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//,? - - " 'CT-M DR. COPLESTON'S BERM-011/47.' EAST INDIA ROUSE, JAI'. Ifs 1527. THE COURTofDIRECTORS ofthe UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENGLAND Trad jug to the EAST INDIES, do hereby give Notice, That the SPECIAL GENERAL COURT of the said CO3l - appointed to be held at their House in Leadenhall-street, On WEDNESDAY, the 7th of February next, is made FURTHER SPECIAL, for the purpose of laying before the Proprietors for their approbation, in conformity with the 17th Section of the hth Chapter of the'Ey.-Laws, a Resolution of the Court of Di rectors of the 10th inst., appointing an Assistant in the Medical bepartment at the Company's Depot at Chatham, with a Salary of 3001. per annum, and en allowance of 10/. per annum, for House Rent. Copy of the said Resolution now lies open at this House, for the perusal of the Proprietors. JOSEPH DART, Secretary. EAST INDIA HOUSE, JAN. 24, 1827. THE COURTof DIRECTO ItS ofthe UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENGLAND Trad ing to the EAST INDIES, do hereby give Notice, That a SPECIAL GENERAL COURT o f t h e sa id COM PANY, Will h e h e ld at t h e i r H ouse i n L ea d en h all-street, on WEDN ES DAY, the fith FEBRUARY Next, at Eleven o'Clock in the PI:4. ' 1100 n, at the desire of more than Nine Proprietors, agreeably to the following Letter, received this day, viz. : u TO THE HONOURABLE Tile COURT OF LUBEC:TORS OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY. " We, the undersigned Proprietors of India Stock. duly quali fied, request that a Court of Pro!...ietors may soon be called, to which it is our intention to submit the following Propositions " Ist. To deliberate on the present State of Oriental Educa tion, connected with the absolute necessity fur tlu whole of the Company's Servants in Hindoostan to acquire at least some collo quial knowledge of its popular tongue. " 2d. To determine whether the elementary acquisition of Rindoostanee in this country be not indispensible to Candidates for official appointments previous to their nomination by the Court of Directors, in order so far to secure the future good Government 0 f British India, and the durable prosperity of that vast Empire. "3d. To d ec id e a l so on t h e propriety of the proposed preli minary qualification for Free Merchants, Marines, and others, be for of e granti ng t h em a licence to reside among a hundred millions Native Subjects, in daily contact with those European Inha bitants, who, in general, know nothing of the Hindoostanee, and consequently may injuriously impede through the multifarious tr ansaction s of public or private life, not only the local Autho rities, but the common weal of the People and State. 1 ' 4th. F or a C opy of the Regulations issued by the Court of birectors, relative to the public examinations at home and abroad °f Persons intended for the Company's service in India, on their respective acquirements as Oriental Scholars, with the view of securing efficient servants for the effectual management of numerous important affairs in our extensive and extending Do- Mains in the East. ' l sth. To compare the real expense of the two systems of Oriental tuition existin g here since ISIS, with the notorious die proportionate results of each ; the total charge of one mode of Oriental Instruction alone having amounted to 64,0001. for 560 Students, while that of the other was only 4,000/. for communi cating; similar information to 1600 Pupils at the Hindoostanee and Persian Lecture Rooms in London, many of whom are now not only very rueful Interpreters, &c., but are able and ready to exe• cute other responsible functions in the East Indian Service. "6th. To recommend the adoption of some plan here for the imme it diate encouragement of appropriate military education and Ori entallerature,with colloquial proficiency among theKing'sofficers, the e Company's Cavalry and Infintry Cadets, &c. to the serious atten tion of the execut i ve Court, which has done nothing yet to enable those youth s to proceed hence as Officers,. or Linguists, to India, well qualified to command numerous bodies of brave men, by : s p eakin g the most current local dialect, and being, at the same as well instructed as the Engineer and Artillery Students "" long been, at Addiscotnbe, in those arts of war and tactical auercises inseparable f rom th e d ue performance of their respective tits in the Indian Army," " JOHN CAPRON, Finsbury-square, " JOHN NEILL, " JOHN LEDGER, " JOSEPH HUME, " R. SLADE, "JOHN BORTHWICK GILCHRIST, " JAMES PATERSON, " W. MAXFIELD, " W. MASON, " LEICESTER STANHOPE, " J. KIERNAN." L o " JOSEPH DART, S ecre t ary . ndon, January, 23, 1827. TEAST INDIA HOUSE, JAI;. 