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- • 1 11 " r 7 1 ; . 1 t ., g • 4: g 4- • • "0 Z• • • -• • . rAt • 41411.0 • ;jos) 66Clib ' t f • O. t; t 4 .. , 14 .9r...411 O IL 40 , I 4 a • - - - - - • WEDNESDAY ; AUGUSTI3. 1823. ti m BER I l 384 ]. [ Pic cc R SEVEN-14;NC); SOCI ETt for the DISPH AB GRand RELIEFof PERSONS IMPRISONED for SMALL DEBTS. Craven-street, Sound, August 6, 1823. BENEFACTIONS SINCE THE LAST RE PORT, viz. X. s. Is. The Executors of Henry Fryer, Esq. deceas e d - 100 0 0 au .. 0. Waddington, per cocks and Co. - 2 2 0 Frederick 3Janaing, EN. per Secretary - An. 2 2 0 J,44 C. W. Wynn, per Hammersley and Co. - 5 0 0 31r. 'Winter, per ditto . - - A. 22 0 lames Williamson, Esq. . - 2 2 0 William Dawson, Esq. - - A. 2 2 0 The Hon. and Dm 11. C. Cost - A. 2 2 0 ab. Crarar—a fine at Vauxhall - - 1 1 0 *James Gurry, Esq. - - A. 5 0 0 George Jenner, lisq. per Secretary - A. 2 2 0 Mrs. Surteis - - - A. 1 0 0 Mrs. Ann Barker - - A. 2 0 0. Thomas Lane, Esq. a - A. 2 2 0 Mrs. J. Ilatsell - - 0 10 0 J. CM. per Secretary - - 10 0 0 N. E. - - 1 1 0 From a Poor Mar., upon restoration to health, accord ing to a previous vow Found in the Letter-box PERPETUAL ADVOWSON Ana NEXT PRESENTA TION TO nix RECTORY or WOODHAM WALTERS, • IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX. • TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. ROBINS, (Of Warwick House, Regent-street), At Garraway's Coffee-House, 'Change -alley, Coenhill, rfo-noenow the 14th of August, 1823, at T we l ve o 'Cl oc k, HE PEIWETUAL ADVOWSON and NEXT PRESENTATION to the RECTORY of WOO Dl' A 31 WA LTEtts, situate about six Miles from Chelmsford and two from Alablon, in a fine part of the County of Essex, and about thirty-four Miles from the Metropolis; Con renuic A' ewly-erected substantial Parsonage House, in the style of an Italian Villa, with white Brick, and slated Roof; ooneeniently planned and neatly fitted up, with excellent Damestic Offices;, seated on a Lawn; with a Carriage-drive and a Plantation, Plea sure Grounds and dry gravelled Walks; a good Kitchen Garden, and about _ -- . - REDUCED. FARES, - . . AND UNEQUALLED TRAVELLING TO DOVER, DE A L, RAM RAMSGATE, MARGATE, AND CANTERBURY. • FOUR-INSIDE COACHES, AND KEEP GOOD TIME, BY S. A. MOUNTAIN' AND Co. SARA CEN'S HEAD INN, SKI NNER,STREET. SNOW HI LL, LONDON. T HE following Light Post-Coaches and Mai/s, &c. set.out from the above. Inn ; The TF:LEG RA PH, Dover, Deal, Ramsgate, Mar gate , Broadstairs, Canterbury, Faversham, and Sandwich, new supe rior. fast Coach, every morning at a quarter past seven o'clock. In consequence of the decided preference given to the lelr gnaph Coach, the Proprietorsare determined no expense shall be spared to render it the first conveyance on the Kent road. BROMPTON, Chatham, Rochester, Gravesend, Stroud, Sit dngboutne, Rainham, and Ospringe, morning at a quarter past seven, at Reduced Fares. The ROYAL ECLIPSE, Falmouth, Plymouth, Exeter, Truro, Bodtuin, Penryn, Ashburton, Totnegs, Weymouth, Dor chester, Dartmouth, and Salisbury, every Morning at Seven ; through Honitoti Axminster, Bridport, 131 an df or d, S toc kb r id ge Sutton, Basingstoke, Hartford Bridge, Blackwater, and Bagshot. The only-Day Coach to W eymout h (driven throngh with two. Coachmen only), through Bagshot, plackwater, Basingstoke, Overton, Whitchurch, Andover, Woodyeats, Fashmore, Salis bury, Iflandford, and Dorchester, ut a quarter past five o'clock in the morning. Packets front Weymouth to Guernsey, Jersey, Cherburg, St. 