The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1824-10-11 00:00:00

NE:loins OF ruNii.va, •ITN ACItROXOLOOIP %I. oorrory TIIE voiroirrarinV or Tut PICTEIE 4 ■Y TDB GREAT BIAIT vas INTO ENGLAND, RINCL TIIL INLWEII REVOLUTION. 1111 N. BUCHANAN, tIGA.--At BERMAN N. Mr. Buchanan IS MI *AI known to the elmateuer of Fainting, not only as a critical judge of the art, and of the original works of the old masters, but as posarssittg a vast fund of *morale information connected with its his. tory and progress, as to leave us no room to 1101111 t the wel t:tune reception which these voltinv.s will moil with among the admirers and pro/miters o f th e ti n e arts. Ili, kw„„. Itsige in getout d net tttttt tun a correct 'reception of the Hue beauties of painting, than on coning principles, formed from an intimate association with the subject, and the most extensive actittaintance with the finest works of the different sc:ittols. His object in condensing the vain rale information whirli he has given to the public, may lie milt sled from the laowing extract from the introductory chapter:— " The last thirty years have produced events in the history of Ettrope, which fur a considerable length of time not only revolutionised her ancient polities, and impeded or diverted the itaittral current of her trade and commerce, but forced from their ancient sanctuaries those treasures of settneo and of art, that had long been the pride and glory of the Stat-s to %inch they belonged. " IA chute du Kane de trottstatiti.l porta data 'ltalie lea debris de Fan cienne !a Frame s'eurichit it son tour de ces pre ciruses &poodles." What Rousseau has said of Constan tinople we tray apply to France and Italy ' •--from these sources have our prisicipal ricks in art been derived. " During the conflicting storms which ravaged the conti nent of Europe, t :rt at Britain alone presented a bulwark to which foreign ;mime; looked with awe and with respeet axed although at war with her politically, thy still confider', in her honour and in her strength : they traionnitted their moneyel width to her public funds, and their colh•ctions of art to private innelividnatr, either for i rotection, or to be disposed of for t'..sir use. The collections of Monsieur de Calonne, soil of the Duke of Orkaus, with many selec tions of the lai;l:r4 importance from the palaces of Rome, Florence, Bolovita, and Genoa, which bail escaped the plunder of an invading army, were imported into this country, and noised an enittlation and • taste for the ac quisition of works of art, witt:ll had been almost dormant iu England tine e the days of its illustrious patron and pro teem'', Chart s the Vital. " iron) :his pi ins! may be tinted a new and a distinct era in the ar:, with reference to water) :—the col lections of (treat Ilritaio, lierctolOre potsessing but few genuine works of the Indian schools, were now enables' to enrich theins , i et s from their precious stores, and were coon placed MI a par with tin's: of Rome iwiself. " That the infrottletion of such interesting objects into this country deeil.l be istarkisl by some chronological no tice, while facts and dated ale call hi the remembrance of every lov. r of the art, is a matter which may be deemed worthy of our notiee and attention ;—to tic their history,— to aseertain theit origin,—is to enhance and to ensure their 'slue. With this view princ;pally, the following pages hsve been thrown to...;ether, as beittg likely to prove accept able to low-, who miy now or in future possess these ob .', cis ; while to the public in gt neral they will prevent Stile% of curious suet interesting documents, and will, in so fur as re-plods :lie fine arts, form It history of our own times. " While the importation of works of art into England since the perioel erf Lila French revolution constitutes one of the leading features of the following pages, the amateur will likewire find tLe subject illustrated by aketrbes of character of the prinriral painter, of the rums schools, and his attention imariahly directed to those works which have been always regarded as the chefs-ancurre of art, on wh;cli he unity with confidence farm a correct taste anti judgment. - The arrival or the Oat e•xit COLLECTION in this coun try may be said to hare created that taste in Eoglanel for pictures of genuine merit, which since that eriod has not only continued tee improve, hut to extend itw if to the most remote quarters of the kinglet,' : the foulness for pictures is not only now manifested whoever thore is wealth, but the demand for them has nu link, but i.e she 111011111 of pur chase; the treasures of ancient art tinel their way into the possession of thousands, who, till of late years, were nut competent to ettimate theta. A very cifieft:lllillig account is given of tbs. original ac quisit of this collection by the celebrated Philip, Re sent Dust liT 4)11 EA NS, batter rementl!cmtl by Ole name of Philip Eiroliii, thr •tipktiou of which occupied twin'y yeses of that life, which was at last closed upon the sattlitbb "The principal part of this maplificent collection," says Mr. Buchanan, "consisting of the Italie., schools, was con igncel. on the part of M. Laborde de 'lien:vine, to a house of mint ire: its the city of Loudon ; end it is believed that they were in the hands of that house when a treaty was en tered into by the late Mr. Bryan, as authorised by and on the part of the late Duke of Ihridgewatcr, the present Earl of Carlisle, and the Eirl Gower, now Marquis of StattlirJ, ler the purchase or that part of the collection, in cluding she the French. 8.:houl, which was agmed on, at the prier of 4x,0001. sterling. " When this important purchase was concluded, which neared for England one of the richest collections, and at die ante time one of the most valuable acquisitions, which had pref....nod itcelliu modern t . s , it was determined on by thes: three Noblemen to s,•lcet a certain proportion of their own !Mcrae collections, mid to allow the tentainder to b: sohil by private contract, under an exhibition, to be made of the entire collection. 'l•hia txhibition commenced on the Nth of lA•crmbcr. 