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DUTCH PAPERS. [ From the Pettrrr's Orty.te of Saturday. (EITII•CT OF A LETTER raort VIENNA. NOV. 26.) The owzociationa which have so often been carti:d on in this en_ pitalduring the last ten year., are now renewed with greater nett. v.ty than ever. Nuaterous couriers arrive front the principal Lit. Naafi capitals • the ;tats Chareery (Foreign °Mee) is ritrow . - 1, and PCII6I den:stelae% daily w Fort i g n c our t s: tee. arra conferences take plate between Prince Metternich and the Ambeewidors of the other Grmt Powers. It is observed that the OnfiftrlCel with the Englivh .tinbarsador, Sir 11. IVellewlcy, cry particularly numerous: it is hence inferred, that the principal ne gotiations now on foot relate to Turkey and lirevee. enovisrstir (Tasvtsw LYANts). Now. 17. . ... Th. plague, which has broke out at Bucharest, in riot very den. potion, and with the tritamiz , of precaution that love ben t•iien ii ii hoped that it Mil be wholly pot a stop to bethre the end of a s st January. Vet though there is little caune for alarm. many orthe i r ,h i bm i nta, and partt.ailarly tie principal Itkivaritn, haul u•_ ..tired to leave Bucharest. to retire to their Nunes • • the trouttitan of Transylvania. Thin dinponition has unforitinetily ceinci.icd with an °Tier which Its, been tent by the Port: to the .1 gi. cm:- pa-:mg the troops in ;''*litchi*, by which it impose, on that tin - t u ns.r.ste province a contribution of *teen ntilliuns of piastres, un tl.r the pretence that 1 , 11 are IT of occupation ban cent it that num. Prins tihika and the Ply2fil have refuted to pay ir, .g that theeonntry, by the ravages which it his suler..tl since 11121, in POI ahle even to pity the regular impontn. On the tint preparation of the Iloyartin to quit Buchare‘t. the Aga believed, or pretended to believe, that they thought of retiring to the frontiers of Iluto:ary, ort!cr the pretext of the pla:Ye, butt i n fact only to &roil pt)ing c,mitihuti in which the Divan hooded of the prineipatiiy : he hat therefore made several detazti o,enrs of troops, can:tried iii the coeventn in the environs. eilvale:: swards !hutment, and has ins ' -cried to the Court, which he h is blockaded. Having bend toe Prince itl t:ouneil with :'.e Boyards, he declattud liar front that toottu:nt he wotild allow none but the dead to pan. the *hen of the coy. The diplomatic body at l'era thought tif.t the negoeations for the arrangunit.n.t of the difTerenoes hetwica kensiv and the Porte were nearly terminated. but du.: moll is. that the affair b:conies more at wore intricate. A few ineoths ago. the Age commanding in 3101daebt earned a Moldavian civil etliecr to be beheaded. become be suspected hint of correnpoading will. the Ilun.inn 31ilttary Au. t:terities. Russia is by no means Flti.fiell with the est...amnions :ha: have hitherto butti given. On the other hand the .•ort A nd orovactorting the puncipalitien at it promined in levyn g, an we see, a new contribution. Russia. which ban by tr.:aty a tight to intervene in all the deunils of tie interral ud...inistratten of dint country, will not fail to oppose chit violent me:inure. li . hat will be the result 1 The nego:latiati will be protracted fer some years l a cy:, and in the end Bosnia will he o'lliged to go to war I or the Tarts, emboldened by the great (yodel...tension which in oppo.cd to tte:t increasing insoltnee, will at length pass the Prod), in the is of reconquering thee 3forea, the bons of which they have not reagent: l . • Havant*.*, I/Ec. 11. 11r. Stratford Canning, Ambatruador front his :Majesty the liing of Great Britein to the lieut..: of Iltinnia, arrived in thin city with lun nine :hi. morning. Ilan I:ac::lency is going to Vienna, end btu to St. Petersbur,th. Extract of a private letter, dated Cadiz, Nov. 23 :—The Coach of San Antonio, in this city, last Sunday exhibited scrac of the great:xi co tfuwion. A missionary, tiannal •ryees, entered the pulpit to ei liver a sermon, M the care ii which lie toil tit , liberty to obs. , rve, that the days of heresy were passed; that England, the promoter of fat, and dixtroyer of virtue, which had been fur cenyries runnia:, the straiAlit mad to perdition, though her political weer had hitherta hten prosperous, was now, he was hippy to tell, fallitn; from that high station which Ore had astamed. This, he 'lo°r:tied them, was, in a great measure, oaring to the exertions of the Holy Alliance. Ile conti tttt ral hit discourse, or philippic, against the English, for a length cf time; but. at last, he turned upon his congregation as sitt.lled, and he informal thcat, that they had very nar rowly firmed from the same gulf into which England is a!rout to be plutp ed ; and this was only effected by the mercy of G wh o n had more compassion on the people of Snin ; but, said lie, if there arc any in this assembly wl eccoursge or harbour wentitneuts• favourable to the lute Labolical constitution, vitiating, he declared, could save from eternal damnation. _ The pipe: from which we yesterday copied a rumour of failure of a barking,-' . otiie in a West of England City, the foll.nving C.ll:ltrittiCtiOn :—" We find thu the re it:t to which we alluded in our paper of Satitrdav, of the Ware of a Bank in a City t f the West of F.tigl'antl, or - t.7.sted in the failure of a rreat Commercial House of ti e tne name, and in the Lame City, one of the partners in iich is nearly related to a partner in the bank. We are 17 , 1 testate that the bankints, establishment, which is tinconnected with the oilier, is not in the slightest ane; effected by the failure." k L ieLsmith of the small village of PhtliptilkTg, in ltswassia, has just invented a must extraordinary lock. Throcta en admirable mechanism, by turning three times : sty, thrice pistols are loaded, which would infallibly kill :ey one alto attempted to introduce an improper key. If, to the entrary, the lock is opened by means of the right the the pistols are unloaded by a diffiscnt motion. Ai. ov Fiat: Fl. E 1 , 3 T ELT. —About eli.;ht idtid; list eve:lit:T s - a fire was discovered to have broken act in the Cheshire Cheese Tavern, in Wine-office -court, F.:e:•stre.s. From the closeness of the buildings, and the npe.! of the flakes of fire which proceeded from a chitn added to the late calamitous fires in the neighbour the inhabitants as well as the passengers were greatly Saeral of the houvheepers iu Witte-office-court el vieTnity were so terrified as to make preparations for snine their familits and property from the apparent scene idetastat:an. Fortunately, however, St. PunstaWs and treed of the Fire Ofti.: engines arrived in a few minutes, :lit is but justice to say, that the supply of water was so tick a'el pl. utiful, that the fire was confined to that part la tha.:ism where it first made its appearance. at part of the New Forest called C'oxleaxe, upwards tve hundred large trees were torn up by the roo:a in the e..!tre:ecnclous gabs. Pt: tost &xi sat.