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Honourable Board of -o. l res t , - : itt the Repair or' Erection of Barracks, and llnance Buildings, at any of the under-men!. -Stations, for a- period of. Three Years, deter ""tlble nti eith er p ar ty g i v i n g Three Months'. Notice in ;: itlll lr , after th e en d o f the fi rs t y e ar, will send in Sealed 4e ts oak•or,before THURSDAY, the 31st of December, addresaed to ".The Secretary tO : the'Baard of Ord 74ce, PalLbfall, London," and rndorsed " Tender for mirPtuters' Work." Df, ptford .5., Hampton Court Uv3.ldon 6. North Hyde Xew 7. Windsor 4. I - loons/Ow S. Woolwich. printed Schedules containing the Conditions of Con tract, and a List of the Articles or Work that may be' re illired for the first Seven Station% may be had on appli ;:_§",, at the Royal Engineer . Office, No. ,67, St. James's ..;:rt4iLondon, wh ere every information regarding the nt racia may be obtained. Schedules way also be obtained of the Barrack Masters, , tbf above--ment i oiled Stations. l i t nd 'Selt&l ales for the Work at WOolwich may be had tine Office of the Commanding Royal Engineer at the Arsenal, or at the Ortlnanceallite in Pall-Mall. • By order of the Board, B. BYHAM, Secretary. was published, in Two Vole. foolscap Bvo. 10,. t int AtTICAL LECTURES on the His= torical Books' of the OLD TESTAMENT. . By th e Rei. 'HENRY LINDSAY, "M. A. Perpetual Curate of Wimbledon, Sur . rey: Pritfted•f o r John Murray; 'Albemarle et. the 30th inst. will be published, in post Bvo., price 10s. 6d. boards, SA T A N.------ A Poem. By the Author of." The Omnipresence of the Deity." Whence eomest thou ? From going to and fro in tie earth, and from walking up and down in it."--Joh, e ' V. 7, ..._ 4440 4: Printed for S. Maunder, Newgate-street. Nearly ready, in 3 vols. pest Svo. A R N L E Y. L A Novel. ' LS Author of "Richelieu, a Tale of the Court of France." L li enrY Colburn and Richard Bentley, 8, New Burling nni-street. This day were published, in 2 vol 4. Svo. PRIVATE MEMOIRS of the COURT of LOUIS XVIII. By a LADY. coital: lays open the secret intrigues of the most intriguing Pr a in Europe. Almost every person of note in h e nc e , w s ince the downfal of Napoleon, is pourtrayed in „ e et ark ."—Globe. t. tt 3' Colhur n and Richard Bentley, 8, New Burling -4-I. 4,.CIIRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S PRESENT.• fis day were published, in 3 vols. small Brn., 245. ALES of the CLASSICS, a New Delineation of the most popular Fables, Le rll and Allegories, sofnmcmorated in the Works of 434 t1, Painters, and Sculptors, Selected and Written By A LADY, 4v'the Amusement and Instruction of her own Daughters. ," Our P oe t s h ave na t ura li se d anc i en t F a bl es , so t h at '"Ytttoldgy is become essential even to modern Literature." ": 116 *Ilea1 Poetry without the knowledge of Mythology la telligibte. "—Edgeworth. Henry Colbur n and Richard Bentley, 8, New Burling ttu-street. litit day was published, the Third Edition, price I Os. 6d. PAROCHIAL Glasbury, Brecknockshire, Vicarofßy the Rev. BADLEY, Glasbory, and Mini C. ster R of St. Jamees . Chapel, Sold I, Clapham. .y Hamilton, Adams, and Co. Paternoster-row. RED By the came, - 1 1 ONS Preached at HIGH WYCOMBE. Eighth Edit,,; Two vols. 21s. t i SALA'S and HYMNS for PUBLIC WORSHIP. e°4(l Edi • non, 2s. 6 • eOUNTY FIRE OFFICE RETURNS 01 TWENTY PER CENT. have been paid in .lloably at the head O ffi ce in Regent-street, and.at all the ......ttry Agencies. STIRACIA'S ITALIAN OILS. Mortimer, near Reading, Nov. 1626. 11. MADAM, 1 . 41 1 happy to see in the Reading Paper an l'u t Advertisement of STIRACIA'S ITALIAN OILS. advertising them for several years, I was afraid that • time was so taken up with the Soothing Syrup, that up the Oils. if you think proper to make am 4tio n of any n a m e y ou m a y do so with pl e asur e . I * When a child, very little hair on tine side of my head, sf Ida. I was fourt e en it w a s quite bald, about the size 4 0 , srown pi ece , an d rema i ne d so f o r severa l y ears . b ee t ag an aunt in London, who had tried your Oils in t,„ 41114 ' and found great benefit in the use of them, she me tw o ots or Stiracia's Oils. Before I bad used 1 h • b • • ad the pleasure of finding my hair eginniag to iste w , ' ram two pots quite restored it. It is seventeen 1 4 ,7 :l inee I used the Oils, and my hair continues the - j i ' oll the part that was bald as on the other part of my . and still keeps its natural colour. JAMES FROST. T ° . 4 had, wholesale , and retail, of Mrs. Johnson, Yep roprietor of the American Soothing Syrup, No. 28, U s qt : - ,P l les, City-road ;of Messrs. Gattie and Pierce, aqd i; ) °, nd-atreet; Mr. Ridge, 65, Cheapside ; Bailey di a i h Cockspur-street ; and all Perfumers and-Me- V vlulsrs, at ss. per pot. COLDS, COUGHS, ASTHMAS, &e. AstiTLER'S PECTORAL ELIXIR.- to stik , Experience during a very long period has incoi?- 141 , ....." 7 Proved the superior efficacy of this Medicine, in pi of Colds, Coughs, and Asthmatic Affections. lily he"ing gentle expectoration, it very shortly relieves the 4'4 4 of a slight or recent Cold, and a few doses are ge ilsi:"l7 sufficient to remove those which neglect has ren pit tnor e confirmed and obstinate, and which are accom s 454 with Cough, Spitting of Blood, and N other:serious M() te r ,„ los. Its peculiar balsamic powers tend to heal t b ",." l , and: a ll a y th e i rr it a ti on o f th e l ungs , i n cases o f hy,;," ; and in Asthmatic affections it assists and gives Cot to the Br e ath. il , 4 in Bottl e s, a t Is. and 2s. 9d. by Messrs. dop i t 'Ert, Chemists, Chsapaide, corner of St. Paul's, Lon ttpd D u bli n; P r i nces-street, Edi n b urgh ; tria o t " principal Medicine Venders in the Kingdom. Of Il 414 7 be had BUTLER'S BALSAMIC LOZEN -44;;Ill'od in recent Coughs, Hoarseness, &c. and for stg4i ti nt the Voice Clear and Flexible, and protecting its tad 2s; 9d. trona the e ff ects of exertion. In Boxes, Is. lid. 11 . 