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. , . . V je , l : , `?,::- --- ':•7 4 7:ViVfizil,/ RA ° OA ,ya . , ..----- . .. :'"f i , _' ~4 1 111 11 - ti• - , . • -a i' 4 _ - _7,---- • 0 lito, '" 'ray ----- . _ - o . ~ 4 .kblamet .. , 17 -AI •:Li , i o. pf ti :0 Ld- ~~. to its :an ig, len iu- s 1/, ail/457,41,0y N UMBER 9868. THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1824. P`l ICE StVENpEictE. CONTRACTS FOR PAPER. James-street, Buckingham Gate, April 2, 1824. TI1E : COMPTROLLER OF HIS MA JESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE is ready to receive TENDERS ' for various deioriptions of PAPER:required for the Pnblic Service. Particulars of the Contract san be seen, and Samples of 1 4! Papers required be had, at the Stationery Office. The Tenders must be delivered on or before Twelve o'Clock of ths day of the 14th of April, Sealed, kit'marked " Ten der - for Paper." mirnsu INSTITUTION, PALL-MALL HE GALLERY for the EXHIBITION and SALE of the WORKS of MODERN ARTISTS s _. l4 OPEN DAILY, from Ten in the Morning until Five in 14, e Evening• By Order, JOHN YOUNG, Keeper. Admission Is.—Catalogue Is. The Remaining Subscribers - to the Engraving from Mr. West's .Pi c ture of ‘' Our Saviour Healing the - Sick. in the Templ e ," •who have not received their Impressions, may re ceive them upon application at the British Institution. CALEDONIAN ASYLUM: for SUPPORTING and EDU CATING the CHILDREN of SOLDIERS, SAILORS, and MARINES, Natives of SCOTLAND, who have died, or been disabled in the Service of thdr Country, and of Indigent Scotch Parents resident in London, not entitled to - ParOchial Relief, Cross street, 'Hatton - garden. THE SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY FES. TIVAL will take place at the FREEMASONS' TA v ERN, on SA EURDAY . NEX P. 14is Royal Highness the DUKE of YORK and ALBANY, President, in the Chair. iTEWARDS. The Most Hon. the Marquis 'J. C. Herrics, Esq. M•P. .of Grah: tw Robert lanes, Esq. Bart.M.P. Peter Laurie; .Esq. rzheriff Th bi • T •Parqul t ar L ßart. Col. Martin Lindsay, C. B. Andrea' Brunton, Esq. Henry Longlands , Eticl• John D rummond, Esq. Janes Mitchell, Esq. SiMon Mc. Gillivray, Esq. arch. Farquhars o n, of Fin- Colonel David Stewart, of Sean, M.P. Garth, K.G.B. Chas: Forbrs, j it. Esq. George Tritton, - Estl• D. Guthrie, Esq. Edward-Rose Turner, Esq. Tickets, 40s. each, to be bad of the Stewards, at the Asy lums and at the Tavern. Dinner on Table at Half-past Fire. A SPECIAL GENERAL COURT of this CORPORA -LION will be held here on THURSDAY, the 15th Instant, at Twelve o'Clock, to take into consideration an offer from the Milos of the New Scotch Church of accommodation for the Buys. The Chair to be taken at One o'Cloc precisely. M. S. METCALFE, Secretary. GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY. Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London, March 30, 1824. f.'IVOTICE is hereby given, That the HALF T 1.11 YEARLY GENERAL COURT of the PROPRIE TORS of this COMPANY, pursuant to the Act. of the 59th Gio'rge the" Third, will be held on THURSDAY. tll4 day of May next, at the CROWN and ANCHOR TAVERN, in the STRAND, in the COunty.of Middlesex, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, when the ELECTION of an AU.. DITOR - of the ACCOUNTS of the COMPANY wilt take Vace isa the ''rooni of Richard William Silvcstr, 'Esq. chosen ,a Director. By Order of the Court of Directors, RICHARD GUDE. Secretary. N. B.—The Chair will be taken at Twelve (Mock pre cisely, and the B . allot will tontinuo open for Four Hours from its commencement.' 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, opp'osite Altigate `Pump.-Ready Money Only. THE Society of Cabinet-Makers respectfully inform the Public that they still 'contimie the above Esiablishthent, for the Benefit of Induitiioas Mechanics who have large Familes, by offering them 3lanufactured Articles in the Cabinet Line, of the best Workmanship, and Cheaper than'any House can do in London by twenty-tive per cent., there being no other profit required on the Goods but the bare house exences ; at the same time will' be su ff iciently satisfied with hav in g constant Employment for themselves and families. This Society was Established in June, 1821, consisting of 20 Mechanics, adding the number of their Wives and Fami lies, amounted to. 66 ; in June, 1819, five more were added to the Society ; i n June, 1820, 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 ' , -neere thanks to those Ladies and Gentlemen who have hitherto honoured them' with their Order's and Recommenda tims, and shall always feel happy in their endeavours to give liture satisfaction ; at the same time solicit a Continuance of their Benevolenc e , whereby they may be enabled to increase e 'Number of the Sdeiety.