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LI- r I7 ; I ‘, CONIMISSIONERS for VICTUAL ?ice MAJESTY'S 2V,-11 .; 1' do hrrebrl•gtreNo rea That 011 Friday, the 31st of August next, lheY fo r ;',; to rereive Tenders in writing (waled nn), and treat e 877 1 , 7i1n of all stir kiinantities ,of tiF,A PROVISIONS e;;;;eclY art" required for.the use of His Majesty's ships and of p it . 18,Jamaica and New Providence, daring the spare b er 'etve Calendar Months certain, .rr,ln the of Novem- A r 2 n't, and further until six Months warning shall be given " t he termination of the Contract, the Conditions of wh ic h ;be seen at the Serretrtry's Offiee• e g'ard will be had to R I P ; I Tender in which the Price 7 : 11, ot be inserted in wards at leno-th. or that shall not be de ' "ea to the Board h e r ore O ne Clock on the said Fri-. qay, the Stif 61August next, nor unless the Person who '"4" r' , /uter. or some Person 01 his behalf. attends. to 'answer , hen called for ; nor mitt ann Tender that contains prices n 17072 some articles, and pries mu,h t al ue upon Others, be considered' as proper to each r , nrie r n also accompanied hy a Letter siirned 4 , re , nonsible Persons. en..tra trine. to become bonn'l with c 4 - arty tenderi,,r, in the Penal Suns or 15,000 Z. for the .ue pe;:formance Vale Contract. ......._,_.___ r ir 6 PPTCR or nnTLVA YeE. June 27. 1891. T - 11 PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of Nis M_4- JES7'}'S ORDNANCE do .hereha trice Notice, „hat Proposals will be received at thrir'OPe, in Pal.(-.hall, it " Trednesday, the ti th dau of-17tb, nest, front Th - rvo n , px man be willinsr to undertake :the Sotppla of 'Nr;T.TSII TINITIER for Servi ,, c , of this T)Pportm , nf, for ti ,7 1 : ; ° 41 ne Three Years, determinable after the Etrpiration of „,, e 6 ' . -ct Year, upon Notice of Three Months, at the Option r77the,' Farb,. o F.ar tk'T Particulars. tosrether with the Terms and Con tiOns' the - rontract, MoWer known at the Secretary's Pall-.llall arnrecaid, awn flan between the 11onrs of e 0 2 ,%.? o' Clock, where the Proposals must be delivered, - ;" ° `;;' 1 IT, and endorsed "Proposals for English Timber:" bni o -;-. 1. '"'" , 71 , ran be admitted after the said 11th Jeety, o :ci or k at N oon of /l i e same .Daa : neither- will any in lit e 7 4 er be noth-ed. unless the Party making it, or an --Igent 6 eitalf, shall attend. ray Ord,r or !be 2croarri, R. H CREIP, Secretfirtf. 4 , orrrrF OF oßmv,Lvcr, .June 97. 1891. _VIE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of His HA pr-JE'S Tr SOPO N. 4 .VCE do herebn •gire .Notiee, that r cTjale ',ill 'r rereitecl at their Office, in „ P -I ' l7 v Tr 7 ednesday; the 11th .7uly next from smelt Persons !"', he willing to undertone •the Sapid,/ of COPPER pe;!I'II'S ARTI CLES for service of this Department for - 14; f7 ' .101 Three rears; deterntivoide after the expiration of titC rs t Yeir, upon Notice of three Months, at the Option of Fartn. O/uotterns of the Articlea may be 'viewed upon application T,Principal Storekeeper's Office in the Tower, and farther ton,ether with the Terms and Conditions of the P,i i act, may be known at the Secretary's Office, in v f „ t n,i,rcsa.F-t/, any day between flours _Ten o'Cl oe k, where the Proposals mast be delivered, Art• 4, sit?:, rind endorsed " Proposals for Coppersmith's hut no Proposals can be admitted after the satd dote of July, at Twelve o'Cloch at Noon of the sante 7hi,;, , '. 4 ielter will any Tender be noticed, unless the Party .'"?. it, or an Agent in his.behall, shall attend. By Order of the Board, R. 11. CREW, Secretary. EAsT INDIA HOUSE,' Jolv 4, Itql• Tilt , COURT .of DIRECTORS of the COMPANYMERCHANTS of ENG -I°, TRADING to the EAST INDIES, do hereby give Til.:t GvNFR COUPT of the said Company will Q h e l d %- th e m their House in Leadenhall-street, on TUESDAY, t~minstant. from Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, • !X in the Evening, to lullot on the following ? 