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a • • tk 'S • 401 0. r et 'r ‘' • THE DUCHESS 0114eLARENCE. .f ' A I 1 • The Duchess of CLsasacs being considerred hi pity recovered from her aceopeltspent, the boded sermapanying the mounting King's guar& nil T'aersclay morning played when near the resi.clence of the Royal Dike and Ouches.. for tlAe first true since the confinement of the Riot Um:has.. $e infant Prince** Et.tzanglll cotit'ouorS remark a",ly well and thriving. rm . Duchess of Kiwi drunk tea wi'h the Vei ha of CLaasica •u Wetlivesday and Thais y eVCit . •ge. The r ;iicess SorNIA P4rited the Duchers of CLAPANCS on Thor.ido morning. ISIIIONABLE ARRIVALS and DIcPARTURES. A ARITA 1.9. Tbe rci l and rotintrai. of Craven and family, at their seat, iletevt.Pl; Berk*, from their seal, Coombe Abbey, Cyieuiry. D. and Mrs. Her sari family at their house in Charles- Ankeley.sianare, (wen Ireland. inie• MAK., !Ai. at the Pultesey Hotel, Piccadilly, "ioni Mellb, Mowbray, 1., 'rest,. Aire. Von ..4fl Lily, at dine, frornti 10%14% Carruthers, Fag. sud family at ibe St. lames's Hotel, ' ,tr ru. alreei,frusa a lour. tiolfierd Brawn, Esq. at the Hutd, Jartnyn street, f.om rub. • Yesterday tend sad Lady Glasgow, from Thomas's Hotel, Lislvlry-sqlsorr, fur thrift mad is Kent. Hon. Mr. and Lady Caruhat Lamb on a visit to Earl and Comma:so enwsivr a •l their.siest, Pansauger, Herts. Mr. and NIEL Mitchell, from their house in Charles•Nreet, lleilicley , qoare, fur ffrightess. Fruits the Painting Hutt!, Piccadilly:—Major and Mrs. ayu and fussily, fur Scotland; Captain Mellish, fur Heigh- James Randall. Esq. for Irelaod. •utaia Palmer, from the British Haul, Jermyn•street, tsavilk Halifia, Esq. and fnmi•y, from their house iu Ar -6npluh•streel, for tilt er seat, W a ltham L o d ge , E ssex . Dlr auJ Ni.. White Sl' Iville aid family, from their house Lower Grosvenor-sued, fur their seal, Mount Melville, Mr. and Mrs Grimmest!, from their honor in Pall-mall, 4or their seat rear Epsom. Sir William Burroughs, Bart. from his liana in Berkeley sgsaiq its a tour. Hon. Mr Ear.ll•y, for Belvidere, Kcal. teloael Caldwell, on a lour. Si , William Clayton, 11 :rt. fur Lis mat, Harsdett Park, tun y. nn liteiliiestlAy the Princess SOP.IIA dint(' Willi the Duke of ju►ssz, at his atioritnents to Kea). vtigton Psliire. The Duchess of KENT spent Tuesday evening with the Princess &weir A, at her residence to ,eurge.street, Hanover-,quare. The Duke of NORFOLK 'it entertaining a large c arty of his tlisiinguistied Iriencli, at his seat. Fors,- nain, Suffolk. The D , lke and Ducheas of RICII3IOND are en - , tamoing • large pasty of fa.intlables these huh dys, at their aeat, Alaicohn, Suinarst. Cobham H.II, the elegant *spit of the Earl and Gaminess of DA as LRY, ir a scene of great festivity these holidays. . The Earl and Counsess STANHorit have a large party of distinguisluil t•tatnas these holidays, as their ►eat in Kral. , Sir WM: SCOTT, Bert. voters:lined s large party of distingui.lnd prissonages yesterday, at his house Grisfsismstrert, hood-ettret. The :tl;sses Furscha SENCII are ma a visit to Sir CliAltLEi and Lady POLE, at their seat in Herts. A grand concert will he perttirnietl on the 2d of January, at Dtrby, tinder the pallrollMgV Or the Duke of DEVONSHIRE, Lid (1,. 11. tayssuisti, Ike., for the benefit of EDWARD GiovEtt. kte musician and master of the b mil of the Ueda'- shire milma, *hold ipsaler the eo nmand of the late Duke of DRVONSHINE said L'.rd G. Catrusisn. Friar BACON'S Study, which forms the subject or vfintomine •t Ciotriatipirdrii, stunt! ui the it' l •l9.• leading from Chapels College. Oxford. to Al. nylon, mid remained there till withm the lest b+lfitutury, wheal 'rune. the great devourer of all things, mouldered it into the Isis ; it was an ob ject generally 'hewn to strangers, and the !wide of actidtmics; now, perhaps. they find as much food fer admiraiion in the brazen 10%41 of modern times they.lo it, the days of the great Friar himself. The following requisition 1.1 the LORD MAYOR , se to It court.e of signature ; .