'Motors, &c. every Wednesday and Saturday afternoon at two. The UNION, Southampton, Lythington Lyndhurst, Win che:,ter, Basingstoke Hartford Bridge, Blackwater, and Rig shot, new Four In s id e Coach, every morning at eight o'clock ; arrives at the Coach and Horses and Vine Inn, Southampton, by five o'clock. This is a most delightful conveyance to the Isle of Wight, Jersey, Guernsey, St. Motors, Havre de Grace, Cherburg, &c. The Proprietors of the above Coach hope to 'receive a continuance of that support which has hitherto been ex perienced since the commeocement of the " Union." A New Light Day Coach, to DORCHESTER, in fourteen hours only, through Bagshot, Blacknater, Basingstoke, Overton, Whitchurch, Andov er , Salisbury, Woodyeats, Cashmore, and Bland ford, at a quarter past lee o'clock In the morning. —The Proprietors of this Coach are determined no expense shall be spared to render it the first conveyance on the Western Road. BATH and BRISTOL Pon-Coaches, through Chippenbam, Caine, Marlborough, Hungerford, Newbury, and Reading, every afternoon at one • arrive at the Greyhound Inn, Bath, and the London Tavern:Thomas-street, and Swan, Bristol, early , the next morning. Coaches to Wells, Bridgewater, Taunton, and Plymouth, at Reduced Fares. k ANCIENT' IiECORIJS-1-IANDS*-IVRIFLVG. ' I From the Parliamentary RepOrt of Evidence I wed before a Select Committee, in July last, as co the present mode of 4s engrossing" Bills, &c. FE ANC IS Con EN, E-q. examined. • You are a Deputy Cornrhis?ioner for Records?--I What Records?—i am appointed a SA-commi.- siOner for the publicationof the Parliamentary Records: Will you state what kind of writing you find, on a number of years, going two or three centuries back, the easiest read, and the best ?—lt always happened that legal hands have been somewhat older than the hands of the time ; what we call the ancient Gothic hands, in %shirt) the Records are written %with various `itlithteviations, is in fact derived from the Roman no tarial hand, and is much older, in point of origin, than the. Records themselves; and there is always a marked distinction between *gal hands and what 'may be called monastic hands. There may be some confusion now and then, for many of the churchmen were lawyers; but still there is always a distinction be tween recoaJs and documents which may be supposed to have been written in a monastery for common readers. Lawyer; accustoming themselves to prece dent, copy the forms immediately before them, rather than come down into their own time; but there is a certain degree of advantage resulting from this prac tice; a very slight degree of difficult) , will indispose the lawyer to consult the record itself, consequently every habit which trends to make him acquainted with the hand-writing of preceding times wiil facili tate his reference to the records of preced:ng times. You recommend one hand to be constantly kept for records ?—Certainly I should. What hands do you consider the best ; is it that in which the records of Parliament are kept in the Rolls Office, or is it the engrossing hand ?—1 have never seen the modern enrolments in the Rolls Office, but I should concur in the opinion Mr. Bailey has given with regard'to a hand-writing approximating to the hand-writing introduced in the reign of Edward IV. and which is very distinct from any preceding hand, or any in the subsequent times: the only modern rolls I have seen are, the close and patent rolls in Chancery, which are engrossed id the common en grossing hand; but with regard to the Pipe roll's, which are made up now pretty neatly in the - sanse form they were in•the reign of King Stephen, there is a very peculiar hand used in the heading of them, which is a kind of bastard court-hand; it is a very distinct hand. FORTY-TWO ACRES OF GLEBE, With a Barn and Shed With the GREAT and SMALL TITHE of the Park)); The Produce