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NUMBER 12,011:1 4EMI ENGLISH AND BUI3 : f014 CHANNELS SHIP CANAL T HE ACt of Parliament h av i ng pa ss ed, const i tut i ng the SUBSCRIBERS a CORPORATION, Nodes is ItCreby given, that applications for Shares, in lies of those for feited by the neglect of Holden thereof to execute the Deed, may be made to Messrs. King and Lakin, No. 5, Gray's Inn. square; or to Mr. Cl eke, Chard, Somerset, the respective Soli 'titers to the Bill. ENGLISH AND BRISTOL CHANNELS SHIP CANAL rIIHE ACT for the formation of this Great Work A. having passed, and its general nitrite, and the correctness of the estimates of expense and return having been fully investigated in both Hammel Parliament, the Committee of Management deem .t right, at the termination of their labours, to submit to the public a brief Statement of the nature of the Plan, and of the prospect of advantage Which it held. out. The Committee consider such a Statement, founded upon the evidence adduced, to be the more neces sary, in consequence of the partial and unconnected mode in which, during a contest arising purely out of local interests, the attention of the public has been called to the detail, while it has been led away from the leading features of the measure. The extreme danger and difEculty in the navigation round the Land's End, and the detentions, extending frequently to six weeks, and even looser periods, arising from the south-westerly winds, which prevail during tight or nine months in the year, are facts well known to all persons interested in the shipping trade from Ireland, Wales, Liverpool, and the ports of the Bristol Channal. The call- snitous losses of lives and shipping on the coasts of Devonshire andl Cornwall are too frequently detailed in' the newspapers, to have' ! escaped the notice of the public generally. 'These circumstances being kept in view, a slight glance at the snap will suffice to demonstrate to any one, the great obstructions which must consequently arise to all veseels trading from ports westward and northward of the Land's End, to ports southward and eastward of It; and that these obstructions must most especially present themselves to the increasing trade in the southern counties of Wales, will also be readily perceived. To remove these evils; and to open a speedy and safe comniuni cation at all seasons for vessels trading from London and the ports on the eastern and southern coasts of England, to the ports of Ire land and to the western ports of England, including Liverpool and Bristol, and to the coasts of South Wales, are the main objects of the proposed Ship Canal. ,The Canal will extend front Beer or Seaton Bay in the English Channel, to Stolford or Bridgewater Bay in the Bristol Channel ; it will be 44 miles long, 90 feet wide, and 15 feet deep, and may be navigated by vessels of COO tons burden, reilister measurement,' when fully loaded. At the two extremities harbours will be constructed, and, as wiii be reen by the evidence, these harbours will not only secure to vessels using the Canal safe and commodious entrances to it, but will be of great service to the Shipping Interest generally, as .Asylum Harbours. and wilt also prevent an Immense loss of lives at.d property. The proposed Hafbour at Beer will, in time of war, be of incalculable advantage in preventing captures by the enemy's cruisers. The total expense of forming the Canal and Harbours, and of an 4,11 providing for every contingency incident to such a work, is sift:sated by Mr. Telford at ae1,712,844, and front his evidence, en oath, it appear s that he has allowed for each di s ti nc t p art o f t h e work a sum at which be can immediately and parties willing to contract for it. The sources of a revenue, proportioned to this expenditure, este blish,d by the evidence of ccenpeteot and respectable witnesars,were ananged ouster the fellewing beads:— fst. The supply ofsimila to the whole extent of Tons. eouatry laardaing upot►tho can. 9, and for a . . - . considerable distance as each.side•of in cluding tLe towns of Lioniton. Taunton, Il suinster. Axminster, Chard, ("revelment, Cotytun, Langport, Bridgewater, and oaken, talszn only at une half of the estimate, at 45,000 tuns, and groceries and other goods •IR 15,000 tons - 60,000 $l. The like • supply of coals to the southern pans of England, taken at one-half only of a redoes:A estimate 530,000 341. Tannage of limestone for paving. building, Ste. 30;000 ash. Tonnage of ships trading between English pprts, passing through the Canal. taken at one . half of the tonnage of vessels at present navi gating round the Land's End. as appearing by Returns made to Parliament for the purpose of this calculation . . "205,337 sth. Tonnagenf foseigp vesselfruting the Canal, taken at two-thirds of the amount sate:tabbed by the like returns • • • • 127,658 6th. Tounage of Bridal' vessels trading to fo. -reign ports, taken at one half the quantity _ . ascertained by like returns . . 