- The following Articles are inserted as a Specimen of the very Low Prices, all warranted.-Ready Money only. Full size Mahogany four-post Beditead, lath bottom 31. l ss. -Pull size tent Bedstead 11. 65,-Bordered hair- Mattress to lit 11. la.-Mahogany Drawer, solid-ends 31. 3c-Feather Bed 21. 10s.-Ditto, free from dust and smell, full size 31. 10s.- Six japanned Chairs of any description in oil 11. 65.-Best do. Wash-hand-stand las.-Ditto, Dressing Table 165.-Hearth Rugs 145.-3 ft. 6 inches Cheat of 'Drawers 41. 45.-Three-foot mahogany Pembroke Table 11: 18s.-Three-foot ditto on pil lars and claws 31. los.-Maliogany Dressing Table 11.-Ditto Bidet, best 11. 45.-Ditto Bedsteps 11. Bs.-Ditto ditto 11. 12s. =-Ditto ditto 21. 25.-Ditto Box Glass, 2 drawers, best British 'Plate 153.-Ditto ditto Is. as.-Ditto ditto 11. 18s.-Ditto Swing Glass, large size, commode 35.-Ditto ditto 55.-Ditaa ditto N.-Ditto ditto 125.-Sea Bed and Pillow ss. ad -Ditto ditto 65.-Ditto ditto 78.-Tray Stand 75.-Long Mahogany Tray 145.-4apanned Book Shelf 75.-Tra Caddy 10s.-Porta ble Desk 215.-Desk covers in number 145.-Music Chairs Y pattern Bs. 6d.-Eight Mahog any Chairs, covered with horse hair, brass nailed 61. 65.-8 ditto ditto 61. 155.-11 ditto ditto 71. 75.-8 Trafalgar ditto 91. 95.-LMaliogany Sofa to match 71. 1 0s.-Ditto Couch 71. 10s.-Ditto ditto 81. 10s.-Ditto, with Bedstead 71. 10s.-Set of Mahogany Card and Sofa Tables, on turned legs, banded in rose-wood 01..155.-Set of Mahogany Tables, two Card and Sofa, on pillars and claws 121. 12s.- Diito the best that can be made-to order or pattern 16 1 . 10s. -Handsome 7 foot 6 pedestal; Sideboard, with carved -back, 171.-Ditto 7 foot 161.-Ditto 6 root six 151.-Set of Dining Tables, of the last pattern, 4 - . foot by 10 foot 61 11.- Ditto.-4 foot 2by 11 foot 6, 151.-Ditto 4 foot 6by 12 foot 6, 161.165.-If Spanish, an ad vance of 31.'105.-Straw Palliasse 11. ls.-Tent Bedstead and furniture 31. 15.-Bamboo Bed_ steed and French elypti c t op , w i th drapery and fringe, 81. 10s. ive-fbot mahogany four-post Bedstead and furniture, with French draperies, lined all through, complete, 151. 10s.-- Five-fbot.ditto, ditto 16s. 10s.-,Ditto ditto, with cornice, of a superior make, 181. 10s.-Di tto di tto, with gold cornice, ele gant drapery 201.-:.Drawing-room Curtains, of the best Mo tine and chintz,,fitted for window, 61. ad. - Di tto di tto 71. 7 s . :7-Ditto, of a superior and elegant style of work, 101. 10s.- Drawing -room rose-wood-D raw i n room Trafalgar Chairs Ditto i nlaid , with buhl. 201.-Table,g- 2 Covers, and Sofa, 181. las.-Ditto 11. Is.-Drawing-room Sofa 61. 65.-Ditto, 71. 7s. -Ditto 81. N.-Horse-hair Cushions, each ss. ad.--Covered ,ditto4l. W. TH URNELL, Agent. COUNIIRY DEALERS SUPPLIED. Goods packed free of expence, except the materials. and sent to all parts of Great Britain, and to the East and West In dies. -Captains fitted out, and merchants supplied with Ca binet Goods for Exportation. .a . Apartments Furnished at a few hours' notice, and Rouses two or four days. MESSRS. MOTT, MOTT, and Co. of PALL-MALL, most respectfully return their thanks to the Nobility and Gentry for the great patrionage they have received, and the decided preference which has been given to their IMPROVED PIANO-FORTES, and they beg to state that they have now brought to the highest perfection their PA TENT SOSTENENTE and HORIZONTAL GRAND PIANO-FORTES. —These established and fashionable In struments are purchased both for British and Foreign Palaces; they continue to give the highest satisfaction, and have en sured a constantly increasing demand. Messrs. MOTT and Co. have naw also completed very great improvements in Cabinet and small Piano-fortes ; these new Instruments, which they denominate GRAND SQUARE PIANOS, are pronounced by most eminent Professors • and Amateurs to be decidedly th e b est small Piano-fortes in Lon don, and indeed equal to many Grands, although not half their price ; they are also purposely constructed to suit foreign cli mates; to which their great strength and durability render them admirably adapted. Messrs. MOTT and Co. possessing every advantage requisite for a Manufactory of the first magnitude, sand which has now been established for some years have at all times a superior as sortment of the best and most fashionable Piano-fortes at their Manufactory, 92, Pall-Mall, and to which they invite the at tention of all those who are desirOus of purchasing an Instru ment of the first character. Communications from the country promptly attended to, and instruments in present use taken in exchange. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. SOTHEBY, at hi s H ouse , WELLINGTON-STREET , WATERLOO BRIDGE, STRAND, on MONDAY, April 12, and Three foll o w ing Days, at Twelve &Clock, ACHOICE COLLECTION of BOOKS, and BOOKS of PRINTS, recently imported front the Continent; to „.hid, are added, some EARLY MANU, SCRIP US, and DUPLICATES of a GENTLEMAN'S LI BRARY, including • A vet) , extraordinary Collection of Early Comedies and Tragedies in the Spanish Language, in Eighty-eight Volumes, in Qaarto, from the celebrated Durazzo Palace at Genoa Atlas de Maritinto d.c Espagna, Madrid, t,799; BoyileiTs Col lection of Prints, fine old impressions, 'dun(' in•Eightvols. rassiaj Dion Cassius, Reimari, 4 tom ; Lucretius, a Wake field, 3 vol. large paper, russia ; Manning and Bray's Sur rey, 3 vol. large paper ; Lc Brun's Gallery, 3 eel. blue mo vocco, fine original copy; Marquis of Stafford's Gallery of Pictures,. second series, coloured, 4 vol.; Nash's Worcester shire, I vol. large paper; Throsby's Leicester and Nottirig hamshire, 4 vol.; .White's Selbur•ne, .large piper; .Wilson's American.,Ornithology, coloured, 9. val. very rare ; Alfieri Ppere, ez tom. ; Buffon Flistoirc Naturelle, 44 tom.; Lava ter 's Phys.iognorny, by Flouter, 5 vol. russiis ; .Froissart"s Chronicles, Hafod Press, 5 vol. russia ; Oeirlii Opera, Del pbini, 4 tom.; Histmia, Delphitil,.s tom. &c. ; together with a Large Collection of Books of Prit►'s. Emblems,&c.&c. To be viewed, and Catalogues (price Is.) bad, at the p l ace of Sale. STRICTURES CURED. .r a new M e th o d th e a b ove troublesome MAP Complaint is entirely eradicated, (without the use of 'Bougie or Caustic), whether of long or short standing , ez sept constitutional, as well 73 311 weaknesses geocrally lie•- emn i mn Y i ng it, and in a short time the wand , system is re. established, heink one of the greatest discoveries ever made. By JOHN LYNCH, 44, Duke.ctreet, St. James's. Respectable refereuess will be given, if required.--411 tees post-paid_ . . , Vl' The price of the Medicine i. Four Pounds a parcel. A perfect Cure for Bilioui Afr.ction. arid Ob6truetions in the Bowels. Seems• will be obser►ed NEW CANDEDATE. ACcording to the elaborate rumours of News papers, the CHANCELLOR. of the El:CBE:11.1ER is to be in vited by a party to stand for the Representation of this City on the next ensuing vacancy. Mr. Ronisrsciis is deservedly popular—and for no reason is he honoured more, than for the intended removal of those oppressive imposts on law Proceedings, which have the effect of denying justice to more than half the kingdom. Man or Minister never contemplated any change of greater importance than this, to .the repose and to the rights of civil society. Great and transcendent as such a service must be, and valuable as all• Mr. RoprstsoN7s exertions have been for the common welfare, .we have great reason to doubt his acceptance of the invita tion which is said to be intended for him. Subscriptions are said to be raised for defraying the expences of the contest— but Mr. ROBINSON will hardly accept of a dependency upon a party purse; and though we do not mean to deny but the Roman Catholic Poll Tax must throw a command of money into . the hands of individuals, who would return a Demon to Parlia ment sooner than a man of Protestant principles, yet thoimb scriptions which are spoken of seldom leave' much to be reckon ed, after the flash and smoke of the undertaking blows 0ff . .. 7 - The talk of bui/ffing a palace for "the - KIS/a in this city cannot be forgotten—the bloated promises, and the empty facts; and the truth is—except where an ecclesiastical authority, equal to that which the Ministers of the ChUrch of Rome exercise over their flocks, can operate in its potency, the general po verty •of the country forbids any thing of a Consider able contribution to be expectcd from a party, or - even from the 'public. Ardent and zeakut, 'and full of spunk, names to subscription lists are not difficult to be 'obtained ; but the money.—hic labor, hoc oprisLwe never knew that flow in smoothly, or rise to a fiftieth of its promised standard— Whatever a man be in hinaielf, when brought forward by a' party, he is, for so muCh; a party man ; and though we cannot think higher of any man, than of the Gentleman spoken of—yet if he stands for this city, set up by the Ro man Catholic party, we have no doubt of his being beaten —not the slightest. Those who honour him as a Gentle man—and many of us know him—Land who admire him as a Minister as all do—will be found voting against him ear nestly and vigorously, if he present himself standing upon the party or the purse of the Roman Catholics.