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_Z-c) •,// //Z - " 77 . • . r 24,4, 771Y11 ) , 7./W..l lllh‘ 1 :.: 1 71404 un ENCOUNTER OF TI DOUGLASE9 AND HAMILTONS IN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. a pre, • Ai: re her -- Leh a re- DT$ CONTRACTS !OR 'RUM, RAISINS, PEASE, OAT MEAL, SUGAR, AND COCOA. VICTUALLING OFFICE, APRIL 13, /83 0 . T" Commissioners for Victualling His Majesty's Navy, &e. do hereby give notice, that on Tnuasnav, the 22d instant, they will be reirly to re ceive Tenders in - writing (sealed up), and treat for the following Articles, to he delivered into his Majesty's Vic %waling Stores at Deptford, via.:— Article. Period of Delivery. One half betweci the 15th One Hundred Thousand Gallons of May and 15th June next, RUM and the reinairder by the 30th day of June. left,' Tons of RAISINS k „our Hundred NEW of PEASE The whole between the Ist `ty Tans of NEW OATMEA.L d 31st day of May next. Cue Hundred Tons of SUGAR " 44 d Fifty Tone cf COCOA Ba e'lelee if the Raisins, Pease, Oatmeal, and Cocoa, .. — t l: 4 l be Produced by the Party tendering ; a Sample of 'egttrt and the Conditions of the Contracts may be Been at this Office. ~4 c l l Tender must specify the prioe in words at length, II" " be delivered before One o'clock on the day appointed, IN the Person who makes the Tender, or some Person on bebelf, must attend to answer when called for. M. WALLER CLIFTON. 2 ' o THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LAbIIES AND GENTLEMEN, liirE beg leave to offer you our grateful acknowledgments for the honour you have con ferred on us, by re-electing us into the Direction. Trusting that the Proprietors will ever find us deserving of the confidence they have reposed in us, We have the honour to be, with great respect, Ladies and Gentlemen, Yuur moat obedient and very humble servants, JOHN BAILLIE, JAMES RIVETT CARNAC, JAMES LAW LUSHINGTON, JOHN PETTY MUSPRATT, WILLIAM WIGRAM. Rag India House, April 15, 1830. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. 1 .4D1111 AK) lIINTLEMBN, AVING been placed by your suffrages at the Ballot of yesterday in the distinguished situation of a Director of your Affairs, permit me to ex press my deep sense of gratitude for the honour you thereby conferred upon me, and to assure you that it shall be my anxious and constant endeavour to evince my just Ippre ciation of the duties attached to so important a trust, by the most unwearied and zealous devotion to your interests. I have the honour to be, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your most obedient and faithful servant, GEORGE LYALL. 16, New Broad-street, April 15. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ALTHOUGH my IN ishes hare not been realized by the Ballot of Wednesday, yet, consider ing the very short time which has elapsed since I first offered myself to your notice as a Candidate, the result has been attended with circumstances so encouraging in respect to in success upon a future vacancy, that I (II not hesitate in declaring my determination to proceed again to the Ballot, upon the first opportunity that may preser t itself, and to state that, from the powerful accession of:strength already promised, I have every reason to feel conadent of success. To those friends who have honoured me with their votes, I beg to offer my best and warmest thanks; and I desire, at the same time, to renew to the Proprietors generally, the assurance that, when elevated to the situation of a Di rector of your affairs, I shall diligently, and to th,t best of nay abilities, discharge the duties which will devolve upon Vie. I have the honour to be, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obliged and faithful servant, THOMAS BARING. Bishopagate-street, April 15. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FIND it has been rumoured that I had 4 - given up my intention of soliciting your suNages for 4 seat in the Direction of your Affairs, I thetelore beg l eave to intimate that, on the 6th of June next, I shall have Wlnpleted the period of my residence in England required by law, after which I shall avail myself of the earliest op portunity that may offer with a prospect of success to solicit the honour of your support. The grounds on which I ventured to appear as a can aidate for your favour were stated in my address of the 17th of March, 1829, and to the extracts from the Re- Cords of the East India House, bearing reference to my various services in Bengal during an uninterrupted period of 33 years, I attribute the kind assurances of support I have already received from my numerous friends and a great portion of the Proprietors ; and whilst these claim my warmest acknowledgements, they furnish me with the strongest encouragement to persevere. I hive the honour to be, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient faithful servant, I.omlon, April 15, 1830. SAMUEL SWINTON. TOURNAMENT OF CLOTH OF GOLD. R. WILMSHURSTS MAGNIFI CENT PAINTING in ENAMEL of the TOURNAMENT of the FIELD of the CLOTH of GOLD, between HENRY VIII. and FRANCIS I. (from a Sketch by R. T. Bone, Esq.) is NOW EXHIBITING at 15, Oxf or d- street, Fi ve D oors from Hanway-yard. size of the Picture 24. by 18 feet, containing 1)0 Firures r with upwards of Forty Portraits, with the strictest at tention to Costume. Dssoription 6d. Open from Ten till dusk. CA RTEIt and Co., cAltpliT MANU LIsT FA CTURERS, respectfully submit tLe following of P RICES for their NEW SPLENDID DRAW ING-ROOM PATTERNS (with Hearth Rugs to cor respond) I s t r i‘ uis.la "Teta, good useful Patterns...N. 2d. and da. 4 d. per yard to t, hew atterns, the quality sok' bY " I) raPers," anddentnninuted by t 3 7 and S ditto ~..t h eta th e " b eat " a hear tive-franie triple- ground Brus sels Csrpets, u the Patterns entirely • w and elegant, for the Drawing- 4 an:l 4 Bditto ~ e -°°th . &e ., the quality of which cannot be exoeiled at any price The Patent Damask, Kidderminster, Venetian, and Stair C arPetiog, and H ear th R ugs , i n th e greates t Jar i ety . LONDON WAREHOUSE, 2, C[IEAPSIDE, NEAR ST. PAUL'S. In addition to their own