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LITERARY NOTICE. The HISTORY of CHIVALRY, or KNIGHTHOOD and its TIMES. By C. MILLS ; 2 vols. Bvo. There are few works which will be read with more pleasure and more profit, than that which forms the subject of this notice. To Mr. MILLS we are indebted for several other books, which 'save met with the well merited approbation of the public, but none of them deserved it more than his History of Chivalry. The age, of which he has given us so able a delineation, is one that is intimately connected with some of our earliest and most pleasing recollections. In our infancy we are introduced to several Knight Errants, whose various adventures and repeated combats with giants and enchanters, fill our youthful mind with the most pleasing emotions. Nor is the pleasure we derive from such reading in the least degree diminished, when the amusing works of Ariosto, and the delightful poem of 'lasso, be come the favourites of our leisure hours. But the age of chivalry affords matter for instruction, not less than for amusement. In it, all is extraordinary. It presents us with a picture of times and of manners, combining to create a state of society, which we cannot consider without pleasure and astonishment, but which Mr. Mills has delinea ted with a degree of accuracy and of colouring, which must render his work highly acceptable to the antiquary, as well as to the generality of readers. For the benefit of our readers we will glean a few paragraphs, from a -book, the whole of which is deserving of attention. Jousts.—" The keen and well practiced eye of the herald noticed the circumstances of the contest. To break a spear between the saddle and the helmet was accounted one point or de gree of honour. The higher on the body the lance was attainted, or broken, the greater was the consideration ; and the difficulty of break ing it on the helmet was regarded as so consi derable, that the Knight who performed this feat was thought to be worthy of ten points. - Either to strike one of the opposite party out of his sadde, or to disable him so that he could not join the next course, was an achievement that merited three points. A curious question once arose at a tournament held at Naples. A Knight struck his antagonist with such violence as to disarm him of his shield, cuirass, and helmet, and in turn he was unhorsed. The judges had some difficulty in determining who merited least re proach ; and it was at length decided, quite in consonance with chivalric principles, that he who fell from his horse was most dishonoured, for good horsemanship was the first quality of a Knight. Hence it was thought less dishonoura ble for a tourneying cavalier to fall with his horse, there to fall alone. He who carried his lance comely and firmly, was more worthy of praise, although he broke not, than he who mis eoverned his horse and broke. He who ran high, and sat steadily, accompanying his horse evenly and gently, was worthy of all commendation. To take away the rest of his adversaries' lance, merited more honour than to carry away any other part of his harness. To break his lance against the bow or pommel of the saddle was act -counted greater shame than to bear a lance with out breaking. It was equally dishonourable to break a lance traverse, or across the breast of an opponent, without striking him with the point; for, as it could only occur from the horse swerv ing on one side, it showed unskilful riding. The courtesies of chivalry were maintained by the laws that he who struck a horse, or a man, when his back was turned, or when he was uu armed, deserved no honour. Any combatant might unhelm himself, and until his helmet was replaced, none could assail him." When a Knight had been guilty of disloyal conduct, he was degraded with the following ims posing ceremonies : " The knight who was to be degraded was, in the first instance, armed by his brother knights from head to foot, as if he had been going to the battle-field ; they then conducted him to a high stage, raised in a church, where the King and his Court, the Clergy and the people were as sembled ; thirty priests sung such psalms as are used at burials, and at the end of every psalm they took from him a piece of armour. First, they removed his helmet, the defence of his dis loyal eyes ; then his cuirass on the right side, as the protector of a corrupt heart ; then his cuirass on the left side, as from a member consent ing, and thus with the rest ; and when any piece of armour was cast upon the Around, the King of Arms and Heralds cried, Behold the har ness of a disloyal and miscreant Knight! A bason of gold or silver full of warm water, was then brought upon the stage, and a herald holding it up, &mantled the Knights name. The pursui