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CHELTENHAM, SL rr. Q. The Theatre was well filled yesterday evening, owing to the novelty o f Colonel Berkeley, Captain Berkeley, and Major Banks, performing. as amateurs, in (Mello, for the b e fit o f Mrs. Burnt. The Promenade at the Room and walk' of the Montpellier Spa were in consequence thinly attended yesterday evening. There was a great assemblage of company yesterday at T e wk(sbury to witness the MCC; which commeteed at lit o'clock and were not over till near six ' • great numbers, in ~,,,n iegl icucc, went away before they had finished. There %s a some excellent racing, both fur the Hunters' Stakes 0; 1 the Town Plate. A pin , race between the heats afilvtlesl much amtisknent tzwen a black pony belonging to Mr. Jones, of PreshUTY, and a b ay N ny, from Oxford, called the Queen of Dia monds, kr a purse of Su sovereigns, which was won with gr, at ease by the latter. .t pickpocket was detected on the Course in the act of cutting a gentleman's pocket, when the summary punish ment of mob law was inflicted on him. lie took refuge in the rivet Severn, into which a gentleman on horseback „ mu d him, but the villain Lying an expert swimmer t ern scross, climbed a steep bank, and cselpstl. The Earl of Selkirk appeared at the Promenade this riming for the first time. THE LORD CIIANCEL II L4R AND THE SCHOOL -44-S. Ai the Lord Chancellor passed through Wimborne last month, on his way to Eocounhe, be wu cheered by the young gentleinen of the Free Grammar School in that awn; in const•quence of which his Lordship was pleased, neat day, to address the to/lowing note to the master , the Rev. J. Mayo: 6 ' Eneofrbe, 31st August. felt very kindly the attention which the young gent l e men. wlecated at your school thought proper to express when 1 kit Wimbmne yesterday. lam aware that it was a tribute to the ace I holi, and not to myself personally ; but it grailtled me, be came I feel the imponance of instilling into the minds of youth, principles which, if acted upon . in after life, would essentially promote the awfulness of tun ulna tc stations of great public km pwis-ee. •• Po I take too great a liberty in, requesting a holyday for these yi.ung gentlemen ? I add. Air„ that I am senstblit of the trapect duo to the person under whose care their principles are formed. 1 am, Sir, your obedient servant. "ELDON." TJ which the annexed answer was returned : " queen Elizabeth's Orammar School, Wimborne, Sept. 1112& Mr Lora.--1 am desired by my pupils to eapress their grate ful arksowimigrnent of the kindness with which you hare been ptesszd to notice and accept their humble attempt to discharge a duty which they art eons:in:ly taught to regard as one of the lint they owe to society, • To honour and obey the King, and all that areput in authority tinder him.' This duet' becomes • source of the highest gratitication when stations of great public imptwtattee we modem, mom eminently distinguished by the patriotic cha racter of those who till them; wet me, therefore, my Lord, ta observe, that yonag as they now are, never will my pupils had a more suitable opportunity for the manifestation of these principles than when they ehdeavoured to expire% them towards a Nobleman, to wham zeal and liminess in upholding the British Coastitution in Church and Str-te, both the King sad the People are, under Providence, so highly indebted. I read your Lohip's letter to them yesterday morning, when they received with the greatest pleasure tile tidings of the holyday you so kindly proposed. " I have the honour to remain, "My Lord, June very obedient perrint, litted. " J AMES M A YO." ON FASHIONS I.V PHYSIC. In former days the barber used to shave beards, brandish equally the lancet and the razor, set legs and arms, and apply the cupping -glasses. Up rose the surgeon, overset the suds, scheil on the lancet, and cheated him out of the better part of his trade. The lancet answered his purpose well, but the cupping glass was less successful. It occupied too much time, the blood would nut flow, in short, it went out of dew. A new division of labour was required, or a new opening appeared, and up sprung the cupper. A man who can get no bnsimss, must make it : he must get into fashion, he mast bring Lis trade into fashion, lie must bring into fashion the diseases which his trade cures, or is supposed to cure. These flourished, Slid then flourishes the copper. If he dots not find the disease, he makes it; if he finds a disease he makes it worse ; more cupping is required, the glasses are applied, they arc applied again, and " many more shall this one (or two) ensue." The people became nervous, hysterical, epileptic, paralytic, apoplectic, they have not been cupped enough. Cup them again, and again—and then they die—for lack of cupping. Cupping could not thrive, unless there was a " flOw of blood to the head." The blood begjns immediately to fl ow into the heads of all the kingdom ; - having formerly flowed towards the tail, we suppose. The pale-faced or green visaged Miss, whose blood has been flowing a whole winter at Alreack's, the opera, balls, assemblies, till six o'clock every morning, heaven knows in what direction, discovers that it is all accumulated in her head ; the cupprr restores the equilibrium, she turns green and greener, must be cupped again, becomes nervous, cross, gi•lely, hysterical, and when she displays her scapulae and her nape next winter, displays with them twelve, eighteen, twenty-four, or thirty-six white ornaments marshalled in the most beautiful quincunx order inimaginable. Man becomes disgusted, her lover flies; what matters it?