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NUMBER 5911. • 711 RATRE-IIOYA L, DRURY-LA WIC XHIS EVENING, WEDNESDAY, Nov. 14, • his Majesty's Servants will perform Shakspeare's Tra. giJ, of • OTHELLO. D the of Venice, Mr. Foote ; Brahantio, Mr. Powell ;- :)t•leflo, Mr. Kea.; Call•ell, Mr. Pesky; R.nlerigMt•Mr. ; logo. Mr. Cuuprr. fliesdemona, Miss Smithison; is art~a, Mrs. Egerton. After which (Sth thee) a sew Musical Comedy, in two sets, called MAID OR WIFE? Or, THE DECEIVER DECEIVED. principal Characters by Mr. Elkton, Mr. Harley, o Sinithsoa, and Miss Copeland. The Doors to he opened at Six &Cluck, arid the Per foreswore to begin at Seve". Phicis to be takes of Mr. Rodwell, iw the Raised& of the Salton . of Ike Theatre. Private Boxes earl only be olitalaed for the Evesiog of likelwell, at the Box-OMee. To-yeerow, Last Life—with The Coroaitiaa— and Maid Wift4 Of, The Deceiver Deceived al Friday, the Tragedy of Kis' Richard Ilse Third. EAST INDIA HOUSE. Ocroutu 31, 1821. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG LAND, trading to the EAST INDIES, du hereby gine Notice, That a QUARTERLY GENERAL. COURT of the uid COMPANY will he i.eld at their Huitit in Leadenkall street, on I YEDNEBDAY, the 12111 December neat, at Eleven Wasik its the Forenoon,, for t he ourpo+e of declar ing a Dividend from Midsummer lam tu Chrism.' next. JOSEPH DART, Secretary. MA UK El's. [From the " tondmt Mercantile Prier ( ' omen(, " of Tneedayt, ffoosnneirr 13, 1821.] WEST INDIA AND SPANISH MAIN PRODUCE. CornßC—The demand since nor laat has n u t been hriak, bat AS the quantity brought to auction tree at the Plate time rather swill, baring been only emu. 430 twilit, the prices hive been fully •upported fur All o.4.eriplienv, and nu Friday, Jamaica and Mich obtained no advance full 2s. per cwt.; by 'private, the Imaineas ba• been very limited, and for Foreign there hat been little demand, 101 a. to 1016.6 d. are offered far St:Domingo; a paseel of ...dietary Mavannah Wig taken in no Friday at V7e. per cwt. The clerk of Weal India Collie is now 3,161 tone, being Iwo more than at this time last year; ;mount prices 45a. pre Cm l. lower. D. I'. SUGAR baa heels will's/it alteration since our last, no sales of how brown have ben made und.r 50a. per cu t. sod Sue is still difnewit lb bolVatained. Fur Fortriou Sboana theetlia very little demand, Brazil has be. • partially inquired tient Isar pries. The aback 01 H. P. Sum it stow 4,128 milts lea. than at this period last year; prereut prices 61. 6d. per rot. lower, per Gazette avenger. The Roar market hat been dull, and in Jamaica there has been but little blows"' done, but hidden are frm at the late reduction. Leeward Wand bat been staid at our last quotations. GYMNASTICS 0? 7Hh STUDIOUS. [ From " rho New• Monthly Magazine." .1 "A mere bookish lemming," says a witty old friend of ours, who lived about three centuries ago, "tr boob truuldetionse and ungraceful. I could wish," continues lie, " that Palate! or Pumper, the two famous data:mg-masters of my time, could have taught us to cut capers, by only seeing them do it, without stirring from our places."—We com mence our catalogue of the gymnasiic amusements of achnlars with this art, because it is certainly one of the moat ancient extent, and becsii-e it is. so our apprehension, au peculiarly suitable to the literary character—a truth which, we have no doubt, we shall succeed in establishing, both by arguiinait and authority. The are saltandi, now most undeservedly degraded far beneath its len!. aro, in more ancient mid noble times, a necessary acquisition to. the accomplished scholar. Shall that shame: us which Epaminiandas accounted hounur able ? Did nut the illustrious Seeliger perform the sokariu pyrrhics before the Emperor Maximi lian, to the great admiration of all Germany— " /Von sine stupors. totius Germania. ?" and shall we hesitate alter such an authority as this?