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THE FLVE ARTS. THE SILVER PLATEAU EXHIBITING IN PALL-AIALL people say we are five hundred years behind our ances tors, and a thousand behind the Greeks and Romans in architecture, and some other branches of the Arts, and when one looks at Regent-street, and other specimens of the pie-crust order of architecture, he feels half-disposed to believe them. But then again, we turn more east ward, and feel no hesitation in placing the age which witnessed the erection of Waterloo-bridge, by the side of t hole in which architecture was in her "moat high and p a lmy state" in Italy and England, and the proud domes t of St. Paul's and St. Peter's, rose like huge wonders on the sight. Be this as it may, there can be no doubt that in all the domestic purposes to which the arts can be ap plied, there never was a country that obtained a more just and extensive celebrity than our own ; and never, at any previous period, was that celebrity better deserved than at present. " English manufacture," is another phrase for ex cellence. In coachrnaking, the manufacture of furniture, clocks, watches, jewellery, plate, and a thousand other things that could be mentioned, we have become both " useful and ornamental." Our vases fee the commonest purposes rival the best specimens of the Grecian.. and Etruscan. We have latterly surpassed foreign nations most celebrated for the beauty of their manufactures, even in elegance and grace, while we have super-added to their et cellences, two qualities peculiarly English in their character, "utility and comfort." This is the situation of things in the most necessary articles of life. But even in the construction of hi outerie for the toilet or table, we have placed our-' selves by the side of continental nations most celebrated for their success in the manufacture of such articles. 14 e equal them in beauty of workmanship ; while, in-all that relates to durability, we are fat their superior**. It rally might be worth while to set up a curiosity shop, some thousand years hence, for the utensils and implements of the present day. But, generally speaking, they possess too much of the principles of grace and usefulness evil' to become absolute curiosities, like the nonudeecript rarities to be found in the Regent's-quadrant. It is ugliness and in utility that produce your only genuine and grotesque kora in which collector a delight. Such articles are a sort of physical old maids, which never multiple because th e y are unworthy of reproduction, and, becoming educe, grow into the tenants of addle-beads and glass-eases. Nothing that is posely.beatitiful ever becomes rare except by acci dent, and then it is copied, and we have a new edition of it. The same thing may be said of everything useful—in a word, everything worth having ; as, for instance, the splen did silver plateau, executed by Mr. Leryson, of Pall-mall, which we had the pleasure of inspecting yesterday ; and which, we venture to predict, will never form a subject for a curiosity shop. The principal feature which distinguishes this pastime, from most other articles of the same description that we have seen, consists io a series of very richly chased designs which ornament it on each side. ‘Ve shall preeentlyile scribe them. The plateau itself is not so large as some we have seen—say about six feet in length, and of a . donate breadth. The upper surface is formed of ate glass, divided into four compartments, which admits as many alterations in the sire and shape of the plateau. The inside consists of four solid blocks of mahogany, and on the sides and ends are the designs in question. The whole is supported by solid silver tortoises. The ornamental parts to which we have alluded consist of designs of scene of the most celebrated monastic and other gothic ruins In Great Britain and Ireland. They ate executed ih solid Slyer, and, u we have already taitl,ren round the two aisles. Among others of almost equal beauty we particu larly noticed " Valle Cruel. Abbey," in Wales ; " Bruld %as Abbey ." " Monk's House ." and " Longtown Castle." The united boldness and delicacy with which these designs are executed is truly admirable, and the ge neral effect peculiarly pleasing. The chartings are ex ecuted in bold relief, and the accuracy with which they have been modelled, and the force and firmness of the chi selling, place them among some of the finest specimens of this class of the arts that we have ever had an opportunity 1 of witnessing. At either end of the plateau is a beautiful view of Dover Castle and Town, with the "silver sea"— (no metaphor here)—washing its chalky cliffs, and seve ral weds, tacking in different directions, in the distance. The whereof the ornamental and other parts of this splen did service have been executed by British artists, under the immediate inspection of Mr. Levyson, and it i s b ut common justice to say, that every portion of the work reflects the highest credit on all the artists concerned in its execution. It has been Visited by many individuals of taste, capable of appreciating the merits of the workmanship, on the beauty of which there can be but one opinion ; and we recommend all our readers who-take an interest in the progress of our national artists, to avail themselves of the opportunity of seeing the beautiful specimen of Engli s h talent and in dustry. We have been informed that Mr. Wyatt, the architect of York-house, has inspected the plateau, and rammed his admiration of its beauty. It leaves this country for India in a short time, and is designed (as has been stated) for the use of one of the native Princes. We are not aware whether or not it is in compliment to Hindoo mythology that the supporters of the plateau are tortoises ; ' but suppose it is. It will be - seen by reference to another part of our paper That the manufacturer invites the public to inspect this plateau gratuitously, and we conclude by recommending our readers to take advantage of his liberality iu this respect, during the necessarily short period it can remain on view. Sta THOMAS Lawatwea t —it is said that this great artist is gone to Paris for the purpose of painting a whole kgth portrait of the King of France. Nlclicws is now making a golden hat vest among the pod folks of Birmingham. Resr-Admiral Bingham is appointed Commander-in. hief of his Majesty's ships and vessels in the East Mr. Conant, the lonian Messenger, arrived on Thurs day evening at the Colonial Office, with despatches from Leut.