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Ell ''s, ' Ikx - ,' , ••, . 7 Vista. - • s ------+, ,,;- ' la, tr . • .----- Cf " ,/ ' ,---,---- ~, , ..„0„. • ) //zA?z, zi...c),, 6a4S NUMBER 10,337 `ERIES EXPIRE at the CLOSE of the PRESENT DRAWINGS. - A ltitOL L, the Contractor, begs gratefully '44 4 ,,,,t0 Acknowledge the kindness of a generous Public for INtl; to past, dto assure them it has been his anxious °- render his an f o rthv FAREWELL SCHEME t 'ket2r ot general approbation. In addition to the popular at the -establ late Sc o hemes, it contains, for the first time since iihment f Lotteries. FOUR GRAN)) PRIZES OF £30,000 £30,000 . £30.000 £30,000 N i • &c. ok . C. &C. . n a TWO HUNDRED and FIFTY THOUSAND. POUNDS, ALL to be DECIDED ONE DAY ! Tio t 6th DECEMBER. Ont r etB •And Shares are now on Sale at CARROLL'S, the t t's Offices 19, Cornhill ; 7, Charing Cross; and 26, ,1•14-7treet, London where he sold in Four NonthS,_ t loo i zes 4 of • and. lately, Four Prizes . of in he L—tTerydrawn the 31st of May last, a Prize - -,000 ! an t d Si e Capitals. • tip" - 4 +l ORPHAN SOCIETY, FOR THE ARCH '`ICONRY and COUNTY of LEICESTER. tIP h . ' Right Honourable the EARL HO WE , ` i n rin h been called to the Chair, and h a ving opened the I. f the 'Vetting: it e t , w as.,, moved by Sir H. Halford , Batt, and seconded by 1 : Of t i; I }. W. Johnson .That a Society be formed for the ye t • e Widows and Johnson, of Clergymen, who shall have wtesk!dent Within the Archdeaconry, or County of Leices- Ne ri lch shall also have for its object to assist indigent Cler -0"1 o ' " 1 such cases as may appear desirable to the So; 'ety. c°-operate with the Incorporated Clergy Orphans tt el therel moved by Si r Ch ar l es Palmer, Bart., and seconded Itui!wi• and Rev. H. D. Erskine, That the followin g b e NT_ of the Society. (The Secretary read the proposed It le I te, as moved by C. Winstanley, Esq. and seconded by Q I N Ir.' 11 - Brown That the following be the Patron, Presi ,eNcilf.e-Presidents, Treasurer, Secretary, and Stewards of for the present year:-- . JOINT PATRON. Th e 1101; h a e n ifi t d ev Liere i na r l of the County. and • h . Pit t sIDENT.—Thie Right 4(P Hon. Ste Earl Howe. '67 Very V. VICE-PRESIDENTS. ,4 it,ea. the A rc hd eacon Sir George Robinson, Bart. Hun. Lord Robert G. A. L. Keck, Esq. M.P. Ch al• C. M. Phillipps Esq. l so 4 o es. Paltrier,Win stanley, 'Esq. (i t . or ! Raiford, Bart. C. G. Mundy, Esq. e,e B eaumont, Bart` ST S TREASURER—. ohn Pares, Esq. ':ECRETAItr —E. T. Vaughan. OF THE SEVERAL DEANERIES AND PECULIARS. IN 4 .tiri. -4 „, 41 Y--.Tohn Mansfield, lisq. M.P. ; Rev. Robert ~' 'ley- R. avies fs - C. M. Phillipps, Esq.; Rev. F. Merewether; Rev. r ‘ t , l ll . 4 378° , 1 • 4.—Ri hard Norman, Esq. ; Rev. E. Morris ;Rev. 04 13. C I) t(l! t ql'ee QO. W. F. Malor, Esq. ; Rev. F. Apthorp ; Rev. Jas.. '" 11,17 c• W. Packe, Esq. ; Rev. Henry Brown; Rev: Ott}"lgton. i'ett l A.'e ct ° ll —T. E. Dicey, Esq. ; Rev. Mr. Belgrave ;; Rev. I ,,Pftrk e ',/k h niott. Cie ( '" c e--Samuel Miles, Esq. ; Rev. Thomas Wright ; oi. rge Alettam. i7t to ' e lAt t ilr, moved by the Rev. Mr. Apthorp, and seconded by 4 1 4 ~,h el +Es---That this Meeting do now resolve itself C'irkittee, for the purpose of adopting such measures e necessary to give fi:11 effect to the Resolutions just V ‘ he c o , fie ' - .'trtitte e being formed, the lion. and Rev. H. D. raed4, ll the Ch a i r, tc, tr ik s Of the ' Meeting were cordially and unanimously 1 4 4} ,anq Earl Howe, for his kindness in attending the Meet- , ois very obliging conduct in the Chair ; and it was t, et eselr • Th t , t qbeet a s u bscription be now opened , and that the Treasurer 2 : 1 1g to tLt.! receiver Subscriptions, and to give Recei • •tc pt:, oe to. 7.11 . 0t.,1e proceedings of the Meeting be advertised once 4 `That the Leicester Papers. gat Y pith Ci rcular Letter requesting support, together with tYi am? Rules, be sent by th e S ecretary to t h e N o bili ty, 1 1 0 41 eo Gentry, genera ll y t h roug h out the County. P t ies o f the Rules be s e nt t o th e S tewar d s o f t h e uisui:erSl With a. request that they will exert themselves 3iptions Xl 4l `IN 011 bI TIOUS CONVEYANCE at RP ti' tj.qt . 0 d , tin Rates of F r ei g h t , b y ROBT . FLOWER and \ ' l)l ' o ', General Wharfingers, and Carriers, to I ) ON NEWCASTLE and all parts, who beg ~t jai thanks to the various Mercantile classes for the i t i])"r aitill,Port they h ave experienced since their Establish_ Packetsi n connexion with the Aire and Calder n e ltte at Seib - A ts , ti ,r, and further beg to announ ce th a t f rom Ees of 1:011 counexions with all the W o ol M arts i n t h e i f e ° 1 !1, Derby, Nottingham, L e i cester , Rutland, t4 fro tti 4 ntingdon, Northampton, B e df or d, Bucking ,,a •s I°und Warwick, they now convey Wool regularly *to the West-Riding, at the following low .0 to Leed s or W a k e fi e ld "ott'3tet to - Era 9r. I fn , sham E. T. VAUGHAN, Secretary. WOOL PER SHEET, S. (1. 