The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1825-01-06 00:00:00

DRURY-LANE THEATRE. -- - Me llinger's beautiful Tragedy of The Fatal Dowrg was ,rarintsl at this theatre last night, subject to the alter and adaptations which were considered requisite for valeta representation. Although by these ungracious (ae rations we lose much of the tine original, yet, when it „ rm ideretl that Massinger was not very choice as to the Aver of his incidents, and that a tragedy of five hours' kagth in its performance was no unusual thing in his age, it must be admitted by the most enthusiastic lover of the t iller dramatists, that something of omission, at least, is , Fia ry ; and where omissions ore made, the hiatus must h a re un occasional connecting interpolation: so that those who are anxious to sec revived some of the hest English Pliy' m ust submit to this condensation of incident, asililepartuns, here and there, from the author's text. la die present instance these appear to have been done, ss.: must confess, with a very free hand ; hut, as we have go( low time to speak of the merits of the adapter as fo e as we could wish, n r shall iiefee noticing them alto i,dier,e4.dic next representation. Come we now to mite ;.!.iv :as performed last evening. To those who arc •;,,„f„„ i iii gr •seitii the plot, the following, brief outline of it, as :awned, may perhaps suffkie. DRAMATIS PERSON-V.. --------- Thichers . Mr. Tenter. N a mll . . Mr. Tnom rgov. Pam,' . Mr. Alt StSTRONO. CitahilDie • • 3lr. Wattaex. 'Actin . Mr. 3IEDICER. Young Novell . Mr. Ptsrter. Braront • - Mr. MACREADT. Beaumont . Mr. A itcwen. t haunt - Mr. Von >Jae. Liladsm . . Mr. 'Diem st Artier . Mr. Coven. Boned - Mr. FEN, TOX. Natalie? • - Mr. PcuillaTEAD. Ist Creditor . - Mr. W EIIaTER. 2d Creditor - Mr. Power. Priest - Mr. How Etc. Young Notall's Servant . - - Mr. Hoene. Besumelle . Mrs. WEST. Bellapert • Mrs.Onolift. Floriniel - 3lisstimiTitsosr. Old Marshal Charoloie having opposed the fors of Burgundy, till the resources furnished by the Slate were exhausted. borrows two hundred thousand crowns. and appropriates them to the service of t h e Starr. The war ended, lie returns to his home. but the Republic trfuse to redeem his debt, and therefore for this he is thrown into pri son by his creditors, where, heart-broken, he dies. Ily his death his creditors are defeated of their money • for which loss they are entitled to detain his body in a continued duress, and lay claim to stay it from all tight of aepalture, till they are paid. It is at the period of time, when thew soft-hearted men, that know full wisely, then are only good men who pay what they owe,' are going to the Coon of Justice to claim their rigid right that the play opens. Charo lois, ;he son of the dead Marshal, to...tido:as in vain that in this in stance the law may he reversed; thin President, Old Novall. a oar. Sept and passion.ntled Judge, et:forms the stern decree of the law, and Chamlois, rather than his father's dust ' should want a place in that fair monument in which their noble ancestors lie entombed,' offers himself a prisoner for it. This is accepted, and Charolois aril his friend Roniont go to the prison gates, the former to purr chase with his freedman the body of his father, the latter to consign it to :he tomb. Rut Itoelifort, an old retired President, who had witsrlsed the conduct of Charolois while in the Court, determines to d sclir,re the Marshal's debts, and to marry the son to his oily daughter, licausuelle. For this purpose he interrupts the funeral, and declaring his purpose, preserves the liberty of Chamblee. The (mural procession then moves on. The marriage being sup. pood to be conautomated, the next net introduces to us Young Novall. son of the President, and who had already gained upon the heart of the gay aril fair Beatinielle, who married, it seems, out of pure obedience to her sire. This young Novall is subsequently seen by Romont, holding ford dalliance with the youthful bride. Itomont, feeling jealous for the honour id his friend, interrupts the loving pair, and, like a true rough soldier, insults them both,—the gallant by his contempt, —the lady by him counsel. These afterwards laugh and jeer at him, so that his hot blood prompts him to draii, upon which Charolois enters, and demands the cause. Left by themselves, Itninont first trades the question; but Charolois importuning hint to tell the cause, at length makes hint exclaitn—" I will die first—farewell, condi:tie happy, and high "leaven keg lour &fr. chaste." These words serve but to inflame his friend the more, and lie is finally induced to ex plain what lie had seen. Charolois laughs at him, and says there no drain of manhood to suspect on such thin airy circumstance as this, and the result is. they quarrel and separate. Meantime Young Notall writes, and obtains the consent of Beautnelle to leave Dijon together, and an assignation is made in the garden. The letter falls into Charolois' hatch. he goes to the place appointed, and there, when lie hears the guilty ones Rains:melt. Mg, he rushes forward with his drawn sword, and the cumin falls. The last scene opens to tis a church-yard, at night. Lights are seen through the stained windows of the eatlicaral. Monks hoard (-haunting a mass to old Charolois. A monument covered with black cloth. Charolois discovered kneeling before it. Roronnt comes to pay his last tribute at his old Ileiteral's grave. inter:din to leave Dijon with the first light, never again to meet with Charm lois. Ile hears a moan, and Charolois makes himself known. Romped is about to leave him, when the former presems to bins his hand stained with blood. Ranont then swears to stand by him to the hat, without itquiring the cause. Rochfort enters, been sent for by Cherolois, who briefly reveals