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E COMMISSIONERS appointed for MA NAGUSIG the LOTTERIES du hereby give Notice, That Numbers of TICKETS and SHARES thereof in all preceding Lotteries may be examined at this Office every day (titift4ays excepted), with their Registers of Benefits and • Avid the COMMISSIONERS appointed to take in the BE 'NEM TICKETS of the FOURTH LOTTERY for the year 1421, do hereby give Notice, That they will attend.at their Office, 'ln:Somerset-Place, on TKUSRDAY, the Oth 'dayof January next, from Ten o'Clock in the Folenoutt to T,;ro o'Clock in the .oernootl, to take in dad enter the'BENE FIT TICKET~ drawn on Tuesday. the 7th day of DeceM her Instant, being the Fifth Pay of drawing' the Sallie 140- tery,. to be exchanged for Certificateeipursuant to the Act of. Parliament in that behalf. AggiMor,,f it 'Atter diipittelt:them#4lstositd CONI M I 881(71 -, ERS will take iu andiiiire ' rthe TICKEN numbered froni No. t to No. in.,f)oo at one seat, tend the Tickets numbered frrom No. 10,005 to No. 20,000 at another seat, and the per sons possessed tPereof are directed to bring with their Tickets. ieprieate Lists Hereof, marked A and B, formed In numeri• • r cal order, adap l ed to each of the said seats, and at the hot ' !inn of each List to write the name and proper additions of the person entitled to the rattle of the said Tickets., And the said tOMNIISSIONERS also give further notice, That CertifiCatei for.the value of thO said Tickets will be de livered out on lONDAY, the 13th day of January next, at Noon, after whi4ll the said COMMISSIONERS will take in • laud enter Ticketi in their usual Monthly entry; and all per. suns are desired to observe they must bring dupliCates of their Lists when they come for their Certificates. Ti• ts COMMISSIONERS also give further notice, That Bond of indemnlty must be entered into hy.two respectable !..lousekeepers (lobe approved by the said COMMISSIONERS) together with the: person entitled to the value of any Ticket . otTithets which May have been lost, or to any Ticket or Tickets the Checks of which may have hems torn or destroyed, before . the Corimasioners can grant Certigeates for the Sarno and that. incase of a lost Ticket, as Affidavit must also tie made "f the eiremm.tances attending the loss of the same before one of the honourable novas of his Majesty's Court of Exchequer. , MORRISON'ri POSERVED PORTABLE TURTLE. Sent in Jars, (Itentically sealed) to any part of the World, and warranted to rain its good qualities for years. Ttt E Tua, E in these Jars consists of the Prime parts of the Fish, killed in the West Indies, when in the highest health and condition, and will be found to excel •in richness and flavour,, the produce of the half-starved Animal, hitherto used in this Country, after a voyage of several months. The Tu tt f LE will also he found infinitely cheaper than that sold by the great Dealers, not merely from the obvious dif. *ferenee in price, but from its consisting of 'nothing but lve, Tante; and no stchlittlitoras Whitelklest,-TrlPte, or Liver. To Families retains in the Country, end to Hotel and Tavern Keepers, this truaTLE cannot but be a great con. venienee; as affording, At almost Instant notice, the necessary supply of exquisite kioup' without the,waste and loss attendant on dressing a whole Turtl e , Certificates of itsexctllence from Personages of the highest distinction and best taste may be seen ; but a single trial is requested in preference, res more certain -ef insuring appro bation. To be had Dressed or Undressed, at the rate of 10s. per Quart Dressed, or his. Gd. per Quart Undressed ; which last makes nearly three times its own quantity of thiformer. The • DrCssed're•4utres only to he warmed Up, and with the Un dressed a Receipt will be given, by which any Cook may make it into extellent Soup. . N. liberal discount allowed to those who purchase to Dress, a;(1 Sell again to Cultomers, taking g certain quantity. A 'OR READY MHOCSE ONEY . ONLY. W E , 0, CHARLOTTE ROW,, 'MANSION HOUSE, LONDON ; WIEERE MAY BE lIAD • . Portable. Soups Of all kinds, Dressed Meats, Fresh Salmon; Vegetables, &c. IVESTALL'S ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE SKETCII noolc. - - THE LITERAHN SPECULUM forJanUary contains the first of a Series of' Illustrations of the Sketch Book. The subject Is the Pride of the Village. The whole from the pencil of R. West:lll, Esq., ILA., and engraved in the line manner in the best style. This number contains the following original articles :- 1. On the Story of the Pride of the -Village in the Sketch Book. 2... Christmas, in times past and, present. 