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TRINITY-HOUSE, LONDON, Jon. l 8 5. r YFOR ART lON has been received at this House, that I a Vessel is sank acrois the Tide In Ila(fway Reads, abreast :he Half-way 'louse. nearly in Mid-Channel ; and that a Vessel A Ain placed near the Wreck, displaying a Red Flag during the and a Cross Light in Two Lanterns in the Night time ; tar the purpose of warning Vessels passing up and down that part of she River Thames. By Command at' the Corporation. J. HERBERT, Secretary. ATHENAION.-164, REGENT-STREET.—Second Season.—The Members and Subscribers are informed that the LECTURES on the ARTS. SCIENCES, and BELLES LETTRES, will commence at the Theatre of this Institution on TRURSDAy, the 13th instant, at half.past Seven in the Evening, as formerly announced ; hut the Fete of Minerva (in consequence of the Prorogation of Parhartlent, and the absence of several of its Members who are desirous of being present). is postponed until Thursday the 10th of Februaty next. The Tickets issued fur the 13th instant will be admitted on that night. For a Plan of the Institution, and Tickets of Admission, apply to the Secretary of the Athenaion. To be Sold, a few Shares in this Institution, of 251. 501. and 1001. bearing an interest of SI. per cent. per annum, entitling ti.e holder to free admission to the Athenftion. The Reading and Conversation Saloons are open to Non-Sub scribers to the Lectures, at Si. as. per annum. The celebrated Roman Poet, Pistrucci, is engaged for the Season TKE DUTCH AUTffoimes AT EL MIN • [From the Sierra Leone Royal Gazette of Oct.. 2.] Raving in era lan promised to say something relative to the Dutch Authorities, we this day lay before our readers a few teens, illustrative of the conduct of this power upon the Cold Coast, from which the world may judge of the " candid and friendly pro. etedinge of the Dutch towards us," and of the little dependence to be placed upon felr. Consul Dupuis' remarks on matter's relating to this pan of the worts. It is well known to every we connected with the Coast, that it was the constant policy of General Daendels, who administered. the Government of D'Elmina in 1816 and 1817. to provoke the Asbantees against us, and that he did not scruple to sacrilise very. considerable presents, and otherwise intrigue to attain this end, and which the Company's diffienkies with that nation proved were: too successfully exert. Tills unfair, and we may say, very die.; receful system, has mire or less been followed by succeeding Go-• vernure, who have always continued to sanction the Cabboceros of the town of D'Elmina, holding commiseions as Captains in the As;eantoe army, although that Power has generally been at war pith mut British, and water-side people under our protection. In t k be *St commencement of the present war, it is equally well he m ee Stet the King of Ashantcr sent one of his Chine.' name d A e h abel .etn, as a resident to D'Elmina, where be was, lodged b y Dutch Governor as the Agent of that Atsse i l t 17(.0 the purpose pd.proeuring arm. and ammunition, wbicb be forwarded iota the. L'Aert°r is this capacity, he and erinfor carrying on the was, and that ua were protected by the Elf:elm; from the other lentee tribes, whe were then at war with his master, and of course desirous tet'oOttiolt an end to the Ashaatem latter had no other way of doing bite through the agency of the obtaining warlike stores, for prolong 'ng the contest, and, which the Dutch, who, front the commencement o: hoetelletes, to the date of the last accounts, have furnished the whole Gf the Asitantee supplies, for which they have received in exchange the gold of these people. 'f he D'Elmines, under ate Dutch flag, are the only Fantees who have, throughout, assistexi the Ashantees„ and that notwithstanding all the numelous tribe*of their man trymen were opposed to that nation, in just Menge for the tyranny they formerly exerted over them, and wLic , bat for ' the support of the British, they tumid now labour tt,:dvi they have, in the present war, even gone further, and so long back es the first talkie at Donquah, been engaged fighting in the ranks to fl ee Ashantees, as well as in every succeeding action, and particular,: in the last, when they formed a most powerful knee. In this action the Ashantees and their Allies, the D'Elminas (foreo we must call theni) were defeated, and fell back towards the Dutch Fort, where they rested, obtained succour, and received a fresh sorely of powder and ammunition. It was at this time that the Aceras, (another tribe of lantern) on finding that a delicacy existed about attacking the town of o'l.ll-nine on the part of the British Authorities, on account of the Dutch Bag flying there. offered and even begged to be allowed to march against the D'Elminas themselves, sat justly incensed and indignant were they at the part the Elminas took with the Ashantees against the best interests of their country. In the precipitancy of the retreat of the Ashantees and D'Elmines on this occasion, they left a great portion of their stores upon the field of battle, among which were several casks of powder, that were known by the mark to have a short time before belonged to the highest Dutch authority at Elmira, who, wilt all those under hint, may fairly be denominated