8 6 7 9 .iiNart„ 4 to Ditto . - 6 0 if ai ngh• - Ditto ric r° ' to . Ditto boft x t i ate,: ° Z . e_ntry or Warwick to d - o. 3s. 4d. per - Hund 3 red 9 . T ot, ,.it : o e p a .proportionably low for Wool to Bradford, utip. 71 eini e ' le, Huddersfield, Dewsbury, and their re o '' Vte Ito and 1 44 f l i t by, f ...0n, sail a vessel daily to and from Gains c,r4o.ln whence the Aire and Calder Fly Boats In a few hours to or from Leeds and Wake ti6oo,l s can he delivered at Leeds or Wakefield 11 'sli t i', 7 'inti Warwick in about a week or ten days, and 1 0(1 8, 4 1 : 1 two or three days. I.h el 'ences in to the following 'W connexion with, harfs and solicit Consign. ' : IP I P P ri t. p • „Al a, , WHARF . S. N r ‘. e Mani and oster, Leicester; Mr. John 6. /. 11504; .,,nam ; Messrs. N. and G. Wheatcrofts, ditt o; and Houton, ditto ; Mr. Sanders, Warwick ; A, ar tl 4 bons ditto; Messrs. Crocket and Salkelds, W ilson's, Coventry ; Mr. J. A. Jackson, 100.0ran til ,on Huddlestone, ditto; Mr. Thomas Hop -801)""ttiby "rn ; Messrs. Sutton and Co., Shardlow • 0 1 - I Ni ci Air e a a n n d dFlack, Cavendish Bridge; Mr. Charles th• ;‘ z Calder Wharf, Selby • Mr. John Pickard, l a hei po' t , v r e.. l _. H. Hodson, LIZ li ro 4 ttieleanne Wool, Corn, Malt, Woad, Hops, Iron, Nekeßl it i ! Produced in the above-mentioned Counties, te hato the W est Ridi ng o f Y or k s hi re, as qu i ckly Y Land Carriage, and at one third of the ex 154ttliq't!,111.,eotitb,11°wing Ships load at Custom House and `•••• "n., and sail weekly for Gainsbro', loaded or i s ? e r titf,,,, n ' a m, to Ditto 5 6 11414 lower—Captain Auckland. .1 a - ne— Captain Mozeley. 11.111 —Captain Collingwood. 4 '4 IS,,eve rn—Captain Flow . er.. 4il, \l ' L' oo tlwill—Captain Wilkinson. ondon ; Robert *NI please Av harfrngLe rs, Gainsborough Flower and Son, N' ltl h :L ( l4° be Particular in ordering Wool and other f °r nsbro'c onv Oct ey ober 3 , ance, to 1825 e care of Robert 111 Gai.—, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 28, 1825 COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. --:"~..~ Yesterday a Court was held for general pur poses. It was resolved, that the nevi regulation of the Salary of the Town Clerk Should commence from the decease of the late Town Clerk. A petition was presented from the Sword-bearer, com plaining of the 'abridgment of his e m o l um e nts, b y t h row i ng open the galleries of the old, and by-the opening of the DOW Court, by, the abridgment _of his tees - consequent upon the, dispatch of business, and bx other regulations equally adverse to. his Profits; While the supply of stationary, and all other expellees were left for him to disbune at 'his:own cost . as here tofore. , • . Mr. JAMES made an observation on toe :mpropriety of _the City servants having to derive any part of their salaries from fees taken from strangers to hear the trials. Mr. TAYLox,complained that the statement of throwing open the galleries was not correct. 'lle had tbund difficulty, and been treated With great rudeness, in attempting to get into the new Court, • • The LORD .'IL on said, that at the beginning of lis Ma gistracy he had felt, in common with the Sheriffs, thai it was derogatory to the-dignity of 'the' Corporation -alit ;tit! , servants should depend upon the fees taken at the 'kaleries for the pay thent of ,their proper salaries. He had therefore, oq his own authority;taken away those fees from them..a4theytwere paid into the City Chamber. tie took upon hinisetrlp . nriike up to the. servants an equivalent for those.fees. • The petition was referred to the Commiltee . for General Purposes. This . Day was published, in foolscap flvo.. price Ss; • . IV OF MONKEYS, &c. &c. ll't Printed for Geo. B. Whittaker, Ave.: 'aria-lane. • This Day were published, in post Bro. price 9s. 1H E PLAYS of CLARA- GAZUL, a Spa nish Comedian ;. with Memoirs of her Life. Printed for Geo. Z. 'Whittaker, Ave-Maria-lane. This Day was published, In Three Volumes ; 12mo: p r ice 21s. T HE CAIVII-SAKD ; or, the Protestants of Languedoc. A Tale. Printed for Geo. Is. IVhittaker, Ave-Maria-lane. in the press, and speedily will be published, ' ATI EMOIRES, LETTRES, et PIECES M INI- VERSES PUBLIEES. Par Sir JAMES ORAUFURD. Contte Ar; Le "Duc•de grammont, Capitaine. des Gardes du. Corps ; M. Le Due de Gillette, son fils, Premier Ecuyei de Son Altesse Rpyale •Illonseigneur,Le Duc d'Angouleme ;- Le Sieur Grimod (dit Comte d'Orsay) Gen6.al auleGardes . • Ma dame Cratifurd, roeuve de feu M. Quintin Craufurd, La Femme Grimod (ditc Comtesse d!)rsay); et, adame 1 4 4-Marquise de Sourdis, fille (Tit liarbier de .Theatre de Milan; avec quelques lettres de Monsieur Le Due de Quiche et du Sitar Grimod. Thee writings' are certainly littl e wo r thy o f th e ' attent i on of the British public ; hut-as Sir James Craufurd intends, at the commencement of the ensuing Session of Parliament, to appeal to his country respecting the treatment which, he has-experienced from the French Goy Crprn en t, during a period of seven years, and which he still experiences, he deems it to be his duty to lay before that country all the particulars of his conduct during this extraordinary affair:--:all that he hai written, as