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" . 9 . 1_ .4_4 3 1 , 1 , i :1 54 ' This day were published, in quarto, With 16 colOure • a bridle , flare price 41. 4 6 • REPORTS of MEDICAL CASES, se= lected with a view of illustrating the Symptoms and Cure of Diseases by a reference to Morbid Anatomy; em bracing Dropsy, Inflammation of the Lungs, Phthisis, and Fever. sdaY diced into nging oner tong id wal l ' e the ya r it d, had silk en threw ape; t ight b i°l ' . ' For 11°I' se ' ie pris°° (Fseakli;44o7abld))(l There are few artiaes, even in this country of taxation, so heavily taxed as a newspaper. Reck oning the duty on paper, as well as the stamp, about half the usual retail price is tax—consider -ably more than half the wholesale price, or that which the proprietor receives. As a direct im post 'on the spread of information and the dis cussion of political topics, such a tax is disgrace ful to,any,Government which professes to desire . the enlightenment -of the people, and to protect the Liberty 'of the Press; while merely as a measure of finance, it is too exorbitant for its own object; and like the old duties on wines,&c. produces less to the revenue than a lower rate would yield. To illustrate this effect, it is neces sary to state, that if the stamp were reduced from Sid. to one penny, and the duty on the paper taken off, a newspaper would be sold for fourpence ; and we conceive that a, fourfold in. crease in the total number of newspapers printed might in consequence he safely calculated on. We' are inclined to think it would be a good deaf more, seeing the large quantity of cheap periodi cals which are purchased by those who cannot afford sevenpenec for a newspaper, although it has ten times the attraction for them. But take it at fourfold—and the revenue would gain some thing by the change. We are prepared to cons tend, that even if there were a certainty of loss ' the excessive - taxation of newspapers shotild be reduced a tax - On publicity and, civilization scarcely mote defensibl e than a tax on justice :` and the principle of the latter was abandoned by Lord Goderich, when Chancell or of the Exche quer, in remitting all the duties on law proceed ings. So far, however,, from a c er t a i nty o f l oss to the revenue stei nt b ec y ronn a i reduction of th e newspaper stamp duty, there- is a prob a bility o f ga i n ; and fltiiftilaeMtnincineoisttitilevereir d s refuse to encounter a t r ifli ng r i s k f or ad v, secretlyt)ulde gladly y es - so imp ortant a good, it will be pretty evident n e a c t t i e o d n other in revenue ‘rtis? t ha r; il they are e under s A c tio colour uponur of it a s to the freedom o f th i s press, n financial measure, a practical effect, r power and prosperity, which theywould not venture expressly to enact: W e do not suspect the present Ministry however of any such mean ness or insincerity. Ever since the last acces sion 'of Mr.. Canning to office—(who was a man of. too much spirit and talent to play the part of a cowardly oppressor against the Press—not to mention, that he had himself used it freely in his time)Government has protected the Press in the enjoyinent of a degree of practical liberty greater perhaps than it ever •befor e possessed—at least as far as regards the discussio n of public affairs or public men. - The disgraceful manner in which the law of libel permits the PreSS to be harassed and crippled by the blackguards and pettifoggers vilibm it exposes for the public good, has no reference to the temper of the Executive on this subject; though we trust the occurrences of the present year, in illustration of the law of private libel, will prepare all parties in Parlia ment, except the mere bi gots, to support 'such an alteration in the law as will place honest jour nalists less than they now are at the mercy of the most shameless scoundrels that infest society. , Looking therefore to the. manly and truly po litic toleration which the Press has experienced for many years from the Executive, we feel as sured that, as the present Government would certainly have never imposed the enormous tax on newspapers,:it will not continue it in violation of its own professions, and in the face of what By RICHARD BRIGHT', M.D. F.R.S. &c. Lecturer on the Practice of Medicine, and one'of the Phy 'sicians to Guy's Hospital. Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. °I3B THUCTIONS TO THE NAVIGATION OF THE No. 10,9.56. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23, 1827. THAMES. This day was published, price Is. LETTER from JOHN HALL, Es q ., to the WORSHIPFUL COMMITTEE of the COR ,D,ORATION 'of LONDON, for carrying into execution ;2' , Acts of Parliament for renderin.• more commodious and for better regulating the PORT o b f LONDON, upon the T hames, of th e o b struct i o n s to the navigation of the River thames, between Deptford and London •bridge. May be had of J. M. Richardson, 23, Cornhill. PRICE iD OFFICE .OF THE TANJORE COMMISSIONERS, No. 11, Manchester-buildings, Westminster. October 22,,1827. IN conformity to the FIFTH ARTICLE -a- of the DEED of AGREEMENT' between the UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG LAND Trading to the EAST INDIES, of the one part, and the Parties to the said Deed, claiming to be CREDI TORS of his late Highness AMEER SING, formerly RAJAH of TANJORE, of the other part; the Commis sioners appointed under the said agreement give Notice, that a continuation of the Schedule of Claims (made before .the Commissioners in India,) has beets published in the London Gazette of Friday, the 19th instant, " in order " that all such persons as shall have any interest to oppose " or impeach the same, may have sufficient opportunity so " to do." . on an average fifty different' characters. to -repre sent it." Nevertheless, although its information be as stale as that imparted by Hamlet to Horatio, CITY WATCH. MALT DUTY BILL. Yesterday a meeting of the inhabitants of the Ward of Aldersgate was held at the Dispensary, (Alderman Sir PETER LAURIE in the chair), to take into consideration