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THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAI IX Extracts from the Morning Papers, July 9. [BRITISH PRESS.] I: The French Papers of Sunday reached our Office yesterday ; they are who* uninteresting. The Gonsillutionnel says„, that letters from Madrid still spoke of a warm engagement be tween the French and Constitutionalists, and that Morino had been slightly wounded in the arm. This of course alludes to the reported de feat of Bourck. A French regiment, this ac count adds, bad set out from Madrid for OaHein, as a reinforcement. The Journal de Toulouse, under date of the 25th of June, from the envi rons of Seu d'Urgel, states the entry of, the French and Royalist troops into the town ;. the torts, hoWever, remained in the hands of the Spaniards. The French have, therefore, oh:. tabled no great prize in seizing a defenceless town. It is said that the French Ministry, vexed at Moncey's lengthened inactivity, have ordered hitn to make strong; demonstrations 'against Barcelona. The inhabitants of Upper Catalonia, it appears,, however, think that neither Vich nor Olot . (tWo of Mon cey's positions) will be drained of troops to bring before the, Catalonian capital.— On the contrary, they seem to expect their gar ' rims «ill be reinforced with fresh battalions. Manresa, however, will be abandoned, and the Constitutionalists will immediately possess them selves of it. The entire province, it is now plain, is strongly attached to the Constitution. The Catalonians have ever been bold, intrepid, and attached to independence. Six guerilla corps, commanded each by a different Chief, amongst whom are Puigbali and Fabregas, had sallied from Barcelona, and are already in full activity in the province. It is known, as a proof of the, spirit of the people, that when the heroic Mina descended the Segre, previous to his attack and defeat of ROmagosa, all the inhabitants of that part of the country immediately took arms and joined hint. With such a spirit as this, Catalonia will not be easily subdued. The citizens of free America, resident in Paris, celebrated, on the 4th,bY a splen did banquet in that city, now the abode of des , potism, the anniversary of the 47th year of their . .independence. The venerable and Patriotic La Fayette, who in early life aided to .conquer her freedom for America, and afterwards assisted in • the blighted regeneration of France, was pre sent, and as enthusiastic in the cause of Liberty as ever. lie gave as a toast," American liberty, founded on the rights of men and nations."— What has not freedom done for America, and what a mournful contrast does not revived des potism present in France! What recollections must not the names of the great Washington, Frantlin„ and others, bring with them to the mind of La Fa 3 ette ! and when he remembers the glorious prospects of Prani:e in 1789, how must , he sigh ovnoher present debasement The. French Papers contain nothing- else of the slightest Interest. The Marquis of Hastings was in Paris ; it i 4 not, we believe, yet settled that he succeeds 11;3 lonian Excellency, Sir'ff homas Maitland, as High Commissioner. [mottNiso . vow.] In the House of Cotnn►ons, last night, Mr. Hume brought forward a string of Resolutions on the subject of the Land Tax ) which, like most of his efforts in that way, were put down the mome►►t they were fairly in possession of the liouse;The Chatieellor of the Exchequer sheaved that the assumed amount of the Land Tax in the first Resolution was incorrect by .127,0001. The Hon. Gentleman had founded his calculation on the 'original Act for perpetuating the Lund Tax, and had overlooked one which passed a few months afterwards, exempting from its operations certain► incomes which had been improperly charged with it. This accident was fatal to the whole, and down went the Hon. Gentleman's fine set of conchisions in the twinkling of an eye, like the sequence of a pack of curds. It is but right to add, the Hon. Gentleman received the correction as good naturedly as it was supplied, and promptly withdrew his motion. [MORNING tiffRONICLE.] The, private letters received this morning, by the regular mail, are dated on Saturday last,and the - rumours than prevalent in the French capital are important, because, if they be well founded, they give a very direct contradiction to the news propagated by the official Bulletins. One of these letters is written by a Gentleman who had lately returned from Spain—and the information which it communicates must prove in the highest