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Croker has gleaned some original matter, of which we give some specimens. _ _ BOSW ELL'S LITERARY CII AR A CTER.SUCh imperfect though interesting sketches as " Ben Johnson's visit to Drummond," Selden's Table Talk," " Swifts Journal," and " Spence's Anec dotes," ouly tantalize our curiosity. and excite our regret that there was no Boswell to preserve the conversation and illustrate the life and times of Addison, of Swift himself, of Milton, and, above all, of Shakspeare ! We can hardly refrain from indulging ourselves with the imagination of works so instructive and delightful; but that were idle, except as it may tend to increase our obligation to the faithful and fortunate biographer of Dr. Johnson. Mr. Boswell's birth and education familiarized him with the highest of his acquaintance, and his good natu-e and conviviality with the lowest. He describes society of all chases with the happiest discrimination. Even his foibles assisted his cu riosity ; he was sometimes laughed at, but always well received ; he excited no envy, he imposed no estraint. It was well known that he made notes of every conversation, yet no timidity was alarmed, no delicacy demurred ; and we are perhaps indebted to the lighter part of his character for the patient indulgence with which every body submitted to sit foe their pictures. Nor were his talents inconsiderable. Ho had looked a good deal into books, and more Into the world. The narrative portion of his works is written with good sense, in an easy and perspicuous style, and wit} out (which seems odd enough)any palpable imitation of Johnson. But in recording conver siitions he is unrivalled ; that he was eminently ac curate in substance, we have the evidence of all his contemporaries; but he is also in a high degree Characteristic—dramatic. The incidental observa- Liens with which he explains or enlivens the dia logue, aro terse, appropriate, and picturesque—we not merely bear his company, we see them ! Yet his father was, we are told, by no means sa tisfied with the life he led, nor his eldest son with the kind of reputation he attained ; neither liked to Lear of his connection even with Paoli or Johnson, and both would have been better ',leased if he had contented himself with a domestic life of sober res- Fretability. The public, however, the dispenser of fame, has judged differently, and considers the biographer of Johnson as oho most eminent branch of the family yedigree. With less activity, less indiscretion, less curiosity, leas enthusiasm, he might, perhaps, have been what the old lord would, no doubt, have thought more respectable ; and have been pictured en the walls of Auchinleck (the very name of which we never should have heard) by some stiff provin cial painter in a lawyer's wig, or a squire's hunting cap : but his portrait, by Reynolds, would not have been ten times engraved—his name could never have become, as it is likely to be, as far spread and es lasting as the English language; and " the world had wanted" a work to which it refers as a manual of amusement, a repository of wit, wisdom, and morals, and a lively and faithful history of the manners and literature of England, during a period hardly seconded in brilliancy, and superior in importance, even to the Augustan age of Anne. GOLDSMITH AND BURK E.—One afternoon, as Colonel O'Moore and Mr. Burke were going to dine with Sir Joshua Reynolds, they observed Gold' smith (also on his way to Sir Joshua's) standing near a crowd of people, who were standing and shoutin c .,o• at some foreign women in the windows of et of the houses in Leicester-square. Observe Cyldsmith,' said Mr. Burke to O'Moore,' and mark what passes between him and me by-and-by at Sir Joshua's.' They passed on, and arrived be fore Goldsmith, who came soon after, and Mr. Burke affected to receive him very coolly. This seemed to vex poor Goldsmith, who begged Mr. B. would tell Lim how he had had the misfortune to offend him. Burke appeared very reluctant to speak, but after a !good deal of refacing, said, that he was really ashamed to keep up an intimacy with a man who cc , uld be guilty of such monstrous indiscretion: , as Goldsmith had just exhibited in the square.' Gold s:Lab, with great earnestness, protested ho was un c9itsciotts of what was meant: Why,' said Burke, • Did you not exclaim, as you were looking up at those women, What stupid beasts the crowd must be for staring with such admiration at those painted Jerabels, while a man of your talents passed by unnoticed ?' Goldsmith was horror-struck, and said, ' Surely, surely, my dear friend, I did not say so ?" Nay,' replied Burke, if you had not said so, how should I hare known it ?" That's true, answered Goldsmith, with great humility : lam very sorry—it was very foolish :I do recollect that something of the kind passed through my mind, but I did not think that I had uttered it. 1" DR. JOIIDiSON AND Tint LADIES.