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I/2 ~,94'47--zc----"..."1.--> ARMY CONTRACTS. CAOMMILIARIAT DIPARTMENT, MEAgUIT ClLlA litliEltd, FEB. 26, 1827. NOTICE is hereby given to all P ersons d es i rous of contracting to supply the following Articles for the use of the Army, BREAD, To his Majesty's Land" Forces in Cantonments, Quarters, and Barracks, in the under-mentioned Counties and Islands : Bedford Middlesex Barks (including the Town of Monmouth Hungerford,) Norfolk Bucks Northampton Cambridge, (including the To Northumberland @nut ud of Newmarket) Berwick-on- Twsid) Chaster Nottingham G.irnwall, ; n Nottingham Silly) Oxford Cumberland Derby Rutland Devon Salop Dorset Somerset Durhatn,(including Holylslaud) Stafford Suffolk Elan (exclusive of Tilbury Surrey Fort) Sussex QlocnifeeaßrteisrtolTicluding tke City Warwick Westmorelaxid Hants Wilts Hereford. Worcetter - Hertford York Hunts North and South Wales Isle of Man n the several Counties in North We• °Might - 1( "nt , ,((ncluding Tilbury Fort E tne County of Essex) Lancastei 444* Lincoln Britain And in the Islands of Alderney, Guernsey, and Jersey. As also Bread to the Household Troops in London and its Vicinity. 'To *"sty' s l ,.._ OATS, ..4 cavalry and Artillery Horses, in Cantonments and Quartets itt the under-mentioned Counties : Bedford Leicester Bud a Lincoln Edge Monmouth Clu t st, w Oxford C umberland Rutland Derby Salop Durh am Stafford ~,Gloster Weetraorcload Lireford Wilts - :afford 'Worcester mat, North and South Wales FORAGE, viz. Oats, ' —ay, and Straw, to his Majesty's Cavalry and Artillery gor si ses, in Barri:eke,- and Oats in Cantonments and Quarters, in the undermenticined Counties in South Britain : Bake Northumberland (including eaftwall Berwick on Tweed) Devon Nottingham Dor set Somerset Ess ex Suffolk • H ants) (including the Isle of Surrey Wight) Sussex - Kent I Warwick Lancaster York Middlesex And in the several Counties in Norfolk North Britain. Northampton That the deliveries are to commence on and for the 25th day f4 .. f April next ; that proposals in writing, sealed up and marked " Tender for Army Supplies," - will be received at this Office on or before Tuesday, the 27th day of March next ; but none will be received after twelve o'clock on that day. Proposals must be..made separately for each. County and Lsland, "Copt for the Counties comprising North and South Wales, all of which must be included in one. Tender ; likewise the Islands of Alderney, Guernsey, and Jersey, as also the several Conn tie"' in North Britain ; and each Proposal must have the Letter which is annexed to the Tender properly filled up, by two Persons of known Property engaging to become bound with the Party tendering in the Amount stated in the printed Particulars, for the due 1 3 . - u-formance of the Contract; and no Proposal will be noticed unless made OR a printed Tender, and the Prices ex pressed in Words at Length ; and should it so happen that daring the continuance of the Contract no Troops should be supplied by virtue of the same, the amount. of - the Stamps on. the Contract and Bond, paid in the first Instance by the Contractor, will be refunded to him. Particulars of the Contracts may be had upon application at this _Office between the hours•of Ten and Four ; awl of the Bar rick Masters in the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man. Na--Samples of the Bread and Meal may be seen at this °f fie!, between.the Hours of Twelve and Two. VICTUALLING OFFICE, MARCH 14, 1827. THE Commissioners for Victualling His Majesty's Navy, &c. do hereby give notice, that on :THURSDAY, th e 22d Instant, they will be ready to receive Tenders in writing ("tded-up), and treat for the Supply of Six Hundred Pipes of SPANISH RED WINE, he delivered into his Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, half by the Ist July and the remaindry by the Ist August next. The Conditions of the Contracts may be seen at this Office. Inch Tender must specify the price in words at length, and be delivered before One o'Clock on the day appointed ; and the Per '' who makes the Tender, or some Person on his behalf, mute t end to answer when called for. M. WALLER CLIFTON. ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL, SUCH TRADESMEN as may be inclined to BE ST supply this Hospital _with BUTCHER'S MEAT, the lIOUSEIIOLD FLOUR, BUTTER, TABLE-BEER, Rd C ANDLES, by Contract, from Lady-day to 'Michaelmas nel . tl are desired t o a tt en d w ith their Proposals in writing, sea .,,, tt ,1 at the Counting-house of the said Hospital, on WEDNESDAY , of ?lat instant, at eleven o'clock precisely, when a Committee Inea t he Go vernors will meet to rece i ve t h e same , an d w h ere i n th e f or : those w ho intend to deliver in Proposals may be in. ;l el' all req u i s it e particulars. March 11, 1827. J. WOOD, Clerk. 