80010- 7tb. Tonnage of vessels trading from Ireland to British and foreign ports, taken at one-third of the quantity, ascertained by like returns 85,31? 111••••••••=1•1=110111 Total Tonnage 1,094527 At a charge of ld. per ton per mile on an ave rage, the above tonnap will pmd ace, for the whew 44.uniles of Canal, a gross revenue of £200,846 12 4 All a tonnage rate, to be levied on all vessels taking refuge in, or using ti tle proposed bar. boor, tuna also on vessels proceeding along the. °mai, to Bridgewater and the river Par . ret. The amount annually from these sources may, on an average of years,be taken at . 10,000 0 0 Pear annual income arising from the Canal and Harbours, and applicable to a dividend among the Proprietors, of about 12 per cent. 210,846 12 3 The expenses of management, repairs, and every other contingency, will be provided for by the tonnage arising on the in ternal traffic on the Canal. In the above calculation no allowance is made for the vast in crease of trade which is annually taking place in South Wales, and to which this undertaking pvill most essentially contribute; nor is any tonnage reckoned on coil brought from Wales to London * the Stone Coal and Cultu are, however, already used there, and oaths East coast of England ; and there is every reason to expect that the common Welch Coal will find its way to the London market, when a safe and regular mode of transit shall be secured. The consequent increase of .trade and manufacture in the fuse and populous country through which the Canal will pass, presents a respect of additional revenue to a very considerable extent; and in the great Northern Canals, which have proved so immensely productive, that increase has been the great source of profit. It should betetbe noticed, that a recent negotiation will allow the Corporation, at a very moderate expense, to make a branch Ship Canal to the populous and wealthy town of Taunton, and that a jenction• with the Grand Western Canal will, by the same means, be effected. It should also be noticed, that although in the event of a war, the transit through the Canal will be very materially augmented, the additional income to be derived from that event has not been taketi into consideration in the above estimates. The Committee, therefore,eoneeived that this undertaking cannot be considered of a delusive or even of a doubtful and hazardous character s hut a measure affording to the Subscribers every reason able assurance of an ample present profit, and the additional pro mise of an income increasing with the advance of national prosperity. The capitate( 41,750,000 is directed in the - Act to be raised, by Shares of 4100 each. No Shareholder will be liable beyond his Shares, and his liability to future Calls, in respect of such Shares, will cease immediately on a transfer; the Act directs, that two months at the least shall intervene between each Call, and that no Call shall exceed Five per Cent. A General Meeting of the Subscribers will take place on the I sta of August; to elect Directors, and make the necessary ar t mgesuents for the commencement of the work; and the Com haute rs quest that all communications, is the interval, may be ad• tiles-grit to Views. King and Lukin, 5, Gray's Inn-square; and 11r. Clarke, Chard, Somerset. FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1825.. GUYS HOSPITAL. T HE WINTER LECTURES here, will commence 13.4avanair, October Ist. Dr. atomizer and Dr. Bay, on Practice of Medicine and Materia Medics. Dr. Omuta:ray and Dr. Annum, on Theory of Medicine and Materia Medics. Dr. Buns? on Botany. CLINICAL Lectoses WILL 15 ONINIL • Mr. C. A. Kay and Mr. J. filosoax," on Anatomy and Sorcery. Mr. BOASSRY coons. on Anatomy. Sir Amer Coorae, Bart. Consulting Surgeon, will occasionally I Lecture on Anatomy and t3nrgery. DalcoasTaArrossa WILL U OM IT tam LECTIMIIiaI. Dr. DLUNDELL, OR Midwifery and Physiology. Mr. WILLIAX Ausx, Dr. Bosioce, and bk. A. Atm, on Chemistry. • Mr. T. Bal. on the Teeth. Mr. W. Away, and Professor Muzusuton, Baperimental Phi. losophy. Pupils enterthg to the Surgical Practice of Goes Hospital, ace allowed to attend that of St. Thomas's. - The Lectures on Anatornj and Surgery will he given at boom which will not interfere with the . Anatomical and Surgical Lec tures at St. Thomas's Hospital. - - For Particulars apply to Mr. Stocker. tb•'hpothecary, or Mr Browell, the Steward-of Goes Hospital. • • This day was publlshed, by Joan Lrrrs, Jun. 32. Corehill, AREPLY. to a PA NIPHLET entitled, " A Refuta tion of