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~~ 1 , 'P i at!- • . . ,- .6).. IS OT /1' U N. I i , . s e .a a>l"-d - / -- ait•t - J 4.14,rt. NUMBER 9861. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1524• _PRICE SAirENPMNOC THE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No..LIX. • WAS PUBLISHED on SA FURD:g, the 17th Instant. AIIATfiMENT OF PAUPERISM IN THE CITY OF LONDON. This Day was Published, price is. ripURNIPS., SHEEP, WOOL, and ". PROS PERITY, -versus FLAX, POTATOES, IVWD HOVELS, and POVERTY. Being a Series of Letters, in whic.b, the 'soundness of extending the growth of Wool, and permitting its free export, is clearly demonstrated. By an IRISH LANDLORD. Bristol : Printed by Barry and Son; and Sold also by Long man and Co. London. THE BILINA TRADE. LITERARY NOTICES. Yesterday a numerous. Meeting of the Church wardens, and Deputations from the several parishes of the City of London, met at Bow Church, for the purpose of receiving the Report of theSub-Comrnittee, on the subject of the London 'Workhouse. CHARLES Wur.Lor HICK, Esq. in the Chair. The Report stated, that the Sub-Committee had duly pre sented the petition of the several parishes, praying that in con sequence of the heavy burdens imposed upon them without any adequate advantage, the demand for further aid on account of the London Workhouse might cease, or measures be adopted to render the institution more efficient and beneficial to the pub lic—that a Committee of the Corporation was appointed to in vestigate the subject, and reported as had been stated previous ly on the subject, in acco rdance with the views of the extensiv e popul t a h ti e o c n on o v f ic t t h i e on Ct'•ihtaytot f h n a That the Sub-Committee from d n o a n gement of the London Work.: house, and the purposes to which it bad been appropriated for a great length of time, had not been such as were intended by the Act of the Legislature, under which it was originally con stituted, and that, from alterations in the poor laws and other circumstances, a call had been accustomed to be made on the parishes for pecuniary support to an useless and unnecessary extent ; the Committee therefore approved of the recommendit tion to reduce the expenses of the establishment ; that after de fraying present outstanding claime,bßone furtitertate only, and that amountingg - . to no more than one halfof the usual rate or assessment on the parishes, a plan be carried into execution for rendering the workhouse useful by means of its own independ ent funds, without any further claim upon the parishes; that upon this successful result, to be justly attributed to the inter ference and expression of thegeneral voice of the parishes, the Sub-Committee deemed it unnecessary to make any further comment than simply th a t o f cong ratulation, although, in re signing their trust, they could not but urge the expediency of a steady co-operation amongst the parishes in any future plan for rendering the workhouse useful to the community, and iin proving the systems adopted with regard - to the poor, &c. &c. A Member of the Deputation observed, that the institution of the London Workhouse could be adapted to admirable uses and supported by its own independent fiords. He was con vinced that. very extensive contributions would be voluntarily made if it were applied to its original intention upon more com prehensive principles. The parishes were indebted to their Chairman for an unwearied effort to effect this object. It had occurred to him that a general and permanent good could not be accomplished without extendin ,, the advantages o f a pl an for the relief of th e p oor to individuals who had no resource whatever, either of character, or money, or friends: It was Mr. Hicks' object to have a refuge for persons who had. no work ; for those who were released from prisons, where they were confined for offences of no magnitude, and who might be brought back to a sense of duty and of shame.—{Applause.)— In acting with the view of doing away an unnecessary expense, •those who thus employed themselves were likely to be the founders of a plan of the greatest public utility. At the pre sent moment, it would not be prudent to state the merits of that plan, but the time would soon arr i ve w h en i t wou ld b e submitted to the consideration of the citizens of London. The objoct of getting rid of the expellee attending the London work house had been completely accomplished, and It was to Mr. • icks the universal thanks of the City were due.—(Loud up plause.)—The power over the Institution was now in the hands of a Committee of the. Corporation, the Governors having re signed' their trust fur the general good. Mr. BLEADEN moved that the Report should be received, and highly complimented the efforts of those who had exerted themselves on an occasion so highly beneficial to the public and to the poor. (From the Calcutta Jfotithly Journal, Oct. 1323. ) TO THU EDITOR Of • TUE INDIA. GAZETTE. The ITALIAN INTEnt'IttTER.. consisting :of . Copiom and Familiar Conversations on subjects o f General Interest and Utility.' By S. A. BERNARDO. ~ .Tke Work-which .w.e this day recommend to the notice of our-Readers is intended tafacilitate the acquirement of the Italian language, and ap pears to us every way qualified to fulfil that ob ject. Th e ut ili t y ' o f such a Work is obvious, at a time when the .. .ltalian is so much cultivated iu this country. The first division consists of st complete Vocabulary, in English and Italian, ` , with the addition, in a separate column, of 'the exact.method of pronunciation, according to the English mode of expressing sounds by writing. The second consists of a series of familiar con versations on various subjects, with the pronutv elation also marked. It is in a-neat and portable form, of the seine size as thavarious works of-a similar description published by Mr. Lticit, and we confidently recommend it as highly useful to the'student of the Italian language. THE JOHN BULL.