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29, II . COUNTY FIRE OFFICE, AND PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE, Regent.street, London. rannuarr AID TRUITIZS. THE DUKE OF RUTLAND, THE MARQUIS OF NORTHAMPTON, EARL GREY, LORD KING, ate. Ac. DIRICTONS. J. T. Barber Beaumont, Esq. Sir Richard King, Bart. Francis Coast, Esq. Sir. F. B. Morland, Ban. Sir George Duckett, Bart. Lord Northwick, Earl Ferree, Hon. Thomas Parker Sir John Harrington, Bart. William Praed, Esq. Hen. Frederick Hothans Sir William E. Welby, Bart. fitc. fitc. Ike. CAPITALS, A MILLION STERLING AND UPWARDS. The Premiums are returned after paying Losses and Expenses. The COUNTY FIRE OFFICE has never tailed to return from to 20 per Cent. to an persona insured, which is more than has been accomplished, for a continuance, by any other Fire Office. In the PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE, the parties insured have had fourteen parts in fifteen of the profits allotted to them. These peculiar and realized advantages have been shared by many thousands of persons insured in the above Offices, during the last ginner of a century. MILITANT MAN are net charged additional, unless called into ACTUAL Service. Persons are at liberty to pus and repass to the Continent, under limitations, WITHOUT LICINCT AND ILITSA Persons removing to Unhealthy Climates, or subject to Bodily Infirmities, may insure. If any Person die by Suicide, Duelling, or the Hands of Justice, the fall value which his Policy bore on the day previous to the titne of his Death will be paid. No Admission Fees are required, nor is any Charge made for Po licies, except the Stamp Duty. lK? Agents are appointed in all the principal Tows. DR. JAMES'S FEVER POWDER AND ANALEPTIC PILLS. TIIE FEVER POWDER is universally approved by the Profession and the Public—and is administered with equal success in Fever, Inflammatory Diseases, Measles, Pleurisy, Sore Throats, Rheumatism, &c. When given in Colds, Catarrhs, &c. it is generally found to check their progress, or shorten their duration. In Packets, 2s. 9d. and 24.. THE ANALEPTIC PILLS, from their influence in exciting the natural secretions, are an excellent Alterative Remedy in Chronic Idisesses, Rheumatism, habitual Febrile and Gouty Affection., In digestion, Bilious and other Complaints of the Stomach and Bowels. In Boxes at 4s. 6d. and 245. Suid by Messrs. BUTLER, Chemists, Cheapside, corner of St. Paul's; Savory and Co. 156, New Bond-street, and 220, Resew street ; Odling, 26, Oxford-street ; Bayley and 0).17, Cockspur-st.; Wiliam, 61, Bishopsgate Without ; Chalk, 47. Minories ; Rasum, 27, Aldgate ; (Ming, 159, Borough ; and at Lockyer's Magnesia Ware house, 237, Tottenham Court Road. Observe the signature of It. G. G. James on the Label. The Public are requested to be cautious in the lurchase of these Medicines, as spurious preparations are continually offered for sale. CAUTION TO FAMILIES. THE immense demand for the undermentioned celebrated articles for the Toilet having occasioned some unprincipled shopkeepers to offer base imitations, when the genuine is asked for, Messrs. Price and Gosnell, therefore, anxious to protect families and the public against Impositions, have, at a very great expense, affixed to the wrapper, on the outside of each genuine article, an Address Label, of extreme difficulty of execution, resembling a Government Stamp, having in its centre the words " 160, Regent-street, and 12, Three King -court. Lombard-street," also underneath the signature of" Price and Gesnell," to counterfeit which is felony. The genuine sin only be depended upon in London, at the Establishments of Messrs. Price and Gesnell, Perfemers to the Royal Family, 160, Regent street, and 12, Three King -court. Lombard-street ; and of their Agents is all the Cities and Towns of Europe. PRICE and GOSNELL'S MACASSAR OIL. For preventing baldness, and for imparting to the hair an imperishable quality and an "'decaying youthfulness, there is nothing equal to, nor in any degree to be compared with, the genuine Macassar Oil, imported by Price and Gosnell, who have sold it pure and unadulterated for the last May years ; and who, in fact, first introduced it to the notice of a British Public. In Bottles at 55.6 d. 7s Gd. and los. 6d. CAUTION. The high repute and extensive sale of Price and Gosnell's Macassar Oil have induced some unprincipled shopkeepers to offer base imita tions, injurious to the hair, when the genuine is asked fur. Messes. Price and Gosnell, sole Proprietors and importers of the Genuine Ma cassar Oil, for the growth of Hair, (which has been proved by the Import List, and sworn before the Lord Mayor,) respectfully solicit Ladies and Gentlemen, when they purchase, not so take any without the label on the outside of each bottle