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i P, i , 1 BETTS' PATENT BRAND?, AND OTHER WHOLESOME SPIRITS. TO obviate the difficulty of procuring in small quantities such Spirituous Liquors as Families may confidently rely on being free from deleterious Adulteration, the Advertiser, whose long expe. rience in the Wholesale Department of the Spirit Trade qualifies him to select the finest Articles that can be procured, bas opened an ESTA BLISHMENT (No. 109) in DRURY-L &NE, where, in addition to his wholesale connexion, be undertakes to supply, by retaU,Commoditles only of the purest quality, at the lowest prices at which Articles, war ranted genuine, can possibly be afforded. In pursuance of these principles, the Advertiser congratulates the . Public on the introduction of that exquisite and salutary substitute for COGNAC BRANDY, happily discovered in BETTS' PATENT FRENCH DISTILLED BRANDY, which, by permission of the Patentee, is now offered at these Vaults by the single Galion or up wards, on Distillery terms, vb. les. us IMIIIILLIL GaAs'; with the advantage of delivery is Glass, if required. To prevent deterioration in travelling, basketed stone bailee us provided, at Is ed the gallon, and 22. ed. the two•gallon package. It is a peculiar property of this Brandy, that its delicious flavour is set impaired by dilution : In consequence of which, It Is admirably adapted to the composition of excellent Puna. Retail prke, Is. id. per pint. A sealed bottle (as a sample), Ss. 6d. Half-dozen hampers of Patent Brandy are kept ready packed, One Oita each. A limper of assorted SPirits, containing two bottles of Patent Brandy, two of old Jamaica Rum, and two of Cream Gin, only ma, package included. Orders by Post (paid), or by Carrier, punctually executed. Fos Rxeor Mousy mum. HENRY BRETT, Wine and Spirit Merchant, No. 109, DRURY-LANE, LONDON. PUBLIC NOTICE. IN consequence of the very increasing demand for DAY and MARTIN'S BLACKING, the Proprietors have erected a Manufactory on so extended • scale, that they will be enabled to execute all orders for Foreign or Home Consumption at a day's notice sod, to secure the Public from impoaltion, an Engraving of the New Building will appear on the Label . la May, 1830. 97e1Higb Holborn. GRAVEL, STONE, LUMBAGO, &c. lIICK \ lAN'S PILLS have been long approved for the .11. relief of affections of the Kidnies and Bladder, which are at tended with the formation of Gravel. Calculus, and those pains of the Back and Loins which accompany these affections: they allay the pain, neutralise the acid which is the means of forming the concretion, and are found to succeed when most remedies of the kind have alto gether failed. Sold In boxes, at ta. oi. and I Is. by Messrs. BUTLER, Chemists, Cheapside, corner of St. Paul's; Savory and Co. 136, New Bond street, and 220, Regent-street; Odling, 26, Oxford-street; Bayley and Co. 17, Cockspur-street; Windus, 61, Bishopsgate Without; Chalk, 47, blinories ; Easum, 27. Aldgate ; Odling, 159, Borough ; awl at Lockyer's Magnesia Warehouse, 237, Tottenham Court-road. Of whom may be had, BUTLER'S IMPROVED ISSUE PLAISTERS. These Plaisten will be found superior to any others heretofore offered to the Public : It is therefore particularly requested that pur chasers will be careful in inquiring for " Butler's Issue Plaisters," and to observe their name on the Government Stamp. In boxes, at Is. PRICE AND GOSNELL'S PERFUMERY. HAVING the decided preference over every other, they respectfully recommend to the Nobility and Oentry t he most fashionable, and chiefly in demand, of which they are either the Pro. prietors, sole Agents, or Importers, viz : JEAN DEVEREAUX'S ICALYDOR LOTION, preserves the skin and complexion in pure whiteness, and healthy bloom, against every assailment of time, climate, and defect. It eradicates all erup tions, tan, sun-burn, or redness : imparts to the face a roseate bloom, and sustains the attractions of loveliness and beauty, to a remote pe riod of life ; gives immediate and soothing relief In cases of parched skin, stings of insects, or any inflammation; it allays the smarting ofthe skin, producing a delightful and pleasing coolness, truly comfortable and refreshing, sod thus prevents awe disorders which disorganise the beauty of the female countenance; it imparts a match. less and pleasing appearance to the complexion, preserving firmly t►e facinations of loveliness, and guarding them against decay to the re• molest period of life. Devereaux s Xalydor is patrooised by her Majesty, and all the female nobility of England, and recommended by most eminent physicians. Price