--The THREE FIRST b VOLUMES, complete, of the JOHN BULL NEWS. 'MAY at N IAPER, to be DISPOSED OF, price SIX GUINEAS.— Nn 47, Broad-street, Bloomsbury; or b Letter, post paid. SI tt—T he Editor of the John Bull this morning, In his laudable anxiety for suppotting monopoly and its con- CHARLES WItIGHT, . WINE MER CHANT to the ROYAL FAMILY, next to the KING'S, and opposite to the HAYMARKET THEATRE, OPERA COLONNADE, HAYMARKET, LONDON, has . now on SALE the. finest OLD PORT, 38s. per dozen; superior SHERRY, 365. per dozen ; and CAPE, MADEIRA, 16s. per dozen. Two dozen of each of the above Wines will be well packed in an excellent Sherry hogshead, bottles included, by a remittanc e o f 10/. ; or h a lf that quantity in hamplz, for 5/. MADEIRA, VIDONIA, CARCA VELLA4 LISBON, MOUNTAIN, &c. 425. per dozen. Just landkd (G. PRIS), CHAMPAGNE, vintagelBlB, first quality, warranted, 41. 4s. per dozen; MARASCHINO, lbs. 6d. per flask.—Just imported, FLORENCE OIL, cases of thirty flasks ' 21. 2s. or Is. 6d. per flask.—Old COGNAC . BRANDY, 235. 6d. per gallon ; RU3I, 15s. 6d. CHARLES WRIGHT has contracted with G. PRIS, Grower of Champagne, of Avize, near Epernay, France, for the whole growth of his Wines, now landing ex Charming Molly; some of the esteemed Vintage . lBlB, in. high fineanant_ ling condition, ert 84s. p,ir dozen, price and quality unequall e d in - England ; Claret, St. Julien et la Rose, 633. per dozen ; Hermitage, B.ls. ; Burgundy, first quality, 1055.; Barium, Sau terne, and Grave, 635. per dozen ; and all other Wines, &c. in proportion. Fine full sweet Devon Cyder, 75.6 d. per dozen, by two dozens. Letters, inclosing Remittances, .post paid (no unpaid letters will be received), will be immediately attended to. ------- BOERHAAVE'S RED PILL, A CELEBRAT El) A NTI-VENER EAT. and PURIFIER of the BLOOD. comitants, so well calculated to fetter trade, to stifle competi tion, and to check British industry, has given us an unqualified proof of his total want of correct inforination both as to the causes and effects which operate on the tea market in London, FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE. TAE prudential act of providing against the calamity of FIRE, and the still greater and more cer tain calamity which a family suffers by the Death of its chief loaporter, is becoming so general, that it is necessary the pub lic should be enabled to estimate the relative merit ot the schemes which are offered to their choice. These schemes vary f r o m each other in their rninuter details, but it appears that they are all reducible under one or other of the four fol lowing heads : Ist, CONTRIBUTIONSIIIP, or UNION Socie ties ; in these societies, those who desire Insurance, club toge ther : by th e i r d epos i t of premium they raise a fund, out of Which they indemnify themselves, but each man is individual -la liable, in his whole property, for any deficiency that may togautrh.eylf there be a surplus of profit, they divide it ; and ought to do wholly, and at short intervals, for the bers for the time being, who run all the risk, ought to have all the profit, when there be any. Any reserve of what they win, would be a sacrifice of their property to benefit a *accession of strangers, who took no part in their risk. But, dividing in this way, a partial run of losses sooner or later creates a deficiency, whence it is that societies of this kind eel dope last many years, before they break up through litigation, mia aapointment, and insolvency. To obviate these objections, Commercial Companies hare taken up Insurance as a business—they offer large permanent ca. p itala in guarantee o f t h e i r engage ments --they take all the risk and profit—the first consideration, security, is effectually ac cQuillished on thi s pl an , b u t th e a tt rac ti on of a re t urn . i s wanth . L A th i rd principl e h as b een e li c i te d by mod ern ingenuity in t utile societies: it is that of making all the shareholders insure to it certain amount, at all times, whether they have real occa sion to insure or not. This is a certain way of creating a hasi -4EIIB for an establishment, which otherwise might have nothing to do : the appearance of business pleases the unreflecting, with the 'hew of profits arising out of their own needless sacrifices. But so far as the compulsion has effect, it is a lasting ember taw:nem and loss to the shareholders; for if a shareholder be in want of an insurance, he will naturally prefer his own office, without compulsion, provided its plan be equally as benefici a l, and it b e as well conducted as others ; but if he have no want of an insurance, it is ridiculous for him to compel himself to incur the ex pence. A s well might a company of apothecaries be forme under a condition that each member should take a ;riven quantity of physic every day, to create a business.