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POETA r. TO THE EDrCOR. Sta...-Among the readers of verse there subsists a prejudice against Acrostics _; if you think the follow. mg is rather in a better taste than Acrorics usually are, you will oblige an old correspondent by inserting it in your Paper. The lines were writtenseveral years *lce on, a promising child of five years old, nephew eta much valued friend: Joyous youth is like the rose On a sunny summer's morning; High its blushing head it shyers, Nitrure's cheerful face adorning : But when winter wild appears, Each flowret small it's beauty loses. Alas! 'tis thus with roiling years, Unhappy man's existence closes: More blest the flower, by Mutinies decree, Aagain the rest nay bloom—but he No second spring can hope to see. Swan Thom near St. Martin's lane. MARQUIS or TOWNS!: N WILL.—The following will be found to be the princip.il bequests and legacies made in the List Testament of this Nobleman, viz. The family estate of Rainham Cie entail was cut off about four years ago), with all the furniture, ' , late, pictures (including the Bellisarius, by Salvator Rosa, yaltied at 10,000 guineas), to his second son, Lord CliA 1.13 TowNsus:ND. To his Lordship's two daugh ters, £15,000 each ; and to Miss WALCUP 1.40,000, , and his house, library, and furniture, at Richmond. The family estates in Warwickshire, and other court-. ties, to the amount of nearly £lB,OOO per annum, re maining entailed, go here& tarito the present Marquis, but who it is generally understood is not once named in the with Our gallant heroes, car Wellingtons and Grahams may now know that there is something more terrible In the creation than a French army—something more dreadful than its well-plied artil:ery—the Common Council of Lond9n ! King Lambert, although his proclamation may be laughed at, really begins with more capital thin Bo naparte. He begins with fifty acres of lam!, which is about fifty times as much as Bonaparte's whole fa tally ever possessed—in an honest way. At Mentz there is now-exhibited an elephant of surprising intelligence. The musicians of the Theatre gave him a concert. The first piece produced a deep sensation ; but a solo on the horn transported him. He WAS much agitated, beat time with his trunk, .nd accompanied the instrument with certain sounds. It is reported that he is engaged . for the next season at one of the winter Theatres, and makes his first ap pearance in a duet with a Bear! The Rev. H. B. Witson, B. D. is preparing for the press a History of Merchant Taylors' School, London, from its foundation to the present time, including the lives of the eminent men who have been educated at It, to be comprised in one volume, quarto, 'mice two guineas, in boards. It is designed to embellish the work with enfraved portraits of Dr. William Juxon, successively' Bishop of London and Archbishop of Canterbury ; Sir William Dawes, Baronet, succes sively Bishop of Chester and Archbishop of York ; Dr. Hugh &ther, successively Bishop of Bristol and Archbishop of Armagh ; and (in proportion t t the degree of patronage conferred upon the undertaking) of other distinguished Scholars of the School. Bet as it is not intended to print more copies than shall be subscribed for, Gentlemen, who design to patronise the publication, are requested to signify their inten tions to the author, who takes this opportunity of so liciting a communication of biographical and literary notices connected with the subject.—No money to be paid till the delivery of the book.—No. 3, Laurence- Poustary-1411, August, 1811. The signal stations on the coast from Yarmouth to Southend. and from thence to Sheerness, under the charge of Lieutenants of the Navy, are undergoing an alteration, on a plan taken from the French, which is much improved ; in future they are to be worked by levers instead of balls. A chain bridge has been cast over the Merrimack, three miles Attie N:wbury Port, in the Stare of Mac. sachusetts. It consists of a single arch of 244 feet in length; the abutments are of stone, 47 feet long and 97 high ; the uprights, or framed work which stand on the abutments, are 35 feet high, over which are suspended ten distinct chains, the ends of which, on both sides of the river, ar. buried