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IPoirPiet. -mew- HONNET TO MISS STEPH ENS. ttir citausat •MO sowaisao. bh! slag to use for ever ! weight that be fuedly deem I weer should feel again That sad recurrence of Iteratied paint Which words impart sot, and No eye eta me. Hoar much, Enchantress ! do I owe to thee lirhile thy sweet voice thus weaves the loofa! chain; It ustwiries that, which fettea heart and brain, Awl sets the captives of the heroes free. Could I rainy thee with a verve, as sweet As thine own melody, the debt were less. Not oil` mach hope my feelings I express, kit that while ',teenier crowds thy praise repeat, This may pe►ehaace more genuine joy impart. To know that thoa Mast tooth'd one lonely heart. BRIGHTON, MAY 4. This place is now ►xtremely dull. Not fewer thin 23 'twinges, (all of Nubility mid Gentry, took their di pariute - ion the day after Ike King set out for Loudon. Our wily hope now it, that his hinjemy will retarn in ■bout a fort belt even should it be realised, we canton promise our selv.a a bog visit. We understand that his Majesty bas given directions for the Pavilion to be lighted with pa. BATH, Mar d. Miss Stephens will conclude ber ettrigemest to-morrow 'night at our Theatre, is the c►aracter of Saartano, in the opera alba Marriays of Figaro. Among the Inel nrrieals are—Lord Elgin, Lord Ancram, 'Pun. Mrs Fan , . Hun Gro Walpole, Sir Edwin and Laity Stanhope. Re,. Sir A. Elton, Sir Win. Owen, Sir H. Strachey, Sir W. Wynn. DINNER AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY. Saturday the Members of the Royal Academy , gsve their Anniversary Dinner at their apartments in Somerset-place, which was atieuiled by a nu merous ar•earblege of guests of the first rank and talent; atrtnne whom were— - - His Royal Highness the Duke of York. fieedrs—Neifollt, Bedford, Newcastle, ITellingion, Argyll. Narquiser—Londonderry, Camden, Lanailouts. Euth—Liirerpool, Bathurst, Harrowby, Yarmouth, Car lisle, Egewneont, Grey, Lauderdale, Aberdeen, Grosvenor, burnt. t, Clanwilliam, Cowper. Virroanla— Palmerston, Melville. Exmouth. lords—Chief Justice Abbott, Chief Justice Dallas, the Thief Baron, Morpetb, Lyneduck. Bishop , — London, Oxford, Chester, Salisbury, Bangor. Right Honowrobles—The Speaker, Sir W Scott, Sir W. •Grant, Sir C. Long, the Vice-Chancellor, Lord Mayor, W. W. .Pule, C. Arbuihnoi, F. Robinson, W. Huskisson, G. Tier wey, Sir H. fliaparll. lionorrobler—Lieutertant.General E. Phipps, A. Ellis. Ambassadors—French, American, Prussian, Swedish., Hanuveriatt, Bavarian, Wirtemberg, Suomi. Sira--.G. Beaumont, A. Haw, W. Effort', T. Baring, J. •Rwinburne, M. W. Ridley, T. Aelaud, H. Davy, H. Torreon. Attorney-General, Solicitor-General, Surveyor General. Mesas.-11. Bankes, W. Smith, J. G. 1-embroil, J. W. Cry 'ter, T. L. Parker, W. Fawkes, Rev. H. Carr, Watson Tay lor, J. Rogers, Watts Russell, T. Hope, R. P. Knight, Dr. Woolaston, J. Penn, J. Terser, Ridley Colborne, J. itennie, Dr. Raillie, M. Gericanit, P. Hoare, A. Carlisle, the Chamberlain of London, Warden of Dulwicb College, 'President of the College of Physicians, &c. LONDON HIBERNIAN SOCIETY. Saturday the London Hibernian Society held its 'flfteentli annual meeting at the City of Loudon Tavern, for the purpose of receiving the report for - the past year. Vi,count LORTON was in the Chair. supported by several Rev. Grutlemen, and other •persons who take au active interest in the affairs of 'the Society. The Chairman, in calling the attention of the meeting to the state of education in Ireland, pro sionoced a warm eulogium upon a work lately pub lished, called Thoughts and Suggestions upon Me Education of the Peasantry of Ireland, by an Irish Catholic Barrister."—The Noble Lord declared the pride which he felt as an ',Witten at the li ,growth of this Society in his country. 