certain resolutions lately passed in the Court of Common Councilrespecting the Watchmen and Police in all the Wards within the City of London. The late resolutions of the Common Council; suggesting an alteration in the city watch, were read, And it was stated that the new plan would entail an addition of GOO/. upon the ward, (4001. for the ward without, and 2001. for that within,) beyond what they at present paid on that account... The CHAIRMAN was anxious to hearthe opinion e septet° held at t ile , Bet llll l l l , iew Of t" This day was published, price 2s. 6d. APRACTICAL TREATISE on BANK ING, containing an Account of the London and Country Banks; exhibiting their system of Book-Keeping the Terms on which they , transact Business--their customs in regard to Bills of Exchange—and their Method of snaking Calculations. Also a view of Joint Stock Banks and the Branch Banks of the Bank of England ; likewise ample information respecting the. Banks of Scotland and Ireland, with a Summary of the Evidence delivered before the P arliamentary Committees relative to the Suppression of Notes Under Five Pounds in those countries. • ma By JAMES WILLIAM GILBART, "ger of the Kilkenny Branch of the Provincial Bank of Ireland. ititl'oblish e d by Effingham Wil son, R oya l Exchange; J. wa she d .cadill3 T • W ea ti e y an d Davis, Stati oners '- court ; \Vest' E d: and Tyrrell, Dublin ; and Waugh and In altiurgh, age, b e t after t ( nan lia n/ r i e f ad latte 4 vorms, 1111 4 iack-do c ' t , ~~UihD ° l ie ore',„, once ef NA r ea" r r whieuuto, ig tortur e ' ; '' ounce "ot .ne. to of the inhabitants on this subject, before their repre sentatives in the Common Council stated what had been done in that court. Mr. DICKENS, and several other inhabitants, said, that what had occurred in the CommOn Council was already notorious .enough, as well as the general opi nion of the ward, which Was, that they were satisfied with their present plan of watch, and wanted no change, particularly one which would entail a great and unnecessary additional expence upon the district. The CHAIRMAN held in his hand the report of the inspector of the watch in Marylebone, who, disap proved of th e new pl an . H e concurre d in this dis approval, for people in general did not like chang ing their watchmen, and were somewhat partial to those long known in their neighbourhood. To be always suspicious of men was the. sure way to sug gest thievery to them.—(Hear, hear.)—As a proof of the efficacy of their watchmen, he understood that there had not been a burglary committed for ten years in their ward. (This statement was here eon-, tradietM .by two of the inhabitants, who said there had been one Or •tWo burglaries committed in Foster lane.) Mr. HUME' (with whom the Chairman made a positive stipulation that he should speak only once, which was violated in five.minutes, for the worthy inhabitant insisted upon speaking four times during the discussion) had no objection to the change of the hours of duty, but was decidedly opposed to any change of the watchmen. • ; , The Commissioners further give notice, that their Office is open to receive objections in writing to the claims pub ,ished in the said Schedule. (By order of the Board), It. PLAYFAIR, Assistant-Secretary. rip CLARK'S GENERAL OU,TFIT -111. • TING WAREHOUSE, for the EAST and WEST INDIES SOUTH AMERICA, EXETER 'CHANGE, STRAND. - • • • wit ite s . 9e :; ,i 1‘ ; ter aga l ; .ed to '" Officers, Cadets,' and 'Writers going to India, and Gen tlemen proceeding to South America, or any other part of the Globe, will find in this Establishment the whole of their Military Appointments, Swords, Chacos, Sashes, Belts, Pistols, &c. together with a large and well-manu factured stock of Sea Cots, Couches, and Bedding; Cabin Wash .hand Tables, Chairs, and Lamps ; Sea Chests, Mule and Bullock Trunks, and every other description of Travelling Equipage. 'AN A SSoltiltieNT OF CANTEENS, ready fitted with the necessary requisites fat India and other tropical climates ; likewise a great variety of Silver and Plated Articles, Knives and Forks, suitable for families going abroad ; Military and Hindostannee Books, Maps, &e. A FASHIONABLE STOCK of Carriage, Curricle, Tandem, Phaeton, Stanhope and Chaise HARNESS, with every description of Saddlery, &c. &c. for home use, East and West Indies, and South America, which merit inspec tion from their excellent quality, first style of workman ship, 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 one Ready Money Price, but from which no abatement is made. ' In answer to a question . from an-inhabitant, the CHAIRMAN said, that the Ward had the k power at present of r e j ec ti ng t h e w h o l e , or a part , of the new plan sent from the Common Council; but ,if it were ultimately persevered in by the latter, a Bill Would be brought in to give it legal effect, and then the measure would become imperative. Mr. FORREST:explained the particulars of the dis cussion in the Common Council, and the degree of opposition which he had offered to the new plan. It was, he thought, highly objectionable to change men about to different beats, for. there was, indeed, an ob vious advantage in having watchmen acquainted with their neighbourhood, where they generally knew the habits of the residents ; and he related some instances in which thieves were detected, from the knowledge which watchmen had that no persons ought to have access to particular warehouses in the dead of night. He was decidedly opposed to the new plan. Several inhabitants here said, that what would be an impro vemen t in some districts wou ld b e t h e re verse in Others, and' it was not, therefore, fair that all should be saddled alike-with an expensive plan; and it was at length determined that the representatives of the ward in the Common Council should be in structed to oppese-the new plan, and that the inhabi tants should likewise petition against it. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and their ward representatives, and the Meeting was dissolved. LITERATURE. QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. LXXII. The rancour of party—which, though, it no doubt, exists in abundant asperity, yet is just now to all public appearance dormant, appears equally torpid in the present Quarterly Review--the whole character of which is elegant and gentlemanly, temperate in its opposition—polite even in its sar casm. The keen vigorous malignant spirit of old Gifford is fled ; and his successor has far more of the lamb than the lion about him. We look in vain for those fierce sallies of political hostility, which even in the quietest times dis tinguished Mr. Gifeord's management ; there is , little prejudice—absolutely no sarcasm, but in- CRY Y' r -- FAST AND SAFE TRAVEL, e„, l - , ING t o BIRMINGHAM an d LIV ERPOOL, Day ---u Night Four-inside Coaches, which keep good Time, FROM Tug SARACEN'S HEAD INN, ~, S KINNER -STREET, SNONV-HILL, LONDON, `he S allowine Light Post Coaches, Mails, &c. set out from - the above In n :.. Birmi ng h a m Tally Ho ! i n 13 hours (driven through Ivith two Coachmen only), M orning, through Redburn, g stket- s t re et, Dunstablee Briekhili, Fenny Stratford, Sto „„tleY Stretford, Towceeter, Weedon, Daventry, Dunchuich, , t° ventry, and Stone Bri dge, to the Castle Hotel, Birming nam, t o Shiffnall, Wellington, Bridgenorth, Shrewsbury, Shelton, Oswestry, Nantwich, Tarporley, Bangor, Chester, end Holyhead. Birmingham Royal Exp res s, in 15 hours and only two coach wick, Len, ev er,' After noon , f o u r I ns id e, t h roug h War eamington, Southern, Daventry,Weedon, Towcester, an d Ston ey Stratfo r d, to t h e S aracen ' s Head, Birmingham, early the next morning- NoßriahrnsLatapwle4n S , outhmolton, Creditou, Chol m l e y, Ti ver t on , Hatherleigh, Oakh am pt on , T orr i ng t on , Chunileigh, lifracomb, and Bideford, every Morning. le e -" h and Brist o l, th roug h Chippenhaeo, Caine, Marl ,,l'll ali gh, Hun ger f or d , Newbary. and Reading, every After , 4 " at one • arri at the Greyhod Inn, Bath ; . eleihna Taver n , and Swan, Bristol r e un arly next Alorning. and It ilwi nt Mail, to Louth, through Royston, Cambridge, Ontingdon, Stilton, Peterborough, Deeping, Spalding, - , 9i181- 1, Alford, and Great Grimaby. Evening, at half-past t'''ell Sunday, at a quarter before seven. , ea'nihrid . e Mail, through Ware, Buntingford, Buckland, .:,(1/10yetong. Evening, at half-past seven, Sunday, at a ''arson before seven. 4 Cerlisie E press, only one night on th e roa d, t o P enr i t h , Pith !hitathat x •en, with a Guard all the way ; through Ap- Ititi;n'(l', lirough, Bowes, Ba rnar d C ast l e , Greta Bridge,i e " Catterick, Ilorou g hb r id ge , Ferrybridge, on- Sti„ '' N "vark' NCI' '3 Bawtry, Grantham, Greetham, Stamford, afir e lni, Wiggleswade, and Baldock. Morning. The only v , t CoaCh to Carlisle. pr'ester, through Newport, Whitchurch, Nantwich, Tar- Nl(',7, Nidc/lewich, and Northwich, Morning & Afternoon. th n ' - ' 4l, try Tally Ho ! every Morning at half-past six, i e :gh Redburn, Dunstable, Stoney Stratford, Towcester, -4 a, Dayentry, and Dunchurch. ra 4 er and Paris, Morning by Canterbury and Chatham. It-7,1,4'1'00' er in 14 hours only, through E g h am , B ags h ot, S4];', l vater, Basingstoke, Overton, Whitch urc h, A n d over, 6e: u t1 4 3 7 , Woodyats Inn, and Blandford, at a quarter past I, k n eight ' the Morning. k ixl itinou - th, li M i orning, to Newton • Bushel, Paiguton,. e'e Kingswear, and Torquay. . t'l l 'j't , r Umpire, Morning, through Honiton, Axminster, ha -14 ,Ittb, Bridport, Dorchester, Blandford, Woodyats e ll ' n4 liebu Stockbridge, Sutton, Basingstoke, Black 4', II rY ' Q 1 agehot, andEgham. 111 '0 11 1 1. ' 0 u', Longtown, Gretna Green, Annan, Dumfries,. I t - el .-g ain, Thornhill, Sanquhar Kiln, Kilmarnock, Kings lii,luni all parts of Scotland, Four Inside. % Ry'Y,liead through Shiffnall, Wellington, Shrewsbury, 4 11 . 1 a , 1° P, iforningand Afternoon. ,st e :. l t xpress, through Northcave, Howden, and Don- Itot'ictlorning, to the Cross Keys, Hull, ad also the i ., k, n ;nehan a " in the Afternoon at two. k 'llote. (l Q, by Lancaster, Preston, Kirkby Lonsdaie, Bolton, , L e a' rO rin , kirk and Garstang, Morning and Afternoon. f ili ggie 4 l 4o ekingha ' in, Afternoon at two; through Baldock, ', u d de, Eaton, St. Nests, fluckden, Stilton, Wands sk.kb.""sinfOrd Greetham, Grantham, Newark, Tuxford, P et 1 - 17 4 - I ‘lo ' East Retford, Bawtry, Doncaster, and ‘ . i ftei s -lA ge; a a r r ' rives at the Golden Lion Inn, Leeds, next M ) F ik m i ° ll , at three o'clock, in time for the Bradford, Hali -144 n ipton, end Huddersfield Coaches. With four Coach -nle—L d P , ---- es only 2d. per lb. i„ , uggage an acmig htt .1.11 " 1 and Staffordshire Potteries, Morning at half. , 't• With fou r coachme n only. 44averpool Ir h4itr• -m pire, in 27 Hours only, Daily at One ; ta;lrtres at Liverpool next Afternoon, through Woburn, )51't Liverpool Lathhury, Northampton, Welford, Lut kte,4ith, Hinckley, Atheestone, Tamworth, Litchfield, kweelY, Sandon, Stone, Newcastle, Congleton, Knuts -14 ivarrington, and Present. Nel v i e 1)001 Royal Express, in twenty-six hours, with four •( , 6 1 ' ll e'l only, through Prescot, Warrington, Knutsford, 01, 1V t °n, Newcastle, Stone, Rudgeley, Lawton, Litchfield, kt r i t4ford (only one night on the road), every afternoon e, qt ly at the Saracen's Head, Liverpool, next afternoon. Ar4l4neeester and Altringham, mo rn i ng to the Moseley , 41 ' ,„! t ki Swan Inns: Wolver ‘a:ll,7hester to Congleton, Newcastle, Walsall, i Ala, 'ail Kuutsford, light four inside Coaches. n -4 ~t 1'41, 4 40 and Swindon, through Maidenhead, Read ti' toC eis 'nrY, Hungerford, Ratnsbury, and Albourne, with Ltee - ',,, l nau only. The nearest conveyance to Lambourn, A 4' TTootton Ba et' nel Pewsey. 