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Lion of his experience .his - caution, that he would not have transmitted it et ally unless he had been.assured of its (Alicia .origin: • But we must , in candour add, that - these considerations amount only to 4 strong probability in faiour of the genWineness of the document ;.• and we con fess that we ourselves would have been. inclined . to regard it as spurious, if we had known nothing of the quarter from which it obtained publicity. The question *ill pro., babty be settled by the arrival of hwe of yesterday. In the mean ,time, ,we have . „ only to repeat our belief, ' that a plan .has been formed for , delivering up Cadiz and the King of SPAIN to 'the Duke d'ANnout.eme,—that the French Government confidently expect that the design will he successful ;—but, that in the event of its'failure, the' Prince Generalissimo is instructed immediately to open negociatiens with the Constitutional Government, previously to, or during the progress of which, the' Regency will be ordered to decree its own dissolution, by the same authority to which it is indebted for its ephemeral existence, A private letter has he'en received in the City, stating that an English merchantman, called ., the Spanish Patriot, has been captured by the French squadron, in an endeavour to enter Cadiz.— Twelve men were taken out of her, and put in confinement. Files of American Papers have been received this morning to the 2d August. [From the New York Gazette.] FALL or MARACAlllo.—(Caraccas Papers to the 2d inst., and a Supplement of the Colombiano tif' the 4th.)—The latter contains an Official Dis patch from General MAxmowt, dated at Mara caibo, on the 17th ult., announcing the capture of that place. The Patriot forces effected a landing sit the Points Senamayre anti Perija. At 5 o'clock an action ensued which lasted till 9 o'clock, when the enemy was compelled to retreat to the moun tains, leaving the capital in possession of the Pa iriots, who were unable to pursue them, as the niglct W 23 very dark, accompanied with heavy rain. The Royalist force is not stated, but is said to have been greater than the Patriots. All Ole smaller vessels of the enemy were taken, the artillery, a large, park of ammunition, and 1,000 suits of clothes. The Patriots lost 40 killed, and 130 wounded; the enemy's loss is stated at 4 200 wounded, and 80 killed. MARACAIBO RETAKEN. Curacoa Paperi to the 12th inst. give an ste count of the recapture of Maracaibo, by the troops under MottALEs, who entered the town with the main. body of the army, withoutany resistance ; the :'Colombian force having made good their retreat, 'after hiving pillaged the city. FROM HMANlCUl.—Cartain PEZANT arrived at Charleston, in five days, from Havannah ;. re ports that a French frigate had arrived there with a flag al truce with dispatches from the Go vernor of Martinique to the Governor of Cuba: they proposed an accommodation between the French of that island and Cuba, which Was not acceded to. COMMERCIALLY IMPORTANT.—The New York Mercantile Advertiser says, that an arrangement has been agreed upon between the Governors of the Spanish and French West India islands, that their commerce shall not he molested by the ves sels of war of those notions on the station. This arrangement was completed at Martinique. TUE PAVILLTON at Brighton, according to re. port, is to be wholly demolished, but whether for the purpose of rebuilding on the same scite is not known. The very idea of. His MAJESTY'S removal from the place has excited much alarm. We hope, however, that it will continue to be the occasional residence of His MAJESTY, as the air is salutary, and the inhabitants loyal and affec tionate in the bigheit degree. The lioyal ter - race at Windsor will not be again opened to the public on Sunday evenings dUring the remainder of the season. Yesterday morning at half-past eleven o'clock the Duke of CLAIu arrived in town from Bushey, end left town for the same place in the evening. The I)uke•of WELLINGTON transacted business on Tuesday at the Ordnance Office in Pull-mall, preparatory to his departure for the Continent, 911 his tour of inspection.. _ We are happy to state that the Earl of BRJAGE. WA.TI4II, who for so long a period was dangerously HI, has recovered his health and spirits to a degree which has mast agreeably surprised his friends. • Mn. Inv'No.