$ .to THE RIGHT HON. Till.: LORD MAYOR. " I.lollllll—Vlrr, the tooftrsigiotl Heathers of she Court Culla of Councti,r. quell your loellslsip will cull v.ise ais early C. art We tate tot) c .Issatieralissis she expe. _lony of petit tufting Porlismeot so burls measures as iu their witntum fay item we. I, 6,r I Ile r egiog the iestittstiou of tare MAJClrriell annoy into clue teturgy, tart nlSltoralhos Sc her riiias a, al degoilet, a. Quito , 11,,41 uncoil), into the wocomasunstioual plueeetilogs ag.itn,t leer MAJASTY." A slyer coils of TITUS we. found nt die rubbiA o r en old house, which %Al 1.4e1y pulled down in /.artgetr-.tree`, its this rily. be digging the lour , ..Atou for the new lortiltlitq4, a pertinent was disco vered et about eight feet below the present level of lite street. 'like gives etteogth to the prevalent ..pit.iito diet the keel of the city wee originally that of the f1..,0r of the Cathedral, to which persons have no' tv descend by &trend stets.—/Chester Guar.) Tile (Allowing is a li•tt of square miles; of the &lotted `State.:— $q mike. Sq. smile.. l craauut - . . . 10,23/ MIA ware . . - Litt) ^ .w Hampshire . 0.401 Vur K losast . - . 70.1100 Mugs. , *hurt . . 40,1100 , No. to Carol's - 48,000 iissAarlossetts IA . 4,250 South ( arolisia . 14 1 0 " ; ` 4o .;' , 1 4 13111, about 1,560 (..orgia - . . . fi2,000 ';u'oliotti , All . - - 4,04 Kral mr Ily - - . 40,004/ ti.. York . . . 45,41§10 I Irsoirsa.., 6'00 1 14 0 0 New Jer e ety . . . $.3116 I air., let eadels - 4001 l't buis);v sea - . 0,600 I OlAiu . I LC Sites of Luosetena, ltotts..a, l linen., and Ala- I a4si, the trundler ot militate uhilini t,'.. raecla out racer. 1 .0 , 401• There ate VI State. to I lir li lii4lll, each of ' ?Sidi hat tt, Legietature, winch wakes all the laws ' rel i fYlitr the Ntotet•usrist of Nut% Aare dietintt tont 'lotto! the United St .tt..—(l.iveritni (ia:Crre.) • :~ 9P.4111L 4 11 MWM CIIESTEIt PIiOCESSION IN HONOUR OF THE QUEEN. t e , y . iftweiirs4o -•:-•••••••••;- A •- • • • -e s • a-•• • c•• • ••• :1 1 0 71 ` , ""••• • 1 • •A:ehr-'t.v.;# 44. . - • OPERA HOUSE. . ADDRESS Ij>►Drsslt ix TEC emattactspi em The ,Koutee erf !"111 Tall 51W 111111TIUMAINIIIINT, aSTLTLID " Sekiee Aweieciatse." liner flesh and bleed are *eased theme walk animal, To hold to sileuee the illeget Since not a lamp must burn before a bout nett hash in its internale a mana foul, Our Manager would, by some novel plan, Fain da without that Drsnia's nuisance—Man! And Best, to God some new thing to address you (I trunt my pasteboard lips will not distress you), He hazards with the cards, and tutus up Pan To utter his Address, and—here I am. I'll speak (11w Aee isstainp'il)-111 'meek what's true; Yon deal with one, may I nut deal with yuu Kind friends, all ceremony now to waive, List to the honest counsel.of a Krum. sweet friends, my Manager, your Mr. Aruold, Whose house must now hold what tiny let a bars bold, Hail, play 'd the managerial game full long, And strives to win when some would do you wrong,?. And sera them eta for speech, and hide for sung— ) He, stow opposed by gravid dramatic Kinge, Yet utisillidned, to you Isis Card.hand brings; Yeniuies fur your delight another game. The play quite different, Om' the stake the same: Tim play, that dung word —so, out the ploy, There's Nut a drollery to the Drama', way. p. nice esasion of the tragic law, No fine escape the. a Melodious flew— Nu copy of another house, which quick Might give offence; we trump no partner's trick. To one fair p.. ))) a Manager is put, For risen lie shuffles, you are like to est. Cur's ate iiierniions for bug wilder nights, A series gay of innocent delights— Aide up of " Pastimes old, and fancies new," To live their " little hour, and pleasure you." 'Tis s ealed, that living selves ma, not here Call the light laugh, or touch the feeling tear. A few short weeks of mer,imert , mid then, The house relapse. into gloom again. Perchance when statism with perplexed wits, Over the Salisbury plains of 'certain pits, You may hive wished (10 save your pie t hours), That other doors were closed, as well as others; Itut by my skoalder`ti club, I swear, that we Have no such wish—let every one be free To follow, as he pleases, Pleasure's hack, 'llsere'd room fur all the tarifa, in all tbe pack. Thus having spoken, I leave you ; it were hard, If, after meeting, 1 must leave city card. My brothers and my staffs may inquiie, When I return, bow you have used the Sirs Of happy Lou; and may I say that you Have nut mu eat bum, as you often du Bus