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ENpEnt, i t. 1 , 101 '.ll Od. s, I H 93. 11111E•GOAIMISSIONERS for, VIGTUAL .:". ,Nis LEST Y'S Xill 7 Y, 4.g. do hereby give Notice, that on Thursday, the 16th Instant, they will be ready to receive Tenders in writing (sealed up), and treat :for Six Hundred Qn«rters . O f EtibLISI - 1 tritswer 41ble to Samplesiohe produced with the Tenders, to wetjh pounds per bushel, (the overweight to be paid for), and to bedelivered into his Majesty's ffietualling,Stores at peel, Yord in the coarse of the present Mouth., The Conditions of the Contract be • win hi this.Nfii.e. taricTinder most ipecifq - the Price in Words at length, er lid be, delivered before One ,o'Cla . i.h on the' dug appointed.; rued the Person who 'nukes the Tender, or. sonic Person 07' ?his behalf, Must attend to answer . when calle4 for. CLIFTON. 'The Rev. W11 4 1 4 1A11 HETHERINGTON'S CHARITY to the BLIND. CHRIST'S HOSPITAL, .2d Oct. 1823. WHEREAS'the above named' Gentleman in 7 his life time enabled the Clovernors of this Hospital 'to pay Annuities of Ten Pounds to each of Fifty Blind Per,. , sous, in the hope that his example would be followed by other bentiolent`characters, the Oovcrnors give this public notice, that, from the yeti munificent :addttioni made to Mr. Hether ingtou's o;iginal fund; more than 530 Blind Persons are in the receipt of these Annuities. 'A COmmittee will sit in the Connting-house of the said Hos pital some time in the month of Novertiber next, to fill 147 such Vaeancles is may then have,oceittved since the election in No- Ifernber last. , Petitions are to be had at the Counting-house aforesaid, front ihe 7th day of October to the 3d day of November, annually, beticeeti the hol* or ten . ana four (holidays excepted); Y for any blind persons dttly upon the personal application of a friend ". The leading qualifications are hereunder stated; and unless the parties can respectively prove themselves to be strictly within the same, applications on their 'behalf will be entirely' fruitlesi, viz. Birth, in that part of the -United. Kingdom called England, exclusive of Wales and the town of Berkiek-upon-Tweed. Aged, SO years and upwards.--Total ElindneSs for the apace of the'last three years.-:-Residence, the list three years, atleasi, in their present place a abode or parish,...:. Income (if,any) to be under tbe,.yearly.value, of, twenty pounds. Those wbo have ever begged,,received alins, or are deemed ob jects for parish relief, are excluded from the benefit- of theie- Gharities ; the Donors haiibg expressly declared the santeSor apchualy as have been respectably brought up, and,who want some addition to what they possess to make life more comfort able tinder their misfortune of blindness. THOMAS. WILBY, elnk. s. From the grmt extent of this Charity, It is found impracti. cable to attend to letters. NEXI: TFIUIt4I).IY.-ItICH WHEEL. CARROIA,'S had his usual Luck the:AFirst: pay of tile present Lottery, having So!,1 7,310, a Prier of XI,01:10i,' tile Itighist floating Prises yet drawn ; Also in the Last Lottery,. iKyril Prizes,of £i0,000,, And io the preceding Corittrart. TWO of '423,bocf, and One of Lio,ann, tnakin% Four 0 410.000,r and One of 4,710,Qt1Q,, : in. Flint- Months. TWo 13ayi of' bra4ing are now over, and-alt the iollowing Capitals still retitain-in the Wheel, viz.. F - : , s of • £lO,OOO 1 I i),(Xid 2 oe w .••• d• :LON 4 lOOO 7 of XSUO, 7 of .6300. 7 of Xatin,. &o: &o. Ticbcts ,aptl Shares, worrantei.) ,un4rawn, are , Selling Te rnarliably Cheap, at CARROLL'S - Fortun ate Orticel, 19, COMsailt44, 7, CHAAING-PRQSS, and to o , STIII3 rr: • NEX:Vf HU PADAY, tlth *October, is the rieltt*Day . of Drawing. This•day w*s published, price 9s. to the OBSERVATIONS .of JOSEPH MARKY4T, Esq. M.P., on ,the WEST rx A' DOCK CIIARTER:' This reply app`eaYed t Suit Evening Paper, and as it fias excited con. 14takhbld intertiii if is now laid before the public inn con. npis t 4ffrin,:itl culler to afford,a,,inore cbinplase view, of thecase than could be obtained from a perusal of the 'detached porta.— Published by'J. M. Richardson, 211, Cornhil; 'and flatchard and Son, Piccadilly. INDIA: GOODS, &c. FNIVi MIES aka ER,CHANTS from Abroad are most respectfully acquainted, that INDIA SIIAAVLS;Ste.' tire bought, 'l6ld, rir'exchanged to the 41VatieSt -11074.112,11.Ke1, MILLARP and SON'S INDJA WAKE ROUSES in the CITY, from their immediate exim rtn;r4cation.with,the Foreign Markets ; and pgreltaaeli Dude of theit -Nevi Flaxen Linens (rendered of a durability„which in np initasee •baii failed),, likewise of their oivn Paterit Cloth; the most desirable e to rear in both tho Indies, as well, as in this anti the coMe •01 - abittirii; dein 'a fine tiabstitute fdii the India Aladras Cloth, at nearly, half the priee,—,lndia and-Bri alt Piece Goods of eicei'y kind, ineluding the choicest Cravat 311u4ips . , &c,. 