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W il ""%k li t• • 1 'VICTUALLING OFFICE, JAN. 15, 1829. 11 . 11 1 E COmmissimiers for Victualling his Majesty's Navy, &c. do hereby give Notioe, that on THURSDAY, the 12th of February next, they will be re ly to receive Tenders in writing, (sealed up), and treat for the supply of the following quantities of NEW STAVES, to bo delivered into the Victualling Stores at Deptford, Puitsmouth, and Plymouth, Tic : Crown Dantaiu Pipe Ditto Brandy 5O Mille. - Ditto Hogshead BO Mille. Ditto Barrel Ditto Heading Quebec Pipe... Memel Pipe 2O Milk. Ditto Hogshead One-half of each description by the 15th day of October next, and the remainder by the 15th day of January, 1830. The greater proportion of the above-mentioned Staves ' and gives a rapid but niaterlv sketch of the different Viceroys who have governed Ireland from the times of Sir John Perott, down to those of the Marquis of Anglesea. Justice is done to each with a keen discriminating pen. Of the circumstances that attended Earl Fitzwilliam's recall, we have the following highly graphic ac count : " The immediate effect was terrific. The very rumour produced a volcanic explosion of public feeling which stating shook the island from its cen t re t o i ts remotest s h ore. The ferment in the capital was s o grea t t h a t Si r L awrence Par sons proposed confidence o e fn that anatn House, and e xp ress i ng t h e strongest , taing address how in n the exclusively use of Commons to the he possessed the ap prehensions for the public safety, if he were prematurely removed from the executive. This motion was followed by one more electric still; a voice cried out for the im peachment of the Minister who removed the pacificator of Ireland ; 'and if it be asked,' it said, who speaks thus of impeachment, I answer, an hiirest representative of the people.' Fhe day of Lord Fitswilli.ou'i dsparture was al ready fixed ; for the appointment of his successor, unknown to the reigning Lord Lieutenant, had teen settled months before. In the brief interval the whole kingdom W 55 in agitation. Conflicts between the people and - the military were of daily occurrence. Addresses from all parts ponied in to him whose disgrace was a distinction. The day of his embarkation was one of public mourning, not figura tively, but literally. The shops were shut, the counting houses closed, a crowd of respectable gentlemen, dr, ssesl in black, took the horses from his carriage and drew it to the water's side. The populace, dejected, but realous in their offerings of sorrow and gratitude, pressed in thousands round the vehicle. Lord Fitxwilliam, not calculating on the high tone of feeling of which the poor are capable, offered the usual largesses ; but the most wretched and squalid population, that misrule ever created, refused the relief thus offered, and trod in the dirt the silver which fell in .showers at their feet. Of this ill-fated day the results were, the Rebellion, and the Union. Hopes disappointed, prospects blasted, promises laughed at, thousand of lives sacrificed, thousands of hearts broken,•England drained of her wealth, Ireland ravaged and demoralised, and the em pire torn and distracted, were the bitter, but not unna tural,. consequences of thus truckling to a faction, and up holding a system which would-hare disgraced the pOlitical ignorance of the darkest Lets of the middle ages." • • " Sketches of the Irish Bar—Mr.. Leslie Foster,"• does credit to the vivacity of Mr. Sheil's , pen. We infinitely prefer the sportive • extravagance or envenomed sarcasm of this gentleman, to his more serious or im passioned flights of eloquence. These latter are too often forced and unnatural, the former are the natural results of a strong turn for varies ture and satire. His account of Mr. Leslie Foster's appearance on the hustings at Dundalk, during the late Louth Election, is'a master-piece, in its way, of quiet sly humour. It how ever, too long to extract. " A Day at Cam bridge" is a dry matter of fact account of a day spent at that seat of local elegance and severe morality. We cannot conscientiously recom mend it. " Professional Sketches, Mr. Bro •die," is a judicious analysis of • the mind and talent of au able Medical Practitioner. " The Castilian"- is a sensible impartial review of a novel, which :some time ago we had much pleasure in recommending, to our readers. " School Discipline" is a somewhat strong dia tribe against that tree of knowledge, the Birch ; a tree which has done more good in its genera tion than all the Homilies that were ever penned. The incidental remarks, however, on fan - ,Ting, are unanswerable. On the whole, the present number is a very excellent one. No. 11,355. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2, 1829. PRICE 7n. Now ready, Dedicated by permission to his Majesty. In Three Vol,. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. MAGAZINE DAY. Editor of the Monthly will require a certificate from the minister of the parish of the author's soberness or poetic sanity, before he inserts the next article from the same characteristic hand. But let us turn over another leaf and do justice to the remaining articles. " Tarn Garai, the good Banyan," is an oriental tale, well written, and full of spirit. It is chiefly in dialogue, which gives it a dramatic interest, like the striking colloquial « Naufragium" of Erasmus. " Dick Dewlap" is a lively fami liar sketch, depicting in amusing terms the miseries and inconveniences of cor pulence. " The Actor" is a terse; pointea, and epigrammatic paper, penned with an acute practical knowledge of the subject, and abound ing in minute delicate touches of character.