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POETRY. (From the European Mag.:sine.] THOUGHTS IN A CHURCHYARD. " Life with I,•s shadow VOW—is but a shade, And mighty man low in the dust is Delightful spot, how still it seems, Where crowds of buried memories sleep ; How quiet nature o'er them dreams ; 'Tie but our troubled thmig!ds that weep : Life's book shuts lure. its page is lost With them, and its busy claims; The poor me from its memory cross'd, The rich have nothing but their names. There rest the weary from their toll ; There lie the troubled, free from care, Who, through the btrife of life's turmoil, Sought rest, and only found it there : With none to fear his ►cornful brow, There sleeps the master—and the slave; And, heedless of all titles, now Repose the honoured and the brave. TIIE BRITISH PRESS. METROPOLITAN IMPRQTEM ENT'S. THE ITALIAN OPERA AT NEW I'ORK. IA CARD TO COLONEL TRENCH, Sf.t.l As an admirer of your grand and magnificent plan for improving the banks of the river Thames, and ornament ing them with buildings and avenues, &c. worthy of the great commercial metropolis of Europe, I feel myself called upon to apprise you, that it is necessary you should keep a watchful eye on those persons who, with views to sordid interest alone, contemplate the execution of measures which would tend to counteract your laudable endeavours to effect a general improvement of the banks of the river. An opulent brewer to the eastward of Blackfriars-bridge has already had influence enough in the House of Com mons to obtain an Act, which has partially repealed that of Charles 11., passed shortly after the fire of London, direct ing an open quay of 40 feet to he reserved on the banks of the river; and the agents of the highest dignitary of the church are at this moment taking advantage of an am biguous clause in the General Turnpike Act, to convert the banks of the river from Westtninater-bridge to Lam beth Palace into wharfs, thereby depriving the public of a way which they have enjoyed for ages, and precluding the possibility of an improvement which would harmonise with your views, namely, the opening a grand line of com munication from Westminster-bridge to Vauxhall-bridge along the banks of the river ; and report says that the Ma gistrates for the County of Surrey have lent themselves to the legalization of a measure which they most assuredly would have felt themselves called upon to discourarge had it cone from any private quarter. In regard to your pro posal to have a palace erected for his Majesty in Hyde Park, 1 can assure you, from inquiries, that public °pi -roe— Intuit 1 . -LANE. !lion is against you, and that it ought to be placed nearer Last night was distinguished at old Drury by the occur - the centre of the Court end of the town, and that a general feeling prevails that it would be best situated where Carl their way : first, Mr. Sinclair made his debut as a vocalist Pall-mall, including Marlborough House and St. James's on these hoards, in the character of the Srraxhier ; the second of the tiirmonibilia was the Lilla of Miss Stephens, I Palace, to to its front. to its range, and opening the whole extent of St. " her fi rst appearance this season ;" the last—but we James ' s -square apprehend, in the opinion of the treasurer, by no means Jan. 3 ' 111-26 ' ARGUS VIATOR. N. 13.— the least momentous circumstance—consisted in the at- The whole of the south side of Pall-mall, except one house, belongs to the Clown. tendatice of a very numerous audience, who, like the fair songstress, yesterday evening made " their first appear- PROVINCIA I. BANKS. ante this season." Indeed, with the exception of Liston's opening night, we believe we are justified in calling the ROSS AND A RCIIENFULD BANK. last the only well-attended performance since tare coal- Dttring the late panic the friends of Messrs Jones and inencement of the present campaign. Such circumstances Morgan came forward in the most handsome manner, and . are enough to convince the managers of this and other made themselves responsible to the public to the full theatres that the only way to succeed with the public, amount, not only of the notes of Messrs. Morgan anti Co. I I is by endeavouring to attract and attach to their standards then in circulation, but also of the deposits. The re , every particle of marketable talent which they can in any sources of the batik were never doubted by the public , way cotnmand. Let them do this, always taking care that generally, but the promptness and liberality of the act pre ' the talent they secure is the first anti best of its kind, and , vented the inconvenience which might otherwise have been I they may reckon upon general patronage and consequent • sustained. As a testimony of the confidence felt in the prosperity. ! banking establishment' , at Ross, and a tribute of respect to Miss Stephens's singing is a thing to be listened to—not the worthy individuals belonging to these firms, the gentle criticized. We emir: 7 llcm' it, as we do other beauties of i men, yeomen, and tradesmen of Ross and its vicinity have God's creation, by intuition not induction. Perception is ' requested their company at a public dinner on IVeduesday sufficient for our purpose without the use of reasoning or next, at the Swan Hotel, Kingsmill Evans, Esq. presi scientific acquirements to prove that it is beautiful ; and we dent, and Kedgwin Hoskins, Esq. Vice-President.— feel its excellencies in our snuls, putting our theories, stop- Gloucerter Journal. watches, and tuning-forks into our waistcoat pockets. The WARWICKSHIRE BANKS. simple air simply warbled from her lips would delight alike, It is highly gratifying to us to state that the utmost confidence continues to prevail in this neighbourhood, and thought not perhaps in an equal degree, the scientific man and the savage. It is not meant by this to depreciate 'Alin that the notes of all the surrounding banking establish- Stephens's knowledge of her art ; no such thing ; for, after mints are every where freely taken in payment.