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A DIANA. Br LORI) BYRON. Berth:. (tut, hunchback! A r•tatd. I was born o, mother ! Bertha. Out! Thou Incubus ! Thou Nightmare ! Of seven sons The sole abortion ! Arnold. Would that I hail been so, And never seen the light ! Bergen. I would •o ton! But 111 thou ha,t—hence, hence—and do thy beat. That hack of thine may bear its burthen; *tis More high, if not so broad as that of others. Arnold. It /wars its burthen ; —but, my heart! Will it Sustain that which you lay upon it, mother? I love, or at the least, I loved you ; nothing, ~i~ den ! THE DEFORMED TRANSFORMED: Mr. t Ins just published a drama, by Lord Byron, bearing the above somewhat whimsical title. There is a daring originality in the plan of it, ■nd in the incidents there is much that is improbable, irrelevant, and eccentric. However, it mho Is in pieties of fine poets y ; there arc to be found in it the outpourings of a mighty mind, and it bears the stamp and impress of the genius of its noble author. The present poem, indeed, quite compensates for some doggrel verses that his Lordship has been lately writing. We hail this new expansion of our great poet's powers as it were in a second spring; and feel that, touch as he has written, his genius has not been fostered into a luxuriance by which it has overrun its strength. Whilst Lord Byron writes such poetry as is to be found in the present production, his name, if we are not mistaken, has not " gathered all its fame," but will bloom afresh in a renewed amid augmented reputation. Let him only con tinue to write thus: the Constitutional Association may institute idle and ostentatious prosecutions, and Mr. Adol phus may quote Milton to a common jury of Westmin ster; but neither the pious zeal of the Association, nor the assumed sublimity of their advocate, will be available to remove Lord Byron from that summit of poetic excellence to which his own genius and the conspiring opinions of the country have ra:scd him. Amidst all his carelessness and eccentricity, the spontaneous soaring and conscious inspira tion of the poet are forcibly discernible in the present poem. Whenever he shows a determination to be impres sive, he shows also that he has the power of executing it. It cannot lie sMI of Lord Byron's efforts to create effect, what Bunts som :where finely (hut too modestly) says of his first aspirations, " that they were the blind gropings of flower's Clee/op round the walls of his cave." This is the prerogative of genius, which Nature bestows but which Art cannot attain. Lord Byron informs us, in a brief preface, that the pre sent drama is " founded partly on the story of a novel called The 7/seer Brothers, from which Mr. G. Lewis's Wood Ikmorr was also taken, and partly on the Faust of Goethe." The noble author adds, that the present work ceasing the two first parts only, and that the rest may perhaps appear hereafter. The title of 7'he Dli,rosert Trartsliwrord is so curious, that it requires, we think, ex planation, before we proceed further. Our readers, then, must know, that Jerold, a dwarf, who is upbraided by his motile? /hellos for his ugliness, is anxious to lay aside , his deformity and u,sume a more personable form. In despair, however, of such a metamorphosis, he determines to destroy himself, and restore to earth such " a hateful compound of her atoms." The opening scene of the drama, which is written in a bold and vigorous strain o f poetry. greatly assists in explaining the import of the title and plan of the poem. Some of the very stepmother-like speeches of Berth„ arc in Lord Ityron's best style. PAST I. SC ENE I.—.t Fewest. Enter 4,,m/4,1 and his mother Bertha. , Save you, in nature, can love aught like me. You nursed me—do not kill me ! Bertha. Yes, I in t-ctl thee, Because thou west my tint-horn, and I knew not If there would be another unlike thee, That monstrous sport of nature. But get hence, And gather wood ! A ',told. I will but when I bring it, Speak to me kindly. Though my brothers are So beautiful and lusty, and as free As the free chase they follow, do not spurn me: Our milk has been the same. B:rtlaa. A 4 is the hedgehog's, Which sucks at midnight from the wholesome dam Of the young bull, until the milkmaid finds The nipple next day sore and udder dry. Call not thy brothers brethren ! Call me not Mother; for if I brought thee forth, it was As foolish hens at times hatch vipers, by Sitting upon strange eggs. Out, urchin, out ! [Exit Bertha. IA cloud comes from the fountain. Arnold stands gazing upon it : it is dispelled, and a tall black man comes towards hint.] The tall black man is the Spirit of Evil, who appears u e fri?tully stranger to aid Arnold in his misery and despair, ..nti offers to divest him of his defonnity, and clothe hint beauty. Arnold, of course, consents. The Stronger. :lien invokes " the spirits of the mighty dead," and de tires Arnad to select amongst them whichever shape he may deem it most eligible to assume. The following is the ittnintation of the Stranger, in which there is a lightness, buoyancy, and poetic vigour, in every respect worthy the ; :enies of Lord Byron : Steasger. Shadows of beauty ! Shsdows of power ! Rise to your duty— This mu the hour ! Walk lovely and pliant Front the depth of this fountain, As the cloud-shapen giant Bestrides the Hartz mountain. Come as ye were, That our eyes may behold The model in air Of the form I will mould, Bright as the Iris When ether is spanned ; Such his desire is, ]Pointing to A rnull Such my cannntand ! Demons heroic— Demons who wort The form of the Stoic lr Sophist of rife — Or the shape of each victor, From 3lacedon's boy To each high Roman's picture, ho breathed to destroy— Shadows of beauty ! sha.lows of power ! to your duty— This is the hour! IVarious plinntojt;saiiaeiitiM the waters, and pus in sac. cession before the Strawerr and dfritold.l The spirits thus invoked "from the vasty deep" obey the call. They arise from the waters, and Cesar, Alcibiades, Socrates, M. Anthony, Ihmetrins Polioteetts, and others, Are successively marshalled In review before Arnold and die Stranger. The idea of this convocation isoriginal and pleasing. The remarks of the Demon and of Araold upon them as they pass are not characterized, however, by that Byronic fervour which we should have expected such illus. thous names, and the classical recollections associated with thrum, to have kindled in the breast of the noble author. .11tildailes, whom ('ornelioe Nepos paints as the Admirable Crichtim of antiquity. is disposed of in a few • preiative sentitices. Socrates is more fairly ti ali with, iu two terse, and energetic lima, Ile is described as— The Kardes perfection of all mental beauty, And pervonification of an vimic."_ _ _ _ I)enietri us Poliorectes seems the favourite, of these mighty sinus ; and the poet describes him in teems of eulogy be ,. and his more illustrious associates. Arnold is inspired w loch the following sentillltilts of admiration, as his phantoms iss.