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'VICTUALLING! OFFICE, MAY SI, ISM THE Commissioners for Victualling His Majesty's Navy, &c. do hereby give notice, that on THURSDAY, the 14th of June next, they will be ready to receive Tenders in Writing (sealed up), and treat with such Persons as may be willing to perform the LIGHTERAGE required for the Victualling Service in the River Thames, for Twelve Months certain, from the 31st July nest, and h i'ther, until three months notice shall bo given for the termination of the Contract. And also, with smell Per sons as will undertake to furnish whatever VEGETABLES may be demanded, for the use of his Majesty's Ships and Vessels at Deptford and Woolwich, for Three Years, from the said 31st July next. The Conditions of She Contraein may he seen at this Office. Each Tender must specify the price in words at length, and be delivered before One o'Clock on the day appointed, and must be accompanied by a Letter signed by two re sponsible Persons engaging to become bound with the Party tendering in the penal sum of 500/. for the due per formance of the Contract for Lighterage ; and of 1001. for t he due execution of that for Vegetables. The Person who makes the Tender, or some Person on his behalf, must attend to answer when called for. ::rov ., - 41 " .44 • , . •0 , 11111,'/:".7-11,441: / ` •;. • - 7 . . _ , , 1 ffr. 1.1 , .. 6 e # 0 * OP P ;/*/ 5 ....44 . 16 - that the Mai wotaiake advantage *before them, and 44.. their attention to Sent‘srp".yr *hat were called Gretna•Diterr-marriagea. He tiopda they would apply some remedy to" the resent disgraceful state of the law, which was wholly unworthy of a civilised country. Lord REDESDALE admitted that some reform ought to take place in the law as respected Scotch marriages. It was anomalous that in Scotland the contract of marriage should be binding under circumstances which would give validity to no other contract. THE NEW ADMINISTRATION. FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 1, 1827. PRICE 7D. No. 10,835. The Marquis of LANSDOWN seeing a Noble Earl opposite (Winchelsea) in his place, wished to ask him a question relative to a notice of motion which the Noble Earl had given some time since. Their Lordships were aware that the House was about to adjourn to-morrow for a few days ; it was therefore convenient to know the Noble Lord's intentions with respect to his mo tion. He begged to ask him when it was his intention to bring it forward ? The Earl of WINCIIELSEA said, he had not made up his mind as to the course he intended to pursue. One great object of his motion was to ascertain the principles of his Majesty's present Government, and the situation which the Noble Marquis held would enable him to answer that ques tion without difficulty. As to his other object, it depended entirely on what should take place after the holidays, whe ther or not he should bring forward his motion respect- PUBLICATIONS. PUBLICATIONS. on in holy exultation ; and Mr. Clutterbuck, according to the last accounts, was in hourly expectation of being made chief magistrate of police. then throwing out leafy masses, which almost prevent the sun's rays from reaching the earth ; but not to leave a meagre mass of trunks, like Brobdignagian umbrella-sticks. Smaller and more ramified trees—such as the apple-tree that I spoke of, and the wild cherry-tree, and others, down to the smallest shruhs—are commingled ; and the ground below is covered tvith sirang grasses or with ferns, stunted or luxuriant, awarding to the quality of the soil ; 1 have met with thein GO' th 4 a; inan - meld hardly see over them ! Of course; of the, , ltirgei.sfie'cies of timber, in every place, some one, piii'dorninites ;i eonie s like better the top of a hill, some its sides,!and'eoirCe'tbe valley, and some delight in the leVel plain. It is seldom that eight or ten miles can be travelled without meeting with an overgrown maps called a brush : sometimes the brushes are within two, three, or four miles of each other. Ten, fifteen, or twenty square miles (though frequently much less than the lowest), will he completely grown over with a countless multitude of iron or stringy bark saplings, which run up to an immense 'might, but never grow large in the trunk. Among them stand representa tions of almost every tree the forests afford ; the shrubbier sorts, of meagre growth ! and from the ground springs a great variety of vines, which weave the trees into an im penetrable mass—impenetrable by man or beast, except the kangaroo, which, in the brush finds safe covert from the hunter : the small brushes—which, perhaps, cover only a small valley on the side of a hill—are distinguished as Berubs ; in them the large forest kangaroo makes his home—the smaller varieties range the Jungle(' brush. The " Lines to a Sculptor" are far above the general run of Magazine poetry; they are vigourous, and what is better, sententious. A " Lecture on Giants,. is a lecture in nothing but its dullness: the " Philosophy of Drunk enness," is equally prosy and long-winded ; whereas from the prolific nature of the subject, it might