—Dir all, the high and true triumph of musical skill consists in minghans Journal. NANTWICII BANK. the combination of art with nature, which enables the per- 'rite Nantwich Bank remains still unopened, but the former to enunciate not merely the science but the soul of prevailing opinion is that the firm will surmount the ex song. A deep feeling of, and entire trust in, the powers of ting dif fi culties, and in a few days meet the demands of our coalmen nature arc the secrets with which the etichan- • They the p ublic . —Stn /pm/shire Advertiser. tress work , . The seine qualities made a Sidelong. (Al ELT EN HA el BANKS. are Cie eh tracteristies cf Genins in every age, country, per- The stoppage of the banking houses at Cheltenham will son, and pursuit. But enough—we are not going to treat prove a very serious check to the building speculators in our 'elders to a general history of genius ; neither is it ne - that town' From Soo to 1,000 of the labouring poor have ecssary to elver into any minute criticism on a performance b ee n th ro wn out of employment.—Wostrester Journal. so oft( n rept ate I, and which if true must necessarily be trite. S ittice it to say, our old favourite looks and sings as Yesterday afternoo n , at three o'clo a ck, a Cabinet Cotineil was held at the Foreign( Witte in Downing-,:rent, which sweetl y as ever ' Mr. Sinclair makes a good Seraskier pond the singinF— sat in close deliberation tin a quarter before five o'clock. albeit we prefer Braliam tOr our own peculiar delectation. There were present the Earl of Liverpool, Mr. Peel, Mr. His (Sinclair's) acting our readers need scarcely be told is Canning, Lord Bt xlev, &c. The Lord Chancellor was detestable. The duet with Miss Stephens in the first act, prevented from attending by indisposition, having been • When thy bosom heaves a sigh," was well sung by both confined to his house for several days past. 'f he Earl of perforTers, and uproarionely encored. " Lille comedown Liverpool anti Mr. Secretary Canning rode to London on to me was infinitely below Braham, even inferior to T. lioretback, from the noble Earl's seat at Coombe Wood, Cooke, as a friend of that gentleman would fain have per- Surrey, yesterday meriting. At the hr: aliarg up of the sullied us. In "My heart with love is beating" Mr. Sin- Cabiee: Council, the Earl cf Liverpool left town on his clair was much more effective. return to Coombe IVooll. Mr. Archer played a Colonel (Cohenberg) that might Mr. Secretary Pet I arrived in town on Monday ni g ht , Mr. well Tressed muster for a corporal. Messrs. Gattie Ito ti Brighton, to attend the tehinet Council yesterday. and G. Smith made very respectable representatives of Captain Longster, who arrival from Paris on Saturday ' the faithful of the Prophet,' and the latter gentleman's last, with deepatchee, brings the intelligence , that his song is deserving of considerable approbation. Leopold , in Grace the Duke of Bedford bad perfectly recovered the hands of Harley, is what it has been any time these from his late alarmiog . illness, and that, with his Duchess ten years in the same hands—brisk as quicksilver — hot as salfemily, lie intended to spend the winter in the French pepper—jealcus as mustard, jaundice, the green-eyed mon carnal. ster, or all three together. The ladies—to one of them we Time Paris Academy of Sciences, in its sitting on Mon have already paid our respects—sung and acted cleverly, day, received a letter from the Minister of the Marine, an. particularly Miss Graddun as Katherine, and Miss Povey s nouncine, that tls corvette! L'Aetrolabe, Captain Dumont Willa was not amiss. de Durville, was about to sill on a voyage of discovery , and On the whole, we look upon the representation of this requesting the Academy to appoint a Commipsinn to pre orera, anti the engagement of Miss Stephens and Mr. Sin pare such inetructioos as might be judged expedient. The C Air, as likely to do winch for the interest of the theatre. object of this exp:ditiott is to explore certain parts of the COVENT-GARDEN. globe which are not yet suffieiently well known, and par- Mrs. Centlivre's comedy of A Bold Stroke fir a Wife titularly the coasts of New Guinea, and those of New Zea was last night revived at this theatre. The house was lend A Commission, consisting of Messrs. Cu vier, Arago, much crowded, amid nothing could be more decided than Ile*aplace, I) ,tOntaines, Duloag, and Auhrone de Itossel, the applause with which it was received. It is, with all was enemeinted in censeptence.—Ge(igeoei's .Ilesseng•er. its broad farce, a most lively and laughable piece. No MC tart. Fa Ta I. 1)1!E L.—The following is a more de one who witnesses its performance can be surprised that its tailed account of this unfortunate transaction than has as fate, on its first presentation, a century ago, should have ye appearch :—Some serious dispute having arisen respect negetived the prediction of Wilkes. the comedian, that the nig the partnership coecern in Athlone, between Mr. Wil " play would certainly be damned ;" he added that the Liam Howell and the Messrs. Whyte, his partners, the authoress would be damned for writing it ; and though this former gentleman on nMr. Whyte met for tile purpose of judgment may appear a little too severe, particularly as decidine the quarrel, the Longford side of the bridge of . I coining from a player, it must be owned that Mrs. Cent- IV. ng e Mr. B. attended by Mr. &leas M.agratli, and Mr. I livre's vein of comic wilting was better adapted to the by a Mr. 11. At the secood exchange of shots, Mr. licentious manners of the times of Wycherley and W. was killed on the spot. His body, on re-entering Dryden, than those which have succeeded. indeed , Westmeath, wars delaneell by Lent. Thompson. of the one cannot help regretting that so much of what is emus- Con )tabularv, mid an inquest was afterwards held before in should be combined with so much that is objectionable. the Right lion. Lord Castlemaine and K. 11. Temple, Esq. Every admirer of the drama must applaud the disposition in (Hasson. Warrants were subsequently issued, and on which at present seems to pervade the managers, to revive Thursday night Lieut. Thompson arrested Mr. Boswell comedies of genuine merit that have for some time lain and Mr. Magrath, at a gentleman's house near Drum neglected. This play might, we think, be greatly improved raney, and afterwards conveyed them to Longford Gaol.