—cupping is the fashion. Son;e poor devil of &Indent, labouring day and night at drawing pleas, drawing triangles and parabolas, or drawing out prose into verses, becomes similarly uneasy anti languid —wonders what is the matter with him—feels his head confused, not with night watching, abstinence and labour, but with a flow of blood to the heal. The supper comes— he comes again—he becomes worse—he has not been cupp:d enough—be is sent to Italy—his pursuits in life are broken up: he becomes nervous, or crazy, or gets into Bedlam, or la a valetudinarian for life. An Alderman has made himself giddy anti bloated with elms of turtle and champagne. Instead of abstracting the turtle and champagne from the stomach, the cupper extracts the blood from the neck. More turtle goes in, more blood comes out—the head bcomes giddier every day —he 15113 down at the next feast with the calipash in his mouth, the copper is sent for, but the undertaker come,— Ins cup is run out. The nerves lose their office from exposure to cold, from ague, from poisons, perhaps, from heaven knows what— original constitution; the unhappy wretch's arm becomes paralytic, she must be cupped—the leg becomes paralytic, she must be cupped again —she becomes paralytic all over, more cupping —she becomes sillylicliotical, is cup fud every week, month, or three months—and shortly them is a hatchrnent over the door, with the sinister side black. If the husband has been cupped, the dexter side is black instead of the sinisttr ; that is all the difference.— . .Vie London itagaztne, Oct. Witinsos (SUNDAY), OCTOBER 2.—The King at tended divine service this morning in the private chapel in the Royal Lodge. Dr. Sumner performed the service. 'the Princess Au g usta and the Duchess of Gloucester have token fhquent drives about here during the past week. The Duchess is expected to leave her royal sister, the Prince's Augusta. tomorrow, on her return to her resi dence at Bagsliot Park. The Duke of York left his residence, Autlley House, yesterday, for Newmarket. The Earl of Liverpool left his residence at Whitehall on Friday, for Weimer Castle. A live snake, about 18 inches long, was found a few days ago in a ditch on Monne Devis, by a patty of the 'app.'', and miners now employed in the general survey. Not , teeming it any rarity they killed it and threw it away.— ifelfost Chronick.—We should be glad to know on what authority our respectable coterisporary makes this statement, which indeed contains two roost marvellous things; first, that a lit ing snake should be discovered on the tap of en Irish mountain--94, that any persons engaged in the sur vey of this country should be so singularly and so corn- Fidel) ignorant of its natural history as to sec nothing ex trunlinary in such a discovery—a discovery not before made since the days of Solinus, who long before the arrival of St. Patrick in Ireland, mentions its perfect exemption from snakes and all such reptiles. It will require good evidence to render these things creditable. What is be eemc of the snake's body ?.—Be jest Newt-Later. PRURZ-LANE 7lf EA TRR. On Saturday we visited this house, to witness, among other things, the representation of the Heir at Liu% ,This comedy is not among the most successful efforts of our present licenser, G e o r g e Colman, the Younger, as he calls himself, aged juvenile that he is! The Heir at Law possesses in no inconsiderable degree the same defects that almost invariably characterize the comedies of Morton and Reynolds. It is full toque ad nauseam, of sentimentality the most dirgueting, because utterly false, forced, and inappropriate. The clovais talk not merely like courtiers but philceophers, and the nursery-maids would put I'a mella or Clarissa Ilarlowe to the blush. The heroine throwsthe Queen of Sheba into the back-ground, for she has not merely listened to, but possessed herself of, the wisdom of Soleltrion. All the other ladies and gentlemen are fine and stately, and talk very much like a book. Along pith this there are n profusion of "beautiful senti ments," as Sir Peter Trrzle has ft, put into the mouths of the greeter number. This is detestable, and should be reformed altogether. It is too bail to have characters on the sore., supposed to be gentlemen, making faces and flourishes, anti uttering "sentiments" such as no gentle man ever did utter in real life, and such as would cause any person who made ute of them to be kicked nut of decent society. To be sure, at the period when the comedies we have alluded to were written, a false taste was extremely prevalent in literature, if not in life. Na ture was not considered superfine enough, and it wits the fashion to improve on her. Authors forgot that "To gild refined gold—to paint the lily— . " To sett a perfume 40 the violet— " Was west( ful, and riklieulous excess t" and they decorated accordingly. In the Heir at Late,lhe only .natural bit of flesh and blood is honest Daniel Do - lass, the tallow-chandler. We can hardly make room for Cicely in our critical consciences, and as for Zekiel, he is a positive enormity. But the time is fast coming