1 . )4. • HENRY DAVIES, Aysician to the tish L y i ng -I n H os pital, Brownlow-street, will Commence ktid S PRING COURSE of LECTURES, on the THEORY WoeACTICE of MIDWIFERY and the DISEASES of iz tia " 4 .EN and CHILDREN, on MONDAY, March 19, at a • - Viar tt, past Ten &Clock in the Morning, at the Dispensary, 9, v/Pek-street, Golden-square. ''Prticulars inquire of Dr. H. Davies, 29, Conduit-street. WANTS a SITUATION, as GROOM or nliddh. PORTER, and will make himself generally useful, a Plac kd Alan , who can have a good character from his, last ad 4 rea s ,,i objection to town or country. Letters (po st p aid) eatat. B. at the Sun Office, 112, Strand, will meet . . . the from Dancing, MR. , Teacher MODERN DANCING. . tea b l'in,g's Theatre, Opera House, of Author informs the Public, ancing and Dramatic Pieces, respectfully Hattongarden, his Ac ad • 18, Kirby-street, of various Works fatuow 0 emy for Dancing, Pen, mere Persons of any age may Dancing. Private es was el, denartlnent of modern Ball-room perform the figures. be privately instructed Tat any-lust, with a sufficient number to _.,..__ may be had big arioas Works ervr"rnaY be bad of Mr. Wilson as above. _ _Neve:r....eTwo young Ladies as Apprenticea, wanted. .._, °TI °awing and Dramatic Pi ----- d AGRI- Ii A I(ER'S-PATENTMA ; C-11-1-CRAL IMPLEXIENTS.—R• BAKES e ect po.nttumt Majesty, r sp filly tholelisn and Engine Maker to His I NGLES an (by sp. wen acquaints PIF , tof the f,,110 •• ui le that he has manufactured ,x 111 el-• • PATENT „.;',IP.. a ones ii NI inZing Ma i • 4:`' rOrtable-'! washing an- ..7r - l loth came, ; Lau - a large assort -Jangles; , • . aid Tab e-c 1-,.. • ..+,, ~?Jacks •c: D. z Machines, , 4 G47I,3IiD4E'N" Qatir,Qedt articles ur;ernd'ilr.P-the4 Latindßr,;v.prs, 11 Insect Des troyers, Syringes, Fr '‘eh°as" Eng:a?'" ,- a Tools of every kind, 41t C:ltlle7e-rs, ,-,r,(i ~;arden,n, CHAFF Engines, Malt, D. M , Oat and Bean Mill,, Corn unro s Cattle Tubes Na}. - Turnip Slicers, Cat'', „'. making- Machines,. and Agri of 0, eighem W. .in Machines, cultural Implements of ever des' Winnow g Measures, BUTTER Churns, Chi Pe COFFEE tanners Cane 'f op Cr u2'teters' ption.d Dairy utensils. and wi ,-. ne kAizs.iers witll ot' a,lundia. 1--,,A,v,, _ , • ier Colonial Tools.. t Dial Scaled • LILA and Counter Weighing Machines, Paten Shower Corn Husking Mills, ia, ; I3ennetts Patent Filteter ; Machell's Patent patent Us ; Alasterrnan'a Patent Bottling and 'Corking Machines i Water Clozets; ad Iron Bedsteads ; with a variety of do n'este and commercial INTachines.—To he seen at R. Baker's Pa tent Margie Manuf sooty - , Fore-street, or at his Warehouses, 42' l'"llutell :' C°' ' • l e and 309, Oxford street corner of Mng- an , street 0 * - ' 0 PPoalte Pladong,a H0te1....,,,The Trade supplied. T!j No. 10,768. To Sail early in March, For BATAVIA, SINGAPORE, and PENANG, THE Remarkably fine, Teak-built Snow, NIM ROD, THOMAS HARVIE, Commander. Burthen 2(:) Tons. Lying in the West India Export Dock. Has taupe rior Accommodation for Passengers.--For Freight or Pasiage apply to Buckles, Bagater, and Buchanan, 33, Mark-lane. To Sail early in March, For VAN DIEMEN'S LAND and NEW SOUTH WALES, THE beautiful, new, first class Brig, LION, ALEXANDER KENN (late of the William Shand), Commander. Burthen 275 Tons. Lying in the London Dock. Has excellent Accommodations for Passengers.—For Freight or Passage apply to Buckles, Bagster, and Buchanan, 33, Mark-lane. This day was published, price 9s. 6d. post Bvo. PERSONAL NARRATIVE of ADVEN TURES in the PENINSULA, during the War in 1812,1613.—8 y an OFFICER, Late in the Staff Corps Regiment of Cavalry. Printed for John Murray, Albemarle-street. This Day were published, price 309. PARLIAMENTARY ABSTRACTS ; con taining the Substance of all important Papers laid before the Two Houses of Parliament in the Session of 1926. Also, price 79. 6d. THE PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW, for the same Session. And, price 255. The PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY, con taining the Debates of the Session, carefully arranged under appro priate heads. Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. STRICTURES CURED BY AN INTERNAL MEDICINE. This day were published, by Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, Pa ternoster-row, price 43., PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS on STRIC TURE, and other Diseases of the Urethra. Describing an effectual mode of cure by an Internal Medicine, and proving the application of Instruments unnecessary, and generally produc tive of injury, illustrated by Cases ; and on the Origin, Symptoms, and Treatment of Stricture in the Rectum. By W. RENOU, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, 11, New Ormond street, Queen-square, London ; where personal attendance for consultation is given every day between Eleven and One. The Medicine for the Cure of Stricture is entirely a new com position, which, owing to the difficulty of its chemical process, cannot he dispensed by prescription, or prepared in the usual course of hnsiness ; it is therefore sold in packets, 1/. 