soft, methinks I scent the green liaise table—. Brief let me be, as brief as I am able: Oh, then be kind ! be &waivers ! and receive What (if you will it carded mouth b-leave) Was meant to yield you laughter and delight, And crime to our round game, night after Met!. I go! the Dow•get's voice is like a spell, It calls-1 mai/ be trumps—so fare you well! N , On Monday last a grand procession was formed by the several Clubs in honour of the triumph her Majesty has obtained over her enemies by the rejec• tion of the Bill of Pains and Penalties. Out of the seventeen Friendly Societies of this city, sixteen encoded with flags banners and music. Each Club assembled :at its usual place of rendezvous, arid marched to the open space at the south end of Nicholas-street, where they were arranged according to seniority. At a little after two o'clock the procession moved from the assembling ground, and being j.diterl by a number of ctlizeris, proceeded down Nichults-street, round Stanley-place, up Watergate-street, down Bridge-street, and returned up Nortligsre.street, sound the Abbey Court, and Further Nurthgste street ; returned and proceeded down Not thgste street, Ea•tg4le-street, rod Foregate-street to the Bar.; rannting, moved down John-sttret, Pepper street, IVhite Friars, to the place from where the procession first set off, iu the following order ;- 1. Original Friendly Society.-4. The Original Brotherly Society—J. The True Blue Suciely.-4. Thu Uiiiuu Baud. —S. Independent Sociely.--6. The Young True. Blue.- 7. The British Brotherly Suciety.--$. The Amicable Society. —9. The Harmonious Society.-10. The Social Band.-11. The Waterloo Society.-11. 'the Good Sueiety.-13. Hand bridge Brotherly Society.-14. Hand and Glove Sueicty.—. IS. Loyal Brotherly Socicty.-16. Humane Society. Each society carried hammers with loyal inscrip tions--oille of those borne by the Amicable Socseiy laid these words—" Itejo►ce, ye Bilious! your Kim,: is no c--41." returstiog to the ground at the end of Nicho las-street, the various clubs separated, uud each marched to its club-house, where the members shi rt -AA iu the most pcaceaisle order, highly pleased with the mask of respect they had thus paid to their Quteti. Almost every isidivislual appeased wish an elegant white rosette in his breast, and massy sport. tql device*, with a variety of molts's. Not less than betwecis two and shire tlatansassil wete in the procrsio 1111 l including eltleehti who the Out 6,100 g to the socieiters, and the bomber autsld have bergs cosisiderably great. r, laud no influence betis exer. carol to ker p persosis from juin:sag it. We uctlerst awl that a vote of ilistuks ',us unani mously resolved upun by the clubs assessiblerl, to hail Grosvenor, fur Ins gustily c.suisluct in the flow,. of Preis, in omission's the Bill of Pomo and rendltiess. Captain BELL, of the exploring; exped4itur Us.der Major LONti, which set nut. Ili Joni. from tier Council Wulf's, for the rant of the Mucky Mountain's, bag\ arrived in \‘'asttinKture city. Ile brlogs Wi. introesting account of the expetittinit ; and :14 i Ilf le MA:enter, in girlog 11 summary of it, dors leol. Weld iiiii any UCCidrail to any of liir pray, i.O (lonia. Major LoNti, rod the other officers tog eged to it, are to goud health. Extract of r Lotter, dated Nlargaritto, Oct. "Oa the Will till. r trs•tl. Milt 1311 men, all sensed, clothed, and well-dtse tidiseed, came over ter us front the erreory ; they are Creole troops from rite Provioce of Cutuaud, and were cot iiiii andrd by European officers, whom they massacred to r male before their departure. The vro.rl• that 1'4.4 iirotiglit thew is r Vaut,h loig, of which they took fumble loo.•ts , loo, making proamets of the officers and trees. Bt ra.o they mailed they I.lwaisa:ll a lon* of I t en 10 , 11 k i ll e d a nd seven wounded by a Blatt tired from liar italic vlt. They re coved r teree.t hearty welcome from General Akl%M.Nut, Witt breve since bailed as i.ait of 8 reuifurtetwrut, ul all ourouirting to 400 mcu s to the of the :Army at `u vanilla." pr 7.7-7 lab A. MI MESAWM. k2' - " ' fr" , ' -,-. -.,, := ' 1--; - ' kAe 4 :; * '• °' :I. 'Y ''' -. ... 4 . .---.• '''' '.:::, -,,,:. 