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LITERARY NOTICE. TIME'S TELESCOPE for 1825 ; a Complete Guide to the Almanack : containing an Explanation of Saints' Days and Holidays; with Illustrations of British History and Anti. guides, Notices of Obsolete Rites and Customs, Sketches of Comparative Chronology, and Contemporary Biography.— Astronomical Occurrences in Every Month, comprising Re marks on the Phenomena of the Celestial Bodies : and the Naturalist's Diary ; explaining the Various Appearances in ..,,the Animal and Vegetable Kingdoms. With a Description of Culinary. VegetUbles.--To which are prefixed, a Brief History of English Sacred Poetry, by Ittcrtann RYAN ; the • Inquisition of the Year, a Poem, by J. H. Wurrs:bi ; and a Poetical Address, by ALEXANDER BALFOUR. It was our intention to notice this valuable work before, and to extract an article for'Christ mas Day, but the pressure of other matter pre vented us. We have given the whole of the title-page, that they who have not seen the pre teding volumes may be fully apprized of the en tertainment and instruction which are prepared for them in the present. The caution With which the Editor guards against the introduction of any matter that may be injurious to morality, and the judgment with which he selects his subjects, ink general, entitle him to public respect, and his work to public patronage. There is, in. sleet', amusement of all kinds, and for all ages, in this Annual Repository. The testimonies of the several Reviews, Magazines, and Public Journals, in favour of the former volumes, are equally applicable to the present, and we are glad to find that. the notices which have formerly appeared in Tux SUN are included among those inserted on the present occasion. • Ttstes's Tx- LESCOPE, is, indeed, as stated, a guide to THE A ILA STACK, anti every thing relating to each month of the year is introduced to illustrate every impor tant circumstance or elotraCter with which each month is respectively connected. The poetical address to the editor, consisting of forty-eight stanzas in the SPEIWERIAN measure, are worthy of 1311 . Y of the English Poets, and place the name of its Author, Ar.Exssinett Ilstsoutt, among, the most eminent of them in that species of composition. :Most of the stanzas are beautiful in description, the imagery 11 , bold, the morality pure, and an impressive strain of piety animates the whole. The brief History of . English SaCred Poetry by RICIIA au RYAN, is highly creditable to his taste stud judgwent. It begins with CHAUCER, .and with short, but pithy comments . on all the succeeding Poets who have written an sacred subjects closes the Hit with an extract frOM a work of tiro Rev. C. It. MATURIN, lately deceas ed. The NATURIST'S DIARY, at the end of every month, is a very useful article. The in trorductory Poem to this volume is from the pen of Mr. WirrXis, one of the Society of Friends, but whose mind is of too liberal 'a nature to be stervilely devoted to the doctrines of any sect, however generally respectable and pious.— The ALLEGOIMA L FRONTISPIECE of n Devo tional kind is well designed and engraved.— This work has now' reached to the TWEtrrst Vtllutne, and we may fairly apply to the whole series the well-known and appropriate passage— " \TIRES ACQUIRIT PARIS. TUE STACPOOLE CAUSE. The Heirs te the personal inheritanceof JonN STACPOOLU, of Craigbrien Castle, in the County of Clare, in Ireland, Esq. deceased intestate in 1771,. against Richard . Fitz George StacpoolO, Esq. and Miss Anne Tullock, calling themselves universal Legatees to the late Ur. LeComte George Stacpoole, Administrator of. the said John Stacpoole, Esq. ; William Stacpoole, Esq.. and all in his line, or calling thems , :lves the Paternal Heim; Sir . `l illianr Macmulion i Bart. and all in his line, or calling themselves the laternal Heirs to. the in heritance of the late Mr. Le Comte George Stacpoolo, Lieu ttnant Colonel Tullock, and Mr. Counsellor Hartley, calling themselves the Executors of the late Mr. Le (AI Mite George Stacpoole, This cause was called before the Royal Court Oft Tuesday, the 14th inst., When Mr. 11 ,of Counsel for henry D river Cooper , I , ,sq. the representative of Messrs. Marsh and Roche, de manded an Audience Solennelle, (the •Judges of two Courts united and . dressed in their scarlet robes.) ,Alter a sliort consultation the President ordered the cause to be , remitted till that day month, and in the interim. the Tribunal would consult with their brother Judges .of the other Court, whether they would grant an ..ziodience A'S r oiennelle or not ;.• or whether they would try the cause by an ordinary tribunal. 'HENRY DRIVER COOPER.. Rue et Hotel do Itivoli, Paris; Dee. lit, 1824. THE FAITHFUL . 111 AN; OR, DEAD ALIVE. .+►.y ••.