The Sun. — London, England, 1828-10-31 00:00:00

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Supstfin e , ~pt 4ag edi-,,,,-- .I , a.'"',,tti t i /1114. 4 ....,, ,, ,,..,v e , 1 , r i eo s44 , ~."' Ditto Ditto, Superfine. 2ls. i 0. low *, 1 Livery Hate, beet quality, Waterproof las. • Ladies' and Children's superior Beaver Bonnets, of the h:s parents and relatives that he should not change his profession. Being however bent ITen the military service, he, in the veer 1811, wen. out to Barbadoes, where his uncle, Colon-4 afterwards General, Gabriel Gordon, tlicn and with whom be remained a short thee !iA he obtained an Ensigncy in the York Light Infan try, which regiment he immediately joined at Antigua, and in two years thereafter he was pro moted to a Lieutenancy in the same colps, which he held until the regiment was reduced, and Lieutenant Laing was then placed upon the half-pay. 0 Having no relish for inactive life, he ex changed, as sp ee dil y as the b us i ness could b e ne gotiated,into the Second West India Regiment, which he joined at Jamaica. While there he had to undertake the dutie s of Deputy Quarter- Master-General, the exertions of whi c h depart ment induced a liver complaint ;p an d i n or d er to re-establish his health, the medical gentlemen recommended a sea voyage. He accordingly sailed to Honduras, by which his complaint was considerably relieved ; but the Governor, Col. Arthur, finding him an active and intelligaut officer, appoint e d hi m t o th e office of Fort Major, and' would not suffer him to return to Jamaica, but had him att a ch e d t o ano th e r division of his regiment, then in Honduras, where he remained until a return of his complaint forced him to come home, his frame being so much debilitated that he was unable to walk, and it became ne cessary to carry him on ship-board. The effects of this attack made a serious irn h— s „ 4 : 33 g Co. ;" n , m a n 32 si F t ; 34 d , a , 6 g r . E. t' ll ego 141' fashinnable sliapes. Their Stock of Fancy Bearer 130 11hata and Hats is the largest in the United Kingdom, kW the Plices Lower. ,- LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOYWR 31, 1828. ROBERT FRANKS AND CO. Manufacturers and Patentees, 14 - 0 , Itegent-street 1 - London. 02, RA Cross-street, Cripplegate, S 6, St. Andrew's-street. No. 11,277. PRICE 7D. Coaclanm only. The nearegt . eonveyance to Lambourn, Purton, Wootton Basset and Pewsey. Newcastle- upon-Tyne and Under Line light Coaches every Morning and Afternoon_ One Night on the Road. Oxford new light Four In4ide Coach every Morning and Afternoon, through Sswth.,ll, Uxbridge, Beaconafield and High Wycombe. Plymouth Celerity new light Fast Coach, to Falmouth, Truro, Bodrnin, Penryn, Ashburton, Totness, and Newton Bushel, every Afternoon. FREEHOLD PROPERTY, HEREFORDSHIRE. TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT. DEMBRIDGE NEW MILLS, with 40 Acres of the best Feeding Land in the country, wi t h a modus of ld. per cow fed upon it ; a good Dwelling House adjoining the Mills, with a cow .house, stable, There is always a good supply of water to irrigate the land ; likewise'two rights of common. The Mills are capabl e o f cutting 800 bushels of corn per week, situate within three miles of the Railway to Merthyr Tydvil, eight from Lee_ minster, and seven from Kington. It is an excellent situa tion for converting into a largo Manufactory. Direct to J. S., Hereford Journal office. All lett, 3 to be post-paid. N.B. It will he sold to pay 4 per Cent., and part of the purchase money may remain on the estate. MEETING OF LICENSED VICTUALLERS THE LATE MAJOR LAING, THE AFRICAN TRAVELLER, & a L 0. Edinburgh THE ACT OF THE 23T11 GEORGE 11. Yesterday a Meeting of Licensed Victuallers was held at the house of Mr. Swan, the Queen's Head, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn •fields, for the purpose of taking into consideration the provisions of the Act of the 25th of George 11. which in one of its clauses prohibits altogether, under a penalty of 100/. the performance of any kind of music in public houses. T CLARK'S GENERAL OUTFIT W• TING WAREHOUSE, for the EAST and EST INDIES and SOUTH AMERICA, EXETER CHANGE, STRAND. Reem, Cadets, and Writers going to India, and Gen ''etnea proceeding to South America, or any other part oftlas Globe, will find in this Establishment the whole or their Military Appointments, Swords, Chacos, Sashes, belts, Pistols, &e., together with a large and well-mann b'etured stock of Sea Cuts, Conches, and Bedding ; Cabin '*"k -hand Tables, Chairs, and Lamps; Sea Chests, Mule and Atillock Trunks, and every ether description of Trarelling Equipage. AX ASSORTMENT OF CANTEENS, ready fitted ~ ,* 34 the necessary requisites for India and other tropical 4. ,zuates ; likewise a great variety of Silver and Plated '' rt c 4 ", Knives and great variety for families going 4br °'"l; i'Jflitary and Hindostannee Rooks, Maps, &c. T d. APASHIONABLE STOCK of Carriage, Curricle, nt Fhton, Stanhope and Chaise HARNESS, with ' v ery description of Saddlery, &c. &c. for horns use, East 'd West Indies, and South America, which merit inspec tion fron t their excellent quality, first style of icorkrnan 1/4iiii and tnsderate prices. All the Articles in this Establishment are warranted, r•le estoelleat plan of fifty years standing is still strictly 'ered to, of asking one Ready Money Price, but front * hith no abatement is made. (From the Editdnirph Advertiser.) Aware, as we are, of the deep and universal interest which attaches to the history