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...4 . . - 't t 7 , : • ~:. "' 1 ' ' . .... ,• .. . . . .. . . ..- ~ -. ~.. .. ... - . . • ' . .\*. ' - --..... —'.. , . . . 2:: „. :, _,.. • ---V t ) ei t . f' ~. . - . • . - „. .. . , . • iti , . . , ... i . , .. • - 1 . 1 - '4l,s'''' 4 "0 —:' • 0 , 7 91 -ii, , • - / - ./ ./- ( / ~ i `_ ".~.` s u N, ~: r 4• 41. .+ { .; .. ~B ;:- VaIUAR 9694. T URSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1843: Pitta stvkw"ittiii6k. . . . 'UAW_ LIFE ASSURANCE. SOCIETY, Established INS, - For the purpose. of, granting A.SSURANCES cutots LIVES and SURVIVOR4 - lIPS. OFFICE--lANCOLN'S.INN FIELDS. The subscribed Capital of this Societ y is One Million'Sterling. - Assurances are effected by , thls Socket y upon' the Lives of Persons in the Army, the Navy, the Church, the Law; and hi everyother station of Life.' This is. not a Society of mutual Assurance ; and the assured are eiempted by the Proprietors (rem all responsibility. - Aslarge a proportion of the savings as shall. be deemed consistent with the security of the Society, will . be periodi cally divided between the Assured and the Proprietors, as follows :—Pour-fiftbs.will be added to the Sums specified in the Policies effected for the whole term of Life, to he payable at the expiration of Life ; and the remaiuing,ne-fifth will be carried over to the Proprietors' Guarantee FUnd. • • _ No extra premium is required from Persons in the Army or Navy, unless when called into actual service. No Entrance Money is charged :-0 pc. ; is arty Chem stasultkx any Policy beyond the volt of the stamp. Arrangements have been made, Under which Aiitifitae; may be effected upoli the Lives of Persons resident at consi derable distances from London, withobt the payment of a fine fur non-appearance at the Office. Attendance daily at the Office, from Ten till -Four; where e Prospectus, with every other Information respecting the So ciety, may be obtained. ` The General Board Day is every Wednesday, at Two o'Cloch ; but Assurances may (if necessary) be effected on any other day, upon application at the Office. - September, 1823. JAMES ANDERTON, Sec. THE COUNTY-FIRE-OFFICE and PRO viDENT LIFE OFFICE, REGENT-STREET L. were the ORIGINAL OFFICES which effected Insurances upon the principle of coMbining the Security of an adequate and Permanent Capital (in addition to the fluctuating Funds aris. ing from the Premiums), with the beneficial rule of return ing, at stated periods, the Surplus of the annual Premiums to the Contributors, after paying Lasses and Expences: The impottance of this Improvement is acknowledged by extra tirdinary public approbation,aml by the numerous imitations of it. which New Offices have lately offered, and which older ones have adopted, in changing their Constitutions.— 'the principle is of chief value,, because, as it yield's ' by the Specific Sums insured. and the Return of the Surplus, the, fullest Value for the Deposita, persons have no reasonable motive for venturing on the litre of reduced and insufficient Premiums proposed to them by Adventurers, and which has led to frequent instances of dissappointment and ruin. CAPITALS, A MILLION STERLING and upwards. SIXTY-FIVE,THOUSAND PERSONS bare . sought pro tection in the COUNTY OFFICE, and have found it. CLAIMS have been paid to Sixteen Hundred Claimants. Exempt from the Expeaces of Lawsuits, anti also from the sacrifice of an enormous Commission to Agents, to which *oust New Wheel submit, induce them to canvass for bust. ,tiels, great accuinulations have been made. In these, per sons who now Insure . participate equally with the original. "Metinhers. ' RETURNS of 25 and 20 per cent. in consequence, have 'been Invariably paid to all persons who have continued In sured seven years, upon Annual as well its upon Septennial Policies, and whether they have been Claimants for losses or otherwise:- ,6 ,Ctti,000 have beet/returned in this way to /*bout 2.3,000 persons Insured, within the last nine years—an tin .pottant advantage which no other Insurance °thee existing has afforded. BONUSgS of 131. Bs. and 461. tic per Cent. have been pnid on Life Policies. *** Agents are appointed in all the principal Towns. £200,000 PRIZE MONEY I N EXT THURSDAY ...LOTTERY BE GINS. BISH 4, Cornbill, and 9, Charing-Crass. NEXT THURSDAY .ZIO,OOO for the First-drawn Prize. BISU., 4, Cornbill, and , 9, Charing-Cross. NEXT 'THURSDAY...Three X 20,000 Prizes may be drawn. BTSU 4, Cornhill, and 9, Charing-Cross. NEXT THURSDAY...Two £lO,OOO Prizes may be drawn. EMU 4, Cornhill, and 9, Charing-Cross. NEXT THURSDAY...More Prizes than Blinks. Blatt - 4, Cornhili, and 9, Charing-Cross. NEXT THURSDAY...Tickets may be much dearer. BAH 4 Cornhill, and 9, Charing-Cross, Is now selling Tickets and Shares • Cheaper than for Thirty Years.. MORE PRIZES. AND LOWER PRICES. and J. SIVEWRIG LIT, with great satis. lit./ • faction, recommend tilt., Lottery that Legins drawing NEXT THURSDAY, to the attention of their Friends and the Public—because in the first place they can now offer Tickets at t 4 Shares cheaper than in any Lottery for the.last 28' Years.!