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, ~,,,,,, , /7 , 7 , 4 :- . ..„,,,1itY?1. -. i'P3f„p', -Y,-20Cik ' A • - - Z. ' --=---- " 1 ;.'".l 'i , - - f .' ...- O' , t ) • '''...._ '?-%, ,' . 4 :. i `,..1,....__ . __,-,-.-, 4 1. 4 : . 4. : 3 ,-:••• _ .., 07,'Tmlo? ",) ,tl:4 " T 9 J. - a4l aw/t, a( 6 a te , 1 i \ 0 / , 41 c d 11 All4,l\k- ' .`1 • "jrs _:.t e Rk ..a.. e,_ NturißEß THUk' SD.A.Y EVENING, JANUARY 13, 1825. • I ) R.ICF, SnVIINVENer„ LONDON REPOSITORY for the CABINET MAKE its' SOCIETY, for every Description of CABINET FURNI TURE, FEATHER BED and MATTRESS MANU FACTORY, No. 71, Corner of LEADENHALL _ FOR THE SUN. got uP, , lrail ott consideiahle value ; ,and: at the saine time, the altar, which for so many years arrested the attention of the tra_ yeller through Cobridge,- was added to 'our Collections. To Mr, W. C, , Trevelym i ,of NVallington, the Society is greatly indebted for many acceptable donation s o f B oo k s ; and to Mr. Allen; of . 11arlingtoii; some time the Tracts printed at the private press of his, relation. But it is to the society in Lon den, and the kind exertions in our behalf of its excellent Secre tary; .11r.'Carlisle; that our thanks are chiefly due for the Splen did gift of that Society's publications, whereby our Library has been so considerably enriched. On the value of this donation it will be unnecessary to enlarge—it will be sufficient to enu merate as part of it, •% '•' "• TheYetusta ..1/onixmenta ; • . . THE DRAMA.-(LETTER VI.) STREET, London. opposite Aldgate Pump.—Ready Money Only. TH E Society of Cabinet-Makers respectfully inform the Public that they still continue the above Establishment,. for the Benefit of Industrious Mechanics who have large Familes, by offering them Manufactured \rticles in;the Cabinet Line, of the best Workmanship, and Cheaper than any. House' can do in London by twenty-five per cent., there being no other profit required on the Goods but the bare house expences ;- at the same time will be sufficiently satisfied with having constant Employment for themselves and families. This Society was Established in June, 1821, consisting of 20 Mechanics, adding the number of their Wives and Fami lies, amounted to 66; in June, 1819, five more were added to the Society; in June, 1820, 10; and in June 1821, 8. The - total Number now receiving Support through the Means of this Establishment is 191. PUBLICATIONS. • This Day was published, In . 3 vols. post Svo. price 30s. boards, RAMESES ; an Egyptian' Tale : with Hist°. ricl Notes of the Era of the• Pharaohs. 'l' he Tale of Rameses has been made the vehicle of convey ing to the public an illustration of Egyptian Antiquities, and a noted epoch in its history The author's attention has for a long seriers of years been occupied in collecting. and ar ranginggd the notes and d a t a upon w hi c h t h e i nc i dents are • found " Ranteses belongs to the class of historical Novels, and is one of the most intellectual and imaginative productions of the a g e. " — (Critical Gazette. No. 7.) Also, the Outcasts ; a Itomance.—Translated from" the German. By George Soane. Two vols. post Svo. Its. boards. Printed for G. B. Whittaker, Ave• Maria-lane. This Day were published, The Second Edition, post Bvn. price Ss. boards, THE LUCUBRATIONS of HUMPHREY RAVELIN, Esq. late Major in the 1 ' s * Regiment of Infantry. The Author's remarks exhibit the frankness, acuteness, ease, and good feeling, which, we are proud to think, and pleased In say, so often belong to the character of the expe rienced British officer; while they are so well conveyed, and, fact, with such particular correctness, that not only few mi litary men have the opportunity of forming and matusinz so 1400 d a style, but many of the practised writers must fall into the rear, in competition with Major Ravelin, who must stand itlustet with Geoffry Crayon."