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~S r __ ~ . ~, i~ - ROTA SOCIETY. . Tuesday eveytng the tuembera of this Society held their weekly meetin, at Somerset House. To consequence of the absence of the Dyke of Stois. , x, who is on a visit to his 31ajesty at Brighton, his Royal Ifighnt ss did lot fill the Presititin's Chair. A most interesting. though somewhat lengthy, paper was read, from ti , e pen of Mr. Kater. u the mode adopted by the ancients to calculate the time. The ancients, according to the writer's statement, and the records Willed down to rsterity, were enabled, by most simple means, accurately to c.lcul.tte time. This the. author of the paper, at some Itingta, proved. After the paper had beet read, the Society adjourned. At the next niteti:l a very full attendance is expected, and among the visitors, it is understood, will be many foreigners of dis tinction. SPECIAL COMMISSION. WINCHESTER, DEC. 23. Mr. Henry P.dle.rfros, an attorney, was indicted for having sent • threatening letter to Mr. Purvis, a Nlagistrate. The facts prov,tl were : - The prisoner is an attorney, praethdng at Gosport, and in the month of Octni)er was taken 1):•fore 11r. Purvis, with some other persons, on a charge of disturb:wet - . At the conclusion of his examination an ex pre.ion fdl from the lips of Mr. Purvis, that they had got five of the del ,gates. The letter was evidently in a diguised hand, and many of the words were very improperly spelt. It appeared, however, to have been written by some person wbo had only had recourse to that method by way of diverting suspicion from the real author. The letter ran as follow 4 4 fyrant—At seven o'clock last evening the mussel! of a gun was elevated at your heart, and in one moment your soal would have been in hell, but your momentary impulse in starting as the gun was aimed at you—l lost the present opportunity. and must wait another. Tyrant, prepare to meet yr.ur GOD—your iltc is short—and your death certain if it can be at a post or lamp iron- it is your meret to exalt such a pit. tiro' Poor as you are. As your house is not worth blowing up, or we would have done it last night. Five delegates as you call them, three et Gosport, and two at Portsea, have sworn on bible to your death first chance, so you are watcht in all your movements." Several witnesses were called, who proved that the letter was in the defendant's handwritirg. Other witnesses, however, proved that it was no: and the Jury crediting them, acquitted the prisoner. A. Harding, J. Cobb, W. Hoare, 'l'. Hoare, H. Bone, J. Newland, W. Becknell, B. Smith, R. Bennett, and J. Trimming were indicted for pulling down the poor-house, at Te'borne. Rev. W. R. Cobh°ld, Vicar of Telbume—On the 22d of November I saw a mob, among which were Trimming and Aaron Harding ; I went out to'them ; they inaidithey should do no mischief ; they said they wanted to turn nut old Harrison. and would have him out, he is one of the guardians of the poor. Harding said, the labourers' wages must be raised to 12s. a week. I told them I had no objection to that, I thought it very restorable. [larding said, we must have a touch - at you ; we think 3001. a year quite enough for you-41. a week. Trimming said yes, 41. a week is quite enough. I told him I would never descend to that. He said, you shall ; we'll pay you a visit presently. I went home, and about nine o'clock I heard a horn blow ; I looked out and saw two flags carried by two men, with 3 or 400 people ; they stopped at my carriage gate, upon which I went out to them. I said, my friends, what are you about ? Cobb and Harding said, we are come to lower your tithe, we think 3001. a year enough. Other witnesses who were examined proved that the mob afterwards proceeded to the Poor (louse bad destroyed the building after attempt. ing to set it on fire. The Jury, however, acquitted all the prisoners, considering that they did not intend to destroy the house, but only to injure it. Thomas Goodall was indicted for extorting money from Mr. Taker. The prosecutor staled, that a large'mob came to his house on the 20th November. Upon:the door being knocked he opened it, and