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i 1,C 7' .- 7 47 7 j. ~ . . „ ~, ~'~. ,1( I - - le I Hititiviot: -7---- ~; ‘, • 9)1•77-: ( ft ' - '. as*-401• 1-. N , 4 . .. 7" ---* ::4 ---- 7 , .. r ~~< )fr rt suN. NUMBER 9682. THURSDAY, SEPT E MBER 4, 1823. This Day were published, In 'French and English, neatly printed in Crown Bvo., price lOs. 6d. in extra boards, embellished With Two Portraits of Madame Panam and of the Prince of Cobourg, MEMOIRS of a YOUNG GREEK LADY, or Madame PAULINE ADELAIDE ALEXAN DRE PANAM versus. His Serene Highness the /feigning Prince of SAXE COBOURG. Printed for Sherwood, Jones, and Co., Paternoster.row"; and J. Wood, 43, New Bond-street. " The story of Miss Pauline Panam has created a sensa tion. . . . She played the very devil with the decorum of a Court of the fifth rank. . . . . In the midst of her distresses, our lively author finds opportunities to be mightily amused with German beds, so unlike those of France; with the uppicturesque country, with the manners of the people, :And, above all, with the bad French in which they correspond. This last is an endless source of joke and pleasantry."--(Lite tary Gazette.) " This is a sad and melancholy story of suffering and op. )iression, which it is impossible to read without a feeling of deep sympathy for the sufferer, and one of indignant contempt ter the oppressor. The fi rst is an unhappy woman, seduced tend deserted ; the last unites in his person the characters of seducer, deserter, and reigning Prince.' . . • . The statements are confirmed throughout by numerous documents, from different persons of public and official importan ce , and by an almost uninterrupted series of letters f r om near ly all the members of the Cobourg family. The Memoirs of Ma dame Pawn' will be read with great interest."—(Literary Museum.) " If ever the unfolding of frailty had a legitimate excuse, Madame Panam has; and the manner in which her task is executed does her honour. Her's is a grand moral lesson, and told in a moral manner. There are no licentious pictures, no scenes to shock delicacy, not a phrase to call a blush on the cheek of virgin innocence. She fell, but it was through the Duke alone; none of her enemies reproach her with impro priety of conduct, no levity is laid to her charge . . . . now close the Memoirs of Madame Panam ;' that she writes under the strong feelings of a woman scorned,' is evident, and yet her Memoirs are so supported by letters and documents written by persons of the highest rank, and by the parties im plicated, that it is difficurt not to give considerable credit to her narrative,. The translation is good."—( Literary Chronicle.) " When we compared this Lady to Mrs. Clarke, we had our eyes upon certain alleged transactions atVienna. In fact, Ma. dame Pamtn3, still young and beautiful, and the Cobourg fra cas, seem to have excited a similar sensation among the Di. plomatists and others,at Vienna, to that . produced by the British heroine in the House of Commons."—(Literary Exa miner.) " This Volume appears before us merely . as a novel ; and, taking it in that view, it is extremely interesting, and its mo ral tendency is unquestionable. It is preceded by the Impri matur of Le Marechal P. de L* ll ., who; in a letter to Ma dame Panam, recommends the publication of her Narrative. This letter, though written by one of the old Noblesse (the Prince de Ligne),breathes all the spirit of Republican virtue." --(Monthly . Magazine.) ' Madame Panam is one of the most successful candidates of the day for public notoriety. Her Memoirs, under the above interesting title, having already made the ; of the Continent, have now crossed the Channel to us, and are likely to be quite as much read as the next Novel by the Author of Waverley. Many celebrated characters of the day appear in her work."—(Morning Chronicle.) " This book brings upon the tapis some of the most distin guished Diplomatists of the age, and .even Crowned Heads are not excluded from the scene. Some of the stories told of them is truely laughable."—(Morning Post.) " What we predicted has been strictly verified. . These Me moirs have excited an uncommon interest. . . . . This last offer (of a pension for supressing her Memoirs) was never performed. She refused to give up her papers, whiCh were af terwards made the sine qua non. Pennyless and friendless, she flung herself upon the world with these Memoirs in her hand, protesting against the treatment she had received, and solicit. Ithg the sympathy of the Public. She has succeeded in obtain. ingit.---(The British Press.) •, This is one of the most interesting Works that was ever presented to the Public, and is calculated to excite great atten tion throughout all the world."—(The Sun.) LONDON REPOSITORY for the CABINET MAKERS' SOCIETY, for every-Description of CABINET.FURNI TURE, FEATHER BED and MATTRESS MANU FACTORY, No. 71, Corner of LEADENHALL. STREET, London, opposite Aldgate Pump.