having Axed to it an address stamp, of extreme dilculty of execution, resembling a Government Stamp, having in its centre the words " 160, Regent-street, and 12, Three King -court, Lombard-street," also underneath the signature of " Price and Gosnell," to counterfeit which is felony. The Genuine can only be had in London, at 160, Regent-street, and 19, Three King -court, Lombard street. But as a spurious article, in imitation of the genuine, which destroys, without the possibility of recovery, the roots of the hair, thereby producing baldness, head-ache, Ice. is generally sold by petty hair-dressers and perfumers, purchasers should be particular in asking for Price and Gusnell's Macassar Oil. J 011 NSTON E'S PATENT WINDSOR SOAP (prepared by his successors, Price and Gosnell) is delightfully fragrant and pleasant in use. It possesses peculiar balsamic and emollient properties, ren dering the skin luxuriantly white, soft, and even ; counteracting the injurious effects produced by intense solar heat, or cold winds. Price Is. 6d. or 25. 6d per packet. PRICE and GOSNELL'S PATENT NAPLES CREAM ef fectually exterminates eruptions. tan, pimples, freckles, redness, and all cutaneous imperfections whatever; arrays the neck, bands, and arms, in matchless whiteness ; bestows on the complexion a juvenile bloom, renovates beauty when on the decline, and sustains it in pris tine splendour to the latest period f life. HER MAJESTY QUEEN ADELAIDE'S REFRESHING PER F U E, possessing a most delicate odour, refreshing and enliven ing %hen oppressed by heat, &c. ar.d is universally admired. PRICE and GOSNELL'S ESSENCE of ROSES, made front the finest Persian Otto of Roses, and more than triple the strength of, what has long been known as Esprit or Extrait de Rose. It imparts to the handktrcbief and Mis the atmosphere of the largest room with the genuine fragrance of the admired rose perfume. Sold in bottles price ss. 75. 6d. and 105. 6a. PRICE and GOSNELL'S TREBLE DISTILLED LAVEN DER, or concentrated Essence of Lavender, six times the strength of the best Lavender Water and unsophisticated with the sickly admix ture of musk, ambergris, ace. is particularly adapted for sick or crowded rooms, and recommended to the admirers of the genuine lavender perfume. It is distilled from lavender lowers, selected for their exceeding sweetness and aromatic properties, when those flowers are in their fullest vigour. In bottles,3l.6d. 55. and 75.6 d. each. DR. VERDIGON'S VEGETABLE TOOTH POWDER, composed of vegetables without the admixture of any mineral or per nicious ingredient whatever, has so long been in general use, and an appendage to the fashionable toilet, that it is unnecessary to offer any far Cher recommendation in f of it. In boxes, at £ l.9d.and 45.6 d. each. PRICE and GOSNELL'S MARKING INK, very superior to what is usually offered for sale, and recommended to the Heade of Fa. milks, for the prevention of theft and imposition. In bottles, at 21.6 d. and Ss. each. DR. VERDIGON'S ALSANA EXTRACT, for beautifying and preserving the Teeth and Gums, and fastening those teeth that are loose. DF.VEREAUX'S VEGETABLE DYE, for changing led or Cray Hair, Eyebrows, and Whiskers, to beautiful shades of Brown or Black, which experience has proved to be the most effectual applica tion ever offered for that purpose. In bottles at Ss PR ICE and GOSNELL'S COLD t ILEA 11, composed or mild emollient balsam, quite different to what is usually sold under a similar name. It stands unrivalled for preventing the skin chapping, and gives instant relief to the smarting pain occasioned by inclement wea :her, the use of Alkaline Soap, Shaving, or any other causes : it emits :n use a most delightful perfume of the Rose, ficc. PRICE and GOSNELL'S real OLD BROWN WINDSOR iOAP, prepared by a new process, is particularly mild, old, and eco nomical; it corrects every hardnes , , redness, /Lc. of the skin, and .sakes it soft, white, and even. The skin, by its Constant application. will become perceptibly soft and clear, and the unpleasant sensation derived from sudden changes of climate and seasons, as well as the *harshness which it generally acquires from sea.bathing, will speedily be removed. Also their COCOA-NUT OIL, CAMPHOR, OTTO OF ROSE, and other celebrated SOAPS. Messrs. PRICE and GOSNELL, Perfumers (by appointment) to ;heir Majesties, IGO, Regent -street, London, respectfully Inform the Nubility, Gentry, and Residents o f Li verpoo l an d i ts Vicinity, that they have just supplied Mr. DAtrium, Perfumer, 80ld -street, with an elegant Assortment of the above superior Articles, which having been long used by the first circles of Nobility and Gentry in the Metropolis have now become iodispensible articles FOR THE TOILET. ti) No. 13,670. --:, L. _ i i„--- ~ ~, virseCAri HACht 4 . lb o' l • 1 " " 2. 