saw the prisoner there with an iron bar in his hand. Upon asking what he wanted, he said two sovereigns, and that he would have. He told him to go about his business; but the prisoner said, " That wont do, give us the two sovereigns." A blow was then aimed at him ; he then gave the prisoner a sovereign ; witness was induced to do so as he con sidered himself in danger ; the mob then left—they were armed. The Jury trued the prisoner Guilty. MONTHLY RETURN OF CORN, PUBLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONERS OF HIS MA JESTY'S CUSTOMS. Custom House, London, Nov. 23, An Account showing the Quantities of Corn, Grain, Meal, and Flour, imported into the United Kingdom in the Month ended the lit of Dec. 1830; the Quantities upon which Duties have been paid for Home Consumption during the same Month ; and the Quantities remaining in Warehouse at the close thereof. (Published in conformity to the Bth sec. of the Act 9th Geo. IV. c. GO.) 'Quantities Imported in the United Kingdom in the Month ended lit Nov. 1830. Species of Corn, Grain. Meal, and Flour. Wheat . . Barley Oats .. Rye Peas . Beans.... Maize or Indian Corn... Buck Wheat.. .. Beer or Bigg .. .. Total of Corn and Grain Wheat Meal or Flour.. Barley Flour.. ... Oatmeal. Rye Meal Indian Meal. Total of Meal and Flour Wheat Meal or Flour Barley Flour ..... OatmeaL..... Rye Meal .. Indian Meal Total of Meal and Flour By 0: Imported from Foreign Countries. 15,357 2j 2,055 2 of, and im. ported from,J British Posy sessions a of Europe. IThe Pr of, anti ii ported fro British Pt sessions or Europe. 70 0 829 3 21 Total. Cwt. qrs. lb. 1,049 3 14 IQuantities remaining in Wm United Kingdom on the let !The Produce) of, and im- ported from, British Pos sessions out of Europe. 0 2 12 Qrs. Bus 80,560 1} 154,343 1 90,606 Oi 16,359 7 436 4 i A ROYAL AUK' 802 2 4,150 2 137 4 277,595 11 Cwt. qrs. lb. 70,797 0 151 1 3 70,798 3 1 r of the Comi ICwt. qrs. lb. ,9,944 1 4 ICwt. qn. lb. 10,721 1 17 9,924 1 2! 1 5 0 80,723 0 17 HITMORE, Secretary. E-KING'S WINES. PA R IS, Dec. 11. —Th e . 7erer)rated private cellar of Chas. X. consisting of seven thousand bottles of the finest wines, was sold the other day by auction at the Tuileries. In go ing to witness the proceedings I was actuated like many others, more by feeling of curiosity than by any desire to possess what had been destined to gratify the palates of too many of the potentates of Europe. The scene, in fact, was at once curious and interesting. All classes of society were there represented, from the prince to the peasant, and from the archbishop to the humble artisan, each anxious to share in the enjoyments of royalty, or form his opinion of the science of a kingly connoisseur. Add to this motley melee of living contrasts—the mixture of men who, under ordinary circumstances, so seldom jostle each other in the walks of life, the gurglong and glouglou of sundry echan tillons of Champagne—the jingling of glasses—the buzz of bidders, and the witticisms of the auctioneer, and you will have a scene which it would require the fantastic pen of a Hoffmann, or the pencil of a Cruikshank, or a Van Os taJe to pcirtray. Think too of the lesson in morals which such a picture is calculated to teach ! The sale of the cellar of a dethroned monarch for the purpose of paying his private debts ! What a history might not these old and tarnished fiaccus reveal ! This imperial tokay was a present from the Emperor of Austria to Napoleon, the recent conqueror of Vienna. That Constantia, these slender long-necked bottles, fifty years of age, were found in the Stadt holder, and fell into the hands of t: e Emperor of the French by right of conquest ; Louis XVIII. got Ithem by right of legitimacy, and Charles X. by right of sac cession. Now, by order of Louis Philippe, they are adjudged to the highest bidder, be he king or courtier, prince or peer. Here again is some old &vivid, presented at the period of the treaty of Badajos by the Queen of Portugal, the mo ther of Don Miguel, to Lucien Bonaparte the ambassador of the French republic. Syracusan, Muscatel, bearing the date 0f1750, during the hey :day of Madame de Pompadour. Destined in its origin to re-animate the doating amours of Louis XV. it may serve perhaps, after so many reigns and revolutions, to gladden the hearts of a party of humble citieens, assembled in honour of a burgher birth-day. • Who will buy those two last bottles of champagne:— the one made its appearance at the coronation of Louis XVIII. the other at that of Charles X ? All that remains of these august and splendid ceremonies going for fifteen francs !