-General Sit Frederick Adam, K.C.B. at Ancona. On Thursday afternoon, as Sir . Alfred and Lady Mon tape, accompanied by Bolton Stretch, Ewl• were Proceed ing for Brighton, in an open carriage and four, the leaders, while going at a very rapid rate down hill at the other side , f Brixton, became frightened and unmanageable, at the ,1 sudden falling of a boy's kite before the animals' heads, I)! which the carriage came againit a waggon, and was overturned. We regret to say that Sir Alfred had his arm fractured below the elbow. Most fortunately her Lady ship and Mr. Stretch sustained no injury. '(he two ser mut who sat behind, one her Ladyship's maid, escaped salt a few slight bruises: Sir A. and Lady Montague are ?duped to their house in the Regent's Park. Unica the First was the first and only King that ever the Speaker's chair during the sitting of Parliament; nn which occasion he went to arrest five Members of the Hasse on a charge of high treason. RRPCRLICAN G RATITUDE. —The spirited enterprise, in 177 5, during the first American war, by which Major-Ge -I'7ll. Prescott, of the B r i t i s h army, an d hi s Aid-d e -C am p, Major Barrington, were captured, was projected and exe cuted by ll illi am Barton. It will be recollected that the klivh troops had surprised and taken Major-General Lee; with a view to obtain his liberation, that the against Prescott was planned and undertaken • In 1012, Barton was a prisoner for debt, in gaol at Vermont, where he has lain for thirteen 'rived of his own liberty ; Shut out from common air, and common use his own Limbs hard creditors, or the more friendly hand of subsequently released him.— Washierion Paper. 1 . /t A t.e Frsuass.—The two ships fitted out in from Rotterdam for Greenland have returned ; empty, the other with a barrel and a half of seal !hat from Harlingen is also returned without fish, lY 40 barrels of seal blubber. iivisr.—So little remains to be done in this mod, that we may now congratulate our readers iclu.ion of the harvest. The quality of the r was finer, nor was it ever secured in better The thanksgiving for plenty was read in some Sunday last. At no period has the exhorta poet been rem appropriate : - - ----Ve rural lords, hose wide doroalna o'er Albion's Isle emend, whose kind hand your annual wealth alTords, I bid to Heaven you grateful praise wend. Journal. w a hp Marton. a Mrll:tory /eau, depth Sh Utt lialfcs his d - slll. has st • ;) - I cis 11 t suite fr t44lu f i r t ; t ee l7 l l ▪ *.th 1 . 4 fr . H A a Itibtourho 44 the c )I( 71 .1 . er i : 1 "i en 1 the p wh o • Ar 4 LitERARie GLE4AriNG:t No. XVIII. . .. . . 1 gtiCTIONRIRINO IN Tin R Meg of eIIOIIWkI.L.--rrie following speeches, each of them a curiosity in its way, *ere delivered from the hustings at an election for a Knight of the Shire foe the county of Berke, on the 24 of April, 1649. The successful candidate was the etcenttic and profligate Pit !Lir II ease ar, LORD Pe u snot E. five lan guage in which a sturdy freeholder opposed hit klection, exhibits a curious sample of the presumptuous tone in which the citizen sovereign: in the time of egoliwer.t. delivered themseltes when exercising their electivzs franchise. Nothing else is recorded of this democratic oratot than that he was "a we ll-dt ecte d tanner o f t h e county of Berks." When the opinions Of such men were the standard of right and wrong, the state mutt have had a fine tithe of it. " Honest Friends--Vou that are of the free-born peoplt df this land (I speak to none rise), and lovers of the army, and the true English interest; all own else have Int:kited their freedoms. lam full of anguish and trouble for your sakes, when I behold this day. I fuer you are in • way to ruin yourselves, unless the Lord be merciful to you. The thing you meet for troubles me not a little. 'Tie to choose a knight. Truly I hoped, and I hope we all hoped, to hive done making Knights by this time. The thi ng y ou meet to choose troubles me more. This fellow that was • Lord—this Pembroke—this !Montgomery—this Herbert—this, what shall I call him ? Call him what yo u wi ll, we were promise d representative to begin on June next, and this Parliament to end the last month; if so, wit 'head we trod this fellow thither to make mouths for three weft,. end talk it deer seibserhs ? I say, let us h a v e t h e represennuim, en noire elremeat bat If we must make one Knight more, let It oat leo reekteks, he is aft fit for it. Consider him 1 as • Lord, and use of the orient Lords neither; and then con. 1 eider bow many wiser and fitter patios we have for Paliament men than ever a Lord of them all; and what a brand it w ill b e to us and our country to chase a Lord..-such a Lord ! and surely, nn.. lees yea are fools end madmen, y ou will not c h use him. Again ansWer him as • • Lord; and so he is no free-born commoner, and so not capable of our election. Is there not an act against Kings and Lords ? If there is, then let us have no Lords, unless you in tend to ham a King r oot " Lee us be wises we miry set a design in this lord as pink as the nose on his fete. He was always false ; false to the king that loved him ; false to the lords that sat eight years with him I and do you not think he will be Wee to the commons too ? I 1t&r..., teat you. Is not Meisel (Lbireterik this turd's men. h Ifthihn , ' Ilameas ® P Ave adlllb - lad 'doer lord% sons parliament men P If be get in tee" tbeellala wlll come when the House of Commons will be all Lords, mad Leeds' eons, end Lords' servants ; and then Lords will be voted up again ; and King be in request again; which, if we live to see again, we have spun a fair thread ! "If all this which I have said be true (as it is impossible it i ahmild be otherwise), why should we not look on this turncoat i herd as a chest—as one that comes to betray and undo the free- , bons people—and switch him oueof the country ? " I have done. If w e must chuse a Knight, let him not b e • i Lord. We do not read in all the Scripture of any Lord wail ever 1 chosen Knight of the shire for Berkshire. But rather let us chose 11 non st all, and unanimously petition the Parliament to dissolve, II that the representative may succeed ; and none but ourselves have , 1 any shire in the gubernatton and Government of this COOIOIO4° I 1 wealth." In his reply to this republican harangue, Ns:snots meets his opponent with great adroitness, and