—He par ticularly piqued himself upon his nice observance of ceremonious punctilios towards ladies. A re markable instance of this was his never suffering 4ny lady to walk from his house to her carriage, throuxli Bolt-court, unattended by himself, to hand her into it (at least, I have reason to suppose it to his general custom, from his constant perform i,i.ce of it to those with whom he was most inti mately acquainted); and if any obstacle prevented it from driving• off, there he would stand by the door of it, and gather a mob around him ; indeed, they ‘vould begin to gather the moment he appeared handing the lady down the steps into Fleet-street But to describe his appearance—his important air —that, indeed, cannot be described ; and his morn-' ing habiliments would excite the utmost astonish ment in any reader, that a man in his senses could think of stepping outside his door in them, or even to be seen at home! Sometimes 1:e exhibited himself at the distance of eight or ten doors from 80lt -court, to get at the carriage, to the no small diversion of the populace. And lam certain, to to.-;e who love laughing, a description of his dress firm bead to foot would be highly acceptable, and in general, I believe, be thought the most curious pal t et my book ; but I forbear, out of respect to, his to .mory, to give more than this slight intimation of it ; for, having. written a minute description of his figure, from his wig to his slippers, a thought culled that it might probably ecsite some person to delineate it, and I might have the more morti6- , i iy , 4 '. ... i . ..' 1 is‘ I cation to see it hung up at a print shop as the' greatest curiosity ever exhibited. JOHNSON'S GESTICULATIONS.-4 believe DO one has described his extraordinary gestures or antics with his hands and feet, particularly when passing over the threshold of a door, or rather be fore be would venture to pass through any door way. On entering Sir Joshua's house with poor Mrs. Williams, a blind lady who lived with him, he would quit her hand, or else whirl her about on the steps as he whirled and twisted to perform his ges ticulations ; and as soon as he had finished he would give a sudden spring, and make such an extensive stride over the threshold, as if be was trying for a wager how far he could stride, Mrs. Williams standing groping about outside the door, unless the servant took hold of her hand to conduct her in. leaving Dr. Johnson to peribrm at the par lour door much the same exercise over again.— But it was not only at the entrance of a door that be exhibited such strange manceuvres, but across a room, or in the street with company, he has stopped on a sudden, as if he had recollected his task, and began to perform it there, gathering a mob round him ; and when he had finished would hasten to his companion (who probably had walked on before) with an air of great satisfaction that he had done his duty ! One Sunday morning, as I was walk ing with him in Twickenham meadows, he began his antics, both with his feet and hands, with the latter as if he was holding the reins of a horse like a jockey en full speed. But to describe the strange positions of his feet would be a difficult task ; sometimes he would make the back part of his heels to touch, sometimes his toes, as if he was aiming at making the form of a triangle, at least the two sides of one. Though, indeed, whether these were his gestures on this particular occasion in Twicken ham meadows, I do not recollect, it is so long since ; but I well remember that they were so ex traordinary that men, women, and children ga thered round him, laughing. At last we sat down on some logs of wood by the river aide, ind they nearly dispersed ; when he pulled out of his pocket " Grotius de Veritate Religionis," over which be see-sawed at such a violent rate as to excite the curiosity of some people at a distance to come and see what was the matter with him. JOHNSON AND ADAM SMITH.—Mr. Boswell has chosen to omit, for reasons which will be pre sently obvious, that Johnson and Adam Smith met at Glasgow ; but I have been assured by professor John Miller that they did so, and that Smith, leaving the party in which he bad met Johnson, hap pened to come to another company where Miller was. Knowing that Smith had been in Johnson's society they were anxious to know what had passed, and the more so as Dr. Smith's temper seemed much ruffled. At first Smith would only answer—' He's a brute—he's a brute ;' but on closer examination it appeared that Johnson no sooner saw Smith than he attacked him for some point of his famous letter on the death of Hume. Smith vindicated the truth his statement. What did Johnson say ?' was the universal inquiry. Why, he said, replied Smith, with the deepest impression of resentment. • he said, you lie !' And what did you reply ?' • I said, you are a son of a . On such terms did these two great moralists meet and part ; and such was the classical dialogue between two great teachers cf philosophy. QUARREL BETWEEN JOHNSON AND Boa- WELL..