179 g, ill the 1111 , 11111 belonging to Mr. Bryan, in Pall-Mall, anal at the Lyceum, in the Strand, neither of these places Is'• im!induallr tultscientiv trovnsive to contain the collecti•nt. It whammed fur six months, at the end of wh•eh time all rietanea sold were &liven-11 to the pur chat rF. " The p:rtans reserved for the original purchasers are indicatedin the foll ow i ng cata l ogue at their estimated valuation, and amount to :19.000 guineas. Those sold daring the sale by private contract amounted to 31,0110 rain , '" while residue. sold afterwards by Mr. Cole, t o the receipts of exhibition, which were consider stueutited to about toexPol. more; thus leaving a cable dims of pictures to tier purchasers, as a bonus and jast reward. for securing for this country at oplentbd a colection, and eillichitig it with works of th e tint cheis. That those noble purelt isers Were most fortunate in their sno . eulation is canon ; as t o th e i r /ii ro fir .o , we feel 1:I -thaca .• to leave theme unsung." We have heard mere titan Onee from Mr. Bryan himself, the whole pain cubrs of that purchase, aunt have heard him descant, with fce!ings evideney mortified anti iinlignant, at the very scanty remuneration he received as the agent of the parties ho had thus turned If.s exertions to such good account. The very inadermate compensation assigned to Mr. Bryan for his servie , s, is, we have no doubt, within the know ledge of 11r. Rudman ; but we are re disposed to ap plaud than to blame the courtesy which has made I ab stain from putting it on record. A liberal patronage of the arts—we say it reluctantly— e"l,o( be numbered attiong the causes of our national au- I. -Twiny. They have, however, of late excited a stronger and their powerful influence on the habitual civi c. 4 and tmoitiers of the people, appears to he much snore truly a;.pne:ated a t p resent by those who take a lead in the 7 , rnownt, th an i t h as ever before It en. This liberal spirit has recently been inanifisted in several instances, in a manner very eredit s id e t o th ose in power, and highly he nou.rable to the national c h aracter. S h ould this public spot teil ben 1111111111 l . ilitary in our rul e r s , we 410 not !impair to s-e a NA IIoNAI CAl.l.rav of paintings its Eng -144d, typal to any of those iiiiguilicent public collections which at present put us to Atone on the Continent. While t fill wing ouchin 4 eft this subject, we cannot omit to transcribe the intrresting extract, which we trust will have its weight In the quarter to which it is addressed. Speaking o r fatir of Raphael's pictures of superlative excellence, Mr. Buchanan adds— ." There Will a time w h en t h ese four magnificent works n wool i ight have been acquired for this country, and which only have been re - acquiring what had in part for t:wily belonged to it; but boos.. to whom the writer of retuarks applied, did not at the moment attach !Attn. leris of qactice to the subject, or did not choose to riot :. k the acquisition , and the opportunity was un r.umitely allow e d to pass by. . trmt ter picture of the same high class in point of excellence, land coming from the seine source, Was indeed consigned to him in the year IMI3, with many other tine pictures from AlatlrM, and was sold in England. It temained in this country roe se veral years; but that picture hiss again been transmitted to the Cotitinent, and is now in the possesion of the Prince Royal of Bavaria, a Prince well known for his refitted taste and just discernment in all matters com!etted with the arts. His Royal Highness paid for this picture the sum of /woof. sterling. It was this Prince who, a few years aro, purchased the Citing Marbles, while our people were con sideriug about a few thousand pounds. This economy is much to he tegretted, for it was in reality of very little eon sequence too power like Great Britain, whether she should give six thousand or ten theusand pounds for objects which were in themselves imigue, and retiels could nowhere else be acquired on any terms. " When works of the above magnificent class are, from the fate of war, or the casualties of existing eireninstateet, rendered attainable, they become objects worthy the atten tion of States more than individuals; they ailil to the glory of the country which secures them ; they become a source of reel as well as of elassteal anti national wraith. Crowds of strapeers from ail quarters flock to see them, and they expend in the country which vows* n them a part of their income and wealth ; but when such occa sions are neglected, adieu fur ever to the golden op portunity. _ _ " Again, it may be maintained, that when such objects present thetas dyes, the public ought to weigh their relative importance, not so much from the mere value in money which is attached to them, as from the actual cosiscquenee that they are of to the art in general. either as tending to form and diffuse a noire v. Lined taste, or to improve the style of a national school of art. by reference to works of the first order. A l;overnment is indeed amply repaid it. advances by the policy of such a purchase, and by the kntfits which revert to itself, directly or In directly. "'flew , considerations become probably of more iffirtlft once in themselves at this moment, in consequence of an opportunity again pia setting itself of enriching t hi. country with sum? objects which, in point of real conscspience, tumid s...cond only to the Raphael?' above-mentiowd, and the loss of which this imintry must always regret. The Marcel's! Sec t.r, Due de Balmatie, knowing that the author of these pag,ts had formerly 'mule several must va luable acquisitions or works of art in Spain and Italy, and latterly had purchased the collection of Mons. de Talley rand, in Franc-, ct ))))) nuniectid to him, in April last, that he felt disposed to part well his pictures as an entire collection, if the salute could be disposed of in that manner. Mr. Buchanan represented to the Marcella' the diffirulty of placing an entire collection in that way ; but stated the probability of the eight celebrated pictures by Murillo king purchased for England, if the Mamba! would fix a separate value on them. This, after much diffieulty, the Mareclial ogress! 