11 .—Ask for Buger's Pectoral Elixir. FOR COUGHS. Ph . ILECTORAL ESSENCE OF COLTSFOOT. V II L herb Coltsfoot has long been distill ro Rttislied for its excellent properties in the cure of Lta-51", aluinther Pulmonary C om pl a i n ts ; and this essence etf:tt4e muse of a long practice, been found the most C d effectual remedy for Cowrhs, and all Disorders of 844 4 - 1 7 4 1 k It gently opens the Breast, and immediately told, 4 " , iy of br e athing, without any danger of taking lttal,Z4 thus it affords great relief in Asthmatic Com ; *lngf,7 It allays the tickling which provokes frequent the n cl eanses t h e sma ll g l an d s, re l axes th e filirci o, and will c Pra tt Y enlar ges t h e cav i t i es o f t h e vesse l s . Th us it teri te 7 C onsumptions, if taken before the Lungs are u - 1 44: . 4 softens husky and dry Coughs, and heals raw -I,l',Li soreness of the Chest. a t .Pettioral Essence is prepared by James Ryan, in in Bristol ; and sold in Bottles, at 2s. 9d. and . 1.1 ; ,t4i t 1 i t44 . 11 , by F. Newhe . ry and Sans, St. Paul's i 'ttit„; - /rd; J. Sanger, 150, et a ;Oxford-str W. Pegg, ttlestreet, Dublin ; and ' in most country towns. it *7'4 the name F. Novbery, 45, St. Paul's, engraved t Stanip. - No. 11,629. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1829 pf the country in its commercial and agricultural relations), there we find that the interest of capital is much higher. The assertion is often made that the country is overrun with capital, which cannot find the means of employing itself; but this pre tended fact is full of deluSion. This abundance of capital, wherever it appears to exist, consists not in the overflowing. of the channels of trade and com merce (the only abundance that marks a state of na tional prosperity), but in the fact of these channels being emptied of their contents, and those contents being carried where, instead of operating beneficially, they produce a mischievous flood. The true stan dard by which we ought to measure the value of money, is not a transient high price of Stocks, produced by the expectation of some scheme of finance concocted by the Minister, but the real financial and commercial situations of the country ; and who will say, that with an annual taxation of .50,000,0001., and with the distresses both in trade and agriculture, which for so long a time have been the topics of complaint with every One, the situation of the country is such ailtojustify a measure which, on the very face of it, contrary to the fact, presumes redundant resoarces, and a pros perous condition in all the departments of our na tional economy ? The project in hand is a forced measure, to lighten the burdens of taxation, at the expence of a certain class of the public creditors ; when the lightening of that burden at their expence we., by the terms of the original contract, under stood to be purely the result of a bona fide im proved and overflowing revenue. " You will remind yourselves that within a very short period of the last reduction of interest on certain of the public funds, the price of the Three per Cents, fell from 9.5 to 7.5, a change which suffi ciently revealed the folly of those who then con sented to th.l Minister's terms; and here let me earnestly caution you to beware of the visionary calculations of sanguine politicians, and to govern yourselves rather by a lesson which is drawn from the experience of the past. " I repeat it, combine. Demand money for your stock, arid the Minister's negative to that demand will show you the insidious nature of an option, when the party who proposes it has not the means of fulfilling one of its alternatives. " APROPRIETOR OF FOUR PER CENTS." PROPOSED LAW AGAINST THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS IN THE NETHERLANDS. ROYAL 11IESSAGE AND PROJECT OF LAW RELATIVE TO OFFENCES OF TOE PRESS, TRANSMITTED TO TIIE SECOND CHAMBER OF THE STATES-GENERAL, AT THE SITTING OF FRIDAY, DEC. 11, 1829. The subjoined project, which we submit to yon, is the lamentable yet necessary result of the circum stances in which several of the provinces of the kingdom are placed : Whilst we enjoy peace abroad and tranquillity at home—whilst so many branches of commerce and industry flourish—and whilst mild laws exist, as well as civil and religious liberty, we see that a small number of our subjects, carried away by ex aggeration, and excited by ihe fanaticism of a few malevolent individuals, forget all these benefits, and rise up in a manner as scandalous as it is alarming against the Government, the laws, and our paternal institutions. On the occasion of presenting a law which has solely for object to insure the enjoyment of good by suppressing evil, it has appeared necessary to us to state our views. relative to the progress of the Go vernment of the kingdom. If we cast our eyes upon the religious interests of the inhabitants, we find that as the re ligion which we profess, after the example of our fathers, has " liberty" for its motto, so also entire freedom of opinion, equal protection of all sects, and the free exercise of religion, which are guaranteed by the fundamental law, were constantly the object of our peculiar care. Wish respect to the Catholic religion, there did not present itself, at the period of our accession to the Throne, any system more appropriate than that which, in the glorious reign of that Maria 'l heresy who is so justly reverenced, existed in the provinces of the kingdom where the Catholic religion is pro fessed by the majority of the inhabitants. Th e measures taken by us during the first years of our reign were then in consonance with the example of that Government. Since the conclusion of t h e Concordat, and its entire execution in those same provinces, the Catholic Church has enjoyed more liberty than at any former