—There are few species of exercise which have ally thing intellectual about them; but dancing is one of those few. There is something mathematical in quadrille. But it is the more sober kinds of dances which are particularly suited to the studious mind, such as the solemn and graceful movements of those measures which the 'indents at law of other drys were accustomed to perform before the criticsl eyes of the great dignitaries of the prOfearion. Was not this • more rational mode of teaching their legalideas how to shoot, than the present practice of merely requiring the student to eat his wry to distinction ?—was it nor, we ask, infinitely more noble and more intellectual ? and may out the decrease of deep and sound lawyers in our cloy he mainly attributable to this source ? There can be no doubt that Lord Coke was an excellent dancer. The Lord Chancellor Hatton, it is well known, war much celebrated for hi s saltutory abilities; and, indeed. may be said to have stepped to the woolsack per saftunt,—" He was first taken notice of by the Queen, for the comeliness of' his person, and for his graceful dancing in a masque at court; but more afterwards, for his great abilities." We always find envy accompanying ability and sue , eves; and accordingly, the aerjeants of that day, vainly emulous of the fame which has graceful dancing had acquired, refused to plead before the " grave Lord-Keeper." In if the lons of Court presented the King and Queen with a masque, with which their Majesties were highly satisfied ; and no doubt, on that octasiosa, the gel,- tlemen of the long robe displayed much skill and dexterity in the exercise of their saltatory functions, Sir William Jones, one of the most scientific of our lawyers, seems to have been the last who paid that attention to this noble science which it so justly deserves. During his residelice in London he was accustomed to receive instructions fioni a celebrated professor of this art ; and who shall say that the beautiful specimen of legal mid logical ressouing, which the work on Bailments presents, may tot be in a great measure attributed to Sir William's proficiency in the art saltatory ? Riding on horseback hos been a favourite muse. meat with many literary men, and deservedly so. On horseback you can take die best exercise in the shortest time; and besides, the atteution is snore • earnestly engaged in the exercise itself, thou in the mere act of walkiug, and consequently it is highly useful to those whose minds are too apt to dwell upon one train of thought. It is is sort of new ex istence to mount r high-spirited generous horse. We become endowed with all the corporeal advert tages which Nature has bestowed upon him : we are swift as he is: we hound forward with equal velocity; and us lie caracole* and shakes his mane, we feel animated with some of the same spirit. Moreover this exercise is peculiarly fitted to coun teract the evil effects of a sedentary life—a fact for which we will vouch high authorities, since Plato recommends it as larneficial to, the health, and Pliny says it is good for the stomach and the joints. (In the absence of authorities from Galen or Dr. Baillie, we hope the dicta of these two philosorr pliers will be thought sufficient.) Many erudite and accomplished scholars have been much attached to this exercise.* EAST INDIA HOUSE. OCTOMEII 31, UM. THE COURT qt• DIRECTO RS of the UNITED COMPANY - 0f XIERCHANTS of ENG. LAND, trading to the EAST INDIES, do hereby glee Nbliee, That the TRANSFER ROOKS of the amid EO3l. PAM - a STOCK - vial be SHUT on TUESDAY, the 4th December next, at Three &Clock, and OPENED again on THURSDAY, the 17th January, 11114; And that the DIVIDEND WARRANTS on the said STOCK, Jue on the3ith January, ISA wi!l he ready to be delivered or MONDAY, the 7th of the same Month. JOSEPH DART, Secretary. THRATRR-ROTA L, COVRNItGARDRN. T HIS EVENING, WEDNESDAY, Nov. 14, *HI be acted the Opera of , THE EXILE. Chest Ulrick (the Exile), Mr. Egerton; Governor of Si tio a, Ir.W. Ferree ; Barna A IlinstiolE Mr. Meadows ; Count t'Ainer, Mr. Dartmet ; Davao, Mr. Young; Welsiew Mr. Semite, Mr. Fawcett. The Empress Eli sabeth, %1.4 'sack; Katharine, Krt. T Alexina, Miss kante. 