--and . secondly, because the Scheme is of the most • .ulat - description, containing MORE PRIZES THAN ANKS!—And among the Capitali are 3 - of - - 20,000 4 - - of - - £l,OOO 2 - . . . - 10,000 7 3 . . 2,000 10 &c. &c. the very first Prize drawn will have .£ICI,OOO more. Tickets and Shares are. selling at J. & J. SIVEWRIGHT'S Old and Fortanate Offices; 37, Cornhill, Holborn, and 38, Haymarket, London ; and by their Agents in all the principal Towns in.thelfingdom. NEXT Tri URS DAY. CAilltOLL;g7reat Luck 111'643 Well known, that it is quite unnecessary to repeat All the Prizes he has - Sold in the Recent Lotteries.. It. will- be sufficient 16 give a List of tha Capitals Shared and Sold at his Offices in the List Four Nlonths'only, viz.: , Both X10„,000 in the Last Lottery. 'Also, Two Prizes of £20,000, • And One Prize of .810,000, in the Contract immediately preceding, besides 34 of Xi ,OJO, X6OO. 5cc..410. all Shared and Sold within Poor Months, at C,ARROLL'S Offices, 19, CORNHILL, and ag, OXFORD STREET. where Tickets and Shares are Selling, Cheaper than fur the Last 96 Years; also, at No. 7, CHARING. CROSS, CARROLL'S New Office, just opened. The Scheme of the Present Lottery is deservedly Popular; it contains More Prizes than Bltilts. The Capitals are— of Xeo,oon 10,000 ~ 4.... of .... 4'1,000 10.... of .....£lOO .... ,; ... 500 f 10 2OO Besides nearly £lO,OOO Smaller Prizes. The First Friie will bave ,elO,OOO. Draiving . begins Next Thursday. This Day wel published, Handomely printed in small tivo. with Ten Plates, - price Vd, kNewEdition of ANEW SYSTEM. of DOMESTIC COOKERY, formed upon PRIN'CIPLES of ECONO MY, and aclapisid to the use of Private Families. Compris ing. also the ART of CARVING, Observations on the Ma. mitement of the DAIRY and POULTRY D; Inst YARruc. thins for 'HOME BREWERY , WINES, -Sto. COOKERY for the SICK. and for the POOR: mull very useful MISCEL LANEOUS RECEIPTS, and DIRECTIONS proper to be given to SERVANTS both in Town and Country. To which is; prefixed an:ESSAY. 'on DOMESTIC ECONOMY and HOCSEHOLD MANAGEMENT, comprising many C )h.. serrations' whieh' will be found particularly useful to the Mistress of a Family. By A LADY. Thicis really ocie of ttWroost'praCtically useful books of any which we have seen on the subject. The Lady who has Witten its lots not %tuctied bow to fortnexpeneire anklet for ltskurious tables, but to combine elegance with economy, she has gteetubet dirtetioni ih a plain and sensible manner, that every,bodicatt understand': and-these are not confined mere ly /is tooket but - are extended to a variety of objects in use in fat / 1041S ; by which means the-utility of the huok .is very. m tech "increased ; n - der a." Albemarle..street ; sold:also by Printed for John Kn rra y . every Bookseller in England, Scotland, and Ir ebeland. Of w h o m may be bad,l lately publied, The NEW FAMILY RECEIPT B )OK, a New SW. Editionce , greatly improved,' handsomely psinted' in - small pri 73. Gd. is boards. _ IMPORTANT TO -BAKERS, EET.—Yesleklay several bakers, re siding in the parish of St. Paul, Covent-ga;den, were brought belbre the Sitting Magistrates; -Sir IL - iishattr and Mr. 31w. SH [mt., upon an information filed by the well known Johnson, for selling bread—in the fiat place, denominating a lc,f as a quartern, or inilf-quattem loaf; and, in the second place, for selling a /oaf or loaves under the right denomination, bur' ne:. glecting -to weigh it iccordingto the provisions of the Act for tho. • Regulation of Bakers. The first baker who appeared - was a man of the name of Goodman ; and Byers, the regular witness for Johnson, swore, that on Saturday night, the 13tIvitr4. he went into the defen . 