Catttiofary. Observations to those who - cents:Wats an InvcAntent of Property in New Docks." " The Earth has bubbles, as the water has, " And these are of them." This day was published, Fourth F.ditien, corrected and improved. in OneVoh medium Ivo. with Ten Baplanatury Plates, 18s. boards, *INSTRUCTIONS TO YOUNG SPORTSMEN 1 in all that relate. to Guns and Shooting; Difference between the Flint and Percussion System ; Preservation of. Game ; Getting Access to ail kinds of Birds ; Specific Directions, with new Appa ratus for Wild Few' Shooting, both on the Co ast and in Fresh Water ;. with which are introduced New Directions Nn Trout Fishing. An Epitome of the present, and a few Suggestions for a Code of new Game Laws, interspersed with Obeervatioits and Ad vice to the Young Sportsman on other subjects. ' By Lieut.-Colonel P. HAWKER. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. A few Copies may be bad, printed an royal paper. with the Plates finely coloured. price IL 10s. boards. Jag published, THE Sixth Volume; in Querto, price £1,14:. and 1. Volumes Nine and Ten, In Octavos Price 4 1 4.. 0111_01te% Dr. LINGARDS's HISTORY of ENGLAND, tmahog the Reigns of James Lead Charles L Also, • • A Third Edition of Dr. LINGARD'S DOWRY bf ENG LAND, from the first Invasion, by the Emhart', to - the Petat ll4 Mattes L in Ten Volumes, Octavo, price 16.• ' - • er The succeeding Seventh Velasseja Qamti,and the Elel'oih and Irelfth Volumes In Octavo, will bring this 'Maori dont to the Ratoletloe in 1641 e. Printed far J. Mama . a, Imfgetaseiteet.,.- ANXIOUS TO PlUrifiLtrr nAY and MARTlN . respectfully imbrue kb* }Nig*. 1./ • they have. after much labour and at . very considetahle . o** pease, brought to perfection a Label of such singular ombtrectless and extreme eliiis:.ulty of execution, that they trust will effeetually prevent the many Frauds that are daily practised es the Public . ! -, An attention to the following description of the Label win ertseri the genuine Slaceln(prepared by them. A paten' like Laden(' pink colour cavern the principal pan-of the Label, the names of Day and Martin are printed in white letters edged with pink and black, and placed-on a white ground, the address. 91, HiGH-HOLBORN. is also White hue," edged with pink ant black, but placed on the act pattern, the sipatswe and price at foot are black on a white ground, the preamble and directions for use are printed as before, black limn on white ground. 87, High.liolbern. September, 1823. "Detnos et photos twos."—Hos. Thy house. Red (is the cup of life, That hooeydrep)thy pleasing wife. • HAPPINESS " the gay to-morrow of the mind" is insured by marriage ; the strictest de of perpetual Friend ship," is a gift from Heaven, cementing pleasure with reason, be. which, sly. Johnson, " we approach in some degree of association, with eelestial intelligence." Previous, howeier, to entering into this hallowed obligation,-R. becomes an imperative -duty, not only to regulate the passions, bet to cleanse the grosser nature from 'those impurities which the free dom of unrestricted pleasure may have entailed von it. Ta the neglect of such attention, are attributable many of those hapless., instances which, while they excite the commiseration of the las i holder,ahould aim impress Mtn with the fear of self-reproach. Luxurious habits will effeminize the body—a residence in the tropics will relax the elastic fibre—but more especially does the premature infatiation of youth too frequently compromise the na tural dignity into a state or inanition,. from whence the.agonised sufferer mere than doubts the chance of other. To all such then, we address ontselves, offering hope, enegy, muscular strength,. felicity ; nor will our advances - appear ipseitionable, sanctioned as. they are by the multiplied proofs of 20 years successful experience. The easy cares of married life are sometimes Mitotic(' by the suspension of those blessings which concentrate the nuptial wreath —for the female habit is often constitutionally weak— c - t r o V i t can be strengthened, and deficient energy improied into fun power. In every case of syphilitic intrusion, as well as io every relaxation of the generative economy, we pledge our ability to cure speedily, and with effect. Earnestly solicitous to expel the unfeeling enspyrie, from the position so presumptuously taken up, we deviate from. general principle' with less hesitation; and confident in our own honosrable integrity as Members of the College of Surgeons, we refer the suffering community of either Sex (especially those entering into matrimonial life) at once to our house, where daily attendimia is given for personal consultation ; and letters from the county are immediately answered; these must contain a remittance for Advice and Medicine, which can be forwarded to any pan of tbs . /told, however distant. GOSS and Co. M.R.C. Surgeons, No. 11, Bouverie-street, Fleet-meat, Louden. L}Just published (Seventeenth F.dition), 1. The Son of a familiar Commentary on the above Diseases. 