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t ake the S t e ... p , they did, and conchides by asking the PopE for a Catholic King, and submitting the Ur • "'am Church to the rule and domination of the See of Rome. I t might. hence be fairly presumed, in the ab sence of other accounts, that•the affairs of Greece Wer • e In a very desperate condition ; for a coun try in arms for liberty would hardly appeal to another Foreign Power for assistance, not in `'setting and ma i n t a i n i ng th e i r f ree d om , b u t fo r an existence " of some sort—even the most wretched—servitude itself being pre ferable. to Mussulman despotism.." The semi wents contained in this document are pot stich aS command our respect, and could only be lastifi ...eu wtieri uttered in the last state of despair, and u nder the fear of returning again into the 13 I " t er of the savage T ur k s . It was d e li vere d on t 'e 24th o f May, and since that time the pros pects' of Greece have greatly brightened, and her affa irs assumed an aspect o f a more favourable na ture. We are thus induced to hope, she has more I°ll e and enlightened views, and that she will not 4.4 !en , r ' of any Government from foreign powers, unl ess her rights and freedom are guaranteed. R o 4l i F. r . COCKPl T .—Yesterday the MASTER of the, att Lis and the CHIEF BARON of the EXCHEQUER tl , e eu di'd this Court, to hear an appeal from De. c o rra, which has excited great interest in the t w ° , n ial Circles. Their Lordships sat from 1 0 :Lle to tw o o'clock, when they made an inter. i ron rl 7 order, which appeared to be of great A/""ance to the Appellant, whose Counselwere r. • A R RISON and Mr. ANDEItTON. 13 1 Jo ItM STA DT, A LTG.- 12.--The Government I tl i, al l Published yesterday, contains the fol- Ow ti tiOtiCe from theCoancil for the affairs of r, 4•-',lurches and Schools of q v : the privileges granted to the Roman Catholic inhabitants gra„, ca pital on th e I s t o f D ecem b er, 1790, as we ll as that or d,:leq to the Reformed Church October 26, 1771, were given toli ra rth a view to regulate the spiritual political rights of the c.04i,e4 religious parties, and as both these Statutes have .be atd titt.lefficacious since the act Of the German Confederation, Ch risti Constitution of the Grand Duchy have secured to 41 1 -14 ' 13 of all parties the enjoyment of equal civil has Political rights. his . Royal Highness the Grand Duke 04‘,..%ritlitined as follows :—The Reformed (i. e. Calvinist) *hi l l 4 a the Catholic Church is placed on an equal footing 4 !'e Lutheran Church,. so that the rules of common law applicable to all of them, according to which in mixed mar % L e Children, without any distinction between the sexes, °"ovv Le reli , ious profession of the father , unless in the tit tam contracts made h ' before the celebration of the marriage Zectrnnunon consent a diff eren t st i pu l at i on h as b een ma d e g the religious education of the children. In publishing 4 Potij 3°l4 tion of his Highness, which will hencefo r th be act e d to ur: this t his capital, for the information of those whom it may i pec • ti "' it is to b e remar k e d t h at t hi s reso l ut i on h as no retro re ite h ' r e; and consequently all arrangements that might t ave be made, according to the Lett e rs o f P r i v il ege , a tr mei , en , ior th - Nuulio,°AuG. 11.—Mr. LEIBNER, agent don' h e house of HILLEitt and Company in Lon -11 1 " 55 lately engag ed abOut fifty persons in b C and the neighbourhood, for the London rrovi n .. l %Avho intend to work the Mines in the five *of Buenos Ayres. They are engaged 4 41,:: Years. on very advantageous conditions. lice -''Pector of Mines has. entered into the ser taalur;rotrhe Company for five years, at au annual ire ki - yr; 5 )000 dollars. M. LEIBNER has sent di rect bur; 44 Min er s, s ome o f w h om a re t o go oth ' r ° ll l hamburg to Buenos Ayres, and the 1)e t :- , " first to E nglan d . 6,000 Dollars were ex 11i:L.4 in Freib urg i n fi tt i ng .out t h ese peop l e. ctilt t ,'"" l "B had obtained, but. not without diffi the 5 permission from their Government to leave licoutitry. 41 titi t it h il ,"Elt, AUG. I4.