644 prices., from which na abate. incif is Made, With every kind of Shawl, arming which' are *hose,. the most earioult Foreign Damask Tali Linen arid Napkins, in which the Nobility, can have their arms superbly' i n troduced in the loom; to order I Foreign Russia and other Sheetings, Marseilles Quilts: Gold and Silver Musljns ;. India and ' ditto'; French' and t Mo t ravlity Embibidered dittd French Cambries and,Law.us, intimmxted; Lace Shawls, Veils, and Scarfs ; Prencli led; , . Fatirilies taking Goods of every kind in the:pleee,. or derny, buy them at the Wholesaleyrice, and the discount ` The ieenstotheil etterisiVe variety of uniqui Coloured Getitis, obtained exclusively,4,t W4ite.Chintst and Atl,ll oo , tltCir Howie, With thdie•aidapte( for the French end other I °reign Intivkets„...,udieo, Comuiloions, and 'Merchants' Oiaers; ete. sated. .. • .. :The whole of their very valuable snit eitensive Stoe on hand to the `3lst of July, is SELIANG OFF, without re- Pritrie No. 16, Cheapside. . . -PAitSONS'ITOOPING COUGH MEDICINE. • AN Effectual out Safe Remedy for this den , ' gerous complAint, having been adruinistMcd fur outer ears' with com.tant' 6'itecesti by Mr. PAIISONS,.Surgeon, tt!i Nailing', ,t(eut,. he it iyilin-lii; l.y.the perau.aston of is rienas,:who' have witnessed its beneficial effec4 in many re. cent AO most severe castoi tu. offer, it to!Publit. It mtty b e o p t u isiereil, with perfect safety to Children .of the must tillidei l Age,. ai Well' avto thige:At A wince advanced Sold in Pacheta, at ie. fhl,Fach, tu Wears. trie Butlers,' clie- Witt; 4, ClieliPtinte', Sf.labl's, 22 0 ; Itigerit-st (tiear tbi Aigfle Rows)) liorOotu • W#trir,lou-pl ace, Plinbitrgh i t ...sanis. villbfireet; Ddhlin-: arid' by (he principal Medicine Venders "Wh°4llt!ttiP ni ki l t l'Aillidttin, fie careful to asti for " Parsons' (looping Cough Me dicine." DISCO'VgRY . OF INDIAN GRAVES. ( From thr New York Advertiser.) Some time since we had an account in the Papers of numerous graves discovered on , the Merameg' River, not far from St. Louis, which were suppoted to furnish pretty conchAive debee'that abtace of men had once existed tMtre of a most diminutive stature. The following is an extract from Mr. JAMES'S Workrretating to this subject:— " Indian graves are extremely numerous about St. Louis, though none are found In the immediate vicinity of the town. They are most frequent or the hills about the Mentraeg, and on the north side of the Miwturi. On the 12th of June, Mr. Say and Mr. Peel, accompanied by one man, descended the Mississippi, in a small boat,. to the mouth of the Merameg, and ascended the latter river about Mien miles, to a place *here a greet number of graves have been explored, and have been represented to contain• the 'bones of a diminutive race of men. Most. of these graves are found near the banks of the Merameg. They do not rise above the general surface, but their presence is ascertained by the vertical stones which en close them, and project a little at either end of thegrave. When the included earth, and the numerous horizontal flat stones are removed, we find the sides. neatly-constructed of long flat stones, vertically' implanted and adapted to each other, edge to edge, so as to form a continuous wall. The grairei are usually three or feet, though sometimes six feet in length. The bones they contained appeared to have been deposited after having been separated from the flesh, and from each other, according to the custom of some tribes of Indiansat the present day. " In the first grave opened by Mr. Say were found the frag ments of an confirm pot, and the bones of an infantile skull; the second contained what appeared to be the remains of amid dle-aged man of the ordinary stature, laid at full length ; the bones much broken and confused. An inhabitant residing here inforkned them that many similar graves had been found among the summits of mostof the neighbouring hills. In one orthcse he had found two pieees of earthernwere, one having nearly the form of a porter bottle, the other, with a wide mouth ; but this grave contained no bones. " After Speeding a night at this place, they crossed