Is. or a large bottle containing two small ones, 10s. 6d. each. Sample bottles, Its. 6d. each. g:r Joan Devereaux cautions the public against spurious tanitadoss of this excellent and unequalled cosmetic, as impostors vend counter feits of deleterious and noxious qualities, styling their trash "Kalydor." The genuine Kalydor is prepared solely by Jean Devereaux, and sold in London only by Messrs. Price and Gomel!, Perfumers to the Royal Family, 160, Regent-street (the sole proprietors of Mons Jean De vereaux's French Perfumery). And every bottle not bearing his sig nature on the label is a gross imposition and cheat. " Envy does merit as its shade pursue, And like the shadow, proves the substance true." BEARS' GRE ASIL—The Ladies are assured that W. ATKIN. SON'S BEARS' GREASE is an elegant article for dressing the flair, giving great strength to the curl, making it beautifully soft and gioiay, and being delightfully perfumed with the Otto of Roses, is much preferable to the Hulls Antique, &r. particularly to those who admire the rose perfume. Price 4s. 6d. and ss. per pot. CAUTION.—W. A. having daily complaints from Ladies and Gentlemen of being deceived by purchasing Bears Grease, which the venders say is of his importation, be begs respectfully to Inform the Public, that the gen u in e i s enclo sed in a wrapper, with his signa ler' as well as the address of his Wholesal e A gen t s , M essrs . P r i ce and Gosnell, Perfumers to his Majesty, 160, Regent-str ee t, t o w hi c h also is attached the certificate of Messrs. Norrie and Nottingham, the Custom House Agents, W. A. humbly requests that his Friends and the Pablie will be particular in attending to this caution, and to ask for " W. Atkin son's Bears' Grease," as there are a number of third rate Hair Dressers, of suspicious credit, who sell a counterfeit. sumo under the name of Thomas, James, &e. instead of William ; others Atkins aul Company, Atkins and Son, ace. instead of Atkinson. The genuine can only be had in London, at 160, Regent-street, and 14, 'lines King -court, Lombard .street. Also the following articles for the TOILET: WM. ATKI NSON'S VEGETABLE DYE changes grey or red hair on the head or whiskers to a permanent brown or black- ft. and 10-a. 6d. per bottle. WM. A'FK I NSON'S DEPI LATOR Y. for removing superlsous hair in a few ntinutes, from the face, neck, or arms. Ss. per box. WM. ATKINSON'S BROWN WINDSOR SOAP is a great beautifier and softener of the akin, and is particularly recommended for she nursery, or where a mild soap is required, It being an emollient as a simple compound of almonds. Packages of six squares, fld. equal to most fancy soaps sold at 6s. WM. ATKINSON'S CURLING FLUID, or VEGETATIVE HAIR OIL, used by the Nobility and Gentry for many years, stands be 7024 comparison for giving the halt a beautiful gloss in dressing, and for keeping it in earl, in elbrelse, or In damp weat h er. Pries U. 641. Ts. 6d. and 10a. 6d. per bottle. C AUTION..—WILLIA Id ATKINSON is no relation of. nor has he any connexion whatever with, any retail shopkeepers of the same name : his celebrated Articles of Perfumery are sold in London only by his wholesale Agents, Messrs. Price and Gowen, Perfumers by Appointment to the Loyal Family,l6o, Regent-street, and 12, Three King -court, Lombard -street, who, to guard the Public against imposi tion, have, at a very great expense, affixed to the label on the outside of each genuine article, an address stamp, of extreme dUSculty of taseution, resembling a Government stamp, having In its centre the Words " 160, Regent-street, and No. 12, Three King-court, Lombard street ;" also underneath, the signature of " Price and Gauen," to counterfeit which is felony. The genuine can alays be depended upon lu Birmingham, at Mr. Tateham's Perfume r , Temple row ; and in London, at Use Fs tAlishments of Messrs. Price and Gosnell, Perfumers to the Royal Family, 160, Regent-street, and 12, Three King -court, Lombard weft; and of their Agents in the Cities and Towns of &Were. ALMOND SOAP, for Quipped Inds, acc.--*DEVEREAUX's VALENTIA ALMOND OIL ♦ SOAP is reconallWaded to Ladies gar softening the kin, and maids' 'it beautifully white, however i Nured or discoloured by inclement weather, neglect, (suds@ wee of Alkaline Soaps, &c. Sold in London only, by Messrs. Price and Qosaell, Perfumers to the Royal Family, No. 160, Regent -street, and ° IS, Three King-court, Lombard-street (the sob, Proprietors of 'eul De eeeeee x's French Perfumery), price la. 6d. per square, co w Lnlessle 12s. per dozen.