The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1824-10-14 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE I N rsiLiGik CS. —..-- The Dowager 31anthinness of Exeter arrived yesterday at her bowie in Privy-gardens, from lo r ,eat at itaehanipunr. Count and iltaintess Osgroorsky left town yesterday for Hat field, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury. The Earl and Countess of Jersey left town yesterday, for Brighton. Lady Carrington and ,he linnoi.rable Miss Smith have arrived in town from ilwir seat, Wycombe Abbey, Bucks. The lira. Mrs. Egerton has atieed at her house in Berkeley square, from her star in Berks. Sarine lialitux, Esq. left town yesterday for Southampton. Lord Anson has left town, for his seat in Staffordshire. The lion Mr. end Mrs. Robert Smith left Milton 31owbray, lieicestersh!re. on Tuesday, for bard Forester's seat in Shropshire. The lion. l'olunel Howard, 31.1. left town yesterday, fur his seat. Ashtead Park, Surrey. It. Ramsey, Esq. left tiauld's Hotel, Jennyn-street, yesterday for Plymouth. Arrivals at the Brilsh Hotel. Jermyn-street :--Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence, from the Continent ; and Messrs. Lennon (lower, from their seat In Surrey. Mr. and Miss l'orbett arrived yewerday at the St. George's lintel, Aiburarle-street, from their oat in Lincolnshire, Mrs. G. liorkeley arrived yestertla7 at the Pultency Hotel, Albeinarle-street , from her elt. Tillingbarre. near Dorking. T. T. Drake. Esq. M.P. and Mrs. Drake. hare arrived 3t the bouillon Hotel . Aibernatle- stmt, from their seat, Amersham, Buckinghamshire. Sir Wm. and (Nlander left Thomas's 1i0t.71, Berkeley square, yesterday, for their seat in Doneuhire. Arrivals at liloke's lintel, Jernirn.sueet :-3lr. and Mrs. Nor fig, and Lady Gambier; the Ear: or Godard, from Devonshire; and Mr. and Mrs. Neville, from Leicestershire. Departure:— The Hun. Mr. stourtoa,, for Yorkshire. Departures from dart's lintel. llover-street:—Capt. ild Eam may es , for Brighton; Earl for Tontobige; Mr-and Mrs. and family. for Gloucester Captain and Mrs. ts'ilson, for fie sits ; Mr. and Mrs. Holt and Mmil; , , fur Una; Mr. and Mrs. Kirk. pauick and tinily, fur Dover. CO Vg NT- G. I RDEN THEATRE. Mr. Young made his tint appearance, last evening, at this theatre, in the character of Sir Arch", :Tfacsacw.liwit. lie was received, on his entrance, with considerable enthu siasm, by a very numerous audience. Country practice brs certainly improved him in the performance of this dif ficult part; and to those who have never seen :Macklin in the character of the " booing" Scotch Barom t, the acting M last night must have appeared as perfect as acting could be. Mr. Young was, throughout, the saute—always effec tive, anti never forgetting for a moment the part be sus tained. In the latter scenes of the comedy, and parti cularly in the interview with Sydney, he was as powerful as we Ever rccolket him to have been. Mr. Cooper was excellent, but somewhat too tame, as Egerton ; and Mrs. l'hatit:rlPy supported the part of Lndy Lamberet,art with that guide da cairr which so peculiarly distinguish,a liar. We cannot compliment the other actor , in the drain t. Mr. Bartley did not seem to us to be well sidted for the representation of Lard Lamberrarrt ; and Mr. Mason, as Sydney, carried his hands with as bad a grace as an Irish bog-trotter would have borne a fan. The oune4 was followed by the play of The Merry Monarch, and the performances of the evening appeared to give the greatest satisfaction to the audience. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS Fr lINIVAL . S INN, OCT. 13, 1824. Sta—ln consequence of the various paragraphs in most of last Sunday's jeurnals. animadverting on the affair with Miss Foote and NO. Ilsyne, I beg to be permitted, as the Alorney of that Gentleman, to inform you, that the public will probably ere long be in possession of facts, instead of ex-parte and mis-statements ; and that, although Mr. If syne's professional advisers do not consider it proper that he should condescend to notice every extravagant and ridiculous statement which may appear in the public prints, it is not from fear of his belng able to answer them to con viction, but because the legal steps taken are the most proper to secure a full development of every transaction between the parties, by which their motives and acts will be judged. I am, Sir, Your obedient Servant, W. A. CARTER. Th ! Princess Augusta 1441 Frora, nore on Tuesday, for the Duke and I)ueliess of Gloucester's at Bagshot. Lord and Lady Giffin'. and the Lord Chief Baron of Seotland, left 11'hiddon's Hotel, Plymouth (where they had been speiebng three days). on Friday, for Clovelly. The late I)uke of Gloucester expended a considerable ram of money in adorning sull beautifying the house and gardens at Gloucester Lodge, now inhabited by Mr. Steve :try Canning. The Duke generally resided there for some years before his death ; Mr. Secretary Canning bas, however, much improved the house, and made many valuable additions to the hot-houses and gardens. There are few mansions so near town possessing so many ad vantages. Harcourt House, in Cavendish-square, which has hi therto is en entirely hidden from public view, by a dark high wall. is going to be repaired and modernised. At present this large mansion consists of one tine suite of rooms on the ground floor, and two or three contemptible bed rooms above. Thebed-roorns are to be demolished, and a new story, to consist of sleeping