have furnished food for a lively enter taining review. " Agrippa and his Dog" pos sesses much useful information : it is not, how ever, very new to the learned reader, though the information is well digested. " Notes for the Month" are lively and discriminating, and allude very properly and fairly to the conduct of one Chatelain, a hackneyed French scribbler, who has been slavering his filthy venom over some very meritorious French actresses. It is here treated with the scorn it deserves. In the Press, and speedily will he published, MR. TAYLOR'S POEMS. Just published, price 2s. 6d. THE REVIEWER REVIEWED; or, Remarkg on Article 111. in the Eighty-ninth Num ber of the " Edinburgh Review," entitled " Stockton on the Practice of not Allowing Counsel to Prisoners Accused of Felony." The little poem by C. Lamb, (that original and deep thinking philanthropist Elia) entitled " Angel Help," is very quaint and graceful, though petit (like its author) it is a gem ; the versification, and even the mild turn of thought pervading it, are both founded on the minor poets of the Elizabethan age. We could almost fancy it a newly discovered poem ofAndrewMarvell. " Kit-cat Sketches" is lively, anecdotieal, and un assuming ; but wants character. " King Charles's Beauties" is a good description of the portraits of those celebrated females, most of whom—if they at all resembled the pictures hung up at Hampton Court—were remarkable for nothing but their exceeding ugliness : Lady Castlemain —to our thinking, at least—is a perfect fright. "Vicissitudes of the Life of an Actor" is trite and common-place ; the subject is worn threadbare, for even that drivelling pantomime-monger Dib din bas been at work on it. " A Canadian Campaign" is insipid, but interesting from its nature : it wants the manly vigour of Mr. Black wood's Subaltern. The article headed " Anec dotical Recollections" (from the pen, we con ceive, of Hazlitt) is highly amusing, if only for the following characteristic sketch of Washing: ton, one of the greatest men the modern world has ever seen, which we hero take leave to extract : THESE POEMS, written by the LATE PROPRIETOR of the SUN NEWSPAPER, who was deprived of that and other Property by the mis• conduct of a Partner deceased, have, at the suggestion of many of Mr. TAYLOR'S Friends, been collected and panted in Two neat Post Svo. Volumes, instead of One, as originally proposed, price One Guinea. They are quite ready for publication, and only wait for the completion of the Liat of Subscribers. By EBORACENSIS. William Pickering, A 7, Chancery-lane. M. WALLER CLIFTON. To Sail positively in July, DIRECT FOR CALCUTTA, THE fine Teak-built Ship, PALATIRA, JOHN LAMB, Commander. Bnrthen 600 Tons. Iling in the City Canal. Hao a Poop, with superior Ac commodations for Passengers, and will carry an experienced Surg eon . For Freight or Passage apply to Messrs. Bazett, Colvin, Crawford and Co. No. 71, Broad-street; or to BUCKLES, BAGSTER, and BUCHANAN, Maylo, 182'7. 83, Mark-lane. MAGAZINE DAY. Such of Mr. Taylor's Fi iends as wish to possess the Work, and have not hitherto intimated this Intention, are respectfully requested to do so as eoon as possible, and to forward their Names. for insertion in the List of Subscribers to the Publishers, Mr. Murray, Albemarle-street; Messrs. Payne and Fuss, Pall Mall; Messrs. Longman and Co., Paternoster-row; and Mr. John Richardson, Royal Ex change. Mr. W. Nicol, of Russell -court, Cleveland-row, and Mr. Woodfall, of Angel-soui t, Skinner-street, also receive Subscriptions for this Work. BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. We arc glad to see two Numbers of this Spi rited periodical, as it indicates an exuberance of literary wealth, highly creditable both to Editor and Proprietor. " Part I." as we see the first number is entitled, includes among its contribu tors the " Modern Pythagorean," an author who has distinguished himself by the breadth and ster ling character of his humour ; his present paper, " Colonel O'Sbaughnessy in India," is worthy of him. The continuation of the " Subaltern in America," possesses much vivid detail, the ma terials arc skilfully wrought up, and keep up an excitement throughout their perusal. " Her Rehm," we might suppose from its author's familiarity with the elegant literature of Rome, to he the work of Crowe, his shrewd -and thoughtful intellect pervades it. " The Navy, No. 1," is good, we wish we could say as much for the article entitled " Change of Ministers," but non omnia possumes onuses. Part 11. indulges us with " Selwyn " again, together with that most trite of all subjects, a de scription of Mount Blanc. The very sight of this mountain on paper is an abomination to us. Wlio has not seen and abused him from Cha mouni ? Who has not trod his glaciers—as hack nied a walk as Cheapside ? Who has not waxed eloquent on his dimensions in soaring prose, and, alas ! who has not bc-rhymed him in bad verse? It is really alarming to see him here, stuck into three or four pages of turgid description ; it is as un welcome as the sight of " Buy Warren's Black ing," chalked up on the