—(:Monthly Review.) See Quarterly Review, No. 61, p. too. a 41-130, High -Ways and By-Ways ; or , T a l es o f th e Road ler picked tip i n the French Provinces. By a Walking- Qe ntleman. Fourth Edition. Two vols. post Bvo. 14s. boards. Printed for Geo. B. Whittaker, Ave Maria-lane. This Day were published, in post sro. price 7s. 6d. boards, SCENES AND THOUGHTS. " The Scenes in this vobtrne are highly descriptive, and the Thoughts are sensible and correct. The Author, th roughout, displays a most amiable feeling, and is an do. 9uent ddvocate in the cause of morality. The articles are on well-selected subjects, and are altogether of a domestic nature." --(Literary Chronicle.) Also, Alice Allan ; the Country Town other Tales. I3Y Alexander Wilson. Post Svc% ss. 6d. boards. Printed for Geo. B. Whittaker, Ave_filaria-lane. Just published, In 18mo. price 3s. 6d. bound, a New Edition of pRENCII PHRASEOLOGY; pointing out the Difference of Idiom between the French and Eng j)ol Languagss, on a variety of subjects, and forming a Col ecti(m, not merely of the familiar, but also of the more echnical Phrases of the two Languages ; the whole founded u lopon nndeni a bl e authorities. This Volume wilt be found sefl, both as a Book of Education, and also to enable per univilln hav e some knowledge of French, to express them selves with propriety on most subjects. Print e d for Geo. C. C. HAMILON. B. Whittaker, T Ave Maria-lane. ----e Just published, in Bro. price 'l4s. boards, RECRET MEMOIRS of the COURT 'of , t2Loris XIV. a n d o f . t h e REGEN CY, extracted from thene Ge rman Corr espon d ence of the Duchess of Orleans, Mo t of a the Reg ent . Preceded by a Notice of this Princess, And cco panied with N otes. ,„:: Thism is a b oo k of the highest aut h or ity."--(Sec Lord J. A ssell's Memoirs of the Affairs of Europe, 4t0.) ' ' 4 In every respect, this is one of the most original and artmsing morsels of ' history and Painehich has lately "ue under our notice."—(Monthly Ma.) , Also, lately puh!ished, : • Memoir s.. l . _.. of Phili . p de Comities ; containing the History of 1 "'"ls XI. and Charles VIII. of France, &c. &c; &c. ; includ ;l6g a lso, the " Scandalous hronicle." Printed uniform with i: 2trentin Durward," being the Work on which that. Novel un ded• Two thi Print e d ck vol umes , post 8vo„ fits. boards. for Geo. B. Whittaker, Ave Maria-lane. This Day Was published, 111 In Four Volumes, Bro. price 3L in hoards, ERODOTT HALICARNASSE[ HlS scri..tu TORIARUM LIBRI IX. Cotlicem Sancrofti.Manu .__ r dame contulit necnon reliquam lectionis vanetatem ,onlmodills digessit, THOMAS GAISFORD, A.M. The N ot r. Ling. P ro f. R eg . Vo lumes es t 3r.0 the a b ove, forming M the Third and Fourth Prints' in" be had separate, price s. °n ; toad for Geo. B. Whit t ak er, and C. ant i J. Rivington, ....._ J . Parker, Oxford; an d D e i ghtons, C am b r idge. ---- 'EW trrEitAi TRANSLATION OF HOMER'S ILIAD AND ODYSSEY. Th. Two Volumes, Bhvo:D Ts ay was üblishe d price 1 . 1. p. 4s. in beards, a New' Edi tionO of THE ILIAD of HO MER, translated into of the G ENGreekLISH PROSE as li tera ll y as the d iff erent Idi oms llory and English L anguages w i ll allow; w i th Expla at N otes . .; 3 3' a GRADUATE of th e UNIVERSITY of O XF O RD . juld rrinted for Geo. B. Whi ttaker, Ave Maria-lane, London ; Monday and Slatter, Oxford. 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HONOURED SIR, I BEG leave to inform you,. that ever s i nce t h e •year 1790, I had been afflicted with the I.ues Venereal, which, fsoni its obstinately resisting every conrse of medicine prescribed by the most eminent of the faculty here, and un dergoing severalsevcre courses of salivation, and twice dis charged from the Hospital with little relief, would appear to be of the most inveterate nature. In the spring of last year my disorder had got to such a head, as nearly to put a period to my existence—l had a large ulcer on the crown of my head, on e on each arm, and my legs were broke out in a frightful manner; my right was dreadfully painful, and had been in a state of ulceration for the last seven years ; my left had also two large nodes on it, was very much discoloured, and gave me uch excruciating pain, particularly when warns in bed, as nearly to deprive me of rest; in this lamentable state, was recommended by Mr. J. Thompson, (who received so great a cure by them _11,1',4,,t0 take view Leake's Patent Pills, which I began to do on the 26th o. the_cours. of a fortnight I began to receive benefit-4n little more - ttin n - a month the ulcers on my head and arms were soundly healed soon atter, the sores ma my legs healed also; leaving, how ever, cunsideralitediscolouratiou in the skin, and pain in the bone of the left, which, by the blessing of God, and a little lonizer pei severance in your invaluable Medicine, suhsided ; the nodes dispersing-, the skin regaining its natural hue, and the noel urnal pains gradually going off.