of our gal lant and enterprising, but, latterly, unfortunate fellow townsman, we have availed ourselves of the access which we possess to the best sources of information, as to the principal facts and cir cumstances of his, alas, too short, but eventful life. These we have been at some pains to em body in the following memoir, the authenticity of which is therefore unquestionable. Under these circumstances, we make no apology for having extended it greatly beyond the usual li mits of newspaper biography, being persuaded that it will be acceptable to all classes of readers, and that no one consider his time as mis• spent in its perusal. By all who lay claim to the city of Edinburgh as the place of their na tivity, and indeed by all natives of Scotland, whose countrymen have achieved so much in African discovery, and in extending the field of British and African commerce and industry, it will be read with a laudable degree of patriotic pride, not, however, unmingled with a sympa thetic feeling of regret and commisseration for the fate of their adventurous compatriot. Thus, without farther commentary, we proceed to the narrative : .old, 43• Vag!! Plymouth and Falmouth Pilot new Four Inside Coach, Morning at a quarter past Seven &Clock, througliChudle4h, Ivy Bridge, Liskeard, St. Aug!e, Grampound, Truro, and Penryu. The meeting was most respectably attended by above 100 gentlemen in the trade of Licensed Vic tuallers, and at 12 o'clock Mr. J. NEALE, of the George inn, Smithfield, was unanimously called to She Chair. The CHAMMAN, in opening the business of the day, said, their great object, he considered, was a firm and consistent inquiry into the nature of this Act of Parliament, and whether it, as stated, ex ' tended in jurisdiction over the Licensed Victuallers, In the course of that object it would he necessary to explain, that legal advice had been sought, and a gentleman present would explain to the Meeting what should be done upon that occasion. The Li censed Victuallers had been assailed upon, he would say, their most popular point, by a nest of informers, who sought this act as a method of crushing the mu sical meetings and concerts in their houses. He hoped the Licensed Victuallers would come forward, and by a firm co-operation resist and oppoe the merce nary guag who sought to ruin their property. After some discussion, some persons who were not supposed to be interested in the business of the meeting were ordered to withdraw. A Gentleman from the office of Mr. Harmer. the Solicitor, then, at considerable length, entered into a description of the mode of proceeding contem plated by that respectable attorney, in defending the actions brought against Licensed Victuallers wider this statute, and also his legally offensive operations against every single individual who ori ginated, proposed, and carried on this most iniqui tous mode of drawing money from the pockets of au already much oppressed class of men. A discussion of great length followed the state ment of Mr. Harmer's clerk, in which several Li censed Victuallers pledged themselv:es to procure evidence against several of the person 3 who had commenced actions solely with the view of compro mise, and it was determined to memorialise the Lords of the Treasury upon the subject, and also to procure the highest legal opinions upon the Act of Parliament. It was stated that Mr. Chitty and Mr. Broderick, upon a case being submitted to them, were of opinion the Act of Parliament did not apply to Licensed Victuallers. Ramsgate Royal Telegraph, new superior Past Safe Coach, to ..11argate, Dove, Dral, Broadstairs, Canterbury, Feverslws, and Sandivlch, evert- Morning at flalf-past Seven.—[ln coasequence of the decided preference given to the Telegraph Safe Coach, the Proprietors are deter mined no expenco shall be spared to render it the first con veyance on the Kent Road.] Shrewsbnty, Wellington, and Shiffnall light Poet Coaches, every Morning and Afternoon, Guarded. Southampton, Eclipse new Four Inside Coseb, to Lym ington, Lyndhurst, and Winchester, through Basingstoke, Hartford Bridge, Blackwater, and Bagshot every Morning, to the Coach and Horses and Vine Inn, Southampton. This is a most delightful conveyance to the Isle of Wight, Jersey, Guernsey, St. Malcreß, Havre de Grace, &e. At Reduced Fares. C 4- Thin Coach performs the journey complete in Eight Honrs only ! Staffo.iithire Potterie4, a new light very fast Coach, every Afternoon, to Lane-end, Stoke, Shelton, Bar:slew, Tunittll, Lawton. Manly, and Holmes Chapel. This is the only Coach diract to the Potteries. Stamford light Post Coaches every Ale-ruing and after noon, through Bildock, Digglaswade, St. Neat's, Ilookden, Alconbury, Stilton, and Wandsford. PATENT FRENCH AND ENGLISH LAMPS, CHANDELIERS, &c. EVANS, (Fish-street-hill), Manufacturer IL/ • and Improver of the deservedly much admired French Lamps, begs leave to announce to the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, that he has just completed an ex tensive Stock of the above elegant and economical Article, combining all the late improvements, which m•ay be had of all sizes and designs, in Bronze, Plated, and Ormolu, with plain or ornamental dome shades, adapted for the dinner table, sideboard, hall, staircase, conservatory, &c. at the following very reduced prices :-2Ss., 365., 425., 485., 525. 