24, 1827. HE COURT ofDIRECTORS of theUNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENGLAND Trad ing to the EAST INDIES do hereby give Notice, That the TRANSFER BOOKS of the said COMPANY'S STOCK will be SHUT on TUESDAY, the Gth March next, at Three o'Clock, and OPENED again on Titunsioar, the 12th April following. That a QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said e OMPANY will be held at their House in Leadenhall-street, on Wi ttctsna.T, the 21st March next, at Eleven o'Clock in the Porsnoon. • That a GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY will ne held at their House in Leadenhall-street, on WznNranar, the llth April next, from Nine o'Clock in the Morning until Six in the Evening, for the ELECTION of SIX DIRECTORS of the said COMPANY for Four Years. And that the LIST of the MEMBERS of the said COM v•k:NY will be ready to be delivered at this House on WEnNas bAY, the 28th March next. JOSEPH DART, Secretary. Published byWORKS. W AN IGHTM `and CRAMP, 24, Paternoster-row, London. 1. 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" A work which contains a most able and accurate delineet' of the character of that extraordinary man."--Rev. Robert Hall, A.Ai• in his Funeral Sermon for Dr. Ryland. _ . .• ',. - . MOM _ ,i, I,\' ... -,V,,...- •..., . ~.„,,.. , -.. I:,_ \ '•-•-•:, • - '' ~ 2 '' . ' l7 : 4 A. -- ..' ---,!:: „.....„..,......_____) No. 10,726. BRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL MALL. FIE GALLERY for the EXHIBITION and SALE of the WORKS of BRITISH ARTISTS, in cluding the Pictures of the Battle of the Nile, at the moment of the Blowing-up of the L'Oricut, and that of the Representation of Admiral De Winter delivering his Sword to Lord Duncan, after the Battle of Camperdown, presented by the British Institution to the Royal Hospital of Greenwich, will continue open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Five in the Evening. Admittance, Is.—Catalogue, la. WILLIAM BARNARD, Keeper. rill CLARK'S GENERAL OUTFITTING I • WAREHOUSE, for the EAST and WEST INDIES and SOUTH AMERICA, EXETER 'CHANGE, STRAND. 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A FASHIONABLE STOCK of Carriage, Curricle, Tandem, Phaeton, Stanhope and Chaise HARNESS, with every descrip tion of Saddlery, &c. &c. for home use, East and West Indies, and South America, which merit inspection from their excellent quality, first style of workmanship, and moderate prices. • All the Articles in this Establishment are warranted, and the excellent plan of fifty years standing is still strictly adhered to, of asking but one Ready Money Price, from which no abatement will be made. CHEAP WINTER CLOTHING for CHA RITIES.—Stout Knit Shetland Stockings of all sizes, 73. 6d., 9s. and 12s. 6d. per dozen; Lambs' Wool and Worsted, 113. to 144. ; Thick White and Spotted Knit Jersey Underwaist coats, 265., 295., 325. ; Worsted ditto, 205., 235. ; Flannel ditto and Drawers, 305., 31s ; Great Coats, 10s. 64., 12s. and 13s. 6d. each ; Grey Cloaks, 4.5. 64. to 9s. ; Flannel and Linsey Woolsey Petticoats, 2s. 84., 35., Ss. 44. ; strong Linen and Calico Shirts and Chemises, Is., 4s. 64., 55.; Blankets, 55., 6s. 6d., 7s. 3d., Ss. 9d. per pair; Bed Rugs, 2s. 2d. to 4s. ; Welch Flannel, Sid., 84., 10d., I Id. and Is. per yard; Sheet hags, 10d., ; Calico, 6d., 74., Sd. ; Linen, I Id., 1 lid. ; Blue Print, 74., 134. and N. ; Yarn Gloves and Mittens, Welch Wigs, Kilmarnock Caps, Cravats, &c. /cc. JOHN STEAR and CO. respectfully inform the Nobility and Gentry, that the above form part of a very large Stock of Goods, suitable for Charitable Donations, a list of which, priced for the present season, may be had on application at their Hosiery and Outfitting W a r e h o us e , St, Oxford-street, nearly opposite the Pantheon.—Wash Leather Waistcoats, Drawers, and Socks; Vi gonia under-clothing for Ladies and Gentlemen, of peculiar soft ness ; and an extensive general assortment of Hosiery, Gloves, fashionable Cravats, Ready-made Linen,' fine Welch and Patent Flannels, Dressing Gowns, &c. &r. at unusually low prices. Orders from the Country, with a remittance or reference, re gularly forwarded—Gentlemen's Cloth Opera Cloaks, Thre , Guineas each. DESIRABLE ESTATE in PERTHSHIRE, with a FREE HOLD QUALIFICATION, for SALE. THERE WILL BE SOLD, Within th.• Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Edinburgh, on a day to be afterwards named, if not previously disposed of by Pri vate Bargain, THE LANDS and ESTATE of FINCASTLE, with or without the FREEHOLD QUALIFICATION belonging thereto. As also, the LANDS and GRAZINGS of RICHAEL and GLASCHORRIE. I. The LANDS of FINCASTLE are situated in Athole.— They consist of upwards of 460 acres of good arable land, and about 2600 acres of excellent green, woodland, and hill pasture, These pasture lands are well watered, and are esteemed of a very superior quality for the rearing and feeding of cattle. A considerable portion of them is susceptible of being brought into high cultivation, for there is great abundance of shell marl very near the surface, and an inexhaustible quantity of limestone acces sible to every part of the estate, and of peat moss and wood for burning the same. The lands are subdivided with stone dikes, and a substantial boundary fence of the same description almost surrounds the whole property. There are also several valuable plantations of oak, birch, ash, &c., and the proprietor has recently planted upwards of 70 acres of hill land with larch and spruce fir, which is well inclosed, and remarkably thriving. The grounds are well stocked with game of every description.