rooms, added. The ground on which this house stands is eery extensive, and the flower gar& n extremely beautiful. The whole town of IVetherby, in Yorkshire, has been sold by Messrs. Drivers, London auctio'.eers. The town belonged to his Grace the Duke of Devonshire. It is now, however, divided among a nurnher of proprietors. George Lane Fox, Esq. M.P. for the Borough of Be verley, has given directions for the distribution of 404) pair of shoes, 300 stones of flour, and 250 blankets, amongst the children and poor inhabitants in Beverley. This distribution will be made in the week preceding Christmas day nest. Mrs. M--1 elm doped from her family of three chil dren from her husband'a cottage, opposite Kensington Park-wall, Bayswater, with Mr. F —n, a wealthy citizen on the wrong side of fin tv, on Saturday last, was traced from the Bear Inn, at Beading, where the partii a changed hems: they arrived at a snug retreat, near Marlborough, Olt Monday night. The lady is not returnable. A letter from Raiiisgate states—" The crier has given notice of an elopenieut, viz.—` .1 lady in a dark brown wiz, and yellow shoes, with a young 11131/ who wears re'is ke.e The old hell-rather meant, no doubt, mustachios." Tile AI.ArNIING SAT CTATIOK.--" Fine growing weather this," amid a Silveri fanner, the other day, to his next neighbour, aocosting him as he was crossing 'his mea degree "hoe growing weather; this rain will bring every thing out of the pound." " heaven forbid !" said the other, " fee Ilwerjuel Gloried my wife." We Understand that the Rev. 1)r. Baird is collecting at present a bode of information respecting the parochial sehools of Smtland, sod the state of elementary education in general.—Edieheres Paper. A eci txr EEG Lis it Col es.—At the Conquest, the little coined Kane they had bore the same countenance with that which had been current in the day, of our Saxon Kings ; for the Conquenit's penny is of the same size as theirs, presenting his bead full-faced, a cross in his right hand, and ase Aire in his left, inscribed Willem. Rex. Anglo. () I the reverse across Retiree, with four sespres quarterly ; Vie inscription Jest An. ow. Ilerefor. Stow aaes the Con qunor, as he appeared on his cubist, wanted i beard, and quates 11'illiam of klalmesbury to prove that the Nor- mans weer were any; he also mentions that some of the Con q ueror's rains had I,e Rey Wilone, inscribed on them, though all that are now attributed to him have either the simple style of Rex, or with the addition of Ae.or Anglo. It is presumed that the coinage of the money in Ibis fashion was one of those impmvements which the Norman Covert received from our Edward the Confessor, who, by their own writers, is acknowledged to have taught them a great many English customs. All great sums were at this period paid by weight ; thus the Monks of Ely paid the Ling seven hnndred marks, and &leer Etheling's allow ance was a pound of silver daily (11)74). The mirveyances even were changed into money ; and the Sheriff collected them iu Om following proportions:—lnstead of Bread for one hundred men. ens shilling; (One partitre.fed or', one shilling; A rant or a sheep, fear-pence t Pn4veneer for twenty horses, four-peneet Lot, when these little contributions were thus gathered, th 4 collectors still paid their gross sums into the Exehe ince by weight. t The Board of Admiralty have directed that a ship of he lira rate be built at Chethans, and to be named the Waterloo. THE REVENUE. Some of the Journals say, that, in estimating die revenue, I there has been an uncandid attempt to withdraw from ob servation the fact that a large portion has coodatod of the repayment of the debt due to us from Ansi'''. To meet this objection fairly, then, we will estimate the revises for the last five years, taking it in each year at the October quarter, and wholly excluding the Austrian tipsy Willi: — IBM - - Z 35.03.470 1821 - - 55 551440 I 1822 . . 60.519.975 111 M - - 49 218,552 1824 . - 47.900.552 55ooyes or THE CUSTOMS DURING THE sae■ hilob. 18211 - .00.740.103 1821 . - 8,70,1156 11122 - - 9.470.760 1823 - - 9,919,323 11124 - . 10,278,243 PRODUCE OF rut EICI:4E DI RTNO THE SAYE PL5186. lON - .C 25.4314385 11121 . - 23.471.203 18 *2 - - 23.048,322 11t23 - - 24.401,243 1824 - - 24,319.852 Haring taken this comparative view, we ought now to con sider the extent of the late rtpcala of taxation, in order clearly to understand the progress the country is making. These hare been as follow :- 1821--Agricultural Dome Duty if 480 000 11122--/M Malt - - 1.500 WO On Salt - - - 1,500010 Ott Leather . 3011000 On Tonnage . . 1811.100 On Irish t 1 indows, Sc - 2110.000 1023-111m , szkl 'Faxes . - 2,309,000 Irish dinn . 180.080 Siiirita. Ir land . - 3110,4000 Ditto. Scotland - . 310.000 1624—0 n Foreign W.ml - 350.1100 On Silk - - - 460400 (In roala - 2110,1000 Out Rum - - - IMAM On law Stamps - - 200,001.1 DI. 520 0110 Let us then. for a moment, .oppose that there hate been no inert ase of Revenue on the Tales still subsisting, whet would h.' ye betn the result? Itcvenue in 1820 - - X 50,883 4711 Talcs reduced since . . 