degree satisfactory to the feelings of the great majority of the British Empire. This letter states that the illustrious Mina continued to perform won ders in Catalonia, and that he had arrived at Barcelona, as communicated in the Parisian Journals of the 4th current ; but it adds that the Enalish nation probably were ignorant of the bi Iliant success over the enemies of his coon try, w bitch had at tended the march of this extraor dinary man. At Manresa be paid a. visit to his old friend the General Donnadieu, who, a few weeks before, would have caught him,bad he not made his escape by descending impassable precipices anti of Donnadieu or his brigade, sinc e thi s visi tation, not a vestige can be found to communi cate even a French account of the meeting which had accidentally occurred betwixt this Spanish patriot and the French leader of the forces of despotic legislation. Marshal Mance) , had not only to contend with the superior talents of the defender of his country's liberties, but also with the dissatisfaction of his own troops, who found themselves worn down with fatigue, in a service from which no glory, no feeling which can re compense the human mind for excessive privation, and bodily exertion, could arise. Two French regiments had refused to act longer in a service so severe, and the Marshal had ordered them to Perpignan, to relieve the garrison of that place, which ho directed to proceed into Catalonia, to supply the places of the disaffected. The same letter also states, that General Morillo had obtained considerable advantages over General 'Bourck, tends fa - a certain degree Co con firm the information previously received here that 400 men had arrived at Corunna, who had been made prisoners in Leon. From the neigh bourhood of Sarragoza the information received was likewise very unfavourable for the invaders, for the Guerilla parties rendered their situation ,extremely hazardous. The garrison of St. Se bastian had made a successful attack on the French forces which had invested that fortress, and had compelled them to raise the siege with considerable loss. All the Fredch troops in Bordeaux had proceeded to join the Army of the Pyrenees, and constancy alone in the Constitu tional Government, amidst the dangers which surround them, will be sufficient toa secure to them a glorious triumph over tyranny and that mental debasement which the fanatics are now attempting to impose on the human species. [TB,E TIMES.] Prom our late reports of the proceedings iA Parliament, it will be seen that the Irish are again to taste the _blessings of the Insurrection ACt. This, then,the whole amount of re medial policy accomplished on behalf of Ireland during the Session of 1822-3. The Tithe Com position Bill, indeed, was an attempt towards softening down those evils which the other Bill cannot fail to aggravate. But the conciliatory undertaking was strangled at the outset, being left dependent for its execution on the mercy of .the Clergy, whose abuse of power it had been destined to restrain, while the coercive measure came forth, armed at all points and invulnerable, •received no check nor mutilation in its course, and has certainly not been so constructed that its execu tion will at all depend on the assent of the parties to be restrained by it. Now, it is mighty well for his Grace, the Master-General of the Ordnance, to praise this grinding and despotic act,: which punishes a whole population for venturing out Of doors after sun-set, because it is after sun-set, that outrages, for the most part, are. committed. But will his Grace not permit us to inquire What it is that renders an Irish, more than an English peasant, liable to the suspicion of a criminal pur pose for breathing the open air at night ? The answer, possibly, will be (as Jlidge Torrens, or 'some of hiS associated magistrates, has informed us), that the bulk of the peasantry are bound by unlawful oaths to the violation :of. the laws, and the destruction of property..— Again we ask, why have the peasantry so .en gaged themselves ? Why are they so dis affected ? To this the monstrous• aasiver has lie satisfied witlitlie DO been already given,—" " toriety of the fact : we will not suffer you to " examine into its causes—such an inquiry would " take up too much time I .