~•• CIIETWOOII relates (on thoauthority or that stage chronicle, Mr. ,John ilowman,) that a curious accident fell out on the representation of Itowe's tragedy of the Fair Ponitent, in the rst season of its performance : Lothario, after he is killed by Allamoni in the fourth act, Iles dead by proxy in the fifth, raised on a bier covered with black by the preperty-man, ni o l the face whitened by a barber ; the, coat RIO perriwig generally filled by one of the dres sers. Most of the capital actors in the PSI 0. Wished Theatres have generally a dresser to themselves. Mr. Powell played Lothario and one Warren, his dresser, claimed the privilege of lying in state . for his master, and performing the.dead part of Loihario, which he proposed to act to the hest advantage ; but Mr. Powell was ignorant of the matter. The fifth act be. gao, and went on, as usual, with a pplaUtie ; but about the middle of the distressful scene, Mr. Powell called aloud for his man Warren, who as loudly replied, from the bier on the stage," Here, Sir ; I'm here dead for you." Mr. Powell (who continued ignorant of the part his roan was play ing, and thinking he was loitering somewhere behind the scenes) promptly vociferated " Come hero this moment, or I'll break all the hones in your skin!" Warren knew his master's hasty temper; and, intent on obedience only, he .fortitwith jumped off 60' bier, with ell sables about him, which, unfortunately, were tied fast to the handles of the bier, and • dragged it after him. Rut this was not all ; the laugh and; roar began iii the audience till it fright ened poor Warrdn so much, that with the bier at his tail, he. threw down CaliJia (Mrs, Barry), • 'mid overwhelmed her with the table,l.t.op ; hook, hones, together with all the, lumber ef tile char nel house I He tugged till lie broke ott wets, and made his escape ; and the Pla• once elided amidst immoderate fits of laughter. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, Drc. 18 SECOND-CH.4IIII3ER OF THE STATES GENERAL M. 130DARD presented a luminous report on the petition of several merchants, ship-ow:um, and distiller of Rotterdam, Schiedam, &c. pray ing the Chamber not to adopt the project of law imposing a duty on the importation of foreign corn. The order of the day was the debate on the project of law for the repression of the African slave trade. 13aron de Genes, Baron de Stassar4 Messrs. Van A Iphen, Liefmans, Sandberg, and Itcyphins, spoke in favour of the proposed mea sure, end, no other Members offering to speak, the Minister of Justico defended the proposed law and its efficaciousness ; after which, it was put to the vote and curried uuanimoutly. Dtcimsta 21. His Royal flightless the Priucw of Orange is expected in this city from St. Petersburgb in the beginning of next month. DJCEMIJEM 22. Yesterday and to-day the Chamber discussed the project of law relative to what is called the deferred debt, which, after a very animated de bate, was adopted by a majority of 64 to 30. The debt in question was to be paid in instal ments in 25 'years, lots being drawn every year to decide which of the bonds should be paid.— As the uncertainty with respect to the fate of the bonds allowed considerable room for specu lation, it was proposed, and is now decided, by the new plan, to have the lotteries for All the 25 years drawn in• the first year, by which it [will be determined, and known at once, in what year any particular number will be paid off. The central section has made its report on the project of law, proposing changes ins the tariff of import mid export duties. The President pro posed to fix the 4th of January for the debate of this law, which was agreed to. The Prince of Orange, who was to leave St. Petersburg!' in the middle of, this month, will re turn to that city in the spring, for his august con. sort, who will spend the winter In that capital. A letter front that city says..-" The disaster which has just plunged the city in mourning, hap peued on the anniversary of the death of the Em press Catherine H. This coincidence has made a profound impression on the minds of the Rus- Shuts, who look on this catastrophe as a judgment on Russia for having abandoned the system of Ca. therine, which was to expel the Turks from, Europe, and re-establish the independ e n ce o f t h e Greeks, who are closely united to the Russians by the community of their religion. " Shwa the fatal 19th of November, the churches are constantly crowded with the Inha bitants of the city and, country, who repair to them, not so much to thank Heaven for their escape, as to disarm its anger, and implore it not to inflict more dreadful chastisements on the Rus sians as a punishment for the iudifference they have shown towards their fellow Christiaus. The F ume of the Greeks is frequently mingled in the prayers of the terrified people, who uover ap peared animated with a more unanimous feeling or a greater religious fervour." PORTUGAL AND BRAZIL. lIITILACT OP A LETTEIt, DA.TRD LISBON, DEC. lg. . . 