% in review:— ...hi. Who is this? ike a demigod. , with golden hair, and stature, mortal, i ttttt tort 11 boning of his to San bis rays--a something in, 111111 yet is but the flushing more glui huts still. iia :ession ; anti of his shape tlx am lection. The demon thus cum- Place are of the same light and sparkling beauty as those in which the incantation is conveyed. We unwillingly pass over these and some other beautiful verses, in order to continue our outline of the narrative. Arnold is accom panied on all occasions by the Stranger. At his suggestion he takes the title of Count, and joins the army of Constable Bosebos, then about to besiege Rome. The Stranger an stunt's the title of ('Tsar, and afterwards enacts the Thyr sites of Homer. The first part closes with a preparation for the attack of Rome at day-break. The assault takes place on Rome—Mao/sot is killed, and Arnold leads the troops to the sacking of the city. The battle is described with all the characteristic fire, vigour, and rapidity of the noble author. A skirmish takes place between Arnold and Ilenvenntollini. St. Peter's is invaded ;—the Pope appears at the altar. The Cardinals are somewhat disre spectfully introducill into the scene. The new Caesar's remark upon them is— . Bow the mil shanks scamper !" Lord Byron is safe, we presume, in alluding thus to Popish Cardinals; but were he to say half as much about those whom Cubism, with corresponding elegance of ex pression, calls " the fire-shovel hats,' Mr. hunt would no doubt he prosecuted by the Constitutional Association ; and Mr. Adolphus, thinking Milton too sublime for a common jury of Westminster, would call Virgil to his aid in eulogy of the " losignes pistols, graves, &c. At the close of the fray, the incident of a Roman lady, ()Utopia Caonna, rushing into the church to save herself from the licentiousness of time soldiery, is introduced. Ar nold interposes for her protection, but she does not confide in his assurances of assistance and safety : she springs upon the sitar, from which she afterwards dashes herself in dis dainful indignation, and is borne out of the church in a state of insensibility. This incident closes the second part. The third commences with a chorus of peasantry, which breaks off abruptly. In this unfinished state the poem ends, but Lord Byron has in a manner pledged himself to its continuance. As a drama, it is more unfitted for repre sentation than any of his compositions which have assumed a dramatic form : as a poem, it possesses beauties almost equal to any of them. There is a chorus in the opening of the second part, of great beauty and sustained energy. It reminds one of some of the most spirited of the choruses of Euripides. We conclude our extr.rts and present no tice with one or two stanzas front it, which we think full of that " strong divinity of soul" which characterises the inspirations of a great poet : Charm, of Spirits in Me air. the morn, but dim and dark. . _ 1% hither flies the silent lark ? M'hither shrinks the clouded sun ? I. the day indeed begun ? Nature's eye is melancholy O'er the city high and holy : Bat without there is a din Should arouse the Saints within, And revive the heroic ashes Round which yellow Tiber dashes. Oh ye sever, hills ! awaken, Ere your very haat be shaken ! Harken to the steady stamp! Mars is in their every tramp! Not a step is out of tune, As the tides obey the moon ! On they march, though to se`-slaughter, Regular as rolling watt?. Whose high waves o'ersweep the bonier Or huge moles, but keep their order, Breaking only rank by . rank. Harken to the armour a clank ! Look down o'er each frowning warrior, ?low he glares upon the barrier: Look on each step °fetich ladder, As the stripes that streak an adder. • • • • • Onward sweep the varied nations ! nunine long hash dealt their rations. To the wall, with !late and hunger, NUUKTOWI as wolves, and stronger, On they sweep. Ol! glorious City, Must thou be a theme for pity ! Fight, like your tirst sire, each Roman! Marie was a gentle iceman, Matched with Bourbon's black banditti ! Rouse thee, thou eternal City ! Rouse thee ! Rather give the torch NV WI thy own hand to thy porch, Than behold such hosts pollute Your worst dwelling with their foot. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. The lovers of the Drama enjed a treat last evening, in the re vital of Shakspeare's comedy tithe " Merry Wives qf Windsor.' it is well known tint Shakspeare forced his " fat hero" into love at the command of Queen Elizabeth, who certainly displayed a greater liking for the humour of the Knight, than sympathy with the tender passion. Shakespeare had more taste than her Majesty. Ile knew that " Foistsfrcould nut be in love without ceasing to be Fulsk re' and he sketched the character as one in which avarice was the haling passion ; but into the composition of which love could never enter. Ilia genius was fettered ; and he commenced his work, as it were, with a rule and compass : therefore, , 1 the Falstolf of the Afrery Wives of Windsor is not the merry, laughter-loving Knight of /Miry li'. The outlines are the same, but the filling up of the picture is very different. flow. ever, there is much in the character to amuse, and a considetable portion of the drama, not only of the incidents but of the dialogue, depends on the effective acting of the trpresentative of the old fat man. For this reason the play has been seldom metal, because it is difficult to procure an actor capable of sustaining the arduous part. Mr. Dowton sustained it last night; and, we think, disap pointed the audience, or, at least, those who had formed an idea of the character from than which Shakepeare drew. Mr. Donlon, however, conceived the part well, but his powers are certainly stn. espial to the task allotted hint. In one or two scenes he was excel lent, particularly in the interview between hint and Ford, under the name of Broad: ; but even here, itis acting was unnatural. When he tells the disguised Ford, how he will behave towards him should they meet ; he stares at him, and lays his stick upon his fore head precisely as he would have done had he knot' n who was before him. Nte do not think all the Wier characters even so well cast. Mr. Varnohlar is a wretched Phtol,4l/1.4 Mr. ;Browne very feeble support ml the pallid' the Welsh parson..Sie Hugh Proms. Ile hail little or no idea of the Welsh pronunciation, and we greatly suspect he has never tasted a morsel of the toasted cheese he lauded. We thank, ton, we have nett Mr. (lattie perform better than he did as /dei ce ('alas; and Mr. I kberry to greater advantage than as Justhr Shol kw. Mr. 11"allack was excellent as the jealous Ford; and Mr. Penley sustained very ably the part of Page. Mr. liarley's per. sonification of the simple .