—and might imply " blame to us, the Ministers I'' The necessary inference therefoli is, that since the people of . Ireland have been galled into general disaffection by one or more conjectural causes, we are to gall them farther, still,. in hopes of their becoming more attached to their Government, and more amenable to the laws. If to rule a nation with a certain degree of harshness makes them hate you, there is nothing for it but to double the se verity, and you will encounter but half the de testation. Such is the fundamental principle of Irish law-making. It is one which acknowledges no authority but that of terror—which leads di reedy from a system of imperfect liberty to one of absolute power,-4;hich goes to improve a Jus tice of the Peace into an Aga of the Janissaries, and a Parliament into a Divan. [NEW TIMES.] The Funds suddenly advanced yesterday of ternoon, in consequence, we Je.. l I; eve, Of . the ac counts from Cadiz, which afforded a Strong im pression that the farce of a Spanish War is rapidly drawing to a close. Consols, which had opened at 821 and remained steady at that quotation till the middle of the day, suddenly advanced in the afternoon to 3 1, at which price they Closed. The. report of his Majesty's being sufficiently recovered to prorogue Parliament in person appears to be well received ; and it is supposed that, by the time of its taking place, utrairs will be so far settled upon the Con. tinent as to allow the Speech' to be of a very decisive nature. As to the drivelling stuff of The Times to prove that the finances of Out coup. try are not in a favourabla state, it excited much merriment in the city. The profound discovery that a repeal of Taxes to the amount of Twenty. live Millions annually has had, the effect of re. ducing the revenue, entitles its author to a place among the %Vise Men of Gotham. Among the evils of this piping time of Peace, the poor mi serable old Gentleman finds that ." Popula. tion increases, and consequently consumption " - 44 our manufacturers are active "--" the transactions between roan and man are mul tiplied "—" Taxation has been reduced re peatedly, not once or twice only, not upon one or two articles, but upon many articles, and by many successive reductions."—Alas ! alas ! what an unfortunate people we are ! and bye we shall have nothing left to grumble at. Our only hope is, that the immense sum of money raised by the Spanish Fancy Ball will en courage the inhabitants of Cadiz to hold out six hours longer than they otherwise would have done—that the Allied Sovereigns may regard such an interference in the war as a breach of our Neutrality—that we may thus be forced into hostilities, and compelled, from the known incapa city of Lord Liverpool in the Cabinet, and the Duke of Wellington in the field, to supply their places by Joseph Hume and Sir Brobert Wilson. Then indeed we might expect that the Quarterly Financial Accounts would assume a new face, and that our military glory would be quite (IV.' ferent from what it was, during the last ill con ducted war. [MORNING HERALD.] The Duchess of AngouleMe, on the admission of Buonaparte, displayed, at the crisis of the restoration, more of masculine energy and under standing than the Prince, her spouse, or the Princes, his father and brother and how striking the superiority which the Queen of Por tugal has recently shown over her degraded brother, }'erdhiand of Spain ! Without ap. proving the change which she has effected fn Portugal, or supposing that it will prove bene ficial to that nation, it. is impossible not to applaud the lesson of moral dignity, energy, and intellect, which she has given to the degenerate Kings of her family, by her refusal to swear obedience to the Constitution, and the force and skill with which sh e a t hi s t subverted it. The ascendancy, however, which she has gained, renders it very unlikely that any thing bordering on a bona fide free Constitution will be given to the Portuguese. Another inference also suggested by the events which have passed within the last few years, and are at present passing in Portugal and Spain, is that those who have once thoroughly immersed them selves in revolution will never be sincerely and permanently received into the bosom of Royalism. General Sepulveda thought that by treacherously betraying the Cortes and people of Lisbon, he should.redeem the original sin. of his share in N the movement which gave rise to the Constitution. Ilis fate has been instruc tive. After escaping with difficulty the rage of the LisbOn Constitutionalists, he threw himself, full of high expectation,- into the arms of the Prince Don Michael. This Prince flung him, away so contemptuously, that the soldiers dragged and trampled him in the Prince's very presence. The only favour he received at last was, that of being thrown into a