— !Ile folly of this scheme is made apparent by the event.- 11 10 st of the insurance-offices which have been set up within the last fifteen or sixteen years, have had the compulsion to in lure foisted on their shareholders, and in consequence the shares ,!ri all such offices have continued at a discount, which discount, in some instances, - has been 60 per cent. ! others have broken - uP altogether. The members of the Birmingham Life Office, form e d on the above principle, paid the Provident Life Office, 10 ,000/. to relieve them from the risks they had undertaken, and the London Commercial Life Office paid the same Office, . 1 , 0 00/. to join it. , The fourth principle is that of combining the attraction of Re turn of premium yielded by o ffi ces on the Union principle, with the mo re important comuderation of solid security, afford eua by offices having permanent capitals of large amount, in addition to the fluctuating funds arising from the premiums. 'this principle has been applied by the COUNTY FIRE " su FFICE and PROVIDENT'LIFE OFFICE, with uncommon hccess. Th e or i g i na l members formed permanent capitals of ple amount, and all the memb ers , new as we ll as o l d, share profits equ a lly, according to.their respective contributions. • these offices impose no compsion on their members to in atire--yft the increase of their ousiness exceeds all precetlent, I, and their shares have been as invariably at a great premium, as the other offices of a similar and more recent date, have been at a great discount. in New York, or in Calcutta ; and he finishes his. erroneous re marks by gravely travelling us we may all reap the advantages of the Company by becoming Proprietors of lndia.Sfock. To talk of any advantages of the Proprietors beyond the mere fact of a fair interest for their capital, is indeed nothing short of positive ignorance, since it is a notorious fact that all . what would be s monstrous profit were the trade in the hands, or rather under the management, of individuals industriously but not ostentatiously seeking a livelihood for their families and eniployment for their ships, is totally consumed in support of patronage which the best political economists do not appear to consider beneficial to the country. I may safely add; that I have most grave and well-founded doubts of its being beneficial to China. MEMOIRS of the LIFE of ART6II, from the -Original Armenian. One vol. Bvo. We must-own that we perused this book with much pleasure, and no inconsiderable benefit.-- Even if it had poisessed no great intrinsic merit, the rare occurrence• of Memoirs written by an Asiatic, and lirobably 'pourtraying a c6rrect pie tore of manners and of a state of society, if it be deserving of this name, with which we are but very imperfectly acquainted, would be alone sufficient to awaken the attention of all who de light in studying the moral character of the hu man race. The history of man, under the va rious modifications occasioned by climate, geo graphical situation, social intercourse, laws, man ners, customs, &c. is worthy of fixing the atten tion of the politician and of the philosopher.— From the great intercourse, which either com merce or the thirst of knowledge have, within the last century, established between the most distant nations, this History is better understood than at any former period. With the valuable materials thus collected from every quarter of the globe, it is hoped that some eminent and phi losophical writer may one day give the world a complete history of man, a work which could not fail to be as amusing as it would prgve inter. esting. • These pills are peculiarly useful to those ;iio are obliged to travel, of to take medicine without interruption of business. By , mild and safe operation, they strike at the root of disease, and quickly eradicate it ; thereby preventing the fatal effects to which thousands are victims. CopiouS directions are given with each box, by which the patient c a n m i n i s t er t o hi mse lf with Safety andsecrecy. A single trial will prove their superior efficacy and power to subdue and expel disease, even when other remedies have failed. Sold by 111 r. Johnston, 68, Cornhill ; Mr. Sanger, 140, Ox. ford-street ; Mr. Ward, Holborn ; and Mr. Stradling, Roya Exchange ; and all Medicine Venders, price 48- 64._ per Box. FLUID NAIItACT OF SARSAPARILLA. TN this Preparation are concentrated all the •Medicinal Properties of the Sarsaparilla Root, even to a perfect Saturati o n of the Menstruum with which it is pre pared. • To such Persons, t berefore, who, from rarions causes, would experience great inconvenience, or with whom it would be utterly imp. , ssible to prepare the Decoction, the Fluid e„fract, which p ossesses t h e a d vantages o f porta bi l i ty, and ..t of keeping it , - anr climate, will he found a most d es i ra bl e mode of employing this flinch-esteemed Medicine. Thu Diseafts it, which it has p rbred noot beneficial ate those of the Skin, such as Scorbotic Affections, lirep- ; tier D'sea , es, Secondary Symptoms, &c. arising from a dis• eased State of the Svstem at large. •It may he taken either alone, or combiner' with Water, retriering - it of the anus' strength as the Decoction. Prepared and Sold by Butlers, Chemists, NO. 4, Chrapside, St. Paul's, and 220, Regent-street (near .the ArKYle Rooms), London ; . 