%krnirr was an exquisite piece of acting, and the character lost nothing of its original perfection. The female parts were ably sustained by Miss Povcy, its Anne Pare ; 11 ism Stephens, as Mrs. Ford ; Miss ('ubitt, as mfrs. Pox( ; not Mrs ilarlowe, as Airs. Qni,•kly. The latter lady whined a little more than was necessary even for the wheedling dame. The chief attraction, however, was the singing. Several of the matt beautiful of Shakspestre's lyric pieces had been selected foe the occasion, the music to whirl; had been composed and adapted by 31r. Horn and Mr. Parry. Mr. Benham, who in, tallied the part of the successful lover of " sweet .lone Page," Rung in delightful style the stanzas from Love's Lnhour lost, " A horn's eyes will strike an eagle blind;" the lines front As Yoe fikr it, " Blow, blow, thou wintry wind ;" aid a beau tiful supposed to have been written by Marlowe. In the latter he was enthusiastically and deservedly coeored. Miss Stephens gave moat exquisitely the words from Sluskapeare's Passionate l'ilgrim," and " l'rabbed Age and Youth," and a sweet passage from one of the Bard's sonnets ; as did Min Enbitt the song from A Midsummer Night's prearn..._•• 'When it is the tine of night." On the whole, the drama was successful and well received ; but It did not, either during the performance, or at its temairation, call rush any strong ohderided nuuks of approbation. The farce of .Iforisiear Turmoil folloned. The house was crowded. IMPROVEMENTS in the CITIES 11 LONDON and WESTMINSTER. Yesterday a Meeting was held at the City of London Tavern, pursuant to public nonce, for the purpose of " agreeing to such resolutions, and adopting such measures as shall be deemed most expedient with a view to the iimietwernenta of the streets and atvc noes of the cities of London and il'estnitester, the Dort/ugh of Southwark, and the adjacent counties." Soon after one o'clock :1!r. .11dernian Wood, mirminanied by Mr.:Alt-man Thompson, M.l'.; Mr. W. Williams. M.l'.; Mr. Mr. Charles Kw.:lay 31r. 'Weathersponn ; Mr. Robert static ; Mr. S. Dixon; Mr. Jtst. Laing; Mr. Newman ; Mr. Young. and other respectable gentlemen, entered the room, when the business of the dap (01111111MMI, by 31r. Alderman Il'tion moving that Mr. Charles Barclay take the Chair, which being duly seconded, the motion was unanimously carried. The ( lIMIIMAW. in addressing the meetirg, acid-1 cannot but regret, liendenten, both on my own account and that of the naive rOl I whu•h we ere avertible& that your parti.lity has placed me i 3 the I 'heir. I ran immure you, that five minutes before I entered this to m, I find lost anticipated such an honour. Being now, however, piaced in Cie /'hair, I can .w.ly tell you, that I cordially unite aids you in the• propositions whieli are litteiy to be submittivi to your ap- Koval ; and i shall have it to abler hands to otfer you such expla. nations as may Ire deemed necessary to the full understanding of what I bi 11...•• to h•• ottr (11111311111t1 ohject, fly di t ty now is to pre and rot to ntah..• a brig speech. 11 , .t a gentleman present. who i.e fully convenient aith the a di state hv. view., and submit resolutions to you, which, I have Bo doubt, w ill meet your %inanition's approval. 31r. Isms:a•r St. Ai/ rise. Sir, to submit train resolu tions to title revert:title 'leaving, with a lint, hop; that the import. at ce of the subject—tla• innemeznitent tit the litvt I,,tropoliv in the world, nod the :tee 1111 l modal ion thereby to he '4;ai.i• •1 tor it. Mi. nietise population, troth combined, iii nut only 1., ' apology for calling this meeting, but that the result of this day will fully justify toe, secure me your approbation, and lead me to in dulge the hope that you all equally feel its importance with myself. In order to go regularly forward, I stateit as an admitted principle, that many of the streets sod avenues of this metropolis, and various pans of the public ways in the adjacent counties, have long been nadetittate to the public convenience and safety ; an evil progres 'rely increasing with the population and traffic ; and that it IN therefore, highly expedient that measures should he taken to re medy so great an eviL Then, following up that, Ido not deny that • tax on coals may be properly imposed for public purposes. On go ing back to the period of the great fire in London, I find that a ditty of one shilling was laid on coals, for the purpose of renovating the City, which had suffered under that calamitous event. Other dut ies were subsequently imposed on coals for local purposes, and, if there be any one purpose mare useful than the other, it is that, which brings us here to-day. It is material lyre for site to observe, that, in the year 17103, an Aet passed the Irish Parlia ment, having for its object to lay a tax of one shilling a ton on coals imported into the City of Dublin. A fund was created by that tax, and Commissioners were appointed, who were called I 'mn miasioners of %Vide Streets. that being ,he object to which the fund was applied. With that and some other assistance, Dulslin is now improved beyond any other city, perhaps, in Enna, It has been my fate to have visited Dublin freqeently in the course of the last forty years. I have seen it, Sir, sts 011 degratlNl state; and, lately, I have seen it in its renovated state, presenting a most na4,mificent spectacle. From that splendid building, the Four (hurts, to the l'igeon House, a distance of at least four miles, there is now one wide, straight, and magnificent street; along the once muddy shorts of the Liffey, there is now one hoe of quay ; and, until that mprovement took plan, there was presented to the eye 'a scene of as great disgrace se Field-lane and its neighbottrhooll does now. From this lade, I consider that a passage should be opened to the great North Road, let the expense be what it may. The duty upon coals, I should observe, was first granted for ten years, ' for the purpose of improving the streets, the rebuilding of St. Paul's, and the general embellishment of London. At the expira tion of that time, about the year 1719, the duty was increased to three shillings and four pence, and afterwards an additional coast duty elk, making the duty alargether amount toils. and 411. achal dmn. Now what I would propose to the Government is this, that they should give us back the duty of 11.441.; and if, at the sante time, they did away with the other tia., I an sure every one here would be glad to concur with them. In point of candour 1 should state, that so great is the harmony prevailing amongst the parties who wish a general repeal of the coal duty, and those who favour our wishes, that we have mutually signed the petitions of each other. I would submit it to you, Gentlemen, that it is not for us to point out any particular impmvement if that were necenaty, I have a schedule with me; but if we proceeded to particulars, it might pro. duce a jealousy, as difltrent persons might he inclined to think that enough is not done for their particular neighbourhoods. IS'e shall be fully satisfied if we can secure the duty to be applied to its ori ginal purpose, and leave the appointment of I konanissioners to the Legislature--then Commissioners directing the improvements, and thereby preventing jealousy. If once the machine be put in mo tion, I venture to predict it will go oft to an excellent end. (laving said so much, I shall propoite•seriesof Resolutions thryour adoption ; and I sin sure that every titan having the welfare of his country at heart—every man wishing to see the conit»erce of 1.0 . n10n protected Font that greatest of all inconveniencics the loss of time (which is so observable in Thanes-street, and near Exeter 'Change, in the Strath)-- I ant sure that any such man will agree with rite in the views I entertain, and as conveyed in the Resolutions I shall submit to you. Before I conclude I wish to obviate one objection started by some Gentlemen, who think that the whole removal of the duty 011 coals WOlllll be attended with a bad effect. It was said by these Gentlemen that the removal of the duty would soon induce the emi gration of the manufacturer of Birmingham, Sheffield, and other places to London, anti add to the increase of that smoke which we already feel to be most annoying. Perhaps it might be so ; but if we succeed in obtaining the 3s. 4d. or a part of it for