—We noticed in our last that a man vtel Wells, had started on the preceding Mon n. the purpose of walking barefooted to Exeter, return the following day, that he intended to cc :'s task for twenty sucecssire days. After walking n: Ex.:ier and hack, however, he found himself unable " . irc.:e the journey, and was obliged to relinquish it. 0a Weiltieniay morning last. between one and two ,1 t; n n•lntd men attacked the house of a farmer of nr: et residing on the "lands of Mullin near 11. a llinahone, the property of William Harden en u intitns ille, and demanded admittance; awl unable toofl.r any resistance, though "ad int+:ll2.l to do so, succeeded in effecting his a...2;1. the rear of the hoes., but not until they 1. sJ.re shots into it. to show the owner of it, as " tluit they had not rotten arms," after :..!, thee br.kr his door and windows. On missing the their o,:tra..woils visit, they pursued him through and having come up with him, they inflicted iltsperde cuts kiti the unfortnnate utan's bead, and • 4.)led loin to ~ice up his ground, otherwise destructien ''= await hini. Caddihy had a distinct opportunity .u%,ervitig the fire-arms in his assailants' hands ' five v!: e l : re fl ecte d an excellent polish, and seeineelin as .00 lit' in as soldiers' mulkets. After the outrage, rillett at a poor maws house in the neighbourhood, awl't his horse, which he found in the neighbour ivoct tooraing. Cudil'llv is iu pos r• I • O. , :g : _ And Rirce May list ; the former tenant was ':•!"'rank ti to 3lr. Bradshaw, which he forgave cot:di:ion of his surrendering the ftrili.—C/owmd )..• `' 11 '.G ACCII)TNT. CLON/11: L. IVCIINE3I),*.T. 1 , 4.--- „ 11.. ' bare deep regra in recording the death of . :"."" 1 " 1 . - tt. F..;q. by the accidental explosion of his iv ,, :::,!_ri,.,-. nit Tioirsday morning last, in the vi .,.. ::, , It ..!I'..itior,.. He was a young geutLinan of the :7_ ,: .:e •!•: :t aid ar•revable dispusition, was UlliV,ll3lllll, -. • '•• EA has left an amiable wide w and child. with ". 1 je ,. ..ct.1t:.... relatives and friends, to lament his kits. 'w:!lt out ttri morning to fowl, accompanied by :. .*.: r: o '. : a1., ,, .tt two miles from home, sftcr crossing a , .• ~ : tl .- .•,..! the boy to hand him the gun ; the boy ~..;',.,.."4 . ...:.: h.to th e gun with tlw muzzle foremost, it %.!•: , 1 is contents, consi4ting c. ' of duck-shot, en .: y ;!e ~ .! . .e of M r . ISetinctes navel, and lodged be v; ';' ' l . l *l and ft.-sit of his back ! Every assistance -... ''' ,ll ”. ? : nri.-olis I(inslev, A nderson, and Glynn: ~,,;:.;; , : l. n!..1 /..i s . I;ow e i 4 liSviii:4pr.ttruded through tilt: ~ • . -e't e r . t7ll:t. ell by the Stirgeons, nod the . most ".4 .1" .. 4"1 1'" 1 '' adwitti .tereil ; but it was ail in t i n ! tli t i t . : s . e. kid b,in runmr...l in wartfly by the shot, and ...1. 1. - ","Irl by to.veri elnek in th.,.ev c. ling. l nus 1 ~..t , v . to h , ..:tr him. no the must dreadful ~ ',:t c l' !l " g 1 4 his wir e (who was then in Ktilenaule on - "ti her b rot hi • j 11ia... r) and bidding farewell to all S3f ELI!TIM CLUB. This Cub MA its .25thAniiiversary yes:ell:9r at the Fr, masons' T.ivern, for th:• purpose of distributing the Prizes of the Allllll3l CAW:. Shaw. Sit J. Si took the Chair at half-past five o'clock, supported by Mr. A-11.1, Mr. fuskip, and tunny of the old members of the Club. After the cloth was removed, the health of " The King" watt drank, and nest followed " The Duke of York and the Army." it J. See RIGHT then rose and said, that he could not allow the toso that he was then abou• to propose to he given without some preliminary observations. lie meant to give. " Prosperity to the SittithliAti Club," and when lie witnessed the good effects that the uoited entices-curs of the members of that Club had produced, he saw in them abundant re.,son to be proud of being a member of it : it had been the wen's of unittog the agricultural interests of the ClAilltry, am! teaching the yomian of one county to entertain a proper le:ling towards the farmers of another it had excited a laudable romistioo ,onong that clams of lox* to which he felt a pride in aeknowle.:•ting that be belonged—the Country I:et:flown of Eng land„on uhont the inter:vs of the country in all emergencies de pended. lie was happy t see assembled around him such a nu. " , t T.lO. portion of that I.a •, and I.c hoped that their numbers would increase , es he could eat c•onceiva any occupation 11134 We lio romridole or more scrviceabfo to the community at large than that which tent! , tl to the Improvement of the bteed of cattle. (Ap plause.) The Honourable iloronet concluded by proposing, with three t inics three, " Prosperity to the Smithfield Club." Sir John Sebright theo said, that the company would row proceed to the fut.iness of the day, which was most gratifying in its nature, viz. the i.rrardirg of the prizes to the succesaful candidates who had she vn catt:e. Tl.^ tits; oda: was one of a pretniom cf 20 guineas to the Right Hod. the Marini' of Meter. for his 2 years and II months old short. horn steer, or your: ot, bred and led on his I.lrdship's Butlrigh Faun, , turnips, carrots, and oil-cakes.. Tile S.eward ei the Noble 11u.a is attended and received the prize., to whom Sir John esrressed the pleasure he felt in seeing Noble••u:n of the ra. k of the Nob!: Jlar•luis attending to such be. ne3ei.ll pursuits; i:e sinithl, he s:atttl, have ftlt greater pleasure in delivering the premium to hitt! perfonally. Cagy prciniunt gUit;C:l4 was r.Jjudgcd to John Row. land, of Ilatitet Harborctigii, 3-year old steer, fed on grass, hay. and oil-cake. I !lass 3.—A I.liroinea premium t) Mr. It. Mnsters, for h:s 3-year anti 5 months Hereford =neer, bred by Mr. Wm. Turner, Slid fed by Mr. Masters, nn gra , s, hay, turnips, and 75101 b. of The lion. I:Armlet. in neardit.g this prize, congratulated Mr. Masters on his repeat-d suceasa in the competition of rearing ,mttle, ultservir.g, that 1 - . e had freipae itiy seen him there before receiving prizes, acd hoped that it would no: be the bun that would be allotted to him. Class t —A ten guinea premium to Mr. Robert Masters, for his coil six months Ohl Devonshire ox, bred by the late 'William 'bible. Esq. ahel fed by 31r. Masters, on grass, hay, tur nips, and 750 pounds of od.cake 11 i:h regard to Class 5, the Hon. Baronet stated, that the price had h ^CII as affted to Mr. 11th:dotal. just., but that the Judges bad thseovered, front the caiefettr of Mr. Wetherell. that the printed roles of the Club, by which they were bound, had not been cum. plied with; it was, therefore, decided that the Committee should tenet and deliber4e further on the flatter before any adjudication took place. Class 11.