'CLNIIP44,htIe-Upon-T"yene- and Under-Line, Morning and 1,'94 1 ,' Only one night on the road. " 46 4,1, 44 Umpire, to Falmouth, Truro, Bodmin, Ash li Il te e ,'ryn Totness, & Newton Bushell, morning at 7. i 1- c)atl o, l te It ' y 1 Telegraph, to Margate, Dover, Deal, ' ti g at t ,4) eat ° l't a b Fevers ha and Sandwich, morn kNhei.l,l.a,r Post se -e v r en ury, m, iller'lltneid ' - tprese, and also the Rockingham, through %itti A : in nreing and afternoon. a: 4 thest; n p t nn 'Union, to Lymington, Lyndhurst, and t , ti‘. r, , throu gleßasingslioke, Hartford Bridge, Black k'''': ;' ll en en d d it/tg a hnt, every morning, and arrive s at the es, and vi„ I n n, Southampton, by five, o,frordsfhialoeß, FI kY ' ''ltlit 7 e°llYe Y ' fWi ht Jersey, Guern anne to the Isle o g , avre de Grace, Etc. &e. 0i 4 , 13 y , le Potteries, Afternoon, to Lane-end, Stoke, 't1„" ). ' ',lrsleie Tunstall, Lawton, Hanley and Holmes 1 , 14 'ztr; • k Le °4I Y Coach direct to the Potteries. . Sii,„ , ' l c, and Le amington Day and Night, through Da , \V,ll.l4.ceri.,,°n' Tn weester and Stoney Stratford. 1 4 I' 'nuge.""l-ter s-irvtun ' ton, FalmouthAnd Deeonport , k 2%, and to all Nr o, :s er o olo f u the West of Engl an d. 14,73Yltiouth Magnet, th •ongii Egham, Bagshnt, 'Mick' I, Oasingstok e , , Whitchurch, Andover, Salis triZo:Ayat,, Inn, Cuhttiore Blandford, and Dorchester, („'‘‘'C'ltel,ti?a•-nlil'ApttonfivaleldiliLlitledin'e h feri I ‘Voir., Cell, and Coventry, adorning y ner l i ) i a n y g , (only one Coachman.) through West Brom and Afternoon. N,,,7er Aurora, every Morning, through Oxford, t ". lo`K, Eustone, Bourton, Ben e rth Chipping Nor '4.l%aarut°ll in the Marsh, Ham g Dt w o ° Par ' va, Evesham, .ns r, slid , Pershom ; arrives at Worcester early in the ,tkrlgt*le:lrneg,.frnm _when(* there are Coaches to Ludlow, V k, pall. ob,uly, Kinston, L eominster, Bromyard, and , itk p l °I South Wake. kie e,.P l eaa, to Scarborough, la, t : " %I ' t hY, Shields, Sun t; , A,, c‘ (\, t for . stle, and Edinburgh, with a guard through ,t)bri, n nl, by way of Newark, Retford, Doncaster, 1.);41;!, Tadcaster, Northallerton, Darlington, Rosh / e ea f ,ftni. Morpeth, and Berwick, arrive% at York I; t . morni ng .. ~: A, Alli'dneed Fares to Ramsgate and Margate. IC I 4 m'UNTAIN and Co. respectfully acquaint their k 'lY 11 4 d thq Public, that they will not be accountable '''re )4,f"123., ,Passengers'l.uggage, Writings, Plate, &c. i11,4,'11.4,1Nye I ottud4 Value, if lost, stolen, or damaged, e 4 `e e a s such, and the Insurance paid accordingly, sea such, HIAD INI:f, Skinner -street, Snow-hills winte r 1 , at Not ti° ,, g ol , fr: vn ; the r h the b""of i tul as it be able t° ,l, a tte o Heir 1 0 0 strictly oil ;hat the fol 6) . IV pi:CIO or lanCtUarY f [other 0 itirdered e ,lini,tana Ike up hi 6 t m . B tbro, the chapel - A O hat these airj t !rim, and 4'; i nself on Isf ) Y . What de'b'J . , but it scelii ',race's e%e tj t i ho ilisgract, s family 7, 1.. .zi!01s • brd-sqLlOl, fi t Vanzellert r. lie lady 0 Idl u th, the er, el F a date, ! ,:_aL di v. broolc , 11/1.;10° y JOe' Andres', 1.-e, s o) nne I.N. , 00 df New- 1 hn Cllo' di India 0 .: 0 ;0 /11. 0 ; eb j 1 yin 401, I !fall,. ree W 3it°ll 01. 1 , 0 in Rage" JO' j asey t ill l ere iih. ,, ,, , i,,r , i ge 9-- 4 , 11 ant A s l a ckneY:', o o,ti , after ' , n dC o ' / appe 00/ d nt, an 1 , 1 01 r citor, it DO, third )UNGI at tb° rind* • • stead, an abundance of diffuse, matter of fact, and somewhat prosy information. The first article is a curious ; ,one ; being an elaborate attack upon Mr. Butler, and some late Catholic publications circulating with avidity in France. It is penned in a high untomproMising Protestant spirit, by a writer who will concede nothing and seems to be imbued—saturated, we should rather say,—with a most unqualified orthodox earnestness. It 'fur nishes, however, some very interesting details re specting Sister Nativite, (whose Revelations Mr., Butler has already made known to the publie), and, did it possess but half as much charity as in formation, would be unexceptionable. The " Sketches of Persia" is an able review of Sir John Malcolm's book of the same name ; the Quarterly was always remarkable for the lively and condensed intelligence which it broUght to its notices of Voyages and Travels, nor will the present article belie its high character. The fol lowing cursory remarks appear to us eminently suitable to, and descriptive of Persia. To us, Persia appears infinitely the most interesting country of Asia. No part of the national institutions are worn out. The Toorkish king's government, (we use the word Teorkish in distinction from Turkish,) his court, his army, and his people, are entire ; the degree in which the energies or weaknesses of the social organization may be dis. played, will be determined by the character of the reigning sovereign, and the condition of the neighbouring states; but the means that enabled Nadir Shah to reach Delhi as a conqueror, remain, with little diminution, to this day in the hands of Futteh Allee Shah. Persia, in this view, differs from Turkey; the latter empire is bound together merely by religious feelings; there is no character to be , called strictly national, there is, properly speaking, no nut tional literature--no body of local recollections still familia --7 ;hough lost as to foundation in the fabulous ages of anti quity. The Osmanlis are Mohammedans and soldiers, and they have been conquerors, but they are not a nation. The Persians, on the contrary, possess abundantly all the characteristics of a separate and an ancient people. Roos tum is as mach the model of heroes, and Juuasheed of monarchs, among the modern as the ancient Persians; and most probably the lovers of national traditions and legendary lore will be of opinion that the habitual recitations from popular tales and poems by all classes in Persia, have given its principal interest and value to the work before us. In fact, the Persians may be described as lovers of literature. We learn from these Sketches, that allusions to the works of Sadee, the odes of Hafiz, and to the Shah-nameh of Firdoosee, form such frequent topics of conversation in society, that a want of acquaintance with such authors would reflect quite as much discredit upon a Persian gen tleman as the ignorance of Pope or Shakespeare would upon a person of