--N. B. Prepared In cakes of various situi for 't o yi ng. rT Ask for " Deveressmes Wiwi& Illanood Oil Soap," as there are counterfeits injurious to the skin sold under the name of " AL I tend Soap." 1 1 sl ti 91 t. t. 14 a it 1 1 b N°. 13,638. TUES"AV FVENING, NOV. 23, 1830. PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. 1 Abttract of a Bill to declare in what roes the Possessions of etliain Charitable Institutions shall be liable to the payment of Rates for In. cal purposes. The Preamble seta forth that doubts as to the legality of assessing Charitable Institutions.fer local purposes have arisen. Clause I, therefore enacts that Hospitals, Houses, &c. of Chari.able Institutions of Royal foundation, used only for.patients, shall be ex empted from parish assessments. 11. This Act not to extend to houses, &c. not actually occupied by patients, nor to houses of Governors, &c. 111. This Act to extend only to such Hospitals, Institutions, &e. In England as shall have been or shall be founded ui endowed by some grant, charter, or letters patent of some King or Queen of England or of Great Britain, or of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ; and shall extend to any such Hospital or Institution although the same may be increased, supported, or assisted by any other funds or revenues besides those with which the same may be so endowed by such grant, charter, or letters patent, or by any other means whatever. LAW TERM& Abstract of a Bill to amend an Act of the last Session for the better ad ministration of Justice, so far as relates to the Resoign and General Return Days of each Term, and to substitute other Provisions in lieu thereof, and to declare the Law with regard to the Duration of the Terms in certain cases. Clause I. Enacts the Repeal of the Provision in the former Actin, relation to appointment or duration of Terms. 11. All original writs to be issued out of Chancery, and made re turnable before any of his Majesty's Courts of King's Bench, Common Pleas, or Exchequer, may be made returnable on the third day before the commencement of each Term, or on any day, not being Sunday, between that day and the third day before the last day of the Term ; and the day for appearance shall as heretofore be the third day after such return. 111. In case the day of the month on which. any Tenn according to the Act is to end,shall fall to be on a Sunday, then the Monday nextafter such day shall be deemed to be:the last day of the Tenn ; and in ease any of the days between the Thursday before and the Wednesday next after Easter shall fall within Easter Term, then such days shall be deemed to be a part of such Term, although there shall be no sittings in bane on any of such intervening days. PRICE 7D. smooth chin and a %of: t kin , were in their opinion fit only for women ; they were men, and rewired to look like men. They held the law.' in ornament to the man, b.diet•irg that N:uur.• to adorn 1.1, by it, am she gave ilie mine as an ornament m nobles of beasts, the horse aid the lion." Nearct.us informs us, that the 1-dia..s daub ;heir beards with scveral sorts of colours, insomuch that son.: of diem appear white, others black, some red, some purple, and others green." --A mai Atell Ik:di in Hist. ch. Ili. viii. 9, 22, tills us that they never shave. DtODORI'", ' iv. 6, assures us that they received this custom from Bacchus, whom they called the bearded deity. St taco, xv. p. 1023, gives precisely the ►ame account as Arrian. PLUTARCH, in his life of " Theseus," intones us that Alexander ordered hie '3lactfflonian troops to shave their beanie, these being a ready handle in battle. -4, Anson; the Catti, a nation of Germany, '• they encourage the growth of their hair and beard ; nor will any one, till be has slain au enemy, direst lajmaelf of that excrescence, which by a solemn vow he has de. voted to heroic virtue. Over the blood and spoils of the vanquished, the face of the warrior is, for the first time displayed. The C.ettian then exults ; he has now answered the true end of his being, a id has proved himself worthy of his parents and his country. The sluggard conti tinues shorn, with the uncouth honor of his visage growing wilder to the close of his days." Tacrrus, Germany, xxxi. To bind themselves by a solemn vow, not to clip their hair or beard till they had accomplished their revenge, was usual among barbarians. Upon this principle, Civilis, the Batavian Chief, curtails his hair and beard as soon as he bad performed his promise. See TACITOS, Hire iv. 61. litmus, in his note on that passage, men►ions from the History of the Langobards, six thousand Saxons, who survived the slaughter of their countrymen, and bound themselves