2s. each, by Mr. Gifford, 104, Strand ; Colk, 29, Fleet-street ; Barclay, Fleet-market ; Chandler and Sanger, Oxford-street ; Weldon, Bond-street ; Rogers and Gibson, Cheapaide; and Stradling and Nix, Royal Exchange. FOURTH EDITION, WITH A POSTSCRIPT IN ANSWER TO DR. ALLEN'S REPLY. This Day is Published, price 2s. 64. AA VINDICATION OF CERTAIN PAS SAGES in the THIRD and FOURTH VOLUMES of the HISTORY of ENGLAND. BY J. LINGARD, D.D. " Dr. Lingard possesses the happy art, the curiosa felicitas, beyond almost any reasoner that we know, of placing his Over• sary neatly and quietly—nay, even imperceptibly in the process— between the horns of a dilemma. Of this there are two or three very amusing instances in the tract before us ; and it is remarkable how easily—although he has to deal with opponents certainly pf great ability,—his logical strength, like the mechanism of a screw power, enables him, when thus employed upon sound and substantial premixes, to extract the truth irresistibly, but with out violence, even from the admitted positions of his antagonists. This faculty, applied to the investigation of doubtful transactions of any kind, is, it - is needless to say, one of the highest qualifica tions which the historian can possess ; and when we find it united, as it is in Dr. Lingard, with the most indefatigable habits of re search, it cannot but serve to enhance very highly the acknowledged value of his labours."—Monthly Review, February, 1827. *.* The Postscript may he had, by the purchasers of the for mer Editions, gratis. Printed for J. Mawman, Ludgate-street, of whom may he had, and of all Booksellers in the United Kingdom, in ten volumes Bvo, price 61. in boards, the Third Edition of A HISTORY OF ENGLAND, . From the first invasion of the Romans to the death of Charles Bv JOHN LINGARD, D.D. Also the Sixth Volume, in quarto, price 11. 15s. and Volumes Nine and T en , i n octavo , pr i ce 1/. 45., containing the Reigns of James I. and Charles I. *#.* The succeeding Seventh Volume. in quarto, and the Eleventh and Twelfth Volumes, in octavo, will bring this His tory down to the Revolution in IGSS. LITERATURE. THE WORKS OF - CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE. Three Volumes. Louden. 1826. The Dramatic Writers who immediately preceded Shak speare, are distinguished from all others in English litera ture by their fervid but unregulated fancy. Untrammelled by education, which, while it imparts a flavour to some, detracts from the intellect of others, they luxuriated in the wildest excesses of thought., and by clothing their senti ments unhesitatingly in the first language that presented itself, they gave a boldness and reality to their style which the fastidious refinement of more cultivated times, has since almost wholly destroyed. Peele and Greene, who were the friends and cotemporaries of Marlowe, afford abundant proofsof vh ot i t eh, r remark : they are throughout replet e with feeling, however is so mixed up with extravagance, as to be intolerable to modern readers. Compared with Shakspeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher, Mas singer, Shirley, and the rest of their glorious successors, they are what Thespis, and the pupils of his rude school, were to Eschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. - But Marlowe, though anterior to Shakspeare, is, in a gre . it degree, free from this besetting sin of his cotempo rules. Unlike them he was well educated, received the advantages of the University, and was the first whose drama exhibited the slightest approximation to refinement, or made any very deep impression on the public mind. In his case an acquaintance with the Classics had produced the most beneficial effects, for without, taming, it had so mellowed the splendours of his . imafery, so condensed his thought, enriched his diction, and given consistency to his characters, that but little remained for criticism to carp at. Hence he was the most popular dramatist of his day, and ranked high in the estimation of succeeding generations , until the school of D r yden, POpe, and their thousand and one imitators —imitato ru n t servum pecus,-- 7 drove the writers "of the age of Elizabeth from the field. The present day, however, seems inclined, by excessive adulation, to make them amends for past neglect. After an interregnum of upwards of a century, the school of Elizabeth bids fair to resume its ascendancy in literature; its principal authors are adopted as models by m any of our most popular literati ; their language in particular is imitated even to ser vilit y , and their vast stores of thought transferred with more or less effect into the pages of our modern poets. But to re turn more immediately to our subject, the plays of Marlowe, on which his reputation mainly depends, are dis tinguishedby the strong and spirited manner in which they individualize character, and by the vivid sense ofreality with which they every where impress themselves on the reader. In proof of this we need only refer to the two fine dramas, entitled Richard the Second and Faustus; the first of which, in the variety of its portraits, the depth of its feelings, and the warmth of its colouring, is fully equal to the same play by Shakspeare (especially the closing scenes ofßichard) ; while the - second, as a stern portraiture of passion and re- THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 15, 1827. morse, has no superior in the wide compass of the British' Drama. The following extract, descriptive of the mental agonies of Faustus previous to his dissolution, will fully justify our remarks : (Hell is discovered.) Bad Ang.