Temple of Theseus at Athens. " The Rod and the Stream,"however, is so brilliant au article, that it may redeem 'a much worse Magazine than the present. Its descriptions of homely scenes are sweetly pasto ral, and the incidental criticisms on Wouver man s and Teniers thrown in with characteristic abi- big it. After a few words across the table, from the Marquis of LANsnowil and the Earl of WiNclumsEA, The Earl of DARNLEY said—lf I understand my Noble Friend (the Earl of Wiachelsea) be seems to think that the Noble Marquis will volunteer an explanation, but the Nob: Marquis utterly disclaims any intention of doing so. The only way therefore by which my Noble Friend can come at the explanation, will be by bringing forward a regular motion, This would be the proper and constitutional mode of expressing his disapprobation of his Majesty's Government. His mo tion, if I rccollect rightly, was to be a Committee on the State' f the Nation, and it would certainly be a matter of convenience, if he could make up his mind as to when he intended to submit it. HIS being the day appointed for proceed ing to hear evidence on the claim of THOMAS ALEXANDER FRASER, Esq. o f L ovat, to the tide of Lord L ova t ; M r . Ad am, hi s Counsel, broke the case, and stated that the claimant was lineally descended of Thomas Fraser, of Knochie and Strichen, second son of Alexander, sixth Lord Lovat; and was in possession of the Estates of Lovat and Strichen. Mr. W. Witham, of Gray's Inn, and Mr, John Anderson, Writer to the Signet, were severally exaMined at great length ; and produced documents. to prov e the descent and extinction of the direct line from the fifth Lord, to Colonel Archibald Fraser, last of Lovat, son of the noted Lord Lovat, of 1745 ; and the descent of the claimant from the sixth Lord. Next Thnrsday was then a lniainted for the consideration of the proofs of the ex-- indtion of th e b ranc h es o f F raser , o f I nverallochy and Bea. ithy 31, 1827 THE NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, for June, contains, among a great variety of original articles, The Stuart Papers, No. I—The Beauties of the Court of Charles IL—Angel-Idelp, by C. Lamb.—The Opera Box, No. 3 ; Lady Owen, the Marchioness of West meath, Lady Jersey, Countess of Cowper, Marchioness of Londonderry, Lady Tankerville, Marchioness of Worcester, &e.—Kit-Cat Sketches, No. 6 ; My Wife's Mother—Re miniscences of a young Fencible, No. 4. —The Reforma tion in Ireland—Vicissitudes in the Life of an Actor, writ ten by himself—Rural Pleasnres—A Canadian Campaign, by a British Officer, No. s.—Anecdotical Recollections, No. 3 ; Parr, Coleridge, Col. Thornton, Opie, Wotcot, Sir Edw. Buller, Major Topham, Madame de Stael—Lon don Lyriee ; the Exhibition—Conversations of Maturin, No. 2._Dibdio'a Reminiscences—Poetry by Mrs. Romans, &o.—Reviews of Hyde Nugent, English Fashionablee Abroad, May Fair, &c. &c. &c.—The Opera, The Drama, Varieties in Arts, Science, &o. &o. The Earl of WINCHELSEA said he would most assu redly give the Home timely notice of his motion; but would use his own discretion as to the period of bringing WILLIAM WITIIAM, 8, Gray's Inn-square, it furwarcl. Dull GREY presented petitions from the Unitarian Dissenters of Kendal and Rochdale, praying for the repeal of the Test Acts ; the petitions were laid on the table.— The House then adjourned. • rTi..I.IOYAL ACADEMY, SOMERSET-PLACE. HE EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACADEMY is now OPEN. • Admission (from Eight o'Clotk till Seven) Is. Catalogue Is. H. HOWARD, R.A. Sec. Printed for Henry Co11;u1n, 8, New .Burlington-street. On Friday next will be published, price 2s. dd. VHE MONTHLY MAGAZINE for June, contains—The New Ministry—The Praises of Tobacco--On the Personnel, Materiel, and Science of the British Navy—A Lecture en Giants; Monsieur Louis —Terra Incognito, No. Song—The Edinburgh Review and " Assurance Companies"—Agrippa and his Dog—Notes on the Month—Politics—Parties--The Genie Laws—Backing Out—The Bite of a Rattlesnake—The French Theatre—Burmese War—Catching a Tartar— Two make a Pair—Richmond Dinners in Fashion—Ge neral Foy's Campaigns in the Peninsula—Mr. Martin's Picture of " Joshua," &e. &c.—Scientific and Literary Intelligence--Reviews—Obituary of Eminent Persons,— Monthly Reports—Theatres, Exhibitions, &c. Bst.. Published by Whittaker ; by whom will also be pub lished, embellished with a Portrait of the HOUSE OF COMMONS, THURSDAY, MAY al The House met at four o'clock. TBE LADY in FLANDERS, who replied R 6 fe W , reeks si nce t o an Ad ver ti se ment, for the Situation tL il i t s3 P S EKEEPER, is desirous of hearing again from maser, having lost her Direction. Mr. M. ANGELO TAYLOR presented a petition from the Protestant Dissenters of Stockton, Durham, praying for the repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts. The Hon. Member said he was one of those who agreed with the lion. Meraber for Aberdeen (Mr. Hume) in regret ting that the discussion on this most important subject was to be postponed until next year. A similar petition was presented from Sheldon in the county of Devon, and another from Monmouthshire, by Lord G. SOMERSET. No 4. 