corresponding rank in England. The article entitled " Agriculture and Rent" makes the nearest approach to political feeling of any in the number. It takes up the cause of the landowners in a lofty tone of authority ; throwing out, every now and then, a sly hit at political economists. The writer, however, has fallen into the very error, for which he con demns his opponents. He is intolerant, even to exclusiveness. Instead of contenting himself with singing "Io Rens," in honour of those who possess and cultivate even a half acre of land, he roundly asserts, that agriculture is the Alpha and Omega, the body and soul of national prosperity; commerce a mere secondary and ephe meral consideration. It strikes us that a clever essayist, who can steer well between the two con flicting parties; between the Quarterly Review on the one hand and the Westminster on the other ; is the very writer now wanted—at present, between the zealous advocates of either interests, the ques tion, like Absyrtus, is positively dismembered and torn to pieces. " Chines e Novels and Poetry" is a short and sketchy abstract of Chinese literature, th e wit of which chiefly consists in its brevity.— It adds little to our stock of knowledge on the subject, for we all know that " for every mono syllabic sound in the Chinese language, there are There's ne'er a villain dwelling in all Denmark But:he's a knave—. .the article is worthy perusal, if only for its pithy specimen of a Chinese novel, and its translator's English. " Phillips's State Trials" is a Review of far higher pretensions ; it shows the master hand (whoever be its author), and barely does justice to a work which it was our good fortune some time since to peruse and notice in terms of deserved eulogium. The mere mention of the subject will instantly suggest abundance of ma terials for thought and speculation. To trace the slow rise of jurisprudence in a great nation and watch it, after flowing for ages in a subter ranean current, emerging at length into light and glory,. is a deeply improving, study, and one to which the. Reviewer has successfully devoted him self. He gives a succinct account of the state of law both before and since the Revolution : adroitly mixing up the materials furnished by Mr: Phillips with his own subject matter. His 'cur sory sketch of Sir Matthew Hale, and the rest less period at which Jeffries was so disastrously notorious, evinces both spirit and discernment ; and we are particularly gratified with his obser vations upon Erskine, whom a certain political charlatan, half Whig half Radical, lately took it into his head to depreciate. We cannot, - how ever, sympathise with the Reviewer's astonish ment at the general belief in witchcraft during the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth centuries, when we find that even at the present day it .is far from an exploded superstition, as almost every provincial assizes can testify. We give the following ext rac t, not so much from its li terary as its characteristic value : such scenes were once " familiar as household words." Passing to other times, and a very different subject, we meet with many cases after the Restoration which .depict, with great force, the precarious condition of human life in a dissipated capital, where gentlemen wore swords, taverns were fashionable, and the police was imperfect. In the trials of Lord Darwick and Lord Mohun, for the murder of Mr. Coote (1669), we see a party, after a promiscuous scuffle and tilting at the greyhound tavern in the .Strand,' setting out in chairs, in the midst of a dark night, for; Leicester-fields, where a duel immediately takes place, and. a death-wound is given : the chairmen, who have scarcely had time to light their pipes ; are called to take up the dying man; one . refuses at first, for (as he states) seeing him bloody, and Rot able •to . help himself, I said I would not spoil my chair ;' and the watch being called, declined com ing near, observing that it is not their ward.' Lord Mohun's former trial (for this was his second) disclosed 'circumstances more disgraceful to himself and to the man ners of the time. Captain Hill had made loose addresses to MM. Bracegirdle, the actress, (a woman of character), but supposed himself to be thwarted in his amour by Mountford, the celebrated player. Hill and Mohun one night attempted, in pUblic and by' force, to carry off the lady from the midst of her friends : baffled in this . gallant enterprise, they placed' themselves in the street where Mountford lived, ,which was in view of Mrs. Bracegirdle's windows, and, with wine and drawn swords, walked up and down, drinking healthy, till Mountford came- home, when -Hill attacked, and ran him through. The police had previously made a faint attempt at preventing imischief, but seem to have been perplexed ley hearing that they had ,to deal with a n6bleinan and had retired to a public-house for the purp ose of deliberation. Hill fled—Lord Mehuu I was acquitted. It will be remembered that this famous duellist* died in his vocation : he fell in a duel with the Duke of Hamilton, who was also mortally wounded....... Sometimes the picture of private feud is of a less tragic cast, as in the case of the valiant Mr. Tiliiam Colepepper, who being one morning set upon by a bully, armed with cane and sword, at the corner of Little Drury-lane, throws the enemy into confusion by hurling his hat and periwig at him, and beats him off, with the complete approbation of the crowd.f The article " On Planting Waste Lands," we must dismiss with the remark that it proceeds from the versatile pen of .Scott, and abounds in practical intelligence put fOrward ,with the fervor and decision of a man of genius. It is, how ever, sadly too long ; and this is a defect which it shares in common with the other articles in the number. A tedious article, on Agriculture, and another still more tedi.ots on Waste Lands, both in the same Review, are really too much ; we want variety, for sameness even though it be the sameness of perfection, is insufferable. Who would b e