1 1 .1 z• ",, 4 t Sir James Milne, Bart, late of the Madras Civil fis t, 1 4 be permitted to return to the Service, 4r tder the Provisions of the Act of the 33d Geo. 111. cap. t 52, " ( 0 , with th e R an k which he held when he quitted Via '. ."' a greeably to the Act of the 53d Geo. cap. 133, BF, ib . f ri ,:rder to determineby web ballot whether three parts tu r ,, e l " " t the Proprietors present a t such General Court 'An 4aid " ht tha d t India Sirames Home he permitted to retut n with the ti to . JOSEPH DART, Secretary o+i•HA MPsHIRE SOU! ETY, EDUCATION of the INFANT POOR, on the PLAN ts,theABLISHED CHURCH Rev. Dr. BELL. and . in the PRINCIPLES of the ' PRESIDENT. Right Rev. Lord BISHOP of WINCHESTER. i.7)d Aripos ofs the ensuing Annual Meeting,—The Right Hon. Caltioorpe ; Richard Norris, Esq.; Henry Combe el,„ 4 1 . 411), Esq. ; Rev. Dr. Hook, Archdeacon of Hunting 4"d Prebendary of Winchester; Rev. L. Clarke, Fel ,f of Winchester College; Rev. J. 11. Geo. Lefroy, Rector „OE TENTH ANNUAL MEETING of , f 'he abo -A ve SOCIETY will be holden on MONDAY, the jn iv- SERMON will be preached at -the Cathe ,4),. rt this City, f o r the Charity, by the Right R ev . th e 4. 1 . 1 Elishop of WINCHESTER. The Service will begin at o'Cleek. The Children of the Central Schools, and Sch.oools in the Neighbourhood, amounting to several ski re ds, will att en d. ai l " , r the Service, the Children will proceed to the County l AALby permission o f th e Hi g h Sheriff), where a PUBLIC tt "NATION of the First Class of the Cent r alS e h oo l v ide i f ,' ,'ke place, an d a Dinner will afterwards be pro- Per all the Children of the several Schools. A full Ite le.re4`jile Stat in of the Soc . iety, a nd the progress of the dif j111,1"gools, n connection with the Central Committee, 'trvi - ,'` ) he made in the Grand Jury Chamber, as soon as the• 'll l , r a t the Chedral is over. nlf..pa,ewill afte at a rwards be Dinner at St. John's House, at 'tat. ( 'Clock Tickets, 7s. 6d. each, not including Per lil t A sh ") t h h e T Friends of the Institution, who may think pro• Secmb. tekets, are requested to (layoff ntiy the . aame to Mrs. eti sry - ' George Inn, before the Meeting, or to the By order of the Committee, Wi ttch H. WASHINGTON, Secretary. ea ter, June 5, 1621. S2ll. S I'RANGE, DASH WOOD, AND COMPANY'S CREDITORS. NOTICE is hereby given, that the JOINT AGN,,,,cREDIToRs of Messrs. STRANGE, DASH WOOD, as 13;',_"'s and PEACOCKS, (formerly carrying on business ,C r h , ers in New Bond-street, under the firm of Strange, b 4 e - ', l 'w°o , ' and ' C o ) who have proved their Debts under a th e 01 Trust, dat . tad the 19th day of 1803, executer) by 4 - Vaid firm for the benefit of their Creditors , may receive porPRTHER DIVIDEND of FIVE SHILLINGS in the E e u lTh on their respective Debts, upon applying at the Of isie of Mr. LEAKE, No. 20, Devonshire. street, Portland :, between the hours of 10 and 2 O'clock on either of the tm in wing days, viz. :—the loth, 11th, 12th, 15th, 17th, 18th, th e 205 11 days of July instant. And such (lithe said Creditors, PaThrent of whose former Dividend of Two Shillings and h x Penee in the Pound was postponed in pursuance of the ..esolutions at a General Meeting of the Creditors of Messrs. trange, Dashwood, and Co., held on the 2cl day of Itt:ty, they may at the same ti me receive the Dividends to which th e are respecti ve l y ent i t l ed, with interest. forthe same from . 4 e IGth d ay of Mav, 5505, to the 4th day of July instant, pot-- glant to the said Resolutions. And all Persons claiming to be tptitled to receive eitherufsuch Dividends, eitheras Executors. Ad ministrators, T rustees, Assignees, or otherwise than in teir own right, are requested to leave at the said Mr. Lealie's nice fnr inlpection, two days previously to the a '?r 'such Di v id ends, the original auth or i ty underir p which plyin they claim to be so entitled, or a copy thereof; and in case they • shall leave only a copy thereof, they will be required to pro duce the original at the time they receive their Dividends. the of their receipt of the Dividend thereon. BKI'i'ISH INSTITLT I lON, PALL MALL. -•- THE GALLERY is NOW OPEN, with a COLLECTION of the ANCIENT MASTERS, from Ten in.the Morning until Six in the Evening.—Mr. WES . F 'S PICTURE of " CHRIS I' nEmANG the' SICK," is also placed in the Gallery, with a Proof to chew the advanced state of the Plate, and which Mr. HEATti has assured the Directors shall be completed immediately. Admittance Is.—Catalogue By Order, JOHN YOUNG, Keeper. WESTMINSTER LIFE INSURANCE and ANNUITY OF- FIOE, STRAND and CORNHILL, LONDON, VSTABLISHED in .1792, for insurance on Lives and granting Annnities, on the same advan tageous Te7.