to him that his daughter is a vile adultress. The old Mali denounces that site must die. Charolois talus tiff the black cloth from his holler's grave and discovers the deal body of Reaumille upon it. Melt. fort dies with grief. Old Naval' enters, arid demands his san. Charolois declares he has slain hint ; and then. slot to die the death of a criminal, he stabs himself, and the curtain falls, Rumont weeping over the lolly of his friend. Here the reader will see are some good materials for genius to work on , and flied we add, at this time of day, that all that could be desired has been effected. It is a proud thing to feel that the present riAe knows how to appreciate the deathless works of the poets of olden time, and glad arc we to find that managers, too, know how to estimate the taste and discernment of the public. In the dearth of living dramatic genius we have ever felt that this truth must come home to them at last. It could not be that, while intellect with gigantic stride bail ranged over the whole continent of science and art, the imperishable r: mains of our earlin r berth 'lmola remain closed from the sight of all save those who, in the luxury of the closet, enjoyed their rich store of dramatic tnttis end poetic passer. We congratulate, there fern, the public and the malingers too, on this successful revival. Of the acting we have now scarcely room to speak, and as the play will be again performed on Friday, we shall reserve a inure minute criticism till then. Mac ready was most powerfully effective in many parts, but to wane of his readings we shall have to object unless he al ters them before the next representation. IVatrick received and deserved considerable applause. His conception of the dander was perfect,and his reading ;mistakably correct and pure. Mr. Terry failed in the latter part of the play, and his memory was inn. t villainous in several instances. We beg him to amend this—fur no words that he can supply (and he did many last night), can compensate ferr those of the author; and he should omit the words, " Come, come," which he is perpetually repeating. The Bet/erne/le of Mrs. West could be touch better if that lady pleased. More pia:dulness and buoyancy of temperament should be thrown into the character. Penley was merely ridiculous, and so was his part, and tlrerefore he could not help it. The other characters were very decently stuitained. The house was crowded to an overflow, and the applause was incessant throughout. Mr. Macready, after the plaudits of' several minutes had su'isided, spoke the following prologue in a much better la:inner than such lines deserved WRITTEN WV a. a. DOURNE. esti. This night the ]lose rpm our modem stage Prcsenu the poet of an elder age.— tDa ! had he song in these our chaster days. And sought from y o ur applause his meets of praise, Nabing, that should not be, would then have been, Pure every strain, ontarnishati every seem: Nor we, us now, had laboured to remove Thought*, that your nicer taste could never approve; 'Weeds, that cotill give the modest car titivate, seal a blush hum virgin innocence. though eraser! the stark, disfiguring stains, Though purged tie &tort, the precious ore remaina : li—stilt m left what well ntay hope to please, The nervous diction, the harmonious east, The patriot zeal, the passion's tender glow, And all the power of art without the show. 'The di.mt,md thus eti.hettiled lies in sand, AVaiting the touch of some in.lustriuus Till, cleared the duller particles away, The gent shines forth with undiminished ray. Nor dimly blazoned in the scroll of fame, '3I J tricient bards. appeared our poet's name. Ills worth full well ai!tairing :Milton knew, And front his cr, stal waters largely drew ; To that sweet fount vim would not wish to turn, At sides immortal !tidings filled his urn Then let not Rowe's Fair Penitent—a tale Drawn feebly front owe gr e at O rigins], With laboured phase and specious eloquence. Usurp the place of Nature, Truth, and Sour; If but the oupy can applause command, approve the earlier and die master band : True taste at once art] 31 aninger restore. " Ar.d rite the Stage one classic Oran ansore•.". • Byron. HIGHWAYS A'!CH 12YWAY8,—Secoxn SEftiss. Three Vols.—eolbum. I.ITER4TURE. This "second series." as it is called, of " Highways and li.otrays,” was/eat:cited several weeks before its appearance, and the public are gravely told, by a weekly Heeler, in the preparatory pufF which preceded it, that " Mr. GRAT TAN, the author of these Tales, is not a descendant, and we know not if any relative, of the celebrated Ifssav, but he is the possessor of talents which do no discredit to his name"--innuendo, meaning the name of him the said Henry --meaning the celebrated lit NItT GRATTAN. We really must beg leave to enter our protest against this insidious sort of libel on the departed orator. So far is it from being true, that such catchenny trash as this would " d o no discredit to the name ' of that highly-gifted and most ex traordinary mail, that it would be difficult to cast a deeper slur on his fame than to insinuate that he could have writ ten such stuff' for publication. The critic of Me two Houses, in his profound disquisition on the excellence of these " Highways and Byways," which, for aught that there is appropriate in the title, might as well be named Hedges and bitches, presents us with the following choice speci men ; it is cited, we are told, "as an example of the author's descriptive powers—powers which a SALVATOR might embody on the canvass." This laudatory introduction certainly leads us to expect a sample of the sublime and beautiful. We will take the liberty of smutting the peculiar beauties of this elegant ex tract into italics, that they may force themselves more strikingly on the reader's attention:— " I