well as all that he has done. • SALE OF AGRICULTURAL' STOCK. BAGOItAVE HALL„ LEICESTERSHIRE. F - xTENSIVE and very valuable SALE of 724 Sheep and LatulA.; 18 'very capital . s year old Draught Oxen ; Coach Horses, Threshing Machines, I m pl enients o f Husbandry, Corn and flay Turnips, Mange] Worzel, &c. &c. Messrs. P. KING and H. COMBS beg respectfully to an. nounce they have been Honoured with instructions from the Executors of the late. Ethvy . n Andrew. Burnaby, Esq. to submit for' sale by Auction, without any reservation, on the premises, the Township Close, near, Baggrave Hall, on Tuesday, Wed 7 nesday, Thursday, and Friday, the Ist, 2d, 3d, 4th Nov. next, the whole Valuable live arid dead stock of .the late ED WYN • ANDREW BURNABY, Esq., comprising in part 300 ex ceeding useful Topping Ewes and Theaves, 79 prime Shear. hogs, 57 good Barren Ewes 287 Welber and Ewe Lambs, 1 Shearhogram, 4, very, useful in,calved Cows and. Heifers, 'lB very capital 5 year old Draught Oxen, 2 Steers, and 2 Rearing Calves. Implements in Husbandry consist of-3 narrow wheel Wag. gons, 2 Carts, .4 very good single Ploughs, 1 d ou bl e di tto , 3 pair of Harrows, good Scuffler, Land Itoll, 3 Corn Trays, 2 very capital Patent Chaff Cutters, exceeding good Winnowing Machine, .very good Drill Hoe and Drill Plough, Bean Mill, 2 - Thrashing Machines, of four horse power, by Wilson ; Cow Cribs, Sheep Troughs, sets of good Horse Tackle, 15 ditto, Oxen ditto, complete set of very handsome four horse plated Harness, pair horse ditto, Saddles, Bridles, Horse-clothing, Forks, Rakes, and Miscellaneous Items of Husband r y. I n Corn, Hay, &c., &c.,-7 Stacks of well got Hay, 1 ditto Clo ver, 4 hovels of Wheat; .27 Acres of Wheat in barns, 7 stacks of Oats, 2 ditto Barley, 1-ditto Beans, and 1 of Dills, 23 acres of sweed and green round Turnips, and 11 acres pf Mangel- Worzel (very good).and 3 acres of Cabbage. Descriptive Catalogues' of which will he ready for delivery five days•preYions, at the principallnns, in Melton, Lough borough, Oakham, Harborough, Hinckley, Leicester, and a the Auctioneers and General Agents, Belgrave-gate. The whole of the cropping will be apportioned in conve nient lots, and may be taken off the premises. The sate-th-'t•Oiitfilenee each-morning at ten, under the usual conditions. And on Mondk the 7th November next, several Lots of very fine Ash and Elm Timber, as. cut down, and lying on the premises near to Baggrave Hall, Six montlfs credit will be given upon approved joint security. And on the same, day will be submitted for sale, by Auction, one hundred tod of Wool. The sale will commence with the Timber at ten, and the Wool at two. To T. TAYLOR, Esq. No. 9, New Bridge-street, London. HONOUREE) . IBEG leave to inform you, that ever sinee.the year 1790,1 had been afflicted with the Lues Venereal, which, from-its pbsti nat . ely resisting every course of medicine prescribed by the most eminent of the faculty here, and un dergoing severalsevcre courses of salivation, and twice dis charged from the Hospital with little relief, would appear to be of the most inveterate nature. In the spring of last year my disorder had go. to such a head, as nearly to put a period to my existence—l had a large ulcer on the crown of my head, one en each arm, and my legs .were broke out in a frightful - manlier; my right was dreadfully painful, and had been in a state of ulceration for the last seven years ; my left had also two large nodes on it, was very much discoloured, and gave me such excruciating pain, particularly when warm in bed, as nearly to deprive ine of rest ; in this lamentable state, I was recommended by Mr. .1. Thompson, (who received so • great a cure by them here), to take your Lake's Patent Pills, which I began to do on the eGth o. May; in the coarse o f a fortnight 1 began to receive benetit—in little more than a month the ulcers on my head and arms were soladly healed— . soon atter, the sores on my legs healed also ; ;staving, how ever, considerablii discolourat ion in the shin, and pain in the bone of the left, which, by the blessing of God, an 4 a little longer perseverance in your invaluable Medicine, sul4sided ; the-nodes disrersing, the skin regaining its natural hue, and the nocturnal pains gradually going off.- - I thus became, by your liberal advice and medicine, perfectly free*from all my former complaints—have I' - ciivereol my former spirits and strength, and am become jolly and fat, in which state having continued many months, to the astonishment of all who knew tae, I am at a loss in what terms to express my - gratitude, but beg you, fur the gond of other .suffering mortals, to mate this my case as public as possible, as I shall on every occa sion ; to so doing you wi n greatly oblige, • - Sir,. your grateful, obedient, very humbl e servant'. • ,•. ALEX. MURKEIt Swan's Close, High-street, Edinburgh. Witnesses to the•above Cure:— torn Tiommozon, N 0.3, New-Poultry Marka, Edinburgh, John h;l. 4 liitt)ll, Old Assembly Cause, Edinburgh Prepared and Sold by the sole Proprietor, THOMAS TAY- Wit, Member of the itcyal College' of