our object, Mr. M. A. Taylor will have little more to do as to the consumption of smoke, and we shall prevent the emigration front which so much is tinsmith. I shall now, Gentlemen, propose the Resolutions upon which we intend to found a Petition to Parliament. The following liest were then read through:— " That it appears to this Meeting, that many of the streets and avenues of this metropolis, and various parts oldie public ways in the adjacent counties, have long been wholly inadequate to the public convenience and safety, an evil progressive) y increasing with the population and traffic, and that it is therefore highly expedient that measures should be taken to remedy an great an evil. " That this Meeting feels great satisfaction in being able to suggest an equitable mode whert by the various improvements may he effected, and the magnificence of the metropolis placed on a footing corresponding with its:importance, without increasing the taxation or burthens of the inhabitants. " That shortly after the fire of London, a duty of one shilling per chaldmn on coals brought into the port of London and the river Thames, was imposed for a period of ten years, to be applied towards the enlargement of streets and other public improvements in London. ..... " That such duty, varying in amount, war subsequently conti nued by (101i:rent .lcts of Parliament, and applied to the widening of streets, rebuilding St. Paul's Cathedral repairing and re building parish churches, and repairing Westminster Abbey. until the year 1718, when the duty (then amounting to three shillings per ehaldron) war placed at the disposal of the Lords Commissioners of his 3lajesty'sTreaaury, to be applied towards the building of new churches, and the fund for the discharge of lottery prizes: and the surplus to be held at the disposal of Parliament: and in the following year the duty war made perpetual, and applicable to the public ICTTICIMI of the country. " That this ditty has since been increased to three shillings and fourpence per ehaldron, making, together with the general coasting duty of six shillings, the whole amount of duty now payable on male brought coastwise.to London, nine shillings and fourpeitce per chaidron. " That this Meeting entirely concurs in the principle upon which local duties on awls are raised in various parts of the kingdom for effecting local improvements, a striking inetance of which, in the present age, is that of the city of Dublin, where a duty upon coals imported into the harbour of Dublin war imposed in the year 1732, and placed at the disposal of Commissioners, whereby that city has undergone improvereents. which have raiseu her to a conspicuous rank among the cities of Europe. " That under these crecurnstances, this Meeting is of opinion, that it would be highly beneficial that the London duty on coals of three shillings and Inurpence per chaldron, or some part thereof, should be henceforward applied to its original purposes. That this Meeting disci:int* the idea of suggesting any par ticular improvements, and declares ire sole object to be the esta blialiment of such fund, as, under the Ismael of Commissioners to be appointed by Parliament, may effect those objects which shall appear to them matt conducive to the improvement of hellion and the adjoining counties, the conithet and cony.mience of the public, and the general prosperity and ornament of this.: great metropolis. " That a Petition founded upon the precalin.: Resolutions be forthwith prepared and presented to the COMMOesS(louse of l'ar !lament, and that a Petition he also prepared and presented to the Court of Common Council of the , City of London, praying their concurrence in tlitt proposed measure." Mr. Alderman It" suggested that it would be better to put the Resolutions separately, u some other Gentlemen might be in clined to offer their Ann tuna. Mr. SLADE then proposed the first Resolution. AI r. Alderman TH(Oxrsox, In rilliag to second the Resolution, said, after the able and eloquent speech of the mover oCthia Ileeolu. lion,' shall content ru) self by very briefly seconding it. There is not, I ant persuaded, an MAI eidual in this assembly who must not have felt the inconvenience of ;arrow streets, and who must not alias be aware that the trade of the rot:ill dealer has, in consequence of that, been very much on the deelbte. The gentlemen who live in the' neighbourhood of London and the west end of the town feel conai derahle inconvenience when busint-ss calls them to the City. In tact, the inconvenience of narrow streets is felt by every description of pen*, a having bueinuis in the City, whether at the Bank or any other public place. It 11011111, I think, be thrrefinta a metier of great importance if the project stibmittt d to us this de:* Could be tamed into efect. We could sum raise a large sum if we ''ad a potion of the tax of 3s. Id., without proving at all onerous to lid pantie classes of the people. The opulent, the large manufac turas, and the brewers, who consume the greatest quantity of torils,l contribute must to this tax ; and these gentlemen are now ready to 1 ' eta us in our' rojeeted itnywneements... There Is scarcely a port in jhe kinolom in which there is pot such a fund u we now seek tol establish ; and its creation would he doubly desirable at present, beesuse.it would bear little if anything upon the par. 'I lie citi. tens of London paid It.. Jet. a clialdrun duty for their coal., while ' others paid only a duty of Gs Ido not mean to sat that we would Esquire the 101thlt Of I Oink if we had 1.. bet. of it, that it would produce more that 100,0018. pee annul». I have every ob. jection to paying through the means of etch a duty : 7 .00,0091 a year ' to the public purse, hut I should have none to appropriate a portion jof it to local circumstances.. 3lr. l'oc au —Udine Mow Resolutions are put to the vote, I must be allowed to any, they contain *nth truisms as cannot lead to any (balcony in voting for their adoption. I assure the meeting that I only came here Ca the purpose of obtaining inlOrmation as to the means of r.ecompliabing the desirable object which we all have in view. I think, however., that your Rreolutiona are nt wa. ' , lance with the general petition for the total repeal of the aunts. on coal—a petition which I !above to contain the expression of the general it lain% of all classes of the people. I beg leave again to state, that I have taken the laxity of addressing, you toady with the view to obtain information. 'J'he ' ..Nin :1.‘";--The tact is sinTly iv; feel that the we. sent duty of : 1 7 . Jd. is not icily partial, lint oppressive, sled has b..en altogether tlivertol front its original intention. IVe also con. %Wet. 1n the event Of ns repeal. or iltlestl or not. that we are entitled to a portion of th:: :Is. 4d. foe the purnoc of waking loci! introveinctits:.. Mr. 'Alike:ton %num—This duty of 9s. 11. origiunta4 in the time of Queen .Inhe, and was hittes.,l ter the pnr:iese of building churches, of repairing St. Peter's, Westminster. aril of allowing 0.11101. a year ter the retina., of Reftwe the year 1;111 the line, - rome - 3 mum: that its grettninfoi.