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N W -square, Lincoln's Inn, Ey Edward Finch Hatton, • I.the Paymaster of the Charity, viz. : e 'Widows of Flag Officers, Superannuated Rear Ad • 1; Captains, Commanders, Lieutenants, and Masters, B —* ' 34ll rday the I s t o f August; th e Wid ows o f Phy s i c i ans , it g e ° ol _, Assist an t-S urgeons , P ursers , an d B oa t swa i ns , on v.... _ d3a da7 the 3d of August ; and the Widows of Gunners and ; . ‘ 99 °t ens on Tuesday the 4th of August ; and on every i n Thursday, between the hours of Ten and Twelve. 2' Notice is further given, that Remittance Bills will be "it on the lst of August, to those Widows resident in the elun trY, who have requested to be paid their Pensions near tie respective Residences. J. W. CROKETI CLIFTON HOT WELLS. ROYAL GLOUCESTER HOTEL. JAMES IVATTS, hate of the Guildhall ; Hotel and C o ff ee -h ouse , L on d on , h as th e h onour t o l l arni the N o bili ty, Gentry, h i s Fr i ends, an d t h e P u bli c, !i f lt he has taken the above well-known HOTEL and PRENIISES, which he has improved in every department, the aseures these who favour him with their support they Will find th e utmos t a tt en ti on t o th e i r co mf or t in ElktalAishmP n t. The Bed-rooms are newly furnished, the Private Apartments, as also the Coffee-room, well l l;tecl fly the reception of Families and Gentlemen, - !erY requi s it e b e i ng supp li e d o f th e b es t qua li ty . Th ose "." r oute to an d f ro n t I re l an d or W a l es w ill fi n d ever y ac f""unaiation—the Dublin, Cork, Waterford, Swansea, II- Tenby, •Chepstow, Newport, Government, and jreial Steam Packet Vessels arriving at, and depot t- A rri 4 1 this Port punctually at the appointed periods. o ngements are also made to prevent any disappointment R::eertainty on arrival of Families and Gentlemen at this I, of thebeing suitably ir accommodated with apart t4,lo, 4c. Coach-houses, Stabling, Post Horses, &c. lY 23, 1829. BURGESS' NEW SAUCE for general the P u rPoses, having given such great approbation, and s lmand for it continuing to i ncrease , JOHN BUR beg. a nd SON beg most respectfully to offer this them trot acknowledgment to the public for their liberal pa ll!o the sameutility and great convenience m di h it . nudes has recontmended it to the most distinguished ‘,o2lllconnections, who have all spoken highly in its re ..ronendation.—lt i s prepare d b y th em on ly ; an d for At ee tv Pding di sappo i ntment to Families, all poss i ble care has t r esorted to by eac h b o ttl e b e i ng sea l e d u p on th e cor k t h it . ° their fi rm an d a dd ress, as we ll as eac h l a b e l h av i ng el r signature, without which it cannot be genuine. JOH N BURGESS and SON's long established and 4 44 - esteemed ESSENCE o f ANCHOVIES , cont i nues !be prepar e d b y them after the same manner t h at h as t i t'en the greatest satisfaction for many years. I Wareh ouse, 107, Strand, corner of the Savoy steps, The original Fish-sauce Warehouse. CAPITAL SPORTING RESIDENCE. 1: 0 BE LET, from the Ist of September FA next, Furnished or Unfurnished, an excellent v IMILY VIOUSE ; containing eleven Bed-rooms, with 1;, 1 7 "Pie and convenient Offices, Stabling, &c. called 7ghtlingsea Lodge, late the residence of Richard Sander :l) E N, and situate about ten miles from Col , t€r, and sixty from London. Also the Lawn, of iht:::::::,rty.crAcres, and the Shooting over about Three Por t e eB ' 64 Q , Btc. apply to Mr. Wiggins, Land Agent, &c., -10 one-street, London ; or Mr. Taylor, Colchester. Beautiful KENT. Reside nce and ha , Pleasure Grounds, walled Gardens, ieadow Land, in the delightful Village of Shorne, to n i r t _,, he N eighbourhood of Cobham Park, (the much ad fro Beat of the Earl of Darnley,) a very short distance ta the high London and Dover-road, and about mid. wa yi n ,, b etween Gravesend and the City of Rochester, late the o ccupation of Admiral Lawford. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By CHARLES LARKIN, At tn e c,,ity Repository, Rochester, TUESDAY, Aug. 4, 1829, at Four o'clock, THE above Desirable ESTATE, fit for the immediate reception of a respectable Family. THE MANSION, contains spacious and well-proportioned Dining, Drawing, Library, Breakfast, and Billiard-rooms, eight excellent bed -chambers, two staircases, a kitchen, scullery, and nu t erous attached and detached offices, the whole admirably fitted, and in good preservation. The Premises consist of stable-yard, two coach-houses, six stall stable, loft, and granary, saddle and harness-room, dove -cote, poultry-yard, highly productive gardens. stocked Pwith the choicest fruit trees, pleasure grounds, and shrub ay, ,laid out with great taste, and Eight Acres of valuable r asture Land; the whole lying extremely compact, and abundantly supplied with the finest water. The neighbourhood is proverbially healthy, coaches Passing and repassing every hour in the day ; and within — f r ee miles of the pl ace b eau tif u l steam - pac k ets start t w i ce ' t ell day to and from the Metropolis. th W ith thes e grea t accommo d at i ons, i t i s presume d t h at f Estate, either as a residence for a Private Family, or ft Public School, stands unrivalled even in this much rn ited County. jt.ent to a respectable Tenant will be moderate, and if ir , two-thi r d s o f t h e purc h ase-money may rema i n on Z i gage fo r Fi ve or S even Y ears . 10 'or further p ar ti cu l ars apply (if by letter, po s t-p a id,) L o d r Simmons, solicitor, Boley-bill ; or C. Larkin, kr.-o.Blt,rveYor. and appraiser, City Repository, Rochester. tl `'neet. gardener , *p re . mimes. WNEW EXETER CHANGE ! DAY,. TRUNK MAKER to his ST RA. : MAJESTY and the ROYAL FAMILY, 353, th"„ " 0 , opposite WATERLOO-43RIDGE, offers to f the on of the NOBILITY, GENTRY, OFFICERS () 1 1 . L ie ARMY and NAVY, and the PUBLIC in general, I;Lextensive assortment of PATENT EXPANDING Ivi i " i e u h Nl( S, and EXTENDING BRASS BEDSTEADS, s t have given such general satisfaction for their ren gt h , lightness, and portability. D aY, PATENTEE of the above important Im .;l.°ettents, (which combine so much acknowledged in -7reni,ltitY and utility,) and Manufacturer of the ELAS c,‘`-' SP.RING STUFFING for BEDS, SOFAS, 'A`4, A IRS, CARRIAGE and GIG SEATS, and also ...“. BEDDING, &c., respectfully acquaints OFFI CERS and OTHERS, that be has recently effected very % Itaiderable additions to his Premises, for the purpose o f conducting his ESTABLISHMENT as a GENE KAI. OUTFITTING WAREHOUSE, upon the same '-Xtensive scale as the late OLD EXETER CHANGE! l ie has in consequence provided for their approval an ! a tensive A ssor t ment o f C A MP an d NAVAL EQUI h;AGE, SADDLERY, HARNESS, REGULATION eII W ORDS, and CUTLERY of every description; and • assures them that most of the articles submitted to their are manufactured under his own immediate super n A'uance, and by fi rs t- ra te W or k men ; an d b e further T earnestly invites Purchasers to .an inspection of his remises during the progress of manufacture. tZW. Day having bud many years of PRACTICAL expe tlee, and having devoted much and patient attention to fil e variou s and peculiar branches of his Business, can con h,eritlY offer to the Public Goods warranted of the very uot quality, FULL TWENTY PER CENT. under any ad use in Lond on , an d h e th ere f ore trus t s th a t t h e d ec id e d to h. "a ta ge 3 Which he is thus enabled to hold out will ensure pat a conti nuance o f t h at extens i ve an d di st i ngu i s h e d 7 de_r"a voureged to which h e h as s o long hith er to e n joy e d a nd e n, merit. AM- r 4 BOYNA POWDER AND LOTION. r DRUG, from which the AMBOYNA r- OWDER and LOTION are prepared, possesses th e 'ar ef fi cacy in cleansing, beautifying, and preserving 41.ceth from decay. There is no Tooth Powder in the :r t day which maintains so extensive a demand as the ti gt; ° Yna, it was originally prepared by an eminent Den t° a 'p an d its exc e ll en t qua liti es h ave secure d i t a pre f erence l e I: other compositions; it is a powerful astringent, and lio, °l :,!`cases will remove all heats, alms, and gum boils tkeh; 'Be mout. Those who experience painful nervous to i the fac h e, arising from complaints in the gums or th e in all prob a bility, b e re li e v e d by a lib era l use o f Leon. %Id h Both preparations are purely vegetable. Yitt4 - Y E. 