the river to the town of billiput (one of the projected towns here has re ceived this name), the place so often mentioned as the locality of the bones of a piginy race. Appearances here are in general Similar to those already described. One head that had been dug up 'was Chat of an old person, in whom the teeth had been lowed, and the alveolie obliterated, 'leaving the sharp edge of the jaw-bone. Prom this the neighbouring set t lers , hadin ferred theekistenee of a rare of men without teeth, hitting their jaws like those of the turtle." TheSe Gentleinen were satisfied, from the servation they made, that theSe bones, instead of proving the existence of a race of° pigmies at ; setne very distant period, were only the remains of " men of the ordinary 'size ;" and that the date of their deposit is much more recent then that of the Ancient mounds of earth, so frequent itt that portion of the country. POLICE INTELLIGENCE: d THE Rol3llEleii OF THE EXETER COACH. , Information has been given at the MANSION-II otJa of en atternpfbit ii Man of tuapicious appearance to'peas one of the notes of the banking-house of.Taylor . ajo. Lloyd, Birmingham, to the aniount of tetWeen seven and eight thousand pounds, were stolen out of' the t tioseter Subscription Coach in the yard Of the Swan-with-two-Necks, Lad-lane. He offered it at the shop • 'of Messrs. DOnovaivatk Company, dealers in Irish linen, Bloomshuiy-square. The note was detained for the purpose of making fitrther inquiry, anti the man with a companion who joined him on his Val was followed by theshop 'Man' of lifetiirs: , ridnovan tb a putlle-house in Charles-street, Oxford-sfreet , , where he left them, and hastened hume.--4 'lt litiVing been asteriained in the mean time that the note ryas one of those stolen, an officer was sent with the shopinair ' for the purpose of apprehending the two persons who were thus communicating together. The defendant however was the Only person found, for the stranger who tendero the note had, as WieniaiVfterViards learned,' hift the-house JuSt before. It was aftertyardaaleAttitineti that the.address given by the purchaser Who latittieipeti 'wag Actitious. • Theil.,9llp,M.s.vpu then.calledupoh the defendant, lvho at tended yesterday at the Mansion-House, to explain the eirpum :stitre of his having waited for and being found in ceintsthy With the man who had acted in so conspicuous a manner with respect to 04 itolen.notei The defendant declared that be was quite ignorant of the_ ftiblect'jitst treated of; all he knew was, ihin the man they ; talked :aping was a very reafectidde roan with whom he hut, berg iirieti fora pony; and WhOm he had appointed to meet at the peblie,liouaeint.),±fotrd t -atreet..:He knew nothing about the note. Mr. Ilobler—As you know this man to .be respectable, of course you know Where lie lives and: what he is. . • The defendant—No, I don't ; he appeared very respectable. Here the Loan 31,tvoit and . Mr. lionmen., consulted; and in the meantirrie ' the defendant :Spontaneousl y said, " Some neje* beret palsell threegh iny hands that.werepaid to hie by a reslieetti4l6 pub fcaii in t arbican. It is sat that they are stokn,.and they refuse to pay nin did atimUnt. Bu ril set the matter at rest by suing for the amount." Thel, bditaxlll# von put.the note into the 'Afershal's custody,' 'and permitted the defendant to leave the Justice-roem. Mant.riertohntt STREET.— ifrilliam Clarke wai yesterday 'placed at the har, before Mr. Ito, the magistrate et this office, ,charged on inipicion With haVing committed the fpllowing cruel and unfeeling robbeiyi—john Oath orp, the son of a respectable ifarmerreshling near Sexotundhani, io Suffolk, end who haelived • in tliatieririce of aeVerat noblemen,, and afterwards kept a public house in Clareetirirket, iron) which he tettrettenme tirnb ago; and went to live hear his father, stated, that on Wednesday afternoon last he came to .town Upon Seine buiditeas, and went to sleep for that night to a lodging,houee t Queen-street, Seyen phtlii. kept , by a man • minted 'Begin. lie 'WAS ithistvn into "a bed-room ,by liiiiiself, in ,Ar4ish he , was locked ,up by ,ffie „landlord, according to hit Ustiiii practice towards strangers, lest they shoultl i decamp ! in the,!ipprning Without recollecting to pay for their beds. Breit the complainant slept very' soundly until nine o'clock yesterday morning,-Whin,, on getting out of bed, lie found his room door open, Fa ' d his coat, Waistcoat, panta loons,-hat, Shoed, and sfeckin ' together with' fifteen so vereigns, seventeen shillings n silver, end, a qua c k on the. banking-house of ~'lfessrs. Child' and CO.' 114 . 