when these things will be no more permitted. As we have nothing favourable to say of Mr. J. Russell, in Zekiel Homespun, we shall pass over that part of the-per formance sub eilentio, and come to "metal more attractive," his pretty sister Cicely. Miss I. Paton sustained this character for the first time on the Drury-lane boards on Saturday. In her personation of it, if there is not a vast deal to praise, there is little to blame. Occasionally too, there were passages delivered with considerable archness and spirit, anti on the whole, it was a respectableperformance. Age and pedantry arc so much the Antipodes of the qualities that characterise the acting of Harley, that it is not to be wondered it if he made an indifferent Doctor Pangloss. We hare said Old Douskts is the moat natural character in the Heir at Laufr—it was also the most naturally repre sented on Saturday night. From the first words " Lord ! my lady, what matters it whether I drinks my tea out of a cup or a saucer," to the last appeal to " the tallow chand lers," in the epilogue, all was strictly consonant with na ture—full of a fine vein of characteristic humour. Mr. Dowton looked, moved, spoke, and eat like a tallow chandler. It *as as if one of his own hogsheads of fat had slid into an embroidered waistcoat and and with the accessories of buckles and a queue rolled upon the stage. We cannot compliment Mr. Fitzwilliam on his performance of an Irishman. The brogue in which he plays lienrick, is neither English, Scotch, Welch, or Irish, but much more disagreeable than any or all of them united. He speaks like the pedant who had been at a feast of languages and carried away the scraps, or like one of the builders of Babel. who in time general confusion of tongues, had infected his own with a little of the defects of all, but had acquired the precise peculiarities of none. To the play succeeded a military divertisement, called The Camp, and we Call answer for it that it deserves the title, for it is as noisy as drams can make it. It originally formed a part of the French coronation. Having witness ed the ballet some dozen times, in that and its present shape, we are nearly as tired of it as the dancers must be by this time. The entertainments of' the evening concluded with, for the first time at this theatre, O'Keeffe's Farce of the Son-in- Law--a piece as light, lively, and extravagant as O'Keeffe's productions generally are. Mr. Gattie played Old Cranky, and was pleasant In spite of his name, as was Harley in Betvkitt, who appears to be pleasant in spite of himself. The latter was a dancing-master, in which character he introduced the comic song of " Jeremy Dabble, auctioneer, quack-doctor, and danc ing -master, and took effectual steps to gain the favour of his friends. Mr. O. Smith was an excellent Orator Mum, and Mr. Thompson was not only as sour hut as strong as Vinegar. We assure this gentleman he falls under' Hamlet's censhre most completely, and " splits the very ears of the groundlings with inexplicable noise." Doubtless he would make a most admirable Bully Bottom, and we'll lay long odds could play the Lion in Pyramus and Thisbe better than most men, see , ing he has sound lungs and does not spare them, " He'd roar like any nightingale," and flay the part to the life. However, we just beg leave to hint to Mr. Thotnpson that he was not playing a lion, but a sedate old citizen on Saturday: and also to assure him (paradoxical as it may seem) that if he (lid not speak quite so loud, we should hear Aim MC/I better. The motive for the produc tion of the Sou-in-1 aw appears to have been to afford Mr. I. Russell an opportunity, in the character of Signor Arionelli, to introduce an imitation of Velluti. Mr. Russell does not appear tint ear the conclusion of the piece ; and at the time when, pievious to coming on, he was heard behind the scenes singing, we confess the effect was startling, and the illusion for a moment complete, so per fect was the imitation. Ile sung two songs afterwards in the same style Which were ludicrously exaggerated, and had more of the caricature than the portrait in the manner of their mention. They *ere both very loudly applauded, and the applause was also mingled with considerable die approbation. On the whole, to us it seemed a disagreea ble exhibition, anti while We gladly admit the abilities dis played by the performer, we could wish they had been ex ponied on the attainment of a worthier object. The speaking voice was, if possible, more harsh and un pleasant than the singing. Who the " contents" and "non-contents" were, we neither know nor care, but think the greater proportion of hisses descended from the virtuous elevation of the one shilling gallery. Ile that as it may, not being great on the subject of " shirts and shoe string'," we leave it to those who arc, and can take an interest in such matte rs, to criticise the habiliments of the contending parties. We 'uprose the object of the mimicry was to ridicule the foreigner, and that his friends, if such lie have, were indignant: or perhaps it is quite the other way ; and a contemporary of ours, who has more followers east thin west of Temple-bar, may have taken it into its head to permit nobody to abuse Velluti but itself. A new Opera, with the music by Weber, will be one of the early novelties at Covent-garden Theatre. Mrs. Bunn has been playing