-( Dublin Corre spondent, April 3.) Government having deferred the Drawiug in tended to have taken place on the'6th instant, to TUESDAY the 20th, an opportunity is •now af forded to all those 'who (not aware of the advan tages now offered) omitted purchasing, and more particularly to . the . more distant parts of the Kingdom. The Contractors, J. and J-SivE watoliT, lose no time in -publishing the above, and beg to remind the Public - that the trilling rik of X 5. 19s:will gain N/0,000.. The Cost of Will have Rettuned Risk is only, A Ticket is 1:25 19 0 f £2.0 0-0 I X 5 19 0 A Sixteenth 115 6 I 16 6 0 9 0 —Other Shares in proportion, if returned, on or before 'April 29. There are Three Prizes of 120,000. and Thirteen other Capitals in the Wheel, and may be drawn on Tuesday, theWth, when the. First Prizewill haVe f 2p,000.. -ad; dition. .There remain only 1,100 TiCiets, itnd every Ticket will be Drawn Singly. J. and J. SIVEWRIGHT, Contractors. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. 'HOUSE OF LORDS, APRIL 7. The Irish Board of BILLS. Works Bill was read a third time, and passed. The Irish Four per Cents. Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. The Report of the Irish Burials Bill was brought up, and agreed to. Lord ROLLE presented a petition (we understood) from the Brewers of the County of Devon, praying for an alteration in the Beer Duties.—Laid on the table. The same Noble Lord then presented petitions from Oak harapton and Honiton, the County of Devon, against the Duty on Coals carried Coastways.—Laid on the table.—Ad journed. HOUSE OF COMMONS. There being but twenty-one Members present at Four o'Clock, the SPEAKER declared the liouse to stand adjouhed till to-morrow. Tfi E ARM Y. New Regulations respecting the Purchase and Sale of Com missions will, we understand, be shortly promulgated to the British Army. A Detachment of the 72d (or the Duke of Albany's own Highlanders) have embarked at Jersey for Plymouth. A division of the 61st (or South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Infantry is ordered to embark at Plvmou6 for Cork, on board the same transports that convey the Div:sion of the 72d Regiment from Jersey to that station. .The supernumeraries belonging to the 95th and 9Gth Regi ments of Foot, have volunteered to the 97t1i. and 98th (now raising) Regiments of Infantry, and the supemirmeraries be , longing to the 94th Foot, have volunteered b the 99tli triow • raising) Regiment, at Glasgow. Spyrifran, APRIL S.--The Ist and 2d diOtionsolthe 95th Regiment sailed from Portimouth .this mornitg in high.spirits for Malta, With a fair wind. The first division, commanded by Major Fitzgerald, are on ho a rd the Loyal Briton. The 2d di vision, commanded by Capt. BrOwnson, on . 3oard the Joseph Green. The .3d division of the Regiment. commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Brown, will, it is supposed, embark in about ten days, on board, the Surrey transport, for the same desti nation. ..• ARDROSSAN HARBOUR. To the E,DIT.oti of the AYR and WIGTONSIIIRE COURIER. LoxDox MAncti 20, 1824. Silt—As I expected, Mr. Au Li) 11115 most 'COM.. pletely borne out my original statement ; he has also acknow ledged himself personally and deeply interested in the welfare of Ardrossan; and he. has begged the question by quibbling sophistry, which would bespeak him more of a petty lawyer than of a timber merchant. E. gr. let seamen look at his an swer to my third question—What is the true--depth of water. inside of the pier, or harbour, at low neap tides ? Answer by 111 r. Auld—" The depth of water inside-of the pier of Ardrossan is about 20 feet at full -sea neap tides !" Here I ask for low not at neap ticles,hut at the full and change of the moon-- , call water, and he gives me the extreme of :iigh water ! and that you this an answer without sophistry, Mr. Auld ? • lint even-1 from these equivocations, seamen will elicit for themselves something near the truth. They will say, the tides to 20 feet, and the fall is Bor 10 feet, which will leave - 10 or 12 - feet standing water, • about low water in Ardrossan liar bow ; and as low water depth is the criterion "by which .allharbours_are reported, and thence estimated, I think Mr. Aultl haS gone far to bear out my original statement ! Why should.. Mr. Auld feel so angry at my' generous omission to apply to him the story of the jack:-ass m the Merry Don of Dover ? Does he wish his opponent : onent to be so rude and person ally severe as himself ?A l ingratitude is deeply rootedin the world, and Mr. Auld has got his share of it. lie will give ice W afl i with Mr. Auld in me credit for nothing ! fie is like Miss Caroline 'Wilhelinina Amelia Skeggs, in the Vicar Of Wakefield,' he is deterininea not to be pleased, and his resolves, like the laws - of the Medes and Persians, are unchangeable. part of Ayrshire anti the Clyde feel did manner in .which I,propose to conclude this.letter, let it compare rpapy S po h c oi o niT u t l e 2 sip t a l l ot : tdh n ee a n u bc t er i my original statement, letter and .questions, withthe bi . am gu 'oils and evasive answers of Mr. Auld, auit will .coineiclein opinion with me, that there exists not:the slightest necessity for farther noticing the notion s of a than, who, from the personal interest he confesses to hav e in Ardrossan, where .it is probable he has been a spectator, and may have ' k . 