--Boswell, one day at Sir Joshua's table, chose to pronounce a high-flown panegyric on the wits of Queen Anne's reign, and exclaimed, " How delightful it must have been to have lived in the society of Pope, Swift, Arbuthnot, Gay, and Bo lingbroke ! We have no such society in our days." Sir Joshua, " I think, Mr. Boswell, you might be satisfied with your great friend's conversation."— Johnson, " Nay, Sir, Boswell is right; every man wishes for preferment, and if Boswell had lived in these days he would have obtained promotion."— Sir Joshua, " How so, Sir ?" Johnson, " Sir, he would have had a high place in the Dunciad." This anecdote Lord Wellesley heard from Mr. T. Sydenhani, who received it from Mr. Knight, on the authority of Sir Joshua Reynolds himself. GOLDSMITH'S TRAVELLER.—Of Goldsmith's Traveller he used to speak in terms of the highest commendation. A lady, I remember, who had the pleasure of hearin g Dr. Johnson read it from the beginning to the end on its first coming out, to testify her admiration of it exclaimed, " I never more shall think Dr. Goldsmith ugly." In having thcught so, however, she was by no means sin . gular : an instance of which I am rather inclined to mention, because it involves a remarkable one ; of Dr. Johnson's ready wit : for this lady, one evening being in a largo party, was called upon after supper far her toast, and seeming embarrassed, , she was desired to give the ugliest man she knew; I and she immediately named Dr. Goldsmith, on which a lady on the other side of the table rose up ; and reached across to shake hands with her, ex ; pressing some desire of being better acquainted with her, it being the first time they had met ; on • which Dr. Johnson said, " Thus the ancients, on I the commencement of their friendships, used to I sacrifice a beast betwixt them." SHEEP'S HEAD.—Begging pardon of the doc tor and his conductor, I have often seen and partaken of cold sheep's head at as good breakfast tables as ever they sat at. This protest is some thing in the manner of the late Culrossie, who fought a duel for the honour of Aberdeen butter. I have passed over all the doctor's other reproaches upon cotland, but the sheep's head I will defend tons veribus. Dr. Johnson himself must have for given my zeal on this occasion ; for if, as ho says, dinner be the thing of which a man thinks oftenest during the day, breakfast must be that of which he thinks first in the morning. DOSWELL AND JOllNsoN.—Boswell himself was callous to the contacts of Dr. Johnson ; and when telling them, always reminded one of a joc key receiving a kick from the horse which he is showing off to a customer, and is grinning with pain while he is crying out—" pretty rogue—no vice—all fun." To him Johnson's rudeness was only " pretty Fanny's way." Dr. Robertson had a sense of good-breeding, which inclined him ra ther to forego the benefit of Johnson's conversa tion than awaken his rudeness. JOHNSON IN SCOTLAND.—Lord Elibank made a Lappy retort on Doctor Johnson's definition of oats, as the food of horses in England, and of men in Scotland. Yes,' said he, and whero else will you find such horses and such meu?' Lord Stowell recollects that .Johnson was treated by the Scottish literati with a degree of deference border ing on pusillanimity; but he excepts from that ob servation Mr. Crosbie, whom he characterizes •as This takes in the lay tithe, u well as the clericaL To know the clerical tithe, you must abstract oat-third at least. For the rectories (or livings where the cler gyman has the great tithe) are not quite half the whole number of livings. In the other half the whole number of living. In the other half, a layman has the great tithe ; the clergyman, the small only. Nay, in one thousand parishes he has not even that, but a fixed allowance. Now where the layman has the great tithe, and a clergyman the small, the layman gets at Jesse two-thirds, that is the laymen have two-thirds of half the tithes in England. That is, they have one-third of the whole. So that thtwhole tithe paid to the clergy, when wheat was 61. Bs. per quarter, was 1,722,4481. Ils. 4d. or somewhat more than one million and a half The whole paid to them, when it was M. lbs. 2d. (far higher than it is now.) was 1,426,6271. or less than one million and a half!! Many more ezaggeradons are made as to the income of the clergy; for the present the above =psi must stake; but we shall return to the subject. On Thursday afternoon, three labourers at Alke, neat Beverley, were struck down by lightning, and one of them could not be recovered. Mr. Martin's matchless picture of the fall of Nineveh Is now exhibiting with eclat in Toth. THE Minsvan..