-- The sketch is itr . partial,' a great recommendation. We select the following extract . :— " The vanity of our Actor is never more apparent than in his benevolent custom of helping the ignorant dramatists whole creations he embodies : his philanthropy is unbounded. Even the Bard Of Avon's language sometimes gains correc tion and adornment. We once heard an Auter tag the exit of. the starved...4potheectrie with an original- interpo lation. We should much like to have the measure of the importance of a popular Actor as; taken by himself; it would be a curiosity for the study of the contemplative. We remember one etrikiug instance. A celebrated mimic, a few seasons since, modestly expressed his hope that he might be the means of conciliating one quarter of the world with England. Only think of the comfortable state of that man's mind, who, having rubbed a hare's• foot ever his cheek and nose, thinks himself sufficiently important to form a connecting link between Great Britain and America! " This feeling may, however, he reasonably accounted for. The Actor, unlike every other professional man, re ceives admiration through so violent and gross a medium —it comes with such a gust upon his senses, that he can not maintain that equanitnity arrived at by- the poet, the painter, the sculptor.- The man, accustomed to estimate hie appearance as din signal of shouts and plaudits front congregated thousands, cannot soberly calculate his real im portance, but is apt to confound his bearing in every other relation of life with his mere professional value. The ad miration paid to ;nen in other walks of art comes to them cooled, purified, and sweetened by distance just as the voluptuous Turk draws the bounty of the weed through a dulcifying rivulet of rose-water. Now our Actor bas it hot--' burning hot,'—and rolling up around him, eyes, mouth, nose, ears, all take in the intoxicating vapour, and a large monster of vanity is thereby generated. " An Actor, in the full enjoyment of his art, must expe rience the most intense and violent delight. He fairly bathes himself in .the plaudits showered around him ; he seems saturated with commendation. I,lis person dilates, his eye lightens, all the cares of existenceare lost, annihilated, in the brief rapture of the moment. The con sciousness of self-importance knocks hardly at his heart ; his pulses are at full gallop ; his very being is multiplied. It is to this cause that an Actor has less admiration for his author than has the uninitiated man. The Actor loses al recollection of the dramatist in self; he is persuaded that he has snatched the unformed lump from the author, and, by his own feelings and emotions, given shape and beauty to the plastic mass ! It is he who has made the part. " The low, creeping envy of the Actor is to be ac counted for on the saute principle as his conceit : the ap probation paid to another reaches him as loudly as that awarded to self. Actors come in more direct collision with one another than any kind of men besides. Hence, there is more envy, more low, pretty intrigues, in a green room, than in a court of France. T HE ROMANCE OF HISTORY. Third Edition. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Gazette de France, dated Jan. 31.) PARIS, JAN. 30.—Letters from Constantinople, dated 6th January, have been received at Belgrade. M. A. de Jaubert had arrived in that city, and had already had a conference with the Reis Effendi. It was reported, that in consequence of this conference the Ambassadors of France and England were going to return from Poros to Constantinople. THE MONTEILY MAGAZINE. 2. CONVERSATIONS on INTELLECTUAL PHI LOSOPHY. 2 vols., 16s. _ . . I , e delivered into the Stores at Deptford, but the quan• title s for Portsmouth and Plymouth will be determined upon On the day of Contract. The Conditious of the Contract may be seen at this Office. S. The MANUAL for INVALIDS, by a Physician. 1 vol., N. Printed for Edward Bull, New Public Subscription Library, 26, Helles-street, Cavendish-square, London. Each Tender must specify the price in words at length, and be delivered before One o'Clock on the day appointed ; and the person who makes the Tender, or some person on his behalf, must attend to answer when called for. DL WALLER CLIFTON. THE UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL, and Naval and Military Magazine, for FEBRUARY, price 2s. 6d., contains :—An -Account of the War in the East—The Battle of Navarino, by an Officer engaged— Storming of Badajoz—Recollections in Quarters--Adven tures in the Woody—The Lost Dragoon—An Enniskil- - lener—History of the Siege of Vienna by the Turks, in 1653, and of its deliverance by John Sobieski, King of Poland, translated by Miss Porter—Origin of Lord Byron's Shipwreck in Don Juan—Cutting out: a Galley Story— Memoirs of the late Lient.-Colonel Denham—The British Gunner, by Captain Spearman—Anecdote of the Duke of Clarence—Distribution of the Royal Navy—Battle of Ma-. rengo—Regimental Records—Memoirs of the Extraordi nary Military Career of John Shipp—Admiral Itaper's New System of Signals—Hydrography—:-Works 'of the late Captain Hurd—Twelve Years' Military Adventure— Original CorrespOndence—Anecclotes connected with the Army* and Navy, &e. Etc. Printed for Henry Colburn, 8, -New Burlington-street; Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh; and John Cumming, Dublin. This news had caused a rise of the funds at Vienna. On the 21st, the Metalliques were at 97 1-16th, and the Bank Shares at 11041. (From the Moniteur, dated Jan. 30.) TOULON, JAN. 22.