601. (which for tunajtelYllglFM, i iii snot , payable for:a, fortnight); had been , carried o h'. Upon inquiry being Made of Hogan, the land lohl, he immediately said. that .the robbery could only have. been committed by one of two persons.. The prisoner at the bar; and an Irish firieklayer, bah' of whom were regu lar lodgers in the house, and not being locked in, a all, other:(4leie',,' were the Only persona who could gain access' • to, the comlainant's, ontii.idoor. Andi : as. for the bricklayer, Regan said, ' that 'he had such an opinion of his honesty, that he would .I,lst him with natal ' gold.; but what made the suspicion much stronger against the 'prisoner wes,,,as thehrick, . layer stated, both Of Itio slept in the'stune roont, that sheet six o'elOek no that morning, he "saw the prisoner tot -, up and , leave the ninth, and4iSiifferwarila hetird ramie perion go nut of 'the house. The prisqee,' was aktliqpi ahoet an; hen; and a half, and then retained; when lid again went in to heti, so that when the alarm was given he was .fotinti,:appirently aiietp, Mr. Rot now asked the prisoner to account for the time that he was abient.. which:he attempted to de in it eery unsatisfactory Manner. He said, thit lie f went out to take a walk. but when , he' gat sortie &tante, he • tonna it begin to tarn and' agliin re- ' turned to bed. Me, A9a said, that 010 wa i l . it,yerjt .itiortstate inient, and remandtd'thiPriatuteribi• it future examination. The coil pleitainP -sPPPareil. at 010 Oka in a most pitiable plight, having no other dress on than his' shirt, a pair of thin hotwers, awl. a--pair of alipperai and wrapiJed :upin a hbrinwed ackney-coachman's box-coat. He had no bat, nor a farthing , 'of money left tabu yon 4 ,, ~ . I The parties who gays such positive testimony, as ; far as Alt . Seriiiiii; without being swern, 'etin he craned so, agaiiiit the boy k' t h e rles,Ney, wbe-wm . charged some days, ago with having frandulently obtained two bonnetS from the shop of a Mr. , *ris, .in whose seriicehe been, came to the o ffi ce to read their ecantatioh, and as positively assert the lad's innocence .as they ~ *fore did his guilt. They have now discovered that the bonnet's, I,iiclx, had been recoeered, ha c k been sent , by another bury, liileff them 'at . is winneplice. - This - . shewi how jest Sir G. . Ferrants opinion was at the titne, as te the strength en o f the i alibi stated, and ready to be sworn to by the lad's parts. C A 1) 1 Z. The following interesting letter, was yester day laid before the Spanish Committee, accom panied with a very accurate plan. The writer is, we understand, a superior officer attached to the Spanish Constitutional, Staff; and perfectly con 'Orsant with the present situation of the Penin sula:— TO TILE C!IXTEXAN AND kEjilIJEitS Or , ,TIDE 81)A111911 COI4I.IIITTEF. MY LOUDS AND GENTLEMEN—The 'patriotic and gene rous ekertioiris of the people of Tolland, of whom you are con stituted the representatives anti stewards, in behalf of the cause of Spanish liberty and independence, have tnostlitistly entitled you to the warmest thanks of her patriotic. sons ; who will ever remember, with sentiments of the purest gratitude, the muni: tieent aisisance they have thur 4 s Most opportunely received under your directions. The unjust and unexampled right of intervention assumed by the French Government in the afiltirs of that country, have trete? been 'palliated even by those to whom it owes its ori gin and the freemen of all nations have viewed with horror and indignation this arbitrary and denationalizing abuse of power. Spain, exhausted by the war of independence, held by the iron hand of despotism, six years in A state of inertion, awoke from her lethargy, and protected by the Genius of Liberty, re covered that Constitution, under whose shield, assisted by Bri tish heroes, she had defeated the armies of Buonaparte, and ; warmed by her benign influence, prosperity animated all the sources of national felicity. To detail the innumerable benefits she been to experience is superfluous : it would be but to describe the advantages 'you enjoy under a representative system of government ; let it suf fice to say she was rapidly recovering from the pressure of ages of tyranny and superstition, and advancing towards Wealth, power, and honour ,• until the venom of civil discord, inaidiOusly infused by the hands Qf envy, despotism, and