1 n' braw ree mg , ums.a kailyards !' seem to act up to the Character of Goklsmith's school master— _ . , " For e'en though vahquish'd he can argue still ;" and, though he contradicts himself in a breath, lie will make no allowance for his aberrations from consistency. Seamen and cabin-boys I think will have been amused on reading his answer to ,my Bth question, and the impossible statement that follows it in the 9th answer. He says, " there is now.a vessel of 250 tons .lying moored in Ariirossan.by a hawser." How am Ito understand such an anibiguity,-or be lieve such an impossibility ? . Probably Mr. Auld means that such a verse] is secured to .pests on the. shore by a hawser — or if not so, that she is so riding bye kedge and hawser,and if she is so riding, it logically follows that she is not moored ! for two anchors are always necessary to moor by—so 1111.. Auld is wrong again ! But .h e h as not. to ld us a word about a vessel of ten or twelve feet water being able to run into A r drossan, and ride out a gale from the north-west, with and float out the .gale withoutnwithoutt g Mr. Auld knows nothing about it—but yet he: that such round tw ing o anchors at the a-head, cables veered to the clinch. No, can be done at Troon .by a vessel of greater draught and he charges me with a disposition to keep theanelanchaly fate of the brig Eliza in the shade That object can 1 have in do ing. so ? All I know of the subject is the report that her cables were rotten and parted,.and that she consequently drone aslAre —but that was not the fault of Troon ! Was she, however, the only collier stored with bad cables ? The Industry of Saltcdats, according to Mr. Auld, could answer in the negative. Her old Junk gave way in-. Belfast Loch, the best and safest harbour roads, or bay, on the northern coast, there not being a stone ia it to rub a-cable. In the commencement of his letter-he-spMks• of the superiority of Ardrossan, and in a few minutes after be says, " the amount of my argument was simply this—tbat-ves-' sell which could enter Troon, could also, with equal facility, enter-Ardrossan !" He,himself, William Auld, has proved that it is not a fact, and I agree with him ! Vessels can enter, and be. safe in Troon, with good anchors and cables, that would knock their keels off in Ardrossan. Such, Mr. Auld, is the opinion of many other seamen, as well as that of your humble .opponent. But I have been brought up in the wrong: school of war to take advantage .of a vanquished foe. Hence it is that I shall pass - over many of the discrepancies of Mr. Auld, aud,merely advise him, because he is my senior in life, to be less positive in future—to relinquish the, contemptible habit of ,sneering he has introduced in his correspondence with him--and to believe me, (anti I have been round, the world gathering proofs,) that civility is sterling coin in all rational society ; and I can declare, of my own know ledge, that it passes current even among savages. , His mean allusions and personalities .call .for • this counsel and in formation from me I lam obliged by the compliment in tended by • the quotation from " The . Wanderer -in Ayr. shire.' I have no -reason to -blush, I think, for that juvenile production. Although. .51r. Auld has.tixed this quarrel upon. me , A nd punished himself, yet I. Wish Mr. Auld more success in his future correspondence than he has had in this case ; more ternpereit zeal, aml,better. information. By-bearing out my case ;against himself, he has only anticipated what I would have done by -other authorities than myself—he has only saved me the trouble of sanctioning them, verb. sat. , Vale .1 _ H. CAMPBELL. P. S. TheeeditOr has my best thanks for his impartial conduct. In bidding him farewell, Afr. Auld may rest assured that I shall not,give .up my vantage . g r ound, nor heed his future vague notions. . , Or! Sunday, the 2802 ult. the obsequies of the late Count de STAgpoo were, solemnized at Paris, in the church of 't. Philippe du Roule. The - funeral was attended by .his son, the present. count de ST.Ac I`ool., his relatives and friends. .Be died after a long and painful . illness, which he endured with fortitude. lie his left hii son a noble inhe ritance. DRURY-LANE TiLEATRICAL FUND„ The Anniversary Dinner. was held