-ns were illore thm, fol . its Or‘ginal 111111..ne. rand the% paid el' 5011.;101 1 :. ,rtl: of lottery tickets ; and thus destined to a most immoral ot.c, a. I think, that w!iteli was intraded thru very moral tale. I admit, with the worthy I knewittai ( 11r. Young), that there dues appear • one little inconsistency 4,etween the petition to repeal the a-hole duly, and ll'in elwititim: a portion of the omy of I. bu: I am much afr.tid deft unless the l'hatteeil,r of the Exeholuer ha, a large balance lie sei!l rot take of; any p..rtion of the tax. .41!:t1 in that t vent we put in our claim tor a portioa of th.! 3s. .1,1. it' wo arc ullolW eti Is. or Is. 4A. out ill it, WhiCil it Olthl 1,,7 split. CN.llgli for our purpose, we could ele.ily mortgage it, am! littwoolsiome th.it we obtained the money. .1:111 3;:0111. if .111OklerS till not take or the 'boy, tip. Mon 01 say, but the: the ut I,otulon and Westminster, al,tl the people of Essex, netts, tu - ..1 many of those of surrey, would he moot sou t pleased to see I,ottilon anti the at emit, to it improved, for the get , crrirtmventerce, thin xc the amount ui the duty thy:rutt thnu It. do•gintt don. We are not asking the Government for the arrears of 19,000,01)01., which they owe us, but merely to let us haves portion of the 3a. 4d. duty. lately stated, very strongly t to the First Lord of the Treasury, upon the advance of 156,0001. being made to us for the new botidon.bridge, that we were only getting laeortion of our own. But he said, " How can you expect me to give you the public money for local rurposes ?" My answer was, "We don't want you to do that ; all we ask you is, to give us back a portion of what you took from local and applied to general pur poses :" and to that, I need scarcely say , I had no reply. We have a right, however, to go to the altitude= and say, give us the trifle we ask for the improvement of the city of London, from which object you violently wrested it. I say more too, for I say this, that we have, or ought to have, a right of free passage over whatever bridges may be built across the 'I haloes. In fine, I say we should call upon the tiovermient to give us up the tax we ask, in order to the general improvement of this vast metropolia. Mr. You N (I— I hope I am perfectly understood as offering no opposition whatever to your riveted plan ; but at the same time I would suggest the propriety of delay until the larger question is disposed of. If you wait, I have no doubt but you will have the public unanimously with you. Mr. Alderman 'room esoe--The reason why I thought it would be impolitic to watt is this, that the Chancellor of the Ex. chequer brings forward the budget on Monday next, and he wished to have our views communicated to him before that period. Mr. W. W 1.1.1 A MS —lf I thought that the object for which we are assembled here to.eay, would weaken in the least degree the weal petition for the repeal of the duty upon coals, I would not be here to lend it the %Import of my concurrence. But I consider I it as an indisputable puaituin that local taxes should be expended for local purposes, and general taxes for the good of the community , at large. lam also bound to add, that in common with you all, I , feel for the comfort and convenience of the people of the metropolis, and that a City so famed for talent, wealth, and, knowledge should !not be longer disgraced by such places as the passage at Exeter Change, and above Lin other passes equally scandalous to the taste and convenience of the people. It may be objected to me that I have some selfish or partial views to gratify : but those who know me in private life usti deny the charge, anti those who hare watched me in public life, can bear witness to my unceasing anxiety for the general good. 1 ant marry that any allusion has been made to the emigration of manufacturers from Binningham or Sheffield, be cause I believe it to be at best but a mere chimera. I think that I many of our new improvetnents, such as that of the Dover road , ' and Highgate-hill, Amid have been paid nut of sonic such fund I as the coal tax, and that the people should not be, as they now are, subjected to a heavy yearly tax in the shape of turnpike duty. I need not say that I ant. and always have been, friendly to every • improvement, and in this use I would leave it to Parliament to appoint Commissioners, who, by their assiduity and attention, will be likely to make this metropolis as famed for its public streets as , it now is for its patriotism and its wealth. The resolutions were then put atri,tlisa, and unanimously agreed !to; 1114 was a petition founded on them to the House of Comm ms, ' which was requested to be supported by the Members for the City, and the comma' of heels, Essex, and Surrey. Mr. S. Diane—lf I understand these resolutions properly, they pray for the continuance of the duty of Ss. 4d. The ( . 111A111.111 kW—The worthy Gentleman must then have mis landerstotel them. If, the duty he continued, we pray to have a 'portion of the 3a. 4d. for the purpose of local improvement. Mr. S. Thews—Well be that the ease or not, I ant afraid there is a great incongruity in this petition. The CHAIRMAN—If the whole tax should be taken off, it is our intention to apply for al Act of Parliament, to enable us to con tinue a duty of Is. or Is. 6d. a chaldron on coals, for the purpose of !as I improvement. The petition was then read and agreed to. Mr. Alderntan NVotin said he held in his hand a list of the names or several Gentlemen to fomi a cornniittee, and with the liberty of the meeting he proposed reading them. Ile then men tioned, amongst others, the names of the following gentlemen : Messer. Charles Barclay, Heron. ben, Mr. P. Lucas, Aldenuan Magnay, Mr. Robert Slade, Mr. Spouiswoode, Mr. Sutton (High Sheriff of Hertfordshire), 11r. Alderman Thomp. son, Mr. Walker, Mr. Florence Young, Mr. G. Woodfall, Mr. Sateskell, Mr. Gray, Mr. Shouter, Mr. Timothy Curtis, Mr. Key, sad Mr. S. Dixon. Thanks were then voted to Mr. Robert Slade and the worthy Chairman, and the meeting separated. The pf ition lies for signatures at the City of London Tavern. Who truly looked' like a detitigod, Blooming and bright, with golden hair, and stature, II not more high than mortal, y:t i ttttt writ In all that nameless brining of his limbs, Which he *cant as the San his ray.:—a smnething Which shines from hint, and yet is but the Hashing 1. .-.' Emanation of a thing more gloYious still. Was he et'? /11/ Me/ /I 00 . 0 ACIIIIII . II cloaca the procession ; and of his shape tlx ~, ious Arn , ,h/ makes election. The demon thus c io,•111.: ma his choices— t \ . 7;.v a ie , "• (nions ambitlen! . l , 1 I I lore thee mast in dwarfs! A mortal of . I"tilicitte stature would hare gladly pared 1 1 ll'. own I toliah down to a slight florid ; Iftst thou, my manikin, would's; soar a show Rather than lien.. Thou shalt he indulged, l t slit h be thy t!,..;re: a... 1 yet, by being .k little less relary.,sl to.'.. preset t men , i t In Mmre, thou cans! sway them tuner; tur all i IVoalal rise a -.limo threw . ... as if to Ittim , . A new 1 . 0111111 11,111111111e11: and 111 . 11 ell/11 , d engino, Ttic , r culyeritt—wil .... forth, would Ii iii lay Thmugh our friend'. armour dire% with greater case Tll,l l l the adulterer's arrow through his birth I,Vitich Thetis bad forgotten to hamise In :••41s. The verses by which the trathiformatiott of Arnold t MECHANIC'S INSTITUTION. A itleeting of this useful Institution took place yesterday even ing at the Presbyterian Chapel in Itlonkwell-street, Criprlegate street. . Dr. Birkbeck, Mr. Brougham, and Professor Millington, were received upon their entrance with the loudest acclamations. Dr. Iltaxiiece took the (lair and addressed the Meeting.