their correspondents in times of dearth and scarcity meet with more tt an ordinary attention, and a well-manufactured story gra- t- it,) usly supplied becomes tinly acceptable but to nothing a e the editors so much indebted as to those errors and vices which become the subjects ot investigation in our Courts of Law, namely, Crim. Con., Seduction, Breach of Promise, cj-c. a luud is, therefore, forming, for the purpose of presenting to de illquents in such matters some token of gratt fj| regard. I he first who are likely to receive a benefit from this fund, are s'id to be the Rev. Mr. F., Mr. H., and Col. B., who have I eeu not strongly recommended as fit and proper objects by Miss Dick and Miss Foote. COURTING BY MOONLIGHT.-Rarnsgate, Dec. 27.— Ail accident, that nearly proved fatal, occurred here a few "ights since a lady and gentleman enjoying the pure breezes of a cool December evening on the cross wall of our pier, by some unlucky manoeuvre they ventured too near the edge, and were prer prated into the water, and but for the timely exertions or Mr. Edward Foster, they assuredly would have n)et with a watery grave he was on duty near tbe spot, when throwing a rope round the lady she had sufficient presence of mi"d to hold by it until safely landed. The gentleman, although an excellent swimmer, sunk twice, when luckily Mr. Foster's boat preserved his fife.—AM<MA Gazette, MDRDER AND ROBBERY.—On Wednesday evening last a .young man, a shepheid, belonging to Messrs. Brook? larmers, at Bexhill, was found ill II poud, near tlldt place "ith his throat cut, and his watch and the little money he had in his pocket gone. At the time of the murder the deceased had two dogs with him, one of which, an old one, left the fatal spot, and went home liowliiig the other remained at the pond where the body was found. Two brothers are in custody, sus- pected of having committed the horrid deed.—Brighton paper MURDER OF A TITHE PROCTOR NEAR BLESSINGTON, Cou NTY OF WICKLOW.—OnWednesday last,WilIiumWall«c«. tithe proctor to the Rev. Mr. Tucker, waited on Mr. George Hormdge, a gentleman of high rank and fortune, for the purpose of settling tithes. Air. Hornidge kept Wallace to dine with him, and after dinner an altercation unfoitunately took place, and blows eusued. In the scuffle both the men fell, when Mr. Hornidge stabbed Wallace with a small diik, which caused Ins immediate death. A young lad, a nephew of Wallace's, was present, and 111 trying to sa e his uncle, was also wounded. A coroner's inquest was held on the body of the deceased, and a verdict of Wilful Murder was returned against Mr. Hornidge. wh.) has Red.Dublin Evening Mail. On this melancholy subject the Dublin Morning Post says,— "Thee have been various reports in town lelative to.this melancholy occurrence: as, however, they have not reached us in an authenticated form, we shall for the present forbear mentioning them. We have heard that Mr. Hornidge has been for the last two years in a stale of mentn) derangement. ROBBERY OF THE STIRLING MAIL—Murray, the person who was apprehended at Thirsk, was brought to Edinburgh in a post-chaise, by two officers, on Saturday. He is secured in the Police-office, and an officer is constantly with him. He appears in tolerable spirits, and has, we under- stand, the manners and language of a gentleman. None of the money was found upon him, which, it is now suspected, the others concerned have secured. On his apprehension. Forsyth, the Newcastle officer, and another, returned with the prisoner, not suspecting that any more of that party had come that way; whereas, if we may credit a Newcastle paper of Saturday, there is great reason to believe that his two coiu panions were in the sitnie mail, as two of that descriptio ordered a private room on the coach's arrival at York, and would not suffer any one to carry their lugg.ige for them. They had also been seen to communicate with Murray before the coach's arrived in Newcastle. Had the officers proceeded, it :s therefore probable they would have pounced upon their prey at York. It is not unlikely that Murray was dropped at Thirsk for the purpose of favouring the escape of the others with the booty. On the above circumstances transpil ing Forsyth set off again for the south in further pursuit. The person named Allen, who was apprehended, has since been set at libertv. The guard of the mail remains in custodv Yesterday (Monday) Murray was brought up for examination, but refused to answer any questions. A correspondent, al uriing to the robbery of the Stirling mail, suggests that an a'arm-bell should be so fixed in the box of liie mail as to ring every time the door is opened or shut, by which means no person could open it without being detected.EdÙlbnrgh Observer. SALE OF MR. FAUNTLEROY'S EFFECTS AT BRIGHTON.