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LITERARY NOTICE. The SNOLISHMAN ABROAD, by S. 'Warr B.D. F.R.S. F.A.S. &c. Bro. This is a most extraordinary book, which proves at once the eccentricity and the erudition of its author. 'rho subjects on which it treats, are varied in the extreme. In the first part, we have articles upon Greece, Latium, Arabia, Persia, Ilindoostan, and China ; whilst in the se cond part, we are led through Russia, Germany, Italy, France,Spain and , Portugal. There is not the shadow of arrangement in the work s which cpnfirms, however, What some of his former lite. vary productions has.sliewn, that the author is an erudite scholar, and a good linguist, and more es. pecially acquainted with the Chinese, and other Oriental languages. In illustration of this know ledge of living and of dead languages, Mr. W. gives his renders translaticius of the same subject inn various tongues. The prose part of the work consists of collec tion of reminiscences, thrown together without any the least regard to order or connection, but containing many amusing anecdotes, tales, &c., among which we shall select a few for the bone fit of our readers A MILITARY REToßT.—Frederick the Great asked a 801- Aer who bad a deep cut across his cheek, at a review : " At • - what alehouse didst thou get that scratch !"—" At C6slin, . please your Majesty, where your Majesty paid the reckoning." •• The King was beat at C6slin, in the war 0f1758, Una in , 1790 the Russians reduced the suburbs to ashes. st pa u nrsier RE WARDlD.—Frederick the Great, turning his back on hit Minister, who was with him in his cabinet, in order to reach some papers which the Minister wanted, law tim, in a mirror, take a pinch out of one of his Majesty's snuff boxes on the table: the King turned round, and delivered the papers ; the Secretary howed, and was vetiring, when his Ma jesty called him back, and said, " You have forgot something ; take the box, it is not big enough for two." &turn:rut EQUIVOCATION.—The King wrote under a petition for new whitlows in a parish church, which was very • dark—" Blessed ars.they which' have not seen, and yet 'have believed."—(St. John, c. xx, v. 29.) .1 Stot y of an Old'Officer that hod ,a strong idea of Military Proinotion.—lt was his , custom _to make his children read a chapter in the Bible every-Sunday afternoon. Upon mention being made of Nebuzaradan; Captain of the Guard, coming to Jerusalem (2 Kings, xxv. 8.) he stopped the reader and cried, out in a tone of voice that showed' how much he was interested In the matter." Good God ! is that • man still a caPtain.? • Why he was a Captain when I was a little boy. Promotion in his regiment must have been - vesyslow 1" On an Organ Blower, or Grinder, :of the 'name ofKmusT. Here lies Georgy Kunst, At last in the dust, Out of spirits,- and low : Who for God's Church did puff . All his life long enough. And its organ'did blow, Till the puffer grim 'death, Blew him putt& breath. Si NO tTLAIITPITAPIT, AND Cu MOUS INICRIPTION.—On the tomb-stone of a joiner's son of the name of Ox, whose fa 'ther had made the coffin, and written the inscription—" Here "lies the little Ox-lin, who never grew to be an Ox." 'AVe shall conclude this notice , by the following , talc, which we select, from its resemblance to 'the plot of a-well known and popular farce " The Twhing qf the Shrew.—The way to tame a shrew, or `the devil, is told in a Spantsh story, of which the original is in 3/75, inspreso in: Sevilla. Mr. Douce alludes to the edition or the book where this story is found, in 1643. Both the pub. lications are in 4t0., with the title of El Conde Lucanor. pitu XIV. De lo que Contescio aun Alanuto, et dia que se cart). p. 79, Chap:46.—Of what happened to &young man the `day of his marriage:-.. Patronio spoke thus :—ln a certain town there was it Moor of great respectability,' who had a son, the best young man in .the world, full of projects, but. so. poor, that hehad the will, but not the . power to execute them. 'l•n the same. place there. was another Moor, very rich, and he had an only daughter, but she was a very devil, , and nobody would marry her. The young man came-one day to the father, and said, " rather, I am weary of the poor and wretched life I , lead. I wish to merry:" The lather said he *mad be delighted If his son could find a party that suited hiM. Upon which the yoting man named his neighbour's daughter; on bearing.this the father was much surprised ; but the son persisted in desiring his father to speak to the Moor, who was his intimate fricud, and ask him • for his daughter. The Moor said, when he was applied to, that he had no objection, but that whosoever had his daughter would better dead than alive. The wedding day, however, was • fixed, and the bride wasted away to her husband's home, and according to the Moorish custom a supper was prepared, and the table was laid, and the fathers and