- 7 -ghe fame of this gentleman as a Preacher has naturally set the engraver to work, and a print is seen in the shops. If it be like him, it may fairly be said, that he does not exhibit " the Beauty of holiness." General ItorreN, who commands in Barcelona, is a swiss. The Baron de Cardondelet, who Is at the head of a strong constitutional guerilla, operating chiefly in the muun. taint between Arragon and New Castile, Is u Belgian. Letters by the Leeward Island mail were re ceived i n Glasgow on Saturday. The crops in the Leeward Islands were good, but exceedingly late, from the continued heavy rains at the period when the packet sailed, the first week in July, FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Duke of St. Albait's and the Ladies Ileanclerk, at their house in St. James's‘square. froth their seat, Gatton, Surrey ; Lord Lynedoch, at Warren's Hotel, RegentAtreet, from: the .Continent ; Captain Dimeombe, at Long's; Claremont Hotel, Bond-street, • from Brighton:, Mr, and Mrs. Girdiestone, at ditto, from. Cheltenham; Signor Lucena, at ditto, from Rome; Sir Robert Lawley, at illivatt's Hotel, ' Lower Brook-street, from 11'arwicks1ure ; Mr. Mid Mrs. Hervey, and Family, at the Hyde Park Hotel, from Worthing; Henry Fawcett, Esq. at ditto, from Cheltenham ; Cpl. Marsack and E. Sheen, FA+ at ditto, from Berkshire. - • • DE TAUT 11 RES.—The Earl and Countess Gower, for the Marquis of Stafford's seat, Dunwhin Castle, Sutherlandsltire ; Lord Arden,for his seat ' at Epsom ; the Reit lion. H. lima. burn, for üblin Castle ;' Dowager' Mareldoness of Lotuion. derry and Dowager Lady Suffield,, for North Cray, Lent; Viscount Althorpe, from his seat, Wiseton Ilan, Yorkshire, on a'shooting-party, at the Duke hI Devonshire's, Chatsworth, Derbyshire; the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton., and Family: from Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for their scat in Scot, land . ; Lord and Lady Petre, and Family, from ditto, fur Brighton. .. , , ir - ',- c,''''" • • i.g . !.. , L(...7:, ~..7-.- j. 7 '.` 1 1 , 1 1eig ' -..:,, '''',..„.‘.:\,) " t .4. ,t, ~i 4. .if , ~,, o i'i ti. F t. s • , :- .. 1 ,?- ~... „..,,, c4► . 1 1 4 . k,,,. ! S'7. -F: .:. -1t 0/ . .1- - -4 ' 7 " : i 3. - •,.,, , ,,,, L .,..„ _ FASHIONABLE PARTIES. This clay the Gentlemen of theliunfiedWHetthOn have a grand dinner at the Red tiion,Panipton. in honour or hb 4 RuYal Ili ghness the fluke of Clarenee's Birth-day.. Sir ..lohn Gibbon in the Chair. r Yesterday the Earl and Countttss of Liverpodl dined at Bushy House. Dixiont TN Tioxorn of Sin JAMUS M'Gaecton.—On Friday last, the 15th; a number of Medical Gentlemen con.. nected with the Army gave a dinner, at the Waterloo Tavern, in honour of Sir James M'Grigor, Director-General of the Army Medical Department, who is now in 'Edinburgh. Dr. Buchan, Deputy. Inspector of llmpitals, was in the chair; Dr. Maclagan, Physician to the Forces, officiated as croupier. About forty gentlemen sat down to dinner, among whom !ere the Presidents of the Colleges of Physicians and Surgeonti, several of the Professors of the University, and a number nt the most eminent medical practitioners here. The. evening was spent in the greatest harmony and conviviality, and dining the whole of it one common sentiment of admiration and respect for the talents and services of Sir James 11PGrigor pervaded and animated all present. The dinner and wines , provided by Mr.' Oman, were excellent.—( Edinburgh Courant. ) KING AND CONSTITUTION CLUB. NORwICII, At; u. 20.—0 n the King's birth-day the Inde pendent King and Constitution Club celebrattli their fieth an niversary at the Rampant Horse Inn, on which occasion the Hon. Colonel AVODEIIoUsE, M.P., his :Majesty's Lieutenant for the County, honoured the Society by his presence.—H N Kr FRANCIS, Esq. the President, was in the Chair.—Among the ;llembers present were— The Mayor, Edmond' Wodehouse, Esq.. 31.1'.' for the county ; Aldermen .1. Ilarvey and C. Brown • 31r. Sheriff Day, J. Ives, B. Kittmer, G. Morse, and A. A. if. Beckwith, Esqrs., and other Gentlemen of great respectability ; man Patteson, 11. Fisk, Esq. (Sheriff elect), Major-Cole, and Capt. St. John, were also present. This Club, which has now been established five years, it be come of great weight and importance. It appears that between 20 and 30 new members had been added to the lists during the put year, among whom were several Magistrates and Gentle men of fortune. Very many excellent specchei were 'elicited during the evening, breathing the genuine spirit Of. the Con stitution. " • • Among the many toasts the following were r e ce i ved w i th the greatest approbation : " The King—Liod bless him." " Our Fellow-citizen, the Lieutenant : of the County, and long may he live to enjoy the privilege this day conferred upun him by the Corporation." The Mayor, and prosperity to the City of Norwich."—(By Colonel Wodehouse.) " The High Sherif!' of the County."—(By Cot Ilexv7y). " His Majesty's Ministers, with thanks to them for their wisdom, zeal, and attention to the interests of the people on all occasions."