0 • . , - FRIDAY EVENING, DEC. 31, 1830. THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY. HIGH WYCOMBE, BUCKS—WEDwzsDAY. I regret to state, that the rick-yard of Mr. Allnutt, of Menton, near Theme, Bucks, burst out In flames about eleven o'clock on the morning of Christmas Day, and burnt with such violence, that destruction was not only threatened to the grain, but.- also to the dwelling-house and outbuildings. Several engines arrived on the spot, but considerable da mage was done before the fire could be extinguished, the state of the weather preventing a plentiful supply of water. For some time past a stranger has been observed in the village and its vicinity, and on tbe day previous to the conflagration taking plate, he entered into conversation with several persons, and amongst the rest, a carter belonging to the farm, and asked him, in the event of seeing any person setting fire to the ricks, how he would act. The carter replied that if he had a gun, he would not hesitate one moment in the rascal. This indivi dual was seen on the premises two hour ssiia shooting the breaking out of the fire in the rick-yard. A number of persons immediately proceeded in all directions in search of the supposed incendiary, who, frum the route he took, must have been well acquainted with the neighbourhood. He was traced within a abort distance of Marlow, when all further clue of the route was entirely lost. MIRK. We are very sorry we cannot state that the steps adopted to repress disorder in this county have proved completely successful. The pre. sent state of the gaols leads to a different conclusion. There are already , between fifty and sixty rioters, including about twenty foe machine. breaking, for trial at the approaching Sessions. They have been prin cipally apprehended in the ,neighbourhood of Newport, Clacton, and Kirby, which districts remain still much agitated. A disposition to riot and insubordination has manifested itself amongst the labourers at Roswell, Writtle, and Willingale, and threatening letters have been received by the farmers in the vicinity, informing them that a decisive blow will be struck in the course of a few days. The Magistracy, however, are not insensible to the alarming aspect which the county has assumed, and have been actively engaged in swearing in special constables and mounted patrols t so that almost every parish has a constabulary force of from fifty to one hundred men, ready to act at a moment's warning. The fires which lately took place at Bishop's Stonford were of a very destructive nature, and, as they occurred at the same moment, there can hardly exist a doubt of their having been the work of individuals acting upon a precomerted plan. The inhabit. ants are unanimous in acquitting the farmers' labourers of these acts. It is the general opinion among the respectable inhabitants that they were the work of two men who called at the cottage to light a pipe. Some clue has been obtained to their connexion in the neighbourhood, and their sudden disappearance will probably be accounted for in a few days.—ffent and Esse: Mercury. THE " 'TURN-OUT," IN LANCASHIRE. MANCHESTER, Dzc. Dzc. 28. This town, but Mere particularly its neighbourhood, is in a state of ferment, occasioned by the immense number of people (certainly not less than 100,000) now out of employ; for it is not the spinners only that suffer, but numerous other trades that follow in their train, and are dependent on them. The men seemed determined not to yield to the eduction proposed by the masters, and the masten seem as firm in their resolves as the men. Your node's may not all be aware that the bone of contention is, that the masters were paying 4s. 3d. far spinning 1,000 hanks of forties mist, whilst in other districts other masters were only paying 3s. Rd. for the same quantity of work. To remove this disad. vantage, or to " equalise," as the masters term it, has been the cause of the turn.out ; and, however justified they may feel in the measure, it is considered by disinterested men to be, in the present excited state of the country, an " untoward event." There is one fact much to be lamented—which is, that the ma*ers never stop to consider whether or not the men can keep their families with less wages thin they happen to be earning ; but it is, " can we reduce their wages if we decide upon a turnout ?" and, by the opinion of a majority of the "combined masters" on this point, a turn-out is decided on fir deferred. The men state, that four months since, when then Irma demand for yarn than thin is at present, and when every mill greater ss many orders as they ettni3 uteri*, the isissuee UMW NNW ats reduc tion of wages ; but now that cotton has advanced in price, and the de. mind for yarn become less (as it generally does at this period of