manufactured Goods, they are large holder' of the following Articles, which they are en- Rl'lvd to offer 55 per cent. under the Trade Prieea : Moor Cloths, well-reasoned, to any dimensions. bruggeta, of all colours. Merino Damasks and Dl4reens, for Curtains. Fringe*, Trimmings, and Bell •pulls, of every description. Patterns forwarded to any pint of the Kingdom. N.B About '7O Pieeee of Brussels Carpets, of the beat Tlality to be bold decided JOBS for CASH, and will be "uad to dermas the particular attention of 'the Trade. Valuable Supply is just received by the tor y oe a : l i kgents, of the first production of rgthe age, and the hieh possesses exclusive eneetic preperties ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL, TLe Original and Genuine, of Vegetable Ingredients, which F l 'e'lervo the H a i r to t h e latest period of life ; promotes a Ilantiant growth ; produces lasting and Beautiful Curls, gV ikil damp weather or exercise cannot effect; renders air that i s h arsh and dry , soft, silky, glossy, elegant, and - beautiful. Thi s Oil is invaluable in the Nursery, as a due attention to Children's Hair is of the greatest import. ane • It fixes a stamina for a Beautiful Head of Hair, Ptnducea Whiskers, Eyebrows, &e. Price 3i. 6d.--7,4 10s. ed. and 21s. per bottl e . Th e G enu i ne i s sealed at each end with the name and address, and signed on the label in ted, ' " A ROWLAND and SON, 20, tlAnd count er . signed 1 " ALEX. ROWLAND." o ROWLAND'S KALYDOR , w hi c h possessea pro,- Per of surprising energy in producing ielica'e White Neck, 'lznik and Arm s , an d imparting a Beautiful Jove oils Bloom to the Complexion. Its soothing - and acne lierating properties immediately allays the smarting irrita bility of t h e Skin ; assures Inflammation ; heals harsh and rough akin ; removes Cutaneous Erupt , ons, and pro dueee a Beautiful Complexion ; affords soothing relief to i Genes nursing their O ff spiing in healing Soreness ; an d Cmanpain, after Shaving will lied it allay the smarting a, .rende r the Skin smooth and pleatant. Sold in • P u na at 4‘a. 6d. and pints Bs. 6d. each. To CAUTION. re . vent i mposition, and by authority of the Hon. Commissioner f proprietors is a e °- each genuine on the cork of Stamps, the name and add, eas of the "%raved on the Government Stamp affixed 20, Hatton-garden." bottle, "A. Rowland and Son, The Genuine is sold b y I " and Me dicine VendAtrok et Perfumers e was orns. nd it , rders ran ce e fair ;ned, mist I she gust, wel para- hasty If the S the well three mere, , and - rr the rering essed t men nded, con- zbinet Palter ?BEV.. Bearer. 44 - 44 I. to d. 5 6 5 6 5 6 0 0 5 6 1. Od Oti . —4 6 6 --6 6 --I 3 0 —1 0 his day's give art is by no I. There of which er prices quently, lendance Or ware- .ation in many of- A. Dry es unal- ing, and At week, !ell with prices: 565. 635. -8. —s. —s. 245. 28s. 3 1 . 3 * 2.05. 38s —s. —s 28s. 20i. 281. SI/. cd. cd. 00W0 0 00 0 4 04 05 04 0 0 03 04 07 00 ILTSD. Previcuo ly this year. Bags, tic. 2,0t43 4,492 au, f o rabhite► rs. hare id Mr. E. - 20nstablet diza, the ap 01 ton, Devey, of Coleman - [LNG, di ON No. 11,729. COMMITTEE ROOM, LONDON TAVERN. APRIL 8, 1830. AT a Special Meeting of the LICENSED VICTUALLERS, held this day, it was Resolved that the following Petition be presented TO THE HONOUR ABLE THE COMMONS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED. THE HUMBLE PETITION OF THE UNDERSIGNED PROPRIETORS AND OCCUPIERS OF PUBLIC HOUSES IN LONDON AND ITS VICINITY, That your Petitioners have learnt with surprise and alarm, that a Bill has recently been introduced into your Honourable House for the purpose of removing all restric tions on the Sale of Beer by retail, which Bill, your Peti tioners humbly conceive, to be as unjust in principle, as it will prove to be injurious to them, and mischievous to the Public in its operation, if passed into a Law, whilst it is unnecessary for the attainment of the object proposed. That your Petitioners are metnhens of a large body of the community, who have embarked their Money in pro perty affected by this Bill. That the Money so employed by a great number of your Petitioners, constitutes the whole earnings of their industry and economy for a series of years, and that the entire Capital invested in PUblic Houses and the requisite Furniture, amounts to no less a sum than Thirty Millions. That until thee last few weeks your Petitioners had every reason to believe, that the property thus acquired was as perfectly seem.: to them as that belonging to any other, members of the community, and 'that tbe same LaNsr under which they had been enabled to obtain it, would bate been continued, so .as to preserve to them the fruits of their labour. _ _ That relying upon the continuance of such Laws—Laws which have existed without interruption for Four Cen turies—the far greater number •f your Petitioners have entered into engagements which they will be wholly unable to perform, whereby many will be reduced to a state of pauperism, whilst numerous Orphans and others, whose sole subsistence depends upon Annuities charged upon this description of property, will find themselves wholly destitute, and be compefled to resort to their several parishes for relief. That your Petitioners who are Publicans, trust that their conduct as a body will be found to have been such as to render them not undeserving of the attention and sup port of your Honourable House. That it has been their constant endeavour to merit the approbation of the Public, and so far as their means would allow, of preventing any of their Members from becoming burthensome to the rest of the community; and with this view they have, under the fostering care of an Illustrious Duke, from time to time subscribed such sums of money as in to result, has enabled them to provide for the support of their neces sitous and unfortunate Members and their Families, and for the education of their Children. That your Petitioners feel convinced, that your Honour able House will not proceed to alter Laws materially affect ing Thirty Millions of Property, without the fullest enquiry and