with distinguished success at Gloucester, Cheltenham, and Tewkesbury, and is about to proceed on to Liverpool and Manchester, where she is engaged for a fortnight. The shooting match at partridges only between Captain Smith and Mr. Ni'llioughby, of the New Hats Club, against Messrs. Samby, of lbchester, and Heatherstone, was decided on Saturday in Herta and Bedfordshire, the former commencing at Layton manor, near Buntingford, and the latter at the Elms, to the westward of Market street. It was for Su sovereigns, who should hag the greater number in four hours. Mr. Willoughby had thirty-shots, and killed twenty-six, and Captain Smith had thirty-three shots and killed twenty-four—total, '23 brace. Mr. Samby killed twenty-five from twenty-six shots, and Mr. Heatherstone killed twenty-four in thirty shots, losing the match by a single bird. It was excellent shoot ing, considering the wilildess of the birds, and that many difficult births were shot. AN Exoastoes Musttaoom.—On Thursday ac'nnight, as Mr. Woakes, music and dancing master, was riding by Woonton, in the parish of King's Pion, he picked a large mushroom, with two younger ones, called buttons. He measured the large one in the presence of several respect able persons at Weobley, and it proved to be two feet eleven inches in circumference. One of the buttons, not open in the slightest degree, ten inches and a half, and weighing five ounces. The larger mushroom was after wards broiled for the supper of the party, was very delici ous, and more than could be eaten by them all.-o.Efirrd Herald. THE BRITISH PRESS. SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL IN rOIIEIGN We some time ago promised to call the attention of our readers to Ns useful and highly important Institution, and we shall very shortly take advantage *X the appearenteot the annual Report, which we have just nceived, to tedeew, our pledge. As yet we have had no time whatever to pc. ruse it ; but we lament to find, from the account in the Chrisliein Rememl,ranerr for this month, that the new re port is in many respects greatly deficient. The following are the observations of that respectalik publication concern ing it_ _ . The Report of this Society has just made its appear ance. It is full of interesting facts, though, we are sorry to observe, these are not let forth in the mo s t i n t erest i ng manner. We a!so notice an innovation in thearrangement of subscribers names, which we certainly do not under stand. Every subscriber of a gtrine'a or upwards appears twice at the least ; some twice in one page ; others are to be found in four or five different places; and they are all put down as belonging to " Dioc es an or District Coromittces, formed or forming ;" of which Committees, we believe, it will he found many have no existence at all. This imposing enumeration must have an injurious effect, in making the Society appear more powerfully supported than it really is. But we shall take an opportunity of re turning, to the subject. " The following is a rough sketch of the amount of sub scriptions and subscribers announced in the Report:--- £ s. d. Sobwriptlons, donations, legacies, collections, &c. 3.747 6 94 interest of capital • . 391 3 3 Parliamentary grants 20.201 6 0 Deficiency—Sale of capital and debt to Treasurer 4.393 19 5 Incorporated subscribers 300 32,016 11 6} Associated ditto . . . 1,9r4 Other annual subscribers 330 Donurs, under . _ • 400 Chriviun RtmentSrancer::ftr Oct. 1825, p. C 59. 211 It CHURCH. The Onlination intended held by the eord Bishop of Bath and %Wells yesterday, is deferred till Sunday next. Ilia Lordship has finished visiting and confirming for the present year; the number of persons confirmed at the late Confirmations was—females, 3438; males, 2497; total, 5933. On 'Wednesday se'nnight, at a private Ordination held by the Lord I3ishop of Gloucester, Jas. Hardwicke Dyer, M.A. of Trinity College, Oxford, Henry Hodgson, ILA. of Magdalen College, and Joseph Frederick Hone, B.A. of University College, were achnitted into Deacon's orders. UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. Paoressoa DOGREL.—On Saturday last died, at his rooms in Trinity College, after a short but severe illness, the Rev. Peter Paul Dobrce, M.A. Fellow of that College, and Greek Professor in this University. He took the de gree of B.A. in 1804, and M.A. 1807. It is seldom that this University has sustained a loss more deeply or exten sively felt than that of this learned individual. lie was born of an ancient family in the island of -Guernsey, and educated tinder Dr. Valpy, at Reading school. He had there imbibed a fondness for Greek literature and criti cism ; the intimacy with which Professor Porson guishd him, while yet a student at Carnbtitlge, strength ened this preference; and to those studies, for twenty-five years, during which he resided for the most part in College, lie devoted unremitting application. Though these wae the great object of his labours, his mind was too enlarged to make them the exclusive one; he had a moderate know ledge of mathematics, paid more attention to metaphysics than is usual with members of the southern Universities; was well acquainted with the history of modern Europe, and with the history of his own country. Nor did he al ways shrink from the bustle of active life: during the re sistance of the Spaniards to Napoleon, he was