the year) although there has been no alteration in the price of provisions, the masters seek to make up the difference in their profits by reducing our wages, and this, too, at a season of the year when they know we are the least able to resist the reduction. * I Hitherto all their meetings have ended peaceably, and their only ob..' ject seems to be to prevail upon the spinners of other districts to make common cause with them. Yesterday many hundreds congregated at Staley-bridge, and were proceeding towards Hyde, where the mills are in full work. On the road several Magistrates, with a poise of consts. l bles, backed by a strong military force, met them, and immediate ly commenced reading the Riot Act. One of the Magistrates then rode in amongst them and, in a firm and determined tone, told them that un.l less they dispersed, he would instantly order the military to fire on them. This measure had its desidera effect, for they immediately die.' persed, and returued to their homes. From the measures taken yesterday and to-day by the authorities in this town, it would appear that they are apprehensive of a more serious disturbance than has yet taken place. Whilst I have been writing this, a body of at least 500 of the Rifie Corps, headed by their band, has twice passed my window, and have been parading the town the most of I the afternoon. The object must be to intimidate the disaffected, or to create a feeling of security in the minds of the manufacturers, who are • principally in town to-day, this being market.day. The Borough. reeve has issued a requisition, calling upon the inhabitants who are interested in .keeping the peace of the town, to attend the Town.ball to-morrow to be sworn in, and to enroll themselves as special con. stables. _ _ _ . . . The " tutn-out" has evidently been the cause of the principal dis turbance In that neighbourhood ; for I hear of no great complaint of the want of work in any branch of trade, except by the hand-weavers, whose labour has been superseded by the power-loom; but as yet they have shown no disaffection. The stocks of manufactured goods in every line are unusually small. The broad silk trade, which has Increased amaz ingly in this town since the •' fra•traden system came into operation, is quite brisk : as a proof of which, that article has advanced ten per cent. within the present month. The canals have been closed by the frost for several days, and I, for the present, must close my narrative. PRICE 7D. stigated by the hope of reward, or pardon, or blood-money, and who, besides a badness of character which hardly al lows us to presume that they have any regard for the sanc tity of an oath, are farther disentitled to belief by baying a direct and positive interest in the conviction of others. We do not say that in this case the witness on whose evidence the conviction was obtained did not state that which was true. We only say that the evidence was given under circumstances which were not calculated to satisfy public opinion as to the man's guilt ; and when the public have a doubt of the propriety of the verdict, the infliction of death, even when a crime is generally supposed to de serve it, does not operate as a salutary example ; for the horror of the crime is lost in commiseration for the person who is suspected of being the victim of an erroneous decision. We understand that there was an application made to the Hesse Office ralgtivc4Abia,..anfortunate man, end that,lo4, Melbourne, on The report of the Judge declined to inter fere. Such cases make us regre t th at there; is not here, as in France, a Court of Criminal Revision, of which the law would, as a matter of right, give the prisoner the benefit, on his merely saying, " I appeal." The other case of doubt is that of Dyke, who suffered on Friday, at Penenden Heath. —lt was considered of such importance that be should make a confession of his guilt, that the Chaplain said to him on the scaffold, " Now you have come to the worst, and there is nu chance of escape, do tell the truth." The other prisoners had admitted their participation is the offences of which they were convicted ; but , Dyke's reply was, " lam innocent." He . afterwards read a paper, in which he declared that a man and his wife, who were the principal witnesses against him, had sworn falsely, and exhorted all who heard him to " mind the ninth commandment." It is difficult, if not impos sible, in those dying declarations, to distinguish the firm ness of conscious innocence from the obstinacy of a de praved heart. We only say that this was a case for in quiry. The witnesses whom he charged with swearing falsely might have the most inflexible regard for truth, but we must, at the same time, recollect that consider able rewards have been offered for the conviction of of fenders ; and though the witnesses in this case might be exceedingly pure and honest, there are others who would swear away the life of any man for a valuable considera tion ! We have, therefore, on principle, a great objection to procuring evidence to affect men's lives by the offer of tempting sums of money. In a civil action, and where the rights of property only are at stake, no man is allowed to give evidence who has the least possible pecuniary interest in the result. Why should life beheld less sacred than pro perty ? Why should evidence tainted by self.interest be admitted in the one case which would be instantly rejected in the other ? Among the 'culprits who stand condemned for arson is a youth of eighteen, named Thomas Goodman, who was convicted of setting fire to a Mack and a barn at Lewes, and who is ordered for execution on Saturday. His youth, and some other circumstances, which tend to show that he was rather a dupe than a person of original ma ligetty of disposition, have excited a strong feeling in his favour, though there can be no doubt whatever of his guilt inasmuch as he has himself fully admitted it. We are informed that when the verdict was returned, there was a loud expression of dissatisfaction throughout the Court ; not from any persuasion of his innocence entertained at the time, but of abhorrence of the penalty which the spectators knew would follow such a verdict. Nobody can doubt that he is a fit subject for punishment, though it is not quite so clear that his punishment should be extermination. Be sides, the unfortunate young man was strongly recommended to mercy by the Jury, on account of his youth—a recom mendation which ought always to be attended to, as in ca pital cases, it expresses the solemn opinion of the tribunal that finds the prisoner guilty, that he ought not to suffer death. We hope Government will take this case into their serious consideration. It is impolitic in any case to go against the recommendation of a Jury, because, by making the ex tension of mercy doubtful, under circumstances which Ju ries think require it, it may lead to those " pious perjuries" in the Jury-box which prevent the possibility of too severe a punishment, by inducing verdicts of acquittal where the evidence of guilt is clear and incontrovertible.—Herald. PENSION LIST.—We ate glad to see it stated, and stated on authority, that the pension list, as the sailors say, is to be overhauled. The notice taken of certain sinecures has already done good, and will do a great deal more in a little time. Among others, her Grace the Duchess of Newcastle has taken the alarm at seeing her name in print, and accordingly resigned a pension of 6001. per annum. The First Lord of the Admiralty, in alluding to the circumstance ascribed it to the publicity which is so promptly given to the proceedings of Parliament, and for our own parts we devoutly wish that the reporters' labours were oftener crowned with similar results. And yet the puzzling circumstance is—not that the Duchess of Newcastle has got off the pension list, but how, in the name of wonder , she ever got on it. As ladies neither fight, nor make speeches, nor serve as ambassadors, governors of co lonies, consuls, &c. her Grace's public services must be pot down as nothing. But the Duchess has relatives in male attire, and these relatives are the owners of burghs, which they can dispose of as they list, and thus controul the poli tical consciences of their nominees. Yes, yes, this little circumstance at once plucks the heart out of the mystery. Whether the Lady in question is the mother or spouse of the great Duke of Newcastle, we have no means of ascer taining at present; but in whatever relation she stands to him, the British public will be overwhelmed with wonder when they learn, that a nobleman of his reputed wealth and undoubted hiflueuce allowed her to be placed in a situ ation so humiliating. We hear a great deal of the demo ralizing effects of the poor laws, and the observation, us suspect, has a wider range than we at one time imagined. A sweeping pension list has a mighty tendency to swell the ranks of pauperism ; and where no real service is performed, or even required, it should always be borne in mind, that the only difference between a state and a common pauper is this, that the one is paid by the government, and the other by the parish, and that the money in both cases comes out of the pocket of the public at large.—Dumfries Courier. The workmen of some of the Flintshire Collieries turned out last week for an increase of wages, which, we under stand, was immediately granted, and the men then returned peaceably to their work. We are assured that the work men's earnings did not average more than Bs. per week be fore the turn out : and that now they do not exceed in any instance 12s.