—l thus became, by yo r liberal advice and medicine, perfectly free from all my former complaints—have recovered my former spirits a ud strength, and am become jolly and fat, in which state having continued ninny months, to the astonishment of all who knew me, I am at a loss in what terms to express my gratitude, but beg you, for the good of other suffering mortals, to make this my case as public as possible, as I shall on every occa sion; us so doing you will greatly oblige, Sir, your grateful, obedient, very 'imbi e serval) t, ALEX. M WIRER Swan's ClZse, High-street, Edinburgh. Witnesses to the above Cure:— John Thompson, No. 3, New Poultry Market, Edinburgh, John Wliitosh, Old Assembly (lose, Edinburgh. Prepared and sold by the sole Proprietor, THOMAS TAY LOB., Member of the Itcyal College of Surgeons, at his house, No. 9, New Bridge-street, Landon where, aftsir a constant residence of more than 40 years, in a practice parti cularly directed to the cure of Venereal Complaints and those . incidental to the Parts of Generation, with That. inviolable secrecy which men of his profession should always observe in god' cases, he Hatters himself the advice and as,istance he gratuitously administers to persons taking this Medicine, will be esteemed, by a discerning Public, as an advaLtage seldom attainable, and void of all ambiguity. Also sold, by his appointment,tor the convenience of those living at a distance, at the Toyshop, No. 10a, Oxford-street; M r . Dishorough's, No. 7, Fish-street-hill; Mr. Baxter, South-bridge, Edinburgh; Mt. Caliwel.'s, ; and of one person in every considerable town in Great • Britain and Ireland, inlngies of only is. .9d. each, stamped, and sealed up with full and plain directions, whereby persons, of either sex may cute themselves with ease, speed, secrece,.and safet • Mrt.Eourott—lt is somewhat singular (though the observation is not new) that .while the pro gress of Taste and of Genius in this country for the last two hundred years has been nearly progres sive, the Dramatic art, almost alone, forms an ex ception to the truth of the remark. - The original sin of this sinking—of this- departure from the .purer state of our Drama, rests net, however, with the present age. Iris as old as the time of DRYDEN, who, led by the malignant influence.of. the Monarch and the Coort, ,deviated into a new style of composition, more in imitation of French Tragedy, - . and became the Apostate from our National School—the " Dramatic proper" With better taste, and purer morality, but cer tainly with similar sentimentY, hiF successors— llowE, AnnisoN, Voinvo, &C.—followed in the same-track. Bad was followed (with few excep tions), not by better, but by worse, down to the school of the pudic pure—" 'the present, third, last, and worst" stage of the art.. • Thanks to modern criticism, to which the credit of the discovery is due, we may now bold-, ly, and without fear of contradiction, assert the superiority of the elder, to the more modern Theatre. At different times, and for a long period, this doctrine was considered to savour of heresy. The prefaces of Darns:sr (as well as his alterations of several of SIIAKSPEARE'S plays) are extant to prove, that, in his day, the objects of our idolatry—the writers of the Elithethan eye—were held but in slight estimation. ". It must be allowed," says Druvocsr, to the present age, that the tongue in general ;s so much relined since SIINKSPEA E's time, that many of his words, and some of his phrases, are scarce intelligible.— And of those which are understood, some are un grammatical, others coarse ; and his whole style is so pestered with figurative expressions, that it is as affected as it is obscure. It is true that in his latter plays he had worn off somewhat of the rust."