— There is a right of fishing in the river Tummel, which abounds with pike and trout, the latter of a very superior quality. There is also a right to a third of the salmon fishing in the Linn or Falls of Tumnael- At one of the falls there. is an excellent meal mill, with a command of water, and fall sufficient for turning inachi • nery to any extent. The water has never been known to freeze or run short. The Mansion-house, to which a suitable garden is attached, is fit for the accommodation of a large family, and is surrounded with fine old trees, part of which forms an avenue of great beauty. The offices are substantial, and in good repair. The road to the Mansion-hous e of the property is good, and diverges f rom t h e great north road to the celebrated Pass of Killi cranky, the scenery o f which and of the property itself is of the most picture sque d escr i ption, particularly that of Loch Turnmel, which, from it s many peculiar beauties, is much admired and re sorted to by strangers. The Highland coach passes daily at the junction of the roads. 11. The LANDS and GRAZINGS of RICHAEL and GLAS CHORRIE are situated in the forest of Athole, and comprehend some arable and about 5,000 acres of hill ground. These gra zings form an excellent sheep walk, and abound with grouse, ptarmigan, and every description of hill game, and are surroun ded on all sides by the Duke of Athole and Gordon's preserved grounds. The proprietor has recently built and furnished a very complete substantial Shooting Lodge, with stable and dog kennel, which is of easy access, the great north road running within a mile and a half of it. The Lodge, with the Shootings, have been let for several years past at 150/. per annum. The rental of the whole estate is 1,2261. 15s. 4d.—The public burdens are trifling. Au estate combining so many advantages, and affording every requisite that a complete Highland property can possibly furnish, is seldom in the market, or to be met with. For farther particulars apply to Patrick Stewart, Esq. at Fletcherfield, near Forfar; Captain James Stewart, at Kinvaid, near Perth ; Captain Gilbert Stewart, at Alban, who will give directions for sheaving the property ; James and Alexander Macdonell, writers to the signet, 10, Broughton Place, in whose hands are the title-deeds ; or to William Wedderspoon, writer in Perth ; either of whom will receive offers for a private bargain. Edinburgh, 6th January, 1827. COLDS, COUGHS, ASTHMAS, BUTLER'S PECTORAL ELIXIR. —Expe rience during a very long period has ineonteetibly proved the superior efficacy of this Medicine, in all cases of COLDS, Coccus, and ASrf/f3lArie Arcs:mons. By promoting gentle expectora tion, it very shortly relieves the Patient of a Blight or recent Cold, and a few doses are generally sufficient to remove these which neglect has rendered more confiriaied and obstinate, and which are decompanied with Cough, Spitting of Blood, and other serious symptoms. Its peculiar balsamic powers wild to heal soreness, and allay the irritation of the lungs, in cases of Cough ; and in Asthnistic Affections it assists and gives freedom to the Breath. Sold in Bottles, at ls. 1 d. and 2s. 94., by Butlers, Chemists, Cheapside, corner St. Paul's; '73, Prince's-street, Edinburgh; and 54, Sackville-street, Dublin ; Savory and Co., 136, New Bend-street ; Willmott, 83, High-street, Borough ; and the prin cipal Medicine Venders in the United Kingdom. Of whom may be had BUTLER'S BALSAMIC LOZENGES, used in recent Coccus, lIOARSENESS, &c., and for rendering the VOICE Clear, and Flexible, and protecting its organs from the effects of exertion. In Boxes, at Is. lid. and 2s. 9d. N.B. Be careful to ask for BUTLER'S PECTORAL ELIXIR. .... , . 1 „ .f.t.,f . ~,...,..., ~,i, ec , :gt,l -11',X." 6fitu. - r 4 ." - . „ ro ite., - ;-,-7 ii. , . , , i /°:;'-•,.. 1- :2,...,1,.... , ~ - , ,?1 , -_,;„::::iiiii h - li . ,•-• ~ A‘'' ~ .9 „r7'014.., _,- 1.f.e.., -*4.. t , %/"/ ....', ','•:,'''. "i o , H,, ;.' Lk : 9 ' "-;::--.\' ~, , e ,, ‘,... ..,..., ~. .. , ~..._. 0., *4 . : • ' 4 4_,(2) . 1 , 4 10, _,0„.,„,,, 1111 4., 440 41(c51iti 014 * oN , 1144.741. ~ I .4,1,,,, r THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2,5, 1827. BUCK'S HEAD INN AND HOTEL, GLASGOW. VRANCIS MACKAY takes the liberty of offer ing his best thanks to the public in general, and to the Com mercial Gentlemen in particular, who have patronised him since opening the above Hotel, and respectfully solicits a continuance of their favours. F. M. has always been most anxious to promote the comfort and convenience of Commercial Gentleman, and he trusts that from the improvements which have lately been made on the house, the superior style in which it is fitted up, and the reasonableness of his charges, he will not be found unworthy of their support and notice. 