vents answered that which in truth was his de signation. Then the chief King of Arms said, " That is not true, for he is a miscreant and false traitor, and hath transgressed the Ole n_ nances of Knighthood." The Chaplains an swered, " Let us give him his right name." The -trumpets sounded a few notes supposed to express the demtind, " what shall be done with him ?" The King, or his chief officer, who was present, replied, " Let him with dishonour and shame be banished from my Kingdom as a vile and infa mous man, that bath offended against the order of Knighthood." The heralds immediately cast the warm water upon the face of the disgraced Knight, as though he were newly baptized, say ing, 6 ; Henceforth thou shalt be called by this right name—Traitor." Then the King, with „twelve other Knights, put upon them mourning garments, declaring sorrow, and thrust the de graded Knight from the stage : by the buffetings of the people he was driven to the altar, where he was put into a coffin, and the burial service of ithe church was solemnly read over him." CORM TRADE.—It is now openly avowed by many of the underlings of Government, that the inquiries making by Mr. JACOB abroad, are to be worked up into a clear case, for the purpose of spewing the necessity of throwing ?pen our :ports for the unreserved admission of Foreign Corn ; and that being bent upon the project, this .4esideratutn of open ports is to take place in May neart.—(Earner's Journal.) ADDRESS TO THE DUKE OF YORE. PROTESTANT UNION. The ADDRESS of the PROTESTANT UNION tO his Royal Highness the Duke of Youx was presented to its Royal Highness, at Audley House, on Friday, the 14thof October, 1825, ley a Deputation, consisting of the followbg Members, viz.— The Rev. W. L. Fancourt, Thos. Saunders, Esq. D.D. Thos. Bensley, Esq. The Rev. W. Mann, A.M. F. W. Carter, Esq. / Secs. The Rev. J. S. Sergrove, I Mr. J. Eedes. LL.B. According to a previous appointment, made by Sir Herbet Taylor with the Secretaries of the Union, the above-nal - mil Deputation - - aited on his Royal Highness, who received then with the most gracious and condescending affability. After tis first introduction, the Secretaries advanced, bearing the opei Address ; and having made their obeisance, Mr. Eedes, as ors of the Secretaries, introduced the reading of that document, b; ' addressing his Royal Highness in the following words : " May it please your Royal Highness, " The Protestants of the United Kingdom are so deeply in. , debted to your Royal Highness, as the illustrious defender oil their best rights, privileges, and immunities, both civil and ec..l clesiastical, that if there can be one method of expressing their sentiments more sincerely complimentary, or more respectful, than another, it becomes their bounden duty, as well as their delight, to adopt that method. Actuated by this feeling, the Members of the Protestant Union have had the heartfelt gratifi cation of unanimously voting the Address which we hold in our hands, and which, by the gracious condescension of your Royal Highness, I am now permitted to have the honour of reading in your Royal Highness's presence." The Address was then read as follows : " TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF TOME AND ALBANY, &C. " SIR—We, the undersigned Members of the Protestant Union, beg leave respectfully to approach your Royal High ness with sentiments corresponding with the language in whick we have the honour to address you. " Under the auspicious and purely Protestant sway of the Illustrious House of Brunswick, our highly-favoured country has surmounted the assaults of foreign and domestic enenies— has sustained the falling thrones of Europe ;—and, amids: the dire events that have agitated her convulsed continent, the British Empire, rising as the beacon of the universe, has at tained to a pitch of prosperity and renown unparalleled in 'the history of nations. " For these important benefits, we feel ourselves imperi ously called upon to offer our first and most grateful acknow. ledgments to the Supreme Disposer of all events ; who, in sovereign wisdom, directs the course of nations in the develop ment of his inscrutable designs in providence, and who has been pleased not only to favour Great Britain with the esta blishment of internal peace, and civil and ecclesiastical liberty, but also to crown her efforts for the dissemination of religious truth, and for the consolidation of those moral and political principles which are supereminently calculated to civilize and bless mankind. _ " While thus we offer our humble tribute to the Great First Cause of all good, we are not, Sir, we cannot be insensible of our obligations to the honoured instruments by whom these benignant purposes have been effected. Your august ancestors