Stn<eons, at his house, 'No. 9, New Bridge-street, London; whet e, after a constant residence of more than '4O years, in , a practice parti cularly directed to' the cure of Venereal Complaints and those incidental to the Parts of Generation, with that inviolable secrecy which men of his , prolesion should always observe in such cases, he flatters himself the advice and assistance he gratuitonSly administers to persons taking this Medicine, will beestetmed, by a discerning Public, as an advattage seldom attainatite, and void of all ambiguity. Also sold, by his apuointntent, tor the convenience of those living at a distance, atthe Toyshop, No. 103, Oxford-street; Mr. Disborough's, No. 7, fish-street-hill ; Mr. Baxter, South-bridge, Edinburgh ; Mt. Callwel 's, tlu blin ; and of one person in every considerable town in Great Britain and Ireland, in boxes of only 2s. 9d. each, stamped, and sealed up with- bill and plain directions, whereby persons, of either sex may cut e tltemselves with ease,speed, secrecy, and s tfety. A gentleman belonging to Arbroath found some time ago a pebble, or onyx.stone, about the size of a hen's egg. It was very fine, and of a beautiful colour. Cu the stone being cut, there was found a small cavity in the centre,- which contained about an ounce of beautiful clear, transparent water. It was inclosed in a coat or crust, thUt had the appearance of lime--but very hard, and mixed with a kind of rough sand of a dark brown colour. RIGHT OF FRANCHISE. The CoMmittee of General Purposes reported against the claim-of of one Saul, a butcher, of Portsoken Ward, the son of , a baptized Jew, Who had applied for the freedom of the city, on the ground of his 'Judaism, Mr: JAM E S thought_ that there was more of party interest and rancour than of zeal for the rights of the corporation in the opposition to this 'claim. Upon the right of the Jews to ad mission to the freedom of the city, he could not speak very de cidedly at present. It might be that neither a Jew nor the son of a Jew was admissible to the corporation. It might:be that the symbols and marks of that faith were indellible: He won dered which of the members had the merit of discovering that nice anatomical indication of religious faith. He be lieved that the Comniittee were altogether mistaken: in the facts. Thp petitioner was neither a Jew nor the Son ea Jew. 'His father was born a Jew, recanted, and was baptized. - The petitioner was born after, was christened, and as regularly con stituted a member of the Christian church as any member pre sent. He should suppose, until he heard it contradictel by the Recorder, 'whose auttority,by the way, had not been consulted by the Committee, that these ceremonies, according to the real state of thelaw, would operate a complete purification of Judaism. The dictum of the Committee was advanced without any ap pearance of legal authority. The petition_ought to go back to them to have the reasons in point of law which induced them to make this report. Perhaps a better course would be, to let the petition lie on the table until the Court could satisfy themselves upon the actual slate of the law upon this point. As to the general character of the Hebrew people, he thought that it was far too late in the day to argue that there was any thing in that which ought to exclude them. There were many Jews whose conduct was a reproach to many Christians. Those who oppo:ied this petition, if their motives were scrutinized, would seem to be converted to Judaism, while the alleged Israelite had apparently become the better Christian of the whole party. He moved that the petition do lie on the table, until inquiry be made of the state of the law upon the right of the petitio ner. _ _ Dixox supported the opinion of the Committee, and criticized the principles and readiness, not only of Jews, but Dis senters also, to change their faith for secular advantages, which had been manifested by many Jews who had continued to - sit in Parliament, and of Dissenters, who had obtained some of the honours .of the corporation, notwithstanding their con.: sciences were offended at taking. the oaths. Mr. TATY.on Said, that the oppressive_ state of the l aw o u g ht not to be brought e.gainst either Jews or Dissentes. All could - kriow , ofsakChristianityWas, - that they were bap tized in the Christian Church,. and professed the principles of that religion. As to the sincerity of any man's faith, that could only be known to the Searcher of all hearts. - The Corporaticin had rights to defend; but religious oppression was not amore them. Mr. IT UnCOMBE supported the right of the petitioner. After some further discwision the petition was referred back to. the Committee, that they may report the reasons of their opi nion, in it legal sense, to this Court. There was a petition from the inhabitants, numerously sign ed, against the claim. „ SAVAGE gave notice of . 21 motion for the nc.