over-matches him with an amusing and straigh t-forward effrontery, which was no doubt more to the popular liking, and gained him more votes than the most patriotic and eloquent ad dress would have done:— " (gentlemen,—lt was not the old fashion to make speeches be fore you chose your Knights; but I hope you like it the better for net being old. lam sure I do. Give us old fashions again, and we Must have King and Lords, our old religion, and old laws, and • hundred things older than Adam. I hate any thing that's old, except it be an old man ; for Adam was an old man, and so am I, and I hate myself for being an old man ; and, therefore, will love you If you'll make me • new Knight. The Gentleman that spate before me, I know not where to have him. He is an inditideues rogues. He is angry the representative goes not on—he is angry the Parliament goes not off. He is angry lam a Lord—he is angry I would be none. He is angry I seek to be your Knight—and he would have me of that sort of seekers which neither seek nor find ; and he concludes I am not to be chosen, because no free-born COM. money. I fear he is a Jesuit by his subtle arguments; but though I have no logic, I hope I have reason, to answer him, and satisfy you. I answer lam a/rue-born commoner. All these three words Et me. First— " lam born.' Else how came I hither into the world ? " I am ' free,' My accounts for the last year's expense came to six-and-twenty thousand pounds—that's fair, you'll say and when you have chosen me your Knight. I'll carry you. every mother's son, the whole county, into Nl'iltshlre; and We'll be merry, and hunt and hawk, and I'll be as free as all Emperor. So I am free born. " I am ' a commoner.' Hate I been so often at Common Councils and Common halls, to be accounted no commoner ? Are not the Lords all turned a grazing ? Was not I a common swearer before I went to lectures. and a common sleeper ever since'? And am not I a Chancellor of Oxford, where all are commoners ? So lam a commoner. " I am no Lord. If I em, wily should I come hither, to be Knight of your Shire? But though lam a Lord, is not Fairfax so and yet he is s Par-1 liament man. And is not Bradshaw Lord President? But I ant no Lord; foe lam for the Parliament. lam for voting e down the' Rouse of Lords. And to tell you the truth, I never lov ed the King since be was dead ; and those are Lords that go in black for him ; but I ketep my old blue still, and my diamond hat.bsnd, though the Crown jewels are sold; therefore, you may chuse me well enough. " You may chuse me ; Why came I hither else? 1% hp did Cromwell bid me come hither ? And I bid my steward come hither to lay in provision, and gather voices. If my steward's bill be right, every throat that votes for me costs me twenty pounds. " Chuse me. if you would have a representative. I, that have been Lord of Pembroke and Montgomery, two counties, may well represent one. " Chuse me, If you would have no representative, for I'll do and vote what you list ; and so, chusing me, you chuse yourselves t so that whether you would have a representative or iw, the best way Is tochuse me. " But let me tell you, by the way, now the Parliament has fallen into the happy way of making Acts of Parliament, let them continue. This is one of the advantages you have by losing the King. You may have an Act of Parliamentior what you please; and that's better than an Ordinance, and lasts longer ; for an Or dinance of Parliament was good no longer than this Parliament, which, though it last for ever, an Act lasts longer, because that lasts forever, whether the Parliament lasts or no. ' " Fur my religion, Who questions it ? 1 never changed it : I was for Bishops when they were Bishops, and I was for :miters when there were none. It Is well known I am an independent, and had been so twenty years ago, had It not been for Michael Oldsworth, and will be as long as the Parliament please. I have been an old courtier, and that's an old court, and the highest court; and old courtiers always love to follow new fashions. That religion is in fashion now. " I am chancellor of Oxford, which is hard by ; therefore chose me. Some of you have PQM and cousins there ; all that are akin to any that give their voices foe me, shall be heads of colleges and canons of Christ Church, though there be a hundred of then, ; the rest of you shall have the leases of all the University lands amongst you. What ! am I not Chancellor ? " The place I stand for is knight of the shire ; none but Kings can make Knights ; make me your Knight—you are all Kings, and it will be an honour to me, and to my posterity, to have it re. corded, I was the first Lord that was knighted by so many Kings. " I know you cannot but chuse me: I knew so before I came hither ; and therefore I thank you before hand, and invite you home. I will conclude with that very exordium wherewith a famous gentleman, that was of this Parliament, concluded his speech upon the like occasion—' Behold your Knight I' " Messrs. Phillips and Wilkie, the Royal Academicians, it seems, are gone together on a tout through Italy, each for the purpose of observing the treasures of art, but the i latter chiefly for the improvement of his health. USEFUL INTENTIONS FOR lxv•nins.—A Carriage Cot, or Bed, six feet six inches in length, for the safe and easy removal of INVALIDS, however SEVERE Ly AFFLICTED, has been invented by W. lIARMAN and SoN, of No. 1, John ' street, Oxford-street. The peculiar construction and ar rangement of the numerous springs, &c. of this COT and A AAAAA TCS is snch, that any INVALID may be removed from their BED into a LANDAU adapted for its reception, without change of position, or increase of suffering, and conveyed to any clistanc', together with attendants. Many persons of high rank and professional eminence, suffering under the most severe afflictions, and from long confine- 1 merit despairing of the passibility of ever being able to en dure removal, have, by the benefit this Ben of East affords, TaavEr.ity, without fatigue or inconvenience, from 90 to 120 MILLS A DAY. If you speculate, staid Ohl Franklin, let the Risk be small and the Prospect great. This was good advice, for it seems folly to adventure Guineas for mere Guineas, whilst any person can, for less than Twenty Pounds, by the present Lottery Scheme of Carroll's, gain one of the Four Prizes of 25,0001., which must all be drawn Next Wednesday, when upwards of 218,0001. in Sterling Money