—This toast Ivan given by Mr. Ives, prefaced by a very neat and energetic address, pointin g o u t t h e vari' oun benefit% the country had derived from the able manner in which they had conducted the affairs of this country during a long and eventful period. " John Patterson, Esq." " The Sherif& oislorwich." " Lord Wodehouse'and the House of Kin►berley." " The President, and Prosperity to the Indepcndent Kin•• and Constitution Chtb."—( By Colonel IVodehause.) .‘ Colonel Ilarvey." " The Member for the County. Edmond Wodelionso, Es." —(11y Col. Harvey.)—This toast was followed by very long and continued applause. " The President for the year ensuing, Crisp Brown, Esq."--- (By Mr. Ives.) Married on Tuesday last, at Swaffiunn Norfolk, 3o tt x Ws rams, Esq., of Epping, to .JAN}, only ;laughter of Wu, LIAM YABBINGTON, Esry., of the former place. The KING'S THEATRE has lenity been trans ferred into now hands, and prepariations nro making to open it with splendour. It is but jus tice to Mr. Eacas to acknowledge, that he cou- ducted it with spirit and liberality. The cap. tious complaints that he did not expend money in mere embellishment of the Theatre, were the off spring of private pique. Ile supplied a good vocal company, and an ample and excellent Copps de Bullet. The public were satiofied, and have only to wish that the establishment may hereafter be as well conducted. The Melo-drame of Malabo, Me Destroyer, taken from SOUTHEY'S interesting Poem, has been very attractive at the ROYAL COBURG THEATRE. AMMO the higher visitors we have noticed the following, who were highly gratified by the performance : Lord Selsey, Sir R. Gressley, lion. Mrs. Bradshaw, Lord F. Conyngham, Lady Mac Farlane, Lady Astley. Lady Thurlow, Lady Baker, Lady Paul, Hon. Mr. Byng, Lady E. Monk. The external regu lation of the Theatre is under the direction of Mr. Bowes, whose dilig:nce and courtesy en title him to approbation and respect. MGHENRY JOHNSTON has opened the Theatre at Mr. Mrs. DAVISON is at present among his Performers. Miss TREE has been very attractive at the Edinburgh Theatre, where she is still perform. ing, and is much admired as an actress, as well as a first-rate singer. MATHEWS, it is said, has brought back a Budget of American Oddities, which in due time will probably be submitted to the public. Ile is a shrewd observer of all peculiarities, and he brings them forward with singular precision, in. genuity, and effect. Miss Wu.sor,T, who came forward with so much eclat at Drury-Lane Theatre, and whose musical powers have been exerted with great success in various parts of the Kingdom, is about to quit this country, in order to improve herself in Italy. Her character is so amiable, and her conduct has been so proper, that, with such ex. traordinary vocal talents, she is sure of exciting esteem and admiration wherever she may so-, journ. Her sister is to accompany her, and her preceptor, Mr. T. WEr,sit, is to follow as soon as his engagements here will permit. Ile and Mr. liAwEa are now the sole proprietors of the Argyll Establishment, and during his absence it may,safely be entrusted to the judgment ) at tention, and integrity of the latter. P 0 T It .Y. . - - • THE GENIUS OF Sleep and Sdence•wrag the earth, Hush's' is every voice Of_ mirth.; Labour's daily task is done, 'the weary rustic home has goner ' - And from the hamlet riot a sound Breaks the hallowed peace arognd. Even in the lordly banquet ban 'Tis darkness now, and Stillness all; The guesti have left: the daiice and feast, • The music's sprightly tones have ceas:d, And not a taper's glimmering light Disturbs the solemn reign of night. To the sleeping world descending; See a fairy form is bending; - It sails upon the fleecy elotids, Whose vaponry mist its heautY• Abrotbc: :A wand, enrich'd with gems of light, .• Is pendant from its girdle bright; In its hand two charmed wreaths, One of flow'rs, whose scented breaths And rainbow 'beauties far ,outvie The fairest seen by mortal eye: . The other wreath all dark appears, Of Cypress tWin'd, and bath's! in tears. • tipirtt % desc e nd! I know thee nows, I know thee by thy shaded brow • And, changing Cheek, on which is wrought Etseh image of thy varying thonght Yes, thou art he whose shadowy beam • Illumes the sleeper's vision'd stream, When, from its every . fetter free, , 'The wand'rin g So u l ti led by thee. IF,tntastie guide !