2' . - ~' b ". ,"- , • =II . -s- . - ‘ - f . V , 411 1 .. . . • I 1 . REFUGE FOR 711 E HOMELESS POOR. another, who had very tibia inclieetion I o and thus Cooke assuaged to have his pedeu without being at a farthing expense. Yesterday the Hanlon of the House Commit tee, •ppointed by the General Committee elsoseu Alderman Wool, strongly returansended for the service of the liouselearePoor, waited alms brother Governors the .s pro p riel y of 8 : 111- the propos.tron or trot s..ommittee, cuter . the Governors of the London Workhouse. for the Treasurer (Sir %V. Bowhiss) haviug made . purpose of making propositioes to them, fuses vet ich great iadvantage is expected to the destitute Bided objectipe, the application was replied 4 during the welter. the uflirmailet, mei leave ass given to appoist a Committee to model the workhouse, and put it 1 0 The London Worklonure, Which had been erected I pro plan for the purpose of affeeling protection to young three per ndred fur the reception of between two end children without settlement or the means of sup- hu " °° Yeu e° P le ' The Committee are to apply for similar accom port ; to beggars, whose, want* are not imaginary ; modation for the poor et Ilse East and West ends Amid to neforturiate Persons who might be be of the town. We understand that in their arrange eharged froth priauni or hospitals, mid might be meats for the temporary protection of the houselevs, eithout opportesiity of earning a livelihood from they are determined to guard against the possibility want of character or strength, ris now dwindled into of being burdened by those who are toot in the most the miserable abode of a few children, who ore sou- Bread and water will perintended by person, who are either nut qisioltfied pressing stale °I. nere " il Y . to those who or no , out e orts ,d to have the tinatet,the.tmoroctimi be slinisaistereel crave admission, and pursidoneut will certainly be inflicted upon all ins to which the Acts of the 19th said 14th of Cherie* 11. postorx. ref, r. fo these Acts it is seated expressly, that all those also shall be received Iwo the London Workhouse must work.. For a considerable time after the estsleislionent of this Institution the pro visions of the Act were strictly attended to, but those who slit everted the benevolent Fr:larders in the government of it were less attentive to the interests of the miserable part of the population for whirl) it gave shelter, mod as there were no profit* likely to arise form the activity of the Directors except those of the heart, the Loudon Workhouse became, at length, little more than a name. We rejoice that the benevolent views of the Committee of the Houseless Poor have been so COW. pletely met by the present Governors of the Lon don ‘Vorkbout.e, Boit nothing cast be ieferred from the event of yesterday but the certainly that by their misted efforts more good will be done 10 the course of the prevent winter than would be likely to he effected by a hundred languid Meed.city Societies. Amongst the Governors who :Mewled at the Workhouse to receive the proposition of the Depu tation from the Committee of the Houseless Poor were—The Lord Mayor (who took the Chair), Alderman Wand, Mr. Wright, Mr. Dolly, Mr. GOil., nod Mr. Pearce. Amongst the Deputation were Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Hick. Mr. lime stated, that he waited upon the Go vernors in the assume of the General Committee, to request that they would permit so much of the London Workhouse as could be spared to be ap propriated to the use of the indigeot and unpro tected, with whom the streets in this severe season began to abound, lie repreaauted, that such VII application of the Workhouse was compatible with the Charter. and said, that the expense arising f dilapirlations, the. would be defrayed by the Committee for the tiouseless Poor. The accom modation would be required fur three months. The necessity east exceedingly pressing, and Mr. Hick hoped the Governors would not part without coining to a determination to co.uperate so far with the Com mittee, who had done so much service to the com munity last year by the liberal course they had pursued. Mr. Huck took the opportunity to state, that if, by the interference of those around bun, a considerable sum were raised to accornpl , sh the de ' sirable object of clearing the streets of beggars 1 during the severe season, an estoblithinent might rise, and