period. If we add to this, that, in consequence of a de cree made by us, the direction of all matters con nected with the Catholic faith is about to be con (hied entirely to a separate ad.ninistration, we may hope that, in this respect, the wishes of the greater part of our subjects, as well as our own, may be ac complished. _ _ We cannot, however, conceal from you, that in the midst of the enjoyment of these privileges, a re ligious zeal, too ardent, if it be excited by a❑ un worthy object, supported by pernicious influence, and not sufficiently restrained by a religion which nevertheless inculcates in so forcible a manner the - subordination necessary for the maintenance of good order and tranquillity—this zeal, we say, may have lamentable consequences, and may sow the seeds of disunion and resistance ; and even attempts to legitimatize the influence of the Catholic system upon the progress of the Government may, under one or the other form, be made sooner or later. But we declare that we are firmly resolved to use every means in our power to maintain the temporal power, for ever inviolate, - and we shall take scrupulous care that every communion confines itself strictly within the bounds of obedience to the laws of the state, so that by this means the liberty of conscience be guaranteed to every one, and that the operations of the Government be free from the intervention of any spiritual power. If we look at the public instruction, the funda mental law upon which has been the object of our constant care, we hope we may confidently expect that by the Legislative measure which we have our selves brought about, that it has merited the appro bation of the enlightened and unprejudiced portion of our people. We are anxious to learn from your deliberations, if the project presented relative to public instruction has effected the object of our efforts, that of conci liating, all the reasonable wishes of our subjects. Besides this the nation has a right to expect from us that the firmness with which we repel rash pre tensions will equal the desire which we have to satisfy all equitable demands. That violation, which is the foundation of stability and order, is also the prin ciple of our Government ; and the assurance that we are not disposed to overstep the line which separates just firmness from unreasonable condescen sion will, we hope, serve as a❑ encouragement to every well-intentioned man, and render futile the projects which might be founded upon violence and sedition. . The equitable principle relative to the imptr sibility of removingJndges is already consecrated by law, and does not appear to require our further in tervention, previous to the new judicial organization which is about to take place. If we examine what . is called Ministerial responsibility, we believe that forilierpteservation of our political institution, for the maintenance of the power which has been con fided to us; for the permanent protection of the, in terests of our Well-beloved subjejts, we ou ght not to listen to any other responsibility o r- our a Ministers than that which, besides their duty to us, has been pOinted out for them by the fundamental law, and the other existing ones. In the constitutional exist ence of the Council of State, and according to the principle that this and not the single head of a Mi nisterial department should be understood, we sec not only the exclusion of the idea of Mimi terial re sponsibility, but we also see for• the Flemish people a greater guarantee that their interests are properly examined before any measure is adopted. The country of the Netherlands in this doe.; not resemble other countries where a power has existed of introducing ministerial responsibility without in convenience, caused by circumstances foreign- to this kingdom, and which, from that reason alone, have made it necessary that a peculiar d;rection should be given to the constitutional administration. • The conflicts ‘k hick have been carried on have ex cited our attention, and in proportion to our desire to insure the free progress of the administrative poweri is our wish that the recourse of our subjects to the tribunals shall not be encumbered with use less difficulties. It is our intention to return to this point when the law relative to.the judicial organiza• tion shall have been put 'into activity, and then we flatter ourselves that we shall be able to conciliate, in a satisfactory manner, these two wants, • which are both equally incontestible. If we take into consideration the finimcial con dition of our kingdom, we shall see with lively sa tisfaction the expenses diminishing more and more, particularly those which are independent of the in troduction of constitutional institutions, of the ac complishment of legitimate engagements, or of ge neral calamities, as well as of the troubles which have broken out in our distant possessions. We shall also discover the prospect of greater economies, and the wish for the suppression of the tax relative to grinding corn, accomplished. The possibility of abuses in the operations of the Syndicship will be prevented by legislative enact ment. In a Word, we are fully convinced that, whatever may be the result of our efforts for the welfare of the nation, to relieve it from its bur thens, to preserve a regular administration, and for the maintenance of the credit of the State, these efforts will not be forgotten either by our contem poraries or by posterity. . Ought noi, this consideration to induce us, more and more, to place the utmost confidence in the God of our fathers, in the love and gratitude of our well-beloved subjects, and in your constitutional co-operation in efficaciously repressing evil, and for the constant protection of all that is good ? Trusting in this, we pray God to have you in his holy keeping. PLATE GLASS on SALE in every variety of ,size, from the. Toilette- up is those of the most extended dimensions, at H. L. COOPER'S CARVING and GILDING MANUFACTORY, No. 98, Bishopsgate-street Within. From the late Inaprovementm in Casting, Plates can now be manufactured as large a m 160 inches by 80, at nearly one-third of the original value. An Elegant Assortment of Pier, Chimney, and Toilette Frames, of new and rich designs, constantly ready for in spection. 