4111414 :ft4 ) 4 114 ,--,1# 10: .: *Ir a quartirn '-.l dift -there was some litaitatiost-on •the`Pitrt of the person (very like the defendant) who sold me the loaf, and 1 halloa'sl out--" I want a quartern loaf." A half quartern loaf was givenme, and I paid'for it 44d. in copper. The loaf was produted, and only weighed lib. 1440 z.; the regular weight of a half.quartern loaf should . be ?lb. 2toz. The defendant said, that men like the witness took every ad. vantage ; he , gave strict directions not to sell hall-quartern loaves ; indeed, how could he sell such loaves when none were made ? Sir R. BIRNIE—You seek Acts of Parliament, and you must'abide by them. A baker who attended (being one of the Committee who framed the Act), observed, that a notice was generally posted up in the bakers' shop, statingneither quartern nor half.quai tern loaves were made -or Add. 31r. HALLS—The Act of Parliament says, that a loaf must be Offered for sale as a half.quartern or quartern, as the case may be, before the penalty can be inflicted. Here there was no offer of the loaf as a halfittartern ; it was 'merely sold as a loaf; there was no intention to'itell it as a half quartern loaf, and it could not be, because it is many ounces short of the weight The Informer—Yes, your Worship ; but that's the way the public are taken in. 'K hen they were sold as lu:weans-and half quartems they generally wanted sufficient weight ; aye, often to the amount of six, seven, and eight ounces. Sir R. BuntrE—The 'object and meaning of the Act was, that bread should be sold by the pound weight. The Informer—Yes, your Worship ; but the Act says the baker must weigh it whether the customer ask him or not. Sir R. Smut —For my own part I think, and so do many others, that the old assize was the best regulation. The (Committee) Baker—The object of the Act was to pro. tect the public, but when people for a series of years have been used to call for quarterns and half.quarterns, it is impossible to prevent them, although we take every pains to say that - we sell loaves of two pounds or four pounds. Mr, HALLS-.lllr. Jolinson, , certainly not sanction any tricks being played ; if . the bread be of sufficient weight I shall not consider its denomination of quartern or half-quartern as calling for a penalty. Sir R. Blnxtx—Why is a man, informer , or otherwise, top into the shop of an unsuspectingly honest man, and aak him for that whiclit is forbidden by an Act of Parliament, merely to take advantage of hint ? The Witness—Your Worship, if I asked fora two.pound loaf they . would look suspicious at me, and besides there is no penalty in the Act for under weight; it only provides that it must be Weighed in the presence Of, the buyer. Sir R. ; because you can have your weight; if one loaf don't weigh two pounds, they'must add a portion of another to make it weight. Mr. HALLs—This information is founded upon ' he sixth section of the Act, which merely affects the denotninatimi un der which the breed is sold. The Informer—Bat your• 'Worship sees it is under weight. Mr. HALL!—Then the information should have gone upon the seventh clause,, which provides for that. I must dismiss this case for want of evidence. Mary Taylor, of Monmouth -street, St. Gibes's, was next called, but she being very unwell; her son appeared for her. Biers swore that on Saturday, the 13th of September, he went into her shop, and asked a young womanbehind the coun ter for altalf-quartern lost ; she said they sold none, but that they. had two-pound loaves, and she handed him one without weighing it. Sir R. BIRNIE—Aye, she would not bite that way, and therefore you thot,yht you'd have her the other way. Mr. HALLS is cave does not deserve any penalty; let her pay, the costs. Sir K. liiyang-:-An informer is sometimes a useful person, and should be supported on fair and equitable terms. But here an illegal thing is asked for—it is not given, however; and why inflict a penalty for a mere omission which doesnoinjtuy ? Informers, I say again, are stinietithes"uieful, but they should proceed on as nearly fair grounds as possible. If they do not, they should not have the countenance of any fair or honest man in the community. • The, Informer—The matter 'stand, soi your Worship, In this case c but not in any of the hundreds which I have had, and still have to 'bring.- Sir R., BinstiE , --Do they come on t o-morrow?--Irmo, your. Worship; ••. ' . - • Then you are afraid of me ?—No, your Worship, I. should feel Prowl if 'ou wonld• be here. I think I should do justice to an - informer as well as to a baker ?