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' • .„ 1~. t bm i i • , e ;0 31 E ~.,•-13:T*ttrAtIb^e, i tte N 111r.,H N 44.-0 /( : 1 > * - ~; OZ;;Mt9 NUMBER 9925. MONDAY, JULY 5, 1824. PRICE SE VtNPENCE 1 N D 1 A. F. Allen, 2d Battalion I•2th Regiment Native Infantry, to Miss Mary Jane Paget, hccond tlaugh►ter of Doctor William Paget, of Exmouth, Devonshire. J MEM Y TAYLOR.. DOMHAY DEATHS. At Thaunah, on the 15th Deceinber, Maria, the wife of Lieutenant WiAtertield, k'ort Adjutant, sincerely regretted. At Soonce, near Itypoor, on the 29th December, Lieutenant William Ord, 19th Regiment Madras Native Infantry . , Adju tant to the 2d Battalion Nagpore Brigade. At Belvidere, on the 9th of December, Lieut. John Duncan Saltwell, of the 2d Battalion Grenadiers. At Poonalt, the 19th December, Lieutenant and Adjutant George Duberset, Ist Battalion sth Regiment Native.lnfuntry. MARRIAGES AT 'rim CAPE or• 'GOOD 110 PE. The 29th of March, Major Webster of the Hon. East India Company's Service, to Miss Agnes Ross. Same day, Lieutenant P. Donald Hahne, his Majesty's 6th Regiment of Foot, to Miss Maria Horak. KING'S THEATRE. MADAME RONZI DE BEGNIS res p ec t. fully begs leave to inform the Nobility, Gentry, Sub scribers to the Opera, and the Public that her BENEFIT NIGHT will take place at this Theatre on THURSDAY, the Bth of July, 1824, when will be performed (positively for this Night only) the favourite Heroic Opera, in Two Acts, by Signor Rossini, entitled LA DONNA DEL LAGO, pro duced under the immediate superintendence and direction of signor Rossini. Ellen, the Lady of the L a k e - Mad. Rolm! DR Bsaxts. Roderic Dhu Signor GARCIA. James V., King of Scotland, un- ) the nameof Hubert, Knight Signor Cuittowi. Of Snowdon - - - JJ Malcolm Griem e Madame Douglas, ofA n gun, Father of Ellen Signor Foul. o. Albina - - - Sig. GRAZIANI. Screw - - - . Sig. CRIVELLI. At the end of the Opera, and by particular desire, Signor De Begnis will act the Scena with the Orchestra, from the favourite Opera, "11 Fanatico per la Musica." Between the Acts of the Opera, a DIVERTISSEMENT; after the Opera, a FAVOURITE BALLET. bladame Renzi de Begnis respectfully begs leave to solicit earnestly the patronage of the Subscribers to the Opera, and from those whom other engagements would prevent honouring her Night with their presence, as early an intimation to that effect as possible, addressed to Madame Ronzl de Begnis, 37, Golden-square; or to the Opera Office, 105, Quadrant, Regent. street. LAST NVEEK. ROYAL. ACADEMY, SOMERSET PLACE. NOTICE is hereby given, that the TION of the ROYAL. ACADEMY will finally CLOSE on SATURDAY NEXT, the Mb - Instant, at Seven o'Clock precisely. Admission (every day from Eight n'Clock till Seven), Is. Catalogue, ts. HENRY HOWARD, R.A. Sec. Etthibitors are requested to send for their respective Works on Tuesday, the 13th, or Wednesday, the 11th Instant. COMPOSITION OF ASSESSED TAXES. NOTICE is hereby given, that by an Act lately passed, all Persons, duly ASSESSED for their TAXES for the present Year, may COMPOUND FOR THE SAME, for the Term of Four Years, on their Dwelling [louses, and of Three Years on the other Assessed Taxes enumerated in the Acts of Composition now in force, to commence from the ith day of April, 18g4, ou payment of an additional duty of Fi►e Pounds per Cent. Per ions tnay . eompoond for the Duties on Houses and Win dows, without compounding for the duties on the other As sessed Taxes, and vice versa. All those desirous to compound. must deliver notice of thiir intention on or before the 4d day of August next, agreeably to forms, which may be bad on application to the Assessors or Collectors of the Parish in which they reside, or to the Surveyor of the District. By order of the Board, I. BATES, Secretary. Office for Taxes, Somerset House, London, June 7, 1824. EAST INDIA HOUSE, July 2, 1824. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG. LAND TRADING to the EAST INDIES, do herby give Notice, That a GENERAL COURT of the •aid Company win ha held at their House in Leadenhall-street on FRIDAY, the 9th Instant, at Eleven o'Clock in the forenoon, at the de sire of Nine Proprietors, agreeably to the following Letter, six. "To the Honourable the Chairman of the Court of Direc tors of the East India Company. " London. " We. the undersigned Proprietors of East India Stock, duly qualified, request a General Court of Proprietors may be lain_ monad, for the purpose of taking into consideration the State of the Public Press in India, the Regulations that are now in force respecting it at the several Presidencies in India, and also the Proceedings which have attended the Suppression of the Calcutta Journal, and the Banishment of Mr. Buckingham and Mr. Apot, two of its Editors. " I'. LAURIE "JOSEPH HUNIE " NMI. THORNTON " DOUGLAS KINNAIItD "J. ADDISELL " CHAS. FORBES " EDW. HOWORTH "H. REID " H. HOWORTH." JOSEPH DART, Secretary. To 'r. TAYLOR, Esq. No. 9, New Bridgestreet, London. RONOURED I BEG leave to inform you, that ever since the .4..• tear 1790, I had been a ffl icted with the Lu e s Venereal , whic s, from its obstinately . resisting every course ut medicine Prescribed by the most eminent of the faculty here, and un dergoing severalsevere courses of salivation, and twice dis charged from the Hospital with little relief, wuuld appear to be of the most inveterate nature. in tl.c spring of last year my disorder had g o t. t o suc h a h ea d , a s nearly to put a period to my existence-1 had a large ulcer un the crown of my head, on eon each arm, and my legs were broke out in a frightful Manner; my right was dreadfully painful, and had been in a state of ulceration for the last seven. years; my left had also two large nodes on it, was very much discoloured, and gave we Such excruciating pain, particularly when warns in tied, as nearly to deprive the of rest ; in. ~ this lamentable state, I was recommended by Mr. J. Thompson, (who received so great a cure by them here), to take your Leake's Patent Pills, which I began to dour the 2fith o. May; in the ciiiirse of a fortnight I began to receive benedt•-•11 1 little more than a month the ulcers on my head and arms were soundly healld— leaving-, how. soon after, the sores Ism my leg s h ea l ed also ; ever, considerable discolouration its tile skin, and pain in the bone of the left, which, by the - blessing of God, and a little - longer peiseveranee in your invaluable Medicine, subsided ; the nodes dispersing, the skin regaining its natural hue, and the nocturnal pains gradually going off.—l thus became, by yn r liberal advice and medicine, perfectly free from all my former complaints—have recovered my former spirits a nd strength, and am become jolly and fat, in which state havisig continued many months, to the astonishment of all who knew me, I am at a loss in what terms to express my gratitude, but beg you, for the good of other suffering mortals, to make this my case as public as possible, as I shall uu every ucca. *ion; in so doing you will greatly oblige, Sir, your grateful, obedient, veryhumbl e servant, A LEX. M ULMER , Swan's Close, High-street, .Edinhurgh, IVitnesses to the above Cure:— Jo/An Tl. ,, nepson, No. 3, New Poultry Market, Edinburgh, John APlntosli, Old Assembly Close, Edinburgh. Prepared and sold by the sole Proprietor, THOMAS TAY LOR, Member of the Rival College of Surgeons, at his house, No. 9, New nridge•street, London; w h ere, after a constant residence of flare than 40 years in a practic e parti cularly directed to the cure of Venereal Complaints and those incidental to the Parts of .Generation, with that inviolable secrecy which men of his profession s h ou ld always observe in gush cases, he Hatters himself the advice and as , istance he sratnitoissiv administers to persons taking this Medicine, will be esteemed, by a discerning P u bli c , as an advattage seldom attalnahle, and void of all ambiguity. Also sold, by his appointment, for the convenience of those Ilvmg at a distance, a t th e T oys h op , N o. 103. Oxford-street; Mr. - 101ishoroligh's, No. 7, Fish-street-hill; Mr. Baxter, south-bridge Edinburgh ; Mt Callwel '5, 1)(1 blin ; and o f one person in every considerable town in Great Britain and Ireland, in hoses tonly ts. 9d. eacti, stamped, and sealed up With 'full and plain directions, •vberebv persons, of either sex guy cut e tbeuarlres with ease, speed, 'ecru, and safety. TO THE' CHARITABLE AND HUMANE. AFEMALE, near Forty Years of Age, of unexceptionable Character and Connexions, who for many years supported herself respectably,' and for some years contributed to the Maintenance of her Father and Mother by her Needle, is now SUFFERING under the GREATEST DISTRESS. For these last two years, in consequence of the reduced price of Needlework, and the injury her sight had sustained from to o muc h app li cat i on, she has scarcely been able to keep herself alive, and has auffered hard s hips an d pri vations that f ew persons could have survived, and of which the bare recital would shock the feeling heart. She has long, but in vain, endeavoured to obtain a Situation in a Family._ Though she is well acquainted with domestic affairs, is active and steady, and can bear confinement, no one will engage her, at her time of life, in any capacity, because site has not been in service, Could she, through the kind Contributions of the Bene— volent, obtain a small sum, she might be enabled to get up a little shop, to procure h erse lf th e means o f su b s i stence. Those who feel benevolently disposed to assist the unfortunate Advertiser, who will gratefully accept what they m a y ki n dl y bestow, however small the donation, will please to inquire for A. 11., at Mr. WHELDON'S, No.lo, Russell's-pl ace , G reat Russell -street, Covent-garden, Her Landlady, to whom site is in arrears for rent, has been very indulgent, but as she is in great want of the apartment which the Advertiser occupies, it must be given up on Saturday next. Where the unfortunate Advertiser will then lay her head Heaven oply,knows, should tlds application, her last resort, prove unsuccessful. ALL IN ONE DAY. H AZARD and CO. the Contractors, have ever been anx to the wishes of e Public, and it has lon g b een th io e us desire of meet Purchasers in the th Lottery to have.a Scheme wherein their chances should be decided prompt ly in One Day, and not subject to the suspence of a lingering drawing. HAZARD and Co. therefore, with pleasure submit the following Scheme, in which every Prize will be drawn, and the fate of every Number decided in One Day, (the sth Octo ber) and they feel assured it will not be the less approved by the Public, because the plan is clear and simple; all the 'Num bers will be put into one Wheel and all the Prizes into the other, to be drawn promiscuously against such Numbers as chance may direct; when all the Prizes are drawn, the remain ing Numbers will be decried and receive Si. each ; so that every purchaser will be sure to get on the sth October either an actual winning Prize, the smallest more than double what he gave for his chance, or receive back abo u t o ne f ourt h o f hi s purchase money; thus dieting to the Public an oppo r t un i t y o f gaining FOUR PRIZES of 20,000/. and 34 other Capitals, all to be drawn IN ONE DAY, at less risk than in any former Scheme whateVer. The Prizes from Z 20,000 to £4O, all'Money. 2 ....of £20,050 2 2 4 , 4 10 300 14 20 42 There are NO BLANKS, as each of the above, as well as every other Number, will receive FIVE 100,000 POUNDS in MONEY, being ..---- 10,000 Numbers. , . ,C 400,000 ' No. I will decide 10.001, and so on in numberical progression. A great variety of Numbers nre on sale at HAZARD and Co.'s, the Contractors, Old and Fortunate Offices, 93, Royal Exchange ; iti, Cornbill; and 324, Oxford-street; where they sold THREE PRIZES of £10,000 .. IN THE LAST LOTTERY, viz. 3i695, .£30,000, in Shares. No. 10,(393, £ge,ooo, in Shares. No. 12.899, Zen,ooo, in Shares. COUNTY FIRE OFFICE, REGENT-STREET. A S the present unexampled rnge for New In surance Companies oiwions the public att ent i on to b e engaged by vario us attractiv e may nut ho i nn oper to remind th e F r i en d s o f t h e COUNTY FIRE OFFICE what have been its Performances. The County Fire Office has now been established upwards of seventeen years, during which time Sixteen Hundred Sufferers have been indemnified, and only one claim has been brought into a Court of Law—namely, that of the -Thurtells. By vigilant and prudent m a n a g e m en t, th e C ounty O ff i ce grew rich during the years which were favourable for Insurance business, and, in this advantage, persons who now insure par. ticipate. Returns to the amount of 42,0001. have been paid to all Per. sons who have continued insured seven years, upon' Annual as well as upon ieptennial Policies, and whether they have been Claimants for losses, or otherwise—an important advantage which no other Insurance Office existing has afforded. Since the establishment of the COUNTY FIRE OFFICE, no less than eighteen New Insurance Offices have broken up, besides many which have been carried on as losing concerns. Several of these, which were announced under high patronage, and with the most captivating promises, have expired in total insolvency, and left the disappointed claimants in fruitless gation with their Trustees and Directors. It is sot difficult to anticipate what must be the fate of the numerous new Offices which are now proposed ; and now that their funds are not im. provable, at half their former rate of interest, are outbidding each other in extravagant promises upon reduced means. Those who are aware of the confusion and misery which have resulted from the numerous failures of Insurance Adventurers, and the probability that such failures will soon recur more ex tensively than ever, will not hesitate to choose between realized benefits and untried promises. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE. Early on the morning of Sunday, the 27th ult., a Gentleman who had arrived and slept the preceding night at Mr. Stewart's Inn, at A rc hi nac h rocan, a b out a mile from Loch Kathrine, of up early on M on d a y morn i ng , an d l e f t the house, remarking as he went out, that as the morning was fine, he would go and take a view of the surrounding scenery. There is every .reason to dread that in passing along the sides of the lake, the heat of the morning had in. duced him to bathe, and that from causes which cannot now be ascertained, lie perished in the undertaking. Having failed to make his appearance at the inn during the day, the landlord became alarmed for his safety, and sent a person to Auchray, a short distance from the house, to make inquiries regarding him. The messenger bein_g_unsuccessful, the landlord dispat c h e d ano . tiler to the house o f Mr. Stewart, fanner at better, at some miles distance, in the hope that he had proceeded to that quarter. This person arrived at Letter the same night but could get no in telligence of the stranger. On MondaY morning however, the man proeeeded homewards by the Loch, when lie , discovered the gentleman's clothes and shoes at a few paces distance from the_ water. Along with the clothes was a gold watch, and In one of the pockets were 8 small notes of the Greenock Bank, and a spy glass. There was nothing that could lead to a knowledge of the indi v id ua l , except that his linens were marked' J. and that the watch appeared to have been lately repaired in Glasgow, but by whom we have not been able to ascertain.. Titre is, however, from this circumstance, and the notes b e i ng of the Greenock bank, some cause to suspect that the unfortu nate gentleman belonged either to Glasgow or Greenock. No accounts of the body being discovered reached town when o ur paper was put topress.—rEdinburgli Observer, July 2.) , • CORONERS' INauESTS.-..--A Jury assembled on Friday, before Thomas Stirling, Esq, at the Duke of Y or k, Upper York -street, New-road, to inquire into, the death of Frances, a beautiful girl, aged eleven years, daughter of Mr. Francis, of York-street, who was killed by the Paddington stage, No. 4,417, being driven over her. Another Inquest was also • held, by adjournment, at the Middlesex Hospital, on the body of a young boy, named Stephens, who was in a similar manner killed by one of Newbank's coaches. In the tint case, the Jury returned a verdict of " A cc id enta l Death.—Deodand 205." And in the second case, found a verdict of" Accidental Death, without any deodand." (From the British and Indian Observer VyntordaY.) INDIAN APPOENTMENTS- Fort St. George, Dec. 30, 1823. nth Regiment native Infanry—Senior Ensign R. S. Gled stanes to be Lieutenant, vice Lane deceased ; date of commis sion 24th Aprll, 1823. Furloughs—Major Robert Close, of the 4th Rep. Light Cavalry, is permitted to return to Europe on furlough. Melo. J. Gunning, of the Ist ftegt. Native Infantry, is per mitted to return to Europe on furlough for one year. Surgeon 'William Jones is permitted to return to Europe on furlough. . January 6th, 1624. Senior Ensign William Holwell Short to be Lieutenant, vice, Richard-on, -deceased; date of commission 28th Dec. 1823. Lieut. Win. Gray, of the 11th R egt . N at i ve I n f antry , i s per mitted to return to Europe on sick certificate. Cornet J. R. Brown of the 6th Regt. Light Cavalry, is per mitted to return to Europe on sick certificate. January 9th, 1624. 4th Native Infantry—Senior Ensign E. B. Faurce to be Lieutenant, vice Dovetail deccaetilAokte of commission 15th Angast, 1823. 25th Regt. Native Infantry—Senior Ensign, G. L. Green to be Lieutenant, vice Ritchie deceased; date of commission sth January, 11124. Lieut. Col. John Noble, 6.8. of the Artillery, is permitted to return to Europe on furlough. The distinguished conduct of Lieut.-Colonel Noble has been repeatedly noticed by the approbation of the Government of Fort St. George, and on the present occasion it only remains for the Governor in Council to express his. regret at the loss o r the services of that officer, which have been actively employed, with the highest honour to himself and advantage to the public, for a period extending to 28 years. Lieut. and Brevet Captaint J. G. Mitford, and Lieutenant IT. Burgess, of the sth regiment Native Infantry, are permitted to return to Europe on sick certificate. Captain 11. Ross, of the 21st regiment :Native Infantry, is permitted to return to sea on sick certificate, with leave of ab sence for 12 months. The Governor in Council is pleased to make the following promotions in the Medical Department : Senior Surgeen Thomas Evans to he superintending Sur geon ; date of rank Ist of January 1824. Senior Assistant-s urgeon David Donaldson to be surgeon, to complete the c:itablishiment; date of rank let of Jan. 1824. Superintending Surgeon Evans is appointed to the Hydra. bad subsidiary force, vice Peyton. January 12th, .1824. Ensign A. M`N a i r , o f t h e 4th regiment Native Inf a nt r y, i s permitted to return to E uro p e on sick certificate. January 13th, 1824. The unclennentioned officers are permitted to return to Eu rope on sick certificate : Captain lI.M. Cooper, of the 11th regiment Native In fantry. Lieut. Brevet Captain W. Taylor, of the 20th regiment Na tive Infantry. I eut. A. Agnew, of the oth regiment Native Infantry. EAST INDIA SIMMS . % I.—Arrivals in England. From Manilla—The floagna, Nash, at Cowes the 28th ult. ; sailed the 9th February. From Singapore—The Doris, floberts, at Falmouth the 28th ult. ; sailed the Ist ,March. From the Mauritius—The Ann, Stewart, in the Downs the 30th ult. ; sailed the Ist M arc h. From the Cape—The Nerina, Northwood, idthe Downs the Roth ult.; sailed the '22d February. Prom the South Seas—The Horatio, Christie, at Gravesend the 211 instant. Il.—Arrivals at other Ports. At Gibraltar—The Malay, Osgood, from Batavia the 13th November and from Sumatra the 1: 1 3d January, ar r i ve d a t Gibraltar the 12 ult. At St. Maloes—The Courier des Intles, from the Alauritius on the 24th ult. ; sailed the lit March. iscellancous Occurrences. Damage at the Mauritius the 23d Pebroary, in a hurricane_ The George the Fourth, Prissiek, from London, on shore with losx of bowsprit. The Berossa, Hutchinson, from London, had been on shore, and got off with trifling damage. The Albion, Best, from New South Wales, had been on shore, and got off, with loss of masts, and leaking. IV, .Theaed during last week FroM the Downss Astell, Levy, on the 27th ult. for Bengal; the George, Cozens, on the lst inst. for Madras. V. Ships expected to sail the ensuing week. For Bengal—The Nimrod Spiers ; and the Elizabeth Swans from the Downs. For .Madras—None. For Bombay—None. For the Mauritius— The Ilibberts, Theaker, from the Downs. For the Cape—The Arethusa, lialy, and the Ellen, Camper, from the Downs. For New South Wales—The Mangles, Cogill; from Ports mouth ; the Minerva, Bell, from Sheerness ; the Princess Char lotte, illyth, from Woolwich ; all with convicts. N. 11. There are no arrivals from India during the week, and, consequently, no list of passengers homeward; and the outward bound passengers of the ships sailed in our last Number. INDIAN BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. 311ADItAs At Madras, the 18th of January, Mrs. L. Griffiths, of a daughter. At 31at1ras, the 12th January, the Lady of John Carruthers, Esq. of a daughter. _ At Tranquebar, on the 13th January, Mrs. M. C. Penman, of a daughter. At New Town, near Vepery, the 12th of January, Mrs. E. Cornelius, of a son. At 13e1gaum, the sth November, 1823, the Lady of Captain M. liemble, Assistant .Adjutant-General, of a son. ItADRAS tAIIRIAGS. At Vellore, on the 12th January, Captain James Harris, Sub-Assistant Commissary-General, to Miss Mary Shaw, niece to Lieut.-Colonel Welch, commanding that station. At Madras, the 12th January, W. R. Smith, Esq. to Char. lotto Ilerriet, eldest daughter of Major P. T. Comyn, of the Bengal Establialiment. Harriet Huckley, ,youngest daughter of t h e l ate Colonel Hoek ley, of Bury St. Lihnunds. AcAlmts DEATits. At Vepery, on the 234 of Januart , 1824, Lieutenant and Adjutant James Clemons, of th e Ist Aative Veteran Battalion, after serving the IlonourableL Company forty-eight years. His zeal and attachment to the service of his employers, his coun try, an d hi s religion, have been established by a consistency and fidelity, exa mple. In t h e pr i sons of Hyder native Alli , he was r'and enter his ser. that nothing buys strong pet taps d w t i o th .4 ou bi t u e r x e m h l v feel ice, in b g j oi b l ri la b t e i s on o a c so pr a id ll e u an rin d g a nhonesty could have resisted them. On failure of these, torture was resorted to, of a de. suiption which none but a savage could h ave de v i sed, and none but a hero could h ave bo r ne. His courage, however, overcame the whole. After suffering years of hardship, ot'a nature diffi cult to describe, he was at length restored to the service ; in w hi c h h e h as si nce li l ted, esteemed and respected by all classes acquainted with his suffering, anti the unshaken courage anti fortitude: with which he sustained them." At Calech, in Travancore, Dec. 27, 1823, Mr. Wm. Brown, late Danish resident at that place. At New Town, Vepery, Jan. 22, Mrs. Christian Elizabeth Pharaoh. At Aludras, Jan. 22, Mr. Lewis Olivabelar, aged 102 years and 5 months. On the 23d December, on his way from Vellora to Madras, Mr. G. P. M. Leong. At Bangalore, Dee. 24, Capt. Et.lw. Jas. Foote, 25th N. I. Assistant Adjutant-General of the light field division of the Hyderabad subsidiary force. B At Tonna, Dec. 17th O lit DAY BIRTH. , the wife of the Rer. J. Nichols, of a son. BOMBAY MARRIAGES. At Surat, Dec. 16, Mr. Francis Houston, to Alias Elizabeth Cantrell. At Bombay, the 18th of - December, Patrick Stewart, Esq. to Louisa, third daughter of the late Captain Cot rare, Ditto, the 20th of December, Lieutenant and Adjutant Wm.. THE 1L SYSTEM. The following letter was sent to us for inser tion in our last, and, although partly prepared in type, we were obliged to omit it, from an extraordinary pressure of advertise ment mate w. We detest quackery in Otto shapes, whatever garb it may assume ; and, if we thought that this letter had been girt up for the occasion by Mr. HAMILTON, Or at his in stance, by any other person, we should instantly reject it AS a surreptitious and unworthy mode of imposing upon the public. This letter, however, we have reason to believe, is not of thi s class, but the unbiassed opinion of an impartial individual upon a new, bold, and novel system of education, for the first time introduced to the notice of the public by a perfect stranger. The system, we think, is calculated to facilitate the general acquisi tion of the French language, and we have little doubt that, shortly, this fact will be made apparent. We shall only say, at present, that any L individual who oes,•by any means, l e s sen th e labour of disseminating useful knowledge, is a benefactor to mankind. This is what Mr. Hamilton has-undertaken to do, and we wish him success. " TO TILE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL couarrn. " Srn—Being in some degree interested in education, this evening I went to Mr. Hamilton's Lecture, and was, as most of the company were likewise, highly gratified. Mr. Hamil ton's system is now before the public, and will, doubtless, re ceive that attention it deserves. It is utterly opposed to the reigning manner of teachin, and, therefo re , i s lik e l y to meet with much opposition. Units superiority over all the plans I know, and lam acquainted with those of l'erry, Lancaster, and Bell, I will give you a striking fact. Being myself, in a slight degree, skilled in French, I thought it unfair to draw any conclusions from my own personal experience; and I called, immediately after the Lecture, on a friend who knew nothing of the language in question, and conimensed the lesson in the way prescribed by Mr. Hamilton. In a few minutes I perfectly succeeded in teaching the portion of St. John's Gospel treated of in the lecture, and had the pleasure of hearing my pupil read and construe the French as readily as I could myself. " The system of Mr. Hamilton is applicable to the ma thematics, ge9graphy, and all other oralinstruction, as well as to the languages ; and, 1 must add, it interferes materially with that of Dr. Bell, and contradicts some of his favourite positions, but, wherever it does so, it manifestly has the ad. _ " fir. Bell sets out with one grand principle, mutual tuition, or instruction by means of the scholars themselves. This is what he lays claim to as his invention, and, so far, -it is gene. rally conceeded to him, th e b enevo l ent Dr. Briggs, of this town,. when mayor at Kendal, having introduced this peculiarity into the Blue School of that place, sonic time before Mr. Lancaster did the same thing in his school at London. Whatever there is more in Dr. Bell's system, and there is much and excel- lent, he arranges under the head of general laws ; and whether these be more or less different to those the Doctor approves, still there is no new invention, but merely a variety of appli cation. "So far Mr. Hamilton does not come in contact. But Dr. Bell lays clown as a law, and places no slight stress upon •it, that, it is not what is done for a boy, but what he does for himself that is of any benefit to him." This Mr. Hamilton controverts in toto, and says, every thi ng ou g ht to b e repeatedly told the pupil, till he is perfectly master of the subject in hand. --Here 51r. Hamilton is decidedly right; and, if some of our best scholars were to teach in this way, their pupils at the Uni versity must, in the nature of things, stand far before others taught in the usual way; for this reason, because the know ledge is much sooner communicated, and, I think, equally well retained. " Mr. Hamilton's method, it will be perceived, throws the onus from the pupil on the tutor; therefore, teachers will, pro bably, oppose it. But parents ought to look to the benefit of their children, and not to the comfort or ease of their school master. If Mr. Hamilton's system is grafted into Dr. Bell's, which It very easily may, it will be a great improvement, and much more work may be accomplished, and much better, than is now the case. Mr. Hamilton will, I think, perform all he engages in his advertisements if he does not go b e y on d i t . " T That these observations may have their due weight, I wish it to be understood, I know nothing more of Mr. Hamilton than what I saw at the lecture. I never spoke to him, and it is not likely I ever shall. He seems a man ofgreat modesty, and of uncommo n quietly, a n d yet urbanity o and gentleness, or lie would not so completely, h ave reproved.that individual s who pretended to know so much of French pronunciation. As this person is by no means incog.iiitns, I w ill on l y rem i n d hi m , that lie came into the room free of expense • and that, in the beginning of the lecture, Mr. Hamilton disclaimed every thing like superiority of information. It was the manner, not .the matter, which he took in hand. However, as it happened, Mr. Hamilton was unquestionably right. " June 2L, 1824." --(Liverpool Courier, June SO. ) i am, very truly, yours, " PRECEPTOR." DUELS. A duel was fought on Saturday morning at Stoke, Bucks, between two gentlemen of the names of FOTHIRGILL and MURRAY, in conse quence of a dispute respecting an opera lady. The first fire was altogether a miss, but in the second Mr. FOTHERGILL was badly wounded in the left arm, so that it is feared amputation will be necessary. On Tuesday morning, at half-past twelve, a duel was fought in a field behind the village of Terre, between Mr. BEEnY and ,Mr. both Lieutenants in the English army ; thelormer had for seconds Captain \V--t and Mr. B—s ; the latter had Captain I3—T and two French Gentlemen. They took their ground at the dis tance of fifteen paces, and on the first fire BEERY was mortally wounded, the hall passing through his body and traversing the stomach. The un fortunate Gentleman died in the evening at half past nine o'clock.—(Galignam's Ales:et:ger.) NEWPORT (Isle of Wight), July I.—The daughter of 111 r. Billie; of Knighton farm, on Friday morn. ing, after taking her breakfast, very deliberately put on her bonnet and shawl, and _proceeded to Whiteclifr, at Sundown, a distance of two or three miles, and then placed her bonnet and shawl on the beach, and threw herself into the sea. A love aftitir is supposed to have been the reason of her committing the rash act. MARQUIS D LAFATETTE.—Extract of a letter from Havre, June 29 ,t.—" The Marquie de Lafayette has at length decided on once more visiting North America prior to his final exit from this globe. He has engaged that beautiful fine ship the Cadmus, Captain Allyor (l a t e Whitlock) to land him arNew York, with his son who accompanies him, with a very limited suite. They sail from hence on the 10th of nest month. ,This information comes from Captain Allyor, who only arrived from Paris last evening, than whom a lucre gen, tleutanly man could not be selected for so important a charge. The igsrquis refused the offer of a frigate or Bite of battle-ship to ba scant for him, chiefly on account of the esPesle it ," I t la be to the Am bl erican overnment.—( South:m.4lton Cliroutek.) When thirteen years old, on the 18th August, MC, J1:10041" TAYLOR was entered at Caius College as a Sint. or Poor Scholar ; an Order of Students who then were what the " Servitors" still continue to be in some Colleges at Oxford, and what the " lay brethren" are in the convents of the Romish Church. This was an institution which, however it may be now at variance with the feelings and the manners of the world, was, in its original, very far from deserving the re probation which has been cast on it, and owed, Weed, its beginning to a zeal fur the education of the poor, as well directed as it was humane and Christian. In the tine of otiroarnriceta,sitioirgs,retahte, interval between th e d omest i cs and the other members of the family w as by n nor fenced with so harsh and impenetrable a barrier as in the present days of luxury and ex cessive refinement. As the highest rank of sub• jects was elevated then at a greater height than they now are above • the most cousidetable pri vate gentry, so the latter constituted a more effi. cient link in the great chain of society, and a far easier gradation existed between the nobles and that class of men from whom their own domes. tics were taken. There was in those days no supposed humiliation in offices which are now accounted menial, but which the Peer then re ceived as a matter of course from 66 the gentle• men of' h is househeld ;" and which were paid to the knight or gentleman by domestics chosen la the families of his own most respectable tenants"; while in the bumbler ranks of middle life, it was the uniform and recognized. duty of the wife to wait on her husband, the child on its parents, the youngest of the family on his elder brethren and sisters. ERASMUS, in his Pietas Puerilis, has made the young scholar to say, " Adornatil parentibus mensa, recite cansecrationem, deirede prandentibus ministro, donee jubeor el ipso pm dium turners." But while the subordination was thus perfect and universal, this very universality softened its rigours. The well-born and well educated retainers of a noble family were ad mitted by its head to that confidence and fami liarity which their rank and attuinmeuts justified. The servants of the manor-house were usually the humble friends of the master and mistress, whose play -mates they bad been during child hood, and under whose protection they hoped to grow old. We have been, most of us, impressed with the tone of equality assumed by the valets of the old French Comedy ; and the jovial fa miliarity of Pernuce, Amble, and Order, in M4SSINGER'S " New Way to pay Old Debts," is a well-known, and, probably, an accurate pot.. trait of that species of graduated intercourse which once connected the Aristocracy, and the Throne itself, with the humblest orders of so ciety, and in the abolition of which it may be reasonably doubted w limber all parties are not rather losers than gainers. But it is evident that, as with such habits and feelings, the mere fact of servitude did not in it self degrade, so there was nothing to prevent well educated youths from attending their richer neighbours in a menial capacity to Oxford and Cambridge, while there was every possible me. tive of wisdom and humanity to induce the Founders and Governors of Colleges to admit young men, thus situated, to a share in the in. struction afforded by the place, and in the re wards which were held out to the genius or die ligence of other scholars. It is easy to declaim against the indecorum and illiberality of depress ing the poorer students into servants ; hut it would be more candid and more consistent with the truth to say that our ancestors elevated their servants to the rank of students ; softening, as much as possible, every invidious distinction, and rendering the convenience of the wealthy means of extending the benefits of education to those whose poverty must otherwise have shut them out from the springs of knowledge. And the very distinction of dress which has been COM. plained of—the very nature of those duties which have been esteemed degrading —were of use in preventing the intrusion of the higher classes into situations intended only for the benefit of the poor; while by separating these last from the familiar society of the wealthier students, they prevented that dangerous emulation of expellee s which has, in modern times, almost excluded them from the University. The Institution is now fading fast away ; and, even where it exists, Is altered from its original character. But the dif ficulties are proportionably increased which op pose the rise of such men as Tityr.oit from the lowest to the highest ranks of society ; and the want of such a frugal and humble order Of stu dents is already felt by the Church of England, as it eventually may be fell by the Nation at large.-- Taylor, 1824.) ( Dr. LI znEn's Ltje of JetentY STANLEY, Esq. a vacancy has taken place in the office of one of the Verderera of the New Forest, • In consequence of the death of BANS SLOANTI e c d on: com menced by Sir CHARLES HULSE, Bart., M, p . of t s o TA s s uc li c o e p e E d Breamore Ho u se, with every prospect of success. We h ave not heard that Sir CHARLES has any i t s lin a i rr i ii opponent. an ri d: he n it Hon. l 1 . l ' E I C canvas E i T c tt . town from Greece. We are hippy to state that whilst he makes no concealment of the difficulties with which the Gre e ks have to contend , I le con skiers it impossible for the Turks to meet with success in the present campaign. Mr. STAN . HOPh , s opinion on this point is of much value, 118 he has lon g , resided in Greece and has taken * prominent p art both in the civil , and milita ry de partment of tlie Government.—(Sunday Paper.)