* And farther, speaking of the preceding age, and the writers of that period Poetry was then, if not in its infancy among us, at least not arrived at its vigour and maturity. Witness time lameness of their plots—Pericles, Winter's Tale, Love's Labour Lost, Measure for Measure, which were either_ grounded on impossibilities or so meanly written, that the Comedy neither caused your mirth, nor the serious part your con cernment."-f Neither were these masters of the stage held as objects of veneration, or considered (as they now are) models-worthy of imitation, by the reforming spirit of DRYDEN;S time. Of their sense and language, he observes—" And I dare almost challange any man to shew me a page to gether which is correct in troth. Let us there fore admire the beauties and the height of SHAK• SPEA R E, without falling after him. into a careless ness, and, ns I may call it, a lithargy of thought, for whole scenes together." _l—Though pAtise, upon the whole was awarded to SIIAKSPEA RE and some of his cotemporaries, such were the send mews that prevailed generally, when Davn EN, in this country, took the lead, as " the great master of dramatic poetry." Now, however, the veil is removed, and Da Y DEN stands before us as the great appostate who first departed from the national faith, II and naturalized in England, the detestable imitation of a foreign drama. His successor, too, •by following his example, and treading in his footsteps, share more of our repre hension than our praise; and SnAkspEslll2 SUAKSP . EARE alone (such are the revolutions of taste !)—is now the star that fixes our eyes in ad miration. But let us not, without apology, brand the " awful" name of DRYDEN with apostasy. He lived in an evil time, and drew his " harsh breath" in poverty and pain. Although well born, and allied by marriage to nobility, he was forced to write for " precious bread," and maintained through life an unequal struggle with want, and with envy.—From long residence abroad, our second CHARLE., with other continen tal fashions had imbibed a taste for the French Tragedy, then polished by the succes sive labours of CORNEILLE and RACINE. Seated again on his throne, the taste of the King quickly became the taste of the Courtiers. The Laureat e in duty and honour, was hound to follow.— Placed in these circumstances (with poverty by his side), the will of DR YDEN may truly be said not to have been his own.- appeared, in deed, at a peenliarly critical juncture. With the restoration of the Prince, a new taste, of which his Majesty was the Patron, together with a wide-spreading dissoluteness of manners, burst upon the nation. The Stage was the first Theatre where both were exhibited. The Lau reat. was looked to, and received the Royal Mandate for assistance. Something, no doubt, was due to the march of refinement, and the im provement of the time. But in place of conced ing this, and refusing further compliance, DRY DEN, who had the ability, § wanted the courage and honesty to resist. Instead of taking his Preface to Troilus and Cressida. t Defence of the Epilogue. + 4. Ibid.—Nothing is more dan gerous t h an un li m i ted admirn tion. From the cavils of Dryden, even at this time, s om et hi ng may be learnt by the observing Dramatist. 11 Not as to his religion (though Dryden died a member of the Romish Church), but as the first who changed the struc ture of our dramatic blank verse-ran error which no words can canirow rectify. It is, th e original sin, in which suceeding Dram a tists ( suc h isnuffic fact, sufficiently r eprobate, nor any re me d y their fate, over which they had no controul), were born—lived —and died. It has been said, that the Stage was not Dryden's talent. His 28 plus certainly furnish no evidence to the contrary. But had Dryden written under other circumstances, and free from the importunities of want; had he studied and followed in the footsteps of his dramatic predecessors : had his fertile genius been fully exerted in the pursuit, I am bound to believe that the honour of success would have been all his own. - station at this point, and resolutely stemming the torrent, he painted his barge in the gayest colour, hoisted the broad pennant surmounted by the fieur-de,lis, and shamelessly took the lead down the stream of corruption, followed by a " pigrn:yfleet," the 'obscurity of whose names