the Monarchs of the present British dynasty have invariably proved themselves the uncompromising guardians of the civil and religious rights, and consequently of the best interests, of their faithful people. His present Majesty is the worthy suc cessor, not only of the throne, but also of the principles of his progenitors. Long may he reign, to receive the heart-emanat ing plaudits of his admiring and affectionate subjects, and to witness with unmixed gratification, the successful efforts of his Royal Brother, the next Prince of the Blood, to protect and perpetuate those bulwarks of our Protestant Constitution, to which, under Providence, we are indebted for the general prosperity of our country, and the secure and tranquil en joyment of our invaluable privileges and immunities as in dividuals ! " In the attainment of this nationally exalted position, your Royal Highness has held a most prominent station. Great as was the prowess of British arms in former days, it has been excelled by the triumphant atchievements of modern times ;, and we cannot but remember that the unparalelled victories, which consolidated the honour of the British name, and re stored peace to the world, were acquired by an army under the supreme administration of your Royal Highness, whose name must therefore be connected with the glory of your country in the records of the future historian, as it is also entitled to the unfeigned gratulations of every honest Bri ton—of every patriotic contemporary. . But, Sir, the external relations of an empire, however prosperous, would be insufficient to the maintenance of its security, unless accompanied by a strict adherence to the wise and salutary laws by which its internal economy is regulated. Here, then, we at once recognize a recent act in your legis lative capacity as a Peer of the Realm, which must endear the name of your Royal Highness to every real friend to his country, and to those liberal establishments and institutions under which her growing prosperity has been fostered and matured. When artful foes, aided by Well-meaning but mis taken friends, assailed the bulwarks of our excellent Pro testant Constitution, and insidiously aimed at the re-introduc tion of that system of civil and ecclesiastical tyranny under which our since happy country so severely suffered in former times, your Royal Highness, inheriting the genuine stamina of native patriotism, and.actuated by the spirit which ani mated the leaders of our glorious Revolution, boldly stepped forward to bead the efforts of those Noble and Honourable Statesmen, whose strenuous exertions in behalf of the best interests of the nation, had, in spite of contrary apprehen sions, excited an intense interest, and an ardent hope in the breast of British millions. The truly constitutional senti ments of your Royal Highness—the just and conscientious appreciation of the solemn compact subsisting between the King and his faithful people—and the judicious and well timed interference, in the speech delivered by your Royal Highness on that critical and memorable occasion, exact the voluntary tribute of unqualified approbation and grateful thanks. These we most respectfully tender to your Royal Highness, for the essential benefits thus conferred on ourselves, oar families, and the United Kingdom in general. " By this well-timed interposition, and its happy results, a national degradation has been averted—the hopes and expec tations of the loyal, the liberal, and the peaceable, have been strengthened and encouraged, and our beloved Sovereign Las been relieved from the liability to an invidious responsion tin der which he ought never to be placed, but which we feel assured would have been given, had circumstances rendered it necessary, in the strictest accordance with his Royal en gagements on acceding to the Crown of these realms. Your Royal Highness may possibly meet the puerile censures of a few misguided and misinformed individuals • or may be sub jected to the indecorous ravings of the still fewer factious ene mies of our Constitutional establishments, • of whom to be dis praised is no small praise.' But your . Royal Highness will stand unmoved under these ebullitions of disappointed malig nancy ; anti our humble but sincere plaudits will re-echo the voice of conscious satisfaction in your own bosom, and rever. berate through the immense majority of the British dominions. " Long may your Royal Highness live in the enjoyment of health, to aid the prosperity of the country, and to witness her progressive advance in all the arts and institutions that can add stability, honour, and dignity to the British name. " Your Royal Highness's most dutiful, grateful, and obe dient Servants." Signed by upwards of sixty Clerical Lay Members of the Union. The