mercantile agents of the Ashantees. We shall now merely refer to one recent feet, and, as we hope it will be more solemnly investigated, offer no remarks thereon : we allude to the murder, in cold blood, of Koine Commenda people-- unarmed men. women, and children—who were returning peaceably to their homes. This courage was committed by the IYElminas, under the Dutch flag, and in the territory of that power, and this fur no other cause but tbet they were friends to the English. The circumstance of British officers lending at D'lltilmina, being insulted by the people, and, in a recent instance, barely escaping with their live., might further be adduced as another instance of their "good will" towards the Bnglish notion. The civil war between Abdulkadur, the King, aid Bocary Bay, the Pretender to the Foulest throne, has assumed a degree of acti vity and determination rarely ohne/teed in Africa. Their strength is supposed to be nearly equal ; the old men generally aiding with the former, anteche young with the latter. Abdulkadur has the advantage of an easier access to the waterside for supplies of arms and ammunition than his rivaL Both are lay. ing in largo stocks of powder, guns, and balls, and so determined are both sides, that it is expected the fine action will decide the matter. This action is to take place the moment the rice is cut. It le satisfactory to leant, that though both parties have issued orders that no Foulahman shall go trading till this affair is settled, they have sent a notice throughout the interior, that the road is open aid uninterrupted to Senora, Serac'olie, Boondoo, Mantling°, Grottier trade men, not nations of the Fmtlah country. We may therefore soon look out for our golden friends. EAST INDIA HOUSE, Jun. 12, 18237 ' Court of Directors of the United Company r?f j Merchants o , f England trading to the East Indite do heresy ire Notiee, . Thst the Committee of Buying and Warehouses will be ready is receive Proposals in writing sealed up, on or before Muir:Le per. the Pith February, 1823, from such persons as may be willing t o supply the Company with BRITISH IRON, Ind that the conditions of the Cantina may be seen on application to the Clerk of the said Committee, with whom the Proposals must rytkii before Eleven o'clock of the said IGth February, after which lir the Committee will not receiveny Tender. DART, Secretary. TEMOIRS of the HOUSE OF B—K--Y, in a IV". Narrative, containing, among other interesting matter, many Original Letters, Anecdotes, and Correspondence, connected with the Investigation in the House of Lords in the year 1811. This Narrative Is just published, and sold by Mary Tudor, 29, Old Bond-street, and may be procured of all Booksellers. FARR ON CANCER. This day is published, the Second Edition, with important Im provements to Practice, and mo th ne* Matter, Syn. price ea. A TREATISE, Eh:tamers of a METHOD by which OCCULT CANCER may be CURED, together with Practical Directions for its Treatment In the Ilorrative Stage, By WILLIAM FARR, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, London, late Surgeon to the Hospital on the Island of Anholt, &c. &c. Published by 0. Wightman, 46, Fleet-street. Of whom may be had, by the same Author, A TREATISE on the CURE of SCROFULA. Second Edition, pie, 4. A USTRALIAN AGRICIMITUMAL COMPANY, Estsblistied order and by virtue das At o Perth:nem, sad Incorporated h Moya4 Charter. • - -,'...-.. t . .. . uowtourerli. ......uvi . JOHN COWS, Esq. M.T. . DEru r 7 offirraxort. WILLIAM MANNING, Esq. M.P. DIRECT - ORS. Dsrid Baxley, Esq. I Torn Loch, Esq. The Hon. H. G. Rennet, M.P. John Maeartliut, Esq. Janus Brogden, Iraq. 1.P.3 Donald 31ackan, Esq. George Brown. Est Stewart 31arjoribanks, Eiq. jul b ' e ei l t % C .ill arn ia g m be i k c E l sZ E4. T;e l. l P fon .J. T. Leslie 31 il vi 1I e. William Crawford, Eta'. 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The pui;lisher has to state, from the highest authority, that the doubts whistl have been thrown out as' . to the authenticity of these Memoirs, are pot supported by the in ternal evidence of the Work ; and that the C•lttcotts facts that are therein disclosed could only have been rimers's:l by Fouche him self, as a faithful record of his remarkable nego‘lations and in trigues, and of the secret facts connected with the rise and fell of Napoleon. London : Printed for Charles Knight, Pall-mall East. METROPOLITAN ALDERNEY MILK COMPANY. C.IPITAL, ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY TIIOUSAND POUNDS. In 6,000 Shams of £23 each. DIRECTORS. Sir JOHN PERRINO, Bart., Chairman. Ar.r.isaDE GOLDSMID, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Stephen N. Barber, Esq. G. P. Goodenough. Esq. William Broackes, Esq. M. A. Goldscuid, Esq. Meyer Davidson, Esq. John Hilder, Esq. Edward Down, Esq. Robert Hone. Eel. I Henry Down, Esq. Philip Perring, Esq. •CDITORS. Peter 3loore, Esq., M.P. ; John Francis Moubert, Esq. ; Joseph Barber, Esq. With a frontispiece engraved on Steel, end 11 exquisite Vignettes on Wood, from the Posthumous designs of Thurston, I.SMILES and TEARS: a Series of Humorous and Sentimental Sketches and Tales. Contents:-1. Young Authors—'l. The Young Soldier-3. The Death of Infants-4. The Itianderer's Return--5. The Author to the Reader-6. An Essay on a Broomstick-7. Common Sense and Genius—S. The Power of 51usic--9. The Rose of the Mountains -10. Consumption-11. The Grave of One Beloved—Pl The Soldier's Funeral-13. Fellow Travellers-14 The Past and the Future-15. The Fall of the Leaf—lS. L'Envcy. HANKER/. Sir John Paring. Bart. and Co. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Florence and Griffith, 33, Finsbury-squive. There is no subject of greater interest to the 'Public than that Minch relates to the genuineness and goodness of those Articles of daily consumption, which are commonly considered the necessaries of life, because on these depend in a great measure the health, the happiness, and the comfort of the community. Of all such necessaries Milk must be deemed one of the most important to Families, and that Institution must possess me highest claims to public patronage which ensures a genuine supply o the luhabitants of this great Metropolis. With such a view the above Company has beat formed, and there can be no doubt that while the Public will enjoy an invaluable fort, the Proprietary will be amply compensated fur tneir apital e:nbarked in the undertaking. This Company cannot be considered as an invidious or Tierce my one, nor as partaking of the nature of a monopoly, as a great amber of the Poorer Classes will be necessarily ereployed in the diver" of the Milk and in the diffierent branches ortlie Institr aim, while at the same time all may be supplied with Milk and m of the purest quality, and at the most moderate prices. The Directors have already the best proof of the estimation in which this Establishment is held by the Public, by the unprece dented applications for Shares being far beyond the limited number ; at consequence of which the Books are closed, and no further Tenders can he received. An Immediate distributiok of the Shares will take place. January 10, 11183. .I)ALLADIUM MM and FIRE ASSURANCE SOCIETY No. 6. Waterloo-piece, and 76. Cheapside. CAPITAL, TWO MI I. LIONS STERLING. DIRECTORS. fil? Edward Hyde East, Bart. M.P. P.R.S. Chairman. Colonel John Millie, M.P. F.R.S. Deputy Chairman. J. D. Alexander, Esq. M.P. Neil B. 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In the Life Department, fuur-fifthe of the estimated profits, or eighty per cent. will he added every seventh year, by way of bonus, to the Policies effected for the whole term of life, or be applied in reduction of future premiums. In the Ftre Department, an equal apportionment of four-fifths of the profits will be septennially allowed to persons who have paid seven years' presniuto in a single sum, or by annual pay mane. The remaining one-fifth of the profits accruing in each Department will he translated to the Subscribed Capital, and pre. served untouebrd, to form • continually-increasing guarantee to the Assured. A Prompt payment alibi years' premism entitles the Assured to the benefit of a seven years' insurance. AB claios on the Society paid without deduction or discount ; and the Assured hare the option of settling disputed claims by Arbitration. Parties, by obtaining the settlement of • loss, do not LOGS a right to participate in the profits. Persons Assuring their lives in Ibis CHRee may ernes the eas in decked vessels between the Babe and Brest, without any extra Premium being requital. WALTER COMER, Secretary. fIOSNIORA MA. A CHANGE of SIX VIEWS V having taken place on the 13th ult. in this Exhibition, it now consists of Views of the Bay of Cadiz (giving a eomprehen. sire outline of that beautiful Port and Citz), the Interior of the Pantheon at Rome, by moon-light ; the City of Moscow during tt Conflagration in 11i12. (These three Views excited very great it.enst and admiration when exhibited about three years ago ; it is at die request of a number of their Visitors that the Proprietors have been induced to put them up again.) Views of the Hippo drame, and a Court of the seraglio at Constantinople ; some of very considerable classic interest in Syria and Palestine, and others in ilindoetan—No. 2011, Regent-street, Oxford-atreet. BAsT AND \VE4T INDIA WAREHOUSE, EXETER- THAN'OE, STRAND. THIS OUTFITTING WAREHOUSE forms a se cond division of Exeter 'Change, where may be seen a large and well-manufactured Stock of fashionable Carriage, Cur rule, Tandem, Phaeton, a nd Chai s e Harness, with every descrip tan of Military, Hunting, and Side Saddles, for Home Use, East mad West Indies, New South Wales, and the Spanish Main. Camp liadateads, Camp Tables and Chairs, Cabin Wash-hand Stands, Cabin lamps, Camel and Bullock Trunks, Canteens completely Nerd t_ip. neat and elegant, a t a moderate price. Sea Cots, Bed 4;alt, Writing Desks. Dressing Cases, be. A large assortment of Cavalry and Infantry Swords, Epaulets, Sword Boots, Sashes,, MU'. and Patois, &c. &c. The Harness a n d Saddlery, together with the Summer and Win ks Horse Clothing, merit inspection, from their excellent quality, first style of w or km ans hip , an d mo d e ra t e price. The whole of the Anides in this Establishment are warranted, and that excellent W a n. of ling yaws standing, is strictly adhered to, of asking but ole Ready Money Priec. from whkh no discount or abatement will be male under any circumstances. N•1 1 —To prevent mistakes, the Public will please to observe, that the three principal entrances to this Outfitting Warehouse are 11 Exec, 'Change. A List of the 'East India Company and Licensed Ships, and Lenin ( Papers, are constaraly kept. Beautifully printed and hot-premed, is. entre boards. With a frontispiece. and hi most Striking and Characteristic En. grarings by the celebrated Bewick, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 2. The DANCE of DEATH of the ILLUSTRIOCS HANS OLB EI N, with Letter-press Illustrations. Beautifully printed in foolscap, and bot-pressed, 3s. 61. in antique boards. London : William Charlton Wright, publisher, 63, Paternoster row, and may be procured of all Booksellers. 