mothers left the bride PO bridegroom. together till the next day, not without great fear and suspici on t h at t h ey should find the bridegroom in the morning dead, or not far from it. As soon as they were gone, the new married couple sat down at the table, and before she could speak, he looking about him, saw one of his house dogs, • and calling to bins with a voice, tou t ordered bins to bring water to wash hi s h an d s , w hich the log not doing, he got up in a rage, drew his sword : this the dog seeing ran Away, and he after him, till he caught him, and cut off his head and legs, and his body in pieces, and dashed the blood trier the table, and all. over the room ; then pima and seated him se lf at ',the table. He looked round again, and taw a Maltese beagle, and gave him the. same order; but on his not complying, he-first threa tened to serve hint as he had done .the mastiff, then spring lag front his chair, 'he caught him by the legs, and cut him into a hundred pie c es ; b e t h en returned a ,second time to the table, making horrid faces, and furious gestures, end stared wildly arounditim. The bride, who was an eye witness of all this, was beside 'herself for fear, and stupid, without being able to utter a •syllable. :lie then swore he would serve every living creiliture in the same mann e r not excepting his home. Otitis . was the only one he h a d remaining to him ,• then having killed the horse, be came hack to• the table with his sword reeking in blood, and seeing no CAM aeimal to kill, he turned his eyes on his wife and cried with a furious voice l " Get up and. bring me water to wash u' y hands !" She immediately rose, and brought him water. .'hen he seid, if you had not done it I would have. served you as I served the dog s and the horse. Il e t h en or . dared her to help him, which she did, but with so h orr id art accent, that she still expected to have her head 'cut In.this manner they passed the night together, and she ever spoke, but..did every thing he bit her; and when. they • ! b led idept some little while, he said to his wife, " d.havanot Oft to rest for rage to-night, see that nobody disturb me %arrow , toorniNr. and take' care that I have a good break- Ftttl in fait. • 'the. morning the parents of the . bride and bride. • 10:0 3 rii 40 044 at the door, and as no oue answeTe.d; they -con. eluded that the bridegroom was either killed or wounded., and when they saw the bride coin: to the door without her hitsband, they were confirmed in Their auspicious. As soon as she saw thefts, site began to call Ahern traitors, and asked bow.• they dared cote to the 'door without speaking ; make'ne noise or you are ; all dead 'men. This atitortialied th em s till more, and when this knew how the night h a d b een spent, they thought very • it' • ly of .the , young men fo r his gnat skill in governing his ts, and arranging his household; and from that day forward' • ;he wouseWsvelllnenttged, that be lived Perfectly well with her sod itbe:..fither-in-lew took i 1 hint from his son, end killed& these* to yids wire in order.• • • • BRAZIL, We - have extracted from the Diana Fluminonse (a Brazilian Newspaper, published at Rio de Janeiro) of the 22d of October, the following letter, addressed by some of the German emi grants lately „arrived there, to Monsenhor Mi randa, Inspector-General of Foreign Colonists, which we think deserving of selection, since it tends to prove the good reception given, and pro tection afforded, by the Brazilian Povernment to persons desirous of settling in that country SlR,—Having arrived in the most benign of climates, com menced:a new era in our political and physical career, and re ceived as brethren by all ranks of the great Brazilian na tion, we revere as our common Father, the most august and munificent Emperor Don Pedro 1., and are led to hope that better things are in-store, not only for us, but likewise for our children's children. Your Excellency has been the means, in the hands of P. vidence, and under the auspices of your august and most grad. nti*Roperor, and of your generous nation, of accomplishing so desire lean object: taking, therefore, into oar consideration the benefits that have been conferred on us, and which have been 44 ttended with a great expence, we beg leave to express to your Excellency our most sincere thanks and heartfelt acknow ledgments ; and to assure your Excellency that we shall ever be unremitting in our exertions to render ourselves, if possible, deserving such great favour and condescension, by leading lives distinguished by pious and virtuous actions. Whatever we may be deficient in the manifesting of our gratitude by words and actions, we will endeavour to supply by our orisons. Our spirit shall soar to the Throne of Eternal Majesty, and supplicate 'din to pour his superabounding blessings (OH is Imperial Majesty, his august Family, and your Excellency, the authors of so