—Some of the tabernacle work has been erected in the choir, and has a very light and plush)! ap pointee. The pulpit is put up. and we think it w►ll be found too low; it is nearly two feet lower than the old one. As the period approaches for the opening of this sacred edi fice, some anxiety is felt as to the regulations which will be adopted, with regard *to obtaining seats. Fees to the ver gers used to be the only means of procuring accommodation; and we hope this nuisance will be abolished. THE SCIENTIFIC MEETING IN Yoax.--The coun cil of the Philosophical Society meets daily to forward the arrangements for the reception of the strangers who are ex pected here in September next. From letters that have been received we understand the attendance is likely to be extremely numerous. The novelty of such a meeting in this country will doubtless do much to raise curiosity, in the first instance ; but we mistake, if its utility, and the benefits it will be found to confer on science, do not in fu. ture prove more attractive than even mere curiosity. We are informed, that considerable additions are making to the Museum ! several new cases have been put up, and the whole of the society's valuable collection will be arranged before the meeting. The library is also undergoing altera tions, with a view to procure greater accommodation for the members. A bill is now before Parliament, entitled An Act to consolidate and amend the laws relating to Highways, in that part of Great Britain called England," to which bill the notice of the committee of the York Association for the Pro tection of ancient Footpaths in the vicinity of this City, was specially called by a communication from London, and the secretary, James Richardson, Esq. has since been in active correspondence with several members of Parliament upon the subject. This bill, after repealing several Acts of Par liament, and amongst others, the particularly obnoxious Act of Geo. 111. c.. dB, immediately reenacts all the clauses of the latter, one of which—giving power to any two ma• gistraten, at theln4jeuretiner,,ge stop up say wide foot. path, and the only remedy to the public being an appeal to the Quarter Seasions—has always been considered particu larly objectionable, as an arbitrary power is vested in two magistrates in the first Instance; and their act is seldom re versed on an appeal made to a tribunal of which they are members. Another hardship is, that if an order is appealed against, and after the appellant has been put to considerable trouble and expense in preparing his appeal, and in taking his witnesses to the Quarter Sessions, the order may be, and frequently is, suddenly withdrawn to be brought forward again when a more favourable opportunity occurs ; and the public-spirited individual wbo has been the means of pre serving to the public their rights, is subjected to an expense of 101. or 201. which he cannot recover, as the Court has no power to grant costa. To remedy this evil, the introduction of clauses has been proposed, fOr, enacting, in the Ant place, that appeals against the decision of two magistrates in the case of atop. ping up'a footpath, should be decided by a jury. Secondly, —That if the appeal is allowed, it should be Imperative for the Court to allow the appellant his costs. Thirdly,--That when an order is made fors ping up a footpath, the person at whose instance it is o btained, shall enter into no:NW:sues to pay the costs which may be in. curred by any party appealing against the order; and that he shell -not be allowed to withdraw the order at his plea. sure, after putting parties both to inconvenience and ex pense in preparing an appeal. without paying all the costs incurred. CIUELTY TO AwlxaLa.—Oa Thursday week, David Botterill, a Hull end Bendy carrier, was convicted before the Mayor and Magistrates of Hull, in the penalty of lOs. and Bs. costs, fer unn cruelty his hone. It appeared from the evidence adduced, that having loosed the bons from the cart, while the animal vs. passing through the Blue Dell entry to the sable, the unfeeling brute, without the slightest shadow of reason, beat it in a most unmerciful manner with a heavy whip.. s ""'"" an intrepid talker, and the only man who way disposed to stand sip (as the phrase is) to Johnson. On a visit to the Parliament House, Mr. Henry Erskine (brother of Lord Buchan and Lord Erskine) after beio,g presented to Dr. Johnson by Mr. Boswell, and haling made his bow, slipped a sbil hag into Boswell's band, whispering that it was for the sight of his bear. He was long remembered amongst the lower orders of Hebrideans by the title of Sassenack More, the big Englishman. PANORAMA OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. The STAR has for several .months exhibited such a pie. tars of the Domestic Events of the Empire, as never before was attempted. It gratifies unspeakably the natives of districts who reside in London and distant counties, and is a LETTER PROM Home to every provincial in foreign countries, or in the colonies. It raises also into general importance the exertions of local talents in every public