-Read. Money Only. rrHE Society of Cabinet-Makers respectfully A. inform the-Public that they still continue the above Xatablishnient,. for the Benefit of Industrious Mechanics who have large Familes, by offering them 'Manufactured Articles in the Cabinet Line, of the best Workmanship, and Cheaper than any House can do in London by twenty-five per cent., thete being tits other profit required on the Goods but the bare house expenses ; at the same time will he sufficiently satisfied ' with having constant' Employment for themselves and families. Thili Society WAS Established in June, 1821, consisting of 20 Mechanics, adding the number of their Wives and Farni. lies, amounted t 0 ,66 ;, in June, 1819, five more were added to the Society; in June, iB2O, 10; and in June 1821, 8. The total Number now receiving Support Through . the Means of this Establishment is 191. 'The Society and their Families beg leave to return their - *income thanks_ to those Ladies and Gentlemen who have hitherto honoured them with their'Orders and Recommenda. ti.ens, and shall always feel happy ii; their endeavours to give future satisfaction ; at the same time solicit a Continuance of their Benevolence; whereby they may be enabled to increase the Number of the Society. The following Articles are inserted as a Specimen of the very Low Prices, all warranted.-Iteady,Money, only. Full size Mahogany four-poet Bedstead 'lath bottom' 31. 15s. -Full size tent Bedstead D. 65.•--Borde red hair Mattress to tit U. ls,--I‘lahogany Drawer, solid ends 31.3x.-Feather Bed • 21. 1021.4-Ditto; free from dust and smell, full size 31. 10s.-- Sid JAPenned Chairs of any description in oil 11. 65.-Best do. Wash-hand-stand 161.--Ditto, Dressing Table 1135.-Hearth Rdii's 14: 7 -3 ft. 6 inches Chest of .Drawers 41.44.-Three-foot - mahogany Pembioke Table 11. 18s.-Three.foot ditto on pil. Tara. and cliiivs'3l. , lsB.-e-Alahogany.Dressing Table 11.-Ditto Bidett, best 3.1. 45.-Ditte_Bedsieps 11. Bs.-Ditto ditto 11. 12s. --Dittb ditto 21. 2s;-..Ditto Box Cilia, 2 drawers, best British Plate Ibs.-Ditto ditto Is. 65.-Ditto ditto 11. 184.-Ditto SWing Glass, large size, commode 35.-Ditto ditto bs.-Ditto ditto ils.-Ditto ditto 124.-Sea.Bed and Pillow bs. Bd.-Ditto ditto 65.-Ditto ditto 75.-Tray Stand 75.-Long Mahogany Tray 145.-Japanned Book Shelf 75.-Tea Caddy 104.-Porta. ble Desk 214.-Desk covers in number 144.-Music Chairs any pattern Bs. 6d.-Eight Mahogany. Chairs, covered with horse hair, brass nailed 61.64.-8 ditto ditto 61. 155.-8 ditto ditto 71.7e.-8 Trafalgar ditto 91. its.-:-Mahoany Sofa to match 71. 108.-DittoCouch - 71.• IQs. -Ditto ditto 8 1.105.-Ditto, with Bedstead 71. 104.-Set of Mahogany Card and Sofa Tables, on turned legs,, banded in rose-wood 81. lbs.-Set of Mahogany Tables, two Card and Sofa, on pillars and claws 121. 125.- Ditto, -the best that can be - made-to order or pattern 161. 10s. -Handsome 7 foot 6 pedestal, Sideboard, with carved beck 171..-Mitto 7 'foot , 161:-Ditto 6 foot six 151.-Set of Dining. Tables, of the last pattern, 4 -foot by 10 foot 61 11.- Ditto, 4 foot 2by 11 , foot 6,161:-Ditto, 4 foot 6 by 12 foot 6, 161. 165.--,lf Spanish, an advance of 31.103.-Straw Palliasse 11. 13.-Tent Bedstead and furniture 31. 15.-Bamboo Bed stead-and French elyptic top, with drapery and fringe, 81. 104. -Five-foot mahogany four-post Bedstead and furniture, with Feenth. , draperiea, lined , all :through,- complete, 151. 10s.- Five-foot ditto, ditto 16s. 10s.-Ditto ditto, with cornice, of a attperior 'mike; 18L :105..-Dittoditto 'with gold cornice, ele gant drapery, 201.-Drawing.room durtains, of the best 1110- rine and Chinu, fitted for window,' 61. 6d.."...Ditt0 ditto 71. 7s. -Ditus, of a• superior and elegant style of works 101. 103.-.- Drawing-room rose-wood-Drawing-room Trafalgar Chairs Ditto, inlaid with buhl. 201.- ' Table -.2 Covers, and Sofa, 181. 18s.-Ditto 11. lg.-Drawing-room Sofa 61.65.-Ditto, 71. 7s. --Ditto 81:84.-Horse-hair Cushions, each ss. 6d.-Covered ditto 41. , W. THURNELL, Agent. COUNTRY DrALEis SUPPLIED. Owl's paelted.iree.ofexpence, except the materials, and sent to all parts of Great Britain, and to the East and West In dies.-Captalna-, fitted out,' and. merchants .supplied with Ca binet Goods for Exportation. Apart:news Furnished' at. a few hours' notice, and Rouses two or four days. This Day were published,. CI B SERVATIONS on the APPLICATION of the WEST INDIA DOCK 'COMPANY for a RENEWAL of their CHARTER, with an Analysis of the Evidence given before the Committee of the House of Com mons. on Foreign Trade, to which their Petition was referred ; and Copy of the Report of the said Committee. By JOSEPH AIARRYAT, Esq. M.P. Printed for J. M. Richardson, Cornhill; 'and"Ridgeways, Piccadilly. PUBLIC APPROVAL. THE NEW LOTTERY SCHEME (as T BlSii anticipated), has met With Public approval he, therefore, merely reminds his best Friends of its priuci• pal features. It contains Three Money Prizes of £lO,OOO, Two Money Prizes of 410,000. 34 other M o n e y Prizes of £2,000, ,000, .