• Court to increase the number of representatives of Cripplegate Ward. Tire Report of 'the' Committee on the repairs and decora tions of the rooms and furniture of the Mansion-house was con firmed, The Loan ,MAYort took notice of a press presented to the corporation by Mr. Galloway, engineer, a member of this Court, for the greater convenience in applying the Corporation seals to the documents which required them. Alderman THOSIPSON presented a' petition from Thomas Bradfield, coal-merchant, complaining of very gross breeches of the law in some transactions of the coal-market. Referred to the Coal and Corn Committee. The report of the Committee on a Petition relative to the state of Blackfriars-bridge, recommended the immediate re pavement of the bridge road. The Committee were of opinion that the expence, including scavengers, would be about 400/. per annum. Mr. ill'Adarn had, in the first instance ' offered to take the repairing by contract for 185/. 16s. a year ; but, in con sequence of his'haVing become a surveyor of roads, and there fore a public servant, he did not feel himself at liberty to take any more contracts. A , liscussion ofp ro t racte d l engt h, b ut not very interesting in its nature,. took place upon the comparative merits of M'Adamizing andpaving. Alderman \Voon observed, that it was against the spirit of the age, which sought improvement in every thing, to go back to the old method of payment. Economy and experience were equally in favour of Mr. Al'Adam. Since Blackfriars-bridge had been altered, the drift of carriages of all kinds had so in creased, that the tolls of Southwark-bridge had suffered, since it was found that heavy waggon -loads could be moved over Blackfriars with one horse leSs. The whole town were agreed Upon the convenience of the new plan of road-making. 'That part of Oxford-road which crossed Regent-street, was the best part of the road, and did .not cost 51. a-year to keep it in repair. He moved a grant of 500/. for the current expc:ves of the road. GaLLowaf argued against the restoration of pavement in point of expediency and convenience. It would cost less to continue the road in its present plan than to repave it, and a trial of seven years, although the road on the bridge had been 'hastily and very ill constructed, would perfectly reconcile them to the imprOvement. Mr. N. SAUNDERS opposed the recommendation of the Committee. • .31r TAYLOR advised an arrangement with the Commis= sinners of Sewers, who were every way qualifi e d t o carry t h e repairs into execu ti o n in the most economical w a y. Mr. IV A mro x p resse d th e c onfirmation o f t h e report. The glint of 5001. was carrid without a. division ; s h ort l y after which the Cotirt adjourned. A man named.Neterpeler, was tried on Mon day before the COurt of Assize at Paris, on the charge of at tempting to assassinate his'wife by throwing her out of a win dow. By some mistake the wife herself was cited as a witness. Being in Court she requested to •be heard, and declared, that though the victim of his brutality, she was convinced he did not intend to murder her. This pious dissimulation" of the wife, as counsel called it, saved the wretch from capital punish. ment, but the Court awarded him the most severe sentence in its power-10 years' imprisonment. CAUSTIC, A CURE FOlt THE SMALL VELPEARE'read a memoir to the Royal Academy of Medicine, proving that if the pustules of tho. Small Pox be cauterized within the two first days of their appearance, they die away entirely; and it. this be done even , later ? their duratio n is abridged, and no traces of them remain, H e .employs a solution of nitrate of sillier, in which he dips hiS probe, with which he pierces the "centre of each pustule. M. Dumerel says,he.haS long employed the solid caustic with success, rrYwEaNHA.Lt; MINING CONIPANY. Yesterday a Meeting of the Proprietors of Shares.in the Tywernhale Mining Company took place at the Auction Mart, for the purpose'of asdertaining the exact condi tion of the finances of the Company, and the propriety of con tinuing or dissolving it. Some curious particulars were detailed in the course of the discussion: The prop . rietors had taken alarm, very naturally, at a report-which had been circulated, that all the money lodged at the bankers', upon the part of the shareholders, was removed from the city, in the apprehension . that it would, if not immediately transferred to'other hands, be attached in the city by those who had the best claim to it; and also, from the notorious fact, that if the Duke of Buckinghim and other NOblemen whose names appeared as patroniting the Society, ever had consented to give their sanction to .its pro ceeding, Alley had suddenly withdrawn themselves, and thus thrown upon it the greatest possible obloquy. Of the Directors there appeared at the meeting Col. Camp- 'bell, Mr. Buckingham, Mr. Fortune, Mr. Clarke, and Mr. Warre. - The Chair was taken by one of the shareholders,, and a letter from a Mr. Chamberlain, whose name had appeared in the pro spectus in the list Of Directors, was read. It requested that his name should be forthwith withdrawn from the list. A Proprietor—ft sometimes happens that a gentleman's name appears without his concurrence in a list of Directors, --:was this the case in the instance'of Mr. Chamberlain ?