tempted to abandon for a while his habits of studious retirement. A relative who had long resided in Spain, and was a member of the Junta of Valentin, came on a mission to England ; with him Mr. Dobree returned, devoted for a time his ser vices to her cause, and encountered some danger and hard ships, when the temporary conquest of that province by the Freneit drove the more active ' , artisans to seek refuge in Minorca. With this exception, lie spent his life in literary retirement, Seeking knowledge for its own reward, And hiving wisdom with each studious yens. Ilia ingenuity of thought, his clear judgment, and habits of cahn inquiry, excited high expectations as to the result of his labours whenever he might give them to the world ; but, except the editing of some of Porson's MSS. he de ferred their publication from a desire to render them snore perfect. Ile ever entertained, and manifested by his con duct, a strong,attailitnent to the principles of civil and reli gious liberty. In private life he was social, but disliked what is generally called company, preferring the frequent and unrestrained society of a few friends. To those who have been long gratified with this intimacy, his interesting and judicious conversation, his remarks playful yet forcible, his unruffled temper, his modesty of demeanour. the bene volence and simplicity of his heart, and are affectionate ness of his disposition, will render his loss severe and irreparable.—Carnbridge Pres:. MUSICAL MEMORIALS LY SALZBURGH. [From the Parthenon.l No city in Germany, and perhaps none in Europe, is more remarkable for beauty of situation than Salzburgh. Thus it is always an object of curiosity to travellers visit ing that part of Germany. But the interest attached to the city itself, is frequently forgotten amidst the:admira tion which the picturesque scenery of its neighbourhood naturally excites. In the lovers of music, however, a vi sit to Salzburg!' cannot fail to rouse an interesting train of recollections. While Salzburg!' was 'wrier the dominion of a Prince Archbishop, the magnificeht performances of church music, which took place at the Spiritual Court, were highly celebrated. Even now, in its present decayed condition, Salzburgh presents a memorial of musical glory, which Will never cease to awaken curiosity and in terest, while a single vestige of it survives the destroying hand of time. We allude to the house in which Mozart was born, and in which he passed the first years of his life. It is an antiquated looking structure, somewhat in the old Italian style of building, the walls rising several feet above the lower part of the roof, Very little of which is vi sible. The house has four stories, with a range of five windows to each, and the ground story is arched. The windows look out upon two streets, or more properly speaking, on a square (the Kollegienplatz), arid a street (the (:etraidestraese). Round the principal room, which is on the right wing of the house, runs a wooden gallery, which, when Mozart's family resided here, was in rainy weather set aside as a place for the children to play in ; and here the great musician passed many of the happiest hours of his childhood, in the society of his youthful compa nions. SALM:MAGI! also contains another monument, the eight of which must be gratifying to those who may be induced to make a pilgrimaze to the birth-place of Mozart. This is the tomb of Michael Haydn, the celebrated Joseph Haydn's brother. The works of Michael Haydn are but little known, even in Germany, having been chiefly com posed for the church service; but those who have had the opportunity of becoming acquainted with them, pro nounce them to be compositions of first rate merit in the class to which they belong. Michael Flaydn was Chapel master at Salzburgh, where he died in the year 180. In DWI, a monument was erected to his memory in St. Pe ter's church, at Salzburgh. Beside an altar, on which stands a funeral urn, is a black crucifix, with golden rays etnerging above it. A lyre rests against the urn, and both are partly concealed beneath the foltls of drapery. At the foot of the altar is an hour-glass, and a music -scroll, ins scribed " Requiem," one of the principal protluctions of the composer. Other scrolls are also scattered nbout the pedestal of the altar, inscribed with the commencing words of the composer's works: as for example—Domitte Deus—Tres sitat—Teriehra. forks surd—Kyrie eleison, &e. The urn bears the following inscription, Hie rividescit tepid ; and on the altar appear these lines, in gold letters ou a black ground : MICIiAELI 11A VDN NATO DIE 14, SEPT. 1737. VITA FUNCTO. DIE 10 AUG. 11103. ' .BRIT'ISII COMMERCIi TVITH INDIA AND Flew of the Mae and Progretia of the Commerne between Eng lund end the East Indies and China , luriug II perish of ten pasta each (extracted from the curial* and valuable Work of Air. C. Moreau, on the Kost India Company's Record•, from 2600 to 1C25 founded on Oricial camentx, ,te.) REAL VALVE .-t 4 Pricei 11 or roc c2ll ~- of .. 0 ,: e- , India .2 ... 3 d i 2 c:3 stock. '‘ d Periods t'.S -gull 1. E 1 0..-- 1 . .' 4.: .F., '4 . 5 .:--. of E° .4 ••ti .• '0 2 •: 3 Q Ten Years ''ltt. a ,-: lc a a . s 5 c.: 0 :a * . e• :: t . 1 : ... 4.1 .liTe tzr, .... r, - ~.,-0 e a c h. ~,,. o „ ..:.-6 c 2 R . t 2 i-- - 1 1 =I te,.. a r. 114 - a:•st A-14 Il° ..• :=. -- -- _ From . .