of which, by Composition and the estimated Value, Is nearly SEVEN HUNIMIED POUNDS PER ANNUM. The present Incumbent is Forty-one Tensor Age. PArtieulars may be had of Mr. Benjamin Burchell, the Clerk, at Woodham Walters, who will shew the Parish; at the Inns at Malden ; Griffin, Dutibury ; Black Boy, Saracen's Head, and• Mossrs. lkleggy and Chalk, Chelmsford ; Spread Eagle, Invite- . stone; Whitt Hart, Rbmford; at the Office of the Cambridge Chronicle, Cambridge; the Star, and Mr. Adams, and Oxford Journal, Oxford; of Messrs. Benbow, Alban, and Benbow, So lit.itors, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's Inn; at Garraway's; and of Mr. Robin', N 0.170, Regent -street. . . 52 10 0 5 0 0 £ll9 18 0 Dischargettand relieved from various Prisons 145 Debtors, for the sum of - 256 13 1 Considered the Ca.se_s of - 46 Petitioners, Approved - _ _ Referred for Characters :s Petitions, Rejected - - 12. Benefactions are received by John Camdenld, Esq. the Treasurer, Cte•yne-walk, Chelvea; also by 31t• sr.. I ferries, Far quhar, and Co. St. James's-street ; Messrs. ►Maros, Fleet-street ; Nears. Whitmore and Co. Lombard-street ; Messrs. Cocks, Cocks, Ridge, anti Co. ('haring-crows ; Messrs. Dorrien and Co. Ench-lane, Cornhill ; Messrs. liammersleys, Pall-mall ; Messrs. Veres, Ward, and Co. No. 77, Lonibard-street ; and by Mr. Grasswell, the Secretary,No.7, Craven-street, Strand, where the Books may be seen by those who are inclined to *support this Charity, and where the Society will meet on the first Wednes day in October neet. •11 IIIPORTANT LOTTERY INTELLIGENCE. THE pre,ent GOVERNMENT LOTTERY is for TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PRIZE MONEY, .—contains Three .C 20,000 Prizes, Two .C 10,600 Prizes, 34 wiser Capitals of varlets* denominations, and more Prizes than Blanks.—it is to be drawn on the old regular and approved sys tem, every Ticket singly, each deciding it, own fate and no other. —The ft rst Prize drawn out of the Wheel will receive £lO,OOO extra ; all On- Ticket% are on sale in the opeu Stock l‘larket, not locked up in the bands of Contractors as heretofore,and are lia ble to fluctuation the same as any of the other Covernment Fen* or Zircuritles; of coinse the Price is influenced by the demand, and as the Sale is great beyond precedent, a consi derable Advance is likely 'soon to take place.—An immediate Purchase is the:elate recommended at BISIVS OFFICES, 4. Cornhill, end 9, Mirky-Cross, Where V. 5 Capitals were linki in the Last Lottery alone. BISHOP OF GLOUCESTER, REV. EDWARD IRVING, ace.. Ice. Tilt PULPIT of To-morrow (price Two-pence), will contain a spirited Wood Engraving of the Bishop of Gnotressintr, a continuation of the Review of the Rev. Eziwaers liornm's Orations, &c. The PULPIT comprehends: ist, Full and accurate Iterasrs of SZIOSONS, delivered in the Metropolis and its vicinity during each Week, accompanied ge nerally with Critical Iternarks :.d, Review of ltst.intul,s Irrssalust, furnishing an earlier recount of New ilo.ks couneeted with Religion, than it supplied by any other existing Publication. INTELLMENCF.. The PULPIT contains also, Memoirs and Anecdotes of Eminent Christians—Dying Hours of Great,aud Good Charac ters—Sacred kieloilics--Essays, Precepts and Maxims, &c. &c. The Weekly Numbers, containing Thirty.two columns, Bvo. Closely printed, are published every Thursday Morning. The PULPIT is also published in Parts, containing Sixty fear Pages, closely printed, price Is. each.