-ms to the Public as have hitherto secured- to this Establishment their decided Patronage and Support. DIRECTORS, TRUSTEES, AND AUDITORS. ,• JOHN SOANE, Esq. Chairman. The Hon. DOUGLAS KINNAIR6, E:q. Deputy Chairman. Sir G. F. Hump-son, Bart.. William Fitzhugh,'Esq. ' Sir Joh.n•Cox Hippistey, Bart. Ralph Leycester, jun. Esq. - William Agnew, Esq. Neill Malcolm, Esq. John Belli), Esq. • Geo. G. Mills, Esq Stamp. Brooksbank, Esq. G. H. Sumner, Esq. M.P. W. F. Chambers, M.D. Swiney Toone,.Esq. George Cumming, -Esq . Rd. W illiams, Esq. Solicitor. • James Henry Deacon, E.g. RICHARD BARNES, Secretary: The Proprietors are respectfully informed that the Dividend is in the course of payment. Y'r ON, Stock-Broker, 2, Cornhil 1, and I Lombard-street, cannot help feeling pleasure-in an nouncing to his Friends, the Public, one of the Grandest Schemes ever known:-Forty-eight Capital Prizes !.--includ -1:-25,000, £24,000, £16,000, X 15,000, &c. &C. &c. —Eri•ry. Ticket drawn Singly,, each deciding its own fate.— No Classes! and even if their Ticket or Share is not drawn a Prize on the 10th July,. (for it cannot be drawn a Blank,) they may hare nearly the whole of their Purchase-money re turned, provided they are brought back to 4, Cornbill; before ith July.—Schentes, with full particulars, gratis. N. B. All Business in the Public Funds transacted with fidelity and dispatch NEXT TETESDAY, toth JULY rip BISiT, of the old State Lottery Offices, 4, .a. • Cornhill, and 9, Charing-cross, London, begs to call the attention of his hest Friends, the Public, to the import ant advantages tittered to those who purchase Tidies or Shares of the present Lottery, before NEXT'TUESDAY, mit Jnly. On that Day One of 24,0001.--LOite of 16,0001.—Tw0 of 2,1001.—Tw0 of 6001.—Ten of 2301.—Ten of 1061.-2 b of 401—I 2fib of I IL . - • MUST ALL BE DRAWN, and all those cersons who do not obtain Prizes that Day, may, if they think proper, return their Tickets and ,Shares and receive back nearly three-fourths of their Money, pro vided they are returned be!ore Tuesday, the 17th instant, as will - be seen by the following statement : Present Prixe. • Money back. 1. s. d. L. s. d. A Sixteenth costs 1 14 6 but may receive back I. 3 6 An Eighth—costs 3 8 0 but may receive hack 2 6 0 A Quarter costs 6 15 0 but may receive hack 4 12 0 A Half costs 13 7 0 but may receive back 9 4 0 A Ticket costs 24. 19 0 but may receive hack 17 0 0 After having had the chance of the above 1251 Prizes, which must all he drawn NEXT TUESDAY. Those who do not return their Tickets or Shares before the 17th of July, will have the Chance of all the other Prizes itt the following SCHEME, Without Classes, to be Drawn 10th, 17th, and 21st July : ) - of .X 25,000 Consuls 1 2 1 - 16,000 1 2 2 2 - 2,100 Consols 4,200 2 2 . . - 600 Consuls ,- 6 , c 400 Consols 6 - 10 - 2,309 10 .20 . 50 Money 25 . 40 Money 41 • 25 Money 50 . 21 Money 1015 1100 1200 . • )2,991 Tickets. - Total, Consols and Money Li 88,010 The 1,251 Capital and other Prizes, that must be drawn Next Tue,lay, form part of the above Scheme. The option of retaining ceases on Tneulay, the I 7th of July; and those persons who do not room their Undrawn Tickets and Shares before that Day, will have the Chance of the 2,248 Capital and other Prizes that will be drawn 17th and 21st instant. Tickets and Shares are selling at DISH'S OFFICES, N 0.4, Corn hill, and 9, Charing Cross, London, and by his Agents in the Country, who sold 14,031, a Prize of 21,0001. besides Eleven other Capitals on the 23th May and ►oth June. Schemes, with full particulars, gratis. This Dar wai mohlishiol, in 9 vols. 12 mn . plice 12s. THE SOLDIER'S CHILD, or Virtue Trium phant • a Novel, by CAROLINE RICHARDSON. Anther iIARVEST, a Poem; also of ISAAC anti RE BECCA, and other Poems. Printed for John Robinson, No. 5, Paternoster row. This Day was published, in I 2roo price ss. hoards, YMPAT.HY in SEARCH of PEACE at KY HOME; a Novel of a novel kind ; a Tale of the Times, from Carleton Palace to the Poor flotice ; an Evenines Amusement for yourself and Friends, at which every one is invited to laugh, but no one obliged to cry. By H. B. GASUOIGNE. " Am I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth?"