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EXERCISES to the ACCIDENCE and GRAMMAR; or an Exemplification of the several Moods and Tenses, and of the principal Ru'es of Conttruetion. By W. TURNER, M.A., late Master of the Free School at Col chester. New Edit., 3s. bd. Printed for Longm in, Ree, Orme, Brown, and Green. DREADFUL FIRE. On Saturday morning, at one o'clock, in the height of the storm which prevailed, an alarming fire broke out at a large hat-manufactory belonging to Mr. Forth, in Castle -street, Southwark. The inmates had retired to rest, and were awakened to a sense of their danger by a watchman, who saw smoke issuing out of the lower part of the house. The fire was most rapid in its progress, arising from the premises being chiefly composed of timber, and before it was arrested the flames spread to the ad joining house, in the occupation of Mr. Jepson, which being also built principally of wood, shared a similar fate, and both were destroyed. The inmates, seven in number, in this latter dwelling, were near losing their lives, and escaped by getting on the roofs of the adjoining houses, most of them without any covering except their night clothes. There was a plentiful supply of water, and to this circumstance combined with the indefatigable exertions of the firemen, is to be attributed the preserva►ion of the whole row of houses in the street, and also an ex tensive bop-warehouse immediately at the rear of where the conflagration commenced. During the time the engines were at work, two of the firemen ran great risk of losing their lives. They were en gaged in directing the hose and stood in the passage of one of the houses that was on fire. While there, the roof having given some slight pr:evious indica tion of falling in, one of the firemen ran back, and having pulled his companion, they were just in time to save themselves, the roof, flooring, and all giving way immediately afterwards. One of them received some slight contusions. We understand that a quantity of hats which were on both premises at the time were destroyed. THUNDER-STORM. On Friday afternoon last, this town and neigh bourhood were visited by a tremendous storm of thunder and rain. The fore part of the day had been unusually and oppressively sultry, and soon after three o'clock, heavy masses of black clouds were seen approaching from the southward. By four o'clock day-light was so much obscured, that many persons had to use candles or gas-lights, in order to be able to go on with their business. — Distant thunder was heard sa the clouds approach ed, but when they over-canopied the town, the lightning became more vivid, and the thunder tre mendous, the rain, at the same time, pouring down in torrents. A cessation of thunder occurred about five, and the day became less dark ; but the rain still continued with but little abatement. 1 his cessation was but of short continuance, as if the elements had paused in their wmath, only to resume their warfare with renewed vigour; for, before six, the darkness bad increased to such a degree, that although our printing-ollice has the advantage of a large sky-light, in addition to two windows facing the street, the workmen were under the necessity of using gas. — The thunder became louder, and so frequent as to sound like one continued peal; the lightning, in many instances, appeared like a continuous blaze, and was very vivid; and the rain came down in torrents as heavy as before. The damage done in the town and neighbourhood has been considerable. A melancholy accident took place at the village of Alt, beyond Litherland, during the storm. The electric fluid entered a cottage, by means of the chimney, and killed a child which was standing near to the fire-place: a man and- a woman were in the cottage, but escaped unhurt. The storm raged with great fury at Preston. The electric fluid came in contact with the point of a. gentleman's umbrella, which he held over him in Church-street, and, in the twinkling of an eye, reduced the thing to shreds. The gentleman, however, escaped uninjured. Liverpool Albion. A rational explanation of the depressed state of the cotton manufactures in the United States is given in a New York Paper. So prodigal of credit were the Cotton-spinners, that weavers without capital were plen tifully supplied with yarn ; and Lord LIVERPOOL'S account ofthe mother country was exemplified, in far more goods being made than the natives chose to wear, or the mer chants ventured to export. The Americans, like the rest of man kind, appear to be incap able of learning fkotri the fate of others ; and if they profit by their own experience, it is more than some older nations have done.— Glasgow Chronicle. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 25.