3. The De mon's Isle. t Scholastic Retnimacenes, No. I—The Tutors. C. On the Character of Juliet end some of its Representatives. O. On Chess-playing. 7. sly Fire side. B. Sonnet. 1). on -the opinion w e form of Authors from their Writings. 13. Song. 11. The Lottery of Life. 12. The Encounter, a Northumbrian Tale. 13. Mark Adrian. 14. On Lord Byron's Werner,' a nd.' Lord Russell's Don Carlos. 16. On David's Picture of Napoleon's Coronation.—.l6. Characteristic Memoirs of the late Lien Evergreen, (lent. 17. The Cormorant, a civic sketch. London t Published by Goodier, 6, New-street, Covent tlarden, . , • •TO MESSRS BROWELL AND CO. London, Nokr,23, /822.. 111 LI AVING received on board the SIIIP AIL ECLIPSE (myself Master), on a Voyage to Jamaica and back.. Two New Topsails, a Alainsail, Foresail, Main and 3lizen Staysails, made of Brown Canvas, which had un. dergone your ANTI.3IILDEW PROCESS, am happy to MPbrt uP O 4 the same. The TOpsails, Foresail,. and Staysails, have, not the slightest appearance of. Mildew, and are much — iMProved itt'eolOur ; but the illainsall having been more, used, is not only perfectly free from Mildew, but is so much lin. 2-Proved in nolour, as to • equal the Whitest Coker Canvas, and retains a soft4ess which makes it much more easy to furl. And inn deebledly of opinion, that any Canvas having undergone .;yonyvaluable p roce s s is in every respect mote useful and be. ..;•peficial than 4017 o ther not prepaid Canvit now in use. . JOHN T. HODGSON. . . , - . ,r„LeTi,,,,E, cuR.... . • BY' ~ a new Method the - above troublesome t, : omplui gt is entirely vr adieme4 (tvjt.hput thr,use of 11" " i " r . ( ; *tni lic), if not constitutional, whether of long ‘ A. s ' ll'it Itill ':`- /1 % 44 well as all' weaknesiei generally ne e1"1"!i" 11 ; ithd in a short time the. whale.systent is re .• " s " thl i s he d i l 'einit one of the greatest disauveries - ever tnatle. By JOI - IN LYNCH. 44, Duke street, St. J. , :nes's. Respectable r e f ereo „ s w il l be given, if required:—All Let ter; , to be post-pelt, • A. perfeAt Cure fotllilioits Affections anti, Obstructions , itt' the Bowels. . • Tile i pr•ce 4 1 - the Medicine is Four Ponnds. JIM Pnblished‘ Price ss.rld, Oro., the Second Edition of A pRAcricAL .rttEATig,: on NERVOUS, .111f.10CS. 'and INFLASINIAToky ArtECTIONS, with a 'new Me thod of Curing s trietures with Out the use flf - nongio 'or eartttle. With an Appendix on the Dite.sses.q Wrinien and Children. By John r Lricit, , 44 flnke-street, tit. James's. Sold by Win. Crawford, tl4, Cheiriside. . . 110Y.IL-F.X.CIitINGE ASiUItANCE OFFICV., Established by Royal Charter ' in the Reign of King George the First. December, 1522. pERSONS, whose annual Premiums fall due on the 23th instant, are hereby informed, that Receipts are'now ready to be delivered at the Company's Office's, ovri the Royal Exchangennd in Pall-Mall, as Well as by their re sp,eetive Agents in the several Counties ; and the Parties se iured are requested to apply for the Renewal of their Poli ties on or before the 9th of January next, as the usual Fif teen Days allowed for Payment, beyond the date of each Po licy, will then expire. 