'file Report, giving a very flattering picture of the progress of the Society, was then read by the Secretary ; from it there appeared to have been 56,000 Bibles and 60,000 Testaments distributed among the Irish peasantry since the year 1 811. On the motion of the floss. Charles Shore, se. entitled by the Rev. John Owen, and supported by eloquent speeches from both, the Report was order oil to be received and adopted. The Rev. Mr. Bunt (of Dublin) eloquently en larged upon the great objects of the Society, and .irs a proof of its necessi.e, read an extract of • letter respecting Use state of Conamara, a region of bog and morass, to the county of GalwaY, where the Inhabitants, consi-ting of many thousands, were trimmed in igtiorauce and barbarity, and utterly unacquainted with almost the sound of the Eitginh language. The letter described the (heel pline maintained among this tribe by a singular sort of .priest wish a big stick. The Rev. Doctors Collier, Noel, T:torp. and Coombs, Sir Claudius Hunter, and a number of other Gentlemen, spoke at great length in support of the interests of this Society. They respectively enlarged upon its great value as disproving educe iios without %Misting the coorieutious scruples of ....sty class of Christians, the Bible being the only religiose book, and that without cote or comment, aped in the schools. Some affecting anecdotes were related of the schools being held on the road ,idea iu nitid.caboirs, where a hole in the wall ass. 'leered for entrance, both for the children and the fight, as it slid also for their egiess as well as that 4.1 the smoke. The great patronage which the So ciety was stow receiving, promised fair for the fu ture prospects of the education of the poor in Ire land ; and the appeals mode at the meeting were very affectitig, amid well adapted for their obj-ct. A large subscription was entered into by the company. Saiurdsy week a meeting took place near Tub hercurry, in the county of Sligo, between Major OGILVIE, of the 4th dragoons. and HENRY MITER I;ROWNE, lEsq.Captsiti in the South Mayo militia, when, upon an exchange of shots, the hitter gentle man wary severely wounded in the chest. It nes not deemed ailvisabk to remove Isom far at the mo ment, and he hes at a village called Curry, in the neighbourhood of the Flier when the transaction occurred. l'Aciffits: °putt-Roust. After the Opera on Saturday night, a new ballet was produced ,entitled, Nina, Oa In Foil. parAmpur. It is an importation front the loyal Academy of Mime at Parris, where it has attained the, highest celebrity. The story is simple, yet interesting : Nitta, the daughter of a French nobleman, is pro mised in marriage to a young officer, a subalteru in rank, but a claim for her hand from the son of a General gives rise to a parent's command to break her first vows, and accept the more wealthy lover. A challenge ensues between the 'wale, and the son of the General is wounded. The favoured lover of Nino is dismissed by her father, and, in despair, throes himself into the sea, and all tidings of him arc lust. The shock is too severe for !Vino, and her reason sinks tinder it. All efforts to restore her prove unavailing, when her lover is unexpectedly restored to her, awl at sight of him she recovers. From this subject an excellent ballet is constructed. It was admirably acted. Mademoiselle NOBLET, as Nino, and NlJusieur ALBERT, as her lover, ex hib led the art iii its highest perfection. A militia in the first act, given with peculiar grace and ele gance, wa. encored. "The house was crowded With rank red fashion. DRURY-LANE. On Saturday night the opera of Lore is a Village was performed to a most htilliant and numerous audience, in which Mr. BRAHAN and Miss WIL SON made their reappearance after their country excursion. Mr. BRAiIASI, ever delightful, never gyve more satisfaction thin in the character of Hawthorn. In 'foist of his song* he was encored. The i harming ballad of •` Friend of my soul, this goblet sip," h. gave in a tone of the sweetest me lody. WlLsou appears to have lictiturtd snore and self-po•scssion, which citable her todiplay her scientific skill to greater advantage. Iler hi dilatory of execution and softricos of expres sion in the sweet duet of " H hen thy bosom heaves Nu sigh," with Bannast, called forth the a / a nneal aPitrobstion. She was not less successful in the difficult duet of Together let us range the fields," %sitli Mr. liortv, who, in the characier of ) ousg Meadows, contriboted in no small degree to the entertainment of the evening. COVENT-GARDEN. The enter'ainments of Saturday night attracted a crowd.