— An immense assembly of persons attended the sule uf the free- hold villa and effects, the property of the late Henry Fauntle- roy, Esq. which was brought to the hammer on Monday. The villa was knocked down at 45901. to Mr. Rainy, who has purchased it for a person of rank the fixtures, &c. which are to be paid for in addition, with the conveyance, will increase the price to above 60001. The two plots of freehold ground, one lying opposite the villa, and the other adjoining the west end, were purchased for the same party, 16101. It was ru- moured, that the villa was bought for Lord Whitworih. Brighton Gazette, ENGRAVING IN RELIEF UPON AN EGG-SHELL.-The shell must be a thick one. Wash it well in fresh water, and and dry it carefully with a linen cloth. Melt some tallow or fat, and, while very hot, make any figures you may please with it upon the shell, either with a pen or pencil. Take the shell then by the two ends, and lay it gently in a tumbler filled with vinegar, or diluted aquaj fortis, the acid of which, in about three hours and a half, will have corroded so much of the shell as to leave the parts drawn upon in relief, the vinegar having no influence upon the fat which covered them. To MAKE GOOD COFFEE OUT OF RYE,-The rye is to be well cleaned, and then boiled till it is soft; but care is to be taken that it does not burst. It is afterwards to be dried in the sun or in an oven, and then burnt like coffee, and when ground is fit for use. It may be infused and boiled in the usual way but if coffee equal to Mocha is required, half of this powder mixed with half its weight of real coffee, gives a beverage fit for the Grand Turk, or to be served to the guests at the Coffee Hamblin of the Patais Roy ate.—Dn; Chemist. D tring the last Assfzes at Lewes, a gentleman asked Mr. Sergeant Onslow "what waii meant by an alibi?" It's a lie by which many a rogue escapes hanging," replied the Sergeant. Life is continually ravaged by invaders (says Dr. Johnson); one steals away an hour and another a day—one conceals the robbery by hurrying us into business, another by lulling us with amusement the depredation is continued through a thousand vicissitudes of tumult and tranquillity, till having lost all, we can lose no more. To put every man in possession of his own time, and rescue the day from a succes- sion of usurpers it is beyond hope; yet perhaps, some stop might be put to this unmerciful persecution, if all would ser iously reflect, that whoever pays a visit that is not desired, or talks p longer than the hearer is willing to attend, is guilty of an injury which he cannot repair, and takes away that which he cannot give. Gregorius de Valentia (in Anr hjs. de Ecclesia) gives the following account of the opinion of a merchant of Phicentia, respecting the difference between the Catholic and Lutheran Confessions of faitli I choose rather to be a Catholic," sairJ this prudent merchant, "than a Lutheran; for, by being the former, I get at the truth in a short and easy way. I have only to affilm what the Pope affirms, and to deny what the Pope denies. On the contrary, were I a Lutheran, the business would be quite different, and very troublesome to me. I should then have a whole catechism to learn by heart, and should be bound to read the Bible-lIay, to search and medi- tate upon the Scriptures. Now this would never do; for I must be thinking of my ships which a'e at sea, and besides, I have scarcely time to look after my warehouses, and to con- sider how I can make the most of my merchandise." CAMBRIDGE, DEC. St.—1The prize for the Hulsean disser tation for the year 18^4 is adjudged to Jas. Adtiraux Jeremief B. A. Scholar of Trinity college. Subject—The Doctrines ot our Saviour, as derived from the Four Gospels, arc in perfecs harmony with the Doctrines of St. Paul, as derived from hi Epistles.