—Parts I. and 11. are now ready. London: Published by Knight and Lacey, 24, Paternoster tow : and may be had of all Booksellers and Newsmen in 'LAMM and Country. GENUINE STORIES. This day were published in Two Volumes, witk Engravings, price 14s. bound, or 16s. elegantly bound, PICTURES or STORIES, drawn from English, Scottibh, and lash lli%tory, chiefly from the Ancient Chronicles and other extensive V orks of detail. By JOHN GALT, Eq. Author of the Life of West, &c. &e. This Work is designed tof urnish Reading fur Young Persons at once rational, instructive, and interesting ; serving as a sub stitute fur romances and works of fiction, while it equally sti mulites curiosity and furnishes unalloyed entertainment. It contains above Two Hundred several Stories, which are not to be met with in modern Language, or in Books of easy access, all of them illustrative of Events and Characters connected with out National History, from the most remote ages to the death of Genrge the Third. Lonlun : Printed for SIR RICH♦RD ; Published by Longman and Co. Paternoster-row, and by all Booksellers. Of whom may clan be had, having the sante design in regard to Geography, Porur..tß ILLUSTRATION 3 of GCOGNANIY, or In teresting Readings in Oeography, with Seventy Engravings, rice 15s. bound. HYDRAULIC PRESSES. From One to One Th ousand Toys Power, or more if required.* ARUSSELL, ENGINEER, .1.1., and 82, St. V• John -street, Smithfield, Thirty Tears Apprentice and Assistant to Mr. Joseph Bramah, deceased, respectfully informs Segar Refiners, Paper Makers, Packers, Printers, Oil Mer thants, Spermaceti Refiners, &c. &e. that having had longer practical experience than any individual in existence, in the ma cnfacturing and erecting of HYDRAULIC PRESSES, he is enabled to supply them with a superior article, hi strength and durability, at a moderate price. He also engages to keep them in repair at a small charge per annum. Russell's Patent Lock Cocks for distillers, wine -merchants, &c. Improved litre and Burglary Alarms, and the late J. BraDtah's Patent Locks, with Fluswirs Improvement and Security. A Ten-inch second-hand Press for sale. _ ----- a W. Ti is - tn - akin - tits --- ti;ne;s - p - or — ar - 1. - s — o - f a thousand tons pressure. AROMATIC SPIRIT OF VINEGAR. THIS agreeable perfumed liquor (the original in- Tendon of Mt. Henry) which is of well-known efficacy in Mieving •Faintness and flead-acke, and in counteracting the effects of over-heated, close, or infected air, continues to he pre- P 4 .recl, in the greatest perfection, by Messrs. THOS. and NV NI. HENRY, Manufacturing Chemins, Manchester. It is sold in loodon, wholesale and retail, by Messrs. Bavunr and 'hew, rerfumegs, Cockspur-street ; and Retail, price 2s. 9d. by one stmt or more in every principal Town ; but it cannot be genuine,. Mitts the names of the above preparers are engraved on the Government stamp, which is fixed over the cork of each bOI. l'foper Sponge Boxes are soil by Bayley and Blew, as usual.- 4 % , above iney also be had, authenticated by a similar stamp, nisay's CAI CINFII MAGNIMA, hi bottles at 2s. 2,1. or with glass i i , ipers, at is. nth DIAL WEIGHING MACHINE& HMARRIOTT having obtained his Majesty's , Royal Letters Patent, for an improvement in Weighing Machines, begs leave to recommend th'em to the Public, as the most perfect and useful attick for that purpose ever constructed; for accuracy, simplicity, expedition, and portability, it stands unrivalled, as it noszatrecy shews the exact weight of any article from One Ounce to a Ton, without the use of Weights, thereby saving time and labour. Being perfectly portable, it may be used in any situation—its universal utility must therefore be un deniable for Domestic purposes; in Shops, Warehouses, Coach Offices, Market I louses, Barns; on Wharfs; at Races and Fairs; PIT Cattle, Corn, Hay, Wool, ace. ; or fur Loading heavy Arti cle?, it may be