£ I £ .l: Z:C ie 1714 to 1723 • 12.691,135, 0,175,129, 6,518,006 10 1714 to 1733 15,444,003: 6,053.4691 9,390,534 136 rill 8 1734 to 1743 17,152.6391 6.754,593 10,399,036 104 195 7 1744 to 1713 21,197.799 9.1175,34 11,322,459 151 197 8 1754 to 1763 20,736.200 C:1125,565 14,110,6431114 191 li 1764 to 1773 32,359.035 6.695 966 25,7414.06911401276 10 & 1114 1774 tn. 1781 35,235,102 5,091.467 30,14363511141169 Ii & 7 1784 to 1793 54.614,174 12,635,7113141.9711 , 391 11312•21 8 & 104 1794 to lam 06,985.761 21.449.408 [ 65,536,296 143226 „ i „,„, 13 0 4t0'11114 86.1:24.84V ;4,156,3'J1j 62. 66 3.449 1 5 4 ,212 - IFI 1315 to 1824 87.419 • 1771 47,8r7 ) ,012 , 39 352.265 181 30 ' I ' 10 } 4 Total 1 70 C53961;1133 287 183 1 317 366 783 P i The progress and present state of the Stock of the East India Company 12 as follows • Sums At per Ca advanced. p Cent. ital. Nate. A grant of 2,000,003/. .0 £ .£ was made to the Com. 1703 2,060,000 87i 9,200,000 pany in NM. and On. 1781 1 ' 240 ' 000 155 . 8°°,91)0 other of 917.705/. in 1813, to defray the ex -17119 1,740.000 174 1.1100,000 1722 2,000,000 200 1,000,000 eines inCarred by the m __ rn the public serri..e. —__ Total 7,7110.000 Total 0,000,000 • The 'Leconte for the year 1813 were destroyed by the tire a the Custom-house, London. NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER M EETING. NEWMARKET, SUNDAY AFTERNOON. The present Meeting is expected to he very numerously attended, and in particular by the Nobility and higher class of sporting men, as it is the only important Meeting which has taken place here the ydr during the time that Parliament has not been sitting. Up to this afternoon, however, the town has not had any unusual appearance, the arrivals as yet not being numerous, but towards night the scene will be altered materially, as most of the lodgings are bespoke. As is customary at the October Meetings, Cheveley Park, the hospitable abode of their Graces of Rutland, will be the head-quarters of the fashionable visiters ; and here, as well ai at Itiddlesworth, and other seats, shooting parties will be very frequent. The Duke and Duchess of Rutland are already arrived, also the following of the Noble Party invited—Marquis of Graham, Earl of Chatham, Laid Charles Manners, Lord Robert Manners, and many others. His Royal Highness the Duke of York is expected at the Palace in the course of an hour, but we have not heard whether his Royal Highness will he there or at Cheveley during his stay at Newmarket ; the latter is the most likely. The following Noblemen and Gentlemen were expected in the course of the cycning:—Dukes of Richmond, Graf ton, and Portland ; Lords Sefton, Lowther, Jersey, Ye rulam, Orford, Cavendish, Fitzroy, Bentinek, Anson ; Sir John Shelley, Sir J. Byng, General Grosvenor; Ho nourables—lle Roos, Irby, Edwards, tke. The races this week do not aftind so much scope for spe culation as is generally the case, being composed chiefly of matches, of which there are an unusual number on the two first days; the stakes inott to be noticed, and on which the betting will principally rest, are the Grand Duke Mi chael and the St. Leger Stakes ; of the former nothing has yet been said, but considerable interest exists on the latter, as, besides several others, Rufus and Middleton (winner of the Derby) are entered. The betting hitherto has been cautions, for though Middleton is of course the favourite, yet there are many who favour Rufus, from his being, in a manner, on his own ground, and from it having been asserted that he will be jockied by Buckle, who so well knows how to manage him : we have also heard it hinted that Middleton is not well, and will not be allowed to start, but this is unauthenticated. The above are the only horses ' in this stakes upon which any betting has taken place, Middleton being against the field at evens, and Rufus at about '2 to 1. Some slight business has been done this morning on the Derby, at the following odds:- 10 to 1 agst The General 16 to 1 ago Bolles,. 12 to 1 apt Cedric 20 to 1 agst any other. 16 to 1 agst Sophist OAKS..:-DONCASTER ST. LEGER. Nothing has been done on these Stakes. The appointments for to-morrow have been thus settled this morning The Trill Stakes, a Subscription of Ten Sovereigns each ; tliree yrs, 7st. 91b.; four yes, /Ist. 111 b. ; five yrs, Jut. 21b.; six yri, 61b. D. 51. Mr. Lambton's h. m. Spermaceti, 5 rs Mr. Pettit's gr. f. Bravura, 4 yrs Lord Anson's br. g. Ajax. 6 yrs Mr. Prendergast's b. 1. Witch. 4 yrs Duke of Grafton's be. m. Zinc, 5 yrs Mr. Wyndham's gr. e. stumps, by Whalebone, out of tkotin- , 9 yrs Third Renewal of the Grand Duke Michael Stakes of Fifty Sove reigns each ; for colts, Bat. 71b. t and fillies, list. 31b. Mr. tireeille's Lionel Lincoln, by Whalebone Duke of Portland's c. by Teesdale. out of Pledge Duke of Grafton's b. s. Bolero, by Partisan eh. c. by 11uler , out of Medora c. by NVoful, out of Sister to Nectar Lord Exeter's br. c. Retreat, by Cumus out of Advance Ada, Sister to Augusta Mr. J. Rogers' Fiddler Lord 0. H. Cavendish's e. Black Cat, by Bourbon Lord Stradbrooke's ch. e. Strynion Mr. Wyndham's Brother to Blaelt.antl-111-Bllck Lord Harley's clr. f. Bianca, by Waterloo Lord Grosvenor's b. e. Orlando, by Blucher b.c. by Blucher, out of Zadora be. f. flonduca, by Blucher, out of Boadicea Mr. B. Pettit's f. by Waterloo, dam by Soothsayer Mr. Hunter's C. by