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f: ts Q 1 7 / 7ir 0 .44.• PA tr-4 - .11 1 50 0 , , V 4l-11% .11U, 4 7 4; 7 t... '6._ SU N. • • og'ixr-nol-ro- • • 801. B+. NumBER 9791. FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1824. FAUX'S TOUR IN AMERICA. The followhig extracts are from Mr FAUX'S Journal of a Tour through the United States : Picture of the condition of the American people, agricul tural and otlicrwise.—Low ease ; a little avoidable want, but no dread of any want; little or no industry ; little or no real capital, nor any effort to create any ; no struggling, no luxury, and, perhaps, nothing like satisfaction or happiness; no real relish of life ; living like store pigs in a wood, or fattening pigs in a stye. All their knowledge is confined to a newspaper, Which they all bye, and consists in knowing their natural, and some political rights, which rights in +heinselves they respect individually, but often violate towards others, being cold, selfish. gloomy, inert, and with but little or no feeling. The proceedings of an American court ofjustick are thus described : At noon, I roamed into the supreme court, where I saw my new friend, the supreme Judge, Wilson, on the bench, i n t he midst of three rustic, dirty-looking associate judges, all robeless and dressed in coarse drab, domestic, homespun coats, dark silk handkerchiefs round their necks, and otherwise not superior in outward appearance to our low fen-farmers in England. Thus they sat, presiding with ease and ability over a bar of plain talkative lawyers, all robeless, very funny and conversational in their speeches, manners, and conduct ; dressed in plain box coats, and sitting with their feet and knees higher than their noses, and pointing obliquely to the Bench of Judges ; thus ta aking their speeches, and examining and cross-examining evidence at a plain long table, with a brown earthen jug of cold water before them, for occasionally wetting their whistles, and Was hing their qu id -sta i ned l i ps; all, judges, jury, counsel, su Wit tiestet, and p r i soners, seeme d free, easy,'and happy. The prernejudgeis only distinguished from the rest by a shabby blu e threadbare coat, dirty trowsers, and unblocked shoes.— Thus sat all t tobacco heir L or d s hi ps , f ree l y an d f requently chewing , , and aPPearing as uninterested as could be. < 1 rleetion or ttro on litigation ! The judges here have not legal knowledge enough for their station ; and of course not weight of character or dignity sufficient to fill it well. Coun sellor Jones and ley, of star-spangled banner' fame, influence and carry carry their honours almost as they please. The bar is greater than the bench ! Litigation frequently arises here from the- imaginary inde pendence which one man has, or fancies he has of others, to show w h ich, on the least slip, a suit is the certain result. It is bad for the pe ople that law is cheap, as it keeps them constant lit strife- with their ne i g hb ours, an d ann i h i lates that sociabi. F of feeli ng which so strongly characterizes the English. ront the constant litigation amongst the people of this coun try arise that antisocial apathy, and want of those kindly feel ings of th e heart, which show themselves on all occasions, in the conduct and character of the people of the old country. There were more suits for debt in Washington County Court, Irma late t erm, (seventeen hundred,) than, perhaps, in all gland ! The following extract from a letter to his friends • m England, dated at Philadelphia, con tins a surnmry of Mr. FAux'S sentiments on etnigration : The inducement s to emigrate, and the facilities of living here, are neither so great nor so many as I wished and expect ca pit:ll4 them. The maj or i ty o f t h ose who come are without s ad above useful labour. Of this kind seem our friends and and others known to you, whose prospects are, 1 asture you, very shadowy. I speak impartially. Even "Pita ' ca n any where be better employed than here. And as to labourers, there are more than can be paid. By the late re- Part of this, it appeared that 11,000 within these walls were in a state of unemployed pauperism; whilst in one prison only, are 600 thieves and incendiaries, the natural fruits of increasing Poverty. THE COMET.--Tbe motion of the Comet is very ?apid. Within th ese few days it has changed its place at least Pall' a degree. The curve its path describes wvald aear to be very considerable. pp PARIS PAPERS. [From the Itioniteur of Tuesday.] NOTHING OFFICIAL. VIENNA, DEC. 25.