10, and in obtaining a note of the value of these, with three other very capital pictures, which are in the same collection, .Ir. Buchanan immediately returrest to England, for the express purpose of communicating the soma to his Majesty's Ministers, and impressing on them the importance of welt an acqui sition, these magnificent pictures being already known to every connoie,cor as the eirfribrurres of that great mas ter. What the molt of such a communication may yet be, hen t every amateur of painting. who I'm seen these fine works, hopes and trusts that the British nation, rich and power ful as it now is, and flourishing in its finances, will not allow the present opportuni7 to pass, of securing for this country objects of that great consequence, which, from their high value, can never be found in commerce, and may be regarded as a property which ought to licking to states, 3114 not to individuals. So act of the 11l one House of Parliament could be more gratifying to the pre sent or to succeedingp, generations, than a vote of credit for the sceming of these filatures, while it would add an additional lustre to his present Majesty's reign." We earnestly hope the opportunity to which Mr. Bu chanan has thus strongly called the attention of the British Gorminient, will not be overlooked. THE A Rmr. INDIA. The d:•tschment of his Ithtiesty's 20th regiment, on board the l'ornicallk, landed at Cannanore on the 2ttls April ; the remainder on board the Charles Forheit and Lonjee Family, on the 20th April. We arc informed that his Maj. sty's loth regiment was to embark at C.in nanore on the tat May, for Madras, in the above-named ships. thi 3fonilay, the 3:li of April, the lion. Company's fri gate, Hollings. ('apt. George Barnes, Cot 1111 l 'toter, sailed from Bombay for Aladras and Calcutta, having on board eighty Diets of the Artillery, under the command of ('apt. Runk Lieing. Law and Stamford, and thirty such of the Bombay regiment, tinder Lieut. 1111. - - Extract kutu the Cuksals GererNmegt Gaulle, datc.l April 8, " DETACIIFENT ORDERSI7I.IruT..ent. IXXEt. •' The l'onriusnilinglieer has flinch pleasure in publishing to the drtadunrM the billowing extract of a biter from Secre. guy Swinton to the Atkins' wt . Mr. SCOlt, Agent to tb. tior.nuir. General t_ ' The attack upon the enemy's stockade at lbsalpstlee, linvrever unfortunate, was fully warranted by the encouraging sum** of preceding day*, said other conahlerations, stated by yam; anal the Ilovernor-lieneral in l'atincil desires me to cattorey, through you, the high snow entertained by the Government of the gallant and! persevering exertions of the 1/I!ieert arid inch engaged 111 that al fair. Ills lannlaltip in Council :tas Icarnt, with sentiment., of the deepeat rtgret. the Inas of Officers which we instaintal in these Oftislllt. lif these it appears Lieutenant Arnparoog was killed on the spot, and Captain Johnstone, and Ensign llarbetie, bare been moat severely wounded; but it is consoling and sanisfac:orV to re_ lira, that their eilitrts have berg productive of time greatest advan tages to the public intermit, notwitlis!ataling the failure of the assault on the Iturtnett praition, as the enemy, diai al by their heavy tomes, have aims: rortattal from Culler, it, contusion, and have altogether evacutanal the einuary.' " The G.Stli Oil York N.wth Killing) regiment of Ihtfintry hav arrived in Dublin from I kotagliailee. Detachments of rerruits be!onging to the under-men tioned regiments of Infantry, viz. the 419th (td Nottiog linen), the stall (West Estes). the 70th (4 atsgow land), the dl (the Queen's Kiel). the Goth (the !hike of York's Own Rifle ('orps), end the 117th I.3tieers, marched this morning from the Itecruitintt Departintttt in Westmitittlev, for Portmatouth, Isle of Wight, Cluthlott, and Canterbury. I`AS AT ICII3I.—An extraordinary act of fanaticism took place at the Hotel, r arnarvon, on Monday Inst. 1 ser vant of an elderly lady of great respectability, Who was there, borrowed an axe limn one of the setvsnts of the house, who, thinking it was for the purpose of doing tome thing to the lady's carriage, lent it I • without beritarion. Ile took it into his bed-room, very composedly placed Lis left hand upon the foot of the bid, mil with the wit. in his right hand, chopped it clearly otr! Having thrown the hand under the bed, be came down, baling the stamp, bleeding profusely, which must have caused his death in a short time, had not the waiter made rise of a handkerchief by way of a tourniquet, and by that invass partially ::topped the blood, until surgical :MI was pronaretl. tbe the arrival of the surgeon, he was so exhausted, that fur ther amputation could not then be performed, but it hos since been done, and the pow loan seems likely to survive. This horrifying act of self-mutilstion was etli•ett tt for the avowed purpose of being hets.r enabled to voter into the " Kingdotn of !leaven !!!” Every possible care has been ta k en of hint, an4l a !lemon continually watches hint he has Lints ht.eu dull and silent, and it is much to be frarell, that the delusion has by tso mean, krt hint, and that sonic other member Of his hotly, or indred his life, may be di!• next sactitiee to his most unnatural mania.—(7.e err (.7:ronide. LANLST•III I: neer nr ver.—On Tomloy list the men were eturloyeil at the works of Conway brillve, to undermine the ground os neual, niten, ►Locking to relo to. by a heavy fall of the ;Ground. three worknitm wore crostini to death ; one Mall ebeapetl, hut niuzli arzetie. ACC IDE X7.—Monday evening Inst. as M TV . twin at Lady .It. t key's. it Silsoe, wan in th e brewh oltv , by route acrid' in he slipped irto the raash•tuto full of Isiilitrz wort, up t.) his throat. from which with great diffi culty lie esh ieatnl Itiotsrlf. Surgical assistance wan oh- LIIIIII.II as surlily as p.-sibi.e, but I:is lin: is ....Tair,:t! of. THE BRITISH PRESS. THE DISCOVERY SIIIPS. We feel much pleasure en stating that favourable intel ligence has been received of the Discovery Ships. They hare passed through the middle ice with a good prospect of proceeding, as the weather was fine, and the coast re markably free from ire. This gratifying intelligence is commuMeattil in the following extract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's, at !lull, dated 9etoher I: "'The Mary, Frances, Capt. Wilkinson. has arrived from Daris's Straits, and reports that she saw the Diseo very Ships beset in the middle ies, on the 17th July, in latitude 70. S. 17apt. Wilkinson entered the ice on the fol- Wowing day, in latitude 66. 