attached to the chain of a crane, and chew the Weight at the time of craning; it may be also made with a chair to weigh Persons. From its extreme simplicity, it is scarcely possible to be inaccurate; yet, if it ever should be so, there is an adjusting Screw which will momentarily correct it. H. Maamorr begs to Caution the Public against several Spu rious Imitations of his excellent and useful Invention, which are attempted to be introduced; none are on his genuine Patent Principle that have not a label with his name over the King's Arms. If. Nagano-re having nude cousiderabla improvements in his PATENT Kircusts Coons° Aremssaus, feels a confidence in re commending it to the Public, as a most complete article for !toasting, Baking, Boiling, and Steaming, with economy ia fuel, by one moderate size Fire, and with a constant supply of from Twelve to Twenty Gallons of Hot Water; also Warm Closets for airing Linen, keeping Dinner' hot, heating Plates, Dishes, &c.; the Cooking Utenails are never soiled, and it is a rostriva Cues fur a Smokey Chimney. A new Patent Portable Cooking Apparatus, embracing the foregoing advantages, well calculated fur Ships, or situations where there is no chimney, and pecu liarly advantageous for the Foreign Markets. Kitchens fitted up with Steam Apparatus, embracing all the late improvements; baths, conservatories, halls, staircases, and buildings heated by Steam, upon a principle of perfect security. Also, an Improved Patent Spring Roasting Jack to obviate the necessity of weight or pulleys. The whole may be seen daily in use at the Patentee's Manufactory, London House, 89, Fleet -street, London ; and had of most of the respectable Ironmongers throughout England. - Ancient Armour repaired and re-instated to ita original per fection. Armour Manufactured, Bought, Sold, or Let on Hire. Smokey Chimnies cured on philosophical principles. THE { PUBLIC are earnestly warned against nu- 1 MMus IMITATIONS of DOCTOR. SOLOXON'S CORDIAL BALM OF Of LEAD, put feriki by several unprincipled' In-' dividnals to ensnare and deceive. The great reputation so long enjoyed by that excellent medicine for the ruse of Nervous Corm , plaintA,Declines, and' Diseases induied by Excessive I ndolgencies, and the great demand for it, have tempted the worthless and un principled to this nefarious practice, by which many invalids have been irreparably injured. These imitations extend not only to the Name of this medicine, but to the Advertisement*, Wrap pers on the bottles, and every distinguishing mark =err THAT autce wooLo INVOLVE The tin or um nerseznaria, namely, the words " Samuel Solomon, Liverpool," engraved on the Govern ment Stamp affixed to each Bottle, to imitate which is felony, and punishable as such. To this distinguishing mark the public attention is particularly directed, without which no " Comma:. BALM" whatever has any claim to the merits of Dr. Solomon's invention. v o • The genuine medicine Is prepared at Gilead-Honse, near Liverpool, and sold by Mr. Johnston, Bookseller N 0.68, born- - hill; Mr. Sanger (late Bacon and Co.) 150, Oxford Street, op posite New Bond Street ; Mr. Ward, Holborn; and Mr. Strad hog, Royal Exchange, London ; in bottles at Its. each, and fa mily bottles, containing the quantity of four small ones, for 335. whereby 111. may be saved. . The" Umpire," a New LIVERPOOL Light Coach, only one night on the road, carrying four Inside, sets out daily at one; arrives at Liverpool next afternoon at eve, through Woburn, Lathbuty, Northampton, Wilford, Lutterworth, Hinckley, Atherstone, Litckfield, Stone, Newcastle, Knsstsford, Warrington, and Prescot. SHREWSBURY,WeIIington, and Shiffnal Light Post Coach, every afternoon (Guarded). BARNSTAPLE and Sunthmolton New Light Post• Coach, every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Mornings, at seven. The" Rockingham" LEEDS Light Post Coach, sets out every afternoon at two, and passes through Ilaidock, Riggleserade, Eaton, Buckden, Stilton, Wansford, Stsunford,Greetham,Gtant ham, Newark, Toxford, Markham Moor, Retford, Bawtry, Doncaster, and Perrybridge, arrives at th e Golden Lion Inn, Leeds, next afternoon at three o'clock, in time for the Bradford, Halifax, Skipton, and Huddersfield Coaches, at Reduced Fares, (driven through with four Coachmen only). Luggage and packages only 2d. per lb. Notwithstanding tht uncommon expe dition of this Coach it is allowed to be the most agreeable and complete public conveyance on the North Road,being unequalled by any other. HA RRO WG ATE and Ripon new Light Post-Coaches, every Afternoon at iwo, and eight in the Morning. ' GLASGOW, Longtown 'Gretna-Green, Annan, Dumf r i es , Brownhill, Thornhi ll , Sanquhar-Kiln, Cumnock, Kingswell, and all parts of Scotland, a light four-inside Post-Coach (Daily). /3RIDGENORTH, Weisel, Shrewsbury, Salop, and Holy head, new Light Coach, every afternoon, at Reduced Fares. The " Express," to YORK, Scarborough, Whitby, Shields, Sunderland, Newcastle, and Edinburgh, a new light four-inside Post Coach, with a Guard throughout ; sets out every morning, by way of Newark, Retford, Doncaster, Ferrybridge, Tadcas. ter, Darlington, Northallertoti, Durbam, Dlorpeth, and Ber wick, and arrives at York next morning at twelve o'clock, at Reduced Fares (driven throng's with four Coachmen only).— Passengers finding themselves fatigued on the journey, may rest what time they please, and then proceed without any additional fare. MARLBOROUGH and Swindon, Four-inside Day Coach, thiough Aldbourn, Reading, Lambourn, Purton, Lydington, Pewsey, Wootton Basset, liamsbury, Irrungorforl, Newbury, and Maidenhead (driven through with one Coachttan The new Royal Patent Mail, BOSTON and Lffuth, through Royston, Cambridge, Huntingdon, Stilton, Peterborough,Deep ing, Spalding, Spilsby, Alford, Grimsby, and Hull, evening at half-past seven o'clock, Sunday, at a quarter before seven. The New Royal Patent Mail, CAMBRIDGE, through Ware, Buntingford, Buckland, and Royston, evening, half-past seven o'clock, Sunday, at a quarter before seven. The " Royal Express," new Light Four Inside Post-Coach, to L I VER POOL, in twenty-eight hours only, through Warring ton, Prespot, Congleton, Lawton, Newcastle,Rudgly. Knutsford, Stone, Stafford, and Litchfield, (only one night on the road), every afternoon ; arrives at the Saracen's Head Inn, Dale -street,' Liverpool, ,nest evening, at tight. The advantage- to Trayel lers who honour this Coach with their preference are far supe rior to any other on this Road, as the Koyal Kxpresi" Is driven throughout with four Coachmen only (three less than any other Coach to Liverpool)--i saving to Passengers too evident to re quire comment; besides the atdditicanal advantage, especially to commercial interest , Of pat - forming the journey inleas time than any other coach ; and, notwithstanding Its cheapness and expe dition, the Proprietors pledge themselves that for safety and ac commodation k is equalled by few, and surpassed by mune. WAREFIRL,D Four-inside Post-Coaches, every morning and Ofternooo, at Reduced Fares. CHESTER, Newport, Whitchurch, Tarporley, Nantwich, Northwichiand Aliddlewich Light Post-Coach, every afternoon. MOUNTAIN'S" Express," to M A NCHESTER,WinsIow, Con gletc.n, Newcastle, Walsal, Wolverhampton, mad Knutsford, new Four Inside Post-Coach, every afternoon (only one night on the road)._ SiL4IIIiIRLD and Rotherham new Four-inside