Star. — London, England, 1824-12-15 00:00:00

THE ARMY. / One company belonging to the Royal Star Corps arrived yeSter day at Gravesend from Canada. It has received orders to march from Gravesend, to-day, for Hythe, where it will arrive on the iSth instant. Saturday, the 98th Regiment of Foot arrived at Chatham, where they are to remain preparatory to their embarkation for the Cape of Good Hope. This Regiment, although so newly raised, appears to he an effective and well disciplined force. Previous to leaving Chichester, the above Regiment received the thanks of the Magis trates of that city, for the very orderly conduct the meta invariably displayed whenever they appeared. Nearly the whole of the Regiments which are ordered to New South Wales, go out by detachments, the Officers and men of whicl are allowed full pay on the passage: that is to say, the same rate of pay as when on shore—an allowance which is not made in aa7 other case. It is reported that four new Departments of the Ordnance are to he established ; one of them in the Mediterranean, another in r h e Wot Indies, and a third in North America. the head-quarters of which is to be in Halifax. The fourth station is supposed to be in the East Indies. Dom - rms.—The clause of the Mutiny Act authorising the pay ment of twenty shillings, under the warrant of the committing Magistrate, for the apprehension of deserters from the Army, has been repealed, and the whole reward, amounting at present to forty shillings, which %sill be made payable by the Agent or Paymaster of the Regiment, or by a District Paymaster, will be issued from the War-office, through the Magistrate by whom the deserter was committed, as /Don as it Shall be ascertained that the person appre hended is really a deserter, and that the claim is well founded. The 109th clause of the 42d Gee. 111. cap. 90, allowing the reward of twenty shillings for the apprehension of deserters from the Militia, applies to that force in its disembodied state. MILITARY PROMOTIONS. _ _ _ ------- - OFFICE OF / ORDNANCE, DEC. 11, 1824. Corps of Royal Engineers—Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Howard El phinstone, Bart. to be Ceonel, vice Rowley, deceased; Brevet ALajor John By, to be eutenant-Colonel; Captain Alexander Cheyne, from the half-pay, to be Captain; First Lieutenant Thomas Howard Fenwick, to be Second Captain; First Lieute nant Henry Fowell Wulff, from half-pay, to be First Lieutenant; Second Lieutenant Alexander Gordon to be First Lieutenant. PROPOSED NECROPOLIS; oa, CITY OF THE DEAD. Many of our Readers have visited the celebrated bu • vial-ground of the Pere Lachaise, near Paris. It is a spot just without the walls, where the ashes of Jew and Christian, Catholic and Protestant, repose in charitable vicinity. The ground is laid oat with taste and ele gance, diversified in poition, beautified with shrubs and flowers, and appropriately adorned with monu ments,some interesting from their historical recollections, some touching from the simplicity and tenderness of their inscriptions; but all neat, decent, and appropriate to the solemnity of the scene. Lord Stowell, in his elaborate judgment on tie Irint Coffin case, thus speaks of the London Church-yards— " They cannot be made commensurate to the demands of a large and increasing population: the period of de cay and dissolution does not arrive fast enough, in the accustomed mode of deposiiing bodies in the earth, to evacuate the ground for the use of succeeding claim mants." Indeed most of these cemeteries ate narrow, close, filthy, and almost indecent; and though new crypts have been formed in building the new Churches, yet for the most part no monuments can be raised in the burial-grounds, nor even be affixed to the walls of the sacred edifices. Struck with the contrast which our City Church yards present to the burial-ground of the Pere Lachaise, some indiv id ualsh:rve projected a scheme for a receptacle of the dead on a large scale in the vicinity of London. They propose to give it the name of the Necropolis, or " City of-the Dead ;" and mean that it shall be laid out in a style which for solemnity, taste, and magnificence, may surpass anything yet undertaken. To what expense cio not our opulent individuals often go to erect in their clemesires some monumental record of a friend, perhaps even of a faithful dog, on the banks of a limpid rivulet, near a grotto overhung with weeping willows or sha dowed by the mournful cypress! And would they not 'much rather adorn a spot of consecrated ground, which might always be kept neat and clean, well watched and guarded against violent intrusion, and resorted to by those only whose sentiments were in unison with the melancholy sanctity of the place?