much good. Having indirectly conveyed our sentiments to your Excel. lency, we humbly entreat that you will be pleased to lay them likewise at the foot of our most benevolent Emperor's throne, as a small homage from our grateful hearts. Permit the Colonists arrived in the Germania to subscribe themselves in testimony of their gratitude, Sir, your most faith. ful and humble servants. (Signed) John George Ehlers, Pro. Henry Poehis, tenant Clergyman, Rattling, Jacob Petzinger, Charles Niethammer, Daniel Jacob Bochter, Theophilus flergag, Daniel Bendixer, Francis Henry Elbers, Henry llergitalm, Frederick 13erghahu, Liborio Mentz, Oottold Sigmundus. PERU. (Extract of a Letter dated Se:oasis, Callo Bay, Aug. 31.) I seed you a copy of a Gazette, giving an ac count of a skirmish that took place on the 6th inst., and since then there has been another rencounter on the 10th, the parti culars, of which are imperfectly known i it is, however, asserted that Bolivar is in possession of the plains of (luaja, and that Cantarac is retreating, and part of his army dispersed. The Spanish squadron you speak of, I suppose, must be the Asia, 04, and Achilles brig, and are waiting for two other vessels.— Admiral Guise, wbo is now blockading this port, will bid them defiance with his single frigate. " Head-Quarters, Reyes, Aug. 7, 1024. "TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE OF I'ERC. " By the order of his Excellency the Liberator, I have the satisfaction to announce to your Excellency, that yesterday evening at five o'clock the Spanishormy suffered a severe de feat in the plains of Junin, two leagues and a half from this spot. The cavalry, on which the enensy relied most for com pelling Peru to submit to the Spanish domination, was so beaten that it will not again be able to appear on the field of battle. I must Inform your Excellency that the enemy came to meet us with all his forces united, and that the army of the Liberator began its movements from Conochancha, in order to bring on a decisive battle. In the mean time the enemy, who had advanced with hasty steps, wished to retrace his route with forced marches, in consequence of the notices he received of the direction taken by our army. his Excellency calculated on forcing the enemy to a pitched battle during his retreat on the road which he must take for (ianja, but the precipitation with which the different divisions marched, the fortunate cir cumstance of arriving, and even passing the point where they were to unite, and some movements which obliged our army to make a long day's march, and then take up its station in difficult and uneven ground ; and in this state his Excellency, observing that the, enemy continued his retreat without any delay, and considering, on the other hand, that the opportu nity of putting an end to campaign at one blow would be lost, and of deciding the fate of Peru , he resolved to send forward the cavalry at a trot, which was under the command of the intrepid Naucochea, and placed in the same plain that was occupied by the enemy, under the hope, that when we had approached, some favourable results might present themselves, of which we would take advantage on our cavalry overtaking that of the enemy, he might risk a general action to -save his whole army. The result corresponded to these expectations. The enemy, from his confidence in his cavalry, charged ours in position ; the shock of these two bodies was tremendous, and at length, after different conflicts, in which both parties had occasionally the advantage, the enemies cavalry, though superior to ours in number, was thrown into complete disorder, beaten. and routed. This hastened the march of his infantry, which had continued its route during the engagement, making for tluaja, and finding itself many leagues from its camp when the buainesii was decided. Our cavalry has shewn an intrepidity which my pen cannot describe, and which alone is sufficient to make us recognize in them all the character of heroes. - " The result of this battle are 235 killed on the field of battle,' among whom are ten officers and chiefs, more than 800 pri soners, many wounded, and a vast number dispersed; we have taken more than 300 excellent horses, well equipped, and the field of battle is covered with all sorts of booty. " We have lost, on our part,7oo killed and wounded; among the fbrmer are Captain Zulinit, of the horse Grenadiers of Co. loinbia, and Lieutenant Cortes, of the first regiment of Peruvian Cavalry ; among the latter, are General Naticochea, with seven wounds, none of them dangerous; Colonel Carbajai, of the Horse Grenadiers of Colombia ; Commandant Soberbio, of the second squadron of the Peruvian, 'regiment ; Serjeent-Major Felipe Bravo, and Captain Peraza, both of the cavalry of Co lombia ; the first and the two last are slightly, the second se verely wounded ; among the troops'very few dangerously. " Yesterday would have