—Galatians, chap. 4. Printed for John Robinson, No. 5, Paternoster-row, and to he had of all booksellers. IMPRESSED with a just and humane sense of D. the calamitous results arising from the injudicious treat-' merit of a certain malady, contracted in a manner ton well known to require comment, and often entailing On its au .happy victim a series of distressing and almost insupportable afflictions, Dr. BMW respectfully calls the attention of those' interested, to his to-initial- and most effectual method of care, unlike the advertising ci»pirie of the d:iy, or the equally cri minal conduct of those whoh.itd the word of promise to the ear and break it to our hope." Dr. Frady will .nut presume to pledge infallibility in every dew, iption of case, but as far as human aid, assisted by nicoical and snigical skill can be ap plied, he promises a certain, speedy, and' permanent restora tion ; having made every species of Syphilitic affection, and its various train of diseases, the primary objects o f hi s profes sional studies, and being flattered by the transc e nd ant success which.has accomranied• his mode of treatment daring the course of a long and laborious practice, he is enabled to with the fullest confidence, pretensions at once the most hope ful and encouraging. Innumerable instances can be adduced m o o t -mire of the superiority of Dr. Eady's ,ystem, which has been found to-prevail, even where eminent talent, retained hr woo', institutions, has been ineffectual. In addition to those consolatory advances, Dr. Eady will be found equally fortunate in reviving, the slumbering arid !lebilitated energies of the human constitution, which embitter, and if not timely arrested, fiequently render nugatory the. very principal of existence. From this desolating state of inanity and sterility, by re-animating the frame and af f ording tone and elasticity to the relaxed organs, •Dr. Lad is happy to con ve y th e most elmering and positive-assurances that the sufferers of both sexes may he rescued; a steady perseverance in the means dictated being only required.—Dr. Early is consulted daily, at his house, 3t, Dean street, Soho, by patients of both sexes.— Country tene t s meet respectful attention. 38, Dean Street, Sohn, is a private House, opposite Mentri's Street; one end of Drat) Street leads into Geri ard .titreet, nearly opposite the General T4toenny Pest Othue, and the other into Oxford Street—Mvice gratis to the Pour. • FOP, rillE SUN. NATIONAL PROSPERITY.—[No. lII.] MR. EDITOR.--In my last letter, I gave you a slight outline of the arrangements by means of which Mr. OWEN proposes to provide for he Parochial Poor. If there be not some radical error in his calculations, nothing can be more evident than - that this degraded, and alarmingly numerous portion of the community would, in the course.of the very first year (barring unfore seen accidents, such as fire, and unpropitious seasons,) be in a condition to repay a part of the capital which had been invested in the Establish ment designed for their maintenance and employ ment. I have the utmost confidence in the accu racy of Mr. OWEN'S estimates, because he is in timately conversant - with '4ll. 3 'the . matters to which those estimates have reference ; and be cause they have already been published long enough to have enabled any well-informed person ,to detect the fallacies of the data on which they rest, if any such had existed. And as no at tempt of this nature has been made, although the disposition is not wanting to throw ridicule upon Mr. OWEN, and to bring his scheme into discre dit, it is fair to - conclude that he is at least rusti fied in all that lie has asserted as to its financial. advantages. If, however, it can he proved that he has un derated the expellees of the first Establishment, my faith in the soundness of his principles, and in the ultimate attainment of the grand objects. at which-he aims, would nevertheless remain un shaken. If with all the waste of human energy which is now apparent on every side, and not withstanding the desultory and clumsy mode in• which most of the operations of society are con ducted, so much wealth is created, so many com forts are enjoyed, and so large a proportion of its members can be maintained in idleness, what would be the result of arrangements calculated to bring all our dormant faculties into action, and, to give the best possible direction to our exer tions ? Rather, what is there of excellence in any