8.520.080 £32,163,475 which would he the Revenue for the year just ended in the case we hart! supposed. But the accounts which we yester day published chew the receipts of The last twelve months to lisvc bean . C47.81/11.1192, From which, ii we deduct •2,1R5,475 We find the real increase to be - .C 6.736,617 upon the unrepealed Taxes; and we repeat, that in this calculation the Austrian Repayment is left entirely out of the question. _ - • If it be objected that the reductions of taxation made in the last session hate not yet produced their full effect, we reply, that the repayment of the Silk Duties more than compensates for that circumstance. NEAPOLITAN LO. IN. NAPI ZS SF. PT. 22. FINANCE DEPARTMENT. His Excellency Count Ltuloff, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of his Britannic Majesty, has transmitted to the Royal Government an authenticated Copy of the Act of Consignment in the Bank of England, of the Contract signed on the 15th of May, in the present year 1824, by his Majesty the Kin„' our Lord, for the Loan of 2,500,000/. sterling, and a Copy of the corresponding Contract entered into on the Wit of February, with Mr. N. M. Rothschild, by his Excellency the Chevalier de Medici, Councillor Minister of State, Se cretary of State for the Finance Department, expressly au thorised by his Majesty, in the said Act. The above-mentioned Latin is represented by twenty five thousand special bonds of 1001. sterling, bearing au interest of five per cent. per annum. Etch bond is ac companied by seventy-two bills for half-yearly interest. These are payable on the first of February, and the Ist of August, in each year, at the Bank of N. M. Rothschild, in Loudon ; they will also be received as money at the ex piration of the respective half-yearv,or in the course of them (deducting, however, a discount of four per cent. per annum) at all the public offices of Naples and in its en virons. There will be employed as a Sinking Fund on the capi tal of 2,500,0001. sterling, a fund in each half year of not less than 19,500/. sterling, being a fund of not less than one per cent. per annum. The Sinking Fund will be gradually augmented by the regular half-yearly payments to the bank of Mr. N. M. Rothschild, as if the amount of the bonds had not been successively diminished by the said augmenting Sinking Fund, as well by the liquidation of the Bonds at Nap:es, or at other places, as by the redemption of the capital by means of a tirage public/we. Afterwards she debt accruing from the loan of 4,300,000/. sterling will be redeemed in the course of thirty-six years. His Majesty has condescended to grant, on account of the loan, besides his own Sovereign guarantee, a mortgage on all the property and revenues of the State, and the same guarantees and prerogatives which are, and which may be, granted for the lUntes insewihed in the t;reat Rook; and further, for the more perfect security of the Sinking Fund, of the capital, and of the payment of the interest, his Majesty has been p!eased to grant for this loan a special mortgage on the animal receipts of the Cus toms, and of the ;, , rantr, and the rights reserved to the Ctown.—Giorriak del Regso Belk AUSTRIAN Loam, negotiated by Mr. N. M. Roths child in London.—The half-yearly dividend on the said Loan, falling due on Monday, the Ist of November, wiil be paid on that and every succeeding day (Sundays ex cepted), between the hours of ten and two. It is re quested that the dividend warrants, with a list thereof, in numerical order, may be left one day previous, for the purpose of being examined.—New-court, Sept. 29, Mi. On Tut slay the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund purchased stock to the amount of 26,000/., beinf about s,ooo/. more than the daily sum appropriat.d during the last quarter to that purpose. It is understood that the amount applicable to the Sinking Fund for the existing quarter will not be has than ‘Ve observe that t! c Dank of Scotland has reduced the rate of interest on deposits from three to two per vent. This is decidedly a discouraging symptom, as it shows the ditlicu7ty o 'finding advantageous employment for capital. It is probable the other batiks will follow the example and if this take place, the rate of interest on deposits will hay: fallen one-half in this city within the space of three or four years; for a short time ago it was four per cent. .A query arises, whether the rate of discount will experi ence a similar decline, and be reeuced to three per cent.— SeeLonan. The late Major Cartwrtglit's will rat dated the 9th of June, Pets. He bequeathed the whole of Ids property I (enumerating as a part of it his half-pay as an officer of the navy, and an annuity from the Duke of Somerset) to his wife, whom, with his niece, Frances Dorothy Cartwright, spinster, he appointed his executrix; and in case of his wifes previous demise, substituted the hitter as his sole legatee. They both survived hint, but his niece only took a probate of his will, power having been reserved to the other executrix. The cli'ects were sworn under 800!. The grant passes the Prerogative seal on the 7th instant. On Monday evening week a very respectable number of individuals assembled at the George Inn, Huddersfield, to meet the celebrated philanthropist, T. Clarkson, a member of the London Anti-Slavery Committee, at which meeting he gave a very interesting account of his labours for the last eighteen months past, after which a comtuittee was formed, and a President was chosen, in order to forward the views of the Society.—York Currant. • CAMBIUM:I:, OCT. IL—I - ester' le being the first day of Term, the following Officers wet* appointed for the en suing year:— Pr...toes—Thomas Dicke& M.A.. Jesus College ; Henry Tiodzer, ALA.. Pembroke Hall. Tarn_-John Lodge. 31. A., Magdalen College; Hastings Rn. binson, M.A. St. John's College. Koderotori7—.lolm Warren. 