—fifteen francs! Nobody bids more ! Going, go ing, gone, for fifteen francs, to that man with the well patched jacket, and the leather apron—a working black smith, who is going to be married te-morrow. LEWES ASSIZES. Wednesday several men were tried for having set fire to barns, &e. and destroyed other property. The first prisoner was Thomas Good. man, who was convicted for having set fire to a barn belonging to Mr. IVatts, at Battle, on the 34 December. IVithin one month after this fire, no less than eight followed in rapid succeslon. The prisoner, on leaving the bar, confessed the justice of his sentence. He said that he se fire to the stack with a pipe and common matches. He also ac. knowledged to being the incendiary who set fire to some corn stacks a few days before, and for which a reward had been offered for the die. cuvery of the offender. He said he could not account for the feeling which prompted these acts, except that he was goaded to their_;eommis. sion by an irresistible impulse. Edmund Bushby, 26, was convicted of setting fire, on the night of Sunday, Nov. 28, to a rick, the property of George Oliver, at East Preston. The Learned Judge passed sentence of death on the prisoner, cautioning him against flattering himself with any false hope of remis. sion of his sentence, as he could not, consistently with his duty to the public, recommended him to his Majesty as a fit subject for Royal favour. A boy, named Pencils, under 14 years of age, was convicted for set. tint; fire to his master's (Mr. Smith, of Bodiham) hay stack on the night of the 30th Nov. The prisoner, in his defence, said he had been incited to set the stack on fire by a stranger. A REVOLUTIONIST. Charles Inskipp, ex-policeman and travelling politician, was indicted for having uttered seditious language, with intent to create a revolution and overturn his majesty's government. The prisoner a short time since held a situation in the new police, but, having become a convert to the doctrine promulgated at the Res: tunda, he on a sudden turned reformer, and, as a preparatory step, threw up his appointment in the police. He then came down to Battle, his native place, with the intention of enlightening the inhabitants by a periodical political lecture. His first essay was at an inn at Battle, during fair time, where he entered, and, having found a large number assembled, and commenced his harangue about what he termed the unapparelled revolution of the " Bellyjohns," declaring that the time had now arrived when the people of England ought to do something for themselves. He said he was the advocate for universal suffrage all over the world. He wanted vote by ballot—no taxes—no tithes—and prosperity all over the coon. try. He concluded by pointing to a tricoloured cockade, which he wore, telling his auditors it was the symbol of liberty, and if they chose to stick up for their rights, he was ready to become their leader, fur he did not value his life a button. He offered, he said, to lead them as far as he could, and then put them into other hands who would lead them further. He ended by hoping, if they did resolve upon any thing, that they would be firm, and not desert him at a pinch, as he might perhaps find himself before long between two walls. This latter part of his harangue proved unexpectedly prophetic, for a soldier of the sth Dragoons, named 3lonypenny, having repeatedly cautioned him to be more guarded in his expressions, took down his words and laid them before the Nlagistra:c, who caused the ora'or to be immediately appre hended Several witnesses proved the violent and seditious language used by the prisoner. Toe prisoner, who evidently considered himself a political