the most mature deliberation, more especially as it cannot fail to be remembered, that those Laws having had their origin, at all events, as early as the fifteenth century, the principle established by them has not only been in variably adhered to, but has been confirmed and fortified by successive Parliaments from that time to the present; and that no attempt was ever made to interfere with that system until the year 1822, when propositions submitted for limiting the coutroul of the Magistracy in granting Licences for the retail of Beer, were rejected by your Honourable House, upon the ground that the measure was pregnant with the meat pernicious tendencies, and that if the power and coutroul theretofore exercised by Magistrates were withdrawn, or in any manner restricted, great disorder and immorality would necessarily ensue. That your Petitioners conceived, that by the statute 9th Geo. IV., chap. 61. (commonly called Mr. Estcour t's Act), every evil and abuse that was supposed to have cr pt into the system of.licensing Public Houses was effectually checked or destroyed. That by the exist:ng law, Magistrates are empowered to license any number of houses they may think fit :—that in the exercise of their discretion it is their duty to be guided by a due regard to the population, and the neces sities of that'population, on the one hand, and to the moral habits and dispositions of the people on the other, and that such discretionary power has bean wisely confided to those, who, as a body, have exercised it with integrity and judgment,—the natural conservators of the public peace. That your Petitioners collect from the provisions of th e . . . . . . _ Bill, that it is intended to withdraw this wholesome con_ trout from the Magistracy—to enable any individual to obtain a license at his own mere will and pleasure, and open a Public House for the Sale of Beer wherever and whenever he may think fit,—under the impression that by augmenting the number of Public Houses the con sumption of the article will be increased, the price diminished, and the public derive a corresponding benefit. That your Petitioners are duly sensible of the advantage that must result to the community at large, from the abo lition of the Duty, and that a considerable increase in the consumption of Beer will necessarily follow :—your Petitioners however respectfully submit, that the expecta tion of any further increase, by reason of an unlimited and uneontrouled licensing of Public Houses, will not be realised, but ou the contrary, as your Petitioners if per mitted so to do, are prepared to prove, that the quality of the article will be deteriorated, the price augmented, and consequently, that the consumption will not be increased, nor the public benefited. - That in the year 1824, being the first after the passing of the Act authorising the sale by retail of Beer of au in termediate quality, the number of licensed public Victuallers in England and Wales was 48,804, of which number 22,573 brewed their own Beer; and there were alto at the same period 25 intermediate Brewers. That the total quantity of Beer brewed by the public Brewers in the year ending July 1524 was 3,744,243 barrels, by the Victuallers 2,345,738, and by the intermediate Brewers 15,957, making together a total of 6,105,938 barrels. That in the same year, 1824, another Act was passed, with the view of increasing the consumption, by which Brewers were enabled for the first time to sell Beer by retail; and thus as the demand might from time to time arise, the public were provided with the means of obtaining a supply of Beer to an unlimited extent throughout every part of the country, and wholly independent of the Licensed Victuallers. That since the year 18,14, and in addition to the ineens of supply provided by the two Statutes referred to, a pro gressive increase has taken place in the number of Licensed Victuallers, and that in the year ending sth January 1830, the total number amounted to 50,442, of which 23,304 brewed their own Beer. There were also at this period 22 intermediate Brewers and 1,269 retail Brewers, making an increase within the last five years and a half, in the number of houses licensed for the sale of Beer, of 2,907, exclusive of the numerous retailers of intermediate Beer, for the sale of which no license was requisite. That at the last mentioned period, the quantity of Beer brewed by the public Brewers was 3,569,363 barrels ; by the Victuallers 2,166,096, by the retail Brewers 213,831, and by the intermediate Brewers 55,498, making a total of only 6,004,788 barrels, and thus your Honourable House will perceive, that notwithstanding the great in crease in the number of licensed houses, and of the facili ti, afforded for an unlimited supply of the article, there has been a falling off in the entire quantity of Beer brewed in England and Wales, of upwards of 100,000 barrels. That your Honourable House will be aware, that in all cases where the supply is fully equal to the demand, (am: in the present instance it has been proied by the foregoing statement to be more than equivalent to it,) every addition to the number of retailers is, as le girds the price of the article, detrimental to the public ; for if by vending 200 barrels of Beer per annum at a profit of ten shillings per barrel, a Publican can obtain a moderate subsistence for himself and family, it is evident, that if he can sell only 100 Barrels (which exceeds the average quantity sold by 45,981 Licensed Victuallers in the country,) he must charge an extra ?lice to the public, to enable him to live. That your Petitioners also beg to represent to your Ho nourable House, that Beer is an article liable to be ma- tuially injured . by changes of temperature,—is in other respects of a perishable nature, and requir, a not only con stant attention, but a competent knowledge of the article, to enable the vender of it to deliver it oat in good order. That it has a'so this peculiarity attached to and inseparable from it, viz. That its flavour and goodness (be its original qualities ever so excellent,) depend upon the quickness with