0 . This Court. has lately been the scene of soruti complicated diplomatic intrigues, in which the British blinister is supposed to have taken a very leading part. It is now generally under stood to be en object which the British Ministry have very much at heart, to bring about the ac knowledgment by Portugal of the independence of Brazil ; and this point Sir W. A'Court has re ceived instructions to press with all the means in his power. The Brazilians, on their side, take a very high tone its the negociation, since they re quire that the treaty under which their iudepend ence shall be recognized shall be concluded with the mediation of Greet Britain, probably because they have felt that no dependence can be placed on the sincere good offices of any other power. Al - this point added considerably to the other difficulties of the negotiation, it was in appearance favourably received, and no obstacles of import ance presented themselves. At this period, how ever, it was ascertained, and the information was forthwith transmitted to London for the guidance , of the English Cabinet, that the Portuguese Mi nisters were playing a treacherous part—that they were secretly determined on refusing the recognition of the independence of Brazil, and that they had received underhand assurances of support from some of the Foreign Ministers. The Spanish and Russian Ambassadors are supposed to have manifested, us would naturally be expected, the greatest zeal on this subject. It became neces sary, therefore, for Sir W. A'Court to take vigor ous measures for overthrowing this intrigue, of which he had intimation Some weeks ago, and has consequently had time to receive new instructions' from home. 'these, it is said, required of him to demand of the Portuguese Ministers a di s .' claimer of any participation in the intrigue kn- Puted to them, or otherwise tb declare that the countenance and support of the King of England would be withdrawn from his Faithful Majesty. In answer to this demand, nothing of a satisfac tory nature having been returned, Sir W. A'Court is believed to have presented an address to the King, in which, in the name of the British Minis try, he has peremptorily required the dismissal of the Portuguese Ministry as a punishment for their treacherous conduct in regard to the neer). tiation respecting Brazil. To this, at present, no answer has been returned ; or at least, with all my endeuvours to obtain information, I have b een a ble to get no clue to the event. There is little doubt, however, but that the Ministry will be dismissed, rather than give umbrage to Great Britain." Gaottue GAIIIIICK —This brother of the cele• butted actor was particularly attentive to him ; and, every night on coming behind the scenes, ulually inquired, " Has n —AVID wanted me On its being asked, how CrxonGE came to die so soon after the demise of his distinguished rela tive, it was answered ) " DAVID wanted him." THE GREEK. The following articles slew that the cause of the Greeks has been successful as well ou land as at sea : Conn', Nov. 2fi—The two defeats of Dervisch-Pacha, his double attempt to penetrate Livadia, have r 4 taught hl a lesson.-- Reinforced by new troops, and strongly orders from Constantinople, and by the distress of the Turkis Commander of Lepanto, this General, with a corps d'armee composed of his best troops, cams to the succour of this place to wards the middle of last October. This last attempt of the Mu.. sulmans was even more unfortunate than the two former. They were attacked in the passes of Salons, and completely an nihilated. Their artillery and numerous supplies destined to re-victual Lepanto, fell into the hands of the victors. More than a thousand Turks remained on the field of battle. The Greeks, on their side, have td enumerate amongst the killed Colonel Jotischamovite, who, by exposing himself too much,, perished with two other officers. They lost, however, but thirty-two men in all, The smallness of the number will not astonish those-who know the advantages of passes fortified for a defensive war.—Dervisch Pacha has just evacuated Bteotia -and Phocis with the wreck of his army. In his retreat through the defiles, he lost a great many men. The artillery and the greatest part of the spoils taken from the enemy have been sent to Missolonghi. In consequence of this advantage, the Greeks have begun to invest Lepanto. [Extract (If a Letter from Trieste, of the Gth Dec. 1824.] "By a vessel which has just entered this port from Syra, .which place it left sixteen days back, we have received letters from that island and from Hydra, from which we learn that the affairs of the elections are over. The Executive Body is conti nued in its functions, and Panuzzo Notara is elected Presi dent of the Legislative. We are also told, that the troops which were at Hydra and Spent& have again entered the Mores, and they are now marching against Petra' and Negro pont; against which they say also, that Mavromiehalis is going, with the venerable Varvalris. The letters from Syra, of the 18th November, inform us further, in a positive manner, that whilst