- -The taste for gardening and for everything rural is proverbially prevalent among the English; and those who may chance to visit a country Church-yard " under the shade of melancholy boughs," looking forth upon the richness and beauty of an extensive landscape, can scarcely fail to breathe a wish that they themselves may repose hereafter amid such still and tranquil scenery. Many sites may doubtless be found within three or four miles of town, which, if properly laid out on the plan here suggested, would far exceed, in point of interest, any existing cemetery ; and would, in moral effect, be productive of most beneficial consequences. It is a mistake to suppose that Church-yards are the only' proper places for Christian burial. On the con trary, the origin of their use in England for that purpose is not of earlier date than the year 750; and agreeably to the old Roman Law of the Twelve Tables, the place of inhumation was ordered to be not within the City, but without its walls. Certainty ground destined for sepulture should, according to the Laws of the Church, Le duly consecrated ; and the parochial right of burial should be provided for in any Statute which might be necessary for such an institution as we have described. In this age of speculation, no public undertaking can Le mentioned, but the questions immediately arise— what is the capital required R how many shares is it divided into? are they transferable? and when will they be brought into the Market?—To speak of the ACcropolis as a matter cf mere pecuniary profit and loss would be somewhat revolting. It may, however, be observed, that the Municipality of Paris derive a profit from their Necropolis, without excluding from it the poor ; and :hough we should not wish to see " Necio pnlitan Bonds" hawked about upon 'Change, or to hear of great fluctuations in the premium on " Burial. Scrip;" yet there might be no impropriety in the Legislature's :Lowing, out of the fees for sepulture, a certain per centage on the capital advsinced by private individuals die purchase of the ground ; while the surplus would batuially go to the parish where the deceased person died, or to which he belonged. It appears from a paragraph in the Journal des De -6til-v, that the DAUPHIN of FRANCE ran great risk of. lienig killed during the last bunt in the Forest of Fon; tiliket,leau. Whilst be was galloping at full spced, the stag soddenly turned and crossed him so closely, that 1,:h2. not his horse mechanically-turned aside his head; aid ais neck, both he and his rider would have been tiasted to the ground and probably killed. Last week an old house fell in the Champs tlysee;, in Paris, which was near destroying thel hopes of a great nation. Tiie consort of his Highness the Cazique of Poyais occupied the :end had on the morning or the same day given birth to a Prince, and for some mitintes great fears were entertained 114 the august infant would be destroyed. Happily the calamity te.ts averted, and the illustrious hoe of the itl•Ciregors has Just been interrupted! :PARISIAN A IIUSEMENTS. PARIS, DECEMBER 10. Amusement is the business of the French—give me leave to sav it is equally that of the Engliih residents in Paris, and, indeed, throughout all France ; for I have pevar yet seen the English person who would deny himself any pleasure in which the French indulge, even on days and at seasons which in England are observed with religious solemnity. It is true that the Oratoire (the Protestant Church of Paris) is crowded on the fore noons of - Sundays and holidayi by English, who com port themselves decently, but who are found on the evening of the same day enjoying the Pirouette of Noblet and the Pas de Zephyr of Paul, at the Grand Opera, or the grotesque contortions of Measrier at the Theatre de la Porte .St. Martin. The ball rooms ate crowded with English, who enter into the Quadrille with as much vivacity as the Parisians themselves. lEcarte attracts the English equally with the French—and Tivoli and the Beaujon ale on Sundays as much fre quented by the moral, religious English, as by the people who are notoriously the most licentious:and impious in the universe. The Theatie Francais is crowded on the nights when Talma plays, and he continues in as high favour with the Parisians as ever. The egotism of the French is proverbial ; but their opinion of Talma is the supreme of the ridiculous. " There never was such an actor !" said a Lady to me the other night ; 6. do you think Gatrick approached near to him ?" The report of his intention to perform for twelve nights in L" radon, in the course of next spring, is not credited by any Parisian. "He will not—he dares not quit rails." Unhappy England, vehete actors are permitted to dispose of them selves as they t hi n k proper ! Mars is still at this Theatre. She is the most natural performer I ever saw, with the exception, perhaps, of Mrs. Jordan. Though 50 years of age, she looks in some characters to be under 30. But I have given you enough of Theatricals, and will break off for the present. The English Ladies, - however, display most com mendable spirit, and a majestic disregard of all consi derations of economy :.