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" This little tribute to the Muses is evidently the production of a cultivated min 1, imbued withamiable sympathies, with religious fervour, and deep susceptibility to the beauties of nature. Some passages will bear a favourable comparison with the best didactic poetry of the day."—Monlily Magazine. 6. The BEAUTIES of MODERN LITERATURE, in Verse and Prose. To which is prefixed, a Preliminary Vicw of the Literature of the kge. By M. M'Dermot, Esq. Author of a Critical Dissertation on Taste, &c. Elegantly printed in an tiro. •olume, price 11s. in boards. This work comprehends the spirit of English literature through. out the year, its contents comprising a variety of interesting and very diversified subjects, accompanied with critical remarks. TALES of MODERN DAYS. By Miss Barber. Con taining-1. The Spanish Brothers, or Annals of the House de V—; 2. The Robber's Child, or the Welsh Mountaineers; 3. Matilda, or a Wife's Fortitude. Price Bs. in boards. " Very pleasingly written. 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In this volume the various theories adopted by former writer. are critically examined, the author entering into a philosophical investigation if all the iinportaat questions connected not only with Taste itself, but with its proper objects. The work will be found to contain, in all respects, an original view of the subject, both in design and execution. 11. The IONIAN; or, Woman in the Nineteenth Century. By Miss Renoti„ Author of Village Conversations.' Temple of Truth,' rte. Elegantly printed in three volumes, price IL ls. in boards. The style of this work is glowing, energetic, and ardent. The author has not only rendered it truly interesting from beginning to anti., but she has also strongly inculcated those principles of mo rality, religion, piety, and virtue, without which all works of feel ing and imagination are poison to the mind that feels any chasm in their influence."—Europesn Magazine. • 12. A PRIM - WOMB' Al. INQUIRY into the SOURCE of the PLEASURES derived from TRAGIC REPRESENTA TIONS. Preceded by a Critical Examination of the various Theories adopted on the Subject by the English, French, and Getman Philosophers. By M. lif•Dennot, Esq. Author of • A deal Dissertation on Taste,' Re. " This book is ably and instructively written."--(leademsn's Magazine. Printed for Sherwood, Jones, rind Ce. Patcropeser-row, ISPLENDID ELEGANCIES, MAGNIFICENT CLOCKS, BRONZES, dm m t. f P ou li o lt ing Ll D PS Al rze u cti4 ne lly o l . i c atifi k es . ile th w a ud t TT i S 33 N T (I by AUCTION, at his Great Rooms, New Bond-street, an AS- Sr, M BLAGE of costly and splendidly decorative FURNITURE, in the Parisian taste, the entire Property of • Gentleman, from whose lesidencs in the ccuntry they have lately been reniovail-for sale. In this Assemblage are several French clocks and candelabras of high clans, four ebony and buhl columns, with rich oak bandeaux, in or-moulu, the Venus de Medici in bronze; colossal busts, in broore, and marble of distinguished characters, noble French plate glasses, commodes, consoles, and pier tables, sculptured marbles and ivories, choice specimens of japan, porcelain, agates richly mounted, gilt glue and gold urns, a few cabinet piettiges, by Dutch and Flemish masters, tapestry, and a variety of laneous items of taste and virtu ; also, sundry useful furniture. May be viewed, and catalogues had at 73, New Bond-street. LORD SIACD)NALD'd RESIDENCE, WELBECK-STREET ; Also the Furniture, Library, Wines, Pictures, and Miscellaneous ElegaLcies, !QTR. PHILLIPS ;; tors, re l l irsta f l t l il s j ii r bnti ootfibflyell AUCTI ON, tI Oonrdtrire Premises, on MONDAY, February 21, and several following days, at One o'clock, the elegant and peculiarly well-fitted HOUSE and 1)0111ESTIC OFFICES, Stabling, and Coach-house, situate N 0.76, ‘Velbeck-street, Cavendish-square, the late Residence and Property of Lord Macdonald, deceased; on which several Thousand Pounds have been recently expended in judicious improvements and modern and elegant decorations. The interior embraces a library, dining parlour, suite of three drawing rooms, and a corn. patent number of chambers and dressing rooms; hot and cold baths, a well-connected range of domestic offices, and a four-stall stable and coach-house in rear of the house. The Premises are replete with convenience for a respectable Family, and in excellent repair. On the above and following Days will also be submitted by Auction on the Premises, the modern Household Furniture, large glasses, paintings, household linen ; a select and valuable library of books in costly bindings and of the most choice editions; several