by a solemn vow, neither to shave their beard nor cut their hair, till they had revenged themselves on the Suevian nation. This practice was known to Sums ITALicus : " Occumbit Barmen, , &ram qui poncre victor Cassarien, erinemque tibi, Oradive, vovcbat Auro certantetn, ut rutiluut sub verde. nodum." Ball. Punic. iv. 200. See also STIADA, De Bel. Delidoo, vii. p. 3.30, and GROTIUS, Awl. ti. p. 40. The Britons, in the time of Caesar, " shaved all the rest of the body except the head and upper lip" B. C. v. 10. The Jews wore their beards very long, as we may see in 2 Sam. a. 4 ; and the deprivation of it, was one of their punishments. It was the custom for particular friends to salute each other, by kissing the beard. Augustus " would sometimes clip, and sometimes shave his beard ; and during the operation, would be either reading or writing." SUIT. 79. Julius Caesar was " so nice in the care of his person, that he had not only the hair of his head cut, and his face shaved with great exact bat likewise had th e hair on other parts of his body plucked out by the roots. SuitT. 43. This mark of virility is held in the highest veneration by the Ori. soak TIREVEXOT, 1. 67, says, the Turks greatly esteem a man who law a fine beard ; that It is a great affront to take one by his beard, Eden to kiss it, and that they swear by the beard. D'Aa vrieux, 11. 114, gives a remarkable instance of an Arab, who, having received a wound In his jaw ' chose to hazard his life, rather than suffer 111:=4 to remove his beard. blauxnaut. gives the following :71="of the manner in which beards are perfumed in the East I—. comes the finishing part of your entertainment ; which is perfuming the beards of the company ; a ceremony which is performed In this manner. They have for this purpose a small silver chaffing dish, covered with a lid, full of holes, and fixed upon a handsome In this they put some flesh coal's, and upon them a piece of n aloes, and then shutting it up, the smoke flame d y ascends with a grateful odor, through the holes of e ln the cover. It is held under every one's chin, and offered, as it were, a sacrifice to his beard. The bristly idol soon perceives fhe re verence done to it, and so greedily takes in, and incorporates the gum my steam, that it retains the savor of it, and may serve for a nosegay a good while after."—Journey, March 13. The beard was sometimes used in the 16th century as a tooth-pick came I The celebrated Admiral Coligny always wore his tooth-pick in his mouth, his ear, or his beard, whence the Italians used to say, Die mei guards del mused e ekes del aleiregfick An old historian thus satirizes the various beards of his age : " Some are shaven from the chin lyke those of the Turks'; not a few cut short like the beard of the Marques Otto; some made round like a rubbing brush, others with a pique devan ; oh, fine fashion ! others being suf fered to grow long; the barbers being grown as cunnjnge in this be hal* as the taylouss ; and therefore if a man have a leant and straight face, a Marquis Utton's cut will make it broad and large; if it be platter-like, a long slender beard will make it seem the narrower; if he be weasel-beaked, then so much haire left on the cheekes, will make the owner look big, like a bowdled hen , and so grymme as a goose."— Mammon's Description 9f Brittritie, p. 172. The growth of beards was regulated by statute at Lincoln's Inn, in the time of Elisabeth.—Prieto Slim "It was ordered, th a t no f e ll ow of that house should wear a bard above a fortnight's growth."— Bigig. Hosp. Line. iv. f. 346. Transgression was punished with fine, loss of commons, and finally expulsion. But fashion prevailed, and in Nov. the following year all previous orders touching beards were repealed.—See Ificuous'a Prop. of Elie. an. 1562. p. 26. " His fair large front and eye sublime declar'd Absolute :tale; and hyacinthine locks Round from his parted forelock manly hung aust'ring, but not beneath his shoulders broad." Par. Led, iv. 300. " Slashing BaNTLEY," in a note on the above passage, is surprised that Milton should not have described Adam's beard. Bishop Now- TOW thinks it was because the painter never represent Adam with one. FIZLNONT, however, gravely asserts, that Adam was treated a hand. someyoung man, without a beard t but that his face was afterwards degraded with ha ir, like the beasts, for his disobedience ; and that Eve, Mug less guilty, was permitted to retain her smooth face. There are, however, many recorded instances of bearded women : I subjoin a few. 4 , You oad be women, and yet your beards forbid me to interpret that you ass so."