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LITERARY LEVIEW. LESSONS of THRIFT, published fur Genet-11 Benefit. By M of [he SAV I.:- ALL CLU This merry book, with a grave title, contains a lively and poigoant Satire no the routes and r Xlf4. Vnt:;lneieS' of the age, iii er , persed mill pre cepts on economy, which ate illositated by a multitude of examples eyeallv (tit 10111 %Intl Hint,- site. The sage (,hough facetious author starter to have lolly ap;)rtciqted the importance of his unthrtakin t , , , nod at - the same tinge to have felt the necessity of rendering his coitus' Is on the art r of saving as attractive and pidateabie as the frigid . ond feptdsive n Imre of tint F111.)tCI violet admit. From the multitude of precedents with ,elicit he ha• eeriched this code of economos,,i in s ti nc ri on , it is evident that he has consitl'ed ail extant au tlitni- its, from CAVPIVS STEsIGONENsIS DC Adoti rabiliimg Searintorticce, (low(' to the r tr-t.itned manack of Poor Richard ; 111111 ' he results of his researches iu sitch valuable lore lie h.-19 super added - the fruits of his own expetieoce as a safe- Olt ift•; ft (tits so singularly pr.ciols, that it may of hina, as was said of LoNGistrs , " he is t,iin~e4; cite ereat sublime he di ,its." This 'trea tise pit s,-tits an on,rringly accortne itinerary of the ..say to wealth, and includes many collateral notices out fhe comforts and pleasures with which it is stiewn, and which few novices are prepared to expect ou undertaking so formidable a jontney. 11 , evinces mods wisdom and ingenuity iu oemon strafing, ',lry to a mind properly constituted there arises mote real enjoyment front the acct nin:ation' of wealth than flout the dissipation of it and supposing the remark of she Cynic to be tree, that one hair or the wo11:1 is laughing at the other, lee %hews that the longest and heartiest laugh must come front those who ate sating their money, at the expense of those who are signan dering it on the transitory pleasures oft he day. It is really amusing, though at the same time some what painful, to peruse the nnmerous instances• which lie has so whimsically brought together, to expose the pertinacious folly of a great portion of wankind, in abridging their substantial com;'orit, and destroying their own peace of Mind;' for the mere s of appearances, which, after all, pro dine only disappointment, since they provoke eilvy, if not ridicule, where they were iniended to command respect. The colonist which he offers to ti,is picture is the more gratifying front being. unmixed with melaucholy accessories ; it ex- ; hibits that keen, sharp-sighted, self-denying, I provident, and calculating class of 'mnrials, who have qualified „thenneives as candidates for the Save-all Cliih„ by regulating the whole eonduct of their lives in strict coniormity to the long established maxim, that " a matt he comes poor by seen - ling rich, and becomes rich by seemii.g pacts." This to he sore is another sit. ertfier tot the sake of apprarance, but of a kind I very recd ereot ftom the former, and it is the only tiocirines fletirerrd in tf►is wi,rk will Ad.flit as justifiable. It can require no ;Meat deli!)erazion to determine which deception -is aitendeo with the most comfortable feelings ; that of the et onomist, who, under the aspect of Cate and conceals his exultation at the pros pect of funding a fourth or a tl,iret of his income ; or that of the sperrdthrift, who endures with an air of ease and gaiesythe gnawing apprehension that there will be a very .equivocal balance be tween his debts. and his assets at the end of the year. The title of the book may have led, some readers to expect a systematic treatise on economy, but we can assure. them, that it is of a different character, and may claim, in common with his tory, the distinction of being considered as Phi losophy teaching by examples. The following lessou on Ostentation will illustrate its general tone and spirit.. . " If we reflect upon our. daily expenses, we shall find ,that perhaps one-hall.proceeds more from ostentation than-from necessity. A French writer observes, that when he. dines at an eating : home, one dish,would suffice for his appetite.; but he has MO ostlers, that spectators may suppos e him ac customed to live well. Th e grea t a nd rich have a title to ostenta tion•i but many who are only in easy circum stances keep wore set emits that) are necessary, merely to be regarded-as richer than they are.— Yet the old observation is very just, that if' you have •one servant, you are served ; if two,•you are half served.; it throe, you may serve yourself.— Their dime is occupied in cards and scandal, par ticularly ortheir master and mistress. One would thi n k it sufficient to render scandal unfashionable, when it is observed that it is a servile practice.