6, and 7. BOLSTER'S QUARTERLY. IRISH MAGAZINE, Reply came safe by the same way, I • and w henever it can be done so again to a certainty I ' 7ll l enter more fully into details, but be careful and not e Einni)4ticut. 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" Spectemur agendo." In order that the Criticisms in this Paper may be un biassed by any Personal Interest of the Publisher in Works, I'. C. Smith will for the future confine his Publications to Periodicals. All communications to be addressed, post-paid, to the Editor, 36, St. James's-stmt. . _ Advertisements, and Notices of Works preparing for publication, will be received. Valuable assistance will be adequately remunerated. Printed and published by T. C. Smith, 36, St. James's-. street, and sold by all Booksellers in the Kingdom. On the lat of June, price 6s. NO. 2. of the NAVAL and MILITARY MAGAZINE, (published Quarterly.) New Naval and Military Administration—Campaign in North Holland in 1799—Duke of Wellington and the Guards—Dr. Buchanan's Course of Studies—General Di row& on Lines of Communication across Central America— Major O'C— Military Hints—Shot Cartridge—Jean Bart —History of the 51st Foot—Col. Scott's Private Journals— Sir E. Coote's Campaigns—Memoir of Col. 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This Day was published, price 4s. it N HISTORICAL and PRACTICAL TREATISE on SYPHILIS, Gonorrhea, Gleets, Seminal Weakness, Strictures, Eruptions, and Nocturnal Pains, so frequently mistaken for Rheumatism. These subjects are illustrated by a variety of highly interesting cases, together with the Miseries of a secret Vice, so long and so unhappily pursued by the youth of both sexes. In me one it will he found the unfailing source of Barrenness, the other have its ravages fatally developed by a distressing state of debility, which, if not timely remedied, terminates in Impotence; these are its remote and ultimate effects, while Consumptions, lose of Muscular Power, and various Nervous Complaints, usually characterise the earliest stages of this most destructive and insidious habit, for the cure of which a mode of treatment the result of long and success ful practice, and at one 'safe, speedy, and . effectuei, is adopted by the Author. With concluding remarks ota the evils resulting from attempts at Self Cure. Principiis obsta; sero medicina paratur. By,C. R. COURTENAY, M.D., Robert-street, Adeiphi. Printed for the Author : Published and sold by Suther land, No. 9, Carlton-street, Edinburgh ; Sherwood and Co., Paternoster-row ; Onwhyn, 4, Catherine-street, Strand ; Walker, 90, High Holborn; Chappell and Son, Cornhill ; Marsh, 137, Oxford-street ; Chapple, 94, Pall .mall ; Brook, Opera Arcade ; and may be had of all booksellers in town and country. " Amongst the numerous Medical and Surgical Works of the day, we consider that written by Dr. Courtenay, on Syphilis, and other frequently fatal complaints, to be worthy of the highest enoomiu►us, and justly deserving the serious attention of all those persons who may unfortunately happen to be afflicted with the maladies which form the subject of this very interesting publication. The luminous views taken of these diseases, together with important warnings against exceases, entitle this work to great pulite ; and we may add, as a further recommendation, that it is written with much delicacy and morality.".—lnspestor and Literary Review. lity. But the writer, we fear, is no troller, or he would scarce underrate a dead bait, the most ively of all species of trolling. The " noctes" month are broad and humourous. MONTHLY REVIEW. It tickles us exceedingly to see our clear and respected friend the Rev. Mr. Dillon, author of that immortal work " The Lord Mayor's Voyage to Oxford," treated with becoming veneration in the present number of this Review. It has all along been our object (and sweetly-soothing is the reflection) to do justice to the merits of this clerical historian, who, without being a slavish imitator of Livy, has yet contrived, in his personal descriptions of the Lord Mayor and his coachman (not to mention the horses) to unite the " Patavinity" of that great Latin writer, with the more profound thought of Tacitus. The Monthly Review has done justice to Mr. Dillon. —The article headed " German Romance," is penned evidently with a deep knowledge of the subject ; it is, however, somewhat,proay, wthich is too much the character of 'this periodical.