1.A., Jesus College; Temple Chevalher, 31. A., Catherine Hall. Serfftlistrs—Win. ti. Juilg:titn. M.A., TriAlty College ; Thomas Greene, LLD., Cc.riitts Christi College. THE BRITISH PRESS. ALGIERS. Notwithstanding the long period which has elapsed since the official notification of the favourable issue of the ex pedition against Algiers, the public have not yet been acquainted, through that or any other channel, with the terms of the convention which followed the submission of the Dry. It will be recollected that the points in dispute were the insults offered to the English Consul, by a viola tion of certain privileges enjoyed by him at Algiers, as the representative of the British nation, and particularly an infraction of that article of the treaty made with Lord Exmouth, renouncing the practice of condemning Chris tian prisoners of war to slavery. We are not in posses sion of the official document, but we understand that the following is the substance of the Dey's declaration on these two subjects, signed by him and by Mr. Macdonald, in his capacity of British Consul-General to the Regency of Algiers. After the usual preamble, and referring to the treaties existing between Great Britain and Algiers, which provide for the entire safety and freedom of the person anti estate of his Majesty's Consul-General, the D. y specifically de clares, that he is readily disposed to comply with the wishes of his Britannic Nisjestv, in proof of his sincere desire to establish more lastingly Ilas peace and harmony so happily subsisting between Great Britain and his Regency; and he therefore heartily promises, " Ist. That for the future, and for ever, the British Agent and Consul-General residing in the city and kingdom of Algiers, shall be treated It all times with the respect and civility due to his character. " 3d. That his person and his house. or houses, shall be invio lable; and if any person injure or insult him, by words or deed, such person shalt be severely punished. " 3d. That he shall have liberty to choose his own interpreters and servants. either Mosselmen or others, who are not to pity any tax or contribution whatever. • Ith. That he shall have the liberty at all times of hoisting his Majesty's flag at the top of his house, either in town or country, and in his boat when he passes on the water. •` Mh. That he shall lint pay ditty for furniture, clothes. baggage, or any other necessaries which he imposts into the city or territories of Algiers. for the dile of himself or of his family ; and that if the nature of his Britannic Majesty . * service, or any other motive, re quire his absence from the ltingrioni, neither himself, bit servants, baggage, nor effects, shall be stoppeil or detained upon any pretence whatever, but that he shall hale free leave to go and return as often as he may think it necessary; and finally. that all honours or pri vileges that are now, or may hereafter be granted to the Agent, Consul. or Vice-Consul or any other Bower, shall likewise be granted to his Britannic Majesty's Agent, and Consul-General, and to his Vice-Consul." " On the other point the D•y distinctly declares, that be is willing to abide in the strictest manner by a former declaration, concluded by his Highness's predecessor, Omar Bashaw, with Lord Exmouth, in 1816, engaging, that in the event of any future war with any European Power, not any of the prismirrs should be consigned to slavery, but tre ated with all humanity as prisoners of war, according to European practice, and by which declaration the practice of condemning Christian prisoners of war to slavery was formally renounced." The clause in the above declaration, wherein it is stipu lated that the British Consul shall have the liberty 4' of hoisting his Majesty's flag at the top of his house, either in town or country, or in his boat when he passes on the water," is, we understand, perfectly novel, no Consular flag ever having been hoisted by the British, or by any other nation. It is, therefore, at the request of the Dey, privately stipulated, that the hoisting of the British Con sular Ler ' over the house in the town of Algiers is not to be enforced, the Iley declaring, in the most explicit terms, under his hand and seal, that the absence of the British flag over the town-house shall not deprive it of any of the privileges to which the hoisting of the flag would entitle it. The prisoners of war detained at Malta in cons;quence of the hostilities with the Dev of Algiers, were embarked on the Isth of August on board his Majesty's ships Phaeton and Cyrene, which sailed the next day, for the purpose of restoring them to their country and their families. The Phaeton carried 131 to Algiers, and the Cyrene .59 to Buna. They had been in confinement since April. when the greater part of them were in a diseased state, from the hardships they underwent on their pilgrimage, for they were detained on their return from Mecca. They had been subsequently completely restored to health, and in departing expressed their gratitude for the treatment they had received during their detention in Fort St. Salvador. Mr. Macdonald, the late Consul at Algiers, has arrived passenger in the Nocton packet, from Gibraltar. We have been favoured with the p rusal of two letters, one dated Bombay, the ‘2oth June, the other, Chittagong, I May 24, the latter written by an officer concernel in the unfortunate affair of Ramno. The Bombay letter merely alludes to the regret felt there at the fate of those who suffered in the action ; the other states that there is every reason to believe