£5OO, &e. and More Prizes than Blanks ! It will b drawn in the old plain, straight-forward way— every Ticket singly, each deciding its own fate and no other. The Drawing begins Citli September, and the very first drawn Prize will receive £lO,OOO in addition. The Tickets and Shares are selling considerably cheaper than they have been 'for many years ; but as the Tickets are on sale in the open Stock Market, as the 'demand increases, and the quantity decreases, a rise is sure to take place; an early Purchase is therefore recommended at BISH'S Offices, 4. CORNHILL, and 9, CHARING•CROSS, where Twenty fire Capitals were shared and cold in the last Lottery. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—On my return to town this morning, from Worcestershire, I find a letter from the Lessees of Covent-Garden Theatre, in which they have indulged themselves with a liberal use of my name. Mr. BRANDON is preparing his defence to the frivolous awl vexatious charges which at length they have had the temerity to bring for. ward. When the public are in possession of this important document, I will lose no time in reply ing to their observations regarding Your obedient Servant, Covent-garden, Wednesday Evening. G. 11. ROBINS. LAW INTELLIGENCE. PREROGATIVE COURT, SEPTEMBER $. Thisrourt sat to-clay for the dispatch of business in the Registry. Dr. DAUBENY presided in the absence of Sir John Nicholl. Dr. DODSON (who, with one other advoCate, was the only Counsel in Court) submitted a few motions in the usual course, for the grant of letters of administration to the effects of several parties,,deceased and intestate. Nate of these motions were opposed, or possessed of the slightest public interest but , it may be proper to observe, that in one case, w h ere a party h a d died in the East Indies, this Court granted probate to en exe cutor who produced an authepticated and formal copy of the deceased's will, the original being in the hands of a n otileer iri Colombo (island of Ceylon), the period of whose return to England was altogether matter of uncertain ty.--The Court sat about half an hour. SURREY SESSIONS, 13trp.r. 8. Jeremiah Sinekrby was indicted for uttering a counterfeit halt crown on the Oth of August last. The prisoner, it appear ed, had tendered the base coin in payment for a quart of cur rants, at the shop of Mr. Bontall, a fruiterer, in.the Black friars-road. The half-crown was reflised, and the conduct of the prisoner induced the shopman to search him, when more bad money was found on his person. The Jury found the prisoner guilty, and the Court sentenced him to six months' imprisonment in the coupty gaol. Three young girls, named Marfa Murray, 'Eleanor Hart nett, and Ann Hawes, were. tried and convicted on a charge of stealing a small bronze ornament, the property of Henry Per. ring, a pawnbroker, in the parish of Christchurch. The pri soners had gone into the prosecutor's shop under the pretence of buying a gold ring, and took the opportunity of stealing the property in question, which was missed after the prisoners left the shop, and was found upon the persnn of Hawes. Upon being searched, no money was found upon them. The Court sentenced them to be imprisoned in the Brixton House of Cor. rection, and there kept to hard labour for six months. George Davis and Sarah Davis (his wife) were indicted for stealing a coat, value Aos., the,property of Thomas ?Ottani: It appeared from the evidence, that the prosecutor missed bii • coat from a chaise which he bad left standing at the door of a public-house. The male prisoner was shortly after seen carry ing it across some fields, wrapped up in a piece of cloth. His wife was with him.. _ _ • _ The Jury found the man guilty, but acquitted- the woman. Upon hearing the verdict .the woman began to cry, upon which her spouse admonishediihwthus—" What the h—l 'are you crying for, you d—d old,fooloieyou have got off.". The Court sentenced Dirviti to be transported for seven yeari. "May you all sit here till I come back, and be t l—d to yoti," said the prisoner, who then attempted to strike the officer who had apprehended him, but being prevented, he threw his hat in his face with great violence, and was carried away by three or four men. Elizabeth Galloway was indicted for stealing ten table-cloths and eleven sheets, the property of Mary James. It was given in evidence, that the prisoner was the servant of the prosecutrix : , who resided in Bermondsey. The prisoner quitted her service on the 24th of July, without previous notice, and shortly after her departure, the property was missed, and it wits ascertained that she had pledged it at a pawnbroker's. The Jury declared the prisoner Guilty; but the Court, in consequence of her having received a good character, sentenced her only to eighteen months' imprisonment. By a recent act of Parliament the Court is empowered to award the punish ment of transportation for fourteen years, upon conviction for an.offence similar to that which the prisoner committed. A ruffian, named Robert Thomas; aged 23, was charged with assaulting his father, an aged and infirm man. The old man stated, that upon hearing his son abusing his mother in the grossest terms, he proceeded to the spot, and asked the cause; upon which the unnatural son threw off his coat and attacked his father with the most savage fury. The injuries which the father