terminated ,the war in Peru, if the eseniy!a infantry had not continued their march without once halting, and if ours had bcerhable to proceed as was necessary to overtake the enemy, for all were decided to destroy him. He has taken warning, and his terror is extreme; so that from yesterday morning, at day break, he has never stopped ; not even the night " Mamma continues his operations, but we have no later news of him to give your Excelstencv, than what was contained in my communications from the valley of Gimp. " I congratulate your Excellency anti all Peru ? on yester. day's success, which being the first of the .campaign, augurs the happiest results. The soil of. the Incas is wet with the blood of their oppressors, and of the oppressed inhabitants of those tine countries, where the precious tree of liberty has been planted. The conquerors of fourteen 'yews will, only ended.,' , lcier to requite their enemy for the horrors he committed when fortune smiled on - him. Lheg your Excellency . will cause this notice to be published and circulated among all the people a nd authorities of the country. God pretienre your M. Otivnmtn, the Contractor-General of the Army of Spain, was arrested on Christmas Eve, between one and two o ' c l o ck, in a fiacre, in the Rue de Bac, at the suit of one of his creditors.-- He required to be conducted immediately to the i President of th e T r ib una l o f First Instance, before whom M. Cottinet, his Advocate, con tended, that as M. Ouvrard had already suffered 5 years' imps konment, at the- suit of the Mitsister of the Public Treasure. in 1811, he could not now be imprisoned for debts which had accrued pro vionsiy,. Mr. Drouin, the Coonsel for the creditor, by whom he was arrested, argued that M. Ouv tart' butt not suffered the five years' imprison- Ment which were 'sp o k e 0 4 and even were it SO, that was for ri.publie debt. M. Moreau, the Pre sident, directed that M. Ouvrard should he de tained, and he was forthwith conducted in a Ihackney -coach to St. Pelagic, where he was . banded , over to the jailor. IN DI A, ASIATIC SOCIETY. (From the Bombay Courier Supplement.) On Wednesday, the 4th of August, a Meeting of the Mem hers of the Asiatic Society was held at the Society's apart ments,. in Chowringhee, ILLURINGTOII, lsq. Presi dent, in the Chair. . Mr. B. 11. Hodgson, Assistant to the Resident at Kattuan doo, presented, to he deposited in the Museum, through the medium of Mr. W.-B. Bayley, - Vice-President, a great num ber of valuable and exceedingly curious articles from note, viz.—Potes, or religious tracts; juntrax, idols of brass and clay, pictures of a religious kind, called Thungiths ; pictures of civil architecture, articles of wearing apparel, persona! orna ments of the religious kind, ditto, not religious, implements of art, household and domestic utensils, presses and moulds, models of temples, musical Instruments, natural productions. The manuscripts, &c. appear to be well calculated to throw considerable light on the religious creed of the Bihoteans. From Mr.• Hodgson's communication we learn that the N'e paid mission which lately returned from China, brought with it, among other things, a very fine Chinese mule, which has been since sent down to Calcutta, together with two yaks, a wild and domestic dog of Whote, a shawl-goat, a four-horned sheep of B'hote, and one of the common kind. The wild dog is said to he the first of its kind procured, and was brought from Moastang, a place near the base of the snowy range, and about 12 munzils north-west from Katmandoo. UNICORN. Among the curiosities so liberally sent by Mr. Hodgson is a large spiral horn, Raid to belong to the Unicorn, and with it drawings of animals, made by a. B'hotean peasant. The draw ings are stated to convey the true image of a living animal of the deer kind, out of the centre of whose forehead grows a horn of the description transmitted. The animal is described as gregarious, graminivorous, anti its flesh good to cat. Its name is Chiroo ; its Colbur bright bay, and its dwelling place the plains of ll'hote, beyond the Himalayah, and especially the woody tract of country situated a few days north-west of Di gurche, known to the natives by the name of Changdung..— The testimony of the poor B'hoteans, whom trade and religion bring down annually to Nepaul, appears to be uniform respecting the existence of this animal ; but they hesitate about procuring , it, though urged by a promise of a liberal reward. They de clare that the Chiroo ix too large and fierce to be taken alive, or to fall under their simple weapons ; but they sometimes find the horns, naturally shed by the living, or remaining a fter the decay of the dead animal. These horns they dedicate to their divinities, and the one obtained by Mr. Hodgson was brought to Katmandoo to be suspended in the interior of the Temple of liumb'huod Nat'h. THI ARMY. DISTRIBUTION OP DIV MAJESTY'S FORCES TIIROUISHOUT THE EMPIRE. The utility of this abstract is evident to every class of the public, havin reference to the Army. Several attempts th a t have been ma de for some time past have proved Incorrect ;it is therefore equally obvious that the reader must have been mis led. In order to remedy till* defect., the following has been compared with all the different authorities at head-quarters :- ENGLAND AND THE ITEANDS.