sets of curious and finely carved chess-men, in silver and ivory ;I sculptured ivories in alto and buso relievo; oriental silver filigree; a sofa. anti eleven chain, formed of ebony and inlaid with ivory ;1 valuable miniatures, snuff-boxes, rings, agates, cameos, intaglios; oriental eleganciss of exquisite beauty and rarity ; bronzes; Sevre, Japan, Chelsea, and Dresden Porcelain; Japan cabinets, Limoge l and Raphael ware, &c. The cellar of choice French and Foreign Wines, comprising 400 dozen of Burgundy, Frontignac, Claret, Champagne, Sauterne, Hermitage, Hock, Madeira. Port, Sherry, Constantin, and Malmsey ; Brandy, Noyeau, Eau (Rh, &c. Descriptive particulars of the residence, and catalogues of the furniture, library, wines, &c. will be ready for delivery in • short time, of which nodes will be given, and reference where they may be had mentioned in the future advertisements, wherein • more par ticular detail of the Property will be rendered.—No. 73, Bond street, Jan. 1823. lIARE AND VALUABLE BOOKS. By Mr. EVANS, At his Houma, No. 21 Pall mall, THIS and Thres following DAYS (Sunday excepted), A Very Valuable COLLECTION of RARE ROOKS, 11 consigned from Spain; including Biblia Sacra Latina, 2 vol., the rarest of all the Latin Bibles, printed by Mentilin ; Biblia Latina, very ancient MS., with a curious variation in the contested verse of St. John ; Hoven Opera, 2 vol., first edition ; singularly cui ioua Collection of Spanish Chronicles ; Escobar, las Quatrocientas, 2 vol., excessively nue ; Boer:anus de Viria Illus enlists, fi rst edition, very rare ; Ptolemcei Geographia, extremely rare, 1478 ; Jean Msrot lAvro des Versus et Vices, a curious MS., with drawings in Orisaille ; curious Collection of MSS. Camoens Lusiadas, a book of most extraordinary rarity ; Ciunoens Rithmas, first edition, excessively rare; Pentateuchus Hebsaica, on vellum, very rare, die. he. ;SURREY. Excellent and Commodious RESI bkiiei; with Offices, Stablieg, Coach Houses, Gardens, and Lend. rpo BE LET, Furnished, until La-day, 1826, a 1. most comfortable FAMILY RESIDE NCE, order, and lit for the reception of an establishment of the first re spectability ; particularly adapted for a gentleman attached to field sports, being in the immediate vicinity of Lord Derby' s s t ag _ hounds, and within an easy distance of fox-hounds and harriers. The offices are very complete and well arranged, with capital stabling, coacb-bousee, fu. ; sad, with the Land, comprises nearly Thirteen Acres. A few Acres nacre Land may be had, if required. To be •iewed, and further particulars known, by applying to Winstanley and Sons, Paternoster-row and of Messrs. liardool, Epsom. On Wednesday lest a salmon was caught at one of the stations on the Tay, of the weight of sixteen pounds, and, to all appearance, a clean fish. Upon being cut up, how ever, the same day, at the fish•yard here, it was found to be foul, and the roe, which was remarkably large, was taken out and boiled. The ova, after being separated from the integument, were about the site of garden peas, and, upon being counted, turned out the astonishing number of 18,130 ! —Perth Courier. BAD COUNTRY Nersc—There are at this time persons going about the town, passing notes of country hankers, long since defunct as bankers. There is also another spe cies of trick practised by these gentry ; that is, going to coach offices with a number of good country notes, not payable in London, and requesting the guards and coach men, and the book-keepers of the others, to exchange them for cash or Bank notes, offering a premium for this accom-1 modation, the drawers of which have suspended payment. They are, in fact, merely waste papet. Several attempts of this kind have come within our knowledge, sod come of the parties arc well known. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE , . Alt. 11. T SHIPS ENTERED INWARDS. —Sir Joseph Banks, A rmstrong, from St. John's, New Brunswick; Ben Lomond, Kyle, from St. John's, Ncw Brunswick ; Trois Amis, Scbut, from Antwerp; Robertand Mary, Fox. from Ostend; Midas, Thompson, from New South Wales; Mary Ann, Proctor. from Hull; North Britain, Taylor, from Dundalk ; Waterford, Hodge, from Dublin. SHIPS ENTERED OUTWARDII,—HeTOII, Faillant, for Calais t Lady Nugent. Boon, for Madras and Calcutta; Gilmore, Laws, for Calcutta; General Phipps, Baxter, for Antonia Lizard°, New Mexico; Success. Hodge. for Trieste and Venice; Lion, Mer man. fur New Orleans; Queen Elizabeth, Attwooll. for Dublin ; Messenger. Morimer, for Dublin ; Venerable, George, for lin ; Calypso. Newman, for Cork ; Hector, Carron, fur Gibraltar and Rio Janeiro. SHIP! CLEARED OUTWARDS FINALLY AT GRAVE/RIM.— Vriendschap, Haserrinkel, for Rouen: Charles, Agaase. for Rouen ; Crawford, Tbomas, for llilboa ; Edgar, Campbell, for Jsmaica; Margaret. Christie, for Hamburgb; and Catherine, Fligg, for Gibraltar and AIRIRitn. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. F4LXOIITH, JAW. 10.—Sailed his 3lajesty's ships, the Thetis. Orestes, Pyladrs, Champion, Jasper, and Camelion. on an expe rimental cruise. PLYMOUTH, Jar. 10.—Sailoil the Proiidenee, Cowley, for Sierra Leone. SCILLY, JAN. 4.