received from the assault were swelled eyes a cut cheek, broken nose , and the loss of two teeth. The prisoner was found Guilty, and sentenced to be im prisoned for one month, and at the expiration of that period to find securities for his good behaviour. The Sessions ended this day. Yesterday being the day appointed to hear appeals at Hicks's Hall, a number of respectable licensed victuallers attended to claim the excep. tion of three windows, under the provisions of an Act'passed in the last Session for the relief of shops, warehouses, and other places, " where goods, wares, and merchandize, are sold 'or offered for sale," when, after a long and de. termined effort on the part of the victuallers, the commissioners were of opinion that they were included in the Act, and . they were all relieved. PARLIAMENT'ARY' .PAPER POOR RATE RETURNS. REPORT -FROM TUE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Select Committee appointed to consider of the several Returns made to the Orders of this House in 1822 and 1823, relative to the Sums Assessed, Levied And-Expend ed, on account of the Poor in England And '.Wales;. andao.re. text an Abstract of the same, - -together with their Observations thereon, to the House;—Have, pursuant to the Order of the abuse, considered the Matteis to them referred, and have agreed to the following Report : your Committee find that although the defaulting parishes are rather more numerous thtin in the preceding year, the Re turns for the year ending 25th March, 1322, are nearly complete. The Abstract which your Committee present, in continuation of the first Table appended to the Report of last year, still ex hibits a declension in the pecuniary amount of the rates and ex.. penditure. This declension, which . has been progressive since 1817-18, was greater in 1821-22 than in any preceding year. The amount in 1821-22 fell share of that of 1820-21 by 650,4521,, and of the amount of 1817-18 by 1,553,9991. ; and if the compailson be made not of the total levies, but of the sums expended for the Poor only, the declension is equally appa rent, being 599,742/. as compared with 1820.21, and 1,531,445/. as compared with 1817-18. The subjoined statement will sho w t h at the expenditure in the year 1821-22 exceeds by only 236,a251. the rate at w hi c h it stood in the first of the th r ee triennial periods stated by the Committee of 1822 ; namely, the period ending in March 1815, which may be considered as the concluding - period of the war. The average of three years endin g In March, 1815, is - - - £6,123,178 March, 1818 - - 6,844;290 March, 1821 . ' - 7,273,229 The Expenditure in the year ending March 1822, is - . - 6,358,703 This Expenditure is lower than in any year of the preced ing six. , The general:ate of diminution between 1820-21 and 1821-22 Is about nine per cent. If the comparison be made with 1817.18, which in England and Wales generally, and in most of the Counties, was the year of the greatest expenditure, the declension is about nineteen per cent. The former Report has shown that the diminution which oacurred in England generally, was not apparent in every sepa. rate County. It is now to be observed, that Huntingdon fttr. nishes the only exception la the statement, that the expendi ture of 1821-22 is less than that of 1820.21, and that in Hunt.' ingdon the excess only '2371. The rate of diminution no doubt differs materially in the several counties. It varies from one per cent. in Bedford to seventeen per cent. in the W est Riding of Yorkshir e . I t i s l ess than five per cent. in' Cam bridge, Lincoln Norfolk, Suffolk, Westmorland, an d t h e E ast Riding of Yorkshire; and more than, ten percent. in Derby, Devon, Dorset, Essex, Hereford, Lancashire, Leicester, Mon mouth, Nottingha m , O x f or d, Somerset, Statilrd, Surrey, War. wick, Wo rcester , Brecon, Flint, Pembroke, and Radnor. Between 1817.18 and IM-22, the rate of diminution was, in eight counties thirty per cent. and upwards; namely, in Berke, Hereford, Lancaster, Salop, Southampton, Wilts, Wor ceater and Glatnorgan ; and. in eighteen other counties twenty per cent. and upwards;. namely, in Buckingham, Derby, Dor set, Essex, Monmouth, Norfolk, Nottingham, Oxford, Rut land, Somerset, Stafford, Sussex, Warwick,. Brecon, Cardigan, Carmarthen, Denbigh and Radnor. It was under ten per cent. in seven counties only, namely, Bedford, Cumberland, Hunt ingdon, Kent, Lincoln, Middlesex and Westmorland. The fall in the price of a' feat since 1817-18 'has been very considerably greater than the reduction of the Poor Rates. The fall in 1821.22, as compared with the preceding year, also exceeds, but by no means so con s id era bl y , t h e rate of, reduction. The fur ther fall in the price of wheat, which occurred in 1822-23, and has been followed by a considerable rise. will give peculiar interest to an investigation of the charge of 1822-3 and 1829-4. It has occurred to your Committee, that a calculation of the Expenditure upon the poor of each county, as compared wirh the pdpulation, might suggest valuable topics of investigation. They have therefore prepared a table, in which this comparison is made for the year 1 8k2-13, and f or t h e y ear 1821.22, the earliest and latest of the nine Years which they have had under consideration. It will be seen that the Counties where the.pro portion was the greatest, were, in the first period, Barks, Mackingham,Enex, Oxford, Sussex, and \Tilts, in all which it exceeded I/. per head ; in the second period the proportion was the greatest In Bedfoo, Buckingham, Essex, Huntingdon, Kent, Northampton, Okford oex alone exhibits' wrate eo high'as 14 per head. The difference of rate per head between 1812-13 and 1821.22 , Suffolk and Sussex, of which Sus. is greatest in Berkshire where there is a diminution of Ile. per head, and in Sussex where the diminution is 105. , . 