6d., 555., a 62s , and upwards. This Lamp is warranted to diffuse a light equal to six wax candles at the expellee of only one, and may be safely forwarded in pick ing boxes (2s. 6d. each) to any part of the Kingdom. Order, of any extent exeotted in the course of a few honrs, by addressing a line to J. EVANS, at his Stove GrAte, and Lamp Bazaar, Fish-street-hill (corner of Great East Cheap) near the Monument, or at his Ware-rooms, No. 5, Finsbury-place (South), near Finsbury-square, London ; where may be had, Gennine unadulterated Sperm Oil (producing neither smoke nor smell), at 6s. 6d. per Gallon. pression on his constitution, and, in consequence, ho remained for nearly eighteeen months with his friends in Scotland. During this time, however, one-half of the Second West India Regiment, that to which he was attached, wad reduced, and he was again placed upon half-pay. In the autumn of 1819 he returned to London, VERY Fast and Safe TRAVELLING to BIRMINGHAM and LIVERPOOL, Day and by Four•i.nei.de Coaches, which keep good time, PROM VIE SARACEN'S HEAD INN, WINNER -STREET, SNOW-HILL, LONDON. 114 follovving Light Poet Coaches, Mails, &c., 9e.t out and having been sent for by the late Sir Henry Torrens, then Colonel of his regiment, was fa miliarly complimented by him on his former ser- Sunda: land, Stockton, and Yarm light Poet Coach every Morning, at the George lon, Sunderland. Teigninonth Coach every Morning, through &tartans., Dawii4i and Sidnionth. Tottenham and Edmonton Coaches Dailey at Eleven, lia:f-pe,t Two, Five, and Eight o'clock. A variety of Bronze and Ormolu CHANDELIERS Hall Lamps, &c. Wakefield Four Inside Poet Coaches every Alarming and Afternoon. A REAL BLESSING TO INIOTEIERS. Warwick and Leamington Day and Night light fast Coarhes. THERE is not, perhap, in the whole Ma teria Medico, any one Remedy which so effectually relieves the pain of a suffering Patient as the AMERICAN SOOTHING SYRUP. Who can watch the writhing tortures into which a lovely infant is often convulsed, der ink the period of dentition, without feeling sympathy for its sufferings? And who would hesitate to procure a Re medy, when a remedy can be found, which is obvious by the effectual relief afforded in so many distressing cases, which are daily corning to the notice of Mrs. JOHNSON ? Therefore mothers ought clever to he without the AmEnl rAN SOOTHING SYRUP in the Nursery; for if a child awakes in the night with pain, by only rubbing the gums with a few drops of the Syrup, it will immediately open the pores, heal the gums, and thereby prevent fevers and convulsions ; for should it come in competition with any other disorder, it often destroys the mother's brightest hopes. To be had, wholesale and retail, of Johnson and Co., 2S, York-place, City-road ; and, by their appointment, of all principal Medicine Venders in Town and Country, at 2s. 9d. per bottle: N.B. Nolte are genuine unless signed on the stamp with Mrs. Johnson's own hand-writing, as there are seve ral spurious sort.. ILLUSTRATIONS TO SHAKSPEARE. This day was published, No. X., with 20 Plates, illustra tive of " Twelfth Night, or What you Will," price Its. Svo., of in ito., with India Proofs, price 1/. is. [IIIE SPIRIT of the PLAYS of SHAK PEARE, exhibited in a Series of Outline Plate -3, illustrative of the story of each Play, drawn and engraved By FRANK HOWARD, Accompanied by appropriate quotations and description*. Printed for T. Cadet! (Bookseller to the Royal Aca deuiy) ; C. and J. Rivington ; Baldwin and Cradock ; and J. Booker. With this Number are given a List of the Maps already illustrated. Number XI. will be published on the Ist of December. This Work will not extoud beyond 25 Numbers. The Meeting, after discussing the preliminary ar rangements, entered into a series of resolutions, and a large sum was immediately subscribed to early into effect the object, and the gentlemen of the Committee were recommended to apply to their re spective Brewers to assist them in the opposition tgropesed. from the above Inn : Iffirtningleatn Tally Ho ! Fast Day Coach in 12 hours o revert thcortiTh with Two Coachmen only) Morning, h Walborn, .11arkyate Street, Dunstable, lirickhill, Wee ,°n, r_Stratined, Stoney Stratford, , Towcester, and Wee , Darentry, Duneflurch, Coventry, and Stone Bridge, ;;teta Castle H o t e l, Hi g h- street , Bi rm i ng h am, to Shaman, tatington, Bridgenorth, Shrewsbury, Shelton, Otweatry, ti tt! twieh, Tarporley, Bangor, Chester, and Holyhead.— e•niFequence of the decided preference given to the Tally b, C( ''teb, the Proprietors are determined no expense shall 15 'Tired to render it the first conveyance on the Biruaing "n road.] bi tiningharn Royal Erprers, new light fast Night Coach, ' t t driven through with Two Coachmen only, sets out Zit) , Afternoon, carrying Four Inside only, passes through 4r wiek, Leamington, Southant, Daventry, Weedon, Tow.. , and Stoney Stratford, to the Saracen's Head, Bull and the Castle Inn, High-street, Birmingham, early nett Morning. t, Brotnptan. Qiatham, Roche-star, Stroud, Gravese n d, Sit titurne, Rainharn and °spring', every Morning. rnstaple, Soutbmolton, Crealiton, Chulmlev, Tiverton, niorthlawton, Hatherleigh, Oakharnpton, Torrington, C hninleigh, Ilf r acombe, and Bideford, new light Fast Couches every Merning and Afternoon. bath and Bristol Cheap Coach, through Chippenham, Manhorongh, Hungerford, Newbury and Reading, t,v°Afteencon; arrives at the Greyhound Inn. Bath, the 64 1 era Tavern, Thomae-otrek and Swan, Bristol, early best Morning • at Reduced Farts. Boston Net; Royal Patent Mail to Louth, through Roy 11xt, Cartshridge, Huntingdon, Stilton. Peterhoroneh, f , i teping, Spalding, gpildby, Alford, Horneastle, and Great M