had stood, early that morning, by the edge of a chasm in the direction they spoke of, the most appalling I hail ever beheld: one formed, as I thought, in u moment or Heaven's deadliest toroth against the world; looking as if the irefid stroke of a thousand concentrated thunderbolts had split the whole body of the mountain from its summit to its roots, and torn open, and srattered lama to the vale the huge rocks that lay buried deepest in its heart. In my breathless curiosity to look over the chasm, I had lain down on my Ace, and crept cautiously along to its vast and broken edge. With one hand twined in the roots of a thick tuft of rhododendron, and the other grasping a jagged piece of granite that stood out over the yawning depth, I cau tiously gazed down into it. Shivered fragments of rock of immense magnitude, wrenched as it were front their hold in the earth, first caught my view. Some appeared in the very act of falling down, as they hung balanced in the ocean of the air by a slight isthmus of clay and stone, which seemed waiting the first storm-gust to sever it across. Other enormous masses toppled over the abyss, from pro jecting ledges of earth, not a hundredth part of the size of the crags they supported. A few wild jloteers and shrub", dangling from the irregular sides, gave a horrid air of ant 'station to the scene, and looked like living victims suspend 'ed over the chasm. One solitary pine tree with broken branches and withered stem, hung out over the side. Ito roots were bare, all but three or four fibres, by which it termed to cling tremblingly to the cliff where it had been seY . -Panted, as if conscious that the next shower of rain would wash away its scanty bed of earth and precipitate it down below. 'flee whole perpendicular Ace of this gulf imseared and shivered by the lightnings of countless ages, and innumerable storms.' In mercy to the reader, we will not proceed to dose him with the whole extract, especially as we wish to make room for a second, but of which we shall, in like manner, only give a sample. We are told from the literary tribu nal in New Burlington -street, that—The ensuing sun-rise is equally forcible:— " It was then the month of August; no matter in what year ; the night bad been misty, which I knew was rather a reason to look for a bright morning. The smoidli even path as we went along, and the deep conversation into which we entered, beguiled our route; so that I was some what surprised, on casting my looks towards the east, as we issued front a ravine about half way up the mountain's side, to find that the dawn was beginning to break. I stopped for a moment to take breath, for the ascent had been very rapid. I gazed around me, and was pleased to see the mists rising gradually upwards, and le:aing the bre tont attic valleys elan I distinguished the little river which bad narrowed as we mounted towards the source, and the still smaller streatulets that trickled down towards it, !P.e s /•einx of xilrery lisxue ham:ring on the heathy mantle which covered the mountain. A fresh lime:: came front , the ea:award herd: ink the ri7ing .run, and I marked ap pearing above the horizon Myer pre/his/4:e beams which he sends out, ns Or:lnt-couriers, to clear his path don. , the ways (be It ooembering my disappointment of the pre ceding morning, on the top of the Pic du Midi, I was re solved to be in time at the summit of Arbizon, to see the Vest burst ..y . te day-A7,41 as he showed his splendent face to my portion of the world." These are flights so far beyond the regions of common sense, that few will feel disposed to billow the writer any further. If he Is not g;fietl with the " multi globule verlx; rum," he unquestionably possesses the " us muen sonata rum." And this is the writer who, the public arc told, through the speaking-trumpet of Mr. Colburn, is the pos sessor of talents which would rank him with the great II iNRY N!! To bring " the boast of Erin' into such a comparison—really it is quite unconscionable. " Why," AS Mrs. MaLaraor says, " You have no more feeling titan one of the Derbyshire putrifadiuns." WINDSOR, Jas. 4.—The weather being so very mild for the season of the year, his Majesty is itill'enabled to takes his usual exercise of driving himself in hitt pony phaeton through the Great Park—on exercise in which the King has, since his residence at the Royal Lodge, taken great delight, and which has contributed greatly to the state of good health which his Majesty eontinui s to enjoy. The Duch, as of Kent and the Princess Feodore honoured the performance at Drury-lane theatre yesterday evening with their presence. The Right Hon. Lord Graves is returned to Bishop's Court, from a shooting excursion at the seat of the Marquis of Angi sey. tiir Thomas and Lady Acland have been spending their Christmas at Holnicote, Somerset. A fashionable party will assemble the middle of this month, at Broadlauds, in Hants, the scat of Lord Palmer ston. Among the company invited, arc the Duke of Wel lington, Prkce Esterhazy, Count and Countess Lieven, the [ 'Ri g ht Hon. R. Peel and Lady, Mr. and Lady Georgians Bulkelev, and Mrs. Fox Lane, Sir J. and Lady Shelley, the Hon. F. Lamb, &c. The sport shown by Mr. Osbaltleston's hounds, since his return to Qoorn, within the last two years, after the seces sion of Sir B. Graham, has never been equalled within the memory of any living fox-limiter. There are at this time cmsiderably more gentlemen at Melton than ever before met there, which is not to be wondered at, when it is known that Mr. Osbahleston's hounds have killed 40 brace of foxes this season, without diming one since September, and have lately bad nine extraordinary days in succession. Mr. Bayne, it seems, does not intend to move for a new trial. Ape Lent TUE ATRF.