'Bat in thir teen Counties, namely, Cumberland, DuritannHertford, Hun. tingdon, Leicester, Middlesex, Northumberland, Stafibrd, East and No r th Ridings of York, Cardigan,' Carma rthen, earner von,And Merioneth, there home variation; and in four Coun ties namely, namely, Kent, Lin co l n , Nr estince l an d, an d A ng l e . sey, there is an inc re a se of Is. Th e ta bl e will a lso sp e w at one view - the several Counties ranked according to the largeness of the expenditure in 1821.22, with reference to the population. The House has now before them (i n t he Supplemental Ap pendix to the Rep ort of last You / t h e A ccou nt of the Expen ditura in each Parish durin g t h e period of t h e R eturns , . Thi s Parochial Account show s t h at while there has been i n the whole. of England and Wales, and i n each County, asliminution of charge, there has been in many parishes in all parts of the kingdom,an increase more or l ess considerable: The Returns 1821-22, .f...tred to your Committee, also. exhibit on an increase of the expenditure of ma ny parishes. • To pursue Witit'utility a detailed investigation of' the pro gress of the POO' Rate in the different parishes would require more of laborious attention and of' local knowledge than can be expected from your Committee: For former years the printed. Reports give to the Members of the House the means of pursuing this Investigatio n , as to , t h e particular district s with which they are severally most acquainted; and though it may not be right to incur the 'expense of printing the Paro chial Returns for a single year, those Returns can now be easily referred to by Members ; and they may conveniently be printed, when a fourth triennial period, which for reasons al ready given will be a - peculiar °Wert of interest, shall be completed. the • • At present it may be only observed, t hat nninutton of charge is•more,stnkingly apparent in the larger parishes ; whether this. circumstance indicates the successful operation of Select Vestries, which are more prevalent in such places, or is to be attributed to the better condition of the parishee which are less purely agricnltural, or to what other cense, is a ques tion well, worthy of attention. The Committee have inserted in the Appendix an AbStract of the more remarkable observa tions which accompanied the returns frorn several parishes. The House having referred to your Committee the Report of last year,.which contained a recommendation of a form of keeping and passing parochial 'accounts, it may he right to make a few remarks on that subject. to, recominenudeoa.li expenditure, which may i n expressing a concurrence. But of I k n ee ti p 7 in o g bs d er is v i as io i c o t ns oc o c i o ' i t i b o a ts t C o ciin t ro he itt e e x e p upon the importance may be preferable, at .i lt et 1;0 furnish the means of classifying the relief given to' the 'poor, there can be little difficulty your Committee are not 'prepared principal l county rates, peremptorily prescribing a form of account exhibiting all the purposes to which details required by that Committeteh.e least in the first instance, to require generally that the accounts 111. 4 0 4 n: g r h en o d u e ld red b e tso k t li e t J a u n s d ti f c r e a s m u t n a t , ler orsbstracted, as to show, up on inspection, how much of the whole sum charged therein may t te p b oo ee r n ro e te ipt ia n a d i e ,p d li f e o a r b ea le c ; li t oLt t he is con stables' bills, expenccs at law, including charges t'or attending the Bench of Justices, sa.; c h a rge o.t removals. salaries Of assistant overseers; expenses of erecting or repairing., work houses, expenses of, materials for s { etting the _. poor on, Work, charge of parish farms, anti any oth 'r 11118011Atie011it expenees riot consisting of canerlief given to theppor. in money. $0 far there be little or no ditticlit!Y t but rt is extremely desirable that an attempt should be made to introduce a classi fication of the expenditure upon the poor: They trust that it will not be deemed unreasonable to requite that the a mount • paid to the poor shall be so stated as , to distinguish, ~ so far as the same may be found practicable,' how much of the 34:115: may have been paid to the poor by reason of sickness or inabi lity to work ; how much by reason hf the niAtubir or aildren which a poor person has to maintain; anAlitow