— Au old maid in • a kitchen will beat all the ladies In their drawlog-rooms. " Let us keep to our text. How often h a s os tentation conducted to bankruptcy ! A little trades man, even a waiter at a tavern, must. on a Sunday parole in his own gig, emphatically styled by Laid Mansfield a • bankrupt. cart. It is so vulgar to walk, that many a rich titan has lost the use of his limbs. A friend of mine being obliged to lay down his three carriages, soon acquired fresh health by exercise on foot. l have, however, heard of an author occupied in a large work, who said, he could not afford to walk and be spoke truly ; for half the time, which was pre cious, would convey him in a backeey-coach.— Motives.do not appear, and one man gains where another loses. " Yet what wonld life be without its little va "nitiest and observances'? Mats. would be a poor, naked animal, as our great poet has observed..-- To save appearances is praiseworthy, and yet more that honest pride that• scorns a base- action, hoWever concealed trom other eyes. IVe joke, but still. respect a member of our club who cheapens partridges, but contents himself with a dish of pot-noes. lie is not one of those who would set fire tb the house in order to boil an egg; or break his neck by keeping a.prood horse, with the con solation of heating his neighbour say, Much good may it do you.'" The salntar'y rliect of authoritative example in discounteu.tncing end repressing extravagance is thervn by a variety of amusing anecdotes, amo ig which, however, we expected to have found one that must be welltnown to ao Author so extett 7 lively versed it'. French Memoirs. in the early peiiiid of the Revol4tßi, %edict-, flordimn gave his first aiiilivnce .Mi;.isirr of the Inlerior, the coin pany woo visi e him were startled by the Itepohn- CAt) simplicity of his costume, and an officer whis pered DUMOURIER, in a tone of dismay, '' Point de boucles u ses sonliers !" " Ah !" replied the gall.int General with a slung, " Nous somines tour perdiis !" As in some degree connected with this branch of the subjci-i, I4 e shall select, from the lesson on village lifc, a vol. which spews how duritions °titled front an interes'ed motive may be inge niously requited. " A temporary resir►rnce in a village serves to recommend, by contrast and privation, the supe rior adva►Ttages of the town. Yet your purse may suffer ►►► this way, for your country acquaintance S ep I you presents which expect a double return awl. in recompense for a turkey and chine, you send silk for a gown, or a salmon in exchange for two lean cliicken4, only killed to prevent a natu ral death. IVe have a Monarch's lessoit on such pr,•seuts, and mine shall be closed with the story, " Louis Xi., when Dauphin, was detested for his malignity by his fa:her, Charles VII., and was often forced to retire to the country. A peasant had ingratiated himself by many little services, al ways the more acceptable in disgrace and -misfor tune : and when Louis mounted the Throne, upon his father's death, he was not surprised to see his old friend, who brought a turnip otex.traordi- - - nary size, as the only present within his power. The King, delighted with the oddity, and mind ful of former services, ordered a thousand livres in return ; and the peasant returned with a bag full of money, and a heart full of joy. Ills land turd, u country ',quire, learning the adventure, thus reasoned with himself: I must hasten to plait b}C this weakness, before I have too many rivals. If this generous madman give a thousand livres for a turnip, what will he give me for that beautiful horse in my best stable No sooner thought than done r he mounts his gelding, and leads the beantitil charger to Court. The King is delighted, and, after some illniries, conducts the Gentivutan to his Cabinet, saying, Your noble disinterested present shall be richly rewat d ed.' .Our.'sgoire was io the clouds with conceit of his own cunning anti success, %viten the King produced the turnip, with this just sarcasm : ' This, you know, cost me a thousand livres, and 1 give it you in return for your horse.' The wlrole. ‘Vork is written with great spit it and vivacity ; and though it should fail in its' avowed purpose, of inculcating . the practice of economyin its vrictest sense, it may perform an input rant service in c! by the force of its ridicule, those inconsiderate and dangerous habits of extravagance which but too frequently involve the families, even of the opulent, in embarrassment awl ruin. Thai ridicule, we may add;is consider ably heightened by the humorous caricatures which are interspersed in the volume. AMUSEMENTS ON GOOD FRIDAY. - 'Yesterday morning (Good Friday) at an early hour Copenhagen Fields, and those near White conduit House, were scenes of general uproar and confusion, and during the whole of the day throngs of persons (many of whom 'were well dressed females) flocked to the above places for the purpose of witnessing gymnastic and other sports that were to take place. At ten \o'clock Copenhagen House and gardens were crammed by very respectable looking persons, and an extensive . party of Westmorland Youths (wrestlers) arrived, and