1!. L. COOPER presumes few houses can meet busi ness oo better terms than himself, the.csrving, and Silvering Branches being conducted on the Premises. Large Glasses forwarded by spring Vans to any part of the kingdom. • No. 92, Bishoptgate-street Within.. AIIIBOYNA POWDER AND LOTION. THE DRUG, from trhich the AMBOYNA POWDER and LOTION are .Prepared, possesses peculiar efficacy in cleansing, beautifying, and preserving thiTerth:frona decay. There is no Tooth Powder in the present day which maintains so extensive a demand as the Amboyna, it was originally prepared by. an euiineut Den tist, and its excellent qualities have secured if a ' preference to all other compositions; it is a powerful astringent, and iu most names will remove all beats, ulcers, and gum boils from the mouth. Those who experience painful nervous aelies in the face, arisingrfrom complaints in the gems or teeth, will, in all probability, be relieved bye liberal use of the Lotion. Both preparations aro purely vegetable, Sold by E. Edward's, chemist, 67, St. Paul's Church yard, on the Foote/ay ; Smyth and Nephew, 117, New Bond-street; Sauger, 150, Oxford-street; and Stradling, Royal Exchange, Cornhill; the Powder in boxes, 2s. 6d. and 44. 6d. eaeh ; the Lotion, 4s. 6d. per Bottle. THE FOI R PER CENTS. (From the Times.) An address " To the Proprietors of Four per Cents." has been hawked about with some activity, and has just fallen under our notice. The object of the paper is to 'effect a combina tion among the Four per Cent. Stockholders, engaging them, one and all, to refuse- the offer supposed to be intended by the Minister, of a stock of 3i or 3 per cent., in lieu of the higher one now in their possession. We believe that it would be difficult, if not impossible, to pro cure the' rejection of such a proposal, so exten sive as to inflict any serious embarrassment on the Minister of Finance. Even if so large a sum as 40,000,0001. or 50,000,0001. were found necessary to meet the demands of the discontented Stockholders, who can doubt that the money might be had,inla moment at an interest of 31 per cent., where the acknowledged pur pose of the loan was one of economy, and not of prodigality, adding strength to all the public securities by diminishing the general pressure upon our income ? If the Minister appre hended auy inconvenience from the result of a confederacy among the Stockholders, it would be easy for him to divide them into a given number of classes, and to convert the whole mass of stock by as many successive operations. In that case it must be fruitless to combine. Events, however, especially in foreign States, are not sufficiently under the controul of an English Minister to insure 'him against a fall of stocks, so serious, and even so immediate, as to baffle every scheme, however well designed, for the- conversion which it is presumed he meditates. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF 4 PER CENTS. "London, December, 1829. " You notice the report in circulation, that it is the intention of the Minister to propose to Parlia ment a reduction of the interest of Four per Cents, to Three and a Half per Cents,—in other words, his intention of taking from us one-eighth part of our in come. The pretence will he, to make it worth our while to accede to his proposal, by giving us what he ridiculously calls a bonus: that is to say, giving us in lieu of 12i per cent, of our property, what is not worth a farthing rushlight ; and this generous attention to our interests follows the act of his having forced up the price of the Stocks to an un natural height, in order to enable himself to entrap us. You are well aware that, powerful as he is, he can do nothing in these premises without our con sent; and that, by the terms of our covenant with the State, we may call for our payment in money at par. Such a payment, it is .well known, the Mi nister cannot by any possibility make, for the capital of the Four per Cents. is 150,000,0004 of money, and accordingly the success of his manoeuvres wholly depends on his inveigling us into his terms. The purpose of this address is to prevail on you all to a man to reject his terms; and if we act bravely and in a body, we may cast his project to the winds. We have the remedy in our own hands. Let there be meetings of the kolders of Four per Cents. in every town in the kingdom, and an engagement one to another entered into, by which each holder shall bind himself to demand money for his stock. We shall then have the satisfaction of seeing the Mi nister's project returned to his portfolio as a piece of waste paper. Be rissurcd that this project of the Minister is nothing less than a perfect juggle, the purpose of which is to make us victims of cunning manoeuvres, and a misrepresentation of facts. The measure has precisely •the same objects in view which the avowed advocates for violating faith with the public creditors entertain, though it is to be effected by different means ; and much more worthy are the means proposed by our open enemies, than the sly and concealed contrivances here resorted to. " The preliminary contrivance is the expedient of forcing up the price of the public funds, by propa gating the report of this measure being in contem plation; and the second step is to reduce the inte rest upon Exchequer Bills from 2d. to l&d. a-day, in order to render that rise in the Storks durable for so long a time as the measure may require to be effected. When effected, we shall probably see the interest upon Exchequer