Star. — London, England, 1824-10-14 00:00:00

ilktENut The following h an estimate of the Revenue for the last five years, taking it in each year at the October QuAtter, and wholly excluding the Austrian Repayment: 1820 ae50,683,475 1121 ••• .. • 50,558 4 440 1822 ... 60,519,970 1823 49 216,032 irks 47,900,002 /PRODUCE of the CUSTOMS during the same period. • . 1820 .. 8,748,105 ' 1821 ... •• • 8,765,865 1829 . . ... 9,470,769 2823 9,959,323 2824 ... ... 10,278,243 PRODUCE of the EXCISE during the same period. • 1820 £26,488,500 1 ... .. 26,471,363 1882 • .. 25,846,322 18221 ... 24,401,243 1824 • 24 r 519,859 Hiving taken this comparative view, we ought now to consider the extent of the late repeals of taxation, in order clearly to understand the progress :he country is orging. These have been al follow: 1821—Agricultural Horse Duty ... af 480,000 1822—0 n Malt ... ... 1.500,000 On salt .. .. 1,300,000' On Leather ... 300,000 On Tonnage 180,000 On Irish Windows, dce. 280,000 1823—Assessed Taxes ... 2,300,000 Irish ditto ... 100,000 Spirits, Ireland ... 360,000 Ditto, Scotland 340,000 1824—0 u Foreign Wool ••• 350,000 On Silk ... 460,000 On Coals .. On Rom .., 200,000 150,000 On Law Sumps 200,000 £8,520,000 Let us then, for a moment, suppose that there bad been no increase of Revenue on the Taxes still subsist ing, what would have beet! the result? Revenue In 1829 ... X 50,683,47.5 Taxes reduced since .. 8,5%1,000. Leaving ... £42,165,475 which would be the Revenue for the year just ended in the case we have supposed. But the accounts which we yesterday publishe.l shew the receipts of the last twelve months to have been £17,900,092 from which if we deduct 42363,475 we find the real increase to be E.5,736,6 1 7 upon the unrepealed Taxes ; and we repeat, that in this calculation the Austrian Repayment is left entirely out of the question. If it be objected that the reductions of taxation made in the last Session have not yet produced their full effect, ive reply, that the repayment of the Silk Duties more than compensates for that, circumstance. REVENUE for the October Quarter during the last Five Years. 1820 £13,184,648 1821 14,022,912 1822 13,217.314 18:Z5 15,061,550 1824 13,049,050 As taxes to the amount of Eight Millions annually have been repealed since 1820, it might have been reasonably expected that the Quarter just concluded would have fallen short of the same Quarter in 1820 by Two Mil lions ; instead of which the difference is £135,000 only. CUSTOMS for the October Quarter of the last Five Years. 1820 £2,670,665 - 1821 2,844,251 ,1825 2,941,887 1823 ... 3,5411,257 11324 ... 5,240,272 131CCISE foe the ; October Quarter of the last Five Years. 1820 ... £7,552,021 1821 ... 8,149,226 1822 7,329,997 1823 ... 6,834,1 } 8 1824 ... 7,115,117 The Excise has lost, since 1820, duties which pro. duced £3,820,000 . per Annum, or £950,000 per Quar ter. Its produce might, therefore, have been calculated at £6,600,000 for the present Quarter ; instead of hich we find it exceeding-this amount by Five Hundred and Thirteen Thousand Pounds, which is an advance of more than Two Millions per AnnuM, after allowing for the loss by Repeal of Duties. So much for the Quarterly Accounts—But the details of the Excise will afford matter for further and equally gratifying observation. Omitting Hides, Malt, Salt, and British Spirits, because the Duties on these have been in part repealed—and' also °bitting Hops, on ac count of the failure of the late harvest—let us compare the produce` of the othet articles for the years ending 10th of October 1840 and 1824. Auctions . . £242,358 . £265,990 Beer . 2,599,155 2,951,114 . . Bricks and Tiles . 363,583 . 419,511 Candles . . • 513,123 . 388,292 Coffee and Cocoa . 380,599 . 406,77.5 Cider, Perry, &c. . . 61,514 . 40,580 Glass . . 449,738 . 525,253 Lieenmes . . 704,817 • 723,469 Paper . . 478,211 . 575,884 Pepper . . 119,595 . 153,647 Printed Goods . 589,798 • 553,946 Soap . 947,540 . l i os 6 ,e9u Spirits, Foreign . 2,383,680 • 2,603,310 Starch . . 50,933 69,464 Tea . 5,067,274 3,3 8 0, 8 77 . • Tobacco and Snuff . 