COPPER ORE,
COPPER ORE, Sold at REDRUTH, on Thursday, Dec. 30. MINKS. TONS. PURCHASERS. PRICE. EastCrinnis 123 Daniell, Nevilf, and Co. £6 -1 0 ditto 120 D;tto and Williams, Grenfell, and Co. and Crown Co. 7 9 6 ditto 102 Daniell, Nevill, and Co. 6 6 0 ditto 96 Williams, Grenfell, and Co. I' and Crown Co. 5 10 0 ditto 94 Daniell, Nevill, and Co. 7 7 6 ditto 84 ditto 519 0 ditto 82 Ditto and Williams, Grenfell, and Co. and Crown Co. 6 10 0 Great St. George 97 Fox, Williams, and Co. 1 5 6 ditto 88 ditto 1 16 0 ditto 87 Williams, Grenfell, and Co. and Crown Co. 2 12 6 ditto .86 Fox, WilJianu and Co, 3 1 6 ditto 73 Vivian and Sons 1 13 6 ditto 68 Fux. Williams, and Cjo. 2 1 0 ditto 62 Williams, Grenfell, and Co. and Crown Co. 5 1 6 ditto SfJ Fox, Williams and Co, 12 0 ditto 46 Ditto, and Vivians 2 0 0 Wh. Chance } R. n Consols 106 Bnmingliant Co. 7 It 6 ditto 92 Vivian and Sons 8 3 6 ditto 85 diito 6 12 6 ditto 55 Daniell, Nevill, and Co. 7 1.5 0 (fit 0 4fJ Vivian and Sons 11 7 6 Treskerby 97 Daniell, Nevill, and Co. 8 7 6 ditto 53 ditto 8 14 0 ditto 46 ditto 5 15 0 Lanescot 88 VivianandSons 5 16 0 ditto 87 Daniell, Nevill and Co. 7 8 0 ditto 60 ditto 5 9 0 Wh. Chance 104 Williams, Grenfell, and Co, and CrowuCo. 10 8 6 ditto 92 Vivian and Suns 7 4 6 Wh. Charlotte 68 Williams, Grenfell, and Go. and Crown Co. 6 10 6 vr .1 TV 62 DILL° 6 10 6" jNJortli Downs 4- ditto 8 10 6 Quanmy of Copper Ore sold, ?5i4 tons.—Average Produce, °' Copper, 183 tons, iaewt.—Amount of sa.e, £ la,005 19,. Sd.-Average Standard, £ U0 is, BA l\ Ii HOP IS from Saturday's Gazette. TO SUH RENDER IN B A SIR C II A I.L-S I REE T. h. II. lu^orth, 1 edl.-u's acre, Lambeth, coa-l-merchanfr pna- p M- J'' u,F A,1! £ om,e-v' W'Skv. Cletitent's-inn.-R.- Uoffe. Postforo iMtl! and Stoke Mill, near Guildford. Sum>v paper-maker, Jan. 8, 15, Feb. 1* Atts. Walker and C FeTI? aTP "7' Fyfe- H"lb0, n- K,° 'Pr' Ja"- 8, !•% 12 Alt. barber, Chancery-lane.— G. Benson, Bowjjn-■_ green-place, Kennington, builder, Jan. i), 15, Feb t f Afr Norton, Old Broad.street -J. F. Btnnallack, Truro, Cornwall' scrivener, Jan. 11, 15, Feb. 12; Atts. Sherwood and SOl;, Canterbury-square, Soutliwnrk.—• A. Bryan,'Richmond,Surrcv' haberdasher, fan. 8, 15, Feb. 12 Alt. Tanner, New Basin' hall-street.—M. Arnsby, Staverton-row, Walworth-road, baker Jan. 8, 13, Feb. 12; Att. Robinson, Half-Moon-street. Pictu- dilly. It. Ln»per Nob,e-street, Falcon-square, coal-mereh,in! Jan. 4, 11, Feb. 12 Alt. Mahouy, Qualitv-court, Cliaacery- lune.-C. Arcangelo.G.!oucesteHerr,¡cl', Bethnul'gret'n. Ie,. ther merchant Jan. 8, 18, Feb. 12; Alls. Lane and Bennett Lawrence Pountney-laiie. 7 7 TO SLTKRENDER IN THE COUNTRY. J. and J. Gerrish, Froine Selwood, clothiers, Jan. 7 9»' £ rn' n' "10 ^eat leaves, Fronie Selwood Afto/neT' Mil er, Froine Selwood.—J.. Mawcross, Manchester, i..„ holder, Jan. 14 13, Feb. 12, at the Coach and Morses, Man- chester; Att. Wh.tehead, Mnnci.ester.