— by expunging those parts which convey allusions too broad We,Oncant Journal, to be misunderstood, and not suited to this particular S.EARCII WARRANTS AT Tile Care or GOOD Hors-- season, when so large a part of the audience are of an age A person was suspected of having been concerned in put at which such can hardly be listened to with safety. Most ting up a placard in Simon's Town, which lampooned or of our readers are doubtlessly aware of the plot : the hero reflected upon several individuals of that tomtit mitt". it ins is a ward of four joint guardians of the most opposite seems complaint to this effect was loathe anti a 'earth war tempers imaginable—a fop, a bluff' merchant, a stingy an rant against the individual was sent to the Itesilent. The • tiquarian, and a quaker ;the consent of all must be gained execution of it was intrusted to the Secretary, who, not to her marriage, otherwise she loses her fortune; the whole finding the party suspected at home, broke open his house, interest of the piece turns upon the schemes of the gallant proceeded to collect Ids papers, anti sent constables to seise Colonel to procure the consent of each guardian separately, his p. non. Ile was found in a distant part of the taws, by playing upon his peculiar weakness. and was brought up through it to his dwelling, where The play was judiciously cast and well acted throughout. he saw al his private papers exposed on his table. The The performance of Mr. Charles Kemble in particular was Secretary parked them tin, sealed and sent them to the Pis admirable, on whom the chief business of the piece dee cal in Cape Town, who detained them in his pesseeeion volved. The scene in which he personates the fine gentle upwards of three months, and then returned them to the man,and wheedles SirPhilipllodehove, the "beau guardian" owner, with the observation that there was no ground for of Miss Ann Lovely, to consent to a marriage with his ward, supposing him to have been concerned in the placard which was comic in the extreme—not the less so from the contrast had given rise to the proceeding. It was subsequently as- between the easy grace of the Colonel and the primness certained that the offensive paper came from one of the which Blanchard combined with his foppery. In ships of war on the station.--Cape Town Gazette, Oct. 4. two other parts of his Protean character his performance EXTRAORDIN•RT Sincins.—A very melareioly event was strikingly successful; that in which he appeared intim happened at Decries, in Suffolk, on Monday morning last. old weeping steward, reporting to Perriwinkle his supposed On the Sunday evening a young man , of gentlema nl y a p - windfa ll of seven hundred a year, and that in which he after pearance, came walking to the King's Head Inn, in that wards as Simon Pure gained the confidence of Obadiah Prim, town, and said he should sleep there. In the morning of by the apparent conversion of his mistress to quakerism, Monday he went to a gun-maker in the town, and request and ulti m ately the guardian's consent to marry the con ed to see a brace of pistols, and took one over to the inn, vert. . r. Farren threw into his delineation of Perri he said, to show a person, but he went immediate l y to his winkle i ludicrous nronensitg to p rocure what he considered bed room and shot himself. He is not known to any one a cu ri osity, all that . humour for which he is so remarkable. in Beccles. His dress was an olive-coloured cost, drab The whole p erformance was most respectable. Its an kersevmere waistcoat and pantaloons, and n ouncement for repetition on Saturday a black stock round his neck ; in his boot is written Mr. Talevaier— with considerable approbation Goodive, maker, London, No. 713. Near his great coat collar is G. 11. In his pocket was a black letter case, five shillings in money, five keys, a silver pencil case with an amethyst seal, on which was engraved a clog rescuing a drowning child, and the motto " Faithful in adversity," and a ring. On the left side of his chin is a black mole spot. [From the Kew YorT7 National Advocate of Dec. 8.1 The third representation of the Burlier of Seri le seems to have attracted nearly as crowded an audience as the first. We must ascribe it to the talent of the company, the novelty of the entertainment, or to an increasing taste for music ; besides, the music of the piece, as it becomes ' more familiar to the car, possesses the power of alluring the hearer to listen once more to that which first de lighted him. We thus insensibly feel the influence of this new order of 'public amusement. The choruses of the opera, though doubtless got up with difficulty, are ex ceedingly well got up, and produce great effect from the scientific division of the parts. The prima donna continues to be received with great enthusiasm. She broke upon the audience in a manner at once agreeable and surprising, by substituting for the admired Spanish, or as we consider it, Moorish ballad, the English air of " Home," which she sang with bewitching sweetness and simplicity, and entirely free from foreign