20. Waterloo•place, Edinburgh-; 34. -S2telieille street, Dublin; •and by the . principal Medicine-Vend s through Out the United f(ingdom, in Bottles, at 4s. 6d. and 7s. Gd. Mr..ELLiorT seconded the,motion, and expressed a firm hope that an asylum would spring out of their exertions. Hu manity had long called for an institution of the description alluded to. lie careful to ask for "Butler's Fluid Extract of Slumps rata." • The CHAIRMAN said, that the plan alluded to lay upon the Committee of the Corporation, and would be submitted to the public when it was properly matured. Measures, he doubted not, would be proposed, which would probably meet the views of all parties. Not one parish should be at the least expence. The house stood now at. the rate of 120/. a year, besides taxes. The income was 200/. a year, so that a new pl an cou ld b e adopted and acted upon, without the slightest demand upon the pockets of the parishioners. A Member of the. Deputatio n s t a t e d, that fif ty-seven out o f the one hundred and five parishes had subscribed lt. each, to defray any expence that might arise' from the effort to get rid of the impost. Seventeenl)o, forn th his e proprietye xrti s of on increasing nnds, two shillings, and nine pence, only had b een expended : the balance remaining in hand was of course n ear l y forty pounds. Mr. BLE ADEN sa id , the Meeting could not apply the ba lance to a better p urpose than that of purchasing a piece of ca plate, to be presented t o Mr. Dick, in testimony of the gra titudeso.coo(ofiv,teohruesdasteai : p e n ; l a la took u parishese 11 lace up o. ) the amount of this piec e o f plate to 100/. • and the meeting A neon the oc seemed'to be unanimotts upon t h e subject, when • The CitAtit.mAN interfered, and declared that he. would not have • taken the Chair if lie had supposed it possible that any proposition of this kind had been contemplated. Ile had mere ly done his duty. There was one thing of which he•c.ould not lose sight. Out of 105 parishes no more than 57 had come for ward to subscribe the 1/. in defence of their own rights; and he could not think of allowing these persons who were back ward as to their own interests to subscribe for any. other purpose. ROPE VAULTER, or a COUNTRY • ExcmsioN... Last Harthlomew Fair on a Monday hegan The market h,li clos . d, when bestriding his horse, Tlironett'SmithfiCld a Yeoman directed his course, • In haste to a booth as the multitude ran, Outside where, a rope-saulting Monkey displArd His skill, in appropriate ccistutue array'd. His agile performative and antic grimaces Created a number of risible faces. " Encore !" cried the Yeoman, —the Monkey'turti'd round, And casting his eye on the Yeousan's:bright binds, Suspended, in wooder all other pursuits ; Vort here by reflection his image he found As if- in a mirror,—and judgment to show, Adjusted his dress by the fine jetty glow. The crowd highly prais'd this new Amateur's taste; When, Presto, beguile ! Jaclio sprang up behind, And throwing his arms round the Yeoman's broad waist, The horse the Old Bailey past down like the wind, And Biarkfriars.ll.rittge with velocity cross . d, All eyes while these m)stified riders engrosed. At home when arriv'd, what .but terror prevail'd, The Yeoman as seen by the devil. astaird !, • - " The devil ?—'tis one of the I.l.laCking% attracting," The Yeoman replied—while the Monkey the act in Of setting his dress to the bright boots again, Resorted his Amateur taste to:Sustain.— Restor'd to his borne, to prevent like disaster, A toilet for Jack() is found by his Master, In chaste and resplendent reflection not lacking•,— Boots polish'd by Warren's pre-erninvot This Easy Shining and Brilliant BLACKING, prepared by ROBERT WARREN, STRAND, LONDON ;.. And sold in every Town in the Kingdom. LIQUID, in Bottles, Gil. iod. Jed. and I Bd. each. Also-PASTE BLACKING, in Pots 6d. 12d. and A Shilling Pot of Paste is equal to Four. Is.. Bottles of Liquid. 01. ASK FOR .WARREN'S BLACKING. LONDON REPOSITORY for the CABINET MAKERS' , SOCIETY, for every Description of CABINET FURNI TURE, FEATHER BED and MATTRESS 3IANU FACTORY, No. 71, Corner of LEADENHAI4L STREET, London, opposite Aldgate Pump.-Ready TMoney Only. HE Society of Cabinet-Makers respectfully E s in form the Public that they still continue the above tahlishment, for the Benefit of Industrious Mechanics who have large Familes, by offering them Manufactured Articles in the Cabinet Line, of the best Workmanship, and Cheaper th en any House can do in London by twenty-five per cent., there being no other profit required on the Goods but the bare 40 a 3 e expences ; at the same time will be sufficiently satisfied with haring constant EmplOyment for themselves and families. • This Society was Established in June, 1821, consisting of 20 Mechanics, adding the n um b er of their Wives and Fami lies, amounted to 66; in June, 1819, five more were added to the Society; in June, ;820, 10; and in June 1821, 8. The total Number now receiving Support through the Means of shit Establishment is 191. The Society and their Families beg leave to return their sincere thanks to those, Ladies and Gentlemen who have hitherto honoured them with their Orders and Recommenda lions, and shall always feel happy in their endeavours to give f inure satisfaction ; at the same time solicit a Continuance of their Benevolence, whereby they may be enabled to increase the Number of the Society. The following Articles are inserted as a Specimen of the very Lew , Prices, all warranted-Ready Money only. Full size Mahogany four-post Bedstead, lath bottom 31. 