2nd, Hungers, addressed exclusively to the Female Sex. Alay he had at 10, Pe-' ternoster-row • 59 , Pall-mall ; 16, Princes-street, Soho; 174, Fleet street; 4, Ca therine-street, Strand, London; Porter, 72, Grafton street, Dublin; M'Pheen, 155, Trongate, Glasgow; 61, South bridge-street, Edinburgh ; and of all Booksellers. Price ss. Foßstaz4 TRADE —Anticipating the cons .lidationof the Laws of the Customs, Mr. Pots, of the Bristol Custom House, has been •ery assiduously employed, during the lag twelve motiths, on the Eleventh Edition of his Wgrk. • It has been en tirely remodeUcd, and now embraces not only the new► Consolids don Acts, but also every other topic of commereial importiusce, especially a description of all foreign articles of merchandise. The new Eklitiutt will bi speedily published, under the title of .°! the. Merchant, Ship-owner, and Ship-master'S Import and Expert Guide;' and will be dedicated,• by special; permission, to Lord 3taatiosoan, our Ambassador to It:itsia. . GREEuE. TRIESTE, JULY 29. We send this on purplise to inform you of the news, which gladdens our soul, that we have learned trom.two Au froni Austrian vessels, which arrived here ye.terday to day,Constantinople, in a certain manner, that the brave Greeks, at last, after a sanguinary engagement, succeeded in wounding Ibrahim Pacha, and then took him prisoner. This news is - certain, for the Captains of those vessels spoke with several Greek Captains, and, among others, with the Admiral lkliaulis, who informed them that he bad received official intelligence of that glorious event& This unexpected communication has, by its arrival, filled our town with joy and enthusi.:st;c rapture. We are now impatiently expecting a detailed account by a further opportunity. Ibrahim Pacha was on the way to Corinth, stud is seems that the engage ment took place there. JULY 28.—1 announce to you with great sitidaction that there arrived her feiterday three Atistrian %revels, twn from anyrnA, and one fioin Constantinople. The Captain of the latter, named It ingc.eorch, had left that place 21 days prior, and on his way had received a visit from Tombisis," who informed him 11 the Greeks had succeeded in caking Ibrahim Pacha, the leader of the Egyptian troops, who had been wounded in the thigh, and who,. on his being taken, was lent to Napoli. On proceeding further, he met Cai.tain Sto?'- covich, who was comi ng f r o m hI lina by the v.. 1, Zante, and that Captain told him the same news. He received that intelligence on the 13th inst. The two vessels from Smyrna had received no visits,' because they had had a favourable wind, and had therefore pro ceeded without stopping. Blessed be Gon, who has delivered us from our despair, and thus filled our soul. with joy ! A vessel from Smyrna had met a fisher man's bark near Cerigo, and bad learned that Ibrahim Pacha 'was in treaty with Colocotroni. The TUrkish troop, which had been landed at:Navarino, were taken ' from that place to Patras ; for, the commander, seeing that he could not have any communication with Ibra him Pacha, was afraid Co remain in the fortress of Na- varino, is, on account of the want of water, it would easily. become a prey to an invading force. We give implicit credit to the above, for we rarely find that the Greek vessels of war give false intelligence, and we double not but we shall speedily receive a confirmation, with the details of the engagement Those brave Frenchmen' are now become the servants of the Turks. The-Amarantha, a schooner of war, is the courier . of -16heinet Ali, and carried moue; and dispatches fvr hint to his son, to Candia, and to the fortresses of the Mora; -and now another. French man of war,the Cou rier; fills the• attic (Ace, and brought dispatches lions tbe•Turks - for Ibrahim, to Naverino. These accounts art confirmed 6y . the Qpervatore Triesfimo, of this place, and also by a vessel arrived from Modals, which deposed : cps rime at the Officeof.litalth.: . . _ Lug,giutt,..max as. • • The Imperial brig Carolina, Captain Biaggi° 13ris eoviehi has Sierited . . here f 20212 Constantinople.. When olf-Hydra and Speitia,he heard a great cannonading, and, shortly after, on meeting the vessel of the Captain Tombasis; he inquired that cause; and wee told that the Greeks fired from - jay,. on hearing chat Ibrahim Pacha had been taken prisoner. SUMMEIi ASSIZES. cnorpoN, AUGUST 10. Miner Pea, a youth of fifteen years old, was 'in dicted for uttering, at St. George's, Southwark, a check, purporting to be drawn by Thomas Closs, on Messrs. Weston, Young, and Bostock, for the payment of 101. 