idiom. The audience now perfectly understand the points in Doctor Bartok, and Signor Rosich improves amazingly upon acquaintance, and is considered as one of the best old met extant. Equally favourable is public opinion towards the younger Garcia and Angrisani ; and the old Darami, in the! hands of Madam Garcia, is a fac simile of those vigilant domestic guardians of Spanish beauty. Signor Garcia was in excellent voice, though the company have to fear and guard against our pinching cold weather, which is a grievous enemy to those fine fibres and muscles, the fountains of mellow strains and dulcet notes. There rest di. miser, and the heir, Both carless who their wealth shall reap ; E'en love found cure for heatt-aches there, And nnne enjoy a sounder sleep The fair one, far froin foliy's freaks, As quiet u her neighbour WWI Unconscious now of rosy choke, And neer a rival In her dreams. Tlf EATIIES. Strangers alike to joy and strife, Heedless of all its past afLirs, They're hlceted from the list of Eft, And absent from Its tracing cares: Grief, joy, hope, fear, and all their crew, That haunt the memory's livini, mind, Ceased, when they could no more pursue, And left a painless blink behind. ignis.fatuus lig!it lq No more to lead their ctcp• Wray l'an'e poison'a cup it (trained at last, HUI?RICANE AT GIBRALTAR. [FURTHER FARTICFLARS.I GIBRALTAR, DEC. a. There has been experienced here one of the most dread ful hurricanes ever remembered. The night of the 6th inst. set in with strong gales at S.W. ; towards S. P. Al. it increased to a gale, with heavy squalls ; at midnight to a hurricane ; and the bay being unusually full of vessels, some broke their moorings and drove on board others, and carried all before them ; in the morning, the beach from Lantlport to near the Spanish Lines was covered with wrecks of every description ' square-rigged vessels, lattnees, boats, spars, &c. the number cannot be less than 200 ; in some places seven or eight deep, jamming and crushing each other. Towards noon the weather subsided, and though it is not now quite settled, it is hoped there will be no recurrence of those disasters. Exertions are making to save the cargoes. The Colombian privater General Sou blette is entirely wrecked ; !lie captain, surgeon, and 31 men escaped here; upwards of so are prisoners in the Spanish Lines, and two or three were killed by the Spanish guard firing upon them. A number lives have been lost, some crushed, others drowned. DECEMBER 12. Another gale from S.W. was experienced on the night of the sth inst., and several vessels were driven on shore. The confusion was so great it is impossible to collect par ticulars. The Sarah, Aysli, with her remaining cargo, will be saved. The Henry, Martin, from Liverpool to Philadelphia, which put in here with damage, is on shore near the Bayside guard ; the cargo will he discharged, and it is expected the vessel will be condemned. The Silk Worm, it is feared, cannot be repaired ; the cargo is not injured, and will be landed. The F. S. Johnston, Hixon, from Havannah, is a complete wreck near Fort St. Philip, and it is apprehended the cargo (sugar) will be totally lost. The number of vessels lost is not ascertained; many foun dered at their anchors. The following is a list of the principal vessels which were driven on shore:— Concord, Bigareau, from Newfoundland ; Grace, Barker, bound to Dublin, bilged. and 4 feet water in her hold ; Sarah, Aysh, from Liverpool; Frederick, Peterson from Malaga; Union, Übeda, from Havannalt; Pace, Parody, bound to Madeira; Virgins, Marshall, from New York, dismasted ; United States, Murphy, from Alvarado ; Henry, Martin, from Liverpool to Philadelphia; Silkworm, Hatbaway. from Malaga to New York; Gen. Soub. lette, l'atriot sloop of war; on her broadside and dismasted ; Ad. mire' Villaret, Lourent, of St. Malan, for Trieste; Argo, Bar. neat', from Marseilles for Martinique ; F. S. Johnson, Bison. from Ilavannah ; Jachin, Barney, from St. Thomas, with loss of foremost; Olympia, ‘Vilson, from Alexandria, will be got W I without material damaged ; Imperatrice Carolina, Ragusain, front Leghorn, with loss of foremast and bowsprit; Oporto Packet, Deacon, from St. Jago de Cuba to Trieste, with loss of masts, bowsprit, and much damage; Santa Trinita, Tueile, from Odessa and Malta, was run foul of. and sunk, with her cargo on hoard Wellesley, Currin, from Bergen—stern Moved in, and full of water. WRECK OF THE CIMOXF. GRATE SHIP OF If AR. The following letter has been received by the Greek De puties from Captain Manila, on his departure for Greece. It does equal honour to British hospitality and to Grecian gratitude :-- (Translation from the Greek.) Portsmouth, Ist Jannarv, 11126. Gentlemen—Being on the point of quitting England, I consider myself obliged by duty to express the sincere gratitude which I, my officers, and crew, entertain towards the inhabitants of the island of Guernse in general, and particularly towards the Lieute nant-Governor, S ir John Colborne, and the family of Mr. Topper, resident In that place, fur their most benevolent and generous con duct towards us. If anything can possibly alleviate the misfortune of those who are shipwrecked on a foreign coast, far from their native country—un acquainted with the language of the people among whom chance has thrown them—it is the meeting with men of liberality and hu. manity. Such, we thank heaven ! has been our lot ; and we assure you, the Inhabitants of Guernsey, that whilst we live their conduct will remain indelibly engraved on our hearts. You will oblige me and my officers by giving publicity to this letter. Treatment like that we met with should not remain unrecorded. I am, Gentlemen, your most obedient servant. DEbIETIUUS ANDREAS JIIAULI3. Captain of the wrecked Greek Brig of War Citnone. To the Deputies of Greece in London. A new comedy