d oome d t o gaze upon • V. A sky without a cloud or sun ?" Another and more striking defect in the pre sent number is its absence of political opinion the leading journal of Europe, as we observed some time since, should have some deeided dogmas of its own : it should l ea d, not followin the wake of circumstances ; march forward as a pioneer, not skulk behind as a retainer in the political band. But of this more anon. * Was it owing to a sort of professional - reputation that Marlborough selected him to carry the only message of that sort which, so far as we remember, the great Captain over sent ? DeneW'sease, 11 Howell. On Monday night last, a cry of distress was heard in the park near to Lowther, Castle. Mr. Bonn and two or three other persons went to the place, where they found a man tied firmly to a tree with ropes. His name is Wm. Cuthbert, and was tried at Carlisle not long ago for stealing hay, or something of the kind, from Mr. Mar shall, of Watermillock. He described himself as having been tied there by some persons with whom he had been travelling—a story which is by no means credited. There is no doubt but it was a . piece of imposition, probably to excite compassion. He must have had an accomplice, for it was impossible he could have fixed himself he way he was found.—Carlisle Patriot. DISTRESSING EVENT. --Friday evening last, Captain Edward Fraser, Gorthlick, arrived from Lochness in a vessel laden with timber, at the upper Lock of Dochgarroch on the Caledonian Canal. From the pitchy darkness of the night, and the tempestuous state of the weather, it was not deemed advisable to bring the vessel further down at the time.; but Captain Fraser, finding it necessary to proceed immediately to Inverness, left her, accompanied by a young woman of the name of M‘Pherson, a servant to Mr. Tytler, who had been visiting her friends in the uplands, and was equally anxious to go on her way. They had not, alas ! proceeded many yards, when from the uncertain footing on the margin of the canal, they fell in—to rise no more in this life. It was not till Monday morning last that their friends became seriously alarmed ; and search being then made, both the bodies were found a little way below the Dochgarroch Lock, about five or six yards apart, anti little more than thirty yards from the place at which they left the vessel. Captain Fraser h as l e ft an am i a bl e w if e an d eight promis ing young children to deplore his loss.—lnver ness Courier. LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Bread in the Metrodolis ig 9d. for the 41b. Loaf. There are others who sell from 3d. to 2;1 2 d below that price. WHITECHAPEL HAY DIARKET.—Oct. 20. 755. Od. to 105 s. Od. 1 (lover 90s. Od. to 1265. Od. Od. to 365. Od. PRICES OP' MOPS (per Cwt.)-Oct. 22. Kent Pockets Sussex Ditto 31. 10s. 4/. 10z. to 51..55. to, Fine. - Seconds 0/. Os. 5/. 5s to 61. 10s . 21.105. 41. 10s. to 5/. Os. _ 3/. 31. Its. to 3/. 18s. 3/ lOs 4/ 4s to 41. 12s Old Duty laid at £140,000. Essex Ditto Farnham Di Kent Dal Sussex D PRICE OF OIL. • Rape Oil, brown •—. 29/. Os. Refined X3l 6 Linseed Oil ' 24 0 13 0 6 0 Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand Rape Cake, per ton New V )er ton. PRICE OF POTATOES.—Oct. 22. re PRICES OF Per lb. d. to d. Butts----50 to 5616. 201 221 Ditto— —6O to 6616. 221 231 Dressing Hides.---. 131 16 Fine-Coach Hides 17 19 Crop Hides, 35 to 4016. 14 151 Ditto ---45 to 501 b. 16 18 Ditto lB 20 LEATHEIt. ' - Per lb. (1. to d. Tannod I-Inrso Hides.... 14 17 Spanish Ditto is 24 - Per dozen. Calf Skins.-30 to 40th. 20 24 Ditto 50 to 70111. 23 26 Ditto 70 to 801 b. 201 23 Small Seals, Greenland 17} 181 RAW HIDES. Per Stone. s.d.'to s. d. Per Stone. s. d. to s. d. Best Heifers& Steers 3 0 3 el Ordinary 2 0 2 4 Middlings 2 8 210 Market 7 0 each. Downs, •_ _ SHEEP ls. 3(1. to is. Polled _ SKINS. Os. Od. to Os. Od 2s. 2d. to 2s. 9d. IKET.—Oet. 21. 33 6 Con Ten I W i uaslslesll,E Marquis Main 30 0 Hartley 34 0 a isi r m_ ch , — ii 11 3 r. 00 6 d. Londonderryl(-11 iq e t O vm n i n ' a s Llangenneth 41 0 Walls End Elgin Ditto , Henderson 33 0 Inverkeithing Splint —3l 6 Beainisb, South Moor. —'34 6 Neshara Main,, 34 0 Walls End Lambton—... 42 6 Ditto 39 0 Ditto Ravensworth .13 0 Ditto Stewart's 42 6' Russell's lletton'sW. E. 41 9 aim sold, 32-.._Unsold, 231,1 COAL MAR Adair': eaton 35;. 6d. lebburn Main 38 63 06 34 Willington Wylam 33 6 Walls End Bell and Co. 37 9 Ditto Bell Robson & Co. 37 9 Ditto Bewicke and C 0... 40 6 Ditto 36 9 Ditto Cramlington.,—.. 36. 0 Ditto Hilda 86 0 Ditto Hotspur 36 6 Ditto Northumberland 36 0 Ditto Pcareth —. 36 6 Ditto 39 6 ' 34 0 Ellison small - 18 6 Ships at market, 55V—Sh RKETS. • )TE.—FRIDAV, Oct. 19. • From To w• . 5,187 Wh oa t, per b a i rel 20 stone 16 .0 ' 32 0 23 Fn 1,204 Bele 16 stone 9 0 11 0 10 0% 1,633 16 stone II 0 16 0 12 6% 13,429 Oats 8,689 Cwt. 9 stone 5 0 24 0 0 491 Oatmeal II stone 9 0 16 0 10 11% Sold to Bakers only. 6,579 Cwt. Flour 13 0 24 0 15 0% Arerage price of Wheat and Flour 41s. Bd. per sack. Receipts of Flour, Firsts, from 20s. Od. to 245. Od. Sales of Do 9,176 1°,6 - 2 1 Seconds, from 13s. Od. to IBs. Od . • . Thirds, from ss. 'Od: to I Is. Od. IRISH MA IJVBLIN MARKET NC PRICE OF BILEAD. Quartcrii Loaf, 41b. soz. 7)0. I Half-quartern, Ob. 2ez.....-3144, Wheat, b, per cwt. per 20 stone. 16 stone. 14 stone. I s t . 2d. barrel er per r a b rl a e r y iel s. d. as.d.s.d.as. d. s . d. a s.d. s. d, as. d . s. d. d. Cork 19 0-24 010 0-15 0 7 0-11 217 0-18 0156 a s. —l6 6 Limerick 22 6-28 4 11 0— 0010 0— G 0 17 0— 0 0 0 0— 0 0 per O b a a ts rr . e Waterford 17 0-23 0 10 0-14 0 9 0-- 9 9 15 0-47 0 0 0-- 0 0 Clonmel . 25 0— 0 0 12 0— 0 0 10 0-- 0 0 13 0-16 6 0 0— 0 0 Belfast 23 1-23 912 0-14 011 8••••• 00 20 6-41 000— 0 0 Derry..... 00— 0 0 12 8-- 0 0 11 1-12 9 0 0-00 0 0— 0 0 Carlow 22 0— 00 12 0-- 0 0 96 -00140-00 00-00 Tralee...-- 00— 0 0 0 0-- 0 0 00— 0 0 0 0— 0 1) 0 0— 0 0 Beef, Mutton, iT,ork, Butter. ' [ 2 per lb. p er lb . per cwt. Ist. 2d. 3d. 4th. stb. d. a d. d. a d . s. d. as. d. s. d, s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Cork --...., 3.1 —5 5 —6 00 -. 