in deep pits and se cured by large stones ; each chain is 516 feet long, and where they pass over the uprights, and where the greatest strain rests, they are treble, and made in short links. The four middle joists rest on the chains; all the rest are suspended to the main chains, to equalize the floor. This bridge has two passage ways, of 15 feet in width each, and the floor is solid as to admit of horses, carriages, &c. travelling at any' speed, with very little perceptible motion of the floors. A Commission was lately held at the Moot- Hail, Ipswich, to enter into a further investigation of the defalcations in the Excise Duties in that town, when a_sum amounting to Z 8,598. 1.55. was levied upon one defaulter. Several more cases remain yet to be tried. Trrass.—At the Sussex Assizes, a cause of consi derable importance to persons interested in the pay- silent of tithes, and which excited great interest in the county, came on to be heard before the Lord Chief Barns. It was an action brought by a farmer against the impropriator, for not taking away his tithes when set out ; and the principal question was, whether the parson was bound to take the tithe-lamb, when it was fit to live whiteout the darn, whether the farmer weaned his own lambs or not ? In this case the farmer did not wean his own lambs; butt, after setting out the parson's tithe, returned the nine parts to the ewes to fatten for sale. The cause being called on, and the' Plaintiffs Counsel having stated his case, the Judge recommended a reference,, which was acceded to by ill the pasties—his Lordship first declaring the law of the case, namely, that the lambs are weanable when . they can thrive on the same food that the dam sub sists on, and that the farmer is bound to treat the patson's lamb in the same manner that he treats his own. This doctrine gives the parson the right to, the 10th fatted lamb, and establishes a criterion upon the, subject of tithe:lambs, and which never can be pro- ductive of litigation, inasmuch as the time of tithing is rendered certain, and the farmer has his option . to 1_ wean his lambs or not. 7 - T DUBLIN. .4UGDY.ST 28. A few nights since an attack was made upon house of Mr. William Slattery, at Knockbritt, near Fethard, by an armed party, who fired several Shots into his windows. There was a parley, in which the banditti abroad required that Slattery should give up his farm at Ballivadin, which he resolutely refused. Finding this experiment unsuccessful they departed, leaving him warning to prepare his pyps. Between the hours of two and three o'clock on Sa turday morning last, a dreadful fire broke out in the kitchen of the extensive and elegant Mansion of Castle M.unt Gairet, in consequence of the kitchen-boy in cautiously heaping a large parcel of moist turf in the grate, for the purpose of being dried against the fol lowing morning —but, alas ! the kindled embers of the preceding evening increased to a dreadful blaze, which instantly set the kitchen in flames. The fa mily were now alarmed by the cook, and they had just time to save themselves by flight, before the de structive element had communicated to some powder which lay in a room contiguous to - where the fire broke out, and which destroyed the entire premises with its contents, consisting of the most elegant and fasionable furniture, plate, cash, Bank notes, dia monds, &c. The unfortunate cook, whilst endea vouring to save some valuable papers, went in, neve! to rtturia ! The loss is estimated at upwards of £30,000. /View nights since, a fire broke out in the stable of the George Inn, at Grantham, in which were eight coach-hot ses, the whole of which were saved by the activity of the waiter, who, owing to the plunging of one of them, received a dangerous wound in the thigh by the fall of his knife. The arrival of the engines pre vented the spreading of the conflagration beyond the stable. Wednesday evening, a labouring man, who resided near Article the tire was, in Great Swan-alley, Cole man-street, was knocked down by an engine, and run over by a hackney-coach, by w!iich he was so shock ingly hurt, as to be taken to the Hospital, where he died on Thursday night. This is so great a plum-year, that the most delicious green gages have been sold in