The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-09-18 00:00:00

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CAPITAL 9 .,A MILIAN STRALINDAdi upward,. girylt•PlVE THOUSAND PlifiSiONS have sought Proustian Is. the Own Derma Red have fano; it masS bio w e . ow to sumo ficoeire c a l . C 1 lartnta. s is of C . . r oo t too gi fo i Zen e t t e. f to What so d I ", i. r .liits s'h'it, to t: swot* canvas. ber lousiness, great Aceasnolatlosts bare been made.— Parson who t..w laws, participate squally with the dialled , '1 OP 25 AND It Pitt ,CUNT. he contaquenek have bees ogle dirndls who have esatitneed insured vent years. opine Mr i al wela as span septsmald Pellets., and whether they him bad . Chidastsbarbeeiertor clbegviss—A42,oll bass been retuned in Ws way 00 .4 gem view lashed, within the lad Nee yesz.—ta iisportgot stirwilteli w . ether in .. tuit. oak ,"w ag , w ag has iguit-iw filial O.W Se. and arlis. Its. per ealtl. Lave brut pill t i :Ir ,Tbis Oasis pablisbed. price be. In bds., ILTKOOR,Sy EP H and other Poems. JOS COTTLE. printed for T. CADELL, in the Strand ; and W. Blackwood, Edinburgh. Of Whom may be had. by the SUMP Author. Masseur lbw, and other Poems, 3d Edit. 3s. ALTRUI, 31 /ob. 3d Edit. 10s. Oil. VITOICAL VSASION of lb. PSALMS, 24 Edit. Si. FALL Or CAMBRIA, 2 vols. 9d Edit. 12s. Mums. Part I.largeßso. 10s. Od. DITTO. Part 11. foolscap five. 3u. STaicTuRES on the PLC 1101:TH ANTI,IO3IIANI, Bro. 25.131 This Day is puh:ishrd, in 2 vols. Seri. price His. In bds.. AREFUTATION of CERTAIN PRIMARY DOCTRINES of POPERY, In i series of Theological Riasertitiois, in which it is demonstrated that the Italian or Romeo Church has long sloes ceased to be Orthodox ; also a dasonsirative "ranent, founded chiefly is the facts of Re soiled Scripture, that St. Peter was never Bishop of Rome. By the :tev. ROBERT CRAM. A.M. • ,Prints for T. cAveLL, In the Strand; and sold by P.C. and .1. Riviagton; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green; and .1. Itatchard and Son, Piccadilly. This day is published. in 2 vols. 12.n0. prin. 124.. JUSTiNA, or Religion Pure and Undefiled, a Nio ral Tale. Printed for A. K. NF.t . ; MAN and Co. London. Where mey be had, printed this Summer. LORAN, by the Author of Seventy-six, 4 vols. If. 4s. WILDERNESS, or the Youthful Days of Washington, three ' 141 s. ISs. _ . . ......- SEFECR OF UER OWN CIRCLE, by 111141 Russell, 4 vols. ILIA. Lacs-sus or , *GOTLAND (2d series), containing DAR Margot, 3 vols. 16s. 611. ilr sass v. HEADS. or Diamond cut Dismood, by lonee Mole, Esq. 3 vols. W.. Al:swum Love, from the erman, by G. Souse.? vols. 12 9 . WHAT SHALL DE, WALL BE, l Noiref, by Mire. Meek, 41 to- Imre, It. 41. •11,14 Thiv is pohlialte , l, In 3 veT.. ltmo. Mee ills. fl 4. grARETNA-G It EEN MA IMIAGES, or the Nieces, Vir by Miss Greta, Author of Who Is the Bridegroom? Fu gitive, &c. Printed for A. K. NEWMAN and Co. Leadenhall-street. The following will appear this Autumn BEATRICE, or the Wveheriy Family, by Mary W bite, 4 vols. 'lnc POLISH BANDIT, or Who Is my Bride? by Francis La- Shuns, Author of the Mysterious Freebooter, tf vols. limos or lies:mu/00ra, a Romance, by L. S. Stanhope, au thor atilt Bandit's Bride, Crusaders, &c. 4 vols. - TRADITION OF THE CASTLE. or Scenes in the Emerald Isle. by R. M. Roche, Author of Children or the Ahlw • , &c. 4 vols. WOMAN'S A RIDDLE, by Ann of Swansea. 5 vols. De Iterizev, or the Man of Sorrow, by R. N. Kelly, Esq. Author of Frederick Dornton, 2d Edition, 3 vols. • 2200,000 PRIZE MONEY! NEXT TIIURSDAY..I.Ottery begins. 4 Comb'll, and 9, Charing-Cross. NEXT. TiwasDAY-10.03i1. for the First-drawn Prize. DISH 4 Comb!ll, and 9, Charing-Cross. NEXT THURSEIIY..Three 20.000 f. Prizes may be drawn. BISII - 4, Corahiii, and 9. Charing-Cross. NEXT TOURSDAY..Two 10.000/. Prizes may be drawn. 