—A ten guinea premium to Mr. Joseph Bull, for his t!.rer 21 months old n...w Leicester wether sheep, bred and fed by himself, on vrass. hay, anti Swedish turnips; there being in this class no competitor. The .le.iour,ole Cif Al SIAN, in noticing that there hail been no roc:peti.itei fur this male, nod that he hoped that it wool.' not be the case nest year, sod that the breeders would not surfer then-. selves ta he Pighttned by a Ralf. (lass 7.--:. ten vine I premium to her Grace the Duchess of Rtulanfl, for her I irace's three 32 months old new Leicester wether %here, bred and t,tl en Belvoir Farm, on clover, cabbage, cole, zweuish turnips, and carrots. Her Grace :he Duchess of Rutland had requested that a similar cup which 100 l been presented to her last year might be given to her, and which the Stewanl attended to tmeive. The cup was shown to the company, and was very handsomely embossed. Sir J. SF.O T then rose to propose the heath of the Judges of the Cattle, on whom he said a very arduous and delicate duty the. volved. for they had to deride among many conflicting interests, and though it was certain that many would be dissatisfied with the decisions, yet all impartial • , ersons must admit that the Judges hal acted with a degree of hoaour that reflected credit on them, and it appeared from the Coninfiftee. that they were unanimous on every , occasion in their decision which was a strong argument of their NA:Auntie. Hr. lIEC LT returned thanks. Mr. lost: tr rose to propose the health of Sir Jahn Sebright, whom he eulogized 21 the stable and consistent patron of the Smithfield Club. lle had reared in its infancy, and had Cter shewa tie warmest interest in its w..,fsre. l'hts loan was track ouch three times three. Sir Jon); 8111111 I GIIT, in returning thanks, said, that he did not &acme the very handsome flier t ion that had been made of him ; what he had dour he had done from • feeling of duty, and he sin. errely trusted that the Smithfield Club woald inerense in iIIatICACI, in wealth, and in prosperity, on he erne convinced that the agtieul. tural intent was the tivan-stay of the empire, and the breed of r .ttle the main point in the arrieultural interest. He said this without nteatting to undervalue the manufacturing interest, as he assured, that without union between the two, the country could rot go on ptooperously. l!e begged leave to return his sincere and P.;:atfellt thanks to the company for the man.,er in which they had dark his health. SeTM! ether liVal roars were gi•en, and the convir.ality of the meeting was kept up . till a late hour. The dinner was of a very gisid tinier, and the wines erectlent. ?lure were assembled about ?ft breeders and paziets, who appeared to take peat interest ia the proceedings. MEETING OF 7'HE FRIENDS OF POOR ORPHAN CATHOLIC CHILDREA: Yesterday evening the anniversary festival of the above laud able Institution was celebrated it the Freemasons' Tavern, lireat Queen-street, Lincoln's when a numerous and highly " able company attended. I rt f :in tdclnek the company sat down to a sumptuous entertain mem t the Rev. Mr. Welds in the chair, supp.srted by the Rev. Dr. (Alin, the Itev. Dr. Bramaton, anti rental persons of distinction. Aria the cloth was removed, " Non A'et , :a Dow:isle" was sung by Moist,. Pyne, Ouitchard, and other pr.4,nsional geatlemea; when the usual toasts wcre drunk. The Report was then read, which stated. that when they last had cieeasien to appeal to the benefactors of the Charity the resources were at the lowest ebb, white the claims upon their exertions were numerous and fircible. Still they did not despond ; their confidence in a liberal public was unshaken, and the event bad fully answered their expectations. From persons unknown they had continued to receive those charitable dons. dons which had before been alluded to, and now amounted to a considerable sum. From the Earl of Shrewsbury they had received a donation of 601.; with this assistance, the proceeds of their annual Sermons, tied other donations durirg the pass year, the Committee had not only been ennbled to receive a greater u number of orphans, but also to pr-cure a must eligible for the male orphans, contiguous to the school. This arrangement they coneidered was absolutely neceoary but had caused a serious diminution of their funds, leaving a balance due to the Treasurer. Through the generous support of their am tributors. forty-two orphan children had been rescued front - ice and mistrY, and fourteen boys tool nine girls would, in the course of the evening, stand before them, to return, by their happy countenance., their elopent, though silent thanks, fur their generosity and kindness towards them. If these inter esting objects were permitted to addle.s them, they . would err -13411,1 implore their kind protectors to think on the miseries from which they had preserved them s—from the pestilential rectories. the graves of thousands of poor childrin—from the dangers attendant on ignorance, the sad parent of %sc. ; to think on the blessing which they had bestowed upon them, kreping them to the faith of their ancestors, and rendering them many other benefits which it was unnecessary to explain to those who knew and felt the neon. site of protecting the poor and solitary orplion. The CUM allAs rose, and in pruposug the health of the Rev. Dr. Poynter, he regretted that indisposition had caused his absence that evening. lie was well aware that the good wishes of that worthy Prelate were with them. The Rev. Dr. Da•MSTON proposed the health of the Chairman. What could be more pleasing, said the Rev. Gentleman, than to view an individual of the high character and possessions of the Rev. l'haimmn, coming forward on every occasion to support the of charity? Ile was ootili‘lent that the toast would be re '""e with • • • • meta cordial saustactien. The CHAIRMAN rose and returned thanks, and expressed his readiness on all occasions to support the cause of charity, and the love of his neighbour. The present charity was one which called upon every person to step forward to contribute his mite towards its support: it was not only rendering support to the poor awl dswitute orphan, but they had the consolation of per. forming a duty towards their fillow.crestures, whi:h would meet with a lieavei.ly reward. He felt gratified in being placed in the situation in which lie wan, it: his exertions tended in the least to forward the interests of the Charity. For the atiectionate manner in which the Rev. Doctor hal proposed his health, he would give a tosit which he was sure would give satisfaction to the whole of the meeting—" The