which it is drawn from the cask, and that on this Account also, it is matetially for the benefit of the commu nity, that the venders of Beer should not be extended be yond what is necessary to supply the demand. That i t has hitherto been the constant aim of the Le- PALMERS' IMPERIAL NEUROTIC BALSAM, OR NERVOUS AND STOMACHIC RESTORATIVE. THE very great success which has attended the administration of the above medicine in cases of low nervous debility, and the surprising effects which have been produced in speedily restoring tone to debilitated stomachs, and, by so doing, strengthening the digestive organs, ereating au appetite, and invigeratiug the whole system, have induced the proprietor most strongly to re commend it to the notice of the public, and to assure them, that, as an antidote against sickness, fainting, and hysteri cal affections, and as a Nervous and Stomachic Restorative, it stands unrivalled, and is a speedy cure for the Ague. The most satisfactory and respectable references might be brought forward in its favour; but, as this method is fre quently adopted merely to deceive, and all a single bottle of the Balsam will almost invariably afford the greatest relief, if not wholly remove the complaint, the proprietor prefers recommending a trial, and leaving it to stand on its own merits. Prepared only by alward Palmer, 249, Tooley-street, near London-bridge, and sold in bottles, at 4s. 6d., 11 5., and 20s. each; the latter containing as much as six small ones ; sold Also by C. Butler, 4, Cheapside ; J. Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; R. Johnston, 68, Cornbill ; J. Gif ford, 104, Strand; E. Davies, 43, Wood -street; C. W. Waltbew, 8, City-road; Fleming, 8, Holborn; and by moat regpcctable chemists in town and country, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 16, 1830. gislature, to protect the public against any 'adulteration of so general and important a beverage; and your Petitioners humbly submit, that it will be morally impracticable to prevent the offence of adulteration, if the Trade be extended in the manner proposed by the Bill now before your Ho nourable House. That so far from any relaxation in the Laws in that respect being permitted, your Petitioners would desire that the penalties now in force should be in creased, by subjecting the party guilty of such an offence, not only to the deprivation of his Licence, but that he should be rendered ever afterwards incapable of enjoying one. Your Petitioners therefore respectfully submit to your Honourable House, that they have shewn that the mea sure in contemplation is in its principle unjust, and in its operatien will be ruinous to the far greater portion of your Petitioners ; whilst in its effect, it will be disadvan tageous to the public, and that it is altogether unnecessary for the attainment of the end proposed. And your Peti tioners therefore feel, that they may with confidence re pose upon the wisdom and the justice of your Honourable House, for preventing such a Bill from passing into a Law. Your Petitioners finally and humbly beg to call the at tention of your Ilunourable House to the fact, that no pro vision has been introduced into the present Bill for com pensating those who will be sufferers from its enactments. That your Petitioners cannot but feel considerable surprise at the omission of such a provision, inasmuch as it seems to them most inequitable, and they believe it to be incon sistent with the practice of the Legislature- in every case, where the general good requires the alteration of any existing Law—that those who have acquired property under the sanction and guarantee of the Law, or even of the Government, should be suddenly deprived of their pro perty, their offices, or their emoluments, without an ade-. quate onrpensation ; and your Petitioners cannot there- , fore bring themselves to believe, that under any circum stances your Honourable House would in your humanity and justice permit full 250,000 industrious subjeats of his Majesty, to be reduced from a state of comparative coin fert, to poverty and ruin. Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray, that your Honourable House will be pleased to take the subject into your most serious consideration, and that your Petitioners may be permitted to be heard by themselves and their Counsel, or Agents, in support of the facts they have ven tured to set forth, and against the Bill passing into a Law, and as in duty bound your Peti tioners will ever pray, &c. BOURRIENNE'S MEMOIRS. This day was published, is 2 vols. Bvo. DRIVAIE MEMOIRS OF NAPO LEON. By M. Dr BOURRIENNE, Minister of State and Private Secretary to the Emperor., " As a part of the history of the most extraordinary man, and the most extraordinary times that ever invited elucidation; these Memoirs must continue to the latest ages to be reecuds of invaluable interest. The spirit of true history must always look back on this book for genuine infisrmatiou, when the eventful era in which we have lived delineated."—Literary Gazette. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 8, New Burling kin .street. This day was publiblied, price ss. 6d. boalds, - • THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY CALENDAR for the year 1830. Containing a List of all the Members of the University, the Tripos List of Mathematical Honours for the last eighty years, Lists of Classical Honours, Prizes, Exhibi tions, Scholarships, Patronages, Degrees conferred during the year 1829 ; a List of Representatives in Parliament of the University for the last century ; the Examination Papers for the Degree of Bachelor , )f Arts in January last, and for Smith's Prizes; Regulatious for the previous Examination of Under-Graduates ; also a List of the Members of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, &c. &c. To be continued Annually. _ _ Cambridge: Printed at the University Preen, ti)y J. aad .1., J. Deighton. Sold in London by Longman and Co. ;IC., J., G., and F. Rivington ; Whittaker, Treacher, and Arnot ; J. Hatcbard and Son ; B. Fellow es ; Simpkin and Marshall ; J. Richardson ; and by Parker, Oxford. I MONEY. PAUPRRS. orlßelieved ri. ' ' -t' . Perma- 1 4 „ 4 6 a ',era' r*" . • 1 2 't Y. . E. EL. Compara- g. F. Alec. tt ____ _ 4 . E . , z . tiv. .t , 2. k.... , g a . a< .... Year& 9 r " 5 , '.4 ..'' 