111s1I .4, enrehill. and 9, Charing-Cross. NEXT TIIORSDAY..More Prizes than Blanks. NIKO 4, Corehill. and 9. Charing-Cross. NEXT THURSO IY..Tirkets may be much dearer. 111S11..: 4 Cototoill, and 9. Charing-Cross, le now Selling Tickets and r.hares Cheaper than for Thirty Years. ÜBLI C NOTICE.—ROBERTWAR BEN, Black P ieg Manufactarer, 30, ST It; NI), begs to rantion tike.Public against a spurious composition being sold under• his name, by means of imitation labels. These may easily be detected by observing that the genuine has Hour. Wsattrw signed on each label,—all others ere counterfeit many of which are inter'ined, in very starlit characters, with a different address between the " No. 30," and the wn-d "Strand." Ronv. NVARREIV also begs' to add, that his sole Manatactory is at 30, STRAND ; nor has lie any connexion with those pretended Warehouses professing to be branch establishments of his. All persons giving orders for WAR REN'S BLACKING are particularly requested to take notice that the real Manufacturer is RORT. WARREN. SO. STRAND. It k strongly recommended to shopkeepers and others who are deceived by such vile impostors, to return tt.is trash to the parties !rom whom it came, as being a punishment suit aide to base fabricators of an article so essentially necessary to the fashionable world. This genuine and .surpassingly brilliant Blacking stands nerkalled f:r its peculiar excellence in keeping the feet per fectly free from damp in Wet Weather, preserving the lea ther soft and pliable, and producing the most elegant polish tier beheld, retaining its pristine virtues in any climate. is soh , by every respectable vender in Town and Country, in Belies, at Od. 10d. I2d. and 18d. each. REDUCED FARES AND UNEQUALLED TRA VELLING To Doyen, DEAL. RAIISOATE, AIARGATE AND CANTEEDVILV, Four Inside Coaches. anti kPeo good Vine, by S. A. MOUNTAIN and Co. SARACEN'S IIEAD INN, SKINNER-STREET, t-NOW.DILL, LONDON'. lIIHE following LionT pip,vr COACHES, Mails, &r. set not from the Move Inn : The "Telegraph," Dorer, Deal, Ramsgale, Margate, Broad Stairs, Canterbury, Fercrshans, and Satubrich nets superior fast Coat*, every morning at a *past 7 o'clock. —lnconsequence of the decided preference green to the 'Pe frarapls Coach. the Proprietors are determined no expense skull be spared fo render it the Jest conveyance on the ltent Riad. itrompton, Chatham„Riehester, Gravesend, Stroud,' Eltlingbourne, Rain have ' 4- Ospringe, Morning, anarter pact 7, AT' 11E:DV,CFD ' , Anti. • •7'ke klelipse,"• Falmouth, Plymouth; Exeter, Truro. liosinii:*„ Totness, Dartrhoith, Wayratrials, llurihesljt , and alistnn•y, Severy morsants at 7. through .10nic,,... stxminsfer. Itridport, - - ••••:•aisdfartf. Noc;ihtitigc,,fogiton..Atsistystalv flisx(furd-bridge, Black n ate r itaii ; ehni • • • The only Day Coach to Weymouth, (driven' through ~._ LoNDC!N, . . , •e , 115 KP M ..~~,. _-,----- D A' ~..~- - it it'i *The CGwe Ar eithieh-H;IIIfPDEN fell is the eed SYPNRY died os the settletwo emsehneen only.) througle Bagehot. Blaekwaler, limingStabe, Overton. IVisitekurek, Andover. Woodyates. Cochmore, Satisbnrp. Illassciford 4' Dorchester; at a quOr ler pail 6 eclat* in Use inorning4 Packets flpol Weymouth to Guerisey, Jersey, Cherboesig, IR. Malmo. ite.. every Wednesday and satesiday Otero... at 9 edge • " The " Union," Sonthaneptote, Lystinglon, Lyndhurst; Winchester, Basingstoke, Hartford -bridge. Blewkwattr, and Bagshot new foss. inside Coach, every morning at 8' o'clock; ar.does at the Coach and Horses, and Vine loh, Southampton, by Fire o'clock. This is a. most dellghtAlt' conveyance to the Isle of Wight. Jersey. Guernsey. At. Haloes, Havre de Grace, McHenry, 4.0.