in a short time they commenced a match in an adjacent field, for a valuable silver chalice, ► a silver snuff-box, a gold belt, and a subscription. A ring was formed, arid Langhorne, N e l son , Brown, and a Life Guardsman of merit exhibited heir prowess in a .scientific manner. They op posed about 20 others, when Nelson won the cha lice, Brown the snuff-box, and the Life Guards man the belt. The match was made by a private gentleman. In the course of the day pigeon shooting, single-stick, fives, racing, and most ruf fianly pugilistic combats took place, and in rings were noticed some of the fair sex, tvho enjoyed the sports with much mirth. Gangs of thieves also attended, and in the course of the day one of them who was-caught in the act of theft. received a good ducking in a pond. Towards the evening a strong body of Irishmen and women, armed with sticks, entered one of the fields, and many set-to's of - a desperate . , nattire took place, and painted heads were sectriwall directions. At dark they began to dis.perii, and 'fortunately met with no obstruction, but it was rental ked by some, that the above sports were not becoming upon a Clay which, ought to be.observed with general respect. DISORDERLY ASIR :(ELY.—Vesterday , morning a most disgraceful scene took place on Kennington Common. Some thousands of pickpockets, sca vengers, and vagabonds, who every year are in the practice of assembling there, collected at an early hour, and began to - knock off each other's hats, trip one another's heels, and fling about l i dead cats, dogs, and every kind of filth and,mis siles they could find. Their chief object was plunder; and eret y person wholneautiously mixed with them with either a good hat or .a watch was shamefully treated and rohbad. Many decent persons had the' misfortune !o go there, expect ing to see a hurling-match, but they had only to witness all lawless and daring attacks on persons at one end of the field, whilst a sort-of burley burley was practised at the other. Several ser vant-maids, who came there in the morning with an idea of witnessing the intended sports, were most shamefully abused, and even the constables were knocked down and beat, and the persons they apprehended teseued. ExFcartoi.l —R. flollick, convicted Atthe late Worcester Assizes of robbing, on thy highwe.y, T. Gittius and T. Hiseeker (the latter of whorls he beat in a cruel manner), wAs on. Friday exe cuted ou the drop, at the entrance of the County Gaol. He belonged to a gang of desperate cha racters. Just as he was being led out for exec's.. tion, his mother, sister, wile and child came un expectedly to take le 7e of him, which trying . scene bore with unlvoked4or Litutien. die 1789 in Ilia 22d year, WARWICK A •,sIZES. THURSDAY, Five o'CLocx.—Major Cartwright; Woofer, Edmonds, Maddox, and Lewis, are in chided in one indictment, " for conspiring to elect a Legislatorial Attorney to serve in Parlia ment for Birmingham." We are iffiormed that the whole of them intend to plead in their own de fence, and that the Court I 3 as arranged the trials to take place upon Monday next. Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN and Mr. READER, it is said, are en gaged upon the part of the Crown. The calendar of prisoners is unusually heavy, containing a list of 248 prisoners ; among whom are several persons for passing forged notes. The increase of crime in this county is so prominent, that the prisoners to be tried at the present Commission, within the last thirty-two years, have quadrupled. PROCEEDINGS IN COURT. At a quarter after twelve the Grand Jurors were called over. Among those who answered to their names, were—the Hon. Charles Greville, (Foreman), Sir James Skipwith, Sir F. Shuck burgh, and Sir Theophilus Miller. A sufficient number of Gentlemen of the Coun ty being in attendance, the usual oath was ad ministered, and the Proclamation for the Dis couragement of Vice and Immorality having been read:— The Learned JUDGE proceeded to give his charge. He commenced by expressing his deep regret at finding the calendar on the present oc casion he a vier than' it had ever been before, and heavier than it had ever been seen even in the largest counties. It was impossible for any hu mane mind to contemplate that of which he had spoken, but with feelings of the deepest sorrow, and they would naturally he anxious to - ioquise if sonic course could not be taken, by which the alarming increase of crime in that part of ihe country might be checked. When he knew that the same odeuder came before the Court over and over again, after having suffered a slieht impri sonment ; .when it was proved that such punish ment, instead of reclaiming, tended but to harden and to confirm the parties in their dishonest prac tices, he would venture to say, that if !mine effec tual means for stopping the progress of the evil were not devised, t hat instead of having the same number of prisoners that now awaited their trial, within a short period they would be further