prison as a protection for his life. The case of A bisbal, the Spanish General, has, been equally edifying. Spurned by the Duke of Angouleme,he became a wretched fugitive; and it appears has taken refuge in a small town in France, from the execration of the two parties in Spain, and the contempt of the French—in deed of all Europe. But uncompromising treat ment of renegades, and the, violence displayed 'by the Royalist Regency of. Madrid, are auspicious circumstances for Spanish freedom. The chiefs of the revolution, both military and civil, now. See that there is no mean for them between complete triumph and the dungeon or scaffold. It may have been observed, that for some short time back, the French Ultra papers, and those of the London Journals which draw their in spirations from the same source, have been an nouncing the speedy fall of the Cortes, without stating any specific ground. The plot to carry off the King was no doubt the secret foun..: dation of all their • assurances. So don& (lent were the French in Spain' of' the success of . the plot, that the deliver ance Uf li,!erdinand was actually announced by anticipation, in the grder of the Day, to some corps . of,the army'. They have still, however, a tedioUs :and - difficult course before:. thern ; and though the French JournalS have, contradiete.d port. a the Duke: of Angotl letne's return to Paris, ire have reason to think the rumour well fottmled. lie will tell Europ e that having established the , R authority i n oyal , the hands of a Regency ; in the capital, he has fulfilled his mission, and that his longer stay would be itionsis'tent with his dignity. little that remains—that is, the lighting port—lie will leave, to meaner hands. SPORTING INTELLIG ENC E. NEW.3I:IIIKET JULY MEETING, 1823. TUESDAY, ,JULY (Second Year.)—Renewal of the Sweepstakes of lOgs each, for three.yr-olds, Est. 91b. four. 15. five, Bst. 105. six, Ost. and aged Ost. 21b. T.M.M.IId The winner to be gold for 300 gs, if demanded, &c. Mr. "Wilson's c. by Comm, out of Gonsalvi's dawn, 3 yrs 1' Mr. Hunter's f. by Rubens, Out Of Sprightly,. 3 yrs' - . 2 Six started—One Ixl.--The Judge placed Inq two. 7 to I nest Comtii to 1 agSt Rubens f. Fifty Pounds, for three-yr-olds, guyi ng (Ist. 9th. four, Bsl five, Bst. 885. six, Hat.1:211,,: an age d 9 st . D, I. W Mr. yndhani's b. h. Conan!, 0 yrs D. of Grafton's bl. Pedrillo, .3 vrs , 3 to 1 mit Centaur. DEltior RACES will bo held 011, Wednesday and Thursday, the 23d and 24th *tidy, instead,of Tuesday and Wednesday the 22d and 23a; as bcfbre fixed..--Good sport is anticipated ; . twelve !lonics being named for the (lold Cup by Subscription of ten guineas each—l s ho rs es for the Subscription of five guineas each—and five Horses for the. Subscription of 20 guineas each, exclusiVe of the two Plates of 60 guineas each.— The days have been altered in consequence of the Assizes being held oil Monday and Tuesday in the sante week.—( Derby Mt fele ry. ) . , Th„ Loran MAyou has appointed to take the septennial view of the boundaries of his jurisdic tion As CenserVator of the river Thames, and waters of Medway, on Wednesilay the' 23d of July inst., and Out three following days ; upon upon which occasion i!p will be accompanied by the Aldermen and principal officers of the Cor poration. The party , ‘I - ill embark on board the Admiralty y ac ht and other vessels at .13lackwall, at nine o'clock in the morning, and proceed to s ° "theml. On the. following day it is proposed to view the boundary stone at Leigh, and inspect ilyis,lollll:l9wthing. • the communication between the Thames and Medway through yf m tlet creek, and return to. Southend, where a ball will be given in the evening to the neighbouring gentry. On the third day his Lordship proceeds up the Med way, where it is believed he will he met by the Cor poration of Rochester, tike It view to the extent of his jurisdiction nen'r Cocklmm‘-wood, and afterwards entertain the Corporation Ofßoches . - ter, and other distinguished parties, at a dinner at the Town-hall; and, after giving a public breakfast the following morning, return to town. Bator.ixorosT Q u m—Another line specimen of an elephant's tusk has been found on this coast, embedded in clay, '2 feet 7 inches . in length ; circumference, 11 inches ; weight, 11f pounds, and is now in the possession of Messrs. JOWTON and Sons, inpidaries. i!i;:r.e.:ONtil:ebi'llit,ii:Nitiaiec:ollelu7lsidt(tlear Guard bolati,)s7atitonewde! Dunure,°ej° o'clock, lash, which kt li l t ! ; (ll ) l :d ti c ie ha s s r ei e d k u - r t. i i t g ig ge t c l i ie b c o o a u t rs A c o n f n ihe fr iTi n gh l t, ja h l u n t . and after an hour's rest,again found nothing on board. Th e wa ter guard, suspicious of her having thrown, er carp) overboard, continued cruising till day anti about 11 o'clock, containing nearly no p , a r t h t e o y iita thenia furtherp roceedseeadretiot gallons Highland whisky, which they succeeded in picking up ,eleven casks, brought to Ayr, and lodged in the Custom-house.