't he Grand Public Entry of the Empress Elisabeth, and ihr Interior of the Calliriiral of Moscow, is which the CORONATION of ELIZABETH is performed by the tii .aJ Patriarch, sad his assisting Dignitaries. After which a Piece, in one act, celled A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Colonel Freelime, Mr. Jones; Lord Rivers, Mr. Clare- Lady Eiszabeth Frerlove, Mrs. Cbatterley. The present stock of Rum is 35,85? puns. and price of proof,' Is. 3d. per gallon. Stock last year, same date 0313 puns. and price of proofs to. Id. per gallon. PI zZaTo is rather heavy of sale. LIVERPOOL REPORT, NoTaNOIR 10. The COTTON market has been extremely flat during the whole of the week, owing to the •nmerooe public sales ad vertised for yesterday, which brought a number of the trade, and mule than two-tairda of Mom offered were taken readily at a deeline of II per Win the Orleans and better descrip tions of Boweds, but at fair prices for the ordinary Bowed", whirls formed a large proportient of the sales. There were offered 10,765 bags, coirsisting of 6,900 Rowed*, of .whiell 5.400 sold at 7p. a NV. fur ordinary to middling , 9.1. a 101 d. fur fair to good, dirtily at 8.1. • 9d.; 1,600 Oelears., of which 1,100 mold at 84. a Sid. for ordinary to middling, 1011. • 10111. fur fair, to Ild, a lljd. fur (ONO ; 1,300 Alabama'', of which 900 sold at 6,1 d. a Sid. for ordinary to fair; 500 Sea Islands, 440 sold at Md. a 15td. fir ordisary to good fair; 15 Stained, sold at 10J. a Hid. fur ordiusry to good ; 400 Derneraras,2so sold at Old. a 190. fur ordinary to middling, 1114. • ltd. fur good fair to good; 50 Carthagenas, sold at 7.1.1. fur fair. The sales by private are 1,850, sad consist of 1100 Rowed" at 7jd. a 101..1.; 90 Orleans, at 9,1. a 1114.; 510 Sea Wands, at 140. a 19J.; and a few at Ss.; 40 Ala. barna', at 70. • 81.1.; 370 Perusing, at a 124.1.; 320 Babies, at 101 d. a 1114.; 40 Maranhao's, at 1114.; 20 Mini Genies, at 10d.; 50 Suriname, at 1 ltd. ; 50 West In lMs, at 9d.; 80 Surat*, at 7.1 a 81. d.; 50 Beagala, at 64. a 6jd. per lb.; making the total sales 10,01110 bogs. Tire im port this week is 6,111 bags, viz. Jatoisiel 314 bags, Csitott. States 4,747 balm Brazil L 1152 bags. We bass had a better demand from the grocers this week for brown and middling qualities of Plantation Sugar, which have said at full pricer, and the better descriptions have Wenerally supported our former quotations: the quantity sold is 900 casks, and our stuck is now 9,700; this time last year it was 8,9011 rusks ; iit Forma sad East India fliager, as well as 31•141.444„ there is nothing doing. The stack ..f Coffee is au much reduced, that the few parcels taken for borne use have been at an advance of to. • 3a. sad one lot of good middling Jamaica has brought ; • few lots of good Berbice advertised for auction were withdrawn in be held fur higher prices. Fur Rice there is very little inquiry, and only a small parcel of good Carolina has Leen mold at 18s. Brazil Curve is in very limited demand, and nothing done in Ginger or Pinieutor. Rums continue without alteration. A few Boston Pot Ashes have brought 394. 3d. and Pearls 425. bet there is not much inquiry fur either aorta. There have beer very few sales of Hide. this week, and only • few B. A. have been sold at and a parcel of salted Brazil at 814. per lb. The demand fur Tobacco has revived and the trade have purchased freely of the better kinds of Virginia, principally Stemmed, which in most instances have brought an advance of jd. per lb.: the total sales are about 600 bids. For Wheat, the demand has been more steady this week, and prices both of old and new have been supported. New Oats have sold freely at an improvement of Id. per bushel.