—Mr. Lindo, the secretary to the Company, said that, to_the best of his knowle;ge, Mr. Chamberlan was actually a Director, but he never appeared at the board. Proprietor—Oh wliose anthotity was his name set down ? Mr. Lindo:-.)n trim of Mr. Stewart. A Proprietor—Mr. Chamberlain never did give his concur rence, and such things naturally excite suspicion and distrust. —Mr. Lindo. Mr. Stewart desired his name to be entered as a director. Propfieton—Did Mr. Chamberlain receive the premium as a Director ?—Mr. Linda. Mr. Stewart received it for him. Another Proprietor. said, it would be very desirable to have a list of the Lona fide' Directors, as well as a statement of the actual condition of the affairs. Mr. Buckingham said, that he was not only willing to enter into detail, but to answer any questions put in a specific form for the satisfaction of the Proprietors. A Proprietor—Very well. Are the Duke of Buckingham and Lord Nugent trustees ? —Mr. Lindo, who was immediately referred to as the most competent person to answer the question, said `.is Grace had resigned.. Proprietor—Had the Duke become trustee with his own consent? Mr. Lindo-1 believe his name was put down without his authority. Lord Nugent is a trustee, and has acted in the direction. Mr. Lindo added, that when he was appointed Se cretary, -a prospectus was put into his hands, in which were the names of the Duke of Buckingham and Lord Nugent. He called on. Messrs. Kay and Freshfield. the Solicitors, Mr. Jones having stated that the Duke 'and Lord Nugent had consented to patronize this Company, and that it was his Grace's wish :hat those gentlemen should act as solici tors to-it. Messrs. Kay and Freshfield immediately consented to do so. Proprietor--Who is this Mr. Jones? Mr. Lindo—The principal proprietor of the mines which the Company have taken. Proprietor—ls Lord Dormer Vice-President to the society ? —We understood Mr. Lindo to say, his Lordship was at the meeting,. and the sum of 371. lOs. was sent to him through his .agent, Mr. Stewart, as a premium for having acted as Director. A Proprietor—l understand some of those noblemen sold out very soon after they were appointed directors. A pirector,—.That is a practice that cannot be too severely reprobated. It was a principle upon which we conceive it the duty of the directors of a company uniformly to act, not to sell their shares. It is a scandalous proceed ing, PrOprietor—Did Lord Dormer receive any shares ? Qkfr: Undo—Yes he reeeived 100 or 5l) shares. Proprietor—Did he pay on them ? Mr. Lindo—No.—(A laugh.) A Proprietor—ls Lord .Teynham one of the directors ? A Director—His Lordship acknowledged his name on the list, but wrote, stating his inability afterwards to attend, in con sequence of indisposition. Mr. Lindo—His Lordship gave his consent, but afterwards resigned. Proprietor—Did Lord TeYnbam pay on his shares ? Mr. Lindo—Yes • but I believe lie afterwards sold them, and resigned .—( A laugh.) Here the Solicitor of Mr. Gurney, one the directors, begged to make a communication from that gentleman to the meeting. He then read a letter, stating the following particulars : " Mr. Gurney had accidentally seen his name in the list of directors, without ever having been applied to on the subject; and finding in the same list the names of some noble men, with one of whom he was acquainted, he wrote to that nobleman upon the subject, and received such satisfactory in telligence of its respectability, after some further inquiry, that he consented to allow his name to remain in the list, although it had been put down' without his sanction or knowledge. He attended several meetings, which convinced him that he had taken a right view of the subject. At one of the meetings which took place, the sum of 5,00 Q/. was withdrawn for the purpose of being placed in the hands of the person who had the mines to dispose of, arid this was done without any assignment having been made of the mines to the Company. Doubts arose, from some accidental circumstance, as to the intentions of the pro ' prietor, and Mr. Gurney wrote a letter to the meeting assembled on the occasion of the disappointment in the assignment of the property, stating, that those who advised that the 5,000/. should be paid, as it had been, were bound to make it good ; and that if they refused, he and the other Directors who had discounte nanced the proceeding, would feel themselves bound to make up the deficit, and pay off to the public, leaving it as an ulterior Measure to seek redress from the gentleman who had acted so unwarrantably. The . apprehension of unfairness, however, turned out to be wholly groundless. The proprietor of the mines came forward and fulfilledwhat he had proposed. Mr. Buckingham—There is not one of the Directors. now present who would not, as willingly as Mr. Gurney did, have pledged himself to the sacrifice of his property, rather than that the public should- Ipse by the transaction. A Proprietor said, that all the money that had been paid in at the bankers amounted to no more than 7,5001., of which it appeared 6,000/. had been paid to the proprietor of the mines. It was therefore natural for the shareholders to cry out, when they saw that so little care was taken of their pro perty. Ile asked whether all the shares had been disposed of? The reply was, that 2,475 shares had been paid up. Another Proprietor asked what Directors were present when the 5,000/. was voted ?