-athe rage for gaming amongst them would be frightful to vulgar persons—many of them risk thirty, nay fifty Napoleons on the turn up of a single card at Ecarte. What a school for female virtue ! I have pone the round pretty nearly of the private cabinets of pictures aild curiosities in Paris; amongst which those that struck me most were the collections of Marshal Soult (Duc de Dalmatia) and M. Denon, the father, I believe, of the Institute. Soult occupies a fine hotel in the Rue de l'Universite ; his gallery of paintings is superb, comprising several splendid specimens of Murillo, " picked up" during the period of the Marshal's command in Spain. Most of the pictures are on Scrip tural subjects, and—shall I tell the truth ?—are said to have been plundered from the Spanish churches, and are irrevocably destined for the English market by the Marshal, a black looking person, whom I took for a servant. They are valued at 200,0001. The Cabinet of M. Deno's is, perhaps,_ better worth a visit from the antiquary, on account of the numerous and invaluable Egyptian relics which it contains. M. Denon is said to be 90 years of age, and is not the least interesting of the antiquities here displayed. He is mild, polite, and playful, and he appears to fear nothing from avowing his attachment to Bonaparte, busts of whom meet your eye in every direction, with portraits of all sorts and sizes of himself and all the members of his family. A model of the Princess Borghese's hand hangs at the- foot of the old man's bed, and is of the finest symmetry. The Collection of Paintings is capital and extensive. Amongst the Prints are portraits of Mr. Pitt and Mr. Fox. The former hangs behind the door, and is almost hidden from view, but the latter is placed in an escellent light. As you will easily believe, the collection of antiquities and curiosities is the principal object of attraction.—Egyptian mummies, sphynxes, apis, heathen gods and goddesses, goats, elephants, and idols of all ages and countries, with an immense pto.. fusion of Porcelain china, etc. MR. SA VERY. -.......--- The Bristol Mercury of Monday contains the follow ing:—" We have this week to perform one of those most painfu l duties that occasionally devolve on the public journalist—one which, although executed with feelings of the bitterest regret, renders his situation somewhat suspicious, always unenviable. We feel, most acutely, for those respectable individuals con nected with the unhappy subject of our remarks; and they ate both numerous and most respectable ; it was a regard for the respectability of their station in society that induced us last week to suppress what we had but too much reacon to fear would prove, as it has even tually, but too true. Mr. Henry Savery, son of Mr. Savery, banker, a Gentleman of great respectability, carried on the business of a sugar-baker in this city a few years ago, in conjunction with Mr. Bigg, under the firm of Savery and Bigg, which, we believe, itt the year 1819, became bankrupt for a considerable amount. He subsequently, from some family connec tion with the proprietor of the late B,istol Observer, became the printer of that Journal, till he again en— tered into business as a-sugar-broker, about three years' ago, in conjunction with his present partner, Mr. Sa ward ; and the new firm had obtained considerable credit and responsibility. To what cause the embar rassments of the house, if embarrassed it was, of which the conduct of Mr. Savery would seem to leave little doubt, ate to be attributed, we know not; we have heard of no peculiar acts of extravagance, or unneces sary expense or parade of either of the partners ; but certain it is, that discoveries, consequent on the absence of Mr. Savery, dangerous to himself, and most ago nising to his family, were made. A Meeting of the Creditors was forthwith convened, and Mr. Saward was dispatched to London in pursuit of his partiter.— CHete :lbe Mercury repeats the account of Mr. Sa ward's pursuit, which we have already communicatedj It is currently reported, that the dreadful punishment that inevitably follows conviction of the crime of for , gety, will deter the parties from prosecuting." The Boston Geteette of yesterday states, that William Pearson, one of the porters at the Pack-house Quay, had been missing ever since Friday last, supposed to have been drowned, Thursday last, Robert Maydwell was taken before the Mayor and acting . Magistrates of the borough of Boston, and underwent a final examination, and was fully committed to Lincoln Castle, for trial at the next Assizes, on suspicion of the murders of Frances Smaller, .and Mary Ann Hattenborough, two children. The statement of Parker having been apprehended at Yar -1 mouth, is not true. -Tmrr -.