will make its appearance at Covent garden, in March, of which the green room speaks in the highest terms. The plot is taken from the French, but the whole has been completely re-arranged and adapted to our stage by a gentleman who has already distinguished himself by his literary and dramat c talent. Knowles, in his Turkish History, relates an extraordinary instance of capricious tyranny. It is, that a German pri soner, of a gigantic figure and hero i c courage, MS exposed, by command of the Sultan, with his hands and feet securely fettered, and destroyed inch-meal by a dwarf who reached little higher than his knees. Anil all its folly far away the eectte , irg paid, The hill's made The book Is crossed, the t)o.incss dune; IDo them the last doncoli are made ; The goal Is reach'd— he race is run. FASHIONABLE I.vrrf.l.tGENCE. The Ear: of Chesterfield arrived y Audley-street. from his seat. Ilradii Lord Harvey arrived is town on Al Suffolk. C. I'. Thom:ism. Eoi. yesiertlay at h!s house in St James's-place. Irnm fleot.ird-hite. The Marquis of Cam:len kit town yesterday for his seat, the Wilderness. Kent. James Duly. Esq. M.P., 31rs. Daly, and f eerily. have arrived at Miller's lintel, Jermyn.streer. from Tu•thr:c'.ge AVells. Sir 011111E4 thal,am. Part. arrived yesterday at Jordan's Hotel, St. James's.sirret, t rom a near. Departures from the Cotten .e Hotel. Alhermarle-street: William and Lath Ituinlielit aid furrily ton Mr. lligbr's scat, in Essex ; and Mrs. Iluary Dice, for their seat near 1/over. Mr. and Mrs. Pest art:• ed yesterday at Read's Hotel, lower Cirosvenor.strett, from their scut, Ilayliuld Hall, Norfolk ; Mrs. Duffield, from a tour. Captain sad Mrs. Fenton left town r eioeveuy, for B at h. Count Wormvow has lutt man ler the 1::it: of Petobroke's scat. IViltim House, NVilts. Arrivals at the Bath 110 i 1. A Warren. from Rants ; )la;or nint. Departures :—Mr., NTS. :41.1 Hamilton. r their 61.`4 Birks ; Sir Hugh PalCser, Rt his house in South ay Irrm Ickworth Park, .gtnn-street :--Mr. and Mrs. ?Ira. S:nres. from the Conti , tl 3l:se ; Mrs. end Kent ; 31r. and 31re. Oakley, for rot r.A. TILE CO-OPERATIVE In a pamphlet lately published, entitled " Owenirrn rendered consistent nith our Cid' and Religious System," • we have an account of the social arrangements which are to lay the foundation of this new Millenium. A time may possibly arrive when these holy allies shall be so purified from all earthly desires as neither to marry nor be given in marriage; but as the process of purification is naturally slow, these Sons and Daughters of harmony must go on for the present, on the old jog-trot system of population. Accordingly we are informed, that " when all the ar rangements shall be complete, the Society will give notice, by advertisements, that it is ready to receive 500 girls, from 16 to CIO years of age, virtuous and beautiful, and not under forefeet one inch in height. These will imme diately commence a course of education, under the di rection "of Mr. Hamilton, the females of his family, and assistants;' at the end of which their marriages will take place, after the following manner : " All the partners will assemble in the great hall, serving for church. the ladies on one side, yeast', and in uniform dresses; the men also In the costume of the Hamiltonian Society on the other; and after sermon and prayer. to invoke the blessing of the Al mighty, and to entreat Him to arrange the marriages of .these people for their mutual happiness and their several good, the head partner, and the minister, assisted by the foremen of all the committees, will put the written names of the men in one box, and the written names of the girls in another. Then withdrawing to some distance from etch other, the head partner (by the way, we hear too much of this head partner), after mixing up the names of the men, will draw one out and proclaim it aloud. The minister immediately draws out the name of a girl from his box, when the persons so called come forward, and receiving their tickets or written names, immediately walk out of the church into the square or lawn appointed for that purpose. If content with the decision of heaven, fur such is it conceived loft so drown indo. bilably are, they return, and seat themselves together in a certain part of the church, appointed for that purpose. If not contented with their lots, they throw their tickets back into the boxes whence they were severally drawn; and returning each to his and her former places among the candidates, their lots will be drawn over again, with the same ceremony, until all be content. Should the whole terminate, and yet one or more of the gentlemen not have found a mate, he or they return to the town establishment, and the supernumerary girls remain in the country, until the renewal of , this ceremony, to be appointed by the Society." Dr. Johnson, according to his good-humoured biographer Boswr.r.i., gave it as his opinion that marriages would be quite an happy as they are, if they were all made by the Lord Chat,cellor ; and with due reverence for these enthu siasts of New Harmony, we should be disposed to prefer the decision of the Chancellor to their mode of drawing love. lots, even with that privilege of redrawing, should we be dissatisfied with the prize, and disposed to throw it again into the wheel. It has ong since been agreed by philo sophers, that happiness and misery cons'st chiefly in the imagination, and certainly whether the dose be of lore, law, or physic., if it does but exhilarate, the rest is matter of very little concern. If the Co-or KRA TM:3 were not so nearly allied to the purity and perfection of angels, we should con sider their tracing the determination of their marriage chances to the decision of heaven as a shameless profan ation ; but in an assembly of fanatics there is always much to be pardoned ; and it IP, besides, very difficult to tell which is most to blame—the Knaves that make such an as ' section, or the Fools that believe it. • Vide Co-operative Magazine, No. I. --- TITHES IN THE CITY OF LONDON. Yesterday a Vestry Meeting of the Inhabitants of St. Giles Without, Cripplegate, took place, for the purpose of taking into consideration a letter which had been written to them by their Vicar, .Ir. Holmes, intimating to them a very serious determina tion which he had made with respect to his tithes. The Meeting was extremely numerous, and the business was conducted with more order than many of those which have been held upon this very provoking subject. The Churchwardens presided. The Vicar's letter, which was as follows, was then read. "To the inhabitants of the parish of St. Giles Without, Crip plegate, in the city of London. " Inc some time past I have had it in contemplation to make an alteration in tile rate of the perish tithes, which I have delayed until circumstances have rendered such alteration absolutely neces sary. During the twenty-three years I have been Vicar of this large and respectable parish, the utmost I have required of any in. habitant has been one shilling in the pound, not calculated on the actual amount of rent paid, but on an assessment admitted by all to be his than the actual rent, and much less than by law I am en. titled to. Notwithstanding which I have within the last nine years been put to considerable expense by the parishioners joining in three several applications to Parliament to repeal the statute in which my right to the tithe is thunded. lam now involved in • most serious expense in nearly rebuilding the vicarage house, which (notwithstanding the frequent repairs I have given it during my incumbency) has, from age, fallen into gene ral decay ; and when I add to this the increased expenses of my family, 1 feel imperatively called upon to apply to my legal resources for aid and assistance. I therefore give notice that, from and after Christmas next, my collector will call upon the inhabitants for an increased payment of tithes upon the rents of the several houses and buildings within the parish. At the same time, I beg it to be understood that it is not my intention to de. mend the full amount ofiny legal right, but to place the rate of the tithes of Crlpplcgate upon a similar footing with other parishes in which the tithes are regulated by the same Statute. I trust, that when my parishioners reflect on the great length of time I have contented myself with so small a portion of my right, and the cir cumstances which make it necessary I should now increase it, they will not suffer the harmony and good understanding that has hitherto subsisted between us to be interrupted; as they cannot with justice consider 1 am departing from that line of moderation which I have always pursued, and of which they have enjoyed the benefit for 50 many years. WILLIAM iIOI.3IES, V mar. •• Cripplegate, Vag. 4, IRV." Mr. Bitonne sr said he had bced told that is would be necessary to have some resolutions ready for the occasion, and he had accor dingly prepared himself with some ; but as he understood there were others drawn up. the meeting could make their election upon hearing them read. He was of opinion that the best mode of set tling the contest was by endeavouring to obtain the amicable con. curtenee of the Vicar, and of the Deep and Chapter of St. Paul's, who were the patrons of the living. For the advantages of this course they had the examples of SL Andrew's, Holborn, and of Bishopagate, of which latter parish, that distinguished ornament of the Church, the Bishop of Chester, was the Rector. Everything ought to be done to prevent the existence of such animosity as pre vailed in the neighbouring parish of St. (Have, Hart-street. (Hear, hear.) Ile urged, that whatever allowance was determined upon, a clause should be introduced, as in the Bishoplemte Bill, to compel the landlords to pay the tithes. By this means, the bickenngs which took place so frequently between the poorer Inhabitants and the tithe collectors would be put an end to. Ile concluded by moving a string of declaratory resolutions, the substance of which was to the effect, that the inhabitants of the parish observe with the deepest concern the differences and alter cations which exist in several parishes within this City on the subject of tithes, and being desirous of avoiding the like mis fortunes, as detrimental to the best Interests of religion, and of that peace and good-will which ought to unite the inhabitants of a parish with their Christian Minister, resolve and declare their willingness to review and revise the present payment made in lieu of tithes, and to make such liberal allowance and provision for the Incumbent as may be found consistent with their means. Mr. JONES said he did not object to the tone of the Reso lutions, but he thought them premature. They knew not what the Vicar intended to take from them. The extent of the de mand should be first ascertained. He therefore moved, as an amendment, that a Committee should be appointed to wait upon the Vicar, for the purpose of learning the extent of the Increase of tithes which he intended to make, and to report the result to the parishioners. Mr. Pur.LEX was for adopting the resolutions containing the combined qualities of the first proposition and the amendment. He did not think the parishioners could obtain relief in the Court of Chancery, and the expense of making the experiment would be terrific. Of two evils he would choose the least, and nothing could he so bad as trying the Court he had alluded to. He thought it would be extremely advisable to endeavour to induce the Vicar to go with them to Parliament, in order to obtain a final adjustment of the matter. He at the name time believed it to be a necessary step