—I• am otherwise engaged, your Worship, as I have business at .Hatton :garden. The Witness—lf I asked for a two-pound loaf, your Wor ship they'd be sure to weigh it. dr. HALLs—To be•sure, that serves the public, though it does not serve the informer. Ilenceit is that we'd° not inflict the penalty. George Charlton, of St. Martin's-huie, was the third in the Biers again swore; that on Saturday, the 13th of September, he went into the defendant's shop and asked for a half- quartern loaf, and was served by the defendant with one, us ing these expressions—" Here's one.". Mr. HALLS—What one —a loaf, or a quartern loaf? Biers—Your Worship, he delivered it to me without weigh ing it. - The defendant—We 481 no such' 10ave5....-we make none, and it is impossible* to sell what we • don't- make. - These people come into our shops when we are busy of a Saturday night, only , 0-take advantage.. ' • Sir R. Maxi r—That won't he denied rbelieve. The Defendant:•—•And what are honest people to do ; how are they to be protected ? Mr.. Hat-Ls—By conforrnitik to the laws. 'VW were asked fora quartern loaf, and you,said here's one. What and then, was It but a quartern 164 which the law does not allow petit° make.nor'sell under•such,e denOmination ? • The Defendant—This loaf • is not a quartern loaf, for it weighs 21b:1 oz. - • _ _ The Informer—Then it is not a 2,1 b. loaf; and besides you did not weigh it. : ' ' Ilam.s—This case certainly; differs from the first, and yet 'l'must say that I regret to tine you'401:; and that 'regret is caused by my belief that, you were ; nut aware of any . transgres- Sion you might have committed. The Informer - -1 Nitre you; Warship will include-the costs also. I have lost many . cases on appeal a t th e Sessions in con sequence of costs not be i ng included. .I care not whether it be a penny or five shillings, but some costs are required by the Act of Pathament. Four shillings costs were the 4 allowed him. 'enus Anderson, of St: Clements 's passage, stood fourth On the , list. Biers was the witness,oand awoke to the same de mand and the same answer as in the former cases, and the de fendant was also fined-40s. and-costs.' Ann Hood, of St. James's-street, Covent ! garden, was fined for not a loaf Which'sh eur ii n t e n t ionally sold Biers. He asked for, a half-quartern lost', she, replied they sold none but 21b. or - 41b. loaves, dud tberebY'saved her pocket and acted up to the regulation prescribed by the.Aet of Parlietnent. Mr. HALLS—I hope the : publicity of these proceedings will ba„ itdtiueetfeet upon the bakers, and will teach them td-be cautious for the future. Let a notice be -posted up in every shop' that neither quartern nor half-quartern loaves are sold there ;,and the loales .they iell be weighed; however deno minated by the huyers, I shall not consider them as sold under the dentnnitiatiOn of quartern loaves,• so as to then( With: ,in the provision of the sixt)t section of the Acti, brine l'he Act has been alttigetber the seeking of the bakers, and they must abide by it. FOR 'THE SI;TINT . . Ma. Eurrpn r ---The following extract frona au excellent 'work, entitled lc Ilc t Espagne des ConsOzieugs de l'Ati:rue4oit Armee,' 4y' moos. A TFEABUVEB:IA6rI:::, a de C woric li am astonished never to traie 'seen noticed in an English ,paper, considering the, effect and int.; mense sale it had in Franca, and distinguished as'the author is for the general correctness of his views and his high political . reputation, is' pecu liarly applicable to the aettill state of affairs be tween the Madrid;: Regcnc+ on the ent.ilanlt, supported, as it is riooo , 4rti*Aptry ilte-Kuostart Arnbitsintdor, 'a nd thlr Duee or A NGOiatiltriin the other,' not supported,it would appear by the French Cabinet. I TRAiiSLATIox.I " The party which France goes to assist,, or which offers to assist France,. is in a divided state, and must be so because it is without unity of po‘wer,' and is free alternately to recog nise or cast off the same directing influence without any othei' motive on the part of those who dissent, than their own per sonal views and manner of considering the conduct ot their Chiefs ; without any other effort than Merely that of separat ing from those they had joined ; without any fear on their part from the separation, because, being volunteers, they might turn their arms against whoever should try to controul them, and kindle civil war in the party, as has already been done in the country. I shill not offer these results as probable, but as