--who would not lave .For ever by thy , side to rove ? Who'would not quit a world like this For thy bright realm of bliss; -And leave behind them, as they fly, Life and its , dull reality ? One touch of thine enchanted wand Transports us to adistant land s —.. Unites the ties that Fate would sever, Recals the joyi now gone for suer. Thy rosy wreath of fairy flosters' • , ltrin,gx back the light of happy . hours, And throws its warm and glowing ray On Sorrow's cold and cloudy way. But oh their hopeless heart must pine Who wear that starker wreath of thine ! Beneath its sad and baleful shade 'their blooming hopes must droop and fade. The world has many toils and cares, But none so keenly felt as their's. O'er long past scenes of Fief and pain 'time draws its veiling cloud in Valli ; Thy potent spell can each renew, And give to each a deeper hue ; eau wring the heart with anguish torn, By cold neglect and cutting scorn, 'n til, oppressed almost to breakin g, Thou leavist it no relief but—waking! , SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. YORK At)(il 31EETING-11Ioxnav, Alto. 10. The Knavestnire handicap Stalcoi of 30tgs each, lOgs ft. for four-yr olds. Last mile and a half. Mr. Linnbtons ch. c. Lorenzo, 74. 101 b. - - 1 Mr. Chtritlge's rh. c. Akarins, 7st. 101 b. 14d Scarbrough's hi. f. Ebony, 7st. 91h. - - - :1 141 Fitzwillient's b. r. Rinaldo, 7st. 71b.. - - 4 Six paiti....Lir o u easy . - • The Stapleton Stakes of 100 gs each, h. ft. for two-years old colts, BMt. Mb.; fillies, Bst. 21b. Untried 3lares, 'tic. allowed alb. T. V. C. • Ltl Milton's b. e. Confederate, by Comus 1 Mr. Larnbton's hr. f. llargravine - 2 Mr. Petre's b. t. by Filho da Puta - - 3 'Won easy. The ritzwilliam Handicap Stakes of 30gs each,.lor ft. Last mile and 'three quarters. Mr. hambton's ch. m. Fortuna, S yrs, Tst.'9lb. - 1 IA Scarbrougles, b. h. Coronation, 5 yrs. Ist. 10Ib. Mr. Artustrong's h. h. Alexander, 6 yrs, pat. Bib. - Mr. T. 0. Powlett's b. h. Gambler, ii yrs,'/Ist. - 4 Mr. Gascoigne's b. ra..Cors. 6 Yrs , 'llat. 8 Ld ritzwillianes b..Saudbeck, ti yrs, HA. . C Three paitl.-Won easy. Produce Stakes of , loogs earl,, h. ft. for fmtr-ye old colts, Bit, 71b.; fillies, Bat. ; 41b.; 311). allowed, &c.—Four Mr. Watt's b. f. Alum, by Tramp - - wallad over ' Seven 'paid. Siv&Tstakes of 500 each, h. ft. 'for three-yr old colts, fist. Lib. ; fillies, fist. 21b.—Last mile and a half. Mr, Watt's b. c. A hron - • . - 1 Sii L Docissvorties hr. c. Honest,Joha . . - 2 .. . •. Three paid,—Won by half a length. One Hundred Guineas, given by his Al a j ea t f . *eerie any lignite, &c. ibtir..yr njibt, 104 t. 41b. ; fi ve , list. filb. ; six, 124 ; and aged, 124. 21b.—Four miles. `1 r. Iliddell's Ch. c. Pity-me, 4 yrs old . . - 1 1..1 Scarborough's hi. f. ;bony, 4 yrs old . - 2 :gr. Ferguson's b. c. Wanton, 4 yrs o ld -' - 3 Won cleverly. Match for 100 e, h. ft. ast. 21b. each, T. Y. C. Mr. Petrel's b. e. by I ramp - . received forfeit j _ CANTERBURY itAj ."''."—... F;ti, TVESD A Y, AVG. W. A Sweepstakes of 25 soy. each', for all ages. Two mi le s . Mr. Miller's ch. f. Pincushion, 3 yrs - . 1 Mr. Lushington's ch. c. The Smoker, .1 yrs • • Sweepstakes of 20 Noe. each, for all Ages. Mr. Lushington's ch. c. The Emoke r • walked over, Sweepstake,. of 10gs each, for all ages. Two wiles. Mr. Lushington's b. c. Repeater, 3 yrs. . I . tal. Camden named br. c. by Wh a l ebone, 3 yrs. SOUTHAMPTON RACES, Ttrnsnav, A va.l9. The Town Plate of 100 sovereigns added to a Sweepstakes of 10 gS. each.—Three mile heats. Duke of Richmond's gr. c. Swap; 4 yrs sold - - 1 1 Mr. Dilly's Momentous, 4 pa 41 • 2 dr Mr. J. Mills's Vertigo, 3 yrs old , . . - 3dr The Southampton Stakes, of g 3 sovereigns Cub, 15 ft. and only fi if declared, &c.—Two miles. 1). of Richmond's gr. 1. Dandliette, 3 is old, 7st. 10th. 1 Lord Ailesbury's Savernake, ft y rs old, 94t. 4th. . 2 Mr. Duntiat's Br . c. Grey Robin 3 yrs old, 7st. 41b. 3 4 Sweepstakes of sovereigns each,' with 30 added, for three and four yr. Olds. TWo mile heats. Duke of Richmond's Swim, 4 yrs old . 1 i Jr;. Fleming's bl. c. Augustin, 3 yrs old Lord Palmerston's Biondettu, 4 yrs old ? 7st. - • 2 1 1 - 1 3 dr . 3 2 dr CRICK T. The Great Match, which has excited so much interest, be. tween J. .1. Willan, Esq. with E. H. Mudd, Esq. and the County of Hants, against Weller Ladbroko, E s q. a nd all Eng. land, was decided on Monday last, after four days of the finest play ever witnessed, in favour of the County, who won by five wickets : E)7OLAND. fIANTB. lit inningg Id Ditto ]44 lot Innings 113 2d Ditto • 3114 • - 38 PIGEON SHOOTING. ............. 37 The match between Capt. Smith of Cheam, and Mr. Hu& son his partner, against Messrs. litgincy and Hollingsworth, at 13 birds each, 20 yards from the trap, for 30 sovereigns, took place on Bagshot Heath on Tuesday. It was a sporting n►atch, and the gun was backed to kill each time. Betting ev en , an d that 42 birds were not killed. The match was decided as fol lows c Hudson, II; Smith, 10; Total, 21.—Rodney, 10 ; Hollings. worth, 9 ; Total, HI. The day was fine, and the 'dawning was very true. The winners were backed at 2 to 1 after having shot at four birds each, and betting became even again after both had missed their ninth birds. The birds tie* fitvourable to the gun. WHITE SAVAGES.