natekby ma son of the want of employment , which alit amount shall 'tilto'be so divided as to show how much has been paid as Wages toveisoris set lit work by the parish, and how much given in money with out work. - • - - The permanent and occasional relief -should also be distill. guished. The Justi ces s h ould h ave the p6wer of appointing and pay - - ing an examiner of the accounts; and they should b e autho rized and re qu i re d to reject-acco u nts which shall, appear, to be incorrectly stated, especially if the default appears to have occurred through wilful negligence. ' • When it is considered, that relief. .cannot . now - lawfully be given without a statement and entry of ehe " special cause" or " occasion" which calls for it, it can hardly be thought that the enactnient which- they recommend can be deemed to int: pose upon Parish Officers, or Vestries...a degree of trouble be , yond what th ey ' may fairly be required to undertake, and the diminution of the actual burthen of the Rates-themselves; which Would follow from a strict attention to the rule which prohibits the grant of relief, except for an undeniable and specified cause; ought fully to compensate the parishes for the additional attention required of them. TRADE WITH IVIArtTINIQUE. The following appears' in the. Martinique Gazette of June 25 ORDINANCE AUTHORISING THE IMPORTATION INTO TIM COLONY OF FOREIGN FLOUR, AND VARIOUS OTRER ARTICLES OF PROVISIONS. In the name of the King, Considering the present almost absolute scarcity of the pro duce of the country, from the successive unfavourable weather for several months past, and regarding the disasters caused by the gale of wind on the 19th of December last, that flour is ex tremely scarce and dear, and that, under present circumstances we cannot depend upon reviving sufficient supplies of this com modity through the trade between this port and the metropolis ; considering that as the hurricane season is approaching it is necessary to ascertain as soon as possible the supply of food necessary for this season, and until the provisions now planted shall afford some resources ; seeing the urgency of the case, and having consulted with the Council of G overnment and Ad ministration, we have ordered, and do order, t o b e executed provisionally, an d trust i ng to the approbation of his Majesty, the following • Article I.—Frotn this day until the Ist of December next, exclusively, the flour of foreign wheat shall be adMitted into this colony, paying the duties hereafter named : to wit--. By foreign vessels, six per cent. By French coasting vessels, three per cent. . And by . French vessels' coming fr om the , United States, two per cent. 2.—During the same period, earn in grain corn meat, rye, biscuit, rice, and d r i e d p u l se , s h a ll b e admi tted on payment of the duties of two per cent, by foreign vessels, and one per cent. by French vessels. -: .3.—Flour, or_ other produce before named,. which shall be imported into the colony by virtue of the present ordinance, will not be subject to the duty of 12 per cent. over and above. 4.—The Commissary -General is charged with the execution of the present ordinance,. which shall be registered as well in the register of the Royal Court as in those of the Tribunals of the First Instance, and shall be print e d an d p u bli s h ed every where that shall be necessary. Given at Fort Royal, Martinique, under the seal of our arms, and countersigned by the Secretary of the Records of Govern. ment, this 13th day of June, 1823. DONZELOT. By his Excellency the Governor and Ad m ini strator o f t h e King, The Secretary of Government llecords, GUILLAUME. HANANNAII. Don Francisco Dionisin \rives, the Captain-General of the ,gland of. Cuba, has addressed the following communication to the inhabitants of Havannah, in consequence of their having formed a committee to contribute to the support of Spain " Inhabitants of the island of' Cuba I—Whilealie Peninsula is labouring under the most atrocious and unjust aggression that could ever be effected by the force of abuse—whilo the hosts of superstition and despotism present themselves with the sword in one hand to destroy the symbol of its liberties, and with chains in the other to sink thrm into the'most abject and ignominious slavery, will the faithful and generous inhabitants of this province be passive spectators of this bloody and degrad, ling invasion ? Will they behold with indifference the tyrants taking palsession of, and domineering over, the ruins of' a 'Go vernment the most liberal and the most beneficent P Will they remain tranquil and unconCerned whilst their Constitutional King and their Government are wandering out of the capital of their empire?--whilst the legislature and representatives of 1 the Spanish nation are obligeil to interrupt the august functions of their ministry ?