martyr, cross.examined the witnesses himself, but did not materially shake their evidenc... He then entered upon his defence, declaring that his object and intention had been totally misunderstood. He had given up a good situation in the police, solely for the purpose of instructing his Majesty's subjects in the art of reading and writing; through which tmes they were to become acquainted with their political rights. He &dirt] that he had at any time calks' his most gracious Majesty King W " an old lady ;" or that his language had been in the least cAlcubtted to breed disaffection, or excite sedition. With refer ence to his offer of becoming the lea der, he meant it only to be under. stood in a moral point of view. His only object was that of endeavour. ing to make all classes of his fellow-subjects as enlightened as himself. He confessed that he did make an allusion to the tri-colour. It was an emblem of liberty, and liberty was ;the forethought of every English man. Here the orator branched off into a common-place rhapsody, uttered with great metferation, in which the words " Glory !" " Li bet ty !" •• Magna Charta !" " Revolntion !" and "Cobbett !" were pronounced with much emphasis. Notwithstanding this display the Jury found him pally; and the Court, after consideration, sentenced hint to two years' imprisonment. RIFOnm.—A petition, drawn up by J. T. Mayne, FAN. of Teffont-house, near Salisbury, praying for reform and reduction of taxation, has lately obtained 10,000 signatures in the county of Watt. We have seen the signatures to the petition, and can vouch for the respectability of a great por tion of them.—Bath • DRZADFUL STORM.—A gentleman who arrived at two o'clock on Tuesday morning by the City of Londonderry steam packet, from London, gives a most distressing lieeouut •• of the effects of dui! late storms. He stateadthat; of the passengers and craws of 2$ yawls, whialv &undated bi tween Plymouth and the Land's End, and only two men and one boy have been saved. The Derry left at Plymouth the Erin steamer, on her way from London for Dublin, and the William Fawcett steamer, on her way from Dublin to Lon don.—Dxfolie Morning Register. Specks of Corn, Grain, Meal, and Flour. Wheat.. •••• •• Barley .. Oats .. Rye . Pcas 8ean5...... .......... Maize or Indian Corn... Buck Wheat.. Beer or Bigg.... . Total .f Corn and Grain Wheat Meal or Flour... Barley 'Meal. Oatmeal Rye NI eaL Indian Meal . Total of Meal and Flour Species of Corn, Grain, Meal, and Flour. Qrs. Bus. 29,401 51 4,479 61 6,509 6 760 0 195 1 10 7i 51,537 5 34,052 71 Cwt. qrs. lb., 52,283 2 7 Cwt. qr. lb. 60,855 1 14 0 2 12 Y 1! Imported from Fmeign Countries. Qrs. Bus. 1,716 2} 2,258 5/ 118 3 83 5 17 11 5,092 2 61 1 Cwt. qrs. lb. 14 1 13 0 2 l' Imported from Foreign Countries. Ws. Bus. 78,116 0 154,353 1 20,606 0 16,359 7 436 4e 802 2 4,150 2 137 4 474,951 51 Total. Qrs. Bus. 2,925 le 8,258 51 118 5 85 5 87 1; 5,094 4 I 61 1 16,624 11 2,485 2 40 •ehouee in the Dec. 1830. Total. Wheat Barley Oat - Rye . .. Peas . Beans.... Maiz. or Indian Corn.. Buck Wheat... Beer or Bigg Total of Corn and Grain .... 5%284 1 18 •,569 2 11,695 4 rwt. qrs. lb. 5,569 2 '7 Qrs. Bus. 32,027 I 4,479 6 6,509 6 760 0 265 14 4,253 2 10 74 60,833 3 26 'Quantities charged with Duty for Homo Consumption in the United Kingdom in the month ended Ist Dec. 1830. Qrs. 13u 1,206 7 1,275 7 Cwt. qrs. lb. 341 3 26 Qrs. Bus. 2,444 1 2,444 I Qrs. Bus. Q,646 4 LAW RIPORTS. COURT OF ICING'S BENCH, DEC. 24. WILLS AND ANOTHER V. CROFTS. This was an action brought by the plaintiffs, as assignees of a bank rupt named Crofts, to recover between thirty and forty shillings, balance of an account for a suit of clothes, supplied by the bankrupt to the defendant. Mr. Pou.octr, In stating the case, lamented that such a trumpery action should for a moment have engaged the time of the Court. Mr. HM, for the defendant, admitted that it was a trumpery action as regarded the sum in dispute, but it was one of considerable import. sure to the defendant, as it involved a charge against his professional abilities. The defendant was a respectable attorney. and had been employed by the bankrupt