—The 3d Regiment of the line had received orders to return to the peace establish= ment on the Ist of January, but it has received counter-orders to remain on the war establishment. It is said that several regiments which are re turning from the Morea have received orders to form themselves again on the war establishment, when they come out of quarantine, and to complete their battalions. It is also reported that orders had been given to collect, in the garrisons of the South, all the camp-equipage which is in the magazines, and also that inquiries have been made how many soldiers each of 'those places could contain, in depot or in 'cantonment. On - the other hand, the greatest activity prevails in our military port, and an order from the Minister obliges the labourer to work both on Sundays and holydays. Great exertions are making to complete the vessels which are on the stocks. ,The Dido frigate is gone to Marseilles to land troops, which it has brought back from the Morea. The Galathee frigate is to sail on the 25th to the Morea to bring back troops. The Sybille frigate will sail at the same time for the same purpose, and will convoy the last transports, which !lais been fitted up to receive horses. all .the JAN. 4.—At the mom en t w h en the regiments are preparing to return to France, fresh troops are arriving: . three companies of en gineers have just landed here. This singular con-1 trast causes a well-founded suspense ; but the gene ral opinion is, that these companies are to remain here till the forts of the Peloponnesus are in a com plete state of defence. These works are already far advanced. On the other hand, we are glad to have in Greece some French soldiers, till Fabvier shall have succeeded in organizing the regular national troops, of which he is to be chief—a title which he justly deserves." FRENCHTUNDS, JAN. 30.—Rented, Five per Cents., 1081. 90c. ; Three per Cents., 75f. 20e. ; Bank Stock, 1,'185f. ; Neapolitan Rentes, Cer. Fal. 78f. 90c.; Royal Spanish Loan, 75i; Interminable Spanish Annuities, ; Haytian Loan, 472 f. 50c.—Exchange on London, one month, 25f. 20c. ; three months, 25f. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST WEEK. Wheat. Barley. j Oats.. Beans. Per Quarter. ts.to s. Is.to s. s. to s. • s. to s. Carlisle 7l 37 ; 25 Carrnarthen—...... 62 34 21 3ti 64 78 i 27 33 18 25 50 52 Morpeth 64 76 :N 40 -19 26 39 40 Penrith 78 37 '26 Sheffield Winchester 65 88 33 37 25 27 42 46 Per Bushel. j s.d. s. d. s.d. d. s. d. s. d. e. d. s. d. Coventry ;10 6 11 6j 4 6 5 0 3 0 416 4 8 6 0 Newcastle ,Staff;) jl2 6 12 9 6'o 6 4 6 5 2 7 0 7 6 Northallert s on 0 100 40 4323 Stafford 12 Fl 0 12 3 5 6 6 0 4 0 . 4 3 7 6 8 0 5wan5ea,,,,,..,,., 8 6 90 44. 4 8 29 34 00 00 Warwick 99 109 48 5 2 3 0 43 50 60 Per 8011. Barnardeastle —.. 19 0 22 1) 0 0 11 0 6 6 7 0 0 0 10 0 Darlington —l7 .0 22 6 90 10 6 59 7 6 90 10 0 Durham 18 6 21 6 90 10 6 50 . 80 11 0 12 6 Wolsineharn 0 20.6 46 90 60. 7 6 0 0 n 0 No. 71, Cornhill, Jan. 31, 1829. SIR JOHN PERRING, SHAW, AND BARBER. A LL Pers ons h av i ng B a l ances i n the hands of the above named Firm, may receive a further pav ment of Twenty-Eve per Cent., on WFDNESDAY next the 4th of February, or any subsequent day, (Sundays except ed) between the hours Oi"l'en and Four o'clock. WAKEFIELD. Jan. 30. The canals having been froien up all the - week, we have no fresh arrivals of any Grain, what is aote6l below hav ing arrived last Friday, after the return was made up, but there is plenty of most articles in granary.. There kas been only a thin attendance of hovers at this day'► market, and the canals not being yet broken up, and the - Flour trade being in a dull state, they have bought very spar ingly of Wheat ; the best sorts barely maintain last Fri day's prices, and all other descriptions are Is. per quarter cheaper. Oats meet very dull sale, but prices are much the same. A little fine Barley obtains the rates of last week, but there is no demand to any extent for any other sort. Beans are very heavy sale, and Malt is as dull as possible. Wheat, Red, Norfolk and Suffolk 06s. to 745. fine 775. Lincolnshire 6Bs. to'72s. fine 'ss. Yorkshire, &c 69s. to 71s. fine 74.5. - White - Foreign, Old Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk Lincolnshire 32s. to 355. fine 3.95. - Yorkshire %Vold Beans, Tick 355. to 40s. fine 425. - Small 3Bs. to 395. fine .11s. Oats, Poland and Potato 2ls. to 30s. fine 325. Friezland and Small 2ls. to 23e. tine 2Se. Mealing l3d. to Lad. per Stone. Shelling ifs. to -s. to 36a. per Load. Malt 39s. 445. line 475. per Load. Rapeseed 3Ol. Os. 321. Os. 331. 10s. per Last. BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. Though we are far from thinking this num ber first-rate in point of excellence, yet there can be no question that it possesses great merit, as far as regards both information and- entertain ment. It has also the additional recommenda- SCOTCH MARKETS. HA DDINGTON CORN NI A t.:EL—Jan. 30. The markets were fully supplied with Barley and Oats ; 76 quarters of Barley sold, 37 unsold, top 6d. up, ave rage down about 9d. ; 267 quarters of Oats were sold, 111 unsold, top the same as last day: average up 1 id. Wheat brought the same top price as in last market, but the average is down about Is. 4d. Of Pease 4Z quarters were sold, average up 2d., and the average of Bekto.ip up ls. 7d., and 34 quarters sold. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. Beans. First 7Ss list 40s 6d 3112 Od 33a Od 3Ss Od Second 7os Od 37s Od 24s 14 31s Od 31s Od Third There were 308 qrs. of Wheat in market, 289 whereof were sold Id Unsold.-23 Grey. 3/. lOs tion of being comparatively temperate in its tone of politics, and is nearly if not altogether de void of that splenetie;, indecent, and inconside rate vulgarity, in which some of its late political diatribes have abounded; usque act nauseant. The opening article is entitled on " the Work- Averai 11.12 the , TOOTH-ACHE AND EAR-ACHE. VERRY'S ESSENCE has received the 4 , 4 *Sion and support of the most distinguished per 'ef t i; e l . _' l, the Kin g d om , t oget h er w i t h - t h e un it e d te s ti mony "etta,,,_7 ll Physician s i n E uro p e , an d numer ous favourabl e tents is highly respectable Medical Journals, where it lop 174 declared to be the " beet thing ever discovered Tuoth-Ache and Ear-Ache." It instantaneously °se t tthe most excruciating pain, preserves the Teeth 14 1 e 4 e y - 7 4 Irm, prevents further decay, effectually cures the 'rta 4 4? the Gums, fast ens l o ose T e eth, and renders them 'Prie, ll ,u servic ea bl e to t h e l atest per i o d , an d e ff ec t ua lly t i , 41 % the Tooth -Ache. let, e 41 Betties at Is. I id. and Qs. hd. by Messrs. But itts, Cheapeide, corner of St. Paul's ; Sackvillc ee. iDahlia ; Princes -street, Edinburgh ; Savory and 'es t i New Bend -street; and the principal Medicine ItlB , ;,, a 's the Ki ng d om. Of w h om ma y b e b a d, 1110 - Itesseih'ut o ItU NSWICK CORN PLAISTER, an excellent Lr Eradicating Corns, Bunions, &c. Ask for Perry's Eleence for the Tooth-Ache, N MARKS of all kini readily, al DALKEI There was a got) day's market, whi prices than last we, ITII COlt ,x 1 supply lich sold !ek. Ql'. —Jan. 29. Ids of Grain at this ind at rather better Wheat. Barley. Oats. First 776 OA 403 (Id 29s Od Second 735 Od 38s Od 2tis Od Third 705 Od 341 Od 22a Od Pease. 37s Od •544 Od ;30s Od Beans. 371 Ud 31s Od 30s Od CORNWALL. MARKET. Mita—Wheat (average) 31s. (kl.—Barley, Lk—Oats, Ils. 3d. lILIATON—Wheat, 30s. 4d.—Barley, 14s. (Id. ST. AusTELL—Wheat, 295. to 31s.—Barley, 14s. to 15s.—Oats, [2s. Od. to 14s. ik;DSllN—Wheat heat 3011.3.2.—8ar1ffy, Its.—Oats, It l ,. Od. LAUNCESTAN—W eat (average) 30s. Od.-13arley, 13.5.;6,1.—0at5, 11 , . Od.—Beef, 6d. —Mutton, sd. LlskKAan—Wheat, Vs. to 30s. 3d.—Barley, Cd.—Oats, —s. to 9s. ticl. Cocusta--Wheat, 30s. to 315.,-Barley, 13s. to Lk—Beef, and Mutton, scl to fid.—Veal and Lamb, Od to sd. PENZANCE—Wheat, 265. to 285.-.-Barley, —s. to I.ls.—Oats, Os. to 1 Is. Od.—liecf and Mutton, sd: to od.—Porit, Sid. to 01— Butter, 12d. per lb. MINING INTELLIGENCE. Tons. Cwt. Quantity of Copper Ore sold at Iledruth last. u:rsclay 3,102 0 A v urage"Produce 8 0 Quantity of tine Copper 213 4 Amount of Sale, 18,190/. ss. o , l—Average Standard, lOU. 13s. Od. At Oingapore, on the 24th of the first moon, at a religious Drama,' the wife of IVOng,shingsoiattended4 The lady was pregnant,"" At noon, whilst leaning on the banister, looking at tl play, a boy . was born. For women, under such circumstances, to be looking at plays, and to be delivered, is a rare occurrence. Canton Register. Last week . Mr. Maxwell of Pollock, sold a number of lambs, of the Dorset breed, some of them six weeks old. This is the earliest lamb ever sold in Glasgow ; and is, we believe, rarely equalled in Scotland._ Greenock Advertiser. • INCUBATION.—The following is the most extraordinary instance we ever heard of. A duck, at Meath Bank, near this town, up to the end of September in last year, laced, hatched, and reared three broods of ducklings; she then re-commenced laying, and continued to produce six eggs a-week until the beginning of January, when she again became broody, and has slow been sitting a fortnight. —Stockport Advertiser. The principal part of the numerous birds and animals comprising the menagerie belonging to the Zoolo gical Society have been removed from the gnrdenn in the Regent's Park, on account of the severity of the weather, to more congenial habitations. The members of . the Zoological Society have taken and fitted up the stables and other out-buildings belonging to Mr. Lane, landlord of the Dublin Castle, in Park-street, Camden -town, for their accommodation, and have taken other buildings for the reception of a more numerous quantity of animals. A number of workmen are daily employed in erecting fresh habitations in the gardens. DREADFUL DEATH.—A fine little boy, the son of a sweep at Dumfries, was sent up a-chimney by his father, in a house occupied by more than one family. Lie safely reached the top of the chimney, near which the flue he had gone up united with another, and, with his cap over his . eyes, in descending he unfortunately came down the other flue, at the bottom of which was a fire. The falling soot soon filled the flue with smoke and flame, and alarmed the family, who were sitting in the room. Their cries reached the boy's father, who rushing into the room in a state of the most dreadful terror, was just in time to catch his ill-fated son in his fall from the flue, in a state of insensibility. The spectacle the poor creature exhibited was truly appalling; there was scarcely a par ticle of skin on any part of his person ; his face was so burned that he could not be known. Medical assistance was instantly procured, and he revived to a state of the most agonizing suffering. The only words he spoke were, when he saw his mother—" Oh ! mother, I wish I were dead !" He expired in about three bout,. . , • . BRUSSELS PAPERS....: ' • • OpHsu, J5i5,..10.,--The. JOurnaL of this place contains the following articl e :,--7-" Several Journa l have. repeatedly announced that the Salto had left the capital to put himself ,at the head of the army. The truth is, that he has' only . gone .to take up his abode in a 'barrack, situated at the extreme end of the capital. It is also affirmed'that the Sultan has sent large corps of troops whiCh are to retake Varna, deliver Bulgaria, &c. Yet our outposts meet about Paravadi and Bazardjik only small Turkish detach ments, which retire at the approach of our parties." —Prussian State Gazette, ,laii. 26 • ! JAsSY, JAN. 2.