-d awl ►plendid audience. At the end of the play Mr. CHARLES KIMBLE Caine forward and on 'winced the comedy of She Stoops to Conquer, Hod the farce of A !towlund for an Oliver, fur ►his night, by command of his MAJESTY. The an nouncemeat was bailed with loud and univrrsal applause, followed by continued calls for " God save the King." The summons, it would appear, was not anticipated, us a considerable time elapsed before the orchestra attended ■nd the wi►hrs of the audieuee were gratified by the executio►► of this fine national atith,tin. MISS MACAULEY. This Lady's display oftlie beauties of M AMT.. ORR'S Duke of Milan, at the European Saloon. King -street, St. J•ines's, on Wednesday next, as announced in this Paper, is strongly patronized by the literary, theatrical, and fashionable circles. It is undertaken in compliance with the solicitation of her numerous friends, whose confidence in her success proves the high estimation in which they hold her talents. It requires a versatility to which no oilier living actress has any pretensions. The performance of ‘Veiluesdoy promises a full and vplendid audience. FANCY DRESS BALL. A fancy dress hall is announced for this week at the New Argyll Rooms. It lois originated in a dr sire to encourage the mantifactarrs of the United Kingdom. la the present crisis of their de. pression, requiring every possible ex•ertiou for their improveineui, the motive riititlrs the effort to tier most liberal patronage and support. It is fur ther recommended by the most splendid prepara tions, which promise a scene of the highest grstiti cation. The folliowinir i. an extract from the ad vertisement announcing this brilliant entertain ment : " Mr. Doherty takes the liberty to solicit the supphrt of the Commercial %World to splendid Fancy Dress Ball, at the New Argyll Room., on Wednesday next, far the tocsin ragemeot of the Mantsfactsces of the United Kingdom.— Tickets of Admission One Poona, Refreshments iiielinted. Nay be hail at No. 41q, Jerntyn-street, St. James's ; from must Booksellers of entinence at the East and W. • t end of Town ; soul nt the Argyll Itoottio.—N.B. Ladies, Noblemen, and Gentlemen attending the Argyll Rooms on thi% MTN- Ilion, are rr.vir4t...l to gira directions to et down with their hones' heads to sans thdructi-street." The bill of fare at the Kiug's Theatre this nieht, for the brio-tit of that old and meritorious faviiiinte of the public, Mr. ICr v long respected for his private worth, mill eminent fur his talents i.sa singer and composer, promises a rich treat to the loves; of harmony. On Moaday last, the theatres in the York circuit were let to Mr. MANSELL, consequently lie has become Irs.ee and manager for she nest revel, years. The match between Mr. HUGIISS BALL (corn. minify cull. d, f his immeuse wealth, " The (S..ldro Ban and Lady JANE l'AnF.r, daughter of Ilse Mimpus of ANGLESEY. i. off, MA Mr. I; A LI. has himself to Paris. A rumour was circulated, that it was proposed to render a settlement Of ten thoestml pounds a-year vuid, in die case of infiiklity on the part of the lady. If such a proposal was ever made, the breaking off the match ent C:111St• no surprise. Another re port is, that the lady does not like the gentleman's plebeian name. hi addition to the improvement making at Eaton Cheshire, by the building of a new wing on the th side, the gardens have received an addi tion of several acrer, by being thrown open to the artificial liver, which will form their boundary. Workinen are now employed on the thunthition of a spacious edifice in the - precinct of the Savoy, between the German Chapel and Wellington-it reel. It is to be an office for the accommodation of the Duchy of Laucuster, with a terrace facing the liver, on a line and corresponding with the terraces iu front of Somerset House cud the Adelplus • PINE ROYAL ACADEMY, SOMERSET-HOUSE. The following are some of the leading pictures of this te hibition By Sir T. LAWRtNCE, P.R.A.