—Now, Faustus, let thine eyes with horror stare Into that vast perpetual torture-house : There are the furies tossing damned souls On burning forks; their bodies boil in lead : There are live quarters broiling on the coals, That ne'er can die ; this ever-burning chair Is for o'er-tortured soul! to rest them in ; These that are fed with sops of flaming tire, Were gluttons, and lov'd only delicate', And laugh'd to see the poor starve at their gates ; But yet all these are nothing; thou shalt see . Ten thousand tortures that more horrid he. Faust —Oh ! I have seen enough to torture me. Bad Ang.—Nay, thou must feel them, taste the smart of all ; He that loves pleasure must for pleasure fall : And so I leave thee, Fetettus, till anon ; Then wilt thou tremble itt Confusion. • (The clock strikes eleven.) Faust.—Oh, Faustus ! Now bast thou but one bare hour to lire, And .then thou must be damn'd perpetually. Stand still you ever-moving spheres of heav'n, That time may cease, and midnight never come. Fair nature's eye, rise, rise again, and make Perpetual day ; or let this hour be but a year, A month, a week, a natural day, That Faustus may repent and save his soul. 0 lente lente eurrite noctis equi The stars move still, time runs, the clock will strike, The devil will come, and Faustus must be damn'd. Oh, I'll leap up to heav'n !--Who pulls me down ? See where Christ's blood streams in the firmament : One drop of blood will save me : oh, my Christ ! Rend not my heart for naming of my Christ; Yet will I call on him. Oh, spare me, Lucifer ! Where is it now?—'tis gone ! And see, a threatening arm, an angry brow. Mountains and hills, come, come, and fall on me, And hide me from the heavy wrath of heav'n ! No ! Then will I headlong run into the earth : Gape, earth! 0 no, it will not harbour me. You stars that reign'd at my nativity, Whose influence bath allotted death and hell, Now draw up Faustus, like a foggy mist, Into the entrails of yon labouring cloud ; That when ye vomit forth into the air, My limbs may issue from your smoky mouths ; But let my soul mount and ascend to heav'n. (The clock strikes the half hour.) Oh ! half the hour is past ; 'twill all he past anon. Oh ! if my soul must suffer for my sin, Impose some end to my incessant pain. Let Faustus live in hell a thousand years, A hundred thousand, and, at last be sav'd : No end is limited to damned souls, Why wert thou not a creature wanting soul ? Or whv is this immortal that thou bast? Oh ! Pythagoras, Metemsycusis ! were" that true, This soul should fly from me, and I be chang'd Into some brutish beast. All beasts are happy, for when they die Their souls are soon dissoly'd in elements ; But mine must live still to be plagu'd in hell. Curs'd be the parents that engender'd me! No, Faustus, curse thyself, curse Lucifer, That bath depriv'd thee of the joys of heav'n. (The clock strikes twelve.) It strikes, it strikes ! now, body, turn to air, Or Lucifer will hear thee quick to hell. O soul ! be chang'd into small water-drops, And fall into the ocean ; ne'er be found. Thunder. Enter the Devils. Oh ! mercy, heav'n look not so fierce on me ! Adders and serpents, let me breathe awhile ! Ugly hell, gape not !—Come not, Lucifer ! I'll burn my books !—Oh, Mephostophilis !—Exeunt. The play of Richard 11. abounds in passages equally imtense and terrific ; the character of Lightborn, the vil lain, is one that, though brief, cannot be read without a shudder.. Our limits here compel us to a close; but we cannot wholly pass by the warm and glowing poem of Hero and Leander, which with much mythological conceit, and no slight bombast, possesses passages of exquisite descriptive beauty; the description of a sudden sun-rise is uncommonly striking, en voici " Now had the morn espied her lover's steeds, Whereat she starts, puts on her purple weeds, And red for anger, that he stayed so long, All headlong throws herself the clouds among." The translations from Ovid are conceived in a spirit of kindred beauty, but as the original is very exceptionable, whenever he touches upon love, his translation for the same reason is inadmissible in the columns of a modern publication. Suffice to say, that they are distinguished by great luxuriance and command of language. We have left ourselves little space to speak of the other plays of Marlowe, such as his Jew of Malta, Tamburlain the Great, and Lascivious Queen, because the first is well known on the boards of the modern stage, and the two last are of spurious authority, consisting chiefly of bom bast and inflated sentiment. With all their faults, how ever (anti they abound in them), enough remains in the pages of our olden dramatists, Marlowe in particular, to reward the labour of research and attentive perusal. Mr. C. Lamb's work, while perhaps, it gives them undue praise, being the manifest production of an enthusiast on the subject, yet affords a very fair and creditable specimen of the magnificent intellect of the Elizabethan age. We may, perhaps, hereafter resort to the subject. , , tt,104-'' ' 0 47 , 7 C*4 •• - • - 7,7, - 7,"'-_`‘, ) ( ~. ''' •,- •'./,',4P- ; ;Ar.p.p . , , ,- 1 , " -- ---rf{ ll \\ 4 1 - 37 11 h atik ! No POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—Yesterday Mr. Wooler applied, as clerk to Mr. Harmer, for a warrant to apprehend a person who had set up the trade of bill-broker in the city, for having feloni ously disposed of certain bills of exchange to the amount of 1,4001. These bills had been given him to discount; but instead of doing so, he put the bills into circulation, applied the proceeds to his own use, and set the owner at defiance. The Loan MAYon regretted that he had no power to assist the party to recover his property.