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_ . •.,., ~.• i e • • • 'cr * ‘III6LAIIP—k ) --,40 MA - ":"^"Mifigpi r THURSDAY, AUGUST 26. 1824. NUMBER 11,708.) [Pam' SEVEN OPE la CR. i CONTRACT FOR TALLOW tANDLtS. 1 1 / 4 "417-OFIICt, Agog? 17, 11V24. " t I ;7E PR I VICIPAL OFFICERS and COMMIS• smATEns of Ms 3fA.IESTY's NAVY. do hereby give Notice, To-morrow will be published, PHE BRITISH CODE OF DUEL a— A reference -11. to the Laws of Honour and the Character of Gentleman. — An Amami, in which is strictly examined the Case between the 10th lii.ssars and Mr. Battier, Capt. Callan, Mr. Finch, &c. 3s. lid. London : Knight and Lacey, Paternoster•row. That ou TII Ti ltS D A Y, the 24 of September next- at One o' Clock, t!wy will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to 6.:anct for Supplying his hlaksty's Yard; at Deptford, Wool- Chath.tni, and Sheerness, or ally one or mere of them, with TALLOW CANDLES. Samples of the Candles, and a Form of the Tender, may be teeik at this Mice.. No Tender wiltbe received after One &Clock on the Day of Treaty, nor any noticed, unless the Party,. or an Anent for him, :steads. Every Tender must be accompanied by a Letter addressed to tte Navy Board, =ld liped by a responsible Person, engaging to become bound with the • Person tendering, in the sum of €4OO, for the due performance of the Contract. 17C717:41LL11i7G-OFFICE, Agog 23, 1824. THE COMMISSIONERS' for FICTUAt.LING his MAJESTY'S . NAM d4i hereby girt Notice, That on FRIDAY, the 27th Instant, they will be ready to re. ceive Tenders in writing (sealed up), and treat for the soprly of TWO THOUSAND SACKS OF BISCUIT AIFAI.; To be delivered into his Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, one half by the Sth September next, and the remainder by the Ist October following. 'The Conditions of the Contract may he seen at this Office. Each Tender must iipecity The price in words at length, and be iltlivered before One o'Clock on the dal appointed; and the Person who makes the Tender, ur some Person on his behalf, mast attend to answer when called for. df. 11'.11.1,ER CLIFTO.V. LONDON, ItA3ISGATE, AND BROADSTAIRS, STEAM-PACK ErS. TIM ROYAL SOVEREIGN and CITY OF LONDON, One of the above Vessels will start from the Cusroat-Roust ST II s, London, ever y WenaEsn.ty, Tit u RSDA Y, and SA reanar, at Eight o'Clock in the Morning, and return from Cam-gate the same Days, at Half-past Seven precisely. 11)..513C,1t Cabin, 12$.—Fore Cabin, to& Children under Twelve Yells Obi, Six Shillings each. The Proprietors will not be accountable tor Luggage, or any Par cel, taken by Passengers. N. I:.—Pltssengert. can get on board front Ramsgate Pier or land there at all times, without going into Boats, or they may be lauded at, or taken en board off Broadstairs, Free of Expense. r e - A Female to attend Ladies.—Refreshments, &c. on Board. For further Particulars, and Tickets for the Season, apply at No. C 3, Lower Thames-street ; of Mr. 11. Underwood, 56, Hay market, London; and at the Office, ti, Goldsmid-place, Ramsgate. NEW WORKS ON RURAL. ECONOMY, &c. Just ',Liu ,hed by Lomm A PI, .1 it' r, R kus, ORME, BROWN, and GREEN. VSSAY on the BENEFICIAL DIRECTION of J.:4I.ItUR AL EX PEN DITUR E. By ROBERT A. SLANEY, Eaq.. - Barrister at Law. In igmo. 6s. 6d. hoards. THE ART of VALUING RENTS and TILLAGES, and the TENANTS RIG lIT on entering and quitting Farms, ex plained by several specimens of Valuations, and Remarks en the Cul t:ration pursued on Soils in dlll rent situations. Adapted to the use of Landlords, Land Agents, Appraisers, Farmers, and Tenarts. By J. S. liwyldon, Land Agent and Appraiser. The Second Edition, in ;Am. Price 7s. hoards. With a Plan of a Farm of 242 Acres. ItEMAI:KS on the PRESENT SYSTEM of ROADMAKING, with 01),.ei vations deduced front Practice and Experience.