0 54 . M ° ""' E l" .; 7 , " ,' i ' 9 . E. .: 1 - C '4.• ~ ..7. 2 F.T . 2, - .1 . c?. ~, v raa g: F.- g gk , . 6 , ----- 1776 ' 17 ,I 5• 5 1 16 i •• 1 •••• ...... 71 1785.... x.... 21 .19 9 1 1 21 1803.......... 53 4O 19 1 0 53 3 9 3 I 7 7 9 1815 '-1 1 61 32 18 82 4 9 4 9 . S 10 NATIONAL COLONIZATION SOCIETY. (Published for the Provisional Committee.) ASTATEMENT of the PRINCIPLES and OBJECTS of a PROPOSED NATIONAL SOCIETY for the CURE and PREVENTION of PAUPERISM, by means of SYSTEMATIC COLONIZATION. James Ridgway, Piccadilly, and of every Bookseller. This day were published, in 2 vols. Bvo., with Map and Twenty-five Illustrations, TRAVELS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF PERU, including a year's residence at Potosi. By EDMOND TEMPLE, Knight of the Royal and distinguished Order of Charles 111. of Spain. c: A very lively and agreeable book upon a subject of very great interest."—Monthly Magazine. " The abundance of useful information contained in this btiok would alone entitle it to the highest praise, but it has the additional merit of communicating ell that is in tereetinq and instructive respecting the characteristic habits and peculiarities of the inhabitants of Peru."—Courier. " Amid the spirited details of personal adventure, there is a great deal of shrewd and strong observation, and hence the work is calculated to be eminently useful to persons at all interested about South America."—Monthly Review. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 8, New Burling ton-street. PRESENT STATE OF CHINA. This day was published, in 2 vols. small Sro. with Plates, T RAVELS IN CHINA, SIBERIA, and KAMTCHATKA. By PETER DOBELL, Esq. Counsellor to his Imperial Majesty the Enapprov of Russia. " Mr.Dobell, who now holds an official situation under the Russian government, has just given to the world the results of his experience, in a work entitled "fravels in Karat_ chatka and Siberia, with a Narrative of a Residence in China.' His details respecting the little-known regions of Siberia, are remarkably curious and minute; and the course of his-progress through that country, includes a certain district perl:aps hitherto untrodden by human feet save those of hitnself and the wild Tonguses. His ac count of China, derived from an alvde at Canton, of con siderable duration at three different periods, can hardly fail to be - acceptable at the present crisis, when so anxious a❑ attention is directed towards the state and prospects of our China trade."—Globe. Henry Co!burn end Richard Watley, 8, New B urling. ton•street. PREPARING FOR PUBLICATION. New Burlington-street, March 31, 1820. In Monthly Volumes, price Five Shillings, THE LIBRARY OF UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE. In announcing the speedy publication of the LIBRARY of UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE, its Projectors b eg distinctly to state, that they embark in their present un dertaking without any design whatever of trenching upon the ground already occupied by others. As little is it their desire to decry the exertions of those who labour in the same vineyard, and seek the same end with themselves. For these, on the contrary, they entertain the highest respect ; but the seems sufficiently wide for all parties, and therefore they enter it. They are willing to persuade themselves, moreover, that the circumstances under which they approach their task are not unfavour able to its success. Almost all our knowledge arises from experience ; and hence, by imitating as far as can be the excellencies of their predecessors, no less than by avoiding their errors, should such chance to have been committed, they hope to produce a series of Works, which shall at once satisfy the judgment, and suit the tastes of those who relish amusement the most when it comes united with in struction. The Projectors of the Library of Universal Knowledge offer no display of great names. These may dazzle for a moment, but they seldom effect more. As little are they disposed to make professions, which are in all cases more easily made than realized. Their work owe: speak for itself. If it prove such as they confidently anticipate, it will receive, because it will deserve-, the approbation of the public ;—if otherwise, it oaght not to have been offered to the public at all. The Library of Universal Knowledge will be con ducted by the Rev. G. R. Gleig, M.A. 'B4e., assisted by a large proportion of the soundest and ablest writers of the day. London : Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington .street. On the 25th instant will be published, in a neatly printed volume, price ss. the SERVANTS' GUIDE AND FAMILY MANUAL, with New and Improved Receipts, arranged and adapted to the duties of all classes of Ser- vanN Housekeeper, Cook, Lady's Maid, Nurse, Butler, Valet, Coachman, G room, Footman, and Gardener. Housemaid, Laundry maid, Dairymaid, Forming a complete system of Domestic Management, from the most recent and authentic sources, aided by nu merous private communications. To which is added an Appendix of Lists, Rates, and Tables, and other useful in formation. Printed for John Limbird, 143, Strand. MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS. •But when, on the Sunday after Mary's land ing, preparations were made to say mass in the Royal Chapel, the reformers said to each other, " Shall that idol the mass again take place within this kingdom ?