-E. Rishton, Preston' Lancashire, money-scrivener, Jan. 10, "26, Feb. 12, at the WhiLe: Horse, Preston; Att. Hopkins, Preston. CERTIFICATES. Jair. 22. T. Moss, Vauxhall, poller.—L Gamett, Liver. P°T" Jrn1 A' St.-aehan, Liverpool, m.fster-uiarmer. TT^r, tI n^vv"0C^' Southampton, mealuian,—E R;id- cljfle, H i«h Hoi born, carver and gilder*—J. Piercv a I R. Saunders. Htrmmghan), edgc-toot-tuakers.—J. Walthew Liverpool, draper. 9
HiGH WATER ON SWANSEA BAtt…
HiGH WATER ON SWANSEA BAtt FOE. THE ENSUING WEEK. Days. Morning. Evening. Height. N* M. p. M. F. R Satnrday 8 .7 8 lz7 20 8 Sunday ,8. ,4B 9 12 go 3 Monday- 9 34 9 58 19 3 Tuesday 10 21 10 43 17 3 Wednesday it 15 11 45 16 1 Thursday 12 0 12 56 14 3 Friday 1 33 i "2 15 13 4 IIIGH WAT Ell AT THE PASS A Ci\iS. Days. | Morning, j Evening. 11 • M. n M 11 • M. n M Saturday 9 25 9 4.7 Sunday 10 8 10 23 Monday 1 (i 5-t n 13 Tuesday 11 41 g Wednesday- 12 35 1 fi.-> Thursday 1 20 2 3li Tuesday 11 41 g v1, fJ,-t. ,it 18 Wednesday- 12 35 1 6,) Thursday 1 20 2 3li Friday 2 j5 3 45
MARKETS.
MARKETS. Mark lane, London, Monday, Jan. 3.—The arriva's of all sorts of corn last week were good. This morning there are only moderate "fresh supplies of wheat, barley, beans, and peas, from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk, and there are several vessels fresh in from the North and Ireland with oats. Wheat on Friday last was reported &s. per quarter higher than last Monday, and the advance is nearly maintained to-day; hut our millers not being inclined to do business, the trade has become heavy.-Barley was alsD dearer on Friday, but to day the trade is very dull, and the rates of last Monday are witli difficulty obtained, except for fine malting qualities. Beans that are dry have rather exceeded last quotations. Boiling and grey peas fully support the terms of this' day sc'nu ght Oats meet a tolerable free trade, .nd the prices last quoted are fully supported in this article. In flour no further al- teration. Red W lIeat, old 54s to 70s Malt. 56s to 60s White, old 58s lo 78s Fine Ss u> 70! Red,1824 52s .to <52s- Hog Pease 38s to 39s Fine 62> lo 6hs White 4(js to Superfine 66s to 70s Ditto, boilers,new 54s t„ New White 5-is 10 60s Small Beans, new 44. in JP Fine 56s to 68s Ditto, old 5L tf) Superfine 74s to 78s Tick,new 35^ t0 Rye, new 36s to 4l)s Ditto,old 44S to Brank 25s to 30s Feed Oats 21s to 25s Barley 35s to 39* Fine 25sto 269 Fine 42s to 4.ts Polands 23s t0 Superfine 46i to 49s Fine ^6s to £ 83 Price of' FLOUIZ. F.Flour per IlaC(¡ 65s, to 7i)s. II Second, per sack 60s. to 65s Average PRICES of GRAIN in ALES, cl c. Wheat, j Rye. Barley, Oats. s•" d. s.' d. s. d. s. d. Glamorgan 48 0 33 tl 22 U 13 O Carmarthen 43 10 330 V1) 134 Brecon 44 11 01) 0 22 0 17 0 Pembroke. 48 0 33 0 22 8 15 5 Cardigan 43 7 00 0 37 II 20 O. Radnor 460 000 25 7 21 (» Merioneth 71 0 52 0 48 0 26 0 Denbigh 60 9 00 0 37 2 24 O Monmouth •••• 57 9 00 0 32 0 QO q Hereford. 