0 . 0810770710 66 0 61 0 Limerick— I—s 3i 5 00— 0 0 0 76.0 70'0 61 058 0 Waterford 4 —6i 4i 61 0 0— 0 083 01800 0 0— 0 Clonmel 3 —4 :3,1 3 , 00— 0 0 87 0 76 074 072 060 0 Belfast .-- .1 —s}o —0 00— 0083080059 0 49 0 0 Derry...* 6 —0 6.-0 00— 00— 0— 0— 0— 0— 0 Carlow.-- 6 —0 5 0 23 0— 0 087 0 77,0.57 047 0— 0 Tralee.... 0 —0 0 —0 00- 00846—0 0 0 0 No fewer than about 1,618 species of plants, mostly new, have been discovered in our new Indian ter ritories. Among these are a chesnut and an oak. No country was ever more gifted with natural eLpabilities : forests of timber trees; fine and navigable rivers; animals of all aorta. " TREASURY CHAD/EI:RS, OCT. 22, 1827. " SlR,—in answer to your several letters respect ing the late Malt Act, representing the inconve niencies which the maltsters in the county of apprehend from its operation, I am directed to inform you, that the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury have had the subject repeatedly under their consideration, with a views not only to ascertain the exact grounds of the apprehensions which have been expressed, but whether there is any foundation for statements which have been made, that the pers ons Connected with t h e malting trade were not fully. cognizant of the different provisions in the bill before it had passed into a law. Their Lordships having referred to the printed votes of the House of Com mons, for the purpose of ascertaining the proceed. ings upon the bill during its progress through Par liament, find that it was read the second time on the 2d of June last, and on the same day (yes ordered to be printed ; that it was • considered in Committee 'many different times, on end' of which it received various alterations and amendments, and that it was three times rewinted asaimended; that durin g these proceedings inParliamen t many deputations of persons connected with the malting trade in England, Ireland, and Scotland, were heard by the Members of this Board, and their observatiens respecting the different clauses and proposed enactments in the' bill were considered in the most minute detail, so that, before the passing of the Act, which took, place on the 2(1 of July last, my Lords understood that it had re ceived the concurrence and approbation of the trade. " Their Lordships having compared the provisions of the new Act with those which %%we previously in operation in England,lreland, and Scotland re spectively, find that the principal object of the Act is to establish • one uniform system of regulation throughout the United Kingdom, for collecting the Malt Duties; that with this view the old laws have been assimilated and consolidated, the greatest part of the Act being simply a re-enactment 'of old regu lations, such as are new being few in number, and designed chiefly to establish uniformity of practice. " Their Lordships having also adverted to the di rections already given by them to"the Commissioners of Excise, with respect to the sections relating to cisterns and couch-frames, and to the memorial of the 'said Commissioners, dated the 19th instant, in which they-request their Lordships' further direc tions therein, are of opinion that any cisterns or couch-frames which were in use before the passing of the late Act, and which are so placed as to be accessible to the officer, and so constructed as to enable him to gauge the corn therein without ob struction and without error, shall he forthwith Certi fied by the proper officer, _although the same may not in their construction conform with the rules pre scribed by the Statute with reference to such cis terns and couch frames as shall be hereafter made. " That with respect to any couch-frames or cis terns which may be so situated as to impede the officer in the discharge of his duty, and render it difficult for him correctly to gauge the grain contain ed therein, their Lordships .are disposed to believe that many such cannot have been permitted to exist under the operafion'of the laws which have hitherto been in force; but if any such there are, their Lord ships are of opinion that they should be put into, such a state as will enable the officer correctly to dis charge his duty, before .they are certified as being fit for use, although in these cases also they do not require that the yeesels .shall be so altered as to be of the exact shape and depth defined by the statute. " Lord Goderich has also made known to their Lordships sthe substanCe of the communications made to him by, several deputations of maltsters, and the apprehensions expressed by them as to dif ferent clauses of the Act. With a view, therefore, of granting every facility to persons engaged in the malting trade, and of removing all restraints which .may not be necessary for, the secure and equa l col lection of th e reve n ue , their Lordships have been pleased to direct the following communication to be made to the Commissioners of Excise:— " First.--With respect to the 25th section of the Act, my Lords direct that under the regulations therein contained, maltsters shall be allowed to drain the water from their cisterns throughout the whole malting season, without the limitation of pe riod therein specified. Second.—With respect to the 32d section, that maltsters shall not be required to continue the cern in the couch-frames longer than 26 hours, if before the expiration of that period the officer shall have taken a gauge of the said corn, whilst still in the couch-frame; but if no such gauge shall so have been taken, the corn shall continue in the couch frame until the gauge is taken : provided always that the officer shall attend for that purpose before the expiration of 30 hours. " Thirdly.