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ign Sugars feted ; the prices ate unvaried. The Importation of Sugars in 1817, is about tan thousand casks less than the preceding year ;—the stock in London is, however, about three thousand casks more. genteel roans girl, , him to accompany her to a tavern. CHURCHILL was struck with her manner of addressing him, and, look lag earnestly at her, he saw her face bathed with tears. He felt for her, and gave her a guinea, bade her go home and get something to enliven her spirits. The poor girl, unable to contain her gratitude, dropped on her knees in the street, imploring blessings on him who had thus ed a family from starving.- " I am," said sg e , srv the daughter of a subaltern Of ficer, whoseitegiment, being disbanded, he is now' reduced, with a wife and five children, to the point of death for *ant ; we were brought to the very lase extremity, when I, unable any longer to see my pa- 1 rents in such a situation, resolved on this method to procure them sustenance, but your generosity has saved us." Mr. CHURCHILL desired to be conducted to this s c ene of misesy:suld finding the account given perfectly true, he no only administered present relief, but set a subscription on foot amongst his numerous friends, which soon raised a considerable sum of money. ETYMOLOGICAL AtiIICDOTE.-A dispute once arose in the way of raillery between the Earl of TesteLE and the first Lord LYTTLETON, on the comparative antiquity .of their families. Lord Lvrmeron con tended that the name of Grenville was originally Greenfield ; Lord Tenets insisted that, was deri ved from Grande Wilk. 4 , Well then, said Lord LYTTLRTON, " if you will have it SO, my family tun boast of the higher antiquity ; for Little towns were certainly antecedent to Great cities; but if you will, be content with the more humble derivation, I will give up the point, for greenfrlds were certainly more ancient than either." Loeoeverv.--Yesterday morning early, died at his apartments in St. James's Palace, Mr. ELDRED, in tf..e 100th- year of his age. He was Page of the Pree stince to King Gaoaea IL which o ffi ce he may be said to have filled during three reigns ; and although he .filled it very respectably and correct'', being very attentive to his duty at Court, yet he never received any promotion. He was much respected and estee med by all the attendants at Come He always possessed a great flow of spirits, which continued till the last. He ate and drank very heartily ;Ilk fa vourite beverage was Putter, and he would often drink as much as three quarts in a day, and some times gin pr gin and water ; he smoked tobacco in cessantly. His favourite dinner was a rump steak, of which he would eat a pound, and this course of life continued till about a fortnight past, since which time he has been indisposed. His bodily strength did not fail him till very lately. His principal exer cise, during the last fifty years, has been walking from St. James's Palace to the neighbourhood of To thill-fields, near Lady Dacres's Alms-houses, to re ceive the rents of small houses. which he owned, weekly, and to purchase his own food ; and he would Walk through several markets, or go to a number of butcher's shops in the streets, till he could meet with a rump of beef in a particular state of cutting, to get a rump steak that would please him. He was a widower, his wife having been dead a number of /ears. Mr. ELDRED was extremely obliging and ac commodating to every person who had the pleasure of knowing him, and by whom he will be regretted. FIRE wT KNOLE Casrte.—Earlyon the morning of Christmas Day, a fire was discovered by the house keeper in the state bed-room, called the Venetian Chamber, an apartment highly decorated with the florid Gothic style of architecture. The flames were then raging along the wainscot on the eastern wall, she, with great presence of mind, flew to the cham ber in which slept the Earl of DELAWARRE, instead (If Earl WHITWORTH'S, who is confined on a bed of sickness. Lord DELAWARRE immediately arose, sum moned the domestic establishment, and coolly direc ted them to take steps, methodically, to counteract the threatened devastation. By this judicious ar rangement that venerable and magnificent pile was saved from almost inevitable destruction. A plenti fill supply of water quickly reduced the flames, which did not extend beyond the above apartment. greatly to be regretted is the loss of a part of the very fine Gobelin tapestry ; also several pictures, par ticularly the exquisite portrait of Lady Lune, daugh ter of the fourth Earl