—Stiaxsissanz. Whenever any public calamity was impending over the Pedasenses, a people who inhabited the country above Hallearnassus, the chin of the priestess of Minerva budded with a huge beard. This is slid to have occurred no less than twice or thrice. See HEIODIANITS 1. 171, viii. 104. HIPPOCRATIS has preserved, in his sixth book, the names of two bearded fair, in whom this masculine attrit.ute was no obstacle to matrimony : Phattusa, the wife of Pythias of Abdera, and Hamysia, the wife of Gorgippus of Thasos. " There is a female saint, whom the Jesuit Santel, in his Annus Saar Pooticta, has celebrated for her beard—a mark of divine favour bestowed upon her for her prayers." SOUTHEY's OlSSliiiiii, ii. 54. 'Sculls:nos, in ins Observations. Modica, notes that at Paris, in his own days, there was a woman ~ with a black mustachio of a just size, whose chin was also indifferent hairy." Balm r.a. in his Anthroporiarlonsorphosis, affimis, that there is " a mountain its Ethiopia, near the Red Sea, where women live with prolix beards." " December 21, 1688. Went into Holborne, and there saw the wo. man that is to be seen with a beard. She is a little plain Iwo. man, a Dane ; her name, Ursula Dyan ; about forty years old; her voice like a little Aires I with a beard as much as any man I ever saw, black almost and grisly : it began to grow at KWIC years old, and was shaved set above seven months ego, and is now so big as soy man's almost that ever I saw s I say, bushy and thick. It was a strange sight' to me, I coofess, and what pleased the mightily." Piers's Diarp. to. V2l. i Philelphus had ones a diem, awl the goatadty ef a syllable with one Timetheus, and it was agreed Isstweso &in that Phikpinits, if convicted of being in dN *Mil Abdul bilk a midi of money ; bat that finicheao, if mistabani dumb We kb hal ash ea Phi. lelphus west:mistier and was imembide. The vangsbboil would have compound e d fora aim; but wa. alligal to soli alto all ha his beard BsLoe's Aktliki•B of Li/mature, iv. 40. J. J. W. THE TURF. TA TTERSALLTS—Yzirs WAY. An exceedingly dull day, and few beta made calculated to have any serious influence on the odds. Caleb has been MA NI •or 2091 a.l I stands a shade h4ther than in our last quotation. Paitille is also in great demand. Lord Exeter's horse Bohemian has rer-:cleci a point or two, and is not in any request. The rest ou befute. The clo,ing prices more as undo : 111E1IST. 14 to I apt Mr. Chifney's Caleb (15 to i taken) 16 to 1 Mr. Eleardswortles Co!wick 16 to 1 ---- Lord Jersey's Cobweb 17 to 1 Lord F.reter's Bohemian 18 to 1 Lord Sligo's Bras.de-Fer 18 to I Lo►d Jersey's Sunder 20 to I Lord Exeter's Halmos 15 to I Duke of Grafton'. Pastille 25 to 1 Lord Jersey's Fillagree 30 to I Sir J. Shelley's Cressida 30 to 1 Colonel Udny's Antiope 6000 to 100 Mr. Petre's Rattier (taken) Rattler and Mortimer each ag•t the Odd Trick (or 500. OAES. Circassian was backed at 6 to 4 several times, and was about as gooi to Oxygen ; the last offers were stol oa the field. • Colonel King repeats his challenge to run Bessy Bedlam for 300 each, against any horse or mare In England one mile, in the York A gut or Delimitate, Slatting. The horse to carry 7st. 711,. dt.d tiie marr 7st. 41b. or, n ; horse that wit! give the year. r)* , # r xAara4/4 THE ARMY. The Dublin Everting Post of ilitiurday, in its leading article, states, that transports full of troops sailed on Friday with sealed orders. We can state that no troops were on board, and the transports are destined for Plymouth—they have been some time at Cork to convey the 09th to Barbadoes, whose destination is altered, and are to remain on the Irish establishment ; they are now stationed at Cork, a superior fine body of men, and remarkably well conducted. The sentence of the Court Martial recently held on Patrick Lamb, of the 47th Regiment, was, that he should be shot, but having recom mended him, from bis youth and contrition, to the gracious considers tion of his Majesty, the sentence has been commuted to transportation, as a felon, for life.—Hampstrirr Telegraph. The Reserve Companies of the 90th Light Infantry marched this morning from Gosport to Chichester. The 3cl Dorms were to reach that city also to-day from Weymouth.