— lly John London M-Adam, Esq. General Surveyor of the Roads ;71 :he Bristal District. The Seventh Edition, with an additional aapter on converting the Pavements of Towns into stoned Roads. la Svc. Price is. 6d. boards. . . . The SCIENCE of HORTICULTURE, comptising a Practi cal Sc , tem for the :\ lanagement and Training of Fruit -trees, clew plise:lby Sketches from Trees actually trained. To which are added, an ESSAY on the Culmva.ricot of the PINE-APPLE ; including the Results of a Course of Experiments iu growing Peaches and Nectarines, in Puts, in a Conservatory, and a Description of a Liquid Manure, adapted to all Plants, and the manner of applying it. By I.l;eph Hayward. Second Editioo. Price 12s. boards. A NEW SYSTEM of SHOEING HORSES; with an ac. mina of the various Musics practised by different Nations; and o:nervations on the Di•eases of the Feet connected with Shoeing. lir .Inst.ph Goodwin, Esq. late Veterinary Surgeon to his ;Majesty, :1;i1 Member of the Royal College of Surgeons. Second Edition, in tiro. illuitrated by Plates, 19s. boards. A Plt ACTICAL TR EATISE, to render the ART of BREW ING more easy ; accompanied by Instructions for the Purchase of Malt and Hops. The whole rendered familiar for the public or Frisnn e Brewer. By C. N. Hayman, Common Brewer. In 12mo. lVidi an Engraving. Price 4s. 6d. boards, the Second Edition. " SY LVA FLORIFERA," the'` SHRUBBERY;" contain. is: an Historical and Botanical Account of the Flowering Shrubs and Trees, which now ornament the Shrubbery, the Park, and Mauna Scenes in general; with Observations on the Formation of Ornament:li Plantations and Pictutesque Scenery. By henry I übps, F.H.S. Author of the " History of Fruits known in Great Britain.** 2 *els. Bvo. Price if. is. boards. *TREATISE on the CULTURE and MANAGEMENT of FIWIT-TREgS, in which a Ne w Mulled of I'i inn.% and * raining is fully described. To which is a.lat.‘l, a new end un proved Edition of " Observations on the Diseases, D.:facts, aid friaries in ail kinds of Fruit and Forest Trees : sa nh an Account st a particular Method of Cure." Published by order of Govern :lnit. By Wiiliam Forsyth; F.A.S. and F.S.A. In tiv.). the Sc. venth Edition, with Plates and Portrait, 13s. boards. This Edi contains Additions of new Fruits, and references to their Fi ves; also a Calcialarial Index. 'The different MODES of CULTIVATING the PINE- .tl'ef,E, from its first Introduction into Europe, to the late Im- Novements of T. A. Knight, Esq. liy a Member of the Hord :a:to-al Society. hi Bvo. Price 9s. boards, with Seventy-four 1 •V0..4 Engravings, exhibiting the best Plans of Pine Stoves and Pits. TREATISK on the CULTURE of the APPLE and 17- lli, and on the Manufacture of CYDER and PERRY. Fifth . . By 'l'. A. Knight, FAT F.R.S. and L.S. Price 4s. Iht G.l It DEN F. WS It HAI /01 Blt A N CElt ; containing yrac- tical of Card,:ning, both in the natural way, and in the C.tc*.n.g scheme. To which is now added, the Culture of the escutact, the Pl-ti of a lately invented Brick Frame for !he Fruits, Lowers, and escuktit Vegetables, without the In f•uerce of }'ire-beat ; and on the latia k ;eintsit of Timber-Trees. ey James tI ;hail, upwards of 'lWenty Years Gardener and Cceward to th e l ate K ar l o f Li ver p oo l. S e cond Edition, corrected , improved, Inllo. Price 7s. 6d. . • ELEIIENTS of AGRICULTURAL CHEIISTRY, in a of Lectures for the Board of Agriculture, tit livered between anti 1819. fly Sir Honsphri Dav y, Bart. P.R.S. 111.1.1. A. & • In svo. (:he Third &lithos). Price lit. boards. ..I ThI .. ..ITISE on the CULTURk t,l the ; with new :••••:4 CD the Formation of Vineyards in 'England. Also, aTKEA - un :he CULTURE of the Pulls-Aertz, and the .Manage (.yi ilot-llocise. By William Speechly. In 1 vol. Svo. t4 ,- t , ,0, with Plates. Prier Ills. boards. AN ENCYCLOPEDIA of GARDENING; comprising theory and Practice of Horticulture, floriculture, Art , ot 4;t. Landscape Gardening; Inelsiding all the latest Improve :A.ls a general History of Gardening in ail Countries, and a Sta ;:;cal Vie* of its present State, with Snotstions for its f..• are • ill the lkittsh I s l es . By J. C. Lnudon, L.S.H.S. &c. s z :; . 'l l 're, in one large Volume, Svo. closely printed, with Seven -.:.tet; Lovering, on Wood, a new Edition, with important hitt „, and above One Hundred addltitmal Envavinr. • FOUR OF £20,000! ALL IN ONE DAY, AND NO BLANKS! lIAZARD and CO. the Contractors for the present Lottery, ate highly gratified by the approbation bestowed on the Scheme to be drawn in One Day (sth OCTOBER next), when ALL the Four Prizes of £20,000, and ALL the other Ca pitals, and ALL the smaller Prizes, and the fate of every Num ber, must he decidA.