-73 e Proprietors. qf the ukase Coach hope to receive a continuance of that support oehlea has hitherto been experienced since the cow mencement of the " asks." A new Light slay CIACII6 to Dorchester in 14 hours only. thrins.4k BcgtUte Waeitatater, Basingstoke, Overton, Whit- Muer* Asdover, Salisbury. Woodgeais. Cashmere and Bianslford, at a i past 6 o'clock in the morning. —The Pro ors of Ac above Coach arc determined no e be spared to render i 1 the fed committal* on Se Wes- Mood. ' • . both and Bristol Post Coaches, through Chippeniant, Caine, Ilarlbormigh, Itungerford, Newbury and Reading, every Afternoon at One; arrive at the Greyhound Inn, Bath, the London Tavern, Thomas Street, and Swan, Bristol, early the next morning. Coaches to Wells. Bridgetrater,Taanton,and Plymouth, at redneed Fares. The " Umpire." a new Liverpool light Coach, only Oaf Night on the Road, tarrying Four Inside, sets on/ Dail, at One ; arrives at Liverpool next Afternoon at 6, three Waier's, LatAbury, Northampton, Welford, Lutteroorth, Hinckley. Athersione, lJtehfeeld, Stone, Newcastle, Kanto. ford. Warrington and Preseot. Shrewsbury, Wellington and Sieffsial Light Post Coach. every Afternoon. Guarded. Bariulaple and Soullentollox New Light Post Coach.neery Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings, at 7 o'Clock. The "Rockingham," Leeds Light Post Coach, sets oat every Afternoon at Two ; and passes through Raidoek.l !Jiggle:era-le, Rates. Buckden, Stilton. Wansford, Stag ford, Greethani, Grantham, Newark. Tuxford, .Markkao ; moor, Belford. Balers. Doncaster, and Ferro -bridge, or arrirrs at the Golden Lion Inn. Leeds, next Afternoon. at 3 o'clock. in time for the Isra4ford. Halifax. skipton and 1 Huddersfield Coaches, al reduced Fares.—Driven through 1 with four coachmen only.—Lseggage and Packages only id. per lb.—Notwithstanding the uncommon expedition -of this Coach, it is allowed to be the most agreeable and complete public conveyance on the North Road, being unequalled by any other. ilarrotrgate and Ripon New Light Post Coaches every Afternoon, al ,l, 4-S in the Morning. Glasgow, Lohytoorn. Gretna-Green. Annan, Dumfries. Brownian, 7'ltorothill, Stanyelear Kiln, Cammack, Kings- well, and all Parts of Scotland, a Light 4-inside Post- Math Daily. Bridgenorth, Walsal, Shrewsbury, Salop, and Holyhead Veer .Light Coach, erery Afternoon. at reduced hares. The " Express," to York. Scarborough, Whitley, Shields. Sunderland. Newcastle and Edinburgh a New Light Four- Inside Post-Coach, with a Guard throngliont ' • sets out every Morning, by way of Newark. Retford.Doneaster, Ferry-bridge, 'Fadeaster, Darlington, Northallertme, Duikani, Morpeth, and Berwick, and arrives at York the next Morning at 12 o'Clock. at reduced Fares.—Drivin through with 4 coachmen only.—Paseenyere finding them :Nees fatigued on the Journey. may rest what time they please, east then proceed without any addlllen.dfare. MariberotegA and' Saharan Four laid& Day Coach, Oro' Akibourn, Reading. Madame*, Parton, Lydington, Pewsey, Wootton Basset, Ramsbeery. Heengerford, New bury and Maidenhead.—Dricea through with one coach man only The New Royal Patent Mail, Boston and Louth. tyro' Royston, Cambridge, iluntiagdoa. Stilton, Peterbore, beeping, Spalding. Spitsby, Alford, Grimsby 4. Hull, Evening, at half-past 7 o'clock, Sunday, at a quarter before 7. The "Express," a New Light Four-Inside Post Coach to Carlisle. Peuritk and Wisitehaven; with a Guard all the way; passes through Appleby, Brolly'', Bowes, Greta- Bridge, Riehmond.Catterkk, Borouglebride, Ferry-bridge, Doncaster. Neleark. Hawley, Grantham, Stamford. Gree tham. Stilton, niggle:wade and Baldock. Sets out in the Morning, and performs the Journey wit* the greatest ?W -ilily. AT