'Wines and Spirits of the very best qualities at Reduced Prices. Neat Post Chaises and careful Drivers on the shortest notice— Good Stabling, &c. &e. Glasgow, Jan. 7827. PRICE 7D. THE FINE ARTS• Among the various works submitted to public attention, we know of none more likely to ensure approbation than a beautiful specimen of penmanship by Mr. Walter Paton, encircling a highly finished portrait and spirited likeness of his late Royal Highness the Duke of York. Mr. Paton is a young artist of acknowledged reputation, but his merits are far above the measure of his acquired fame. To the most exquisite delicacy of taste, he adds great originality of design, and the most finished execution in his specimens of ornamental penmanship. But his ambition is not con fined to one art—he perpetuates by engraving, with his own hand, the graceful but varied beauty of his masterly pen. Those who wish to possess a sweet memorial of departed greatness, adorned by the fanciful illustration of living genius, cannot fail to be highly delighted with this elegant productinn,which does great honour to Mr. Paton's singular talents. We wish him hearty success in his meritorious and promising career. Penmanship, such as his, will be gazed on with admiration, and remembered with delight. THE LYING IN STATE. A very spirited drawing of the great Chamber at St. James's, with . the remains of the late Duke of York lying in state, has just been published by Mr. Ackermann. We are at a loss which most to admire, the genius of the designer or the dexterity displayed in publishing a work containing so many figures (and so well executed) in so short a time. But it is the characteristic of genius to exult in the astonishing display of its energetic powers ; and this specimen is strongly corroborative of the truth of the observation. Though drawn on stone, yet so deli cately is the impression. produced, that we hesitated to believe our eyes. The lights and shades are so managed as to throw out the figures with all the freedom and im posing effect of painting. The melancholy position of the Guards leaning on their arms contrasts finely with the so lemn pomp of the heralds and standard-bearers. The chandelier throws its dim religious light, in a very impres sive manner, over the gorgeous trappings of woe, and the whole scene, canopied by sable cloth, is pictured with great truth and felicity of expression highly creditable to the graphic talent of Mr. Hunt. ARTS AND SCIENCES. A very ingenious and cheap little work has just been published, under the title of Library of Mechanics and Philosophy, by Robert Stuart, Civil Engineer. It is to be continued in monthly parts ; the first being dedicated to " Anecdotes of Steam-engines," a subject Ivell deserv ing precedence in this wondering age, when the mighty powers of steam are applied to the accomplishment of such stupendous projects. The work is illustrated by very appropriate engravings, which must tend more effec tually to impress the reader's mind with a correct idea of the invention described. Nothing is more conducive to the improvement of youthful faculties than publications of this description, explaining the mysteries of art in an agreeable and easy manner, which imperceptibly generates a taste for useful inventions, while it enlarges the under standing, by the contemplation of how much may yet be achieved in art and science, by a review of what has al ready been effected, and that too from such insignificant beginnings. But we cannot do better than give the author's own introduction to his interesting labour►:, merely observ ing, that he endeavours to trace all inventions to their first rude sourcei7with a❑ impartiality well worthy of imi tation : " A machine, receiving at distant times and from many hands new combinations and improvements, and becoming at last of signal benefit to mankind, may be compared to a rivulet swelled in its course by tributary streams, until it rolls along a majestic river, enriching in its progress provinces and kingdoms. " To those who are familiar with modern machinery, the con struction of these implements may appear to have conferred but slight claim to the reverence in which their authors were held in ancient times. Yet, artless as they seem, their use first raised man above the beasts of the field, and, by incalculably diminishing the sum of human labour, added equally to the power and enjoy ment of the barbarous tribes of those ages to which their discovery is referred. In their rudest form they arc nearly all the mechani cal aids that were necessary for the wants ofnations, of shepherds, and of husbandmen. " For refinements, however, in the formation of even these simple contrivances, or for the invention and use of more com plex mechanism, we must look to communities that have