the Egyptian fleet, accompanied by the vessels which the Captain Pacha had left him, and by all the transports be longing to it, was quitting Boudroun and Cos, and going, as some say, to Candia, and according to others, towards Alexan dria, the Greek fleet, commanded by Admiral Miaulis, Attack ed it again on the 10th of November; but during the combat, and when some fire-ships had already been sent towards diffe rent vessels, and when one had begun to take effect on a frigate whose masts and sails were burning, there arose a violent tempest, which separated the two squadrons. Three vessels of the Greek, fleet brought this news to Spa ' whither they had been obliged to retire for shelter from the huricanes ; but we now learn the greater disasters of the enemy's fleet, which has been dispersed on all sides ; for the Turkish navy, being very unskilful, IN totally incapable of weathering a storm such as haft been experienced. We do not know, however, whether the Greek fleet has suffered any disasters." ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. KINQSTON, DEC. 30. George Dudjield was indicted for. feloniously receiving, on the 10th of June last, in the parish of St. Olave, Southwark, knowing to have been stolen, a2Ol. Bank post-bill, a 20!. Bank. note, three 101. Bank -notes, ten 51. Bank -notes, and other notes and monies, which had been burglariously stolen on the 9th of June from the dwelling-house of 51r. Haines, steward to Earl Cowper, at ertingfordbury, in the county oillerts. The trial lasted from nine in the morning till six in the evening. The case was launched by the evidence of the conviction of James Davis and others, at Hertford Assizes, in July last, of the burglary and robbery in Mr. Haines's house, on the night of the 9th of June, when Banknotes and other monies to the amount of 1,8681. 13s. 11d. were stolen by a party of eight men, who had planned the robbery at a public-house called the horse-Shoe and ‘Vheat-Sheaf, in Mellor-street, Borough. then kept by a man named Watson, since deceased. One of the men concerned in the' robbery was Benjamin Jacobs, for merly a baker at Kingston. This man was now a principal witness, and he gave a minute detail of the circumstances of the robbery. His evidence, as far as it affected the prisoner Dudfield, was, that on the morning of the 10th of June, after the robbery, most of the gang assembled again between seven and eight o'clock, at the Horse-Shoe and Wheat-Sheaf. Two of the party were sent to Dudfield's house, in Shire-lane, and shortly afterwards he arrived, anti was introduced into a pri. vate room up stairs, where notes to the amount of 1,0061. were produced. He was informed by one of the thieves that the property came from Mr. Haines's house, and that he had better be careful of the notes. At first he bid 7001. for the whole quantity, but at length he agreed to give 750!., and the thieves consented to sell them for that amount. he notes were delivered to him, and two of the men accompanied him home to receive the money. He, however, gave them only 350!., promising to bring the remainder in an hour anti a half. In fact, the robbers never received any more money from him.— Mrs. Watson, the widow of the person who kept the public. house, p ositi vely that Dudfield was at her husband's that morning. He changed a sove reignlB ewith swore the v with her in payment of one of the glasses of brandy which the party had had. The course which the case for the prosecution then took, was in tracing the stolen property to the possession of the prisoner. It was proved that at twelve o'clock on the night of the 10th of June, the prisoner and an elderly man unknown arrived at the George Inn, Baldock, by the Bos ton coach, and slept in a double-bedded room. Next day they went together in a poet chaise to Royston. and thence to Cant. bridge, and returned together to London the same night, and were set down at a•public-house In Chancery-lane. At Royston, the elderly man atone exchanged Bank of England notes to the amount of 1501. at the banking-house of Messrs. Fordham and Co., for 5/. notes of their bank. At Cambridge, the same man exchanged Bank of England notes to a large amount, at the banking houses of Foster and Co., Fisher and Co., and Barker and Co., for their notes, respectively. Alembers of these several establishments were examined; but as they had omitted to bring their books, no satisfactory evidence could be given of' the identity of the notes which the old man above-mentioned had exchanged. The bank post-bill for 201. was, however, clearly identified by a clerk from the house of Foster and Co. A 20/. note, 2 tens, and 6 fives, produced, were sworn to by Mr. Haines and r... Johnson, who assisted him in collecting Lord Cowper's rents, as part of the stolen property, from marks which they had made. These notes had passed through the hands of the Cambridgeshire bankers, but were no otherwise identified. Be. tween the hours of nine and