deserve not to live in our literary annals ! No individual ever possessed the power of doing so much for our Drama ; no one (more by the lesson he set, than by his single exertions), ev6c wounded it so deeply. Whilst he was em ployed " in refining and tuning" our Epic, he was at the same time disfiguring and degrading our Dramatic, numbers. DRYDEN, was the legitimate successor of :4nt 0 Loy, the last of the Dramatists of the age of ELlzAncTn and JAMES. But in stead of following him, in place of rearing his building on the same foundation, and with the same materials,he shifted his ground, and exalted upon saw!, a worlhl.ess and perhable fatr.k. In this picture there is one prominent figure which attracts our notice, and leads us to hazard a reflection. However mistaken the intention— however debased and vitiated the taste, it shows us the example of a Monarch—of no less a per sonage than CliAttLEs the Second of England— giving a tone and a turn, to the Dramatic Litera ture of his Country. But what name of note in our time, Sir, stands forth as the patron and ac tive supporter of the Drama! From the Monarch to the Manager, Sir—(ungrateful England !)—. not one? " Deserted in its utmost need"—left to its fate—at 'the mercy of an interested, and over occupied Directorship, whose motive is gain—a balancing of profit and loss—whose time (to be silent as to its talents), is otherwise engaged,-- where the improvement of the Drama, in short, is as much studied and practised, as the improve ment of gas, of steam, or of any other branch of mechanics. • In this speculative age, Sir, I yet despair not of seeing some fortunate " Money-changer"— some lucky Abel Drugger, sitting, as Proprietor and Member of Committee of a Patent Esta.: blishment, and judging with senatorial dignity, of the merits and fitness of a new piece for stage representation.—" To consider so"—were not a jot " to consider too curiously." PROTEUS. NEWCASTLE ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. (Front the Newcastle Chronicle, Jan. 8.) On the sth inst. the ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY Of Newcastle, of which his Grace the Duke of NORTHUMBER LAND is Patron, held their 12th Anniversary Meeting in the Rooms which have been provided for their accommodation in the new erection for the .Literary and Philosophical Society, JAMES Losff, Esq. one of the Vice-Presidents, in the chair. The meeting was numerously attended, and the followinggen tlemen Were elected office-bearers for the ensuing year : PRESIDE wr,—Sir J. E. Swinburn - e, Bart. F.R.S. F.S.A. VICE-PRESIDENTS,—Sir C. Monck, Bart., C. W. Bigge, and James Losh, Esqrs. SECRETARIES,—The Rev. John Hodgson, and Mr. John Adamson, F.S.A. F.L.S. TREASURER,—Mr. Adamson. COUNCIL, — Bell, Mr. T. Holley, Rev. A. Brockett, Mr. F.S.A. Hodgson, Mr. T. Charnley, Mr. E. Murray, Mr. John Clarke, Mr. W. Stanton, Mr..T. Cookson, 1., Esq. Thompson, Mr. R. Cookson, C. Esq. Turner, Rev. W. This being the first meeting .of the Society held_ in their new apartments, Mr. ADAMSO.N,fIie Treasurer, in presenting his accounts, read the following Report : " On presenting to you my accounts as Treasurer of your Society for the last year, I beg leave to trespass a few minutes upon your time, as I cannot allow the opportunity of our first meeting in- this Building to pass, without congratulating you upon the event which holds out the prospect of the fondest hopes of the founders of the Society being realised. " We may now send forth to the country (and more espe cially to those Persons who have expressed their intention of making donations of Inscriptions, &c. so soon as the Society had a situation where their safe custody could be certain) no tice, that we have a depository for any antiquities which may be discovered, or are in their possession, and a place where they may be advantageously displayed for the gratification of the learned, the use of the student, and the amusement of those who may be attracted to view them from curiosity. It may not be improper to mention in what way the objects of antiquity are intended to be disposed. The members of the Literary and Philosophical Society, desirous of combining elegance with utility, have decided, that around