—The warrant was refused. MARYLEBONE-OFFlCE.—Yesterday Joseph Plank, a working gardener, was committed to the New Prison, Clerken well, charged, on suspicion, with stealing a sheep, the property of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire.—Remanded until Friday. James Spring and William Smith, were charged with leav ing the service of William Wilberforce, Jun , Esq., illegally. It was stated in evidence, that Mr.. Wilberforce has recently pur chased a cow-yard and its stock, in the Edgeware-road, of the Metropolitan Dairy Company. The defendants had been milk carriers to the Company, and had continued to act in that ca pacity from the 25th of February, on which day Mr. Wilberforce became proprietor of the concern, until the following Saturday, when they received their wages in the p resen ce of Major Close, as coming from Mr. Wilberforce, since which time they had aban doned their employment. The defendants, in answe to the charge, said they did not know who w as th e ir employer. They went up to Mr. Wilber force's house, a t St. John's-wood , on the Tuesday, to know how they were to g o on , a nd he refused to see them. They had n ev e r accepted him as a master ; it was the custom of the trade to dis charge carriers at a moment's notice, and upon the same princi ple they were entitled to leave their employment. Mr. GRIFFITH said, if such proceedin g s were permitted, many trades could not be carried on, and he or dered them to give bail, which not being prepared for, they were detained in custody.- UNION-HALL.--Yeterday Robert Beale, the driver of one of the Camberw e ll stage-coachc,, was summoned to this office at the instance of D. Harvey, Esq*, a Commissioner of Bankrupts, for abusive language.—The Magistrate convi c t e d the defendant in tt penalty of 26%, and 6s. costs, , • PRICE 713. IMPROVED STAYSAILS. (FROM A NAVAL CORRESPONDENT. The Patent Improved Staysails invented by Rear Admiral Sir Henry Heathcote have met with entire and unqualified appro bation on board two of his Majesty's Frigates, two regular East Indiamen, three West Indiamen, one Free Trader to India, and one South Sea Whaler, in the prosecution of their respective voyages out and home, during the whole of which they were set whenever the weather was a'zfficiently moderate. The reports of the Captains of these ships, unequivocally declare the new sails to possess all the qualities the Patentee's theory ascribes to them. Amongst the superiorities specifically attributed to them by the Captains above alluded to, in comparison of four-sided staysails, it may be well to enumerate the most important, viz. " They are much more propelling, much less pressing in a lateral direc tion, free from injurious obstruction of wind from the square sails before them, and from eddy wind against those abaft them ; very serviceable on all points of sailing on which staysails will draw, but more particularly when close-hauled ; may be carried with the greatest safety, from being on the gib principle, and from the more vert►cal direction of the principal stays whereon they set, which latter circumstance occasions their throwing less strain on the topmasts, and so materially facilitates the taking them in, that hardly any force is necessary to haul them down, and when down, they are secure ; they are easier worked, handsomer, and show neater. the manner of leading the stays as before mentioned, also affords additional security to the upper masts, and contributes to uniformity of appearance." As respects the comparison of the new sails, with all the different kinds of triangular sails hitherto occasionally used between the masts, the new ones are more propelling in the very great proportion that the more vertical direction of their stays improves their action, and admits of throwing more canvas into them than into any of the others, whereof, those whose feet are horizontal, are so small as to be alto gether inconsequential, and the others, though containing from two. thirds to three-fifths of the quantity of canvas in the new sails, are worse than inconsequential, on account of their much•more lateral im pulsion. The Patent Staysails have the same advantage over the old triangular ones, as over those which are quadrilateral, with respect to the security of the masts, and facility of stowage. These facts, which are incontrovertibly proved both in theory and prac tice, the Patentee confidently relies on as a substantial basis for the universal, though gradual, adoption of his system. But the fact hest calculated to convince the public that although under par ticular circumstances the Patent Staysails may for a time be dispensed with, they are nevertheless essential to the perfection of naval equipment, is its being ascertained on the most respectable authority, that " the American Navy, after trying them in the United States frigate, Brandywine, have, by order of their Com missioners, generally adopted them. and that from that circum stance, they are established in all the frigates built at New York and Philadelphia, for the Brazilian, Colombian, and Grecian Go vernments." They are not as yet adopted in the British Navy, but the two Captains of his Majesty's frigates, who have made trial of them have, in their official reports, recommended them as " possessing every advantage over the present establishment." THE WITCH'S SABBATH.