—lt was answered that Lord Nugent was in the chair, and that Mr. Jones,' the proprietor of the mines, was one - of the Directors present. . It was objected that this was a very singular mode .of pro ceeding., as a Director was permitted to vote away the money to himself out of the fundS of the shareholders. • ' A Director stated, that the conduct of Mr. Jones proved to be unexceptionable, as, instead of demanding the immense sum of money whiCh was due to him, and which it bad been Agreed the mines were worth, that gentleman had agreed to take 2,500/. in addition to the 5,000/., and the rest in shares at par. , Mr. Buckingham then assured the shareholders that the mines were now at w o r k f or th e Company, and that the ap pearance or success was even greater than the prospectus pro mised. A Proprietor.—But I should like to know whether the Duke of Buckingham paid on his shares. , whether Lord Nugent paid on his shares, or. sold his letter; and whether, others of th e Directors paid on their shb.res ?—There was a certain degree of delicacy in answering these questions, which were replied to thus—The Duke had been allotted 100 shares, the letter had been sold, but whether by the Duke or not could not be ascer tained.—(A laugh.)—Lord Migent had been allotted shares also, which had not been paid upon. Heref some Proprietors objected to particulars of this nature, and it was agreed upon to say no more on the subject ; not, h oweve r, until it was declared to be scandalous in any Director to accept of shares, put the money in his pOcket, and then turn his back upon the concern. The meeting, after having expressed their satisfaction at the statement made by the directors who were present, and who declared that all Directors who did not in future take an active part in the Company should be removed, resolved that a Com mittee should be appointed, consisting of shareholders, to in quire into the state of the Company. This motion, which was seconded by Mr. Buckingham; was unanimously carried, and ersed, the proprietors disp PRICE SEVENPPNCE FRENCLI GOSSIP A CENTURY AGO. The letters of GUY P&riN, though now hardly referred to, contain some interesting particulars relative to the events of his time. M. Patin•was Professor of Medicine at the Royal College of Paris during the reign of Leuis XIII. and the minority of Louis XIV. He was a man of con, siderable talent, and his society was courted by most of the eminent men of his da,y. It will be seen from the following passage in one of his letters, dated Paris, Jan, W), 1645, that the idea of constructing vehicles to move by mechanical means was at that time entertained :7 " We have here an Englishman, the son of a F:enohrnan, who proposes to build carriages which shall gd from Paris to Fontainebleau, xnd return in the same day, without horses, by' means of admirable mechanism. If this,design should sue, coed, we shall save much hay and oats, which are extremely dear at present." The Duke de Beaufort, who is spoken of in the next extract, was opposed to the Court party, He was idolized by the populace, and his ene mies in derision called him the " King of the Market-place." It would seem that he stood particularly well in the opinion of the ladies : " Paris, May 14, 1649. " Nothing is talked of here but the Duke de Beaufort, who is a great favourite with the Pitrisian, particularly the ladies. Whilst he was playing in the tennis-court about four days ago, most of the maket-women proceeded there in a body to see him play, and to offer up wishe's for his success, The ladies created a disturbance in endeavouring to force their way into the Court, of which the players complained, and the Duke was obliged to leave off playing, and go to the door to pacify them, which could only be effected by giving permis, sion to the women to enter the Court, in small parties one after the other, to see the Duke play. The Duke, perceiving that one of the women cast very kind looks upon him, said to her, 4 Well, my good dame, what pleasure do you find in seeing me play and lose my money ? ' She immediately replied, Your Grace, play boldly, you shall not want for money— Here are 200 crowns, which land my gossip here have brought you ; and if you want as much agairl, we are ready to go and get it for you.' All the other women likewise called out that they had money at his service, for which he thanked them.