—The Sybilie frigate, Commodore Collier, C.B. captured, on the coast of Africa, on the 29th April, a Spanish schooner with 291 slaves on board. The number of slaves takei, by this frigate, with her tender (independent of those captured by other ships under the Comma (lore's command), within 23 months, is 3,970 The Sybille's ship's company were in good health. The Pallas, 42, Captain Fitz-Clarence, arrived at Plymouth, on Saturday, from Portsmouth, on her way to Calcutta, with the Earl of -Dalhousie (ap pointed Commander in Chief of the Forces in the East Indies), and the Bishop of Calcutta. The Galatea, 4G, Captain C. Napier, ('.8., which left this port on the 19th of June, arrived at Ma deira on the 4th of July, on her passage to Jamaica, having experienced very boisterous weather. The Athol, 28, Captain Gordon, destined to join the squadron on the coast of Africa, after landing Mr. Drummond Hay, the Consul-General and British Government Agent at Tangiers, will go out of harbour on Monday. The Favourite, 18, Commander Harrison, will go out of harbour on Tuesday, and shortly afterwards proceed to the Mediterranean. We have been told that one of the vessels com posing our squadron on the coast of Africa recently sent into Sierra Leone, a French vessel with slaves on board, and that on her arrival there the, Captain of a French frigate lying in the river demanded her restitution, a demand which was resisted by the prize master. Upon this the French frigate manned her boats, by force of arms recaptured the slave. and instantly proceeded to sea with her, having the slaves and the English prize crew on board. The Briton, 46, the Hon. Captain Gordon, weighed yesterday morning from Spithead, and went round Bembridge Ledge for gun practice. She anchored off Culver Cliffs, at a distance 0' nine hun dred yards, and fired at a mark made by a boat's crew, with a tar-brush, on the Cliff. After firing several broadsides in the presence of the Com mander-in-Chief (Admiral the Hon. Sir Robert Stopford), with admirable precision, she returned to Spithead. Lieutenant G. N. Wesley is appointed Agent of the Sylvia transport, fitting at Deptford. The Thames, with IGO convicts on board, will sail in a day or two for Van Diemen's Land. The Surrey, with two hundred convicts on board for the same destination, has been obliged to come into har bour to be docked, having been on shore on the Goodwin Sands. She has transferred her convicts to the York hulk. The free trader, Lady Flora, Fayrer, is hourly ex pected at Spithead, to embark her passengers for Madras and Calcutta. The depot of the 28th Regiment is ordered to Cork from Haslar Barrack, and will proceed in the Lord Wellington transport ; which ship will then take part of the 34th Regiment to Halifax. The 83d Regiment, now at Forton Barracks, is under orders to remove to Scotland. The Viscount Melville, Sir Georue Cockburn, Mr. Secretary Barrow, and the Hon. Captain Dundas, were expected at Plymouth on Thursday evening, on an official visit. ST. PETERSBURGII, MAY 10, 1829. STATUE OF PETER THE GREAT, &C. I now purpose giving you a slight sketch of some of the principal buildings and public works of St. Petersburgh, and as the statue of Peter the Great is in a central situation, I shall com mence with this as a starting point. This ex traordinary monument of labour and ingenuity was erected in 1782, by the order of the Em press Catherine, who entrusted the execution of her gigantic undertaking to a Frenchman of the name of Falcourt ; a man no less celebrated as an engineer than as a sculptor of the first-rate talent. M. Falcourt commenced his operations by a care ful examination of the environs of St. Peters burgh, and after considerable research, discovered a stupendous mass of granite, half buried in the midst of a morass. The expense and difficulty of transporting it were no obstacles to Catherine ; by her order the morass was immediately drained, a road cut through a forest, and carried over the marshy ground, and the stone which, (after it had been somewhat reduced,) weighed 1500 tons, was removed to St. Petersburgh ; this was accomplished by a windlass, and large friction bails alternately placed and removed in grooves fixed on each side of the road ; in this manner it was drawn about four miles to the banks of the Neva, then it was embarked in a vessel con structed on purpose to receive it, and thus con veyed to the capital. When landed it was 42 feet long at the base, 36 at the top, 21 thick, and 17 high, a bulk greatly surpassing in weight the most boasted monuments of Egyptian or Roman grandeur. The statue is of bronze, of a colossal size, and represents Peter the Great in the attitude of mounting a precipice, and trampling on a dragon ; the design is masterly, the attitude of the horse is particularly bold and spirited. But extraordinary as the