that the Burmese had received private intelligence of the exact force of the British, from some of the :tinge at Ramo°, with whom, though apparently hos tile, they were really acting in concert. This was suffi ciently evident at the Butnapullung stockade, which was abandoned by the Jematlar, without offering any res:st tance ; and, to prove the conceit between them, the Bur mese suffered that native, with his force, to retire without molestation. When the enemy advanced, on the 15th May, the left flank was entrusted to a strong party of the Mugs, but when the attack of the 17th commenced, these I abandoned their post at the first fire, and fled with the great est precipitation. To this is aserihel the destruction of the European force; for the flank being then entirely ex posed, the enemy poured down upon the troopa from all quarters. These Mugs, to whose dastardly conduct the defeat may be laid, are the natire inhabitants of Arracan, who, oti the defeat of the Rajah of that province by the Burm tie, and the subsequent conquest of his whole terri tory by that nation, preferring flight to servitude, took re fuge in the Dumbuck hills, on the borders of Chittagong, and in the deep forests and jungles that skirt the fron tier. Here they formed themselves into tribes of independent robbers, and caused, by their frequent iitstp flee% great molestation to the Burmese. Many of these have since been located in Chittagong and its neighbour hood, by the policy of the ilety,al Government, which was anxious to render its frontier on that side as populous and strong as possible ; and from the national wrung they had suffered from the Burmese, it was expected they would have formed, assisted by European officers, a barrier against any attacks from that quarter. Tile miserable defence of their native land, which, in a few months, was utterly subdued, proves, however, their extreme cowardice; and the treachery of their conduct at Itamoo shewa this has not left them. The Commissioners of his Majesty's Customs have caused large bills to be posted at Margate and along the coast, offering 100/. for the discovery of the person or per sons (supposed to be smugglers) who, a short time ago, carried off, in a boat, one of the seamen belonging to the Preventive Service, stationed at Bexhill, in Sussex, whom, it is supposed, they murdered, as the body was afterwards found washed on shore. The Columbia, Ni•Killar, 3,696 ton ship sailed from Quebec for London, on the dtlt Septeinkr, anti is daily excted. Most of the cotton-works in this town have now been shut up for a month, anti we regret that there is yet no prospect of the operative cotton-spinntrs coming to a right understanding with their employer.. One proprietor has engaged weavers for his wheels at set wages of one guinea a week ; and anxious to attain a business so much better paid, and in every point so superior to their own, the men are paying grrat attention, and arc coming on far beyond the proprietor's expectations. The cotton-spinning, we are informed, is by no means so difficult to learn as many people suppose. %Vial aix days teaching, experience only is necessary to complete time spinner.—(ausgow Olt-marl& MAIDS-NINE., ()CT. tc2.—The hop-packing will be over in this part of the county by the middle or end of the I week. It is calculated by persons who have opportunities of judging, that the crop is about one-fifth shone' than had been generally expected, but we hear scarcely any com plaint of colour or quality. Werra A BAD CONDCCTOR Or IIIEAT.-POUT a little sulphuric ether on the surface of a glass of cold water, and set tire to it. The ether will burn for a considerable time, producing a large vol •of flame ; but when it is extin huirhed the water will be found not to have been at all eated. This shows that water will not convey heat down wards, and that if we want our kettles to bell, heat must be applied at the lower part.—Cheri:. THE AUNT. Detachments belonging to the following corps, viz. the 35th (Sussex), the 40th (2d Somersetshire), the 19th (the Princess Charlotte of Wales's or Hertfordshire), the East India Company's Artillery, the East India Company's In fantry, the 20th (East Devonshire), the 27th (Enniskil len), the 41st, the 47th (Lancashire), the 51st (2tl York West Riding), and the 52d (Oxfordshire Light Infantry), embarked at Cork, on the 21st ult., for Bristol. Detachment. belonging to the under-mentioned r ments of Infantry, viz. the 57th (West Middlesex), the 611th (the Duke of York's Own Rifle Corps), the 64th (2il B:affords . ..ire), the 67th (South Hampshire), the 69th (South Lincolnshire), the 97th, and the East India Com pany's Infantry, embarked at Dublin, on the Ist inst., for Bristol. CH A Tli AM, OCT. 12.—The 60th Rifles, under the com mand of Col. Banbury, marched from Chatham on Wed nesday fur Canterbury, where they are expected to be sta tioned for some time. A detachment of the '2oth and kith regiments marched from Chatham yesterday morning, for Woolwich, to embark on board a convict ship, for New South Waits. The 30th, 97th, 99th, and 99th regiments, arc ordered for embarkation for the ('ape of Good Ilope, Ceylon, and the Mauritius, and are expected at Chatham to embark for their destinations. The Queen's Royals, now quartered at Chatham, will embark at Gravesend on the tSil day of February. licNsiNGTos 'foci.-.—These tolls, which have been the subject of so snitch memorable discussion, have at length been most importantly reduced. Large printed pla cards have been affixed to the several bars and toll-rate houses, to the following effect:— •' Touts REDUCED.