—The Milledgeville (United States) Papers, inform us, that a few Indians having encamped, two or three weeks ago, in a neighbouring c o u n ty, for the purpose of supply . ing themselv e s with venison, a party of whit e men went to their camp (the Indians being oh. sent on a hunting excursion), and took t h e i r blankets, cl o th e s, saddles, bridles, pr ov i s i on, and skins, an d m a de a bonfire of the whole ! The Indians were entirely peaceable, had done no mischief, and were furnished with recommeo. rations from M'lntosh and Burnett, so li c i ting for them friendly treatment; but it was the mis- fortune of these children of the forest to meet with savages worse than Indicts. i ERCANTI LE SHIPPING. FitmouTn, Atm. S.W.-:.Arrived the Alert, Chapman, from Galloon, in 62 days Duke of Wellington packet, from America: sailed from. New York the 21st ult. and Halifax the Ist inst. The Roletta, Atkinson, arrived off the Port yesterday : sailed from St Jago di Cuba the lath of June, and from Jamaica, with about 30 sail of vessels, ander convoy of his Majesty's Ship Pyramus, on the let of June, and left the convoy on the 18th.--Information was received here this morning that ti Dutch East Indianian was on shore on unwalloe Iliad:, the other side of the Lizard, Supposed to have happened in the fog yesterday; no particulars have yet trans pired. DEAL, AUG. 20.—Wind S.W.--Came down from the River and remain, the Royalist, Cook, for the South Seas. Arrived the Brothers, Motley, from Jamaica; Pursuit, Beane, from Petersliiirgh ; and Fanny, Guild, from Gibraltar. for Leith : sailed the let of August. None of the outward-bound have , sailed to-day. PORTSMOUTH, At; G. 20.—Wind S.W.—Salled the Success transport to the Eastward. . . . Cowes, Atm. 20.—Arrived the Borodino transport, to take troops to the Cape of Good HoPe. PLYatotITII, At:a. arrivals or Ease IwnrA SITIPPINIG.—Yexterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the Ibllowing ships were thus timed, viz. :—Macqueen, Duchess of Athol, and Berwickshire, for Bengal and China; Thomas Coutts, Duke of York, .and .Castle-Iluntley—Botnbay and China;_ General Harris—St. Helena , Bencoolen and China ;to be afloat 18th Nov. 1823 ; sail to Gravesend 4 .1 d December ; xis,' there thirty days; and be in the Downs Bth Jen. 1824. Sir David Scott, Canning, and Earl of Balearras—Bengal and China ; London —St. Helena, Bombay, and China ; to be afloat 17th Decem ber, 1823 ; sail to Gr a v esen d 31 st di tto; stay t h ere 30 d ays ;1 and be in the Downs sth February, 1824. Matra and blar9uis Camden,--Bombay and China •, Lord Melville and Wllham Fairlit--:Madras and China to be afloat - 31st December; 1823; sail to Graveaend 15th Jan. 182 i ; stay there 30 days ; and he in the Downs 20th February. Orwell and Thames—China direct ; to he afloat 28th February, 1824 ; sail to Gravesend 14th March; stay there 30 days; and be in the Downi 18th WEST SUITIIFIED DIBI4E ASSOCIATION. Yesterday evening the Tenth Annual Meeting of this Association was held in a large room belonging to Messrs. Wilton and Co., in Bartholomew-close : Mr. Aldennan Waithman in the Chair. The CHAIRMAN opened the business of the Meeting, at which wet) present a great number of respectable ladies, and requested their attention to the Report of the Secretary. Air. PRITUIIrrr read the Report. It stated that the num ber of Bibles and Testaments issued during the year just con. eluded was less than during the year preceding, owing to the depressed state of the finances of the Society ; there had been issued, however, 'NO Bibles and Ind Testaments, by the. two Committees of Ladies and Gentlemen. The total number issued since the formation of the Society was 1757 Bibles and 11(19 Testaments. The Report concluded with stating the be. neticial etrects resulting from societies of thil description. The avidity with which the poor ►eople obtained this excellent book increased, and called forth the admiration of the visiting com mittee. The Rev. Mr. 241ouTtatErt, in moving that the Report be received, took occasion to appeal to the worthy Magistrate, who filled the Chair, whether it did not often come under his ob servation that those conversant with holy writ were pre.emi. nently distinguished for peace, able ronauct, and moral and religious principles. The Rev. Mr. Wool) seconded the motion. The Rev. Mr. Ikactuu it); addressed the meeting on a motion of Thanks to Mr. Alderman Waithman and to the Rev. It. Pritchett. Mr. Dnuav addressed the Meeting at some length on the ft benefits accruing oin a circulation of the Bible, and seconded the motion of Thank NI. Al P. Alderman WAITIIMAN, in returning thanks, said that multifarious as hie duties were, and occupied as his time was in a variety of directions, he felt it his duty as au Alderman of the Ward, as well as a Magistrate of the City, to devote a por tion of his time to the service of the institution, ind he assured the company that he should always beat their command. The Rev. Saluvr.t. DnEw proposed Thanks to the Com. mittee, who conducted the business of the Association; which was carried, and the Meeting separated. Nr.w DISCOVERY IN CtrourraY.