—portrait of her Royal Highness the late Princess Chneloite... - -pamait of Ike Mar. qui, of Londonderry.—Portrait of Sir Hunsphry Davy, Bart., President of the Royal Society, Sse.—Portrait of Mrs.' H. Baring and Children.... Portrait of Lady Lutist Lamb. ton.—Portrait of the late B. West, Eaq. P.R A.—Viscounts-et Pullington and Child.—James Palmer, Eaq., Treasurerest Christ's Hospital. Sir WILLIAM HCECIIIT, R.A. has added to his former re. potation by a Sue Portrait of the Earl of Ailesbury.-11140 Leicester, Esq.—The Bird's Nest—Portrait of a Gesitlemmia. —Portrait of a Lady in the character of Ulla. Mr. FUllCLl.—Eriphyle slain by her son Alcmxon, who is pursued by her avenging Faries—Jealussy, a sketch ; and Prometheus delivered by Hercules. T. STOTRARD, R.A.—The Yiusare.—Saneho Panes re lates to his muter, Don Quivote, the reception and eon (ion he had with Dulcines.—ShAspesre's characters, Falstaff, As You Like It, Tempest, King Lear, and Mac. betb. H. Tomlin°. , R.A.—Bed-lime. W. HILTON, R.A.—An alleg 'rice picture of Nature blow. lug bubbles fu► her children. A. COOPER, R.A.—The bezoie conduct of Cromwell at Marston Moor, where, bciug wounded in the right arm, be called op a reserve, and, placing liiins.lf at the bead of it, sided by Lurds Manchester, Lambert, &c. obtained a victory fur ibe Pailiameat. A. W. CALt.corr, R.A.—An extensive Landscape.—Dover front the sea; a squally day; watt' against the lisle. W. COLLINS, R.A.—Scene in 11.irrowdate, Cumberland— Dart @mush, Devon—Muining on the Coast of Kent. W. M 'tumult, 1i.A.— . 1 he Careless Messeuger detected. D. VI mai IC, R.A.—Nearinuagers, and Guess-nay-name. W. R. DIGO, R.A.—The Ctad.e; or, a present from the Grandmother. H. HOWARD, R.A.—Cottaan Sc,ne, Sabrina, the House of Morpheus, Portrait uf the Her. H. Trimmer. J. Noftinccrrs, R.A.—The Burial of Edward V. and his Brother the Duke of York, who were murderrd in the Tower of Loudon., by order of Richard Ill.—The Marriage of the Duke of Turk, brother of Edward V. to the Lady Anne Mowbray, uuly daughter and brir of John Lord Monfort', Duke of Norfolk, Young David kreping his Father's Flock, Portrait uf Master Mauve's. H. RAFIURN, R.A —Portraits of the Marquis of Bute, of Earl Compton, Sir John Hay, Bart., and ■ Lady and Gentleman. R. R. RILIWAGLE —Scene from Nature, Mid-ilay, and Portrait of a Geutlemati. J. WARD, R.A.—Portrait of a favourite Hunter, the pro perly of Edmund fates, Esq., Portrait of Rover, a favourite Spaniel, the property of Earl Powia. T. DANIIILL, R.A.—The Sacred Temple of the Hiniloos, containing an ancient Templo and Idol of Mahadeva, near the Hurdurs, uu the Gauges. The lining of • Hindoo Temp!e, Ste. taken sear Cor Hoer, in the Tsnnevelly Diatriet, East Indies. W. OWIN, R.A.—Portraits of the Earl of Pembroke, and of Henry Collingwood Seihy,tsg. J. JAcKsott, R.A.—Portraits of Earl Grry, Sir M. W. Ridley, Bart, the Rev. W. Lon:, Miss 'sue Allnutt, W. %add, Esq., Miss Wiliam, of Drury lane theatre, Mr. Macready, is the character of Macbeth, and of J. North cote, Esq. R.A. T. PHttun, R.A. F.R.S. and F S.A.—Portraits of the Right Hon. Sir William Grant, late Master of the Rolls; of Lady Harriet Drummond and Children; D. Ricardo, Esq. M.P.; Hon. J. Abercrounhy, Esq. M.P. ; Mrs. Fitzgerald; P. Johnston, Esq., of Carnsalloch; and Master M. and Miss E. Watts Russell. M. A. Sites, R.A.—Portraits of G. W. Taylor, F..sq of Mrs. Watson Taylor, Miss Tomo, Miss Campbell, Edward Tennis, Esq.; J. Evelyn, Esq.; Mu. Henry Elates ; mid a Lady. A. E. CRALon, R.ArLe Billet—Portraits of a Lady and her daughter; of Dr. Chem, ; of her Grace the Duchess of Hamilton ; of Mrs. Eversfirld ; ■nd two Ladies. .1. CONSTABLE, A.