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' 4 ''4/ , Illtitiii , . l'i 1 liiA% ~ , 15,.1.()A ~. -Ito _ 11i u,lia ~; , ... „ . A:...1, D CHANCE L, ,3 ROLLS. SHEAIFFSI, FUND. ANDREW SPOTTISWOODE, Esq. SheriffsofLondon CHARLES STABLE, Esq. ' 8 and Middlesex. THE ben e fit s which been conferred by this Fund in farmer Sheriffalties are so apparent, that the present Sheriffs deem it one of their most pleasing duties to promote its success by every means in their power. I\l° 'one, who is at all conversant with the scenes• of dis-' tress which a prison presents, can be ignorant that there are many instances in which offences were committed, from the P r essure of immediate want, and which would be, but' too probably; repeated, unless timely aid were supplied , that there are others where youth has been the victim of ternPtation and of vicious example, which would still con tinue to operate unless its influence were withdrawn ; and that the destitution of many is so great that without assist ance the most necessary articles of apparel are beyond their -u ; that i n some cases the loss of character deprives e ln of all employment; and that in others the sincerely Penitent have no opportunity of proving their contrition. To Meet th ese emergencies —to supply the temporary as- Znee that will save a f e ll ow-creature from ru i n—to pro „_e.satiations th at w ill snatch the youthful cu l pr i t -f rom re inflitenc e a evil example —to afford a temporary asy utn, in which the penitent offender May redeem his cha racter and become a useful member of society—and to aid the in nocent connecti ons of those whose cr i mes h ave • i brought ruin upon them—have been hitherto, and will objects which the Sheriff4s - continue to be, amon g 0, members he is mot eaiel.ehiceoe.nts;ionfeedthis excellent fund— , tae will approve, andthwaiti,oewvehrochvaers the power, Will enaeavour to further. The Sheriffs , tuererore, most earnestly appeal to the 'eclainl to aid their efforts to relieve the distresses and to the lives of their offending fettow-creatures ; in fl 'h u u e r n t, ce to diminish the motives' and to counteract the k - antifsitebrviniiie ; and will gratefully receive aml ac no th ton:r.Essextreet ptions . for this pucpose, Ni e : n .r i v*s, or to their Under Sheriffs, Edward Fuss; •forwaisled either to (th e Tr urer) ;: and William Riehari - of N 1 , - Welbrook - • tand trand ; or .Messrs. u• ~.e,ssrs. C,outts Co.,. to Air,,Noutner,.the Keeper -'rys and , Cli'aPinan, St. Mildred's-court, Poultry. 1 1 :11,y- PAST. AND SAFE TRAVEL and a;.G to.I3IRMINGHAM and LIVERPOOL, Day -iglit Four-inside Coaches, which keep good Time, :Alia:l THE 'SARACEN'S HEAD INN, SKI NNER -STREET, SNOW-HILL, LONDON, T he foil Light Post Coaches, Mails, &c. set oat from the above In n : Ilirmingliain Tally Ho ! in 13 liOurs (driven through wMarith tw o Coachmen only), Mornin , throUgh Redburn , bet-Street, Dunstable, , Brickhill, Fenny St r atford, Sto ney Stratford, Towcester, Weetion, Davrentiy, Dimeliqei 1 , tweutry, ;eel Stone Bridge, to the Castle Hotel, Birming 4un, to Shitinall Wellington,.l3ridgenorth,• Shrewsbury, Stich, () ' n, Avestry, Nantwick, Tarporley, 44 11yhead. Birmingham Roy Expr ess , in 15 hours and only two Bangor, Chester, earlyF aei : 4 r l. l .. e e n atn ) i , n ev g e t r o Y a , SA- Roya l the next mornin g four Inside, through War eneY Stratford to the i r ra ; ir T n o li w n ces sha te m r : Barnstaple Ba. en cen ti: s y, H W e et ad d , ° B n North L. , 014erno.ton,Creditor , Torrington, Chung ' awton, Hatherleigh, Oakhampton, 1 Cholmley, Tiverton, Bathegh, llfiacombi and Bideford, every Morning. , and --, listolChippenham, Caine, . . Zorotttgaht, Ilungerford, N r e n wtury and Reading, every Aftei- L, w n ,re; arrives at the Greyhotind Inn, Bath ; n, and e "' v eal, and Swan, Bristol, early next Morning. e, Boston Mail, to Louth, through RoystOn, ,CB:l)..idliTg, Sn'l Hun t ingdon 7 Stilton, Peterborough, Deeping ° Pc" - 1 ' Y, Alford, and Great Grimsby. Evening, at half-past qearter hefor l'ev ;!.,: n B b all ii daY, at a quarter befori seven. ~ o yston . and , dge Mail, through Ware, Buntingford,r 13uckland I , Evening, at half-past seven, o Ir a , to Pienridh, the road, .. a j a lV i b i' i l t e a.. E: P 7 e v ss e , n. only one night on Nay • through Ap pleby, Trouven, with a flnard all the , Rich * Bowes,. Barnard • b ..r1 e Don tticind, Cat • B roughbridge, Feriy ri g , ,ster k u , adi, lila, Castle, Greta Bridge, ° Grantham, Greetham, Stamford,eon. Don- Stilton t in.... _, esw atirtr a y i , c .... _ 0 k. . mcmiing. 3 . h only direct c 0ac 6 , 161 , - Me! :I liaia G . Clleit er 9 to Carlirk. . . wk _ tc u ~ Pori.; , through NCWIIOI 4 b CII Morning & Afternoon. Tar- Co Midcllewieh, and IVort-wim .►i h rch Nantwich, ' min at half-past - six,' thr e ' st rY ' Tally Ho !. y . _ 1V ugh Redhurn, D uns tab 4v le e , r St t o i n u n n ey Stratford,g Towceater, b. n; Daventry, and Dunch o h. Canterbury and Chatham. .„over and Paris, Morning by .ij'rellester, in 14 hours only, through Eghan4, Bagahot, Bleetwater, Basingstoke, Overton, .Whitchurch; Andover, a•lislalry Woodyats Itm, ancli3landfird, at a quarter past . ' h e 4 ld eight in the Morning. 10 11 , mouth, Morning, to Newton Bushel, Paignton,, -1 4111, Kiegswe ar , an d T orquay. tx eter Umpire, Morning, through Honiton, Axminster, le a u , t , P , I rtho th . B - •cl ort Dorchester, Blandlinid, Wolady-ats : t . ', Salisbury, Stockbridge, Sutton, Basingstoke, Black ..at i ,' „ , , 'l3ae,duit, aed Eghant. 13, ` - ` l 4gow * , Longtown, Gretna Green, Annan, ..Ounifries, ellrihill, Thornhill, Sanquhar Kiln, Kil marnoc k, Kings 'lt and ' all parts of Scotland, Four Insid e . andZ'Yhead, - through Shiffnall, Wellington, Sh rews b ur y, sl ell' Morning and Afternoon. Ii '1 txpre s , through Northcave, Howden, and Don-, esB ter, 14 ". • 3- the Cross Keys, Hull, and also the ,Roc,, Dining, to . le . ,:', s aluirn" . in the Afternoon at two. Morning and Afternoon. Ch n , -' l , hy Lancaster, Preston,Kirkby Lonsdale, Bolton, ' 43 ' Or • k ; mu d Garstaug , 13' Lee4l.lo eki n r b:,,,, Afternoon at two; through Baldock, f 'g tivad, g to - n • - :' st. N e et s ; Buckden, Stilton, Wands -11111:1' ' tain ferd G• 2 L i am , Grantham, Newark, Tuxford, P ar4aal- Mco ' r, i E en 1 Retford, Bawtry, Doncaster, and AtarrYbridge . ar e fa x ' el Z,°° 4 , at three ive o s, time for the Bradford, Bali alatitnkhe inG olden Lion Inn, Leeds, next 2 W d i . th pe fo r u l r b. Coach_ . 