REDUCED FARM. Passengers detained on the road, by bailees* or plea sure, have the peculiar adrantage of their seats being se cured in the next Coach. THE ONLY DIRECT COACH TO CARLISLE. . ... THE NAVAL DRY ROL The Nem Royal Patent Mail, Cambridge thro' Ware. Buntingford, Bmektand, 4. Royston, Evening, at hatf-past 7 o'c.'Ock. Sunday, at a quarter bejitre 7. Kendal, Lancaster, Preston. Kirby. Lansdale, Bolton, Thorley, Ornukirk and tiarstang Light Post Coaches, every Afternoon. The " Royal Express." Nem Light Four-Inside Post Coach, to Liverpool, in ti flours only. thro' Warrington, Prescot. Conytelon. Landon. Newcastle, Itntlyty. Knots ford. Stone, Stafford and Litchfield. (wag One Night on the /load,) every Afternoon; arrives at the Saracen's /lead Inn. Dale-street. Liverpool, next Evening, at S. The advantages to Travellers who honour this coach with their preference arefar superior to any other on this Road, as the "Royal Express" is driven throughout with 4 coach men only (3 less than any other coach to Licerpool)—a sa ving to Passen , :ers too evident to require comment ; besides the additional adrantage, especially to commercial inter ests, of performing the journey in less time than any other coach; and, notwithstanding its cheapness and expedition, the Proprietors pledge themselves that for safety and ac commodation it is equalled by few and shall be surpassed by none. Wakefield 4-Inside Post Coaches, every Morning and Afternoon, AT REDUCED FAREA. Chester, Newport, IVltitechurch. Tarporley, Narnpl wick, !Vortitivich and Middlemich Light lost Couch, crcry Afternoon: Sunderland, Stockton and Yarns light Post Coach every Morning, to the George Inn, Sunderland, AT REDUCED FARES. Mountain's " Express," to Manchester, Winslow. Con glelon, Newcastle, Walsul, lirolverhamplon 4' knmittford, Nem Four Inside Post Coach, every Afternoon. Only One Night on the Road. sr REDUCED FARES. Sheffield and Rotherham new Four Inside Post Coaches every Morning, called " The Express," and also " The Rockingham,' every Afternoon, Ar REDUCED FARES. The " Royal Express." new Birmingham Light Fast Post Coach, sets out every afternoon, carrying 4 inside only. passes through Warwick, Leamington. Southam, Weedon, Darentry, Stoney-Stratford. and Totreester, to the Saracen's Head, Bull Strest, Birmingham. early the next ntorniny.—Driven through with two coachmen only, (two less Utah any other coach.) The " Express" a Nem Light Post Coach to Hull. Lin coln, Northcare. Borden and Doneash.w, every morning, at eight o'clock to the Cross Keys, Alarket Place, Hail, and also the ;' Rockingham" is the afternoon at '2 o'clock. The Ikrtford, Ware, Hoddesdon and Ckeshnut Coach, AT REDUCED FARES. Tottenham and Edmonton Coaches daily at eleven; half past tiou,fice, and eight o'clock. • V At Reduced Fares, to L•teds, York, and Doncaster: Luggage and Packages at only two-pence per lb. S. A. MOUNTAIN and Co. respectfully acquaint their Friends and the Public. ttiat they will not be accountable for any Parcels, Passengers' Lugrage, Writings, Plate, die. of more than Five Pouni.i Villa% It lost. stolon,ot demeard, anless entered as such, and Thu 'maraud@ paid fee/err or& ingly, at the Sar,acea's :lead Imo, Skinner-street, Sa' a ITI, London. , "Tif --.-.- P M B c:. 18, 1823. Seefold • " . . . - U'UAGLE INAURANCE - COMPANY . ' ' Notice is hisn glee% that the Transfer Books of this Company will he shot f m 13th of Oetnber,to the lath Dayof Normalise nest,wben a Disliked et 14.• por CNA. will commence password. between the boars of Waren and Three, sad madame paying on every succeeding Day (Sundays exeepled.) between three., hears, WV. Dawn sw Rarrotare EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY.—Notice is hereby given, that pursuant to the Deed of Settlement an Annual General Meeting. of the Proprietors of ten or more shares will be hell at the Londoa 'tavern, Bishopsgate-street. on nifty the 3rd day of Oct° , er next. at.3l o'clock at noon, for the purpose of receiving the amounts of the Company. and of electing dye Dlrecters and one Aadltor, In the room of the auttermetitloar.loentlemen who gra out by rotation, bet who an eligible to he reelected. By a bye law, no pima eon he a Candlelit* for the sire of Disk etor or Auditor, unless he shall give at least 14; e log: g. netice thereof. (la wrAing.) to the Secretary previous tothe General X MILFCTORS. _ _ _ J. J.ltaselloson, Esq. Jobs Richards, Esq. i . Peter Skim% En. . • Richards %nitenvos,Esq. E.W. Wlonnso .11.4. John Blsekbnro. Esq., Anew 54 . I :41u Nlchofiams. . *- amlia4o ll = 4l 4 s . . r• r ut • TO TIM ODITOtt 07 TOO STATIIMAN. Stn, London, Sept. 16, 1323. After evading the Extracts from Hume s .History w England below, none will doubt thepoliey (reestablishing the Dock Yard at Sheerness, which was opened on the oat instant, though all may deprecate the e.rpeace. Idle comparisons have been made between Charles the Second's and our present Nevy kby Mr. Knowles, in his Treatise on Dry Itot), which cann st ha fairly drawn from these historical records. The preservation of the British Navy is of the utmost consequence, hut the abolition of the use of winter-bewn timber since 1792 (when our DackYards underwent a revolu tion eqnally fatal as that of Prance), has Introduced the fatal " Dry Rot," which threatens to consume the whole iu a few years, except ive abandon the use of summer-felled oaks, to save the bark—facts which have cost the nation millions of money, from motives of (sex experimew al economy. America is building a navy npin the very principles that raised the glory of Old England's wooden walls, which our Nave Board have abandoned for thirty years. America abounds with naval timber, while Britain is ex hausted.; and one ship built by the Americans will I probably be equal in duration to three British men of war. Who can doubt that America and France, if nit other European Posers, possess ambition AO envy en nigh to wrest our naval power front us, when ever they see any chance of combining against England wish success? The Dry Rot will, I predict. afford our enemies this fatal opportunity, excel.t our Dock Yards be reformed at once, by . returning to our old principles of ship building , before it is too late to prevent invasion, or what is worse, per haps, the loss of our colonies and commerce; since no money can rederm our Navy, not even the National Debt, when the enemy surrounds our islands. The " Dry Rot" will, without timely extinction, prove a gre..trr' enemy than all the world coin- I billed, if we thereby forfeit a navy which has most 2 a-1 hly and snecessfully, hitherto, d. tied all human power.— Events during Bonaparte's reign, have lulled ue into a false security nosy that he is dead. When we contemplate the numbers and sizes of our ships around our arsenals. far exceeding all former history, how little is it suspected that such spectacles only exhibit the national danger in dis guise, u his Majesty's eldest living and acting timber mu tees, measurers and builders (to whom I appeal) would un equivocally prove, if examined at the bar of Parliament; or if a general Survey and Report were to be made, and the documents produced, which 1 have moved for since 1700, which would enable every man to digest the matter, and form a true comparison of . the alarming extent of the na tional danger. 