—Scheme contains 4 Prizes of - £20,000 All Money, 6 of £l,OOO and £2,000 All Money, 14 of £3OO and £5OO All Money, 54 of £lOO and £2OO All Money. In addition to the above and the smaller Prizes, every Number will receive hive Pounds in Mlfrey, leaving no Blanks, as each PurchaFer will be sure to get a Prize, or have part of his Money returned, nn the sth °ember. HAZARD and Co. sold in Shares, in the last Lottery, THREE PRIZES OF £20,000, viz. No. 5,695, £20,000, in Shares, No. 10,695, £20,000, in Shares, No. 12,299. £20,000, in Shares, At their Offices 23, Royal Exchange ; 26, Cornhill, and 324, {;lord-street, end of Regent-s t reet. _ TIA Z.A if I) and Co. remind the Public, that they hive now ar rived at the Pisa I. Lot:cry Grant of Parliament, and that Latta t s will be discontinued when the present one expires. cc th a:, Ju pl: t:v J. Wil liy lc ca a, rl L F 1 V ii 11 li I I, BILIOUS AND LIVER COMPLAINTS. AS a mild and effectual Remedy for all those Dis orders which originate in a vitiated action of the Lister and Biliary Organs, namely, INDIGESTION, LOSS or Arravirit, MULD. ACHY., lIxA RTMURN, FLATULANCIEn, SrAsals, COSTIVENUS, A IPTECTIONs or HIE Liven, &c. &c. DIXON'S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS have met with more general approval than any other Medicine whatsoever. They unite every recommendation of mild operation with successful effect; and reqiiire no restraint or confinement whatever during their use. In tropical climates where the conse quences of redundant and vitiated bile are so prevalent and alarm ing, they are an invaluable and efficient protection. They are likewise peculiarly calculated to correct disorders arising from ex ceQses of the table, to restore the tone of the stomach, and to remove most complaints occasioned by irregularity of the bowels. Sold in Boxes, at 2s. 9d. 6s. I Is. and 225. by Butlers, Chemists, 4, Cheapside, St. Paul's, and 220, Regent-street (near the Argyle Rooms), Lo ndon; 'Waterloo-place, Edinburgh ; Sackville-street, Dublin ; and' by the principal Medicine Venders throughout the United Kingdom. plt. JAMES'S FEVER POWDER and ANALEP / TIC PILLS are most respectfully warranted to the 4ublic as truly genuine as in the Doctor's life-time, 2s. 91. the Box, equal to those sold for 4s. 6d. or Family Boxes, containing the quantity of six Boxes, I.S's. equal to those sold for 245. to be had of B. PERRIN, Chemist, 44, Dean-stree,Soho, London (a private house, opposite Little Dean-street), the only person that ever prepared them for Dr. James during his lift-time. The reduced price enables persons in middling circumstances to have their benefit as well as the rich. Prepared from the choicest drugs by B. Perrin. Equal, if not su perior to any other in London: They are particularly recommended fur Stomach, Bilious, Gouty, and Rheumatic Affections, for Colds and slight Fevers, and for the bad effects of free living. Their vir tues are inserted more at large in the direction papers given with each box of the Pills. Sold also retail by Mr. Fade, 46, Cornhill ; and Mr. Shepherd, 176, Fleet-street. AMBOYNA MOUTH POWDER, FOR CLEANSING, BEAUTIFYING, AND PRESERVING THE TEETH. THIS POWDER is as pleasant in the application as it is excellent in its effects; it speedily renders the Teeth white and smooth, the gums healthful, red, and firm ; and by con stant use will preserve them in this desirable state to the utmost limits of human life. It gradually but effectually dissolves tartar which neglect may have permitted to collect; takes ont all dark streaks, or discolouring. of the Teeth, which prove so material a drawback to beauty; prevents those Teeth which are already partly decayed, from ever becoming worse, and cleanses, beautifies, and preserves those that are sound ; it imparts to the breath the most delightful I fragrance, and to the Gums that florid redness which indicates a healthful star. Those who constantly use this Powder as directed, will never have the Tooth-ach, or a Tooth decay. The LOTION is a concentrated Preparation, and contains all the desirable qualities of the Drug of which the Powder is made, and is particularly recommended to be used with the Powder, when the Teeth or Gums are in a bad state, namely, spongy, sate, or apt to bleed, symptoms which proceed from Scurvy, and which this Lotion will never fail to remedy it is also a certain, safe, and speedy cure for the Tooth-ach. Sold by Messrs. Smyth and Nephew, Bond-street ; and Mr. Ed wards, 67, St. Paul's. None are genuine which have not on the Stamp," Shaw and Edwards, 67, St. Paul's Church-yard." The Powder is in Boxes, Its. 61. and 4s. 4d. each ; the Lotion, 4.. 