15s. -Full size tent Bedstead 11. 65.-Bordered hair Mattress to lit U. I s.-111ahogany Drawer, solid ends 31. 35.-Feather Bed 21. 10 s. -Ditto, free from dust and smell, full size 31. 10s.- japanned Chairs of any descriptio n in oil 11. 65.-Best do. Wash-hand-stand 14-Ditto, Dressing Table 165.-Hearth Rugs 145.-3 ft. 6 inche& Chest of Drawers 41.45.-Three-foot Mahogany Pembroke Table 11. 18s.-Three-foot ditto on pil lars and claws 31. 15 5.-Mahogany Dressing Table 11.-Ditto 111clatt, best 11.4x.-Ditto Bedsteps 1L Bs.-Ditto ditto It 12s. ..L.-Ditto ditto 21. 2s -Ditto Box Glass, 2 drawers, best British Plate 155.-Ditto di tto Is. 65.-Ditto ditto 11. 18s.-Ditto swing Glass, large size, commode 35.-Ditto ditto 55.-Ditto ditto Bs.-Ditto ditto 125.-Sea Bed and Pillow ss. 6d -Ditto ditto N.-Ditto ditto 75.-Tray Stand 75.-Long Mahogany Tray 146-Japanned Book Shelf 7 5 .-T ea Caddy 10s.-Porta hie Desk 215.-Desk covers in number 145.-Music Chairs any pattern Bs. 6d.-Eight Mahogany Chairs, covered with . horse hair, brass nailed 61. 6s-8 ditto ditto 61. 155.-11 ditto ditto 71.75.-8 Trafalgar ditto 91.'95..-Mahogany Sofa to match 7L 10s.-Ditto Couch 71. 10s.-Ditto ditto 81.105.-Ditto, with .Bedstcad 71. 10s.-Set of Mahogany Card and Sofa Tables, on turned l egs, b anded in rose-wood 81. 155.-Set of Mahogany 'Tables, two Card and Sofa, on pillars and claws 121. 125.- tto, the best that can be made-to order or pattern 161. 10s.. -Handsome 7 foot 6 pedestal, Sideboard, with carved back, 171. -Ditto 7 foot 161.-Ditto 6 foot six M.-Set of pitit% T a bl es, of the last pattern, 4 foot by 10 foot 61 tp.-4 foot 2 by 11 foot 6, 151.-Ditto, 4 foot 6 by 12 foot 6, 161.:165., -11f Spanish, an advance of 31. 10s.-Straw Palliasse 11. ls.-Tent Bedstead and furniture 31.15.-Bamboo Bed stead and French elyptic top, with drapery and fringe, 81. 10.=. -Fire-foot mahogany four -post Bedstead and furniture, with :rich draperies, lined a ll through, complete, 151. 10s.- e-foot ditto, ditto 163.. 10 s.-Dittis ditto, with cornice, of a svperior snake , 181. 10s.-Ditto ditto, w ith gold cornice, ele gant drapery 201-Drawing -room Curt ains ,of the best Mo rine and Chintz, fitted for window, 61. 6d. itto ditto 71. 7s. -Ditto, of a superior and elegant style of work, 101. 10s.- Drawing-room ros ewood-Drawin g m Trafalgar Chairs Ditto, inlaid with buld. 201 .-Table - , - 2 Covers, and Sofa, 181. 14 -Ditto 11. ls.- Drawing-roona Sofa 61. 65.-Ditto, 71. --Ditto 81. 4-Horse -hair Cushions, each ss. 6d.-Covered ditto 41. W. THURNELL, Agent. COUNIIIRY 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 -Captains fi tte d out, and merchants supplied with Ca binet * Goods fo r E xportation. Houses Apartments Furnished at a few notice ' and two or fpur days. SHOCKING OCCURRENCE. CAMBRIDGu, APRIL 19.—0 n Saturdayeven ing, the 10th instant, as Henry Linsdell of Balsham, in this county, was returning through Great Shelford, in his way home, he stopped at the Prince Regent public-house to have some beer ; the landlord seeing he was in a state of intoxica tion, refused letting him have any, but he demanded it as he was on his travels, and the house not being shut (It .was then about ten minutes past ten o'clock), the landlord drew him a pint, but would not let him into the house ; however Linsdell seeing a person whom he knew, pushed in, and gave the per son some of the beer he had in the pot, and requested the land lord to take a pint in the yard to a young man who held the horse; the landlord took the beer so ordered, and found the young man to be Thos.. 'Whitby; when the landlord returned he found Linsdeltexposing his money, and behaving in a very disorderly manner ; the landlord remonstrated with, and asked him, if he was not afraid of being robbed ? Linsdell replied " No;" he had a black protector —a knife, which be carried up his sleeve ; it was such as are used in his. profession as a collar-maker—sharp at the point and broad in the middle.. After he,had paid for the beer and put th e money .up, Whitby came into the house and said, " Come, m as t er , l et ' s go ; I will not hold the horse any longer ;" and set the pot down which he had had the beer in. The landlord then led Linsdell to the yard, saw him get into the cart, and 'Whitby leading the horse. They went towards the Three Horse Shoes in the same village, which was Whitby's way home, and the road leading to Bal sham. Linsdell pulled up and wanted drink, but the landl or d refused him, as well as Whitby. They then went on, Linsdell making a great noise. and several persons, following him. In a short time the landlord heard the cry of ." Murder !" H e took a light, although it was moon-light, but not bright, and saw a young man leading Whitby, who was bleeding profuse ly ; he asked him wh a t was the matter ; Whitby said Linsdell had stabbed him ; presently after, another young . man, who is • now in the hospital, came bleeding from wounds given him also by Linsdell. A surgeon was procured - with all,,speed, and the young man conveyed - to the hospital in this town. Linsdell has at present escaped ; a warrant is out against him for cut. 