—Th e great d roug h t l ast 4 4 4 ; tale heat was at 300 100 Fahrenheit) has toast t "ourable to the repair of the dikes on the vt4t.) but h as caused a distressing scarcity of 113 t he Our fa rmer i b egin to recover ;•such prices I NN"' have this y ear o b ta i ne d f or t h e i r woo l l'e at il elyer before heard of. Flax and cotton lu~er , l 'eason a bl e price, and corn does not fall any ti'4- A great d eal of new gold coin is in circu h e li onnd the Miitt is at work night . and day. rRI 4 Comes from England by way of Ham ; The tra ns it o f goo d s to the Hanseatic very b r i s k , as well as the trade in our a i p c ' i w ns• The correspondence w i t h L on d on tlteatz.C' facilitated by the establishment of a P, a cket b et weenHamburgh and London. O ur Gil es has given a salutary lesson to dishonest t i ttl . a ve c i ttl h e i n • A merchant, convicted of having re labors,l 5 Property, to the prejudice of h as his . cre: ou r been sentenced to two years tiara .4114 "7 da ys ago the daughter of LUCIEN Buo latii4'4 arrived at Bruges from Rome, accom. bY her h us b and. ' 3Nt ' g td entien.lan named HANNArr, landed at Dover tloi,,,etaY morning, from St. Domingo, by the Captain DUNLOP, who relates that on kttiv to C aptain the I, etl ther -land, ' a large French fleet. 'stab th e e, which was supposed to be charged ut"gociation for the independence of that lit:. A,c l Centish- Gazette i . Aug. 19.) 1 1' 4 °I C Lt 'ca, Director of the Botanic tramGar tklu.Lictuta, Who is a native of Denmark, . 41 -t ted a valuable collection of orienta l h_ ll ot t :,.. t . h e University of Copenhagen., tem "gle mail was due at the Post-office " a Y• ,hu rt v, r •• " er of men have been employed this o's removing the Right Hon. GEORGE C r A e N n; btouN't:tensive stock of choice wines f rom in 11 44, : 4 , Lodge . l 'to his official residence r,s_rtr eet. crt t ~d tt da ri ng forg er y h a s b een attem pted ie at %phk,, C o ffee t rP - hous e . M r . B ENNETT , Se ' fro., celt ed a communication, purporting' 'c t . le Ruksi nn .Consul, stating, that l h 414 e "• of Sept em b er all British vessels j: s4 l, t ad mitted 'int o the Russian por ts on t er ' lett: er ms as ships under the Russian fl ag. ai4, 41415 out to be a-forgery. The most " W llr es are tak en t o discover the writer. 11,.ttl s r " 4 Y tnerni n t, k journeyman carpenter • ) orr fell down suddenly in Yeascod nidsor, and immediately expired. . hk - : , , .4e.-- --) r ,, b 1 (tir, it , t, V , / ) l' . 1' 4,` ‘ )V4. pr. :C - z„'l 4 tV 4. , ):11, 7 ; : t 4 ' . . r - V j s) . : '-- / '' • •-1i.r.."; /, , A 41-f 1 M • ', .#, 'if . , ?"? " ~r - -' ,r, if tlti l ii:1) I , ‘•: --4: -. :t. ‘ - ' , -.." ::* - 7 r . , ,i,..\ - , .N 4 • c' N ../- - ,--, i.? Iv' - 1 , --,-,-----_____ r , x 4 ' 4 .444; 4 i•*4 4 fib r,,,t THE KING, &c WINDSOR, AUG. 19.—His MAJESTY continues daily to take his regular exercise in his phaeton, and acquatic excursions, and dines in the banqueting marquee at five o'clock. The marquees are seven in number, the whole arranged and ele gantly fitted up suitable to the purposes intended, and in the evening they are brilliantly lighted• up. When the ~evenings are fine and serene his Majesty does not return to the Royal Lodge until half-past nine or ten o'clock: His Majesty takes a great deal of exercise, walks remarkably well, and enjoys excellent health. His Majesty. frequently visits Cranbourn Lodge, where great improvements continue to be carried on. It is said it is intended as a Z•ountry residence for .his Royal Highness the Duke of York. Yesterday their Royal High nesses the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester paid a morning visit to her Royal Highness Princess AUgu i sta at Frogrnore Lodge, and after remaining some time and partaking of an elegant collation, returned to Bagshot Lodge. DEPARTURES FROM TOWN, &c. Emily Marchioness of Londonderry, for her seat, North Cray, Kent ; the Dowager Marchioness or Salisbury, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Sefton, at their seat, Stoke Farm, Berks ; the Earl and Countess of Breadalbane, from East bourne, on a tour; Lord Nugent, for his seat, Lilleys, Bucks; the Dowager Lady Brownlow, on a tour; Mr. G. Philips and the Hon. Mrs. Philips, on a tour; the Hon. Misses Somerville, on a tour; the Earl of Stamford and Warrington, for Enville Hall, Staffordshire ; Mr. Quintin Dick, on a tour ; the Hon. Colonel Howard, for Litchfield ; Earl Fitzwilliam, from Mil ton, Peterborough, for Wentworth House, Rotherham; Colonel and Mrs. Fitzpatrick, for Ramsgate; Mrs. and Mir Jeffries, for Broadstairs ; Colonel and Mrs. Eyre, for Lymington ; the Hon. T. Dunclas, M.P. for his seat, Mark's Hall, Yorkshire; J. L. Bulteel, Esq. for his seat in Devonshire; Wm. Crom bie, Esq. for die Continent; Robert Ingham, Esq. for his seat, North Shields; Sir James Fitzgerald, Bart. for his seat in Ireland ;. Sir Richard and Lady Sutton and family, for their seat, Weeting Hall, Norfolk. ARRIVALS IN TOWN. The :Marchioness of Lansdown, from Bowood Park, Wilts ; W. H. Unwin, Esq. from Brighton ; Mrs. Leigh, frOm a tour ; Wm. Hindle, Esq. and sons, from Ellal Hall, Lancashire; G. W. F. Barker, from Cornwall ; Josh. Scott, Esq. from Ramsgate; J. Fazakerly, Esq. and Mrs. Fazakerly and family, from the Continent ; John 'Brown, Esq. ana Mrs. Brown