suddenly too, which would be likely to arrive at the character which Christ's Hospital had attained amongst the noble iiistitutions of the country. • The Load MAYOR approved the suggestion of the Committee, and pointed out various untenanted parts of the Workhouse, in which the unfortunate coitA he placed without the slightest preju dice to the present system upon which the es tatolishmeet was conducted. He was of opinion that the slim of 40,000/. or 9.5,000/. a sum easily raised i n London upon so pinching an emergency, would be of incalculable service (if applied judi cially) in ameliorating the condition of the poor generally throughout the country. He considered that one of the greatest causes of vegrancy was want 4.f work, fur the purpose of preventing which coin !debit he snould advise the adoption of a plan similar to that ispou which an old friend of his, Mr. Jackson, one of the overseers of the parish of St. Catherine Cray, had acted, lie would provide work, whether that work proved to be matter of pecuniary advantage or not, and the hoot of vagrants who hated work woliel soon disappear, as they had done in the case of his friend, when they tumid that without working for it they could get nothing to eat. The case to which his Lordship alluded was as follows:—Mr. Jackson was considerably annoyed while he was overseer by solicitations from great hulk ;rig fellows of the parish, who elvtajs said they could get no work. " Well, any poor mun," lie at length Paid to Pelee or them, " I'll are and get you a little work." He then took them to the church yard, and ordered them to pick up all the small loose ewers that lay about, and throw them into a corner. in a few hours all but one got tired, nod skulked off. lie who reinettied reticulate., upon the contrast between his conduct and that of these who hurl departed, mid he actually staid fair two or three days, in which time, with s very mode rate exertion, which greatly increased his strength, be collected all the small *wires into a corner. As bOOll as lie had done so he-went off to Mr. Jack sun, who had paid him most cheerfully, and said lie was once more at- a loss for work. " Say you a n , my poor fellow," said Mr. Jacksote " then I must see what I taus do for you. Let me see—there is a sack---fill that with stories from the corner. end curry them off to Bethnal-green, and make haste back For soother rock." The vegreot proceeded upon his new einployinent with a very ill grace ; as soon as he got to %Vhitechaptl Church, he shot the controls lit * Ins sack into the church-yard, and swear ing lie would never, as long as lie lived, go iuto a church-}'aid regain, walked off with the sack, anal sever was Seel( by Mr. Jackson more. Th:s practice has been found an infalfible cure for vagruncy in the perish of Si. entherisse erre. The celebrated Cooke. the miser, of l'emmoville„ knew tee lazy disposi tier) of the beggars well. end drew much benefit frum the ktiowleffge. When any beggartners canoe to his rite. and complained of went of ma rk, Cooke bent him to dig the garden, but took care I - Tee.. to watch f under a window, lest he should ran 4," o;„ as ,._ all with the spade. After au hour or two's Libeler. the workmen stuck the spade in the earth. and Th e p e a'. sneaked WE ilia place wts soou supplied by ..-- - POLICE. sow eraser. 0. Tuesday a countrynua 'tent into the shop uf Mr. Wise, a pawnbroker, in Breadatirel, Bloomsbury, and offered to Mr. IC% amberlain, Mr. Wite's assistant, a gold watch for sale, for which he asked seven or eight guineas. Mr. Cham berlain, on looking at the watch, discoveied it to be t 1 very valuable one, and worth at least between twenty and thirty guineas, and the countryman having the •pperiranee of • Isbooring man, he questiosied him as to how be heresies, possessed of it, whether it was his own property ? ie to which he replied, that it was his owes, sod bad been left him by his aunt, whose name, Elizabeth Needham, was on it. tie admitted that she had sot left him any mosey, bat bad left it to a cousin of his, +lupe father then scamps. uied him. Mr. Cbariberlaio finding the name in the watch to be Elizabetil .Needbass, and F.lizabetit abbreviated, tie man's description of the name not bring correct, he detained him and the watch. slid sent informsn to