in creased, so that no gaol could contain them, and no time that could be devoted to the administra tion of justice in that place would suffice to dis pose of their caeca. Under these circumstances, it would become a question, whether, instead of the punishments hitherto inflicted for certain of fences, by removing from the country those who thus pi oved themselves to be unfit to refrain in it, this torrent of .immorality could not be checked. This, it appeared to him, might be expedient—might tend esseutially to oppose the increase of crime, and to reduce the calendar to what ?t was formerly; as under the present system many, instead of being reclaimed by a short confinement; regularly returned to plunder, and too frequently corrupted, by their example and counsel, all they met with. The ca lendar was so large, and comprehended such va rieties of crime, from high treason doWn to the, most petty : riots and disonters, that it was impos sible for him to go overobe whole of the business, to which the attention of the Grand Jury would be directed. There was one case, that of a ser vant for murdering his mistress, to which he par ticularly directed their deliberations. By the law of England, such-a violation of the duty which a servant owed to a superior was petty treason. To prove that the crime charged amounted to petty treason, it was necessary that the relation ship of servant and mistress should be satisfacto rily made out, and that the corpus deticti, or body of the crimes, should be sustained by the testi mony of two witnesses. He next explained the extent of Lord Ellenharough's Act, as it applied to a case of maliciously cutting, which would come before the Grand Jury, and proceeded to notice certain other cases, which he was sore) , to see in the calendar. These were cases of sedi tion. That a few seditious words should be ut tered at a public-house or meeting would, per haps, once have been hardly worthy of notice ; but these were difficult times, and if it should be found not in one, but in several instances, that a. regular and organized system had been formed, under which persons were sent to different parts of the country, to make the lower orders dissatis fied'with the Government, it became necessary to consider whether these efforts were not intended to prepare the way for a Revolution, and for a Reeolution of no Ordinary character, but one that would go to destroy all morality, All distinc tions, all property, and, with them, all go vernment. When it was found that evil disposed persons went among the lower or ders, who were not sufficiently informed to detect the misrepresentations with which they were abus ed, or to be fortified against the effects of the advice they might receive ; when it was found that those of whom he had spoken went among the labouring classes to inflame their minds against the Government, and by making them believe that the reign of terror had commenced in this country to excite them 10 resistance against the consti tuted aothorities ; when such things occurred, the Gentlemen of the Grand jury would fed that the subject deserved their most serious consideration: for what spectacle could be more melancholy than that which would be presented, where the mass of the population were so completely demoralized, and detached from the Government, which they were bound to support, as to act according to the views •of those who. thus attempted to delude them ? To these subjects he would particularly direct their attention— . and he would direct their atten tion to thedr, not merely while they were there as Grandlurors, but when they should leave that Court, and return to the country as Magistrates, he hoped that it would not be though improper it) him to recommend that they should still bear them in mind.' In that character when any such cases came befor'e them, he trusted that they wtoild not fail td pot the parties in a state of ac cusation,.. They had the power of acting tires, by any Perspti.engeged in the disserrtinatiop of pub liCations, the object of which was to excite dise belief in the frtolis of religion, or to alienate the ntind3"a tbt -- people frviz !he tstabliibtßt G. 1 Veroment. These were blasphemous or Will i° . libels, and Magistrates might punish tilm• - . ' t thought they had the power of 1o:0(1410 a -1 parties to hail f,,r their good . behayioar, : 4 a chat admitted of some difference of opioion..,-; this, howev e r, h e was ce r ta i n , t h at , t h e y .110 g - r, hold them to bail till t h e ensu i ng s ess i o ns. ,1 .. ',-C- 6 forming this important duty, they w9uld.baiWiti evil designs of those who abused the people.l„ falsehoods which they had not th e means of ,q t teciing, and which, though refuted over and' ( , ) .. o again, were calculated, if vigorous nteastrie4'sv r ..., not resorted to, in order to oppose them; to Er` i j, duce the most injurious effects on the pnblit - tir' e He apologised for having detained theta so lar i r*i but thought the urgency of the case wairraill e the remarks which he had offered. - - - ' LIBEL.