will be' decided. The millions Ilazard and Co. have distributed to the public will be increased Next Wednesday, when Four Prizes of 23,000/., with other Capitals, must all be drawn. Hazard and Co. are selling at their Old Offices, Royal Exchange, 26, Cornhill, and 324, Oxford -street, where they sold, 31st last May, 1,804, 30,0001., and 3,627, 6,0004 ; and in last Year's Lotteries, Five Prizes of 1 30,0001. and 20,0004, and by their agents in all the prin cipal towns. THR GRXEK CH lEFTAfx, COLO . Co Ilan. Colocotroni, one of the most spirited and celebrated of the present Greek chiftains, is the son of a famous leader of mountain Keftis (or robbers), as the Turks call then],' who avenged upon the Albanians the atrocities which that , savage people inflicted on the unfortunate Greeks, when the 1 tatter were deserted by the Russians in 1770. To eivid the loss of Greece, the Turks, who were then warmly en gaged in carrying on the war against Russia in another quarter, let in upon the Morea 70,000 Albanians, *Oho carried fire and sword wherever they went; all the inhaz bitants•flho could not gain the mountains were matestefett. 'Being elC.:::brtetl, and left defenceless by the Russians *NS bad incised them to revolt, the Greeks were hunted like wild be:tsts,• and threatened with utter extermination. Cities were overthrovin, and the Turks perceiving the loss which 1114 Would sustain by this devastation, entleatObred ,to check the fury of the Albanian hordes, but the latter refused submistion to the mandate, and revolted. The famous Hassan Paella, when sent to reduce them, found that it would be impossible to conquer such redoubtable bands without the aid of the other mountaineers and he called to arms the Creeks who had escap e d t o th e monn iains, furnished them with; ammunition, and swore to par don their last revolt, .on 'condition of their joining him against the Albanians. • It was then that Colocotroni the , the most famous of the Greek mountaineers, made tammits of Menelaus resound with the cry of war, and that the Keftis burst forth froth their rocky fastnesses, and sought vengeance on the "Albaniah wolves." They exter minated whole races of that savage people. A song still extant represents the suffering end terror of the Albanians, when pursued by the indeflitigAble Colocotroni ; sinking with exhaustion, and a prey to despair, they bopped on the banks of the Erynites, and exclaimed, "0, terrible Chris tians, let the brave drink, and kill them afternards.' The victorious Coloansoui was invited by the Turks to a feast. He had saved the finest of their provin:ta, and in the midst of the festivity he reminded them of the bril liant promises which sax tad made in the tithe of - danger, and by so dotng lie roused their jealorsy. He was perfidiously seized, loaded with irons, and put to death with the most horrible tortures. His three sons, of whom Theodore, the Greek Chieftain, was one, being then a youth, escaped to the mountains, and soon became leader* of a daring m oun t a i n b an d, w hi c h hurled vengeance on their father's murderers. Theodore was the most daring and enterprising, and he frequently executed the most dreadftil and indiscriminate retaliation ; he surprised and massacred all the Turkish inhabit a nt s o f whole villages. He had never been taught pity or mercy by the Turks, and he ' never practised either. His warfare was particularly di rected against the petty district tyrants; he surprised the agas of the villages, and the governors of small towns, whom he put to the sword, nor did he spare their families, , or any of that race which he so moth listed. After hay ing given up the place to plunder, lie usually reduced it to ashes, and then returned to the mountain fastnesses with , his spoil before any of the Turkish soldiery could arrive, To guard against these incursions of the Keftis the Turks erected in each town and village a sort of citadel, which is tilled a Pyrgos, on the same plan as the ancient , baronial castles, having moats, drawbridges, and loop holes, from which they could fire on the assailants; , lame of these pyrgos are so strongly built, as to withstand artillery. They were invariably the abodes of the Pacha, and the depositaries of his treasures. The Turks, however, , in such places, were often in a state of siege; communica tion was cut off between district and district, or could only , be kept up by a very strong force, which was fre quently harassed by a handful of mountaineers, who lay in wait fur it, scattered death amongst the Ottoman ranks, as they wound thr o ugh the d e fil es , and some - 1 times obliged them to abandon their baggage. At length the Turks found it necessary to make every sacrifice of blood and treasure to reduce these mountaineers, of , whom the Colocotronis were the leaders, and a number of dreadful conflicts took place, in which the Turks were unsuccessft.th IVhat they could not gain by force, they at last partially obtained by bribery and treachery. They , promised pardon and rewards to the Colocotronis, and two of them, having ventured to rely on these promises, were treacherously seized and beheaaed. Theodore. who es caped, got away to the island of Zante, where he entered into the British service, and served nearly four years as a lieutenant, and subsequently as captain of an Albanian re giment. It is related of him, that from that island, he , often turned his tierce aspect towards the blue tops of the mountains of Menelaus, and sorrowfully exclaimed, " Will the days of battle never return? shall the gun of Coloco troni no more make the caverns of the Peloponnesus resound with the echo of its thunder?" He acquired additional military knowledge in the Eng lish service, and appeared destined to perform a principal part in the scenes which were preparing in Greece. To wards the latter end of tS2O, he landed at the port of Ka- racos, with seven men from Zante, and gained the moun tains. The celebrity of his name induced the bravest of the mountaineers to join his standard, and they soon spread revolt throughout the whole country, in conjunction with the agents of the Greek priesthood, who had spread them selves abroad for that purpose. Colocotroni is now fifty-nine years of age, and he has preserved all the activity which is necessary for the leader , of a band of mountaineers. In person he is tall and well made; he has a haggard and sun-burnt vissage, sunken eyes, with a fixed, piercing, and