- Cavairv. -Ist Life Guards, Hyde-park Barracks ; 2d Life Guards, Windsor ; Royal Horse Guards, Regent's-park Barracks; Ist Dragoon Guards, Newcastle; 2tl Ditto, Norwich; 24 Light Dragoons, Manchester ; 34 Ditto, Coventry ; 6th Ditto, York ; 7th, Hounslow ; Bth, Dorchester; 11th, Maidstone; 12th, Brighton; 14th, Exeter; and 17th, at Canterbury. inillntr,,--Ist Foot Guards, Ist battalion, Westminster; 2d Ditto, Portman-street ; 3 Ditto, Windsor ; 24 Coldstream, Ist battalion, Knightsbridge Barracks; 24 Ditto, Mews, Char ing-cross ; 3d Regiment, 24 battalion, Tower, London ; 24 Regiment of Foot, Chatham; 7th, Manchester; oth , Plymouth ; 17th, Hull; 24th, Plymouth; lst, Gosport t 53d, Ply - mouth; 57th, Chatham ; 99th, Portsmouth ; 3d Royal Veteran Batta lion, Jersey, Guernsey, and Sheerness; Ist Veteran Company, Chatham • 2d, Joie of Min ; Royal Waggon Train, Croydon ; Royal Stalf*Corps, Hythe. SCOTLAND.-Cavalry.--601 Dragoon Guards, Glasgow; and Ist Light Dragoons, Piershill. bffantry•-72d Regiment of Foot, Edinburgh. Inn LAND..-Cavoirv.-3d Dragoon Guards, Cahir ; 4th, Dublin • sth, Dundalk ; 7th, Newbritlge ; 9th Lancers, Dub lin ; 10th ' Ilussars, ; 15th, Cork. gimeantry.-3d Feot Guards Ist battalion, Dublin ; Ist Re nt of' Foot, Ist battalion, 'Castlebar ; 10th, Fermoy ; 11th, Cork; 15th, Cock; 19th, Limerick; , 224, Dublin; 25th, Ennis 28th, Tralee; 29th, Kinsale ; 34th, Enniskillen; 39th, Battey:int ; 424, Buttevant ; 511th, Waterford ; 61st, Lime. rick; G2d, Templemore ; ad, Naas; 65th, Birr; 66th, Boyle ; 73d, Athlone; 75th, Fermoy ; 70th, Dublin ; 79th, Kilkenny; 84th, Clonmel ; litith, Newry; 00th, ; Rifle Brigade; Ist battalion, Belfast ; 24 battalion, Dublin ; Ist Royal Veteran Battalion, Galway; 24, Londonderry. MEDITEIIItANEAN..-Iffitrt -12th Regiment of Foot, Gibraltar • 111th, Corfu ; L3d, Gibraltar ; 20th, Corfu ; 324, C or f u ; Corfu; 43d, Gibraltar; .51st, Cephalonia; 64th, Gibraltar; 80th, Malta; 35th, Malta; 90th, Zante; 94th, Gibraltar ; 95th, Malta. NEtv SOUTH WALES.--34 Regiment of Foot, and 40th Regiment.. EAsT I t roirs.-Caralry.-4th Light Dragoons, Bombay ; 13th Lancers, Madras; and 16th Lancers, Bengal. infiintry.-Ist Regiment of Foot, 24 battalion, Madras; 13th, Bengal ; 14th, Bengal ; 16th , Ceylon ; 20 th, Madras ; 30th, Madras ; 38th Bengal ; 41st, Madras ; 44th, Bengal ; 45th, Ceylon; 46th, ' Madras; 47th, Boinbay ; 48th, Madras; 54th, Madras ; 56th, Mauritius ; 59th, Bengal ; 67th Bombay ; 69th, Madras; 82d, Mauritius ; 834, Ceylon ; 87th, Bengal ; 89th, Madras. CEYLON Conrs.-Ceylon. WEST INnixii.-ItOntry.-Ith Regiment of Foot, Do minica and Antigua; sth, Dominica; 9th, Grenatla; 21st, St. Vincent ; 27th, emeram; 334, Jamaica 35th, ien • Barbadaea ; D 50th, Jamaica; 00th Regiment, 26 battalion, itarttdoes; 77th, Jamaica; 91st, Jamaica; 93t1, Barbadoes ; Ist West India Re giment, liarbadoes; 24 ditto, part in the West Indies; 3d, Trinidad. A 3:ERICA.-Infintry.-37th Regiment of Foot, Canada; 524, New Brunswick; 60th, Quebec; 70th, Montreal; 71st, ; 74th, Halifax; 76th, Canada; 01st, Halifax; 96th, Halifax l • Royal Newfoundland Veteran Companies , New tbundlatid. Av. stip A.-./Vantry.-69) Regiment of Foot, Cape of Good Hoppe; 49th Cape of Good Hope; 55th, Cape of Good Hope; 2d NVest India Regiment, part in Sierra Leone; Royal Afri can Colonial Corps, Cape Coast Castle; Cape Corps, Cape of Good llope. IRELAND. LoNDUNDEURY ANNIVERSARY OP TIIE stiurrlNG OF THE OATES. Saturday se i nnight being the' annual return of this memorable day, it was observed at Londonderry with the usual demonstrations of joy. At the dawn of day, the appren dee boys, according to ancient custom, ushered in the morning by 'several rounds from the ancient 18. pounder, presented to the city by the Worshipild Company of Fishmongers, which the night before had resumed the very useful station it occupied on the city walls. at the siege of Derry, 136 years ago. The sound b v l e y r y d e t t h e ig i n w e a d s ti lt p s e t r a i k sh e, o a r n e cl o w nq h u e e n r t i h n e t i i r efe g n al c l e an o t f recalled the recollection of the inhabitants to that momentous fi ll i e r r e i t o 'a d t h w e h r s e n no e the Protestant religion. The favourite motto'of the ancient de fenders of Derry, " No Surrender," was placed on each of the gates, amidst the thunder of the old eighteen-pounder, during which the belts of the Cathedral added their joyful peal. At twelve-o'clock the apprentice boys and Londonderry Yeomanry