thing really is, the same effect might have been produced at an infinitely less cost, and Catherine would have derived more real glory had the money and labour been expended on a work of real utility, than has been acquired by the mere conveyance of a huge and shapeless mass of granite from the morass to the capital, for this, after all, is the principal merit of the undertaking ; it is altoge ther an enterprise of idle parade, a much auo about nothing ; but the Russians are fond of these things, and are anxious that all their public works should be on a colossal scale of grandeur —this is particularly exemplified in the magni ficent CHURCH OF ST. ISAAC, Now building at the further end of the open space before the Admiralty, and consequently close to the statue of Peter. According to pre sent appearances this church will far eclipse the splendid cathedral of the Casan, and so far from being a building of an ordinary nature, must be considered as an archjtectural enterprise un equalled in the present age. Some idea may be for:tied of the prop: iety of this remark, from the fact that there are to be four porticoes, each consisting of sixteen columns, whilst each column . is to consist of a solid block of granite, fifty feet long and six in diameter. A host of workmen have been employed for nearly three years on this stupendous undertaking, but so slow has been the progress of the work, that the founda tions are barely visible ; nearly the whole time has been consumed in the preparation of the columns alone, about twelve of which are now placed upon their pedestals, and support a tem porary pediment constructed of wood, that the Emperor may form some idea what the portico will be when completed. I hardly know which 'to admire most, the skill of the engineer, the *strength and solidity of the scaffolding, or the power of the machinery, which can raise such immense 'locks to such an elevation. Extensive buildings ire erected to receive the rough masses of granite .vhich are brought from Finland, and I saw the men at work on some blocks, nearly thirty in dividuals were engaged ; so hard is tie material, hat the pregre:;s is indescribably slow ; the granite bears a remarkably flue polish, is of a red colour, and when finished resembles marble. A .lilireli intended to be built entirely of marble was begin) in Catherine's reign, and was finish ed in brick by the Emperor Paul, but as in this age of improvement the building, though ham% some, was not considered sufficiently grand for this splendid quarter of the capital, or in chamf— er with the architecture of the vicinity, orders .were issued for its demolition, a part only now remains, the materials of which will of course be employed in the new building ; there is a story connected with the old church, which I believe is a fact, though it is almost incredible that such circumstance could- have occurred in Europe ind during the nineteenth-century :—ln the reign of Paul, who finished with brick what his prede— cessor had begun with marble, a squib was cir culated, in which were sown silly allusions to the Emperor, and a comparison instituted between the Empress Catherine and himself, in which the author had the imprudence to hint that the character of the two Save- Tips differed as much as the materials of, which the respective works were composed; the tyrant was so incensed, that he ordered the cul prit to have his tongue cut out, and then to be exiled to Siberia. The facade of the senate house forms the western side of St. Isaac's place ; there is nothing very remarkable in the exterior of this building, which is of a deep yellow colour; the pillars. ? and decorations are white, as' usual. St. Isaac's. place was the principal scene of action during the disturbances of 1826, and the senate, and other houses, even now bear evident marks of the briskness of the cannonade. I observed six shot-holes in one tin water-pipe. Wo now come to the Admiralty, which, if not the most magnificent, is unquestionably the most pleasing structure in St. Petersburgh ; the body of the building is of a stone colour, with white columns and decorations, and the architecture is light and pleasing throughout ; it is generally supposed that the centre wants elevation, but, this defect is amply compensated by the extreme. beauty of the steeple. A slender and exceedingly lofty spire, richly gilt, rises from a square tower, which is immediately over the grand entrance ; the sides of' this tower are ornamented with 32 small