Bills again raised, and the speculations by which the rise in the Stocks has been produced will cease. The third expedient is the proceeding at the Bank of England on the 3d instant, by which the unheard-of measure is resorted to of lending money upon Exchequer Bills, India Bonds, and Bills of Exchange, during the shutting of the books of the Stocks for the dividends. This is the most un blushing job that was ever adopted. Every body must see that its direct object is to give an artifi cial price to the Public Securities, the better to in flict this meditated injury on the holders of Four per Cents., and it is resorted to under the pretence of relieving the public from a want of money, when it is notorious that there is, at least in the Money Market, a redundancy of capital, and when that very redundancy is alleged as the ground upon which the reduction of the Four per Cents. is recommended. " But the mechanism by which this project is to be rendered practicable is not less to be condemned than the statement of facts which is put forth to justify it is false, and the reasoning by which it is upheld is delusive. Here we are made to be the dupes of gratuitous assertions and visionary theories. It is not true that the value of money is no more than 3i per cent, per annum. Wherever we look for cases of the investment of money (with the ex ception of the Three and Three and a Hall per Cent. Stocks of Government, the prices of which have been carried up by artificial means, and have reached a pitch notoriously unsuitable to the situa.: PROJECT OF LAW RELATIVE TO THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS. We, William, &c. Having taken into consideration that the law of the 16th of May, 1829, far from having answered its intention, has been followed by gross abuses, given rise to a greater number of offences, multiplied uneasiness and suspicions, and served as a pretext for sowing disunion ; That it has consequently become indispensable to efficaciously repress disorder, in order to be able to maintain the peaceable inhabitants of the kingdom in the enjoyment of liberty and repose; to support the government and the authorities in the peaceable exercise of their functions, and to preserve entire the rights guaranteed to us and to our House by the fundamental law of the kingdom; By these conside:ations, and after consulting our Council of State, we have decreed and do decree as follows : Art. 1. Every becoming (detente) criticism of the acts of the public authority ha works and periodical writings, journals, and pamphlets, continues to be free, and permitted to every person. 2. All those who in any manner, or by any means whatever, shall attack the dignity, power, or rights of the Royal Family, or shall be guilty in one way or another of the manifestation of hostile sentiments towards tile King, of contempt of the ordinances or decrees emanating directly from him ; of insult or outrage towards the person of the King, or of any Member of the Royal Family, shall be punished 'with from one to live years' imprisonment. 3. Shall be punished with imprisonment of from one to three years, those who shall - be guilty of attacks upon the obligatory force of existing laws, or who shall excite disobedience to those laws ;—all those who shall be guilty of disturbing or endanger ing public safety, in sowing disunion, fomenting alarm and suspicion; as also those who shall com mit the offence of attack and insult against the Government or one of its branches, or who shall outrage its acts or calumniate its intentions, or who shall endeavour to sap its authority. 4. In case of a repetition of the offence, the pri mitive punishment shall be doubled. 5. The prosecution of the offences mentioned in this law shall be ordered within three months. 6. All the existing legislative dispositions which are not abrogated or modified by the present law, and particularly the articles 201 to 206 of the Penal Code, are maintained; articles 4 ; 5, and 6, of the law of the 16;h May, 1829, are annulled; article 3 of that law is not to be applicable in calumny or in sult committed in writing ugaimst public function aries, for in those cases the offences will be prose cuted officially, without the necessity of complaint on the part of the persons insulted or calumniated. A MARE'S NEsT,—This phenomenon, in comparison with which the /Amnia? " hides its diminished head," and the discovery of which has been so frequently •aaeribed to wondtr.seekii:g persons, though held by "-thinking people" to be the beau ideal of the Marplots, hai At length been really found out ! But there are many sorts of mares; there are lord mayors, grey mares, and night mares : and, in the very interesting narrative which -we are about to submit, the " grey mare" proved not only the " better horse," but the better mare, by scaring her grim namesake from the frightful usurpation of a so vereignty due only to herself. A few nights since, a re spectable couple (man and wife, •of course), residing in Chorlton-row, had retired to their chamber; and, after the - hiss of mutual affection had been exhangtal, and the kind " good night" had been uttered, tl'ey both fell into a tranquil slumber. At length, however, the husband groaned deeply, and his loving partner, in the greatest alarm, stinted from her bed, and seizing a candle which was burning in the room, held it over the convulsed frame of her husband, whom she supposed in the last agony; then screaming for aid, she quickly roused a female ser vant, and dispatched her for a neighbouring surgeon ; • but-, in her anxiety for the speedy attainment of menical ad vice, she ran after the maid, and the trio,—namely, the surgeon, good wife, and servant, shortly arrived at the door together. In the meantime, the husband, who had only been suffering from the temporary oppression - of the night mare, had awakened; and territiel by the