Rev. Dr. Bramston." Dr. lin 4M3TOn, in returning thanks, said tkat be felt honoured in the mark of r.ipect ahewn lle trusted that the gentlemen would nippy their purses towards the support of the lnetitution. in proportion to the interest they felt towards it. He would }impose the health of the l'ice-Presidents. The Rev. Abbe Vow au x returned dumb. The Iti;;;aisi•eee -... h. dilated upon the varinu• dif ficulties to which orphans were liable unless they had the protection of the pub li c. He concluded by an appeal to the Meetingy, in sue . fear of the Charity, and drank " Success to the Orphan l'harity." The Children were here introduced, and they presented a most int-resting sp ee r,,,d,,, Toe Hee. J. n E A 3thiteSSICII the Meeting in an eloquent speech. Ile regretted that, in the absence of the }ter. 3lr. klon Ire should he cilled uron to telpport a task for which he felt his in. cuinpetenci. He felt assured that the mama of the Charity itself was sufficient to cause it to be supported. He particularly alluded to the female crViar s, whir trete thiawia icto the world without a THE BR ITISH PRESS. fostering hand to leal them from ilia paths of vim Ile had beim frellienoly called u;)on to attend ileatli.to,tl of a dying parent, when their sole ohoologli:s haw.. the intern welfare of their Foor and deaoi.utr ofronri:4. lie would leave the muse of the orphan—especially :,r,•han, in the htA. of ;he Meet rod he felt the::':: I , r),:nt Posaitiii;ea woul.l meet with that suppoort wale!' ev,ty Luiteat and charitable limn would dictate. The Br,. Pr. ent.I.INS ant! r'..vcrul other Geode:pea spoke In aupprrr of the Chi Thee. opany Le I t!..cir f-mi-ity until a la•.: hour. 31.1;:.C1/ .-1. V;) TO THE EDITOR OF THE ISPITISH PRESS. Momnay, Dec. 13. St a,—The two hairs uhich i forwarded to your paper, and which appeared in Cie li..tris,t Pease of Friday last, I find inserted in the Tir,e's td to-4:lty, as frees the Star (into which they wLr.• from p.ns Paper of the same morning, without tickilowl,d,;!tient:. sad prefaced with the following parsArapli : " It has been erroneously 5t.t...1. t'•st. th:! Pank of England re fuses to replace the cock w e.hdr..an forkeric s of 3lr. Faunt. ferny. The Dank only tap' :e.. e,st P% the produce of those forgeries was paid into the banking-house I,t . Messrs. Marsh, Stracey. and Co. the ir.thrudods ohase Lot hem , so trans. fermi slia'l prove the amount, and rs-c-..tvt a dividend upon that proof, under the conniiissim of hank up.cy a;7anist Messrs. Marsh, 6tracey, and Cu. Upe.i livzi!.g an a....4 , :mient of this proof, the Bank &elates is vadine , s to rodace Ow amount of the stock so sold, and ply the ttividei.ds Now, certaM; v, I s •ut tie se letters, I meant to 'drew, as I thiuk they rt. 'thew, tl.at the Bank re .Pecee to pla. the Sto.!: .viditicstvii by the forgai..a of Mr. F A U•. , :T LEROY. To LW; u. the Batik only r, quip-iv that to be done which the partks enn leg-.2 1 .'y do, and which the other creditors trill not 1. rnrit them to do, if they are properly advised, is merely furni:lCmg a pretext fir rrfasal. The Star says, copying your r ords, " We represit the names of the partite. atid the toms in Stack, not withi..g to give them any utmectasary publicity." Yon could very properly say this, as both the cmoont of Stock and the turner of the porti.4 app. and in the letters transmitted to you. But for this Evining 1'4.4- thus to make a merit of emprressing. them wps alautd, for they bad no knowk•dge, nor has the Tions at this tuoment, either of the one or the other. • • • '.' IVe can inform our Cor► , spondent, though he ha• probably often observed it, that it is by no ►rnans unfie qaent with the l inr.a to copy unit articles, as front an reninl Paper. With respect to the I, tt, rs adverted to, they certainly prove any thin ; ; but a readiness on the part of the Bank to replice the stock withdrawn by the for geries of Mr. Faantleruy.•" la fact, the language used on this occasion, though famili.r to our ears colloquially, is by no means correct, win n applied in a legal sense to the for geries in question. There is, in fict, no !flock WITIMILAWN by Me . Pr , reries of Mr. Panntlemy ; and consequently there is no Slot* to h? r, placed. The stockholder is the (Traitor of Government, to whom the money, say WOOL, was originally lent. Mr. Fauntleroy had no power of attorney to sell it at; he consequently could not transfrr it, and not beiug trans ferred, it stands precisely tonere i: did. It easai, there fore, have been withdrawn, and of course it becomes a mere delusion to talk of its Ix ing replaced. The sum, besides, is merely nuTzinot ; it is the intere.l upon it only that is an actual and substantive property. Every Government cre ditor is an (militant to the amount of his dividend, which i is no more aftleted by a . fiaved power, than any man's house or estate would be, if sold by a swindler under a shunt title, and a frandliknt conveyance. We shall take a future opportunity of returning to this subject. In the mean time we throw out these remarks, for the considera tion of the creditors of Messrs. Marsh and Co. whose divi dends under the bankrupts' estate are deeply involved in it, PLYMOUTH, DEC. 11. The duty of the soldiers belonging to the Bth regiment now in barracks in the Citadel, has been, since the fatal storm of the SKiti ult. considerably increased, in watching the wrecks, &c. and mutt have been very fatiguing. The officers and men merit the thanks of every one tor their exertions. We feel great pleasure in observing, that the Right Hon. the Fart Mount Edgeumbe has generously contritintri 4ol. towards the subscription raising Terleviding the dbtress of the inhabitants of Kingsantl an,! Cawsand. ice regret to state That Mr. W. W. 'Win:ford, brother to Mr. IVinsfonl, of this town, unfortunately met with an untimely end at IVeymouth, his place of residence, ou Tuesday the 23d ult., during the awful storm of that day. The following me the particulars of this melancholy af fair:—Oa the morning of the fatal storm the deceased was attracted to the road between the esplanade and the row of houses facing it by the cries and distresses of a lady, who resided in a house beyond the esplanade, situated near the turnpike, on the beach, close to the sea ; the waves were breaking with tremendous violeneibat and near the house; Mr. Winstond then, with a perseverance that reflects credit on his humanity, crowd the narrows and made way to the house, took the lady from her perilous situation from her window, and conveyed her, enveloped in a blanket, to a place of safety, after which deceased again attempted to return across for the purpose of bringing away from the lady's house an article of value, and which she was desir ous of securing. In this attempt he was unfortunately washed off' the road by a tremendous wave, and driven with great violence into what is termed the back-waters ; it was of no avail for any one to attempt to rescue him ; indeed, he was not seen after the fatal wave overwhelmed him. Notwithstant:Mg the greatest search, the body was not dis covered till las: - Tuesday. Deceased has left a wife and two children, ttlio, with a numerous circle of friends and acquaintance, regret his Ismi. Some of the prize cattle la the present exhibition at Sad ler's Yard, Boswell-stre.t, ate estimated, by good judges, at two hundred and forte, and by others, at even two hundred and fifty stone. Takeo altogether, the show this year is thought to corpses all former years. Several artists are daily employed in taking likenesses of those that are considered the most perfect in all their points. IVO:VDERFCL COW.