in some professional business, the charge for which he set of against the claim for the clothes ; but the plaintiff would not allow It, on the alleged ground that the business was not skilfully conducted. It was, therefore, a question to him of the greatest importance. Ma. F. POLLOCK was replying, when Lord TINTENDIEN suggested the propriety of withdrawing a juror, which of course was ultimately agreed to. The Court, at its rising, adjourned until the first day of Hilary Term. PREROGATIVE COURT, DEc. 23. Before Sir J. NICUOL. JUDGMENT. ORINDALL V. ORINDALL AND GRINDALL. In this case, which has been so much litigated and so frequently before the public, the Court gave judgment this morning. Sir J. NICHOLL observed that the deceased T. Adcock Grindall had made a considerable sum of money (100,0001.) by his business as a distil ler. He was a widower, and had no children. His two nephews, Charles Edmund Grindsll and John Stone Or ndall,who opposed the will In the pre,ent instances,were adopted by the deceased at an early age, and it was always intended by him that they should possess his large property. As the deceased after his retirement lived very penuriously, he did not act veryllibcrally towards his nephews, and the consequence was that they had frequent quarrels, but still his testamentary intentions re. rosined unaltered. He had made several wills prior to 1820, and the last one gave the whole of his landed property to Charles, and divided his personal property between Charles and John. In 1826, however, the deceased, who was seventy-seven years of age, discharged Mrs. Suett (the widow of the celebrated comedian of that name), who had lived housekeeper to him for 15 years, and then he fell into the custody of Charles Grindall. Both nephews bad separately consulted a professional man with a view to getting the old man pronounced a lunatic. Mr. Charles, however, having first put his own wife in a mad-house, pro cured the assistance of a keeper, named Hunter, and carried the old man in a strait-waistcoat off to a lunatic asylum at Tonbridge Wells, in No vember in that year. John Grindall assisted in rescuing the uncle from the pc•session of Charles, and the old man, on returning to London with him, gave instructions for a will entirely in his favour, excluding Charles altogether. He continued living with John and Mrs. C. thin • dall (whom the uncle had procured to be liberated), and whom he said he should take care of. Shortly after the abduction, Captain Sturt, who had forinerlybeen acquainted with Mr. Grindall from his having got the son of Mrs. Suett appointed midshipman of the Sky lark, which Captain Stun then commanded, called to see the old gentleman, having heard of the Toubridge Wells affair in die news- paper. After a few visits the deceased went home with the Captain to his house, and there remained till his death, in 1828: Charles Ganda!' was convicted of the assault upon the old man, and although the latter had given instructions for a will in favour of John, yet he afterwards refused to execute it. He made a will on the 30th of January, 1827, giving all his property to Capt. Stun and family, except one legacy of 5001. which be bequeathed to John, and another to his agent, Mr. Pugh. of 5001. This will was signed by three witnesses, and the attorney who drew it, and Drs. Willis, Thomson, and Vices had previously examined the deceased as to his mental capa city, and all considered that, though infirn: from age and some paralytic attacks, he still had sufficient capacity to manage his affairs. The ne phew Charles opposed the will at first, rather vexatiously, but at last retired in favour of his brother John, who contended that the deceased was not a free agent and of proper capacity at the date of the will, and that he had beeu under the improper influence of Captain Stun. The Court now decided that. as the deceased had given instructions for the will himself—had refused to execute the will in favour of :John—had shown sufficient capacity when the present will was signed, and had not been influenced at the time by any interference of Capt. Stun, who had, in fact, only interfered in favour of John, from the respectability of the witnesses, and their consistency—that Charles should be cast in all costs--that John pay the costs of the resent hearing, and that pro bate should be granted to Captain Stun, as sole executor and residuary legatee. POLICE REPORTS. MAIIIIION-HOUSE.