—A1l those who desire the speedy restoration of order jn the east of Europe, and the consolidation of general peace, will learn with pleasure that the alarms which had been felt here, on account of the decision of the Divan, and the note of the Reis Effendi relating to the delay of the Po'rte in the evacuation of Mol davia and Walachia have subsided. News from Constantinople, which may be con sidered as authentic, since they are founded on.. communications made by persons of great im portance, give us the certainty that our Inter nuncio has had a new conference with the Reis Effendi, and that he has succeeded in making the Divan, as well as the members, perfectly easy respecting the Russian army stationed in Podolia, Volhynia, and the neighbouring pro vinces. What has, perhaps, chiefly contributed to satisfy the Divan is, that a part of the Rus sian troops which had hitherto occupied Bessara bia, the province adjoining Turkish Moldavia, have been withdrawn to cantonments more re mote from the Turkish frontiers. It is likewise affirmed, that Baron Ottenfels had been charged to make to the Porte some very agreeable over tures on the ulterior destination of the Russian army. However, there is reason to expect (ac cording to the authentic accounts which we have just mentioned) the speedy delivery of an official note from the Ottoman Cabinet, which will an nounce the order sent to the Pacha of Silistria, to withdraw all the Turkish troops from the two principalities. In this manner the chief obstacle to the restoration of harmony between Russia, and the Porte will be removed ; the more so, as not the smallest difficulty is made at Constanti nople to restoring to liberty the Boyars who have been arrested. We can also state, that M. Minzcacky was preparing to leave Herruanstadt, and that he must at this moment be on the way to Bucharest. These favourable accounts have caused a rise in the Austrian funds, which im prove daily. The Marquis of Caraman, having paid his respects to the Emperor and the Imperial family, and taken leave of Prince Metternich and the other Ministers, set out yesterday for Paris- M. Ma rcellus, jun. had been previously - presented t o the Emperor, as Charge d'Affaires from the King of France.' ( From the Journal des Dibats.) PARIS, ti.—We have seen . since a month such absurd reports relative to the political si tuation of Europe on the projects .and negncia tions of various Cabinets, that we did not think it necessary even to hold up their constructions to ridicule. Such a report has been, that of Russia taking possession of the Balearic Islands, and of preparations for war on the part of Eng land. The speculators on 'Change, and the sped culators about the elections, will be both de ceived. Never was Europe more pacific, or the interior or external repose of its-different States better assured. NUREMBERG, DEC. `28.--Before yesterday the Correspondent was not distributed till some hours later than ordinary, in consequence of some.ar ticie taken from the Gazette Universelle. In consequence of an order sent from Munich by express, this article was suppressed, and another published in its place.--[We have sought in vain in the Gazette Universelle for any article which could have called for this measure ; it must have been an article publishe'd . on Dec. 22 or '25, which is probably only interesting to Bavaria, for the Gazette d'Augsbourris subject to the cen sorship.]—( Note of the Editor of the Journal des pacts.) BRUSSELS, J.tN. 1823, 788 vessels en tered the , port of Antwerp—of them 435 be longed to the country ; 127 were English.;. 84 American; 36 Hanoverian, 24 Prussian; 22 French ; and the rest•of different countries. [From the Courier Fratiquis.] PARIS, JAN. G.— A treat number of Electors of different parts of France, who are at Paris, have felt the necessity of seeing each . other, and of communicating - together. Several meetings of landed proprietors; magistrates, manufacturers; merchants, and citizens belonging to all classes of society, have taken place, and they have com municated to each other the most precise inform's tion as to the wishes of the immense majority of their different Departments. From this it re sults that opinion is every where strongly consti tutional ; that is, the people only wish that those institutions shall be preserved entire which the Kink has given us, and are satisfied that a free, frank, and faithfnl expression of the suffrages of the electors would furnish, un doubtedly, a majority of the Chamber, friends to the Throne, the Charter, and the public liberty. We announce this result with great pleasure hav ing ourselves never doubted it ; these excel lent citizens have agreed to meet often, and to communicate to their friends in the Departments every thing which can tend' to promote their zeal and confirm their union, under circumstances which make it so necessary. Already in all the Arrondissements of Paris - and in the departments near the capital, preparatory meetings have been held under the auspices of the laws, and under the eyes of public liberty. Very soon this em ample will be imitated in all the departments of France—an example which is here set for their prudence and their love of the public welfare to imitate. FRANKFORT, DEc. 31.