of Doessr. The hangings of, the superb state bed, and other articles, were saved.' The damage to the . room does not exceed 5001. W hat a providential circumstance it was that the fa mily were then resident there! Had not that been the case, this building, the work of ages, together with all the pictures, statues, vases, and other inestimable antiques, must have fallen a sacrifice to the devour ing element. We add, with great pleasure, that the a l ar m produced no ill effect on the Noble Lord WINTWORTO on the contrary, the shock seemed to h ave re-animated him, for he has been getting daily better ever since. The amiable Duchess of DoRSET conducted herself with the greatest intrepidity. Great praise is due to Lord DELAWARIE, and to every ser vant the household. The increase in the nEVENUE must be as pleasing to every lover of his country, as the increase of for tune is to every lover of himself. The first has hap perted—the second must happen to many in a very few weeks ; for the one hundred Capitals in the pre sent State Lottery, cannot fail to enrich adventurers, who, by making their purchases now, have a much greater variety of Numbers to select the Three Prizes of £50,000 from, than can possibly remain for those who defer to buy until the approach of the Drawing, which is fixed for the 4th of March.—ln addition to the Scheme, and miaow of the full Money paid by Government, the holders of the First-drawn Blanks, on the three days of drawing, may receive Twelve Piper of the choicest Port Wine, for one or two thousand Years, to be selected by themselves, and for shares in proportion, free of any Custom or Excise duty whatever. A fellow yesterday evening called at the house of Mr. BRANAM, in Tavistock-place, and being informed that the family were out, pretended to have some in formation to communicate, and desired pen, ink, and paper for that purpose. The footman suspected him, but in spite of .his vigilance, the fellow contrived to steal a silver table spoon, which was not missed till he was clear off. • Monday night the work-house of St. Matthew, Bethnal-green, was broke open and entered by means of a ladder placed against the bed-room whitlow of Mr.Tuos. NICHOLS, the Master of the Work-house. The robbers got clear off with several valuable at les of plate. • Four robbers recently formed a project for steal ing. a quantity of gunpowder from one of the towers on the ramparts at Antwerp. In order to frightee away the sentinel from the ag they disguised diem selves in the skins of aninials—one as an ass, another as a bear, &c. The sentinel, however, seeing these animals approach s and judging it would be of no use to call out Qui rive, immediately fired. The robbers not expecting such a reception, took to flight: they were promptly pursued, and the Ass was taken.— Search is making for the others. A woman of the Commune of Aramor., in France, on theßth ultimo, killed her child, aged 18 months, who was asleep in her bed. It appears that the un happy woman was a somnambulist, and that it was in this state she destroyed her chile. She has since be come deranged, and it can hardly be desired to have her senses restored, as they would at the same time awaken in her the consciousness of her mi fortune. MANSION HOUSE.-..-A German named Geist:, yes terday appeared upon a summons to answer the com plaint of Mrs. Gosling, wife to a private in the Foot Guards, for an assault of the most brutal description upon herself and infant child. From the evidence of the complainant, corrobo rated by the testimony of two other persons, the fol lowing facts appeared —The complainant was a lodger in the house of Gortz, and a few days ago was confined by illness to her bed. Her husband being compelled to be absent on his duty as a soldier, requested Mrs. Gortz would see that his wife did not „want. Sunday morning Mrs. Gortz came into com plainant's room, and seeing one of the chairs broken, commenced a volley of abuse. The complainant said she was too ill to dispute with her, and requested she would withdraw ; instead of which, however, she continued her invectives, and called her husband so assist her. The latter entered the room in a most ..violent passion, instantly began to beat the cow plainant as she lay in bed, and not content with that seized the infant, about seven months old, from her side, and threw it under the fire! The hand and 'arm of the child were dreadfully burned. The com plainant fearing something dreadful would ensue, got to the window, where - by her cries she brought some neighbours to her assistance, and further vio lence was prevented. The LORD MAYOR having remarked upon the sa vage disposition evinced by the defendant, and the extreme brutality of such an attack, ordered both him and his wife to find bail. GUILDHALL.