—The efrurts made by the active management of this elegant little place of entertainment, appear to be highly successful. The Lite (fun Actor pos sesses the double merit of amusement and instruction ; fur while it excites repeat:ll roars of laughter, it warns the stage-struck youth of his dangers, by an exhibition of nmelt of the real misery and (listless intendant upon the peregrinations of a country actor. On IVednioday last the Rev. Thomas Godfrey was in stituted to the Rectory of Newbourn, un the presentation of Sir Wm. Rowley. Bart. of Tendering Hall. B•LLYIIINDUN EST Alt.—ThiS fine estate, worth over 4,100 1 . a-year, and situate within about a mile stud a-half of Fermoy, the estate of the Lords Dc Vesci and Longford, has not vet been sold. We understand the competition for it is great.—Suuthern Reporter. A loving pair on Wednesday last were about to be joined in the fetters of holy wedlock, at l'ultitnore; the bridesmaids and a host of friends were in attendance at the church to witness the ceremony. After waiting a con -1 siderable time the inquiry was made " Who had requested the attendance of the parson'" The bride of course had not—the bridegroom hail neglected it—messengers were dispatched in every direction to find the ltev. Curate, but in vain ; and the expectant fair one, suffused with tears, was compelled to retire till Thursday, when the nuptials were celebrated.—.Lxrter Paper. THE BRITISH PRESS. MEXICAN CONS77TUTION. The Republic of Mexico has adopted ►he constitution of the North Aieerican Union as its general model—that the Mexican Govermnent is federal, and that the republic is entitled the United Mexican States. Like the North Ame rican Union, the United Mexican States possess a 'general legislative., a general exerftive, and a general judicial power; together with a legiSlative, executive, and judicial power for each State. It is the General or Fedetal Consti tution, embracing and controlling all the States, which has just been finished and promulgated. The Provincial Authorities and Legislatures arc still proceeding with the formation of their separate codes. The General or Federal Legislature consist., as in North America, of a House of Deputies, and a Senate. The election of the former, as in North America, takes place every two years. The basis of the nomination of Deputies, is the extent of population. A Deputy is to be elected 'for every eighty thousand souls, or for any fraction of that number which shall exceed forty thousand. For proportioning the number of Deputies over the Union, a census of the population is to be made every ten years. The Senate is to be composed of two Senators for every State, chosen by the separate State Legislatures. The meeting of the two bodies of Deputies and Senators is called, as in North America, the General Congress. ' The Deputies and Senators are to be paid for their attend ance, by a law which is to be afterwaros passed. The or dinary Session of Congress is every year, to begin on the lit of January, and to end on the 15th of April. When extraordinary Sessions are held, the specific subject of ele liberation must be determined in the decree by which the Legislative Bodies are convoked. The executive power of the Mexican Federation is to reside in a single person, called the President of the United Mexican States. This supreme Magistrate is to. be elected by the separate State Legiilatures, each of which is to nominate two candidates for the Presidency—one of whom, at least, shall not be long to the State which makes the return. The names of those candidates are to be transmittal to the General Congress, which shall declare President, the candidate who unites in his person the greatest number of votes. The duration of the President's functions is limited to four years. A Vice-President is likewise elected in the same manner, and for the same term, to supply the Presi.lent's place, it' by physical in ability, or any other cause, he should be prevented from discharging the ditties of his office. The powers and pre rogatives of the President are similar to those of the same Magistrate in the North American Union. ❑e appoints or removes the Secretaries of State ; he appoints to posts in the army and navy ; he disposes of the armed force by sea and land, in pace or war, by the advice of the Con , gress ; he convokes the Legislative Bodies to an extraordi nary Session ; he provides that justice be duly ad ministered ; he promulgates the acts of Congress, and does other acts of supreme power. During the recess of Congress the supreme Magistrate is provided with a Council, cot•sisting of half the members of the Se nate, or of a councillor for every State of the Union. The judicial power of the Federation is to reside in a supreme tribunal of justice, and in circuit courts. The first is to consist of 11 members, distributed into three halls or cham bers. The members of this supreme tribunal are to be elected, like the President,• by a majority of votes of the different State Legislatures. 