- - I t is said that the Diet is immediately to attend to the declarations of ,he Mediatised Pr inces, who never cease to de nand the attention of this assembly. They say :hat the privileges glutted to them by the Fe. decal Act aro violated in several countries; and it is not doubted that the Diet will now be in their favour, particularly as far as Wirtemburg is concerned. A German author, M. Pfeilschiffer, who has devoted his pen for some time past to the defence of the Inquisition, and of Absolute Government, the enemy of every , Constitutional Government, has just been excluded from the reading-room at Frankfort. The General Meet ing of the establishment adopted this Resolution, which has caused some stir in the diplomatic circle. M. Pfoilschiffer is known at Frankfort as the correspondent of the *Drapeau Blanc. [From the Catutitutlannel.] PARIS, JAN. 6.—The Ministers now know at what price privilege promises them support. The first condi tion is the re-establishment of entails; and, till the other con ditions are made known, the Uultra Journals have seized on this to talk about at pleasure. The .elections are passed by as quite secure, to speak of the septetriiality, which is thought of only with-regret for having- opp4id it. The intrepid cham pions of unequal division ofyroperty e the Quoriamne cuts, amuse themselves every day in tearing out a page of our Civil Code. The directing Journal, promising the re-esta blishment of entails, saw that our Law of Inheritance would bring on an Agrarian Law, and the Journals which- follow it hastened to elucidate this absurd assertion. It has been re marked, that in defending this principle these Journals contra dict each other. Thus the Quotidienne says ' that we are pro ceeding to the equal divi s i on o f p roperty, while another Jour nal of the same stamp declares, that entails are favourable to democracy, though he agrees that the proposed measure is con demned by moral sentiment. But this is of no consequence, since, according to him, it is ordered by reason. He seems to be ignorant that this sentiment is the foundation- of equity, and that without it there is neither reason nor justiee. He has no pity for younger brothers and sisters. The former, he says, will engage in commerce, and for the latter the pa rents will provide by economising. This is very good; but ' the timid author has r ly expressed half his thoughts ' • he did , not dare to a dd, lik e some o f hi s brethren that entails would necessarily lead to th e re - es t a bli s h men t of the Monastic Or ders. Such is the picture preparing for the happiness of Prance ; such is the fate which a pretended political necessity, is . preparing for the half of the next generation. In a coun try where the constitutional laws have established all the social relations on the right of property, it is intended to deprive of all right of property an immense number: of citizens. He lotiain might as well be established. What • will, in fact, be come of the unhappy wretches who thus lose every means of remaining free Disinherited, when born, of their father's fortun e , they will liv e b e t wee n need and vice, without political rights, or civil existence; and the families which are to be illustrated by entails will he more often dishonoured by mem bers whom they have been obliged to reject, than ennobled by the virtues of the eldest born, whom it is thus proposed to en rich at the expence of nature and justice. The Gazette des Deux Siciles, which never mentions a trial of any conspirators till the day the sentence is executed, now tells us of a political association of Reformers which has been formed in the class of labourers. The military commission befor e w hi c h t h ey were tr i e d sentenced P. Ant. -, 21e Laurentis, the head of the sect, formed in imitation of the Carbonari, and J. Carabba, to death. Four others were sentenced to chains for 20 years as members of the sect, and two others were re manded for a fuller investigation. The Gazette says, that they had taken the word Manuel as a countersign ; and it adds, that, before their execution, which took place on the leth, they confessed that they considered their punishment as an expia tory offering to God for h av i ng c on s pi re d aga i ns t their legiti mate King... Do the confessors at Naples reveal the confes sions of the condemned, when there is no means of making the public acquainted with the progress of the trial ? MEXICO. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY FOR WAR AND MA. ItIN E -CI RCULAR. The Supreme Executive Power has thought fit t o addres s to me the subjoined Decree:— "" The Supreme Executive Power provisionally appointed by . the Sovereign Mexican Congress, taking into considera tion— ,, That the war with - Spain never could be. co ns idered con eluded, until that nation formally and solemnly recognize the i a dependence of North A merica, which has be e n the object o f 13 years of constant and sanguinary sacrifices : That, nevertheless, the Mexican nation and its Govern ment, practising the prin c i p l es o f lenity and prudence which characterize Americans, permitted the existence•of friendly re lations with spardsh subjects, fiee trade in their produce and manufactures, the removal of their effects and national pro perty, and the free entry " That, notwithstandinogf t t h h tir e r v n l e te r r c o h a a s ntm co e n n dl i i n c t t o , a o m u d r p ro o r r g ts et : . ful of her true interests, the Spanish nation has not taken a step which shows a real disposition for peace; but, on the con trary,. keepi ng in view her ancient ideas of dominion4she Main tains a-force on a small point of the :Mexican territory with the daring de s i g n of thence issuing to reimpose upon the natives of this land that ignominious yoke of servitude from which they have so gloriously emancipated themselves : " That the Governor of a small fortress, after making, on points of this copti nt, pretensions which are unjust and in consistent with the law s o f nations observe d b y all free states, ue forgetting the presence of the Commissioners of his Cabinet, charged with negeiations for treaties of commerce, and failing in his promise to the Alagistrates of Vera Cruz, not to open his fire without previous notice, in order that the peaceful citi zens might remove their persons and property from the ravages of war, which he howev er did , w i t h out t h e requ i s i te intitna tion, on the evening of the 25th of September last, cannot be believed not to act in pursuance of orders and instructions from his. Government " Finally, as it is the duty of this Government to defend the integrity of the territory which has been confided to its care, to maintain the glory and di g nity o f t h e na tion, to'caU se the flag which has conducted her warriors to victory to be respected, and, in conformity with the-laws of war, to diminish the enemy's means of continuing hostilities, it has decreed and does decree— " 1. That the roadstead and theisaid fortress being under the fire of our batteries and gun.boats, the castle. of San Juan Ulloa is hereby declared ire a state of blockade. Vessels of war belonging to the nation and her allies will therefore attack the Castle with all the rneanaof war in their power. " 2. Merchantmen belonging to Spanish s u bj ects s h a ll b e compelled to sail from th e 'ports of Mexico within 24 hours after notification of this decree, and shall not, on any pretext, again enter therein, under pain of being declared good prize. " 3. The importation of Spanish produce and nianufactures is prohibited at all the Custom-houies and maritime ports. Neutral ships which may bring such merchandise, shall be allowed 40 days if they come-from an American port, and four months if from an European port ; but after these periods they shall also be considered good prize. " 4. The punishment imposed by the existing laws shall be inflicted on all persons ; whatever may be their rank or situa tion, who shall be found to keep up any intercourse with the garrison and inhabitants of San Juan de Ulloa, as every kind of communication must be completely cut off: " 4. All Spanish merchantmen to which this decree may be notified, and which do not thereupon immediately sail for a foreign port, shall be declared good prize; as they shall also be, it', after this intimation, they be taken steering towards any of our ports or of Colombia. " 6. The present decree shall be communicated to the Ge nerals commanding departments, to the commanders of the national fleet, to the commanders of the ships of allied and friendly nations, to the post-captains, and to all_ the persons in authority to whom it belongs to watch over its execution, under their most strict- responsibility. Given in Mexico, October 8. " -MARIANO 3 1 ICIIELEANA, President. " JOSE MJUUEL DOMINGUEZ. " VINCENTE (;UERRERO. " JOSE :JOAQUIN DE HERRERA. " For the purpose of seeming this most scrupulous fulfilment of the present decree, I. communicate it to your Excellency, in order that in all respects, in so far as you are concerned, care maybe taken of its execution, and that you may render an account of the infractions which come to your knowledge.