'Mg and maiming. On Saturday the 17thinst. ,Whitby died.— ,An inquest was held at the Bell, in Trmnpington-street, be-. fore AARON CHEVILL,'Gent, doroner for the town of C'am bridge, when the Jury returned the following verdict—" that Linsdell was way-laid, and stood in his own defence." . - - The proposition of Mr. Bleaden was then put into form, and unanimously agreed to. Mr. HICK, in returning thanks, impressed upon the meeting the necessity of paying their poor on a stated day and hour, by which plan he expected the numerous impositions practised by their weekly applicants would h e i n a great measure frustrated. • As it was at present, the poor were enabled to appear in differ ent parishes in time to receive money to which they were not entitled. It was their practice to appli in different name s ._ Some time ago a fellow nam e d ll owar , who had been in his (the Chairman's) parish, told him lie would go and get a better parish. He went away, and actually fixed himself in Saint George's, Hanover-square, which parish kept the man, while his wife was maintained in the City. A felloW named Peter kin, who was a notorious impostor, was convicted • for impos ture, had constantly received the sum of a guinea per week from parishes. Such practices would certainly be much dimin ished, by obliging the poor to be present at a stated hour. The truth of excuses for absence would be easily ascertainable. He believed that every man who undertook the office of church warden determined to do what he could for the poor; but the moment he began his duties, he was so overwhelmed with cases of imposition, that he became insensible to the applica tions of the really distressed. The most cruel difficulties were then to be contended against. Here the Chairman mentioned, amongst others, the case of a poor woman, whose husband was transported ; one parish would not have herself, and the parish that would have herself would not have 'her child. In this emergency she walked the streets, but being in a starving con dition, she applied to him (the Chairman), and asked him whether she might get to Newgate, under the care of Mrs. Fry, by stealing a little something. One of the greatest evils of the present system was, the bargain made between the parish officers and many of the paupers, that as soon as a pauper be comes an inmate, he is allowed is. or 2s. a-week, with liberty to go out and return to sleep in the house. Front Ito 3,000 beggars were thus thrown upon the streets. The thanks of the meeting were then voted to the Sub-Corn. mittee, and to Mr. Attwood, the honorary Secretary, to whom it was resolved the paper expressing their.thanks should be in closed in a gold box. Themeetingthen separated. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW TIMES. SIR—In your Paperof this day,l felt surprised at reading a most cruel and unfounded paragraph relative to the unfortunate John Hill Wigstatf, now ender sentence of death for forgery, which I must entreat you will dome the kindness to contradict. I can most solemnly affirm that he never was possessed of the sum of 15,0001. which it states he received on coming of age ; it is entirely false. In reard to his. h a ving married a L a dy possesse d of a handsome fortune, and that he had spent it, so,far from that being the fact, I do affirm that his wife's fortune was settled upon herself and her child ; and that he never had nor wished to have any power over it. In justice to a beloved and greatly injured brother, I cannot for bear correcting this base report, no part of which has the least foundation. I remain, Sir, his unfortunate sitter,. 11A 'ET WA GSTA FF. 10, Coppice-row, Clerkenwell, April 18, 1824. Ile asserts as a positive fact, that the Company have the choice of the teas at China, and that the Americans can only procure a second quality of every kind of tea. Now this I most positively deny, and venture to assert that it is very far wide of the real state of the case ; for I verily believe, that the Americans, whenever they desire it, have the first chop teas of every description, and for many substantial reasons • and first not the least plausible, they (th e A mer i cans ) i nvar i a bl y pay for their teas and every other produce of' China with hard dollars, which payment in almost all cases is made in advance. With the American merchants it is all fair dealing— no occult factory policy—no wheels within wheels—no draw back of red chop Paper—no annoyances—no incanihrances. No—the active intelligent American trader walks into the mar ket with his cash in his pocket, and purchases as much as will load his ship from the very choicest productions of China, (if indeed the choicest is ever delivered to foreigners) without fa vour, affection or fear, or the trouble of barter. He has not even the annoyance common to English Man in all foreign ports, arising