— Hampstead Heath—A Shower— Harrow— Landscape ; Noon. G. AIUCLULD, A.—The Battle of Naseby.—Scear on a Wood side. The moat suceestul amtmg the plating, of those who are not Academicians arc May-day in the belga of Queen Elias- bells, C. li. I.Cll.ll.—Tbe Countess of Waldegrave and the Earl of Sheffield, by G. BRECllll%—ilittrder of archbishop Sharp on Mavis Moor, W. Au...sm.—Gipsy Seene, Hamp stead Heath, C. Cowin ra.—The DI-woken Smith, W. Ilion. —Vertumnus and Pomona, Mrs. A MSLr.Y.—Rumeu and Juliet, H. P. fluirms.—A Mother and Child, W. Loma.— Dead Garnet B. BLAILt.-51trry Wises of Windsor, P. Ramos. Mrs. Pots has four beautiful drawings in this Exhibi tion, six. :—Two large Groups, varieties of Roses, one of them coutsined in an F.trasean Vase, drawn at lire British Museum from one of the finest of Sir Wm. Hamilton's col lectiuu ; the other in • Roman one. An extraordinary large Cockscomb, done for the Iluetitultural Suciety and • s.uall Tree of the double Sasauqua The works of Sculpture are numerous; the prominent ones are—Model fur the intended Statue of B ‘V VAT, E.g. late P.lt A., C. Rossi, R.A —A Hiuilno Girl, by It. Wyss'. al ACOT T, R.A.—('t'iuduzi arid Amelia, C. Rossi, R A.—Buit of T. Phillips, Esq. R.A., %Impale of Londonderry, Sir Walter Scutt, Bart. and %V. Wordsworth, Gig., by F. CIIANTRY, R.A.—Bust of %Upon, by W. litmus. The Exhibition of Painting, at the Bvitish Ga iety; Pall-mall, eloied on Saturthiy last. Tile ad wirers of Beishozzar's Feast were more numerous than on any preceding day, nod from the expressions then mannested we are induced to hope the liberal purchaser of this splendid picture will gruify the public with an exhibition of it for a few weeks in the metropolis, us the regulations of Ihls InStitUll4ll will not admit of its longer continuance there. A Queen ANNB'S farthing, in fine preservation, Icis lately been presented at the British Museum, is here no doubt was entertained of its being genuine. The Lute Mr. PlascuELL, by his ivill,iproved in Doctors' Commons, has bequeathed to his Royal Highness the Duke of GLOUCESTER the sum of 20,0001. on account of the good opinion he enter. tinned of his Rapti Highness's public conduct, which he describes as " an example to other.."— He also discharges him from the payment of the further sum of 6,0001. due on mortgage. Mr. PlescuELL's personal property is sworn under 350,0001, out of which a considerable sum is be queathed to various charitable iustitut:ons. Jettireitt jia. inairses NATION IN TNT COINNITTEN a SIN IA NOR RODUCINO TWO LOAM Or THI ADNIILIMTT. Bastard, E. E. P. Graham, S. O'Callaghan, J. ambits, H. Gordo*, R. rbillips,G. jun. Biattleo. T. P. Grotto*, J. Palmer. C. F. Bilietuont,T. W. Hutchinson, ilea. C.Pareell, Sir H. Belgruve, The. Haldimautf, W. Rietford, W. Bright, H. Hubbouse, 3. C. Riissell, Cord J. Bennett, Hon. H. G.Huriaby, E. Rite, T. S., Birth, J. Hestbcote, G. J. Ricardo, V. Bury, Viscount ' Harbord, Hon. E Ruisrtl, Lard W. Barnard, Viscount Runic, J. Smith, Wsn. Cuncanoon, L. Holton'. Lord Smith, J. CruitiptooS. Keck, 0. A. L. S nith, Abel Calcraft, Sohn torsion, Sir W. Sehright„ Sir I. Csireirey, Tbos. Lookingtou, S. Tierney, Rt. Hie.Ge Colborne, N. R. Lennard, T. It Treusayne. J. H. Calttorpe, Hon. F. Lanestou, .1. H. Tulk, C. A. Corbett, P. Milbank, R. Wino, J. A. Chaloner ' n Rubt. Martin, J. Wyn, NI Mi nds's, Hon, T. Slouch, J. B. IVbitbresik S. C. Denman, T. Moore, P. Wilms, Sir R. Dunisanon, Vise. Macdonald, J. Wilsou, T. Davies, T. H. Moore, A. Whence", John Evans, W. Maxwell. John Whaitusere, W. W. Fitzroy, Lord C. Marjeribauks, S. Yorke, Sir J. Forbes, C. Moberly, J. Ferguson, Sir R. C. Moberly, W. L. Tet.LNII. Griffiths, J. W. Nugent, Lord Berra!, J. LIBERAL LANDLORDS. G IPopham has reduced his rents to his tenants is Souterseishire licentyfiee per mil. and hos signified his io. Iridium to continue itt du au while turn sells under Si. 64/. per bushel. The Lord Hi bop of Peterborough his liberally reduced the rent of Ilas tithes in Sutton and Castor parishes. Se- have been made to us of usher abate• smuts of rent, but u such reductious will Ito doubt become keneral, it would seem iuvidious to particulatiu moderate itistaatem.