Post-Coache; every morning, called" The F.xprese," and also" The Rocking ham,' every afternoon, at Reduced Fame. The "'Royal Express," arw BI [MING HAM Light Fast Post-Coach, sets out every afternoon, Carrying four inside only, - and passes through Warwick, Leamington, Southern, Weodon,, Daveatry, Stoney Stratford, and Towcester, to the Saracen's Head, Bull-street, Birmingham, early the next morning. Driven through with two Coachmen only (moless than any other coach). SUNDERLAND, Stockton, and Yarm Light Post Coach, every ntoring, to the George, Sunderland, at 'Reduced Faris. The " Express," a new Light Post-Coach, to HULL, Lin coln, Sortheave, Howden, and Dcpacaster, every _Warning, at eight o'clock, to the Cross Keys, 11Iarket-phcr, Hull, and also the " Rockingham" in the Afternoon at two o'clock. TOTTENHAM and Edmonton Coaches, daily, 'at eleven, half-past two, five, and eight o'clock. The II E RTFO RD, Ware, Hoddeadon, and Chi:shunt Coach, u Reduced Faros. rT At Reduced Fares to Leeds, York, and Doncaster, Lug gage and Packages at only Twopence per lb. S. A. Mei/Newts and Co. respectfully acquaint their Friends and the Public, that they wiU not be accountable for any Par cels, Passengers' Luggage, Writings, Plate, etc. of more that/ Five Pounds value, if lost, stolen, or damaged, unless entered as such and the Insurance paid accordingly, at the Saracen's Head ban, Shinncr-street, Stunt-hill. London. It is what is called the old court-hand ?—I believe it has a degree of resemblance to it, but is more like what is called Set Chancery. Do you conceive that it would be improper to in troduce the present English current hand in any of our records ?—I should think that, on the whole, the disadvantages would be greater than the advantages. Do you agree with Mr. Bailey, in the opinion of the superior security of having long rolls for records; or should you prefer the having records in books.?-,I should certainly agree with Mr. Bailey ; and on the whole, although a roll is inconvenient to consult, yet it preserves the frailest materials. I may instance. the papyri, such as-the fragment of the Iliad, which trill soon be in the possession of Mr. Bartices. 'This has been rolled up ; and though formed of the frailest possible material, hardly stronger than straw, its form preserved it for a great length of time. What is the oldest book ?—The Alexandrine Manu. stripes', in the Museum, is probably the of Jest; that being intended for the church service, was naturally written in the shape of a book; and there are other books of that period. hlitve you heard the evidence of . Mr. Hewlett and Mr. Bailey, with respect to the ink and the pareb ment?—l have. I Shou 1J think the fault was more in the parchment than in the ink. In that case, would you prefer a gcod paper ? Certainly not. I think the fault. arises from their putting too much calcareo is matter on the parchment, in order to give it what they call a good Lice; and I have observed in modern books, printed oni vellum, that in order to make them lock handsome, they put some kind of preparation of lime on the skin, st Inch makes the ink look very black at first, but after a time it scales off. But bad as the parchment is, you would prefer it to the best paper ?—Unquestionably I would. At what period do you ob,eive that the ink begins very much to fail ?—I can hardly tell; I should say, perhaps about the time of Charles the Second, and then, perhaps, it may be accounted far. In the time of the Commonwealth, they abolished the court hand in making up records, and introduced the common secretary hand; and, on the Restoration, the old mode was re-introduced; but I should tliii,k some degree of slovenliness remained i n th e o ffi ce; . Does not the common hand vary periodically ? , Certainly. _ _ And you can distinguish the ordinarrhand-writing of particular periods, if it was shewn to you ?