1 am, Sir, Your's truly, JOHN BURRIDGE. NAVAL DISGRACE AT CHATIIAM, Juxe 10, 1667. (Vide Hume's History of Englaid.) " The Dutch fleet appeared in the Thames under the com mand of De Ruyter and threw the English into the utmost consternation. A chain had been thrown across the River Medway, some fortifications had been added to Sheerness and Upnorecastle, but all these preparations were unequal to the present neces sity. Sheernesi was soon taken, nor could it he saved by the valour of Sir E 'ward Sprague. *he defended It. Having the advantage of a spring tide and easterly witM,the Mitch pressed on and broke the chain, though fortified by some ships which had been there sunk by orders of the Duke of Albemarle. They burned the three ships that lay to guard the chain, the Matthias , the Unity, and the Charles V. After damaging several vessels, and possessing themselves of the hull df the Royal Charles, which the English had burned, they advanced with 6 men of war and 5 bee ships, as far as Upnore Castle, where they horned the Royal Oak. the Royal Lona° and the Great James. Capt. Douglas, who commanded on board the Royal Oak, perished iu the flames, thou.: had an easy opportunity to escape. " Never was it known" said he `• that a Douglas had left his post without orders." The Hollanders fell dont the Medway,. without receiving any considerable damage, and it was apprehended that they might next tide sail up the Thames, and extend their hosti lities even to the Bridge of London. Nine ships were sunk at Wool ucich, 4 at Blackmail; the train bands were called out, and every place was In a violent. agitation. The Dutch sailed next to Portsmouth, where they made* fruitless attempt: they met no better success at Plymouth—they insulted Harwich ; they sailed again upon the Thames as far as Tilbury, where they were repulsed. "The whole coast was in'elarm, and had the French thought proper, at this time, to join the P. Fleet to invade h:ng land , consequences the most fatal migh! justly hare been up. prehended. Hut Louis had no intention to push the victory to such extremities. " Ills interests required that a balance should be kept be tween the two maritime Pothers, not that uncontrolled superl , ority should be gives to either. " Great indignation prevailed among the English to see an enemy, whom they had expected totally to subdue, and over whom they had gained many honorable a !vantages, now, suddenly ride undisputed maNters of the Ocean, burn their ships ii their very harbour, fill every place with confusion, and mei ke a terror into the capital itaelf. "The cause of all these disasters could be described nei ther to bad fortune, to the Misconduct of Admirals. nor to the ill behaviour of seamen, but solely to the avarice, a t least to the improvidence of the Government." RIOTOUS Column . IX rug Fxstx Passim—Yesterday evening Robert Selby Uric, Charles Knatchbull. and John Watson, were brought op by virtue oft writ of Habeas Cos. pea, froal the Fleet•prisno, wherei . they had been tont ;alai flood on mesuc process, to plead at Justice 1411, Old Bailers fosse indictment preferred against Muni by the Warden of the snit prison. foe riotous and disorderly conduct therelel and for obstructing the officers therei.f 1•i the prompt execu► Son of their duty. The um, ordered them to glee 0 hour% notice. .Y\ 4' • C. I ifq * .et• boo (..--$14•41) aiIeI44IIIICRSV F.N P" OftD- -~...