almest inevitable, unless the end of the armed intervention be attained with the rapidity of lightning. We already know the divisions which exist between the civil and militarY agents ; they broke out with defeat, and success would only augment them, since success would infallibly - give greater activity to pretensions. Civil agents are terrible obstacles in the wars of parties: I do not know a cause which they have not contri buted to lose. If the three* distinct view, joined under the banner of armed intervention, be added to the account, and the impossibility of their agreeing when victory forces them to declare a result, we shall then know how many real divi sions may break' out before the struggle, while it lasts, or after it is ended. The inevitable • effect of those divisions will be to render the war in Spain national H. * The three parties whose views he here alludes to, he has already explained in a former part of the work to he— ist, Those who think the armed intervention necessary for the sake of the Roman Catholic faith ; 2dly, Those who are in favour of it, in the interest of absolute power ; and 3dly, The indefinite or conciliating party, without, he says, a fixed view or plan. MR. HAMILTON'S SYSTEM OF TEACHING. • The subjoined: Letter MS. addressed to the Editor of. The Ti m ,es, by Mr. Hamturox, in reply to certain premature strictures on his system, which had appeared in that Journal.— The insertion of Mr. HAMILTON'S reply having, however,: been refused. by the 'Editor of The Times, we think it is in some degree an act of duty, both to the Public and to Mr. HAMILTON, to give it a place in our columns:— TRUE STORY of A:AELAR:4.-oa-ttoiskz. Tile following is extracted from a work re cently .published in Paris, entitled Melanges d'llistaire et do Literature. The first piece in the volume relates to ELOISA and ,4air,Ann. The common story of Abelard being employed as a tutor to Eloise, and his being punished. as soon as her uncle knew of tier dishonour, is 'ex ceedingJy remote frOm the truth. It is well known that Abelard was a person of the .very highest eminence in philosophy and all the litera ture of his age.;, that he became enamoured of 'l:rasa, and tempted the avarice ,of The old. Canon 4uhert, with whom she lived, by offering him a large board on condition „of his taking him. into the house ; that the. Canon added to the bar4ain the further obligation of instructing his niece ; and that upon her proving with Child they both made their escape—she lying-in at - his sister's— and he soon after returning, apparently without anyloss of respect, to prosecute his . studies, and continue his school of philosophy. Our author fixes thedate of .her delivery in the year 1118, when she : was 18, and he 38 years old. He ,soon found means to appease Hubert, by promising marriage ; but Eloise (as we know from one of those exquisite letters which Pope hasimitated*), in a fit of romantic attaciiinent, refused to he any thing more (or less).than his mistress—and would not listen to a project , which, according. to 'the custom of the age, Would have put an end to the principal occtipatlort. of his life. A secret mar riage was then agreed upon, to satisfy the uncle, with whom she continued to reside ; while the lover pursued his ordinary avocations—seeing her very seldom. At length some worthy nuns began to gossip, and to complain of the Rev'. Canon's complaisance. He assured them of the, marriage, which the lovers, denied ; and this produced. a quarrel with Hubert, and a second elopement of his niece. Our, author judiciously suggests that the extreme unwillingness of Abelard to termi nate all their difficulties by a'public marriage, and his suffering ; Eloise to sacrifice herself for his ad vantage, may shew that (as not 'infrequently happens in such attachments) there was more love on her side than on his. The catastrophe fol lowed, ,in all probability, soon after the second elopement ; and five persons were engaged in .it, beside Hubert, and a treacherous servant of Ahe lard's. Of these,,only one and the :servant were taken ; they suffered by the lex lalignis, and. had their eyes put out besides ; and Hubert's lgoods were confiscated to the Church. Abetard, resolving now to retire from the world,. made his unfortunate mistress do, the same—though she ,seems not to have finally made up her mind for two years. She took the veil in 1122, at Argen teuil, after the usual novicate of a year—and be soon after professed