'Flee duties of this supreme tribunal are, to take cognizance of the differences which may arise between the separate States of the Federation, or , between the authorities of one State and the subjects of another ; to settle disputes which may spring up respect- ing the construction of the acts of the Supreme Govern ment ;. to decide on the jurisdiction of the separate tribunals of the Union ; anti to judge, without appeal, in the trial of criminal cares affecting Senators, Deputies, Ambassadors, Consuls, or any of the higher officers of the Supreme Go vernment. This constitutional act then proceeds to describe the nature of the State Governments, and to fix the limits of their separate jurisdictions, as they refer to the general Union. Each of these State Governments moves uncon trolled within its own sphere, and all partake of the move ment and obey the influence of the general federative system of which they form harmonious parts. STATI; OF PARIS. From the various tables of population, it appears that, since The great political commotion of 1769, the popula tion of Paris has inert ased in the proportion of about 219 to 200 ' • that there have been constantly arriving (especially since the Revolution) a number of foreigners in that capital, who have died there ; that within 30 years the number of marriages has increased about a sixteenth ; and that the number of foundlings has diminished more than a fourth ; on the other band, it appears that the number of natural children has been increasing since 1806, before which time there are no certain accounts, as natural chil dren and legitimate children were confounded in the regis ters. The number of natural children acknowledged by their parents was, in 1819 and 1820, about 21 in .54 ; in 1821, 21 in 71, being almost two-fifths less. The number of aid, aftbrdell by the charitable institutions were, in 1819, 55,150 ; in 1820, 86,870; that of admission into hospitals and asylums (reckoning the foundlings) in 1819, 77,313 ; in 1320, 80,031. The average deaths in the hospitals and asylums were aLcut 1 in 7; the average ex pense for every individual received into them, from 110 to 123 francs a year. The number of indigent females is more than half as large again as that of indigent males. It appears that, on the average, the annual expense for bread of every inhabitant of Paris is about 38 francs 64 centimes ;of every family, 171 francs it centimes. It ap pears, also, that the average annual value of cattle sold, during the last ten years, in the markets of Sceaux, Paris, and Poissy, has been above Su millions of francs in oxen ; above I'2 millions in cows; five millions and a quarter in calves ; and near nine million, in sheep. The average price of the first of the above classes of animals has been 301 francs 90 centimes ; of the second, 179 francs 9 cen times ; of the third, 67 francs 11 centimes ; and of the last, 91 francs 21 centimes. The following details are as curious, though less im portant:—Paris contains 9761 ::Laps for the sale of provi sions, not including .5000 traders that way in the halls and in the streets. The vendors of wine alone are 9,333 in number ; while there are but 560 bakers, 333 butchers, 927 eating-houses, and 787 coffee-houses. Thus it appears that the number of taverns is above four times that of bake-houses, and above six times that of butchers shops. It ought to be observed, however, that the last must not exceed a certain number. From the year 1810 to the year 1821 the number of silk manufactories increr-sed front .52 to 67. In the year 1819, there was stamped in France, six millions of gold and silver articles, representing a value of 64 millions of francs. It is calculated that the gold manufactured in France, in 1819, amounted to thirty-eight hundredths of the gold annually brought into Europe. One year with another, 120,000 watches and 15 $ 000 clocks arc sold in Paris, for about 90 millions of francs ; the net profit on which is about three millions and a half. Six hundred and eighty presses are actively employed in Paris, and from 3to 4,000 primes. It is estimanal, that of every hundred works published, 68 relate to the belles lettres, history, or politics; 20 to the sciences and the arts; and 12 to theology and jurisprudence. The average price of a thousand copies of a printed sheet, paper in cluded, is 62 francs. The annual cons ption of paper is 336,000 reams, &c.—Neese Encycl"pediqur. Mr. Ilornidge, the gentleman who murdered the Proctor lately in his own house, near Illessington, is a Protestant, and has been for some time deranged in his intellects.— /r;../1 Ohm" err. n L.—Oti New Year's morning, shout three o'clock , . a tire broke out in the conc e rns of Mr. Price, printing-tut:- manufacturer, situate in Lincoln-lane. Owing to the in flammable nature of the goods stored in the premises, and the great want of water, the builtlimN were completely consumed before any efb:ctual assistance could be rendered. The engines and firemen of the Royal Irish, National, Royal txchange, Imperial, and Commercial Insurance Companies, were an the spot soon after the tire was dis covered, but owing to the c au se a l rea dy ment i one d, th e shameful want of water, they were delayed a considerable length of time before they could get to work with effect. Their united exertions, however, contributed to subdue the flames and save the surrounding premises from ruin.— DuGlin . . . f • .T, • MORTALITY OF LONDON. To those who arc curious in ascertaining the extent of longevity in the metropolis, when compared with that of nth( r large towns. the following facts may be instructive. It is no uncommon thing to hear complaints of the un healthiness of London ; of its fogs, damps, dews, smoke, smells, narrow streets. unwholesome provisions, and a long list of other ills, which arc SUppOied to shorten human life in the capital, and from which the King's subjects are said to he exempt in other places. But, with great submission to those persons, who so incessantly present to us the gloomy side of the picture, we think it will be made to appear that the inhabitants of London have allotted them as long a lease of existence, as is granted those who, it is thought, have the advantage of purer air, clearer water, cheaper Net, wider streets, and a less dense population. Next to the capital, Glasgow is the most populous city in the island ; and it is therefore the fittest to be compared with London, >4s respects the health and longevity of its inhabitants. The difference of temperature between the two cities, at all seasons, is considerable, as is best demon strated by the fart, that