determined look, a large, sharp aquiline nose, an enormous pair of black mustachios, black hair, hanging in long lank locks from under a small j blood-red cap, which covers one aide of his head. He wears the mountain dress of Greece, the "snowy cameae, and shaggy capote," (1. e. a white kilt, and a white fur cloak), with pistols and sabre, and al- j ways marches with his hand upon one of the pis-' rtols in his belt. He is one of the moat remarkable cha r racters that modern times have produced. His mind in some measure corresponds with his exterior • lie inherits all the daring and indefatigable bravery of his father, with a rooted sense of his wrongs, and a hatred of tyranny. He is impatient of control, unhesitating in the expression of his sentiments, and, independently of all command, has generally fought with his band. Colocotroni has been generally at the bead of nearly 3.000 men, who have fought bravely, though irregularly,' againt the enemies of their country. They, frequently would not concede to the regular troops the post of honour in mounting the breach when a tower was to be taken by storm. But it must be confessed, that this right was more frequently claimed from the hopes of being first to share the plunder, than from their being ambitious of the glory to be derived from it. Colocotroni, like most others of his countrymen, is tainted with the vice of avarice, but his passion for gold has never counteracted his love for his country. When the Greeks besieged Tripolizza, several Turkish I Officers came out of that city, and went to his tent with presents. Two of them advanced, and threw themselves on their knees to kiss the earth at his feet, according to the oriental custom. "What means this to me ?" said he ; " keep these degrading marks of slavery for your Pashas, but speak to me standing, like men." The Envoys then placed before him vases of precious stones, which they had brought with them for his acceptance. " See these asses' j heads, who scarcely give themselves the trouble of shaving," said the rough Chieftain to them, in derision. " What, infidels! do you expect to move me by your gifts? Know that this is not an affair of Keftis (banditti) ; we fight for the safety and the happiness of millions of men, whose fate we are about to decide. Take back your presents, then. I love money (why should I disown it?) yes, I love it, but I will gain it with my sabre—i will take these riches , in Tripolizza." After the dreadful @gene of the storming of that place, where few who were of ;fit Turkish race' s escaped the vengeance of the Greeki, not less than fifty mules were laden with his share of the spoil. He is not like others of the Greeks, implicitly sub mis?ive to the Clergy. On one occasion, when a debate took place between the Leaders of the army, the Bishop of Patras interposed, but was speedily silenced by Coloco troni, who bade him confine himself to the affairs of his j Church, and sent him out of the tent. A female once begged of Colocotroni to perform some favour, and throwing herself at his feet, said, " My Lord, render me that service, and I will be your slave." " \Vatic woman," cried lie, starting np, "we fight for liberty, and thou woultist be my slave !" • After he had acquired considerable riches at the eapture of Tripolizza, his views enlarged with hit success, and from being, on his first arrival in the Peloponnesus, the dreaded Captain of the most numerous band, with whom riches were apparently the sole object, his ambition aspired to the office of Genertlistimo of the opo ine9ns , wide!' wai altd claimed by Mavrocordato. The new government, entOar ragged by their conflicting interests, tried to balance them. Colocotroni openly expressed his discontent at finding his services, as he conceived, not duly appreciated, and from that time fought as an independent chieftain. In a conversation which he had with an European of ficer, he said to him, "IWho are these new men arrived to ' day in Greece, who have engrossed all power, and who iiould give us laws? What are their right• to command us ? is it because they have gained in Etitdpe hnewledge that is refused to the inhabitants of this unfortunate land ? 'lt it with choice language, and softer mannrs, that Iwe shall free ourselves. It is by steel, and by that bravery and experience which we have acquire.: through set•cre trials in our mountains, in times when they were enjoying all the refinements of civilization." COMBINATIOA': At the last Rotherham St:along, G. Entail, C...Mits gresre, S. Labron, S. Goodiscai, I'. Wilson, H. Shaw, and W. Nicholson, were charged, with 3 riot, and assaulting J. Whittaker and R. Barrowclough, On the dth of June last. There had titian a turn-out of the shoemakers of Barnsley, and the prosecutor s wee in the•liabit of going from Wake field to work at y for Mr. Dodaworth, Who had a shop at either town, every Pfonday tterning, and returning on the Saturday evehing. On the morning in Question, the prosecutor, in company with a man named Fordham, were met by the defendants awl a number of others, at the Ship Ipn , about a mil e from Barnsley, on which the mob set tip a shout, calling them Black Sheep and Scabs. IVliit taker ran off, but was Pilloried by the mob; who, on overtaking him, beat bim Severely with a bludgeon, broke his head, gave him a black eye, and kicked him dreadfully on tbedy, threatening to kill bin, and gull his liver out ; and made him promise never to go to Barnsley again during the turn-out, without a card from Me Turn- Wit Society; at theses:le time observing, that they had set .11stetieeit every entrance to the town, so that they could not go ifl without being detected 4 The prosecutors, Bar rowclough and k'orilham, met with similar treatment. The priaonfri said the attack was merely made in their own de , fence. The Jury, without retiring, found the prisoners Chilly. Wilson, Nicholson, and Shaw, the three persons who actually committed the offence, were sentenced to nine months, and Muagreave, Labron, and Goottison, to nix months' imprisonment in Wakefield House of Correction. Elnisall did not take his trial along with the prisoners, but has excused on a surgeon's certificate. He is to be tried at the next Sheffield Sessions, BRADIrORD COifli FTIS ANb WEAVERS. The n personal discussions" between the masters and the men at Bradford seem, as we apprehend, to have led to no satisfactory results. The, dialogue, indeed, between