to send a deputation to learn the extent of the Vicar's demand be fore they proceeded further in the business. Several parishioners here began to complain loudly. One stated that there was no reliance to be placed upon any promise the Vicar might make, as he was determined to get all he could squeeze out of his parishioners. He had, it was well known, when it was agreed to give him a shilling in the pound, declared that he would never ask more. (Hear, hear.) Another Parishioner said they ought to have spirit enough to go to Parliament, and resist every attempt to increase the burden, which the poorer people were not able to endure. Alderman Wool) said that he well knew formerly, when the first demand of increase from Id. to a Is. in the pound was made, there were great professions of zeal and readiness to subscribe, and he went alone to Chancery to resist the claim of the Vicar. There was no one to follow his example. They yielded one after the other, and at length the whole parish ageed to pay the sum required.— (Hear. hear, and a laugh.) A Parishioner—lt was a taint Committee. Alderman WooD said die whole parish having agreed to pay, he did not think it prudent to continue the conflict in Chancery, and withdrew. He for one was not convinced of the right of any one of the gentlemen who had made claims of an increase, or obtained a compromise to the demands they made on their parishioners. He opposed any concessim, except it was strengthened by Parliament, and would apply to the Vicar's successors as well as to himself. Ultimately it was determined that a Committee should be so pointed to wait upon the Vicar, and the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's. to ascertain the extent o f demand, and to learn whether they would agree to go to Parliament upon the subject. The eicctmg tl:cu broke up. LAW NOTICES. . COl'ltT .OF CtIA.NCERY. The following notice is posted at the dooni of Linenln'y Inn ilall : " The Lord Chancellor is still confined by illness, aid will not sit this week." COURT OF KING'S BENCH. MIDDLESEX CAUSES TO BE TSIED 11' COMMON It7RTE3, JANUARY._ Hairey vbhasioatiet. Dickinson • Eitisto. ter Flowers v klaynarti Memoir Leitch Thejßing •Sio•nnan Alerfet • Abbott Newton • Rouiden Hobson • Dyson Baalham • Burke bet •Dray_ Se, kc. i Wallis Murphy V Wackily' flukey a Norris MONDAY NEXT, THE_trx (IT Doe, on (lenllse of Cohen, • Jacobs Be•or • Ellison The King • John Revett Heeley • Graham Char • Norris . Doe, on demise of Sharp and others, • Barrett A.mis • WhWar Ifooman • Winks II ngbes • Breedes Deering • Bailey Cockerton • Richard son Woodrow • Jones, Esq. Roberts • Busted Leman .• Brown Bye • Scott Tomk ins • Basket. I"hompson v Ted denhain Chard r Freida Boxer r 11141)ourrall villa Smith v Simpson \l•Laughlin'Vowler Harris v Rawlins LAW INTELLIGENCE. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Turstur, Lts Joseph Banks. late of Battersea. size.manufaetorer and shol , * keeper, came up on his petition to be discharged, end was opposed by Pfr. Coo' e, on behalf of a person named Johnson, and stye. ral other creditors. • _ . . The insolvent, on his direct examination, admitted that he hea disposed of his stock in trade, together with the • Kitures of hirert house, and part of his furniture, to his brother-in-law. Mr. Jorephi II aliier, for 391. I3s. A few weeks before this transfer he had ob. tained goods to a considerable amount on credit. In the premised in which he carried on the manufacture of size. the insolvent had erected a furnace, and made various improvements. which coat him several !tundra pounds, yet he disposed of his interest In those • premises, together with a horse and cart, originally purchased for. 461. to .another brother-in-law, named IVoding, for 111. Under those ercumatances Mr. Cooke, for the opposing &editors, con. tended that the insolvent was guilty of a fraudulent dispnaal of hi* property, and that he had fraudulently contracted debts without any Intention of paying the amount. The insolvent denied the intention to defraud, and alleged that he was possessed of a chymicat secret, so valuable, that If he had not been molested by his creditors, he should have teen enabled to discharge all his debts. The CHIEF COMMI33IOIIER said it was not Matter of ir ference, but a clear and obvious fact that the insolvent had fraudu. lently contracted debts with the opposing creditors. The Court, taking into consideration that he had been some time in prison. only adjudged that the insolvent should be remanded for eigh: calendar months. Wm. NVarmington. of Bradford, iViitshire, linen-draper, tame up for the hearing of his petition. which no credittw inpeered to oppose. The Court, however, used its discretion in subjecting the insolvent to a rigid examination, from which it appeared that he had been arrested some months ago, when two persona became his bail, and took a bill of sale as indemnifieationi upon which they acted, and had made some very enormous charges. The Cult, - CnMMSssIONER said the case exposed the grossest instance of collusion between the insolvent, his bail, and his attor ney. that ever came before the Court. Considering It in this light. although the insolvent was not opposed, the Court thought It r. public service to exercise tht discretion reposed in it, by ordering the insolvent to be remanded for a period of six months. George Chapman was opposed by Mr. HEAT'S, on the part of Messrs. Curry and Co. distillers. It appeared that in November 1824, the insolieni receired 1527/ arising out of an Exchequer suit decided in his favour. His debts , at this period were under 4001., and soon after he became the pro. prietor of the Roebuck tnn, at Chigwcll, on the border of Epping Forest. This speculation not proting satisfactory to the Insolvent.. he disposed of his interest to a Mr. Reeve*, which, with the stock, &c. was