—There has been exhibiting, since Thursday, in the Ilorse-shoe-yard,Csewell-street, a Sussex cow of exceedingly great beauty and fatness, whose superior qualities are mush and highly spoken of by peelers, &c. who have seen her, by many of whom she is estimatA at the weight of Ino stones, of oars. The handbills p.tsted in the streets, state she was bred by Mr. John Itutiand of 11'illingdon, Sums., and fed by Mr. Robert Todd, of Beddengliam, in the sante county ; and obtained a prize at the Lewes cattle-show November 20 ; and previously one at the same place in April 1522, when she was shown lean. It seems to be the opinion of many graziers, &c. that exhibitions of lean cattle for prizes are productive of much more general good Lll3ll the showing of them when fat ; this not only tending to promote, if it possibly can be promoted, superiority of breeding, but affording many, who are yet unacquainted with them, an opportunity of learning to select cattle by what is technically termed their points, which conaist of their hips, loins, chines, batoms, Ste. the whole of which are almost entirely hidden in those bracts that 11:0 made sufficiently fat to be shown for a fat cattle prize. Hence it is raid to he the intention of many agriculturists to use their exertions to establish mar Smith field a lean attle show, to take place annually :u the month of April. 1-tt.'rs here Lien received at Penzance, containing the melees beet intelligeoce that the schooner Shamrock, Jor dan ma ;ter, lt..longing to that place, was wrecked to the wrstrrril of Dartmouth, daring time dreadful storm of the 241 and yid of last toonth. The whole of the crew, in cluding the master and his two 110:16, have perished. Among the thousand and one Joint Stock projects of wit'cli we have heard, not the least curious is that of a ' capitalist ice a highland Royal borough, who last week, to the great amusement of uisay, was very busy in can vassing aiming persons of wealth, few the purpose of set ting up an op:tositien post-otfice. Besides the most obvious oljectioa to the worthy capitalist's propose', namely, the law, other pretty strong reasons might be urged against it. If we may judge from what has happened to ourselves in attempting to despatch newspapers by coaches, we be lieve a private company would have veer little chance of success in competition with an establiihment under the masterly cuperint,ndencc of Mr. Freelinv,. In the cases to which we have alluded, as coming within our own es,e rience, our papers are very al t to go astray whenever t:.ey contained any ittipertant'ucws.—Olesgew L'Ar;r:L•l4.. • A volume of Poem by Mr. Lich Hunt. The reader, who may be desirous of referring tis the t.rtizle, will f.nd it in the 113th voL of the Qmorterfg Revir.r. In the Przfaer. to :is 3lonody ou K.-ate„ Sheller. as I hare been informed. asserts that I was the author of the criticism in the Qoarlerly trpno that ruing man's poems, and that his death was °era:tuned by it. There was a degree of meanness in this (especially eoniddering this temper and tenour of out corre spondence) which I was not then prepared to expect from Shelley. for that he um to be the author of that paper I eertamle do not believe. lie ass once. for • short time. my noighhintr. I met him upon terms, sot of friendship indeed., but, certain's. of mutual good will. I admired his talents; thau s eht that he would outgrow his errors peri :Law as they were), and trusted that, meantime, a kind mil generous heart would resist the effect of fat_l opinions which he Isial takes up in ignorance sad boyhood. Herein I was mistaken. Hat when I ceased to nitwit hint with hope, he breathe to me an object for sorrow and as nil ownimisera tau, sot of any injurious o: nakind fseiirly ; and when I tire/lied myself with just severity coacnniag it was as larct coanta. :acacias to 12.4aself. MR. SOUTHEY AVD LORD BIROA'. Mr. Southey has published the Mowing Letter : St R—On two former occasions you bare the channel of your Journal, to c.ditomloun accosati as publicly as it had Ihn n pref. tree. ; :sod though, iii ti.es.: days if slander, such things hardly deserve refutation. t!:.tre are reasofs which induce me once more to request a s4uilar favour. some estrum from Capt. Medwill'S rsc , o• notification of tio.l Byre?. Costterantiont hart been transm,tted to int by a ts:,mll. who, happening to know what the ::sets ere which ate then! fi; .ii,nl. is of opinion that it would not mishec.ome inc ups ate u:: in ti.i, time. I wish it, however. to he disti:n;iy undersinoti, tt - a.t s o doing I sal not it.ttuence.l by jury desire of tit:di:alio.; re; sch ; that would be wholly unnecessary, eon KI , ~,, lg freni t-4: it quarter the charges come. i notice them (Of the sake of flying L, tore • the public 1111 Te sample mere of the practices of the . Satnnie School, &sod showing what credit is due to Lord I:yron's a.st I",e, that his Lordship spoke to this effect. and in tl,in tensors, I I ire no doubt ; Captain Medwin having. I date say. to di, hest et his recollection, lei:lifted y performed the. wortili gun l 4.f all the erosions 01 spicery, sho.der, a.id ol"-n vented in his presence. Lord ilvron i. the pc , on who 50..: by this; and, indeed. what nisi i. there whose character %,!d ti'. main uninjured, if every p vei.h or angry ex, union, sportive or extravagant talk. sir in the ursu.,;,,,nous a d imagined safety of private life, were to be secret!) , awed and putdished, with no notice of 4: - . - cuninutrices to shot . how •y had arisen, and when no explimatim wn% of t..e offices which has been attrittited to the devil, is t:.at ei.,s ..- teiMg every idle word. There in an end of MI or fort in social intercourse. if such a proems_ tie :o be t.-,c7 ited by public odinioto. When I twos these commotion% It) e ;:ohc, it is braose. :is far as I am concerne.