2,475,995 2,494,10:1 • • • Vinegar . -... • 59,995 - _ 44,649 'Wine . 959;175 1,0411,957 X16,237 r 1G1 £17,718,912 The real lover of his country will observe with tin mingled satisfaction, that the increased• consumption which this comparison exhibits, is chiefly found among those items which are connected with the domestic com fort and permanent prosperity of the people. In five Tears the consumption of coffee and cocoa has increased 7 per cent. wine 9, foreign spirits 9, tea 10, beer 14, soap 15, bricks 15, glass 16, paper 20, starch 22, can dles 27, and pepper 28 ; and if peace be continued to us, as we have every reason to hope and believe it will, the same causes may be expected to produce the same effects, and our progress in public wealth and private comforts to be if possible accelerated. The following statement shews the probable surplus Revenue for the current year, in reference to the Esti mates of the Chancellor of the Exchequer : Revenue for Four Quarters, ending 10th Oct. 1824, for Great Britain . . . .150,400,092 Deduct, as not belonging to the Year 1824, the Quarter ending sth January 1824 s Ordinary Revenue (a) . 12,638,388 Austrian Repayment . . 766,567 —..,--... 13,485,053 Actually received itt first Three Quarters 1824 36,975,031 Add, to complete the Year 1824 :-- For the cam nt Quarter, ending 3th Janiary 1825, estimated the sante as the ordinary Review fur the Quarter eadlocsth January 1824 (a) . 19.856,388 For Great Oritain,_ • . .. 49.054 4 4i:5 Add—For Revenu* . of Ireland, repor t ed to have . produced an increase of 500,0001., but estimated , . only at the same as last year - . . . 5,.'i08,543 • 7 53 3 ,14,'.'..970 To To be received of the Trustees of Pensions, &c. 4,62.0,0U0 Probable Receipts. fur 1824 for the United Mug-.. dons, ste)ject only to the contingencies of the Re venue fOr Great Britain in the current Quarter, being equal to that of the last Jan. Quarter ' and of the Revent! for Ireland in the current Year being equal to that of last Year . . . 57,7132,970 Estimate of Revenue for 1324 (See the Speech of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, Feb. 25,1884) . . 57,383,600 Less—Duties repealed on Rum, Coals, Wood, and Silk, whereby an annual loss was estimated of . . 1,062,000 .56,323,000 Probable surplus for 1824, beyond the amount con templated required according to the views and plans of the Chancellor of the Exchequer .- 1,C:9,970 which MiU ascend to about two millions, if the reported increase of Irish Revenue should be realised. FOREIGN LOANS RAISED IN .ENGLAND. Colombian . . 1822 . . .02,000,000 Ditto . . . 1824 . . 4,730,000 Chili . . . 1822 . . 1,000,000 Buenos Ayres . 1824 • , 1,000,000 Peruvian . . 1822 and 1824 1,200,000 Brazilian . . 1824 . . 3,900,000 Spanish . . 1821 . . 1,500,000 I)itto . . 1823 . . 1,500,000 Portuguese . 1823 . . 1,500,000 Alexi-an . . 1824 . . 3,200,000 Danish . _ 1822 . . 3,000,000 Austrian . . 1823 . . 2,500,000 Prussian . . 1818 . . 5,000,e00 Ditto . . 1822 . . 3,500,003 Roman . . 182 L. 3,500,000 . Neapolitan . . 1827 san d. 1822 6,165,000 Ditto . . 1824 . . 2,500,000 Greek . . 1824 . . 800,000 Total . X 47,815,000 Independent of very large sums Invested in the French Funds. Pirate letters from Gibraltar, to the 25th ultimo, state that the SERINGAPATAM frigate arrived at that port on the 22d of last month. and proceeded on with out anchoring : reportedfor Naples, with the appoint ment of the Mari:pis of HASTINGS to the Ambassador ship of Naples. It was further stated, that he was to retain the Government of Malta also. We understand that it is the intention of the King of FRANCE, at his Coronation, to carry into execution ano ther measure of grace and conciliation. Previous to that solemnity, it is said, he will promote to the rank of Marshals of France, and attach to his person as Aides de-Camp, some distinguished Generals belonging to the Opposition.