—YCI y distinctly, because we know exactly when the Italian hands came in: the hand-writing in the time of Eli zabeth is wretched; we can hardly m.ike it out. YoU would know the hand-writing (.f a hundred years ago ?—Yes ; there is a peculiar set apicarance about the hand-writing in Queen Anne's time. If you were to take the hand-writing at- the dis tance of 1.50 years back, it would be very distinct from that written now ?—There is a kind of pet ir;cl-- cal variation. Some modes bf writing continued during a Much longer period thin others, but still we can form an Opinion within 50 years: t h ere i s one thing worthy of notice, that it frequently h a p ; e:ed that• in of p people, particular hand-writi ngs were articular situations, or amongst p art i cu l ar classes per petuated ; for instance, schoolmasters, having copies before them, would continue a mode which had been adopted before their time; thus we see the law hand perpetuated, and so on. • The printing of this most ancient existing MS. of the Able (observes the last Itlinbteglt Realer), which is nos, proceeding, has already cost, 47,G70. '2s. • I)ULWICH, SURREY. ET,P.G ANT RESIDENCE with OFFICRS, GARDENS, PLEASURE-GROUND, and MEA DOW 4.4 t biD, about TWENTY SEVEN ACRES. By Mr. ROBINS, (Of Warwick House, Regent-street), At Garraway's Coffee-house, in Exchange-Alley, Cornbill, To-moeitow, the 14th Abgust, 1823, at Twelve o'Clock, A Very DESIRABLE LEASEHOLD ESTATE, held for a long Term of Years, comprising, • 1 A CAPITAL FAMILY RESIDENCE, Pleasantly situate at DULWICH, about Free Miles from the Three Bridges, adapted for the accommodation of a Family of Distinction, seated on a Lawn, planned with Suites of Spe cious Apartments, hancloomely fitted up, and in excellent repair, with nearly. TWENTY-SEVEhI ACRES of Rich Meadow Land, presenting a Parli-like appearance, or. 'lamented with Shrubberies, Plantation and dry gravelled Walks ; a neat Entrance L odge, and Carriage Drive to the house, with a Portico Entrance to a Spacious Hall; a noble gpowed Dining Parlour, about 33 feet, by 2t feet; an elegant Conservatory ; Drawing-room, 30 feet by 21 feet; Breakfast Parlour, and Gentleman's-room ; an elegant Oak Staircase to the First Floor; cipital Library over the Dining Parlour; an elegant Boudoir; Three Principal Bed-chambers, Dressing. room, Water-closet, And-room, and a Bath-room: a Secondary Staircase to a large Nariery, and Chamber adjoining, and Ten Sleeping-rooms, Closets,&c. The Offices comprise Servants'-hall, Housekeeper's-room, Kitchen, Scullery, Footman's-room, Store. room and Cellars for Wine, Beer, &c. Detached, there is a Dairy, Brew-house, or Wash-houso. With a Brick Oven ; Force I'uaips amply supplying the Priunbish with hard and soft Water, Knife arid Wood-houses ; a Stable yard, with' wo Coach-houses; Six-stall Stable and Lofts. &convenient Farm-yard, with all requisite Buildings; Two productive Kitchen-gardens, well Stocked, Cropped, and Pleated with numerous Choice Fruit Trees, Forcing-house, Grapery, Peach-house, Melon-ground, enclosed with lofty Walls, clothed with Choice Fruit Trees, Ice-house, Rustic Summer-house, and a Gardener's Cottage, ate—The Purchaser may be accommo dated with a Pew in the Gallery of Dulwich Chapel . To be viewed by Tickets. Particulars may be had on the Premises; at the Greyhound, Dulwich; Golden Lion, Camber well ; Green Man, Blackheath; at Garraway's; and of Mr. Ro. bins, No. 170, Regent-street ; where a Plan of the Estate may be seen, and Tickets for viewing may be had.