---With respect to the 42d section of the said Act, the maltsters having represented that by the regulations therein contained, the duty will in some districts, when a particular system of malt ing is pursued, be charged in warm weather upon a greater quantity of malt than will be actually manufac tured by such rnaltsters, their Lordships are desirous of pointing out that the main object of the Act is to provide the means generally throughout the United Kingdom of charging with the duty of 2s. 7d. every bushel of malt which shall actually be made; and their Lordship's are not convinced that more than this would generally be charged, if the provisions contained in this section were carried into execution to their fullest extent : nevertheless, in consequence of' the apprehension expressed by the. maltsters, they are pleased to direct, that in the first instance, and until the 10th of October, 1828, an allowance of one-third shall be made on the quan tity of corn ascertained by gauge, to be taken at any period between the expiration of the time for the corn to remain in the couch, and 72 hours from the time at which such corn shall have been emptied from the cistern; and that upon all subsequent floor-gauges the trader shall be allowed one-half, in lieu of only one-third. " Their Lordships further direct the Commis sioners of Excise to instruct their officers to keep such accurate and particular accounts of these diffe rent operations as may enable them, at the expire tion.of the above period, to state to their Lordships hove far the regulations above prescribed, for car rying the provisions of the Act into effect, shall have actually succeeded, in charging with the duty of 2s. 7d. per bushel the whole quantity of malt made, in order that their Lordships may be enabled to judge whether it will be desirable to prolong beyond the 10th of October, 1828, the indulgence hereby granted, or adopt any other regulations for more effectually securing the objects of the act. " I am Sir, your obedient servant, " T. FRANKLAND LEWIS." One night last week, a certain man, near Car lake, happening to sit a little later by the fire-side than usual, was alarmed by a gentle- pressing at the door; thinking all was not right, h s immediately sprang from his lethargic state, and, seizing a loaded musket, alarmed the domestics, who were all at arms in a few seconds.— lie then exclaimed—" Who is there—whe is there ?" but no voice answering, be again bawled out—" Can't you speak ? I say, can't you speak ?—or I'll blow your brains through the door." Silence, however, still reigned with. out ; but "the pressing at the door incrcasing the musket was levelled for the approach of the burglarises head, when the breeze, blowing a little stronger, forced open the unbolted door ; and the countryman and his affrighted domestics discovered to their no small astonishurrnt, that the wind had been the sole cause of their alarm.— Glasgow Journal, almost amounts to a demonstration that the re venue would lose nothing by the reduction. We believe few remissions of taxes would be so po pular ; and we are confident, that if; contrary to all our calculations, the stamp-office revenue were to fall off in consequence, the public would cheerfully submit to have the deficiency made good by a small increase in some other existing impost. The advertisement duty stands in much the same predicament as the stamp duty. It is ex cessive in respect even to revenue. We are sure that Mr. Huskisson and Lord Goderich need no argument to be convinced that a duty of Is. or ls. 6d. on every advertisement would yield as much to the Exchequer as the present pre posterous duty of 3s. 6d. This tax affects not only the newspapers, but the whole trading com munity in a very important degree. Advertising has become absolutely indispensable to many traders —very useful to all. The reduction of the duty would be to them a very gratifying boon,. We might remind the Ministry that when the duties on 'rabies were reduced, the diminution of the revenue was risked more than it would be in the case of newspapers, and for surely a less de sirable object. But we trust the merits. of the question are by this time sufficiently understood by the leading members of , the Cabinet. W e shall only add, that when the subject is dis cussed, the small yet very mischievous and ab surd duty on pamphlets and small works should not be forgotten, seeing that its whole produce is literally insignificant —th e expenpeeiodials e r ofi e tsco o ll f ec : tion conside ra bl e — an d i ts effect really oppres sive upon n t any i ns t ruc ti ve little low price. It is reported that a man, married to a relative I of the Maras, has had orders issued to him by the ruffians who are bringing ruin on our wretch ed country, to separate himself from her, and with which he has deemed it the safest course to comply--Dublin Freeman's Journal. AWFUL OCCURRENCE. —About mid-day, on Tuesday the 9th instant, a young man, of the name of Gibson, belonging to the Crook of Devon, threw himself over the Rumbling Bridge, near that place. The height, from where he leaped into the water, is above a hundred feet, and the place into which he had fallen is a dread ful abyss, among rocks through which the waters foam and roar. He was not found till Friday, and then with much difficulty, as a scaffold had to be suspended over the precipice, by which means men were enabled to descend by ropes. He was found at the bottom of a lin, where the light of day scarcely ever penetrates, jambed in between two rocks, with his head downtnixA, and his feet stretched upwards, but the pool was so deep, that they were covered with a considerable body of water. His body was much mangled. About three years ago the unfortunate sufferer fell from a horse, by which his head was so much injured, that his intellects were somewhat impaired ; this, added to some disappointment in his pecuniary affairs, are supposed to have led to the ras h act. He was seen b y two men in the a c t o f t h row i ng hi mse lf over. They were ap proaching the bridge at the time, and one of them instantly stripped and scrambled dOwn the rocks to tbeilarge lin, a little below the bridge,- where he, thought the object of his search might have been carried by the impetuosity of the ,tream, but after swimming till nearly exhausted,' hi s generous efforts proved fruitless. --Edinburgh Evening Courn”f