out of the authority or controul exercised by ton, suls—for although there is an American Consul always at China, the merchant has nothing to do with him, beyond the common courtesy due from one man to another ; lie cannot, either of his own authority or through his influence, detain an American ship one moment, nor interfere with him on any one stage of his mercantile pursuits. Now I think I have said enough to prove that the Americans have the choice, and there fore can, when it suits them, take away from China all articles of its produce of the very first quality, and I know they do so ; and I have, I tbink, said enough to prove why they pay a less price than the English Company; I shall now endeavour to prove why the Company pay more than any other merchant, and why they have not always the choice or the power of selecting the first qualities. It is a well known fact that the Company import into China, Cornwall tin, pig lead, and English broad cloths, to a very considerable amount in English currency ; on the prime cost of which is tacked the enormously extravagant charges which the Company are obliged to disburse to support appearance and patronage, though not at all vital to trade or necessary for the safe conveyance of the goods. These goods arc urged on the Hong merchants by an implied contract, at a certain value, on which the Hongs know well they must in cur a prodigious loss, and in order to save themselves they • tack on at least cent. per cent. on the teas. .1 had almost for got to mention, that for this said tin, lead, and cloth, the Coin, pans (as they do in all their purchase's) pay a much higher •' price than a private individual could purchase them for, owing to the pompous way in which they always appear in the home markets whenever they have occasion for fat contracts, which are invariably almost accompanied by s o me con diti on , binding the sellers to bring up , their influence and support, whether parliamentary or otherwise, whenever the purchasers, or rather their agents, have occasion for such services: By this means the Proprietors of India Stock not only pay a much higher price for all their purchases, butare supplied with goods of an inferior quality to that which an individual going into the mar. ket would choose ; who has no other motive in making the pur chase than fair speculation and some reasonable prospect of gain. The splendid vessels which the Company employ to bring home their teas, are more like King's yachts or first-rate men of war than merchantmen, not one of which ever make their voyage under forty pounds per ton, (and a very small ton too it is), and the voyage is considerably longer than it ought to be: indeed many American ships a r toll7l lep m o a n make the entire voyage, while these stately floating hotels vesselsf ron l3lniecxktw to a h l 1 to is t i e n graeh ceremoniously o d jesty's ships are p er h a ps the fleetest that plough the deep seas. I have not l e i sure to go in t o this matter so fully as it deserves k , n a g n ti the y et thesepassage or requires, and I must here conclude by stating, that the Sou chong teas sold in Calcutta are of a quality which never reach London but in the shape of presents to the Directors or some other great men, and that every pound of tea costs at China as • Much as the Souchting tea sold in Igadenhall-street at 4s. 4dl, to which is to be added before the old women can sip a drop, 4s. 4d. on each pound for customs and excise; and the same may . be said of the Hyson; for tea of the same quality, • including duty, is never sold under eighteen shillings per pound in Lon don : indeed, like the Souchong tea, it rarely appears on. the tea tab/es in London. In ihort, Hyson tea of a very inferior quality sells in London, with the duties on it, by wholesale; at 9s. 4d. per pound, while the very best Hyson Choulong sells' here, including a very heavy duty, at 6s. 6d. per pound.; and before the tea can b e put on t h e ta bl e i n E ng l an d , it. stadi( I mean tea Hyson of the inferior quality) the consumer in at least twelve shillings per pound. Every man who has lived in Lon. don must know how very indifferent the' reen tea (as it is called) is, for which he is'obliged to pay twelve shillings per . pound,. or: go without it. I cannot think it is ignorance which influenced the Editor of the Bull to make such a statement. He says, " it is not the East India Company, but the East India interests which are engaged on one side." What then is to become of the- Company if the East India interests are to be neglected ? Is the Company not supportin g, itself, when it advocates th e cause of " East India interests ? ' The ship Osprey, lately arrived in this river, iia fair specimen of what can be accomplished by British ca pital and British industry when 'unfettered by the tardy, vexa tious, and expensive regulations of monopoly; she quitted this river in December 1822 with a full cargo ; she delivered that full cargo in safety and in good order; she took in a full cargo for this • port, and she was safely moored in this river early in this month, • September. I say " this speaks volume t" But I must have done for the present, and close with an offer of many apOlogies for this lengthy intrusion on . your time, and on the space of your paper, should you deem it worthy of a plate. Your obedient Servant, Monday, Sept. 29, 1823. A LOOKER—ON. COVENT-GARDEN BIBLE ASSOCIATIONS.