-. . • . • • .. • (rem was aotatna.).. • , • . • The oriental magnificence and enchantments of Foothill- Abbey have been the theme of public conversation (*Lame months past ; yet we are told the possessor .of the splendid treasure left. it alinest without • . pang.. —His first restalution was to build a cottegt • lower down in the demesnes near the line esoed, eat, let the Abbey : ter:oo ruin. "1 can live here." he salclo'l4,, woodman. !' In epettee.and retirement for four thousand n• year—sCrhy should I tenant that structure with a retinae that, cosy me near thirty ti.orteand 7 ..." Subsequently. however, he resolved to part with the entire. and aunonneed his in-• tention without a " It has cost me." sold he (easing' at it)," *with what it contains, near a million. Yet rhottfkl leave it, and 1, can do so at once: Public. sarprierwitt hes, created, hat that J. am prepared for. Beektottle ch.) , nrUt sq, lies squandeved Ma lefffortane : to me It is smatter of perfect Indifference." He gave stit tallness fOr all the at rancements for visitors to view the Abbey yith the grated ealincess, and closed with Mr. -Phillips on the part of Mr. Farquhar for the purchase almost at once; the stioalatert amount. was 300,0001, out of which about 12.0001. were subsequently deducted for books, and a few pietures, se lected by Mr. Beckford. For this Mr. Farquhar received' possession of the Abbey. with its treasures, of the splendid ' demesne, including 1,900 acres, and of about 300,000 acres. around it beside, with Mr. Beeklord's interest in the ad joining borough of !Thlon, for which Mr. Floater, who had a large montage on Foothill, lately sate as hit Mewl her. Mr, Beckford, it is generally supposed. possessee little now beyond the remnant of eta' he acquired by the sale of Fonthill. His once megniti..ent income tallea to almost nothing. lie lost a large portion of ilia Wes, India estates from defect of title, after a most CX.Peng i Ve le!al contest of several years,aud was subjected to the heavy • . of produce while ha held them. So far from de• riving any thing from the remnant of those once proud possessions, there was last year a lose on the expenditure. and produce of 2031. Mr. ttrckfor.l possessed a fine ?eve, but he *whin' little value to any thing that was not easily, and is said to have been long the dupe of picture dealerraml collectors, Ills Establishment, too for years. wis most 11-. vishly expensive. t• The lazy vermin of the 11.01,—those.' " trappings of his folly," swarmed et Fonthill. Mr. Beck ford never mooed but with a circle of them 'in attendance. The; formed an apaendase of his invincible pride; there was not a bell throuelloat the entire Ahbev ; but lie need , I no summons to colon and attendance. ills liveried retainers stood, in numerous succession, watchful sentinels at Ilia. door, and at fixed periods anticip tied. their proud master's wants. With all this expense, tew visitors were ever seen within the Abbey gates, and his own habits were mi-t tem perate. The Chevalier Franchi had been his companion for years ; lieekforel met him, we believe, is Portugal. The Chevalier was then a married man, and with a Emilie, b'i was induced to attend his patron to England. His wife and children did not, however, accompany him, or twit Portugal ',urine the many yeuri the Chevalier remaieel ell England. He acted for several years as comptroller of the household at Fonthill, is said' ro he a man of very cultivated mind , and is now with Mr. Beckford at Bath, who took front vie Ablrey 16 or Id era.. p raises %shit him beside. Suon after the latterle tit at visit to Portiteal, he became, it is Ken• rally supposed, a Citllfotte. and a wtemt.er of the monastic 'trier of St. Anthony. The Chevalier Franchi was also an extern associate of that er. der, and initiated with Mr. Beckford in its tnesteries bat( always wore the cross of the order, as a distingnishing character, in their breasts; and, like Louis Cl. of France, Mr. Beckford always carried about him a small silver image of the saint. He had also in his chamber a picture of the Anchoret, us which lie addressed his constant orison!. Mr. Beckford fur years rose early, and re'ired as early to rest. He read constantly during the evening; half the