—Chester Courant. THE INCENDIARIES. Within a few days, four men have suffered death for the crime of arson upon the Home Circuit. Of these there were two of whose guilt no doubt could be entertained, and whose dying declarations were in confirmation of the ver dict. Of the two others, we think the proofs of guilt not quite so conclusive as to warrant the carrying into effect the extreme penalty of the law, without further inquiry.— In the last mentioned cases the wretched sufferers persisted in protestations of their innocence to the last. Oue of them (Ewen) who was convicted at Chelmsford, of setting fire to a stack and barn at Rayleigh, was convicted, principally, upon the evidence of a person who stood charged with being accessary to the same crime. This man deposed that the prisoner, without any conceivable inducement, disclosed to him what he kept a secret from any body else—namely, that he had perpetrated the offence. Besides this testimony there I was no evidence against the prisoner, except some circum stances which only amounted to a slight case of suspicion. The testimony of a person who stands himself in the situation of an accused or suspected criminal, and who has consequently a very intelligible motive for endeavouring to fix the guilt upon another, should be received, in every case, with great cau tion, and ought never to be considered of sufficient weight by n Jury to justify a verdict of conviction—especially on a charge that consigns a fellow-creature to an ignominious death—unless that testimony be corroborated, in at least some material facts, by the evidence of unimpesched wit nesses. The records of the administration of criminal jus tice in this country, notwithstanding the learning and pu rity of our Judges, contain many instructive instances of the fatal errors into which Courts and Juries have been led by giving too easy a credit to the artful and profligate state ments of approvers, and others charged with crimes, or in- (S\ THR TURF. TATTERSALL'S-Itneessoxv. PUT. 13 to I agat Lord Sligo's Bras-de-Per 14 to 1 Mr. Beardswortb's Oo!wick 15 to I Lord Jersey's Filagree colt (taken) 17 to 1 Mr. Chifney's Caleb (taken) 17 to I --- Lord Exeter's Humus 18 to 1 Mr. Petnes Rattler Is to I Lord Jersey's Blunder (taken) 20 to 1 Lord Exeter's Bohemian (takes) 29 to 1 Colonel Udney's Antiope 27 to 1 Lord Verolam's Varennes colt (taken) 30 t• 1 --- Lord Jersey's Cobweb 30 to I Sir J. Shelley's Cressida colt 45 t• 1 Mr. Houldswortlei Philip (taken) 50 to I --- His Majesty's Spermac,ti colt :-.000 even between Bohemian and Rattler. Rattler was backed very freely at 19 and 20 to I, and u 17 and it to I with Pigmy, as a cock-boat, from the frequency with which offers have beer, made to back horses, " if you will throw in Pigmy," w.• suspect that a good opinion is et tertained of hint, and that it will trot be long before be comes regularly into the market. OAICI. The only bet made was 1100 to 200 against Ozygen, subsequent ttl which 6to 1 was offered—l Ito I was offered agat Delight. and sto 1 on the Field. SALE OF RACERS. The Stud of the late Richard Griffiths, ELI. of Thorogrove, near Worcester, was sold by Auction on Monday last, at the Stablei at Mr. Jones, his trainer, at l'restbury, near Cheltenham—with one or two exceptions the prices were bw ; we subjoin au abstract of the sale : BROOD MAIM Fanny Leigh, by Castrel, sold for - Palatine, by Fllho da Puta . - Sylph, by Spectre - - ■ORAL/ IN TRAINING. Thonigrore. by Smolensk°. 3 yrs. old - Mosquito, by Master Henry, 5 yrs - IKrat, by Spectre out of Fanny Letb, 2 yrs FOALS. Chesnut filly, by Reveller, out of Fanny Leigh Bey filly, by Reveller, out of Palatine Bay Ally, by blaster Henry, out of Sylph - A yearlng colt, by Cbearipignon, out of Sylph - Harry, a stallion, by Sir Harry, aged : Total Mr. Bearthworth was the Auctioneer. a.. • 138 • NO - - 521 - Ls - it; - Iss 70 4.; R► 9' , - 73 - 1340 COURT FOR RELIEF OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS. The Matters of the Petitions and Schedules of the Prisoners herein after named (the same hawing been filed in the Court) are appointed to be heard at the Court-house, in Portugal -street, Lincoln's Inn fields, on Monday, Jan. 10, at nine in the forenoon. Hector Maclean, late of No. 5, Dobson Terrace, Nes -wreet, Ne% too, out of business. William Skeggs r jun. late of Chigwell.row. Chigwell, Essex, tailor. Robert Rose, late of Kenilworth, Warwickshire, grocer and tca dealer. Jobir Pearson, late of blytholm, near Halifax, Yorkshire, fellitionger. Ratty Jefferys, late of Chiswick, labourer. Alexander Donll, late of 6, • New Millman-streer, Grr , „rt Guildford. street, Russell-square, auctioneer, dtc. Wm. Williams, late of Pillgwcnlly, near Newport, Monmouthshire, out of employment. John Gardner, late of Whitcfriars'.lane, Coventry, ribbon-manufac turer. Robert Clarke, late of 10, Church-street, Lambeth butelnr. George Coulson, laic of Pratt-place, Camden Town, out of employ. meet. William Pines, late of Whitton-lane, Twickenham, market gardener. John Whitfield, late of George-street, &epney, coal merchant, out of business. Charles Albemarle Levied, late of Crown -court, Liquorpond-sine., Gray's lnn.lane, gentleman. John Dorsott, the younger, late of Haddenbam, Bucks, licensed twiner. James Wilson, late of Ber4treet, Norwich, at lodgings, out of but.i.,,ss. THE CIVIL LIST.