- The sales in bonded Flour fur export have been very limited. The sales in I.luereitron Bark are confined to small lots at 17s. 6d. a 18.1, for good Philadelphia. The market fur all descriptions of Dyewoods has been dull. Maniac is selling in small lots at I9s, for Sicily: the arrivals this week are 9,000 bags. 3110 Bales Madder Ituols offered by auction yet. terday (middling quality of Toile)) were takes. it. for want of bidders at 555. per cwt. With the Burtertpie Tragic Opera of so m BASTES RIMS°. Alt taxamiuous, Mr. Blanchard; Fasinrs, Mr. Taylor; Gr. ueral Boothastes, Mr. Liston. thatatitta, Mrs. Liston. Places for the Boxes to be taker of Mr. Standee, at the B..x.eace, Hart-street, from Tea till Four. A Private Box way be had fur the 'lesson, or nightly, of 31r. Brandon, at the Box-Office. To-snorruw, The Stranger : Mrs. Haller, Miss Bakewell 'her Gast appearance on this stage)—with The Barber of •wb,tle. OLYMPIC' THEATRE NEWCASTLESTREET, STRAND. THIS EVENING, WEDNESDAY, Nov. 14, 2 and following Evenings, will be presented a mew En. limos= of Fee, called LIFE IN LONDON. Ton. Mr. Raker ; Jerry Hawthorn, Mr. Oxberry ; Old Hawthorn. Mr. Fillers; Nickens, Mr. Hammond; Shuffle, Ali. Power; Floss, Mr. Elliott; Snags, Mr. Tayleure; GuldAncb, Mr. Strickland ; Paddy Rinse, Mr. G. Smith. Sue, Miss Walpok; Mrs. Nab, Mrs. Perste; batty, Mrs. Mestrati. To eirsclisale with TEREZA TOMKINS ; OR, THE FRUITS OF GENEVA. .E9-reurtes will be predated a new Tragedy, in one Act, the principal characters by Mr. Chiberry, Mr. Tayleurr, Mt. G.Swrib, Mr. H. Baker, Mice Healy, and Cs. Pearce. Oil Saturday Mr. 11.J0Iiiistou and Miss S. Booth will be . . itadadated is a sew Barletta, called Zurayda; Of, &YOH io Faalissaisle Life. Arx~ It -Pit le.—Gallery 11.—Half Price at Half Past • F RENCH WINES of the first qual:/y, and "no per Cent. below Prime Cost. F. FLOWER, Nu. 1, PaWoman, has a Cousiessment of tic folbswiag Wises, whirls will be us isle November 12th, i2th, asd following D. till all sold:— per des. Petit Botirdeaus 42s. auterse, particularly fine 63s. &MAC Froutieniac .. Creaming Champagae sparkling ditto Si'trey ditto, very fine. Gest Laitte Are a small parcel of Old Hoek of the Vintage of 1790 Applications fur Sample Bottles are requested in be Wade is the early part of the day. tt 0..--Please to observe that F. FLOWER'S Counting h...ise is down the Steps ander the first House is the Royal Arcade, but the Entrauce is the first in Pall-mall. Otte —Greenland Oil has been tether more in demand by the trade, ■nd au high as 21/. 104. paid fur small lota. South Sea Oil is rather on the decline. In Need Oils there is •ery little doing. In Whale Fins a small sale bas beets made at SS/. seid J. SIVEWRIGHT ore ' , riling opndrawn • • TICKETS end SHARES at their Otßeeis, 37, Cum. Litt, 31111, Haymarket ; and 11, Holborn; where they sold ati Aseed is the last Lottery, 4,421 _ . RE/lINILD SUGAR —TM Market has been very dull, and the prices of nearly all 'Reset looms are rather lower; a par. eel of ordinary lumps 'bas !tern sold at 74.. Id. per cwt ; there have been iuquiries to rontraet for delivery in the next spring, bat the Rofitiers spew very little disposition to con tract at the present rates. FRUIT —A pablie male of lldastatel and Lesia &titling and Jordan Almonds wa■ brunght forward on Wednesday last, and went uff heavily. Currants continue iu brisk de mand. TWO Priers of .t 4,000 Sm. &c. Rich Wheel. All Musty. TWO of f 30,000! THREE TWO of V. 4 two Blanks to a Prize. !MO Ticitcla already drawn. ribAtt Stoney! fur the brat drawn Prize SECOND DAY, 4 - 4 ,IESDAY NEXT, 20th This Month, Novrinber. treirste and Shares are also selling by their Agents. BALTIC PRODUCE. TALLOW--Tae price* are rather lower than last week, considerable business has, however, Iwo door. TAIL has advanced about 2.. per bar►el. EAST INDIA PRODUCE. . . We are told by Monstrelet, that