---Nothing of any importance has occurred for a long time, tuul, all hostilities saii.tbi right bank of the Danube are, 'in fact, suspended. It is not likely that anything of consequence will take place before the spring, as the two armies are in winter quarters, in which the Turks are protected by their fortresses and inaccessible defiles; while the Russians have thrown up strong . entrenchmentk from Hersowa to Paravadi, which are defended'hi a great number of cannon' and 300100 men. The Turks draw their subsistence from the for tresses, in which they find protection from the in clemency of the season. The RuSsians have erected store-houses in the line of their fortifications,in which they bid defiance to the bad weather. They derive their supplies partly from the Principalities, partly from Odessa, the communication with which place is kept up by means of light coasting vessels. Gene ral Roth has• his head-quarters at Varna. A few days ago, it is said, that he went with a party to reconnoitre' beyond Paravadi, but no where fell in with the enemy, who seems to have abandoned the camp • at Aidos, which cost such great exertions to I form. At least this is conjectured to be the case as the General did not meet with any of the enemy's outposts as far as Kenga, near Aidos, and only the deep snow hindered him from pushing beyond Kenga. The Turks were endeavpuring to strengthen Silistria by throwing up new ramparts of earth, which are the chief elements of Turkish fortifications; but they were obliged by th e s evere f ros t t o sus p en d t h e i r works,and they will scarcely be able to resume them before the month of May. The soil in those countries is generally in such a it tate,in con se4uenee of the overflowing! of the Danube previously, that it has not soliditrenough to erect durable ramparts. Some persons, are of opinion that the, raising of the siege of. Silistria is :to be ascribed to the.dilatoriness of General iScher , blitow, who at first commanded, and. did not do in the summer months what was afterwaidtiimpossible. 'lt must, however, he remembered, that' he- had at :first but a small force; and - that probably . his instruc liens went no' farther than the blockade of the for -tresses. Since the cold weather has set in the Sick ness that prevailed has greatly abated, and there are hardly any; patients in the hospitals. The . Turks in Widdip and Grhiurgevo sometimes make unim portant . sallies, which are : easily' repulsed by the CosSackS'and Yagers. - Meantime the most rigor ous preparations are making by the Rassian -army for ; the next campaign ; a nd if th e S u lt an cann o t h e i t s dueed to make concessions, greater dangers awaltt him - than he, perhaps, thinks of. TRIESTE, JAN. 15.—Letters from Otranto say, that the three 'Ambassadorswere on.their way to Naples, and..that , 'perhapsiVountiGuilletniiiilt Would go : for a short LOP. tt4eris.-....This . seet:(4 .tofje iki mere repor,t. - -r. '4', ~. .'cs : ( .- At the ratier_part of Ist month t . `:*l6l a di•e i a4. ftil. hurriciane ' itr the A &lade, TWltie 4is' thine ninch tre damage. • Letters from- Otranto . y; tlfat severidi vessels,.:,freighted! at Ancona ,With rovisionS fort Greece, have,perished. Two men-of-we*, of what' na tion in not stated, are said to have been, stranded.' VIE?44A . ,':JAN. 30.—Metalliques, 97; Bank. Shares, 1,100; ditto, in the evening, 1,103. BIICS§ELS . , JAS. 30.—The Court J.6.f'Cessation yesterday rejected the appeals of Messrs. Claes, Jottrand, and Coehe Moinens, against the sentence by which they were condemned to be imprisoned' for eight, six, or four months respectively, for link des inserted in the Courrier des. Pays Bas. Reports continue to circulate of a change of Ministry. It is said that a courier has been sent to M. Falck, his Majesty's Ambassador at Londnn.— Brussels Papers, Jan. 31. . LONDON UNIVERSITY.—Mr. Humphreys last night delivered, to a very numerous Class, his second introductory lecture upon the laws of real property. In the course of his observations he remarked upon the great change which, in modern tunes, had ena bl e d a wife to enjoy separate property from her husband, a change which he described to have been principally caused by the judg ments of the Courts, that in this instance had met the changing circumstances of the times, with an appropriate alteration in the law. This periodical has lately changed its political creed, more from conscientious motives, no doubt, than from any vulgar desire for lucre—as all those who change from the ungodly, because unprofitable side of the question, • profess to wheel to the " right about," in consequence of the new light thrown upon them from the Tree turyor the Episcopal Bench rather than from any obliquity in their previous belief. The fact is, that people never like to acknowledge themselves in the wrong, while every deviation from their former line of rectitude is sure to be always in the right. It is thus with the " MOnthly Maga zine."