—Yesterday, a gentleman applied to the Loan MAYOR for an order upon Mr. Cope, the Marshal, for a quantity of plate, which that officer had, upwards of three years ago, seized under circumstances of rather a peculiar kind. A respectable mercantile house, in the year 1827, shipped a large quantity of corn for a person with whom they had had sonic dealings.— It has been reported that the amount of the shipment exceeded 2,50 n. The firm took what they considered to be unexceptionable bills. They, however, discovered, hut not until the corn had been completely out of their 'reach, that the bills were all forgeries, and they im mediately made application to Mr. Cope on the subject. Mea sures were taken for apprehending the forger of the bills, but he had laid a plan by which he escaped from this country, and the carriage in which it was supposed he travelled from one part of Yorkshire to ano ther,was found to contain a woman, who had lived with him, and a guar tity of plate, which was believed to be his property. He was directed to keep In his custody the plate; and for the purpose of holding Mr. Cope responsible for the property, and to make it imperative upon him not to give it up to any claimant, an attachment was laid upon it in his hands in the Mayor's Court- It was soon seen that there were other claimants. The present appli cant to the Lord Mayor represented to Alderman Lucas, when Lord Mayor, that the forger was indebted to him the sum of 8001. and had desired the plate should be given to him in part payment of the amount. Alderman Lucas, however, objected to issue any order fur the delivery of the plate. The applicant said, upon this occasion, that he had in his possession a letter from the person to whom the plate belonged, desiring that it should be given up to him. Mr. Cope said, he did not consider himself at liberty to give up the plate, as there were several claimants. The mercantile firm who had employed him would be very glad to get hold of the man who had tom mined such plunder upon them, and they had at any rate as powerful,.a claim to the property as the applicant. The Loan 3laYoa refused, under such circumstances, to interfere and we understood the applicant to intimate that be intended to appeal to another authority, 11 1 0M-STRERT.—STARIIWO A HUSRAND...-Sarah Jones, a re spectable-looking elderly woman, was brought before AIr.AIIXIMULL, charged with having wilfully and maliciously stabbed her husband, J. Jones, with intent to do him -ome grievous bodily harm. Mr Thomas, the superintendent of police, stated that the prisoner and her husband were very respectable people; they had been married twenty years, but as far as he could learn. the husband had not treated the prisoner well. They resided in Brownlow-street, and last Monday evening had a quarrel. The prisoner was very much excited by the provocation t.he had received. and in her passion, grasped up a case knife, and plunged it at her husband's back. The force of the plunge was such, that the point of the knife passed through the husband's clothes and a leather brace Into his back, in which it inflicted a dreadful wound. The unfortunate man was reduced to a state of insensibility, and fears being entertained for his life, he was removed to the hospital, where he now lies so ill, from the loss of blood and the medicines he was necessarily obliged to take, as to be unable, without danger, to attend. The prisoner declared that she was unconscious of what she did at the time, and pleaded in extenuation of her offence, the provocation she had received. Mr. MINUHULL regretted to see a respectable woman reduced to such a state by her own violence. Rc had but one duty to perform, and be therefore remanded the case for a week. About eight o'clock, on Sunday evening last, a fire broke out on Mr. Gatehouse's farm, Buckhorn Weston, Dorset, and destroyed six outhouses, a stable, and a rick of hay about six tons. The fire was most rapid and was visible for many miles round the neighbourhood. This was the act of an incendiary as yet undiscovered . Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, as the City Solicitor was passing through Fleet-street from the Temple, be was sur rounded near Hoare's banking-house by some of the swell mob, one of whom held him from behind, while the others hustled him in front, and picked his pocket of a canvas bag, containing 15 sovereigns. About two o'clock, yesterday, one of the workmen, name d Allen, employed at the King's College, while in the act of conveying some bricks from the lower part of the building, was strnek by a large pole which fell from the roof. The poor fellow was immediately taken up, and conveyed to the Middlesex Hospital, but died before he got there. A fire occurred on Monday morning on the farm of Mr. Johnson, at Tell Lodge, in the parish of Charing, near Maidstone, and a barn, stable, and other outbuildings, were consumed. SCINTILLX. CGRNISH'S BRITISII MELODIRS ; or, Songs of the People. At n time when all classes of society are directed to wards that sacred Liberty, which is the natural right of man, and when even those nations that have slept under their oppression are evincing a determination to shake oft the fetters of tyranny—we hailwith pleasure the appearanco of every publication that has a tendency to keep alive thr thirst for freedom, and aims an addititional shaft at its ene. miss. Such are the objects of the work before us ; and ae like it none the worse because the author has proved him self unshackled by the trammels of party. We subjoin the 30th Melody as a fair sample of Mr. Cornish's poetry. MELODY XXX. I hear a voice, a glorious voice, Come bounding o'er the sea; Proud men and good may well rejoice— The Isles of Greece arc free ! The vulture's scream is heard from far, The wolf is wide awake; The angel Pity shuns the war Which Osman's wrath shall make. Away with grief, away with fear,: See Freedom plumes her wings ; Woman may drop affection's tear, But joyous mannood sings. Up youth ; up age ; away, away ! Away to the field of blood! 'TM Liberty's, 'tie Glory's day— The tide of Fortune's flood. 0 that shall prove to cash true heart Like Nile's o'aBowing stream; To horse ! to th' light ! take Grecia's part— There let your falchions gleam. I hear a voice, a glorious voice, Conic bounding o'er the sea ; Proud men and good may well rejoice— The Isles of Greece are free ! This little book appears to great advantage in the beau tiful arabesque binding bestowed upon it by the publislif.r. doubtless with a view to render it a more suitable addition to the literature of the boudoir. LOSS OF .1 GOVERNMENT PACKET. —The l)tWier. Government steam-packet, was wrecked last night, dose by Portpatrick harbour, on her voyage from Donazhade e . One female passenger and the mail lost. The packet is 31 to pieces.—Northern Whig. A petition in favour of reform was unanimously agreed to on Friday at a meeting of the town council of Paisley. Tb. petition for the Lords was ordered to be transmitted to Etd Grey, and that for the Commons to Sir M. S. Stewart, 16,- presentation.—Glasgow Courier. FREEDOM OF ELECTION .—A circular, dated on the 26th of last month has been published, addressed by the Grand Duke of Baden to all public authorities, as well as to the official commissaries who are appointed to superintend the election of members to the General States, which holds out a precedent not unworthy of imitation nearer home. His Royal Highness declares, that " he accepted the sovereignty on condition that he should in every sense conform himself to the spirit, as well as the letter of this constitution ;" and that "this condition would render it criminal in him to harbour even the thought of circumscribing the most important privile're which the law confers on his subjects, by interfering for , against any individual whatever at the approaching eleetiol, whether openly or covertly." For these reasons, his High ness imperatively enjoins that " no party holding a vernment appointment do seek, either directly or indirectly, to influence the electors in their choice." MARRIED. The 20th inst. at Woolwick, Alexander Ogilvie, M.D. of the P.l.