— He said that it was with unutterable, with warm, with beanie!' sensations he had to congratulate himself upon the realization of the hopes which he had long cherished ;--he meant the establish ment of the 3leclianies' Institution in the Emporium of the world. When he considered how small the number of the mechanics was ;hat tint appeared disposed to take a part in this institution, and when he looked upon the crowded assembly before him, he was bound to say that he felt the most lively enthusiasm, Ile saw with the most unaffected and unfeigned satisfaction and delight, that the spirit of the age had made this institution necessary. That spirit had fructitiid and spread itself over the mass of intelligence which lay as in the slumber of death, and had awakened it into acti vity and life. The day was at length come which he had long expect ed, when the doors of the Temple of Science were thrown open, without reference to age, condition, or profession. This act was required and called for by the spirit of the age in which we lives'. The result of the efforts which led to the present institution was such as could not, as ought not, to be forgotten. It had been said by the wisest ard most sagacious of men, that there was a time for ail things : in his opinion the present was the time, without dn.. pute, for the diffusion of knowledge. A great genius of our own country had written, that " There is a tide in the affairs of men, " Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune." Of this flood there was now a splendid example; the tide which leads to fortune was now rolling on ; the elevation they so loi.g sought for would to now attained. if it were not neglected by thetestives,— if they did not renounce the glory of acquiring intellectual success. It was not his intention to lay before the 'fleeting the varied corn-, binations and divisions ci arts and !wieners, as they affected and operated upon the human mind, and as they were brought into mo tion by liberal institutions : this would be better done by the Learned Professor who bad applied his attention to the subject. He would be content to add, that the acquirement of knowledge had difficulties and obstacles to encounter ; but when these were gotten over, it was like virtue—it had its own reward. In the words of the eloquent Doctor Hall, whose voice was at one period hoard witinti those very walls. " the acquirement of knowledge," with all its labours and difficulties, was attended with the greatest advantages. It expanded the mind, it enlarged the intellect, it exalted the faculties, it caused us to feel the superiority of our mental faculties over our corporeal power; it mode us independent .if our material t,,rmssion, and proved to its incontestably the infe riority of grosser pleasures : it made the mind depend upon its own resources, (and taught it to despise the gratifications of sense,) which, though perhaps less intense, arc of infinitely more value, and of a much greater duration. The mind, by the pursuit, be came dependent upon itself, and did nnt hang upon external events; ti:e very labours and difliattties that intervened were convened int.' enticements, and it felt more pleasure in the attainment of its object than in the noise and tumult of the chase. Could Archie. edes, who was so involved in scientific pursuits, an abstract ed front e verything mound hint, that he was utterly unconscious of the sacking of his native city, and who was put to death as he was endeavouring to arrive at toe solittion of a problem—could he, when upon the t :II/COIRTy of a scientific truth he exclaimed " I have found ! I have :• , tind it !" feel more genuine transport if he had been, he giblet of a most brilliant victory ? For a satisfactory account of these mien 'es, he would refer the assembly to the Pro fessor siiiii 2g L i n. li e w, uhf confine 1 • self to give a brief sketch of the design of tke Instit.u.'on. It was not his intention at pre sent to make any statement of their financial circumstances, as that would be slime more before the next meeting.— Tle diffusion of knowlm've amorqb, • the mechanics was now of more importarce than ever, and woo: be attended with *Tat their peedecesw ss. Warta g iniportm.t results, from the like of conduit: adopted by the leffiga . tore Jinn the last session , In • repealing 1. 1 " ala mentlan, thial b ut by some. 'ling of an inier . in d w m ege T rn ibt a io r t t i ed s , ubb mt c ~,y t edt hef oTw itailoi t m by , the exportatioos of n. inert', the conslonation nil si." l fliaen, anti the emigration of artisans, from the exertions of all t'oe sp:co. 4.d (Alerts or both p ar ti es the attainment of this object, it would be impossible to doubt at !hnrepeal 'of those laws to which be annelid. The repeal of one of t..'se regolations had been ob. jecisd to, as it would be the means of "aurae& atl flatenake grunion of artiamis. This lie denied. Ile was not theiithmeate of the emigration of mechanics, foe he en s ~smarmed that wealth and strength of the country would with tits.rl depart from its einem. There was, en hi. opinion, no such (hinges 'a be acs • rdlcJ. The artisan won sflialienstely atlas-hal to the dense efi Isis fathers, and if he were not allured by scene great temptation. he would not feel disposed to wander. lie dung to the spot of • his nativity with the most ardent aflistion ; and he might exclaim, in the worils of Cowper, who iawacwed the honest and most unso phisticated feelings of an English poet, who wits to Ise heist in re spect a herener English mind was to he Miami— " England, I love thee still I" With it11..).1 to the diffusion of arts and sciences, ke was not the adviwo:e letoniito , them within the inclostire tit the island in which they heed. ile was most anxious that they should be spre,ed abroad, and in particular that they should be diffused amongst the inhabitarts Soutl. America, to nitke something like an atonement for the crimes and ravages which followed in the train oft ileauthus. Yes ; let flume enrich the Ray IIIVAIIIIII I / 1 . 4 let Mein visit these distant regions, distinguished for the stupendous and hermit:a ie . .reirrances of nature ; let everything except Euro pean eat. and Ettnyean warriors 6..4 threw climes, where " Andes, giant of the western star meteo- stordarti to the winds nnfurrd, latoks from Me throne of elond s o 'er half the world." it slim now et lame to that errtcia relations, even close alliances' 'rived between this country and till parts of the habitable globe t that there bat ticw but one large Ismik.—that there was a constant interelin-mi• of getup a. it was lumpily exintstici,! by .o;if elis;tient .