arshy, Evening at half - past Seven, Sunday at a quarter 'wore Seven. Cambridge new Royal Patent Mail, through Ware, &int -I°td, Huckland, and Roveton, Evening at half-past even, Sunday at a quarter b'efore Seven. Carlisle Express only One Night on the Read to Pen tZ and Whaehaven, a new light Fou r I ns id e P iet Caul' 4 h a Ottani all the way ; passes thronah Appie'nt, 0.1211. Bow e e, Bernard Connie, Greta filridge, Rich "tad,Catteriek, Borouah Bridge, Ferry Bridge, Don kia:tgr Newark. Batetry, Granthatn, Grotaham, Scam 81Liton. Bier 4-4wwie. and Baldoek Sets out in the 11, 41 'n j, and performs the journey with the greitest faci l—a•The only direct Coach to Carliale, L_ l3 nventry Tally Ho ! light fast Day Coach, every morn it Half-past o'cieck, through Redburn, Du/ridable, ""'ney Stratford, Towc,:ster, Weedon, Daventry, and 'unohurch. Cheltenham new light fast Day and Night Coach Daily rwctgk Oxfoci:. meter light Coaches to Newport, Whitohurch, Nant- Tarporley, Middlewich, and Northwich, every , It t'ing and Afternoon. 7fnver and Paris Patent Saf e ty C oac h every M orn i ng, Zlifth Canterbury and Chatham. L" _°relleater new light Day and Night C oac h es , i n 14 4 - i 7 l Only, through Egkana, B aga h o t, Bl ac k water , Basing ‘,e, Overton, Whitchurch, Andover, Saliebury, Wood- ' '44 Inn, and Blandforol, at a Quarter-past Five in the t n •inga and every Afternoon at Two o'clock. rtnieuth light Coaches Daily, to Newton Bushel, az. a tan, Brixhans, Kingawear and Torquay every..llorning Afternoon. tLlZteter Celerity new light Fast Coach every Afternoon, Hoiaiten, Aminster, Charmeth, Bridport, Dor lilandford, Woodyats Inn, Salisbury, Stockbridge, C"na Basin,gstoke, Andover, Overton, Bfackwater, Bag -``t and Egluenr. ter Pilot new four inside Coach at a quarter past 0 4 &clock is the Morning through Basingstoke, Andover, 6:7 l bury, Shaftesbury, Hetatridge, Sherburne, etrkerne and Honiton. 11 4 , 01 "ttnw, Longtown, Gretna Green, Annan, Dumfries, Thornhill, Sanquhar Kiln, Kilmarnock, Kings ts'o.and all Parts of Scotland, a light Finn- Inside Post 7 1 .„ A k itaarvgate and Rip on new li g h t P oe t Coaches every coon at Two, and in the Morning. l itettbrd Coach through Waltham Cross, Cheshunt, and Ware. tal, l 7 l lend New Light Fast Day and Night Coaches, ts _ -u tlth Shiffnall, Wellington, Shrewsbury, and Salop, Morning and Afternoon. k tin* ID:press, a new light Post Coach, throu g h N ort h. Howden and Doncaster, every Morning, to the Cruse 7', Market-place, Hull, and also the " Rockingham" in Afternoon at Two. Ikandal Light Pest Coaches to L ancas t er , P reston , sandal h:2l•Lonadale, Bolton, Chorley, Orrnskirk, and Garstang, Morning and Afternoon. l iidolerminster, Stourbridge, and Dudley, through Bir tZharp and Weat Bromwich, light East Day and Night teed;Rockingham, light Past Conch, sets out every Vritcon at Two ; and passes through Balelock, Bigglea ty", Eaton, St. Neot's, Bnckden, Stilton, Wandaford, Greetham, Grantham, Newark, Tnxford, Mark nlll: Mme, Faaatferd, Bawtrv, Doncaster , and Ferrybridge , 11:et at the Golden Lion Inn, Leeds, next Afternoon. at 4,‘N to time for the Bradford, Halifax, Skipton, and \,:qtrafield Coaches.--Driven through with Four Coach zl.4itsggage and /Packages enly 2d. per lb.—:Not ing the uncommon expedition of this Coach, it is t t ll ti t Zell to be the most agreeable and complete public convey kftit the. North Road, 'being unequalled by any other.) tCeepool and Statiordshire Potteries new light Fast Day % t i l ts every Morning at half-past Six, driven through ~,P o ur Coachmen only. tol k erpow light Four Inside Coach, arrives at Liverpool ~,,,,, A .fterno o, ,, through Woburn, Newport Pagnel/, Lath- Noethampton, Welford, Lutterworth, Hinckley, lt,Zitone, Taraworth, Lichfield, Rudgely, Sandon, Stone, Congleton, Knutsford, Warrington, and Preecot. t;* rpo o l R oya l R ama ." new light Four In s id e F eet kMara and driven through with Four Coach tk,ozwY, through Prescot, Warrington, Knutsford, Neweastie, Stone, Rudgely, Lawton, and Lichfield, ti,eitAlliernoon • arrives at the Saracen's Heed Inn , Dale ,t•iatill'ill'enott'l, next Afternoon.—[The Royal Expreen `ai er ,,_„ilet journey In Imo time than any other Coach to rue+, and is driven through with leas Coachmen.] 6 1, 4 4:7 1 ant Nottingham. new light Peter Inside Poet An a „."'"? Afternoons at Two o'Clock. •e gtai, - "'meater and Altringham new light very Fast Day ' I St itne :^eaT Morning to the Moseley Arm s an d S wa n Inn. e letter to congloton, Newcastle, Walsall, Wolver 4i4ITS B tafford, and Knnteford,light Four 'Raid, Coaches. kezt lr itLigh and Swindon Four Inside Day Coach, 6. __ldaid ett h ea d, Reading, Newbury, Runge:ford, Alboorus. Drives through with One _day O a" yen °4 , off 1011; ara of i ,; 0 0, B. - 1 " k t o dttg" yl 4 acv, Mal rk, o'" rat ~tet d3uS' o f tha Edyi, of ritught'' of op f' 4 ';j6s c of Cb 6 of f tLa iglitti tio state, id 3D r* . _ t Ltich"' a. o f Le ms s , ouee, of Jot'thall qr. Mick e ariy Br° after a fl Lances• ..illie, at I ford, aft4rof , the wife rt, Bleof ton, Sdr r i„ lard l'eor i dawAtlBt • ateof ch l loIson• o e, Chameg lNd, *.t THE MONTHLY MAGAZINE for No ember, price Half-a-Crown, contains the follow ing Articles-..L Colonel Roche Permoy, on the Moral and Physical Faroe of Ireland—lL Dr. Bin rowee aad Insanity --111. A Tale of the Pyrenees—lV. Welch Juriaprud nce --V. Hors Hispanics, Na. I. The Maid of Covad ,, ziga —VI. The Police of London—Vll. Midnight; a Soumt Affaira in General--Revievra of Cuvier's Animal Kingdorn—The Annuala for 1829, &c. &c....