20, and penetrated to the west land on die 9tit'a, win re he remained until the 9th Sept., when he bore away for England, having taken thirteen shales. He was nearly as high as lquicaster Sound, and states that the prospect for t i .le lEscovcry Shipc was very favourable, as the weather wv. fine, and the roast miusally free from ice. .1s he now m• . t tlwin after lw got through die harrier of ice, there can be no doubt of their having had an equally farourabk pa-sage. Th e M ar y, F ran ces, and the William and Aim, were the only ships which got through the harrier in the :north of July; the remainder of the fishing ressels haring attempted the passage in a higher latitude. did not succeed until August ; there had lie m no losses, but one of the ships (tlieJime, of this port), Lad sustained consid e r a ble damage." I'D UPS., I MTH, Ce r. 9. STr Godfrey Webster 's yacht arrived yesterday, with Captain Young, from Bordeaux, last from Hastings.— Sir Godfrey returned here this erentag, from Battle Abbey and Chichester. The new sloops of war, Champion, Orestes and Pyladcs, are ordered to proceed on an experimental cruise, to the westward of Scilly, aecimipataitti ley the Niemen, 2s, ('apt. Wallis, and Algerine, ('aptain lion. Aluatagu Stopford. ('aptain Graham Eden Ilateord. C.B. (of the Wellesley) and Lord Yarborough, intend being witnesses of the com petition Between these ships. The Blonde, 4G, L or d Byron, was (tweed into Fal mouth en Thursday by strong south-nest gait's. The 1,1114, 46, Commoiore Chas. Grant, C. 11.; Larne, H. ('apt. Frederick Alaryatt ; Slaney, IN, Captain Charles Mitchell; and the Sophie, 18, C.tpt. G. F. Rogers. sailed from Madras on the 16th of April, on an expedition to take possession of Rangoon and the other Burmese sea ports. The Eclair sailed from the Cape of Good 111;,^ on the 1 als of July, fur Rio; the Surinam, from Ikirbadoes, for Jamaica; the Itingdove, fur Trinidad, on the Ist of August. The Marquis of flintily transport, Lieut. Lev:ck, will sail when the wind is fair, with 1:10 troops, and ordnance stint b. for Cape Coast Castle and Age( nsion. The Atlas, for 31adeira and Bengal ; and the Charlotte, for Bombay, direct, have pot into this port with contrary nicds. Tlic Ganges, for Madras and Bengal, is to call here to embark tiasiwitgeni. YesterJaY, the r iteilwing returned to her station. This afternoon his 31ajesty's surveying sloop Adventure, ('apt. W. th. returned from the Jlediterram•:mt, n here Capt. Smyth has been employed upward. of throe yeara, Lurveying the coasts and posts. Remain at Spithead—Cambrian, Champion, l'y lades, Orystis, Adventure, .Uge•rine, and Calliope. MONUMENT TO TILE NAM Tilt III:MIME PETITION OF SOME JACK TARS OF Sheweth—That in the hist war we sailed under Nelson, and a braver fellow net cr stept on hatchway, anti we fought with him fur the good olf our country in the battles oil' CulvertMyren, the Nile, and Trafalgar, where we evpioed our heel, and shed our blood, and had our limbs shot off, and warty of our finest comrade, were killed ; and by our valour we helped to pull down Roney, and to establiah the liberty and independence, the power and the peace of Old England, and yet we Kiva% got one public monument to tell of our services ; we barn's got one public mark of our bravery. Now the army have. We only wont a clear stage and no favour. But we don't think we have had fair play. Why can't we have our bridge as well as they ? 'Pon% we deserve it as well as they ? We have heard many a poor fellow, Kou ipping abt on his stumps, grumble about It, and s a y, that a t t he people of ge.ality can quietly think their grog, they don't care much shout us. rother day we oveilteerd some of our officers say, that If they had got the manage - merit of it, it should he done; and it could h: done easily, and it wouldn't asst a farthing of money, if they would but change the name of 141111 C bridge which the laindone:a talk of building, into Trafalgar bridge; and thcy said as how King George wrote a let. ter, and Raked then, to do it fur us ; if he has, we likes him for it now as we did old laeorge, and will light fur him again and for our country. 'We heard'em say, too, there were sonic didn't like to give up the old name of London bridge for the new name; when are of tin said, you might at cell tut my grandmother's fusty old night-cap upon my young squealer a bird, al rut an old name on a new bridge. Foe it is a new bridge, bemuse it is to he built of new stone end In a new place. tool a new bridge should have a new name; and what name would amend better to a Briton's or a sai- Ioe. car than Tratabtar bridge? for all the bridges are Von. don bridges. Anti, iiesolcs, if these Londoners would consider how many fleets their merchant vessels and ships we eon. voyed and protected, how much we ,oiled through the roughest weather to protect their Colo3liol, 67111 their wealth and commerce, and to keep up their home trade, anti how much as we said before we helped to pull 'limn Boner. and to keep up the liberty and the independence, and to estaidisit the power and the peace of Ohl England, we think they would give up these faire pre_utlices. and :diouldn't be long without our public monunit nt as well as the army. For we have deserved it quite as well. And we don't think we have been at !I used. Englund impala every man to do his duty—and every man expects Old England todo her duty. (7‘gtelasa. Sltl ewnt ex.—ln the gale of wind on Thursday night last, the paling Two Brothers, of Liverpool, Jonathan Lveos, master, laden with wheat and oats, bound from I ;Odin to Liverpool, was driven on shore upon the Block- House Island, tit the entrance of this harbour. Notwith standing the prompt am.istance and esti- ' sof Mr. Leonard Watson, of Warren-poitit, agent. to 1:10 Liverpool Under writers, the vessol lh.etnne nearly a total wreck ; and a very trithig portion of the cargo was anvil, with part of the mat, baps. We undeistand that one of t:io crew died from t xectuivo ratirte.