--a work which commenced under the aus picious patronage of the improving spirit of the age," but which, since it has passed into new hands, would disdain to hold anv communion with the " march of intellect," while it leaves the " march of mind" far in the distance. It may alwa .$ be presumed that when men change their principles there is something Wrong somewhere, no matter how ; and this we must presume to be the case with our worthy old friend, but for lorn new acquaintance, who has harped upon a string as discordant to our honest feelings as it is repugnant to our invariable principles.-- But let the " Monthly" err with the sudden changes of the moon :—we shall keep our course unmoved, challenging the wandering stars of Literature as to their lawful liceuce for strolling from their accustomed paths. And first, in this most essential of all the requisites or pretensions to character, we think the " Monthly Magazine' has taken the most unlicensed departure from the rules of consistency of any respectable periodical within our remembrance. Whether our old friend has - been smitten . with an undue reverence for the " glories" of the Duke of Wellington, we know not, and we care still less, hut we think that if the " Monthly" were gifted I with the second sight, it would n o t rus h so red- I hot into the arms of ultra toryism as it has lately I done : and that to the infinite danger of the pre mises whose ° safety it was so solicitous to insure. But there will be fools in literature as well as in politics, and the now. ultra " Monthly" affords I but too striking an example—we hope not of the I fatal effects, but of the folly of the change. Changelings were accounted but so-so sort (f . gentlemen in all ages—and changelings from liberalism to vice—nay not vice—say—even to virtue--.-because there is virtue in the hope of gold—yet such changes after all, upon mature consideration, are but so-so, as the" Monthly" will ultimately find in its fruitless endeavours to please " the .PowerS that be."' If we remember rightly, the last number of our old friend Was for the Brunswickers, and the present smells as strongly of the unhallowed leaven. as its precious predecessor. The first Paper, headed, somewhat superfluously " Eng land and Europe at the commencement of the Session," is manifestly penned by a man who has strong political prejudices and nearly equal powers of expression. It is, however, despite its vigour of style, from which a poetic temperament now and then peeps forth, cha racterised by inconsistency, false reasoning, and assumptions untenable for an instant on any rational principle. There is also an at tempt at special pleading about it, as if the writer were conscious of a weak cause, but was resolved to make the best of it. Upon what other principle can the following incon sistencies, which are afterwards attempted to be explained away, be reconciled? In one place the writer observes, " there has not been any moment since the close of the revolutionary war, when the politician would be entitled to calculate more securely upon the ge neral peace of Europe." Immediately after this we have the following singurarly Irish deduction : it is a remarkable chaileteristic of the times ,`that insurrection, open or concealed, is in the bowels of every kingdorretof Europe." The idea of a writer inferring the'Peace of Europe, from the circumstance of its being. in a state of insur rection, is worthy the ingenious logic of that ancient warrior who provid that his wound was large, because it was so small ; or the equally apposite reasoning of a more modern General, who wished a certain Question to be buried in oblivion for the better purpose of 'agitat ing it. As the glories of Bruniiwickisrn were the burden of the last number which marked in murky characters the change of principle of an old friend, so in the present we have a flourish about the weaknesS—tV - imbecility of Russia—and the overwhelming pcAVer of Turkey, ; (witness the last campaign !) to ie utter dismay of all who doubt the wisdom ankacknowledged foresight of the Duke of WellinOon. But his Grace is not vet out of the wood, and his po litical sdmirers had better show a little more discretion before they halloo so exultingly in anticipation of his Ministerial victories. If the Duke but settle the Catholic Question as it ought to be settled, for the peace and benefit of the empire at large, we should admire and eulogise him to the very echo. But we cannot afford to see virtue in all the Duke's actions, like the en thusiast in the present number. . The second article, " A Reverie," is most pt*' foundly beyond our comprehension, and we have no doubt beyond that of the author himself, when he awakes from that fit of somnambulism, in which he chalked this " reverie" upon the .walls of his bed-chamber. It is the most chaotic piece of irregular blank verse which we ever re member to have met with. As the " gifted Reverist" talks of the world reeling like one in a " fit of deepest inebriety ;" we trust that the " Popularity is the Actor's idol. No matter how it be gained, so that the precious spoil—the golden bough, the glittering aurens ramus—be acquired. We will close our paper with a brief, yet striking illustration, of this passion : it may stand as an index, a finger-post, to the motives of our subject. A manager—who must be taken as an Actor, with all his feelings and frailties in the most intense state of expression, who is, in fact, to an actor, what prussic