-Literary and Scientific Varietiea--Works published and in prepard tion--Patent4i—Ohituary of Eminent Peranria.--Theatres —Monthly Reports—provincial Intelligence, &c. Published by G. B. Whittaker, Ave Muria-lane. Gi whom may also be had, embellished with an extremely beautiful Portrait of THE RIGHT HON. MARY ELIZABETH, BARONESS DE CLIFFORD, LA BELLE AS'SEMIILEE for November, csaitaining the 47th of a Series of Portrsit. of the Female Nobility, from ;minetit Paintings, and Four Engravings of Female Figurre, in the most fcshionab►v Ostiiine for November. The Literary Contents consist of an illustrative Memoir of the Portrait, a Notice at some length of the Annals for 1829, Descriptions of the Fashions, Theatres, Exhibi tions, &c. &c. In a few days will he published, price Bs. TIHE JUVENILE KEEPSAKE, Edited by THOMAS ROSCOE, Esq. Among the list of contributors to this volume will be found the names of—Mrs. Opie, Mre. Hemaos, Miss Aikin, Miss Porter, Miss Emily Taylor, the Misses Strick land, the Rev. H. Stebbing, William and J. E. Rowe, the hate Mr. John Taylor, Thomas JeY9llB, Thomas Pringle, D. L. Richardson, sad the Authors of " Talc% of the Munster Festivals," and " Gunter Arias, &c. tkc." The Illustrations will consist of Eight beautiful Line Engravings on Steel, Wood Engravings being excluded, some of which are executed by, and the whole under the immediate superintendance of, Mr. Charles Heath. Published by Hurst, Chance, and Co., 65, St. Paul's Church-yard. In November will he published, THE KEEPSAKE for 1829. Edited by F. MANSEL REYNOLDS. The extraordinary success of the " Keepsake" of last year has induced the Proprietor, in the hope of meriting the increased patronage he anticipates, to spare no exertion nor expenditure in the formation of his present volume ; and to secure for it the assistance of so many authors of the ig that he v en t ures to assert, such a List h of h"t Cont e rib min ut e o n", rsba s never befor e b een presente d to the Public. List of G-mtributors. Sir Walter Scott, Sir James Mackintosh, Lord Nor manby, Lord Morpeth, Lord Porchester, Lord Holland, Lord F. L. Gower, Lord Nugent, W. Wordsworth, R. Southey, S. T. 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Davison, in small 8 ". , and delivered, hound in crimson silk, price 11. Is. A few Copies will be printed fi, royal svo., the Plates, price 21. 12 s . fid. with India proofs of London : Published for the Proprietor, by Hurst, Chance, awl Co., St. Paul's Church -yard; and It. Jennings 2 Poultry. , , DR. NORRIS'S FEVER DROPS. —This celebrated Medicine is allowed to be superior to any other re m e dy in all cases of Fevers, Sore Throat,., Fevers commonly celled Nervous, Typhus Fever, and Agues, and all those Disorders which arise from obstructed perspiration. In hot climates, where Fluxes, and Bilious Complaints are very prevalent, especially in the West Indies and Amerioa, these Drops, are by extensive and sue ,,sfoi exper i ence , proved to he invalnable. They pro duce perspiration in the most gentle and easy manner, and without giving the Patient the least disturbance or uneasi ness. 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Creei, for Sr. ; Dora, Krohn. for Elsinour and Wrismar ; Packet. Arfenr, for San Locar; Elie , Fell, for Douglas; and Elastar. Crothwaite, for Ramsay. THE LORD MAYOR ELECT. Yesterday the new Lord Mayor was presented to the Lord Chancellor. His Lordship was received i the most warm manner. THE INAUGURATION DINNER. After the Czremoily of the presentation, the Lord Mayor elect proceeded to the hall of the Iron mongers' Company, of which he is a member, where was provided an entertainment which did honour to the company and to the skill of Messrs. Bleadon and Alexander. In the hall, the Lord Mayor elect was met by the majority of the Court of Aldermen, by his own Common Councilmen, by Messrs. Routh, Blacken, and others, the leading members of the Corporation, Mr. Buller of the Bank of England, Mr. Capel, of the Stock Exchange, and others, the leading mem bers of the trading community. After the usual introduction to conviviality by the favourite toasts, The LORD MAYOR elect rose, and proposed the healths of the Magistrates of the City of London. He expressed his satisfaction at the presence of so considerable a number of that respectable body who had obtained the well-merited esteem of their fellow citizens by their long and valuable services. lie hoped that he should deserve and obtain the benefit of their experienced assistance. Alderman ANsLEY returned thanks on behalf of his brother magistrates. The LORD MAYOR elect, in an eloquent speech, proposed the health of the Governor and Deputy- Governor of the Bank of England. The Governor of the Bank of England compli mented the citizens of London upon the choice they had made of a chief magistrate, and declared that the opinion entertained by the mercantile community of his Lordship's qualifications to preside in the city of London was of the very highest order. He then proposed the health of the Lord Mayor elect. The LORD MAYOR elect said that the powerful support of his friends inspired him with confidence. If he did not exercise all his physical and mental energies in the performance of his duties, he would indeed be ungrateful. He was afraid that the zeal of his numerous friends around him would promise more than he could perform. He, however, would do all he could—(cheers)—though he could not do all he could wish. No exertions should be wanting on his part to forward the interests of his fellow citizens, or to inerit their thanks at the close of his career. The company continued together till a late hour most harmoniously. AN ENORMoUS COACH.