Mr. Rand, one of the firm with whom Tester worked, and this operative agitatof, is instructive, for he exposes some of the objects of the Uniotis. The primary brie, Ito says, is an advance of wages ; the next, an equalization, or that all artisans and mechanics should have the same. He also declares that the " Unions" are so connected, that the workmen in one town can effect a turn out for an advance of wages in another; and he adds, after declining to state how this effect may be produced, that it is the determina tion of workmen to attempt an equalization of wages in all towns in this part of the country. There is every reason to believe that this attempt will be made, and that the subscriptions received by the Bradford turn-outs are re ferable to such an understanding among the different trades. Upon the ultimate consequences of ptittuing a general system of combination, Tester is exceedihgly cava lier. According to him, " Manufacturers mutt o?dj now give up one sort of manufactures, end turn to andther," then they must only "lose their capital," and last they must only " rest still," so that war between the masters and men is to be carried on ad internecionrm. The tailors at Bradford, we have been informed, boasted when the combers and weavers struck, that they should hereafter follow their example, and obtain 21. per week each, for working ten hours a-day. It is, however, but fair to men tion, that many of the cambers and weavers have long since repented of the course they adopted, but still have held out through great privations, rather than yield the princi ple contended for. When these proceedings shall end, we cannot conceive. The following letter from our corre spondent gives small hope of a speedy reconciliation : " Bradford, Aug. /4, 1e23. "No alteration has taken place since last week in the affairs of the masters and workmen. The masters have had no further meetings, but the men met, as usual, on Mon day last, at Fairweather green, and the weekly allowance to the men was increased from Ga. to Is., and by this it appears that their funds improve progreasively.--.Leedr Intelligencer. ST. GEORGE'S HOSPITAL. Inquisitions were last night taken before T. Moos, Esq. on the bodies of two patients of the above hospital. The first case was that of Lucy Hunt, an aged woman, resid ing in St. Alban's-place, Haymarket, who was injured in the head about a fortnight back by the fall of a pall, which had been placed on the dust bin. She was in consequence conveyed to this hospital. Mr. and 3lrs. Gibbs, relations to the deceased, deposed to hav ing visited her in the hospital every day up to the time of het death. Mr. Wm. Carroll. the house surgeon of the hospital, deposed to the deceased's being brought there on Friday week. She had a wound on the scalp bone of her head, which at the time was not considered dangerous. Every thing proper was done for her. She went on very favourably until Saturday last, when site was attacked with erysipelas in her head. From her great age and weakness her constitution gave way, and she died from the effects of the wound. Examined by Mr. Gibbs—Was there any large artery in her head cut ? Witness She told me she had lost upwards of two quarts of blood, and I should therefore suppose there must have been. Mr. Gibbs—l should have thought you must have found whether it were so or not when you examined the wound. Witness—lt was not necessary to examine it. Mr. Gibbs--I understand poultices *ere applied to the head from day today ? IVitness—That was not till after she had been four days in the hospital. Mr. Gibbs—Wht were they more neCessary then that at first ? Witness—Beestise the Wound did not heal up as was expected. Here the examination closed, and the Coroner turned to the Jury and inquired whether they were satisfied ? One nTf them replied, that they had as yet no evidence to the identity of the body they hail seen. True it was, they had seen a female body, but whether it was that of the deceased they had yet to learn. Another Juror remarked, that he did not think there could be any reasonable doubt on that subject, but still he thought it disrepUt. able to the Hospital not to send somebody to point out the body from the two others by which it Was placed. Another remarked, that the porter did come down at last, and point it out. One or two of the Jurors replied, that they had waited some time In the room, and yet the porter had not come when they left. A gentleman here rose, and addressing himself to the Coroner, said, he was a governor of the Hospital, and that with respect to some of the Jury not having had the body pointed oat to them, it was their own fault, as they ought to have ordered one of the porters to hare attended them. . . Coroner—l never know where to find them. Governor—l trust, Sir, you will take care in future, and not per: mit a Jury to apply such words as " disreputable" to the conduct of the Hospital. Coroner—l certainly think it is disreputable. Or:tremor—Then I say that it is the wish of the Governors that the Juries should always have every attention. Coroner—We always send notice by the beadle a few minutes before, and vet it has repeatedly happened that we have been kept waiting in the cold and wet ten or more minutes before the door has been opened. Governor—Then I trust you will take care and remedy that for the future. Coroner—flow am I to remedy it ? The last time we were there tee found only the patient Allan to attend us, the man about whose condfict the Jury expressed so strong an opinion. The beadle here entered the room, and explained that the irregu. larity In the present instance arose from its being a new porter, and his having mislaid the ktys. Here the colloquy ended, and a witness having viewed the body In the interim, now returned and identified it. ..... .... The Jury returned a verdict--" Accidental Death." The second inquiry was touching the death of John sharp, a bricklayer, who ft appeared fell from a scaffold on which he was at work, in the Vauxhall-toad, and was conveyed to this Hospital, where he died. Verdict—" Accidental Death." A Juror here remarked, that as the business was now brought to ] a close, he would just reproof his hope that the text time they were called to view a body at the Hospital, they might be Ream modsted with a light, so that they might not fail over the stairs, as they were in danger of doing to-night. Governor—You ought to have called for a light. Coronet—We did not know who to call • there were several per sons in the hall, but none of them seemed disposed to attend on us. IHr. Gurney. a surgeon, we believe, belonging to the Hospital, observed, that it was a pity that a mistake about a key should have led to so much unpleasantness. Coroner—lt is not the first time it has happened. The eoneetsation here dropped. LAW INTRLLIGENCE. COURT or CLIA2?4 FazoAt Ave. 11. The tnji rj esiawczcLoisi sat In hht private roam, and, as we understood i darned wane of the resnaintag jukcitints. POLICE. ~ .......amere... • Ai&wattia-florreit, At•o. 241.