noises he heard, and the unaccountable abs?nee of his wife, hurried down stairs in his shirt, where he found the street door Open, which con firmed his worst feara for the fate of his wife and his pre petty. Hearing fortsteps approaching, at this unlucky moment, and rendered desperate by what he conceived the peril of his situation, he armed - himself with a broom, the head of which fell with no slight force upon the shoulder of the unfortunate disciple of ESCnr.A PI us, who liSppened fi!st to present himself for entrance! A violent struggle ensued, during which the mistress and maid ran for assist- 1 Alice ; and; deeming the infuriated husband ..rood, he was quickly secured ill a straight waistcoat, his head. shaved, blisters applied, and every reme ly resorted to: which his' -melancholy ease appeared to require. It is• - ahnost needless. to sty, that finding raving availed him nothing, the poor 'gentleman at length became composed, and was . permitted to see his wife, when mutual explanation soon restored :matters to their former itate, which this discovery . oi - the 'mare's nest will, it 'is:hoped, secure from future interitip •tion,--Nanchester Advertiser. PRICE 7D. COMMISSION OF LUNACY. (Cross-examination of Dr. Blundell, continued from our Paper o f Saturday.) Some questions were hero put to the witness, which rendered it nece=ssary to clear the room of ladies—of course we must omit any report of them. The ladies showed some reluctance to leave their places ; and with a view of recovering them, when this part of the cross-examination had terminated, left their muffs in their room. Re-examined—l cannot say that if Mr.. Davies had married he had not bodily vigour enough to per form the duties of a married man ; on the contrary, I recommended him •to marry, as the best curative of his complaint. W. ADOLPHUS—You did not sign the certificate to admit him into a mad-house because he did not. marry. Witness—Certainly not. By the COMMISSIONERS—I inferred that he still continued of unsound mind when I last saw him, from his violent conduct, from the incoherence of his conversation, and from a combination of other circumstances. At one time he spoke as if he would be a methodist parson ; at another, he would give me a specimen of hia oratory; and at last be ex hibited - all the manoeuvres of a ...mountebank. I never saw him in such a state before. He was then very insolent and jeering to me: he called me se veral unpleasant names. He drew his chair before me, and in a grinning attitude said, that when he got his liberty he would prosecute me and extinguish me as an.M.D., and that he would pursue his prosecu tion of me till he had stripped me of every thing which I possessed. His look and manner were fe rocious : and with a sarcastic leer he made some observations respecting applying the fire-poker to my cranium. I told him that if that would be any gratification or benefit to him in the least, he was at liberty to do so.—(Laughter.) He said, " I see that you are in fear, your voice falters. I said, " No, Davies, I am not in fear of you, for I think that lam more than a match for you." In order to divert his his mind, I said, "If it will gratify you, I ought to measure fire-pokers with you. He said, "Dare you meet me ?" I said, "Yes; but as you have recently taken to learning the foils, we had better go to work like gentlemen, sword in baud." He then said, ' 4 — it, Doctor, you are a better fellow than I thought you." This calmed him. I wished then to depart. He would not let me. I then told hint that I wished to have some serious conversation with hint. I then pointed out the un kind treatment which I had received at his bands; pointed out to him the danger of his violence, and told him that I should never visit him again unless he would conduct himself towards me as one gentle man ought to conduct himself towards another. He apologised to me, and asked me if the loan of 5001. would be a compensation or accommodation to me. I said " No; an acknowledgment on your part will beamore satisfactory compensation from one gentle man to another." This seemed to hurt his pride. I told him never to offer me money as a bribe again ; and I told him that he had cancelled all obligations by his unmanly conduct and general violence towards me. After this he bounced off into his ge neral strain of delusion and violence. He was accus tomed at all times while I knew him to look care fully after the door. When lie went into his bed room alone, he was accustomed to lock it, and to put something into the key-hole. He imagined, in June last, that he possessed vast mental powers, and was in general ridiculously vain of his acquire ments. He thought the tea-trade infinitely below his consideration. I saw him occasionally behind the counter, but not very often. _ _ _ By a Juror—My impression on the first and se cond interview was, that by proper care and treat ment, by suitable restraint, he might in 12 months be probably restored. I have some doubts upon that point - now. I should not be justified in giving an opinion upon that point, as I have not seen him since September last. Dr. Burro,, s, examined by Sir C. WETIIERELL —I visited Mr. Davies first on the 7th of July, at Philpot-lane. I received a note requesting me to do so from Mr. Lawrence. I had no instructions from, or knowledge of, his mother before this. I went to Philpot-laue as Mr. Lawrence's friend. I did not announce my name. Mr. Davies's personal appearance indicated that he was not in good bodily health. The first thing we talked of was his throat, which, lie said, had a lump in it. I examined his throat, and could discover no appearance of disease. He did not speak any more on the subject after we gave our opinion. 