fanaticism, check ed her prosperity, and neutralized all the effbrts of legislation. Although foreign intrigues had divided the . Liberals, and the people, under the sacred name of religion, were excited to open rebellion,. the Op of Spsin's misfortune's was not yet full ; her ruin was incomplete while a spark of liberty remained ; and French armies, ,without - any declaration or cause for war, deso lated her territory, drove the Sovereign anti Government from the capital, raised the standard of rebellion, confiscated pro. perty, and assassinated her people,—under the name of friend ship, and the plea of overturning a Constitution recognised by the majority of the Sovereigns of Europe. Spain was then unprovided with the means of successful re sistance • but as it was a War, not of expediency, but of - na. hone' independence and ,political, existence, the Government and..Cortft, relying upon the ability of her Generals, the pa triotism of - the instructed portion of tier' population, and the jusirce of her, cause, nobly preferred a disadvantageous war to ignominy and slavery; • - 1 The French Government, when it demanded the surrender of Spanish rights and liberties relied not so much on the force of her arms as .on a nefarious system of bribery and treattbn, which she knew would paralyse the efforts of the Conittitutionalists.- To this secret- and tletrctuctive influence is to be chiefly attributed the train of Misfortunes which have rapidly succeeded each other in the short course of this disastrous war, and Conducted the French army from the Pyrenees to the lines they now occupy. The position of Cadiz, in a political, commercial, medullae, and military view, has caused it, to be conititleted, as one of the most im portant of Europe : it being the a:redid of the Constitution in 11112 ; the se.ene,or.its reguneintion in 1319; and the bulwark of national liberty and independence' are circumstances that powerfully evince the justice of its clailw to politleal Conic quence ; While the magnaninilty of the Constitutional Govern ment, under its present misithrtunes, nine interest in the cause all who are advocates for the rights of nations and individual freedom. Its situation On the south-western extremity" of the Conti nent. of Europe is admirably calculated. for the purposes of cominercial intercourse, as well between the northern and southern nationa of this hemisphere, .as the rising American tttt;aotl climate,if e v e r n od si u d e e t T a l ri tr uir r i ls o P u ee r. t n t:i iii its geegra ph had po sition,perhaps be found to combine more mercantile advantages than any other city in the world. AS a depot between Spain and her Colonies for a long :period of years, its trade, bath in iniparts . and. exports, almomt exceeded belief. 'When, in 11120-21, it petitioned to be declared ' a free port, . the cities of the Peninsula said, " the natural and ...other . rtiources.-of Cadiz -are tailliciently pre-eminent; if On protect - her, she -will absorb the whole commerce of the , country." As more imniediately conm:eted with the mercantile interests of Great Britain, it is of the highest im portance. ;The poeteasion . of Gibraluir would ceas e to be of . value if Cadiz were pecunied by 'France; her Manufactures would inundate the southern provinces of Spain and the Western Wokkl, in exchange for . the monopoly of the rich products of , Andalusia; nd America; and should the capture of Centa fol .low;,to which France can, allegean equal right, " front Consti tutioaal opposition," the ilediterrancan Trade would no *ger be Ihitish ; her chain of commercial depot.—Gibraltar, Malta, and the logien Isles would be intercepted, and at the nwrcy , of Franco. What guarantee can France give which can fairly be deemed to counterbalance the atlainment of such immense 'advantages? , . . . A iptiClOtts and secure harbour, A large and well-constructed arsenal, a central point, to Which the fleets' of 'France can fly for safety and xttecour between her Atlantic anti Mediterranean ports,,andptence, sail almost with impunity . , either.. to the Eng. or Wind Indies', of to aid her 1; . • i am...outi rOjeCts in, South Ante. rice, are facts tlint'sluni its incalculable nit:triadic impertatice, as well to England:and France,• as to Spain : but should any doubt rem3in, the events of the late war, . in which Frame ge nerally concentrated her naval force in CatilZ and compelled the English fleets to ,sustain fatigning, expensive, destruttNe, and not always successful blockades, will establish it