—SeURRIBLI V. ETAIONbS: The Grand Jury baying retired, Mr.-Ederli the defendant in this case, app care d.i n the O c k ; and moved the Court for an 21 cijournulfro 0 4 1 . cause till to-morrow (Friday), in consequence the absence of Mr, Pearson, his .attorney, with () ; whose professional aid be was un a ble to deft Himself. An affidavit to this effect being put in and re atb d 111 r. Justice BEST—I can have, no objection L give you the time you ask ; but 1 think, in 4r abstract of cases placed before me, your nameir pears as if yuu preferred pleading in your 6 ' 14 ,, defence. Mr. Edmonds—My Lord, 1 do not think . 5 411 . will find it so stated. l am no t qu it e certa i n vvbe they or not I shall defend myself. At all eventa: Mr. Pearson, who has been retained by Mr. HO at York, is in possession of all the papers nett!: sary for my defence. Perhaps, as lam asking; ; time, it might be convenient to fix the cause bearing ou Saturday, as it might save the Cott the trouble of another application. Mr. Justice BEST—I certainly find that you If !, correct in stating that the n a me of Mr. P ea rso' appears in the abstract as attorney in your cage' and I be;; you pardon for the error. I think tligi g can he no objection tta your applicat.ion to Inal the cause postponed to to-morrow, and as we tt° 1101 Sit oil that lay sooner than two o'clock, per haps it will not be necessary for you to apply a further extension of time. Should Mr. Yearsol not arrive by that hour, you will of course be it liberty to remove your motion. The cause stands for to-morrow. CHESHIRE ASSIZES. • These Assizes commence on WednesdAY urst The trial of Bruce, AP Innis, an d P earson , it shooting at Birch, the constable, will probisb take place on irriday ; th a t o f Si r Charles 11 7 0W 1 q for sedition, &c. on Saturday ; and Parson il , rison's on Monday. CANINE BRAVERY —Between two and thre e o'clOck on Thursday morning, the family of W . Burley, small-beer brewer, Great Surrey-stree it e corner of Dover -street, St. ,Georges-fields, we t alarmed by the loud barking of the house . 40,1: the animal would first r u n u p an d down tit; stairs, scratch at the different ch a mb er d oor s, s' if to e at d v o ak u e r n n soz ebody, and then fly ba c k to agat e direction of the brewery, al% continue to bark mo st ve h emen tl y . At knit" Mr. B. thought something must be the matt / and desired hi s w if e to get up , b e i ng ra th er himself, and see what it was. Soon afterward s a noise was heard, and the moment the door wa s , opened, thr ee m en presented themselves ; the Of; instantly sprung at one of them, to whom citing till his mistress called him off ; and in 0 6 mean time the others escaped over the w a ll. 10 , third followed with all tliligence; In the nio ing, on examining the place, a cask of. beer found rolled up to the gate .ready to be cap 47 off, and a piece of cloth, with some blood on supposed to be a part of the sleeie of the tbiel jacket, which the faithful dog brou g ht off WI III his teeth. • Agf The thermometer, yesterday week, stood at - and the following mor n ing i c e w as f oun d half 41 0 0 inch thick, although the thermometer had riser!„ 52 at nine o'clock. A remarkabl e in stance of t‘ l ' sudden change of the weather. COURSE OF EXCHANGE, MARCH 31. Amstet darn , l2 1 c.f. Ditto, at Sight ll 18 Rotterdam l2 2 Antwerp l2 .3 - Hanibiirgh 36 7 2 f 2 ' Aitona - • Paris, 3 Day's sight 25 45 0 11 , P Ditto . 25 70 '2 {) ,, 154 Bourdeaux, ditto - Frant fort on the Main ........ 1521 Ex.Moo. i 14v e Madrid Cadiz Bilboa ••••••••• 34 Effee l Seville Gibraltar Barcelona • - 331 Leghorn Genoa Malta 4li-Venice, Ital. Liv. 27-60 46 -Naples as. Palermo Lisbon Oporto Rio4aneiro t l5 : 1 0 : 1( I. per O S ' Dublin 9 Cori - 9 per Cent. BULLION. Portugal Gold, in Coin 1.0 - 0 0 'per °o Foreign Gold, in Bars 3 17 10i New Doubloons New Doi i ars 0 4 11i Silver 'in Bars, Standard - - 0 5 ' 1 ~0 BIRTHS. • ' oft Oil Thursday, the SOth of March, Mrs. George Rithcr of Chipel-street, Bedford•row, of a daughter. * At Albany-road, Camberwell, two days after her busbai decease, Maria, wi,low of the late Mr. Henry RixOrli daughter. MARRIED. , • On Thursday last, at Cliarmouth, Dorset t' . the I't v " 13. 6 1: Drury, of Eaton College, to Catherine Sarali, eldest da ice di John Beau, Esq., of Clapham-house, Sussex. DIED. On the eui ult., aged 3R, after most acute sufferings oso a dis, , ase of the heart, Mr. Henry Rixon, at Albany' , Camberwell, haring .survived his.mothor only six days' P J' On Wednesday last, at the Parsonage, Stockport, t et the, Rev. 'Charles Psescot, nearly 4Q' year's Rector of, tb tensive parish. . • -- c,ro' LONDON: Printed by J. B. CARS'f AIRS, of No. 29, w. Ormond-street, Llneen-square; and published by Sto w SCL{IPPS, of No. 7, Swab Molton-street, at li 4 o - 141 ,0/ Office, No. ItT., Strand ; where Ativettisementas Lattl2f6, (post-paid; //313 . 1 biaddresied. r , 1