1115,-o'iliiPtos....l),,and Huddersfield Coaches. Liverpool L uggage and Packages only Past ah,,..and Staffordshire Potteries, Morning at half. Li with four.only verpooi .tycoachmen l Daily at One and arriv e , , ~.s ? Piro, in 27 Hours Newp ort p - 'Wrpool next Afterno n o n n 11 , lf re] Lut a gaell - e a ' terworth, ll' , Lathbury, Nor thampton, h Litchfield, Bud nielde , geley, 8 4 , 34 /', Athersto , ne Tamwort , leton, Knees_ f°ol , W • "`, Stone, Newcastle, Cong Afternoon, through Woburn, arrul g t ", and t w erPool R 0,4 E four with . Preset) . ~ - ,.." acinn en only, ' ton, Kntitsford, wzgleton through in twenty n hours, , e Prescot, W and Stafford , weastle, Stone, Rudgele ar y, ri Lawton, Litchfield , 44, 4% Ouly one night on the road), every afternoonn _ at tile Sae I. --se en's Head, Liverpool, next afternoo • Mane -ester Altringham, morning A.rms and Swa and nln Manchester to t.,,' . 4 arn t - rigleton, Newcastle, Walsall, Wolver g to the Moseley _ p on, and Knutsford, light four inside Coaches. I t g, Newbury, Hun 0 Marlborough and Swindon, through Maidenhead, Read -I,siteretooachman oniY'gerford, Ramsbury, and Albaurne, with The nearest conveyance to Lambourn, I ci .. w s, c., Wootton I3assett, and Pewsey. . Afte; a.tle-upon.Tyne. and Under-Line, Moruing and p i a 'nn. . Only one night on the road. lien, Penryu, Totnese, 1 )4 , Pnouth Umpire, to Falmouth, Truro, Bodmin, Ash tro a4 .'agate Royal Telegraph, to Margate, Dover, Deal, & NeWton Bushell, morning at 7. i a dstairs CanterhUr ' fi g at half- past . seven.,, Feversharn, and Saadwich, morn_ iin,,BefEeld Express, anti also the Rockingham,. through _ u eratn, naorning' and afternoon. ,_ louthampton Union, to Lyiniugt on , Lyndhurst, and ww:t,tillester, through Basingstoke, Hartfor,l Bridge,.Black- CO`,,,' ands Bagshot, every. morning, and arrives at the a delightfVl°l.s"nd \lli(' Inn' Southampton, by five, sey, St. Maloes, 1-3 vr "nveyanee t th I 1 of Wight Jersey, Guern - Staffordshire Potatet'e tit Shelton, Burslern, Chu el. The only cunact;lll,,l.Lawton, ° G ° L e e, kc. &c. ' T il l "' Afternoon, to Lane-end, Stoke, Warwiai and Learnington7 Hanley end Holmes t to the Potteries. vestry, Wewlon, Towcester, Wells, Blidgewater, Taunt on, Coaches, and to all parts of the and and Night, through Da -IStoney Stratfd t Weymouth Magnet, ' lvi a t irct F almouth, and I_)evonpor through E gh t44'f Engi"n h d ot. Black water, Basingstoke, Overton, Whiteb tn' Bag3 dover, Salis bury, Woodyats fun, Cashmere, Bland u fo re r l d i , and An Dorchester, at !..,flouarter-past five in the morning (only one Coachman.) _n.ci,, lAverharnpton and Dudley Day, through West Brom ' i_p leridtei, and Coventry, Morning and Afternoon. toAurora, every Morning, through Oxford, Novundetoek, Eustone, Bourton, 13 engeworth, Chipping Nor ri, Moreton in the Marsh, Hampton Parra, Eveshain, Broadway, and Pershore ; arriv es at Worcester early in the same Evening, from whence there are Coached to Ludlow, Hereford, Tenbury, Kington, Leominster, Bromyerd, and ti) all parts of South Wales. . Y . ork Express, to Scarborough, Whitby, Shields, Sun unload, Newcastle, and Edinburgh, with a guard through lerrybride, Sun out; ; ' orning, by way of N 'wank, Retford, Doncaster, Tadcaster, Northallerton, Darlington R h ford, glum,N Morneth, and Berwick, arrives at Ynosrl: earlypsext m ornin , ' At ss_ .„ . ,,, uced ,, F * Fares to Ramsgate and Margate. S. A. MOrnTaix and Co. respectfully aequaint their • Friends and the public, that they will not be accountable for any Parcels, Paleaang", Imggage, Writing°, ,tge- More than-riye p ound , valueo lost stolen , unless I or d i nmaged, Qttered as such, Find the Insurance paid accordingly, at . the S AI A (IIII K i s London. 44 A' illtf,- Skala' erits'ettt r Snow-hill, r.histn has take ° a nd the Mast o ; appointrueat as it materia.lll, f the COOll, h e pnblie ca ul wa s prege at Since, 111' gilt 11, praying t i er the Mort y Air 4 fell , " • ag Secrete,-;) the 'Fla g "` being braolf' je , 11 ' ret • lP l . l i e r t bore the eman oiitetei icll wog et i by h was ' i g• l' e a 1 - 1 )' recor" cti tea Luently V e- , that itor, praY le r i in order 3,5 li g d rote justice', t his c ans:. is Lordship 'llll itt a llowed to ,d,, ster of the 13. ual fees upon • ea' ers eontaill -esterdaY, a :ale wa s erowu e k the Chance that he to( ai U nder • o bring u n i the m at " . c m t n iti Frede dahip would ed in thero• own daY' we w ill fil• :I'' • O r ' fast, take it ~,,, ' on Sattitdo' RKETS 50 0 40 / 56 S. tO i. 20 2 9 20 2S 18 SI 22 30 22 25 i. d. s. d. 8 2 1 3 a 8 5 3 0 4 u 2 6 30 50 56 26 29 36 50 6 0 Oi 50 8 76 10 0 1 0 60 66 10 0 6 3 ~ (I 0 v u otrY ughout the Co C.—Nov. 22. oir , market was ast week. Pe I Be a Pi ale. 385 Od 3 8° pJ 32s Od g 28s Od 244 ;TS. 10s. 3,l.—Oats, Od. ley, 9s. to 12 5 . 9 4 . 104.—0at!1,0 ,p Barley, 10 5 • ley, 115.3 a fi ef. ey, 9s. to 1° _O t' kl to Ott 0 ,- „ J ./ ltri t,‘ : t" CO' NC 1%. 1.° 813 Thursdhy '2, ............. • 0 1 ' ............. >tantiard,. j lisl iC i"' I on a phYl i t ot e 's eyes, wb ic the Docto r, IP; A few wet - frit% d. Well "'iv 0 ; advirse tt, bays t' - 0 :0' .. " than her "' O re ' „f monis I , o ing t to the b eg' 1 e t tj t il P reue-n jog a ir alt belog eari' vbel itch, t, pg ) f in towe a 111 to niebe j o; en hore WA$ a jd e coffin oog o the vault cr uer -de • • Wog "ce' wog • p li . 11 ) ut of tb eir l4oo. o :hers sere 1 .4 1 , it in, i , his bed c`tbAt the up e last'eloseu ttge Olt, Bush Cot r r ctorv, StiffA , er. ws. ft, . 4r street Airs. . 