--,L, Hiichman, a belonging to the waggon office of Messrs. Jol7, te i r n Aldersgate street, was fined in the mitigated penalty of 14s, for tit* overcharge of a parcel from the warehouse to Giltspur-street, of 6d. The man paid the fine, but the prosecutor immediately returned him one half, which was his share of the conviction, adding, that it and not the man, he wa against appeased. the practice, SHIP•STREET—areyIor, aged 14, was charged on suspicion of divers robberies. He was stopped at Atfield with a pillow, supposed to have been stolen. He bad been in the Refuge for the Destitute, but deserted, and joined a gang of fourteen, about his own age, litho of late have committed several depredations upon the inhabitants of Kingsland, three, of whom have already been committed fur stealing fowls.— tie was reminded. Imroar DUTY ON Suc*a.-The import duty on Muscovado Sugar will from this time be 30s, in place of 275. per cwt. the merchants were so convinced of , this event happening, that, at the Custom-house the amount paid for sugar duties only, for the week en ding on Monday, was 851,797 L sterling. The duty of 30s. has now commenced ; the - aggregate average of the Sugar for the four months preceding the ,sth of January, was 50s. qd. exclusive of duty. Coerce.--There were no public sales of Coffee brought forward last week ; the demand by private contract continued to increase ;—the request was chiefly after the Foreign descriptions—ordinary St. Domingo realized 955. fair quality 965. Havannah 935. to 955. 6d. one parcel reported to have realized 96s.—The demand for Coffee yesterday and to-day has again greatly increased ; St. Domingo is stated to have realized 975. and 98s. one report mentions 100 s. but we believe the latter premature ; all descrip tions of Coffee also in greater request, and an ad vance of fully 2s. has taken place on every descrip tion of Jamaica, but as there have as yet been no public sales to confirm this improvement, our quota tations are unvaried. . The Imports of Coffee in 1817, are nearly the same as in the preceding Taut ;.the stocks are considerably decreased. limn PROVISIONS, &c.---Beef and Pork remain stationary; there have been several rather consider able arrivals, but as the stocks were so trivial, the supplies have as yet produced little effect—Prime parcels of Bacon have met with rather a better sale. fhe arrivals of Butter have been extensive; the mar ket in consequence has been depressed ; the greater proportion of the holders however, remain firm, and are sanguine that high prices will e maintained. TotAcco.—There has been very little business doing ; the purchases are confined to small supplies for home manufacture. _ _ Rict--There is more demand for Rice ; several parcels of East India, which were disposed of at the lowest prices mentioned at the East India-house, have been resold at an advance ; last week 1,800. bags were brought forward by public sale, the whole went off freely, advancing as the sale proceeded ordinary East India, and of bad colour, 20s. 6d. and 21s. ; good colour 245. and 245. 6d. 0n..- , -There is little alteration in Greenland 01 Sperm continues exceedingly scarce, and we do not think the supply at market sufficient for a month's demand ; the holders are sanguine of a farther im provement being realized, as two vessels that were expected are now out of time.—Seed Oils are steady, with an appearance of some improvement. NAVAL broaes.—There are arrivals of 1,600 bar rels Rough Turpentine ; Spirits are without variation. There is little doing in Tar, Pitch, or Rosin. Haws, FLAX, AND TALLow.—The demand for Hemp has been extensive ; the prices are again higher. Flax continues in good request.—The demand for Tallow has given way ; the prices are Is. to 2s. lower. RUM, BRANDT, AND HOLLANDIL—We quote the prices of Rum again at a considerable decline; the depression does not facilitate sales ; few transactions of any consequence have taken place.