—Sir Robert Shaw has published a letter explanatory of the circumstances under which he receives 8001. a-year from the civil list. His father, he says, purchased the grant, and he receives it merely in the capacity of his father's executor. Now, as the civil list i the property of the public, it would be well to ascertain what are the claims for the continuance of this pension. If (as an Irish contemporary supposes, for the sake of argu • meat), Sir Robert Shaw's father gave seven yca.s' pur chase (a very high rate) for this annuity—that is, a sum of 5,6001.—f0r this outlay or advance it is admitted that the Shaw family have been 30 years receiving a sum of MUM annually, which amounts to 24,0001. It is, II:e;(1,1( , pretty plain (says the authority before alluded to) that the purchaser and his executors made a good hit by this pur chase ; and it is equally clear the public, so far from any thing to Sir Robert Shaw, have a right to claim from him a large sum. MADAME MALI 11 a A N.—A French paper, speaking of Madame Malibran's appearance at the Theatre Italie'', says, " The indisposition of this young and admirable artiste has much augmented the feebleness of her body ; but it has, at the same time, increased the passion and energy of her soul. Madame Malibran displays in all its splendour the double nature of her voice. Hardly do you admire the fulness of her sounds, than you hear her boldly strike those shrill notes for which she is so cele brated, which she afterwards excels by arresting them iu their flight, and by guiding and controlling them when it is believed that she has lost them. But in dramatic talent, the power of expression—it is there, perhaps, that her unique talent is the most extraordinary. Madame Pasta had sci ence and passion ; Madame Pisaroni had energy and soul ; but Madame Malibran combines ingenuity with science, in nocence with passion, modesty with magnanimity, the touching qualities of a virgin with the power and energy of a wife. In short, her performance is beyond all comparison." Ma. O'CONNELL.—The popularity of Mr. O'Connell subjects him to a species of public martyrdom whenever be appears in our streets. The instant his " goodly form" is recognised, he is surrounded by crowds of cheering people. Men, women, and children throng about him, and beaten their cheers and blessings in fervent, though sometimes some what familiar phrase. All this is rather inconvenient, though gratifying, and seems to be felt so occasionally by its honoured object. Yesterday he visited the Register-office, followed by bis usual attendants, and proceeded, after con siderable delay, to the Commercial Buildings, where the quiet news-readers were " frightened from their pro priety by the enthusiastic greeting of the multitude who fol lowed him. A number of gentlemenexpected' his arrival at the Parliamentary Office, but the people continued to accu mulate so rapidly about him, that he was obliged to forego his purposed visit, and proceed to his own house in Mer rion-square, where an immense crowd followed him.— Morning Register. TH E NEW PoLics.—Last niFht the superintendents and inspectors of the respective divisions of the metropolitan po lice force received instructions from the Commissioners to inform the serjeants and privates in their divisions that they must provide lodgings for themselves, as it is the intention of the Police Commissioners to abolish all section-houses, on account of the immense expense of rent. The inhabitants of the extensive parish of Wimslow, in this county, held a meeting last week, for the purpose of considering the propriety of petitioning both Houses of Par liament agaiqpt the present system of tithes. A series of strong resolutions were passed, and petitions founded upon them unanimously agreed to—Cheste► Courant. A destructive fire took place at Sandford, near Crediton. on Wednesday last, on premises &longing to J. Quick, Esq, of Newton-bores, and in the occupation of Mr. Partridg►ce, which it, entirely destroyed, together with the out-buildings. A report was immediately spread in Exeter that it was the work of an incendiary, but we are happy to state that it arose i entirely from an accidental cause.—Western Luminary. MMINIIMI id a,gia ~~