-. A &feign gentleohlit, who has been dabbling in Shares with these/condi which taiddliy analta thews who are determined to Make a rapid fortune by dealing* do tte Suic): Exchange, applied to t h e Laid Mayor fof runistrince lh ir...- , chaining his property from doe tif the members: He Stitkii, thdt be had some time ago purchased de Ayes in the Manchester Equitable born Company, having received awsuranced (ram those who were immediately interested that ft Seisr/if at d good thing. This raltlable purchpse he made at half potent. premium, and lie thought that it ws , ald be well *cutest, and erbu!l yield to him as Much as would make him comfortaffie for lite. He kept them for some months in this expectation, epithet!! tepid. ing the fluctuations which they experienced in the !hearth Hu pal tience could but. howeyet, lest to eternity. lle fottna that Corn, panics which came out with every whit al High ti thdracter as tbd Mancheitet Equitable Loan Company, tette dally Worked up to d premium, after which they sudd eq ly d rop p e d t o a dialcunt t and he aseertdintil kbat they were dot likely ill file td the high elevatiu3 which he had Leen to frequently contemplating; lie, th ere f ore; resolved to sell oiit, without Intending to venters in any other of the speculations which daily made their appearance, and authorised his broker, who is a Jeff, td let flit abates gd dt a quarter dis• count. The broker went into the mdtket, but instedd of selling the stock in a quarter, he diepoled of it at three.quarteti discount. The applicfnt, who had given his directions very distinctly, re fused to take that price, as the broker in. such cases was fanny& saddled with the difference bet*etn the ptite dot Upon them by the owner and that at rhieh they Have been told. " Very - well,' said the broker, " I'll get you ynur bwn Ages again." Hasa:at afterwards delivered td the applicant 40 shares !n the Manchester" •.• Equitable Loan Company, but as they were not trahsferabli (Shares, they wets not con4ertible to any pthfliable use in his batlike'. lie accordingly refused to keep them, and his broker 'diked , t, supply him frith othete, or to pay hitt at the rate o' a ch a rt er ..• share discount. tinder these circumst a nces, it h a d been thirugh .••,• necessary to submit tb the Lott! Mayor the partletildri of tom' transaction, as the applicant 'modified the chat:a-ter of the broke! was concerned, And as he supposed It would be skeletal to ask thd interference of the Committee in a ease of the kind. The LORD 31ATOR asked whether the broker *id dne. ef thi incite appointed by the City. The applicant believed he *II. • . His Lordship said the conduct 6f the brad., if it had heen cbt4 reedy represent , was disgraceful in the extreme, and, no doubl would be Myra! tail Ani penithedi He advised the applica n t t . write (if the di eridant pfeted to be tills of the tweltej aft accoun .'.. %. of the transaction td the Court of Aldermen, *his He Had nd doubt. .• Would summon him before theft, anti dettiand an etplamitioo j and if it proved not satisfactory, dismiat him alt dgether. • The applicant said,, he should not wish td do any in,hift to hid broker, and that he Would think no more of the Matter, if he sue:: ~: exerted in getting back hit own shard; de the pries flit Whith he in& tended to part with then. The LORD MAYOR told him; that If the Urolter'i tdndtict dist • ndt come Within the cognizance of the Court of Aldermen, a come plaint to tile Committee of the stock Eitchange would, he doubted not, be attended with proper effect. His Lordship reecitnmended an immediate statement of the faett to the Committee by' lettef: Some gentlemen who are acquainted with the system of •• Coln:: puny-making," told hig Lordship that a curious detail of the plans and proceedings of those Whb favoured the ptiblie With ad many ways of amassing ineghlustillik wealth, would probably be laid be fore him in a few days. His Lordship declared that He ebtiut net tele Up It nensjittper wlthodt bursting lntd ISUghter at the extraordinary intfititude of new speculathint. When the rage was at its height he had receiv eel as many as five or Six applications amlay to content to betome a director. At length, he found it n , feelllitry to &Meet the pfolectorl by handing to emery one d•ito solicited his name td a n y nett echeind a letter for admission to St. Luke's, as he could riot In a mord pointed manner express his opinion iff tile thank with Which they were aMicted. That mania was now, he believed, nearly at an ends A man :lathed Brooke, wild is is the ertiploYnickt ot 3iessrst .• Barclay and toting:tiny, was brotisht delete thd Lord )Mayor; charged With having obliterated the name of that firm from thd window shuttet ,of the Sugar Liar' pub-house, Queen - street s , contrary to the Act Of the Ist of George l I I' , wind:Only called the Trespass Act. Air. Hottga said to the tomplainani, " I daie idy 31estrs., Barclay and Perkins are not to be yosit brevets, and the know it." Complairiant.—That's the fag- I intend to deal with 31r. Hoare; tut they Were not theeefilre justified in rubbing chit the name for which my money paid. The prisoner said he had daubed out the oath, elf lilt' rhaters at their command. All publicans in the trade entered into a contract fof the removal of the name at the Win a the flrdi, Without sub. jectlng thei„ to any action, dr dther proceeding, The LORD 51&yoa &defied Mr. Curling, who teemed indig; flint at the obliteration, not to go to law alien did subject, and disk misted the prisonet. tACILI TIES fiGfil SWifialibil / lfri: Otrtgt•ttitt,'Atitturr 26.