—/Horning Paper. At the last September Old Bailey Sessions thete were 17 prisoners for trial committed by unpaid Middlesex Magistrates; they were disposed of in the following re markable manner :—Convicted, six; bills ignored, and no prosecution, eight; acquitted, three. Yesterday morning an eagle and a vulture, which' were kept in Mr. Brooks's yard, near the School of Anatomy, in Blenheim -street, got loose from the chain that is fastened to their legs, and flew on the top of the wall. Their appearance excited some curiosity. The. vulture was , secured, but the eagle flew into the street. A carman who was passing, cut the bird trith his whip, when it mounted into the air; but unable • to mainta i in its elevation, it soon descended, and alighted in Mad borough-street. Several persons endeavoured to secure it, when it again took Hight along Marlborobgh-street and Poland-street, and was secured in the latter with some difficulty, and taken to the Doctor's house. A fire broke out on Tuesday, at the house of Mr. Wc verton, llomerton, between the hours of three and four o'clock of the day, and no water could be obtained for more than three-quarters of an hour, after the arrival of the engines, - the consequence was the house was burnt down, which might otherwise have been saved. • Yesterday an Inquest was held on the body of Mary Redman, of whose drowning, whilst sleeping on board a barge in the Thames, on Sunday morning, an ac count has already been given. No fresh evidence of importance came our. William Sams, a waterman, deposed that he picked up Atwood, who was the male companion of the deceased, when the barge was sinking; and the Jury, under all the circumstances, re turnecia verdict of Accidentally Drowned. Tuesday morning, as John Maynard, a Custom house waterman, passed under London-bridge, a barge, which was passing through the centre arch at the same time, run down the wherry in which Maynard was, and upset her. Before any assistance could be rendered to the unfortunate man, he fell a victim to a watery grave. Such is the increased value of landed property in good situations near the Metropolis, that 21,0001. has been refnsed for eight acres of the Pope Estate, in Cam berwell Grove! A few years since either Pope or Car dinal would have stared at such an offer, but in the present state of the Funds it is understood that the family deem it prudent to realize and cover the land with their own buildings. With the exception of one or two trifling plots this is the only open frontage land between London and Dulwich. How far London will extend in the course of another generation it i 3 not easy to conjecture. Thursday night, a little before eight o'clock, the shop window belonging to Mr. Sommerville, lapidary and jeweller, West Register -street, Edinburgh, was skot through, apparently with . an air-gun. The shot was a three inch nail, which only broke as much of the glass as would let it through. On the same evening, about seven o'clock, the window of Mr. Athertod, glass and china warehouse, on the North Bridge, was broken in a similar manner. Though a number of valuable articles were in the window at the time, fortunately none of them were damaged. The population of Madrid has fluctuated in a most extraordinary manner wi:hin twenty years. Under Charles IV. it was estimated at 150,000 Spaniards, and 10,000 foreigners, who exercised there every kind of profession. During the short reign of Joseph B:maparte the number of inhabitants diminished one-tenth ; but under the Cortes it augmented. As things go at pre sent, if the plan of expelling all the suspects be persisted in, that superb city will soon present the silence of the tombs. At this moment, according to the latest inteM pnce, it is said that Madrid has not more than I 00,000 inhabitants; but as the expulsion continues with an ac. tivity that continually increases, it is impossible to say where the evil will stop. Whilst the capital of Spain is depopulated, in consequence of private persecution and vengeance, the population of Brussels increases daily ; and within ten years the augmentation has been consi derable. Such is the difference between a Constitutional Government and absolute power.—Brussels Paper. • • .