some of the Kentish mar kets at Bd. a gallon, though to travellers, who were suspected of Margatecring, they were, of course, Is. a dozen ! ------ - Mr. Nicholson of Hole House, Barton, near tills water-foot, Westmoreland, had three weeks ago last Tuesday, a bushel of barley in Penrith Market, which weighed 10} stone. The fair of Spancclhill drew together as vast and as busy a crowd, for the two last days, as could be recollected to have taken place at that mart for many preceding years ; and the sales, which were very ex tensive, gave perfect satisfaction to both buyer and seller, while the domestic industi.y of the peasant met encouragement and reward in the brisk demand which prevailed for flannel, handle linen, coarse canvas, kc. SranatNo.—The Blacks, with their assistant, Bel. cher, are reaping abundant harvest in the populous towns of the North. At York, last week, they were unable to satiate public appetite, although they gave exhibitions of sparring three or four times a day; yet the room in which they exhibited, was insufficient to accommod-tte the people who flocked into the town, from all parts of the country. Several Yorkshire amateurs also exhibited. A match has been made at Gregson's for a great stake, bet►rixt two fistic heroes of tried weld, Jemmy, the marine, and Crabb, a carpenter. The champions have before exhibited in ceffee•rnom squabbles : they are in close training, and Jemmy is a great favourite. Saturday a eparrel took place between two work men belonging to a manafactory, on Snowhill, Bir mingham, when they proceeded to blows, and after fighting between two and three minutes they were se parated. Soon t!fter one of them expired. A Coro ner's Jury sat on the body, and brought in their ver dict---,, that the deceased died of apoplexy, occasion. ed by excessive passion of the mind." Thursday a foot-race, for a considerable wager, took place in Stepney-fields, betwet•n two nautical Gentlemen, who hold distinguished places under the Trinity Corporation, Mr. F— weighing about thir teen stones and a half, and Mr. J---, something less than ten. The distance was 1(X) yards, with an advantage of five in fa vourof Mr. F. They both main tained an equality the first 60 yards, when Mr. F. took the lead, but by extraordinary exertion Mr. J. again became in a parallel lice, when unfortonately within less than two yards of the gpal, an accident occurred which terminated the contest in favour of Mr. F. The distance was run in 17: seconds. Thursday night, as Mr. Ealing, who resides near St. Ann's-hill, was returning from Egliam races, ac companied by his brother, the chaise was overturned about a mile out of Egham, by driving against bank, and both persons were so much hurt, that they are not expected to survive. A dreadful catastrophe occurred at Chapel Wake, Birmingham, on Tuesday last. A concourse of peo ple having assembled at the rives Court, Lawrence street, for the purpose of baiting a bull, the enraged animal hrcke loose, and ran with great fury into Coleshill.street. A scene of the greatest confusion ensued, and many who were partaking of the is no cent diversions of the day, paid dearly for the sport which othershad enjoyed over thesufferings of the bull, and the mangled carcases of dogs. An infant nine months old, was killed on the spot, two womet, and boys were dreadfully trampled and bruised, and re main in the hopital with little hopes of recovery, and Many others received serious injury. A few days ago, as Mr, Cropley, a respectable Fir mer, of Burwell, near Newmarket, was returning home from Cambridge market on hor,eback, in a state of intoxication, he was unfortunately drowned in a pond near the town through which his horse was accustomed to pass. lie was in the habit of riding the same horse for the last twelve years, to Newman. ket and Cambridge markets, twice a week ; being a free drinker, he was frequently tied on his horse, who used to take him safe home. Whilst in a state of in toxication on the night lie met his death, the animal static' still in the water till the following morning, which led to the discovery of the body. The horse would not leave the spot until his master's remains wrre taken asore. i the POLICE. MAXIIIOII Hons.