a grave doctor of divinity, by name Maitre Pierre Pol, was very food of riding, but always preferred a side-raddle, en which he used regularly to make his appearance in the streets of Paris. Montaigne must have been a great equestrian : " I do not willingly alight," says he, " when 1 am once on horseback, for it is the place where, whether sick or well, I find myself most at sue." We know that Erasmus was loud of riding, from an anecdote which Boger Aschum has left us of him. So was Sir Philip Sidney; but all the wits and scholars of that day had stilt a large portion of the chivalrous character of anti quity in their coinpositson. But of all the men that ever beetrid a horse, there is no one that can match Alfieri as au equestrian. Never was there in the world such a decided case of hippomaisia. The affectiou of an Arab fur his family courser was sca►cely superior to the esteem and love which the Italian poet appears to huve felt for his four-footed companions. He bought about u dozen horses in England, and with the assistance of his grooms conducted them himself over the Al i as, guiding their footsteps with all the care and attention which an anxious traveller would display for his friend's safety. He was indeed a bold and adventurous rider. In taking a high five-barred gale, his horse fell with him, and Alfieri broke his arm. Nothing deterred by his accident, he mounted again, and making u second attempt succeeded in clearing the gate. Most assuredly, whether mounted on his TU ESDA Y NEXT. 2 3 „ 2,040 2 4 CoreoP.—The market has been very dull Rinse our last, and some of the holders of PAM India have shears& a disposi tion to accept ratlirr luPer rates, but ibis is not general. Th e sake of the Ai erk amount to only 300 bags, viz. in bond, 100 Surat, fair 8;d. to 6,1&11. good ed.; PIO Bengal, fair to good fair s;il. to St J., (duty eau') 40 bags Para, middling 101i1.; 80 Smyrna. gurol sp. per lb. TEA —The placket roiltisiurs steady, an advance of IJ. to 2J. per lb. has been n10311'1.'31 fOr Twankay. INDIGO is in steady demand, and as advance of 4J. to sd. per lb. ou the prices of the last sale has been paid. ma TWO BLANKS TO A PRIZE. .IQA , V IFT sod Co. et their Old ;rod Fortiinote : 1, 'Officio. No. 11, P.peltry ; It, ataring-Crass; and 31, 41egate High Flrra, are Selling Uutlrawa'r kiwis and Shares rf•,rlMe Sermid I) ly of Drawing, bring the Cnth of THE Off MiNT MONTH, when the Fii .4-drawn Prize gill ov ertire Jo,ooo/. riNUTIIER 30,64/10 'N EXT TUESDAY! krAZA RD avid CO. (7notrisetors for the pre. -aeut Popular Lottery, remi nd the Public that •n -utl•r Pri;:e of X 30.000 Mosley will be derailed at NINE ~ ;;;to 1 / 4 Nett Tuesday Mu. going. Though ev,oo Tickets thaws) the First ILy, the following Rich %Vhecl re. ref the Secunill D 4), NEXT TUESDAY. TM. Putt irript, Teesday, Noreabor 13,1621, Four o'Cloch. Ike B. P. Sue* market on the whole was flat today, though some rather Liege parcels were disposed of, the total quantity sold was Mutat 800 lilids.; the public side of Bar helloes went off well, and about Is. higher for a few lets. Corrr.r.—The public sale brought forward today con. sited of 777 bags of Ceylon, chiefly damaged : the sound brought 975. 6d. to 685., being a few shillings less than was generally expected; the damned was all sold. There is some Inquiry fur culoury Coffee, but very little business has bent dune. Fur Foreign there is scarcely auy demand; for a entail parcel of St. Domingo of good quality 102 s. per cwt. has beets offered. . - 2 of f 30,000 3 S 000 2,au► Mk) 4 Al I. MoNEY. A fall proporimu 4,r smaller Priam me►iel NOT TWO 111..thES TO A PRIZE! 'rarer. aid !Chaves warrante.l swarm's, are gelling by 4?.A,110) sad Cs. the Csutratiori, al these obi easabli.bro a " fa rislatsbe Offices, 113, !toys! Exchange ; 20, Curshol; gOthforol street ; where tbrr Suld, is the 1.150 Ist- V 't "s, 12,702, a £21,t100 !-6,0:14 a 215,000 !