• •• TILE AfitllY4 Detachments belonging to the lolltheing Corr, •iz. the s,lth (Sussex), the 40th (2al Sumersetsbire), the 49th (Princess Charlotte of W.:lea's or IlettiOrdshire),the East Lulls Company's Artillery, the'Past India Company's Wong, the 20th (East Devonskire), the 27th (Enniskillen); the 41st, the 47th (Lancashire), the 51st (2d York West Riding), and the 59d (Oxfordshire Light Infantry), embarked at Cork. on the 91st u1t.44 Bristol. • Detachments, belonging to the undermentioned Regiments of Infantry, •iz. the 57th (West Wliddlesei). the 60th (Duke 'of York's own* Rile Corps), the 64th (9d Staffordshire), 67th (South Hampshire), the 69th (South Lincolnshire), the 97th, and the East India Company's Infantry, embarked at Dublin on the Ist inst. fur Bristol. islimisailMlllMMlNl NORTHERN EXPEDITION. The following is an extract of a lettei from a seaman on board the GRIPER, 10 his friend in Aberdeen :- 4. on board li. M. S. GRIPES. near Cape C!,edley, Hudson's Straits, Anust 3d. " We got in among the ice yesterday morning, and in the even. ing saw Lind, and at present we are close under it, on the coast of Labrador, is now mostly covered with snow. We arc about 1,200 miles from Repulse liay ; we intend to winter there." At the time the GRIPEIt was spoken with, in Ha dson's Straits, the Officers and crew were in good health and spirits, and sang ti;ne as to the result of the voyage. ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE DISCOVERY SHIPS. &RUMNESS, OCT. 4.-111 y following is an extract from the private log of. the Surgeon of the whaling ship Cicero, of Hull, arrived here this day : " JuLs 17. " Saw the two Discovery Ships, Hacta and FURY, ;;;::i track, in lat. 69. E. , 4. N. long. 59. W. had no doubt City . w )utsi have a clear pauage to Lancaster Sound in a few days. Na ice seen along the West Land of Davis Straits." • NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Arrived off the Wight, the Sultan, Yrotax, in forty-eight days from Smyrna—lost her fore-mast and maintop-mast in a gale, off the coast of Portugal. The following vessels were driven on shore, near Sunderland, during the gale on Monday, viz.—Tbe Fame, Russell, Broadivonti, Arno, New Concord, Halcyon, Fenwick, and Ophelia—all of Sun. deriand ; the Paragon and Aurora, of Shields; Rambler, of Lon don ; Economy, of Lyme; and several others, names unknown. The following were on shore near Scarborough. viz.—Prospect, EDWARDS; Mercury, M'Krssss; Hanbury, Trasrea ; Ilebe, Licatv • Hope, DAMSON; and several other coasters and c o lli e r s are on s hore near Whitby, Burlington, the Humber, &c. FALMOUTH Ocr. I2.—Wind N.—Sailed the Sunnier packet, for Lisbon; Wa lsiugham ditto, for the Mediterranean; and Francis Freeling ditto, for Jamaica; also the lark and Flora, for Seville; and the Industry, for Mogadore. Powentourn, Ocr.l3.—Wind N.—A rrived the Risebro', Boy nE , from Jamaica. Sailed the Marquis of Huntley transpose, Goodie Coast of Africa; Robin Hood, for Antwerp ; his Majesty's ship A MIZIITUAIL, to the Eastward; Sarah, GA RDNIIN, for Grenada; and the Risebro', for London. Dem. Ocr.l3.—Wind N.N.V. to N.Y.—Passed through, the Luna, Bumor, from Lisbon ; and the following outward-bound vessels, from the River, viz.—Suceess, for Seville ; Henry and Sarah, for Lisbon ; Integrity, for Trinidad ; Areehusa, for Jamaica ; Saltoune, for Dominica; and England, RUT, for Bombay. The Symmetry, Davisoit, for Demerara, is off the South Foreland, coming in. ALosuacu, Ocr. 13.—The sloop Diligence, of Alloa, MITCHILL, from Petersburgh to London, loaded with furniture for the British Ambassador, was driven on shore last night, at Sizewell, in a heavy gale—the cargo is expected to be saved, hut it is thought the vessel will be wrecked. CUSTOM-HOUSE, OCT. 13. Serra ENT'S= INWARDS—The Maria, from Pillau ; Louisa, from Palermo; Stratton, from Stangate Creek ; Mary Ann, from Bom bay; Albion, from the Cape of Good Hope ; Prince of Saxe Co burg, and Falcon, from Malaga ; Darnel, from Gijon ; Laura, from Stralsund; Cordell*, from Seville; and Brothers, from Ca<liz. , ENTIMID OUTWARD!