—A well dressed woman was charged before the Lord Mayor, for attempting to im pose upon the Society. for the relief of the wives, Ste. of Wounded Sailors in his Majesty's Sehice. The Secretary of this Society; which is held at Lloyd's. Coffee-house, attended, and produced two letters given him by this woman, which letters he suspects, from several reasons, are all forgeries. The prisoner said she Lad these letters from Cox and Greenwood's, and that she was the wife of an officer of the 58th re giment, and that she was just come home froth abroad, and gave a very incorrect account, either from a dis ordered brain, or the unhappy situation in which she , Was placed. She was remanded for further examina tion, and the Secretary ordered to take these letters to Cox and Greenwood's, and make further inquiry about her. . GUILDHALL—An information was heard before Alderman Avrcrvs.siglinst !Warn Webster, a hay salesman, 43 Smithfield, charging him with keeping back six shillings in a load of straw, and giving the carman a ticket with the money six shillings less than he sold it for. This information was by the Rev. Mr. Fenshaw, of Degenham, in Essex, who was attended by his Solicitor, who called forward different wit nesses, who clearly proved the defendant guilty. He did not appear himself : a Gentleman appeared for him, and said Mr. Webster was very sorry for what hWd happened, and would submit to the Magistrate's decision. The Solicitor pointed out the Act of Piir• liament against this offence, the penalty for which is ten pounds, and which his client had no objections might be appropriated as the Alderman thought pro per, and sail this was not the first offence. Eleanor Hugh:4 a poor woman, was htsought up, whose husband had obliged her to lodge an informa tion against a woman who had inveigled her into the destructive vice of gambling, by getting the poor creature to risque what little money her industrious husband was able to afford her for the support of themselves and three children, in some Lads Cwt. 1 The poor man seeing his little funritute and bedding going by degrees, naturally inquired of his wife what I had become of them ? when the simple creature con lessed the whole of the infamous contrivances that had been practised against her, almost to the ruin of them both. A Mrs. Benson was also brought up, to whom Mrs. Hughes had that morning paid, oa several numbers, Is. which had been previously marked by the officers ; and a Schoolmistress, in Stonecutter street, was also brought up, at whose house the business was transacted. Mrs. Hughes, however, could not prove that Mrs. Benson was the principal, it being now contrary to the etiquette of those experi enced hag: to let their deluded victim be present at the drawings. The fact of having received money, Mrs. Benson could not deny, but she asserted, that she neither was the principal, nor did she know who I was ; and, although threatened by the Magistrate • that she should be sent to prison as the principal, she would not peach. She was therefore ordered, either s to find bail or to go to prison, and to be brought up again, to see whether she may not, by that time; be disposed to give up thenam,s of the principals. Manusonot:on.syterr.—Two female servants in , the employ of a lady in Manchester-street, Mulches . : I ter-square, were charged with robbing the house of their mistress of plate, jewels, Etc. to a considerable amount, during the lady's absence a few days at I Weymouth. In defence, it was stated by the :tr.' rants, that they had pledged the property during the absence of their mistress for safety ; and some cit. cumstances came out in corroboration of this sin gular defence, particularly as no part of the money advanced had been made use of. PEIOURY.