7 SAMUEL FENNING, Jan. Secretary. *** Attendance is given, daily, at the said'Otices, for the Assurance of Buildings, GoOdi, Merchaudize,. and Ships, in 'Harbour, in Dock, or while ftotn Loss or Damage byT ire ; and als'o for the Assurance of, and granting An nuities on, N.B. Fire Policies will be issued free of Expence to tlteAs.; snred, where the Annual Premium amounts to 1.4., or my- PROPOSED CHURCH. or 'CHAPEL, in the PARISH of • - WHITWICK, in the COUNTY of LEICESTER. T" E aboVe riteasure (the particulars of which have been sufficiently detailed to the Public before) has been suspended from the difficulties that have ocettrd respect ing the proposed Site ; but these through the aids afforded, and to be afforded, by" His Majesty's Commissioners appointed tinder the Act far the Banding and promoting the Building of Additional Churches are now on the eve of being removed and there is every prospect_of theßuildings being begun very early in the ensuing Spring. There is yet, however, notwith standing a grant of Four Hundred Pounds from the Church Building Society, and the aid of very liberal Contributions, as stated below; a want of sufficient Funds for completing the arrangements connected with, the intended Edifice ; . espe cially as a farther addition of accommodation has been sup ge.sted ; towards which, as well as to an improvement in rite elevation, Additional Subscriptions have been given, us will he seen below. The assistance ti•oni the Parish itself . certainly has not been what the - measure night reasonably have been ex p gc t e d to prodOe. On the other hand, the peculiar poverty of the parish daervesin fairness to be taken into the account. Under these eircemstances as from its extent, poverty and po. pulation it is conceived that there . is .not any Pariah in Lewes. tershite (with one exception in the County Town) where a Church or Chapel is equally wanted • it is hoped that the No. bility and Gentry of the County, who are well affected to the National Church ; will, in common with the Clergy, assist a measure that pro:nites locally to be conducive to its welfare. The sum now wanted is calculated not to exceed Two Hundred Pounds. Subscriptions are received at the Banks of Messrs. Snow and Co. 217, Strand, London : and Messrs. Mansfield and Co. , Leicester. At the Banks in Hinckley, Ashby de Is Zouch, Loughborough, and Melton Mowbray ; and by the Rev. F. Merewether, Cale Orton, near Ashby de la Zouch. ' Names of tho.vc :rho have already Subscribed. Those marked with an • are Proprietors in ilia Perish, those with t are Occupiers, am.! those marked with •1- are both Pro prietors and Occupiers. The KING, as Duke of Lancaster - - £lOO 0 0 *+Sir G. 11. Beaumont, Bart. Lay Impropriator of • liThitwick - - -56 U 0 *-I.Ditto - ditto - 2d 8/46sertotiors 100 U U :l I,lr.:Graiit tbe-Ditlerof - Ruthard, Lord Lietirtnidie - of the County of Leicester - - 20 11 0 The Hon. and Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Lin coln - 20 0 0 Earl Bowe, Oopsal . 0 0 George Moore, 1 , 3 q., Snarestone - 10 0 0 , . The Venerable the Archdeacon of Leicester - 10 ft 0 'tThe Re-. P. 31crewether, Vicar of Whitwick 10 10 0 The Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, Master of Trinity Col lege, Canibridge 5 6 0 Ditto - Supscriptioa 10. 10, 0 Joshua Watson, Eaq., Chinon . - 10 10 0 Ditto --2 d Supscription 10 10 0 . The Rev. L. Way, Toppesfield, Fett'SCX - 2 2 0' George Gipps, Eaq., at. P. Howletts, Kent - • 5 Sir Frederic Fowke, Bart. Lowcsby Hall, Leice.ster shire - - - - 0 The Rev. H. 11. Norris, Hackney - - 5 5 0, John Leech, Esq., Crescent,. Bridge -street, Black Friars, London - - - 5 tt 0 H. A. Merewether, Esq., 61, Chancery-lane, London 2 2 0 The Rev. H. V..B l ayley, Stib-Mean of Lincoln 5 5 0 A'he Rev. Charles Way, Great Yeldliam, Essex 2 2' 0 tThe Rev. George Wyatt, ,Curte of Whitwick 5 5 0 Mrs. G. Wyatt, Whitwick - 1 I 0 Sirs. Mereweather, Caine, Wilti - 1 1 0 The ReY. Robert Wetherell, Nesvlon Longyille, Bucks - • - 5 5 0 Robert Sayer, Esq. .Halstead, Esq. - 60 0 John Bovidler, Esq. Eithatn, Kent - - 10 011 *The Rev. J. Pidilocke, Ashby-de-la-!ouch - 5 5 U The Rev. Dr. Madan, Rector of lbstock - 10 0 0 The Rev. Spencer Madan' Curate of Seale - 2 2 0 *The Rev. W. 11I'Donal Vicarof Ashby-de-la-looch 1 1 U B. Mr. E.Knight, Cole Orton - ' - 1 1 0 *Thomas Pares, Esq. Hopwal Hall, - Derbyshire 10 10 0 The Rev. H. Waiter, Fellow of St../Oles, Cambridge 5 5 0 William Jones,.Esq. Ringwood, Hants . 1 1 0 The Rev. Walton, Rector of 13irbrooki Essex 5. 0 0 The Rev. Dr. Hawes, Salisbury 1 1 0 'The Rev. Dr. Hardy, Rector of Loughborough 5 0 0 Richard Cheslyn, Esq. Langley Priory . 