1 " . icl‘• 'sly of Dr' w e etrni • ps ter, t ree o :_ g ar) . Else rarlialoeP r'9q. h, Lang 9ci• W a rd, jain"We6 Webb, (1) - • Rdo l Mr. 41. lioney D is s, Ann ow er c hurch , :0 4 ' w Coos me ( l at ig Tiede, only. a dilly, the Res' 3 facc: ;'onbridge, dreof the late An Esq. i t l eeP consulate ter a short 0 -ilO l i a eo' bl e E3q., an oura led for ho to, ' na tive of_ l3 e t r a a years I/ late of East Cj'c' adia Hous e ' I .o l ' iu In. N I thirteen 010,t) ar Royal Mioes,,iv, 47, giehd. tof Foot. idle' t. aged 11 ; i0 ge t° late o f il i ° fat on the r 9 3 / 4 til ,4.8Ye3 o °ll 9tb ult. Air' OUNG , 04 trand. Oats. 41:1 'd. F 1 d 0 6 1 0 or 8 9 66 10 8 . i9 o 'l 0 0 9' 58 10,999 A•r, • k 2 TO. SCHOOLMASTERS, Vt,TA NTED, a SCHOOLMASTER for the • ST. GEORGE; 'ItANOVER SQUARE,. UNITED DAY SCHOOLS -of' INSTRUCTION and INDUSTRY. He must be of the Established' Church, a Single Man, without incumbrance, between the ages of twenty-five and forty years, thoroughly acquainted with the Madras system of Teaching, and whose character will bear the ,most strict enquiry. The salary is ,901. per annum,, with furnished apartments„ coals, and candles. • Testimonials and references as to character,and abilities to be delivered 'to the Secretary, at the School-house, l No. 1, South-Street, Grosvenor-square, on or before the , Ist of January next. ' MANSION and MANORS, in ESSEX, on the Borders of Hertfordshire, 'about thirty miles from London. TO. BE LET, a. NOBLE MANSION, READY , FURNISHED, with . Suitable Offices, Walled Gardens, and the exclusive right of Sporting over nearly 4,000 Acres of Land, of which about 760 Aores are Wood Ground. . _ _ ___ ... . . . nu' further Particulars apply to Messrs. Chapman, Son,' and Webb; Land Agents and Surveyors, Middle TemPle Ball, London. WILTSHIRE. 110 BE LET, for a Term to be agreed; upon, Unfurnished, or as it is, completely and gen; teelly Furnished, a desirable and substantial COTTAGE RESIDENCE, with Seven Acres of good Meadow Land, a walled. Garden, ; Stabling for Six Horses, Coach-house,' &e. ; .the wholein complete repair, situated in a sporting" county, and near two packs of fox-hounds and harriers ;' now in the occupation of a gentleman's family about to . quit. The Premises and the Meadow are well supplied with abundance of good Water. .The• House is within a short distance of the Church and of a Roman Catholic Chapel. There is a daily poSiin the !nothing, which returns in the • evening, good markets; &e: • Applyat Scripps's Newspaper-office, Southmoltou-street, Bond-street, London; and to Mr. Hawkins, upholsterer, Broad-street, opposite to the Post-office,.Bath. STRICTURES, CURED, BY RENOU'S URETHRIC POWDERS, an effectual Remedy for all Diseases connected with the Urinary Organs. The Remedy for Stricture, &c. is entirely a new Com position, which, owing to the difficulty of the chemical process, cannot be dispensed by prescription, or prepared in the usual course of business; it is therefore sold in. Packets c ontaining foUr dozen Powders, 1/. 2s. each, or five Packets in one, fur 51., at No. 2, Milman Place, Bed ford-Row, where attendance for Consultation is given every day between Eleven and One. See .4 Practical Observations on Stricture and other Diseases of the Urethra, by Mr. Was. -RENou, Member of Paternoster-row; Published ha bl c ished ppe b i y , the Royal oafnSrg and upipeeorn,sp,tel te Royal Exchange ; and Hannay and Co. 78, Newman-street, Oxford-street, price 4s. t ' FOR PUBLICATION. L'3'lll3ll In 4 vols. fivo. VIE LIFENaf NAPOLEON tUONA r PARTE. BY WILLIAM HAZLITT. In 2 vols. Svo. with Portrait, Maps, and, Plans, A PILGRIMAGE in EUROPE . and AMERICA.; leading to the . DISCOVERY of the • SOURCES of the MISSISSIPPI, 84e. By J. C. 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DOCK COMPANY hereby give notice, that the TRANS - FBR,BOOKS of the said Corn• pany will be SHUT on SATURDAY, the Sth vf December next, and OPEN again on WEDNESDAY, the 9th January, 1828. By order of the Court, 11. LONGLANDS, Sec. West India Dock, HOUS3, 30th Nov. 1827. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S 13EN'CH,. DEC. 3. MILLER. V. HALL. This vas was an action brought by the plaintiff as the holder of a bill of exchange at two months for .500/, sc joined.; against the defendant 'as - the acceptor of it. Th e defendant pleaded, first , that'-not statedpleus issue N the ca se . Th e the, bill ; and secondly , that - had accepted- it during The A~rritoudanNeEky..G .? N n mi th . e i s L e bill upon whiCh this action was brought was drawn on the 17th of August last by Mr. John William Edwards on the defendant Mr: John Hall, a young' gentleman of tonsiderable-property. It was endorsed over by the drawer to the present holder, Mr. Miller, his attorney. He .-understood that the 'defence was infancy ;. but in order to substantiate it, it would be necessary for the defendant, 'who had a formidable beard mulct his chin, and a still more formidable pair of mustachios, to prove, that though he had all the appearance of a man of five-and-twenty or thirty, he was, in point of fact, within one-and-twenty years of age, at the time he made this bill. • Proof was given of the acceptance of the bill by the defendant, and of the endorsement of it over to the plaintiff by the drawer. Mr. GURNEY, • for the defendant, said that' his client was .a youpg, man of careless and expensive habits, who, having been deprived of the protection - , of his parents at an early age, had fallen into very improper. associations.. The acceptance on which this action was brought had been got from his client 'in blank some time before he came of ake, lie was' therefore justified in stating, that though the bill ap-. peered to be drawn subsequently to his arriving at age, he bad not made it his bill at all, or had made it so during his . infancy. Who was the plaintiff in this action ? , He was an attorney ; and it - was wondrous strange that he should have received from the drawer, not only the bill on which this action was brought, but also another bill on thesame party, on which the next action was also brought. . Mr. J. W. Edwards was then put into the witness box. • He deposed as follows am: a wine-mer chant; my father. is a tailor, and lives in Conduit street ; lam not in partnership with him. I know the defendant, Mr. Hall. This acceptance. (looking at the bill produced to him) was.written by the de fendant last August; wlthin'two or three days of the time of its date. I swear that positively. I drew. the bill before it was accepted. •The considera tion for it was partly. wine furnished, partly horses sold, and partly money lent to the defendant, 1 ought to inform you,lhat when he was about coin ' ing of age, Hall, who was in a great deal of debt, was afraid of .that fact coming to the' ears of his guardians. He therefore desired that one bill might be made out for himself, and another for his guardian. His bill to my father, Mr. John Edwards, was, by his desire, and with great reluctance on the part of my father, made out as only 601., whereas it far ex ceeded that amount. .I.ly own bill. was made out for only 1,296/., but it amounted to •a • much larger sum. I took an acknowledgment from him that it was Made out at, the lesser sum to satisfy his guardians. I have that acknowledgment now, with me.