—Mary Ann Gwill was committed for wilful and corrupt perjury in swearing falsely relit. ti ye to a case of burglary before the Magistrates at this office. The prisoner, it appeared, swore to her having been at Camberwell Fair with a man of the 11:4MC of• Towers oil the night of a burglary at the house of Mr. Raymond, in Cadogan-place, for which Towers has been committed for trial. The perjury having been proved, the pri....nier confes.sed her guilt, which she attributed to the persuasions of a friend 01 Towers, to get the latter out of custody. Early on Monday m,orning last, J. Allen, a convict in the city gaol, Norwich, effected his escape, by bur rowing tioder the door-way clhis cell, and ascending the wall of the prison. Saturday night a young man was knoeked down in Drury lane by g footpad, and robbed of a onee-pousnd note and seven shillings in silver. The robber was, however, pursued and taken. Thursday night, Mr. Ferguson, of Brick-lane, Old. street, wa► hustled, by a gang of fellows near the Charter-horse-wall, and rubbed of his watch and a silk umbrella. The value of DT. FREEMAN'S GUTTA SALUTARIS !lAN been so long proved, that nothing of the present day can bear a competition with it, in all the diffe rent stages of a certain disease, which it effectually tures and eradicates frarn the habit, without exciting the painful feelings :tad exposure that attends saliva non—without debilitating the constitution in any de gree, or even requiring confinement from business or restriction of diet: The radical virtues of these ines timable Drops have proved their claim to publ , c ao i probation flir more than 30 years. In all the debility of both sexes they prove a never-failing restorative— . whether the debility is produced by too free use of mercury, by illicit pleasures, or the effects of a warm Climate To travellers and those going abroad, they cannot be recommended too strongly, as they will re ceive a safe, speedy, and complete cure, in all olp stubborn sleets, and every weakness that affects the bladder and organs of urine. By its efficacy many. women lave become mothers, who for many years had been deprived of that happiness.—Sold wholesale and retail, at Mr. Butler's, No. 4, Cheapside, corner of Paternoster-row ; and retail, by Bolan, and Sharp, Portsmouth ; Hall and Johnson, Gosport ; Allnutt, Weston, Mallory, and Jones, Portsea; Trtwman, Exeter ; Cookworthy, Glenville, Gilbert, and Hox land, Plymouth; Newbury, Dublin; Baxter and Mac donald, Glasgow; Smith, Manderston, Scott, and Cargill, Edinburgh ; Crutwell, Bath ; Ross and Peck, Hull ; Gregson and Billinge, Liverpool ; Stains and Lynch, Manchester; Bowen, Norwich ; Knott and Lloyd, Birmingham; Gregory, Brighton; and most Medicine Venders, is bottles, at Sts. 9d. 'M. 6d. and and Ws. each. memrsLr AGRICOMIRAL RIPON: The Harvest has been nearly closed wOin this month, with finer weather an 1 More. &pit& than has been known for many years:4mo f wswish that we were able to add with the prospect of an abun. dant produce. The Wheats in most districts have suffered very considerably from the mi ldew, patticu. larly in the rough chuff lands. It was h fortunitte, however, this happened so late that the ear.was near. ly ripe, or the detects would probably have been more seriously extensive. The Beans have suffered gene. rally from the same cause, and in many parts the Barleys and Oats„which is not very usual have al s o been blighted to a considerable degree. Oa a gene ral revie, there is too much reason to apptchetul that none of the white crops will yield two thirds of average produce. The Wheats of Norfolk this yeat are superior both in quantity and quality. Potatoes a: c. every where an abatulant crop. The latter Turiiiiis are full of plant, and thrifty ; but the early Swedes are irregular, from having been much eaten by be fly. The Hop Plantations of Farnham continue very promising, while those of Kent, Sussex, Hereford, and Worcestershire, are so much gone off, as to have lowered the Borough speculationo:t the year'sd uty near ly one third. Hay is further decreasing in price, from the large second crops, which have been well gra up. The Meat Markets have also experienced a cunside. rable reduction in most articles. Lean Stock of :tit kinds maintain their high prices, from the quantity of feed with which the grazing counties so generally abound. Colts and Horses of the draught kind are scarce and dearer. Nothing has been done in our Wool. len Manufactures to vary in any material degree the List month's prices. Merino and South Down Ewes, of superior quality, are, however; in roiliest at some. what more money. AMAKEII INSPECTORS RETURN AT UXBRIDGE, Aegis 29. Wheat per load 221.15 e. to NI. 15s. Barley, per panes 345. -d. to 41s. -41. Oats 235. -41 to 345. -.1. Beaus 425. -d. to 55.. -d, Old ditto 00s. -d. to 00s. -d. Peas . Sts. -d. to 604. -d. SMITHFIELD MARKET.