---- -:- MERCIIii.VT SEAMEA'S SOCIETY. Yesterday a sperial meeting of the Governors and Members of this incorporated Institution, for the relief of Merchant Seamen, was held for the purpose of taking into consideration t he numerous applications for relief which were likely tO be made in consequence of the late storms. A number of respectable merchants and ship. owners attended. Mr. Po.wma., on taking the chair, stated, that in consequence of the late disastrogi gales, a great num ber of additional applications wkwelikely to be made to them which the funds of the Institution were not in a condition to meet, and the qaestion was, what course was the most eligible to be adopted with respect to the applicants? This Institution had been long established, and diffused vet ' extensive benefits amongst the great and important class whose welfare it made its object.— Tire welfare of our sailors was, indeed, whether we looked to their services in war, or their inclusti y in com merce, an object of the very highest national import. ance. Seamen were proverbially improvident, and it was incumbent upon those who benefitted by Oleic ser vices (and who did not ?) to watch over and promote their interests. This Institution was supported by a contribution of 6d. per month from the wages of seamen who wet e in set vice, and though its funds had increased in proportion to the increase of trade, yet that increase .was not proportionate to the increased demands which were made upon them. He suggested, that efforts should be made to render the Institution more exten sively known, and to procure a greater number of ac tive members. The present qualification of a Governor for life was fifty guineas. He submitted to the meeting the propriety of making a qualification upon a smaller sum. It had been hinted, that an application to Parlia ment would be advisable, and likely to be attended with considerable advantage. He expressed his hopes, that the merchants and ship-owners, and those who more immediately profitted by the exertions of this class, would take some immediate steps for the relief of the great number of cases of destitution and misery which might soon be expected to pour in upon them. The Chairman concluded by moving, that books should be opened to re c eive subscriptions for the relief of those cases of d - ►stress which had arisen during the late storms. Mr. MARSHALL said, he considered that the evil could not be met by individual subscriptions alone, but that they ought to go further, and apply to public bodies.—The motion was,agreed to nem. con. Mr. MANNING, M.P. thought, that as Gentlemen and as Merchants, they were bound to come forward in behalf of this invaluable class of men, who were enti tled also, in his opinion, to the aid of Government. He was not aware that the Institution received only 6d. per month from the wages of seamen .: and he thought that an appeal to Government for aid, would be most libe rally answered. Several charities had applied for as sistance to that source, and their applications were al ways received, as he had reason to suppose a similar one from this Institution would. The Institution of the Refuge for the Destitute, for instance, had applied, and were received with liberality. He concluded by moving, that a Committee should be formed to consider the best means of increasing the funds of this Institution. Mr. BLANCHARD and Mr. URQUHART shortly ad dressed the meeting, after which the motion for form ing the Committee was agreed to unanimously. Thanks having been voted to the Chairman, and the resolutions ordered to be advertised, the meeting then separated. OBSERVATIONS on Me BRISTOL and ENGLISH CHANNELS' INTENDED SHIP CANAL. In the English Channel the late Mr. Rennie designed a harbour at one spot, and a ship canal at another; Mr. Telford unites the harbour and ship canal, yet he conveys the ship canal to the harbour, instead of carry- ing this to the other. The village of Seaton borders on a valley, whereas Beer Town, as the provincialists call it, is situated among the mountains. The late Mr. Rennie planned the summit level of his ship canal at Chard, in Somersetshire ; he obliged him , . self, consequently, to excavate for water ; Mr. Telford does the same. Thus both engineers have surveyed a wrong line of country. In the Bi istol Channel the late Mr. Rennie selected the port of Bridgewater; Mr. Telford, at last rather than at first, does the same, while, to justify having wan dered to the port of Watchet, he cuts a new entrance to that of Bridgewater. He should have made a shal -1 low exit for the river Parret. _ _ _ _ Such is the present line of the intended ship canal. A better line may be as follows: In the English Channel the port of Exmouth is ad visable: it has Torbay on the west, and Dartmouth on the south, as places of refuge to vessels during sea storms.