—The Philadel- I phics Chronicle gives the following description of an enor mous coach, now building in that city greatest object of curiosity, just now in Philadelphia, is a huge roach, constructing by Mr. J. GLEASON, and intended for the Citizen's Line, to run between Bordentown and Wash ington. New Jersey. This enormous vehicle is divided into two apartments, one above the other, with seven seats in each. The whole number of passengers to be carried is tifty-six : twenty-eight below, and the same number above. The body of the carriage is thirteen feet long, five feet wide, and ten in height. When placed on the wheels the roof will be about 14 feet from the ground. There are to be no more than four wheels ; those bafore to be about three feet in diameter, and the others something less than: six. The breadth of the wheel is IS inches, and each has a double set of spokes. The baggage is to be car ried on a car, attached behind, and drawn on a single wheel two feet and a half broad. The whole is to be drawn by twelve horses, three abreast, the driv e r to be aided by two postilions. Ire the stages now in use, the same number of horses, with three men, instead of a man and two boys, would be able to carry but twenty-seven passengers. It is calculated that the rate of travel as to speed will be about the same as the four-horse coaches. This carriage, it is expected, will beftniahed in about three weeks. SUFFOLK. On Monday a meeting was held at the Angel Inn, in Halesworth, for the purpose of forming an Acso eiation for the protection of property and the prose cution of thieves. Lord HUNTINGFIELD (in the absence of Sir T. S. Gooch, M.P., who bed been expected to attend for such purpose) took the chair. His Lordship, in explaining the objects of the meeting, observed that it was with regret he had to say that such an Asgocilition was mach called for; that the robberies committed on agriculturists of all stations were ruinously numerous ; and that, iFt fact, there was no county in England (so help him God!) like Suffolk for the frequency of these thefts, especially petty thefts. Mr. ALCOCK (an attorney of Halesworth) then read a se:•ies of mks for the fo; mation of an associa tion, embodying a scale of rewards, &c.; but none of the money to be expended in supporting prosecu dons founded on the game laws. Lord HU/WINGFIELD asked whether the surround ing parishes had formed any associations or regula tions regarding the poor, and what allowances were made for children ? Different farmers answered that no associations were formed ; but that there were allowances in some cases, where there were more than three children. Lord HUNTINGFIELD—In ray neighbourhood we allow for all above two, if the labourer have only common wages. Mr. GAURAULD— What does your Lordship call fair wages ? Lord HUNTINGFIELD—Why, 20d. a-day. Mr. GAURAULD--Well, We only allow for all children above three, and the wages are generally about 10s. a week. Lord Hu NTINGFIELD-4 do not sce how a labourer, his wife, and three children, car. live on 10s. a week, especially considering the prices of provisions; to sure wheat is filling ; there were great supplies last week. The rewards for the apprehension of petty offen det s, those who might not get, if convicted, above one or two months' imprisonment, were then dis cussed; and those of 51. and 10/. for the conviction of such offenders were generally resisted, as being calculated to encourage offences rather than to check them ; as some of the farmers said, tkey feared, such was the state of the labourers, that many of them might not shrink from committing petty robberies for the sake of the rewards beiniegained : so long as their families got part of the money, they might not much care about a month's imprisonment and good gaol allowances. The rewards were therefore ge nerally reduced to bout 2/. Lord HUNTINGFIELD repeated, that the state of parts of the agricultural population was deplorable; and instanced that, during the recent harvest, such crowds had attacked his fields to glean in them, that he was obliged to hire constables at half-a-crown a day to keep them in order. He would not have aired had those only of the parish in which the fields were situated gleaned ; but they were crowded from other parishes. The gleaning was carrried to such an outrageous extent, that the parties would not be quiet till their destructive practices forced the com plete suppression of the custom. Several farmers concurred in this opinion. The Resolutions were ordered to be further con sidered on Tuesday next, Lord Huntingfield again in the chair. (From the remarks of many farmers arid others, it appeared that pig -stealing in particular is carried to an amazing extent. The thieves have a style of muzzling the pigs, and thus preventing their squeak ing, which might give an alarm, and thus safely carry. ing them off.) Two men of fashion meeting a beautiful lady i n a narrow thoroughfare in Glasgow, her ci:r caught the following observations :—" I protect, Bomar, this place is a y narrow as Balsam's-passage" (a lane in Glasgow.)_ ‘, T o ," said his companion, " and, lik e B ALAAM, lam ,t o pped by an angel."—" And I," returned the lady, "by t h e ass."—Edintatrgh Paper, CURIOUS TIME PIECE.