made considerable advance's in the career of civilisation; to those regions where men, congregating in large masses, create numerous artifi cial wants, and, by this peculiarity in their social position, ex cite the natural rivalry of individuals to devise expedients to re move them. " Accordingly it is found, that the dense population of some eastern countries had there produced a state of society eminently calculated to call forth the resources of inventive power. From a remote period, the great wealth of the Egyptians particularly had generated a taste for luxurious magnificence, which that people early displayed in the erection of colossal and sumptuous buildings. The remains of their vast pyramids, temples, and palaces, evince a skilful practice of numerous devices to abridge and facilitate labour, and to give a permanence, almost eternal, to their gorgeous structures. " It is probable that at an era coeval with the raising of these superb fabrics, seme of the properties of elastic vapour were known to and applied by the priesthood in aid of the ceremonial of their religion. The statue of Memnon is recorded to have emitted sounds,' which were ascribed to the interposition of superhuman agency; and this widely promulgated notion directing the steps of devotees to the shrine, added greatly to the sacred fame of the temple, of which, in other respects, this image formed a splendid ornament. When the secrets of the waning faith were revealed by the votaries of a rival belief, the celestial harmony was then said to be produced by vapour, rising from water, concealed in a cavity of the statue, being made to pass through a tube, having a small orifice fashioned in a manner similar to that of the Pipe bf an organ. As long as the fluid was heated by the rays of the sun, mysterious sounds were heard by the assembled w orshippers, which died gradually away as the solar influence was withdrawn from the gigantic idol. Many authors have mentioned these sounds. Strabo af firms that he heard them : Pausanias compares them to those produced by the snapping of the strings of a harp. Philostratus says, that when the sun shone strongly on the statue, sounds proceeded from its mouth similar to those of a stringed instrument. DISCOVERY OF THE BODY OF Mn. CROMPTON. —The body of this unfortunate gentleman, who, it will be recol lected, suddenly disappeared six weeks ago, and for whom a long and unavailing search has been made, has at length been disco vered. On Sunday last some persons walking along the side of the river, near Carrington, saw something floating down on the surface of the water. With some difficulty they succeeded in drawing it to the bank, when they found it to be the body of a wan. From its size and general appearance they immediately concluded it to be that of Mr. Crompton ; and on examining . the neckcloth, they found it was marked with a C.—ln the pock ets were a watch, a silver pencil-case, a memorandum-book, and other articles, which the unfortunate gentleman was known to have about him when he disappeared ; and which, as well as the body, were immediately recognized by his relatives.—As the last time Mr. Crompton was seen was when he left the Bolton boat, near Oldfield rold, it appears probable, from this discovery , that he mu s t h ave f a ll en into the canal somewhere near the locks corn municati,ig with the river, into which his body has been subse quently carried.—lt certainly is difficult to conceive how a person could be drowned in so public a place, in the middle of the fore n°ol3, without some one either seeing him, or bearing his cries; but every other supposition is attended with still greater difficul ' tiec—Afanehester Mercury. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—Having read with great satisfaction an article which appeared in your paper sometime since, touching, though in a very general and liberal way, on the subject of in the Catholic Question, I cannot forbear, connexion with the same subject, and as I conceive strictly in unison with the sentiments of that article, requesting the atten tion of such of your readers as may not have seen it, to a most admirable discourse bearing upon the same to p ics, lately published by the Dean of Chester, (Dr. Copleston,) and preached on the sth of November last. It is a ser mon bearing throughout the characteristic impress of that high ability for which its author is sa distinguished : and not less does it display the most truly !Moral and tolerant views. Without entering in detail upon arty political con siderations, the author has taken a luminous, masterly, and dispassionate view of the subject, which, to Nth parties in this question may suggest many valuable topics LS Con sideration. The author traces from its commencement the eorrt.'u tion of the purity of Christianity by the Romish Church, and the introduction of the principle of exclusivendits and persecution. The supposed duty of extirpating heresy, and all its horrible train of consequences, are