—Xctrry r. A CI ovvr ny A STEM!' J.:NU! NE.-0111 11311111 Cowley, engineer at slut Manganese Winks, of Mesdrs..los. Burley and Co. in Oldissill-street, Liverpool, was caught in the cog of the wheel, itiitl before he cauld be extrirated one of him thighs was dreadfully lacerated; he' now lie.; in a v..ry dangerous state. Two brothers of the soft :rot met with similar accidents within the last four wi On Friday craning, last, as some boys were amusing tb.„„ se ty,. s on the feed Qoay, by firing an old rusty pistol h are d, fixed in a block of wod, it bursted. and a piece en tia Mg the orbit. destroyed dr.! eye. anal petioratu a the skull of one of thent. Mows! I 'harks Trump, about 15 years of age, son of a porter on the Quay ; he was i 1111 l tediately taken to the Devon and Ex( ter I lospital, and the excellent triclinial advice of that invaluable institution was pmmptly rendered, but faint hopes are entertained of his recovery. --E.retee raper. Rossi SS OF THE 111:CSINtIlIAM ('OACII.—One of the provincial notes taken out of tit: Itank?r's parcel which ITJS I stolen front the l'airkingliarn coach was presented at the Ranker's anal paid, Ix fore notice of the robbery had been received. Since that time acu 1111111 l in manicuvre has le.ien tried. Al. !ter with the Cambridge port-mart: leis been sent to the Bankers, prep...Mg to realm the parcel, on con ut;tium Of rue, iving. as a remuneration for trouble. the sum of :II Ili. The Made in which the robbery was etreeta d has hitherta btion rathor incorrectly stated. 'l he buck of th e Isis, (an oak board, three-quark no of an inch thick,) in which the parcel bad !wen deposited, miller the coach malt's seat. but ImTn nicely taken out before the mach had started from Km:tory. The amual roblEry was. pro babli, not .iatiipleteut until the coach stopped at the I ;men A! in and Still. in t /sforil-street. The cottelatiu.n 31i : ft:tell there, and staid several minutes to arrange some business. Il In his return to the conelt he titi,:ed tare tit . t h e „„ t ,i,t, pas - er.gers who had sat itionediately behind him. alt.! fiiand on a seat a great coat wticla haul been left by one 0: them, w`,l9 leaned terward tin account of a viol. l it 1 ); m1. arbe when he, a: rived in Loudon. 'Fitts coat loin); over the back of the eoneb-box, and eumccalett a cut which Wa 4 f; 14 IT want' perm ived to have keit made through tha lea ther. The robbery was not ultaeov. red till the madman. on Iris arrival 't the Bell I :Mt. i . 'riv.voi in lioilboril, untwists! the box under his seat to 5,...k !suur th.• parcel in question. The robbery is, on gush! rii ,is, S " . ..O'Neil t.' have be , n lort:t premeditated ; and ev.•muistauces, witieli it might de feat the ends of .. .justice to pit'.',:s . .i, are now likely to lead to th e detection of th e pyrites II: U ;WA! it V SS IWIT.:::•atel and p!anitc:l.. -i.:... - t's t" • 'l.. '::• COTTON MANPIFACTURERS. The Table of the cotton manufactures exported during the UV years of the late war, from 1793 to 1815, amounted to 20$ millions sterling, at the official 'value. The raw ma terial, at four millions per annum, amounts to 38 millions sterling. The net annual receipts from foreign countries for profits and wages was therefore 190 millions, or about a 4 millions per annum. But the whole value of all the British manufactures exported during that periml was 518 millions, which, after deducting for the raw material 118 iniilions, will leave 40u millions added to the taxable capi tal of the nation, at the rate of more than 1$ millions per annum, by amount received for the wages and profits of the British productive labour. In the eight years since the return of peace, from 1815 to 1822, the cotton manufac tures exported arc upwards of 1774 millions, at their offieial value; and deducting 8 millions per annum for the raw material, kites 1374 millions, being abaut 171 mil lions per annum, which being added to the export of the 92 rairs preeediag, *ill make upwards of 2:44 millions contributed since the commencement of the late war, by cotton manufactures alone, to the taxable capital of the nailer,. But in the last eight years the whole amount of exported British manufactures and produce is 332 lious ; and deducting the raw materials at the increased rate of 74 millions pit annum, will leave MI millions, be ing about 31 millions per annum ; which being added to the produce of profit and wages for :18 years of the war, as before mentioned (400 millions), will make Gril millions recAved hi the last 30 years, since 1793, being upwards of '2l millions per annum for wages and profits produced by British industry, and received from other nations. During the war, the sum added to the national debt by loans was Sof/ millions, which it thus appears was cxc.,t di el upwards of 100 millions by the amount received from foreign countries for the ingenuity of the English artisan, and industry of the English labourer. Cor . rotr YA It N.--eottnn yarn liss been spun of the fineness of &SO hanks weighing only one pound. Each hank would measure 840 yards, which multiplied by 3:,0, will give 294,000 yards, or 167 miles and a fraction. THE HERRING FISHERY. Sa:Txaweror, Ocr. I. The herring season has commenced within the Isle of IVight, and though no great abundance of fish has been yet caught, such as have beers netted are remarkably tine in qua lity, and promise an abundant supply. It is desirable to impress on the inhabitants of the south coast of Hampshire the great importance of this fishery, wlileh last year found employment for about 400 vessels . and boats, and conse quently ternoved a hard-working class of persons from she Moors' Hatt., to the evident personal comfort of their families, and the extraordinary improvement in their vessels, tackle, and equipments. We regret, there fore, to bear that the 'principal market for these fish will, through a recent order of the Privy Council, be removed in the present season, as it levies a countervailing (or corres ponding duty with the French imposts), tonnage