at St. Denis. Being of a tur bulent, austere, and even qtrarrebioMe disposition, tie could not remain long in this,fraternity—but retired to a wild forest near ,Nagent-sur-Seine, where he 'founded the Paraclete, sometime be tween 1128 and, 1130. Although, at first, he had only a log-house for a chapel, and a few miserable huts for habitations, his, great fame at tracted scholars, who flecked around him, and led the life of hermits to receive his instructions. In this situation he was chosen Abbot of St. Gildas, de Ruyr,,whither he immediately repair 'ed. - Meantime Eloise's convent was dissolved by •the : appropriation of its lands to another house, and Abelard invited her to become, Abbess of the Parecleteorliere she established herself with some other refugees, among !hem were two nieces of his. At St. Glides, to which he returned assoon as he had put Eloise in possession of the Para clete, he, as .usual, quarrelled. with his monks ; his misfortunes, indeed, seem to have soured his temper, naturally irriteble. Peter of cluni af forded him a retreat; and he died in that.monas tery, or. a cutaneous disease, in April 1142, at the age of sixty-three. 'Eloise survived him twenty years, and died at the same age, . Their, only child, who, from his extraordinary beauty, was named Astrolabe, took orders, obtained a .Canonry through the interest of the good Abbot of Cluni, .and survived his father, but has left no further traces of himself in history. Some of Eloise's letters speak of her anxiety for his advancement in the Church, with her characteristic earnestness and warmth of affection. The remains of Abelard were transported to the Paraclete by Eloisa's :desire, and she was herself - buried in the same coffin. Their bodies were afterwards separated, but, in the year -1779, they were again united ; and, in, opening the coffins, it was then observed that Abelard's bones were reduced to dust, ex cept the scull, which was of an extraordinary Ihickoess ; that Eloisa's were much better pre served, and her skull was also pectilierly thick, and the teeth of a beautiful whiteness. Th ese • remains were, during the Revolution, carried'to .Paris, and were, till lately, in the Mnseum of Aneient Monuments; but the piety of the re stored Government has consigned thern to a consecrated place, in the cemetery of Pere La Chaise. 'the tradition of the Paraelete is not Very favourable to the amenity of Eloisa's tern per and manners' ifi her retreat, however exalted' TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. - Sr—Next to a zealous and enlightened friend, the author of any useful art can desire nothing room likely to promote his views than an honourable and well-informed adversary. There is nothing in your critique of my mode of teaching which ought to deprive you of this character. Your opinion,: are those of men of education generally, %rho have,nOt had an opportunity 'of witnessing the effects of my system. • Of this I cannot justly :complain ; and if you will only continhe to use the arms of truth'and candour; and allows:lie to defend myself with the Like weapons, I do not hesitite to declare my willingness to make even-you, Sir,'the judge 'and umpire of my pretensions as a teitaher, and consent that my system be adopted or rejected by .your single suffrage. After mentioning that I engage to teach &person wholly un acquainted with the French language to write and speak it in 48 lessons, you acknowledge that " it is a very short cut to the attainment of linguistical excellence; and should it prove a safe one, Mr. Hamilton's discovery must certainly supersede every other mode of instruction in this branch of education." Let me entreat you, Sir, to mention what species of evidence you will receive, to prove the safety of this " short cut." I have taught only in America ; I offer the most respectable evidence it could prestace; and I addressed on my arrival here several of these testimonies to the Editors of the dtfferent Papers; they were returned me, I have reason to believe, without being read ; they are yet at your disposition, nor can you confer on me a grentei: favour than to examine them with attention. After giving the detail of the lesson on French and German, von say, " It 'strikes us . That after 40 lessons of . this nature, the knowledge of any language will be . very imperfect indeed." I grant tr, but I have nu where said the 48 lessons all re semble this.one.. Every lesson .has for its basis the precee ding