cause. Then as this is a duty performed alone by the STAR those local patriots would ill deserve their name, if the STAR and its interests were not reciprocally promoted by them in every district. We know it has been so in many places, and the STAZ in principles, and in all the best qualities of a paper, has justified preference +but we reasonably expect the same attentions 'VERY wine's, as the means of at once recompensing our diligence, and adding to the utility of our valuable and excise's* information. We call also on the Provincial Proprietors of Papers, whose local labours we thus illustrate, and invite with earnestness their powerful attentions in promoting those interests of the Paper which they best understand. We notoriously excel all London Papas in priority of Foreign News, and our display of the transactions of the country is equally exclusive and pre ruhtent. YORESHIIIE GAZETTE, July 90. ' Tuts CROPII.—In the neighbourhood of York, and we believe generally throughout the county, the crops present the most luxuriant appearance. A gentleman who has tra velled very extensively in the Eut Riding, informs us, that he never saw the country look better—lndeed on sandy soils, the crops are better than he ever remembered them. Oats are particularly good. We have similar accounts from the West and North Ridings. Part of a field of oats was cut at Acomb, on Thursday last. As the amount of tithes has been much misstated, we beg to subjoin a statement of the sums paid in 1806, 1808, 1810, and 1812—taken from parliamentary documents—drawn up from returns, furnished, not by the clergy, but by the farmers. It was as follows : I Compositions DA Tithes by Com- Tithes in kind and ”ets of Corn position. i.e. whole amount. Per:4r. A. X. I. 3. d. 1806..1,658,055 2,012,064 I 43 0 1808-1,748,106 2,139,942 319 2 1810..1,932,226 2,353,249 1 512 0 1812..2,117,451 2,683,672 I 8 8 0 -r--- RACES TO COME. Auevss. WGINXIAINF •• • • •• 6. ••• • . Nati •• • • • allibellY •• • 000000 MA • • ••• Tolima .. . - • asallaisaporTies. flusemples. Weiralissros •••..• • Haverhedwest . lotiebsiy .. • • 'Aeomineter •... Weymouth ....... Barton-on-Trent ...... Aberystwith ... ...... Winchester Newport Pagnell • • ••... Stourbridp Ream Leeds Warwick You., JUL: 23.—The supplf of wheat at this day's market was small; fine wheat sod much the same as last week, inferior rather lower. In ryet, , barl, oats, and beans, no material alteration. Wh at, re d, 60s to 645, white 66s to 725; rye, 345 to 40s; oats, Zis to 245, fine, 26. to 30e; barley, grinding, 32s to 965, fine 38s to 405; been., 34s to 98e, fine 40s to 455. RICIINOND, JOLT 23.—There was a very thin supply of grain in our market to-day, which sold at the following prices. Wheat, (per bushel), 8. 3d to 9s oats, S. 8d to 48 6d ; barley, 5s to 5s 3d ; beans, 5s 13.1 to 54 9d. • WAKEFIELD, JULY 29.—The ma rket to-day is well sup plied with wheat; the sales are very limited, at a decline of 3s per quarter on best quotations, and for inferior sorts there is no demand. Barley nominal. Oats are one halfpenny per stone. and shelling tid to is per load lower. Beans do not vary in value. No variation in other articles. The wee dier is now extremely fine, which has a very great effect on the trade, and causes buyers to act with caution. Wheat, Suffolk and Norfolk red, 62s to 635, fine 67.; Boston and Wisbech do. 51s to 60s, fine 655; Yorkshire do. MA in Slas fine 62s • White, 53e to 665, fine 70; Riga and Petersburg, 61s to as, fine 585; Archangel, 50s to 535, fine —s. Bar le_y, Norfolk and Suffolk, 331 to 34. , fine 40s ; Lincoln and York, 30. to 345, fine 36s ; Hamburgh and Seale, 30s to 325, fine 36e. YORK WOOL MARKET, JULY 28.—There was a me derate supply of wool, which met with a quicker sale limn d late, though we cannot note any improvement in the prime. Hogs sold from 16s to 17s 6d per stone; hogs and ewes, l 6 to 16s ; locks, lls to 12s ; moor, 7s to 83 6d. MARR/ED--.l.Willis,Rsq. of Scarborough, to LucindaMAßßlED—J.Willis,Rsq. Bush, eldest daughter of Captain Hollis, of Lendel-street The Rev. Mark Cooper, M.A. to Caroline Jacinths, second daughter of the Rev. James Eyre. DIED—At South Dalton, aged 52, Mr. T. Wikon--Mr. Butler, koanzaster, of Kirkstall Forge, 50.—At Hatfield Woodhouse, 43, Mary, wife of Mr. Wm. Birks, daughter of the late Rev. John Lay of Sherburn-78, Mrs. Fettle, relict of the late Mr. Sheriff Fettes, of this city—At Beide lington Quay, 72, Mrs. Ward, relict of Thos. Ward, BR,. Anna Maria Horton, eldest daughter of the late Jas Horton, Esq. of Howroyd, 61—Mr. James Wright, who fee some years made mathematics his principal study—At Orbe, in Switzerland, Margaret, daughter of Thomas Fothergill, Esq. of Kingthorp in the North Riding—At Askrlgg, John Lodge, Eq. 67- In 51adeira, 22, Hugh Pudsey, only son of Pudsey Dawson, Esq. of Sinnington Manor, in the North Riding. PAISLEY ADVERTISER, July 31. STATZ OF TaAnno-Several branches of our trade have bur in a languid condition for some months. There is a eoa. 