department of Art or Science that could long elude the grasp of men thus united in its pursuit? and those men Britons ! Are we for ever to look exclusively, to the operations of military bodies, in order to ascer tain what can be effected by well combined ef forts ? Are these efforts never to be witnessed upon a grand. scale except where the work of de struction is to be accomplished ? Mistake me not, Sir,—l am not about to 'disparage the ex ploits of our heroical defenders. I hold them in high admiration, and feel . a pride in having con tributed several sons to the naval and mili tary services of my country. I glory in the prowess of its arms, to which I firmly be-' lieve. England is indebted for the preserva tion of its liberties,- and Europe for its .eman cipation from tyranny. Yet however highly we may respect the brave men who have fought and won our battles, and however enthusiastically we may cherish the remembrance of their gallant achievements, it has ever been allowed to philo sophers to regard war as an evil of the first mag nitude, and to mix their sighs as men with their exaltations as citizens.. I have put the question—Are we never to try what will be the cordial effectsof extensive combi nation, and co-operation in building up the fabric of society ? I shall be told that I have only to open my eyes in this great Metropolis, and its imme diate vicinity, in order to perceive in our various institutions and public works, striking proofs that the very principles in question have been succes fully applied to the most beneficial purposes.— My attention will be directed to the Palacious Edifices in the eastern and western suburbs of the capital, where our disabled sailors and sol- - diers repose in tranquillity and comfort from -the toils of war ; to the numerous other asylums of the sick, the destitute, and the distressed ; and perhaps, above all, to the institutions devoted to the instruction of the children of the poor. If these evidences of the fruits of: co-operation in our domestic economy should not suffice, I shall then be conducted to . the great Councils of the land, where the wisest and most experienced Members of the State frame regulations which by alternately checking the encroachments of the stronger and encouraging the efforts of the weaker classes, harmonize the multifarious interests of all, and entitle the Government of this Country to be ranked higher in moral estimation than any that ever bore the name of Commonwealth. I shall, moreover, be told, that riches; (the road to • which is open to all) ensure to the possessor the most ef fectual means of combining the exertions of his fellow-subjects, and that the general weal is best promoted by leaving it to the sagacity of indivi duals to discover the most advantageous means of employing their capital. All thiS is undoubtedly good, and worthy of commendation ; and, as far as it goes, serves to prove that whatever is estimable in civil society owes its existence to unity of design and com bination of effort, guided and directed by wis dom and skill. Just in proportion as these re quisites have been obtained, and have been wisely and beneficially directed, just so high, but no higher, can any State be said to have risen in the scale of - civifiiation. And so long as there are any operations essential . to the Comfort. of asso ciated man . to which.the principles of union and combination have not been at all applied, or have been applied imperfectly and unskilfully, so long will there be room for imiiroveMent. But it is needless to argue a point .which few or'any will be inClified to dispute. The times in which we live are prolific in Associations for more effec tually and rapidly compassing objects of bene volence, of instruction, or of recreation ; the same social principle has also, alas! beets but too extensively applied to purposes subversive of the peace and happiness of the State. Is it not, then, most evident that the increase of knowledge, and of moral and physical science, is constantly tending to condense those floating atoms which, in the intellectual (as in the natural) world, ap pear as mists and vapours to the eye of the phi losopher ; that these atoms, as civilization ad vances, gradually cohere, and are assuming regu lar and beautiful forms, thus indicating, that eventually every individual of