Orville, out of Canvas Mr. Williamson'tic. by Ibiphasard, out of Harriet's dam c. by Jelin. dam by Orville Mr. Gloss's c. by Muley, out of Merrymaiii Match-200, h. f. D.M. Mr. Molony' Cinder, 9st. 2.b., apt Ger.eral Grosvenor's Crockery, Ost. Itlatch —2OO, h„ ft. H.M. Duke of Grafton's Cramer, list. 71b., agst Mt. Thornhill's Sur. prise, 13st. 21b. Match-1-0 son. T.V.C. Mr. Lce'a Shaeribac, fist. 11th.. agat Mr. Pettit's Retreat. Ilst. 21b. on the Tuesday there will be six races, six. a Plate, a Sweep sta.es of 11X/ each, and four .Matches. THE AhME The 21 Battalion of the Ritie Brigade has received orders to prepare for embarkation for Malta. The 42t1( Royal ilighlind) Regiment of Foot has received orders to prepare for embarkation for Gibraltar. The Depot of the 31st Regiment of Infantry is ordered from Tilbury Fort to Chatham. The 2d Division of the 32d Regiment of Foot disembarked. on the 28th ult. from on board the Print:et,' Royal transport, at Ply mouth for Corfu.. . Detachments belonging to the Mb, 43th, and R3l Regiments of Infantry, disembarked, on the 28th ult. from on board the Alex ander, at thavesentl, from Ceylon ; they have baen ordered to Chatham. Lieut. J. Ilaggers.one, of the el&I lit - gime:it, came horn. in the Alexander. Detachnteata belonging to the 17. h. 7.lth. and LO,h Itegitnenzq o : Foot, are ordered to cinbara, en hoards ' , cue) in the Rivet. for Scotland. The 67th (IVest 'Middlesex) Ilegiebent of Infantry has corn. pigtail its augmentation esudilishment. S.vcral London and Provincial papers state, that a vete ran, named J. !Andy, flied a few days since, at tbc age of 101 years, and that he hail ca•ved under the Great I►uke of Marlborough.—Landy must have been born in 1 7'24 — the Duke died in 17‘2`. So much for the accuracy of some newspapers. TO TIM Rilikr HON: Roar, psri, PRINCIPAL' SECRWPA RY OF swim tOR THD 11031 E DEPA IITJIENT•. Stn,—lt is quite Impossible, I thiuk r for nny one to view the improvements now going on in the Parks without en tire kftisfaction. Certainly they are highly Creditable to the taste and judgment With which they have been planned, whoever may have suggested them, or caused them to be carried into effect. It it With a view to promote objects of the same, or I may say a hi g h er na t ure , t h a t I am indunal thus to address you. Put I shall refrain from annexing my name - to this communteation ; first, because I detest any - thing like thrusting one's self forward, as it were, in quest of notoriety ; and secondly, because, if there be any sort of merit in the plan I am about to propose, it may be ap. propriated exclusively to whoever may have the far-supetior Merit of carrying it into execution. But before I advert to this plan of improvement, let me be permitted to remark on the singularity of the fact, that of all the nations reputed warlike, whether of antiquity or of modern times, this country alone it entirely destitute of triumphal arches. The ancient Persians, Greeks, and :yen Sc}tbtans,, had all their "gatet of tritiMpla ;" so had the Egyptian:; not circular indeed, like the moderns, but square, as arches (even had they possessed the art Of turn ing them) would have been unnecessary, where they had quarries producing such large and strong stones, fit for transverse beams. Who is there, that ever es* the Subse quently built beautiful arctic& of Titus and of Cobstantine j without admiration and delight? They attest at once the glory of those mighty personage:, and the contliticin of the Fine Arts at those periods. They may justly be deemed linperishable monuments of fame and of art. Such flees are at once the enticoMitants Ind the memorials Of al high state of civilization. The great Frederick bdittleyed the seine means in the embellishment of his comparatively diminutive capital, in eSeerection of the "Brandenburgh Gate." Nor was Bonapkite at all regardless of the celebrity to be derived from such works, though it cannot be denied that his artists miserably failed in the attempt. FOr whO cats think of the nobleßoman structtires just mentioned, and the trumpery thing yclept " A Triumphal Arch," at the " Carousel," opposite the centre of the easternfont of the Tuileries, without a sort-reign contempt for the latter piece of absurdity ? . Even the " gates" built by Lo u is XIV (the " Porte St. Martin," for instance), though in far better taste, are still very inferior and very inadequat e ttrdctures. Many of these erected by the Empress Cadre riue the Second are of very superior merit and magnifi. cence. But it is time to look at home. Why are we, surely the most glorious of existing nations, both in war and in peace, as well as the most Vrealthy, and in so mans respects the most civilized of any, to be without one at least of those most beautiful of structures? The half-en lightened and very effeminate Chinese bare had them front time immemorial ; e have many of their tributaries; so have the scarcely less effeminate petty Stain of Italy, in almost every town of note; such, too, is also the case in. many of the equally small brit far better principalities in Germany. But 1 must stop, and at once brit fly tell what I wish to propose. The odious turnpike-gate at 11yde-pirk corner is about to be removed. its present site is, above all other places in the world, the very spat best adapted for a noble tri umphal arch. _ It is son elevated