—The copes ,if Ch r i st i ana ; Simon Taylor, Lan Rumney, London, Garland Grove, and Jane Cathe rine, for Jamaica; Lady Cockburn, for Tobago; Acasta, for New York; Scholfield, for Rio; Harmonic, for Rottcrd. , m ; Voltigeur, for Antwerp ; Flying Fish, for o:tend ; Aimwell, for I famlnergh ; Hibernia, for ♦Waterford; and Zephyr, for Belfast. The journeymen leather-dressers io Worcester have struck tor wages ; the masters resolve to resist them. THE BRITISH NAVY.—The tonnage of the British Navy, in round numbers, may be taken at 450,000 tons. ' The expense of building, taking one vessel with another, 201. per ton. The value of all at 9,000,000/. To the expense of the hulls must be added the cost of masts, sails, cordage, and many other .articles requisite for equipMent. This doubles the amount, making eighteen millions, for the primary sum laid out on men-of-war. The durability of the ships in time of peace may be cal culated at 14 years—in time of war at 10 years, making an average of 12 years ; consequently, about 1,500,0001. is annually expended in keening these bulwarks in an efficient state. Of how much importance is it then that a small sum should be laid out in experiments to as. certain the best mode of constructing ships upon which so large an amount is annually expended ! Monday evening a most cruel and daring robbery was committed upon a poor Irishman, whO was returning homeward from the harvest. • lle was attacked on the road, about a mile and a half from Edinburgh, by four of his countrymen, who plundered him of his whole stock of money, amounting to 31. 2s. his coat, waistcoat, neckerchief, and two shirts; they then tied his hands behind his back with a rope, and secured him to the wheel of a cart standing by the road-side, and there left. him. In this miserable state the poor man remained from seven in the evening until five the next morning, when he was observed'by some passengers, and liberated. PUBLIC OFFICE, ROCHESTER, OCT. G.—Patrick Ger ran, private in the 4th Light Dragoons belonging to the Cavalry Depot. Maidstone, was brought before the Rev. G. DAVIES for examination, charged with a wan ton assault, by striking with the back of his sword, and riding over the person of Mr. Troop, of London, at the late Review on Chatham Lines, on Thursday, the 30th September, by his Royal Highness the Duke of York. The case was so clear that only two witnesses out of about ten in attendance were examined ; the prisoner was bound in sureties to answer the charge at the next Quarter Sessions, on the 19th instant, at Maidstone. A jockey, whiling to make an advantageous display of a horse that he was desirous of selling to a bystander, placed' his boy upon the back of the beast, ordering him to " ride around a short distance." The boy, though, well instructed, unfortunately knew not wiletiler the horse was already his father's, or yet to be birgained for; being anxious, therefore, to know :he will of his father, he stopped after riding a short distance, and in. Tared, with a loud voice, " Father, shall ride this hort , e to buy or to sell ?" TILE SUNDAY TIM es.—Since the announcement of the affidavit of the sale of this Paper for August last,. the number has increased 700, which has brought the sale to nea rly 6,009, which offers a greater circulation to Advei tkers than is possessed by any Paper now circulated on Sunday. The Susulay Times (pt ice 7d.) is pa: . iiished every Sunday Morning in London, and may also be re. seived by Pu*tonfiundty Morning at any distance within 130 mile* &multi the last Gazette be an object, a special order must be sent to the Office, with a reference for half-yearly payment in town. If it should lie desired, the Paper may be received Oil MOnday morning : by Post, by giving a specific order to twat effect.—Advertisemeuts are iaserted in the whole impression, and nut, as in most other, Papers, in one day's impression only.. All adver tisenteuts and corn iounications are• requested to be seat to thelgice, 135, Fleet ,Street, London. • • . . • • • •• . SPOSTIF6-1141TELLIG ENC.