—The general Anniversary Meeting of the Subscribers and Friends to the above Associations was held yesterday at the Appollonicon rooms, St. Martin's-lane, for the purpose of receiving the Com mittee's Report of the proceedings of the last year, and also for the election of officers, &c. The Rev. Dr. RANDOLPH, Pre sident of the Society, took the Chair, supported by several eminent Clergymen and a most numerous and respectable as. sembiage. The Report, which was read by the Secretary, de tailed at considerable length the progress the Committee-had made towards improving the condition of the poor in their dis trict, by the distribution of a large number of Bibles and Tes taments; they had been materially assisted by the co-operation of the ',tulles' Committee, whose exertions, the Report stated in warm and deserved terms, had been most beneficialo the cause they had in view—that of placing a - copy of the Scriptures in the hands of every individual. The Treasurer's statement showed the neeessity of further • pecuniary aid, to carry into effect the objects of the Institution. Several Gentlemen ad- dressed the Meeting in able speeches, enforcing the utility of the Associations; and it was moved and carried that the Re pert should be adopted. The Committee for the ensuing year being appointed, and the routine business disposed of, thanks were voted to the Chairman, who expressed his acknowledge menu; and the meeting adjourned. With the native country of our Author, the generality of Europeans are but indifferently acouainted. Situated between the rival nations of Turkey, Russia, and Persia, it has been often desolated by each of them, and pUssesses therefore little to induce the traveller to venture his life amidst unknown, and, as it would atifiedr from the present work, rude and harbaront:',tribes. The Memoirs 'of Arteini are amusing; for few novels contain more extraordinary ad.ye'ntures; they are instructive, for they exhibit ,a. new and striking picture of the state of society in those parts, and display in true, but distreising colours, the melancholy state of degradation and misery to which the once powerful Armenian nation is now reduced.' It is not only by their AlahotiMtedart conquerors that the Armenians are , treated with the most law less tyranny ; th e y ar e moreover grievously oppreSsed by a= clergy not less . iinorant than barbarous, and by those among' their own countrymen, who derive coniequence . :frOM their superior wealth alone. To' this state of yassal atte and of oppression, which presses upon the Armenian at home, 'must be attributed' tVir di3- position.to seek in foreign' Parts .the . ease.and in dependence which they never ran'attairvi)i their "native country.' hence ilo we find thirn:Settled throughout the Eastern. world, and embarked in 'extensive mercantile' concerns 'every ~g reat 'commercial country of Etirepe...As Tarfts we are able to judge from the narrative itself,. it is a plain and unvarnished, but a correct, statement of facts, 'containing the many adveutuyes, hardshipt, and which befel the auth or f rom hit youth, hesettled iu 'Russia, w h ere f ortune b egan, sufferings until atiength, to. prove more favourable to him . than it had.don.e - in his native country. A postscript informs us, that after residing several iears at Paris, as agent to some of his countrymen. at St. Petersburgh, he had . acquired some property, 'ami that still - impelled by his desire Of seeing and. ;warning,. he was engaged in a , pilgrimage to jerusalen, by way of Constantinople. It is added, that he had .promised to' communicate • to the world a continuation of - his.adventuree,-,with which we shall be truly happy to be made_ ac quainted. • CANINE AFFECTION.—A few days ago, dog breaker in the neighhourhood of die city, had a,bitch;which littered eleven puppies —the whole of which were drowned ap parently, and afterwards buried in a dunghill. „In the.course of the same day, the mother found out the spot where.her ofi:_ springs were buriedditg them up, and restored•four 4f..thera to life. She afterwards carried them home, and continues to discharge her maternal duties with the greatest solicitude.-- (Edinburgh Star, April 17.) *EXPLOSION or FIB E. DpsP. --- On . e of :,those. melancholy accidents occasioned by the explosion of firetdanikr. occurred at the Old Church Pit Colliery, near Swansea, on Wednesday last, whereby four men lost their lives, .eikhteett have been dreadfully scorched and lacerated, and fonr have received compound fractures. It appears that the colliers re ceived strict orders from the agent not to approach a certain part of the pit ; but, disregarding these injunctions; tile fatal result was as above described. The extensive oil and ware mills otlVlr.lllr.n- L ET, at feeds, were destr o y e d , by. fire on. We dnesday night ; the damage is estimated at l 5,0001. It appears by the Paris 'Papeis,' that':.lllr. MAGELoN, a young author, who .several months ago was arrested for libel, and isiliumanly march .ed along t he..public road, chained has at length been released from confinement; on. payment of the fine of 4,000 francs, which formed part of his sentence, •