is to oxalic acid—some short time since smote, not a noble 'Venetian, but a famous burletta-writer ; the blow or kick was more deadly from the place where it was ap plied. Our author cited the manager before a justice, who, however, pursuing the soothing system, dismissed the parties to debate the matter with themselves. The ma nager spoke eloquently in extenuation of the error : the author still looked sullen. At length the manager hit upon a golden expedient ; for, drawing up to the modern Lopez, he exclaimed, in a low, persuasive, yet prophetic voice, at the same time laying one hand, with gentle signi ficance, upon our author's shoulder, ‘ Never mind—never mind, my boy ; it will make you popular !' " " Metropolitan Improvements" is judicious and business-like, and " The Theatres" a somewhat too minute analysis of the late Christmas Panto mimes, remarkable for nothing but its pains taking character. " Notes of the Month" arc the work of a superior hand ; shrewd, inquisitive, discriminating, sensibly alive to the ridiculous but, under the showy surface of humour, pos sessing a substratum of sterling good sense.— The following extract, with which we must con elude our notice of this, in all but its politics, instructive and entertaining number, will fully bear out our opinion:— " King's College has been as much on the look out' for a local habitation, as any gentleman that had left his lodgings.' The discussions, inquiries, and solicitations for some place of rest to this pilgrim of literature, have been innumerable, and still no rest is fOutsd for the ' sole of its uublost foot.' " It first was to alight on •Higligate-hill, for the benefit of the air, and then on Hampstead, for the benefit of the scenery. Whitechapel then wooed its presence for the good of its circumcised population, who were, on the earliest opening of its doors, to fOrswear tl4e sale 'of old clothes, shave their Rabbinical .chins,.and turn converts to the ser mons of Mr; Mathias. Then Northumberland House was thought convenient, as the Admiralty and Foreign Clerks might step in, between office hours, and learn to spell. Then the Regent's-park combined all, voices, from the.salu brity of the atmosphere, and the exercise of the pupils in walking from six to ten: milei every morning from the city to school; but the tigers were there already. Then the King's-mews, on the strength of a pun of . that very lively Nobleman, Lorffboderieh, as the native soil of the Metro politan Apollo. - Then the site of St. Margaret's, West minster,.with the.. double advantage of removing a notori ous eye-sore, and studying the memories of great men in the Abbey. , Then Vauxhall, from its proximity to the more profligate quarteredlendon; and :the. advantage of plant ing such a seminary of purification under the eye of Lam beth. Then the site of Billingsgate-market„ with a simi larly double purpose of extinguishing a commercial nuisance, and of rectifying the proverbial piscatory dialect of that eminent vicinage. Then Somerset House, 'the taxes - hae...j ing fallen off, the clerks having been put on half-pay, and the . Strand and Fleet-street. affording a clear and decorous promenade for the students. Then the Artillery Ground, on the strength of teaching the young idea how to shut. All these plans have been duly considered and rejected. We understand that the favourite conception, at present, is that.of establishing this great institution in the Castle of Dublin; the Castle being vacated by the sinecure govern- Anent thestlidents to be carried over in classes, by steam boats regularly in waiting at Tower-stairs for the purpose : and the lectures, for greater dignity and expedition, to be conveyed in balloons, ,to start every half hour With the newest regulations of principle and costume, from the Golden Cross, Charing Cross." NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. Lady Morgan has contributed a paper to the present number, characterised in a remarkable degree by her • Ladyship's usual arch felicity of expression and sarcastic power of observation. It is entitled, "The Lord Lieutenants oflreland," ing of the Currency," and has nothing particu lar in the way either of argument or novelty to recommend it. It is however readable, and of the usual calibre of magazine political economy. " Doctor Cole, an historical Tale, founded on fact," is an ingenious poetic paraphrase of that well-known incident respecting the mission of Doctor Cole to Ireland, with a commission from Queen Mary, to burn, root out, and tort'are all who professed the doctrines of the II brormation, and refused to abjure them ; and which said com mission was stolen at Chester by the landlady of the - hotel, at which the zealous divine put up for the: .night. The paraphrase is lively, without aspiiiheto wit; and colloquial, without being weak or vul gar. The " Boxes" is a .broad piece of hu mour, supposed . to:4'written by a'Frenehtnan to Blackwood's Magazine, and ; descriptive of annoyances he under Went during a journey from Douqe,s,". 'frdui„ . ,th'6; eternal rep e titi on o f t h e word " Box," appliett.to:a thousand diametri cally oppositc : ltiOrs. • On shipboard h e h ears of i , boxing . tbcOompss"— r at the hotel, of " a box in 'the e4oom"—iii the streets, of a Jacli loi."—outside the stage, of the " Coach• bos'! , «,during the journey, of a ‘‘ still= box"." fib/ on the ear," and a, I , boxing match"--in London, of a " Chri'mnas-box"--- and 'lastly; by way of denouement,, of " his friend Mr. Bei, the attorney." These points, aided by the imperfect English. of the narrator, are abundantly humorous, not to say ingenious, aaict work out a quaint species of etymological moial.