beyond contradiction. Ali a military positiOn, surittunded un three sides by the sea and rocky shoals,. .and by a broad and deep river, with' eaten sive salt marshes, pn the fourth, protected by numerous out: Works and strong pertniingnt fortifications, tt may be mai tiered 'as' unassailable by any poWer which dOes not *mast a decisive maritime superiority, whilat. int Insulated titan- tion renders success by blockat e and famine exceedingly im probable. The topographical and military plan enclosed conveys an ex .act idea of its defence, and of the positions of the Spanish and French erodes t,antl it has been drawn not only to dernonatrate the strength and. importance of the Gatlitanian Island, but to enable the Peirple et Eegland to trace progreasively the events , of this_portentoun siege. Permit me, my ,liarda and Gentlemen, to rennest your ac , ceptance of a ter copies pt this plan, delineated from pertynal knoiledge ofeVery point to which it relates; and whilst - I apo logize.for having occupied so much of yot* Atte; allaw same to e a ir ri r y e e siiidan cc of' impress nn your, min s . that, however much treachery his the werdtgneti the Constitutional files of Spain, the povernment and fiLertshihwavheotreafitedat:rtatpornotrasolcldtedgratecititteidosf tilite t c l o ir :pe 111 1: 1 :1 t.h t l o '' t h a a crtetr pos a tt 4 ill at il l i rgai 44 . ll7:l l .us e a t ,„ t i lbah n e e tna n a l r i t : ft : t ailt r‘ i i n °P r t i hp i e t : : ntl i n b ny n st ute 1 r:ri t f o t r w e s 6 t : ti n e l i e : v an n r e r rt e ( n y t , le b t; u i t t . w fr i o ll in not o b ter e fre es: l l i a sinews of war. . I have the honour to be , rill..Lorda and Gentlemen, With the greatest resri Yinir Meet'Obetlient servant, 0, 4 a: tn. itomNsom i Lieu tep ant-Colonel„. Deputy Adjutant-General, London, Ott, 9, r 023. Spanish Stair CorpS. mArt., coley A s onENT.—The delivery of the letters hoot the P os t Office, yestereay morning, waalater than usual, owing; to an accident I t vhic o. h h appene d i n t h e Pook Mull , nit its way to ow In cooseveuce of some obstruction which it en countered it was overthrown, and a. Lady, who wa s en ' 34l6.lde " ssel j g r e' e r d ' . un i da he th for rtt m n9 e i r i were both' severely inu had her thigh broken, and the latter a limb fractured. C 0 P Y If 0 L S. It is curious that the only traces that. we have n the Saxon Chronicle of copyhold tenures (Jur- Og the Saxon era should have reference to lau4s hoiden of the church, and be traceable to monkish interpolations of Norman date. 44 A. D. 775. This year Cynewulf and Offa fought near Bco sington, and Offs took possession of the town. In the days of this King, Olfa, there was an Ab bot at Mehamsted, called 'Norma, who, with the consent of all the monks of the minster, let to farm, to Alderman Cuthbert, ten copyhold lands at Swineshead, with leasow and with mt:adow, and with all the appurtenances ; provided that the said Cuthbert gave the said Abbot 50 pounds therefore, and each year entertainment for one night, or thirty, shillings in money prOVided also that after his decease the said lands &mid revert to the monastery. The King, OtTh, and King Everth, and Archbishop Hibbert, and Bishop . Inwona, and Abbot.Beonna, and many other Bishops and Abbots, and''rich men, were witnesses to this. In the days of the same Offs wasan Alderman of the name of Brorda, who requested the King for his sake to free his own monastery, culled Working, because he would give it to Mehamsted and St. Peter, and the Abbot that then was, whose name was Pusa. Pusa succeeded Ileonnu, and the King lovtol him much. And the King freed the monastery of Wok ing, against Kiiig,against Bishop, against, Earl, and against all men ; so that no man should have any claim there, except St. Peter and the Abbot. This was done at the King's tow n cal ledFree-Richburn. [Frieston, or Friston,in Lincolnshire. 1" Rela tive to this Species of tenure, so little congenial with the original spirit of the Saxon institutions, We have another interpolated passage Limier the date A.D. WI 44 About this time Abbot Ceol red, of Mehamsted, with the concurrence of the monks, let to hand the land , of Sempringhatn, to Wulfred, with the provision that after the de mise the said land should revert to the monas tery ; that Wolfred should give the land of tiles- ford to Mehamsted, and should send each year into the monastery sixty hrads of wood, twelve loads of coal, six loads of peat, two tuns full of fine ale, two netts' carcases, six hundred loaves, and ten kilderkins of Welsh. ale ; one horse also each year, and thirty shillings, and one night's entertainment. This agreement was made in the presence of King Burhred, Archbishop Ceoluoth, Bishops Tunbert, Kenred, A ldhun,and Bertred ; Abbots Witred and Wertherd, Aldermen Ethel herd and Humbert, and many others." AODRESSrD TO A LADY.