— God and liber;y. " MexicO, Oct. 8. " J..J. DE HERRERA." FOR. TUE PROGRESS OF FRENCH POETRY, AND TILE REIGN OF LOUIS XIV. It is in the songs of the Troubadours of the South of France that we must seek for the ori gin of French poetry ; by them was introduced the practice of using elmes at the end of verses. The productions of these early poets were chief ly of an amatory description. They sang the beauty of the ladies, and the loves and exploits of the Knights. The most celebrated of these early productions is the Roman de la Rose, written by Jean de Lorris, and Riau de Meuu, in the course of the twelfth"century. Villon itouris6d in the fourteenth century, and - Marot acquired well merited praise, for the graceful simplicity of his diction, imitated by more modern poets, and from him denominated stile Marotipe. . St. Gelais, the contemporary of Marot, possessed almost equal simplicity, though still greatly inferior; whilst Ronsard, who ilou rished at the same period, gave a more noble ex pression to French poetry than any of his pre decessors. But equally deficient in judgment and in taste, by two close an imitation of the Latin and Greek construction of sentences, many of his productions appeared no less pedantic than ridiculous. To Malherbe, who lived under the reign of Louis XIII. belongs the honour, not only of in ventingbut still more o f giving poetrya I n J o y t r )l i e c n al es p s ue a t l r t y d , a correctness of expres sion to which it had been hitherto a stranger. — Though he wrote at a period when the language was scarcely fixed, and many of his expressions are of necessity become obsolete, his odes and productions th e ode to Louis XIII. stanzas are still read with cons i derable pleasure. A up n Zt g he capture his of La Rochelle, and the ad dress to Du Perrier upon the death of his daugh ter, possess many passages of considerable beauty. About the same period Racan gained great repu tation by hip pastorals; and Regnier by his satires ; but the style of the latter is now some what antiquated. _ _ Vulture, correct, but full of affectation ; Benserade less affected in his diction, but equal ly deficient in taste;` Di4barreaux, famed only produced the finest sonnet in the flourished in the early part of gilliarlibgeorecLa'olled the Augustan age of French Louis XIV. that period, which t f kh o tial r r :e ni h :r a e: literature. Through the liberal patronage. of this Monarch the exertions of literary men were called forth, tllanguage a t ta i ne d i ts hi g h est p i tc h of perfec tion, chiefly through the labours of the Academie Franful", established about this time; and a multitude of productions, in every department of literature, was brought forth, which have remain et] unrivalled, and must be admired .as long as the F re nch language endures. Pierre Corneille ap pears in all his native grandeur, as the fattier of . F r ench tragedy ; whilst the more correct, ele gant, and som e ti mes equally sublime Racing, has ca rried this branch of Litel-attire to the highest pitch of perfection, The Phedre, the Athalie, o f Racin e , do not indeed shrink from a compa rison with the Cid, and the Cinna of Corneille. At a subsequent period Crebillon obtained no small share of applause, and chiefly excelled in the terrific. Among the minor tragic poets of. this time must be mentioned Thomas Corneille, greatly inferior to his brother, whose best tragedies are Ariaue, and Le Comte d'Essex ; Rotrou, author of Win cesluus, and of Manlius ; Compistron, an indif ferent author, &c.,--Quinault, too illiberally ri diculed by Boileau in his. satires; celebrated for his operas, Thesee, Atys, Artnide, &c. At the same time that tragedy assumed so bold a flight, l‘lollere at once introduced comedy in France, and brought it to its highest pitch Qf perfection. This extraordinary man has scarcely be e n equalled in real comic humour, in accurate delineation of character, and in profound know ledge of the passions that sway the human mind. Attiong the best comedies with which. this emi nent author has enriched the French stage, Le Misanthrope, Les Femmes Scavantes, vare, Le Tartuffe, deserve particular attention ; but the Tartuffe, is generally considered, as his chef. d'a:uvre. To tread in the career. of Moliere, seemed an enterprize no less rash than hopeless, yet it has been done with success by Hegnard, whose comedies of Le Joueur, Le Legataire Uni verse!, Les Menechures, &c. possess considerable humour and merit, and are still represented ot► the French stage. But the plays of Dufresny, Dancourt, Hauteroche, &c. are of a very inferior cast, and are