-A FRAGMENT. (FROM THE TIMES.) " Aye, write their names on my darkest page," . Said Bigotry, opening wide her book, — That book, in whose leaves, now black with age, None but the worm and (:—pl—y look. " Write, write them down—as witches, of yore, • • The name of each imp of darkness knew, " And nightly call'd their bead-roll o'er, I'll know the names of my servants, too!" She spoke—and, behold a Scribe was near, • Who straightway taking a pen of flame From behind his ancient, ass-like ear, Wrote down, as she bid, each minion's name. And never, oh never—not even then, In her youthful days of murderous tricks— Was Bigotry half so _pleas'd, as when She counted Two Hundred and Seventy Six ! , I • - With joy, wilt, each name she kiss'd, Though, even in joy, a sigh heav'd she, When out of that list, one name she iniss'd; Her own dear Ncrilks, of Sudbury. 'Tis well, 'tie well—so far our spell " Is a match for even my darkest days ; " Now, draw we a circle round, and tell " What Sprite of them all, I first shall raise." • The circle is drawn—she squats within, • Aml . " Arise," she cries, " some Imp of flame, • Who will do my bidding, through-thick and thin She spoke but the word, and D—n came; • His torch was ready—his eyes were wild— Away to his northern hills he flew, And 'twas rare to see how the beldam emil'd, As she track'd his flight by the glare he threw; As she saw, by her gift of second sight, The mingling flash of the pike and sword, And the burning cottage's crimson light, On the baleful Orange banner pour'd ! But, see—what spell cloth she now prepare? What strange sigzaggeries round her draw, As she mutters, backward, many a prayer?— 'Tis to call to her aid some Imp of Law ; Some dusky Gnome, who shiveis at light ; Who, bred in the dark, his life hath pass'd In playing, for hire, with Wrong and Right, Till he knows not one from t'other, at last; Who kept by his masters under cork, Like bottled-up Imps, is but brought out, To help, in any unholy work, The wise State-conjurers are about ; Who, ready at hand for dingy deeds, • Not only is bottled; convenient Sprite, But labell'd and prided, and only needs . A Seal on his cork, to fix him quite. •, Up!" said the bag, with visage stern, " My . Master Imp, who art learn'd in all The wise and good would most unlearn, - - She said—and C---y came, at her call ; Came, (while the beldam cried all hail !") In a shape she loves the best of any A Rat *—who wasn't without a tile," As he told of a cock and a "bull,"t full many. And much he squeak'd of queens and kings, Of James the First, and James the latter, • And ,6 bloody Queen Mary," and lots of things, Which, he own'd, had nothing to do with the matter, Thus, one by one, .did the Witch call up The legion of imps, that fill'd that roll ; And to each she pledg'd her venomous cup, While each one pledg'd to her his soul. Till hark !—in the midst of all their rites, While (counting two hundred and seventy-seven, The hag included) this band of sprites Were playing their tricks before high heaven, There came a loud crash i . . . . . " And like - a rat without a tall."—MA.crEm. t The "Bull" part of the story belongs more prcpuly Mr. P-1 Le Comte, in his description of China, gives the following account of a circumstance which happened to himself : —" When I was a missionary at Pekin, I once called to baptise a man seventy years old, who lived upon a little pension which the Emperor bestowed upon him.. When I came to him, he said, " I am much obliged to you, for you will deliver me from a great punishment." I replied " this is nct all, baptism not only deli vers a man from hell, but it also leads to happy life." "I do not understand you," said the sick man ; " and perhaps Lhave not expressed myself plain enough ; you know that I have for some time lived upon the Emperor's bounty, and our bonzes, who are well instructed concerning what happens in the other world, have assured me, that I shall be obliged out of gratitude to serve the Emperor after my decease ; and that my soul will Undoubt edly animate a post-horse, to bring the posts to Court out of the provinces. They - exhort me, therefore, when I shall have assumed my new form, to do my duty well, and take care not to snort, nor to kick, nor to hurt any one. They further exhort me to trot well, to eat sparingly, and to be patient, in or der to move the compassion of the gods, who often change a good animal into a human being, and make a great lord of hith. I own this thought makes me shudder, and I cannot think of it without trembling ; every night I dream of it, and sometimes when I am asleep I think I am saddled, and already start at the first lash of the rider's whip. After this I awake in great trouble and anxiety, uncertain whether lam a man or a horse. But, alas, what will become of me, when I am to be a horse in reality ! I have, therefore, taken this resolution. It is said that those of your religion are not exposed to this misfortune, but that with you men remain men, and will he such in the world to come. I beseech you receive me among you. I know it is difficult to live conformable to your religion, but if it was even more difficult, I am, however ready to embrace your faith, and at any rate to be a Christian rather than a creature void of reason." • THE CATHOLIC 4 N D. (From the Patikt.) . -- We cannot conceal from our readers the feelings of. Sorrow ud dismay With which we have heard of the defeat of the only Mee, sure which we can conceive can give tranquillity to Ireland, and security to the British Empire.