% they accord. Lodi it, m..'ter and spirit, with what his Lordshi:t himself bad 7itten and yub lathed ; and it is on this :meant oily that I deem theni ano y of notice—the !ant noti ce t h at I s h a ll ever bestow upon the stib;-ri. Let there he an rotary More Ls,t Words of Mr. Baxter." as the " reading manic" may chose to pay fur, they will draw forth nu further telly from rte Now titter to the point. —The following speech is reported by Captain Mello/in, as Lord Byron's:— lam glad Mr. Southey owns that article on rcliage,' which excited my chid, rso much. But who else could have been the author Who but Southey would have had the bast vess. under pretext of reviewing the wor k of ore man, moil hously to make it a nent-egg nor hatching malicious ratuitinie4 against others le I say nothing of vie critique itself on • F01i0...A. ;' but what wan the object of that article? I repeat, to vilify, and scatter hin dark and devilish insinuations against me and others. Shan:e on the men who could wound an already bleeding heart—be barbarou: elungh t.• revive the memory , of en event that Shelley was perfectly Mtn:gel of—and • found act,:.dal on falsehood ! Shelley taxed him with writing that article **me yearn ago; and hr had the auda c ity to a d m i t th a t h r had treasured up some opinions of Shelley, ten years before, wlom Fe was o;, a visit at Keswick, and had made a note of them at the time." The rez,:^mul is gnestion I di.i not write.—Lord Byron might have blown this if he had inquired of Mr. Murray, who would readily 1-.. tee a-sued him fleet I was not the author: and he might have known it from the reeler-31 itself, where the writer declares. in plain worth, that he was a contemporary of Shelley's, at Eton. I had no concern in it, directly er indirectly ; but let it not be le ttered that, in thus disclaiming that paper, any disapproval of it is intended. Papers in the Qmieterly 11 , v:es have hem ascribed to me, (those on Krater's Poems. for team:de), whirl, I have heartily condemned, both for their spirit and nianv.m. But, for the one in question, its composition would be creditable to the most dis ttokuished writer ; nor is there any thirg either in the opinions ex press-d, or in the manner of expreming them, which a man of just and honourable principles would have desitated to advance. 1 would not have written that per, of it which alludes to Mr. Shelley. because, having met him on familiar tennis, and parted with him in kindness, (a feeling of which Lord Byron had no conception), would have withheld me front aninrxlverting in that manner tne: his conduct. In other respects, the paper contains nothing that I would not have avowed, if I had written, or subscribed as entirely assenting to and approving it. It is not true that Shelley ever inquired of me whether I was the author of that paper, which, purporting, as it did, to he written by an Etonian of his own standing, he very well knew I was not. But in this part of Lord Byron's statemsnt there !nay be some min take, mingled with a great deal of malignant falsehood. 31r. Shelley addressed a letter to me from Pisa, asking if I were the author of a criticism in the gnash-sly Review upon his Revolt of Islam; not exactly, in Lord Byron's phrase, reeler me with it, for he declared Ids own belief that I was cot, but added, that be was induced to ask the question by the positive declaration of some friends in Englard that the article was miuc. Denying, In uty reply, that either he or any other person was stilled to propose such a question upon such grounds, I, nevertheless, assured him that I had not written the paper, and that I had never, In any Of my writings, alluded to him in any way. Now for the assertion tt at I had the audacity to admit having treasured up some of Shellry's opinions, when he resided at Kes wick, and having made notes of them at the time. What truth is mixed up with the slander of this statement I shall immediately explain ; premising only, dist, as the opinion there Implied, con cerning the practice of r.oting down familiar cooven ation. is not applicable to me, I transfer it to Canisia Mac* fist his own ' !r. Shelley having, In the letter alluded to, thought proper to make some remarks upon my opinions, 1 took occasion , ,i n reply, to comment upon his, and to ask him (as the tme is known by its fruits) whether he had found them conducive to his own happiness, and the happiness of three with whom be had been most nearly connected This produced a second letter from him, written in a tone, partly of justification, partly of attack. I replied to this also —not by any such absc-d admission as Lord Byron has stated—but by recapitulating to him, as a practical illustration of his principles. the leading circumstances of his own life, (min the commencement of his career at tfaisteraity College. The earlier faces I seated upon his on authority, as I had heard them from his own lips; the latter were of public notoriety. There the correspondence ended. On his part it had been conducted with the courtesy which was natural to him—on mine, in the spirit of one who was earnestly admonishing fellow-creature. This is the correspondence upon which Lord Byron's misrepre sentation has been constructed. It is all that ever past between us, except a note from Shelley, some years before, accompanying a copy of his Alostor, and one of mine M acknowledgment of it. 1 have preserved his inter, together with copies of my own ; and, if 1 had as little consideratiou for the feeling, of the living as Captain Medwin has displayed, it is not any tenderness towards the dead that would withhold me now from publishing diem. It is not likely that Shelley should have communicated my part of this correspondent. to Lord Byron, even if he did his own. Bearing testimony, as his heart did, to the truth of my statements in every point, and impossible as it was to escape from the conchs. sion which was there brought hoots, I do not think he would have dared produce it. how much, or how little, of the truth was ! known to his Lordship, or with which of the party at Pisa the insolent and calumnious misrepresentation conveyed in his Load shlp's words originated, is of little consequence. The charge of scattering dunk and devilish insinuations is one which, if Lord Byron were living. I would throw back in his teeth. Me be had assailed without the slightest provocation, and with that unmanliness too which was peculiar to him t and in this course he might have gone on without giving me the slightest uneasiness, or calling forth one animadversion in reply. When I came forward to attack his hardship, it was upon public, not upon private, grounds. He is pleased, however, to suppose that be had mortally ofianded" 51r. Wordsworth and myself many years ago, by a letter which he had written to the Ettrick Shepherd. Certain it is," be says, n that I did not