—ilonspidre Tekgrapt, Saturday. At seven o'clock on Saturday morning, two troops of the Life Guards mustered at the Barracks at Knightsbridge, and marched on route to Dorking, where they were quartered fur the night. Yesterday they were to proceed on their march to the various pans of Sussex, where thistly turbances are at its greatest height. From the Limerick Chronic* of Wednesday. To-morrow, the 56th and 74th bpd-quarters will change stations— the former to the Castle and Square Barracks, and the latter to the New Barracks. This morning, the following detachments left this garrison ea their route : To Csabel—Two companies bath regiment, Major Gunn, Captains Vicars and Eden, Ensigns Wybrow, Strachey, and Assistant-Surgeon Bradford. -- To Tipperary—One company 66th, Capt. Ho'puke and Lt. Inc.. To One company 66th, Capt. Higgins and Ensign Wood. gate. To Newcutle--One company 74th, Capt. Burnett and Lieutenant Pocock. To Bruff—One company 74th, Lieut. Campbell, and Ensigns Fraser and Grant. Yesterday. Lieutenant Binney and • party of the 47th, returned to this garrison from Glanasheen, which has been given up as a mili tary post. The detachments of the 74th at Cashel, 13ruff, Tipperary, and New castle, are ordered to this garrison with the following officers—Captains Anse% Moulin, Harold, and Campbell; Ensigns Ansell, Hutch inso n, Thompson, and Horton. 1 Major Gunn, 56th, commands the posts at Cashel, Fethard, and Tip perary. An order has been received to withdraw the military guard from the excise stores in this city. In future they are to be protected by two nightly watchmen. Hobert Ditton, • private in the 74th regiment in the Castle Barracks, received 500 lashes on Monday morning lam, pursuant to sentence of garrison court martial, for violent and mutinous conduct at Cashel last month, and attempting to strike his superiors in rank. He suffered the' dreadful flagellation without moan or complaint, and this punishment' makes a summary of 1,300 lashes inflicted on him while in the 74th..—. He is considered a good soldier in every respect, but for an unfortunate partiality to spirituous liquors. Sunday evening, 20 of the 60th, under Lieut. Briggs, arrived hers from Templemore, for ammunition. The 87th Fuaileers have arrived at Plymouth, its the Innisfail steamer from Newry. The depot of the 12th regiment were inspected at Derry, by Major- General Gardiner, on Tuesday, who expressed himself highly pleased with their appearance snd interior arrangements. The General dined with the offiars, and left next morning for Belfast. The reserve companies of the 12th minion marched from London derry on Wednesday, far Mullingar. 4 PEW WORDS ON BEARDS. " He that bath aboard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man."—Sakisircsas. During the early ages of the Commonwealth, the Romans allowed their hair and beards to pow, merely clipping them occasionally, as washy required., The custom of shaving was not introduced till about the year of the city 464, when one P. T. Manes first brought barbers from Sicily. See Lure, v. 41. PLUM, vii. 59. The beard was kept close shaved until the time of Hadrian, who, to hide some exclemenees on his chin, revived the habit of wearing the beard; this custom, how. ever, soon fell Into disuetude, and was newer afterwards resorted to, n. cept in time of mourning. See tirsaytax. Adrian, 26, Ltvir, vi. 16, SUET. Jul. 67—Ars. 23—Cal. 24. The Greeks, on the contrary, in grief, cut their hair and shaved their beard. bee fizaritca. Bose. v. G., PLUTARCH. ix Pelopid. ei Ales. sod, Brox. EWA. 1. 81. . _ The day on which young men first began to shave was held as a fes tival, and presents were sent to them by their friends. See Jo•ZXAL, iii.lB7, MARTIAL. iii. 6. The fint clippings of the beard were preserved with much care, and conaecnued to some divinity. See Per mow. N. Thus Nero " shaved his beard for the first time, and putting it up in a golden box, adorned wich pearls of great price, he consecrated it to Jupiter Capitolinus." &TIT. WCU boown OW 11016 T. lvf. 1.3. 133,11.3. 36, Art Port 297), that the Anoka philosophers alloweAtheir beards to grow ; nut Mart through alfectotioa bat from . indiffenmee; in time t bowrrer, they pceserved them as a mark of gravity and wisdom, end a long beard berm" aseareatial an appendage to phllearphk dignity, that Lactsw asentioas one of them, who, being a eandidate for a prefeasee emir. ass coosidared !wimples( to MI it Go oecount of the scantiness of she honours of his chin. Tito some witty and sarcastic anther observes is his " Cynic," that " it would bare bean as easy to bad a lion without a mane, as one of the heroes of antiquity, that had shaved his beard. A i \ ~/\ _ n : : THE CITY OF ANTWERP. This ancient and important City, which has suffered so rertrely tee the folliesand crimes of strangers and - foreigners, is situate on the eave.n side of the Scheldt, which kat its quays of sufficient depth to allow ship, of the largest burthen to discharge their cargos. Shortly after the ti cline of the trade of Bruges, in the fifteenth centug, Antwerp, fro.ll being the place in which the En g li s h met chants fined tdeir staple, ruse into an much iniportante tort its initaldtsnts wzre *palpated at one irurdred thousand, and it was ci.nsidsred me. of me first commercial cities in Europe. At the 'mien of the United Provinces its trade berate however, to decline, add the w.l which desolated Flanders, and the consequent insecurity of commeret • I I property, drove much of its trade to Amsterdam, or fore.sl its peop..