Vie chose Office, when Godfrey, the constable, was Dispatched to brine .him to the Office, when he was com mitted fur farther examination. Since that time Godfrey has traced out the wallets to be the property of Mrs. Meetly, of lower Coissanglit.plaire. Yesterday the man naderwent another examination before Sir Robert Baker, whets Mrs. Mealy being out uf town, was not able to attend. He stated his 'manse to be Rove, and residing in St. George's...ow, on the Bayswater road. He identified the watch to be the property of Mrs. Medly, and accounted fur the name of Needham being on it, by that being her name prevnins to marriave. He accompanied her us horseback to the last Ewe Montan ; when she wore the watch, Decreed by a gold chain round her seek, which ea fortunately broke, and 'be lost the watch between Slough sad Uxbridge. She ceased sumo inquiries on the following day fur the watch, but without success. The Prisoner admitted at length that he found the watch at Colnbrnok, where be resides, on the night of the day it was lost, or early no the following 'novenae, when be was rebutting from Stoke Green fair. He had menitoned the circumstance to a number of pasties, probably one hundred, without fiudiug an owner. Sir Robert Baik.r told the Prisoner he had gut into trouble by out having advertised the watch before the applied it to his own one.—He was discharged. MARLBOROUGH SIRCET. RF.SCUE GANG. Yesterday the whole of the parties concerned in the resew of the Are battlers, sad the attack upon Manske, w►re brought up for examiesstioa, wiled the whole of them were ideutifird by witnesses who attended at the offire. 3fa►k Herd, who was supposed to be the leader of the gang, was ideetified as the person who knocked down the lamplighter at the Temple, and as one of the most active io the rescue. lie wss apprehended by Furst:man and the two Brands, at the White Horse, in Chaudos-street, while in bed. Several of the Prisoners !shaved with the utmost 'Mon. ler) , in the presence of the Slagistrates in their reply to various questions, sad they were remanded until Tuesday scat. ~~^*. Jt 4 price of the same snide in *hie copilot When I was getting from 3b.. le 36e. per barrel ter bar leg I admitted the *remit, and justice et tint beret ee rale. we the priers if mail hater to 24... per barrel; they mere farther justified by the very high peke et hope et that pa. tied. But I wow keg le ask ijoune afeiletese. *pee whet priueiple of reason sad justice they IWO W them wow, when I am hardly get Its. tar 13s. fur My bastes, see that hope are reduced one-half !"—(Preenina•• Jeered) praterally Awaking, we are not apt to exclaim igettnst,monopoly or high prices. We ltdow t h at tt is in the nature of things that prices will 1w re gulated by demand and supply, und that when the raw material it cheap, it is not for any length ter time in the power of combination or ,weiltb ets keep the manufactured article at a high prier. We have seen the exemplification of this principle in the deteriorated price bf silk, calicoes, cutlery. and almost in every other article r d rat is exposed to sale. Nay, though even the law said that wheat should he high, in order to terriusierete the land-holder. we have witnessed its gratrual and still gravitating declension. Now. we would ask, why this princi ple has not, bees. allowed to operate in the price of beer ? That it has had some effect in stroog beer we admit ; but certainly nut so great an effect as it should have, taking all thongs into considera• Lion—the limited value 0 the curreudy, end the decline of gram. Be this es it may, there cannot in our minds be any doubt, that with regard to 6111.11-heer, s scandalous imposition is practised oit the ptilshc. When barley was front 295. to 365. cs bar rel, and op" six times their prevent prier, small.l.ere was SIGs. per barrel. Barley is now from 144. to 15s. per barrel ; hops, as me balm stated. are at is *milt of their former pile, yet small-beer con tinues at the war valet. What is the reason of this ? Are there nut enough of men in the trade ; and if not, or what is the sane th in g, if there be a combination whorl the brewers—fur it is not. as experience tells as, to the working classes that euinhitistion is confined—would it not be right tat come to some purit.c diteus.uni on the 