assembled on the htall-wall, and proceeded to the gates of the city, where they fired, and afterwards gave . three rounds in King William's-square; these were followed by three cheers, - m which they were.heartily joinedrby the surrounding multitude,' in honour of the day. fa the square were.twO effigies , sue Pee- ed- from gibbets, one representing, the treacherous Governor Lundy whetted from the garrison ivittin bundle of faggots on his back; and the' other, desigtottlig he - cruel and merciless R°lens Who, with relentless fury, conimanded all the Protes tants of the surrounding cOuntrY.,lne n, w, mum, and .children, to be driven under the walls, in order to rerce the garrison, by their sufferings, to surrender . to his rebel artily.. Nearly associated apprentice boys spent the 'evening together at .. .le . Alextunier's, oUtside Bishop's-gate.; LIP wards of sixty re 1 1 . junior apprentices met at the r „ etne ion . s' . Tavern, ar e rg t r i c a posite the Courthouse, where were exhted some our c ,., _ _ transparenciesthere was a Inige assemblg of x (, 34 enk i 'clock at the City-Arms Rotel, in Ship-q9ay-street. bout blown re up the traitor Lundy 'And_ the sanguinary-Rosen we the amidst the shouts of multitude. , ... . _ #t which Sir A public dinner was given et the King A Anne . iii 'suported ' b George Hel, the hleniber, presiided. "He if _ Alderman'' Dysart, Mr. Sheriff Crillespie, and-trio Ch a mberlain 9f the City. . may ' Nt.issiser of the House 4t Th e King's health, and long a• t and of Brunswick all the Protestant Throne orn Demi d et . i n an Ireland," was drank with tbur, times four, .h 13 outs Ag and Ireland," The usual loyal toasts having Well gives; with the ac cuitmaed-honours, . h i " The occasion of nurtneetitig this day —t . t. i ternar yof the Apprentice boys of Derry who him' the grates lit 100," fellow. el, and the favourite motto," No surrender," which was drank with nine time nine. A number of other toasts, introduced with appropriate re marks, were drank in the course of the evening. On the health of the Right Hon. Chairman being drank, with three times three , Sir Ozoion HILL returned thanks in a very able speech. Towards the dose of it, he recalled to their minds, with much animation, the achievements of the Derry, men in 1688— to encourage them to stand togeth e r at the present moment. 'He also called their attention to the commencement of the Roman Catholic Board, in 181411112, 1813, and 1814—their progress since—the insurrectionary state of mans of the Roman Catholic districts of Ireland for the last five years—the undis guised doctrines and avowed projects and ambition of the present Popish Parliament, dictating and enforcing their law of politics, religion, and finance, to what they estimate seven millions of His Majesty's subjects—and by atrocious menace endeavouring to reduce the remainder of the population of this land within the operation of their authority. Against the tre mendous events threatened and prophesied, Deny men should be prepared. lle begged leave, however, to allude to one of the signs of the times, as affording some prospect that the threatened danger was not so imminent or near at hand, for it had been authentically announced that a select band of chosen heroes, too gallant not to stay, head, and lead, if the field was to be taken, were about to emigrate on a peaceful mission to the sister country. They had, however, app ealed to, and call ed for foreign aid, both in 1814 and 1824. .fhey acknowledged the sovereignty of a Foreign Power, This of itself sufficiently warned Derrymen to stand together. He proceeded to expose the fallacies of the Popish Parliament, their intended mischief, and unfounded calumnies against the Protestants of Ireland, in a manner which came home to every understanding, and called forth repeated acclamations. Other eloquent appeals were made to the meeting, which we have not room to transcribe. The utmost unanimity prevailed, and the day passed off with the most perfect harmony. MR. CROPPER'S PLAN TOR TIIE AMELIORATION OP THE CONDITION OF TILE PEOPLE. On Wednesday last a highly respectably Meeting was held, at the Royal Exchange, Dublin—the Lord Mayor in the Chair. The business of the day was commenced by reading the Resolutions adopted to the last Meeting. The LORD MAYOR then invited Mr. Cropper to explain his views to the Meeting, as probably many, who were then present, had not the advantage of hearing him on the former occasion. Mr. CROPPER said, he should not trouble the Meeting with any allusion to himself, had it not been said that he had a personal interest in the adoption of the plans he pro posed, which was not the case. A few years back, having realised a property sufficient to satisfy his wishes, he felt it his duty to retire front business,- to dedicate his time and whatever talents he possessed, to the advancement of his fellow.creatures.—(Applause.)—When he first read " Smith's Virealth of Nations, in which it is shown that slavery has been always done away by the competition of free labour, he consider-' ed the advantage likely to flow to the West Indies, by opening the East India markets, and turned his attention to devise the means of effecting these objects, and he was convinced, that the relief of slavery in the Wrest Indies was the only source of alleviation for the distress' in Ireland. To open the markets—to give, her a free trade—an unrestricted commerce with the world, was the only way in which the wants of her' population could be supplied. Although he had heard much of the misery of the Irish population, he found these accounts far surpassed by the wretchedness lie witnessed in the South of Ireland. Thirty or forty years ago the population in the South had full employment, in the hand spinning of worsted. The town of Clonmell alone, as he learned then, was able to afford employment to 40,000 hands, and so great was the competition to obtain spinners, that they were often paid in advance. At present the case was totally altered. The cause was obvious: it was the vicinity of the machinery of England. When ma. chinery was introduced, the demand for manual labour de clined, while the imputation of Ireland increased ; and from this cause Ireland was at this day in a worse condition than any other country in Europe. Agriculture was insufficient to employ this vast populaton. It could only be done by mann factures, and they could only be carried on by machinery. If machinery were introduced, the next thing would be to pro vide a market for the manufacture, and in that, he thought, there would be little difficulty. Ireland could not adopt the woollen trade in competition with England ; and the English, by . the aid of their machinery, were beginning to undersell the Irish linens. That which held out the rea test prospect of relief was the cotto n manufacture. There were eighty millions in India, who would gladly take cottons from Ireland in exchange for their productions. The expellee of manufacturing cottons in India might be thus stated :-.-If a native of India, who was engaged in manufacturing calico,were to turn his labour to the cultivation of sugar to be sent to Ire land, be would receive in return five pieces of calico while he would be making one, provided the duty on East India sugar were moderated, not to say removed. There was also another source which could be made to supply a vent for Irish manu factures. By their charter, the East India Company are bound to sell their teas on as low terms as they can be procured on the Continent, otherwise Government can grant a licence to in dividuals to import them. Do the Company adhere to,that sti pulation ? They now sell their 'when tea for 2s. 9d. a pound, which l c t a u n r e l: e fr p o u n c e h m a s p e d l y i i n n g N e t w h e Y p o e r o k p f l o e r is / n u rl f l a t e e t h u e r n e s e t t agricuo manifest. lie was told of an arrangement making by Govern ment for the emigration of 700 families. Suppose them to go out of the country, the nation received no further benefit from their labour; hut, if they were employed at home, they would support the revenue by the consumption of taxed articles. It was considered by some that there was sufficient capital in Ire land for the establishment of manufactures; but if that were not the case, capital would flow into it from England, when it ' was seen that it would be secure, and could be profitably em ployed. Mr. Cropper concluded by saying, that he had before fully explained the nature of his plan, and would be happy to answer any objection that might be made to it. He then sat down amidst general apt Amuse. Mr. GUINESS, Mr. JOHN DAVID LATOUCIIE, and several other Gentlemen, expressed their opinions in favour of making an effort' to procure employment on an extended scale adequate to the wants of the increasing populatiOn of the country. Counsellor Wou LYE said it was too notorious that the enor mous pepulation of the south of Ireland, to which he belonged, were in want of food and raiment, and every other necessary of life. The only means of remedying this distress was by pro curing employment. He was persuaded the Almighty never crea t e d a living being without endowing hint with faculties for hitt support, if they were directed in a proper course. That there was no want of industry in the people of Ireland, was well known. A near friend of his established, in the south of Ire land, a manufacture of worsted stockings, for the use of the American negroes, and for twopence, or even three halfpence a-clay, thousands of females were anxiously seeking employ ment with which they could not be supplied. The grand ob ject was to find a demand for the industry of the Irish people, and that demand would be provided by opening the East India market. _ _ _ _ _ Several other Gentlemen delivered their opinions; and Re solutions were entezed into, expressive of their approbation of the plan proposed by Mr. Cropper, to whom a vote of thanks was passed with great applause. MELACII.OLY A ocIDENT.—The following melancholy occident occurred here (Dublin) about 12 o'clock on Christmas day.' The hat of a person passing over Whitworth-bridge, near the Four Courts, was blown into the River. He offered a reward to any one that would get it for him, when, two young men, of the name of Porter and Reilly, the former a shoe naker, the latter a quill-dresser, got into a yawl for the pur pote of recovering it, which they did, but the boat was drifted by the force of the tide down the Carlisle -bridge. There they succeeded in getting the end of the painter, or bow-rope, on shore, and several persons drew the boat up the River, nearly to the place from whence she was first taken. Here a young men of the name of Kearney, a shoemaker, whose father, a poor.fisherman, owned the boat, induced Reilly to leave her, and got in - himself with Porter ; Reilly taking his place at the rope on shore, where, whilst he and others were dragging the boat, the rope suddenly broke with much force, that the boat went partly clown by the bow, and precipitated Kearney into the river, upon which Reilly plunged into the water to save Kearney, when Porter jumpsd out of the boat, thinking to take hold of Reilly, thereby to save himself ; but Reilly, perceiving his own danger , swain to shore, and was taken up. Meantime . Kearney's father, an aged man, plunged in to save his son, but his etibrts were ineffectual.— He became' weak anti exhausted ; still lie would not take hold of a rope thrown to hint from the quay, until the people cried out, to deceive him, that his. son was safe.— He then took hold of the rope, and was dragged to the Wall. The boat drifted again down the river, to. where the oyster boats lie at Carlisle-bridge, at which place, about two o clock, she was stopped ; when it was found that Kearney had twisted the painter round his wrist and his body thus remained suspended from the boat which, it known in time, it is thought he could have been saved. The body was brought to the Dis peniary in Fleet-street, where Doctors ill'Carthy and Purcell, and Surgeons Keane and Thome, exerted themselves to re. A itore animation, aided by the scientific skill of Monsieur Simon, who applied his galvanic apparatus, but the vital spark was extinct. The body of Porter has not yet been found.— (Dublin Morning Post.) ~.%%. i 2 * $ 4 r .. ,,... , ... -,. ,•• et c- t * ___:•-PA,' '' lASONIC NOTICES FOIL NEXT WEEK. ENGLAND. Monday, Jan. 3, LONDON. NOR. 5, 10, 27, 89, NI , 240 , 289. Q u art. Meet. Boy's School, at 7. , COUNTRY. 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There is not any intelligence in them of interest to the Et 4 lush reader from .France, but the news from MP' i f il a in c (Bi t o uri r is y tiitsi i ho u n fo ,s r ha ma ini Order,refused p h e is rn a )i s t s t e i t i t i drid of the 16th instant communicates the as. seiit s principle t that a to f his :si t i‘, i ta o ihtA n a it Et His ,m t i l n i the MAJESTY ygt had o oa f i ti 1 S osi P f A g n ' e : vde h ril a y s : cent. This iiiirsoprma t giali t ..t o iloi ntsl:lleiprsertstaaltifluistlyirn,t2oof p11(1 aafnteardthveaslotl:and.u.nteyxotr the t 25 le y : to justice, recognise l e pain of British manufectured goodei howeier,' is accompanied cent,P it r l t l aai:ld) another int o S article of intelligence, tvhicit repro' lion n ot have Ws , Offers of pecuniary aid,iv ithout number, Foreign pressed upon his Catholic 'MAJESTY by Bankers, provided he would, admit th e . yolicliff ttie ioasi n o h f is:I:toe:Ft:: of the loans of the Cortes, but his MA/10 1 p er' slits more than ever in the firm resolution not 1 consent even to a partial rec o g nition of them. closed at FRENCII Turros. conette's Certificates). M.—Rentes d'EsPsk ne, / . ell 4oo' t t i oe ve k, pe i r w Ce sf. n_tsi sTes o p pol en Spanish 14", 1823, SM.—Exchange on London, oo 25 . ; three mantle, 24. 85.-4 Cours duthent4/41.1 i etl t a n al i let01:10f. 1 9 1, 50t.cya.ai:j 22A 01 The ...11genseine Zeitung of the " a Frankfort Journals of th© 23d instant, o fu 0 1 7 this morning. An article from T r ieste lt i f confirms our previous accounts or the doleatio t l the Egyptian fl eet of the Isle of Candia e 12th Nov., and communicates the additiol 11). na telligence, that on board the 20 ships cap tared by the Greeks there were many officer s of rank,un a rich booty.. It appears by letters fret . " J Bll4ll. that some hundreds of Turks bad left that c ity ; but at Bucharest no diminution of the s ittiry bee of Turkish troops there had taken P l3c ''' From Constantinople we are Informed that l b* i lia CAPITAN PAULA'S justification has rec eived approbation of the SULTAN, and that he had re ' turned to' that -capital with his ship 0441 G, Pa l Ha YPc G,