11e then complained of pain in his head—of confusion of ideas—of dryness in his mouth, and want of sleep. His appearance was that of a person ill. His pulse was very thick. lie then entered into a long detail of the jealousies which had been excited against him in the tea-trade, in consequence of his having bid for some teas which were " presents" to the Directors, and which it was not usual in the trade to bid upon. He said the Government was defrauded by the mode in which those teas were usually sold. (Dr. Burrows here entered into a long account of the conversation which took place at this interview and at that on the 9th of July, which, in nearly ' every point, corresponded with that given by Mr. Lawrence, which . has already appeared.) In the second visit he spoke of the defects of his early education, and talked much of the pleasure he felt in reading the Morning Herald, the articles in which were very much to his taste. After. the in terview on the 9tlr, I recommended that he should he kept quiet, and without any excitement, as I thought that when the state of his bodily health was improved, his mental disorder would probably give way. In the meeting on the 11th, his manner was somewhat more calm, but it still bore the character of insanity as before. At the meeting with him on the 11th, he produced a written paper, saying— " There, gentlemen, I have taken great pains with this, in order to give you a specimen of my compo sition." I took the paper home with me, and read it. The result of this meeting confirmed me mere in the opinion that he was insane. (The witness was next asked (to save time) whether he had heard Mr. Lawrence's evidence, and his opinions, and .he concurred in the correctness of both, as far as they went, as to the state of Mr. Davies's mind.) On the meeting of the 13th, as I got to his door, he met me and took me by the arm, and 'with some force walked down the lane. I asked him why he did not go up stairs ? He said—" Dr. Mackinnon, who is my relation, is there, and I would not wish for the world that he should see you here." We walked down the lane, and he turned into some court near. W hen there he produced a small mi • niature painting, a small china slipper, a necklace, some beads, and a whole parcel o trumpery. He asked me did I know whom that picture represented; he said it was the picture of a lady to wham ha was very much attached, and said this slipper is an emblem of her foot. I remarked that she must have a very small one then, for the slipper was one of those ohina toys with which la-lies fold down lette'is. It was not longer than the joint of my Lore-Linger. I looked at the picture, which was somewhat decayed: I re marked it was singular that he should know the lady. It was the picture of a naked woman, repre senting the story of the Golden Shower—of Jupite , and Danae. This information seemed very much to disconcert him, and lie put the things into his pocket.—[The circumstance of the pistol and tie other matters which OCCUITed 0/1 this and other visits were low gone into by Dr. Borrows, +Ol 7 h wore nearly the same as those alreaflyeia evidence.] lie next eesetibed meeting! with Mr. Davies on the 31st of July, at Philpot-lane, and et Casesebli \I en the 4th of August. • Before thitewitseas said hie had repeatedly advised Mrs. ByWater for her own slice— for that of her son—and for the seke of the puhlie, ;al to have some persons placed round his psrsan so as to prevent any danger to himself or others. The visit to Mr. -D.:Vies on the 4th of August, at Crouch , hill, Dr. Burrows thus described :—" When I went to the door, I saw a female servant. Soon after I came, I heard- a violent crashing noise in the next room, as if of the breaking of glass, and an outcry from some person. I pushed against the door, bat my entrance was resisted by some person inside. I at last -got in, and saw Mr. Davies strsigerng lei' h two keepers. He was in his shirt—ono leeve of which was bloody. There were several servants in the room. At first it appeared to me as if they were acting against the keepers, but they were to mixed up, and there was so much confusion, I could not make any thing of it. I spoke to Mr. Davies, and took him by the hand—but before this, I spoke angrily to the keepers, and said why don't you bring the straight-waistcoat ? There was no straight waistcoat brought; nor had I ever directed the use of one for him, before or since. When I spoke to him, he seemed at first disconcerted, and said that when he saw my carriage drive up, he (bought I was come to take him away. • I toll him I had no such intention, and that it was by my desire he was brought to his own house. He asked me if I !houghs him insane; and 'answered, that if I did not think him so I should not have advised his being placed - under restraint. - He said he would give me a proof chat he was not insane, and drew the chairs iound in a circle, and told us all to sit down. The!e were then three men and three women servants, and the two keepers, in the room. He said he would prove to us that he wes not- insane by snaking a speech. I went up to.feel his pulse, and told the servants to leave the room; but they refused, and said they would not go. After a little time I went a ffay. had nothing to do wirh Mr. Davies's removal from Crouch-hill to Portland -terrace, but I visited him there by order of his mother. I called there twice, bat he would not see me either time. I understood Mr. Nobler prevented him. On the 19th of Au gust he was removed to my " Retreat" at Clap ham-road, but wholly without my advice or partici pation. I knew he was going- there, but I would not advise it—such is not my practice. As far as my knowledge goes,. he has received every kindness and attention since he went there; but there was one thing wanting. I never heard him make any complaint of the servants, or of the superintendents, or of any person. On the contrary, he spoke wide the greatest kindness of the treatment he received. Every attention was paid to him. He lisd a sit. ting-room and bed-room, and