surpassed by those of their prede cessors, Brueys and Palaprat, authors of L'Avo cat Patelin, &c., - Boursault, whose pieces called, Le Mercure Gallant, Esope a la Ville and Esope a la Cour, are considered as standard pieces. The last ►mentioned authors- were cotemporaries of Muliute. In the other branches of polite literature, the age of Louis XI V. justly boasts of. a Boileau, a La Fontaine, a Jean Baptiste Rouss.eau, &c. Boileau, no less correct as a writer, than severe .as.a critic, is famed for his Epistl e s, hi s S a ti res , and his .Lutt in, l one of the best mock heroic poems extent. The fame of the inimitable - La Fontaine rests upon his admirable fables: that of Jean Baptiste Rousseau, upon his Odes, of Sgvtwp.tKet ;". which the finest is. the Ode A la Forttw,;: imitations ,of,sotpe of the,rsalms, ttytacsi a description. of Poem of ,:which he is r lixe, • in.venlor, and some of which are singularly suplime., in the meamtime, and at this .period, pastoral poetry :was. cultisated with succeo.by Segrais, Eontenelle, Mde. DeshoulleretLit Farce, Chaulieu, &c. &c. Amongst Nide. Deshoulieres, that intitied , Les MoAciPsi is particularly beautiful. Since this, the moat brilliant period pf,ll§Ax istence, French Literature has coutio4P.44waOf stationary, Voltaire in Tragedy, Viron, gt, c ; in Comedy, may have equalied, but they.ha.xe:,as suredly not surpassed, Corneille, R i lcinp, Moliere. &c. The dissetnination of plz.z . /nsqpizica, o,r religious principles, were the main object °lM:at of the poets who flourished under the rejglts,of Louis XV. and Louis XVI. Their dicti4n. Ic correct, but their principles are .often reprehen sible; whilst these works are generally ,deficient in novelty ; they may imitate, but tbey •capaot surpass their predecessors. A. P, PERSONAL. SUCCESSION, AND THE CONSISTOAIAL COURTS QEscOTAM). We feel pleasure in being able to communi cate to our readers, many . of whom may not be aware of the fact, that a very important and he neficial change hasjust been introduced into the law of Scotland, on the subject of personal suc cession. By the former rule, confirmation. fie fure the Commissaries was necessary in intestate succession, not merely to enable the executor to administer and take possession of the funds, but even the right in him at all, so as to transm;t:it again to his own representatives, and •it had been justly observed, that neglect, arising from in over confidence in life, was daily producing the most unhappy consequences in this particn lar ; while, in many cases, the just right of stic tcheessioerxievcvoastodr,efedaut dependenceriferrtaotiecarvr;n)ig: death a o re f r e i t i l )g by th t e he dis putedh propinquity. The evil is now corrected by a provision in a late Act, 4th George 1.V.1V cap. 98, assimilating the law of - Scotland, on this a p l o si i , r a n y , s t h o a t p h p a y t otof deriveE lanadm,y7 and declaring that, in all cases of intestate succes sion, the right of the executor who may die up confirmed, shall be transmitted to his .reprenta fives. We understand also, that many highly advantageous arrangements have been adopt ed,, with regard to the. Commissary Court of Edip burgh. The offic e o f Principal Clerk .as . cure, which it has hitherto been, is now at. an end ; while the fees of the whole officers. of Court, as well as of the 'practitioners, have-been regulated. Various heavy exactions, in name of QUOTS, compositions, sentence money, Sr.c., some of which originated so far back as the days of our episcopacy, have been abolished, and at ad ditional relief afforded by the introduction Of abridged extracts of decrees. Other measures, it is believed, have been adopted, under authority of the Commissaries themselves, for shorteningjil dicial procedure, perhaps, after . all that has been said, the most effectual and the least - ei-c'efitfoiMYle mode of diminishing the professional` charges 'of litigation, so that. those who: trray haVe suc cessions to realise, will be enabled- to do so in future, at a comparatively trifling expence.• With regard also to those very delicate and interesting questions, to which the jurisdiction of. the -Qbril missaries extends,--scandal, marriage, divorce,--- justice will be placed much more withiwthe reach of every rank. of society. We may mei] - tion as an example of the, difference, an action of divorce, within our own knowledge, in which, under the old system, the extract Q. the decree would h ave cost upwards^ , of •IPgl., whereas it may now be obtained for about 14'195. The Act of Parliament'and ofSederunt, body the provisions now alluded' too, took effect from and after the Ist Jan: I'o4. Similar regnle- Lions, it is understood, Will he inunediitely passed, applicable to the inferior CothriiiisarTits. These establishments which, on their- aiiher footing, were long complained of as - utterty-useless, and highly inconvenient, are al‘tady. niergOtl:in the jurisdiction Of the Sheriffs of the resiiective counties, --a step %vhich every: one who:hai-loifk ed into the-Parliamentary reports , on;thissub ject, must be convinced. will be attende4 with the greatest benefit, to the. vv.tro/e .country. 2 khe public cannot but. regard, these• meatures, a im provements of the most-imp/mat:A , description, awl as reflecsing , thellighest. on the spirit, activity,,andrliberality. or . tbe sons by v9ipse exertinns..and. authority they lka,ve been accornplished.--(Edinkurg4. 04%eritcr, ,Ja nuary 5.) ' TIIIALS AT HEXTFOAT.— The Observer ofStrn day, , Jan. n, will of necessity -be -tvn . sbeete,--- No A‘thrertisements ire. either. The. 'price ortitie two sheets will. be. Fovrtgen,:pence. They 'will contain a very copious .R.e . port7 of. the Tritas::of Thurtell. and Hunt., Mosta - aped: with;.Seve.n„ lijo gravings, viz. : _ • _ 1. The Representation tie Conn Jaou t se ft, kienkrd, drawn during the time of die Trinli. 2. The Scene of the Murder, , With the Gig inqbe Lane: 3. The Pond in..the tiardpn, ikto wait l irk Weak.waF-first thrown. 4. The Pond at Elstree, in whidi the body was fonna: ' 5. The Stable, with the Deaeakod.pliwe,diacrDse•be horse. 6. View from the (ottage-wi4ow,*(l9.. which #le.l.)4K,i9ed is seen being drawn alpng the 'path of the gaiden. 7. A Ground Plan, take by beet' Of the Magistrates. These two Sheets. of .314.- Obserusr will be . - kept on sale until tbe last day - of. Januafy, • a.,t...;he Office, No. 1.69, Straild ) - Loa ctuu where franks • can be had to semxl : .t tot) Any .part- of..s United Kingdom > free of charge. ris, the hall Dice d--- nce le. ld De T HE COUNTY FIRE-OFFICE and PRO VIDRNT LIFE OFFICE, REGENT-STREET, were the ORIGINAL OFFICES which effected Insurances upon the principle of combining the Security of an adequate and Permanent Capital (in addition to the fluctuating Funds aris ing from the Premiums), with the beneficial rule of return ing, at stated periods, the Surplus of the annual Premiums to the Contributors, after paying Losses and Expences. The importance of this Improvement is acknowledged by extra-' ordinary public approbation, and by the numerous imitations of it, which New Offices have lately offered, and which older ones have adopted, in changing their Constitutions.— Tile principle is of chief value, because, as it yields, by the Specific Sums insured, and the Return of the Surplus, the fullest Value for the Deposits, persons have no reasonable "motive for venturing on the lure of reduced and insufficient Premiums proposed to them by Adventurers, and which has ;ed to frequent instances of dissappointruent and ruin, CAPITALS, A MILLION STERLING and upwards. •iIXTY-FIVE THOUSAND PERSONS have sought pro tectiun in the COUNTY OFFICE, and have found it. CLAIMS hare been paid to Sixteen Hundred Claimants; Exempt from the Expehces of Lawsuits, and also from the sacriSce of an enormous Commission to Agents, to which some New Offices submit, to induce them to canvass for husi• ness, great accumulations have been made. • In these, per sons who now Insure participate equally with the original Members. been of 25 and 90 per cent. in c o nse q u e n ce , h ave en Invariably paid to all persons who have continued In sured seven years , p :annual as well as upon Septennial Policies, L and wheth e r n tt t ier o theyhave been Claimants for losses or otuerwise•---‘,.42,000 hare been returned in this way to about 28,000 persons Insured, within the last nine veers—an im portant advanta g e which no other I n suran ce office existing bas affo r d ed. B ONUSES of 131. Bs. and 261. 14s. per Cent. have been paid on Life Policies. * * s Agents are appointed in all the principal Towns. T HETsHEE F N a E s l h V i F n a R b E i N e C a H n d SI C L o K n e A n K t S Articles of Dress, which are now so much in demand by La dies of every age, are selling by BROWN and CO. in every beautiful and useful colour, at considerably lower prices than any other House has been enabled to offer them ; in addition to their being the most fashionable Walking Dress, they are equally adapted, by their warmth and elegance, for the car riage or places of public amusement; price 50s. to 81)s. A large quantity of b eaut if ul and rare SHAWLS, from 425. to XS, the property of one of the most eminent Factors, which must be sold for Cash, many of them at half their ori ginal prices. The usual variety of new Silks, and all articles sold by other Silk Mercers, at Brown's, No. 16, Henrietta-street, Covent ' Garden. 44 to ref rks ocrt