valued at between 5001. and 6001. A large part of this sum, it was alleged, was taken by Mr. Cullum, the brewer, who had lent 2001. on the lease, and supplied the house with beer. Tho Insolvent stated that only 701. came into his hands, Mt of settieN he had paid to save his mother, who had formerly advanced hirt 0001., from arrest. The Insolvent denied that he ever possessed a hunter; the nag he sometimes rode upon was the property of his mother. Insolvent had a watch, which he_sold t 6 his brother Inc 3!.. but denied that he had ever represented it as worth 00/. or 701. The opposing creditors' solicitor prodttced the record of an action brought by Curry and Co. against the insolvent, which the latter met by a writ of error, thus putting the plaintiffs to an expense et' upwards of 301.; but it appeared that the insolvenfhad no deferca to go into Court, as he voluntarily surrendered himself at the h.. ginning of Michaelmas Tenn, It further appeared that the Irani. vent had proposed a compromise to Messrs. Carry, and when they hesitated upon his proposal, he took from his pocket a watch, whicia he said was worth all he owed Messrs. Curry. The insolvent was finally remanded for eight months, fur having instituted vexatious proceedings against his creditors. THE ARMY. Detachments belonging to the following Regiments marched yes terday from Westminster to the destinations below stated : The 2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards, for Dorchester; the 70't Regiment of Infantry, for Winchester; the 9th, 35th. and ilt:th Regiments, for Albany Bamicks: the 53d and 90th Regiment., fur Portsmouth ; the 13th, 14th, 30th, 54th, and 57th Regiment., for Chatham ; and the 2d. 3d, 20th, 44th, and 40th Regiments, ter Canterbury. The depot of the 25th (the King's Own Borderers) Regiment ar rived on Alonday at the Isle of 1% fight, front Cork. A General Court-martial assembled at Canterbury on Monday, for the trial of a soldier of the 38th Regiment, on a charge of mu tiny. Colonel Carey, C.B. 57th Regiment, President ; Captaim Blair, of the Butts, Deputy Judge Advocate. The Waterfiffil llfail announces that the Catholic Clergy were going through that city for the purpose of making a new census of the population. In Clonmel, the Catholic Clergy are employed on the same business. We understand that it is the intention of Sir T. Leth bridge, with a view to the interests of the country at large, but of agriculture in particular, to bring forward, in the next Session of Parliament, a question with regard to the present state of country banking, should the subject not be taken up by Ministers. Considerable sensation has been excited in the town or Bishopwearmouth by the discovery of the skeleton of a human body in a small garden, or rather plot of waste ground, behind the house at present occupied by Mr. Gee. Parker, at the north end of William-street. Mr. Parker's son, a boy about fourteen years of ;.ge, and his sister. whilst employing themselves, merely for the sake of amuse ment, in digging a hale, met, at the depth of about two feet, first with the skull, and afterwards with the teiti,e skeleton. It had evidently been fluent into the hole in are erect posture, and probably when warm and flexible, as the body was inclined forward, and the legs crossed. With., the exception of the fingers and toes the skeleton was per -1 feet, with two of is , ' ribs and collar-bone fractured. Two pieces of flannel, in tolerable preservation, were the only babilimets found with it ; so that it seems to have been de posited there nearly in a state of nudity. How long it is since it was deposited must of course be matter of conjec ture. Those connected with the property say that this anti theadjoining houses were built twenty-seven yens ago, and that the soil which covered the rock or mar/ on which they are founded was then but a few inches deep. Indeed the soil, as it now appears upon being thrown up, has evidently been forced, anti strengthens the inference that the body must have been placed there since the house was built.--. Durham Chronicle. REPORTED Mettera.—A little after six o'clock an Wed nesday morning last, as the Regulator London roach was on its way to town from this city, the eoaelnnsu perceived the body of a man lying on the road side, near the feertla mile-stone on the Cheltenham road. He immediately went to a neighbouring pottage to name the circumstance, and to send assistance. This was promptly afh,rdeei , atm two or three persons proceeding to the spot, they found the oh• jest of their search to be an old man named Benjamin Brint, a gardener, who resided in Barton-street, near this city, and who was in the habit of attending at Cheltenham for the sale of fruit, &c. The first person who came up ' found the body still warm, anti indtining that life was not yet extinct, went with his companions fee a gate or hurdle for the more easy conveyance of the old man to the reach or r n fire and other assistance, but on attem ' gto remove intr., they found he was quite dead. The then carried the body to the Plough public-house, whic r was near at baud, and from the circumstance of the bsek of one of hie bonds being lacerated, with other appearances of violence upon his person, and his clothes being M a dissrdered state, a ru mow was instantly set afloat, and taost industriously cif misted, that the poor old man had been most inhumanly murdered. Inquiries being made, and it being found that the last person seen in company with the deceased wee his own son, suspicion instantly pointed him out as the unite. tural perpetator of the deed, and in tine course of a few hours he was apprehended. For the honour of human na ture, however, we rejoice to say tints appears to be no real ground for aeaching suspicion to' the Tomei, mau.---41Ins cert."- J:t:',::4l. 1~ t I G 4 4 Y F 1 , 1 1, 1