4s. 6d. knowing the same to be forged and coun terfeit, with, intent to defraud Thomas Crafter. It appeared that Mr. Class, the supposed drawer of the check in question, kept cash at the house of Messrs. Weston and Co. bankers, in the Borough of Southwark; On the 12th of July, at nine in the evening, the pri soner went to the Bricklayers Arms, Kent-road, and said to 'Mr. Crafter, the landlord, that he wanted a bottle of brandy for Mrs. Newsome, a Lady who re sided in the neighbourhood, and with whom be lived, and tendered the instrument in question.- Mr. Crafter said lie would have no objection to change the check if he got Mrs. Newsome to endorse it. The prisoner' vent away for about a quarter' of an hour, and 're turned with the check endorsed with the name of Mrs. Newsome, and then he said' he wanted two bottles of .brandy. Mr. Crafter then gave the prisoner the change for the check, deducting the price of the two bottles of brandy. Suspecting that all was not right, he followed the prisoner, to see if he went to Mrs. Newsome's house, but finding that he went past it, he stopped him, and took him into custody. On searching his person, three ,other forged checks, purport:fig to be drawn on the same batik, by different persons, and the money which 'had been paid him, were Aund in his pocket. The prisoner said nothing In his defence. • Several respectable persons gave btai an excellent chsracter.— Ile was tea son of respectable parents. The Jury, under the Learned Judge's directions, found him Guilty. He was strongly recommended to Mercy by the Jury and the prosecutor, front a :Opp intim that be was merely an instrument in the hand of some more designing person. Sentence of death was recorded. Hannah Nottingham was indicted far stealing in the dwelling-house of WiWard Wickins, at St. George's; Southwark, on the 23d of July, a lace ♦eil, a pair of silk stockiags, and other Julian, the property of Sophia Thistlewocd. _ The prosecutrix, a young woman of prepossessing ap pearance, was the daughter of Thistlewood, who was some time since executed for high treason, and lodged in die house of Wickins, in Wellington -street, St. George's; fields, where she cohabited with Edward Turner. She occupied the first floor, and the prisoner occupied the ground floor in the same house. On the 33d of July, Miss Thistlewood missed the articles in question, one et which was a shirt, which she had m.tde for Turner. Thr prisoner having quitted her lodgings on the same day, suspicion fell upon her, and on the 26th of July she was traced to other lodgings in Bermondsey, and taxed with the robbery. She was found in company with a man • • PRICE SEiiEN PENCE, with whom she cohabited. Upon denying all know ledge of the stolen art i c l es , the co ns t a bl e as k e d the ma to point out his boxes? which lie did ; but nothing ev..s found in them to excite suspicion. The prisoner then produced the key of her own boxes, in ore of whien were found the articles in question. She said she bad had the shirt by her for seven months. The other ami des she said she had found. The prisoner now denied her guilt, and said she had found the stolen things. The Jury found her Guilty of stealing to the value of 591. and she was sentenced to three months' imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction. John Muntan was indicted for assaulting and robb:.ng Esther, the wife of William Treble, on the King's high way, at St. George's, Scuthwaik, on the 27th ofJuly • of a s•lk shawl, her property. . On the night of the 27th of July the prolecutor and his wile had been to the Coburg Theatre, and on their ,-way home through the London-road, the husband went into a ham and beef shop to get something far supper, ;caving his wife its the street. Whilst she was standing waiting for her husband, the prisoner and two other young men came up to her. Two of them held her by die arms whilst . the prisoner snatched her silk shawl from her back and ran off with it, his companions fot lowing him. She gave the alarm. The prisoner was pursued, and secured. In his way he threw the shawl over some iron palisades, where it was picked up. The prosecutrix said ii , •e was net at Ala:Armed, not expecting to_ to robbed in so public a place. It was submitted for the prisoner, that as the proie entrix t"as no Lociiii fear, tne case was not brought within the scope of the indictment ; bnt the Learned Judge thought the forcibly taking it against the will of the prosecutrix was quite sufficient. Several witnewes gave the prisoner, who was a rung man of res trli tole parents, a good character. [ tt—Gsulty. Sentence of death recorded. AUGUST li. George Smith, who was acquitted on a former