which society is composed will be so amalgamated, as to give strength and consistency to the whole mass. Un less, then, it be the decree or Providence, that this tendency shall be for ever counteracted by the prin ciple of disorganization, and, indeed, unless that principle be the most powerful of the two, a period must arrive, when, like a well propor tioned edifice, all the parts of which society is composed shall be fitly joined together, and con stitute a firm and elegant structure. Ido not see how, according to any rational view of the laws of nature : this'conclusion can be denied. If wisdom excels ignorance ; if virtue predomi nates over vice ; if man has the power of produc ing more than his wants require ; or, to say all in a word, if the desire of 'happiness shall continue to govern his actions, the great end of his being will one day be attained. The fact that the most polished nations have retrograded to barbarism, and that the stream of civilization has changed its course, painful as it may be to a benevolent mind, does not, I humbly conceive, warrant the indulgence of despondent feelings. He who can comprehend a view of the general causes which have been hitherto operating the various changes which have taken place in the world, will con sole himself with the well founded belief that the progress of civilization has not been essentially impeded by the fall of the most celebrated States of antiquity. If the stream has at any time ap peared to recede, it has subsequently rolled on in a more majestic course ; and if in later times it has not risen quite so high as at some former period, it is because its fertilizing waters have been more widely diffused. We cannot perhaps I produce any minds whose stature can rival a few great names which have been handed down to us : but these were- the more conspicuous from the comparative littleness of their contemporaries. It is now the poco pice that gives distinction in every department of human excellence. If we have no giants, it is because the general standard has been gradually rising. The portion of know ledge which, a few centuries ago, attracted admi ration, is now the common inheritance of the multitude. Can it, Sir, for a moment be doubted that if the aggregate amount of intellect now ex isting in the world could be summed up, and compared with its amount when the nations bowed to the sceptre of Greece or Rome, the balance would preponderate in favour of the pre sent inhabitants of the globe ? Most assuredly the human race have " measured time by im provement." Let us not then, Sir, listen to those heart chilling doctrines, which leave too long served_ to repress the ardour of our hopes for the eventual emancipation of mankind from the evils of po verty, of ignorance, and of crime. Displaced they may be : and if we address ourselves seriously to the task, displaced they will be by the prevalence of wealth, of knowledge, , and of virtue. On every side are to be seen the strongest indications of some portentous change. The seeds of knowledge have been sown, new facul ties have been awakened, and they must and will be exerted. As well may we expect to confine the steam while the fire is burning beneath the cauldron, as to repress the energies that are now straining to burst the bonds which scarcely hold society together, under any of its existing forms : and to extinguish the fire that has been kindled, will be as impracticable as to pluck the SUN from the firmament. What, under these circum stances, is the dictate of wisdom, but that we should guide and direct a power which we can not destroy ? We know from sad experience how much mis chief it is capable of effecting : and although, in some parts of Europe, it appears as if the convul sion was over, I venture to predict that, unless a vent be afforded for the escape of these re pressed energies, they will carry away all op posing barriers. The Constitution of our own country has hi therto grown with the growth, and strengthened with the strength of the British people ; and it happily possesses an elasticity which will easily adapt itself to the form and pressure of the age. I need scarcely repeat, that I do not look to any change of a political nature as a remedy for our ills, nor do I conceive that the projected arrange ments which I have ventured to recommend to the