-4 Prussian chymiSt (a Mr. Salverte), in making experiments to improve printers' ink, has discovered a process of producing from hempseed oil a new species of black pigment, which, for brilliancy and intensity of colour, far exceeds any black known hereto ' fore, and promises to render Prussian black as distinguished a colour as Prussian blue is at pre.: sent. The inventor has, we understand, not only applied it to improve printers' ink, but also to other useful purposes, particularly as a su. perlor and safe blacking for tanned leather. That magnificent edifice, Lattsdown-house, in Berkeley-square, is under a course of repair.— A II its splendid embellishments, in exterior sculp ture, which, for upwards of 90 years were lost to the eye of the spectator, are now to be seen in renovated splendour. The gluttony of the pauper who was taken the other day before the Lord Mayor may have excited asto nishment, but it is trifling when compared with the amaz. ing voracity of a Frehch grenadier, which is thus recorded in an authentic work published at Paris in 1009 :—" in the midst of a dinner given to many persons of distinction, the conversation turned upon a person who ate enormous ly ; and astonishing examploa were cited of his voracity.— ' fhere is nothing astonishing in all that,' said an officer ot the Guards who was present, and I have in my owri company a soldier who, without hurting himself,wil I eat the wholeof a young calf.' All present bung out in exclamations of incredulity, and the officer proposed a considerable wager, which was accepted by all at the table. On the day fixed, the parties, went to a traiteur's, and the officer, in order to keep up the appetite of his eater, had the different parts of the calf dressed in different manners, and brought up with different sauces. The soldier placed himself at the tables, the plates suc ceeded each other, an d were emptied with incredible rapi. dity. Each admired his capacity, and those who h a d b ette d against the officer beg an to tremble for their money. The soldier had already devoured nearly three quarters of the calf, when, turtling towards his captain, he said, ' And now, my captain, it appears to me that it in time to have the calf served up ; other. wise I will not answer that I shall gain your wager.' Ile had be.; heved that until then all that had been given was only to awaken his appetite, and to pilot the remaining p a rt. I t w ill b e eas il y conceived that the betters had no hesitation in avowing them. selves vanquished, and in paying a wager which had been so well gained. This soldier was asked how many fowls he thought he could eat ? A scare,' replied he. And pigeons ? ' Furty or fifty." And how much rations dolt thou cat r said the captain. ' I am always eating them; always my captain,. always." On Monday last, as a man was going down Libberton's Wynd, Edinburgh, his foot went into a hole in the causeway ; by which simple acci. dent his leg received a compound fracture. He was carried home, and shortly afterwar4s his leg was amputated ; but mortification had com. menced, and spread so rapidly, as to deprive him of his life in the course of Friday. NEW SYSTEM OP Ronamty.---Withi o th ese few days, it has been discovered that a ne W species of robbery has been practised with souse success at public houses. A mass, having the appearance of a porter, enters the house carry. ing a small hamper on his shoulder ; he deposits this next him while he drinks a pint of porter, and seizing his opportunity, with the aid of a hook he draws glasses and any thing moveable to him, and quickly disappears. Frequ en tly even bi r d s have been extracted from their cages, and in closed in the hamper. A fellow of this discrip tion was detected at the house of Mr. Glossop, the Coach and Horses, Mount street, Grosvenor square, having hampered a very valuable canary, but before any constable arrived he made his escape, leaving his hamper, which contained a variety of articles. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE. Yesterday afterlioon an inquest was held at the Bell, Cecil-court, St. Martin'slane, before 111 r. II mos, Comer, on the body of W. Henry Mears.; Mr. John Morgan, ofNewport-street, surgeon, deposed that he was called upon to attend die deceased between three and four o'clock on l'uesday afternoon : he instantly went to .his lodging, No. 19, Cecil -court, and found him lying across a bed, in a two ini r back room. Ile was alive, but in a. yeti faint state. The bedclothes and floor were deluged in blood. He had only a shirt and a peculiar kind of re d waistcoat on ; the letter he wore next to his skin. Witness asked him several questions, to which he gave rational answers. 