Address, which was printed in gold letters on vellum , ornamented with a rich border, and emblazoned with the A rms of the R o y a l D u k e , was th en d e li vere d i n t o the bands of his Royal Highness, who immediately returned the following answer " GENTLEMEN—In receiving the Address presented to me by you, en the part of the Protestant Union, I beg to express to you how much I am gratified by the sentiments of loyal and zealous attachment and devotion to his Majesty, which it breathes, as we ll as fl attere d b y t h e assurance , conveyed in terms so fri en dl y, o f t h e appro b at i on w hi c h m y endeavours to discharge my various duties, during a long course of public life, have been so fortunate as to experience from the Members of the Protestant Union, more particularly with reference to the important question upon which I was induced to declare my sentiments in the House of Lords. " The Members of the Protestant Union cannot appreciate more strongly than I do the blessings of a free Constitution, which secures to his Majesty's subjects in general the posses. sioa of Civil and Religious Rights, and the tranquil enj o yment of invaluable- privileges and immunities as individuals; nor can they feel more anxious than I do, for the continued peace and prosperity of a country, which has so well merited the pro tection and support of Providence, by the spirit and steady perseverance with which it has maintained its independence during the late arduous contest." The Deputation having thus been honoured with a moat cor dial reception, withdrew, highly gratified, and indulging the hope that their example may be further followed, and that the principles so justly inculcated in the Speech of his Royal High. ness, and so congenial with those of the P rotestant Union, may be acted upon by their fellow-subjects throughout the British dominions, HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY. The Clerkenwell Auxiliary Branch of the In stitution, held their sixth Annual Meeting in the Countess of HuntingtiOn's Chapel, - Spafields, last night, for the purpose of receiving the report of the past year, electing officers, &c.—the Rev. G. C. SMITH, of Penzance, in the Chair. The Rev. CHAIRMAN, in opening the business of the Meet ing, said that there was much cause for congratulation, and still more to lament, because, though a great deal of good had been done, a great deal yet remained undone. The grossest ignorance might be found in the different hamlets and villages throughout England ; and though the Parent Society had Leen enabled to send forth forty Missionaries, yet he regretted to say that the number of labourers was much too limited for so wide a field. However warmly he felt for the success of Foreign Missions, he loved his country too well not to wish to see something more done at home. Whether considered in a mor a l, religious, or political point of view, it could not be de nied that some powerful exertion was necessary to act as a counterpoise to the insidious machinations of infidelity, and se ditious machinations so dangerously levelled ; that if not averted must tend to the overthrow and destruction of all that is good and virtuous, all that is pious or worthy of preservation in society. The Rev. Chairman then alluded to an Advertisement which appearo in the public prints a few days since, which had, he said, so attractive a character, that it caught the attention of a very worthy friend of his who attended the Meeting. The sub ject proposed for consideration was no less a one than " The Evidences of Christianity ;" but what was that gentleman's surprise, when he found that this was only a deceptive bait, for the purpose of sowing infidelity. The Evidences that have h:,herto formed the Christian's „round of hope, were either de pied or ridiculed, and the whole system of religion attacked. However, for his (the Chairman's) own part, he did not think but that out of this evil great good might arise, as it should stimulate every friend to mankind—every 'one who valued Christianity, to stand forward and fight in its defence. The Secretary then read the Report, which described the pro ceedings of the Society for the past year, in very favourable terms, both as regarded its operations and funds. The Rev. J. COBBIN, Secretary to the Parent Society, moved its adoption, and gave an animated sketch of the Missionary labours throughout England. Mr. FITT seconded the motion in a short speech. The Reverend Mr. DtJNNE, of Pimlico, Mr. SPENSER, and several other gentlemen, addressed the Meeting. A num ber of routine resolutions were passed, and a tolerable sub scription being made at the door, the Meeting, which was more numerous than any of the kind we have witnessed, dispersed. THE FASTING WOMAN