—Exmouth has a ship canal to Exeter. A separate exit appears desirable for the river Exe, that the port of Exmouth may be converted into one of low water. The summit level of this line of country would be Tiverton; in Devonshire. Tiverton has a great deal more water than Chard, and is about the. same height above the sea. This summit level may be prolonged from the Exe to the Tore ; but that of Chard cannot be extended, whether from the Axe to the Yar, or from the Axe to the Parret. In the former case, no reser voirs, with or without tunnels, would be wanted; reser voirs, in the latter case, would become necessary, and cause a supet &tons expenditure. In the Bristol Channel, the port of Bridgewater seems an established point. It is needless to repeat what has already been mentioned of this port. Official returns have been prepared, by order of Go vernment, of the exports and imports to and from this country and Spain, since the restoration of FERDWAND VII. to absolute power. Corresponding returns have also been made for a similar period during the Consti tutional Government, up to the day of the KING'S libera ti.m. It is almost unnecessary to say that the balance is very greatly in favour of the period of freedom. Si milar returns have also been made of the export and im port trade between the ports of this country and of South America, for the same period of time. These latter accounts present a great and progressive increase in the commercial intercourse of Spanish America with Great i3ritain. The whole of the accounts will probably be laid before Parliament. _ _ _ Serious apprehensions are entertained for the safety of the Stornaway packet, which sailed from Pool-ewe for Stornaway about three weeks ago, and has not since been heard of. Several passengers were on board, among others, a clergyman belonging to the Lewis. Saturday, the Lord Provost of Glasgow received a respite for the two unfortunate men, Maws and 411‘ Kin lay, under sentence of death in the Calton Hill jail. MEETING AT EXETER. A Meeting was called;rtiter on Friday, to Consi der of the means of relieving the sufferers by the late storms. It was attended very riumetously by county and city Gentlemen. • The MAYOR was called to the Chair. The LORD BISIIOP rose to move a resolution, which he said was nearly, though not entirely in conformity with the requisition. Of the duty of affording relief to the sufferers by the recent calamity, there could be no contrariety of opinion, though some slight difference might exist as to the limits of their bounty. Their na• total bounty certainly appeared to be that pointed out in the requisition, ic within the port of Exeter," (viz. from Seaton to Teignmouth); but his Lordship hoped that power would be given to the committee to extend re lief in extraordinary cases to any placei within twenty miles of the coast—numerous individuals having suf fered severely inland by the overflow of rivers. His Lordship moved a resolution accordingly, and commu iiicatml to the Meeting that he had been requested by Lord Viscount Exmouth to express his regret that the ill state of his health prevented his attendance. E. P. LYON, Esq. seconded the motion. J. BULLER, Esq. wished to make the sphere of their benevolence co-extensive with the county itself, as by narrowing their objett, they might pro'nbly throw some check on the liberality of other parts of the county. He would suggest the propriety of recommend ing parochial collections, if it met the approval of the Right Rev. Diocesan. The BISIIOP expressed his ready compliance, but sail he could not encourage them officially by circular, as that would encroach on his Majesty's prerogative. Lord ROLLE, Lord CLIFFORD, and Sir T. ACLAND addressed the Meeting, a Committle was appoimed, and a subscription immediately commenced. SPURTING INTELLIGENCE. -w- HUNTIN G. York and Ainsty fox-hounds meet to-morrow, at StreneaU; Saturday, at Whisky. The Holderness fox-hounds,to-morrow, at Brandsburton Moor; Siturday, at the Kennels. The Northumberland fox-hounds on Friday, at Hebron. The Cleveland fox-hounds, on Friday, at Ufleathant. The Elurworth fox-hounds, on Friday, at Newsliklyrflarik. Sir T. Sykes's fox-hounds,on Friday, at HildengfrGitil:' York City Harriers, on Friday, at Knavesmire. THE ROYAL HUNT. Yesterday morning the Royal Harriers met in the Great Park, and in consequence of the scent not laying well, the sport was not so good as was anticipated. We understand that it is his Majesty's intention to destroy a great quantity of haresin the Palk this season. THE MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE., MARK LANE, DEC. 15. The arrivals of all sorts of Grain this week are extremely large. The Wheat trade is in a complete state of stagnation, and prices look downward. Barley