—Brandy and 'Geneva have also given way, and are in limited demand. SPARRIN , . i ce at the Fives' the benefit of Sc privilege from Latter rs about t his prowess wl were s few, but then were most cbeser . Harmer nude a advantage. Sprit Stringer, a power reduced defeat to a ces 1' (an old practitia and with his youti hard for the chart and J. Lancauer. science in a long a which would ha as if Time hAd the energy about has so often subcl and a Baker made lgth upon him, a formidable opponent of the none 04 his science there was none of h Stringer, the m; set to, String er, it was The Yorkshires= ight beat might. a Jew, turned to as a ncrrel chit attitude of Johnson and Pernit Pancha form, and the other goon got within his opponent's unmercifully. Two line young mete of t 1 but they were very awkwarst,g become a Shaw. Attitude, wt ful with them:smned to be r had a notion of hitting, a* them for boxers. Scroggins, having secured the amusement at dark with I science. It was a bout of t] there was more hitting in it t! gins chewed that he was not t less fighting, and that sparring ing are very distinct things. satisfaction, and ScroFFits, it livered a speech, thankuig th them of the next day's sport There were no new matches a BIRTH. On the Dula ult. at Caen, In the rant -Co and Hay, of a Son.: MAR: On Monday, January 3, at !dab* son, &q. of Rotterdam, to Miss ill of John Dixon, Esq. of Cecil Lodge DIRD. Friday, in Hanover-street, in die John Prince, of the Coldstream Go At Limerick, of a Typhus Perm, Professional duties, Mr:Win. Phi tll SYPH!LIS, DEBILITY, II IMPRESSED with a coasei arise from the general pia is he and improved in rbeir p►ofessiotttal of Thirty Y ear: specimen, Messrs. with unabated ardour, the eesillestk are the eonartist-t.te of Mtn Mau* of the loconsiderste Schad-boy. la Complaints, they hold out no loam as all men must be of the existence 4 their welnance, as regularli-e4aeato of the Royal College of Edinburgh. Medan, and in every complaint 01 L then arising frora the Infstvatiun of long 'Residence to Warm Climates, cause producing a deficiency ot me rely as • speedy restoratioo to vigil plum of oaring &riven* et the lJnn peeeller means Stetsons of ten have yielded to their treatment In tb Several Noblemet, and Gentleman a have laboured audit i painful ant received a radical and permanent cu reference* may be made to them, as decided seperlority of Miners. Cume Messrs. Currie and Ce. may be is Sea with the rem* aerate, and I 107. limos Garde.. Patients be the Country, vying tl isclosing a reesittance for Advice as teenager's er net to my part of tie No. In 7, Hatton Garden. EVERY MAN HIS OWh of Dr. BOERPIAAVE's IIIEL throughout Europe for the Cure of a Certain Comiplalnt. It is a ar d or victims to the horrid disease, emu trrato men, who, by se Improper to mks, nee onfrequestly new those telrch es mitre appear on the bead, Ink the elite, noise fa the ears, 4 - lifee Deist OW the be. Imam tatersupd tared paint d the heed and Mobs (I deordere) till at herb a gees al del beim mums, sad a meherhaty de seertaft, I They 'saw fa w remove ern Ma s esstusleasei aye of the or de. sod .espeditiorg—sod RIM • gnomon iniponance, is. it soinises and as privations to tka osinary ae sir With each Boa sm a • tisitkb ail periods are sew gaiety sad atcrecy. truism the leas bogiosea. asaaging Gob intik Wane adwortioni, is a aortas ass Mee fitly es. M. pot Bog. Thie Modiano is a trivereipn ton glossialar obstruction, poverty of to &sec It has eseelled y h Wit List Alea. Selmam% Odds to Heald and we Maaper, the meet slan*i icesimis remedies, far ammo% 4ip aemple!ata.. Pries es. _ mat la iskposviisie to loam At is in possoweon of, aa k be controls himself with what heel bating convinced him, that la all sad lymph (the case, of eabllnt est elheatious a rowdy, was never aim hold by S. Leigh, la, trand ai Medicines in k.urepe and Among duty included. Of whom easy be W. tie As Deeps, an absolute ewe foe the 14 Price t is. and sac pee blank. 111611 WATER AT LONDON Morning - - Afternoon - - LO:silX)N ; Prittoi mud publiel Place, Tens' , • 41111 THE REVENUE. q LONDON MARKETS, JANUARY 6. • piKEBE, FAVE." ~_• „. • . . --- '• - i • ABSTRACT Or MK HST ?ROD= 01 0 TM 1117TINVE • The assembly • • •ed it, for t] • .......-- COTTON.—The sales of Conde are a shade higher; • :'-' ye • Ix THII TRAM AND QUARTII6II -1111311 D. 51`11 . JAN. the purchases exceed 1000 bags, viz.--500 Perm - entitled to the When gnve Religion, sista persuasive chum, "f i. . 11117 AICO 1818. buccal& lid. to 2s. 1 id. the greater proportron to the by. Turner :the Paints the dread scenes of Nature's pan* lan Y " 1" 114DiD 5111 j WIS. "Dip 5111 " ". latter - 100 at 2s. 1. 30 Maranhams `2s. to 25.14(1. adtantuge for When awful Judgement lifts her nogeful pp, i ., 1817. i ISIS. 11117. ISIS. 70 Deineraras 25. to 2s. Id. and SOO StiratS were sold To death or glory umpire of the way! - E. .C. ' .e. .e. in the house at 14-ed. to 15d. being an advance of id. The sets4° wee The followin head Customs ..,, 4,979,15 6 , 889,975 1,317,341 2,458,628 to jel. per pound on the late sale prices. g 1 Fact tratabßag limb wake s its weighty Mad; Excise '"! 