'likable number of weavers out of employment. and dikes rte silk plain middles are scarce. The India imitation ibmeigs, the most important part of the trade, we are glad to Isson, have Waited decided symptoms of reviving aaL This is the more mdsfactory, as a great number of Moshe egad on this branch for cutting, sewing, Ac. The smmaketunes much to their honour and the Internet of the Wok, are firmly supporting the table of pries apse' to in July last. During this month, a considerable numbered weavers have been engaged for harness petticoats, whamw eiseviths, common all-overs, and sprigs, as well as fee we' shawls. We had thought that Angola shawls had besse me. tlrely est of the market, until we learned that a warehouse in town had been engaging weavers for them, Man advents in the weaving price of 9 per cent. The demand foe area borders. common imitation shawls, and mbar is not nearly ea brisk as it was. The silk transparent ewe Usk less boa fiat, and still continues so, and a comideselie amble of those who are engaged at this branch, me ant of went, but it is expected that the approaching seranadmi en tt improve the demand for the more riches fabrics of this beautiful manufacture. Flower designers and llowtr laahtre are generally in full employ, which augurs well for a speedy improvement in trade. Upon the whole the eondition of the weavers has been rather desponding. Bowzrwo.—A private match betwixt four Paisley and four Glasgow bowlers, took place on Monday, on Mr. Gebbiee green, Port Eglinton. It was most admirably contested, the parties being gamesters at 30, the Glasgow party winning by the odd shot. A public challenge has been since sent to the Glasgow players, 12 or 16 each side, the game not to be decided until the parties play both on Port Eglinton and the Paisley bowling greens. The match between Kilmarnock and Paisley bowlers commenced on Wednesday last by 12 of our players going there. After a keen contest, in which the greatest good humour prevailed, the Kilmarnock bowlers took the lad by nine shots. Sneer Snesanta.-51r. William Fulton of Spreulston's sheep shearing took place on Wednesday the 110th instant. As usual, it was a gay and animated scene, upwards of 500 persons being present. All the rural beaux and belles for several miles around were present. and the most respectable farmers and their families, in the surrounding districts.— The sheep shearing was finished in two hours, after which the whole party sat down to a substantial dinner, served up in real hearty country style, worthy of the best days of old Scotland. Prosperity to their worthy host—to the agri cultural interest—to the rearing of cattle and sheep, with a great number of appropriate toasts, were drank with all the honours. We stated shortly in our last, that the census for 1651 had been completed, the results have now been summed up, and are as follows : Males. Females. TotaL Abbey Parish 12,062 15,944 26,906 High Church 6,830 7,1111 14,621 Middle 4,426 5,466 9,884 Low 5,204 5,751 6,955 26,522 30,N4 57,466 Comparative Statement at Four Periods. Males. Fends. Total. Increase in 10 years. Per 1501 14,409 16,763 31,172 Males. limb. TotaL cent. Ulf 16,457 20,265 *729 2,048 3,502 5,550 171 1521 21.742 25,261 47,003 2,285 4,996 10,1151 27 1831 23,522 50,944 57,4611 4,780 5,153 10,41/ SI ADVANIAGMI or STILIIX NAT1G 6 T101G , ....013 F y afternoon, the Duman Cude. steam packet landed at the Broomielaw 83 wedders and 200 lamb's, which had left the island of Jura on Thursday morning ; thus enabling a gra ter in the Western Isles to bring his stock to our markt' in 38 hours. The fine New York packet ship Francis, sailed on the 24th instant with 131 passengers. She was only 17 days in port, and 42 from New York, when she sailed from Greenock. It stems that all the emigrant paupers go to Canada, &c. with public assistant:, and all who have any 1 capital left go to the United States . 1 Some narrow-minded bigots, governed by the Book of Revelations and their misconception of it, lately presented. petition to Parliament containing the following anti.Chria " rat believing that the Church of Rome is marked out in the Divine Record as an object of peculiar displeasure to ALMIGHTY Goa, and IM devoted by him to destruction, to gether with the Kingdoms by which it is supported; your petitioners must regard the grant in question, as not only highly objectionable in principle, but in its consequences to the country deeply danglious. " On these grounds yo* petitioners regret that reasons of expediency were ever employed to justify this measure, in opposition to the warnings and interdicts ofthe Divine Worth and trust, that not only will the grant be discontinued, but the policy on which it is founded will be disapproved of and abandoned." BLACiJOIti IZTOIZ THZ Jusincr..