'object To be sure small beer may not be a spirited bulb jeet—it may not have the effect of bringing men together fur the purpose of discussion—the ex penile of a few extra halfpence may not be deemed of sufficient cunrequence io turn men aside front their ordinary occupations; bat, it should be consoler ell, that the price oh such a commodity. Owner it may nut affect the wealthy or the cuinfortable citizen, is, and Must be. felt by the poorer classes of society, to whom every penny is of intortauce. While we have so musty meetings, arid while such laudable means are taken tovreit the conseqweittea of extreme poverty flout the completely deemed... we should thick that it would not be amiss to tutu some portion of the public attention to t h e a l es who ere immediately on the verge of destitution. and who might, by such timely means, be preserved from bee ttttt ing en absolute burden us. witty. We sbould therefore recommend a meeting to be called for this purpose, cod oilier isscidental vantages might grow out of it. The pri.:e of malt • liquor. in general. might be *Awn into ego. sideletion. the brewers might be - heard in ex• planet or defence. Their statements might be cative.aeil, Or contradicted, or confirmed. Only let the public know why this beverage is so high. when other aricles of consumption are on the de cline. e X. , : 4 ". Besides, it never should be forgotten that the brewing trade is necessarily in the hands of, coca. piraiively speaking, • few individual+. A snail brewing is nut, we utithistand. a pintitable con cern ; a moderate one will wily give moderate route's; but the profits of an evensive etitanhsh ment of this kind are immense. 'lessee, the great brewers have, Wen their great capital and luau race, the means of commanding the utorkrt. They may effectually. and without any eitlrour.linory effort. crush any minor *peculator. and shut any matt who has Otbi capital to lose. out of the market. By this means they may (we do not say, lostivevet. that this is the cuss) constitute themselves to all intents and purposes into u monopoly. We stiil hold our principle that the clamour ugainst fore. *taller* and monopolists is, generally speaking, feesly useless awl frolish. But s we repeat it, dr the public should not slumber—that the best way of preventing abuse is to exhibit the contrivances by which such abuse are hurried on in the face of die public, sod to the public detriment. We conclude by repealing the statement with which we co.simenced, fur we cannot too strongly press this question on the public. " A few yews ago barley was 36.. a Lorre{ ; hops war* W. • bemired. Sarril beer Men sold fur Yrir. the barn! ; porter was 4J. • via' I' • ale was U. • quart. Barley is WOW from 13s. lo lbs. a ba rrel; hope 6/. a Mouthed; )et mesa beer costumes :6s. a barrel; porter is oaly 91.1. a quart, sod ate is bd." There has been no additional duty—fur thouglt the War Malt Tax was repealed fur a year or two. and is now laid on again. yet it ex:sted withiu periods from which the comparison ir draws,. We really do think this 'subject is of much greater importance than the shilly-shally Addresses which ore getting up for the Court in [reload ; Addresses which. we contend, are patfeerly useless. It is needless to say that we receive an, communications with which we may be fasoured this subject, and insert any explanation of a ti. Lt. .L is susceptible. It as but justice to add, and we feel *pleasure is tasking the avowal. that at no period Woo there bee.i such extellent malt drink suede le Lhitltiii as iliti• is at the InCSICIII aim,. 11.1.01.-C..initel S. C RA DOCK is appointed Cortiwt of the Nor; ii Vwk g.,stent of Militia, us tbe 'wow of the his tit 1.1014 Lord 'Justus; Nisi Alsj. r ELILUT 11414:k:twilit Colonel Cl/AM/CIL as Lieut.- ~f + Colonel. Retrenchment is the Order of the Day. We e• - Jetsam's.' that the (usassinssionees af . Stauipo wilt A. r reduced to lautulwr Irwin five no three: ttga tte Board of Cutionis and Excise will .10e 0664:11 twu.e a stalgamated awl nuuterieolly retlaced ; said lostlV.• that the Cuilin..ariuuet's place (Paving Bat.) !point by the death s f Col. Noidinr, will nut be it trf ui• Sad time fir Ilacrhautete eat, iktollan Wogs Lccitis6 PM.) ..r' .. .., - ..~ 1 4 ""111 M 11 , 4‘. •' ' . - WW 1 .81* 04.4 . • . . 