duty of 3s. rfd. per ton on all French vessels that cane to our :lures to purchase herrings. The injury that will ensue is at once evident: the Frenchmen gave so liberal a price for the fish last year (varying from 4s. to Ss. per bushel), that they cannot aftiml to pay any &nits whatever; and conse quently, they have given notice of their intention not to make any purchases. Our home market will then he glutted, and the hard-working fishermen will not obtain a remunerating price. We should suppose, if this matter were fairly stated to the Lords of the Treasury, by all the towns and parishes interested, a relief would be obtained. As an evidence of the impottance of the trade, we are assured that the sum of seventy thousand pounds, in' bard money, was last season paid to our fishermen, who fish inside of the late of Wight and Southampton Water. POUTSMOUTII, °Me. We understand the Fishermen of this Port are about to petition the Lonls of the Treasury to revoke so much of their Order in Council which imposes a tonnage duty on French vessels entering the porta of Portsmouth and Southampton, during the herring fishery season for fish. The duty amounts to Ss. 6d. per ton ; and when pilotage and other dues are added, it will amount almost to a pro hibition to the Frenchmen coming to us fur lfCrrings. Though this may appear at first sight a simple matter, yet, it is, in fact, a subject of great importanco, as well to the capitalist as to the fishermen and inhabitants adjacent to the fishery ; and, it is equally es nationally, as being a nursery for seamen. Moreover, the present duty is in direct opposition to that policy by which bounties are, in certain cases, given to fishermen. It it well known that the catch of herrings has for years past been so great, that, after our markets have been cheaply supplied, tittle has been a consi derable surplus, at much so, that unless the Fiend' vestels had visited the ports, the same must have been sold for ma nure or thrown away; and it is calculated the purchasAi made in this way, during the last a:•ason only, amounted to 60,0001. The productive state of the fishery has indneed many persons to embark capitals in the same; and there will be ready for the incoming season, no less than too vesaels and boats, which will give employment to abode 1,300 ma riners. The average costs of nets and gear will la about 16,0001. and of the vessels and boats upwards of 64,000 f. Now, if there be no market for the fish, of what avail will he the exertions of the fisherman—what spur to industry or enterprise ? This is not the only consequence ; all this money winter lest in circulation in this vicinity, and many of the men, with their numerous families, will hurdle') thel parishes, forced as it were not to be indurrious, when (as is the fact) they looked for their barest in the fishery, and have made expensive preparanons fur its approach. All the fishermen want, and the necessity of the case requires, is, an exception as to French vessels coming fur fish ; a boon which we trust the Lords of the Treasury will be pleased to grant, as we know it to be a nutter of the first importance to the poor tithettnen anti their families at the commencement of the winter season, and is equally an ob ject of importance to the co mmunity at large. RETAIL RII W t 113.—Perrom cagarced in the bushier" of retail brewing should be very careful how they carry on their business, for a number of excisemen are in the habit of going rmind to entrap thrill into the commission of °Knees against the law, fin the sake of pocketing a share of the penalties which may be recovered. At the New Bailey, on Thursday knit, reveral brewers, who hail carried on their business in cellars, were convicted in mit:gateil penalties, fur tiermitting beer to be drunk on the steps leading to those cellars, but outside their dours.--ifun c!se.% ter Guardian. lisrosvavtos or tars Srocx.—The exportation of live stock is carrying on to au extent of which we imagine our I-ciders in general are not aware. Within the last twelve mouths it has more than trebled the extent of any of the preceding years.—l/hie,:prd .'horse. The produce of the largest single property ear hmught to the lottnicer in England did not amount to inure than 300,000/. The °monde estates, however, which are tau- Signed to the care of Mr. George Robins, will, it is thought, ptoduee 6°0,0001. .1. J. Farquharson, Fol. of Layton-house, Dorset, lost upwards of forty sheep on Friday night lost, by the rapid rise of the river Stour, occasioned by the heavy rains on Thursday foul rrichy. A plot of ground, near Sheepsear Bar, on the road from !knee to flat regale (the property of 1.:3t1 Cowper), was sold by auction, at Turnbull's !Intel, last l'ritlay, at front 4s. to 6s. rt . yard. 'lite whole tichl (which had only pro duced 111. per annum) fetched neatly 3,:uol.—Lerd: la lelliAr 5.11 is srsv, Orr. S.—Downton annual fair was 'held on Saturday last. The streets were so completely Hooded with seat; r, that there could seare.ly be ally intercourse carried on either aitioi4;st the inhabitants or the dealers. Indeed the meadows are entirely under water. Ilay. by whole r.cks, rows, ilicep, every thing that is mos , . abl”, has suf fered from the inces:ant rains which have fallen within thilso ti. days. In 1110 vicinity of I)togbrds, and ftw some miles round, sevetal hundred loon::: Ite now elliployetl in wroving cotton, the warp amt were of which arc brought in a riparml state from Alenchest cr. On '3innii;iie;c:thitT, while the was engaged in Plyine F•erviee, in the Wesky.in chapvt, thirslein. seine p:-:cons gut into the yeittry, ai.d ca-rieit o!! Li•. Lit art! LIVERPOOL CATHOLIC MEETING. On Thursday a numerous and highly respectible meeting of the Catholics of this town was held at the l'atholic School. l'opperas hill, for the ptirp e ne of es t a bli s hi n g a Brant of the British atholic Metmpolitan Association. At about half-past twclre o'clock. Joint 311•C•iiTwr.v, Esq. M.D. having been unanimously called to the ('hair, opened the business of the meeting. Ile spoke to the following effect •• Gentlemen, we are met here to-day to take into our Myr terj• ons consideration the