-Kensington, &c. Oates.—Nntiee is given, that henceforth the Tolls nt the several Gates and liars on this Trust will be reduced. Tickets taken at the Hyde Park Corner or Pimlico Gate sill clear all the other Gates on this Trust, including Fulliatn-fields Gate, &c." We are informed that Mr. Thom has completed his sur vey for bringing water into Greenock. Fur 8,000/. as much water may be brought in as will drive thirty mills, and if an additional 5,000!. were expended, it is supposed that the supply would be equal to the power of all the steam-engines in Glasgow. The advantage cannot but be great to Greenock. Factories will doubtless be established there in preference to situations where it is necessary to re sort to steam ; especially when the price of coal is liable to exorbitant thictuations.—Erlinhargi Paper. A Correspondent says, that a Duuster swivel has landed on our shores, to establish the long-since exploded doctrine of animal magnetism; and we have no doubt, that in the course of a few months the exertions of this learned Theban will establish a magnetizing society, with its ap propriate accompaniments of a journal of transactions, &c. IVA X•WORK.—LOOpOiIi, while Grand Duke of Tuscany, caused to be made, under the direction of Fontana, and exhibited in the Palace 'forreggiano, at Florence, a series of anatomical sculptures in coloured wax, which have long amused the curious traveller, and instructed the medical student. In 1773 eight rooms, in 1794 twenty rooms were filled with these imitations, which represented in every possible detail, and in each successive stage of denudation, the organs of sense and reproduction, the muscular, the vascular, the nervous, and the honey system. They imi tate equally well the form, and more exactly the colouring of nature, than injected preparations ; and they have been employed to perpetuate many transient phienomena of disease, of which no other art could have made so lively a record. Cupids of wax are mentioned by Anacreon. Samts of wax were common in the middle ages. For portraiture in wax Andrea del Vcrrochio was famous, in the fifteenth century : but the first application of erruplastie to anato mical science is due to Cajetaino Julio Y,utnlio, of Syra cuse, born in 16.16. Ercole of Bologna, assisted by Manzollini and his wife, made the first public collection of wax modellings, systematically adapted to the instruc tion of surgeons and artists. FALCONRV.—The King's falcons were anciently kept where the stables now are at Charing-cross ; and it was from that circumstance that it derived its name of Mears—a termed used in falconry, which has since been generally applied to all collections of stabling: the place was appro priated to stables in the time of Edward VI. There is no sport of the field in which the fair sex have so largely par ticipated as that of hawking. The ladies of former times kept hawks, which were then as much domesticated, and as great favourites, as lap-dogs are now ; but when fire-arms were introduce d, ladies abandoned the pleasure of the chace, both because it could no longer be conveniently fol lowed, as formerly, on horseback, and because the use of these weapons was attended with alarm and danger. The custom of carrying a falcon was also esteemed as a distinc tion belonging to superior rank: thus it was formerly a common saying, that " one might know a gentleman by his hawk, his horse, and his greyhound ;" and, in fact, persons of that condition usually carried one on the hand. Harold, afterwards King of England, is described, when departing for Normandy, as embarking with a falcon in his haul, and a dog under his arm. Henry 11. is repre sented at his nuptials, attended by a nobleman with that bird; and in an ancient sculpture in the church of Milton Abbas, in Dorsetehire, the consort of Kiug Athelstane appears with a hawk iu her hand, in the act of tearing his prey. The rains have been extremely heavy during the last week ; in some parts the meadows are completely flooded. and a great quantity of barley has been washed away. We have also accounts of cows, sheep, &c. meeting the same fate.—Brirts/ Mercury. The following Notice is a literal copy of the original, which was published in a village not many miles distant from Exeter.—" And all the Bakers In the parish of and all The Millets and all The Shopkeepers and all The publicans and all the haglers you are desired to keep Your Weight and Measure Else there shall Be and heavy, Fine laved upon You all You that keep any pig or pigs to let Them on the common own Ring The Shall he put to pound oa any One That got any stock to common are de sired To take It of The that have got No right It Shall be put to pound Or any one that entteth any fuz to any of The commons The That have got no right The Shall be prose cuted according To The law." Mr. John Hay, whose case has so frequently been before the public, has within these few days been liberated from the Calton-hill jail, Edinburgh, after finding caution in the terms of his sentence. Mr. Hay was given to understand' that no objection would be made to any cautioners lie might choose to offer. Early yesterday morning some persons entered the brig Bromly, lying in the Gun Dock, and stole eight sovereigns out of a writing-desk, and a quantity of wearing apparel from the Captain's cabin. The Captain was sleeping in the cabin at the time of the robbery. Da nixo Ron a ILY.