— Upon this occasion he was visited by more than 2,000 women. Two days after, as the Duke was passing near St. Eustache, a crowd of women called out Monsieur, do not consent to marry the niece of Mazarin, whatever M. de Vandome (his father) may say. If he should ab a nd on y ou , you s h a ll not want for money. We will raise a pension of 60,000 livres for you every year, in the market.' * * * This Prince was lately taken ill in consequence of drinking wine and beer when he was heated. As soon-as this was known in Paris, the people believed that he had been poisoned by order of Mazarin, and his house was besieged by a multitude of men and women.' M. Patin seems.to have always entertained a. strong dislike of the two celebrated Cardinals Mazarin and Richelieu. The following are the terms in which he speaks of the former, in a let ter, dated June Fel-1019 : " Some persons say that Mazarin will proceed to FlanderS in the character of Generalissimo ; but it is not likely that he would leave the Queen, lest in his absence some one should undeceive her Majesty, and make her understand that this pantaloon with the long robe, this actor with the red bonnet, is the cause of all our misfortunes, and of the ruin of France." Cardinal Richelieu fares no better, as the next passage will shew " Nov. 3, 1649. • " The Bishop of Riez has contented himself with writing the lives of these cardinals only who have lived with same appear ance of sanctity. Ido not know if he will place in the list Cardinal Perron, who was a great rogue, and the manner of whose death showed that he had not led the best of lives. As for Cardinal Richelieu, he was a downright beast and tyrant, and as a proof of his sanctity (sancta: °lint dicebatur qui lib :lli:gat ab omni venerc illicita),_ it courtier told m e th e ot h er day that two years b e f ore hi s death he still kept three mis tresses. The first was his niece Marie de Vignerait. otherwise Madame de Combalet, and now the Duchess d'Aiguillon ; the second was the wife of Marshal de Channes, and the third was a Parisian girl named Marion de L'Orme, who is still in high credit here. So much for these red bonnet gentlemen—vere Cardinalcs isti suet carnales." In another letter mention is made of the cele brated Hobbes : " Sept. 22, 1651. " On the 15th of August last I was sent for to visit a sick person. It was Mr. Hobbes, who wrote the ' Leviathan,' which my good friend M. Sorbiere has translated into French. I found the poor man in a very bad state, and in such pain that he wished to kill himself. He is a stoical philosopher, me. lancholy, anti an Englishman to boot. I bettered his condition somewhat, but he refused to be bled, although he needed it, saying that he was 64 years of age. The next day, having in. sinuated myself into his good graces, he allowed me to bleed him, which afforded him great relief. After this we were greac friends. I allowed him to drink as much small beer as he ed. Finally he was restored to health. He gave me many thanks, and said that he would send me a handsome present when he got to England. Nay he return gay and happy, a nd I wish for no other rec o mp ence ." _ _ _ " Paris, December 22,1651. " On the 30th of last month a very singular affair happened here. M. Varin, who has executed such beautifid coins and medals, had, in consideration of 15,000 crowns, given his only daughter, a very beautiful girl, 25 years of age, to a corrector of accounts, named Oulry, son of a rich fishmonger. Ten days after she was married, she was observed to place a powder in an egg, which she was eating •at breakfast. The powder was a poison, and she expired in three-quarters of an hour after she had taken it, saying only, I must die, since the avarice duly father will have it so.' Her husband was lame and hump backed. It is said that she was disgusted on the marriage night .at seeing four men employed in stripping the padding from her husband's body, and unscrewing his steetleg." Cardinal Richelieu's opinion of the value of masses for the repose of the souls of deceased persons, we give in our author's words for thV benefit of all good Catholics:— " June 2, 1657. " There has been during the last 15 days a solemn service at Notre Dame, for the repose of the late King of Portugal's soul. Cardinal Richelieu, who liked a joke very well, when he was not tormented by his ill-humour, one day asked his ccmfessor, Dr. Mulot, how many masses were required to recover a soul from purgatory.' The Doctor replied, that he could not tell —the Church not having settled the point.' The Cardinal said You are very ignorant--you must have as many as you would take snow-balls to heat an oven.' Are not these pretty fellows, to jest with the sacred fire with which they so comfortably boil their porridge ?" " October 13, 1661, " A story is current here, that a man who died about a , year ago in Holland, acknowledged shortly before his death. that'he was the brother of Ravaillac, the assassin who killed our good King Henry IV. He stated that if his brother had failed, he was in another place ready- to undertake the work of death and moreover that the deed was not perpetrated frOm religious Motives, nor at the instigation of the Spaniards; but from a desire of vengeance only, because the king had seduced their sister, and deserted her. 1, however, believe all this to be purely a fable, although it is certainly difficult to account for the assassination of so good a king."