OF SAVOY. The death of Anne Moore, the celebrated im postor at Tutbury, having been announced in the last Bir mingham Journal, our readers may perhaps be entertained by a short account of a similar impostor in Savoy, whose delusions terminated at the same period, after having been carried on during the space of fourteen years. Of this female impos tor, whose name was Josette Perrolaz, we believe no account has hitherto been published ; we are indebted for our in formation to a Savoyard gentleman who resided in the coun try at the time of her death, which took place in 1803. At present her name is seldom mentioned ; we have passed the place of her residence twice without learning any thing respecting her ; the partizans of the delusion, or the suf ferers by it, are ashamed to recur to events which prove their folly or their fraud. Whoever has passed from Geneva to Chamouny, can.searcely fail to recollect the village and nar row defile of Alaghlans, a few miles beyond the town of Cluse. In this defile, the rocks, which are of limestone, rise from each side of the river Arne to an amazing height, and are nearly perpendicular. In one part there are the highest water falls in Europe, the water descending, in one unbroken line, about nine hundred feet. There are also caverns of vast size in some of the rocks, which tradition has, from time imme morial, tenanted with fearful beings of the lower world. In such a situation, and' among a people both ignorant and extremely superstitious, we cannot wonder that the following acts of imposture were long practised before they were detected. —Josette Perrolaz, the daughter of a small farmer or peasant, about the age of 20, having been obliged by sickness to keep her bed for some time, during which she had little inclination for food, her long fasting began to be regarded as something extraor dinary ; and in Catholic countries, where so much merit and sanctity is attached to the act of fasting, it is not surprising that Josette was soon considered a great favourite of the Holy Virgin. Her parents and she perceived the advantage they might derive from her numerous visitors, and they gave out that, she had ceased from food altogether, and was favoured with visions and spiritual trances in which she held conferences with the saints , and with souls in purgatory. Persons from all parts of Savoy now resorted to her, to obtain her prayers and intercessions for the sick, or for their departed relatives, to hasten their escape from their state of painful pur g ation. The benefits of her inter cession were to be obtained by bountiful alms, giyen to her for the poor, of which we may be assured the greatest part was pocketed by the family of Josette. The frequency of liar trances and the length of her devotions, were pleaded as reasons why she could only be visited at certain hours. The cure or parish priest of Maghlans,'and his curate, had the folly to be themselves deceived, and added to the deception of others by their own faith in the miraculous powers of Josette. Numerous instances of the most gross imposture, might be related, but the following may suffice, both to show her own artifice and the ignorance of same of the priests :—The Cure of Evian, a town in Savoy, situate/1 on the Lake of Geneva, about 40 miles from Maghlans, after the death of his mother, became very uneasy respecting the state of her soul ; he went to Josette, and had several conferences with her : at length she told him that nothing could be done for his mother, for instead of remaining in purgatory, she was so wicked that she was carried directly into Hell. Tho cure re turned to Evian quite disconsolate ; but reflecting on the power of prayers to draw souls out of purgatory, he conceived the idea that the intercessions of such an extraordinary saint as Josette Perrolaz might even bring his mother out of Hell, he again vi sited her, and most earnestly entreated her to make the attempt. —At first she declined the task as too perilous, but at length she believed it might be done, if assisted by masses and prayers of the cure, and by one hundred Napoleons which the cure was to give her, for alms to be distributed to the poor. It was impossible for the care to raise so large a sum, and, after some bargaining, she agreed to make the attempt for fifty Napoleons, which he raised amongst his friend s , and once more visited Maghlans. Josette now informed him that he was not to return to Maghlans, but to come to her at a certain hour on the following morning, and learn the result of her endeavours. At the appointed hour he entered her chamher,and found her apparently almost frantic, foaming at the mouth, with her hair dishevelled, and in violent convulsions. When these subsilled she informed the cure of the long and