—whilst a foreign tyrant pretends to correc t and profane the i mmortal work of their wisdom and munifi. sense, and to crush the Spaniards with the same yoke, of which they were redeemed by their noble fortitude and generous Magnanimay ? - • • • • '" Eternal ignominy and disgrace would attend the, inhabi tants of this island ; inconsolable affliction would enfeeble the hearts of their brothers in the Peninsula if they were nut to. receive from the liberality and adhesion of the former, the aid which the privations and calamities the y suffer require :.11, whilst the natives of this island a re enjoying all the comforts 'of tranquillity 'and opulence, they were to be callous to compas sion and their own interests. - "How can the fate or the Peninsula be Indifferent to the inland of Cuba ? They are most intimately united by the tiet of blood and affinity, by the laws, by religion, by usages and customs; and consequently Cuba must necessarily participate in its misfortunes as well as in its prosperity. The alterations which truly take place in Spain will:shake all, these provinces from one extremity to theother ; and dila island, now the man. pion of uninterrupted peace and abundance, the asyltun of the unfortunate of both worlds, may be converted into - a desert, destroyed by horrors and devastations:- its abundant anclier. tile fields covered with fragments and ashes : and those nations which now contribute to its aggrandizement, would then be come the most solicitous to foment in it an intestine dissension with all the devastations which invariably follow. " Conititiitional Authorities, inhabitants of this province guard against this dreadful catastrophe. The most sacred duties of justice, gratitude, and public convenience ; moat im periously require that your names should be inscribed in the registers which the first corporation presents' to you-a eerpo.; radon established .by yourselves to preserve untainted the Magna C'haria which elevated the Spaniards to the dignity of freemen, to watch for your prosperity and prese rvat i o n, rind to spread among the p eo pl e the effusions of a paternal. govern_ merit, binding closer and closer its ties with the mother country. Your provincial deputation_merine, for these motives, and many more, that you should adopt th e measures that it reco mmen d s , in order to support and sustain the decorum hnd dignity of this very country in the ;terrible crisis under which she labours by the fanaticism and pefidy of some of her sons, and by the in. gratitude and felony of a Governinent to whom it owes its ex. istence. This is the conduct expected by the Political Chief and Captain-General of this • island from the generosity and patriotism, from the judgment and wisdom, which its inha bitantx have at all times Manifested. Havannah; July 20, 1823. (Signed) "'FRANCISCO DIONISIO VIVES. "ANTONIO MARIA. DE LA,TORREV CARDENAS,' Seerdtary." • RIOT AT A FuNtitAi..-- T nes ny n. f ternoon an extraordinary scene took place in the parish of St. John, West. minster, and a watchman named Oliver narrowly escaped.* ith his life, in consequence of th e i n di gnant fury of John Oliver's wife died on Monday, at his lodgings, in 011 lb-street, IlOrseferry-ro a d, an d on Tuesdayhe bmged of the Overseers a grave in St. John's Church-yard to bury her. On 'Tuesday afternoon th e parish hearers arrived at Oliver's room, to carry the corpse toits long home ; when they found that Oliver had thought proper to dispense with that-article which is generally used on such occasions, viz. a coffin but had enveloped the corpse in an old blanket. The tgfhbours, knowing that he d' not want the means to buy a. n, interfered, to prevent . the body being interred by the unfeeling husband in that state ; and the parish bearers, though used to disgusting scenes of wreteh. ethiess, refused to carry the corpse in that state. thibugh reel streets, and th ey returned to dm workhouse and,prooure a shell, in which the body was carried to the grave, followed ,by . the huSbatid . rolus;. On , the *ay - to the grave, as the •corkse passed down .t i lub - street, , Maritham-street, and .Peter-strset4 to St. ohn't Church, the women in the neighbourhood assembled and pelted him all the way, and he su`stained vary considerabl e. , injury. " ;.'..• 1 PRICE SEVENPE 14Ct. 1 NOD. I. A, ACCOUNT OF. THE.FOUNDER OF THE BUDDHIST RELIGION. Fe, or 'Bond& was the son of some Indian Monarch, who being sent by his father to Rego. crate a pace with a neighbouring. Monarch ,to whom he ivavtributary, and :to whom. he, had failed to pay his tribute, succeeded so vett, -as not merely to' pro Cure a remission of the tribute, but to gain the hand othis.daughter in marriage. On his return to the cottrt of his father, he left 'the affairs of. his father's kingdom, mrd his new wife, and retiring into the desert, was visited by some genii, who suggested to him the laws which he afterwards established for the conduct of his, followers. Fo had now become lawgiver, and had con everted, several individuals to his religion. sent these out to preach his doctrines, which they did with incredible success. After India, Ceylon embraced his System ; then Siam, and afterwards the Burman Empire. These places were all in their time visited by Fo, and in each of them is to be seen the imprint of his foot, to which pit grimages are made, and which