— The Odd Volume" is a better critique ; 80 also is the review of " Thompson's Southern Africa." The remarks on " Travels of the Russian Mission," possess much curious and pertinent detail. NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. An insipid Number, full of faded wit and tame observation. But, no—the « Reforma tion in Ireland " is a good article : it is evidently the manufacture of an astute Irishman, and gives the following delightful portrait of one of your red-hot Protestant Ascendancy men. " He found Mr. Ellis in his library, occupied in writing a spiritual circular to his Cavan fellow-labourers, and sur rounded with bales of " Andrew Dunn," "The Converted Sinner," Dr. Magee's " First Charge," and an extensive assortment of no-Popery tracts and hand-bills. This did not surprise the coadjutor ; , but what surprised him was, that the person before him should turn out, upon inspec tion, to be so utterly variant from the picture of his antici pations. Instead of encountering a coarse and fierce fanatic, he fancied himself in the presence of a young gen tleman, rather fashionably dressed, of a slender frame, hateleome face, and of a mild- and courteous aspect. Mr. Magrath, though well versed in the Humanities had never studied Physiognomy at Maynooth ; and in scanning Mr. Ellis's countenance, he failed to be struck by that peeuliar expression of the eye, which denotes that all is not sound within, and thus explains the otherwise irreconeileable contrast between the mildness of his manners and the per verseness of his conduct. He does the most mischievous and provoking things in the most gentle and considerate manner imaginable. His heart is far from depraved : he can be hind and generous, mid always thinks he is so ; but his intellect is the victim of -*elf-delusion ; and, incapable of discriminating between faney and demonstration, is per petually substituting its own morbid conclusions for moral ends. To emancipate the Ottholies of Ireland upon the newly-discovered plan, was the form his malady had now assumed; and to, compass this Maniacal project every thing appeared justifiable and laudable. Accordingly when Mr. Magrath forcibly called upon him, as a Christian, to desist from the attempt to force the consciences of his tenants, he mildly replied, " That which he did was•for their temporal and eternal good ; that their unfortunate fitith--he intended no offence—was the sole cause of their degradation ; and that the day was, not distant when, their eyes being opened, they would be the first to bless him for his salutary harsh new." When he was told to remember, as a man of common sense, that the ruin of his tenants would inevitably impair the value of his estate, lie answered, " That in such a cam, gold was to him as dross; ,and, besides, that every shilling thus lost would be treasure laid up in Heaven." When he was reproached with the inhumanity of goading on his dependants to excesses, which their pastors could no longer control, he meekly responded, " That any excesses thus occasioned would lead to discussion ; that the more the truth was discussed, the more surely and brightly it would shine ; and that, for his part, he meant nothing uncivil to Mr. Magrath ; but the emancipation of his poor benighted countrymen from their priests, upon any terms, was a blessed speculation, for Which he would willingly lay down his life." This was too much for the coadjutor's patience ; he started up, and vehemently exelaimed, " Mr. Hugh Maxwell Ellis, in obedience to the directions of my reverend superior, I have cents here and endeavoured to soften your heart : I have failed ; and, therefore, being forced to it, I say, " Woe unto you, scribes and pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one pro selyte ; and when he is made, ye make him two-fold more the child of but you know the rest ; and may Heaven forgive you !" The modern reformer returned a smile of placid commisseratlon, and the coadjutor took his departure. The consequences of Mr. Ellis'e " blessed speculations" soon appeared. The irritated tenant. conspired, and burnt down the school-house. Tim Sheehan, the leading con flagrator, was discovered, tried, and executed for the offence. The crime was forgotten in the provocation ; and the populace, as has been seen, lost no time in celebrating his martyrdom. Air. Ellis, pent up i n s a i nty di e , looked WASIUNGTON.—I remember my father telling one he was introduced to Washington in 1180, by an American friend. A servant, well-looking and well-dreseed, received the visitauts at the door, and by him they were delivered over to an officer of the United States service, who ushered them into the drawing-room in which Mrs. Washington and several ladies were seated. There was nothing re markable in the person of the lady of the President ; she was matronly and kind, with perfect good breeding : she at once entered into easy conversation, asked how long he had been in America, how ho liked the country, and such other familiar but general questions. In a few mi nutes the General entered the room ; it was not necessary to announce his name, for his peculiar appearance, his firm forehead, Roman nose, and a projection of the lower jaw, hie height and figure, could not be mistaken by any one who had seen a full-length picture of him, and yet no pic ture accurately resembled him in the minute traits of his person. His features, however, were so marked by pro minent characteristics, which appear in all likenesses of him, that a stranger could not be mistaken in the man. Ile was remarkably dignified in his manner, and had an air of benignity over hie features, which his visitant did not expect, being rather prepared for sternness of counte