2 2 The Rev. W. Alatian, Vicar of Polesworth 2 2 0 The Rev. T. Buckley, Curate of Kegworth 1 1 ft The Rev. R. Roberts, "Vicar of Haverhill, Suffolk 2 0 0 The Rev. E. Vir. Estcourt, Rector of Newton, Glou cestershire 1 1 0 Baker Moral, Eq. St. Giles, Oxford - 2 2 0 The Rev. Dr. Lloyd, Appleby • . - - . 2 0 0 The Rev. T. Adnutt, Rector of Croft . .. 2 2 0 Mrs. Abney, Ashby-de-ht-Zouch I 1 0 The Rev. T.Slade, Vicar of Ault* . - .2 2 0 The Rev. It. M arr io t t, R eetor o f C ottes b ach 6 5 0 The Rev. W. Cleaver, Rector of Waulip - 10 0 The Rev. T. Rose, Vicar of Itothley - 2 0 0 Sir George Crewe, Bart. Catlike Abbey - u 5 0 Wm.. Dewed, Eq. Ashby-de-la,Z ouc h - I 1 0 Robert Greene Creswell, Esq. Ravenstone 2 2- 0 It. E. Cresswelli Esq. ditto 1 1 0 The Rev. M. Babington, Minister of the Forest - - Chapel - - 22 2 The Rev. W, Easton, Vicar of Barrow-upon-Soar 5 0 0 Piper, E 4 Breedon Lodge - 0 Miss Crewmen, Ravenstone - - i. 11 0 Miss C. Cresswell, ditto • -- • - 11 0 Sir C. T. Palmer, Pram Waulip Hall - 2 2 0 '*Mr. Grundy, Swannington - - 6 6 0 *tAlr. E. Handford, Thringatone 1 0 0 9•31 r. R. Cox ditto - 1 0 0 The WV. C. Allsopp, Vicar of Sheepshcad * • '2 2 0 The Rev. '.'Prior, Ashby-de-la-to uc h - 2 2 0 . Theltev. A. Hobart, Rector Walton (Witte Wohla . 5 0 0 , The: Rev. 'l'. Jones, Rector of Appleby • - 2 - - 0 0 Rev. T. Dalhy, Vicar of Castle DenningtOn I 0 0 Robert Croswell; Ravenstone - 2 2 0 Ed ward Green,,Esg, Odstone Hill - 2 0 0 W. Horton, Es q. London . • . 10 10 0 Mi.Joshtut"Harrison, Leicester - 1 1 0 Clement Winstanley, Esq. Uraunatone - '3 0 0 Anonymous, by the Rev. C. Chest, Vicar of Lockington 2 0 *The Rev. T. Selwyn, Master of Wigston's Hospital 5 5 0 Miss Darby, Tamworth - 0 5 0 'rhe Rev. Bosvile, Castle Ponington 10 0 0 The Rev. Dr. Valpey, Reading Bucks' - 1 1 0 Tile Rev, N. M organ~ - 2 2 0 Sirs. Barker,' Clare Priory, Suffolk . 1 1 0 'Mrs. Conyets,- ditto ditto •1 1- 0 Mrs. Way, Spencer Farm, Essex - - 11 - 0 Miss Wily, ditto ditto -• I• 1 Mit. SCA R LETT. (rtIOM TIIE•DUIKIIAM COUNTY Aorenziscft.) It is not, we hi;lieve,generally,,knciwit that Mr. Sc tuts.rr accepted th r Chiltern liundreds, and so vacated ids Peat for Peterbornogir,before the late electing for. Cambridge. his =t4Ters of see. vice having been rejected by tilt. University, he now finds it convenient to " boa" agnin to his old constituents. It° would be soinAhat singular, and not a little entertaininz, if sagacious lawyer should be. outwitted by somt. rival candi date, aided by the Electors of r eterborough, and .. thus be thrown out of Parliament allogether—an event which is not at all' improbable'. The fol lowing k Mr. SCARLETT's letter to la', late C011.. ' stituents:— " OENT LE3lEN—Nothing put the pressure-of ray profes sional engagements prevented the from waitine : .uptin you iM. tnediately Upon the conclusion of the 'conteir fele trniversity of Cambridge; ..1 intentli - linwever,"ttrEitsi!.:lhat - plitsure as soon as I am released from my prtsuit thities, _which I triist Will not be later than the approaching holidays.' If I postpone till that period an explanation of the motives which induced me to embark in that contest, it is because -ifvLl not only that it is my duty to give you thiS explanation in person, not that such will be the most satisfactory method of ~ doingit. In the meantime I trust you will do me the juStice to believe that I set the highest value aeon the honour' of repeseoting you in Parliament, and that the particular circumstances which led me to contend for a share in the representation of the learning and . science which distinguish the place of my education and of tity early associations, were perfectly consistent with the profoundest . respect for the Electors of Peterborough, and with the most grateful recollection of their past favours. Be assured, Gentlemen, that I shall in every situation, and at all times, consider you; interests and proipaiity as amongst the very first o'.jects of my duty, and that in Soliciting a con. tinuance of your favour and support of the Election, which I fear must be the consequence of my recent struggle, I ask for that which i$ amongst the dearest objeets of my reverence and attention. 