—The Janus, of North Shields, lately brought in here, has sustained the following damage: her bottom much in jured on both sides amidships ; - four foot broke or carried away I stern post and 'keg broke and damaged ; rudder broke and pan gone; mizenrnast cut away, and all her cables, sails, and a great quantity of tope guns. BRISTOL, JAN. o.—The Sylph, Brown, from Priam Edward's Island, which was on shore, has been got on' without damage, after discharging part of her cargo, and is now in the Floating Harbour. COWES, JAX. 11.—Tbe Busiris, for Grenada. in warping out of harbour yesterday,grounded, and remained until this morning's tide, when she floated and proceeded into the Roads, and remains with rife .Danish ship George, from Charleston. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 11.—Arrived from the Downs, :he Lady Campbell, Irvine, for India; sailed the Lord Suffield, Dipnall, for Madras; and the Stella, Simpson, fur Newcastle. DEAL, Jtw. 11.—Passed through, the Lady Campbell, fur India; sailed the Kahn. transport, for Woolwich. G YayFSExn, Jax.ll.—No arrivals. Sailed the Maria, MAN I, for St. Michael's g Woodlark, Brown, for Batavia ; Jenny. Do. nald, for Cantons ; Jane, Reddall, for Madeira ; Julius Cesar, Stafford. for Jamaica and Mexico. Lt•snroot., Jsx. 10.—The Alcvon, from New Brunswick, was got off on Saturday, and is now in the Brunswick Dock Basin. The cargo of tie Leeds, bound to New York, will prove to be very generally wet. HULL. JAW. 10.—The Ebor, Berriman, from St. Petersburg lt for London, arrived here yesterday, with damage, very leaky, and part of her cargo thrown overboard; will have to discharge to re pair. She sailed from Norway three weeks back, in company with the Minerva, Carrick. ALDaoanuon, Jaw. 7.—On Wednesday morning hat the brig %mina, of Sunderland, Alleo, master, coal laden, bad the misfortune to strike upon the Knowl, a little below Orfordness, which caused her to make so much water as to oblige them to run her for the shore on Orford beach ; in effecting which she sunk at • small distance from the shore. Crew and materials saved; but it is supposed the vessel wiil become a wreck. MILFORD, Jaw. 7.—The Dunlop, Mundell, from Belfast to . Charleston, put in here yesterday leaky, and must discharge. ABRIIDEEN, Jaw. B.—On the 4th instant, the Pursuit, Lein_ eta, arrived here hom Lerwick, with twenty-two of the crew of the Dundee, of London, from Paris's Straits, she being in such a leaky state as to be unfit for sea until repaired in the spring. Coaß JAN. B.—Arrived the Three Sisters, Pa!lock. from Tri. nidad; the Brougham, Bell, from St. Juhn's, New Brunswick ; and the Jackson, If ewe, from Newfoundland. ANSTYRDAII, JAN. R.—The Kitty, Ansdcll, from Bull for Rotterdam, put back to the Texel 29th ult. with kiss of anchors, &c. and sailbd for the Nieu Diep. The Amsterdam Packet, Don ner, from hence to Copenhagen, was brought into the harbour of Teed 4th inst. with loss of two anchors and chain cable, and damage in her sails and rigging. The Surinanische Vriend, Claus, from this port for Surinam, in sailing out of the Nieu Dicp fur the Roads, struck on the Oudehoofd, and wan in great danger, but has been got afloat with the assistance of boats. A letter from Audern states as follows :—Found on the roast of this bay, on the 26th of December. an boat, marked "Britannia of Yarmouth, B. Lane ;" eighteen bales of cotton, and some broken masts, by which it is supposed that an English ship of between 300 and 400 tons has been lost on the Isle of Saints. The Earl Bathurst, Gibbs, from Rotterdam, tailed on Toescley morning from the Detract, and arrived yesterday at Gravesend ; left all the outward-bound vessels at Ile!core without any appear, sue of their getting ostler weigh. LIVES OF FELONS. ____........._ The following consideratione on the tendency of lb. ' publication of the Lives of' Felons, are extraaeoef froM a ' new periodical work emitted the Proviticial ilagoeiur, a, bold and praisewo-thy attempt to establish a monthly pro. duction on subjects of general literature, at Leeds As tiro taste for reeling is spreading wider every day, we may ex pect aI so distant period, that every lame and opulent 1 county will have its own publication of this kind, with a ! larger :pace devoted to local matters than a metropolitan magazine 'mild be disposed to grant. Of the one before us, we have no hesitation in saying that it has " life in't." ". The point, however, upon which we may possibly he met by the advocates for such biographies, is this—that e the end of these things is death, literally, and without , metaphor,--that every one, who forme the subj ect of such t memoirs, ends his life upon a sc.:W(l(l,—am! t hat, conse. I quently, every previous enjoyment Imes is relish, and is divested of all attraction in the mind of the peruser, from the eoasideration that these are paths, which, flowery* they may be, lead but to au unliononred grave. This argue ment, though abundantly specious, it is 00 difficult matter to answer. Were this concluding scene of the fehte'a life the last link of one coneected phain,—were the &es:Whitt the apparently inevitable goal to a life 'of crime,—could the ignominious caffastrophe that closes hie life, and cute short hwerimes, be tweet m a elect-sure centrequeuce of hie eon tinned enormities, then, indeed, he. would pause ere en tering upon a course which could have no other termina tion than the scaffold ; but, unfortunately