—it shall not." The young master of Lindsey, showing in youth the fierce ness of spirit which animated him in after-life, called out, in the Cut►rt-yard of the loyal Palace, that " the idolatrous priest should die the death according to God's law." The prior of St. Andrew's with great difficulty appeased the tumult, and protected the priests, whose blood would otherwise have been mingled with their sacrifice. But u►►willing to avow an inten tion so unpopular, he was obliged to dissemble with the reformers ; and while he allowed that he stood with his sword drawn at the door of the Chapel, he pretended that he did not do so to protect the priest, but to prevent any Scottish man from entering to witness or partake in the idolatrous ceremony. It was immediately after this riot, and the dis play of the insulting and offensive pageant before mentioned, that the young Queen had the first of her celebrated interviews with John Knox, in which he knocked at her heart so rudely as to cause her to shed tears. The stern apostle of ' presbytery was indeed unsparing of rebuke, without sufficiently recollecting, that previous conviction is necessary before reproof can work repentance ; and that, unless he had possessed powers of inspiration, or the gift of working miracles, he could not have, by mere assertion, converted a Catholic from the doctrines, however false, which she had believed in from her ear liest childhood.—Dr. Lardner's Cabinet Cy clopedia, Vol. IV. COLUMBUS'S S CRATAGEM TO OBTAIN SUPPIES FROM THE NATIVES OF JAMAICA. The horrors of famine began to threaten the terrified crew, when a fortunate idea presented itself to Colombus. From his knowledge of astronomy, he ascertained that within three days there would be a total eclipse of the moon, in the early part of the right. He summoned, therefore, the principal caciques to a grand conference, appoint ing for it the day of the eclipse. When all were assembled, he told them by his interpreter, that he and his followers were worshippers of a Deity who lived in the skies, and held them under his protection ; that this great Deity was incensed against the Indians, who had refused or neg lected. to furnish his faithful worshippers with provisions ; and intended to chastise them with famine and pestilence. Lest they should dis believe this warning, a signal would be given that very night in the heavens. They would behold the moon change its colour, and gradu ally lose its light : a token of the fearful punish ment which awaited them. Many of the Indians were alarmed at the so lemnity of this prediction, others treated it with derision ; all, however, awaited with solicitude the coming of the night. When they beheld a black shadow stealing over the moon, and a mysterious gloom gradually covering the whole face of nature, they were seized with the utmost c onsternation. Hurrying with provisions to the ships, and throwing themselves at the feet of Co loinbiis, they implored him to intercede with his God to withhold the threatened calamities, assuring him that thenceforth they would bring him whatever he required. Colombus retired to his cabin, under pretence of communing with the Deity, the firests and shores all the while resounding with the howlings of the savages. He returned shortly, and informed the natives that the Deity had deigned to pardon them, on condition of their fulfilling their promises, in sign of which he would withdraw the darkness from the moon.„ When the Indians saw that planet restored presently to its brightness, and rolling in all its beauty through the firmament, they overwhelmed the Admiral with thanks for his intercession. They now regarded him with a we and reverence, as one enjoying the peculiar favour and confidence of the Deity, since he knew upon earth what was passing in the hea vens. They hastened to propitiate him with g ifts; supplies again arrived daily at the harbour, and from that time forward there was no want of provisions.---FamilyLibrary,No.XLColumbus. PRICE 7D. PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. POOR'S RATE AND COUNTY RATE. An Account of the Amount of Monies levied by Asset's ment for Poor's Rate and County Rate in Englan.] and Wales in the Years ended March 25, 1823 and 1826. Years ended March 25. I England. 1 Walea. Total. 1843 Land Dwelling HouseS Mills, Factories, &c.. Manerial Wits, &c. Total 1826. Land Dwelling Houses .... Mills, Factories, Manerial Profits, &c. Total 16,661.486 17 504,669 11 TABLE OF PROPORTIONS OF COMPAIL CREASE. s. 1 4,351,2'27 1 1 1,740,139 9 242,152 17 87,747 14 16,421,267 1 !4,523,299 4 '1,783,865 7 255,774 14 93,559 12 4... a. e 51,025 2 22,811 1 5,237 2 3,161 0 262.234 272,193 12 25,362 16 3,789 19 3,323 4 s. 4,002,:. , 52 3 1,76Y,950 10 247,389 19 90,909 14 ;703,501 6 14,795,481 18 1,814,228 3 250,584 13 96,881 16 EXPLANATION, The above table is intended to show in one view the proportionate increase in the several years 1776, 11735,' and 1803, compared with the present Abstract as taken in 1815, a period of nearly 40 years," and is thus ex plained, viz.—The increase in the first column, " money raised," is in the proportion, from the year 1776 to 1785, of 17 to 21 ; from 1785 to 1803, in the proportion of 21 to 53 ; and again from the year 1803 to 1815, in the proportion of 53 to 81, or nearly five times in the said period, doubling itself every 16 years: and in the same manner is the proportionate increase for each year shown in every other column. OBSERVATION S. The expenditure for the maintenance of the Poor in that period does not appear to have increased in so great a pro portion, being only four times in the space of 40 years; consequently doubling itself only every 20 years. For law, removals, expenses of officers, &c. the increase was nearly eleven times in that period ; doubling the first amount about every twelve years. The most rapid increase of expenditure was, in the "money expended for other purposes," under the heads of "church rate, highway rate, county rate, &c." being no less in 1815, than one-fourth part of the whole money raised (although the amount of sums returned under those heads are far short of the truth, for the reasons explained in the remarks on the answers to the second and sixth ques tions, page 8), doubling itself more than tour times since the year 1776 ; it must, however, be observed that the great and general increase has taken place only since the year 1785 ; but there not being any similar abstract of re turns from that year to 1803, a space of eighteen years, it would he difficult to state in what precise year it com menced ; but the