'Witness found a cut at the lower part of his anele (left foot) between the two bones, it was three quarters of an inch in length and half an Inch in depth, and had divided the tibial Artery ; he said he had in. flietid the wound 'himself. Witness asked him the cause, and he'replied; "lam a needy man." Witne ss d ressed the wound, having previously stopped the bleeding; but the loss of blocal , had been so considerable, that witness entertained no hop es , of/ his recovery. Witness went home, and was called for at seven 'o'clock the same evening, but on his arrival he found the Mike tunate man had expired. In answer to the questions of ajutur., he said he had given the deceased a draught, after he dresse:d the wound, : to revive him; but it was us...less, as he was dying state: eould not say if the'inan was sane or insane; ,1t was impossible to form an opinion in his weak and expiring state. Win. Turo!y, a lodger at the . 11otto of yr. Richard stationer, Cecil-court, - stated, that the deceased was a • fent,* lodger, a single matt, 40 years of age, and was in the employs men of Mr. Oreensil, , figure and chandelier roanufacturet, Strand ;he had lately been doing work at his lode% wait in the habit of neglecting his business. lie Was a sobermaer; but was remarkably eccentric in his conduct and manners 3 he would at times have what he called a spree, and not workfot several days. At other times he would lock himself in hished- . room for three days together, and invariably on Sunday morn ing and afternoon, which he used to call going to church. This was his general practice. Coronet.—lt is an odd kind of religion ;do you think hi was derangedio—He would not say he was deranged t r but he was very singular—remarkably so. About five weeks ago he came into witness's room, and upon seeing his infant child, hi, observed, " Why do you • not take a string, tie it to its neck, and put it out of a troublesome world P'. This language did not surprise witness, in consequence of th e s i ngu l ar i ty of the man, he suppo se d that it was a joke. The hist time he aaw him was on Sunday evening. lie was then in his perfect senses. Witness showed him a bird ; he passed observations upon it in a rational way. Had convened with him on reli hgents subjects. H e p re f erre d rea di ng. as lie would rather s m o k e is pipe. He lent witness's wife books; one of them was Lord Ilyron's Cults, and the other Vainewworks. When site read them she offered to return them but his desired her to ke e p them, read th em over aga i n, and s hel would benefit by it. She was fond of reading, end so was he, for he would get up at three o'clock in the morning to read, and sing veriout political songs. Had withers, thought he was deranged, he would nett have kept his company: About three o'clock on Tueeday wit ness was in the front garret on the floor above the deceased, and heard a faint hollow voice, calling " Mr. Turner, M r , Turner." He went t o t h e deceased 's door and heard a d ee p sigh ; he called to the deceased to open the door, Slid was orv awered, " I can't, you must force it open ;" he was for a long time before he could utter these words; witness asked him when: the key of the door was, he replied, " I have taken it out, and you must force it." Witness, on looking through thit key-hole, saw the deceased lying across the bed, . which with the floor was co vere d w i t h bl oo d ; w i tness got as sistance, and forced open the door, and said, " My God, Mr, Mears, whet have you being doing P" Be replied, " ! oh! nothin g ," and asked wit ness to bind up his foot. Witness seeing blood about his shirt-collar, thought he had cut his throat, and went for the surgeon, who came and dressed his wound. Witness returned, and found a pen-knife on the door, which was bloody the deceased told him to take from the window a parcel, which was a letter, and to deliver it for him to Mr. Devilie, Hand.court, St. artin'a.lane. Witness continued with the de. ceased till he expired, and lamented to him that he should hare acted as he did. Ile replied, very unconcernedly, "Oh I it is nothing." About seven o'clock on Tuesday morning, wanks heard a noise in the deceased's room, and he was of opinion he was then indicting a wound upon himself, The bleeding con. tinned from that hour till the time deceased called to him. Two chairs and a table had been broken by the deceased falling repeatedly from loss of blood the back of th e d ecease d h a d been hurt by the falls, and lie repeatedly put his hands to his head before he died. Mr. Elijah Devine, of