consideration of the polite society in which your paper circulates, will in the slightest degree disturb or displace any thing which is deemed valuable by them. In truth, it is not for vulgar minds, or depraved tastes, to apprehend the excellency of a scheme which I verily believe will, ere long, be acknowledged to be at once the most beautiful and practicable that ever was devised by a human tieing. What constitutes its chief"recommendation in my eyes is, that its operation is to commence with that class of persons who are now a dead weight upon society, (I allude to the inmates of our Poor houses,) and that it is not necessary to proceed one step farther with the plan, than it may be found to answer its purpose. If, indeed, it shall (as its projector asserts, and as I firmly believe it will) transform the pauper into a useful and re spectable member of the community, and convert an impediment into an auxiliary, then, indeed, the process which shall have effected so great a benefit, wili doubtless be applied to a variety of other cases, where the malady being less . aggra. vated, the cure will be more speedy. One great beauty of the plan is, that it is susceptible of an infinite variety - of modifications, by means of which even the most elevated ranks of Society might easily multiply the sources of their enjoy ments, while the middling classes might command those advantages which at present exclusively belong to the possessors of extraordinary wealth. But I have already trespassed too long upon the patience of your Readers, and must therefore reserve for a future essay the observations which have yet to offer upon the nature of the }Aim to which I point.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, June 7, 1821. INDEX. TliE COLONIES. [From the Jamaica Papers.] KINGSTON, APIUL 28.—We inserted in our laSt publication an article from a London Paper, regarding the Petition of the Honourable House of Assembly to Hrs. MAJESTY, - which was pre sented by Mr. Ilinr3EitT, the Island Agent, at the' Levee held on the 23d of February. The fol lowing observations on the subject are taken from that Gentleman's letter to the Committee of Correspondence, received by the Packet : " Of the measures which we ourselves - would wish to urge for our relief, the state of the Russian Tariff aipeared to de:- . mand the most immediate attention. We have seen Lord Cas tlereagh and Mr. Robinson on that subject, having previously got possession of a copy of that Memorial of-the Russian Sugar Refiners, which they sometime ago presented to their Ministry, and which avowedly pleads, upon various grounds, more or less plausible, for a preference of the Sugars of Spain and Por tugal. To expose the fallacy of some ohose grounds was not a difficult matter, and we furnished our Ministers with state ments, which they undertOok, without delay, to transmit to Sir Charles Bagot, at St. Petersburgh, and earnestly to press hi m early and vigorously to remonstrate with the Russian Govern ment thereon. 'Mr. Robinson has since assured me that the in structions are sent out to Sir Charles Bagot, accompanied with papers communicated by Mr. Ellis and myself, which may fur nish our Ambassador with arguments which will counteract the delusive statement made by the Refiners of Russia. His Ma jesty's Ministers Ji l not !care u,c without hope of redra.s. " On the subject of the perseverance of the Portuguese (and too probably of the Spaniards also) in the importation of slaves, on the fatal result of those proceedings to our old Colonies, and on the necessity there is fora rigorous interposition orour Go vernment to stop the evil, we have really made every repr?ser tation which the justice and propriety of our cause so piperi. ously demand, and we have been received with assurances that our Government will do all that is in its rower to the desired effect, but at the same time have had too much reason t') fear that Ministers want rather the power than the will in this in stance to relieve us. " Respecting othi'r measures for our protection and relief, which the Petition of the House of Assetubly points out, or which your instructions from time to time have urged, it is the wish of the West India body here (and' indeed it has been the course re commended by Lord Liverpool) to come forwa:, \I with esery voucher that can explain and