nance. After an introduction by Mrs. Washington, with out more form than common good manners prescribes, " He requested me," said my father, " to be seated ; and, taking a chair himself, entered at once into conversation. His manner was full of affability.' He asked how I liked the country, the city of New York : talked of the Infant institutions of America, and the advantages she offered, by her intercourse, for benefitting other nations. He was grave in manner, but perfectly easy. His dress was of purple satin. There was a commanding air in his appearance which excited respect, and forbade too great a freedom towards him, independently of that species of awe which is always felt in the moral influence of a great character. In every movement too there was a polite gracefulness equal to any met with in the most polished individuals in Europe, and his smile was extraordinarily attractive. It was observed to me that there was an expression in Washington's face that no painter had succeeded in taking. It struck me no man could be better formed for command. A stature of six feet, a ro bust but well-proportioned frame, calculated to sustain fa tigue, without that heaviness which generally attends great muscular strength, and abates active exertion, displaying bodily power of no mean standard. A light eye and full— the very eye of genius and reflection, rather than of blind passionate impulse. His nose appeared thick ; and, though it befitted his other features, was too coarsely and strongly formed to be the,handsotnest of its class. His mouth was like - no otherr that I ever saw ; thelipe firm, and the under jaw seeming to grasp the upper with - There, as if itentisclee were in full action when he sat still. Neither with the Ge neral nor with Mrs. Washington was there the slightest re straint of ceremony. There was less of it than I ever re collect to have met with, where perfect good breeding and merinos were at the same time observed. Te many re marks Washington assented with a smile or inclination of the head, as if he were by nature sparing in his converge- Lion ; and I am inclined to think this was the case. An allusion was made to a serious fit of illness he bad recently suffered ; but he took no notice of it. I could not help re marking, that America must have looked with anxiety to the termination of his indisposition. He made no reply to my compliment but by an 'inclination of the head. His bow at my taking leave I shall not forget. It was the last movement which I saw that illustrious character make, as my eyes took their leave of him for ever, and it hnnga a perfect picture upon my recollection.— ' The house of Washington was In the Broad way, and the street front was handsome. The drawing-room in which I sat wan lofty and spacious; but the furniture was not beyond that found in dwellings of opulent Americans in general, and might be called plain for its situation. The upper end of the rpom had glass doors, which opened upon a balcony commanding an extensive view of the Hudson River, interspersed with islands, and the Jersey shore on the opposite side. A grandson and daughter resided constantly in the house with the General, and a nephew of the •General's, married to a niece of Mre. Washington, resided at Mount Vernon, the General's fa mily seat •in Virginia, his residence, as President, keeping him at the seat of Government." The levees held by Washington, as President, were generally crowded, and held on a Tuesday, between three and four o'clock. The President stood, and received the bow of the person pre sented, who retired to make way for another. At the drawing-rooms Mrs. Washington received the ladies, who curtsied and passed aside without exchanging a word. Tea and coffee, with refreshments of all kinds, were laid in one part of the rooms, and before the individuals of the com pany 'retired, each lady was a second time led up to the lady President, made her second silent obeisance, and de parted—nothing could be more simple, yet it was enough. MONTHLY MAGAZINE. This is a better number than we have seen for many months : it has not certainly much variety, but what it has, is of a good order. The " Tcrra Incognita" gives an ingenious and novel account of some l►arts (hitherto almost unexplored) of New Holland. The details of the magnificence of the inte►nal woods and forests of this immense island, are new, we believe, to most readers ; we shall therefore gratify them with an extract. Dense forests covered the ground in every direction— hills and vallies were alike wooded. What the pine-forests of Norway, or those of North America may be, I know not; but of this I am confident—that the immense variety and magnificence of the native forests of New South Wales can not be surpassed. On the banks of rivers, and on the richest soils, • generally, the graceful and luxuriant cedar preponderates ; about the creeks, and in the best of what is termed forest-laud, the leafy and wide-spreading apple tree grows in the greatest profusion, but intermingled with clamps of black and green wattle, which exude the finest medicinal gums ; on arid, stony, and