are regarded as peculiarly holy by his followers. Tl u doctrine of the transmigration of souls is the distinguish ing ohe of the 'professors of this faith : for al though split into many sects, not one of them refuses his credence to this article of belief,.. The Buddist religion at length reached China, the manner of which was very siagular. The Emperor dreamt that he saw a man of an extra ordinary size in a dream, who gave him instrue• tions to seek and find the law of the Great West. On this intimation he resolved to go himself ; but on being supplicated by his ministers and people, he gave up the idea, and staying at home himself to guard his empire,sent some of his nobles into the `West to find that law. The Chinese sailed, and in the then imperfect state of navigation, the voyage seemed to them to be so long, that they resolved to land in the first country they discovered, Avtsich turned out to be the' Indies, which, since Europe has been known to them, 'they have called the Little West, but which was formerly distinguished as the Great West.. It appeared to them that they were here to find the law for which they . sought, and which had , been announced to their Emperpr. As, soon as the Chinese deputies landed, they set themselves to acquire a knowledge of the re ligion of India; and becoming more and more convinced that this was the religion for which they were in search, they took some of the priests with then, 'returned to China, where they were received with much respect 'and distinction,. and under their instructions the religion of Fo beCarne that of the State.---(Bengal Jiurkarw.) .111001WROFT. Since the issue of our last publication, which contained an abstract of 114 r. Noorcroft's pro= ceedings and expectations, we have. been favour ed with the sight of tt late later from Leh in Ludalth, dated September 14, 1822, which con tains some interesting particulars worthy of pub licatiOn. It appears from this letter, that on the day preceding the date on which it was written, the persons sent by Mr. hloorcroft to Yarktrnd bad returned to Leh, with letters from the prin cipal authorities there, the tenor of which•was unfavourable Whitt wishes : so that he was compel!. ed to abandon all thoughts of visiting that city; It is known that this refusal on the part of -the authorities at Yarkund to admit a British travel ler into their territory from India, has been oc casioned by the ,preponderating infltience of Russia in that quarter, where she is endeavouring to secure, by gigantic.strides,that commercial in tercourse which might have been enjoyed by Bri fish Merchants, if earlier or more decisive mea sures hid been taken to ensure it. Mr. Moorcroft Moorcroft was, however, on the point of setting out for Kashmeer,having already engaged the horses necessary for his journey, and propos ing to commence his march early in October. Among' the interesting acquisitions 'already made by Mr. Moorcroft, in his progress through these elevated and imperfectly known regions, the following are; perhaps, worthy of enumeration Ist.• The discovery of vast resources of timber suited to ship -building, and sufficient itt clean tity to supply ull the demands of ship , builders India for years to come. 2d. The discovery of a -whiter and more productive kind of wheat that' any variety yet known in Britain. 3d, The tlis comp of several sorts of barley, all more "pro ductive, and several containing more valuable properties for malting than those hitherto culti vated in ,England. 4th. The discovery of a plant that cures the rot in sheep, of which disease the late Dr. Bakeiell asserted that some hundreds of thousands died every year in Britain: 'Sill. The discovery of a hardy variety of hay, with which 'even the waste moors and heath -covered commons of England may be cultivated, so ao to afford winter food for. at least an additional million of sheep, while the quality. , of this food - i:i such as to fatten them in half the tituethey.wouici require to fatten on any other- known forage, at present in use. 6th. The discovery of it broed of mountain sheepi of 'which every cottager in England, not receiving parochial reliel,„ may keep three with more ease than he mt., maintain a s e n T a. o fl g o C; k so 0 f that e every little e presentfa r .1 8 1 t e o rirt i a csl y tie. ,t k w : e 'e val4 j . : fr d oa u rn c l e ehn o ei f eh l i t le i tx s t t f a a r r e m tn. threea i io s ar. l k l e e op d secur ed , trils:roaf i 4e nd ey if the remaindar'nf Mr. , tie as• productiv e of adratitme to his.country as the tfrourzeie4priorwtiriliviortitt_biselhibkieetyttto,ebneti,methieli; air,:ettewr public benefits resulting front their labdurs than this enterpriling at + la, journ„o EAST INDIA' HOUSE, Sept. 3, 1843. THE COURT o f DIRECTORS o f t h e UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG LAND TRADING to the EAST INDIES, do hereby give Noti . ce, That a GENERAL COURT of the said Company will be held at their House in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 14th April, 1824, for the ELECTION of SIX DIREC TORS for Four Years. JOSEPH DART, Secretary.