- (Glasgow Courier, jay ii.).• '- ' It is determined to erect a new building for Assembly Rooms, with the wealth an d respectability of t h at grea t' commercial 644 .o Hull, upon a scale commensurate town. And it is with pleasure we report that the subscription has already commenced by Earl FITZWILLIAM, High Stew ard of the Corporation, and Earl Mut GRAVE, the Lord Lieu tenant of Hull, each handsomely putting their names down for ONE lIVNIMED PQcos. • ~ A LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, JULY 8. . COVENT-GAADEN THEATRE..—CONST v. HARRIS. Mr. SHADWELL, at the sitting of the Court, stated, that in this case of the two demurrers which had been filed in opposi tion to the plaintiff's bill, only one had been allowed by his Lordship ; but the principle on which the one.demurrer had .been declared valid was, the Learned Gentleman submitted, applicable to both. - Mr. Shadwell's clients, the defendants, were anxious that this question should be forthwith decided, and, to that end, they prayed that his Lordship would re-con sider that part of the case to which he had directed the atten tion of the Court. The LORD CHANCELLOR recapitulated his former reasons for allowing the one and rejecting the other demurrer. He had no objection, however, to look again into that point. Mr. SHADIVELL said, that the view which he had just taken the liberty to submit, had not been formed without much con sideration, and he, therefore, trusted his Lordship would give the defendants the benefit of a further investigation. The de murrer which had been pronounced valid had been established by the admissibn of the plaintiff himself, that he possessed only a beneficial life interest in the one-eighth share of Mrs. Martin dale, which he represented. Now, as the parties to which the other demurrer referred stood in the same relative situation in that which was over-ruled, lie contended that the allowance of one necessarily included the validity of both. The LORD CHANCELLORt promised again to read over the bill and both demurrers ; having done which, he would take an early opportunity of giving his opinion thereon. Notice was given in Court this morning that his Lordship would peremptorily close his present sittings on the 16th day of the ensuing August. From the LONDON G AZ Err E, July S. BANKRUPTS. R. Dods, nigh-street, Southwark, linen-draper, to surren der July 12, 22, and Aug. 19, at one, at the Court of Com missioners, London. Attortiey, M r.' Lester, New-court, Crutched-friars. J. Glandfield, Strand, wine merchant, July 15 1 22, and Aug 19, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Attornies, Messrs. Hodgson and Burton, Salisbury-street, Strand. E. llastings, Lower Smith -street, Northampton-squa re , Middlesex, milkman, July 12 ' 19, and Aug. 19, at twelve, at the Court of Commission er s. .Attornies, Messrs. Stevens and Wood, Little St. Thomas Apostle. J. Hyatits, Coventry-street, Haymarket, jeweller, July 12, 26, and Aug. 19, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. ..At torney, Mr; Spyer, Bartholomew-lane. S. 'Coles, Exeter, innkeeper, July 18, 19, and Aug. 19, at eleven, at' the Half Moon inn, Exeter. Attornies, Mr. John Pearson,, Pump-court, Temple, London ; and Mr. George Tanner; Crediton, Devon.. .1. Goodell, elliswell-street, Middlesex, victualler, July 15, 22, and August 19,, at ten, itt the Court of Commissioners.— Attorney, Mr. Charles Reeves,:tly-place, Holborn, London. J. Bristow, Bristol, ironmonger, July 15, 22, and August 19, - at ten, at the Court of Commissioners, London. Attornies, 3leasrs4 Clowes, Orme, and Wedlake, King's Bench-walk, Temple. DIVIDENDS. Auif.' 2, S. and W. Scott and J. Smith, Aslithrtl, Kent, gro. cers—July 29, W. A. Bragg, Rotherhithe-wall, shipwright— Aug. ..1, J. Pickles, Keighley, Yorkshire, corn...dealer—Aug. CliondOs-stieet, Covent-garden, embroiderer —Aug. 1, .1. and \V. Brotherton, Liverpool, tailors—An g. 14, Clough, Barthafarn.park, It. 11. Clouh, Glanv-. wern, D. 111 ason, Aliirad-itchaf, and Rev. J. 1,. Jones, • Pins 11Iadoc, Denbighshire, bankers--July 31, W. • Forbes and G.. ,Lovis, Liverpool, merchants—July 29, E. W. ilenzell, Whitt' Lion-wharf, Upper Thames-street, com-dealer—July 29,, J. 