justify our application, and to wards this end several important public documents have been demanded, through the intervention of the Board of Trade, which I am sorry to say are not yet obtained ; meantime we are at work in various directions for accounts that will fully ex plain the calamitous sitateion of the cultivator of sug,ir in our old Colonies. " I much fear that what you urge with so much truth, as to the protective preference which the old Colonies have a right to claim over those newly ceded, will be considered as now out of time, since they have been already admitted to a commerce with the parent state on exactly the same terms as the old Colonies ; but this, as well as other grievances which it may be now too late 'to remedy, must strengthen our claim to whatever measures of relief are still attainable." THE COLONIAL CLERGY. JAMAICA. Agreeably to a Resolution of the House of Assembly at the close of last Session, an applica tion was made to Lord Bathurst, to procure a repeal of the Act 59 Geo. 111. cap. 10, respecting the qualifications of Clergymen designed for these Colonies, to which the following reply has been made " Downing-street, 16th Feb. 1821. "SlR—Lord Bathurst has had under his consideration the Resolution of the House of Assembly of Jamaica of the 18th of December last, in consequence of which you considered it Yotir duty to urge upon his Lordship the repeal of the Act 59 George 111. cap. 60. His Lordship conceives that that Reso lution has been founded on an erroneous impression as to the state of the law with respect to ordination in this country, and' that he cannot better satisfy the Honse as to the propriety of the enactments, than by stating the only objects which it contem plates, and which are certainly very much at variance with that imputed to the Act, viz. that of sending to Jamaica persons not canonically qualified for the situation which they are to fill. I am therefore directed to acquaint you, that, previous to the passing of the Act in question, it was not in the power of any Bishop legally to admit any person to Holy Orders, unless such person had a Cure of Souls in this country, to which he was to be appointed immediately on his ordination. The cone. quence of which was, that as very few individuals, who had previously provided 'themselves with a Cure of Souls in this country to obtain ordination, would go out to the West In dies, those who were ordained for foreign service were irre gularly ordained; these rules which were observed with re spect to ordination at home were almost uniformly dis pensed with ; and as each Bishop followed his own system, beat laxity grew .out of such anomalous proceedings. The object of the Act, therefore, was simply to,,slace a Cure of Souls in the Colonies upon the same footing with a Cure of Souls in this Country, and th u s to ena bl e the Arch bishops and Bishop of London to ordain a /iroperly quali fied candidate, although he had no certainty of preferment in this country, and this power was given exclusively to the Arch bishops and Bishop of London, in order to prevent the foreign possessions being overcharged with the number of Clergymen who might otherwip be ordained. The sul. , sequent restrieti - ie clauses in the Act were introduced, in order to ensure that per sons ordained for Colonial service should not afterwards remain in this country, and officiate here as Clergymen, net having had, at the time of their ordination, the title which the Canon re_ quired, to enable them to be edneitted to Holy Orders in the United Kingdom. " I have the honour to be, Sir, " Your most obedient humble Servant, " G. Hibbert, Esq. ".lIENRY GOULBURN." POLICE CHANGEs.-Yesterday the Shadwell Office was, by order of the Government, shurup, to prepare the transferring of the establishment to High-street, Mary lebone, where very exten sive premises have been fitted up on an entirely new plan, and which are to be opened for the discharge of public business in a few days. The Shadwell Magistrates, Messrs. Griffiths, Hoskins and Hardwick, are toltOside there, with the ex n of Mr. Hardwick., who is to succeed Mr. Rawlinson, of Lambeth-street, the latter being appointed in the room of the former at the Mary lebone Office, where Mr. Griffiths is to hold the same situation as he did at `,Thadwel!, that of Re sident Magistrate.