--,Mr. PACE, of Bury, has manufactured a skeleton spring time piece, made to go three years without winding up, by a maintaining power, consistin g - of six springs, whose uni.-ed force is 240 pounds; the escapement is a dead beat, with a half second pendulum; the dials are five in number, shewing the seconds, hours, and minutes, day of mouth, and registering t h e number Of weeks and years sines it was wound up. The whole is enclosed under a glass shade, £7 inches by 21.—Hull Pocket. Major Alexander Gordon Laing, eldest son of Mr. William Laing, A.M., was born at Edin burgh the 27th December 1791. His father, one of the most popular classical teachers of his day, having for many years had an academy in the New town of Edinburgh, young Laing re ceived nearly the whole of his education under the paternal roof, and, indeed, all that valuable portion of his learning which went to prepare him for the University he received directly at the hands, or rather we should say, from the 'kips of his father. Under such guardianship, and pos sessing, as lie did, a quick intuitive perception, together with an ardent desire for the acquire ment of classical knowledge, it might naturally be expected that lie would make rapid progress in his academical studies, and accordingly, at the early age of thirteen, lie entered the Alma Mater of his native city. Here those rays of learning, which had been concentrating in the Tyro, be gan to beam forth from the youthful Alumnus, and that in so marked a manner, that the late, respected Professor of Humanity, Mr. Christi son, perceiving his taste for literature, frequently took occasion to point to this youth, in the pub lic class, as one whose example it would be for the benefit of all his fellow students to imitate, though few might aspire to rival him. With the view to habituate him in communicating that knowledge to others which he so eagerly ac quired hirriself, Master Laing went, in his fif teenth year, to fill, for a time, the situation of Assistant to Mr. Bruce, an eminent teacher in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, whence he returned to Edinburgh, six months thereafter, and entered upon a similar duty under his father, for which it will he seen he was in no small degree quali fied, having been trained to tuition in a manner from his infancy. At this period the habits and prospects of the embryo traveller had apparently assumed a settled and determined form. Not that he had as yet taken any decisive or irretrievable step from which he mitiht not recede without incurring the charge of . fickleneas---not that he was bound to pursue that precise path to which he had hitherto looked forward; but nothing appeared to be farther from his intention than the active, bustling, and adventurous life of a soldier, or the still more hazardous and arduous employment of a professional traveller in the unexplored re gions of inhospitable Africa, and the hordes of its selfish, treacherous, and uncivilized Africans. Placed as he then was, with a prospect, upon his father's retirement, an event which occurred a few years afterwards, of succeeding to his esta blishment and profession, which, though no doubt abundantly laborious, was calculated t 9 yield a comfortable and respectable maintenance, he had thus every inducement to follow it out, or with his predilection for study, if he did relinquish that pursuit, he was more likely to become a candidate for fame in the peaceful paths of science than in the field where glory grows—the forlorn hope of African discovery was not then perhaps ever dreamed of, much less contemplated I Circumstances, however, occurred which un settled all his preconceived plans, and aroused him to that spirit of enterprise and adventure which characterised his after life. It was his fate to emerge into the world at a time when the profession of arms was every where blended with that of the civilian ; at a time when it was considered that every man in Britain was in duty bound to bear a sword or a &clock, and to know how to use them ; and it may be safely said, that nowhere was that feeling more generally acted upon, or that duty better understood, than in Edinburgh, the birth place of Alexander Gordon Laing. During that rage of martial fever—no one at the time ever imagined it to be a plague—which few men and fewer youths escaped. Master Laing having attained his seventeenth year, was, like most of his acquaint ance, not invulnerable to its attack ; he was in 1810 appointed an Ensign in the Prince of Wales' Edinburgh Volunteers, a corps which certainly had nothing fascinating about it, though it afforded the occasional opportunity of sporting a military uniform, and of display ing a stand of colours. This regiment was originally armed with pikes, and although it was afterwards provided with muskets, the men con tinued to be vulgarly, and rather ironically , de nominated the the was ranks t. nominated th e p ik e men. It is well known that this intr o d uc ti on o f M a j or Laing to martial life d l u e n iitied withei i r ; k s e manner supplied from the is n o t an i so l ate d or so litary case. Thousands who hav e si nce fought and bled in their country's British o h f a tti e fruitful sou rce . oefoaffirucsleleor,st, Duly butcommenced their careerraergmy provided o were v uia a service which with t h e sli gh t f oretaste of military which the volunteer system afforded him, the object of this memoir " wou'd be a soldier," and would be nothing else; he could no longer submit to the restraints or go through the mo notonous routine of school discipline ; h e , i n