'Martindale, St. James's-street, Westrninster, wine merehant—Aug. 14, It. P. jones, Abergavenny, linen-d ra p er — July 29, J. Dickenson Aldersgate-street,-seller--Jolt'3l, W. Sy m e s , Creleather-seller--Jolt'rne, Somersetshire, linen-draper—July 8 0, W. Penrillt, Bath, linen.draper —july 30, 'l'. Vaughan, Chorlek, laimiashi re, cotton-mannfacturer—July 29, J. Evans, J. Jones, and W, Abe.rystwith, bankers--July 29, T. floulbrooke linen.draper • CERTIFICATES, Jur.v 29. .G. Lambcrt, 81o:inc.:street, Chelsea, schooltnatter—J. F. Ifas well, Fax-and-Hounds-yard, Curtain-road, liorse.elealer— J. Tweed, Itoietnary-lne, timber -merchant—T. Litlbetter, Southwick, Sussdx„ corn-mereliant—E : 1101Viath, Leeds, wool. stapler— W. Shaw, Thornhill-lees, Yorkshire, boat-builder— F. Fredericks, Crickhowell, MteansliiitS, banker Starniar, Odell's-place. Little Chelsea, linen-draper. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. • T. Noble and J. Crewe, Upper Eaton-street, Pimlico, painters —V. Rushton and .1. Ifarrison, Bolton-le-;fl oors , grocers—G. ArrOwsinith and 5: . 11% Silver, Cornhill, clothiers.—J. J. and J. R. Barns, Bristol, wheelwrights T—J.ll.l ason and 'l'. Shaw, Salford, dyers --J. and J. Walhalla St. Dunstan's. hill, lightennen—M. and M. Dutton, Fleet.street, *4-makers—J. Robinson, Goggeshall, Essex, and W. Burgess, Leeds, drapers-4. Shep. her ,and J.and J. Lupton, Liverpool, leather-dealers-4., B. B.,and J. Alders.ey, wholesale-stationers; so far as regards .1. Aldersey, sen.—C. Thorp and W. Pttice, 111Achester, silk manufacturers—J. (iardner and J. Yates, Holton-le-floors, printers.--F. Poole and J. Stone, Wellington: Somersetahire, mercers—J. and J. Dewdney, Reigate, Surrey, bakers—A. Ellis and 11..Marriner, Liverpool, cotton-dealers. DISTRICT OF QUEBEC. AGRICUT,TURAL REPORT.—The spring which wears its appearance much earlier than usual was yet tardy, and the general seed time commenced only about the sth in stant; some patches of ground exposed to the sun on the north . shore below Cjuebee, were sown as early as the 25th Ultimo. Altogether agricultural labotirs are more advanced this year than last by nearly a fortnight. The weather was favourable for putting the wheats in the ground, which is now pretty ge nerally done. The grasses look well but are not long enough to aflbrd pasture to cattle. The clover and timothy sown with grain crops last year are luxuriant and have withstood the winter safely. The drought which continued to the 3d instant had retarded them on high grounds, but on that day abundant rains fell whi c h were followed by severe frosts on the nights of the 3d •itli and sth instant, that may have (lend same injury to tender g ar d en vegetables. The labours in the garden have gone on pretty rapidly, the weather, however, during this week has not been favourable to them. During winter, agricultural prodtice has been low, and the complaints of hard times were general. The rumours of war have effected some rise in our wheat, which sells now at a remunerating price. The intercourse with the United States has created at least a temporary demand for o a t s which we understand until late this spring were sold in the upper district as low as tenpence and one shilling per minot.- Bth May, 1823. .The late OMNI us G gmum G TLCHRIST, ' Esq. —Mr. Gmcnnwr was born in the year 1779, at the same place which gave birth to the celebrated Bard whose reputation It became his lot to defend against the attacks of the Rev. LISLE BOWLES. It appears, that he was originally intended for the sacred office, for he was at an early age matriculated at Mag_ tialene Colleges Oxford, and continued there during two yeara; but his destination was impeded by an advantageous offer of his uncle, resident in Stamford, who being in a declining state of health; invited him to commercial pursuits, and, dying in 1798, the conduct of his business devolved upon the de ceased, and iu 11301 lie tOutul himself master of:+bovvitire con. cern. Here it might:have been supposed that his connection with the muses and literature Would have terminated ; but the seeds dimming had taken too deep root in his mind to be thus eradicated. Amidst all the toil and attention necess ar y to trade," he contrived to maintain an active correspondence with all his literary pursuits. The first article in which be is known as a public author appears in the Monthly Mirror for August IWO,' to which is prefixed a very accurate portrait. To this pub lication, then conducted by his friend Moors, author of My Poeket Book, 4.c. 1.e., and to the Censure Literaria, he became a liberal contributor. In 1802, at the early ege of twenty-three years, he was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries; a distinction which he justified by displaying an extraordinary knowledge of and ..taste for the peculiar learning of the reigns of br.lzanETlE and her immediate sue.