terrible struggle she had with the devil, and all the powers of darkness, but she had conquered at last, and brought his poor mother out of hell. With this joyous intelligence the cure returned to his parish, abundantly consoled by the pious duty he had rendered to his parent. This contemptible farce was carried on 14 years, during which period it was asserted she had never tasted food of any kind, or risen from her bed. At length another curate was appointed to assist in the parish, who being a sensible honest man, was determined to detect and ex pose the imposture. For this purpose he availed himself of the privilege of a priest to visit Jsiette when he pleased ; his design was discovered, and an attempt was made to poison him : he did not however desist ftom his endeavours to discover the cheat.— One summer morning lie entered the house at five o'cloCk, and heard the noise of feet upon the floor; he rushed into the cham ber, and beheld every thing in great confusion, and perceived a strong smell of roast meat in the room; the print of her feet was also visible in the dust on the floor. He charged her with having meat in the bed, which she solemnly denied. On this he seized her by the shoulders and drew her out of bed. Her screams brought in two women, to whose care he committed her, and in the bed he found a supply of meat and wine, as he had expected. The cheat being fully exposed, the miserableJosette Perrolaz, unable to submit to the disgrace, destroyed herself by poison ; and the old parish priest, who had so long been her dupe died soon afterwards broken hearted. At the time when this de lusion was carrying on, France and Savoy were closed to Eng land, which may account for the fame of Josette Perrolaz never having reached this country, where she would have been a meet companion for Ann Moore and Johanna Southcote. SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—An accident of a dread ful an d momen tary natur e h a ppened this morning in Holborn. A poor man, whose name was then unknown, was standing on the edge of the foot way pavement, off which he was jostled by the throng of passengers and fell to the ground, and at the moment a waggon, laden with sugar, com ing by, the wheels passed over both legs close to the knee, and they were crushed in a horrible manner. The poor man gave one piercing s hriek, and became insensible, and in a st ate of stu p or was removed in this pitiable condition to the Hospital. No French or other Foreign Papers have been received this morning. Charleston Papers have come to hand to the Otli September, but have not any article in them worth taking. The question of the admission or non-admission of manufactured silks from France seems to be at issue between the Government and the Silk Manu facturers of England, and it is thought not unlikely that the prohibition upon the importation of such goods will be continued for a further term. This question, indeed, is one of some importance to the country, as, if the opinion of the Silk Manu facturers is correct, the proposed admission must tend to the complete annihilation of this Branch of the National Industry. The advocates for the admission of foreign manufactured Silks, rest their arguments upon the ground that the higher the duty the greater the temptation to smuggle, and that no Govern ment has a right to compel its people by fiscal or other regulations, to take a bad commodity when a better one may be had for less money, although supplied by a foreign hand. Taken abstractedly these propositions, are strictly correct; but taken with reference to their appli cation to any particular country, it is clear they must admit of great modifications, and that in exact proportion, as the system of commerce car ried on in the country in which it is proposed to apply them is more or less artificial. If the prosperous condition of the trade of any state is the result of a certain set of prin. ciples adopted upon good consideration, and followed up with unceasing vigilance and activity, rather than the natural consequences of its natural position, and the unassisted ef efforts of its inhabitants to enrich themselves in dividually by trade, a partial or total abandon. merit of those principles must be detrimental, however sound the abstract reasoning may be upon which this departure is recommended. It is, however, quite certain, this last is the best and surest foundation upon which to national prosperity ; but it is a Plant ild -° of verbslow growth, liable to great interruption, 311, to be effectually destroyed by the rivalry another nation in adopting an artifi cial system, bou nties' and forcing a trade by the means o( t° and drawbacks, an d reg ulations fa vourable this or that particular branch of Coro rnerce• if, ther ore, it