is also nearly unsaleable today, and Mon day's terms cannot be supported. Beans and Grey Peas are dull, but prices unaltered. Boiling Peas are excessively dull, and 2s. per quarter lower. Oats find very few buyers to-d►y, and our last quotations cannot be obtained. The Flour trade is extremely heavy. Arrivals—litnglish Wheat, 8600 quarters; Barley, 10,400 quarters; Oats, 8800 quarters; Irish Wheat, 1100 quarters; Iri►h Oats, 6500 quarters ; Flour, 9500 sacks. (FROM THE LONDON PRICE CURRENT, DEC. 11.) COTTON-WOOL--The market has been very quirt, the sales for last week consist cf— _ _ _ 200 Madras 400 Pernanas 600 Surats 500 Bengals 150 Boweds 50 Bourbon - std. to 61d. per lb. in bond. - Ili& to 12d. - 54d..t0 64d. - sid. to qd. - Bed. to Bad. - Hid. .. . _ SUGAIL—The market for Sugar has been very animated since Friday; both raw and refined have advanced, the former Is. and the latter 2s. per cwt. Large lumps that were last week at 765. are now 78s. and small lumps are Ws. per cwt. Barbadues good and fine white 625. to 70s. inferior and yellow 575. to 595. 6d. per Cwt. FORRICH Swamis also advanced 2s. to 3s. per cwt. COFFEE.—Good ordinary Jamaica Coffee spld at the sales rather higher, but other sorts without alteration. HE3IP and TALLOW.—Hemp has advanced 2/. per ton, and there are buyers of Yellow Candle Tallow at 364. per cu t. COCOA. By public sale 224 packages Trinidad 725. to 841. pper cwt._ SPICES.—Fine Spices very steady. Black Pepper id. to id. higher; White Pepper very scarce, and rising every day. Carolina and East India Rice very brisk, and 2s. to U. higher than laA week. • Saltpetre little or nothing doing. TEA.—The East India Company's Sale commenced on Tuesday hit.-13ohea sold a tsifie dearer ; common Congous ed. per lb. lower. Good sorts experienced little alteration, although the finer qualities sold id. to lid. per lb. higher. Twankays advanced lid. per lb. Hysons went much the same as last sale. SI LK.—The market has been very dull for the last fortnight, and the prices from fid. to is. W. lower. FRUlT.—Private sales to a considerable extent have been made this week, and there is a very general demand for the common descriptions. &PI RlTS.—Brandy has advanced Id. per gallon.—Rum without alteration.—Geneva rather higher. IRISH PROVISIONS.-:lribh Butters quoted 2s. to 4s. per cwt. higher; Dutch without alteration.—Bacon rather jower.— Cheese steady.—Beef and Pork 2s. 6d. to ss. per tierce cheaper.— India Beef, free on board, 61. 7s.6d.—lndia Pork 61.105. to tg. 15s. per tierce.—lmports from Ireland pretty extensive. OlL—The market for Fish Oils remains unaltered. HOPS.—Trade for new Hops is dull this week, as the country dealers are supplied with sufficient to last them until the Spring. We do not expect much business before that period.—A consider able demand for 1823, and in fact for old Hops of all ages that are well preserved; this is partly for town consumers and partly on speculation. Monday, Sir ANTHONY CARLISLE, in concluding his annual course of Lectures on Anatomy, at the Royal Academy, intimated his determination to resign, as his Professorship in that establishment interfered too much with his other duties, and in particular with the calls of suffering humanity, to which he si ished to devote the whole of his time and experience. He recommended the election of a younger Professor. The waters are out so much, in particular from Maiden head to Chertsey, that all the intervening country is under water over the hedges ; the floods run across the streets through Eton into the houses ; in some of the shops the water is as high as the counters ; at Slough it was necessary for foot passengers to be conveyed in boats; the whole of Windsor Little Park is inundated, and the adjacent meadows are in some parts impassable. • By a decree of the 7th inst. the Royal Tribunal of * Lyons has ordered a person of the name of Chanibell.in to be prosecuted, as having murdered M. 13ouchardon in a duel. The majority of the inhabitants of Cirencester hhve resolved to abstain from the use of beer, since the late unwarrantable advance of Id. per pot in the price by the brewers. Sandwich Fair finished on Saturday. Wednesday being a very fine day, the town was crowded with visitors, and Sandwich has seldom been so gay. Upwards of four hundred people assembled in the evening at the New Inn, to " trip It on the light fantastiC toe." The Theatre and other places of amusement, had their share of company; also Fast Grinstead, Fair. Saturday was the largest ever remembered at that place, there being, it is suppased. nearly 3,000 head of the various kinds of stock exhibited, which sold at from 2s. 6d. to 3s. 2d. per stone Many graziers from Romney Mards were in attendance, who bought pretty freely, observing that they had lost most of their sheep by the rot. :~ - di MEIN 1! c' l~ I i I i _~ i 7 Pi