—(Here - the witness offered-it to Mr. Gurney, who read and returned swear that he gave me that acknow ledgment in July, 1826 ; and in consequence I furnished an account to his guardian of Gty. for my father, and of .1,296/. for myself—and kept a reserve for, the rest. I paid the bill on which this action is brought to my father, and my father paid it away to Mr. Miller. I drew it in my father's house, No; 42, Conduit-street. Nobody was present except myself and Mr. Hall. My father was in bed very ill. It was drawn on the 17th of August, about one or two o'clock in the .day. - Cross-examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL.-- My father has lived for 27 years in Conduit-street, and has been a tailor for 15 years. My father owes Mr. Miller, I dare say, 1,000/. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was proceeding to address the Jury,. when • Lord TENTERDEN said, on this bill the plaintiff 'must recover. This is the way, however, that young - men are ruined. A verdict was accordingly found for the plaintiff —damages,'sos/. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING,, DECEMBER 4, 1827. LITERARY GOSSIP. RUSTIC BARDS. Ah ! who can tell hOw hard it is to climb, The steep 'where fame's proud temple shines afar? Nothing is more common than to ridicule the efforts of-rising - genius; or to lament its loss.when the pity of a censorious world can only distress the weeping survivors of neglectetl merit. Phi lOsophers have wondered to what cause such in consistency of conduct could be attributed—an excess of scorn to the living man, and idolatrous veneration to his shade ! Some have supposed that the inordinate pretensions of authors too often deprive them-of that consideration which more reasonable hopes could not fail to insure ; while '.others, perhaps,' with less appearance of reason than truth; ascribe it all to envy—the silent' envy of thousands, who hate in others that faculty denied to themselves. TO.. no class of authorsis the neglect of the world more freezing than Poets—that sensitive genus to whom the enjoyment of the present hour were nothing, even with Homer's glory, unless imagination were allowed 'to indulge in the realisation of so mething still better, glowing beyond the " bounds of space and time." There is no limit to poetic ambition—it grasps eternity in its en thusiasm to be great ; and the neglect of the world with real genius only stimulates its daring —till the pride of the 'village sinks a prey to famine in the delusive • enjoyment of • anticipated glory. In the hey-day of, youth, what heart beat higher than his, proudly rising in fancy above the scorn of his rivals— But when his bark is buried deep, Will Envy be the . first to weep ! And this is too truly the fate of many .deserving aspirants to fame, whose career is cut short by some one or more of the thousand vicissitudes incident to a life of anxiety, unalloyed by the cheering comfort that they arc making some progress to the goal of their hope. Our readers may have observed some days ago the adventures of Mr. Nicholson " the York shire Poet," at one of the Police offices, in con sequence of an affair at Drury-lane Theatre :" we, understand that he has written several works of varied merit, but like all authors whose hopes are high in proportion to the lightness of their pockets, he was induced in an evil hour to print the effusions of his genius on his •own account, a course which no author ever yet pursued without chewing. the cud of disappointment for the rest of his life. An author—let him have genius or not, it matters little—writes a boo and presents it to a bookseller for publica tion—" Oh, dear Sir," replies the Bibliopole, " the . article is quite a drug—Toems and sermons arc "as flat as ditch-water—nobody will read them—and as for the purchase, it is quite another thing. I would not print a ser mon were it preached by the Archbishop of Can terbury, unless he were on Ins death-bed, and then we might sell four-and-twenty copies, to as many expectantS; but as for poems, Gcld bless you, Sir—not even the orange-merchants—l beg your pardon, but there is no chance of making them take till a man first gets a name like the author of Waverley, and then he cannot write too fast or' too intich.l - Really the season is very dull, Sir,—Good morning ; —(aside—for here comes ,the title page of the second edition—before the Work has well issued from, the press.) This is a s hook sure to sell, 'it was - Only advertised yes: terday, and behold the restilt— . one edition off my hands to the trade at a venture, but genius; you know, is every thing, in these dull times'—(going,) " I beg your pardon, Sir," whispers the nameless author, " but you say 'first get a name, and then I . cannot write too much —bow am Ito get a name unless I publish my book?"—" Very true, Sir,but we never publish on .our own account at first. An author without a lame stands no chance :—if you think your work will sell (and what author ever doubted the,exeellence of his first born,) we have no ob jection to lend you our name, but you must ad vertise a good deal, Sir, and advertisements are very dear, but there is nothing done without them —till you get a name ; and then your nanze is a standing add : just the same as if it were stereo typed—it lasts for ever !—Good morning Sir." It would be more . painful than instructive to follow an unfledged author running the gauntlet with his first-born from Paternoster-row to the ballad-mongers of St. Giles's, for there is no Grub-street now—at least no literary Grub street, for half-shaved authors just escaped from the breakfast-table, with their lu cubtations, smoking of hot rolls and butter.- , -- " Curse !"