-Iceretary r.t. For Affair , . a , a ftstive meeting. that it should not be forgotten that the sea wets the natural field of our 11:1,1 this sca •etiarautil and iliviii.ll 0111. T conntries , fro.it each tr:lter, connected and joined them with llrgland." lie would upon the ii:itit•nec itt the n.eeting, merely fat the trrpisn of n.pdliu g .emir or rai!ler insionations, which we re thrown cut against lh m -. n kit,' of lie.itating Well had b..en hil.nd by those who that no: know them. They aid 110 t get CI% slit tor single:, •sit lioria , c. li hail been mamma they did not decline their designs—th o u there was more among st them I ban :hie the the tar. For himself, ail Itinlcindi. video', he Instill affirm that, though not the originate, of the Irt stitution, he kept counsel with those woo did originate it, and he would declare that he had but one object in view—the improvement of the minds of the mechanics of the metropolis. As for Messrs. Roberts and Iludgkins. their worthy Seararies pro tempore, he need not mention their seal and exertions for the success of the plan. It was, in truth, unnecessary to bring forward any vouchers for them ; they were always before them ; they were th e intelligent Editors of the Mechanic's ilfagariite, the most valuable present that wit ever put into an artist's hands. It had been also asserted that the object of the Institution was not the instruction of the mechanics alone ; they had a political object. This he so lemnly disclaimed. lie made an avowal against the charge—be disclaimed politics; he resigned them, not with less satisfaction than safety, to the patriotic eloquence of the gentleman who sat at his side—an eloquence which at once shook the Senate and flashed thunder upon his country's foes. (Loud applause.) Ile was an humble individual, and possessed no influence, but education was extending itsiefluence in all directions ; and he would venture to say, that this Institution would invigorate a good government ; and those who had the advantages of education did not approve of force and violence in politica. It was well said by the great political unknown, that the submission of a free people wasobedience to laws ' of their own enactment ; and the obedience of the English was of a cheerful and willing nature; the loyalty of Englishmen was a rational attachment to the guardian of the laws. There was an allegation of a still more important and vital nature—he meant religion. He 4 would aver that the Institution did not interfere in the most remote degree with that system which rested upon moral sanctions, which taught the mild and beautiful principle of doing to others as you would wish to have done by yourself ; which assured us that mar- .4 tality should become immorality ; which reminded us of thing s above; which inculcated that after our trials and sufferings te this transitory sphere, we would he removed to a state where felicity and the acquirement of knowledge would be in a state of endless progression. A religion of this description would never he defrauded of its hold on the heart of man, by the en. lergernent of our intellectual possessions. The pure system of religion would rather be advanced by the frequent contemplation and reverential survey of the stupendous works of nature, in re lation to final crows; and by this mode of reflection every per son would be filled with feelings of gratitude and venersooo for i the omniscient Creator. It was remarked by that excellent phi. loopher and divine, Dr. Paley, that every man had a peculiar turn of thinking, according and proportional to the difference of his character; hut that in a moral point of view nothing could 1 be more useful, nothing could be more desirable, than if all were taught to contemplate the wonders of nature with reference jto their Author: and if such habits of the mind were acquired, founded upon religion, the world would heroine a temple, and J life itself an act of continual adoration.—The Doctor sat 'Jowls amidst loud applause. Mr. Professor 31'1.1.1NC:70N said, the object of the meeting was so fully explained, and he made no doubt so clearly under stood by all those assembled, that he would say but little on the subject. It wan admitted on all hands that England had come nearest to perfection in manufactures and the arts ; it was also ad. mitted that those who approached nearest to excellence, were the first to be dissatisfied. The labour which their acquirements had coat them had served to chew them how little they had done, and • how much more was to be learned. The improvements m aking every day in the arts proved haw lunch still remained, and that perfection, if ever attuinable, was still remote. This improvement was to be effirted by means of institutions Ike the present ; by the conihinat ion of arts and sciences, and throwing the doors open to all, without distinction of profession or station. Here was an opportunity given to all of books, instruments, and japparatus. Petty quarrels were stifled in their birth, and no op.. portunity was lost of exciting enitilaiiim. As to the station which be himself tilled, he lamented it was not held by a more deserving and useful person; but lie would assure his heaters that he was called upon twice lay the Committee. This he mentioned lot he should be deemed vain or arrogant. There was an error common amongst those who were anxtou% to learn, that the attafansent of knowledge was a work of such difficulty as to make success hope. leas. This was not the case: the temple of Science was open to all, and the sanctuary was to be gained by labour and perseverance. The misfortune was, that beginr era were in ge eral too greedy of knowledge; they wished to jump at acquirements. This could not be effected, and wee productive of perplexity and confusion. lie had not the advantage of an academic education, to fit him for the situation lie filled ; hut it was well known that he was principal teacher for many years at one of those scientific semi naries with which the metropolis abounds. There was another cur. cumstence which was not en well known, and with which he was not only satisfied, but of which he was proud ; he was a working mechanic, and had also employed many men under him. He ob. tained by his own labour and industry whatever attainments he pos sessed, and he mentioned this in corroboration of his argument. From the circumstances of his life he was well acquainted with the wants, the feelings, and the embamessusente of the working classes of artisans. The L. arned Professor here emceed into a brief outline and doeriptioriof the origin and progress of science. Ile chewed that its oral conininniration must It re been trifling and unimportant, and it wra to writing alone that its advancement was to be traced. Ile then touched upon the division of sciences in subordinate chasm, such ae astronomy, chemistry, pneumatics, /le. He adverted to the improvement of ntatetial, or as it was me r.