is wise to encourage a f e t cular branch of indu s try at home, it follow 6 tha , it will be right to exclude foreign productions the same nature from the Home Market , a nd tija either by prohibitory acts or high duties. Ilereto In this situation this country stands• fore, and till ver y l a t e ly, its commercial and manufacturing system was artificial, and el" nowpa parts s p t o h r i t s i s s t e o m f thhaast failed,sy stem t em but t i in trheema 13whole has been eminently successful for to it we ' 3 ' lB , N are the prosperous c on dition in which vre no, : our rank am ongs t na ti on s, our politi cal streneu and that wealth which has enabled us to no in. lain them ; and more than that, the capa." t f of sustaining the shock and the loss consolnells more 1144 upon a return to a l e ss restricted an d tural Commerce. • of Applying there observations to the questl°- admission or non-admission of foreign silk s ID ; this country, the state of the silk manufacture enc ° the first instance, and the propriety of 9i, raging it in the second, become objec ts of c° the deration, for it appears to us the decisiou 49( t point now at issue depends upon the f act 'cl'ether A i t the silk manufacture of England is in a ccin-- ion ° r, to bear the competition of France; or, if ' of whether it is a branch of national in"stri, 00 sufficient importance to justify a departure it those principles which the encouragement ° must necessarily occasion. • MR. SIIERIDAN.—Th e Life of this Gentle°l,3o7, by Mr. MOORE, though an expensive i,vork , II 0 we understand, been sought with s uch eager° that the whole of the first edition in titlaril'hr al most immediately sold on its publication. to, extraordinary success of this work is a d tle i t he ut ior, and to the intrinsic merit of :te to departed genius, to the popularity the 0011' 1 4 lion. An octavo edition is said to be Prel),,t'„rrti lth great rapidity. The historical part, i° e t i; e o.. cular,. may be said to comprize all 01 ' . in tic statement of the events of the , ti V a tieS question, and fully developes the 111- 9 .--' t r i re c. , of Party and the vacillations of Politicie One circumstance, however, it is right t° c s ;r o rlct It may he inferred, from a passage in the w hich that during the illness of Mr. SIIERIDOI/ 00.0 terminated in his death, an indifference t°,,, his fate was shewn at Carlton Palace.. 14.0(00 ie have authority to say, that his (g ate PRINCE ItEccriT) gave special o rders t° t° Colonel McMAnort to make daily hiqpir,ge",orr the state of Mr.SHERIDAN, and this fact 1 5 - 0 0 borate(' by the pecuniary mission from the P it yi(t entrusted to the late Mr. TAYLOR -Oval:rd mentioned in the Work, but which soli re p o of unnecessary by the kind and liberal eit'tl Mrs. SHERIDAN'S family. - —....._ M [ls. BELZONT.—We have the pleasor%finutheil nounce, that the Lords of the Treasury have come. 1 t ,, 0 ,0 t' p few days, to the determination of allowing Mrs. Bf'''' wor l p sum of 200/., which that affectionate wife and desering,,4corio.„ had, in August, 1823, remitted from England to the:olt. Minister at Fez, with a request that ,it might be ft 3 sed i „,t await her husband's arrival at Timbuctoo, had it P --- the rjt vidence to spare him. This is an act of kindness. on red i t , to of the Treasury, anti ought to be recorded to ther‘efor it c at , may also, we trust, be considered as the beginni n g t a te P lic be nothing more) of better days for the unfortal ~ i sP e a whose case we have recently ventured to recormilentosticito sympathy, and perhaps as the harbinger of son er t o Or be t effective plan, towards combining a durable provs,_,l a n widow of the renowned and lamented Traveller, sv:iifo,, co,reo object, which would have been second only to hi s t c olle e pril. fort in Mr. Belzoni 's heart —we mean the permannt, A na he ir of those servicesi which attest the magnittic_ at liancy of his in the cause of historical science4ie pritiTs, complete security against the risk of removal fronroop, el; f' capital, or against that of accidental injury, aigrofidottisit turbance. It affords us pleasure to state, thatLieed ,piti, much personal worth and respectability have r_: due v _ i ie readiness to undertake whatever scheme map atte'occe goi deration, be suggested for the advancement of thei_nceis it rows and public-spirited ends, and that a correspnajO:if g 00a .. : t o i.n progress upon the subject, the result of wiiiicl.lttficatioiitti, shall be our business, as it will be our sincere br!`_.,,biaea es s ! lay before the public. Such a work of charity% c0 ... 