the space of ground which is behind this erection shall be built a piazza, against the walls of which will be placed the more massive articles, as altars, figures, &c. whilst those of less size, or whose exposure might be attended with difficulty or danger, will find a situation in the second room appropriated for our use, and which will be provid ed with suitable glazed and other cases. " Your Library already valuable, and continually and ra pidly increasing by donation or otherwise, will occupy the spaces which are prepared in this room ; and the members, it. is hoped, will patiently submit to the temporary suspension of the circulation of the Books, which must necessarily take place until the removal of the collection can be effected, and which inconvenience to them will be soon remedied. " I took the liberty in July last to propose for the considera tion of the-meeting, that, in consequonee of niir pu.curort+-4.44,1. pat i on, new furniture would be required, and other expences incurred, the funds for which, if- taken from the subseriptinns. would materially interfere with the monies of the Society, and prevent their being applied to the objects for which they were intended, and therefore the members should be invited, by a circular letter, to subscribe one guinea each, for the purpose. The meeting having entertained this measure, 38 guineas have been subscribed—a sum which, although insufficient, will af ford a considerable relief to the Society, and it is perhaps not too much to expect, that'so soon as those members, who have not yet put down their names, are sufficiently aware of the be nefit which their countenance of the measure may be to the So ciety, they will come forward and give their assistance. " The chair, which our worthy Vice-President now occu pies, is peculiarly deserving of your attention, inasmuch as there can be no difficulty in asserting that so curious a speci men of antiquity as the material of which it is composed has never before been met with. We were told by Mr. Chapman, through whose information the wood was procured, that it was found beneath the Roman Wall, and consequently must have formed part of a forest which had existed, and been swept down previously to the building of that rampart. Endeavours are making that the rest of the furniture shall be suitable to the building and the nature of this establishment. For the beautiful model which graces this room, and is placed above the fire, the thanks of the Society are due to Mr. Richard Far rington, who volunteered to undertake it, and present it to the Society. The design you will per ce i ve to b e th at o f our sea l ; and how skilfully the artist had accomplished his undertaking, the excellence of the work will at once testify. " The last year was one during which the Collections of the Society have :been much increased. To detail the nume rous donations would take up too much of your time, but I cannot omit to mention - some of them, as Members may be present to-day who do not attend the monthly meetings of the Society. " Mr. Gregson, of Liverpool, whose death as one of its honorary members, the Society has to regret, presented early in the year his Fragments of Lancashire, a work expensively " The Archaologia ; " Roy's Military - Aritignitit l ..s • " The Accounts of the Cathedral and Abbey ChurcheS i and the Priiits from the ancient paintings in the possession of the Society... . We have to depl.pre the lcm of two of our members ; Mr. Thomas, and the Rev. R. Clarke. Of the worth of the former we have ourselVes•had the means of forming an estimate— whilst the lamentatiotis which followed the unexpected death of the latter, sufficiently attest the respect which persons in his own neighbourhood" felt 'for him'.' In institutions like this, a year cannot be expected to pass without some of the Members pa:. n,; 'he debt of nature, and our consolation this year 'mst be, that liowever. deeply we may ragret their lots, the Society has received a considerable accession of Members, whose names and incorporation With us evince the estimation in which the Society is now held: The new Members this year are " John Davidson, Esq. of West Otterburn ; " Mr. Wm. Henry Clarke, of Hexham : " The