6d per Bottle. LONDON REPOSITORY fur the CABINET-MAKERS' SOCIETY, for every Description of CABINET FURNI TURE, FEATHER-BED and MATTRESS MANUFAC TORY, Nu. 71, Corner of LEADEN lIA L 1.-STREET, Lon don, opposite Aldgate Pump. liesny MONEY ONLY. f IHE Society of Cabinet-Makers respectfully inform JL the Public that they still continue the above Establishment, for the Benefit of Industrious Mechanics who have large Families, by offering them Manufactured Articles in the Cabinet Line, of the best Workmanship, and Cheaper than any House can do in L ondon, there being no other Profit required on the Goods but the bare house and other expenses; at the same time will be sufficiently satis fied with having constant employment for themselves and families. This Society was established in June, 1818, consisting of 20 Mechanics, adding the number of their Wives and Families, amounted to 66. The total Number now receiving Support through the Means of this Establishment is 125 Mechanics; adding the number of \Vives and Children, 625. The Society and their friends beg leave to return their sincere thaoks to those Ladies and Gentlemen who have hitherto honoured them with their Ofders and Recommendations, and shall always feel happy in their endeavours to give future satisfaction ; at the same time solicit a continuance of their benevolence, whereby they may be enabled to increase the number of the Society. The f•)llowing Articles are inserted as a Specimen of the very Low Prices, all warranted.-lteady Money only. Ft.:l:lac NI-bog:my luur-iost Bedstead, lath bottom £3 150.- Full size Tent Bedstead £1 65.-Bordered Hair Mattress to fit Is.-Mahogany Drawers, solid Ends £3 35.-Feather Bed £2 10s.-Ditto, free from dust and smell, full size £3 105. 2 -Siz jatanned Chairs of any description in oil £1 65.-Best ditto Wash hand Stand 165.-Ditto tressing Table 165.-Hearth Rugs ]4s. -3 feet 6 inches, Chests of Drawers £4 45.-Three feet mahogany Pembroke Table £1 18s.-Three foot ditto on pillars and claws £3 155.-Mahogany Dressing Table XL-Ditto Bidett, best £1 41.-Ditto Boa_Glass, two drawers, best British Plate 15s.- Ditto ditto £1 0.-Ditto Swing Glass, large size, commode 35.- Ditto ditto 45.-Ditt6 ditto Bs.-Ditto ditto 125.-Tray Stand 7s. -Long Mahogany Tray 125.-Japanned Book Shelf 7s. -Tea Caddy 10s.- Music Chairs, any pattern Bs. 6d.-Eight Mahogany Chairs, covered with horse hair, brass nailed £6 65.-8 ditto ditto £6 155.-8 ditto ditto £7 75.-8 Trafalgar ditto £8 85.-Ma hogany Sofa to match £6 10s.-Ditto Couch 47 10s.-Ditto ditto £8 10s.-Set of Mahogany Card and Sofa Tables, on turned legs, banded in rose-wood £8 155.-Set of Mahogany Tables, two Card and Sofa, on pillars and claws £l2 125.-Ditto, die best that can be made-to order or pattern £l6 10s.-Straw Palliasse sel Is.- Tent Bedstead and Furniture £5 15:I.-Bamboo Bedstead and French elliptic top, with urapery and fringe, £$ IN.-Five-foot Mahogany four-post Bedstead and Furniture, with Frenchdraperies, lined all through, complete, £l5 10s.-live-font ditto ditto, £l6 lus.-Ditto ditto, with cornice of a superior make, £lB 10s. -Ditto ditto, with gold cornice, elegant drapery, r'2o. -Drawing room Curtains, of the best Morine and Chintz, :itte•d for windows, £6 65.-Ditto ditto, £7 78.- Dit to, of a superior and elegant style of work. £l6 10s.-Drawing-room Sofa, £6 65.-Ditto, £7 75.- Ditt.),.ce 65.-Horse-hair Cushions, each ss. 6d.-Common do. is. W. THURNELL, Agent. COIIYIIOI DEALIOLI SUPPLIED. Goods packed free of expen,e, except the materials, and sent to all parts of Great Britain, and to the East and West Indies.-Cap tains hued out, and Merchants supplied with Cabinet Goods for Raportatkin. in- Apartments Furnished at a few hours' notice, and Bound in two or four days. LONG LEASEHOLD ESTATE, HOLLAND-STREET, SOUTHWARK, Of the Value of nearly Four Hundred Pounds per Annum. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Messrs. DRIVER, At the Awake Mart, on MORIDAIi, the 2d of September, at Twelve o'Clock, in One Lot, A DESIRABLE AND IMPROVABLE LEASE -4-111. HOLD ESTATE, most ennveliie:itly situate in Holland street, Southwark; consisting of a c:,istt.: Iron Foundry, large Yard, and apprispriatis Erections far carrying on an extensive trade; in RI:: occupatimi of Messrs. liallcy and Milford; together with TEN I) WEL LI NO-HOUSES a.:d SHOPS, producing the Annual Rent of nearly £4OO. The whole of the Premises are held under a long Lease, of whi::: seventy years were unexpired at 'Midsummer last, at the very low reserved rent of ,e 125 per Annum. Printed Particulars may be had on the Premises, of Messrs. Halley and Henri; at the Auction Mart ; of blessis. Aiiiston and Ilundletty, Solicitors, Frcernan's-courr, Combat ; and of hienrs.Dtiver. Surveyors and Land Agents, 13, New Bridge -street, 13Iackfriars, where a Plan of the Estate may be seen. _ _ CATALONIA AND VALENCIA. CASTELLON DE LA PLANA, JULY co, 1824. • • I set out from Barcelona in the mail which proceeded to Valencia. The route, as you leave the former city, lies, for four or five leagues, through a highly-cultivated district, where the vine at present looks luxiiriant. At length the mountains arpear at hand, arid the ascending and descending try the strength of the mules, while the terrors of the traveller are excited by the recollections of the place over which he is moving. Little crosses of wood, and sometimes of stone, indicate the spots on which murder had been perpetrated. " Here aas mur deted such and such," &c. frequently meets the eye ; and even the stoutest heart would be appalled at the number of those memorials of crime. I am now among the Spaniards, and I must conform to their ways; there is no longer a word of French used by the postillions, arid instead of a condudeur, as in France, the coach is under the care of a mayoral, as the Span:a, ds call him.' " Look yonder," said the mayoral to me, as we were passing through a solitary part of the mountains; " see that little wooden cross—it was there perished the 13iillop of Vich during the Constitution." The Bishop had been an earnest enemy to the Constitution, which caused his arrest and confinement in Barcelona. By order of the Authorities of that period, he was sent, under the escort of a corporal's guard, to another fortress. Whether the' soldiers had received orders for his assassination or not, it is difficult to decide; but on arriving at this solitary spot, the corporal declared that he meditated an escape. A Court-martial was held by the soldiers—they found the Bishop guilty, and then ordered him to prepare for death. The Bishops in this country are always attended by an attached friend, generally a minor ecclesiastic. The affectionate friend of the Bishop, on seeing him on his knees, thought by his pi esence to prevent his death: he caught the bishop, in his arms as if to preserve him— the soldiers fired, and they both died together. In passing thron these mountains the coach was guarded by two militiamen, whose agility and capabi iity of enduring fatigue astonished me. 1 have seen those Catalan soldiers run ten miles on foot, with their carbines slung on their shoulders, while the sun, with all the strength of mid-day, poured forth heat sufficient almost to scorch the earth over which they bounded. Well, indeed, may it be said that the Catalan peasants would make most excellent soldiers ; the patience and the exertions which I saw them undergo between Bar celona and this town have demonstrated to me the ob servation to be true. Slight in person, and in size not exceeding the middle height, their temperance insures them an agility rarely to be met with in any country. li, crossing the mountains, proofs of the exertion of Ca taloniau ingenuity, when well directed, are clearly seen in the communications which they, at former periods, formed between the mountains. Independent of those marks of human labour, the towns of Villa Franca de Panadez and of Tarragona, prove that the comforts of life have not been neglected here, as they are said to have been in the other parts of Spain. The appearance of the country on leaving Tarragona is very agreeable; the Mediterranean, on the shore of which this pretty city is placed, continues in sight for many leagues on the left; on the right appears a ridge of mountains, in many of the amphitheatres