1 - 49 ''' • r •••• 1 . -' ""..., . . 1, *". • . . 'l , •.. ' ...* .'' , ..• .0 .. . ^ft. % . • • 11 to labour, THE PRICE OP BSSIL 4"401,441w1/4; pales dug ' -.ma- • _ . ,-..,.,,, . 41 . ... 1 Laid* the fall of most other‘orttobb a mogul ended to his eotratuoptiao, beer cautious., to oliaintobril amp« rquseecing in natively high price in Leadtoir. TIN Gillowiog oh. Pier which the setvationa on thessubject, copkd front the jew t made no de- stew's Journal, although Ott, have •ia view amity replied to iu the price in Dublin. are not trrelowaut to the stale - . -''- • . • • POACH EIW. The woods and preserves of Lord Brayhrooke, in the neighbourhood of Saffron Walden, bawling been murk infested, and the game destroyed by desperate gangs of poachers in the • night time, the keepers determined to watch and lake into custody any ',treaders whom they might meet with; and an Tuesday, December 19, after having waited until three o'clock is the morning Robert Plum, one of the keepers, overheard some persons going from the How wood, is the parish of Littlebory, lwlouging to his Lordship, and giving caution to those attenilisig him, he rode up and headed them, and will his asaislants took four out of Gre,after much resistance and • desperate conflict ; each of them having a eon, aid sine double-barrelled. Upon ,earthing them, they round nine phearants, and an abundant 'apply of ammunition. It arenas that they had been shouting in the Groves near the town of Saffron Wahlea, and it is understood they are a small part of a desperate gang of post lows, at Langley and in the neigh. hourhood, who have long hero in the practice of shooting phrsumnis iu Site night ; they are all committed to the gaol in ibis tows., to take their trials at the twat Sessions. An Inquest has been held upon the body of the unfortu nate Wish', lately killed by Bonnet, the poacher, at Da lmatians, the seat of Colonel Agleam, Cambridgeshire. The evidence has fully corroborated the account already given, but has 60E41 this ililebuitiug fact us the part of Pratt, the companion of Stinnett, that directly Women flied, Pratt exclaimed, " D—n you! what dill you Set for ?"—Vertlict— " Outlier against Stowell, as the p►incipal, and against Pratt, aa an aceessary.—Platt surrendered himself is Tues. day, and is sow is Cambridge Grandy Gaul. Bunnell is yet at large. CORONER'S INQUSST. Yesterday evening an luquisit Wu was taken at the Crowe, is Huke's•euurt, Leicester-eqiiare, before Mr. Ifiggs, Com ore, ou the body of Jobs Crowder, found drowned. Milian' Crowder, No. 5, Chichestee-rents, brother to the deceased, stated, that the deceased was thirty-three yowl of age; ►e was for several years employed is assisting the wa. lertaru at Waterloo-bridge is lauding passengers. Saturday sight four weeks witness wept to the Blue Posta, shoe-tare ; at nine o'clock Ilse deceased came is, ree witness asked him to accompany him to another public-bottle at Cow-cross, where they stayed till twelve o'clock. Witness asked hint in go home wit► him, but he refused, and they parted is Fetter-lase. He was a little is liquor, had no regular lodg ing, and usually slept in the boats ; heard so more of him tilt be heard of hie being found drowned. Monday the toll keeper al Waterloo-bridge informed witness he saw him geeing elowie the steps, apparently ieduaicalwel. The deceased was brought up to au trade, and some time ago ran away from his fattier Ile sometimes worked at Wrand-laue•atairs and Wateetoo-bridge ; be bad saran ur eight shiiliuge in his pocket when they ;Idled. Henry Masson, 3, Sirand-Isle, knew the deceased. Sun day usursirg Carlow, the tulhkerper, neformed witness ha saw the deceased late on Saturday night gulag duels t stairs very much iatoxicatrd, but the to'l-taker twang finny at the time, could nut attend to hien. Ile sometimes slept M the stein; his mesas of sobsiiitewee were logging half pews of the passengers the waterworn lauded. Juba Geteu, pauper in At. allarsio's work-horse, was sent on Thursday to fetch the holy of the deceased to the bum house ;he found it in a coal barge tit Salisbury wharf. Ihe person who fumed the b my could mut be discover. el. Verdict--" Fooled ennui is 4 cool-iirge, supposed to Aare ken drowsed is Ms 7 kemes." 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