—The motion for inquiring ; A d o the Situation of the Catholics has been lost by a majority of four. It is true, we did not anticipate the-final settlement of the question this Session, but we did believe, that the justice and expedieney of the case, would have induced a majority in favour of inquiring at kat, which would have given to this country one year of tigated exasperation —we believed, because we hoped—and lire hoped because we wished the tranquillity of the country. The first feeling was that of actual despair for our country. We fat as if the hand of providence was lifted against these nations, whlah bewilders the councils of those whom he devotes. We saw th e ultation of the turbulent, and the factious of each party, nnd.ihe sorrow of every good and peaceable man of both—we heard olthe Prutestants and Catholics of property with whom we conversed, ea press their determination to quit a country in which they could no longer reside with any prospect of security, and foresaw the questioe contended for here by political gladiators, who had no stake in tranquillity, and who live upon confusion and strife. Our ears were stunned with the exclamations of insolence, stimulating dis appointment to madness—while, we felt the only real victory Wag to the enemies of England, and the Protestants of Ireland, the persons really defeated. A gleam of hope, however, broke in upon us, through this gloom. Private letters from well informed sources, mention that had Sir F. Burdett accompanied his motion with the readiness of the petitioners to accede to any reasonable securities, founded on principles of equitable adjustment and Pro. testant security, a large majority-would have voted for going into a Committee. We find, too, from the character of the speeches against going into a Committee—from the observations of the British Papers most opposed to concession, that the resistance is one as to time, more than to positive principle. None have gone co far as to say that at no time can Catholics be made eligible to the Constitution. All have admitted the impen.ibility of thiesgs remaining as they are—it is now imperatively necessary for those who resist emancipation to propose their own alternative. What will -that be? Will it be adequate to the necessity of the case ? Will it be considered so by the Legislature? No; no adequate alternative can he found—one must ultimately be resorted to, aid that one is—Catholic Emancipation. (From the Dublin .Evening Post.) This country has sustained a defeat more signal aid alit? Wig' than any to which it has been subjected since the calsmitosmipe riod of the Union. In the most numerous }tons* of COMnielli that ever assembled—there being, including the Tellers, 660 Members present, the proposition of Sir FraneariCurdett Was lost by a majority of four, there being-for the /iononrable Baronet's motion 272, and against it 276. Now what WAS the Resolution ? This merely— " That this House is deeply impressed with the expediency of taking into consideration the laws imposing disabilities on his Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects, with a view to their relief." This proposition was rejected by a British House of Commons; which, by their vote, have virtually informed the peopleof Ire land that they will not even entertain their Question. other words the collective wisdom of the nation have decidedlielsarlis ment that justice shall not.be done to Ireland. For this result, even at the threshold of the Question, we own we were not prepared—the country was not prepared--nay, not even the Church or the Ascendancy. It is true, people were not very sanguine as to the success of the measure in the House of Lords—yet, owing to the rumours of Lord Lansdowne taking of fice, we were not without our hopes as to this august Assembly. Brit that the House of Commons should reject the claims of the people at once, that they should tell them, almost in terms, that slaves as they were, slaves they should continue—that they should perpetuate their thraldom, and .for the sake of that Church Esta blishment (for this was the ground that decided the majority), which the people of this _country 'have such deep alum to abhor—fer this course, we say again, we were not prepared. However, on a perusal of the Debate, our surprise has been di minished. It appears that in the Cabinet there has been and there is, a discord of more than ordinary acrimony--a discord of so ma lignant and indecent a character, that it has broken out into open hostilities. The Master of the Rolls was chosen by the Lord Chancellor to fire the first shot in the House of Commons at Mr. Canning, and accordingly, after speaking a No-Popery Pamphlet. he let offsa shower of pateraros, on the subject of securities, against the Foreign Secretary. The scene which occurred between them is quite