-:In addition to the robberies Of 'servants upon thee employer, new of such frequent trecurrente, it case of that detcriptiorr at this office disclosed another System of nefariona practices, which it is td be feared is by no meting confined to this individual instance. t. A very genteelly-dressed young man, who staled hia name Hemp Greenaker Wholl, *di brought up before Mr. Alderman Christo pher Smith, charged *kit fobbing his matter, Mr. Wm. Barlow, of Bull's Head -court, Newgate-street, and Oodliman-street, Doc. 4, ) I 1 , 1 1 , tors' Commons, to s ctnsolerdble extent. -• Mr. Harmer attended to conduct the prosecution, end from the , evidence it appeared that the prisoner entered Mr, Barlow's em ployment three months ago as the warehousenum, and b•ing i married man, his master, as an entouragetnent, had permitted hit. wife and family to reside with him on the premises, in Neirgate..._ street, Mr. Barlow himself residing in Goilliman:street. On the 12th of this month, Mr. Barlow having occasion to go intd the country; the trek management of the bbrinesp was left.tO the pria toner. A letter from a friend, hoirevee, brought Mr: Berlins , speedily to town again, and on his return on Sattuday ; at the first glince over his stock, he missed a large quantity of slack worsted. On referring to the sale book, there appestat no entry of any sale whatever having taken place during his absence • and the prisoner, when questioned as to the worsted, expressed himself as I entirely unaware of any having disappeared. From the fatigue of his hasty journey to town, Mr. Barlow did not pursue his in.: quiries further that night, and on the following day. (Sunday )on his return from Stoke Newington, where he had pissed the afternoon, he found that the prisoner had locked up the preinhies iii Newite.; street, and decamped with his wife and family, after l eav i n the keys in Godliman-street. He, &item"; got WM. clue] an fbl lowed it up, apprehended the prisoner on Timbals, evening in the neighbourhood of the New-road, and Subsequently, in a trUnk of his, s, seMple of the stolen worsted was found, which wait now prod duced and identified by Mr. Barlow as his property. Mr. Harmer said they had not as yet had time to ascertain the extenr of the prisoner'. depredations, which, however, it was feared were very extensive. What he now charged him with was; steal-. ing 26 bundles of slack emitted, value 401. Thin hdieever, he said; was not the worst part of the transaction. They had trice() our that the prisoner had connected himself with a gang of Swindlers that he had furnished them with his master'. cards; Which it *as feared they had made no sparing use of In their endeavours td Obtain goods upon credit, pretending to be recommended t Mr. Bailor.; giving reference at the same time to the warehouse in Seagate street, where the prisoner; being constantly engaged, and hosing the auperintendance of ((he business, answered in the name of fhe house for the reatiOnsibility of his acquaintances. . A friend of Barlow's, frdtn whom the gang had thus attempted to Attain goods to the Value of 1001., was the first to suspect the system that was ist operation, from the circurnitanee of his being referred to the house in Newgate-street rather than to Ocalliman-street, wheie Mi. Bar: low was more generally to be met with i and the communisation st his suspicion to that gentleman had been the cause of his hasty re: turn to town, and the consequent discoveries. Mr. Harmer, having made out before the Magistrate& Buff:semi to warrant the prisoner's detention, requested that he might re od remanded to give tune for the necessary inquiries, and he •se accordingly remanded for farther examination on Toesday nett. BOW -STREET, AVG. 26.—The tifo feporters who were Yesteft day expelled from the public police-Office, as slated in our Paper, were permitted td resume their Stations this morning, and Maid them, unmolested by Sir Richard Birnie, throughout the day; Entelius Braadam, a Frenchman, of the Jewish persuasion, who described himself as •teacber of languages, was brought be-, fore Sir R. Bienie, • charged'irith attempting to shot* Miss Jane ; Brown, a younglady of considerable personal attractions' who at tended is praprio persona!, accompanied by her friends, W prefer • • the coniplaint. It appeared that the fair`prosecuttix is residing with the flee Haliiheld Cosgayire Donaghuo and his lady, at their house in. Lordship's-lane, Tottenham, and that the defendant, having occa sionally called to give tier instructions in French, he became enamoured of her, and latterly he was received with encoutage• . meat in the character of an avowed lover. His attention/ to bee were ardent and unremitting; his vows of unalterable, love and. adoration equally fervent.antfunceasing ; dad if his torn abcoitot a . himself was to be implicitly believed, he we elf that OW just drul • honourable. Both partite were loo t ing' ioriard in 'agar aaticipa. , don of the bliss that was to attend them when diArtleittnial should be eternally united, when all at once, it did not appear how, Miss ; • Brown made the irate:id discovery 'dam was already married to another, and that that other was stilt ; , in the land the living. This discovery was e°th ni n i ; fil t elc to r.•' him without delay. lie was Thunder - struck, bot e denLi formai*. " upon his homier," He said that, to be sure b that he - that Monsieur Binding Bran: - upon rats nonoar. me sem ~..., ... Port of contract with another, lady at date, but that he coital.;, dual that contract not at all bindirg, and that he was et liberty , to enter into the Onfilige state ditb any lady at any lime. Tae, Jersey lady, however, was found oat, and her aaeount of the " con. tract." as M./Ira:Won termed it, was such al, levedne the moral (f). , hu rr t o d ln say hin some i ' : cents, were returned to him. In the a stmow or tfie lathe ay' e ' ligation out of the question , convinc e d the Ilev. Mr. barn 'loo, M a, Brown's protector, that a arcorid marriage would be decided illegal. . V' ft aerneifloorethdeirsmmiassettedral:ii:tallicterghlbethe hail received defendant made his appea r ance as Mt.neighoo s house, a;d re- quested an interview with Miss Brown. Me request Was complied , with, and he was ushered into a parloid wkerS i . that young lady was sitting with Mr. and Mrs. Ddhathoo. He tonversOd foe some mu. Sheboo 'sinks h rents on indifferent subjects, and wich apperitstiolnefs, but Miss Brown, who observed him very attentively, thought she saw " cots- chief in his eye," and moreover she perceived that he kept one hand tinder his :oat, as if soucalfng sothettring there. ens *us* / • (/ of :he he 'he loyal L i bit 'testi r the Mir