—(Slagiurd Mercury.) A DMRA L BLIGH. This gallant officer, whose death on the 36th last, at his seal, Belly-View, near Southampton, was lately mentioned in this Paper, was in hi. 84th year, pronely of which were spent in the service of his Majesty's navy. He was Aide. de•Camp to Admiral Bytsg in the action with the French fleet, under M. de la Glaissouriere, ok Minorca, for his condom. in which Admiral Byng was shot, by a sentence of a Court-Martial. He was *pp-tinted a Commander by his god father, Lurd Rodney, in 1781 ; in 1778 he obtain ed the rank of Post Captain; and in 1794, that of Rear. Admiral, a few days previous to the memorable de. fence which be made against five French line-of-battle ships and twu frigates, in his Majesty's ship Alexander. As a Sag-officer he successively served as Portsmouth, la. "oleic', and in the command at Leith. The manly frame of Sir R. Bligh's mind corresponded with that of his person; of frank open manners, mid efprimiples which never swerved from the path of honour; skilful and heave in Ms pram slot, which he loved and adorned, he was no all occasions kind and protecting to the Officers mid men who served an. der him. As a husband, a father, and a Priem', his loss is severely fell, sad will be ever affect imiately remembered—a Sir Richard was born in Cornwall in 1737, of an ancient and respectable family of that county. He was twice married, he has left one son (besides several daughters, all married), via. Capt. G. M. Bligb. BITE OP A VIPER. Oa Wetlandvy eennight as Mr. F. Francillon, Solicitor of Chippingnortitn, was walking iu the forest of Whichwood, Oxfordshire, be had occasion to stoop down in order to ad• just his shoe, when be put his head accidentally on s •iper which bit him iu the Anger. The pain was very acute,aud Mr. Fraucillon was a mile ■ud a half from any house, so that be could not have immediate recourse to medical aid. Know. iog the consequences of delay, Mr. F. sucked the poison from the wooed, and called on a surgeon as sons as possible. The symptoms which ensued were of au alarming nature; the tongue was muck enlarged; pulsation ceased, and fur some time Mr. F. was in a Mate of insensibility. By administer ing powes fel emetics and cathartics, he was at length relieved from the stupor, and the other alarming symptoms subsided. Mr. F. is sow recovered with the exception of his arm, which be has rut yet been able to sake use of. CURIOUS TASTE. A rage for collecting curiosities has prevailed at all times and at all places. Some years since it was the fashion for amateurs to filch portraits from all books they could put their hands on, in order to illustrate Granger's Iltstory of England. Florists prided themselves, particularly a noble one its our neighbourhood, because they hail all the gera niums in the world. Autograph hunting is a favourite pas time in London, and at Abingdon, sign-cullecting is slow the rage: five of these exhibition boards were lately torn from their stations, and carried away by some of these new vir tuosi. If not prat an end to, it is supposed that not a single lion, hear, or lamb will remain as a decoration of that an. dent borough.—(thrford Herald.) METEOROLOGY. Extract from a Meteorological Journal for April, 1821, kept at the Observatory of the Academy, Gosport : "The greatest part of this month was fine, although it rained (more or less) on 20 different days, the aggregate nmonsaing to 3 2-sth inches in depth. The medium height of the Barometer is very low, and the quantity of water eva porated is less than in April last year by upwards of an inch, in cousequrtice of the prevailing S.W. V/10411, and Bee freepirot showers. The mein temperature of the air is 1 deg. 1.3 d higher than in Apiil, 1820, sod 23 der. higher than the average fur April, its the years 