increased expenditure between 1803 and 1815 appears in each column to he nearly equal, with the exception of the " money for other purposes," which is greater than the others by one-fourth. The increase of Paupers relieved between 1803 and 1815 was nearly one-third ; and that of the population of Eng land and Wales, from 1776 to 1815, was gradual, front about seven and a half to ten millions ; being likewise an increase of one-third. It is necessary to observe that the foregoing abstract does not include the number of persons relieved, not being parishioners, an account of whom was taken for the year 1803, amounting to 194,000. This class of Poor must have contributed very largely to the increase of the expen diture since that period, from the natural operation of the war ; in assisting the wives and families of the military and navy, to proceed to their different homes; particularly from the metropoliii awl different sea-port towns ; includ ing a great proportion of the natives of Ireland. Front the abstract as printed in 1804, it appears that from the returns made to the Tax-office for the year ending April, 1804, that the rental:of real property in England and Wales, amounted to 38,000,000/. ; and the summary of real property as assessed to the property-tax in the year 1815, amounted to nearly 52,000,0001. being an increase of nearly oneAialf in that period. The actual rate in the pound upon the property liable to assessment, averaged, in the year 1804, 2s. 10d., or nearly one-seventh part ; and the actual rate in the pound during the years 1813, 1814, and 1815, as shown by this abstract, averaged 3s. I id: being between a sixth and seventh part of the pound, or an increase of rather more than lid per cent. It may also be worthy of observation, that although the average rate in the pound which the amount of real pro perty in England paid to the levy of the poor rates, Was 3e. 2d. (vide page 573) ; yet the rate in the pound varied in the different counties from Is. 7d. to 6s. 11 id. as per the summaries of Northumberland and Sussex, (page 388 and page 470.) To point out more clearly the great dis proportion of the rates of the different counties, as at pre sent levied, it is only necessary to observe, that three counties, via. Cumberland, Northumberland, and West morland, were rated under 2s. Cambridge Chester Cornwall Derby • Durham Gloster 18 Counties under Ss. Huntingdon Lancaster Lincoln Middlesex Monmouth Rutland Salop Somerset Staftbrd Worcester York E Riding ' N. Riding Again, 12 Cow' Devon Dorset Hereford Hertford And that 9 Count Bedford Berks Bucks mties, from 3s. and Leicester Norfolk Northampton Nottingham under 45., viz. Surrey Warwick Wilts York, W. Riding eding 45., viz.— Southampton Su trolk Sussex. ,ies were rated exee , Essex Kent Oxford Yesterday morning the Princess VICTORIA, accompanied by her attendants, visited the Panorama, in Leicester. square, of Sydney and Calcutta. SHOOTING A GA MEKEEPER.—At the Glou cester Assizes, on Thursday, Wat. RANDALL, labourer, stood charged with having, on the 20th of Neirember, at the parish of Standish, fired a pistol loaded with slugs, and pieces of lead, at JOSEPH Warr's, with intent to murder, disable, or inflict some grievous injury upon him. The prosecutor, in this case, was at first reluctant to pro secute, and actually submitted to he committed to prison, rather than be bound over to prosecute. He was after wards, however, liberated on finding sureties for his ap pearance at the Assises.—After a long but interesting trial, Mr. Baron BOLLAND having summed up, the Jury consulted for about five minutes, and then found the pri soner guilty of firing the pistol, with intent to intimidate the pro4ecutor, and thus effected his escape, but not with intent to murder or disable. His Lordship having ex plained to them, they returned a verdict of Not Guilty. A LAUGHING COLONEL.— An old Colonel, who used to he invited with us to dine at LUNA'S house, had such a propensity to laughter, that, after having once yielded to its influence, be could net restrain himself so long as any thing remained to excite it. I used to make him burst into a horse-laugh whenever I chose, only by winking at him ridiculously. Upon one occasion, when a great number of persons were assembled at table, a fancy came across me to try whether a grin and an odd remark would have the same effect upon him in company. It answered marvellously well. He could not restrain a burst of laughter, which rather startled the rest of the party,—'o whom, however, I managed to convey a hint, and they immediately entered into the spirit of the joke.— Each, in his turn, told some extraordinary anecdote, or a m n a e d w e , so t m ill e a o t d i d ast rei h n i a s rk la , ug a t t a w er hi b e e h ea te than some one made a q C ti o a l e one a l la i r i m mt g. o — u t The consequence was, that hedid not swallow one mouth ful. during dinner; for, no sooner did lie attempt . to intro duce a bit of food into his odd mouth, which even then risible propensity, sad the meat was suffered to return to laughable hdaittlerotedhsebrvyaati:nurwrleirctiaggraTn, excited the poor man's his plate un t e sted. Me afterwards compl a i ne d t h at, i n a ddi t i on to his having lost his dinner, his sides were quite sore with the exertiosi...-Hardy's . Trovel s in Mexico. There were now no more thoughts of peace, and the Hamiltons, with their western friends and allies, rushed in fury up the lanes which lead from the Cowgate, where the Bishop's Palace was situated, intending to take possession of the High-street; but the Douglases had been before hand with them, and already occupied the prin cipal street, with the advantage of attacking their enemies as they issued in disorder from the narrow closes or lanes. Such of Angus's fol lowers also as had not lances, were furnished with them by the favour of the citizens of Edinburgh, who handed them over their windows. These long weapons gave the Douglases great advantage over their enemies, and rendered it easy to bear them down, as they struggled breathless and disordered out of the heads of the lanes. Nor was this Angus's only piece of fortune : Home of Wedderburn, also a great adherent of the Douglases, ar►ived while the battle was yet raging, and, bursting his way through the . Netherbow gate at the head of his formidable borderers, appeared in the street in a decisive moment. The Hamiltons were driven out of the city, leaving upwards of seventy men dead, one of whom was_ Sir Patrick Hamilton, the advocate for peace. The Earl of Arran and his natural son were so far endangered, that, meeting a collier's horse, they were fain to throw off' its burden, and, both mounting the same miserable animal, they escaped through a ford in the loch which then defended the northern side of the city.