• of wealth to take refuge in various parts of Holland. The clewing i s of the Scheldt completed its commercial ruin, and the few inhabitants I who remained turned their attention to the manufacture of jewellery and lace. During the two last centuries Antwerp had its full share of the vicissitudes of the Low Countries. After the battle if it sur rendered to Marlborough, was subsequently taken by the French. and re*. tored to the Austrians by the treaty of Aix.la-Chapelle. In the reeolu timely wars it was twice taken by the French, and remained in I their possession until the termination of the Government of 11u:s -pate. One of the first acts of the conquerors was to cleat away the impediments raised by the Dutch to the safe na v i gat i on o f t h e S c h e i d ,. and to declare Antwerp a free port for the future. This project was I followed up by the erection of extensive docks, and by making it a naval arsenal of the first importance. The works for that purpos • wete carried on with great vigour for years, and a basin was cenrtructed capable of containing forty ships of the line, notwithstanding the at tempts of the English to des.roy them in 1809 and 1814 The last attack was made when the celebrated Carnot wits Governor, and the docks then suffered severely ; but they have since been thoroughly re. paired. Antwerp is governed by two Burgomasters anti 18 Scheeler, regularly selected out of seven noble families. All persons horn within its walls me freemen, no matte, where may have been the birth-piste.' of the parents. The city is nearly • semi -circular, of about seven milt • round, and is defended by the citadel, which was first erected by the Duke of Alva to overawe the inhabitants, and which now, by a strange fatality hu been made the insuument of the destruction of the fairest portion of its buildings. The whole appearance of the city before this catastrophe afforded evidence of its former splendour. Many instances of its great wealth are recorded, and among others, it is said, that when Charles V. once dined with one of the Burgomasters. Its ' host after dinner threw into the fire a bond Mr two millions ducats, the security for a loan to that Monarch, saving at to e same time, he was more than repaid by the honour of being r. mined to entertainsh. ' is Sovereign. The most r e m ar k a bl e o f t h e sir, is 'is the Place de Hee said to be unequalled by an y i n E urope for its length, breadth, and the extraordinary sumptuousness of todi houses. The eye of taste is offended here, as elsewhere, however, by the incongruous mixture of palaces and hovels-- the noble and the me chanic frequently. inhabkine adjoin np }mows T. • - • • areas and raised footpaths are also serious biemishes in the ey. s of the English visitors. rite quays have a noble appearance. and heir ; ; thickly planted with trees, form the favourite promenade. The Retrepot destroyed by fire was placed near the basins. It was a squere 230 feet long each way, and on its middle story there were once 3011 Incigitt;. rooms for the merchants from the Huse Towns, who deposited their merchandise in the building. The Town Hall, which has ruff:r-1 much from the fire of the citadel, is a spacious building, 250 feet long, having its front adorned with statues. It contains a public library, and a celebrated collection of paintings, which have fortunate:y escaped without injury The Royal Palace, in the Place de Met, (we e th e rest densof Napoleon, has also some fine paintings ; and the Exchange, al though now a mean stsucture, has served as a model for those et Am. sterdam and London. The Cathedral, which, although struck with se veral balls, seems not to have received any material injury, is one of the most magnificent on the Continent. It is SOO feet long, 230 wide, and 3611 high, and occupied 96 years in the erection. The spire is 468 feet in height ; and, according to the origi tad plan, another of equal di mensions was to have been erected on the other side of the great en irance. It was carried up to a certain height, and discontinued ; but it is