we can ripen grapes on our walls in the suburbs of London, while no such culture is at tempted on the hanks of the Clyde. The winter is inva riably more severe there, and the weather more changeable than we experience it; but to balance this, the labouring classes of the north, if they are not generally more comfort ably clothed, their dwelling-houses and workshops are at the least, front the thickness of their stone walls, and the moderate price of coals, wanner and drier than those of our mechanics and labourers: It'ith these+ , rrciproeal advantages and disadvantages, let us see how the case stands with regard to the average du ration of human life in the two plaes. By the Bills of Mortality just published, it appears, that W 0,237 persons, of all aps, in Lo n don, and 4,670 in Glasgow, have died in 1824. Of every thousandth of these—that is to say, of every tla.uxerad deaths so reported, there are— IN LONDON. IN GLASGOW. 320 under two year. 397 Under two years. 1113 tram two to fine. 93 front two to five. 77 front live to twenty. 127 front five to twenty. 194 from twenty to flirty. 11 5 from twenty to forty. 175 from forty to sixty. 121 from forty to sixty. ISt from sixty to eighty. 111 frion sixty to eighty. 29 from eighty to ninety. 29 from eighty to ninety. 4 above ninety. 4 above ninety. What must first strike the reader, in glancing o+cr these proportions, is the great mortality of children in Glasgow, when compared With that of London. Strange as it tray appear, and ahnost incredible as it may be deemed, yet it is true, that the infant population of London is healthier than that of Glasgow. In the former city, exactly car /my', or 500-1000ths of the deaths are of IN:is:sons under twenty years of age ; while in the latter there are more than Wye -fifths or 617-1 0 0 0 thi, under tact age. At an earlier perioll,and especially under five years, the proportion is much greater. How this ditMarity is occasioned it is im possible to say ; for there does not appear to have been any extraordinary epidemic among children its Glasgow, as the returns show a reg ular increase in marriages, births, and deaths, for several years. But as soon as we reach the age of twenty the case is reversed ; for it will be perceived that the northern youths r who survive this term begin to wear well, and they continue to do so much more durably than the youngsters Of the eapi tal : and this too in sjiite of harefeet, mists, cranrruch, and mountain-dew. In short, all the way up to sixty—to the afternoon of life as it were—death makes the greatest havoc among the cockneys. The numbers who die in the bloom of their days—between twenty and forty—are truly lament able. The main cause of this we take tfie liberty to place to the credit of late hours, theatres, saloons, oyster-rooms, cigars and blue ruin, Vauxhall, 'rack punch, and now and then a shivering fit, and a dose in a hackney-coach. By the way, we consider an hour's ride in this last-named vehicle, on a cold night, to be nearly on a par with a sit in a Scotch country parish kirk for toter hours in the dead of winter—no fire being within a mile of the sanctuary. The mortality is also greater here from forty to sixty. At this last-mentioned period life seems to be a stmt mo nopoly. The favoured few who weather threescore are widely scattered, it is true; but there is a proportionable sprinkling of them everywhere ; and it will he found, too, that they hold so hardily and tenaciously together, as to appear a respectable corps, till we reach the grand climac teric of eighty. Then tie' spark is in the embers. Beyond this period the remnant who grace our lists are relies whose numbers arc nearly precisely the same in both places— with this exception, however, that the London returns ex , hibit a veteran of the age of a hundred and seven, while the oldest in Glasgow is u .dry a hundred and three. It would be some value to know the exact proportion which the deaths bear to the births in the respective citits. As regards Glasgow, perhaps, this can be ascertained with some approximation to accuracy • but as for London, we can place as little reliance on the births as on the population returns. The baptisms here are reported to amount to 25,738, and the deaths, as we lev:e already stated, to 20,237 ; while in Glasgow the former are said to be 3,4752, and the latter, 4,670. If the returns be correct, the in crease of births is evidently in favour of Glasgow. But this is not likely to he the case, when we consider how many children are born here, whose existence is not re corded in these bills. While upon this subject, it will not be amiss to call the attention of the framers of these annual returns to a circumstance, of the importance of which they do not seem to be aware. We here allude to the classification of still born children. In the Glasgow returns these go to swell the amount of burials, without also being placed to the amount of births. In the London bills no mention is made of them ; but they are doubtli sit engrossed with the num ber of deaths. Properly speaking, they should stand by themselves ; and it they are not permitted to be added to the births, most unquestionably they should not be allowed to swell the number of deaths. This distinction, however, is not attended to, and we accordingly see the aggregate of mortality augmented, and even balanced with the amount of births, although it is obvious that a good deal of that mortality receives no credit for having been born. For instance, the Glasgow butial3 are stated to be 4,670, and the births 5,472. Were this error corrected, these last would stand 3,788 ! The London bills, without being so explicit, are compiled in the same erroneous way. There arc unpleasant rumours afloat respecting the new Custom-house ; the foundation is said to have given way in rather an alarming manner at the eastern wing of the building. Notwithstanding all the fuss and parade of lighting up, ikc. the Fishmongers' Pantlemoniutn is raid to have been as yet but thinly attended this season.