and family, from Richmond ; the Hon. George and Mrs. Vernon and family, from the Isle of Wight ; George Chichester Oxen den,'Eaq. from Cheltenham; W. Lacon, Esq. from the Con tinent; Rev. W. Casey, from ditto. MR. CANNING. The following address was presented to Mr. CANNING, on his arrival at Kendal, by the Mayor and Corporation : " We, the Mayor, Beputy Recorder, and Aldermen of the burgh of Kirby-in-Kendal, LI the county of Westmorland, re joice in the opportunity of paying our personal respects to one whose pre-eminent talents have so greatly contributed to raise this country in the scale of nations, and whose persevering efforts, we trust, will long be happily engaged in the advance ment of its increasing prosperity. To you, Sir, as a distin guished member of his Majesty's Government, we are glad to embrace this opportunity of expressing those sentiments of loyalty to our King and attachment to our Constitution, which we ardently feel, and which we trust have never been wanting in this ancient Corporation." - - • To this address Mr. CANNTwo made the following reply " Gentlemen—l am highly flattered and gratified by the kind expression of your good opinion and good wishes. I have long known and appreciated the loyalty and sound prin. ciples of the Corporation of Kendal. I feel, as every public man must feel; that - to receive from respectable bodies of his countrymen testimonies of approbation, such as you have had the goodness to offer to me this day, is the best reward of any services which he may have rendered or endeavoured to render to his country." YORKSHIRE MUSICAL FESTIVAL! The preparations for this now rapidly-approaching Festival are continued with activity, and it may be reasonably expected to surpass every thing of the kind that has hitherto taken place. The whole of the audience part of the Minster is now enclosed, and this, week the exterior arrangements for the comfort and accommodation of the,company, and to render their access to the doors as commodious as possible have been begun. The ar rangement of the orchestra differs from that of the last Fes tival; it projects 15 feet more into the nave, and the chorus singers are placed under the first arch on each side adjoining the tower, the sound of their voices being prevented from dis persion by the roof of the' aisles. The effect of the choruses must be superb ; the increased number of the bass performers, both.vocal and instrumental, will add materially to the gran deur of their execution. The centre will contain about 1,600 persons ; the west gallery, having the passages to it thrown behind the pillars, will accommodate 1,400: the side aisles will hold 800, and the galleries erected under the four arches next to the orchestra on each side, 1,500 ; so that .there will be seats for at least 5,300 persons, and, with standing room, space for about 6,000 in the whole, with an orchestra of 600 performers.—The Concert-room will be finished, it is said, within the course of a month, and is a truly splendid edifice.— It will accommodate nearly two, thousand persons, and the orchestra will hold on e 'hundred and forty to one hundred and fifty performers.. The walls are of pale straw colour, the pilasters of the lonic order, in imitation of yellow marble ; be tween the capitals and the cornice, is a frieze of above three feet in depth, representing appropriate figures in renew, from the designs of C. Rossi, Esq. R.A. There are two dome-lights in the roof, the rest of which is painted in compartments. The door opening into the Assembly-Room, through which is the approach of the comp a ny, i s 191 feet high. The Assembly_ Room itself will be thoroughly cleaned, and freed from the seats which impair the effect of its magnificent ranges of columns.— The whole suite will be thrown open for the Fancy Dress Ball, on the Friday evening, when the scene will doubtless be as striking for its brilliancy and splendour, as that in the Cathe dral will be for its grandeur and sublimity. The cost of the new room, which is vested in the Archbishop, the Dean, and the Lord Mayor of York for the four hospitals, will exceed 6,0001. The expellee of the Festival, independent of that sum, will probably exceed 11,0001. ; being 2,000/. more than that of the last meeting. Th e guarantee f un d amounts to about 10,0001. A great many lodgings are already engaged, at what may be considered fair and reasonable rates; the Marquis of Ailesbury, one of the greatest patrons of the art, and an active Vice-Presi dent of the Royal Academy of Music, has engaged lodgings. The Princess Sophia Matilda entertained the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Coburg, Prince Leopold, the Princess Feodore, and a select party to dinner yesterday, at her residence at Blackheath. The Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Coburg, Prince Leo. pold, and the Prince,Feodore honoured the Haymarket. Theatre with their presence on Thursday evening. The Earl of Westmoreland, and the Lords Nugent and Rochfort visited the French living skeleton yesterday, and con versed with him for sometime in French. The Duke of Brunswick arrived at Lancaster on Monday evening last, and proceeded on Tuesday morning, at ten o'clock, to see the lakes of Westmoreland and Cumberland.