—but we must not report too faith fully the first ejaculations of our strolling Homer, lest lie break our Office windows, as a mob of crack-brained scribblers served the Courierandthe Morning Post some years ago, when " Corn, and no Popery" were all the rage with the Tories. No ; Bless the trade," said •the fa mished unfortunate, with his fainting breath,— " but I will publish for myself; I will ask my friends, and I am sure they will advise me.— The first step, like lady'S love, is always the most momentous,—but I tell/publish." And, in an evil hour he records his own folly by printing, at th e strong recommendation of his friends, especially theigentleman to whom he dedicated the work, and the lady whose beauty illumines the fi rs t page. Well, well ; experience is the best guide after all ; it is— " The fool's philosopher and friend." and th e profit and loss account of the first five copies s o ld i n six months does, not leave " the author" (happily so styled), enough to pay fur printing the title-pages of the second edition, in order to astonish his friends with the rapid sale of the first. Next, the printer's bill comes in— and the c ontemplative bard cons its contents in the King's Bench, whither he has removed, as a necessary consequence, in the cour se o f literary promotion—that being invariably the second edi tion of the Pilgrim's Progress to Parnassus. But to return to the Yorkshire poet : we hear that he is a man of genius, deserving of more en couragement, than he has yet received; and as the preface to his last venture may serve as a warning to those who might otherwise be tempted to print on their own account, we publish the following monitory passage : "Grateful the author must feel for the liberal support he has received ; yet he can assure his patrons that all which glitters is not gold. The expenses of publishing a volume are more than most of his subscribers consider. He has often been hurt when it has been hinted to him that he was getting rich. Prompted to this undertaking neither by a love of fame nor personal ambition, lie has sought only the welfare and happiness of his family,. as well as the grit- V _Pitt4427D. fication of some of his friends and acquaintance, who have been pleased to speak favourably of his productions. if the volume be utterly discarded, his mind cannot feel more misery than it has done during the time it bas been in the press ; and so far from being elevated with the pride of publishing, the only comfortable consideration he has left is, that be has a trade in his hands, and if his health be continued, can still support his family by honest industry." 'We have not seen Mr. Nicholson's composi tions; but we . think our readers will agree with us that thefollowing tribute to the mcmoxy of a Brother Bard—the strength of whose immortal genius— • " Waging with fortune an eternal war," was not able to raise himself from the vale of poverty in which his destiny had plunged him—is a promising specimen of poetic fire, glow ing with kindred sensibility LINES SPOKEN AT THE ANNIVERSARY MEETING AT LEEDS, 1826, TO CELEBRATE HE BIRTH-DAY OF BURNS. Learning has many a rhymer made, To flatter near the throne, But Scotia's genius has`displayed - A poet of her own. His lyre he took to vale and glen, . To mountain anti-the shade ; Cent'ries may pass away, but when Will such a harp be played ? His native strains each bard may try, But who has got his fire? Who, none—for Nature saw him die, Then took away his lyre. And for that lyre the learned youth , May search the world in vain : She vow'd she ne'er would lend it. More To sound on earth again; But called on Fame to hang it by— .Shetook it with a tear. Broke all the strings to bind the wreath That Burns shall ever wear Another rustic bard,. named Anderson, in a neighbouring county (Cumberland) has written several pieces, but their merit is too much clouded by the dress in which they appear—the vernacu lar dialect of the Borders—to render them ge nerally interesting, or even intelligible to English readers. It is a pity that the light of genius should thus be buried from the world, and con fined to a circle where its beauty and lustre have little chance of being duly appreciated—for a poet has no more hope than a prophet of being honoured in his own county—where— Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desart air. Robert Anderson was, like Burns, whom he resembles in many particulars, originally a plough man , ear Carlisle; and is still living as an agri ',lower. The following ballad, though eans '--st of his productiOns, is very and bigE S expressive of a country girl's impatience .to behold the object of her affections. It may be mentined that she is expecting her Sweetheart to visit her after' the old folks have re tired to rest, which is the common mode of courtship in Cumberland. This will serve to explain the phrase of her father's, snoring sweetly," which must at first strike as singular. THE IMPATIENT LASSIIE. TUNE. , - . ‘ LOW DOWN IN THE BROOM." . Deuce tek the clock click-clackin sac Still in a body's ear; It tells and tells the time is past, When Jwohnie and been here : • Deuce tek the wheel ! 'twill nit rin roun Nae mair to-neet-I'll spin, But count each iniuute wi' a seegh, Till Jwohnie he steals in. How neyce the spunky fire it burns,' For twee to sit beside ! For there's the scat where Jwohnie sits, And I forget to eheyde ! My fadder, tui, how sweet he snwores ; My madder fast asleep : He promis'd oft, but, oh I fear His word he wunnet keep ! • What can it be keeps him'frae me? The ways are nit Sae Mpg, And the, sleet and snaw arc nought at aw, If yen were fain to gang ! Some ither lass, wi' bonnier feace, Has catch'd his wicked ee, And I'll be pointed at the kurk— Nay ! suiner let me dee !. O durt we lasses nobbet* gang, And sweetheart them we like, I'd rin to thee, my Jwohnie lad, Nor stop at bog or dyke ; • But custom's see a silly thing, For men maun hae their way, And mony a bonny lassie sit, And wish frae day to day. But, whisht ! I hear my Jwohnie's fit— Aye ! that's his verra clog ! • He steekst- the faul-yeatt softly tui -0 bang that cwoley§ dog ! Now, hey for sceghs and suggar words, Wi' kisses nit a few -0 but this wad's a paradise, , When lovers they pruive true ! * duly. t Fastens. t Fob:kite. § Watch. steam passage-vessel, Duke of York, returned from Malaga, t c ou ad x i i z i, anDdxLc.isil,o.n7Oinarfitelebursday.morning the days from the last- On the 17th, 18th,. and 19th ults -She experienced very place, Po with passengers and