—Tuesday, about three o'clock in the afternoon, a butcher was knocked down near the door of a public-house in Stoke's-court, Bristol, by a stout man, who turned the contents of his pocket completely out ; the whole being the work only of a moment, and though se veral people were passing at the time, be ran off with his booty. On Friday the Ist inst.. an inquisition was taken at Rs disham Hall, before IVilliain Hs 1111 l lend, Gent. on the hotly of Robert Evans, servant to John Garden, Esq. who died in conseqtrence of a wound given him by .1. Strutter,' a coachman. It appeared in evidence. that on the '2Bth ult. Strolger and Evans were quarrelling together in the servants' hall, and whilst Strolger was laying the cloth for dinner the deceased came up aad collared him, and after wards kicked him, upon which Strolger, in the heat of ' passion, nitrite a thrust at him with a dinner knife he then had in his hand, and wounded him in the lower part of his body. Evans then seized a poker, and aimed a heavy blow at Strolger's head, which he avoided. Evans died the fol lowing morning. The Jury returned a verdict of " Man slaughter.' against Strolger.—Bury Pest. Simmons, the Bury horse stealer, who, it will be recol lected, swallowed a quantity of arsenic when under exami nation on his first apprehension, still continues speechless, and until very lately it was impossible to make him hear. These defects, it is now believed, are the consequences arising from the effects of the poison, and are not feigned in order to escape the vengeance of the law. The prisoner has lately recovered a slight sous of hearing on one side ; but the poison continues to prey upon his conatitittion, and such are the symptoms, that it is thought to Isis other crimes he will have added that of self-murder.—Esser cra.V. DEATH-WARRANTS. There is scarcely any popular opinion more erroneous than that which has obtained, almost universally, relating to the mode in which the order is intde for the necutims of criminals who are sentenced to death at the (lid Bailey Sessions. It is generally believed that on these sad occasions it is necessary that the King should aMx his sign-manual to a death -warrant, as it is usually termed : that is met the feet. Those who are better informed as to the laws of their country, are aware that no such invidious duty de volves on the Sovereign—he signs pardons, but not death warrints: in truth, there is no such thing as a death-war rant, in the common acceptation of the term. The law of the land swards the punishment of death upon those who shall be guilty of certain crimes; and it is well known that no report is made to the King, of prisoners capitally convicted at the Assizes, unless the Judge thinks fit to do so. In London and Middlesex it is otherwise, except on convictions for murder ; and then the order of the Court is sufficient warrant for the Sheriffs to execute. At a cer tain period after die termination of the Old Bailey Sessions, it is the duty of the Recorder of London to pi:adult to the Lord Chancellor a report of time capital c invicts, which•is subsequently laid before the King in Calmed, and there the respective cases are discussed and decided upon: the result is communicated immediately to the Sheriffs, in an order signed by the Recorder, and sealed with black wax, setting forth the names of al! the prisoners, and ordering the execution of certain individuals, and expressing that the rest are respited during his Majesty's pleasure.— Thus, in point of fact, the report is male foi the benevo lent purpose of affording the Sovereign an opportunity of ascertaining how many of the lives of the wretched con victs can be saved, ecesistm ntly with the duty which he owes to the welfare of society ; and not for the purpose of his ordering what number of them shall suffer death. 1 here have been occasions wherein the personal feelings of the King would have inclined him to spare the life of an individual: but the genial sent - meat of the Privy Council has been so decidedly adverse, as to discourage the interposition of the Royal clemency. Au instance oc curred since the accession of hie present Majesty, when exertions almost without a parallel were made on behalf of • person under sentence of death for forgery, whose previous character had been exemplary, and whose family and con nexions were highly respectable. Noblemen and gentle men of rank put forth their utmost powers of intercession. Mr. —, a much respected member of Parliament, obtained a private interview with the King, to whom his Majesty observed, that he had never witnessed such interest as had. been made in the case referred to, and that he was cordially disposed to sive the unhappy man from an ignominious death, but it could not be effete& fur there was not a single hand in the Council held up in his favour ; thus the law was left to take its caurse. His Majesty, under sub circumstances, however humane his feelings. could not, as a Constitutional King, consistently exercise his prerogative of mercy in direct opposition to the unanimous opinion ot his legal advisers. EMPLOYMENT or THE POOL—The large sums of mom y which are unemployed in this kingdom, and rho small interest obtained for those invested, will, we hope, suggs.st some undertaking before the ensuing winter th.: will afford employment to the labouring classes. The im provement of the roads, by reducing hills, cutting oft el bows, and adding to their width where opportunity may allow, will no doubt be resorted to, as there are but few parishes where such objects do not prescnt thetuselves ; but it is inland navigation, that vast source of wealth, which we look up to with the ....remotest confidence. In this respect, we arc most sanguine that if such an undertaking as an cm.