} Artillery, to Eliza Frances, widow of the late Major Fogerty, of b Majesty's 33.1 Regiment.—The 21st inst. at St. James's, Piccadilly, J. M. Arnott, Esq. of New Burlington-street, to Oeorglana Elizabeth, widow of Capt. Donaldson, R.N.—At Stewartetown, county Tyrone, Mary, eldest daughter of Alexander Neal Little, Esq. to Surgeon Joshua Little, R.N.—At Carrigrohan Church, county Cork, Lion Robert Morgan, R.N. to Mary, daughter of P. Corry, Esq. of Lurrii, ; . county Cork.—At Teignntouth. G. W. Tobin, Esq. of the 2.1 Drag Guards, to Susannah Christian, only daughter of the late John Coblaba. Esq. of the Island of Barbadoes.— -Thursday laq, at Barb, Capt. %Vie. Hood, I.N.t of , to Sophia, daughter of the late Dr. Hendersm.. of Bath.—Monday, at Tavistock, Lieut. Richard Darke, R.N. of Ex eter, to Emily, second daughter of the late Geronimo Greco, Esq. of Dublin. DIED. In Cork. George Fowler, M.D.--Suddenly, in Cookstown, aged 73. Major William Irvine, of the Royal Tyrone Regiment.—ln Lkburn. Boyd Whitefore, M.D.—Of measles, on Monday sennight, nt the Bruhswirk-house Establishment, Plymouth, while 04 a visit to brothers, Temple, youngest son of 31. W. Walbank, Esq• of Moreton• liamputead.— Sunday, at Stoke, the Rcr. T. M. Hitchins, w 1.3 for 3: years was pastor of the congregation worshipping at St. John's Chapel, I)evonport. " Domes et platens uxor."—lloa. Thy house, and (in the cup of life. That ho ney-drop) thy pleasiog w i f e . H APPINESS " the gay to-morro w o f th e m i n d" is ensured by marriage; •• the strictest tie of perpetual friend. ship," is a gift from Heaven, cementing pleasure with reason, by which, says Johnson, " we approach in some degree of 21110Cid1011 with celestial intelligence." Previous, however, to entering into the hallowed obligation of marriage, it becomes an impressive duty, not only tu regulate the passions, but to cleanse the grosser Nature from those impurities which the freedom of unrestricted pt may have entailed upon it. To the neglect of such act eution,are attributable many of those hapless instances which, while they excite the commiseration of the beholder, shook also impress him with the fear of self-reproach Luxurious habits will effeminise the body--a residence in the tropics will relax the elastic fibre—but more especially does the ptr mature infatuation of youth, too frequently compromise the natural dignity into a state of inanition, from whence the agonised suffered more than doubts the chance of relief. To all such then, we address ourselves, offering hope—energy—muscular strength—felicity; one will our advances appear questionable, sanctioned as they are by lite multiplied proofs of twenty years' successful experience. The easy cares of married life are sometimes diiturhed by the sus pension of thou blessings which concentrate the nuptial wreath—for the female habit is often constitutionally weak—yet it can be strength ened, and deficient energy improved into functional power. In every case of syphilitic intrusion, as well as in every eels:eke of the generative economy. we pledge our ability to cure speedito and with affeet. Earnestly s o li c it ous to expe l the unfeeling empyr i from the position se presumptuously taken up, we deviate from greed principles with less hesitation ' • and confident in our o wn honourabili integrity as Members of the College of Surgeons, we refer the sitar ing community of either Sea tespecially those entering into matrimomill life) at ones to our house, where daily attendance is given for po mmel consultation ; and keen from the country are immediately se swered ; these must contain a remittance for Advice and Medisim, describleg minutely the case, which cam be forwarded to any part of the world, however distant. No dillculty can occur, as the Mediriet will be securely packed, and carefully protested from observation. GOSS and Cr Surgeons,) 11, Bouverie-street, Fleet -street, Lone* s e e hid published (Twentieth Edition). I. 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