ten on the morning of the 12th of June, Cambrideshire and Royston notes to the amount of 5501 . were exchange d-at the banking houses of ,Messrs. Jones, Lloyd, and Co., Messrs. Grote, Prescott, and Co., and Messrs. Currie, Raikes, and Co., for one 2001. two 1001. and a 501. Bank of England note. At two of these houses, the notes were ex changed by a female, who gave the name of " and at the third by a man whom the witness firmly believed to be the prisoner Dudfield. At ten o'clock a city officer, named [leaked), saw Dudfield standing under the piazza at the south end of the Royal Exchange. Ile missed him for a moment,' but in a few minutes afterwards he found him in the listener's office in the Bank of England, where the prisoner lied just re ceived from Mr. Kingston, the clerk, 550 sovereigns, in ex. change for the Identical 2001., two 1001., and 501. bank -notes, which had been paid by the banking-houses last above-men. tioned, in lieu of provincial notes of the Royston and Cam. bridge banks. The prisoner told Mr. Kingston that his name was ‘Villiarne, and that he lived in Prescott-street, Goodman's fields. This name and address were written on the note. The officer, knowing that this na ne and address were false, imme diately took the prisoner into custody, anti found 550 sovereigns in a handkerchief in his bawl. Tide is an outline of the ease proved in evidence. The prisoner, in his defence, declared solemnly that he had never seen in his life either Jacoi)a, the accomplice, or Mrs. Watson, the keeper of the public house in Mellor-street. He complained that a young woman named Matilda Blanchard, who could have proved an alibi for him, had been practised upon, and kept out pf the way. As to the notes of, the thank of England, 'changed o n t h e morn i ng o f th e 12th of June, he said he had received them that morning in the course of bu. siness from a merchant. It was not surprising that he was possessed of so much money, because he was engaged in a large we" of busi ness . Mrs. Watson was called on behalf of the prisoner, to prove that she was taken to Horsemonger.lane gaol to see the pri soner. She had a view of hint when he was separated from other prisoners, b ut was quite certain he was the man she had seen at her house on the morning of the 10th June. No other witnesses were called for the defence. Mr. Justice BUltttottalt summed up the evidence with great minuteness, leaving the Jury to find such a verdict as would satisfy their consciences. The Jury deliberated about two minutes, and found the pri. goner Guilty. Mr. ANDREWS and Mr. BRODRIOR then submitted, in arrest of judgment, that the Bank-notes which the prisoner was charged with having feloniously received could not he treated RS goods and chattels, within the meaning of the statutes of 8 , William and Mary, c. o, and 5 Anne, c . 31, and come. quently that receiving them, knowing them to have been stolen, was no.offence. Mr. liot.Lasin, Mr. Dow taxes, and Mr. PLATT, referred to 2 Geo. 11. c. 25, and 8 Geo. IV. c. 24, as affording a com plete answer to the objection. The first made it felony to steal, and the second felony to receive, bank notes, knowing them to have been-stolen. . Mr. Justice Bunnotion overruled the objection, and sen tenced the prisoner to be transported for 14 years. NEW CHURCHES. PARISH OF ST. ANDREW, HOLBORN. Yesterday, a Meeting of the inhabitants, householders, of the City Liberty of the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, was held in the New Inquest Room of the parish, to take into ,Fonsid m e ll gtili:oroposal for the Erection of Naz Churches, and p ieli for their future maintenance. Vie Meeting was. ed by .r. illexandOk3Wilivn, the Churchwarden, in consequence of a requisitiaii foi tharpurpose, signed by a con siderable number of the inhabitants of the City and Liberty; and was numerously and respectably attended. The Churchwarden was unanimously called to the Chair. The Requisition for convening the Meeting being read, Mr. JASPER TAYLOR said, as the requisition for calling the Meeting had been presented in consequence of a commu. ideation made to him and Mr. Henry Widriell, who was not then prevent, he felt it incumbent on him to put the Meeting in possession of all the circumstances. About a fortnight since, he received a letter signed by a person who styled him self Clerk to the Committee for the erection of New Churches, in the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, which stated, that he (Mr. Taylor) and Mr. Whitten, were appointed members of said Committee. Mr. Widnell, at the same time, 'received similar letter. This communication naturally led them to in quire by what authority this Committee was appointed ; and they soon found that the Committee had no authority from the parish or any portion of it, but were in reality self-appointed. They then made known the communication they had received in the name of this self-appointed Committee, to several of their