- ' tension of the navigable canals were set on foot, it would be supported by an immediate subscription of the sum re quired, and we exhort that class from whom the exampl.: is expected not to lose sight of so important and effectual an antidote for that quackery which is daily sent fortii under the specious pretence of sympathy for the sufferings of the poor, the sole Ojeet of the writers however be:ng too frequently that of creating dissatisfaction.—Biths.: Traveller. GENERAL ELECTION.—The Tory interest of the county of Bedford feel disposed to try another exertiott of th_ir power, to counteract, if possible, the present existing Whig influence, so far as affects one member at least. The town also feels a similar inclination to emancipate themselves from the control they have so long submitted to by the once pa pular family. We are fully satisfied nothing can shake the Bedford interest for either s.-at. Mr. Pyin, front age, may possibly decline any active and determined oppesition ; but we shall be surprised if the county should make choice of a gentleman, however rtspectable he might be, so little known from property and less from fau.ily. The Tory aristocracy, as well u the Whig party, can never submit to such rum innovation upon the establishes' rule and prin ciples of county representation. We cannot trace on what ground the gentleman urges his pretensions to this desired honour. Whether it is his own merits, or the promised support of a lou" dormant influence, we know but. We have heard the person who Oren himself is a Colonel NI - Queen, the present M. P. for List Loo, hsrdly known in the county, anti we cannot but express our doubts as to time fact of his offering himself a candi date. Though the report is actively circulated, and some credit given to the rumour, much is to be attributed to the want of proper conciliation and respect from that faintly, once so deservedly popular. They have perhaps forgotten that _ . " The angry Barge* boards his tale, Till that bteued year when whn vote may raiL" There is something so impolitic and offensive in the negle4 and indifference felt by their former political friends, that thy are determined to resent this want of attention. We cannot however avoid expressing our deep concern at this acknowletl;.;ed hostility, wising front inconsiderate inattsn lion, and hope that it may not be teo late to ITC3TiT their former popularity, by prudent conciliation, and that proper means are yet to b: adopted, to prevent all the unpleasatt consequences of a contested election. Let the party act promptly, and all may yet be secure in their favour. — Evening Paper. • SHOPLIFTING.—At pollee-office yesterday, two Lame, named Hartnett and Early, were ober/ .1 with an attempt at shoplifting. One of the city patrol stated, that about eight o'clock in the morning, he saw the prisoners lurking about the shop window of Mr. Wire, a hairdresser and perfumer in Newgate-street ; he watched them, and after several minutes they went away ; on going to the window the winters found a piece of glass eat out, and he acquainted Mr. B.err of the circumstance, hut it appeared that nothing was missing ; they had endeavoured to get out a large tortoise-shell comb, but the hole in eie glass was too small. The witness then followed the pri soners along Chcspside, and on their way they tried several shop windows, hut did not succeed in their intentions ; ha took them into custody when they got as far as the Man sion-house, and on searching them there was found on Early a small steel instrument, used by shoplifters in cut ting panes of glass. The prisoners were remanded. (hi Tuesday looming, about ten o'clock, as John May. nard, a Custom-house waterinau, about sixty years of age, was rowing his wherry under London-aritt,te, a barge, which was passing at the time, ran foul of the wherry and upset it; Maynard was drowned. • On * Friday last, a woman, apparently in great distress, applied to the stable-keeper of sir. Webb, of this town, to allow her to rest herself in the stable, and that he would procure her a little water ; he, good-naturedly pitying her case, accordingly allowed her to sit down, and humanely went foe the water, but to his great eurprise, on his return, he found the woman had decamped. Now, our friend, the borsekeeper, had a hubby of his own, and while others sport their hobbies in large whiskers, eurplusses. Bolchet handkerchiefs, anal the like distinguishing 'narks of the stable, he swelled a smart blue plush waistcoat, elegantly studded with silver sixpences of the new •chool. fur buttons. These buttons, it appears, had excit,sl the wouran's cupidity; for our friend the housekeeper, on going to the pocket of his smart plush waistcoat shortly after for his knife, discovered that the ungrateful guest, (thinking, per haps, that sixpences on a waistcoat were waste sixpences) hail, " with that ere very knife cut oh - three of theta Mere very identical buttons, and then, knife' buttons, and all. had cat his acquaintance and walked o ff. lie. however, after some difficulty, succeeded in tracing the delinquent. and regained his knife, two of his buttons, and the slunk of the other, which had nu doubt been restored to that eir.. culation for which it was coincd.—Soutkinspton Ifrrcild. 'I • nil. the lei'