most ably referred to as the sources of all the main evils of a Popish ascendancy ; whilst the separation of the religious from the political question of restrictions on the Roman Catho lics, and the entirely distinct nature of the two, is set forth with great perspicuity and force, and the representations are I conceive such as must powerfully tend to allay the animosity-and diminish the party warmth with which the question has been too often agitated, arising, no doubt, from mixing up religious zeal with a question which is, in fact, not one of religion, but simply of political expediency; a question, not of what the Romish tenet* and influence are But ln4et l oY butmrusto fflevrha t o t t ) h ,o e effectur r is eaders olinkeeloyr two o b ein p s short t actc i e. extracts in the author's own words But it is one happy effect of the agitation which the question has undergone in these more enlightened time., con cerning the civil disabilities imposed upon our fellow-subjects of the Roman Church, that self-defence is now almost universally admitted to be the only justifiable ground for making any disqinc tine at all ; and the question being reduced to these limits ; that is, having become one of policy and of expediency, not of religion, it no longer concerns the ministers of religion, in their capacit y of ministers, to engage in it; although it is perfectly unjust and unreasonable to deny to them, in their capacity of citizens, the same right of expressing strongly the interest they take in public measures, which, in a free country, is the common birthright and privilege of us all. object, Lt not, me I cer thaoi:l. ‘ e . v h e however, (l be it misunderstood , beof cis i l f main tain and establish the purest form of Christianity, it must in t gi c t im a te can dour be allowed to the bishops and pastors of that Church , to ii government, t be a le: feel a livelier interest and a prompter zeal in its defence than van he expected from the generality of its lay members By their education, moreover, they are frequently enabled to understand more correctly, and to explain more clearly to others, the grounds and the utility of a religiou3 establishment, than thousands of their fellow-subjects among whom they live. If, therefore, tipon the prospect of danger, they appear foremost in giving the alarm, if in case of observing a culpable indifference to such things they endeavour to conquer the apathy, to awaken the attention, to enlighten the mind, or to direct the judgment of their neighbours, they cannot with reason be said to exceed their province, or to abuse their sacred office. But the truth unquestionably is, that in this country the public mind is too apt to be violently excited upon such questions; and the duty of a minist€r of religion much more frcque:itly consists in softening prejudices gal animosities, and in allaying the heat of party feeling . , than in stimulating the minds of men to an active and eager interest in them.—(p. 33.) What defensive measures ought to be adopted, I have alreaci; said is not a question for the consideration of this place. But being measures of security only, they must, by their very nature, be variable, and adapted to the circumstances of each particular age. It is useless therefore to declaim upon the general principles of liberty on the one hand, or upon the corruptions of popery sin the other. Both have a tendency to inflame the passions and to mislead the judgment, at the very time when it is most desirable that the mental perceptions should be clear and unembarrassed, and that the mind should be calm, and unprejudice4, and un disturbed. But although it be foreign to the province of religion to ante; into the details of this subject, yet wherever duties are to be per formed by members of Christ's church, whether in public or pri vate life, the voice of religion may not improperly be raised to guide and moderate men's minds in the discharge of those duties, and to set them on their guard against the evils which are most apt to insnarc them, and to betray them into error. Let me then in conclusion be permitted to address a word of ad vice to all those who take an eager part in this much agitated question, whatever their opinion may be as to the policy which it becomes our Government to observe. In the first place, it would be well to separate as widely as pinisible the religious from the political part of this momentous subject; not to agitate their minds, or to excite the warmth of religious feeling, by a detail of the gross corruptions both in doctrine and in practice which the Roman Church maintains, which in many parts of Europe have debased Christianity into a noxious superstition, and have well nigh extinguished the true light which Christ brought into the world. It is better, I say, when the practical question comes under consideration, to turn our attention from these things, be cause they have a tendency to confuse the judgment, to present an exaggerated view of