1 ; p sa . cc .re ;I usefulness, wants but a beginning to ensure lin o it, tn o V and if Government cannot with propriety e mbart pee .00 yet a taste for knowledge, and a spirit of benevorose, ot Englishman, sufficient to execute their OM Pu 13 the patronage of office.,—( Times.) rrieva r e lli fi t er r o e dm e packets H ra z i l ; aret the e d i s a i t l h y e e je l gLii t a e r d y t g ° l ll , j e : 1 first that left Rio de. Janeiro about the 19th " u r of to touch at Bahia and Pernambuco oti hewiticil home, and the others are two extra ottes,atebest left Falmouth, unexpeCtedly, with clisP,ooll, Rio the 17th: of the saale "" and are now expectede home direct. pot oil A correspondent informs us, that it /5 .13g,geP as stated, that the Baron of Renfrelv is ►(",.,, bo i 10010 4 to take the Duke of BUCIONGOAN tO A n, off/ that she had been previously chartered . L , u 040' to Port Jackson, New South Wales, 111 0 , 1 11 , zl , Directors of Stock.jobbing, Companies_ o f th . not exactly recollect what has beconlw fool Slwreholders' deposits, and are anxious In , ie ./ their quarters to some less in c l4l/3 (ri' (Tinzes.) other e It is expected at Portsmouth that al. v _ th er . gate from the Brazils will shortly a.rri g s lo ci but the object of whose ertra 00(fl o l i s e ° r oe wrapped in obscurity as that which brought home Lord CocligANE,:f.,l 10101,11 A curiously constructed and bea.encLeir ved a ttn : figure, modelled in wax, bas beet!!,lo inteodeu,4 Custom-house frotn Paris ; an d "' 1 the 0, to OPP 1 fth cisusituyppoofseodb,tialinsinogrneree:tel Vuklic lecturers. aSSUtlibrjeeCti) by one ° (lOLOMBIAN LOAN, IS22.—The HALF YEARLY DIVIDEND, due on the Ist of November next, on the Bonds issued by the Hon. Manuel Jose Hurtado, will be paid on that and every succeeding day, at the counting_ house of Messrs. Herring, Graham, and Powles, 3, Freeman's court, Cornhill, between the hours of 10 and 3. The Dividend Warrants, with a List thereof in numerical order, aro to be left one day previous for exansinatiOu. UNIT.ED LONDON AND HIBERNIAN CORN AND FLOUR COMPANY. A Call of 2/. per Share having been made upon the Capital of this Company, and duly advertised, the Directors hereby give Notice that all Shares upon which the said Call arc not paid, on or before Thursday, the 27th Instant, to Sir WALTER STIRLING, I3art., STIRLING, and HonsoLL, shall become forfeited, and the Proprietors of such forfeited Shares shall thenceforth cease to have any interest in the Company.—The Company is delivering in sealed sacks Flour manufactured by its sworn servants, orders for which are received at the Office, 5, Lancaster-place, Strand ; and at the Company's Steam-mills, Greenwich. The Ticket, No. 1,062, drawn on Tuesday a Prize of .e 20,030, No. 270, a Prize of p 545, and No. 6,959, 0 Prize of 8217, were sold by SWFFT and Co., of No. 11, Poultry, 12, Charing Gross, and 31, Aldgate High street. Y AT ONE 0-CLOCK. PRICE OF STOCKS TIIIS Bank Stock . 2261 6 3 per Cent. Bed. 3 per Cent. Cons. ... 881; 8 i 3.!, per Cent. Ditto Red 94P 5 4 per Cent. New lOia Bank Long Ann.... 21,1 1-16 India Stock Ditto Bonds South Sea Stock PKICES OF FOREIGN F Austrian Bds,s percent. ogq Brazilian Bds .. __ 731 44 1825 -- Scrip Buenos A yres Bds Gillian, lids 6 per cent — Gdontbian ads, 6 per ct 76 Do. do. 1824 -Li 51 1 Danish, 5 per cent. Do. 3 per cent. Greek Bds Do. Scrip 1825 2911 30 29 Guatirnala 51exican lids Do. Scrip 9 1 dis. Old Annuities New Ditto . Ex. Bills 1000/. lid. Ditto ... 500/. lid 4 1 3 pm. Ditto - Small lid. ... 6 3 pm. Ditto Advertised Bank for Act. India for Acct. Cons. for Acct... NOS AT ONE O'CLOON. Neapolitan, 5 per cent. — Neapolitan Scrip Peruvian Bonds Do. Scrip Portuguese Bonds B3i P:ussian, 5 per cent. ...... Ditto New Russian, New, 5 per ct. 92i 3i Spanish 1821, 5 per ct. 184 1823 French Rentes, Sp.c. 100 f.—c. Exchange ... 25f. 20e. 3 per cent. ... —f. —c. Exchange ... —l. —c. PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. Per Share. Anglo-Mexican Mining Company Castello and Espirito Santo Brazil Mining Company 9i 9 Chilian and Peruvian Mining Company Potosi La Paz and Peruvian Mining Association 5A 5 A Rio de la Plata Mining Company Royal Waldeck Mining Company New United Mexican Mining Company Alliance Fire and Life Assurance Company Ditto, Marine Department Protector Fire Assurance Company Continental Gas Company ..... Provincial Gas Company Birmingham and Liverpool Railway British Iron Company British Rock anti Patent Salt Company Elbe and Weser Steam Company London Window Glass Company ... Pearl Fishery Company, Yellow Receipt Provincial Bank of Ireland FOREIGN MAILS. ARUT V ED. 20i 10i / i 4 2i Dux. Gottenhurgh 11 ambit rgli . H H WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-AIORROW. Morning, 43 minutes after 0.1 Evening, 13 minutes after 9. THE SUN. ROLE3Z QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDEAT ? LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 19, 1825.