—Why is gardener the most extraordinary man in the world I—Be cause no man has more business upon earth, and always chooses good grounds for what he does, he commands his th,yme, is master of the mint, and fingers pen4-royal ; he raises his celery every year, and it is it hard year indeed that does not produce a plum. He meets with snore bows then a Minister of State, and makes more, beds than the French King, and has in them more painted ladies, and more genuine roses and lilies, than are to be found at a country wake. He makes raking his business snore than his diversion, as many other tine gentlemen do, hut he makes it an ad vantage to his health and fortune. He can boast of more rapes than any other rake in the king dom ; Lis wife, notwithstanding has, enough of lad's love and heart's-ease, and never wishes for weeds. Distempers fatal to others never hurt him : he walks the better for the graveloind thrives most in consumption; lie can boast of more bleeding hearts - than your Ladyship, and more laurels, if possible, than the Duke of Wellington ; but his greatest pride and the world's envy is, he can have ,era whenever he pleases. FATAL AconEser.— On Tuesday morning last, the wife of a respectable tradesmun'residing at Hammersmith, of the name of Samuel Winslow, the mother of six children, was entreated by one of her boys, a child under five years of age, to be allowed a fire in an upper room, fOr himself and, brothers and sisters to play together. The mother complied with his request, and lighted titre ne. cordingly in :a room upon the first floor, She had quitted the room but a few minutes, and iris engaged dressing an infant in arms, when the boy, who hud set his clothes on fire lighting some pa per, presented himself to her en the stairs enve loped in flames. She rushed to his assistance, and out of her arms dropped the infant, which MI to the► ground with much violence, and remained for a few moments apparently lifeless. She however picked it up again immediately, anti clasping the burning boy to her in the endeavour to extinguish the flames, set herself and also her infant on lire. The poor woman, as she now herself relates, deeming the destrection of herself and children inevitable, aud , in a state bordering on insanity, exc l a i me d, 1.4 Good Laird, thy will he done ; we shall perish together!" and immediately tainted away. Most providentially, at this terrible crisis, some of the neighbours tered the house, and found the three help less vict►ms in the situation above described, their cloaths still burning. Having put out the flames, and recovered the unfortunate mother, surgical aid was promptly obtained, and the un happy sufferers received every attention which skill and the best feelings could suggest. The only victim of this dreadful calamity is the inno cent originator of it. The mischief he sustained was beyond the, reach of human skill to avert. After languishing the whole of the day and night in the most excruciating pain, the poor boy ex pired on Wednesday morning. :~~,, r ! 43r1 /Jib' MA i r TI OWN. 't 101 S. •," ,141 That - a blitid man should' TrioviT thti ASO are of a mathematichmk, seems a phenojnenon difficult to be aceounted antj, has desavedly excited the admiration 6 every age in which it ifitiap. peared. TtillY mentions it its 'athing Scarcely credible ;in his oWrifinaSter, DietiltuS, " that ire exercised himself in learning with more assi duity after he bectiine:llind:; and that he pro fessed: geometry, describing his diagetitinrio e*. pressly to his tlholars, that they could dads . every line hilitsproper 'direction." St: tierome relates. a:more remarkable instance' in Didymn's of Alexandria, who 66 though blind, from his in. fancy, and therefore even ignorant of letters, appeared so great a miracle ttv the world, as not only to learn logic, but geometry, also to perfection, which seems the most of any thing to require the help of sight." Cassidorus men- Lions ,ia:tisebius of Asia, who, according to his own account ,of himself, " had been blind from five years old, and yet had treasured up in his mind all kinds of learning, and also taught them with the greatest clearness to