part fruit cargo. n G , e i 0 1 1 Gibraltar, severe gales off Lisbon, from the• S.W., which obliged her, and the Plumper gun-brig, Lieutenant ,Medley, to keep the sea, from the Bar of Lisbon being dangerous to approach. The ships of war in the Tumue—Spartiate, Wellesley, Pyramus, and Lyra !rig, were lying with their loweryarda and topmasts struck. The shock of an earthquake was felt at Belem during the stunt, on the 18th ult. The boats of the Plumper were washed away, and she was obliged to put into the Tagus, to repair damages; which having done, she sailed for the coast of Africa. The British troops in Portugal expect to return home in about six weeks after the arrival there of Don Miguel. Two of the regiments, it was understood, would go to Gibraltar, in the Wellesley. The Magnet packet was to sail for England the day after the Duke of York; I - Se Sandwich packet had just passed Belem, from Fahnouth. The accounts from Gibraltar are to the 15th November. The Warspite, 74, Captain William 111.0 lier, C. 8., passed it on the 9th, for Malta. le was understood that 12,000 French troops had left Barcelona and its nefg-;:.'ou r h ood to return to France ; a part of them had actually react;: c tl r frontiers. A part of the French army at Cadiz was shortly expected to evacuate that garrison and neighhourhood, and' return home. It was reported there that a French man of war brig haul been captured by an Algerine brig. The Emperor of. Morocco had just purchased two brigs, orio very handsome, for 24,000 dollars, and another for 6,000 dollars. Both vessels had left Gibraltar' for Tangiefs, where they are . fitting Out, it was reported;ftr the purpose of cruizing against the Hamburg!), Bremen, Luhec, and Prussian flags. The Emperor is expected at Tangiers early in the spring. Great presents were preparing by all the Consuls, to be given on his arrival. The American frigate Java had left Gibraltar, for Alinorca, to winter ; the Ontario, for New York. There were two French brigs, belonging to the Algerine squadron, refitting at Malaga. A French.brig sues ly t ing at Corunna, and a Spanish lug ger was cruising off Cape Finisterre, after emug - glere. In most of the Spanish ports, the French have one man of war lying. The good account given by . the passengers by the Duke of York of her superior weatherly qualities in creasing Clic Bay of Biscay against the S.W. gales, has mita increased the favourable opinion formed of steam-boats in bad 'wee ther. They will lay within four points of the wind, fore- reach, and go to windward hi the most extraordinary way, and particularly the harder the wind blows. But it should be observed these vessels are as long (165 feet), and nearly as large as a frigate, having 32 feet ieam, from gunwhale . to gunwhale, and from wheel Co wheel 55 feet beam. Frigates are fine sea-boats, so are brigs, when in the hands of seamen ; but this steam-boat and the George the Fourth (the only two steam-boats that brave the open ocean out of England), an old officer on board considers far superior to line-of-battle ships, or any other class . of vessels, in a storm, and, riding at anchor, they are easier than any other vessel, from the form of their bottom. ' • On Wednesday the Tamar, 28, Captain Gordon Bremer, C. 8., arrived at Plymouth from the East India station, to be paid off. She left Madras on July 12, and.touched at the Cape. The Java, Admiral Gage, was at Bombay.— The Champion and Pandora were at Madraf. The Tamar went to Madras to embark the Governor, Sir Thomas Munro, for England, but lie died whilst the Tamar 'lay there, after only twokours' illness. No news by her. On Tuesday his Majesty's brig the Chanticleer, Captain J. B. Maxwell, arrived frOm the. Mediterranean station, to be paid off, last from Lisbon, in nineteen days; she left Malta on the 26th of September. A letter we have re ceived by her, from an Officer, says---" We have lately twice visited Smyrn;„ and thrice Napoli di Romania, the nominal seat of the Grecian Government . ; anti, with grievous vanity and vexation of spirit, .every thing relative to Greece and the Greeks, we have found infinitely worse than the worst we could Inge imaginal. To -educe them to proper order, by land, would require a le! a !Try ; to put down their piracies by sea, would requ,,e ~ large Bri tish fleet; their Government is merely nominal, not in the smallest degree efficient; they have no teal patriotism ; their courage is confined to discord and civil war; they exert none against their proper enemy, the Turks ; they seem to have given over all thoughts of strenuous opposi tion to them by arms, and content themselves in praying for some superior help ; they seem to think they arc exempt from further exertion; mean time the whole nation, as far as they have opportunity, have turned pirates; their depre dations are daily increasing; dissension reigns all over Greece; civil tear broke out at Napoli, on our first visit there, and was prosecuted fur eight or ten days under our view, by cannonading, bombarding, and musqueting, with a little sabring and daggering ; nor could all the zealous in terference of our Admiral and his Naval Captains and others, effect a pacification. A whole month's endeavours at a reconciliation of the rival Greek Chiefs were unsuc cessful. As to contending with the Ottomans, they have no spirit, means, or plan. If the present race of Greeks were ever in a humanised state, they must liev6 become barbarized, by having bad to contend with a brutal enemy." On Tuesday the Galatea frigate, 'Sir Charles Sullivan, Bart., returned from Lisbon, whither she conveyed about 86 seamen, for the squadron there. She was immediately refitted and repleuished with provisions and stores, and,- had not the wind blown strong from the S.W., would have ing the ship, lie was rowed ipntatiltbironadali :rtdahr.piegtrhaaiettlislEnVacteeoldal sailed to-day to visit the ports of Algiers, Tunis, and Tri poli, for the protection of the British subjects there, land despatches at Malta, and return to England. She will pro ceed the moment the weather moderates. Yesterday the William Harris, transport, Lieutenant Steevens, agent, arrived froinlsland of Ascension, in. 49 days, having conveyed to that island a supply ofprovisions, and a further supply of live domestic birds. The garrison was healthy, and had lately, by persevering industry, con siderably increased their quantity of cultivated land. The Clinker gun brig, Lieutenant Matson, was lying in the roadstead, refitting, and completing her six months', pro visions and stores, preparatory to a cruise on the coast of Africa." On the 17th July, she . left Commodore Collier, in the Sybille, all well, at Prince's Island. The William Harris experienced a succession of gales of wind for a fort night, on her passage, spoke only the Shakspeare of Aber deen, outward bound, off Scilly, on Wednesday. The French ship Pallas, belonging to II tvre de Grace, front Liverpool to the Isle of Bourbon,. touched at Ascension in 45 days. Our letters from Lisbon state, that his Majesty's ship Warspite sailed tan the . 