0 . I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, ' Your most obliged and . faithful S . rvant.' J. SCAR LE TT. $d New-street, Spring Gardens, 'Dec. 4, 1822. SURREY W[NTE KINGSTON, Mc. 31.. I . f./3fore Mr. Just;ce BAY LEY. ) ; Johi Ii indicted for stealin in the Borough of. ! Southwark, in the dwelling-house of John Davis, 35 sove reigns and 11/. in silver, the property of the prosecutor. It appeared in evidence that the prosecutor was a pubiiean in the Borough. On the day in question be had 35 toveraigns and 111. in silver in a bag. A woman came to the lwusr and asked for change Ora sovereign. lle took down the bag which he had placed on a shelf, gave her the change, and replaced that bag in its former situation. At this time the prisoner was in the „,hottx and. tialv what passed. Shortly afterwartht the-pmeacutoe *esuFent ; leaving hts . nanier in the *tithe' priiiiiothil liift iii the bar. The tatter happened to fall asleep, upon wilier the psi- Caner. whoremained incite house, despatched a Mat named .1 once, a waiter in the house, upon some errand which kept him one of the way for about two minutes. When the prosecutor's wife a*oke, She asked the prisoner whether her husband had taken away any thing frOm the bar. The prisoner replied that her, husband had gone out with a young; man, and-head taken away something from the shelf. When the pr osenutor returned, he found his money gone, and the prisoner fled. 'Suspicion fall. lag on the latter, •he was apprOhOndel It appeared that in theamrse of the morning, of the robbery the prisoner declared he bail but fourpenee in the world, but in the course of the evening he changed a Sovereign at another public-house in the Borough. He appeared in a great hurry ; asked for only two I shillings then, and said he wonU call for the remainder of the change another- time. Upon these facts the case for the pro.. . . secuuon was founded. • The Jury, under the Learned Judge's direction, found the prisoner Guilty-I)tatla. William Randal was indicted for stealing at Dualand, on the 14th of December, u sheep, the property of Bridget Beau. mont. The case was proved upon the loluntary confession of the prisoner, and he was found Guilty—Deals Jtintes ear and GrMgr Bannister, convicted of stealing at Betchworth, on the 10th of `Detxml?er, twenty foils, the pro petty of Thomas Ikdd, were sentenced to be transported for seven years. Be, re'Mr. Bonn. GIWIA.M. Thomas IVilsonJ Edward Rush, anti noway Brown, were indicted under the statute of Elizabeth, for breaking and enter ing the dwelling-house of Timothy Bendy, to the parish of St. Utica, Camberwell, in the day-time of the 19th of August, no person being therein, and stealing eix silver tea-spount, and .other articles of plate, the property of Margaret Atelier BOIL • The breaking, entering, Ana steeling were proved; at.d when prosecutrix was called to prove theeloss of her property, sho admitted, in cross-exrunintition, that site had been married to a man named Conde, but having heard that he had been married to another women, she tell him and.rexueoed her maidtn name, by which she was described in the indictment. The prisoner's Counsel then obtectiel that the proeecutor should have been described in the indictment by the name of Conde, there being nti legal evidence that she was not properly married to Conde. She iin4 only heard that the latter wits married to another woman, and though that might. be sufficient to justify her in resuming her maiden name, yet for the present it must be. Presumed that she was legally. marriede, Mr. Baron (inattaet thought the .objection, for the reasons offered, Was well founded, and ordered 'en acquittal. The Jury found the prisoners Nei Guilty ,e but they were detained for the- burglary, without regard to ,the charge of stealing. Frederick King *as indicted for stealing frott•thepersod'of Frederick Stephen Stnith, on the 113th of. riovernher e at Kinq aton fair, hit watch-chain, 'tease-ant! key.. It appeared that the prisoner was seized id the art of et ter pting to pick the pocket of the otoseeutor (an attorney's; Clerk) in the fair at Kingston, of ihs,.