others," Trithemius gives a similar account of one " NiCait,e of Itlechlin, Whin, though blind froM the third year of his age, yet, like another Didymus, became so great a master of all learning and knowledge, divine and htiMan, that he publicly taught in the University of Cologne both the canon and the civil law, frepently citing books 'he had never seen, but had learnt froni their being read to him." Men tion has also' been 'Made of a native of Holland, Who, notwithstanding his blindness, excelled in mathematical learning. Dr. Nicholas Sauuders son, who' was Professor of Mathi;maties in the University of Cambridge, at the cornmenceinent orate test century, wits totally deprived of both his sight and eyes when only twelve months old. He ' . diseovered 'wheti u . bOy 'a strong predilection for niiithenthticat studies, and as these were cul. tivated, he made kiitest , rapid progress. In ,the year 1707, being ;then twenty-five yea rs of age, he' Was sent to Cambridge, where his friends had Intended!. he should 'givt lectures, tiot doubting 'lntl that the amazing proficiency he laid already made in mathematical learning, and his peculiar felicity of expression in conveying his idea to others, would enable him to teach the mathema• tics with great credit and advantage even in Ow University. When he artived_atCambridge, he found that as Mr. Whiston,then in the Mathema tical Peofessinlashair, read lecturei in the manner he had proposed; any attempt of this kind would .be an encroachment on the privileges of his office. Bot Mr. Whiston readily consented to the appli cation of Mr.S.'s friends, and Wowed him togive lectures. These were immediately so well attended by students from the several Coll e ges, th a t ho could hardly divide the day arming all who were desirous of his instruction. The Principe' .411a 7 : thertmlicri of Sir Jsaac Net, ton, with Ids Treegiw on Optics, Mid his A i rilleenctica iiniversuliy, were the foundation of Mr. SatiodersOn's lectures. t pon the renioval of Mr. WhiStiia from his Pee's fessorship, Mr. Saundersoa's mathematical merit occasioned an 'extrtiOrdinary Step to be,taken to qualify him with a degree which the Statutes re quires. A mandate was granted from the Queen, for c onferriag or him the degree of Master of Arti; upon which he was ch o sen Lucasian Pro• fessor of Mathematics hi 1711. Ills inaugural speech hi Latin was distingUished by elegance, and by the graceful manner in which it was do. livered. lii the year 172.8„ when George visitedlthir University of. Catithridgei he express-, ed-a wish to see so eittiOrdinary a petson ; the Prafesior was introduced. to his Majesty, who created him Doctor of hairs by his royal favour. Dr. Sanderson had so strong a memory, that he could Calculate in his mind, multiply, divide, and extract the squaw or cub e , root to many placeS,Of figures ; and could keep pace with any calculator: in working algebraical : problems., infinite Series, &c. Ills sense of touch was so acute, that he ctitild with great nicety and exactness discover the slightest difference of Enlace,. or tho lieSt defect Of poliSii; thus he distinguiihed in a set of Roman medals the ge nuine from the false, although they bed been coml. terfeited With such eXactneitias to deCeive it con noisseur. SHOCKIN4 the Reading coach was Yeste`rda7 proceeding, through Timbal-, green, on ltS way to town, thc coachman, observ, lug several children playing in the road, called too them to got out of the way. Unfortunately one . of them in ho doing slipped down, and the coach being then close by, the driver was 'enable to' check his horses in time, and the wheel passed over his thighs, both of which were dreadtilly crushed ; but liltle. hopes are entertained of his saniving the unfortunate accident. • Yesterday, about tw.etve• o'clock a relnale , servant in the employ h t n respectable trades IYlittl reSiaiiife in 11 . 1nefirei, rs -road, suddenly rushed froni - the liltehen Into the street in ft trait owing to her elOtbei having can lit the.' y were innnedintely ectlngutilieo by, soiut! pasSengers thiSsing by ; but not' `before the un.'. foittinitte 'female was considerably bOrnt, al- Ahongh not- •so mueh ns tO endanger lrt 'r life.; A Geitiferin n ni belOrigibg to the olike'Of the creek o f tti Chafiaety., lane, stopPitlif,at the to' render her assis t. ane,e, %vita robbed at the me t' ent bygang, of thieie4 who snirontuied him and a gentleman a wi rol * e tis W th l e th b il u l t in tol ; l 6 0 11 f tlt f hisl Containing stole pgooctkceite-abook,