neighbours, who united with them in addressing a requisition to the Churchwarden to call a meeting to take the subject into consideration, with which he most promptly complied, and the present meeting was in consequence convened. Mr. Taylor then read the letter that had been addressed to hirn,announcing his appointment as a member of the Committee. The Rev. Mr. BERESPORD, the Rector, said, he felt it was proper That he should state the circumstances that led to the appointment of the Committee for the erection of New Churches in the parish, and to t h e. appointment of Mr. Taylor and Mr. Widnell as members of that Committee. On his return from the country, in the month of September last, he received an application on the subject of the erection of New Churches in the parish, which was signed by forty respectable inhabitants of the Upper Liberty, and the Saffron-hill Liberty. He thought it his duty to attend to their application, and he was informed by them that they had learned that the Commissioners for Building New Churches had agreed that 20,0001. should be applied to the erection of Churches in that parish ; and that if they (the inhabitants) did not exert themselves to procure pro. per aches for their erection, and plans and estimates to lay be. fore the Commissioners, the money might be given to other parishes, and they would be loft without that accommodation for public worship of which they stood so much in need and were so desirous. Several meetings in consequence took place, and • Committee was formed for the purpose of determining on suitable eche', &c. and he believed he might say that a ache for the Saffron-hill Liberty was now agreed on. In this state of the proceedings of the Committee, it was thought proper that two inhabitants of the City Liberty should be added to the Committee, in order diet their proceedings might be made known to the *hole parish; and Dir. Taylor and Mr. Wid. pelt were accordingly appointed Members of that Committee, which appointnient was communicated to them by letters, one of which had been read to the Meeting. Ile had only to add, that although it was the wish of the inhabitants of the Upper and Saffron-hill Liberties that their proceedings should be known to the City Liberty, yet he believed it was not the inten tion of those Liberties, that the City Liberty should be sub jected to any expence in consequence of those proceedings beyond what the City Liberty itself might approve. He hoped, whatever might be the determination of the Meeting on the subject, they would abstain front any expression of a hostile or angry feeling, the effect of which could only be to provoke, which he hoped could not be the wish of the Meeting. Mr. BEAUCHAMP said, the enormous expence to which the City Liberty was already subject for the performance of public worship made it quite impossible thatit could bear any further impost; nor could they consent to the erection of any new churches that would entail an additional burthen on them.— Resolutions expressive of these opinions had been prepared by the persens who had signed the Requisition, which he would submit to the ,Meeting, and had no doubt would receive their approbation. Mr. Beauchamp then proposed the Resolutions Mr. Deputy REEVES said, their Rector had stated, that he believed it was not the intention of the Upper and gaffron-hill Liberties that the City Liberty should be put to any expence by the erection of new churches in their liberties ; he wished. to ask the Rev. Gentleman whether he would undertake, that it he new churches should be erected, the City Liberty would not be called upon to pay any portion of the consequent expence Mr. BEnesronn replied, that it was obviously impossible that he should enter into a pledge of that kind. Mr. TAYLOR reminded the Meeting, that when the subject of the erection of New Churches in the parish was before agi tated, the Bishop of London fixed on 2,200/. as the additional aunt. that was to be annually raised by a new taxation of the pariah for the support of Ministers to officiate in the new churches. Mr. SwEl.t., collectors of the church rate, said, he should not think it necessary to say one word on the present occasion, were it riot that his situation gave him opportunities, perhap s c b u e ft o y n yd any ith w o c er h m t ; l i e n in p re t s h e e n p t ari sl i, of knowing heavy imjmst for the e gr su e l a q t )o d r i t fli- of public worship was paid by many of the inhabitants. The City Liberty contained 600 houses, 250 of which were inhabited by persons who gained their living by their labour; often and often, when those persons paid the tax, under the weight of which the parish at present suffered, they declared that the payment left them without sixpence to buy bread for their chil dren ; and though it made his heart ach to be compelled to be lieve it, yet he could not doubt the truth of the declaration. Was that a situation, he would ask, in which to add tothe bur. dens of the parish ?