every o: her conve nience, for his mother's allowance for hint was most liberal. He bad ample opportunities of air and exercise, for the Retreat stands in the midst of 22 acres of ground, and there is a flower- etude!) of about three acres. On the 15th of September I visited him, in company with my superintendent, Mr. Pollard. He (Davies) called out to us— " Come here, ye villains, and sit down." This was the first titne he had used ally such lan guage to us. His sister, Mrs. Pugh, was pie sent. He then made_ several allusions to insi nuations made by some of my set vents as to his being addicted to unnatural propensi ties. He also complained of workmen calling out the names of Nicholson and Hatfield, the lunatics in his presence. I have two persons in nay employ ment named Nicholson and Hatfield. He d4l, I have no doubt, hear the names of those persons called out. I endeavoured to convince him that he was quite mistaken as to imputations being made as to his conduct, but lie persisted, in the ass..rtiorr, and even in the presence of his sister. I suggested that his .sstershould leave the room while he made those remarks, hut he said that his sister should hear all the charges made against her brother. Ile also complained of his mother's cruelty in Placing under restraint. He also complained of me. He treated me with very great reserve since Mr. Hoble.'s visits to him. Latterly his general health has been much improved, and his nerves in a better state. Latterly he has not admitted me to his confidence a a physician. He would never let me feel his pulse or examine his tongue, or allow me to prescribe for him. I do not now, from my knowledge of Mr. Davies's case, believe that he is sane. 1 think that he is insane, and incapable of managing himself oe his affairs. I believe that many persons under a states of mental delusion may-exercise self contronl, art's answer questions so as to conceal that delusion., '(Dr. Burrows here was asked to mention en install( e and he mentioned the case of a Miss Dancey, who was labouring under a particular delusion, which, rendered it necessary for her friends- to place her in :his Retreat.) For the nine months she remained in my house, she-so completely concealed this delusion, that we could never obtain any information which. could lead us to suppose that she nets under any de lusion. At the end of that time she was taken, away, by her friends, hut before she bad passed my garden wall her delusion returned. Dr. Burrows added that he had known many in stances of persons insane, who h a d suc h control over themselves a.; to be able to conceal the delusion under which they laboured, but not for so long a period as in the case he had'mentioned. Cross-examined by Mr. BuouGnA3r.---I did be lieve the complaint or Ins throat, by Mr. Davies, was a delusion. I do believe that a sane person may have a pain in his throat_ which one could not refer to external appearance, and without any delu sion. Mr. Davies sometimes quoted poetry---so me . times aptly. When I went down to Crouch -hill on the 4th of August I found that there was a resist ance made to my entrance into the room where Mr. Davies was, I found two female servants in the room when I got in. I pushed in the doer with a little force—much was not necessary. The noise I heard was as if of a perky breaking through the window. This was before I attempted to get into .the roam. I do not believe that it was at tho mo ment of my entrance the crash of glass was made. When I came is he was in the bands of the keepers. •In a few minutes he became more calm, and putting •the chairs in a circle round the table, desired us all, to sit down, and that he would give us a specino n , of his powers of mind, and would make an oration. I sat down before this. Ile said--" Come, and answer any questions you put." I rather think it was I asked him to sit down. I have sworn that on that day ho said he was a great orator. I was aware that he was going to my house, but I did not take any part in that. I gave ti e order to two of my.. attendants on the morning of the 4th of August, to take him as insane, I h a d seen hi m on the 31st at - Philpot-latte, luit I had only seen him. I had trot had any communication with him since the 24th of July. I heard of him in the interim. it is not common for me to treat people as insane, and to cer tify it, without having seen them. I never did give: such a certificate, at least as the stet required, oft having seen the party. Did you ever give aux ,ostler of any kind for de taining a person as insane, withrnit seeing aim ? Dr. 1.1“;:rows----1 am ready to answer any arul every question in any way connected with the cAse. before the Court, but I must deelinl to tiniweC, questions as to matters net connected with it, Mr. BROUGHAM—Vcry well; you dectine to an swer it. Crois.exarealuation continued Mr. Davies camp to my house on the 19th of August. Since then I have often seen him, and tidal: hint much better, as far as be permitted one to judge; but he withdrew his confideneo horn sue about that time. I tray have seem - him four or five times a-wet k. I taws ) s o twice a-week to the Retreat, and oftener when required. About 510 or 30 medical gentlemen visited him from time to time. I was anxious to give them every facility, but I was nor pre;:tnt with any of them with him. Up war d s of 150 p ersons v i s it e d him, or at least there were that many visits. In the 'ally stage of Mr. Davies's ease, Immerous writers, or any thing that ( coul,l increase excitement, would HISTORY OF ENCItISH LAW. day was published in Svo , price 16s. boards, A HISTORY of ENGLISH LAW, or an •, attempt to trace the rise, progress, and successive " ' n ges of th e COMMON LAW, from the earliest period to the Present time. By GEORGE CRABS, Esq. A.M. Of th e Inner Temple, Barrister at Law. Loudo u : Primed for Baldwin and Cradock. I N the or.,