dramatic, and sufficiently disgraceful to Sir John Copley. It is, valuable, hoivever, far the information it conveys. It shows that Mr. Canning is surrounded by treachery. and that the most strenuous efforts are making to die-seat that Minister, and the por tion of the Cabinet with whom lie acts. Whether the intrigue succeed or not, of this we may rest assured, that the present Ca binet cannot exist in all its component parts. The Readers cannot fail to observe the high tone taken by the No-Popery part of the Administration. We put Deny Dawson and Cavan Maxwell out of: the'question. These persons are not worth a thought in the estimate. But we do confess we have read the speech of Mr. Peel with alarm and dismay. If, as we :Ire informed by one of air private letters, coming from a qUarter, (entitled, in our opinion, to respect), that gentleman is to be elevated to the Peerage' and to . the Premiership, a new era, or rather a return to the old Orange times is about to open on Ire land. The Right Honourable Gentleman scarcely kept •terma with his colleague Mr. Canning, and none at all with Mr. Plunkett. By a reference' to a short conversation which occurred in the Howe of Lords, on Thursday evening, and with an abstract of which we have been furnished by our Parliamentary Agent, it will be seen that the- Chancellor reiterated the assault on the Irish Attorney-General. On the whole, matters are rapidly ad.. vancing to, a crisis. Lord Colchester, we have good authority for stating, is already mentioned for the Horne Department. Whether Mr. Canning, after this, will consent to retain office. time alone will decide. In fact, it is understood that the late struggle in the House was a struggle between Mr. Peel and Mr. Canning, and that had the majority decided to entertain the question, Mr. Peel would resign. _ . The question for u', for the people of Ireland, to consider, id, the course, which in the present exigency of our affairs, it h pru dent for us to pursue. There is fortunately mote than one shit native, and without at all wishing or desiring to inflame those just resentments, which now burn in the bosom of every Catholic, we shall speak with all possible plainness on the subject. 1. The Chnrch. as established by law, has not only taken a lead, but has been foremost in its opposition to the Catholic Claims. There is not a Bishop, Dean, or Parson, with some halt a dozen exceptions, who did not declare against the country. Now against the Church, as a temporality, the whole energies of the country must and ought to be directed. The Church has sworn eternal enmity against the Catholics, the Catholics must put an oath in Heaven against the Church. 2. Again, the Ascendancy have been working heaven and earth to dissociate Catholics and Protestants. The system has gained to such a mean and scandalous extent, that we are informed e high dignitary of the Church has made it a point with his friends to discharge their Catholic servants, and to take Protestants. In Dublin this plan has been accomplished to it most considerablq extent. The Catholics must in their own defence retaliate. 3. It will become immediately a question with the Catholics whether they will again Petition for Emancipation. Mr, Brougham seems to think they will not. We diff e r w i t h Mr. Broughambut at all .events, upon the question which we are just about to propose, though there may be now, there will not be in six months, should an Orange Government be established, a difference of opinion in' Ireland. We would suggest then, that the Catholics and every Protestant who pleases to join them, should petition for a Repeal of the Union. Even as a party stroke—and Heaven knows we never considered it as such—this would be a master-piece. We should like to see the Church pe titioning against the proposition. 4. But above all, and before all,' we implor._ firmness and union. Mr. Plunkett has well described the intimate and tho rough cordiality that prevails among all the Catholics of Ireland. It was never more indispensable than at present. We have bast debate enough—the country now demands action.•-constitutionals legal, legitimate action. STonm.—After the great snow storm' in 1829, the Trustees of the Cramond district caused a machine to be made, for the purpose of clearing the road of snow, which was accordinglt done; but from that period till Monday last there had been'to op portunity of trying its powers. It is composed of two triangular frames, with side boards about three feet high. Eight horses are yoked into this machine, tour behind the first triangle, And four behind the second—thus the whole is pushed on before the horses. The first triangle measures about six or eight feet, and serves to clear the road, sufficiently to allow the horses to work ; the second is only necessary to widen the opening made by the 'first, and being about twelve feet in breadth, at one sweep clears the road to a sufficient width for carriages to pass. We arc glad to say the operation on the Cramond road on Monday answered conipletely. "The machine was driven into town from Muttonole, by Sunbury, and returning by Stockbridge road, proceeded to Cramond Bridge, clearing the road completely the whole way. In some places the snow must have exceeded mfr. , in depth..—Cdedonian'tlfercary.