1817,1818, 1819, and 1820. The MUXifflltifl temperature of the air on the 26th instant, (74 deg ) wan higher than it had beta ludieated by the shaded thermometer in any similar month since the 13th of April, 1814, when it rose to between 73 matt 74 deg under a similar Constitution of the air, 'mt. the sky shrouded by attenuated Cirrostratus. " In a day or two after the thunder-storm of the 20th, the blossom of the fruit trees made a beautiful appearance, in somuch that, at the close of the month, we were delighted with a sight of the same decorations of Nature that have not, in late Springs, appeared till the middle and latter end a May. The grand stimulus to these, and to the forward state of vegetation, was the average heat of the last fourteen days Leing equal to the average heat fur May iu 1817, 1818, 1819, and 1820. "The atmospheric and meteoric pliettomene that have come within our observation this mouth ■re one laterial anthelion, shore° parhelia, tett solar and two luuar halos. 4 discus coroner, three single and three double rainbows, and seven small meteors; thunder oo two, and lightning on four evenings; also seven strong gales of wind, or days on which they have prevailed, namely, one from the South, three from South-west, and three from West." The late Major GAMBIA, of the 47th, left, by his will and codicils, which were provtd in Doctors' Commons on the 16th of April, the sum of four teen thousand five hundred pounds, fire per cent. annuities, to be appropriated towards the payment of the national debt, having, he nys, acquired the fortune he was rimmed of La the service of Government. MR. GRISR 4 S NEW WORK. • "ETV to Dr. Milner's " End of Religions Controversy,. It tag axv. a. awn, Lk • • • i We have seldom•had the gond fortnne to meet with controversial divinity in a form io uniaereally pleasing and attractive as it has smutted in this stew publication by Mr. Grier. The volume bell re ns is esitleirtly the result of varied Nod extensive re search, of deep and anxious inqiiiry, and or art earliest solicitude to promote the cause of religion and of truth. It brings together a mass of eetidt lion ccltreted from writers of every age and couutry„ digested in a manner equallj harmoniows sod • coinprehensive, norm all those points of doctriire and ~r ceremonial observarrees in which the Church of England essentially differs, not only from the • Church of Rome, but also front various other sects of Christians; so that it may be said to place in one connecter, view the orthodaz principles of the Chord) of En:clued, oppcised on tlte one hand to the doctrines of the Chinch of Rome, and on the other to the eximagaricies of pers.. rted zeal and the wanderings of religious enthusiasm. But amidst this stem of learning, tine hook possesses • another and very peculiar advantage, tun frequently overlooked in the composttion of learned worts— that of being enti Ily and practically useful. The 1-armed author seems with greet propriety to have felt that it was not for scholars: and divines alone he was b3und to unlock the treasures of polemic litera . Lure; but that as a cleigyinan it nes his ditty to throw around a subject, winch is too often exhibit ed with little to invite attention, every thing of or nament and of familiar illustration, which, without compromising the calm dignity that properly be. longs to it, might lead the great body of society-to the study of those important matters in which all are so much interested. With his learning, there fore, he has happily blended a popular and attrac tive manner of treating the several topics contained to his book ; so that while the learned may here seek fur information, or renew their past know ledge, the less-fortunate classes of society may front the same source ',certain the grounds and principles upon which their faith is, or ought to be, founded. • Mr. Grier has been already favourably known in his profession, and to biblical scholars, by his very erudite workan refit ition of " IVard's Errata of Me Protestant