barren soils the many-coated tea-tree shoots abroad its grey and wiry leafed branches. These characteristic trees are, for the most part, low and broad—like, and not generally larger than, the English Oak ; but with them, and among them, grow the majestic iron bark—hard as ebony , and flexible as whalebone—tall as " the mast of some great admiral ;" the stringy bark of equal rise and of greater use, affording to the native its fibrous coat for his rude canoe, and ruder hut—and, to the civilized artisan, its solid trunk, which he may work to any purpose. With these, again, are the blue and red gums, and. the mahogany-tree, of no less magnitude, and with deciduous bark ; forest and swampy oaks, smaller in size, but . not much less aspiring than their bulkier neighbours :—all these. are long in the trunk, run - fling from fifty to a hundred feat without a - branch, and We have reecived.two numbers of this plea sant and versatile periodical, for which we return our friend Bolster, our most sincere thanks. His Magazine, indeed, does honour to his spirit and intelligence, it possessee both information and amusement, and affords a very felicitous sample of Irish humour, that best of all possible humour, as Pangloss, the optimist, would say. The tales in each number illustrative of old Irish man ners, are wrought up with impressive effect, and will, we doubt not, be popular. One word at part ing :—Mr. Bolster, make the future numbers of your Magazine more suitable to the general reader. If you review, review those books about which the public is interested, but beware of exclusive ness in your subjects, which may be well enough for a newspaper, but is death to a periodical. We perceive that you have waxed very eloquent on the merits of sundry poets, (who, however meritorious to a certain extent,) yet do not possess sufficient stamina in their poetical consti tution to justify your unwarrantable eulogiums ; moderate these excesses in future, and believe us, your Magazine will be the better for it. With this caution (which we give with the less reluct ance, because we find symptoms of vigour and life in your Magazine, which we should be sorry to see die a premature death,) we bid you a friendly adieu. ROBINS' LONDON AND DUBLIN MAGAZINE. We like this Number excessively ; it is full of matter of no ordinary interest, as the " Mate rials for Irish history will abundantly prove. Our limits prevent us from entering into detail on the subject, so we will just recommend en pas sant the article entitled " The Oscotian." We may here revert to Mr. Robins's two other in fant Periodicals—the Gentleman's and Lady's Pocket Magazine—they are both very pretty and Lilliputian, and far above the intellect of six pence—the utmost price (picture included) de manded for them. THE INSPECTOR. This Magazine having been sent so very late to us this morning, even after our " Magazine I)ay" was in types, we are unable to say more than that it is one of the most improving periodicals we know of. The " Senatorial Reminiscences" alone are worth the money paid for the whole number. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, TritntsnAY, MAY Si. The Bishop of CHESTER presented a petition from Manchester, praying that their Lordships might take steps to put an end to the practice of burning Widows In India. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a petition from Wenlock, in the County of Salop, against farther con cession to the Catholics. Lord .FARNHAM presented similar petitions frown Rathdrum, Castle 111‘Adam, the Union of Wicklow, and several other places in the County of Wicklow. The Noble Lord presented other petitions to the same effect. The Earl of DARNLEY said, that the Noble Lord, after having presented a general petition from the County of Wick low, now came forward with petitions from separate parishes, when the former petition had been presented, he (Lord Darnley) stated that the majority of the landed proprietors of the County of Wieklow were favourable to Catholic Eniancipation. Lord FARNHAM observed, that the great majority of the resident landlords were opposed to the Claims of the Roman Catholics. He was aware that a large proportion of the County was the property of person• who did not reside in the County,-and these perhaps might think dif ferently from the petitioners. Lord KING presented a petition in favour of the Ca tholic Claims, front Enniscorthy and Temples Lamb, in the County of Wexford. Lord REDESDALE presented a petition from the owners and occupiers of land in New Romney, in Kent, against the importation of Foreign Corn. The Earl of MALMESBURY gave notice, that he would, to-morrow, present a petition respecting the impor tation of Foreign Wool, and that he would then take the opportunity of asking what protection it was the intention of the Government to afford to the British Wool Grower. The Marquis of LANSDOWN presented a petition from the Corn Millers of Carrick-on-Suir, praying- for protec tion. The Noblo Lord also presented petitions from the Protestant Dissenters of the 6th Ward of Police at Dundee, praying for the repeal of