- cessors, and publishing an enlarged edition of the writings of, the amiable and facetitous poet, Bishop COBBET T. Ilk next literary production was a successful defence of BEN Joxsorr from the imputations cast on him by the commentators on SHAKSPEAIIE-111AtoNE,CliALMEpS, and others. Be was an occasional and not infrequent contributor 'to The Quarterly Review, in which some of the most admired articles, chiefly in the poetical and antiquarian department, are, from his pen. Previously to the publication of his Letters to liowvEs, be had become a contributor to The London Itlagazine; anti at about the Mine period, in conjunction with h(. Talmo t, of Fleet street, he brought into public notice the Poems of the peasant Ct.artu. He continued his literary exercitations till his weak ness became so excessive as to debar him even from the plea sure of reading. He was seized about ,a year ago with a gene ral imbecility of body, which no advice nor medicine could re medy ; and on Monday morning he expired, under a total ex hausture of physical strength, at the early age of 44 years and a few months.,-(StamArd News.) NOLLEKINS, THE SCULPTOR. Mr. CHRISTIE has been occupied during the last three days in selling the antique and modern Sculpture 3 the Models by th e great Ci nguecento of Italian Artists, together with a few Pictures and Prints, all the.property of this extraordinary person, whose recent testamentary disposition of his immense wealth, amassed by unwearied la bour and severe parsimony, during a long life, has excited so much of the public attention. Most of the Noble Persons is the kingdom, who are collectors and patrons of the Arts, were present each day, and manifested unusual ardour In their competition for the rare and valuable articles.— The prices obtained by Mr. CHRISTIE, whose pe culiarly modest but eloquent description of each lot to which any celebrity was attached, served• not a little to influence the desire of purchasers, will appear from the following items A Bust of Pope, copied from the original by Roubi liac, far inferior to the Garrick But, was purchased by the Rev. Mr. Este for - - - - £l4 14 0-.. A Bust of Sterne, by Nollekins—purchased by M. Russell Palmer - . _ .. -6018 Cr Rinaldo and Armida, painted by West—Ditto '. 64 10" Four Terra Cottas, by John o f B ou l ogne (late Mr... Locks of Norbury)—Ditto - - '- 53 11'0 A Copy of the beautiful antique Female Portrait, .commonly called Clyde, of the Townley Collec tion—Ditto . - - 58 16 0 - - - Venus pouring Ambrosia on her Hair, a beautifid Statute—original design of Mr. Nollekins—Ditto 231 0 0 Original Cast of th e Sitting Figure of a Venns, by Mr. Nollekins; the clay mould for which was de stroyed—.purchased by the Earl of Egremont -84 00' Original bust of Sterne, in terracotta, by Nollekins, done at Rome. Thi s b ust first brought Mr. Nol. lens into repute as a scu l p tor—purchased by Mr. Agar'Ellis - - - - - 46 -• 4 0 Mr. Nollekins received only twelve guineas for the original of this bust in marble; a copy of it sold in the present sale for M. 18s. A Figure of Cupid whetting his Arrow, by Nolle. kins-51r. Hamlet . - ~8 0 0 A half-size Cast of the Statute of the late Marquess of Rockingham ' by-do.—Mr. Chant r y . . 8 5 0 A small Print of St. Cecilia, engraved by M. Anto nio—Colnaghi - - - . .. 20 0 0 A Lake Scene, w i t h Fi gures, Vi ew i n Italy, painted by Wilso n .. 3lr. Tomkinson . - - 117 12 0 A River Scene, the couipanion, by Barratt-:-.Ditto . 97 13 0 An antique Statue of 31inerva, with the Helmet, the arms replaced by Mr. Nollekins, in lieu of the an tique—purchased by the Duke of Northumberland 162.15 0 A circular Altar or Pedestal, embellished with rams ' heads, and festoons of olive—Ditto , - . 34 . 2 6 An antique Boit of Commodu_ ,s perfect, and very fine, said to resemble the late Francis Duke of ' Bedfo rd —Ditto - - - - 336 0 0 Ditto of Mercury, of fi ne Greek sculpture, from Lord Besboraugh's, at Roehainpt on —Di tto - . 147 0 0 Ditto of a Faun in Rosso, very spirited and fine— Ditto - - - - r - .3110 0 Ditto of Julia Pia—Ditto - , - 42 00 , Ditto of Agrippina—Ditto - - . -.. 