one, but no4WO are alike: It is , necessary that all the parts of a system should conduce to the end proposed, but all surely need not resemble each other. The fi rst lesson only e was given. I might indeed have thrown more light on the remainder of die course than I did , and regret that I did not know that any person desired it ; still it would h ave b een utterl impossible to give in one sheet 'Lecture a perfect id ea of thY' whole system. All .I had promised for the everting, and many thought I had promised more than I could pe r f orm, was / be _ lieve - accoMplisbed to the satisfaction of the audience, nor would it.: be jest to,condetnn an entire systembecause a single lecture did not contain the whole of. it. The testimony o f t h e on l y nation in which - I. have taught being rejected, or voluntarily re linqUished, I have, Sir, but one resource left ; it i s an a i, cal to the progress of my pupils here. 'rhis evenin g (Tue sday, the 16th dayy of September,) seyerul gentlemen 'wholly. with a degree of accuracy unac quainted with the French language ar e i to receive their ffrst les. son, at my apartments in'the,Atielph`. I have ...t.:..1 t hatpro....... at the end of ten lessons they Shell be ableuread.and translate the Gospel Of St. John, cemprelleedini with the inflexions of the verbs, at least 10,000 ditierent words, and.grammatical precision awhiehmo person* who hasinot had" other well stop th e advantages than can be derived, from it school education . is capable; andthat they shall know all the words contained; in that Gospel Wherever they may Meet then, and however critnhined. The lesisoria will be given three times a Week, and will cense querttly end on Tuesday, the 7th day of October. O n t h a t evening I invite you, Sir, nay, entreat stir , to att e nd' ; an d i f the class do not verify the vretlictiori, the positive en gagement which I here make, your testimony wi Progress of a mischievous delusion ; but it, contrary to what you may now think possible, or at least probable; the reality of this system be demonstrated by the performance a evens member of the classonuy I not hope that you will do Justice to the aystem which I advocate, and thus remetlY the Iniery . which the ex pression of your opinion must neces sarily have do ne me I! I am, Sir, yours, hic. J. HAMILTON. The'closenemi.of the itnitatitii, in many places, approaches to translation. Wharton has cited part of 'the original Of the celebrated passage alluded to in the text—,but he has stopt short where the resemblance becomes _strongest—" End uXorts no. men sanctius et validius videtur, diticuis mini vetiver extitit *Mew vocabulutn, aqt . si non intligneris, Concubine, vol Scums. Deum testern invoco, si me Augustus, univento d . ens mundo matrim on ii h onore di gna i etu r , totuniqu e in born contirinaret, in penietuo prasidenduin, charius utihi et , iii taus mihi videtur tu n dici-,lllfretrix Imam Whitt impel-atria.' -= any of thelimplitc4ians of POpe upon the venous parts of 'the original are thd'Count Buss . `Publication :of the Letters7,—andin the , iligtaire 41' &hist •at cr ilbella'n ',Hague 1693; if we mariudge from the citations in I3ayle. a notion it - Lay eve of the' chsrins her con versation—charms, to which all her accounts bear witness ; and, indeed, tie remains of her correspondence themselves impress 'us, with' a extraordinary, ip 11 S of her merits. the best judges have given to her style the 'Preference over that of her !Wend and master, for pusity and iii tural grace, ~Her temper, like his, vatic in all likelihood affected by their calamities. , s DISCO VIRY of a" CAVE in DIOIVidftV:" • ( From the I.lell'ast Aretih.-Lettre'r4 A. very curious excavation in a Soll&its4.l4l' been lately 'illsOvereti ni Dromore.. 'VT that scene - liboUreri who A eeee emptcyett - te quarrying ttear the Old Castle,: fourtir*ittiliS it yards of that ancient building, and on die veil* top of the rock, a circular aPerture'of threefeet in diameter, into which large .stones had been closely wedged, almost on a level With the Sur.: face. These impediments having bertt reinored, several persons descended into the cavity, the dimensions of which Were accurately talten by Mr. Welsh, of Droniore, and are as foltows From the - top of the 'aperture td , - the floor, four feet 6 inches. The floor is a rectangle of 2,4 i t t length, by 2 feet 6 inches in width. The -sides are perpendicular to thelloor,-and 'are three feet,. eight, inchea.high. .