— It was stated that he was on a tour to the Highlands of Scot land. Th urs day . ; the Lord Mayor gave a spl en did en t er t a i nme nt to the Gentlemen composing the Trustees and Committee of the Commercial Travellers' Society. The commny was numerous, and they were entertained with every delicacy which the metro polis could afford. The Lord Mayor was supported by the Sheriff's Brown and Key, and Benjamin Barnard, Esq. ; the Under Sheriffs were also present: Th e Lord Mayor is the President of the Commercial Travellers' Society. Sir Thomas and Lady Acland arrived at Devonport, on Monday evening, on a visit to his brother, Capt. :lcland, of his majesty's s hip Helicon, fitting for the West Indies. Sir 1% alter Scott arrived in Dublin . on Sunday, from his southern tour. The worthy Baronet intended leaving Ireland on Monday last = to proceed by Holyhead to Waleo. POET R. Y. LINES BY THE LATE PRINCESS AMELIA. Unthinking, idle, wild, and young, I laughed, and talked, and danced, and sung; And proud of health, of freedom vain, Dreamed not of sorrow, care, or pain ! Concluding in those hours of glee, That all the world was made for me. But when the days of trial came, When sickness shoOk this'trembling frame, When folly's gay pursuits•were o'er, And I could dance and sing no more, It then occurred how sad 'twould be Were this world only, made for me. • LORD BYRON'S MONUMENT. An elegant Grecian Tablet of white marble has been placed this week in the Chancel of Ilucknal Church. The following is a Copy of the Inscription written in Roman Capitals : In the Vault beneath • • Where many of the Ancestors of his Mother are buried, Lie the Remains of GEORGE ,GORDON NOEL BYROIT, • Lord Byron of Rechdak, In the County of Lancaster, The Author of Child Harold's Pilgrimage. He was born in London on the 22d of January 1783. He died at Missolonghi, is Western Greece, on the 19th of April 1824, • Engaged in the glorious attempt to Restore that Country to her ancient Freedom and Renown. His sister, the Honourable Augusta Maria Leigh, placed this Tablet to his Memory. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HEREFORD RACES, AUG. 17. The 'Wye Stakes of 25 soy. each, 15 forfeit, for three-yr-olds. Two miles. .- Mr. C. Day's ch. f. Miss W , est, Bst. 21b. - - 1 Mr. Maddy's ch. c. Raffle, t3st. 51b. ' - - - 2 Mr. Alunsey's b. c. by Lismahago, Bst. 51h. • - - 3 Mr. Bodenham's b. f. by Phantom, Bst. 21b. - - 4 Lord Harley's b. c. by Blucher, Bst. 51b. - - dr The Herefordshire Stakes of 20 soy. each, h. ft. and 5 soy. only if declared, &c. . _ Major Ormsby Gore's Hesperus, 5 yrs old, Bst. 41b. I. 1 J. Bodenham, Esq. h. c. Truant, 4 yrs old, Ost. 11b. 2 2 Three were drawn. The Hunters' Stakes. of 7 G ov. each, with 20 soy. added from 'the Fund. Mr. Watt's b. m. by Bustard, 5 yrs old, 12.4. 61b. I 3 1 Mr. J. B. Phillipson's b. g. Uncle John - 4 1 2 Mr. Watts's ch. g. Trooper, 6 yrs old, 12st ' 5 2 3 Mr. Davies's gr. h. Lara, 5 yrs old, Bst. 71b - 2 dr Mr. Hill's Polly Hopkins, 5 yrs, II st. 6lb - 3 4dr Mr. Griffiths' b. g. Man Friday, 4 yrs, lOst. 10ib dr YARMOUTH RACES.—SEcoND DAY. The Town and County,Gentlemen's Plate of 50/. did not fill. A handicap of 5 soy. each, with Li added. Heats, One Mile. Mr. Hussey's b. h. Phantom, by Clinker, 9st. 51b 1 1 Mr. Pedgrave's Tristram, 9st. jib - - ' - 2 3 Mr. Jones's ch. h. Hunter, 9st. 41b - . 3 2 Mr. Gurney's Tilbury, 9st - - - 4 dr The Innkeepers' Plate of 501. Two miles and a distance. Mr. Rumbold's ch. h. by Selim, 4 yrs, Bst. 21b - 1 1 Col. Wilson's b. m. by Partisan, 5 yrs, Bst. lf/lb - 2 2 GRAND COCKING FOR 1,000,0,37. The return match for 1,000 soy. between Kent and Norfolk, commenced on Monday at Canterbury ; betting 6 to 4 on Nor folk. The following is a statement of the first three days' Play : (CENT. )f. B. NORFOLK lef. B. Alunday - - 4 2 - . 1 Tuesday - . 3 2 - . 3 1 Wednesday - 3 - 0 0 13 7 CRICKET. 5 2 A match at cricket was played on Wednesday last, between the Liverpool and Manchester Clubs, on the ground of the former, Crabtree-lane, and which was decided in favour . of Liverpool, by . one innipgs and 22 runs : Liverpool, !st innings - - 148 Manchester, Ist ditto - 53 Ditto, 2d ditto - -73 • ---- 126 • 22 A previous match was placed at Manchester, and was won by the Liverpool Club in one innings and 15 runs. SHOPKEEPERS' HOußs OF BUSINESS. Last night a Meeting • of Shopkeepers took place at the London Coffee-house, to take into consideration the propriety of closing their shops at a certain hour. Mr. JOHN WArilittrArr was called to the Chair.