—A ease amt before the justices on Monday, which afforded some amuse ment. The defendant, a black man, was prosecuted for a quarter's sushi of a child, and though his written obliga tion was pevdaced, and he bad enured into payment, be now denied his liability. " What reason have you for fo liating your written obligation r asked the justice. " Very poet reams, my lied, Tory good." "Do you deny that letter to be your writing ?" " Oh, no, no. 1 no deny that my writing—bat that go far nothing now." "Why ?". " Because, my lord, I see the child since." " Well—what Taman* •• • Mem Meeting ...... 1 11 Zd Chatham 1 BO 1., ei . .• • 1 r. 1 Fife Hunt la 2 OCTOIIII6 Newmarket Ist October 30 aledonian Hunt It litho 30 Nottingham 31 Newmarket Id October Newmarket Houghton... . . . thew—what difference does that make r Oh, my 10TJ much Magna I ) 'V I seed a child white —no histl child at all—seme white man must keep the Lonexvivv.—Them is at present in Ttanent, att ul woman upwards of 112 years of age, who, upon Sai,bat4 last bad the pleasure o f holding up to the mi n i ster to baptised, her geaDdeltild's son. The Pusan and Old du e met in the church-yard, and shook bands, when the M um _ ter said, " Janet, I was not expecting you to officiate here " Janet, struck with antuanent, exclaimed, " Whi t t o , was ye no expeeken me to be there, am shure ye ken a, weel as me. that the addles ill no come out nott.s.d But fax, Sir, ah aye like the auld fashen." ays. FUNERAL SERvzcx.—The abolition of the pr act i ce ot oaring refreshments at funerals, was brought unde r ry e ties of two district meetings, on Monday evening Wt. Th , hardships, and suWequent privations of that, and tic are very many such, who involve themselves in debt occasions, that they may avoid appearing singular, ski pointed out and expatiated on very impressively. CLIMB AZGATTA.•-•Monday the Regatta commence. at Helensburgh. The sailing match by yachts of the d a b started at one o'clock. The his cutter, 75 tons, b r l ongin: to Thomas Gregg, Esq. took the lead , kept it an aloes ; —the Fanny cutter., 75 tons, James illeiklam, Sylph cutter, 30 tens, John Crooks, Esq.—the Ham m ; schooner, 30 tons, Thomas Gina s, Esq.—th e o'the Wisp cutter, 15 tons, John Thomson, Esq. follovieg In the order now stated. They sailed round the Bar E rr , of Greenock, Gonna, Port Kiln (Roseneeth) and Reim. burgh, leaving them all as the starboard hand, two rounds. and back to the piece of starting. The Iris arrived at font o'clock, the Fanny eight minutes, the Sylph I 5 minu et , the Mermaid and Will o' the Wisp about haff as hoot af. terwarda. TUESDAY, JULY 16.—After the usual fig. nala bad been made from the " Lam Lab," baring the Com. modore's flag, the yachts took their respective stations, the proceedings ammenced at 12 o'clock with a salingloskt for a cup, value 50 guineas, presented by Sr Inched gm, &ewart, Bart. 51. P. to be sailed for annually by yachts of the club, not exceeding 29 tons. The following yachts started in fine style for the mirth,— Amethyst cutter, 20 tons, belonging to J. Smith, &q; eon cutter, IS tons, A. 51•Leisb, Rog ; Rattlemik e, schooner, 15 tons, J. H. Robertson, Eaq ; Ruby, mum 2 o 4 tons, J. Dunlop, Esq ; Emma, cutter, 20 tons, Hen. Maim Sinclair; Fox, cutter, 20 tons, Donald Campbell, Esq ; Will-o'-the-Wisp, cutter, 15 tons, J. Thomson, &q; Gip. ley, roudinm, 15 tons, W. Robertson, Esq. The Rattlesnake took the lead, closely followed by tik Falcon—the latter keeping claw to windward, till within lOU yards frinn the signal.boet between Gourock and Holy Lod, when she got a-bead of the Rattlesnake, and was first is, rounding the flag.boat, followed by the other tat iv a group, excepting the Gipsey, which was a lance astern. The vessels then steered wreaths link bar ing an interesting contest, the Falcon still a-head,mdsseislieg the signal-boats opposite the baths, and at the tail 'Elbe bmit, which the former passed at 20 min. from 5 o'clodt L ftilswed by the Amethyst, Will.e.tbe.Wisp. Rattlesnake, Emu, Fox, and Ruby, the Gipsey having declined the contest. Thus was very little variation in their situations during the SI meat excepting that the Fox, which bad been left rather he be. hind, lowered her flag, and hoisted the Burger. The yatha passed the winning station in the following order : Falcon at 4 hours, 36 minutes. Will-se-the-Wisp 4 52e Emma 4 55 Amethyst 4 sfie Rattlesnake 4 56 The second match was for the Greenock Cup. At one o'clock the following competitors started for the prize : Iris, cutter, 75 tons, belonging to Thomas Greg. Fog. Fanny, do, 15. Mathison. Esq. Ganymede, do, GI), C o l , Madden. During the second round the Ganymede with. drew from the competition, and the Iris passed the winniag station in four hours 53 minutes--the Fanny arriving 15 minutes afterwards. Oa Wednesday the yachts sailed in. a fleet from hen ro Lugs, and manteuvred under the command of the lice. Commodore, R. Morris, Esq. During the follosing seven mailing matches were to take place, including the contents for the Portland and Ardroasan cups.