-effset at the top-of the wall of four- inchesi : from which the roof springs in a segment of e large circle about three feet beloW the rock's surface. • ,On the floor were found several brokeu urns formed of coarse cl a y, a nd of different dimensions and formi, together with pieces of rotten wood, char.; . coal, human hones, and Those of ether aninals- 7 4 part of each of which, is pow in Mr. Welsh's .pos session. ft is OtiVießs - that this 'ekeavation in a solid rock had bee formed with infine labour to serve asa cemetery for the,tlead, ft belongs to that species of Leachtor Tamleachta, now called Kisde vans, or as the Irish literati write the word's, K isde bitana *, which may be translated. Death's cOl&r, slid justly classed (nOi in magni: tude but in - duration) with the enormous stone sepulchres or 64 eternal houses!' of the 'Egyp tians. These Kisde bhanarare commonly found to contain bhkeil clay, buint bones, Charred wood,. end adepous or fatty matter. The other specious of Leacht (or stony sepulchre) may be found-enclosed in any of our large cairns. Many of those :cairns have been opened from time to time,-and in each of them was discovered that curious combination of pond erous stones called Druid's Altars, so• perfectly encircled by smaller stones, thas no priest could 'tale ap proached them' to use them as Altaic. tinder these, were found hones, urns, charred wool!, Eochaid, who was King of Ireland. about 14 years before the birth of Christ, -charstged' the cus... tom of burning- into that of burying the dead, and thence obtained the' name of Arvarnh, the Grave. Dromore, in which this -ancient Cave and the old castle-alluded to above - are situated, lies in the barony of Lower' I veaelt. Its-original name was Baileitagalla, and under-this denotni_ nation it was - erected (by letters patent of'Jernes the First, in the eighth year of his reign) into a manor,- called the manor of Dromore, with a court leet, Court baron free market on Se- , turday, and two annual fairs, to be held near; the Church, where a great stone cross stood,-&e. Dromore (or rather Druhnore) signifieslhe-great, ridge of . .a hill. Here St. Colman, - an Irishman,. of the Sept of the Arads, erected bishopricic. in -the 6th century. Usher states, that -he was born in the year, 516, anti- died in 610. He is, mentioned byCeignu. in his- TriuditThiumu., tu - rgcr, page 113, 16§, as the founder of Dro-. more, and by Ware, page. 267, An Episcopal , houie was built here by Bishop BuCkworth,A.D.,. 16.4f,' whiCh was burned in .the rebellion. The" Right Rev, Dr. John gterne; Bishop of this See, expended 3,0001., ittimproveMents' itt Dromore,, But Dro more has been rendered ri nac 1,. ble for' having' been under Ole adtnioistration of thos e . eloquent and pious prelates,•Dr.leremy Taylor and the late learned, revered,amtadmira b les elio 7 ler, Dr. Perct. tr he 'Mortal renutits . of',Teremy Taylor,' and of his friend,- Dr. George Rust, are' deposited in the same vault-itt Drodiore Cathedral' It is' not improbable that the rave ilescribki above was the burying-Wake of St: Colman, w is sometimes called Colmanuitli 'end' sometimes Mocholmoc, by Irish biographers, but we have.: not leisure to ascertain this point. Itv the siith .• century, the Irish had not altogether ceased from'. burning the remains or their dead, notwitluttant ing the edict of .their farmer King. * Pronounced Kiade vana—bh being tantamount to Y. RIOIOUS s CONDUCT 1N TUE FIa:ET PailloNc4.-.1. Yesterday evening Robert Selby Hele, Chartem linatchballoind John Watson, wire brought-np by virtue of a , writ of lictbeas Corpus, from awl Fleet.prison, wherein they had been long coo., fined on mane process, to plead at, Justice-114 7 Old Bailey, to an indictment preferred against them by the Warden of the said prison ) for riotous and disorderly conduct therein, and for obstructing the offi . cers thereof in the prompt ex e ctition of their dUty. The CoUrt ordered them all to be committed to Newgate, iii default of bad, and otdered them to giv.e 24 hours' notice. ,477,?ioth v y, who was' MagiStiUtes' a f We underst an d that i ; t l : o l , o 4? o , ole examined' gin' Thursday Greenwich, charged as one of,, the rnurdereri.or Air. % A rm, a t k.ewiAharn, and his brOther, hor Timid who were` the leastgiilty in the tiiiiis actfon, have hierfatlrnitiettlin6 evidence, and have• rutiele rutt difthisuie of,;all . the circutu 'stances attending this atrocinin* transacticai:— . - (Kentish Garetk.)