„ ." Chapters on . Church-yards" is a dreary, dull piece of sentimentality, about a haplti3s virgin, dying for love at the mature ay of twenty- Dine, and being buried in a church-yard with one or two lumps ci sentimental sun shine on it. The story is told by a prosing old sexton, and is distressing solely by virtue of .1 - is length, " .Tack Johnstone, the Tinkler," a li . yily,, ( plctureSque, and rugged ballad, by the Ettrick . Si*pherd. The " Murder Role" is 'a fearful legent.l44nut blood and assassination, and the hair-breadth" escape' of a pedlar-lad ; but, after the - terrific,realities the.,,," West-port," must fail to inspire i►►terest. Luckilyitis short_ " Ireland As It is," which we have previously praised for its temperance, deprecates the 'intro duction of Poor Laws into that singularly for tunate country, and proposes the following, im perfect remedies for its misfortunes:— " But if it were possible so to place the poor in Ireland. :bat from unihrolivriyr, or insufficiently productive ground ' w hi c h ti i i:lnaliitidanye), they in iqht. be able to raise iid for themsekeoi'iviliiiii be an incalculable blessing to the country. Ii an agricultitraltwni.khouse (if we may so speak) could he atatexed to ea d, en!,,,try l; trlri+,with portion of latt,l sutli irut to rdite a i.ov4",,intity of prqd- VICTUALLING OFFICE, .f.kte. 30, IVO. THE Coomissioners for Victualling His Majesty's Na, , ,' Etc. slo hereby give notice, that on PRIMAY, the 6th day of February next, they will be ready to receive Tenders in writing (sealed up), and treat for Three Thousand Quarters of WHEAT, to weigh 601bs. to the Bushel. Six Hundred Quarters of PEA!. Six Tons of BUTTER. - Ten'Tons of CHEESE. - - To he deliverer; into his Majesty's Victualling ttoree at, Deptford, one-half of the Wheat and Peas by the 15th day of February next, and the remainder by theist day of March following; and the whole of the Butter and Cheese on Or before the Ist day of March nex t. trd7l Lac; Samples of not less than one Quart of the Wheat, and of the Peas, must be produced by the party tendering. The Conditions of the Contracts may be seen at this ' Offi ce. Each Tender must specify the price in words at length, 41 ad be dciivered before One o'Clock on the day appointed, l 'uti the Person who makes the Tender, or some Person on Lis behalf, must attend to answer when called for. M. WALLER CLIFTON. AMICABLE SOCIETY S , for INSURANCE o f LIVES, I ERJEANT'S INN b , FLEET-STREET,, LONDON , • ncorporate QUEEN '176,-.ana `s , Powers further extended by His ANNE, presen o t -- Nlajesty' t s Charter, granted the 12th February, 1823. THE DIRECTORS have to offer to the attention of the Public, 'fables of Rates for the Insurance of Lives, at the various Ages from 8 to 72 ; , either for the whole Life; any specific number of Years ; the contingency of one pernon surviving another ; or for the joint continuance of the Lives of two or more Per sons, the Insurance payable on the Death of either. Insurances in this Office are effected in certain cases at a reduction of nearly 20 per cent., and on the whole on te rms greatly favourable, to the Insured; and Insurances 4 Lay be effected from £2OO to £5,000, and every kind of Insurance, however short the period of continuance, is entitled to a participation in the pecuniary advantages ac cruing to the Corporation. These advantages are wholly a ppropriated to the benefit of the Insured, in proportion . 1 0 the amount of each Insurance. In the last year, Insurances on 229 Shares became • ' l4 intt, at £241 3s. per Share, being on AS Shares ad. bitted under a guarantee of £l5O per Share, £6O 15s. c ent"; on 4 Shares admitted under a *guarantee of £l6O per Share, £5O 145. per cent. ; on S Shares ad_ twitted under a guarantee of £l7O per Share, £4l 16s. ; cent ; 'on 5 Sharts. admitted under a guarantee of £lBO per Share, £33 18s. per cent. ; and on 164 Shares ad.. touted under the present guaranteed sum of £2OO per • Share, £20.115. 6d. per cent., in addition to the amount originally insured. • Abstracts of the Charters and Bye-Laws, with Tables of the Premiums, may be had at the Office, where attend ance is given daily from Nine till Three o'Clock. By Order •f the Court of Directors, t, J. PENSAM, Registrar. THE LONDON WEEKLY REVIEW of Saturday, January 31, contains among a variety of other interesting papers :—Extracts from Captain C lapprrton'a Journal of his Second Expedition into Africa ---W ollastoniana—Burckhardt's Travels in Arabia—The Living and the Dead —Interview with a Bi s h op —An • Essay .on Etnbonpoint—The Countess ""—Madame b ‘. iPdor, Sic.—The Colosseurn—Dr. Baillie's R ec ip e f or t h e '."'We Devils—Opening of the King's Theatre—Madame Garcia and Signora Pisaroni—Revolution in the Pit-- Pr enoil Performances; thei r Eff ec t s on our own D rama— Royal Institution and other Societies' Meetings, &c. Notes, Literary, Musical, and Dramatic. a T he Lond on W ee kly Review is publi s h e d every Satur . 17, containing 16 pages in quarto, price Sd. ; or stamped r country 1 fon free by post la. Office 19, Cathe urn.' a , ote-street, Strand. 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B o ttl e d Al es , e 4 ,-' `lac'', and Perry, i n hi g h p er f ec ti on . All l e tt e r s t o ttr: L Paid, and if from the country, remittances must ac ,rd, any orders, for which the full value must be for-. - 4 ilipping orders carefully attended to. ---_____