of which, and where the hand of cultivatian appears to have guided the plough-share or the pruning-knife—where the soil seems virgin, as in the days of Adam, one might fancy how many splendid cities might have bee• erected. Here was everything necessary; abundance of stone to build, pure air, a soil capable of producing as well the vine as the corn. The sea washing the now uncultivated shore, inviting man to use its waves for the purpose of transporting the produce of other coun tries to those agreeable districts. But they ale now as a desert in the midst of plenty, and why ? Because the pride and conceited ignorance of man have marred the good wishes of the CREATOR, by depriving their fellows of their free will, by reducing the free-horn children of Heaven to the state of slaves, as well in body as in mind. The country, as one approaches the Ebro, becomes more cultivated, and the olive is seen mingled with vines. The Ebro, over which the coach was tented at a little village called Amposta, presents notbing te maikable at this spot; it moved along slowly, and, it one may say, unconcernedly, at this season. It was Sunday evening when the coach arrived in Amposta, and as there is not always sufficient security for travelling during the night, it stopped at this little town. There is a something in this small spot which struck me greatly ; scarcely an inhabitant was to be seen, and even the birds appeared to be torpid. There .was something so silent, that not even the orisons of a recluse at the time when the sun was sunk in the west, could be disturbed by night in Amposta. There was nought of life or mo:ion, save the Ebro, which glided gently by the last village on its southern bank. In the morning, the mayoral summoned all his pas seagers a► the break of day, and we set out to lass through Sass CATiOS, a pretty village, and through smiling country, to Vinuroz, where the Spanish tempe rate breakfast, a small cup of chocotate, a glass i.t water, and some small slices of sweet toast, awaited us.. The little town of Benicarlo next presented itself to Our view. Vinuroz and Benicarlo are celebrated for their er.poits of wines, which are much sought after in the tioritiein parts of Europe. They ate both situated in the k;ngdorn Valencia, which is known as the garden of the Pe ninsula. The wine produced in this district is thick, and therefore requires a sea voyage to render it pure; it, in consequence of its being the produce of a warm soil, has sufE,:ieut body to bear a long voyage. I question much, from its great resemblance to what is called Port wine, it a great portion of the wine drank in England be not exported from this part of Spain instead of Oporto. You recollect that Gil Bias, when he retired from the fatigues of life, came to reside in the kingdom of Valen cia. lam now in this kingdom, and I perceive clearly that his was a good choice. This town, which contains 12,000 inhabitants, has all the appearance of being happy ; for there is some industry amal.: . l its inhabi tants. The small houses have a singular appearance, from the manner in which the door is formed ; six or more feet %vide at the bottom, they are circular at the top : they were open as we entered, and the kitchen, which formed the apartment visible. looked more neat and cleanly than you could exrect to find in Spain. The inn, too, is such as ro Spaniard would refuse to praise, for it is excellent for the country. (MENTAL LI 1 ERATURE. FROM TILE MONITEUR OF MONDAY.—OFFICLAL PART. REPORT TO THE KING. " PA US, AUGUST 20, IBM II SIRE—At the time of the revival of letters, when the nations of Europe, scarcely emerged from barba rism, gave themselves up wirh entlin-iasm to the search after the precious remains of antiquity, Francis I. eager to favour the movement of his age, established the Royal printing-office, and caused it to publish a great number of ancient MSS. preserved, but forgotten, in the monasteries. The example of this great Prince was imitated by his successors. The Royal presses did not cease to form important and preciouscollection/, when the mtiMficenze of the King s could draw the❑t from ob. livion. Li no days, a new diiection has been given to the minds of the studious. 