the Corporation and Teet Acts ; the Noble Lord presented similar petitions from Stockport and its vicinity, and from Manchester. Lord CARBERY presented a petition from the Ship_ owners of Cork, praying for relief. The petitions were laid on the table. MISS TURNER'S DIVORCE BILL. On the motion of lord REDESDALE the House went into a Committee on MieeTurner'• Divorce Bill. Several verbal amendments were agreed to. The Earl of SHAFTPSBURY brought up the Report, and, on the motion that it be received to-morrow, The Earl of MALMESBURY expressed his earnest hope Lord STANLEY presented two petitions to the same effect from the Dissenters of Worcester. Mr. CALCRAFT presented five petitions on the same subject, from the Dissenting congregation of New Broad street, London ; from Knaresborough, Yorkshire ; from Witcham, in the county of Somerset ; from West-street, Wareham, and also from the Protestant Dissenters wor shipping at the Old Meeting in the town of Wareham. Mr. CALCRAFT presented a petition from the Over seers of the poor of Coventry, praying that a concurrent jurisdiction might be given to the Magistrates of the county of Warwick. CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION. Sir E. HARVEY presented a petition from the Deanery of Essex, bigned by 9t Clergymen, praying that no ad dition of political power should be granted to the Roman Catholics. Mr. DUGDALE presented four petitions from Diming ham praying for the repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts. Lord CLIFTON presented a similar petition from a Congregation in Canterbury. PENRYN ELECTION. Mr. MANNING presorted a petition from John Carr, $ carpenter of Penryn, confined in Newgate. The pe titioner stated that when under examination befores the House on the Penryn Election he became eronfused, - asd unguardedly stated that he had not seen Stanbary in New gate, although he had openly mentioned in the lobby a few minutes before that he had an interview with Stanbury. The petitioner, in conclusion, prayed to be discharged from Newgate, and in consideration of his pOverty, he begged that he might be discharged without the payment of fees. Mr. MANNING was about to move on the petition, but was interrupted by the Speaker, who observed, that it was usual when an Hon. Member intended to move on a petition, to give notice of hie intention to the House. After a kw words from Mr. Hume and Mr. liosHousE, The petition was ordered to be printed, and laid on the table. Mr. MANNING then gave notice, that he would move for the discharge of the petitioner to-morrow. NEWSPAPER STAMPS. Mr. HUME moved for returns of the aggregate number of stamps issued for Newspapers in England, Scotland, and Ireland during the last Q 6 years, distinguishing the number issued in each year, as well as the numbers used by Daily Morning and Evening, and Weekly Papers.— Agreed to. TEST AND CORPORATION ACTS. Mr. HUME presented a petition from Salford, near Man chester, praying for the Repeal of the Teet and Corpora tion Acts. W. J. WOOD presented a similar petition from a town iu the County of Lancaster. Mr. PROTHEROE presented a similar petition from a place in Worcestershire. Mr. KEKEWICH presented a petition on the same subject from Exeter. Mr. PAULETT THOMPSON presented a similar pe tition from Dover, and contradicted the Hon. Member for Wells, that the Dissenters of Kent were opposed to the FautPcipation ni tha Rau Catimlias. Mr. SYKES said he believed the Dissenters were, like other classes, divided on the subject of the Catholic Claims. Sir E. KNATCHBULL said there certainly was a di ference of opinion amongst the Dissenters on the Catholic Claims, but as far as the County of Kent was concerned, he believed that a preponderance of the Dissenters, as well as of the whole population, was averse to any further• con cessions to the Catholics. Mr. CALCRAFT recollected a county meeting in Kent, some years ago, when the sense of the meeting was taken on the Catholic Claims, and, on a show of hands, the meeting certainly appeared to be against the Catholics; but he always attributed this decision to the presence of a number of labourers who were employed in building the comity gaol, and all of whom held up their bands against their Catholic: brethren. Mr. FLEMING presented a petition from Christ:Church, Hants, for tho repeal of The Tmt and Corporation Acta. Citnilar petitions were presented from Birmingham, Aldborough, (Hants) and two places in the county of Warwick, by Mr. Bennet ; by Mr. Buck from Biddeford in tho County of Devon ; by Mr. Price, from Kingston in the County of Hereford ; by Mr. Rowley, from Charsfield in the County of Suarez ; by Alderman Wood from Gibraltar Chapel, Bethnal Green ; by Lord Milton from Leeds, from Morley, from Houdon, and other places in the County of York. Mr. CURTEIS3 preisented a petition from the wool growers of Sussex, for a ditty on the importation of Fo reign wool. . Mr. ITEATIICOTE presented a petition from Coven try against the bill about to pass, for giving a concurrent jurisdiction to the Magistrates of Warwick. Mr. KENNEDY brought up the Report of the Com-