day of a charge of horse-stealing, was now indicted for re ceiviog of James Mallet, on the 25th of March last, u St. °lave's, Southwark, a cart and a set of harness, the property of Edward Rayner, knowing the same to have been stolen. About eighteen witnesses gave the prisoner a meat excellent character for honesty and integrity fur a great many years. . After an elaborate summing up on the part of the Learned' Judge, the prisoner was found Guilty, and he was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Cortettion. John Wiltshire, a youth of- 18 years old, was in dieted for violently abusing Elizabeth Davis, an infant 10 years Of age, at Lambeth, on the 3d of July last. It appeared that the prosecutriz, an interesting little girl, was the daughter of a shoemaker, residing in Devonshire -street, Kennington-cross. The prisoner, who had been taken from the Refuge for the Destitute, was received into the lathet's house upon liking as an apprentice. On Sunday, the :td of July, the - child's father and mother went out to spend the evening, /ewe• ing tje prosecutrig and her little sister, a child of three years old, •in cate of the prisimer. Soon after they left, the prisoner put the youngest child to bed, 'and then. proceeded to carry into caret his criminal intentions towards the ptosecutrix. The.chi4o told her melancholy tale with the greatest y ; and born her accxunt of the prisoners condu,t, it was to be distinctly col lected that the prisoner had perpetr.tted. the while cf the clime alley-d. Her perms were unacquainted with the transaction until the 18th of July, when the child told her story to a young girl with whom she was in the habit of playing. This led to an investigation of the affair, and the prisoner was taken up. tie was committed for the asssult only, but the 'Grind Jury returned a bill fur the capital offence, and found no bill for the misdemeanour. The child's evidence was confirmed by her mother,' her young compani and a surgeon, who proved that even en the issth of July there were msrks of violence on her person denoting the outrage alleged. • The prisoner denied the charge altogether. The Jury, under the Learned Judge's dlrsetion, and attending to all the circumstances of the case, found the prisoner Quay cf assaulting the child, with intent to commit a capital offence. The Learned JUDGE told the Jury that the prisoner was not charged dick a misdemeanour, and therefore, if 'they bad any doubt as to the capital charge, they ought to return a general ver dict of " Not Guilty," The Jury considered again, and found the prisoner Not - He was ordered to be discharges!, but the Learned JUDGE sug gested that the pariab officers ought to take up the ease, and pro secute for the misdemeanour, the child's parents being too poor to incur the expense. It was, stated ,that the prisoner had made a similar attempt upon Hr. Llovis's youngest daughter. CARLISLE, AUGUSTS• WHEATLEY V. GIBSOR AND ANOTHER. Mr. Aim:Taos° opened the pleadings. The , plaintiff in this action was George Wheatley, an attorney of the Court of King's Bench, and- the defendants were Robert Gibson, the printer and publisher, and John Peile, the sole proprietor , of a weekly newspaper called the Cum berland Packet. Mr. BROUGHAM stated, that the defendants in this action were the proprietors of the Cumberland Packet, a Pater which he recollected ever since he could recol lect anything. It had formerly been a very inoffen-• sive and a very dull journal ; but it had recently become very offensive without ceaing to be very dull. The motto of the paper, which inculcated temperance and moderation, would only prove the dulness and aggra. vats the malice of those who had written it. It was contained in one line of poetry, which in point of length and magnitude was superior to any that he had ever met with in the course of his studies. his Learned Friend ( Mr. Scarlett) and himself were not so conversant with poetry as a Gentleman whom he now had the pleasure of seeing id Court (Mr. Wordsworth)—a poet, who bad cast new glory over the county in which be was born, and whose works would be remembered when be and those whom he were addressing were consigned to one common , corruption. He thou g ht, h o wever, that • even that great poet had never suet with a line which drew after it se long a train of • measured* syllables. The line ran thus:—" Where moderation dwells, the soul admits distinct ideas, And matured debate, an eye impartial and - scale, hence wisdom sound and nnrepenti That was such a lice as he had never beard at the end of a fishing rod—(A laugh) ; anti not be surprised if these were found clang: end of it Vat which was sometimes said to be A nd an even . ing eboice l of, except ii he shottid tang at•the be dan gling •