• p.opetly styled, ex perimental philosophy, and he traced them from the lith century, when Lord Bacon shewed the necessity of's jeering mere hypothesis, and of admitting nothing as a truth in phileeophy, if .t !id not Fur d the test of the argument a poteriori. He then Lame to the bush. teas of the lecture. Ile discussed in a brief but lucid manner, the five properties of matter, its occupation of spare, its infini e divisibility, its hardness, mobility, and faculty . or power of attract ing and being attraced. Ile alluded to the microscopic discoveries of Lewenhoeke, and the various degrees of affin'ty subsisting be tween different substances ; and he eoo 1. de.l a clear, lucid, and satisfactory explanation of the elementary parts u( science, hy ar. nouncing to his hearers that the Course of lectures would be continued every Friday night, and they would commence precisely at eight o'clock. At the tenninstion'of the Lecture there was an unanimous cry for Mr. Itnitigham ; anon which Dr. B 1 BECK informed the Meeting that Mr. Brougham was o'sliged to retire and tt•erefore it was impossible for hint to comply t'i their request. Ile then stated that the house in Which they were assembled was the most converient that could be pmeured, but the course of sciences kenos d upon would be much enlarged. Many, he said, had joined the Institution : their 'umbers sere I .300, and their funds at present amounted to PM Load a Ideate.) Therefore they might be looked upon as prospering, and they might venture to proceed boldly in their course. Books, appa ratus, and specimens, had been given them by various persons, particularly by Mr. It. Taylor. cf the Architectural Library ; and by Misses. Priestley. of Holborn. They had not appear,* he said. flinch before the public; their publications were not, nor would they be, more rapid than their actual performances ; they did cot wish to appear in the light cf adventurers, who remind that to which they were incompetent. He would noirdetain them by any further detail. A Member of the Institution rose to make some remotes. lewsicau a lecture , o to a n nd , informed eal spet tha cL t he t he meeting had been convened The !limiter? mid his object RIM to propose that the speech delivered by Dr. Birklieck wo *ld he printed. (Loud aprl fuse.) Dr. Bin►nettle informed the 'Member that no person was war. ranted in moving a liesolutitm at the Meeting. 14e might swat to the Cotrraitter, where his request would be immediately taken under entedieeration. The pirestiety of the Poctor's remark was assented to, end t e Meeting asijourned. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS. SIR-1 was present in Court on Thursday week, when a rule nisi was granted by the Court of King's Beach, in the case of " The KING. on the relation I f L e wi s srit hun!i, against GroIIGE CUE:7W% D, En.. fors pro war rant° information, calling upon George-Chetwynd, Esq., to spew on what ground he claims to by a Burgess of the borough of Statlhrtl." TWs motion was made very late in the evening of the last day of Term, after the reporters had left the Court, and in contrquenee of this it has never appeared in any of the London papers. Thinkinz it im portant that it shoull not wholly escape observation, I transmit you th i s info: nation of it.—Ymtrs, &c. AMICUS CURIE. BUNTING APPOINT3IENTS FOR NEXT WEEK. 07C ttol'N DS. Mr . H. Esq. Fox Ilminds, meet on Tuesday, Feb. 24, May• Feb. Box at T ii h a e ri k . a . li j il c il: at Yeldhant, White nut, at half- Past ter. "winds will meet at lirlan Mr. Smith's (lierefoidshirw) Fox n, o'elock..-IThis bout Camp, on Tutelar. the :.Ph Instant, at sera. da ye, whoa of mett.ng reminds us of the Int-hunting in ots- vert side the lormi of the 'mart never thoujet of Wing at the ts. .0 late as 9 or 10 u'el.wk in the day.] The Earl of l l arewoisi's covet on Meiriday, at *Win min `{' S p.. needay, at Pool; and Friday, at lesililoy; at tem. i- No. 6,621, T H IIB 18"tEvillENE1NtimiCHI,1 PRINCI Claudius, Mr. Powell ; Terry; Una, Mr. Mercy d , Mr. Dawtaii ; btec trade, b liss Boyce ; Ophel THE CATAIL Or, THE H Aekbaz Mr. Powell; Peaky; Jack Robinson, bps; Zombie, :Hiss L. he To-morrow, bodoiaka; sato; and The Cataract. fIiBATRE-ROJ THIS EVENING, pafor PRINC Claudia', Mr. Chapman Mr. Blanchard ; beaus First Grave -digger, Mr.& Gertrude, M rs. l' ; s.t u = To-morrow. Native Lai On Wednesday (For th lien, Mile End), John 111 EXHIBITION ROC The oaly Carr* FOUR EXHIBITNION AD PR NOW EXHIBIT' CARRIAGE, wl to London, propelled with admiration by the rapiditi lately been said In the ethers that have preceded able difficulty of ascend eight miles an hour. Tb may now gratify their CUT Prince 3laxlmilian'l INDIAN VENUS h , an was discovered, wit Spe *meats, Bows, Arrows The SCIENTIFIC I very extraordinary Feats very Curious Machinery , Open evM , Da Admittance, ie.rataic •.• A small Collectio WALTZING, cl t of LESSONS , IGii 4ence, No. 7, EUI4OII-4 persons of any age ma sufficient numhn alway An Academy for Lad A Select Quadrille P s i tlgy Evenings, front Ey Wanted a Voting 313 Apprentice; one that a reared. THE ARTof B Ztlidd HOU poly real 'Mercantile Wi Domestic, Reap. Fat we completely finished Oust Britain, and into •se fires LESSON a ienttfiadly, which ens w:th one-tenth of the hitherto published. C pressed point, and the c N.B. The REAL. 31 iNG is sold by the Aui This work is capon !By, and clear withuu the student. The oat branch rally explained. LANcuAE Gs.- lessor of ancicn , ladies and Gentlemen ages, that. at hit =assistance. to t: and Greek Its% winch, adapting itself theory. Any mnde of avat be. fallaeious: it forth by intere.ted k duped imbecility. seised by those he hal the severest tau of t ettuetor. Dr. B. hopes, there charge of ostentation, testimonials of the at ligent persons of both wrn, being resident TRULY INTEL Fit MR. W., Auti mar, and Pat highest distinction, I sirous of acquiring GUAG ES, that he t log them, by wh;eh eottal, to teach Perm in Three .M onths t Twelve Lessons. Appljily letter, Exeter Change. D. P. of the Roy maketh oa:h and vas enabled, witbou man language, to Burgher's celebrate Sworn at the this 12th day TePtimor _ ...... I, G. T. of the I coition, I was mat French Language, French Prose, but , Numerous other lies, may be seen b 3 JBLAKKS • TORY, I WAREHOUSE, the Church. This Advertiser thinen going aim and also of Price 'being lighter and always kept, and fine Blue Cloth CI Skin, ba. and fa. ; 'selling Caps, at G - Caps Cleaned, Bsgs, well lined, irons and brass It acriptien. V.D. The Trail THE EAST WHITRIT Purchase, they are now Set :Ot t Cheapaide, BLACK Good Congou Strong Congot Fine Congou Goad Sonehon }i.e Souchool Superior Soue Whitridi this Zstabliihm , dash* at this ' Piled with Tea i Gettoine Coon Propels.= ol ptiz er at mible dose to I bore MB ha a atblit"la CORN.EXCIIANGE, 1er5.20.10.14. _.„ --.- Our SUrpl.C.: thi s : week arc lift*, sacks floor, 5,400qn, whe at , .70(tqrs. Bailey. and I:lfitaktrs. Oats. The L trade was rot very brisk this morning, brat the Factors heing firm in their de n ands for Nlonday's rates, t h e few sales effected ante on much the same terms as that dam. Barley for mal•ing sold readily to-day, and fitly tot-orted Miniday's priers. hut grinding Barley was heavy de. p had several fresh arrivals of I Oats to.day, in ad t!itioit to the above quantity, and our Layers 1.6:1 holding front purchas'ne, a reduction of Is. tier quarter was submitted to, to effect the fete sales made. ut such parcels as wars 'wanted out of ship. Tenon was no matenal variation in the prices of Beans or Peas this morning, but alles war heavy. Sunteolters rather under our tietotaions IllTe made !Or bonded ‘Vheat. but not accepted. 'sic had no inquiry after any other Ii MTipti.oll of Grain in bond. JOHN .--The. magical knife hie at lenntit concluded its opiation on the !wily of this wretched man. The b,p.ine s s of diss‘ction was comity:NA y111)41'14 ty ;Mr. Aber— nethv and Mr. SNtoi,. , y, in presence of only a scleit number of students. Tice tlesh has been Leg renuettl, the detached limhs and sinews liming been prely.rol to the customary manner., and being re united by means of wire hinw.a. The affiaind of the head will render the skeleton complete. a-lien, we understand it will be transmitted hack to Ilertfind ; and thing platted in the custody of the High liticritl; he may %MY Nil own diecretion as to Is future disposal. Printed at TI I E It It 11;1, ; _ • • ~~, : ~