—The CHAIRMAN said, that though he had no concern in convening the present Meeting, yet he concurred with those who thought a limitation of their hours of business would add to the general respectability of trade, and be most convenient to their assistants. He understood that some Reso lutions were prepared for the purpose of carrying into effect the object of the promoters of this Meeting.—Mr. StworAr ED said that, impressed with the propriety of carrying into. effect the object alluded to, and for the reasons stated by their Chair man, he held in his hand a string of resolutions which he would submit to the Mecting.—The Resolutions were then' severally seconded by Mr. PIERSE, and put from the Chair. The first was declaratory of the propriety of closing their shops at earlier hours than was the present practice; and in answer to a ques tion put by one of the company, the Chairman explained that the traders alluded to were, generally, the linen-drapers, silk mercers, haberdashers, and hosiers. The first Resolution was carried unanimously ; the next, which recommended the fol lowing hours for closing business, was carried with only three dissentients :—ln the months of November, December, Ja nuary, and February, to close their shops at seven o'clock; in March, April, September, and October, at eight o'clock ; May, June, JOY, and August, at nine o'clock ; and on Satur day nights , for the public convenience, to keep open an hour later.—About 100 persons attended this Meeting. CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.--A few weeks ago young man in the employ of respeCtable bro kers, lost, on his way to the Custom-house, a parcel of banknotes, amounting to nearly 5001. Band-bills were immediately issued, offering a large reward to any person who should restore the money to the owners; but some days elapsed,. and no person came to claim the reward. About a week afterwards, however, an innkeeper received a letterfrom a gentleman who had put up at his house, stating, that at the top of Dale-street, on his way to the coach, he had picked up a small paper parcel, which, in the hurry of setting off on his journey, he had not ex amined until his arrival at Cheltenharn.,...anti -that he then discovered it _can-mined"bank-notes to a large amount: He requested that hand-bills might be immediately issued in Liverpool, stating the fact, in order that the person who had lost the money might have an opportunity of claiming it. The innkeeper happened to go to the printer. who published the first hand-bill, and the parties who had lost the notes were apprised of the circum stances : they wrote to the gentleman, giving him as correct a description of the notes as pos sible; and he, satisfied as they were the owners, returned .the money, refusing to receive the re ward which had been offered to the finder.— (Liverool Courier.) ,ANECDOTES, &c. MuslC OF THE Rocks.— There is a rock in South Ame rica, on the bank of the river Oronoko, called Piedra de Carl- Ghana Vieja, near which, HUMBOLDT says, travellers have heard from time to time, about sun-rise, subterraneous sounds, similar to those of the organ. Humboldt was not himself for tunate enough to hear this mysterious music, but still he be lieves in its reality, and ascribes those sounds to the difference of temperature in the subterraneous and external air, whiCh at sun-rise is most distant from the highest degree of heat on the preceding day. The cur,rent of air, which issues through the crevices of the rock, produces, in his opinion, those sounds, which are heard by apply 4 'g the ear to the stone in a lying po sition. May we not suppose (Humboldt adds) that the ancien inhabitants of Egypt, during their frequent navigations up and down the Nile, may have made the same observation about a rock of ,Thebais, and that this " Music of the Rocks" led to the fraud of the priests with the statue of Memnon ? When " the rosy-fin g ered Aurora made her son, the glOrious Memnon, sound,"-it was nothing but the yoke of a man concealed under the pedestal of the statue. But the obServation of the natives of the Oronoko seems to explain, in a natural way, what gave birth to the g g yptian faith in a stone that issued sounds at sun -rise. THE WELCH tYCLOPS.