17,871.998 16 ,3 70 , 854 4,484,4 . 4,695,074 The East, India sale, on the 9th inssant, consists of Spring and I &amp ssoee,;:t o 6,511,4-21 1,461,5e4 1,586,03 2 about ' Bengals, 5000 Surats, and 200 bags science and ad • - The so ul, though pure, await Is anxious dread, P o st-Office 1,426 1 , 338 , 000 330,000 319,000 .. 41. To pet the Synod of in Judge and God! Assessed Taxes with Harmer ( Land-Taxes 2 1,127,929 1,163,320 368,132 353,604 The Imports of Cotton into London, Liverpool, and he re . titKed Fair Maid, 'MU thine to list In silent thought, Misc ellaneous 24 1 ,199 492,872 3 6 1 0 8 5 T 5 - 5 ,318 and Glasgow, in 1817, were 470,3 54 bag s, in 1816, On ev'ry word thy heart attentive hung— Unappropriated wont of it, an, ' Deep on thy soul engrav'd each Pent brought Bar Duties 374,006 1,062,073 574,006 6,200 570 , 863 . he will fight ha SucLita.—he briskness in the Sugar market conti- Sounds sweet an manna down the Teacher's now! Total Consolidated I rued all last week, and, towards the close, strong and Richmond at lie poignant sense of inward guilt could move Fund .. , ‘37,773,30119,782,044 10,5%6,851711,914,373 fine Sugars became so scarce , that a further improve- 11. first-rate sci ___. a_ 1,..--.0-- s kilful . Thy gentle heart with terror or dismay ; ment of Is. was obtained, making ' the advance dur- s Patties. Anatial Duties to • That breast, where conscious Virtue loves to me, • pay off Bills ing the week Ss. per cwt. on good descriptions ; the mood seemed Could ill a momentary psis display ! Customs -L....—. 2,393,201 2,871,50 , 870,iii ll t 558,993 inferior brown realized rather better prices, but no there was not t ,Excise 534,124 t 58,131 337,097 36,441 material improvement right hand, ha the ring. • Ito—Heav'nly pleasures, with irradiate glare, Pensions, &c. Burst on thy view in one unclouded blaze: baker had ling Too great the shock for virgin frame to Dear! Total Ann. Duties 2,931,3411 16,6161 1,211,040 395,454 ness, hut the prices cannot be stated at any variation; Cropley' and Permanent and Au- 1 the formidable Tuo bright the scene for mo rtal kis to g aze ! I I nual Dunes 40,7 0 4,67 0 142,911 ,680 1 11,767,792 12 , 3 00,807 84s. A public sale of 199 hhds. 28 tierc es B arba- Mardi, 1817. c. does was brought forward, the whole went off freely; Sam, lost non. - , WAR TAXES. the yellow Sugars sold at prices fully in proportion althou g h there ' . 008,361 ass t to the advance in the market ; the white sold rather dehverY• A NICDOTE OF TILE POET CI4":IICHILL.---CIWROUI LL • ..Coaanca 1, led a very expensive life: he was, nevertheless, very Excise 4,462,074 3,097,112 "°,659 769,117 low in proportion. Oliver and 5 Property ..... humane, and the cry of distress never reached his ear There was a good demand for refi ned Su g ars last week ; brown Lumps advanced 2s. p er cwt. other p a hy Spring, set in vain. As he was return in g home about twe o'clock Total Wu Taxes .16,656,024 4 , 363 , 77 2,073,389 1,187,906 anticited. 1 one morning, he was accosted in thn Strand by a . . _ descriptions were also higher.--Molasses were in best, but right genteel young girl,. who, ina tremulous voice, asked Total Net Revenue 57,360,69447,277,4' 13,831,181 13,667,010 s teady d e mand. Gidgeon, a ---- ramotm,.. 1 f T UM( ........ • In Foreign Sugars very little business has been ef- tribe, and it \'` . . .attitude of Jot PRICES OF GOLD AND SILVRR. Portugal Gold in Cain, pee es. .C4 0 S Persica Gold so Bus New Doubloons NLw Dollars. Silver is Bars, standard ...... 0 0 0 Ns,/ Louis each COURSE OP Amsterdam 37 AB. sU. Ditto at sight 37 0 EXCHANGE. MM. dream 311 11“.4 ...... 3: °End, 3l lasbona Gem 47 ?aim bd. lie. IS Naples Palermo Arnsterdani ll 10 C.F. Ditto at sight 11 7 _ Rottetdan; ►I ►1 U. Antwerp, ex-mo. 11 12 Ha 34 6 14U. Alma 54 7 sill. Paris, 3 day's date 24 40 Ditto 0 4 60 2U. Bourdeauxdo. -.24 60 Frankfort on the Maine 143 etas. Madrid, effective 344 Cadiz .effert. 36 Barcelona OO 441 . Aimee I 2 *4 per at. Lisboa SM Oporto 59 Rio Janeiro...— BS I)ublin S per sent _ Ape of the Beak ea" Hollahtl, 4 per Ceut. A Meeting, on Thursday last, at the Guildhall. Southampton w ASHTOWN in the Chair) eed to petition the tut of Commons, setting fa the sufferings of children employed as Climbing-boys, and praying that mode of sweeping chimneys might be abolished.—The parish of St. Mary, Islington, likewise met recently, and resolved to discountenance the employment of such boys for the future. . 4 . •