fact, now regarded teaching with the most sove reign contempt, and finally gave it up at the ter mination of the second year, the latter of which was doubtless spent in a struggle b etween d u ty and inclination, as it was anxiously &eked by vices, - inimeaiately appointed Lieutenant and Adjutant, and proceeded to Sierra Leone. Early in January 1822, Lieutenant Laing was sent by the late Governor, Sir Charles iii‘Cartliy, on au embassy to Kambia and the i\landingo country, to ascertain the political state of those districts, the disposition of the in habitants to trade, and their sentiments in regard to the abolition of the Slave Trade. Having executed that mission to the complete satisfac tion of the Governor, and some alarm having arisen as to the fate of Sannassee, a chief in amity with our Government, who had been taken prisoner by Yarradee, a war nian of the King df Soolima, Lieut. and Adjutant Laing, though his health, which had suffered from the effects of hi: for.ner journey, was yet only in a state of conva lescence, was appointed to undertake a second embassy for the purpose of procuring Sannasseere release from captivity. On arriving at the camp of the Soolima army he was informed that the unfortunate Sanaesee hae been set at liberty after his town had been burnt, and that his life had been spared only from the fear of offending the British Governor. While upon the second mis sion he had observed that many men who accom panied the Soolirna Army possessed considerable quantities of gold, and hating learned ti-,at ivory abounded in Soolirna, he suggested to the Go vernor the advantages to the colony of opekiing up an intercourse with these pzople; that such an attempt would not be attended with much oaaard or expenee, and that a great object would be attained by the knowledge of many countries to the eastward of the colony, which, like that of the Soolimas, was known only by name. This suggestion was submitted to the Council, who approved the undertaking, and left it to the jud.g ment of the traveller to pursue his ova route. He was now as ranch a volunteer traveller as bef"urt. ha had been a volunteer officer, nay more so, being in fact allowed to prosecute his own enter.. prise in his own way. This third mission, upon which he set out from Sierra Leone on the 16th April 1822, led him to penetrate through a far more extensive tract of country than before, much of it previously unexplored, but which is particu larly described, together with the inhahi:auts, their manners, customs, &c. in his highly resting journal, published only three eince, its publication having been retarded, by his being called into active service during the unfor tunate Ashantee war, and subsequently by his being hurried off on his last great enterprise, when he was compelled to leave the superinten dence of its publication to hisfriend Capt. Sabine. While at Falaba, upon his third embassy, he received intelligence of his promotion to the rank of Captain, and immediately on his return to Sierra Leone, in the Autumn of 1822, he was twc, o l,ol, r ihet d nhe e sr eirdddeeeedatrhtaatheocbhlj,aoemo:ii detachments sr‘ir.sei employed oo g thlry i lac m eeredl e Ae n osiin t sih o i‘at n tirihl,teece t l e i c e orAti G ini ymo frontier ladn command foomtfhtez: Ashantee country, and was frequently engaged in ) . po Captain Laing was vziat to England to : a n eq lL u B a 2 i 4 n i t : the Government with the state of the command in Africa. At this period he obtained a short leave of absence to revisit Scotland, and again returned to London in October 1824. An opportunity now presented itself; which our traveller had long anxiously desired, of pro ceeding, under the auspices of Government, on an expedition to discover the course and termi nation of the Niger. He was now promoted to the rank of Major, and departed from London on that enterprise early in February 1825 , with leavinglsi Tripoli for Timb uc t oo summer of that y ear . T he in the the courseintention tion ooff the. u kind treatment which he ex perienced from the late Marquis of Hastings, then at M a l ta, where the Niajor went on his w ay to Tripoli, will be i n the recollection of most newspaper read ers , as the fact of his being repe a t e dl y entertained at the table of the Noble Marquis was noticed in all the public journals at the time. At Tripoli a highly interesting scene awaited hi m , while, at the same time, think vie it must have been to himself, ` and at least o ne o th er in dividual, a peculiarly painful one, both in pro spect and in retrospect. The period of mar riage is one to which most persons look forward as a season of joy and of congratulation, and it. is to be hoped that such a season is not unfre fluently regarded, retrospectively, as one of un mingled pleasure to the ~ contracting parties" and their friends. But the rule has its cxcep tions,---a notable instance of which is to be found in the history of Major Laing, and in allusion to which, it is here necessary to premise, that in the progress of the intercourse which the M a j or necessarily had officially with Mr. Warrington, the British Consul at Tripoli, that gentleman was not likely, under the actual circumstances in which the Major was presented to hint, to re strict himself to the dry routine of official duty, and we believe that it is an acknowledged maxim that mutual conrtesy le;.:ds to mutual friendship. If, therefore, the existence of friendship be tween Mr. Warrington and Major Laing, con tracted in the course of the perforrnaucv a