17 17 0 Head of a Greek Philosopher—Ditto - - 9 9 0 Antique Bust of a Faun—Ditto - - 105 00' Ditto of Pertinax—Payne Knight - ' - - 21 0 0 Ditto of Trajan—Samuel Rogers . ' - 25 4 0 Ariadne, a Copy from the Antique—George Byng 32 11 0 Antique - 152 5 0 mistof B c. i j is . t f t o ,ox 3cu , la b r yN s olie n k re in li D s_ us Ditt i o tto •. . -, 17 17 ' 0 Mr. Christie modestly recommended this Bust to , be placed between Trajan and Marcus Aurelius. • • _ Head of C. .T.Toz, by Nollekins—Mr: Ponsonby 22 1 0 Antique Bust of a Muse—Westmacott - - .18 17 0 Head of Doinitian-31r. Thane - - . - - 35 14 0 Head of the Laocoon, by Wilton—Mr. Paynter - 36 15 0 14 14 0 t t_ of D ß it er o enice—ly r. Son . ne - _-11 11 0 Beautiful Copy of the Group of the Laocoon, mo delled by Schoemaker - - - - 32 12 0 ADnittitoquPeor Dus t .. ' .. WiNcuEsT En JULY .5. —The Twelfth Anniversary of th e for the education of the Infant Poor, on the National ystem, was was preached held at Winchester, on Tuesday, July 1. A sermon S at the Cathedral, fo r the benefit of . Hampshire ope_ety by the Bev. H. fluntingford, F e ll ow o f Win- AleeB • ter Society, from 1 Cor. la chap. 08 verse. *" Be ye sted filst,unn'ioveable, always abounding in the iicirk of the Lord ; for as much as ye know that your labour is not: in vain in the Lord. ,, The Rev. Gentleman defended, in a very able t h e wisdom of the Society, in conducting the educe poor strictly according to the principles of the church, contained in her excellent charges, by the poor conformity of its doctrines, with those of the holy -'l:e t ta'an t : i o u niesfr re gh' s. His impressive discourse was followed by a collet- . Lion, amountingYto F. at the church doors. Alneeting was then held at St. John's House, and a report made of the state of the Society, from which it appear that there are 118 schools, containing 8060 children,. instructing on the National sys tem in this county. It was stated that in the returns from the schools in union, the beneficial effects of the introduction of the system, both upon the children and their parents, are hi ninny instances spoken of as already apparent ; and we cannot but re gard this as an earnest of a great moral change in the poorer classes of society, which the blessings of sound religious ' instruction are solikely to, promote. An excellent dinner of meat and plum-pudding was provided, by Mrs. Aslicombe, for the children, in the church,yarci, but a heavy shower of rain interrupted the gratifying scene, which is usually presented on this occasion. At four o'clock the friends of the Institution,. Consisting of several of the Gentlemen and Clergy of the tower and neighbourhood, sat down to a dinner at the George Inn, at which the High Sheriff, E. Knight, Esq. presided, supported by the very Rev, the Dean of Winchester, Sir T. Ileath c ote, Bart. F. L. B ec kf ort l , Esq. &c.—(Sonehampton Luminary, July 7.) COVRSE OF EXCHANGE, July 8. ArylSiCl dam Ditto, at Sight Rotterdam Pi 8 Antwerp l2 It 12 HAnduirgli 38 10 Altonit S 8 4 2f a q Cra Cs. Paris,3 Day's sigut Ditto 26 10 Y Us. Rourdeanz, ditto M Frank forl on the Main Cadiz Rillma 34 F.flect ire. Barcelona 3 * Effective Seville 35' Gibraltar ....___ ~egkern :31=—.Venice, Dal. Lie 2B 10 Geima .„ Malta 45 --Napirs 39 Palermo Lisbon Oporto it to .1:1m. ito .... ...... 4l pci Cct)t. BULLION. Portilkal Gold, in (on ' 1.0 0 0 p e Y 04. Forgign Cialtl, Ilus 3 17 New Vonbloons •• • 0 0 0 New 1)01114t4...... .... . .... .. .. 4 9 gilrrr in 13;n-4. '..t'antlnrol ..... n 4 11 On Monday, th e 7 t h inst., I the Lady of Ggorgo Esq”. Bedford -1)111(v, of a son. D. On the Bth inst., at Battersea Ur Thottaaa Fu n y, of St.• John ' s, S ou th war k , to Miss :Tesselq 6 Kellar, of tU r f a ormer place. Yesterday, at St. Pancras church, Lieut. B. 0. Waterhouse, RN., to Sarah, third daughter of John Willis, Esq., Meck lenburgh-sq u are. D I 14: D: 7 • 7 On the .18th ultimo, at . Kensington, Stephen Day, Esq., aged DO. On the'3oth ult., at Cologne, on Ilia:return to England from Italy, George Halliday, Esq., of St. James's-strcet, banker, aged 31. 3t. On Sunday last, July 6, agetl 7, at Ifolywell, James, second jion of the late 31r. Thos. Whitehead, of Onmant, Flintshire. On th e sth inst., in .Devonshir e - stre e t, Maria Emilia, wife 3f Henry Nassau, Esq. ' of 01)ort o .'' On Tuestlar, the Idth ult.. at Netherrnarsletield, Scotland, Jas. Henry, Ls. of Auchinleck, to Miss Ann Kirkpatrick, late of LiverpOoli. Printed and Pub Hailed for- the PROPIIIEWORM, At the STIY. il2, Strand, by J. B. GADSTAIR,S