—Ereniag Paper. An affray took place a short time since at Nlettlehl, in this county, which has been the subject of • great deal of conversation. It is stated that the Rev. Mr. Gooch, son of Sir Thomas Gooch, and brother to the county Member, in following a pack of hounds. persisted in riding over a field of new-sown wheat, in dehance of the warning of Mr. Kent, the owner of the crop, brandished his whip, and threatened violence if Mr. Kent should dare to stop him (in which we suppose he is justified by that most righteous law which makes the breaking down of a rail an offence at law, but the spoiling of acres of corn none)—that violence followed, in which we do not pretend to determine who was the assailant, that Mr. Kent was apprehended, de tained all night in custody, carriesl before the Justices at Yoxfonl, when Mr. Gooch the Member, retired as he en tered the room ; anti that he was liberated on his own re cognisance fur his appearance at Beceles Sessions, to answer any charge that may be preferred against him. It would lie improper to say more of this Calk: till the Sessions are over.—Biay Push On Wednesday night two fellows entered • spirit shop is Wallacetown, and called for a bottle of spirits. When the bottle was made up, on some frivolous pretext they de dined taking it, anti apparently left the bottle got from the shopman on the counter. On examination, however, it appeared than they had taken away the bottle of spirits and left a bottle of water, having, by a dexterous nick, substituted the one for the other before the eyes of the shop mart.—(aesgew Paper. A youth in the employ of a tradesman at Bridgwater, attempted to destroy himself on Sunday seunight: a slighted attachment which he had formed towards a,young lady occasioned the desperate act. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. NAVAL APRA NT:ID:NTS. CAPTAINS. Melina Dwyer, to the Bittern; Sir James Brisbaire, Km. C. to the Boadicea ; W. 8. Arthur, to the Bustard; RawdirChict • lean, to the Carnation; John (71hystie, to the Conflict; Patrick Campbell, C.B. to the Ganges; Francis Brace, to the Gannet;' Wm. Cumbetland, to the Gesicni ; Jame.lfOlt. to the Harlequin ; T?' P. Furber, to the Ileliconn ; Sir W9liani iVinnnan. Bart. to the Jupiter; 11. 11. Christian, to the Oven Glenitaire ; T. Penning ton, to the Pike; John Adams (a), tb the. Petter ; Joseph 011.10, to the Renegade ; William Webb, to. the Rifleman ; Nich. I cal:— yer, C. It. to the Romney 1 David Dunn, to the Samar/mg; Stuart, to the bparrowhairk ; Hugh bowntnan, to tte Wintism Castle. I.irtrrxlrrs. • • _; Jacob Pitfield, to the Bann ; John F. lfiawson, And. Itsird, "Sr: Duke. Jos. Grote, Boadicea; N. Itobilliard, And. Smith (b). Jan: S. Jeolison, Britannia; Tho s. Gray (a). Bulwark ; Edw. Smith (b); C. I)imnck (act), Briatard* John BillingsTey., Cambridge; Thos. Mitchell (b), Carnation; Sam. Wm. 31•Clellan, Chi nikee ; lion. E. G. Sinclair, Clio; Sir Thomas S. Paslex. Ban. grim grnyth Griffith, Eden; T. Ross, Egerfa 4 k.. /1. I.e Meenrier, Espeh‘le; Henry lialinan, James V. Baker s C. 11. Binstsid, Ganges; Fred: (:illy, Gannet; Thos. Smith (b), Egli!. Kelly, %1 Monk (h)s Thus. Manly, Henry It. Stun, Genoa; Samuel Williarni (art), Helicon ; IS m. Ileneey and John D. Robinson, Herald ; S. Nt ()Wham, Hind ; Geo. Young (a), Jaa. ('. ltenneti 3 W. Forrepter, (act). Stegbenson Whig), Isis; Edmund l'eti•Ja•tenT) Aslifield and IV. L. Stephens. Jaw;fet ; Edriani Plo4genbo*. Ju piter; Henry Poingdeitrc and Th us . Eyton. 3laidsrone *_F,dwani Webb, Naiad; Wm. Peatie, Niemen; Ostler M: M. SVroots (Flag) Ocean I it, H. King, Owkr) Olcstlinser 6 John 51'llonnell, Pandora ; Henry Jus. Piget. Photon • It. W. Hen denim and Fob Pennell (act.), Pyramus; Charle ' s Henry Rade, Jas. B. Somerville, E. C. Earle, Thos. D. Stewart. W. B. Strug nen, W. Thomas, Thos. L. Knevitt, Jam. Carter fa), Gel!, num.; plirvvii, John 11. Helhy, R. Caner, Menioq Cowen, 'LL . Jones (41), 11. 11. Johnson. Sam. Broken:4la, Sam. [Lenard. an4Charlei R. Gordon. Illimillies ; Gordon 31'Donahl and Russell F.lliott. (act.). Rattlesnake) Chas. Gay:on (act.). Rifleman ; Vt. Tiirner, Romney ; Thomas Grego4 anti IVrn. Balwen, Rose ; Wm. A. Willis, Samarang; C. H. Price, Serapis• Hugh Berer, Spar rowliawk ; Edward Bayley, Splrtiate; Henry Thetis ; Edmund Wilson, Tribune ; 'Walter Totiv and William J. Tal bott, Victor ; Gee. H. Habits, Victory ; W. D. Puget, Welletler A. B. I'. P. Hamilton, John Faulkni* llenry 31. Short, Wind Castle. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE moNEr. _ ..... ..... The. Halcyon, for two felocca privateers, on the 7th instant, at N. In, John -street, Adelphi ; recalled there Tuesdays and Thurs days. _2 LII - ERPOOf„ Tule') AY. - Arrived the Ann, M'Kenzie, front' Pernambuco i Be der*, from Charleston—sailed 12th December, bnngi pa per* to the 9th ; Peru, from New Orleans. CV, the An telope, from Buenos Ayres. The Diamond, Macey, from New Yell tee Liverpool, struck on the CausewOy (('ardigtm My), and sunk its seven fathoms water—one man raved; id drowned. and sif.: were left in the rigging. A boat war sent off to endeavour to save them. Corti market this day—Wheat, English, 9s. 9d. a 10s. Id.; Irish, es. 9d. a 10s. 9d.; Dantzig, &c. in bond, Gs. Gd. a 7s. Flour. English, .5!25. a 355. per Pack 88161).; Irish, 51s. a 538. ; American, in bond, Q. a 265. per bar rel. Oats, Irish potato, English. &c. sa. Gd. a 3s. 10d_ Barley, Gs. a 6s. 4.1. Prices fully supported, but saks not extensive. Flour rather higher. t. I 4. EAST INDIA SHIPPLAW. Arrivals at Nem South Wales.