& TittfitlST6. • • Mr. Cartwright's Suffolk harriers meet On Saturday, at Irrrorth; Monday ; at Bridgham North Common. The F. B. lanunds throw off tomorrow, at Bishop's \Vood. The Cheshire Fox-bounds meet tm Saturday, at liaddetey MAI ; Monday, at Alvanlei ;, Veilitesd Is/ and Thursday, at j);:tei...m ; Saturtfay, 25, at Abbeyficld; Monday, ^S, at lieestdn liaa; Wed nesday, 27, et Nnitou ; Thursday, 2.tt, .t Ashton Grayge; 'Satur day, c.), at the Fox and Barrel. . . Monday se'noight, Alr. Cohley's hounds, of Colehrooke, in drawing Morrell Moor for a hate, htt the drag of a fox, which they made after in gallant style; when crossing the Moor, a hire gilt up m view, which they killed after a mutt run of an steer. Tht.y soon found a brace more, which they also killed; and, It .ving made smart work of it, some of the gemmen began to canyttin of a lightness in their stomach, it,bring pearly half.past two oV.ack, which is about the time as . I:apiary yolks dine . ; but the govet nor of the pack, being nothing i elosa than a trump, felt such a strong at sire to hare a shy at old reyisard,that nothing less could be ...•!sile.4!“ f ; so 'ales they went, apil the hounds being salters, soon hit :se tit al again up the vale, into covets, and presently had a fine fa:ly ho! The chase was certainly a fine one, the pack broke w-1 1 . abse.ist, the bursts they made wt:re beautiful, anti, after a compli to race (for there was nothing I.kt9 a check), they ran into hitaa fine vld dot—in one hour and twelve minutes. • The hounds of J. F. Phillips, of I.andew (the !ate F. B. II.) drew the corers near }Winn), on IVedneaday, the 1!,941 ult. and on Friday, the Ist of October, and kiiLd their fox on each day; thus maintaining that character which this fine pack of hott.t.ls It ye held for fifty years under their old master, the father ot Cot itish fox-hunters. . It has been affirmed that Pen Sun h, who rode Jetty, the winner of the St. Leger this year. received the r. presents tram -Ir. £lOO ; Lord litiborn, ; %Ines, £100; Wyvill, £100; 51: - . Croft, intro --Total, £7OO. The grouse on the Cardiganshire and Ilreeonshire hills Ime been unusually plentiful this year ; the parks were gi•nerany large, and the birds remarkably strong on the wing. • • RACES. On account of the vsetoess of the day, there was do race on Thursday. FRIDAY, OCTOSIfit 8. A Plate of Fifty Pounds. Three yrs old, ist.- - ;:). four, 71b. five, 9it.llb.4ix and Aged, 94t. 4th. Two mik 11. , is The whiner to be sold for 200 sovereigns, within a quarter of an itoo r after the race. The owner of the second horse to he first entitled. Sir David I\loncrieffe's b. fiiiy Nita, 5 years old . . 1 1 Mr. F. Grant'; hr. h. Baron lbstiec 5 years old • . .2 2 This was a most excellent race, and won wiih difficulty. The weather being so unfavourable, it having rained Incessantly throughout the day, there was very little company present. Among those on the ground were :—The Countecs of Moray. the Countess of Mansfield and family, the .Earl of Leven and Melville, Lord Owydyr, Lord Ruttreen, Sir David Moncrielf., The F.arl of Kinnoul was at the dinner, but did not appear on the ground. KF.LSO It ACIM—Ocs. 9. The match, Lord Kennedy's h. c. Skiff, by Partisan, was beat by Mr. Carnegie's h. c. The Nick, by Firzorville, il t mile, B,t. 500 sovereigns. Run in two ruintites 20 seconds. A good race; WWI rather easy after passing the distance post. PEDESTRIANISM. .Tenkinsnn, the reputed fastest walker in the kingdom. started yesterd..y to do seventeen Aides in three hours, fur a bet of thirty sovereigns. The weather was alrogethir iinst him, but he walked the first four miles, fair toe and heel, in thirty-nine minutes, and the next four he performed in rather less time. Ile did the 12 miles in two hours and three minutes, but the ground beat bins, and he gave up at the 15th mile in two hours and 35 minutes. T WITT I G. Mr. Gonrhaston's match to trot his Chelsea mare, one mile in three minutes and eight seconds, for Pan sovereigns, was'a I..i!ure alio. Ile was a hundred yards from home when the time expirsd. O'NHAL AND WIIITE-HEADED BOIL The whole of the stakes between these two puiiilists were made good at Barry Boles, on Tuesday ni,:ht. The fight will Like plaee on Wednesday, and will, it is thnuebt. he a tzma , hing nee. 0' Neel was early in his attendance, and looked well. The /../v..vvi 4uvirkrf Cora-boy did not shew, but Tutu Cribb chewed his rhino, which was all the same. Tate " sages from the Past" mustered rather strung,• and druppetlMlglr foinvit trust freely on O'Ne . :l - bon !h.