—In a rock upon the 'Sea-side of the Island of Barry, near the South-East point of Glamorgan shire, was heard out of a chink or cavity of the Cliff, a great noise as it were of several smiths at work. At one moment the blowing of numerous bellows—then the strokes of hammers and sounds of anvils—the turning of grindstoneS—tfie hissing of steel-gads—and the flames• of an immense furnace.— (Sped. p. 10.5.) Before T have done with Charles Townshend," says WAL POLE, in one of his letters, " I must tell you of one of his admirable bon mots. Aliss Draycote,, the great fortune, is grown very fat; he says her tonnage is equal to her ilound egf,Pl - THE CELEBRATED BUBB DODDlNGTON.—Doddi ngton was very lethargic. Falling asleep one day, after dinner, with Sir Richard Temple, Lord Cobham, and several others, one of the party reproached him with his drowsiness. He denied hav ing been asleep, and to prove he had not, offered to repeat all Lord Cobham had been saying. Cobham challenged him to do so. Doddington repeated a story, and Lord Cobham owned he had been telling it. 4 . Well," said Doddington, 4 4 and yet 1 did not hear a word of it ; but I went to sleep because I knew that about this time of day you would tell that stor." The skeleton, it seems, was about to insure his life at one of the public offices. He was told that they did not insure bones, but if he was married they would insure his rib. PAUL JONES.—From a life of this remarkable person lately published in the United States, we extract the following account .of his descent on the British: oast, near Whitehaven :—" About the time that Jones visited %Vhitehaven, he went round. to the Firth of Forth, and made his appearance off the harbour of Kirkaldy, a noted small town on the borders of Fifeshire (called by the Scotch ' Lang toun o' Kirkaldy,' owing to its length.)— No other enemy, however formidable, could have created in the minds of the inhabitants such consternation and alarm as that which then 4pproached. Paul Jones was the dread of all old and young, (and pamphlets of his depredations were as common in every house as almanacks). Ile was looked upon as a sea monster, that swallowed up all that caine in his power. The people all flocked to the shore to watch his movements, ex pecting the worst consequences. There was an. old Presbyte rian minister in the place, a very pious and good old man, but of a most singular and eccentric turn, especially in addressing the Deity, to whonyhe would speak with as much familiarity as he would to an old farmer, and seemingly without respect, , as will appear from the following. He was soon seen making his way through the people with an old black oak artn-chair, which he lugged down to low water-mark, (the tide flow ing), and sat down in it. Almost out of breath, and rather in a passion, he then began to address the Deity, in the following singular way :.--" Now deed Lord, dinna ye think its a shame for ye to send this vile pireet to rub our folk o' Kirkaldy ? for ye ken they're a' puir enough already, and hae naething to spaire. They are a' gaily guid, and it wad be a peety to serve them in sic in a wa. The wa the wun blows, he'll be here in a jiffie, and wha kens what he may do; He's none too guid for ony thing. Meickle's the mischief he has dune already. Ony pecket gear they hae gathered thegither he will gang wi' the heal o't; may burn their hooses, tak their very clues, and, tirl them to the sark; and waes me! wha kens but the bluidy vil laiu might tak their lives: 'fhepuir weemen ere maist freightened out o' their wuts, and the bairns skirling after them. I canna' thol't! I canna' thol't! I hae been lang a faithfu' servant to ye, Laird; but gin ye dinna turn the wun about, and blaw the scoundrel out of our gate, I'll no stir a fit, but will juist sit here until the time comes and drowns me. • . Sae tak your wuli o't." It may be well to add, that the wind changed about the time of the honest parson's supplication. . DIAMONDS.-The weight of diamonds is esti mated in carats, 150 of which are equal to one ounce troy. The average price of rough dia monds is about 21. per carat. According to this scale, a wrought diamond, 3 carats,is worth 721., and 'one of 100 carats 80,0001. The largest dia mond probably ever heard of is one mentioned by Tavernier, who saw it in the possession of the Great Mogul. It was about as big as a hen's egg, and weighed 900 carats in the rough. The largest diamond ever brought to Europe is now in the possession of the Sovereign of Russia. It weighs 195 carats, and was long employed as the eye of a Braminical idol. A French soldier dis covered the value of the gem ; and changed his religion, worshipping at the altar of the god, that be might deprive him of his splendid eye. At length he succeeded . in substituting a piece of glass for the diamond, and again became a good Christian ! After passing through se veral hands, the Empress Catherine at length fixed it in the possession of the Russian Crown, giving for it 90,0001., and a perpetual annuity of 1000/. It is cut in the rose form, and is the size of a, pigeon's egg. One of the most beautiful is the Pitt diamond, which is a brilliant, and weighs rather more than 136 carats ; It was brought from India by a gentleman of the name of Pitt, and purchased by the Duke of Orleans, who placed it in the Crown of France where it still remains. The celebrated Picot diamond is now in the pos session of Messrs. Rundell and Bridges. HACKNEY COACIIMEN.