for our oppo nent's argument, it. has never appealed in the life of any felon that we have road, that this event heekorly dedu cible from the train of previous enormities which the crimi. sal has committed. In the course of his life, he has been guilty of, perhaps, a hundred violations of the law. Frain 'line:el-nine of these no consequence has resulted,—norie, at lea*, pernmeently affecting the felon's enjoym en t of' life. Had the hundredth enormity never b een committed, it teems t orobable-that his life would not hav e b een f or f e i te 4 to tie ? I** iresu r s e :t y t er naturally infers, that the last cause good reason but of the last crime, and he sees no eoneluding, that a little more dexterity, or at all events a... Teaser degree of that Good fortune eh': lt had attended hint before, might have carried him through this, as well as his oth e r diffloulties. Mir, besides, will it be contended, that the mere u einem intirnition of a certain felon's having terminated his life cool the scaffold, is more likely to deter than a view of the ga . Nits and of the death of a criminal. If the latter have not the eifeot of deterring from crime, surely the former must prove but a feeble warning. These awful, and one would think awakening exhibitious. are frequent ; and there ar e f ew y o uths, none, perhaps, of those who tak e pl easure i n perus i ng felon s ' lives, whose curiosity has not led them to the scene. In these exhibitions there seems, to the beholder, to be an evident and necessary connexion betwixt the punishment and the crime which has led to it—they appear to be linked together. The spectator is not presented there, as be is in, the felon's memoirs, with the gay picture of a previous life spent in pleasure and idleness,--all that is present to him is death, ignominious anti painful. It would be a mockery of the spectator's feeling: to tell him at that moment, that the dying wretch, whom he sees in the agony of life's last struggle, enjoyed many pleasant days. and led a life of gaiety and enjoyment ; and yet, the effect of such exhibi. Lions is acknowledged, by all who have inquired into the subject, to be absolutely nugatory. If this be the fags, surely the mere annunciation of a felon's fate, presented too, as we have already shown, not as the last link in con nexion with a series of crimes, but merely as an almost ac cidental result of one individual act, cannot be supposed capable of producing any of set whatever upon the mind of the reader. And stripping, then, the argument of this great key-stone, the felon's life presents little else than a tissue of idleness, merriment, and incident, sprinkled. with that degree of peril, which to minds constituted in 4 particular way, has in it to - nething rather attractive than revolting. Our opinions upon this division of our subject, although, as we think, already sufficiently proved, receive strong additional support from the effect which fictitious narrative produces upon rite mind, and which it has pro duced even upon the lives and actions of individuals. It must ever be kept in mind, in considering this point, and with reference, too, to the main question we are discussing', that the minds of men differ in their eatural susceptibilities ; every species of writing falls into the natural channel teepee is already cut for it. One class is attracted by philosophy; another by romance; and a third by perilous narrative-- and each of these must necessarily find its respective mar ket. The sentiment of romance, the variety and interest of an adventure, are not addressed to the sympathies of a philosopher, nor philosophy to the sympathies of these other classes of readers. Now, keeping this in mind, cats it be doubted that fictitious writings have produced a most powerful influence upon the minds of their admirers—an influence so powerful, as in many cases to have extended itself to their actions? Is it not true, that the sympathies of the reader are attracted towards those in whose cha racters there is frequently nothing of virtue, but a false and imposing glitter, a lofty but fictitious sense of honour per haps, an uncalenlating bravery, and contempt of danger. e a sickly and sophistical sentimentalism? And such the racters are not less the idols of the reader, that their career • usually terminates in misery and death. Is it not a fact, that Schiller's tragedy of the Robbers was interdicted in Germany from the effect which its representation produced upon the minds of youth, who formed themselves into bands of generous and honourable depredators, in eeample of the robber Moore? What ardent mind, reading the Calve If Albe of Madame Cottin, but is more attracted by its pictures of voluptuousness and of fev e r e d en j o y ment t h an repelled from vice by the iniserable end of the guilty Albert and his cousin ? And who is there, that does not feel more sympathy with Parasina. and Hugo her loves: than commiseration with the injured husband and the afflicted father? Instant, upon instance of this disposi tion of the human mind might be multiplied. There seem to be certain sympathies in men. which only need to be addressed in order to be calker forth. • These sympatbiee may be awakened, whether the characters towards whom they are impelled be virtuous or vicious. And it appears