ground, which would augment the gran deur of i ts appearance. It is a: a principal entrance to this great city, which it would so much adorn. It would greatly embellish both our noble Parks at ore and the fame time. It would contribute to give race and dignity to the royal place now rebuilding. It would be an appropriate ornament durirt tt e reviews and military exercises that so often take place in Hyde-park. It would tend to inspire the youthful soldiery at least. if not oil era, with higher military zeal, when marching from one park to the oTher, or to and from their barrack, beneath such a monument of military glory. It can hardly fail to elevate and ennoble the feelings toward, their own country, sometimes, at any rate. Lastly, It is near the resider ce of our own illustriove hero, who has contributed so largely to his country's re nown, and who is identified with the brightest passages in her military history. If these reasons be insufficient to justify the selection of that particular spot for such an edifice, in Heaven's name let us have one somewhere else, and do not let us any longer incur the just reproach of being entirely wanting in that one evidence of national taste, national feeling, and national gratitude. Let us hope, that if this mighty em pire be destined to perish, and this vast city to crumble into dual, that one Such monument may at least remain, to attest her grandeur and her civilization. If it be asked on what precise plan I would have such s trophy erected, I hesitate not to say, that I would take as its basis the interior of St. George's, Bloomsbury. If you stand under the organ, and look towards the phlpit, you will at once comprehend my meaning, when you observe the noble arch over head, which, built in a similar manner at Hyde Park Corner, would amply suffice for any number of vehicles to pass under at the same time. The smaller arches on each side would conveniently accommodate alt pedestrians. I would have the whole structure square as to its ground plan, with equal arches on eaeh side, for in gress and egress to and from Kensington, as well as for the transit or passage from one park to the other. The whole of this structure should be raised and upheld on opens c dueling only, and not on masonry, which always gives it a mean appearance. On the summit I would have an ancient war chariot. wilt four noble steeds. These have ever been deemed the apropriate emblems of active war, and may be here as• aimed as representing the four warlike nations composing this united kingdom. 'Within the chariot should hereafter be placed the statue of the illustrious IVellington, guiding those coursers, as he so bravely did the active ardour ot: our heroic warriors in the field. I say "hereqfier," deem ing it better deferred until the sad event of his departure shall take place, which we must all dzprecate, and which I heartily hope and trust will be deferred for many, very many years; for then (as all experience has shown) we ;nay be sure that malevolence of every Bert will be ills arund of i:s Lase hostility, and ample justice will be awarded to the exalted merits and splendid services of the hero. Let not the question of expense be uteri, in apposition to what may be termed such a patriotic edifice. It cannot be very great, and for such noble national objects, ought not to be considered at any time, btit more especially at the present period of so very flourishing a public revenue. Net having sufficient data before me, it is not easy to spe cify the amount, yet the following considerations will per haps enable us to appro4imate in some measure fe the probable expense. The church of St. George's, Blooms.. bury, is said to have cost altogether (exclusive of the steeple) the sum of 1 3,0001, I t can hardly he tuiss;ble for such a structure as 1 have proposed at Hyde l'ar:;-corner to cost so much as the whole of that church. The arches and whole of the frieze may be very cheaply and at the same time most beautifully formed of cast Iron. The columns and their capital, the same. The whole could not, 1 think, cost so much as 13,0001. but if It amount to 5t.),0V0/. it ought not to weigh a single feather against it. As to the statuary, by deferring it to a future period. its cost would be unfelt for a long time at any rate. Thus would we have one structure at least worthy of our age and nation, furnishing some sort of additional en.. couragement to the most useful as well as most beautiful science of architecture, to embellish its own sister art of sculpture, to which it yields in usefulness alone. Such a structure would and ought to surpass everything of the kind that antiquity has &ft us, or that modern times have pro duced. Let our sculptors, too, endeavour to rival the ono sammate skill which the master hand of Lysippus is said t t l o h,e i n ta ti c .oc e .vr e.t ris, h .un i e l t e h i n u rea d ur i il t v h om e u imperishable taw s; i th fl ee s g h plo o o w ruy n noah at . ajes:y King contributing an ample share to the prolongation of its de served renown. I am, sir, with the greatest respect, A PATRIOT 04"ritE OLD 34.1100 L. Lord Chief Justice Abbott, in acknowledging ilia free dom of the City of Cstiterbury, recently voted him by the Corporation, said. " I shall be proud to call myself a Freeman of the City within whose walls I was born and educated." k 1 1 1 1 1 l'i- , I 1 / 4 0