—Greesort Advertiser. DUBLIN TIMES, 41it 1. On Saturday we announced that the Lord Lieutenantki dismissed from the Yeomanry corps, all those who we c7to have taken part In the Orange processions coin r v e e lft d b of July. We have been favoured with the km of Sir William Oossct to Brigade Major Semple, condor.; the particulars of such dismissal : " The Lord Lieutenant, however, learns with moth Rs that some members of the corps in qminieu attended re cessions on the 151 th of July, in &Sew ethic Euellenq's order of the 4th instant, strictlyp such attendext. " It having been proved ;bat Thomas Whyte of the Redhill's corps, did nut only Mud such a premix, but was guilty of a further act of Inenbordinadon at the parade of the collie on the 11th instant, (when the phi* tory order was read) by observing that " he was dirested by the brigade major to advise the men not to walk mac IM, but he did not care whether they followed the advice or ox." His Excellency feels it distressing to visk with the strict mark of disapprobation the misconduct of an ollicer eke brother is the Captain of the corps; but a sense of psbdt duty imposes upon his Excellency the necessity cif remain Lieutenant Whyte from the yeomanry service, as alto all thaw members of the Castle &underarm and Kaaba& corps named underneath, who likewise joined ppaatttty prom aloes, in violation of the express directions of fiosaamesL I am, therefore, commanded by his Exoelkacy, to desire that you will communicate the decision upon the legging points, without delay, to the officers commanding the re. 'pectin corps concerned. W. 60SSET. We are glad to perceive that at length the inhabitants c: Dublin are about giving an impulse to the entire country en the subject of Poor Laws. A requisition most nurnerendr and respectably signed, has been presented to tee Levi Mayor, who, with a praiseworthy readiness, has called are inhabitants to the Mansion-house, on Tuesday, to apres their opinions on the subject. Se. ItlarotcHart's MAILIZT.—CooI Butter bra St!. to 10d per lb ; bacon from 4be to 47e per cwt; hams isra Vis 44 to 40s per cot ; cheeks from 32s 8d to Ms pit dim; lard from bd to 6d per lb; potatoes, Apples *Bd to h per cwt ; Oats from 14s to 14s Bel u pee barrel. Then has been • good supply of cool buttes at market this need. for which then was a very brisk demand, without any ale• tattoo la price; large quantities were purchased in the Liverpool and Manchester markets. Them was a goo! i!"! of business done in bacon—price the same as last gaota:i sL Oats and other articles stationary, with the exception et* potatoes, which are falling. LIVERPOOL ELECTION.-PITCH AND TOS.l.°' Take a tour through the public-houses, where broom IN' mumbled, sod offer to toss up with them for half.a.crovi aeons, or more, always taking care to lose, which the wz• Ding party will never object to. The DISZIMITT• will $U get wind, and you will hue pigmy of custoores• load' pendent electors, who profit by these means, in gratittie are expected to vote fur the candidate of their liberal spot " friend. This experiment, we are assosed, is new trj l 4 upon a pretty extensive scale.—Lieerpool Merges* THE BOROVGII OF APPLEBY.—This pain:' borough has obtained a notoriety which it saes* inerc , ; on account of ha prominent station in schedule A, seireiN to the Reform Bill. Though a part of the s that is " worked so well," it is now proposed, in of Tor? deciemation, and the vapid speeches of Sir Wetbeed and others, to place it among the disfasiddsed bow*, d: the ground of its inadequate population. Bat besides awls of papal don, we find in a work recendy publlebei,ont e sled " Historical Portraits," that the Walk elf bas long been a blemish on our " gloriosa Censtiteden. et practical excellence and purely of which ism e * dinned in our ears. To the mime eol oo Anne C teas of Dorset, Pembroke, and " which nose in the above publication, the X=:: eidote is IFF''' ed s—An admirable trait of the bilepeimimt spirit and 1i mind of this great Countess remain extant in the iellorOl letter, written by her to Sir Jessie Williamoolor dm"' of st a te to Charles 11. wha had eel to reconloola candidate for her borough of Appleby. " I have boo . ~., lied by an usurper ; I have been r,egkeeed by a oiled , 7, I will not ,be dictated to by a subject. Your wee trio. stand." This lady died in the year 1667...—New0. .„,, The Sd inst. Mary Hannah ME , D the . wife of Mr. J. None. ‘ 4 -street, in hes 42d year.—The lit inst. at the tort', Workington, in the 77th year of het age, iirs. Ws' widow of the Rev. P. How.—The 29th ult. in the 821 7 1e ,.. of his age, the Rev. J. Phillimore, vicar of Orton 4 c - ''' Hill. in the county of Leirester.—The 9d hut. in Montsp 711 abed 2_yents and months, Frederkk George, 01 . C. Lox, Es q. Ptintid sod Putt Mod by Joilw MATx t:tv I Orncx, Nw I,2lokatipissi, Tempi, ILT. 11 11 17 91 11 ~~ ~~ 11I t ; I . t. I I I i ~~