7th NOveinber, - under the command of Captain William Parker k C. 8., to joie, it was sup posed, the Mediterranean squadron. Previous to her leaving the Tagus, a farewell dinner was given by the Offi cers of that ship to their late Captain, the Hon. Richard l i s it th ste a d t O S. ifi . D ce u r nd w as as . hei T d he b s y in a c l e l r i e n r t e h g e are s l h a il n ,, d i es va t s eenz l i i n y upon this occasion. Many appropriate toasts were given after dinner, and heartily drunk ; and on Capt. D.'B leav . five he Lieutenants and' he Master of the Warspite, the Com mander steering, amidst the. loud and repeated cheers of the whole crew. The boat was attended by another filled with Midshipmen, by way of escort. to he fitted for the reception of horses. transports, Maria i t n l p e o s t r a t it The CataS and for a like service. It is supposed that they are intended to three o T t i lo s T t bring the dragoon regiments from Portugal. • • sailed for Chatham, to be paid' off and recommissioned; yesterday the Royalist, and this day the Onyx, arrived from Plymouth. prepared ypdh ordered The Winter Fair, held here this week, has been well attended by country people, and upon the whole, exhibited more bustle than we have been accustomed to witness, in former years, at this season.--+ Greenock Ad vertiser. A RETTJENED EMIGRANT.-There is at present in the Workhouse, at Leeds, a man of the name of Joni.; Mont, a mason by trade, whose short history, as related by himself, is most pitiable. About eight years ago, he says, he left his native village of Coverham, near Middleham, in Wensleydale, Yorkshire, and emigrated to Canada, with a view to amend his condition, leaving a wife:and six children, for whom he was to return when he had got comfortably settled. The flattering hopes he had entertained were entirely blasted, and after working at his trade for about three years, he was seized with a paralytic attack, and deprived of the use of his left side. From that time to the month of October, in the present year, he lived principally upon charity, when he sailed from Quebec to his native country, with the intention of spending the remainder of his days with his family, who still reside in Wensleydale, or at least were there in May, when he last heard from them. Having landed at Bristol, 'almost with out money, he made the best of his way to the north, but when he had arrized at New Miller Dam, three miles from Wakefield, he was so much exhausted that he crawled to a straw-yard, and was obliged to remain. there for two nights and a day. At length he got to Wakefield on Wednesday week, and was received at the Vagrant-Office, where he remained till Friday, about ten o'clock in the forenoon, when he was put into a dyer's cart by the vagrant officer, in that town, and sent to Leeds at his own request, being anxious to reach his home. On his arrival at Leeds Bridge, he was taken out of the cart by the driver, in a state of stupor, being totally unable to move, and placed upon some stone steps near the bridge, as nearly naked as possible, where he left him, telling him to do as well as he could for himself. Here he remained for about an hour . deplorable sit ua ti on , g o t hi m i nto a public- house, a half, 'when some human e p ersons, commiserating his and had him conveyed, in a sedan- c h a i r, f i rst to the V agra nt-office, and after Wards to the .workhou se , where he now lies, en , vered with sores, and unabl e to m ove from the complicated suffering produced by rupture, r heumatism, and paralytic deadness. His wife and children are still ignorant of his distress; but it is hoped that when 'this account reaches them, some of them will 'hasten to his assistance, and as 1.1. c iq in a condition to be removed. --Leeds &ter, Remain—Undaunted, Galatea, Chanticleer, Royalist, Sylvia, and Tagus, Portuguese. In the Harbour—Victory, Revenge, Melville, Maid stone, Britomart, O n y x . C rac k er , an d Pearla, Portuguese. —Hampshire Telegraph. held in - , OF PERTH...—The Anniversary Meeting of this Society was I n T t E he ß A A h r eum A , ND ANTIQUARIAN S OCIETY —the President, the in the chair.—Perth courier. oriniglh'htuirsdroany.,tNheov. Earl 22 ,oaftKonleNoN'ocluoLekL., A most deplorable accident happened on Tuesday night, at the Fordhouses, to Mr. Wat. BuLt,ocic, shoe manufacturer, Stafford, whose death tvas occasioned by his falling off the Liverpool mail, as he was on his return home, after transacting business in Wolverhampton, wh ere he bad arrived only a few hours before, haviOg left Staffo r d at noon, by the Independent coach. It appheiasrshtheaadt:anird. BuLtocK sat on the box of the mail, with thesoachman, and they had travelled to the Fordhouses, about two miles, when the coachman Ii ii eit,7l2:ao.Nt:: inconsolable 1 dna one verdict th,,, c. absod :_ intercepted the light from the lamp.. Air. B. suddenly• equilibrium,al) ieoins fracturedeg, c t v o i m tl ip : Is : hti v e,eel i y e if. : l,o ; looi:ifLi:aiadjusting hhtoi l he l c i lei ; :it d :r i guhl e ipe s 8: manner - - eai srns i a d l doet th:shiti,ig7ro headl i jal a is t is body, able widow and l i tt l e girls to suffer tile very serious deprivation of a husband Intl 4 iii til efivwStocliport ildcertiocr. ofon yearscthree o accidental u orThursday,of a g e, g i :atb:ll and 1 1 d t a: 1 h a srS e C ' a ° Ul i l' e r . i e . tSt NOVELS. Receuily published by HUNT and'CLARKE, York-street, Covent-garden, HAMEL, the QBEAH MAN. , In 2 vols. post Svo. price 16s. in boards.