yesterday at the Freemasons' Tavern, his Royal:Highness the Duke of .Your in the Chair. On the right hand of the Royal Pre. sident were Sir Thomas Farquhar and Sir 'Charles Flower ; on'his left Mr. Calcraft. Many other persons of distinction. were' assembled around the Royal ,President. Upwards of five hundred individuals partook of an excellent dinner: Upon the removal of the cloth many loyal and appropriate toasts were given. Nan nobis Domino and God sane the King were sung by all the vocal strength of the DrurylLarte esta blishment, much to the delight 'of the'company, 'who , had as sembled to further the views of this interesting and laudable charity. Sir SAMUEL SIIEPUARD proposed the health of the Royal President, and embraced the opportunity of eulogising the un bounded liberality with which his Royal Highness Invariably stept forward to - guard from the pangs of poverty those who' had spent the best part of their lives for the am usem ent, if not for the improvement, of the age in which they lived. The toast was drank with three times three. • • His . ROYAL HIGHNESS acknowledged the honour whi c h had been conferred upon him, and assured the company of the interest which he took in the furtherance of the grand object tor which they had assembled. The health of Mr. KNAN, the Treasurer of the Institution, was then proposed by the Royal President, and received with all the enthusiasm 'that is so - justly 'due 'to him who 'has so essentially contributed to advance the interests of Drury-lane Theatre. Mr. Ktaif returned thanks in a speech of considerable elo quence; lie stated that he was about to quit the office which he held, and the country to which he was so much indebted, at least for some time ; he felt it incumbent upon him to declare publicly the great benefit which the patronage of the Duke of ork had conferred -upon the Drury-lane Theatrical Fund.--' In 1818, when his Royal Highness hrst presided at the board, it was necessary to reduce the relief afforded to the annuitants to the amount of twenty per cent; ' There was then evidently a lamentable display of ability in - distress, without the means 'of relief. Much more could now he effected, but still much re mained to be done. dlr. - Kean-lamented the want of alacrity ' amongst some of his professional 'brethren who had not' lent their assistance to succour the distress of their aged and unpro-. tected brethren. The Committee of the Covent-Garden - Theatrical Fund hav ing been drank, Mr. CA.LCRAFT returned thanks, and assured the Meeting that he was equally interested in the success. of each Theatre. He did not feel capable of adding to the impressive observa tions of his friend Mr. Kean, but he felt confident that, so long • as the management of the Drury-lane Theatre presented to the public the mass of talent which now graced its boards,' the most liberal patronage would never be withheld. Mr. KEAN, as Treasurer, read the report of the contribu tions of-the evening; the principal donors were Miss Read, an admirer of the histrionic art, 4001.; his Royal Highness the Duke of York; the Duke of Bedford, Lord Gwydyr, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, Mrs. Coutts, &c. had 'also been very liberal in their support of the Fund. • The contributions of the evening amounted to . 1,2f101. Mr. Stephen Price, the Manager of the Philadelphia and Boston Theatres, had also contributed 10 guineas. The health of Mr. Pnlcs, the A incrican Theatrical Manager, having been drank with much enthusiasm, he returned thanks in a very neat speech. - He observed that the 'American Stage was yet in its infancy, but that it had both strength and character, and he was not ashamed to confess that the principal ability which he had been -able to offer to the criticism of his countrymen had been derived from the British stage. He trusted that the unanimity which existed between 'England and America would never be disturbed, - and that the talent which - arose in one country would be greeted with friendship and patronage in the other. At half past ten o'clock the Royal President left the Chair. The company were much' indebted to the Stewards for the un remitting attention they paid. . IRISH SOCIETY OF LONDON. This Society held-their annual meeting yester day, at the Argyll-rooms. At one o'clock the Hon. and Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of LICHFIELD and COVENTRY took the Chair. Iris Lo lIDSHIP addressed - the Meeting. He said•rhudi good had already been effected by-the exertions of the Society ; and that, in'proportion to the extent of the'kibscriptions, the public calling i i t n h g a that upon they them for assistance, andlor an additional supply of Bib l es. might expect much more. The SECRETARY then read the Report, which 'stated that since the last Meeting three persons bad been - - sent-rai';--- g t he natives, to teach theM in their own language; that there had been l a , aconsiderable received a numberdeficiency subscriptions; , a of in the fletters Lord GOSEORD rose to move, 'that the' Report be re ceived and printed. - His Lordship observed, that the great want of the Irish was instruction,: and that the best way of giv ing, it was through the medium of their own language.