—Dr. Larchier's Cabiaet Cifclo pcedia, Vol. IV. CITY OF THE PLAGUE. We were closely confined within the walls of the consulate, - anil all persons from without were . as rigidly excluded. The gate which opened from the court into the street wasstnietty closed. and the only communication was through a hatch door cut in it. The key of this was not en - trusted even to the servants. Each of the com pany took charge of it in his turn for a day, and it was his business to see that everything supposed capable of communicating the con tagion was duly purified before it was allowed to pass into the house. These precau tions were at any rate useful, as giving a feeling of security ; but I have no doubt that the dis tinction between such objects as are called " sus ceptible" (to use the technical phrase), and such as are not, is frequently arbitrari; and that the index exputgatorsus in this, as in other in stances, is tinged by prejudice and caprice. Hap pily, some of the art►cles of most frequent use, such as bread, iron, and wood, for example, were allowed to pass without suspicion ; but meat and all animal substances, and money of every kind, were thrown with iron tongs or shovels into a large tub, and compelled to pass through the watery ordeal. Letters, books, and papers, on the other hand, are purified by fire, or at least by smoke, being placed on a sort of chafing-dish, and fumigated with a compound of drugs which is anything but aromatic ; and if it should be necessary to affix a signature to any document, a plate of glass is introduced between the paper and the hand of the writer. The cats, who in their nocturnal rambles are sup posed to carry with them the seeds of contagion, are condemned to indiscriminate slaughter when ever they are seen creeping alot►g the walls or on the housetops; and when terror is at its height, even the flies are objects of alarm, and the sports of Domitian are revived.—Fuller's Tour in the Turkish Empire. SINGULAR ADVENTURR IN ()ASK CASTLE. Surrounded by his sleeping companions, with no light but what the expiring embers afforded, the mind of Wallace became overshadowed with melancholy forebodings. Though in the late conflict he had destroyed a great number of the enemy, his own little band had been almost an nihilated ; and, in his present situation, he saw little probability of filling up their places with men on whom he could put the same dependence. It was now past midnight; and the flame that still lingered about the remains of the almost extin guished faggots, continued, at intervals, to throw its pale and flickering light on the ruinous walls of the castle, when Wallace was suddenly startled by the shadow of a human figure. Though broken and indistinct at first, yet the moon, which was slowly emerging from behind a cloud, rendered it every moment more apparent. From the feet to the shoulders, which was all of it that was visible, it seemed to be of uncommon di mensions ; and what more particularly rivetted the attention of the forlorn chief, a human head hung dangling from its hand, in a manner that gave it the appearance of something superna tural. While gazing with intense anxiety on this singular object, its hand was slowly raised, and the head, which it held, after striking the helmet of Wallace, fell with considerable vio lence among the dying embers before him. Snatching it up, he discovered, by the light of the moon, the pale and ghastly features of the " ill-fated Fawdon," one of his followers whom he had lately slain, on strong suspicion of trea chery. Turning towards the place from whence it was thrown, he observed the figure of a man endeavouring to descend by a broken part of the wall. In the excitement of the moment, he hurled the head after it, and, drawing his sword, hastened from the castle in pursuit of the strange intruder. Henry, or his authority, in narrating the above circumstance, gives way to the popular belief of his time, and describes it as the real apparition of the late faithless associate ; but this evidently arises from that love for the marvellous peculiar to the age. When stripped of the poetical em bellishments with which it is clothes], the story simply appears to have been this :—The Eng lish, on coming to the headless body of Fawdon, naturally conceived that the Scots had quarrelled among themselves ; and some one thinking it probable, front the size, that the deceased might be Wallace, for whose head a consider:Ale re ward was offered, took care to secure the prize. The impatience of Butler for revenge made him think of a night-attack, provided they could dis cover the enemy ; and the horns, therefore, which had been taken from those Scots who had fallen in the conflict, were made use of as a ruse a to i c p ar t y ee n . t or entrapT h e theirh e t h e soldier, into wmh t e l o i n e h belief,aco mi ng d got t t o t h h a t e t h h e i t i e r a w ( a a i s s n i sttao his possession, appears to have been one of the scouts sent in search of the fugitives ; and no doubt, eager to ascertain the value of his capture, had ventured forward with more confidence than his companions. Disappointment at finding the Scottish chief alive, no doubt, induced him to throw the head ; and the terror which his name inspired made him likewise think it prudent to effect his retreat.—Constable's Miscellany, Voi, LIII. Life of Sir William Wallace. 19 0 a 0 14 0 4 0 2 0 !sand. 'B,4ki6. L ,TIVE