-watch.,,, but the chain breaking, , he succeeded only in stealing the chain and its ap- pendages. Its was iumiediately seethed., and be threw the chain away. The ease being made ant, the.prisoner was found GuiltN, and he was sentenced to be confined in the.Bouee. Of Correc tion, and kept to hard labour for four months. 'Joseph Milkin and John J.-mrt were indicted for stealing, .at Eghern, on the , l9th Of September, .n wittch-ehain, and :23/. in money, frourthe person of William Ole zier. The prosecutor wad a bargeoian, and had been thinking at a booth during tie? last Egharn fair, and_ het Oaten asleep. The prisoners e who were also in the booth, availed themselves of the opportnnity of picking his, pocket, but in the act of taking the chain the prosecutor awoke. The prisoners rem Off, but next day were apprehended with the greater part of the money of the proecu tor upon them. The prisoners made no defence; they were found 'miry, and sentenced to be transported for life. • • The Royal Military Caull being frozen over offe,rs all ample scope for the fine exercise of ; and should the , frost continue equally severe, in a few days there will be a communi cation open on the ice for an extent of nearly 1 20 from Shorncliffe to the Royal Military Lock.--(Kcntish Gazette.) til YEAR'S DAY. N wa S Fear's anciently Eve, CVlebraates well as New VtriO Day, US 41ii ces: One of the most popular of these was, the custom called mussed, which is still retained in several parts of the country : on this occasion young women go about with a wassail bowl of spiced ale, with some sort of verses 3 which are sung by them ai they proceed from door to door. This term wassail is derived from the . Anglo-Saxon Vas had, he in health, and: is well' illustrated hi the story told of yo rti g ern and Rowena, which being well known to all readers of English history' need not be here repeated. Tile Wn,i9ftir 'bowl, according to Wharton, was ShakspeareN" GtisSip's bowl" in the Midvonoter Night's Dream. The cont. po . sition Was ale, nutmeg, sugar, toast, and roasted crabs or apples. It was also called U lamb's wool." Was4iaile and drine.heil are said to have been the o,suaLpncient phrases of quailing among the English, and were synonimous with the " Come, here's to you," and " pledge you," of the present day. A writer in the Gentleman's Magazine (Kay, 1754), tells us, " the drinking of the wassail bowl, or cup, was, in all probability, owing tg the keeping of Christmag by our anc e stors, in the same matmer they had before the feast of Pule. There was nothing the Northern nations," says he, " so much delighted in as carotisjn , 7; ale, especially at this season of the year, when fight-, lug was over. 1 t was likewise the custom at all their feasts for the master of the house to fill as large bowl or pitcher, and drink out of it' first himself, and then give it to him that sat next, and so it went round. One custom more should be remembered, and that is., that it 'was usual some years ago, in Christmas that., for the poorer peo ple to go from door to door with a wassail cup, adorned with ribbon, and -a golden apple at the top, singing and begging money for it, the origi nal of which was, that they might preeure lamb's wool' to fill it, and regale themselves ns well as the rich." Milner, in a dissertation on an ancient , clap, supposed to he 11, wassail cop, inserted in the .eleventh volume of the Archfeologia; informs us, that the introduction of ,Christianity amongst our:ancestors, did not at all c.contributo to tha abolition of the practice of wasselliug. On .the contrary, it began to assume a.port of religious aspect ; and the was.sekbowl itself, which in great monasteries was placed on the Abbot's table, st the upper end of the refectory or rating-hall. to be circulated amongst the con►munity at I)is dis cretion, received the bonobreble appellation of Poculum Charitatis." This, in our Universities, is celled the Gr►►ce Cori. A ston*,.calli,ld. the. 4; Iriiiseartiiieli:foil ; z, f rom the information of thy , Inte Mr. laysoli's, is still sung on New Year's Ere, Gloncv , tc , rsitirp.— The-wasAellers grin g with them, that Gentleman tells us, a great . bowl, dressed np with gar lands and ribbons, the first verse of which is— " Wassail, wassail t all over the town, Our tow ii white, our ale is brown Our bowl is made of 4 nut A lin true, We be good fellows all,—l drink to t1).f.." NEW E.ta's at v .