- The Rev. Dr. HAMILTON' s econded the Resolution. He said that, in the name of 'his countrymen, he returned thanks to their English Brethren, who had always treated Ireland as a sister country, who had not withdrawn their assistance from her in thetime of her necessity, and who saw - her in' need of that, "Waterof Life-which they were resolved also-to give her. He entreated them to persevere and accomplish • the end - they so much desired. Lord CALI - Rohr moved the thanks'of the Meeting to the Honourable and Right Reverend President, and the Vice-Pre sidents of the Society. His •Loniship trusted that-the exertions of. this country would never be relaxed, until' they had made Ireland all that they desired she should be. - ' Lord ROCKSAVAGIE, in seconding the Resolution,- trusted that the Society, in union with those-established in Ireland, would prove most useful to that interesting country. Sir GEORGE ROSE moved the thanks of t.he Meeting to the TTCAStIren, SUb-TreasUreri 'Secretary,' -and • Committee; and • that they be requested to continue their exertions during the ensuing year. The Rev. •Mr. M‘Nicit, in- seconding this resolution, corn.. m ered:op the extreme want of instruction •in Ireland; 'and of the important objects likely to be attained by theSoCiety. He said that daily bread of-the Catholic Priests depended on keeping-the Irish - people M total ignorance, and that they were constquently•sunk into the lowest state of degradation.. fie related a story of a•woman; who, on being questioned, said she believed in three Gods; and that, as she only spoke lri-sl4 she could-receive no instruction which was given by the clergy in Latin or English alone. He hoped, therefore,!the Assembly would make the Catholic Priests the objects of their prayers, and assured them, that the conversion of , one Priest Would do more towards emancipating the 'Catholics front their 'state of barbarism than one hundred Protestant - teachers could possibly. effect. A GENTLEMAN among the auditors - wished to address the. Chair. He was called to order by the 'Hon. and Rev.:Chair man ; but he afterwards observed, that his object was to con - tradiet some .of the assertions which had been made, and to prove that what had been , stated as facts were not so. Hisf name we understood to be Macdonald. • A GEN - et-tux:l , r, whose name we could not:learn, moved the thanks of the Meeting -to -the'Rev. Eugh M'Neil, for 'the eloquent sermon he had preached on Tuesday last for the benefit of the Society. • The Hoar. and Rev. Mr. Noel seconded the resolution: lie said while Ireland continued -as it was •. at the mercy-of men who placed transubstantiation in place.of atonement; this coun try would he guilty of a great dereliction from its duty if it looked on with tameness. - - Lord LiLroßn• moved the thanks of the meeting - to the Hon. and Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Lichfield and Co ventry, for taking the'Chair, and for his conduct in it. ' The' Resolotion was seconded and- carried unanimotody..... His Lordship briefly returned thanks, and the meeting sepa-- rated. ANovtit i MARCII 31.—The reigning Duke of BmixswiCK, and Prince WILLIAM his brother, have arrived here on a visit to The Duka and Duchess of CA militii• An. aged - Widow name() J ANE 1'1031AS; W:is on .Saturday last burnt to death in her apartment, in Or.l- she had been .seized 'by had .fallen mance-court. It is supposed that, whilst sitting by. the - fire, grate. She had been married twice--ber f i r st husband was. drowned, and her second killed in the dock-yard.—(Exeter Al red. Ared.) a fit, and against the FOR THE SUN. ON IILELANQIJOLY. Ma. Enrron.