books in the library bear marks of his studies; his days. with few exceptions, were devoted to the improvements in the building and demesne. He hail for a long time more than four hundred persons employed at both, who were re.; gularly paid every week. The works went ou constantly night and day; thete have been instances of individuals paid fur sixteen days work daring a week, including Suit e day as a double day. Mr. Beckford superintended all him self. He stood amid torch light, urging on the growth of the Abbey towers, and rode during the day anion„ his la bourers to see the plantations made. SBAMAN'f; FRIEND SOCIETT.—The fourth Annual General Meeting•of the British and Foreign Seaman's Ft iend Society under time name of" the Bethel Union," was held yesterday at the City of London Tavern. The attendenee w as very namaerous (the large room of the Tavern being entirely filled), and was appal ntlj most respectable. 'fits majority of the persons present was composed of females ; and those who took the most active part in the proceedings of the day were Dissenting Ministers. Lord Gambier was called to th i s Chair, and after addressing the meeting, moved that this Annual Report be reach -Who Report was accordingly rea I. It stated the benefits which the seamen had already obtained from the r ligious instreetions of the Society, and yme ad vantage they would derive from the cultivation of studious habits. To complete the former object, the Society were mieterutinmel nit to relax their exertions until every port in England bad a Floe itmg Chapel : and to promote die lattei:, they suerrested the formation of a Sailor's Library in the metropolis. A string of resolutions was then proposed to. and a mpted by, the Meeting, containing in substance a stwement of time reasons fur the formation of the Society which have been already alluded to in our notice of the Report ; and calling for the assistance of the ,pu.miime. Ain these Resolutions a number of Dissenting Ministers volte at considerable length in support of the general objects of the Society. Among those who proposed and eupiaorted one of the Resolutions, was the Rev. Dr. Collyer, who wama received with-considerable applause when he first appeareml on the platform, and when he addressed the Meeting. We understand that John Timothy, who was examined on Thursday before the Magistrates at Greenwich, charged as one of the murderers of Mr. Smith, at letwirt tm. and. his brother, Thomas Timothy, oho were the least guilty in the transaction, have been admitted King's evimmence; have made a full disclosure of all the circumstances attend ing this atrocious transaction.—(Keatisla Gazette ) • ALARMING FIRE AT BRZNTIORD.—Sunday oveainr,.. about seven o'clocic, the inhabitants of ST. x prentfur.i were I :ready al 'rated by a fire breaking out in the bwise of 31r. Dwyer, chemist and drti;rgist, oppolite see church, which burnt with unabated fury for ahowt.Wl,h.eut,„iltnd half, by which time, although the enginteirrisie 4 Immedi ately on the spot, the house,•ittoek, and furniture were en , tirely destroyed, leaving nothing but 11W baceosalia..-411•1 ' tire then communicated to the adjoining hou:m i ofeupiAlky a Mr. Canis, broker and undertaker, which was terjohify injured. Portnnately the whole of his prorerty'efas 'sated, through the prompt assistance of the firegnen;.:Theisboli houses and property-have only ; been insured, wittilitt. tiktihic few weeks eince thc I..te tirepi,tll4.c3 l .o ll ,4ve,ipi 1. It HOP INTELLIORNCE...XAN/lIIIIKIRT., Sept., 1.5. er4pet Hop !Aching here will nearly eln?e this wee . k;witliicinp ar llburt of the must moderate rileitlation. ever, are iritrood condition, tritest , the es4uidiase severs de its tiestrittive eppesrance. •v . 4