columns of the lonic order, each cohunn supporting a statue. The angles of the building are also much admired, as are the two archways fronting the Neva ; the statues, bas relief , ;, and other decorations, have all some reference to the purposes for which the building is intended. THE ADMIRALTY i'orms three sides of a square, and in the space thus partially inclosed is a small dock-yard, where three ships are now on the stocks; one of them, the " Peter the Great," is in a state of great forwardness, and will be launched in May ; she is the largest vessel ever built in Russia, and will mount, I understand, 130 guns. A 74 was launched in the Autumn from this yard, - and has remained frozen up in the Neva the whole winter. There are two other dock-yards at St. Petersburg"' but both aie on a small scale. Great exertions have been made to increase the navy since the accession of the present Emperor; who, like Bonaparte, is crying out for " Ships, Colonies, and Commerce." As far as ships are concerned, the navy will soon be in a most effi cient state ; sailors and seaports will then only be wanting to make Russia a maritime power of the first-rate importance ; but notwithstanding these mighty preparations, some shrewd judges are of opinion that Russia is still in her infancy in this respect, and the fact, that two squadrons, destined for the Mediterranean have recently been compelled to put into English ports, and that too in the season most favourable for navigation, is a convincing proof of great inexperience in naval tactics; indeed, bow can it be otherwise, for during peace the practice of the fleet is confined to a short summer cruize in the Baltic. There are about 10 sail of the line at Cronstadt, but I un derstand that most are in a state of decay ; in deed, from the materials of which they- arc con structed, it is not calculated that they can last more than ten years. The ships recently built are on the most improved principle ; several have round sterns, and all remarkably high bulwarks. There is no tide in the Baltic, and as there is a bar at the mouth of the Neva, over which there is only eight feet water, ships built at St. Petersburgh or Ochta, must be floated over the bar, on a machine called a " camel," but acci dents frequently occur, and one ship of the line, recently launched, has been, I hear, considerably damaged. The Admiralty report for the year 1828 has not yet been published ; the ships launched in 1827 were— Guns. 1 110 1 year and five months 84 1 ditto ditto. 1 74 11 months. 2 sloops of war, 20 guns each. It may be worthy of remark, that two ships of the line were coppered in two7days. At Arch angel were launched, three frigates, 44 guns ; at Astrachan, five brigs of war. Having spoken of the steeple of tho Admi ralty, we now come to the Church or Chapel, the only part of the interior I had an opportunity of inspecting ; there is here a fine collection of paintings, indecd I should have imagined that I was in a picture gallery or exhibition room, had I not previously ascertained it to be a place o f worship, of which it has not the slightest ap pearance. I observed one short-sighted old gentleman with the air of a' connoisseur, put on his spectacles and scrutinize them, most particu larly ; from some he retreated with the most per fect indifference, before others he would cross himself and make the usual pros rations ; these were the representations of his favourite saints, and in his way he was certainly a perfect devotee. Amongst the few trophies in this church, I oh served a stand of British colours, the capture o f which however does not materially increase the glory of . the Russian arms. The colours be longed to a sloop of war ; which was unfortunately driven on the coast, and surrendered as a matter of course. The Admiralty is surrounded by a young and thriving plantation, which is a favourite promenade at all seasons of the year. Immedi ately:opposite the Admiralty, is the a Labanoff house" or rather palace. This is the largest private residence in St. Petersburgh ; some idea may be formed of the extent of this edifice, from its capability of accommodating 3,000 indivi duals; the form of the building is triangular, and the proportion elegant. Labanoff-house was originally intended as a family residence for the founder, but as the scale is by far too 'vast for the accommodation of even a Russian esta blishment, the greater part is let . 'out; the present occupants amount, I understand, to more than 2,000.