-Aucusr 30. Beef 4s 54 to 5s lid Veal 46 ad to 6a ad Mutton Is oil to os $4 Pork Ss ad to as 44 1.11-AD Or CATTLZ ruts DAT. „Beasts, about 900-Steep and lambs, 7,490. - Calves, 170-Ps s, 150 NIVIGIATE AND LBADENHALL MARKET. Beef 3s 3d to 41 Ild Veal 4,4 d to 6s 44 Mutton 4s 411 to ss. 4d Pork 5. Si its Es et PRICES OF HAY AND STRAW. ST. malas . S. WilurtimitAPii. Hay 41. 104. to 91. Os. Hay 71. Os. to 5.. Cs. itraw 31. 12s. to 41. 4s. Clover 71. Os. to as. Os. Straw Si. Os. to Ss. 15:. PRICE OF HAY AND STRAW IN SMITHFIELD. Hay 61 Os to al Cs New Clover - 61 Ills to 51 t, New Hay 41 Os to 61 Os Wheat Straw Si Its to 21 , 15 s PttlCk. OF HOPS IN THE BOROUGH MARI.E.I. Bags. Pockets. 51 Os to 61 101 Kent 51 100 to 71 12s SI Ws to 61 us Sussex 31 Os so 11. Ks Farnham, Pockets, 101. Os. to 121. Os. RAW HIDES. Best Heifers and Steer. (per 1 Ordinary Is. ed. to 2s. Cl stone) 2s. al to 3s. ed. Marko Calf 14s. oil. ea.:* Middlings 54. ad. to 24. 61. English Horse less. to 12s. LI Lamb Skins Is. td. to 3s. 6.1. • PRICE OS 'LEATHER IN LEADLNHALL MARKET. Butts . 2sltl v_ld Cait Skins 211,1 z3l Ditto . 24.1 2f.d /huts 55d 31..: Merchants' Backs 18c1 sod Ditto IA 3t.1 Dressing Hides 17d lad Small Seals 21 9d to 2s Itd Fins Coach Hides .183 1:41.4 Large dints Itos lik , . Crop hiioes for eutt:l7l &l .1 Tanned Horse Hides Itid Ird Ditto 194 itt. , d Colt Skins 344 C.s PRICE OF TALLOW. St. James's Market 34 10d liown Tallow Clare Market 3s lld Yellow Russia 49March - spiel Market 51 9d White ditto per stoue.of 31b. -- Soap ditto lis 61 Melting stuff 3s Ind Ditto rough Graves 161 01. Good Dregs es 01 Yellow soap, uos-Mottled„ 361--Curd, 925. Price ot . Candles per dozen i lls 641.-Metilds,l24 tad. COAL-MARKET, Au ou s r 25. Ships at Market bold niers. i 4 7 1 Newcastle l't 45s 6.1 to 55s 941 I Sunderlscd 1 46s ad to 00s ed I Ciadets I 37s 041. COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam, £ll 4 2 U I pin aleru, 125 Pence per es Ditto at sight, 27 10 Leghorn, 59 Rotterdam, c. f. 313 1 U Genoa, S 4 Hautburgh, 3 ; 6 24 tt N'enice, n. C. 36 Liv. Plunk Akona ' 25 ..* 2i U effective yea. Mt. Paris 1 day's da. 18 2 Liv. Naples, 42 Ditto, e Us. 18 6 ' Lisbon, 671 Bourdeaux, do. IS 3 Oporto, 67 ' Madrid, Effect. Dublin, 101 Cadiz, 45i Effect. I Cork, lei Ifilboa Effect. I New Dollars, ils. id. Rl* Janeiro 67, Malta 66, Gibraltar 40. New DeusWoons, £4 t 3,. 01. Silver in bars per nz. 6s. 23. Tile following are the average prices of Navigab:: Canal Property, Duck Stock, Fire-Office Shares, .k.:. for August : *lleac and Mersey or Grand Trpsk Canal, £1177 tr.. exchls:re of the last Halt Yearly Dividend of A 22 10s. per share ,n...r. Grand Junction, £l9O. iSI7O. £l6ll. £l7O. Kennet and Avon, .43i. £l2. Ruchdale,•.S.ist. Ex Divi.lend of £l. Peak Forest, £75, with Dividend of £2. Union, teria. Dudley, 453 ' es Dividend LI. West India Dock Stock, £153, ex Half-yearly Dividend t... 7. London Dock Stuck, £ll9. Ditto Scrip, £ll. £l7 10s. Premium. Commercial Dock Old Shares. £l5O, with New Share, attached. Rock, 7s. Premium. East London Water-Works, £lO7. , Grand Junction Water-Works, L 7 7s. £6. £ 54. c 4 its, Premium. Strand Bridge, £t9 Discount to £2O 10s. I.ondon flour Company, £lO 10s. Dover-Street-Road, £l3 Discount. Basingstoke, £2l. London Institution, .4.13. Albion Assurance, 4E51 ifs. Covent-Carden-Theatre New Sham, £4115. Kent Susses els 01 635 NI Cfs 615 li3 53s 63 Ns IA Average Blit [HS. Tkursday last, in Essex•street, Mn. John Egan, of a sea. Wednesday, in Chapel-street, Grosvenur-;:lare, ;kir/. W. Soakdale, of a daughter, MAKh IEII. Thursday, at Wamisterrrtl, Mr. John Barton, of Chichester. to Miss Anno Woutiroure Smith, eldest Aso,liter of the Woodroufre Smith, Esq. of .Stockwell Park. Tuesday, at St. Thnin,as's Church, Exeter, Mr..l hos. Elly:!, surgeon of the'Eost-Ko it MUitla, to Misr Ann cl.l, t dot/ghats' of herAsusepti Bidwell, or St. Thomas. Tuesday, at Plympton, Devon, Clinton% Forster, of the Royal Noy. to Miss Wor.kes,pf the same pi :At. HIGH WATER. AT LONDONIainGE TO-NIUKI2O ' Morning 4l minutes a:itr 11 = Afternoon St mtintre fter 12 LUNDIJr4 41:,1 publumed by i.LV7I. Hi 1, Clancery-Ihnv, and w the Ofrar, Tua;;At •