—The Queen Charlotte., Thump on, fiom 001'cite, the 15th June; Nereus, Em nett, trout Port Dalrymple, Bth July ; his Majesty's shit, Tamar, Bremner, from England, on an expedition to the north-west coast of New Holland, 28th July; Alfred, Laughton, from London, 15th July; Countess of Har court, Bonn, from London, 12th July ; Prince Regent, Wales, from London, I.Sth July ; Thalia, Hauler, front the fishery, 4th August ; Aguilar, Watson, Mini' LondOn and Van Diemen's Land, sth August ; Phoenix, from the fishery, 6th August ; and the Prince Regent,. Limb. from Hohares Town, 7th August. Soilings from ;Vete South Wales.—The Minerva, itAlso for Van Diemen's Land, July 16 ; Caroline, Taylor, for Van Diemen's Lind, July 4 ; Ann, Crimes, for the Maw. ritina, July 17; John Bull, Tompkins, for Port Ilarymple, July 19; Adrian, Gordon, fur Madras and Rengai; and the Hope, for the Mauritius, Aug. 11, S . udnry (Nets South WitleA) ' August 16.—Th e s hip Phecnix, White, in working op the harbour, and while in charge of the pilot, grouneted on the Pig Rocks, and re mained in a perilous situation twenty-four hours; she was, however, lightened, and at the end of that period got off: It is not yet ascertained what is the extent of the damage she has received, but it is intended she shall be hove down and examined in a few days. Many thanks are due to Captain IlFemncr, of his Majesty's ship Tamar ' who on that occasion personally assisted Mr. White with his bene ficial experience, as well as by lending a party of his Ma jesty's ship's crew. The Lang. Lusk, is reported to have arrived at Hobart Town, front England ; as also the Chap man, --, from England; both which vessels are daily looked for here. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTO3I.IIOUSE, JAS. 4. IN TER T.D INWARD..—The Sicily, f'upper, from Licata. Mes • situ', and Gibraltar) Brilliart. Greenweli, from Alcoa; Neptune, Knight, from Ostend; Camberwell, Cherry, from Perersbargh ; Nonsuch, Monday, from Stangate Greek; Aid, Tramiel, from 31nrseilles ; Violet, Charrosin, from Harlingen; Brakes, Gar. dener, from Nladeira and Jamaica Britannia, Simmers, from Lis bon ; and Factor, Connell, from Belfast. ENTERED OuTwateins.—The Elizabeth. Ostle. for Demerara Tranmere, Thompson, for Uarbadoes and St. Thomas's ; Bey, Wishart, for Smyrna and Constantinople; Britannia, Davidson. for Tobago: Swift, Artis, for St. :Michael's; Andromeda, 3lud , dle, for Van Diemen's Land anrfNew South Wales; Dart, Siranacl, for Ostend; Pena, Hughes, for Voughall. (..t.Errtu r/urwartna FINALLY AT Oa ATIF-SEWD.—Tne Vrouw llendrina, Vander (lever, tee Antwerp; his, Tyler. t'or Jamaica; Concord Gibbs. for Kotterelatu; Lady Holland, Itotzers, for Jamaica ; Charming 31trIly, Farrier, for Calais ; l'ansittariv Ihtlryttiple, for India and Chita. CLEARING ()I: T WA H 05.--The William, flumm, for Trinidad; William and Henry, Partridge, for Grenada; Zeno, Talbert, fur San !.near and Seville ; and the Crawford. Thomas, for Bilboa. VLF:ARID Otrwaautl 70 IRELAND.—The Maria. Monis, fur Waterford, FROM LLOYD'S LIST. PLYIIOI77II, JAIL. 3—Arrived the Brailsrotr, —, from M. ratnichi, in 23 days. The Percival was got of the rocks in .Mount Batten Bay, and towed into Catwater. Po 4VSnourtl, Jaw. 4.—None of the ontwartl.l)otstd have yet attempted to sail. Arrived the Kidney tramper/ nom lialltSt . . In the early part of the day the wind was from vonth.west ; .ht this time (7 p.m ) it has got to the north, inclining easterly. llrwt, Jas. 4.—Half-past four . m. northmoithoesot. fresh breeae. About two, p to. the wind s h ifted to thernorthward, wlea nearly the whole of the outward-bound got away. The lbitiour. able Company . % ships the 'Windsor, liaviside; kingstone, lATJT : Wallis;lsabella and Essex, Appleton, are not yet gone. Ar rived and remain, the Loyalist, Chicken, and Argo, Spink, frau St. John's, Sew Brunswick. Midas, —, from New South Wal,:/. last from Cowes ; and the Meridian, Coker, front Opotto, in eight days. 4.—The Dove, Brown, from Bremen to St. I.;bes, ;ailed from this port Itkii ult. and has been endeavouring AI Cr to force a passage down Channel. she had go to the westward ut Port land, when she encountered a heavy gale at S.W. and carried &war her tn4F and hula/aka. lost her boat. water casks, dc. ; in coming for this port last night she struck the north pier. and wont on xkure behind it, but was got off this morning, with considerable damage iu her hull and loss of an anchor and cable, and brought. into the harbour. (loxv wsr:vn, JAN. 4.—Arrived the Severn, Field, from bun; !lope, Sitnron, from Enbon ; Maria from Bayonne:. and min, Charrosin- from liirlingen. Sailed the. bont Suffield, ltips4ll, for 31artras ; Cincinnsetos, for Neer York; Adventure, Adamson, fur Bahia; and the Agenoria, them* well, fur Genoa. LitvEnvoot, JAN. 3.—Arrived the Robert Kerr, *erre New Brunswick; 'Waterloo, Dudne; from New Ihunvwiek; Fa— vourite, Walker, .A gentrria, and Douglas. lialea, (min New— foundland ; Fairy Queen, ?zero Gibraltar: and linen, Jeuk— inson, from Lisbon. Hut. t., J N. 3,—The :theona, Heigh. of Ihtndee, front Lon - don, is pn into Grimsby with lova n( anchor, cable, winding!, and other damage, hiving been on the Trinity ifand. The Doris, Alders, from Havre ter lowd.n. has put into Hon fleur, with tau feet water M her hold, Medic; been on shore, anA mot discharge* repair. The Hamilton, It'iMani.. from Petersburgh to Liverpool, put into llama:Tate on the lUth Noreinber, by contrary winds, and was still detained there on Tuesday last. The Hope, Deno, from Sierra I.sone, Ms arrived in the River, after a passage Moldy 31 day.. The Honourable Company's ship Inglis, Captain Seek, was ois Tuesday towed from Hlackwallto Northlyet su ;our bonze, by two steam. eaIC.S. 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