Rev. Fras. Thompson, of Stagshore House; " Chas. D. Shaft() ' Esq. of Bavington ; " Dixon Browne, Esq. of Benton " The Rev. J. Brewster, of Eggleseliffe ; " Sir Chas. Loraine, Hart. of Kirkharle ; " H. Witham, Esq. of Larting,ton ; " The Rt. lion. Thos. Wallace, of Featherston Castle ; and " J. G. Lambton, Esq. M.P. for the County of Durham. " It might be of utility to the Society, if, between this and its next anniversary, the members would take the trouble to consider whether any better regulations for our government could he adopted. According to our present system the num-. bers of the Society is limited as to ordinary members to 100.— It may be worthy of consideration whether it May not be more politic to alloW that number to be increased, as it is far from int.- probable that more gentlemen will be desirous of joining the Society. It might also be considered whether following the ex-, ample of the Societies of London, Edinburgh, and Perth, this day might not be finished by the members dining together." [The Report concluded with a statement of the accounts of the Society.] After the report had been read, various presents were laid before the meeting, viz. From W. C. Trevelyan, Esq. of Wallington. 1. Anglia) Notitia, by E. Chamberlayn, Esq. 1670, 12mo. 2. The Song of the Sun, imitated from the Icelandic Edda-, by the Rev. J. Beresford, 1805, Bvo. 3. British Remains, by the Rev. N. Owen, jun. 1777, Svo. 4. Select Icelandic Poetry, translated by W. Herbert, Part 1. 1804, Bvo. 5. JoanniS Ulivae Rhodogini in Marmor Isiacum, Rome nuper eflbssum, Exercitationes, 1719, Bvo. From flr. Adamson, three volumes, consisting of MS. Papers, relating to the G rea t Fl oo d of 1771, to the Riot at Hex h'am in 1761, and to the building of the Theatre Royal, New. castle. Frem Mr. Greenhow, his Estimate of the Value of Vaccina tion as a Security against the Small Pox, 1825, 12mo. From Thomas Clennell, Esq. of Harbottlet-Castle, a coin (plated) of Louis XIV. On the motion of C. Cooxsox, Esq. seconded by the Rev. C. Thorp, it was resolved, that after the next anniversary, the Members should dine together. Several letters were then read, amongst which were,—one from Vim. Hamper. Esq. to Miss Carlyle, with that gentleman's interpretation of the Runic inscription on the gold ring found on King's Moore in 1817,—and one from Mr. Gibson of Reeds— mouth; inclosing some silver coins of Richard H. and one or 'the Edwards, which were found lately in digging in a cottager's• garden at Birtley, in Northumberland ; the coins, it was re—. golved, should be bought. Mr. Fox presented some of the bones found in the cave at Kirkdale, in Yorkshire; with an understanding that they might hereafter be withdrawn and deposited in the Natural History Museum of the Literary and Philosophical Society, if thought desirable. _ _ The thanks of the Meeting were then voted to the several persons who had made presents to the Society. SCOTTISH MILITARY ACADEMY.—Monday, the examination of the pupils of the Scottish Military and, Gymnastic Academy took place before a numerous and respectable assemblage of their friends and of military gentlemen. The specimens of fortification drawings were particularly admired as well as the specimens of geogra phical delineation. Upon these sciences, as connected- with mathematics, the pupils underwent a long and minute examina tion, and gave the utmost satisfaction, both for the readiness and accuracy of their answers. The ordinary exercises were gone through in the following order :—Oneclass, infantry broad sword, exercise ; one class of exercise with sticks in five divisions ; one class, cavalry sword exercise; one class, small sword ; one class, firelock. All these classes shewed such proficiency as to meet the approbation of all present, particularly oft the military gentlemen. The gymnastics, on a large and im proved system, followed. They consisted of the most approved-- slsteins, lately adopted in England, with some additions by Captain Scott, the superintendant.—They seemed judicious and highly calculated for developing, strengthening, and otherwise improving the bodily system, and must add greatly to the health, strength, activity, and appearance of the scholars. On the eloie of the exercises, Mr. Arthur Wight, one of the senior pupils, came forward with an elegant writing desk, and addressed the superintendent in a neat speech.