theught that the defect adds much to the simple grandeur of that which was completed. The gallery to the summit of the tower is ate tained by an ascent ef 622 steps, and commands a fine prospect. The Cathedral contains many fine paintings by Ruben*, and among them the taking our Savioua from the Cross, which is justly considered his master-piece. Outside its walls is the tomb of the famous Quinten Hats s, originally a blacksmith, but who, on being refused the (latish. ter of Flom, the painter, till be had proved himself a painter also, la boured with incessant assiduity till he had overcome the old man's scruples, and ultimately surpassed him in bis favourite art. Near the tomb is a pump, the iron work of which is said to have been wrought by Matsys before this tranfoemation. The Church of St. James con tains the tomb of Rubens, and the Church of St. Paul has some tine paintings of Ruben, and Vandyke, who were both born at Antwerp. .ac the Academy of Fine Arts, upwards of one thouaand students received gratuitous instruction in Painting and the Arts. Public exhibitions were held of their works at Antwerp, Brawls and Ohent , and prises distributed to the successful candidates, who se works were generally purchased by the cities to which the victors belonged, to be lodged in their public collections as rewards to them, and excitement to others.— Antwerp is the native plisse of Tony ers, Snyders, Jordaens, and several other Artists. It is about twenty.five B glish miles from Brussels, and contained, at the 11111.11111wiment of the Insurrection, NU 66,000 inhabitants. In etimars, homer, with all 'dm places in Belgium, it must suffer a lamentable lining off it population and trade, from the events of which it is new made the theatre; and if, as it is to be ap. prehended. the Duni take back their right of trading to their Wanks, Antwerp must once more dwindle into a third ee fourth rate manufac. kiting town. During the discussion in the House of Lords last week several . Peeresses were present. On Monday_ evening her Griot t h e Dowager Duchess of Richmond was in the House, to bear the reserh of the Lord Chancellor. on opening the regency question ; on the suc ceeding night Lady Holland sat in the pante place, to hear the Duk ofe Wellington's announcement of his resignation. The Queen, it is said, has expressed he r d e t erm i nat i on to pay, nut of he r annual allowance by Pulisment, the entire expense I consequent upon the repairs sod alterations which are intended to be 'made in the Palace at Bushy Park, of which her Majesty has bees ap pointed by the King Ranger for life. We understand, from good authority, that on his Majesty explaining to Lied Grey the purport for which be sent for his en Tuesday last, his Lordship candidly informed the King it was not in his power to serve him, sateen three points were previously Ted Wit"— via. Parliamentary reform. —efoctnal retrenchment in the pu lit caw diture—and the preservation of an honourable peace. The King not only Instantly agreed to the whole, but added him opinion that the dine was arrived when it was expedient that a reform in the representation of the people should take place.—Nerr s. We regret to state that Lord Milton, bending beneath the dreadful weight of his domestic affliction, has retired from the repre sentation of ibis city in Parliament, by accepting the Chiltern Hun. deeds. Mr Fasakerley, it is stated, is likely to sneered Lord Milton in the representation of this city.—Peterborough Casette. Mr. Brougham (the new Lord Chancellor) will be created Baron Brougham and Vaux, of Brougham, in the county of West. moreland. Vans.* we understand, an old baron w hich Mr. &mtg. ham's haioalways laid claim to, though t hey have never pro. ceeded to establish *the title. Me. Broiigham, at t e request of his friends, will retain his name, and btr m galled , Lied Broughton, the Vaux being added by way of roust:and saving his right. General Bourrnent, who commanded the French expedi-; lion against Algiers, tem ber with -blithest ems, all very pivriniehig youth'', are living at liiiitpreesd. The Ouseral luit hod trams' terviews with certain enernbeet of the latvaditinietvation 'foie his as. rival I. )gland. He nal takes, far s perio,d,Outses•M which w lie will *ni nta tn 7 ot a r." r ale em 4.--C a chu it ti r m e : r t EiitWeb: at as estate wi e lith • liont.,1 is tee 1; belonged to the family of Famine , hut lotion dos poverty at the ki ng of Naples. The Duke de Blame, who was charged with this nesocia. doe, has just concluded it. lit is is contemplation to St op she man sion fur the ex-King. 1 • •, ~,} t. •