the case, and to raise feelings of hatred and indignation, when temper and sobriety are most needed, and a cool impartial estimate both of the degree of danger to be apprehended, and of the best means of providing against it. But if such be the caution requisite for those who think some restraints upon our Roman Catholic fellow-subjects essential to our own security, still graver is the duty of those who seek to re ' move them altogether, and still more solemn should be the warn ing addressed to then, not to bend religion to their political views ; not to represent the difference as slight or unimportant between fraud,ti the pure o doctrines f fable,o ofour f priestcraft, jes tc „ Ch a ft, u land , superstition, t spurious lvith which mixture of h Church of Rome has corrupted and overlaid the Gospel. _(). 20.) Conceiving that these excellent passages will require no comment, I leave them to the consideration of your readers, particularly recommending the whole discourse to their notice, and remain your obedient servant, CLERICUS. A forgery of a dividend warrant has been com mitted, by which 7001. was obtained on Tuesday, at the Canso' Dividend Office at the Bank. The perpetrator has not been dis covered. DR daughter of Mr. S. Wilson, of No. 40, Werdour street, Soho, met with the following most shocking accident ; A s DoIdF,"ACACCIDENT.—Last night, a little girl, three }' caresl The aurae maid having tilled her tea-pot, and pl ace d i t on t h e kitchen-table, the child being thirsty during the absence of the nurse, drank from the spout a considerable quantity of the seelding water. Her screams brought the servants to her assistance, but her inside was so much injured, that she survived only a. few hours. Mr. Dickson, surgeon, of Oxford-street, attended, but could render no effectual assistance, the lunge being scalded so dreadfully. DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT THE DUKE Or YoßK's I uERA L.—On Saturday evening a shocking occurrence took place at Knightsbridge. As Mrs. Ann Willis, of Philip lane, London-wall, was on her retu rn from Houn slow - , after view ing the funeral procession of his late R o y al Highness the Duke of York, in company with her son, a youth five years old, and a fe male friend, on their arrival between the Half-way house and the Horse-barracks at Knightsbridge, she was suddenly knocked down by a horse running away with a gig, and so dreadfully injured her that she expired in a few minutes; her son was also thrown under bruised.t•hh oe A narrowly escaped a similar fate, and her friend was vehicle, h e much saw n n entleman named Grosse, a pro fessor of music, was returning from Kensington and saw the oc currence hor se and chaise galloping at a furious ra t e along the road witho u t any person i ns id e , t h ey having been previously thrown out. Th e an i ma l ran w ith th e v e hi c l e a t a rapid pace along the f oo t pat h an d f orce d d own severa l p ersons ; t it then proceeded on the main road again, and in a few minutes he heard the screams of a female, and the upsetting of a chaise, which was broken to pieces. Here the horse was stopped from doing further injury. Mr. Grosse went forward to assist the unfortunat e woman, she was totally insensible, groaned bitterly, and died in a few minutes. The body was speedily conveyed to St. George's Hospital. The whole of her ribs were completely beaten in, and severe injury done to the vertebrae of the neck. The poor woman has left a husband and four children to lament her death. A Coroner's Jury is summoned on the body to u certain who the horse and vehicle belonged to, also the persons who were in the chaise. This day was published, in ttvols. I2ino. price I/. 4s. T HE SEER OF TIVIOTDALE, a Romance, By - L. S. 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Babb, J., Oxford, maltster-10 Barnet, W., Sheerness, draper—lo Coe, J., Bath, haberdasher-1 Cox, W., Cheltenhaw, mercer-10 Durant, J., Maidstone, tailor-11 Fox, G., Sunderland, grocer-12 Franklyn, W., Jermyn-etreet, tailor-1 Fry, 3., Bermondsey, currier-11 Hodgkin, R., Brompton, grocer-1 Ince, C., Haymarket, wine-merchant-11 Jones, E., Newington, draper-10 Lacy, J., Cranbourn-street, mercer-12 POLICE INTELLIGENCE, GUILDHALL.--Mr. Thomas Sage, a resident in Cloth fair, appeared before Mr. Alderman WATTAMAN yesterday, on sum mons, for obstructing the highway, by placing three large butts in a passage running by the side of his house. Mr. Wooler (Mr. Harmer's clerk) attended on behalf of the defendant. Mr. Illidge, and several other trustees of St. Bartholomew the Great (which is a district governed by a local act, and claims to be a liberty wherein non-freemen may carry on business, it not being any part of the city wards), appeared as the com plainants. Davis, the beadle, and surveyor of pavements, proved that three casks were standing in Red Lion Passage, en the footway, on the 17th of January, although he had given Mr. Sage notice to remove them, and in fact the casks were there still. The passage is frequented as a thoroughfsre from Cloth Fair to Little Bartholomew Close. The defendant was fined 40s. under Mr. Taylor's Act, and en tered into recognizanses to spiral to the next sessions. BOW-STREET.