--- , ThereCare,:pexhaps, few dispo: Sitions - or - the 'mind 'that produCe more pleasing sensations thin that _state of calm and pensive melancholy which will ,not unfreqUently : steal upon. the sensitive-mind.. Wholly abstracted- from all surrounding objects, the heart then - eithek dwells upon recolleCtion ()Utile past, or indulges in anticipations. of the future. It summons-to-it self all those impressions - , from which it has, at various times, derived considerable pleasure, and which have proved an abundant source of :its.en: joyments. When. the senses .are greatly:delight: ed, a-simple exercise of the imagination uponithe impressions we may receive•' s'uffiCes'to impart the pleasure which grandeur and sublimity are capable of affording. But -it is solely by-a remi: niscence- of the once dear affections and emotions of the heart that a sweet and pleasing melan , choly can be produced. In the first of these cases, it is the consciousness of a superior exer tion of the mind that imparts pleasure ; but in the latter our pleasurable sensations have their origin in the feelings of the heart, the most sure and.abuodant source of mental gratification. This it is that constitutes th.e superiority of the last of these mental exertions. When the heart is-attuned to melancholy,' every impression of sensible.objects appears to the mines eye tinged by the medium through Iyhich - wa behold them. Then are all .our ideas, gentle, and placid, and all our feelings .virtuous and benevolent. In this pleasing . state .we sympa thize with all our fellow-creatures, and even the blameable conduct of the wicked is either pal liated or forgotten. No turbulent passions, no spirit of rancour, dwell in the heart; indulgence, love and charity are its only inmates. If we are then indulgent, even for the faults of the wicked, if the offences of our enemies then assume a less reprehensible form, with what ‘varmat of senti ment do we sympathize in th e h app i ness o f t h e good, how powerful is the voice Of' affection and of friendship ? In this happy disposition of the mind, so hideous is the appearance of vice, so captivating is the image of 'virtue, that to aban don the latter for the. former seems an absolute imposiibility. But, alas ! human nature is frail indeed— " He knows the best, and yet the worst pursues." When the pleasing vision vanishes, when our mind returns into its habitual. train of thought, then are we again placed. under the influence of the unruly passions which continually assail the human breast, and too frequently overcome our best and strongest resolutions. Man, in this life, is indeed, placed in a state of continual Warfare, and he .must be ever ready to com bat, not his fellow men, but himself. He ht; own must dfi.;i t ierous enemy ; and the awful contest in which he is engaged, 6wfur ibj deed in its inevitable consequences, begins as soon he comes into the world, and terminate. Only in the tomb. He Must fight from the be ginning, he must fight to the last, else victory will escape him, and tremendous indeed will be. Ms . farl ! Reflections such as - these must frequently assail us whenever we awake from the pleasing dream 'which melancholy had occasioned. 'They are bitter, no 'doubt, but they are eminently useful; and painful as they may be, they do not in the least lessen the pleasurable emotions which me lancholy produces.. The delight, however, which arises from this state of the Mind, and'which is sa eminently conducive to our own individual hap piness,- as well as to that of our fellow creatures, can be experienced only 'by tilOse whose hearts are open to the finer and best feelings of which human ,nature is susceptible. Hence, by many, it,may be 'considered Only as a. weakness and a .folly. • -But those, who form such an erroneous conclusion, blame or ridicule "that which it is impossible for *them to comprehend.'- •When the soul is tranquil, when every --hirbu tent and unruly passion is lulled.to repose, then is the mind open to the pleasing impressions which are imparted by melancholy. This source (4 . .. pleasure is almost ulways placed •ivithin.our reach. To command such a disposition, of the mind; nothing more , is. requisite than to with draw Onrielves from the .objeCts which • may divert it from the exercise of its higher powers, and to: seek those spots where the imagination is aroused, and the sentiments of the heart are call ed into action, Far from the busy haunts of rld forgetting, thepleasure men, in somi secluded spot, where natu r e assum es 0 mild and placid aspect, wher e beaut y an d grandeur are united to harmony , the feeling Mind un "the find, o obry a y the melancholy.s see' ,and orl l will forget,i l Therel l) man h . may commun e. Withe vf his better self, acqu ire a. mo r e correct idea of .leis nature, feel more forcibly the :superiority of mental e njoyments,and aspire more earnestly after that promised state of future existence, 'where no bitter drop will be added to the cup of bliss which may be his for ever. ,Micihurst. At Union.hall, on Mondity, a - Sgotchman, named Henderson, vas committed 'for re-exa mioation, 9 .. n a charge'of having itteniPted to ex ,tort 5001.. from -Messrs. BARCLA-T anti Co., brewers, by a threat of acetising^th-ern "ptibticly of using opium in the fermentation of their porter. ia- Wc ten )eci old ea' .D• laP osik