—" As the vol4ar," (11Nerves Bourrw, " are always careful to end the cid year well, so are t` ey no less solicitoos of making a good beginning of the new one. The Md one is ended with a heavy compotation ; the new one is opened with t h e custom of sending presents, which are termed new year's gifts, to friends and acquaintance." He resolves both customs into superstitions, as being observed - in order that the succeeding year may be prosperous and success.. ful. Among other customs, feasting is not for, gotten on this day. ' Froze January, leader of the yeat, Mined pie* in van, and cairm head in the rear." * • Bishop Slillingtleet notices that, among the Saxons of the northern nations, the feat of the new year was kept up with more than ordinary jollity ; whence they reckoned their age by so many to/as (a word in the Gothic language sig nifying merry-makings) ; awl a certain northern riter describes this kind of feast just as Bucha nan describes the. Britisll Saturnalia, by feasting or sending presents and new year's gifts to one another ; a custom derived to the Christian world from Oeutilism. The superstition condemned in this . by. the ancient fathers, lay in the idea of these gifts being considered as omens or success forlthe ensuing' year. In this sense also, and in this sense alone, could have commenced the be nevolent compliment of wishing each other a happy new year. The latter has been adopted by the modern Jews, who, on the first day of the month 'risri, have a splendid entertainment, and wish each other a happy new year. In Westmorland and Ctimberland, as stated by another Correspondent in the Gentleman's Ma gazine for 1791, " early in the morning on the Ist of January, the Itex PoPuli assembled toge ther, carrying strings and baskets. Any inhabi tant, stranger, or whosoever joints not this ruffian tribifilti sacrificing to their favourite saint-day, if unfortunate enough to be met by any of the band, is immediately mounted across the slang (if a wo man, she is basketted,) and carried shoulder height, to the nearest public house, as here the payment of sixpence immediately liberates the prisoner. None, though ever so industriously inclined, are permitted to follow their respec tive avocations on that day." At ROMP, on the contrary, it is said to have been a custom on New Year's Day for all tradesmen to work it little in their bussiAtess by way of omen ; or for luck's sake, as we 2 say, that they might have constant business all the year after. Massy, in • Alfurling to an annual insult intferetl, on the Illtth of Ja nuary, to the Inetuoty of the unfortunato Chitties I. a note on Ovid's Fast', who translates the pas. sage in his author thus : With business is the year auspiciously began ; But every arblit, soon as balms try'd To work a little, lays his work aside." The scarce book called the " Popish King. dom," &c. (1570) has the following lines relate ing to New Year's Day : The 'n ex to this Js New Year's Day .when on to every (retitle They costlypresents bring, and New Year's Gifts do sende, A good beginning of the ycare they %virile and wishe again According to the ancient Oise of heathen people vaine. ' In the Monthly Miscellany, for, , :December, 1692, there is an Essay on Now rear's Gifts, which States, that the ancient Romans were" great observers of the custom of New Year's Gifts, even when their year consisted only of ten tunoths of thirtyssix days each, .and began in March ; also when January an . 