that the punishment, which is usually made to fall upon the guilty, is altogether impotent to destroy the impressions previously excited in the reader's mind. It is surely un necessary for us to apply to the main question, the deduc tion which every reader tnust himself have drawn from tile illustrations we have offered. We shall not pruiscule this branch of our inquiry farther. So far as regards the on corrupted, we think we have incontrovertibly esutbFahed, first—That separating the life of the felon from the ea:as. trophe that closes it, there is nothing repulsive in the pic ture to him whose natural tendencies, or acquired habits, whether arising from neglected education or otherwise, dispose him towards idleness and adventure: especially, if, though not descended into the arena of crime, he has already contracted habits of dissipation and restlessness: Secondly—That bringing into view the catastrophe itself, it is regarded by such persona rather as a fortuitous cir cumstance, by no means inevitable, than as the last link of a long chain of iniquity. And, lastly—That in whatever way this catastrophe may be regarded, it cannot in reason be supposed to produce so deep an impression upon the mind of the reader as the actual spectacle of she felon's death, in all its agonies and shame, and apparently in toe. mediate connection with a life of crime, must produce upon the mind of a spectator. And let it not be forgotten, that this exhibition, awful as it seems, is well known to be ix reality productive of very limited and feeble effect.' MIDDLESRI HOSPITAL, JAS►. 11, IML Monthly Return of Patients fu► December, front the Ist 31st, inclusive:— in-petients admitted by Letter . . . . is ihtto Outpatients sd A tu ccidn ittei c tb ta- y Letter 1 . . 1 31-122 2 0 Ditto Accidents In-patients discharged - . _ _ _ MS Remaining in th e hospital kj..EX. SIIEDDEN, Sec. SALES BY AUCTION. TO CONFECTIONERS, PASTRYCOOKS, and Others. Lame, Stock, and Utensils In Trade, Household Furniture, Eight:. day Dial, Plate, Linen, China, and Glass, &c. ' Fleet-street. By WINSTANLEY and SONS, On the Premises, No. 90, Fleet-etroet. as WEDNESDAY, Ja nuary 19. and Following Days, M 11, by order of the Assignees of Mr. Wrn. Pbini, jun. THE LEASE of the deolrabie PREMISES, particu lady adapted for the above trades, god suitable for any other business requiring event and publicity. The Stock and Utensils consist of Janis, prriterree, fruits in brandy, comfits, lozenges, orange and lernou peel in sYratt add in pickle, ecc. A 14- bushel oven, by Powell ; cora!: stover, qteatla apparatus for soup, copper, cistern, preserving and sect, pans, ice and other moulds, tart warmers, marble slabs, males and weights, counters ' tables, hat stands, and other effects. To be viewed on Tuesday preceding and Mornings of Sale, when Catalogues may be had on the Premises, sod of Winatagley and Sons, Paternoster row. • PICTURES OF A SUP#RIOR CLASS. By Mr. WILLLAIIII:4. At the Auction Mart, THIS DAY, and THURSDAY NEXT, at 12, AValuable Collection of Gaiiirl and Cabinet PAINT -1 NM} Inch:dist soma aseo astrosubtri iglighttkis of the following *miaow M as ten of it* tan, Freadt Speoish, and Dutch Schools , viz.:—Culp , Jolla *mann, Poulain, Titian, Vandyek, Murillo, Perugia., Rubens, Francks. Malays, Roes de Tivoli, G. Douw, Teniert, Ostade, lerghem, Velasquez. Vande velde, Terburgh, Wouvermanz, Revstlael, Van Stavern, P. Neel's, Van Om, Sllogsland, Rembrandt, theme, liondekoter, Ome. ganck. &c. To be viewed, and Catalogues bad, at the Mart ; and of 31r. Williams, Throgmorton-strem. CITY BONDS AND SHARES. I3y Mr. WILLIAMS, At the Auction Mast, TO-MORROW. at 12, QIX £lOO Ci t y Bonds, paving S per cent. ; six Shares AY in the Grand Junction Cana, six Shares in the Auction Mart, six Shares in the West Middlesex Water Yorks, and tell Shares in the New Chartered Gas Company. Printed particulars may be had at the Mart ; and of Mr. Wil liams, Throgmorton-street. SUPERB LIBRARY. By Mr. WILLIAMS. At the Auction Mart, TO-MORROW and SATURDAY, and on FRIDAY, the 21st inst. and following day, at 12, AVery valuable and extensive LIBRARY, upwards of 1,0110 volumes, principally in splendid bindings, comprising many magnificent and costly works, among which will be found— ' Folio: Bowyer's Hume, 10 vole. ; lloydell's Shakspeare, 0 vols. ; Grose's Antiquities, 13 vols.; lirvan's Dictionary of Paint er s and Engravers, illustrated, 15 vols. ; * Grainger's England, illustrated, 14 vols. ; Bleyrick's Ancient Armour, 2 vols.; Strutt's Dictionary of Engravers, 11 vols.; Raphael's Works, 5 vols.; Edwards's Na tural History, 7 vols.; Stafford's Gallery, proofs, 2 vols.; Galerie de Florence, 1 toms ; (Meaux de Paradki, 2 toms ; Oiseaux des Tangaras. Quarto: Philosophical Transactions, 18 vols.; Encyclo pedia Britannia, 20 vole.; Daniel's Rural Sports, 4 vols.; Lewin's Birds, 8 vols.; Lovater's Works, 5 vols.; Border Antiquities, proofs, 1. p. 2 vols. Octavo, &c.: .fusee Napoleon, 10 tomes; Annales de Illusee, 21 tomes ; Shakspeare's Works, 21 vols. 1. p.; Antiquarian Itinerary, proofs, 7 vols. 1. p. ; It " h Poets, 100 vols.; Scott's Works, li7 vols. ; Country Excursions, 11 vols.; British Classics, 29 vols. ece. To be viewed till the isle, and Catalogues had at the Mart ; and of Mr. Williams, Throgmorton-street. .* 4