spare the Lakists in it, and he told me that he could not resist the temptation, and had shown it to the fraternity. It was too tempting; and, as I could never keep a secret of my own (us you know ;, much less that of other people, 1 could not hlanie him. 1 remember saying, among other things, that the Lake Poets were such fools as nut to fish in their own waters. But this was the tenet offensive part of the epistle." Nu such epistle was ever shown either to slr. Wordsworth or to me; but I re : membet (and this pa.ssale brings it to my mealier-60o) to tars brunt that Lord Cyron hzd spoken of us, In a letter to Hogg, with some contempt, as fellows who could neither vie with Lim for skill in angling, nor fur prowess in swimming. Nothing more than this came to my hear; .m; and I must have been more Sinlithe titan his Lordship himself could I have been offended by it. Lord Byron must have known that I had the fiaori of his eulnivittro tc balance the towel of his accent arced that ooe would have And the other, even if I had not well I:Ede-roma the worthlessness of both. It was becatot• Ltwa Byron had brought a stigma upon English that 1 arcott.d Lint—bemuse he hail perverted gnat ta lents to the worst pu:poses—becatwe be had set up for pander_ general to the youth of Brea: Britain :14 long as his writings should endure—because he had committed a high crime and misdetucannur against society, by sending forth a work, in which mockery was mingled with horrors, filth with impiety, profligacy with set.ition and slander. For Clew: ceinces I cause forward to arraign h:m. The accuraiion was not rustle doe:4., it was not insinuated. our was it advanced under the curer Or a TeVICW. I attacked Etat openly in my own name, and only no; by his. h.-t.attse he had nut then publicly avowed the thgitiuus prnduction, by which he will be re inembered fur lasting infamy. He replied in a manner altogether worthy of himself and his cause. Cot.tenticn with a gercroin and honourable opponent laads raturaLy to esteem, and probably to friendshi i; but, next to such an aiita;:onist, so enemy like Lord Byron is to be desired— one who, by his conduct in the contest, divests himself of every claim to tropec—one whom baseness it as tu c that it provil.e.. and uttow wham the act of taking se .g-iiros is that of ittlininist.rLizmatice. answered h'in es lie descry d to be answered. cnJ thc eifirt • 60 that answer pr'dtlee4 upon his lordship ho been describe/ by his lir, ('attain M et' This is the real histriry of wliat the riirvereirs of scandal for the riddle re OCAIP(i Sl . •.lCtiglell j . ”Ounce in their advent, inient, as " Ifs with 5,,, , bee." What there was do& teal devilish is i: lie`orlis to his : and had 1 beet: comp: Ned to moo he ...Hi the monster in 'dreamer, and Onto' bp* 1.,!.ms at venmen, have been treated aecordieitly. Lhe Ilcpnbiiestd 'fro'," says Lord llywin, " when thee berm to publish in esest .1. were to have had a community of all thing.. 11:.e the Ancient s—tn hove lived in a state of nature like savages—aril some island of the lilest with children in cominon like -. A very pretty Arisdian unbar." I rni.y be excused Gat a•shirn: that lord Hymn had published this himself: but ynn;:i.te is responsible for the istrocioas he . as not for its rd: tonna. publication. 1 shall only observe, therefore, tout that is a 1 worthy of his lordship, as the schema Mief would lea , ' t,c n. Noe would I have condescended to notice 't even thus, %veva .: not to show how little this :alumniator knew crieerning that ice:. ,it' hiv utie.uty and restless 'lentil. 111r.Wordlwarat and I err • strangers :o each other, even It:, name, I.l:en i.e represents us n• ::,paged in a iietanic confederacy ; and we heart. ;mid:shed any common. ..... I hr.. I Ilimnixt the atibinit. It mi,;lit have been thougin that ;Irmo tine. IM/tilled the last liegrLe of disgrace, when his head art up tor a sign at one of these prep.irat..ry scliitoSs for LIM; ar.TI the gallows, where olnicer.itr. and bics.iltelay. roaikti in distils for the vulg...r. flare MlT•iiiiist: one further shsiziz--there remained this earsitre of his Private Con erutiass. which has compelled his Lordship's fricntls, in their or!, defeat:a. to compare his oral deelsratio:.s with his written words, and therrhy demonsuate that he re;tar.."lemi of truth its :.e was i..espatile of sustaining those to his birt'i. stntian. and high endowiiients, wh.:h ow:Jelin!, came LCTOts his 1'21212. wind. ROSI:ItT SCUT!. inf. Keawick, Dec.l3, MI.. .112. F.417.1.7.1,E1i01. Th, I) , r,rm Ad vert pul.liihee the folintr;- - .7 letter fnan. Mr. fauntliroy to a Gentleman in the neighitz of I)....rhavu " Netrgate, London, Nov. " Your three delightful letters, my dcsr • • • • I re craved in due course, and I can IlfsUre you they were a "rest cart_ fort to m• mind, particularly the one troth • • •. uport "oar au rival, witiLh I read over again and again; and I trust yeur ideals titercin expressed have not been thrown away upon me. I haw Dot been able to write to you until now ; for until the day of my trial, and even the passing of senteacc, my mind was cmugnually occupied by the visits of uty professional friends, persons col:netted with toy lute businets, inhumation (fur consid7r the hr re - c had in hum:), ar.J iny trivate friend., who have hr a ua reetittir.g in that attelitio:is to me, both bcfcw and after nt trial ; and irlio.e atter.:iocs her: been nose contohng to the, and ing afflictions, and must be in rewanbrance to tbesi dear Matins I leave behind. tln try trim, and passirg sentence, every thing war drag is the most rid and feeling ni..iiner by all panes. (God gave too fitorness cal strength to go iltrof•gl, all this.) The Sheriffs, whose kintintsses to me hose been unremitting, had arranged with our gal (lowernar fur my occupation ut the same mem. and attended by the Same yersons I had preview' to my trial, which I believe is theine instance such an arretveinent had ever been made, as it has bees enstutoar7, after coi.yietion„ to arpropriate different apartments to three farttnerly occu; its!. This thews the liniiness of all my friends to itio, to administer what unman they can, at far as thia Shia time of prutia: ion will allow. 11y dearest brother is with ale daily; anti his brotherly affection, feeling, and attention. I cannot describe by letter. My poor sister is aware of my Almaden, and beam it with the fortitude that !,er religion has taught her. My dear aged mother is ant aware of it ; and I trust she 11117 be allowed to rest her bones h peace, without any len:"wledge of the circeinstances for which her son has riffered so ignominious a death; and to whom she bad always performed her duty to the utmost, none of the bat and one of the most affectionate or mothers. " I have my boy here daily ; he is a fine manly fellow of fifteen t and I have no doubt but the kindness of some qf my numenua friends will assist liim in life, notwithstanding he bars my nem.