• This is an entertaining, we may say, instructive, novel ; the scene is new, anti the manners are new. We 5M glad that the author, who last year published an amus ing Tour in Jamaica, has selected that island for his scene. He is a man of observation and talent, and has moreover a turn for humour."—Westminster Review, " No writer has described so well as the author of Hamel, the manners and the climate of the country of the Antil les."---London Magazine. " This is a work of considerable power. The concep tions are vigorous ; the incidents are striking ; the manners new."—Scotsman. " The descriptions of scenery are alive and striking; the portraits of character are true and vigorous ; the sketches of manners lively and instructive. Many of the situations are well conceived, and produce a deep interest in the reader, • w hile the effect of the whole is heightened by the novelty o f the subject. The author is on entirely new ground, and, let us add, ground which abounds in objects of great and powerful interest."—Atlas. H. lU-KIAO-LI ;or the TWO FAIR COUSINS. Is 2 v015...12m0. 14s. iu boards. " Independently of being a curious specimen of Chinese novel-writing, this work has snore than ordinary intrinsic merit. It is a highly interesting story, well told ; it is full of pure sentiment —of genuine, if not powerful passion — of amusing adventures—of lively, laughable, and varied dialogues."—London Weekly Review. " It is with grsat pleasure that we see the literature of our country enriched by an English version of this novel. We do not know' the class of English readers to whom so complete an acquaintance with Chinese manners, as is afforded in this work, will not be highly acceptable."-- Monthly Review. " This is a very curious and a very interesting specimen of Chinese Literature. We are persuaded that snore real knowledge, both of the manners and literature of the Chinese, may be acquired from such sources, than from the reports of travellers, which are necessarily confined and super ficial." —Literary Chronicle. TRUTH ; a Novel. By the Author of NOTHING. In 8 vols. royal 12ino, 245. in boards. " To all who are interested in the grand subject of re ligious education, in the nature of the human mind, and in the process of the formation of opinions, this work will be a source of deep interest, and the topic of lasting considera tion. Like the author of Tremaine, the writer has con siderable power of drawing character, and represents scenes of interest and humour with a very striking pen. Accurate and lively pictures of manners, conversation of spirit and life, delineations of the finer shades of character ;—there is enough of all this in these three volumes to make them ac• ceptable to the common reader."—Atlas. Iv. ELIZABETH EVANSHAW ; the Sequel of " Truth." In 3 vols. royal I 2ino., price 245. in boards. " " This is a work of great talent; and, coming from a shrewd and observant mind, has in a very high degree the quality of rousing and sharpening the intellect of its readers." —Scotsman. " The excellence of this work consists in the author's deep insight into the labyrinths of the heart and mind ; in his knowledge of society; in his keen observations of con duct; and in his accurate representations of familiar and domestic scenes. His characters are well drawn; and he is often extremely successful in the pathetie.”...plorning Chronicle. LONDON ASSURANCE HOUSE. Cornhill,'November 28, 1827. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the CORPORATION of the LONDON ASSUR ANCE, hereby give .Notice, that the ANNUAL GENE RAL COURT, appointed by their Charter, Ivill beheld at their house in Birehin-lane, on WIMNESDAY the . 19th of December next, at One in the Afternoon. JOHN LAURENCE, Secretary., ROBINS V. HALL. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, as holder of a bill 'of exchange at two months for 350/. against the defendant as the acceptor of it. The pleas were the same,as,in the last case.. Lord TENTERDEN directed a verdict to be re corded for the plaintiff. He then spoke to the Jury to this effect:—" I must say, sitting here as I do for the benefit of the public, that the transaction is a conspiracy which enables young men to deceive their guardians and to ruin themselves. The young man is himself a party to the fraud; and therefore cannot.be allowed to t a k e a d v anta g e o f it. I wont say how far the case would have been altered had a third party sought to avail themselves o f it." THE KING V. ELIZABETH BRAIIAM. The defendant in this indictmEnt was convicte.! of keeping a house of ill-fame, named the Sidney Hotel, in Leicester -street, Leicester-fields. The prosecution was at the suit of the parish of St. Anne, in which several such nuisances still remain to be abated. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE got through his list at two o'clock, and then rose for want of further business. A SINGULAR CHARACTER.—Died lately, at Grizeburn, Ashby Mask, Mr. CrumTortiza RUDD, yeoman. He tenanted his own land; about 150 acres, and many of the enclosures had never been visited with p l o ugh, scythe, horse or cow, for more than twenty years. 4 4 The even mead that erst brought sweetly forth The freckled cowslip, burnet, and green clover, wanting the scythe—all unconnected rank, Conceives by idleness, and nothing teems g o t hateful docks, rough thistles, kecksics, burs, Losing both beauty and utility." His establishment consisted of himself and a housekeeper, and their whole farm stock of a cow and a calf, the calf `in its twelfth year, and the cow or mother in her sixteenth ; they have both been fed for the last nine years ; besides these he had three bullocks, seven years old, which have been fed for the last three years. They were tine animals, and sold the other day with his other effects ; one of them fetched thirty-six guineas. In his yard stood a stack Of oats which has been perched there for three and heady years, with no other than its original covering, except an old harrow or a piece of wood, thrown upon it to keep it together. When set op he told his man to give it wily a slight thatching, as he should want it directly, which directly never arrived. During last year he purchased hay at Is. per stone, while his own grass had perished on the field.. Such are a few of the peculiarities of this eccentric• —Warwick Advertiser.