propriety ofeetablishing in this town a branch of die British Catholic Metropolitan Association, which I hope will meet with your cordial and unanimous approbation. It has beet: hitherto the miUmtune M *he Catholic body to be a divided body, and the lilt, of the original Cdtliiilic Board were al ways viewed with sustOcion. jealousy, and distrust. They have, luOverefs bong seen the it:moiler of advocating the Catholic cause without the support tit the Catholic body at large i they have now formed themselves into an association of British Catholics, and are soliciting the co. operation of the Catholics of Gn-at Britain, to enable them to carry into (Feet such measures u shall be deemed expedient to reliese them front all penalties and disabilities on account of their religion. I regret that the opening of this business has fallen to my Int, who ain so little acquainted with the routine of Thane business, and so little accustom e d t o p u bli c s p ea ki ng; but the consolation to reflect that my delletencies will he amply made up by the gentle- Dial who are to more the resolutions. otncther most important point will Ge gained be this and similar associations. It is but too evident tons 51! that the religion and doctrines of the Catholics are but imperfectly understisal, and often misrepresented. It has bees so long the custom to abuse them in the !Lime, the pulpit, and in the public prints, an welt as in many other modern publication, that people arc lint too apt to believe what no one take* the psi -s to contradict. To refute all calumny, to enerect misrepresentation, and to inform the public mind, will be one great object of this as -00!latiOn. Before I sit down, I have one favour to request of those gentlemen who intend to Utley *this meeting; I beg that they be lery brief, avoiding all seff.priise on our own body, and eeneure of ocr opponents; stating their sentimetts in language as temperafe es passible, and n little mingled with politica as the subject will permit. I take the liberty of reminding ditto, tl.ut the Catholics of Liverpool hate ever been treated with the utmost liberality by their fellow-townsinen, and that, in the eavelse of one different railings, the distinction of religion has been lots felt in this enter enter- Frising town than is any other part of the ktensfont ; and it is, in act, owing to the generous conduct of the Corporation of Li verpool. that ac arc now enabled to Mid our meeting node: dos riot: Mr. Rosen then ruse. and commenced 'es Redress by a nana tire of the proceedings which led to the nerablistment of brunet isenciations in the towns of Manchester, Preston, Birtiiingleant, and Blackburn, Which, though interesting to the meeting, we has net apace to give at length. He then continued Gentlemei•, among the various difficulties that, from tune to time. we hart had to strugelc with, the want of active co-operation and uu:on of the Cltholie people with their neturri leaders was the most perplexing,. We were, pelitieally speaking , in the condition in w hi c h the mo de of Scotland ro u nd theniseei in edition to sense of their rebid and influential men, after funning the " solemn league and cave nant," all who did not subscribe to that far-famed proteviatiost were denounced as irreligious ; and such will always be the ease with an bellies of religionists at the commencer.ent of negotiations with their Govennnent. The people will always be less compreeniaing than their supenore in rank ; having less Immediate advantage to look to, they will give up nothing, abether in fundantenraes or otherwise ; and their loaders, cepiany steadfast in fundam e nt a l s: yet are inclined to dismiss the propriety of certain arrangentente which they think consistent with the safety of their faith. Ifer.er arose among us the vii':lll.l2 and anti-vetolsts, whose dientssiots have made England and Ireland rine from side to side. la one respect, I rejoice at thane discussions; for they made our Proteseent countrymen better acquainted with one principle., and by tile= Government made the discovery teat the veto, it granted, would confer no solid power. !loth parties, at length, seeing the folly of division, have united. and, Inste a d of droning to Ins Majesty's, Government the shadow of authority, they humbly tender to deck. beloved Sovereign, the father of his people, their solemn oaths pad declarations contained in the Act of the 31st year of his late Ma testy—declarations more full and ample than ever subject before endered ill his "'rine •--of their entire allegiance to his person and govemment, to *huh they are as much bound by the ties even of interest as their Protestant fellow-subjects; for how is the Catholic Nobleman to retain his rank but by the stability of the Government from which he alone derives it ? I low is the Catholic commoner in gratify hit 'amiable ambition to sit among die rtresentahres of the people, but by the Whitey of the Constitution, by which alone lie can make his way into that areseeibly—and by the prmervatine of which, the Catholic of the lower order can alone hope to emulete. his Pronettant felloweeubjects, and rise, by its liberal invitations, from the lowest to the highest offices of the state ? Gentlemen, it is almost humiliating to be obliged to trove what is sot ell-evelent, and it is a great consolation that the happy union, ar w eaistiag among us, will enable us, in a tenfold degree, to prove ts oar PPO. totene fellow-subjecte the soundness of our principles. I come new to the duties of the branch medial inns. It will be one of the duties of the branch associatiens to watch the provincial press —is peat part of which teems with slander anti invective respecting our principles, civil and religious. Our answers to those attacksshouldbe inserted, and the same papers distinguished, as we have stated in the metro politan report, '• by unrullcd temper, eaten reason. and the einem desire to promote harmony and peace." I would also recom mend my friends, who reply to those effaces, to give their name and address. This sill put their anonymous libelers to the blush, if anything can make men blush who know that they are publishing falsehoods of their innocent fel lew-suieents, for which they are amenable to the tribunal of the laws. Another pan of the duty of the Branch AssoCiatious will be to bring to justiee persons who ineure any of our ckrgy of small pe euidare mean,. in hat person or property. lam much 1:011C011011 to state, that t flagrant instance of religious intolerance, aenottime. nied by injury tn the property of a iv - nt respectable Cetholic Cler gymare has lately disnreced the town of Northampton, a town that raised Itself to the " bail emir:nee," in 111416, of being the first to echo the cries of "no Popery," a nd "the Church to danger."