—( Edin. Courant, Jan. 8.) SHOCKING SUICIDE.--An Inquest was yesterday taken at the Plough public-house, Kentish -town, on View of the body of Alexander Taylor, aged 48, late of the lion. East India Company's civil service, who put a period to his existence on Monday last. Mrs. Martha Power, maternal aunt to the de ceased, stated, that about four months ago he returned home from Madras, where he had spent several years in the Company's service as an engineer, and by his industry had realized consi derable sums of money, which he placed in the handS of a 31r. maa.,„ a boot h mo,ch an t at _Madras. to be vested in the name of the deceased, in British stock securities, purPoffiVat. the ex pi.rption of_ the term of his last engagement to Come over to his native country. It appeared, however, that the person to whom those deposits were intrusted for remittance to England, had converted them to his own use, together with monies belong ing to many other persons attached to the same service; and, - fearful of detection, sold off his effects, and fled to America. —This circumstance hastened the departure of deceased for his native country, where. on arrival, he found himself nearly as poor as when he quitted it. An eminent physician who attend ed him through a lingering illness, advised a constant change of society and scene. During the last two months he had been to Brighton, Cowes, and Southampton, on visits to various friends. On Sunday he came from town by one of the stages . . Ile then looked rather better than he had done for some time be fore, but his spirits were evidently forced and unnatural. When the servant knocked at the door to call him to breakfast on Mon day morning- she received no answer, and thinking him asleep, did not repeat the knocking. About 12 o'clock witness went up to him to arouse him, but still no answer was returned. The door was bolted inside; and this circumstance, together with the lateness of the hour, excited suspicion in witnesses mind, and she, with the servant's assistance, forced open the door. and n entering the apartment she was shocked to see the d•xeas d lying half out of bed, and the floor and bed clothes literally drenched with blood. Witness fainted, and was borne out of the room, and could tell nothing further abo u t the matter. Mr. James Ewart, surgeon, examined the b od y of th e deceas ed on Monday, about noon; it was then q uite cold, and no human effort could have restored life. T here w e r e three cuts in the throat made with a pen - knife . Mar y R amsay, servant e t d h i e i nce, on deceased;when' h e rang forto il a l s r v s fn e P_o g lv ,i e s r s„ to bse take his the night p rev i ous, said—" This bottle is out , but I shall not want another." lie appeared very melancholy when he wished her good night, on shutting the door. The Jury expressed themselves perfectly satisfied as to the fact of insanity, and return e d as t h e i r ve rdi ct observed, medicine, —" That the deceased committed suicide whilst in a state of mental derangement." VW:WALL/NG-OFF/CB, Nov. 11, 1824. • TH E COMMISSIONERS for VICTU4L .._. •.. LIWG His 31.4.1ESTY'S NAVY, ere. do hereby give Notice, that on Tuesday, the 25th Janatizey next, they will be ready to receive Tenders in writing (sealed up), and treat for the following quantities of BALTIC and QUEBEC STAVES : Mille. Pipe ROWN DANT ZIC .... Brandy 2O -{ 30 C - Hozshead ... 3O E\IEL ..... 1 Hogshead .. 2O STETTIN - 5 Barrel - 20 • t Long [-leading . 3O QUEBEC' Pipe . . .eill the Quebec Staves, and one-hW of the others, to be de livered at Deptford, and the other hay, in equal moities, at Portsmouth and Plymouth ; the Quebec Stares to be all de livered by the 30th September, and the others, one-half by the 30th September, and .the nther half by the 31s: December, 1 825. . . The Conditions of the Contract man he Seen at thin Office. Each Tender must specify the Price in :words at length, and he delivered before One o'Clock on the clay appointed ; and the Person who ;lathes the Tender, or sonic Person on his behalf, ?nest, attend to answer when called for.