—aucl ALL ibe £ZO I O2O Prism is a fanner I.untry. We understand that the Navy Pay Office cashier, announced Ly us is fees days ago as having de camped with 40,0001. htis been traced to a ship bnusul for America, tune dabs after she. had sailed, and that a fast paslivbc cutter was immediately dispatched in chase of the _______ --- "'nr — ' 7 7T — 'mr — T -------- P* -- rrr,E7 -- m • 4 - - --If ""1- . \ V v .. • . / ll; - /. 4- 7 7--1 / 4 24 - I(rr(l7l"tAfr 'l.-'ll ' 1 ~... , , a . .44 *a ap. • .? 1 ‘ ni .111 0 , 1lic :. :• A , • , .7. winam. Jilb • •,1. - ' 1 ... ii .....1111Ibmo.. I Alli " 00 4*.." . I • ‘ Z • ; ow' ..... • .. 1 ...; • t• ' . \ LONDON. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14:1821_ ~4 ,„ PRICE id. , English hunter. or his holism Pegaru.. Alfieri was a wan who would not easily yield to obraeles. Pope seems to have considered the exercise of riding as peculiarly favourable to literary contem plations. liithatmost scholastic rid e i n com p an y with old Li n t o tt, which the poet describes with 'men opirit in his letter to Lord Burlington, the two equestrians, author and bookie-Per, alighted to re fresh themselves under the shade of some spreading tier*. Liiitutt pulled out a pocket Horace, and re rpirotert Pope to amuse himself in 4 ' turning au ude" till they mounted again. " Lord !" Lititott, " Wpm pleased, what • clever miscellany you might mike at leisure houro."--ii Perhaps f may," said Pope, " if we tide on ; the motion is iu aid to my fancy, • mound trot very much awakens my spirits ; shen jog on apace and lit think as hard as I can." This very much rerniuds ens. of Swift's mug, " Pagurus loves a Jutting pace." The recipe, however, does not seem In hive been very efficacious; for when, after the lapse of a full hour, Liutott broke out, 44 Well, S!r how far have you goner Pope's answer wss "Seven miles." The motion of a carriage, ton, is very useful in rousing the thoughts; of which Sir Iticharti 11lacl snore is an example, ".who, in that old rumbling chariot of his, between Fleet-41k+ and SR, Giles's pound, .hall make you half a Job." But, after all, the 'intuitive exercise is walking, an exercise, however, in which (ex yr termini) se dentary people can scarcely he supposed to indulge, and yet walking is certainly favourable to thought. Perhaps it acts on the mind some any in the same ruanuer as it doe, upon the body, mild cauPes at the same time a circulation of blood and ideas. Cer tainly " a walk is the Orden" (we hope we are not trespassing) is as pleasant an amusement for Ike body and soul of luau, be he scholar or not, al any in the world. It is so easy in pot down your book and take up your hat, sod seek your garden, and there walk, stand, saunter. or ail, just as the humour mores you. We should l i k e t o k now , aillutilet all the quiet unpretending pleasurc, the world can luransh. what is bett2r than to sit reading au entertaining book opt u sunny day iu the shade We should like to know what The court, tamp, chnech, the vessel and the mart, Sword, gown, gain, glory, offer in exchange for such hours of tranquil enjoyaseut ? Is it flat Cowley that wisely tell. Evelyn--a 4. • " to books and gardens tho u bow rispid irigh I Thy 'whit innocent delight." In fact, a garden just accommodates. sielf to the iterantbulatiosis of a cellular, who is riot offer-axiairsaw about the extent of his lwaite, and who ;kostid ttrr haps rather wish his walks abridged that extended. There is a good characteristic account of the muds in which the literati take exercise. gireu to Pope's Leiters. it I, like a poor squirrel, am continually in mo tion, indeed, but it is about • cage of three foot ; my little excursion. are like those of a shopkeeper. who walk. every day a mile or two before his ottu door, but minds his business all the while." There is one mode of exercise which we venture to recommend to our sedentary friends, which it a sort of compromise between riding and walking. Although this may be deemed a childish amuse ment, yet we have the authority of two celebrated men in its favour, Agesilaut and Martians Scri blerus. We allude to the salutary exercise of riding on a stick, or, us the learned Scriblerus bath it, •• egui fare is arsimdist• lomga." This exercise Perms to us to unite in itself many of the advantages of both the ether modes. Perhaps, however, it may now be said to be superseded by the `►elocipedes. The more violent and animal-like amusements of the field have never, we think. 