-- " On the 6th of last month the groan!! intended for the erection of a Catholic chapel, in that town, was entered, by !ening the gate, by some persona, who eeeaccel and rendered melees the test ut the cone-work, unlamented and plain, prepared for the building. This is the second attempt to frustrate the intention of the Catholic Pastor Of Northampton the Rev. Mr. Foley, to raise a chap e l for the ac. commutation of dock. 3le Foley, we understand, had so ar ranged his plan of erection as to avoid falling into dels, but three scandalous excetsmeand the expense of employir.g a nightly watch. will frustrate his intentions, el likes he receive pocuidery assists: e.'• It will be the duty rf a !french Associate:in, in such a case as this, to offer a reward tor ,he apprcher.sinn of the ofeeders, and, if diner erect, to make them find tail to appear at the ensuingStssiiris. to be dealt with according to l a w. 'f he Branch .Assetiation will .ho defray the expense of publishing the various pampelets which our harmed l'iergy may twin time to time circulate in answer to the misrepreventanons of our enemies, who, by their repeated Falun:- nies, seem to have iliseovered that the ryt-tuld_ j'illrelwod is, at ; us e regarded as t: nth. The same Association will find funds to daisy the expense of preparing petitions to Parliament, for the restore: H i e of our civil rights. Havieg spoken of our duties, it now re-mains shortly to advert to the policy of England, and to Comment epee: a statement often made by our opponents, that the British is the most liberal of Protestant Govenmients. You all know diet t. t •.- tbolic gentleman t:41111A represent the meanest burgess in linefeliese. and yet the Protestant eeetereign of Denmark was lately rrierstreed at the British Court, not merely by a Catholic. but by an Jr Lf.'i Catholic, a subject of our own minuet Monarch. I & Bee t to Count Make, who was, for many years, the Danish Audereeador at the Court of Se James's. In speaking of the conduct of tie British Government towards her Catholic subjects, it tisturelir re run to me to look at the conduct of our neighbour, and grt.,, 1: , al, France, to to her Protestant subjects: and it will furnish 11. a ea a refutation of the charge that the Catholic religion "is le and avowedly hostile to every other religious meshes/ate he" es meted, when I inform you, that a congregation of liegh • • '- tants, domiciled at Celets, applied to the FreatllGoverlllii. 't -pt - cuniery aid fur the support of the Protestant 31inister. 'le: wits granted; the ministerof the English ProtemenisatC.L' r•r A - ally paid by theltoman CathedieGovernment of France; have occurred where • larger allowance has been n nee t.. t rc toatant Minister than to the Catholic, in consideration of t'- having a wife and family to %import. The Prolowatas of Brene,, as ascertained by their own Conte:stories in the year liUl, to 412,1100 soul., about ondaixtieth part of the poled. Coe e t a t a, cinmtry. and one-eleventh part of the Catholic teopulaticei of Ire. laesl. The Report states, that diry possess elle temples, of eke!, 21 hod be: edihtdiC Imrchii. That since the restora•ien or hi. 310-t Christian Majesty, in lel s, the Catholic G r enter ,r France has contributed to the ma: st !fleece of the relisecris henna time of the Protestants of that estuary the sum of 4,49!• , 14: Ira:les, in the Mlle:wing manner:—For temples, 341,fe1et,; meet •-: pastors or their widows, eft:Jere All of which aids arc cs , '•• • ,ve of the provision made by that Cosemmewt for the eeu of Lutheran and Calvinist Midst:vs in the two facuiteeof e ••, at etrasburgli and Monteuben. I will close this Imo: 11.,•• •, . men, by stating a plain aritlunetical question. If Cat! •a,.: allow 44:19,111 franca ter 642,014 of her Frotest.— •S. •• • . what ought Protestant linelatiel to allow for at sty s ••••• s.l her Catholic subjects? I ha. - e shown that Esisea• ! ••• ee l not so liberal as l'rct,.staia Ileamerk, but I •• • e s• t et she is not so liberal as Ceritee: Franco. t.l eet, cc . .• ter yk a to two liiuturical_ farts, in answer made upon uv of w.ast of fidelity t o a , menu—l mean the it-voted:lc/4 of Catholic Cans...f, t • •• - mutant states of the t 'lli4lll threw ett'the yoke of t . • • • ahvl the loyalty of Catholic Silesia to die tru • . ! the mart severe teal, during the various sir.. . • mate anti the House of ti.n:lemen. I it...• .• noticed thse ohservations, coming, as Il.ey .1 •. • in the state much smaller than is generally sut•;,•••• truth, a clamorous f. w. some of whom have nth,. . • t-e-rit ranks in lite, and, with the waul characteristic . :•••cd., are a. surprised at their tlrr.t:;on, that th:y • • •e an mode of Owning the fir the int:rcsto tit i•fic •: ••• • ,•• a: itouncing one third of its population, as men If et.: • • , r , with the privileges of llritons. From that philta,t• .•-.• a .nte rested faction, let us appeal to thegenerous l.ntisu .; o oar and tht it L aftiollc aucestors England is inilehicvl tar Ow f.utt.t.f• 10:1 of her cite and liberal Liviittitiona Tb: ft ti t IPA:es t:l 4 - 12,31's ancient enamel's and kW! of liberty. are cvcrva , ee. vthitaio in this island, wh:th,v we view them in aim • cloud., • N' -ANS; at lOover, the • gorgeous palace` at Wiad=or. or Cie • ...eem temple' at York; or look at the administration of irtr law.. to aft" ancient liars at %Vest On the Oasis of tiff: 1;!.. ....titer of her ancient free.lom. But, gt•ntlemen, I shed r,•••• ; ~•ftnea at inind. We lint: the Itinpinery of being !7 t who has rafz..idtd it:: tatene wit:'_..mind tow er.vl I. ;...e, ety.t: - I 1 '1