4t 9 40 0 24 0 00 0 frice of HOPS, per Cwl. POCKKTS. Kent 61. 154. to gl. Os; j Sussex. 61. 0" to 61. 16i tarnhaiu 10!. Os. to 131. 03. P RIe E of SEEDS,$c. s. S. !II S T.mup.Whne.bush. Bali Clover. Red, perewt. 4*8380 Red and Green 7 a 9 vVl>i,« -/I n. 8: ii | ij Canary, per quarter 76 a 80 Trefoil 20 Cinque Font 36 a 41 Carraxyay '44. v? Rye Grass. 24 a 50 Coriander 9 a 10 PRICE of MEAT. SMtTffPrEr.O. i.rAtli.,NHALI. AND NEtVCiTE. Tosink the offal, per stone By the Carcase. —Per stone °l of 8lbs. Beef 4-s Oil to 5s 0,! Beef Sn 4- to 4s 2cl Mutton, 4>' 6<i to 5s <i<\ Mutton 3s 4>! to 4< 4d Lamb- Os (M to Os (M, Lmiib Os (V.I to O, o<l Veal s5 to 6s 2 Veal 4< 21 to 6> 4rl Pork 5s Od to 6s ()<3 Pork 4* Od to 6s 4d PRICE of TALLOW, SOAP, 4- CANDLES. Town Tallow, p. cwt. 46s Od Good Dregs- ]0s Russia do, candle 37s Od Curd Soap 8*s ftd W'h'Uo. Os Od Mottled 78s Od Melted Stuff 3ls 6d 'Yellow ditto Ditto rough i8sod Candles,per doz. 8^ Od Graves 16s()d Moulds g3yd
BRISTOL PRICE CURRENT.
BRISTOL PRICE CURRENT. Musco-^SuprarBrn. 54 tr 70s. Molasses. 26s Od to g'*s — Middling.. 58 to 60s. Ruin Jamaica !s 9d to 2* 6d ——Good 61 to 63s. Runt Leeward Is. 3d. to Is 6dS v — Fine 68io7>s.: Oil, Gallipoli 48lto5i!„ Brown Lumps. 79 to 80s. —■—Sicily 441 to 451. Good and tine, 88 to lOOs. R.ce in bond 00s to 0 t J illersand loaves 86to 100s. free.OO::tto OOs, Double. t 25 to IlOs Tar. OOstoOOs bastard 56 to 64s. Turpentine 005 to 00s. PlllCE of CORN. Spring Wjte.at,} d. 3 d. pigs' peas,p.busli.4s.9cf.-5*. 3d' per sk.otSSJlb$44 0 46 0 Mail, Pale 7 9 g Wheat,foreign i n Brown.7 0 7 per bushel-$Beans, English- 5 6 7 £ hngli.sh 7 0 8 6 —Heligolad6 6 7 n 6 4 1 0 Oats, Poland-••• 3 0 3 t ——Welsh.5 0 7 0 Feed-2 6 2-1 £ Barley, Mailing.-4 9 5 6 Vetches, forseed 7 O 7 r* Grinding.-j3 9 4 6 Flour, fine, per) „ Pease,White.6 6 7 0 sack.2c.2q.5lb. ( b0 0 Boilers70 0 0 -—*—T—seconds. 50 Q>o% 0. BRISTOL PRICE of LEATHElb Heavy Crops J9J to 20d E. Horse Hides, I3df to 1 fid Light & iMidd. J8d to 19d Spanish ditto J2d t<o J6c» Buffaloes 161 to 19,1 B. Pattern Skins 26>- to 28d Rounded ditto 2<>d to 21d Common ditto 24d, lo 25d Close Butts 22d to 25d Heavy dilto 19,-i to ^t'iSkiM • !'i;° nines -5 Irish Skins 15d to I6d Common ditto 19d to 20d Kips 16d to 20d Bull ditto 16<1 to 13d Small Seals lad to 19d
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Norwich Corn Market, JM. l.-The corn trade was exceed- ingly brisk this morning .red wheat feicbed 68s. to 74s. fine white wheat 74s. to 78s. • barlej 34s. to 485.; oats 27s. to 32s. per quarter. Norwich Castle Me1 rm I -Biisiness to a considerable extent was t,<in at to-day a great number of sheep were-pennec c.iK- of ai advanced prices; there were also many good lean Scots, which were in demand and went off readily. 1 he prices of fat meats iu theinarket remaillS as last qUJlvd.