'file study of antiquity no longer suffices for the insatiable ardour of the learned. One would say we had exhausted these fruitful sources from which all modern literature has issued. We de• sire to know other arts, other systems, other languages we demand from the old nations, placed at the extre• mities of the earth, the numerous writings which they possess, and which we are impatient to enjoy ; it is the spirit of all the people of the earth that we seek to know and to judge. The Governments et Europe vie with each other in seconding this impulse; the King of Prussia has founded at Bonn a University, dedicated to the study of the languages of Asia; the King of Bavaria, the Duke of Gotha, and the King of Denmark, sent into Africa to collect MSS. Holland gives successors to the Schultens, and Russia lavishes on the le - allied en. couragements mild rewards. " In this general movement the first rank ought to be. long to France. The treasures of its libraries, the ad vantage which it has of possessing the most precious collections of oriental types in Europe, tile number and the personal merit of the French literati, allinsure it this useful and flattering superiority. • " But the individual zeal of the laborious men who have devoted themselves to these arid studies is not enough. It requites to be favoured and seconded by a powerful hand. Why should that not be done now for oriental literature, which was done in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, for the study of antiquity and classical literature? Might not a collection► of the prin. cipal oriental woe ks be undertaken, which should be published under the auspices of your Majesty ? also the great Byzantine collection, the collection of the council and of the historians of France, formerly executed at the Royal printing-oflice ? It would be easy fur the Royal printing-office to execute this undertaking without interrupting the ordinary course of its la bow s, and even without incur' ing any considerable expense. Pupils are maintained in that establishment to be instructed in the typographical management of oriental characters. The desire of hastening and ex 'tending their instruction caused a very useful article to be added to the Decree w hich established them, but the execution of it has unhappily been neglected.. " The Bth Article of the Decree was in fact conceived in these terms Our Chief Judge, Minister of Justice, may authorise the printing of the necessary W •rks in the Oriental Languages, as U eil for the instruction of the pupils, as to keep up in the composit.us the know. ledge and habit of their work.' And the 9.1 i Article provided for the reimbursement or the expenses by means of sale. " These regulations suffice for the accomplishment of the plan, the object and advantages of %Ouch 1 have just pointed out. 1 therefore propose to your Majesty to grant your approbation to this plan, and to order that Article 8, of the Decree of the 22.1 March*, 1813, at length may be carried into execution. "The French literati will, I doubt not, be eager to concur in this impoi taut enterprise, and to coot, ibute, by their attention .rod their councils, to the new moon ments which your Majesty will consecrate to the giur y of letters and of France. " I am, with the nut,t profound respect, Sire, .4 your M.tjeta most humble, most obedient, and most faithful set vans and subject, " The Keeper of the Seals, Secretary of &ate, Minister of Justice, " C. de PEICIIONNET. " Approved by the King, " LOUIS " The Keeper cf the SCAS, &C. " C. de I'KYRONNET." • Both the Manatee4r and Etoik give this dace 1$1:, The fdlowitig is an extract of a letter from an Engin!' Gentleman at Ghenney, in Fgypt, of the 41st April last :—" There' are now here in good health, Messrs. Catherwood, &holes, Westear, and 11. Parke, the architect, all English Gentlemen, who have for some time been in Egypt upon a scientific excursion.. respect to the revolt, I have only time to gay, that it began at Theists otttlie 14th of Nlarch, and extended upwards as far as lianeh, and down wards as low .is mail)! to Glitoiney; that it was conducted by the labouring men only, :or it should seem that the peOpk of the princi pal towns did not wish fur it. The arrival sof 1,500 Turkish cavalry iron: below, and 4,000 Arab troops of the line 10:11 shove, as Vie Islay suppose, soot: put an cud to it."