—(Hear, bear !) The Resolutions were then put and agreed to unanimously. A Committee was appointed to watch the proceedings of the Committee for the erection of New Churches. Thanks were voted to the Churchwarden for the promptness with which lie called the meeting, and to Messrs. Taylor and Widnell for communicating the letters they had received on the subject of the new churches to the Liberty ; after which. the meeting separated. CORONERS' INQUESTS. An Inquest was held yesterday evening, be. fore'. SIIELTOX, Esq., at the Swan-with-two-Necks, Lad lane, on the body of James Barnard. It appeared from the evidence, that as the ostler was leading the horses of the Holy head mail out of the yard of the above inn on %Vednesday even. ing, the deceased was standing on the pavement opposite the gateway. The coachman who was on the box, before he stirred from the yard, sent a man out to see if any carriages were in the way. Hearing the messenger call out, " All's right," he drove out steadily ; but while turning the corner, he observed the deceased staggering, (whether in consequence of being struck by the splinter bar, or of fright, he could not say,) and before he was able to pull up the horses, the deceased fell under the, coach wheels, one of which passed over him. He was conveyed into the house, and surgical aid procured ; but he died in a few minutes.—Verdict.--Accidental Death.—Deo. dand on the coach wheels 20s. After the verdict, the CORONER requested the attendance of Mr. Waterhouse, to whom he stated that the Gentlemen of the .Jury had requested him to desire his men would use a little more caution in drawing the coaches out of the inn-yard, and to send a man out to see that there were no infirm foot-passen. gers in the way. Mr. Waterhouse said he took all the care he could. CORONER—If you had done so in this instance, the poor man's death might have been prevented. Mr. Waterhouse—l can't keep eight or ten people to look af. ter the foot-passengers. CORONE n.—But it is your duty to do it, Sir. You are no t t o endanger the live s o f hi s Majesty's subjects in carrying on your business. I hope the next time an accident of this sort occurs, the Jury will fix a deodand on the coach and horses. Mr. Waterhouse - ;araeveiyPiecaUtion should in future be taken. Qn Wednesday evening an Inquest was held before Tllollf*s H tans, Beg., at the Prince of Wales Tavern, Keasingteti_ gore, on the body of Ed. Snowball, Esq.. a gentleman 5J years of age. The deceased, it appeared, had been separated from his wife (it was not nutted at whose, instance) in September last, and lived since then with another female named Charlotte smi t h. About a fortnight ago he took two ounces•of opium, which Star. gcon Antrace, of Kensington, was fortunate enough to reineve from his stomach in time to save his life. Tile deceased being taken very ill, however, again on Tuesday, Surgeon Antrace was sent for, to whom, after first denying it, he confessed he had swallowed two tettepoonfulls of arsenic h a glass of porter, at the Camden Arms, on the road, that morning. A paper, containing arsenic, anti a razor, were found in his trowsers pocket. He took every thing in the way of antidote that thetur geon prescribed for him, hut to no eorpose : he expired he. tween five and six o'clock in the evening. His mind had been preyed upon by pecuniary circumstances for some, time past; and in a letter which he wrote to :11r. Weld, of the Camden Arms, and in another left in- his desk, toldree.ed to Miss Smith, he complained of having sulfertal.the most inveterate and mall. cious persecution from his wife and bet two broill.ers, Mr..lohn- Tweedy % banker, at York, and Captain Ueorge Weedy, lately returned from Bombay; and to this cause he attributed the fatal act which he was about to commit. The deceased was de :wined as a man of mild disposition, Verdict—insanity, ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, Dec.3o, 1824. N OTICE is hereby given, that a Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery, for of Offences comm.:led on the litikSeas, within M. lion of MA .4dmiralty of England, will be Acid Mall, ix LAe Old Balley i London, on Ifedmir of FebruNinest, at o'clock in Me MP all Sherffs, Gaolers, and Keepers of Prisermh whoa. custody any Prisouers, charged with Offen , . milted on the High Seas, or within the said JnriAdie,, mey be, are hereby require:l to transmit a copy of she' mitsnsint of every such Prisoner to .11fr. Bicknell, the stil of the .Idmiralty, on Spring Garden 7'errace. ! order that Me nercsaary measures may be taken, for . all such Prisoners to His majesty's Gaol of ~Veiniatat rial at the salt: intended Session. .1. Ir. Call WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY do hereby Or tice, (bat an HALF YEARLY GENERAL COUIL be held, pursuant to the directions of the Act of Parlisge ti at the West India Dock House, No. 9, Billiter-Wargr FRIDAY, the 7th day of Janeary next, at One c'Clook the Afternoon, at which Meeting a DIVIDEND will elated for the Half year ending the 31st instant. By Order of the Court , H. Lsor,A3l* West India Dock House, Dec. 17, le". N.B. The Cbair will be taken at Two °TWO, pree:se_.iy. PRICK OT STOCKS THIS OA Y AT ONE 0 c 1,,t) Old Annuities.. ...... New Ditto ..... . ..... Ex. Bills 0001. ...... ......... I id. Ditto NAL Ditto Ditto Small:— Id. ...... Ditto I ...... Ditto Advertised -•••••••"'• Bank for Act. ........... India for Acct. Cons. for Opening...4p, Sank Stock n9l 230 3 per Cent. Red. 931 94 1 per Cent. Cons. shut 34 per Cent. Ditto Red slolffi D. 4 per Cent. 1 Ne is w sd shut Bank I trAnn..