-The refusal of hark ney coachmen to convey persons from the Thea tres to a distance, unless at exorbitant rates, is well known. One of these gentry was deservedly punished some time since by o trick worth re cording. A gentleman coming out of Covent garden, and seeing a coach unhired, desired the driver to take him to Kennington-cross ; but he refused, on the plea of a prior engage ment: " It is unlucky," replied the gentleman, " as I have got a pound note for any good fellow that will drive me home in quick time."—:-" A pound note, did you say, your Honour? Mayhap then your business is urgent ; in that case I will tip you the long trot!" Before the Gentleman proceeded, he wished it to be understood, that having been out raking the previous night he was intolerably drowsy, and as he was desirous not to be disturbed in his nap, it was arranged that Coachy was to pay turnpikes. Jarvis promised to be punctual, and in jumped the wag : but no sooner was the door shut on the one side, than he sprung out of the window on the other. The gentleman soon found another coach to take hiin home, and hurrying the driver, they came up with Coachy " trotting along the road," about two-thirds, of the distance. The wag now con sidering he had received full satisfaction on be half of himself and the public, passed on, and was just set down in time to see his one pound friend stop, and to hear him, on discovering the hoax, invoke the choicest blessings on his head. THE ARMY. Detachments belonging to the 18th, 21st, 23d, 31st, 36:1x, 41st, 45th, 48th, 54th, 57th, 2d battalion of the'6oth, 81st, 83d, 85th, and 97th Regiments of Foot, and the East India Cc m. pany's Infantry, embarked, on the 2d inst., under the cona. mend of Staff Serjeant Mitchell, at Cork, for'England. Detachments belonging to the 3d Light Dragoons, and the 91st Regiment of Infantry, embarked on the 4th instant at Dublin for Bristol. Detachments of the 26th and 73d Regiments of Foot em barked on the 30th ult. at Dublin, for England, on the recrilit ing service. A detachment of the 55th Regimentof Infantry embarked on the 30th ult. at Dublin for England. - ' A detachment belonging to the 39th Regiment of Foot em barked on the 9th inst. at Dublin for England, on the Recruit ing Service. Detachments belonging to the sth, 6th, Bth, 12th, 13th, 21st, 27th, 28th, 30th,. 41st, 43d, 44th, 46th, 47th, 48th, 51st, 54th, 57th, 59th, 60th, 711th, 87th, 89th, 98th, and 99th Regi►nents of Foot, the Royal Staff Corps, and the East India Company's Infantry, embarked on the 9th inst. under the command of Staff Serjeant Langstaff, at Dublin for England. • MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, AUG. 19.--Wind N.W. squally...--Arrived and sailed for the River, the Beaufort,. Sainthill ; Kingston, Jack son ; FlreiwoOd, Buck, and David Lyon, Berry, from Jamaica ; also, and remain,, the Somersetshire, Ross, from ditto; the Ratcliff, from the South Seas, and the homeward-bound, sailed for the River this morning. Sailed the Europe, Willis, for Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 19.—Wind • N.N.W.—Airived the Lang, Lusk, from the Downs, for New South Wales; Jane, Riddle, frOm ditto, for Madeira ; the latter foremast rotten, and must be replaced. Edward transport; from Cowes, for Sierra Leone. PLYMOUTH, AUG. 18.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived the Prince of Saxe Coburg ' Tremayne, from th e D ow n s , for Gibraltar. .Sailed the Elissa, Edwards, and Fly, Carrel, for Newfoundland. FALMOUTH, A UG. 18—Wind N.N.W. - to N. strong breezes—Arrived off' the Port the Liberty, Hurr, from Cepha. lonia, in 12 weeks, for Hull. Arrived the Fancy, Crews, from Cork ; Alfred, Liston, from Guernsey ; Union, Brokenshire, and Active, Banks, front London. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 18.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the Gen), Farrier, from New Orleans, sailed the 29th of June; Africa, Cox, Savannah ; Clare.ssa Ann, Owens, Charleston ; Thomas, Hanway, from 111 ir a mi c hi, sa il e d the 26th of July ;, Alexander, , Leghorn ; and the Traveller, Harvey, from Quebec, sailed the 24th of July. Arrived off Hastings, the Java Packet, -.,--, from Bata, via ; and the Fortuna, --, from New Orleans. DUBLIN.