- rocket rot Cribb, who apreared to he the genet gi stake-holder. 13. c Burn was there, full of ving'9, noise, bank -notes, ;ind his nerli.-w.' lie eharienged for Its nephew, Crilib, Spring, Lanerin, 1-74.Citaniplon, • va-oisli Champion, ii iah Champion, all the swift. Cribb, who is rather queerish on the pitr, said, he'd have him in a saw. .p:t, and if he didn't " set tle his Itith", Ire was better than he thought him. Ben, however, was cot to be gropred front challesnein " all the wo:id, till Spring offered to fight him for a thiliciand, at -his own time, and post a hundred thtni. Ben said lieliadn't the blunt, and so his horns drew In. Spring, however, Was pledged himself not to light again ; he has left toe ring with henonr acd with glory, and we should be sorry if anythieg induced hint to break that &Sgt. '• CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA.—The first Protestant Mis. sionary in Calcutta, was John Fre d erick Kiernander. This humble preacher of the Gospel came to Calcutta in the y ear 1758, and was received with marked favour by Lord Clive, and the Members of the Supreme Council. A house, rent free, was assigned to hint, and a subscription was raised to enable him to open a school, which was soon attended by a large number of children (belonging to Heathen, Mahommedan. and Poi tuguese parents), who were instructed in the English language, reading, writing, arithmetic, and the principles of Christianity. In 1767, Mr. Kiernander, being obiiged to give up, for the use of Government, the house which he had formerly occupied, resolved to build a Church at his own charge, and on his own ground, a work which, during the next three years, was brought to a successful termination, at the expense of 60 000 Sim rupees. Thii edifice was opened for Divine Service in the year 1770, and with some subsequent improvements, is now the elegant building known by the name of the Old, or Mission . Church.— C . a/cutto Scotsman. DARING STRERT ROBBERY.—Bet , A een the hours of three and four o'clock yesterday mon i4g, as Edward . Hughes Melmor, Esq. of Cream-pal k, in the county of Surrey, was returning to his lodgings in H .lburn, having spent the previous evening at a party in Queen square, Bloomsbury, he was stopped at the cg.rner of Cr:oucester-street by three fellows, all in sailor's apparel, one of whom presented a . pistol at 'the Gentleman's breast, and with drea•iful imprecations threatened to take his life if he r flexed to call for assistance; the other two deliberately commenced searching his pockets, from which they . took a silk purse, containing five sovereigns, four ha'f sovereigns, two gold Nail:a:eons, and about 13s. in silver, together w ith a small but very vlluatile gold lei:eating watch, basing a: ,hexed there.° a ch4tedi o ld s,,al(v erd antique stohe), chain, key, and ring. Having possessed them eis es of this b uay,they shout proper to decamp, previously admonishink their-victim of the clinger and folly . of pursuit. Nut deterred by this threat, Mr. Nlelmor was no sootier released ;ban he called loudly for the watch, who came up soon after, and instantly followed in the direction that the feilewa• had taken, which was toward; Tottenham•court-road, but unfortunately they got clear of, lt was stated that the same party attempted to lob another Gentleman in Hart -street, about the same loar the morning before and were prevented only by the approach of the paid: Tuesday morning, a parcel, carefully wrapped up in a white cambric handkerchief, was found ithin the inner dour of Lambeth Church. The sexton, on open ing the parcel, diso)vci cd the body of a new born mai* child, quite dead. Mr. (hay, one of the parish suigeop so . was sei.t for.)vho examit.ed the Vciy, and prunaumra4 it still-bora. . I'~ 2Y. ;--; • I ■ I ~.., E~~: i ' '~::. .r ~: