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, y +., ~. ~.' :1 wk. e 10 - '? 11% VIESSItS. POOLE AND ELLISTON. ' , TO TUE EDITOR OF THE SUN. December Bth, 1824. Sta—Various opinions having gone abroad as :to the object of my visit to Drury Lane Theatre, on Saturday last, allow me to state, through the medium of your columns, that it was for no other purpose than toenquire of Mr. FLLISTON whether he had received a letter of mine, dated 20th . No vember, (a fortnight before), and, if he had, what answer he intended to make to it. The subject of that letter being a question of right, important to the whole body of Dramatic Writers for the Theatres Royal, and this being I believe,. the first instance of long-continued op. position to that right on the part of a Theatrical Manager, I beg you will assist me by the pub. lication of the letter alluded to ) together with the correspondence which led to it. I will th e n boldly throw myself upon the opinion of the public, and leave it to their decision whether or ..trot I have conducted the dispute with becoming temper and patience. TO -DuMN. Ese., TTIEATItE JtOYAL, iinuitir LANE. Matte sin—Last night, on applying at the Free Office of Ttury . Lane Theatre,. for a pass-cheek, I was told, by Mr. Xstatingham, that my name did not appear on the Free List : consequently, I was refused admission. Requesting that, at .your very earliest convenience, you .will do me the favour to direct that the omission be supplied, remain, dear Sir, very truly your's, JOHN POOLE, • Author of " Who's Who"—" Simpson and (.'o." and other Dramatic Works, successfully • -acted at Drury Lime Theatre, under the prs . " • sent and former Managements. (No. 2.) • Theatreitoyal,Drury Lane, Wednesday, 27th Oct. 1112.1. Daaa am directed to .acquaint you, that it is not Ellistort's intention to make any alteration 'aids Free List, .as regards yourself. . I remain, dear Sir, very truly your's, 11. DUNN. • To. John Poole, Esq. (No. 3.) ‘ro ir. DUNN, ESQ. TREASURER, &C. Friday, 211th Oct. 1824. Aram Stu—l have received the favour of yours of the 27th instant, by which you acquaint me , " that it is not Mr. Ellist " ton's intention to make any alteration in his free-list as re girds" me. In reply thereto, I beg leave to etato, that I make no claim upon. Mr. Elliston'e Free List, if thereby be Meant a Free List . formed by Mr. E. himself, independent of the Free List of the Theatre : but that, in right, as an author having produced se. veral 'Successful pieces at the Theatre Iloyal Drury -lane, ut various periods, and under vavinee temporary managements, sine* the year 11112 I claim free ;Omission to the performances at that Theatre acting under its patent. I do not presurhe that it is , Mr. Elliston's intention to ques- Sion this right, as I have in my possession a note of your's ( writ. ten to me at the beginning of last, season, in consequence of the • accidental omission Only name in the Free List*) in which you state, explicitly, that it never was Mr. E.'s intention to deprive author's of the privilege of admission ; neither do I think it necessary now to argue the grounds upon which I conceive the right to be founded : it will, I am sure, be sufficient to my *sent purpose to call i'rh. E.'s attention to the following points :- Ist, That •the freedom of admission has always been so clearly understood as belonging, as a thintr qf course, to a dramatic success at the Theatres Royal, thde it is not made a point of sit inflation between 'Authors and anagere ; and it has, of itself, sometimes first induced airshors to write for the Theatres ;- 2nd, That had it not been so clearly 'understood t it would, undoubtedly, have been distinctly refused on one side, or dis tinctly stipulated for on the other ;- 3rd, That had It been refused, or made to depend upon the mere will of any Manager for the time being, who might one week overthrow a right acquired the week before, an equivalent in t h e remuneration for a dramatic success would, undoubtedly, have been required; am'd Tiett the existence of the custom, beyond the memory of the oldest living Dramatist., (upon the full faith in which .. custom pieces have been conceded by Authors to Managers) is ••of ltseit suilicient to constitute a right in equity. Requesting your very earliest attention to my claim, and • trusting thatiii will not he contested, 'I remain, dear sir, Very truly, your's, JOHN POOLE. (No. 4, (Private) endoan g . No. 3.) TO U. DUNN, ESQ. Friday, Oct. 29, 11124. • Mr onset. SIII—On your account, as well as my own, am really sorry to :be obliged to trouble you with another letter olheially, for I believe we have neither of us much time, and no inclination at all, for correspondence. You tvonit be aware that so much as I. um out of England, and .from the little.use I make of my freedom, it is a matter of no weal - moment to me; besides, that whenever I might choose to, visit the Theatre, I conld very easily procure admission through a variety of channels. But I consider it to he n right over which Mr. "ii. bus 'no controul ; and even were I inclined to abandon it—which . I am determined I Will not tamely do— :, I dare not, because . , by so doing, I should most unwarrantably comprontise the rights of others. From'all the opinions I have yet toliectCd, •it is quite cleat that Mr. E. would not be justi . in p.Wsisting in his'refusal to admit me. With his mollvar for destritOto,d6 So have nothing to do.. Now, between our "Oyes —for heaven's sake, and to spare the effusion of Ink, .I..epleuxour to induce him.quietly to re-insert my name. I would nary and con 1. now, accept the freedom as a favour. The only way, therefore, to iirei. , ent further trouble in the business, would be to reinsert my name without remark or observation. Selieve me, Vito most sincerely hate'controversy, and would Ali , ' any honourable means to avoid it; but IF I am compelled to it, lam not the first to hrth.'e out. should he persist, T. shall Vie every means la my power to establiilt my claim—but I jointrely hope there will bu no nest for such an exertion. • Ever very truly your's, JOIMPOOLE. P. 13, I mean this literally and strictly as betweemourselves. • After- waititt six days, triad receiving no answer to the henry i addressed the following : -(No. 5.) • TO U. DOWN', ESQ.. Thursday, Nov. 4,1924., PEAR ATII-1 - am still waiting .the fitvour of your reply to and shall be obliged, by y our mine of 'Friday, 29, Oclober ; Informing me of Mr. Eiiiitton's determination respecting my ' • claim, in richt, of free admission to the perfonnunces at the .1- !Theatre RoyalVDrury Lane, acting under its Patent. I an3,_deur Very truityourN JOHN:POOLE. I now waited eight days, and still receiving no answer, wroth (No :. a.) I%k Poole presents his complimentsto 111 r. Dunn s he begs to remind him that his two letters, of the 22th October and the 4th November, (rosuecting his claim, in right, to free admis, siun to the perfurnianees at tlln Theatre Royal, Drury Lane); addressed to 31r, p, officially, are still unanswered ; and again 4. 'requests the favour of ltis Immediate attention, w the subject.. 12th November. (;+1 o. 7.) Mr. ,Dttnn presents hie compliments. to ~.1 4 1r. Poole; is ,dl. rected to acquaint him that Mr. Lllietch feels himself perfectly in making out his Free List as hepleases,,and that he can sec no reason for restorini r. Poole ' s name to it. Treasury °dice, T.11.D.L. Nov. 13, 111:11. This note, being nothing more than a repOi. Wm of No. '2, (namely, the assertion of Mr. • Elliitonis libect'y of controul over hit free list)— ovoiding the important question of my claim ; in right upon the free.list of the Theatre, acting sender its natf•nt,•—•my only course, now, was to auldresa Mr. Elliston, personally. This I did in _ ~ ~...____.... . An. Si , .- , .T ets at hnagtne • ',P3t ' • nii * old have refused rii hniision, filly the Mat nt the . door as your mane has always trirl n r• th : e i ll i e °44 " s4 ilowcy&, I wilt alik hit . n this everting p sin nut upon it ; and, in t h e moat t i me, iinu may '.:7: /4t itsfire4 4lit itnever w " li c intention or Mr. Elliston to „ - j op r ive imt, of any Author,, of the.virwit ew . 'Youiss, very truly,. - -11141141brire, Esq. IL DUNN. the following letter, to which I request your most particular attention : , (No: 10: = TO It. W. ZLLISTON; ESQ.. T.R.Oir.. Saturday, Nov. 20, 1824. Slit—After considerable delay, 1 find, on my return to town, a note dated 13th November, intended as a reply to my letter of the 29th October, respecting my claim of admis sion to the performances at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.— As the note is by no means an answer to the question, but, on the contrary, an evident evasion of it, and as it is confessedly written by your direction, I am ind uced to trouble you, per sonally, on the subject. • I must first request your attention to the following extract froth my letter above alluded to : _(Here follow the first and second paragraphs of No. 3.) The answer to this, you will perceive, Sir, is, as I have said, by no'ineans direct ( Here follows Mr. Dunn's Note, No. 7.) You certainly are justified in making out your Free List as you please. Upon that (independently of the Free List of the Theatre) I have not the shadow of a claim; but allow me to remark that you are not at all justified in interfering with rights acquired on the Free List of the Theatre long before you be came its Manager. You found my name there, as an Author, having written successfully for the Theatre ; and you are not justified in displacing it. The " reasons for restoring my name to it," which it appears you " do not see," exist in the very nature of the claim. ...... As your aggression in this instance (the first time, I believe such 'an aggression was ever attempted) involves the rights of many other persons, I must beg the favour of your answer, clearly, distinctly, unequivocally, to the following question : Re.asserting my claim, in right,—as an Author, having pro. duced several successful pieces at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, at various periods and under various temporary nagements (allow me to add the present Management includ ed), since the year 1812,—t0 free admission to the perform. ances at that Theatre, acting under its patent:—Do you deny the right of Authors, who have written suceessfullyibr a Patent Theatre, to free admission to the performance, at that Theatre, whilst acting under its Patent 9 As it is my intention to visit the. Theatre early in the next week, I must request your immediate attention to this. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your very humble Servant, JOHN POOLE. -1 I think I may assert that there is nothing in the tone or temper of this letter to justify Mr. Elliston iu treating it as he has done, with silence and contempt ; and that considering the subject of it, and the situation he holds—the Manager of the Theatre—the person to whom it was most properly addressed—he was peremptorily bound to answer it. I cannot abandon this question without com promising, for myself and others, now and for ever, the right it involves. Most determinedly, therefore, yet most temperately, do I declare my intention to pursue it till it is satisfactorily settled. Under existing circumstances I can not address the Manager privately, either per sonally or by letter. lam therefore compelled publicly to call upon Mr. Elliston, without fur ther delay, to restore my name to the Free List of the Theatre, or, publicly to state satis factory reasons for refusing to do so. I am, Sir, your's obediently, JOHN POOLE. * s o As the above Correspondence involves a question of importance to the interests of Dra matic Literature, we deem it a public duty to in sert it, observing at the same time that our Paper is open to the opposite Party. MR. 1300 N P - S -SECOND LECTURE. (TUESDAY, DEC. 8.) . The LECTURER commenced by stating briefly ids objections to the present mode of imparting science, and then gave a general view of the leading features of his plan.— His first principle consisted in the unity of knowledge; he considered knowledge as a whole„ and that it was necessary to look to the whole in order to comprehend its parts. Ile, re marked upon the want of some general work, that should not only present at one view the whole circle of science, but also the progressive state or learning in the different ages of the world. To elucidate further his plan, the Learned Gentleman gave an outline of such a work as he was convinced must facilitate and accelerate the acquirement of knowledge. His plan might require some new division of the parts of science —Considering knowledge as a whole, we must look to the' whole, and from the whole, pursuing the inductive and deduce five method combined with the analytic. He defined know. ledge to be sense acting upon matter, and taking it as a whole, compared it to a circle containing every thing within itself,— " circle within circle, wheel within wheel;" or to the apex of a Pyramid, which must first be attained by an line, and from whence we , must descend through every lin e . He would propose, first to select certain generic terms of objects, and under these heads consider the object and every thing subject or relating thereto. He would divide and subdivide these general heads, descending to the most minute particulars; .thus Kee seining at a glance all science, its , parts, relations, and consequences. fie would compare the opinions of the ablest Authors that have existed in all countries, by giv. lug a syllabus of their works, by way of abstracts, as nearly as possible in the Author's own words ; comparing their save ral opinions, so that the whole would present a comprehensive view of the present state of knowledge, and of the stock ac quired among all nations in succeeding ages, the whole brought down to the present time in Chronological order, and connected together by synopsis and tabular views. This, properly carried through, would form a Perfect system of knowledge, and not only prove highly useful to the scholar, but world enable a man as it were to educate himself. In the coarse of his outline. the Lecturer illustrated his system by examples of some of the divisions he proposed, and adduced proofs of the advantage that must be derived from its adoption. The Learned Gentleman also remarked upon our Eneyclo. , pmdia, and elementary books, whi c h, th oug h Wieldy valuable in themielves for ref erence , were S t ill mere Dictionaries of Science, not treatises upon education, and requiring besides constaot addition or correction. H e also noticed the manner of conducting periodical publications, and particularly alluded 'to the practice of late adopted by the most popular of our Re views, of substituting. original treatises for an account of the few weeks they profess to review. He complained that for want of such a work as he had suggested, many persons wasted their i nte ll ect u p on unproductive theories and speculation s t h at h a d pro b a bl y been again and again exhausted by others; but of the result of whose labours they hail no means of information. That as, however, the stock of knowledge had increased, and would continue to aug ment, the capacity of the human mind to acquire remained the tame ; and that as fron - ethe multiplicity of books treating upon science, the most diligent reader could not by possibility, hope to digest them severally, however keen might be his appetite, it -was is 'object to enable the mind to be gm at once where others had left off: That such a work should be regularly continued so, that we should have the means of constantly being quainted with the progrees of science with the a d va nt ag e th a t what we once had learnt by this method, we could never again for t. The Lecturer next adverted to the errors at present existing n the method of educating children. That instead of being made to understand first principles, so that the impression upon the mind could not' afterwaftle be effaced—the first elementary books placed in their hands weremere Cathechisme of learning, that he wouldepresent objects to their minds, and. suffer them to draw forth their arrangement, and to trace where the same law governed them—their relation to each other. The Lec turer here entered into much detail, and finally eitewed that his system might be equally adopted with advantage. With regard to any one branch of knowledge as to the whole..-that it would also be found very useful to everyone who should adopeit in his reading—atel that if he were to make outli nes o f common place Books, andfill them up on this plan, he would learn more in one year than otherwise-he might in five. He remarked that the lower of • die mind' heel •always been the same--thatmen reasoned by syllogism before Aristotle. invented the teen, and inverted before th e word Invention Ma science wa s u sed by Bacon. That the more the intellect was need the more h ea l t hy it became, and that he -would ally philosopy to com mon sense ; for that when Phileieophers'eould NA explain their meaning to the comprehension of °there., they rarely understood It themselves. The Lecturer m ea nly recapitulawd the benefit and advantages likely to result m fr o t h e plan, and concluded his, Lecture to the satisfaction of a numerous audience, walked by theitewirrn applause during its tontinuance, and at the close we understood the next -Lecture Will takc A we on Tuesday, the the 14th inst., at the same hour, and that they will be continued on every succeeding Tuesday. Th.e foregoing Article Cann 400 late far insertion yes terday. CITY TITHES. Yesterday a General Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Parisk, of St. Botolph, Aldgate, was held for the purpose of receiving the:Report of the Tithe Committee, and.also to consider an im. ,portant communication niade to them from the Committee of 'the Corporation. The illeeting was. held in the Church. M. HOPPE and Mr. NEGII ' s, - the Churchwardens, presided. Mr. CARTER begged the particular attention of the Meeting to the Report of their Tithe Committee, which would, from the view it gave of the course they had taken, and the research they had made, satisfy them that every thing had been thine by them representatives to forward their best interests. • - The Report, which was in substance as follows, was then read by Mr. T. SAU NDE Its It began by stating that" the Committee had to congratulate the Parishioners upon the feeling that bad been excited with the public; the part that had been taken by the public press in their favour; and upon the impression that they were entitled to equitable relief, through the medium of Parliament. Sub. scriptions had been entered into, and at the head of those who came forward in their behalf were Sir James Shaw and Sir Charles Flower. In the search which the Committee had made as to the original grant of the impropriation to indi• viduals, it appeared that soon after this grant it was conveyed for a consideration of the sum of 4001. The Rev. Thomas Kynaston, the ancestor of the present impropriator, purchased the impropriation and tight of advowson for 11,4101. At that time the amount of tithes for both divisions of the parish did not exceed 8001., and that Reverend Gentleman offered to give up all right to tithes and the presentation of a Minister for an annuity of 500 guineas per annum. The same amount of tithes continued, for many years, until, on the death of the present impropriator's father, in 1004, it was raised to 40001.,, per annum. The present impropriator had, by various ad vances, increased it to between 4,000/. and 5,000/. per annum, in the London division alone. The hardship of this increased by the circumstance, which the Committee had reason to be lieve, ,of the whole parish having formerly been protected by customary payments. By the registry in Middlesex they learnt that, in addition to a rent-charge on tithes of 640/. per annum, In 1804, the impropriator, in 1817, mortgaged the tithes for 23,0001.; in 1818, for 10,0001. and subsequently for a sum not stated in the memorial of the registry, which clearly shewed the enormous sums which the impropriator calculated upon re. 1 ceiving from the parishioners at this recent period, although he redeemed the land-tax upon his tithes in the year 1815, upon an estimation of them, at the rate of 3501. per annum. The Committee, after various overtures had been made to effect a fair and liberal compromise, in which an appropriate allowance I should be made for the present officiating ministers, who were nearly destitute, regretted to state that the legal advisers of Mr. Kynaston declined, on his , part, entering into any such treaty." The Report concluded by recommending an united application, with other parishes, to Parliament. It was warmly applauded. Mr. SA U NDE its then read a letter which had been sent to the Vestry Clerk from the Committee of the Corporation, which re quested the parishioners to meet them, for the purpose of con. sidering the propriety of making, with the other parishes affected, a united application to Parliament for an alteration or an amendment of the grievous Statute of the 37th of Hen. VIII., on which the claim of 2s. 9d. in the pound was made. The letter further stated— " The CoMmittee, front an anxious desire on the part of the Corporation to render every assistance to the several parishes subject to the claim in obtaining relief, beg to acquaint you, for the information of yotir parish, that they conceive the pre. sent moment favourable for such an application, and that from the extensive investigation which the subject has of late years received, the necessity for interference on the part of the Legis. lature is most apparent. And the Committee direct me to enclose a copy of the reasons adduced before them to that effect." • This letter, directed to the Vestry Clerk and Churchwardens, was signed by the Town Clerk. The 'reasons stated it the document which was read, have already been made public. It was stated that the fact of the non-enrolment of the Decree, made in pursuance of the Statute of the 37th of Henry VIII., was now clearly ascertained. Mr. CARTER, in snoring that the Report should be received said thatit was unnecessary for him to say one word in its recomm ent l i ti on . a n A d lr. adopt ed, sA 1 u Tied unanimously. 1:i. S. H A IL s econded the motion, which was car. Mr. AISLABIE said, that the Report rendered it equally unnecessary for him to 4ay an thing to induce the meeting to adopt the motion that he held in his hand, which was, that the sincere thanks of tae meeting be g i ven to the Commi t t ee , and that theyt h eir Mr. RAPHAEL seconded the motion , which w as carried una be requested to continue services. una nimously. Mr. PRATT said, that nothing more strongl y illustrated the nature of the claim than the manner in whi ch it was assessed.. Some were made only tapay one shilling in the pound, .whilst others were compelled to, pay one shilling and eight-pence and two shillings and nine-pence, according as they resiste d, or . were terrified at the idea of a suit in Chancery._( Hear, hear!). When a claim was made of many years, and in a degree sub.- mitted to, it was desirable that it should, if possible, he alle viated by the way of compromise with the Lay Impropriator. He was sure that his fellow parishioners would have been will ing to have given him a reasonable compensation, in order to avoid the expence, vexation, and uncertainty of litigating the quest i on . perhaps,. too, had he listened to the pacific over tures which were made to him, the parish would also h a v e purchased the advowson from him.—( Hear, hear, hear!)— He expressed his sorrow that the parish were driven to take another course, and he declared that he could not conceive that Parliament would sanction a claim which originated in Catholic, and therefore superstitious times, and which was founded on circumstances widely different from those in which the present claimants were . placed. He concluded by moving 4‘ a Resolution to the erect,that the Vestry learned with re gret, that the proposali made on the part of this parish to the Lay Impropriator, with a view to the amicable adjustment of the existing differences, had been rejected; where by the well intentioned endeavours, on the part of the inhabitants to affect a compromise (at once honourable to the parish, and liberal towards the Lay Impropriator) as well as for aftbrding provi sion for the offic iating Ministers of the parish, had been unex pectedly frustrated." Mr. BALL seconded the motion, which was carried unani. mously. Mr. IILENCAnx moved the thanks of the Meeting to the Honourable Corporation of the City of London, for the hand some manner in which they received the petition of the inhabi tants,' and for the. prompt manner in which the proceedings thereon were-instituted'. Mr. Ilnactin IT ear seconded the motion, and said it was the peculiar praise of the Corporation of the City of London, that they did not act upon any of those confined views which made other Corporations odious, but that they at all times acted upon general principles, and that they were at all times ready to make sacrifices for the general good, without reference to ',heir own corporate interests.'—( Hear, hear ! )—ln all applications for leases or far grants, they were invariably found to be more 'li beral and generous than any other body. Common sufferings created common sympathy, and he urged that in this contest they must not allow themselves to be cut down singly, but that they must stand or fall together.—Wear, hear.!)—He then proceeded to make some declamatory observations about griping tyranny," shedding blood in fighting against oppres. sion, °i fighting to the last like Britons," which aid not appear to be at all to the taste of the Meeting, or to be considered as particularly apposite. He contended that the reformation which was so much boasted, had not gone far enough, and that such exorbitant claims as the present formed the proof. He exhort. ed the Meeting that it was not merely their own rights which they were advocating, but the interests of their children. - The motion was carried unanimously. Mr. STaienittara greatly praised the conduct of the Court of Common Council, where there was but one opinion on the conduct of the Lay Impropriator. Much had been said about his rights being handed down to him by his ancestors. All the who, as a and 4 tt i y rn et lbr p an cestors,opfot(!iremirain. tion to this point, inhabitants wished, with respect to him, was to bring the ques. tained and . the Church repairedly the ClergY.—( Hear, hear!)— l t a h eet eir i, T in it t h h es e In our Eighth Harry's reign,' the Clergy were not overpaid. The present condition of the officiating3linister (whilst such , sl i t i ti a a d ti t e h n e an enormous sum as 5,000/. per annum was paid to the impro. priator, to maintain the Church,) was disgraceful. lie dis claimed the imputation,of attacking -the Church, and said he was only speaking the sentiments of the parishioners at large, -when he declared - that they would be glad to allow the officiating Ministers, such a stipend as ought to be given to gentlemen of education, reapectebility 4 , and of industrious habits.—(Ap. Plause.)—They saw with regret, Ministers whom they esteemed and respected, scantily paid; and dependent upon precarious • few; of half-a-crown from one quarter, and five shillings from anather,—( -Hear, hear !)—He concluded by moving a resolution to the effect that the Tithe Committee of this parish should be requested to attend the Tithe Committee ofthe Corporation, and to confer with them pursuant to the circular sent by the latter Committee,- and to take such steps as they (the Committee of the parish), should deem )roper. Mi. TYAII 4 I seconded die motion, which was carried 111%11. , Ilinlousy. Mr. Deputy COLEILACIr said it was highly important that t h e public at large, a s we ll as t h e i r f e w.eitizens, should know tbe‘coutse the.. ~, 7 intended to pursue. He t here fore moved that the Resolu ti ons should be advertised under the direction of the Tithe Committee. An Inhabitant, whose name we could not learn, in second• log t h e Resolution, said that, on a late occasion, the Vice. Chancellor stated that he should p re sume that the Act of Par. L ament was valid. With all deference for such an authority, he should presume the reverse, and would submit his reason to . the common sense of everybody. In the reign of James 11., we understood him), an Act was introduced unsuccessfully 'lab Parliament, for the purpose of 4ing. the tithes at 2s. in the pound. Now he would ask', Whether %such an Act could "lave been' introduced by the Clergy, if the Act of the 37th of Henry,Vlll, which gave them 2s. 9d. In theund, was valid, or esteemed such at that time ?—(Hear,:hear 1) po The motion was carried. Mr. THOMAS SAUNDERS begged to say a few words, as one 'of the professional advisers of the Committee. W hile the contest had been firmly conducted for the benefit of the inhabitants, they would be held up before the . Parliament, and the country, as Christians and supporters of the Church. —(Great applause.)—There never was a case before in which a person having the semblance of a right—he called it a sem blance, for such he was convinced it would prove to be, in five years increased his demand from 1,500/. to 5,000/. per annum. This was not forwarding the interests of tlfe Church, and so he believed it was felt by the Clergy themselves. — Some of the most distinguished Prelates were of opinion, that Parliament ought to step in, in the case of Lay Impropriators, and restrain their vexatious exactions. The parishioners were every where willing to make a liberal allowance to the officiating Ministers, but they could not endure. to suffer so severely from the demands of those who neither aided the cause of reli gion, nor did any thing in return. All they had to do was to put the public and the Legislature in possession of the facts of their case, when little doubt could be entertained of its success. They were charged with sowing the seed! of discord and revo lutionary principles. But the imputation might be retorted— the inhabitants were forwarding the real interests of the Church and of religion. He might add, as to the law of the case, that their opponents had never ventured fairly to meet the question of enrolment, but had said, " Well, if the Act of the 37th of Henry the VI llth is not valid, tke previous /tit of the 27th is, and we may claim under that ; and then if that will not do, we will contest the matter upon the customary payments." Par. liament would say we have the power to interfere, and. the doc trine of vested rights cannot be suffered to such an extent. Ile concluded by expressing his conviction, that amid this parish be obliged to go alone to Parliament they must succeed. Thanks were voted to the Churchwardens for convening . the Meeting, which then broke up. FINE ARTS. ROYAL ACADEMY. Sir ANTHONY CARLISLE delivered his Fifth Lecture on Anatomy on Monday last. The subject for the evening was the physiology of the muscles. He described their characters and action, which were pronators and supinaturs„ flexors end extensors, with their attachments, or origin and inser tion. The use of the muscles maybe known by their attach ments to the bones, and their names are derived from their shape, action, position, or attachment. He again. urged the students not to be misled by anatomy, but always Co consider it as sub servient to the arts of Design. Ile pointed out the difference between the dissected subject and the perfeit figure, and told them that the study of the one, without being properly guided and instructed in the beauty of the other, would make them skilful anatomists, but not painters or scu lptors. They have to represent the human form in its most perfect suite; beauty in the abstract, and distinct from any accidental deformity. They should recollect. that the muscles when dissected were stripped of all that covering which rendered their appearance so delicately and beautifully marked on the surface. They should study the fine statues of the Greeks, as well as fine livibg nature, from whence the Greeks derived their knowledge of anatomy. They would then become acquainted with beauty of proportion, of form, of character, and of expression. The schools of Greece recognised but one elemental principle, that acuteness and fidehtyef eye and obedience of hand form precision ; prect. lion, proportion; prOportion, beauty ; ,that it is the little more or less, iprceptible to vulgar eyes, which tonititutes grace, and esta bl ait h es the superiority of one . - artist ..over another. Thesplualities, which are most essential, mere anatomical de tail sannot give: They must not 'make that, which is only the means to attain •an !nt, the principal. A know ledge of. the ikeleton,• and of • the superficial muscles, is necessary, because an educated eye can always dis cover beauties and detect errors, can know What is just and fit, batter than the fittest formed eye which has not been edu cated. But even this knowledge can only be acquired under the direction of an experienced Artist, who knows exactly what is useful for the purpose of the Fine Arts, distinct from that which would only bewilder the minds of students.—Sir Anthony then proceeded to illustrate his observations on a series of beau tiful anatomical casts, whiCh were arranged in front. He in formed his audience that they were the property of Mr. Henry Sass, ,under whose superintendence, for the benefit Of the Fine Arts,. *they had. been executed; and who had obligingly lent than, an Sir Anthony's request, to illustrate his Lecture that evening.° . Tiossaid that he considered, them as the finest series Of casts from the humeri' body in existence.. They had the great advantage .of being „executed under the eye of a skilful Artist, wateire.ts i h o ere u f a o i re cip t u h 6 e ly po c s i i l t us ts , and and action s indeed itnktiwyhcoichult,hi better taken for clie,Purpose for which th were intended. They were taken ey enyo were b e r o e from one of the.finest muscular subjectave could hope to see, and tie:corasidered them also as beautiful specimens of dissection, retTeCtink.the highesectedit on the skill of the anatomist, Mr. Francis .Kiernape We observed that Mr..•Sasit was present, and the Academiciativindisklually thanked him for the high treat lie bad . affbrdetithein: • " • These are theisevlecer casts which we had the pleasure of being the first to announce to the public in April last, as hay ing'.been executed for the . purposes or Art, under the superin tendanee of the above.named Gentleman. , Ass D WAR v.—The 'New York Gazette of the Ist ult: - states,- that a most perfect and agreeable dwarf is exhibiting himself at Wash. ington. Hall, in that city. His name is STEVENS (Major STEVENS) : he is in his 21st year, mea sures .37 inches in height, and weighs 341bs. 4 Ile is," says the American Paper, 44 as perfect a model of the human species as Nature ever formed. His features, form, actions, and con versation, are manliness in miniature. He was born in the town of Lyman, State of .M a i ne , o f respectable parents, but who, having ejght other children to bring up, are unable to give them so be f is t e s d an p x r i o o f u e s s s to i odge,vaottled it m i liberal an education as they could wish. The he s sM w e i lA t f h jtOo t i h t i o s na 4 se iew, and under this appeal, that he so licits the patronage of the general public, to en able him to carry his intentions into effect. The celebrated Count ifottuw Lisxy is two inches taller than Major *maxi." A gentleman of Henly-on-Thames offered a farmer when at that market, a dinner and a bettle of wine, if he would bring him a grain of wheat on the following market-day and double the quan tity each week until that day twelvemonth. This was acceded to for the moment; but the fol lowing statement will, perhaps, satisfy those who have never entered into any similar calcula-' tions, of the impossibility of fulfilling such an engagement ;—Amount of the number of grains, 4,503,599,627,370,495; number of bushels, 13,509,998,964; number of qrs., 1,563',749,870.; number of loads, 312,749,974. --(Reacting Mer cury.) BLACKMAILS BILIDGB.-00 Saturday after noon, as a respectable female was passing over Blackfriars-bridge, she was unintentionally run . against by a person with a heavy load on his shoulders, and being incapable of resisting the sudden shock, having only a short time previous the misfortune to break one of her legs, was con sequently precipitated from the pavement into the read, a depth of near% three feet; fortu nately, however, although much bruised, she escaped without receiving any serious. injury. A - few days before a woman with an infant in her arms was thrown off the pavement, in .conse quence of the crowded state of the bridge : the child was severely hurt, and conveyed home in a very precarious condition. Whilst the foot-way. is allowed to remain in its present dangeroukand be daily lives of passenors must uuprotect a e n d gi s h ts o t u e rtly th i e n jeopardy, whereas a rail ing or chain would effectually prevent recur mace of further mischief. dor per' : * ,t . • . 0 1: :-.,..-.-°:7 Ve, ~- ~..9,: MASONIC NOTICES FOR NEXT WEEK. ENGLAND. Monday, Dec. 13, LONDON. Nos. 40, 143, 241, 319, 329, 335. COUNT2X. Nos. 131 4 243, 320, 3 E 8 , , 433, 473, 473, 5 1 1 , 5 J' , 546, 570, 574, 578, 1 01, Tuesday, - 14, LONDON'. Nos. 23, 62,100, 290, 300, 367, 421, 479. Co uYT!t Y. Nos. 24, 6/, 138,145,211, 263, 292, 427, 604, 626, 668, 714. Wednesday, 15, LONDON. Nos. 36, 56, 9 2 , 134, 2. ° ---' 296. Grand ,Steal 's Lodge, Pu bli c Night. COUNTRY. Nos. 95 105, 124, 1 46, 207, 229, 339, 342, 4p, 8 480, 487, 529, 581, 611 711. Thursday, --16, LONDON. Nos. 65, 128, 152, 21 4, 383. COUNTRY. Nos. 48, 113, 171, 21 1 41 , , • 416, 453, 466, 469, 5", MI. Friday, - 17, Los DON. No. 493. COUNTLLY. Nos. 30, 55 , 193, 470 r 600, 646. Saturday, __ 18, 140Nomr. • • • COUgl'ltY. No. 04. SCOTLAND. EDINBURGH, DEC. 2.--(Si. Andrere's Day. )—The Grand Lodge of Scotland, accordingb, to ancient usage, assembled tlll4 day, in the Freemasons' Hall, to Make chotee of the grand office-bearers for the ensuing year, when the following were elected : Hi' most 'gracious Majesty King G eo rge IV. Patron of t he ancient Order of St. John's Masonry for Scotland. The Right Honourable John, Lord Viscount Glenorchy, Gran d Master. • The Right Honourable Thomas Robe rt, Earl of Kinnoul , Hrs n G t ra e (i ce ran th d e 3 D i v a- k swr eo . f Argyll, Past Grand Master r William Inglis Esq. of Middleton , Substitute Grand Master. William Gibson Craig, Esq. younger , of Riccarton, Senio Grand Warden. John Shaw Stewart, Esq. Junior Grand ston Warde n. Grand Tre e — Sir John Hay, of Smithfield and Hay, Bart. surer. Alexander Lawrie, Esq. Grand Secretary. • James Bertram, Esq. Grand Clerk. • J. Maitland, Esq. Assistant. Reverend Dr. John Lee, Grand Chaplain. William. Cunningham, Esq. Grand Jeweller. John Thin, Esq. Architect to the Grand Lod g e.' Mr. Archi bald Paterson, Grand Bible Bearer. George Buchanan, Grand Tyler. • Freemasons' Hall, Nov. 30, 1024. Gran& Owing to the late calamitous events in this city, the , L a Lodge of Scotland resolved, that no conviv ial meeting ,so) °` ~,. take place this year, in celebration of the Festival 01 Andrew. PIII4E OF STOCKS T&US Bask Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 94 iii 3 per Cent. Cons. shut 3A per Cent. Ditto Red. lOl 100 ssd 4 per Cent. 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AIIIIVIP . 0. 1 Guernsey and Jersey Gottenburgh Hamburgh France America - HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW: Morning. 40 minute after 4.1 Evening, 01____Iuteto A; THE ► tJN. SOLEM QUIS DIOERE FdLSUM AEI LONDON, cte THURSDAY EVENING, DEG. Y 9 An Express has just arriv ed from Liferi:°- nl with important dispatches from South Arnerrn We have been favoured with the following 41 b ; tract from the Baltimore Federal Gazelle of t 1 lth November. (From the New York Gazette.] We have perused a letter from Puerto (Al'.- dated the 18th of October, from w hich 413 • tract the following paragraph :-- .1 , Fero; cc tilde yesterday received news from 0 BOLIVAR: and CANTERIC have met, and had Id leaf general action, in which the latter 1 06 4 1 0 00 and his army routed. BOLIVAII ha d l a . ': 1 ► e men, and lost 6,000 in killed and w° un i de- - a n i d has taken possession of Lima and Caljtk i °' %NY the remnants of CANTERAC'S army a re lit" retreating before him." ~ittl:l e dT uf je of Peers, passing iiLdEce,ni'lLiicili.e-ILsiseanzoolfEafef,:airlnale,liyicitscaehinevdnidealeditaitssitiluhleoreepPsau e a ioss r ifidn i s oaAp P y :e a t )10 P ei e e f ti r t P a pers otri bx . fle,itlroet c a dw o n : n Wd i t c a l et li ins three Royal Ordipanceel neithe A r jerf interest to the English re ers af e f xc F ept th a t which elevates to the dignitY ": 00 t of v rance, the Archbishop of Bourges, th e e Sou' Sieur Salmtatiolicanittigdtehe:;ciArseTisnErect.hoEn, eff"ditsiViv e L y E e f l; e e ft er i s n , t i h n e w m h i i n c o h r , it d y :r t i y ig in t c h r e e si l t l ie s a iP i e n o sti g sStt t ee : r i s i sie° l l l l: o ls :l lr b lec er : : :: , his supporters in that House. We doub t 114) , t io d a before the meeting.of the Chambers on the "a"' further creatiop of Peers will take piece, tor'"