- . Imp. 3 per Gents. India Stock shut Ditto Bonds Ws. South Sea Stock shut PUICES OP !Inlaid/1 FONDS,. AT ON o'cl.0 0 ," ' Portuguese Bonds ..—. _..___.Scrip.. Prussian, b per ct. ... Ditto New ............ Russian, New. 6 ler et. 3pantsh 1821, b por 1823, ditto Alliance Share Palladium ...... ....... Equitable Loan ..- ..... Canadian .. . ............ French Rentes ...... -- Scrip ...... Austrian Bds, 5 per ct. 96 Brazilian Bds 7L Buenos Ayres Ms 90 (Milian, Bds, 6 per ct. 83 b 4 Colombian Bds.6perct.... Do. do. 1824...90i 90 914 Danish, 5 per cent. — Greek Bds 593 j , 60 Mexican Bch 741 f 64 Scrip — Neapolitan, s . per cent 94 --- scrip Peruvian Bonds 791 80 PRICE ow 111.111 i STOCKS, DRO. t B . Grand Canal loan, l3 l‘ . ''' -Ditto 4 per colt . -Ditto Stock .. • ......... Royal Canal Stock •••. Wide-street Cert. 6 per "' 4. .„ Do. Deb. with Gov. Se.' Pipe Water Deb. Per cs' Do. Ballast Office Gott. s o4 ' 4 per cent. ..... ow"' roitEIGX AUR MUD. P" . 4 0 3 . 0 2 0 . 1 0 •1 a, IVA 36 TmEinßuates aftdT I0:: 1 1) 0 7 Elvleßnlinrc, Bank Stock ` ) 5l Gov. Deb. 34 per cent. I Stock, 3i per ct -- —New ( Deb. 4 .iov. 'eb. -, per cent. — Gov. Deb. 5 per cent. —Stock, 4 per cent. — Treasury Bills, 5 per cent. City Debentures, 5 per ct. Lytng in Hospital 4 per et. nottenburqb - 11 aniburgfi - - I loriand - - Flandurt - - Anieriea Uuerasoy and Jersey THE SUN. SoLLM CUES DICEILE F.ILSCIII AUL)1;•12- LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DEC. The French Papers of Tuesday arrived lest night, from which the following are thd only passages worth extracting : ( From the ilfoniteur of Tuesday, Dee. 2 8 .) " The official part contains a Royal Ordinance, M. Ravez President of the Chamber of Deputies for " sent Session." (From the Etoile of Wedrulday,Dee.29.) 44 Roma, „ int 'a " The merchants who carry on commerc e by see, general all seafaring persons, subjects and fareitta rs ' ap pal B : 4 formed, that, by the express orders of his Hanna' of Civita Vecchia will afford them in futUre every tili n g ""' u site thoroughly to repair their vessels." D l3: . 98 ' " We - have received the following news from Madrid °I 22d of December : " ' The last French troops quitted Madrid on N 10 0 1"/ ti r 20th of December, and the two Swiss regiinents ars 3tif I.w tan only foreign troops here ; they amount together to no 3,oootuotof-i -, m:n. Every thing is pertc-z"...y tranquil. . bi ol it has been reported here, that the Constituti oa " - it landed near Alicant ; but letters from Alicant itself sal ,t ' s ' kt , was a party of smugglers from Gibraltar, who la'a ctl tt : in water, and retired as soon as they had comple o ration • fill re y All classes here are firmly persuaded that Spign , who surne the possession of its South American Colonies. the Queen, and the Royal Family frequently apPoT ill The Queen seems to be perfectly happy." FRENCH FUNDS..--PAIIIS, DEC. Five • opened at 102. 20. ;closed at 102. 15—Bank Neapolitan Five per Cents. (Falconet's Certiticates)) oO ' '' . .0114 ..,-- S , panash Loan, 1823, ni.—Exchange on London, 03';' ; three months, 24. 85.-4 Cours ifuthenlique...) ",11 ""rni ii g f Three Dut c h M a il s arrived this bringing liamburgh Papers to the 9 5th 11n u , Dutch Papers to the 30th instant, (rem *line we tubjoin the most interesting al HANOVER, DECRSVSB lige dto Grcutor. IV., &c.--It having come to our know . ' some doubts are enterta i ne d resßec ting.rthe interfte t4- ; e 4,1 application of the time paragraph of the 16th Ankle to of the Getman Confederation of the Bth June 18i8, 111 lrl'for,‘ the following effect:—`• The difference of the Christio l Communities cannot lead to any difference in the el 1 .011 1 '" civil and political rights in the countries coroposi4 tile ‘ 4 , erlll „.;:pi ration and Ordinance:.... ation.%Ve are induced ue the fol3 l : wi ' in lg i ' ~ I. The seve ra l professors of the Catristitst) PROCLAMATION. ~,C-~;r. '~.ix • • 1 824. satio• t r or tips frill , the Jgr i •i dec- -4 at joticf tht 3d dao kg% • (Teltrti OM' Glicriqn• o f IP 17 " - 7ROKEII- - of the cby Oro Nu ' Milt partiwne w ir . Nis ar e, rA 1 • u'Liock n will be 4e- pf ..34liy• cci▪ .oca• . 0411. • •• 46' .0.. '•••••• •• 7 L ...... 4 14 ;k• .... • ••• ..... "":„. . .9b•iti ............ 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