Bible." To this work Doctor Milner snakes frequent reference in his " End of Religions Controversy ;" and we perceive, from th e preface to the work now before us, that Mr. Grier's first object was confined to merely answering Doc tor Miluer's objections, but that lie has been in sensibly led along to the completion of the present work, which we doubt nut will he esteemed by the heads of the Church to be one of the most use ful, as it is undoubtedly, so far as our reading enables us to judge, one of the roost able produc tions on behalf of the Established Church which the press has in niodern tune: sent forth. The volume, in addition to the " Prefatory Re marks," consists of twenty-one chapters, each of which is devoted to the examination of some one of the various points of difference that unhappily divide the two great kindred Churches. These it would be now as utineceitsrry fur us to particula rize by name, as the discussion of them indivi dually would be unsuited to the miscellany of a newspaper. We theiefore feel that we shall best discharge our duty to our readers by refrrring them to the work itself for information upon throe several topics, with an assurance that they will lie recompensed for their time and trouble by much curious and interest nig !rand lig ; more 'spec'. ally in those chapters that treat about the character of the received translation of the Bible—tine authority of the Pope—the ancient state of t! e several Christian Apostolic Churches—and the changes effected by time in their respective dist i pline, doctrine, and government. lit all parts . of the work will be found much useful 44- co:nitro—useful alike to. all classes of Cliristiecs who seek after truth with sincerity and zeal, which derives no factitious strength from angry poislance or asperity, but blends the amenity of a polite mind with the unyielding energy that suits the character of a distinguished advocate of the Este-, Wished Chute!). Oa Monday last, at the shortest possible notice, the Marquis of EXETER kindly consented to tit his manor of Bourn, Liticoliishire, for the purpose of laying this first stone ofa Sessions-house there be erected fur the use of the division. Ells Lord, ship arrived amidst the ringing of bells and a cheer ful population, in his chariot and four, at three o'clock, at the But!-inn, where he met the Magi. stracy and Committee for managing the erection.— Fourteen gold coins, of the reigns of Hex air VII I., ELIZABETH, JAMES 1., slid CHARLES 1., Sill three rings of pure gi,1.1, having been dim o. vered in the foundations of the building takea down, were submitted to his Lordship as treasure trove within the manor. The wittivereary of Sir ROBEET PeEL's bi.t - !- (ley was celebrated on Wcibit whey last at the Town h ail , Tainworth. Upwards of 120 Gentle men sat down to an tlegeut aiid sumptuous din ner provided for the occasion by Air. Baa•ron, of the King's Arms. A E•ntiati padlock mode of iron, in excellent preservation, inscribed LEG. XX. was found . Tneaduy week near the site of the Roman altar, at Boughton, in Clicshile. On Sunday morning the Earl of Buelcinghous. shire, Captain Jounsenn, sailed hum Greenock for Quebec, with settlers, drawn front the vats associatious of this rod the adjacent counti.a.— 'Elie total number of passengers, old acd young. by this 'hip, is six hundred, of which oLont gate are from this enmity and the rest from Lanarkshire. The emigrants, generally, have a most respectable appearance, and amongst them are various artificers. At Northwick Park, in Worcestershire, the bodies • of five deer (four out of which were six-year old bucks) were seen floating in • the larger ilicet of water in the Park. It is probable they were strieken, and blirded or stupified, by lightning; and their course being bent towards the water, they lent eve m ry ort fae si u n i gul ty a u r f , assatviienegr swim mmsevelriry well, and, under es. The aecielent is • °tlwrert utnetencer, are frequently seen traversing • the lake. ,••!' • la =