4, Pebruary were added'by Noma to ! the ten others, the calends or first of January, were the time iit which they madeipresents,; and even ItomulasAnd Tativa f made so order that eVery year verviiie should be offered to them, with other gifts, .as tokens of good fortune for the new year. Tacitus makes mention of an order of Tiberius, forbidding the giving or demanding of New Year's Gift's, un less it were on the calends of January ; at which time, as well the, Senators as Knights and . other great men, brought gifts to the Emperor, and in his absence to the capitol. The ancient Dreids, with great ceremonies, used to serape oflfrom the outsides of oaks the misliden, which they-conse crated to their great Tutates, and then distil buted it through Gaul, on 4ccotint of the - great virtues whiCh they attributed to it; hum whence New Year's Gifts are still called in some parts of France Grp/ uu neuf. Our English nubility, every New Year's tide, still send to the'-King a purse with gold in it. Reason may he joined to Custom, to justify the practice ; for as the presages are 4,rawn, from the .first things that We meet at the beginning of a day, week, or wear, none can he More pleasing than or those things that are given us. We rejoice with our friends after having escaped the dangers that attend every. year; and congratulate each other for the future, by presents and wishes for the haßpy con aniline of that course, which the ancients called Strenarum Cothmerciam. And as formerly *Men used. to renew their hospitalities by , presents called Xenia, a name proper enough for our 'New year's gifts, they. may be said to serve to renew friendship,-which is One of the greatest gifts int • parted by wave. to men ; and they who' have always assigned, some day to those things which they thought good have also thought it proper to soletnniie the festival of, gifts, and to show how much they esteemed .it, in token of linppines_ made it begin the year. The value of the thing given or if, it is Hato thing of north, its nekelty,or. I the excellency of the Work, and the place where it is given, makes it the more - acceptable ; above all, the time of giving it makes some pre. sents pass for a mark of civility on the beginning of the: year, that would appear unsuitable in an other season." The night of New Yeat's-day, in some parts of Scotland, is a flight Of SpeCial ObserVariCe. Sir' John Sinclair's statistical account 44 that kingdotn, the Minister of Kirmichael, in the county of lianfr, unf.ler the head of Superstitions, &e., tells us—' On the Ist night of January, they observe with anxious attention the disposi tion of the atmosphere ; and as it is calm or boisterous, as tin' wind blows from the South Jr the North, from the East or the West, they Can dorua-coille, the night of the foun dation of the trees ; and from this circumstance has been derived the name of that night in the Gaelic language. Their faith in the above sign is couched in verses (thus translated): the wind of the south will be productiye of heat andfer tility ; the wind of the west of milk and fish; the 'wind of the north of cold and storm ; and the wind from the east of fruit on the trees. hi nlso we had anciently our superstition on this night. In the Dialogue of "'Dives and Pauper," printed by. Pinson (1493) the following are men tioned amongst others :-.-e• Alle,that take hede to dystnale dayes, or use nyce observattnees in the newe morne, or in the fierce Neon', as setting of mete or drynke by nyght on the benches to fete A ll►oldlo or Gobelyn." Upon the Circumcision, or New Year's Day, the early Christians ran about masked, in imi tation of the superstition of the Gentilt s. Akt:a it this practice St. Maximus, Ste. declaimed ; s heoce in some of the very early missals, we find %Ai:- ten in the mass for this day," Miss(' od proitaqn.. dim oh idolit." The Old Custom of New Year's. Gifts. —We are HOW come round to that period of the liar when, from time out of mind, it has ht‘ee the cnstbrn to present testimonials of iiirectiun and respect. No gift could he made at thi , pv) , wnt with wore satisfaction, or received with (»ore pleasnre„ than a Ticket.or Share in the pie..ent Rich Wheel, by which, in a few days (Nett Wednest/ok Week), the holder may obtain an independent fortune, as *ere are 5'2 Cupitail, in,iluding a r20,0)0 1 'rwo of ,fIO,OOO, he.yidt-; others of i e , 2,000, 4 1,0t)0, &c.; hote of which must be &IMO in On. Day, 15th in twit. A bat was, a few days ago, seen in Donegan. square. Belfact, flitti►►g about for upwaidi of a►a het►r after dark. Monday tt. Gentleinan attempting to cross over to the Bermontbey shie of the water, a larqe piece of the floating ice came in co►►tact with the boat, and actually curried it do►vn to Deptford before it could be stom,,,d,