—A case connected with the right of settle ment of a family of country paupers, in which some curious par ticulars were involved, was on Tuesday brought before Sir R. BiltNIE and Mr. William Porter; a labouring man, aged 60, appeared to an swer the complaint. of the local authorities of the parish of Alickle ham, near Epsom, in Surrey, to show cause why he should not, according to the provisions of the 43d of Elizabeth, contribute to the support of his five grandchildren, who had become chargeable to the above parish. The Gentleman who appeared for the parish said, he thought it hard to be obliged to support persons who, by their own ad mission, were willing and capable of working. Sir R. BIRNIE—By this very Act, the 43d of Elizabeth, you are bound to find work for paupers. He then intimated that the case was dismissed, as he and his brother Magistrate refused to interfere. MARYLEBONE.—On Monday morning, Captain Jones, of goldsmitht6l ) 3 i e, ~ rehi h aa etya-ons stealing Thomaseuteeta Harley-street, icni applied a Bra dfor d, akq en watchmaker, of i ft I y INar. footman. of. R ‘ sn ‘ s ,e ' , L G t . i rnaca s at oe Great k N yfAri f it o ai j r rhyo nt is N o V n d e r - r sa servic e,ll Il et Palmer,eottnaoa, gave evidence in support of the charge, which fixed the crime upon the party accused, and so far implicated himself as a receiver, that Mr. Rawlinson held him in his own recognizance to appear when required. A warrant was granted, and the footman was taken into custody the same night. Buckridge, the officer, stated that when lie apprehended the prisoner in Piccadilly, he at first said Captain Jones had forgiven him ; he then offered him a crown to let him go, and tell the Captain he had not been able to find him. He found a watch, and the seals before-mentioned, upon his person, together with a bottle of tea, a hand-vice, a gimblet, and a knife and fork. The prisoner said be bad lived with a Mr. Clinton, Mr. Sharp, 23, Park-lane, Mr. Took, in Russell-square, and came originally from Herefordshire; but offered nothing in defence. He was re manded until Wednesday, and Mr. Palmer was held under his own recognizance. Yesterday fidlyconamitt t e h d e t abo ox v above ed ew n g a a m tefo P r r t i' r ° ia n l e , r' ch T ar b red " quantity of wine, the pr o p er ty o f hi s master. w ß it r h ad i fu te r a d i , in wa g a s It appeared by the evidence of a fellow female servant, and three footmen belonging to other establishments, that Bradford bad be, hospitable in Harley-street, at the Captain's expense, and Mr. John Palmer, the watchmaker in Great Marylebone street, deposed again, that he bad received 47 bottles of Port and Sherry from the prisoner, in exchange for three gold settle, a ring, a thimble, and watch-key, together with a balance in cash at the rate of half-a-crown a bottle. At the former examination, as we have already mentioned, Mr. Rawlinson required Mr. Palmer to enter into his own recog nizance to appear when required. Yesterday Mr. Rawlinson said he did not think himself justified in taking his own recogni zance only, and further security was given. UNION-HALL.—On a former day an information was lodged against the driver of one of the Clapham stages, named George John Saltzvell, for endangering the lives or li m b s of his passen gers, and yesterday the evidence was gone into before M.Swa.sar, Esq., of which the following is a brief outli ne : Mr. John Baker Gribble, of Brixton, stated, that on the after neon of Monday se'nnight, he was a passenger, and on descend ing Fish-street-hill, he observed the people on the pavement look towards the coach-box and laugh. This circumstance caused him some uneasiness, as he interpreted the laught er o f th e people to signify th a t the driver was intoxicated. On reaching the Borough, all the outside passengers got off, and the coachman then drove at a furious rate. In High -street be came in contact with a cart. This of course alarmed the insid e passengers. In a few minutes afterwards the coachman drove along Kent-street, instead of taking the direct road to the Elephant and Castle, and witness now believing that the man was drank, called out of the window f or hi m t o s top; A lady and the witness got out, and away the man drove like a madman. r This state men t o f Mr. Gribble s was confirmed by Mrs. Her bert, an inside passenger, and a gentleman who was outside. The coachm a n made a sorry defence, alleging that he had been a driver of one of the Greenwich coaches a number of years, and turned up Kent-street in m istake. Mr. SW AREY conv i c t e d him in the penalty of 8!., observing that it was one of 11- worst cases which had come before him. Saltwell signified his determint.ion to appeal from the con viction.