'been greatly in vogue amongst the literati. They have but little relish for the .'hounds and echoing horn." Hunt ing is, par excellence. the recreation of country squires. Who can fan.; Spenser. after finishing a canto of the Faery Queen, pulling on his boots for a bunt, or Sir Isaac Newton asking for his whip and spurs? Squire Western, the least intellectual of all created beings, was hunting personified. A. scholar cannot get rid of his thoughts all at once. The younger Pliny, when he used to go to bunt wild.borrs, generally carried his tablets with him. This was a sort of compromise between soul and wain of Foul. Shakspeare, to be sure, is said to have been fond of following the deer in his neigh bours' parks; but the daring hatard of the chase probably was to him its chief charm. There is. however, one species of these Sylvan sports which hos something of a scholastic nature about it, and which indeed, has become a sort of literary pin petty ever since tt was sanctified by old Walton's pen. Perhaps it may be that. there is something contemplative and scholar-like in the art itself. An angle is by uo means incompatible with the poetical character, and even a mathematician may find ample time for reflection in the pauses of a nibble. Many learned men have accordingly been much at tached to this diversion. 'The illustrious Sir N. Wotton, according to Walton, " did nut forgtc ;,,, innate pleasure of angling, which he would usually call his idle time not idly spent ; saying often he would rather live five May months than forty Di.- 4:embers." So Dr. Paley would have his g,icture taken with a rod nod line in his hand. Gilbert Wakefield, in his early life. was a.great angler—a diversion winch he afterwards relinquished, from a conviction of its cruelty. Those who wish to s ee a scholar's arguments against field-sports. may find theiu iu Wakefield's Letters to Far. They seem, however, to have taken very little effect on the deeply-rooted habit. of the statesman. After all, a literary life but seldom display, any extraordinary instauces of corpo►eal activity. The generality of authors, like the Laxxaroni of Nuples, ure very much attached to the " beaedetto far Waste ; and the author of the " Castle of Intl.- knee," eating peaches from the wall, with Ina hands behind Inni, is no unapt type of their per sonal activity. K. • Gilbert Wakefield is all exception—be yds sever vu horseback is his life. AMICABLE SOCIETY'S OFFICE, STST, Novgassts 13, 1821 THE CORPORATION of ILIE the AMICABLE SOCIETY fur a Perpetual Assurance Office doth hereby give Notice, that at Michaelmas last (Old Style), the several Members or diode Nohnineer, upon the Policies swot bered a. dlows; viz. 280, 386. 548, 1.033, 1,153, 1,401, 1,503, 1,608, 3,594, 3,595, 3,590, 3,597, 3,598, 3,599, 3,787, 3,788, were is Arresr in their Quarterly Payments, ur Contributions, for Oue Year and One Quarto., of a Year ; and that unless such Arrear is paid off within the space of Three Calendar Months after the date hereof, such several Members, nod their Nominees, and their respective Execu tors, Administrators, and Assigns will, by virtue of the Sup plemental Charter of the said Society, be absolutely excluded from all beueBt and advantage from such Policies. JOHN PENSAIII , Register. This day is published, in one atlas folio skeet, price De. 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