liand.tourt, stated, that he had re. ceived the letter addressed to him by the deceased, which letta he now produced " Sunday, Aug. 17,1822. "My dear Friend,—As I always found you worthy of that name for the past services you have rendered, I gratefully thank You for, but I have one favour more 1 must ask. You have a pave in your possession, which empowers you to receive the money from ths benefit club at my death. .1 know that you-will blame me, and at the same time you will pity me. Pity, swbet sound. ing pity from a friend, I shall esteem with my latest thinighls, To be degraded and insulted, as I have been for the last three years, has reduced me to tr topidity send beyond my reason. Vtv will blame me fur not having a spirit to explain to that tyraht--44 a greater tyrant never breathed in nature, and a more insulting man to those he dare.,-..a lying rascal — he tells me I did net earn my wages. I obj ec t e d i n earrying A load too la r g e for a porter : tney he feel the pan gs he indicted upon me. Now, my dear friend, I forgive every body, and I hope they will forgive me. I have one more request, and that Is, to receive my funeral expences, and pay my debts, v iz. m y ne ph ew , ; the Ruddy, 111..• 111 r. street, 3/. I3s. ; fleptell, 11. 135.,—a1l borrowed money : Mr. Brown, for coals and wood, It. ; to Hannah, for cleaning my room , 12s. fid. ; half year's rent due at Michaelmas, 6/. I could not see my sister. I was fearful of destroying my feelings. Should there net he enough to discharge my debts,' sell a ll I h ave , to l et t h ose friends who have obliged trio not lose by thei r ki n dness . : Let not a single shilling more be laid out upon my funeral than is necessary. I want no one to follow me unlesayou can see me covered up. You will fi nal in the caddie on the table &wooden snuffbox, which was my dear mother's, anal a Avid hrootths which was a present from my dear Amelia, and keep them remembrance of me. 'The red waistcoat, a present froni the same, you will fi nd on me ; let that b e b ur i e d with The. I could not write to my nephew my mind is too much h eate d : Oh ! bravo ! bravo 1 How hot ! 'how , scalding! May peace at. tend you. Now to sleep. Farewell. et AI EARS." " N.B. 'These sums (the debts) will surprise you ; but had I regular work, I should not have been PO involved. I have no, prespect to get clear. treatment burnt my soul." Witness had known the deceased for some years ; he Wes man of great reading, and was familiar with the works of an.. dent and modern writers, but most especially upon polities and religion, and moral ethics. He would quote Any passage front, the Bible, Joseph us , Alilton Homer, and Newton. Ile wit 'ri constant -reader of Cathie, bobbett, and Pitine'll works. .Lity Monday last witness met him, and he appeared then much de-. pressed, but he said nothing about the letter dated on Sunday he could study subjects beyond human reason, the disitraing . of celestial objects, and of man's origin :tad formation. laiset red waistcoat the deceased referred to in his letter was Kit'Mto him by a female he dearly loved, but who deceived him. Air. John Caldwell went with the witness Turner to tussist; and the deceased's leg was then bleeding he bound up this deceased's foot. The deceased appeared very anxious ,to take some wine, and be evidently wished to recover ; for again to fare he ex pi re d h e expressed a wish for the Doctor again tO he sent for. Mr. Greens'll, figure and lamp manufacturer, Strand, Wax examined. 'fho deceased wait a tigure-maker, but . thar new olf, he e►uployed him RA a packer, and paid hint 32a. per week wages : lately lie had mat attended regularly tu, hill work. Other witnesses were examined. They had heard the*. ceased talk of suicide: he adverted to the deaths of Plato, litmus, Socrates, &c.—The Jury having deliberated, rettonok a verdict of—" Insanity." Jotr t%lUxntN is at Brighton, enjoying the ad. vantage of warns sea bathing, having left his sub urbun villa at llitmpetvad, and to prepare for flee new campaign with l~c,rasro+t, fvr which he will s , he hopes, he in perfect health. The other day a very young boy accidentally fell over the side of a vessel hi Leith harbour.-1- Ills brother, another boy, about twelve years os age, happened to a !taws the accident ands though a very indifferent swimmer, flung isimself immediately into the water, and contrived, at the risk of his own life, to keep the younger boy above water, until assisted with ropes, Sic. from the vessei.—On genies( upon derki sod fiodink' that his brother WO still alive, be caught him ii his arms with a sort of ocstacy, and crying him.. So 1 f with pleasure, he touched the feelings of air who witnessed the scene, by the artists vottnnee in which he evinced sa Hsieh natiattl atrectlun.--: (Edinburgh Paper).