- His mother I have teen two or three times I she is performing Sac duty, by sending her petitions. Sic have, though living sevaratt, never heel in enmity with oue another ; though if that hi! beets the case, affliction,' like these put on end to all these differences. "I have numerous promises from friends to attend to the in.: tercets if my other two dear little orphans, who, being shim, need mere protection; though I hose the must feryer.t hope, by the blessing and help or the Almighty, that the threats sand abilities of the media may be brought forth, and • • • • • that she ma be enabled to support thetn , and live creditably is the world. I Lave folly impresbed this °it her miud ; and I have had her hc.e , when my good elerayman has been with may that the scene before her eyes—the .41e:unity and nsc..lty of haying those religious aortal& which I lied , though late, as Meet ' lutely neensary to salvation. •• 1 have now, I believe, given you an aceour.t of all that con. mews me ?,r-e-1 shall now turn to an account a much more importance to me, an hereafter. Our worthy Ordinary, Doctor Cotton, hes been here stout twelve years, and appears a most ex cellent man, and fully aloe of all the duties of his situation. Hs is assisted likeyier by a very pioln, religious Meal, a Me. Baker, a layman, of the Map Office, in the Tower, and who has been in the habit of atfording consolatiou to the prisoners confined hers, foe about the same epic.: of time. " Ti.e eradication and recommendation of Clergymen of all de nominations to visit me in this distressing mene.". was immense but I took theadvice (Oral and experienced) of our Ordinary, who advise:. me to have one worthy divine to attend roe for an ben: or two daily, and that, with his and Baker's aasietanee in the evening, it would give toe time to read and impress upon my mind those ex planations of out Holy Scriptures which had been given me. I find myself comfortable with this artangement. Ily friend, .31 , r. Anthony liamnim.d, who digesting the Criminal Code for :be House of Commons. has introduced to me a moat delightful Cler gyman, the Hee. Mr. Saringett, of the Established Church, who has a chapel at Peckham, who has, and is, visiting me daily (wild. the exception of the Hey. Mr. Burrow, Mr. Sheriff key's (:ap. lain, who has wee), and I have es:epicentre and happiness to &oh that be has made a great impression on my mind. y hick formerly was too much agitated to give many thoughts to that subject ; ar.4l 1 had a very didirent impression respecting the means of salvation: " But now I am fully tears that we can do nothing of ourselves . —we must pray to (hod to endue us with the grace of his Holy Spirit ! and as the parable of the Poblican in the Temple, ww must bow ourselves before God—confess and acknowled ge to ow manifold sins—put our faith in him, and look to m e m o • t the merits of our blessed Saviour and Rrtleemer, who shed his Weal the our sins. • God he meread to me, a limner.' I think the mercy of Gad has been shown to we in these late events; toe he has givea me time to revolt or all my tins and wickedness; fur had sadden death overtaken me, I should have gone to my grave with very eh!. ferent ideas o: salvation to what 1 now possess. Whatever is, is right. 3d Revelations—. As mary as I love I rebule and chasm; be zealous, therefore, and repent.' 3d Proverbs—. My ton, despise not the chastening of the Lord . tither be weary of Lis correedon fur whom the Lord loveth heel...tenet'', even as a father the sea i ' whom he delighttah.' 119th Psalm—• It le good foe me that hate been in trouble, that I may learn thy statutes.' And agate. 61 s t psalm—. Make me a clean heart, 0 God, and renew a right spirit within me.' Indeed the whole of the 61st Psalm is moot applicable to my state, belog David's prayer after his dreatifiai sine. . This is the way lam now employed (1 trust properly to ery 110111), reading and making extracts suitable to toy situation ; asi I hope and trust in (kid, throngh the merits of my Redeemer. they will hare the desited edict. I have. I tan say with delight, net the sliahtest to a nod in the wall. My God has supported me lomat. wonderfully through my trials as yet, and I trust .he will rot I desert inc. The kind, consolatory, and religious letters, from 1 anoilmotts eonrovrondentw, have been Immense corm ell parts—a shows the sympathetic and religions feeling that is about ; and that the latter may incresom, is my ardent wish, for has been my only consolation in my hours of n:y affliction. "Should you write to me again, adilte.:s it to niy beloved brother. My days, even hours, are now numbered (as the He order's Report is to be given on Saturday next); they shall be devoted as they ovght to be. 1 receive the sae. - oment to-morrow. Now, my de a rest worthy Inge, adieu ; may the blessing of Heaven at tend you Lod yours ,'1.141 that we may all meet hereafter in that glorious !Lice. clad in %Atte robes, is the fervent prnver of your ever sfeetiznate •• HENRY FAUN'I Lf.:ROY." A paragraph beaded . NIS T i." has run through ail the newspapers, of a Mr. Whitehead haviug just pa,d his creditors in full. The facts are these: when he tailed be owed aiout 4,000/., aid hia brother, who acs a taint, lately dead, has left hien very nearly 200,0001. With in terest on his old debts, he has paid away about 7,0001. so that there is not so much to boast of. He has been heard to say by our informant, that after paying all debts, iega s, and expenses, he could give to each of his five sttil. dren 30.0001. — Stockport Advertiser. Cos are s: vc k—Mr. Median& liabenlashrr, of Portsea, has received the following letter from an anonymous writer:— " Mr. bledland,—ln the year 1:414, you were defrauded of the sum of 1.1.1. the principal and interest of which is 221. 10s. which sum is hereby restored to you ; arid you will please to acknowledge the same, by causing an advertise ment to be inserted in the Times London paper, to the following eftkatt—"rhe communication of W. X. has been received at Portsea.—Dee. 1924.' Principal 15L, Interest 71. 10s., for Advertisement 17s.—The writer is unknown to Mr. kiedland, as well as the fact re ve.dcil by his troubled Rustle litaziturry. ALt msk..r, at Dalgonar, Dumfries, has foot, with at►cle and toe-joints. likely to fail. It Ina been examit and peonowneed to b a very nest, solute. It draws on UM a boot, :tined in i•s plum. ' ~.'. ~ ~. ! A l ••• , - I ;~ e." tander Hardie, snuff-box .1 las roads a uuoClen leg an,l I. guided by springs, not / luta by several restless's. t, suitable. and useful gab— , arti alta oat as run! rt. f'