—SHIP LAUNCH.--'Phis day, at four o'clock, will be launched from Mr. Morton's yard, near the drawbr 4 dge leading to Ringsend, schooner, fully, rigged, in-, tended for a Bordeaux packet, about 130 tons measurement, and built particularly for the trade, under the inspection of Captain Cowley, an experienced Office in the Royal Navy. This vessel is allowed to be, by the best judges, the haedsomest ever built in this port. She is throughly copper-fastened., framed of Irish oak, and planked inside, with beams, &c. teakwood. Her cabins are elegantly fitted up fir the accom modation of passengers. She has been built in the course of few months by Mr. Morton, notwithstanding the violent com bination existing against him by the working shipwrights, to which, as our readers may recollect, one of his apprentice lately fell a sacrifice. We anxiously hope that the result or that melancholy and wanton attack on an amiable, industrious, and unoffending young man, will lead to the correction of that dreadful evil. The merchants and shipowners of Dublin should feel it a duty incumbent upon them to encourage the spirited and enterprising individual who has succeeded in build. ing this vessel under such serious disadvantages. We are happy to learn, that Mr. Morton has received orders from Messrs. Rogers Brothers and Co., to lay a keel of 110 feet for the first steam packet that was ever built in this country. She is in tended for the Dublin and Wexford trade, and will have ex cellent accommodations for! passengers. Her materials will he all Irish, and the engines will also be made an this country.. (,Freeman's Journal, Wednesday.) THE LIVING SKELETON.---A II the accounts hitherto published of the Living Skeleton are,in correct in some particulars, as are also the like nesses, even that by Cruikshank ; none of them represent the ribs as reaching 16w enough; nor 'do they succeed in giving the real character or the face. The receipts of the exhibition hitherto have, we understand, averaged 401. per day ; andabe Anatomie Vivante, as he is now called, will shortly be sent to Edinburgh for the purpose of being exhibited there. The health of this Pxtraot di nary being has been, on tilb whole, very gocni since his residence in England ; there has, we believe, been only the exception of one day's illness, which was during the last week, and which, was caused by an odd fancy he took to breakfast on stewed eels. This, as may be: supposed, 'did not agree with him, and he was for some hours much indisposed . ; but he was relieved by, a profuse perspiration, and is now once more as well as ever. The circumstance of such perspihtion in a body of so pecuiiar a con formation, is in itself not a little 'extraordinary. All the stories circulated of his being troubled with the night-mare are totally without founda tion. We have made particular inquiry as to the circumstances in which Seurat and his relatives are placed since their arrival in this country,' and have every reason-to believe that they are much more comfortable and happy than in their native land, and that they have no desire whatever to return. It is expected that in Edinburgh, which abounds with medical and- scientific men, this extraordinary lusus nuturaz will be eagerly sought after.—(Morning Poper.) POPULAR Music,-There are two Parrots in the neighbourhood of Walworth that whistle the hunting: chorus and the v f aitz. in .Der Frieschuh. We understand that it is the determination of the management at both the great winter houses to discourage, in future, the custom which has of late years obtained, of paying their principal performers by nightly salaries, a system as inju rious to the interests of the Theatres as to the profession itself. Mr. MAGREIDY has.., in con sequence,' t is said, accepted an engaginent at Drury-lane, on,a weekly salary ; and Mr. WA!tu is to take the first line in tragedy at Covent, garden, on the same plan.—(Darning Paper.) In our Paper of yesterday we gave an account from Queen-square Office, headed " .A'sTurrlNG CALAMITY," of a young man named Mr. Peter - Maxwell having been lost by his keeper on Wed nesday last, and it was supposed he had drowned himself, in consequence of his handkerchief hay ingtecn found by his sister, Mrs. Hall, on the steps. at Westminster Bridge. Upon inquiry, however, respecting the fate of the unfortunate man, we are hap2y to state, that he was brought home to his si*'s residence in The New-cut, about twelve o'clock last night, by three watch men, who found him in the Westminster-road, nearly naked, being without shoe, stocking,toat, waistcoat, or hat. He gave no account where he had strayed, but was most cordially received by his disconsolate relative.