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of such measures, the redaction of rents could not be attended with any permanently beneficial effects. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM JAM I.ICA, NOV. R. " An application has been made to Rear- Admiral Sir CHARLES ROWLEY to grant a con voy to the trade bound to Santa Martha and Sa vannilla, to sail from Port Royal, from the 18th to the 10th inst. The Rear-Admiral, in reply, stated, that he had not at present a vessel of war to spare, but the first that arrived would be or dered for that purpose.—On the 25th of June, the Chilian squadron under Lord COCHRANE, accompanied by five ships and several transports, made an attack on the port of Callao, which sur rendered after three hours' resistance.--Three Spanish frigates, one of 42 guns, and the others of 36, two armed brigs, and several merchant men, fell into his Lordship's possession, with Property to a large amount. " By the SNbillc we learn that a considerable body of Patriots had appeared before Vera Cruz, and that the Viceroy had gone to Cordova to meet their Commander, with a view of entering into some amicable arrangements; and orders were sent by him to the Governor of Vera Cruz to open the gates of that tou n and admit the troops, but this was refused. Previously to the sailing of the S:ybille from Havannah, accounts were received of the Patriots ,having obtained possession of La Vera Cruz, and Campeachy was expected to declare in favour of the Indepen dents." DUNGENESS LIGHT-HOUSE. Extract a Letter from the Agents to Lloyd's, dated " DEAL, DEC. 24.--Wind S.E., 'blows hard.—Captain Al'Cl.7l.Locx, of His Majesty's Ship Severn, communicates to us this day information that Dungeness Light-House was struck with lightning on the night of the 22d. The lightning Passed through the room in which the family were sitting, with out injuring any person. The building has a rent from the top to the bottom, visible from • No. 2, battery, a distance of two miles. The lanthern and reflectors are damaged, of which we have given notice to the principal Out-ports." • Extract of another Letter, on the same subject, dated " DOVER, DEC. 2.1.—:-We have received information from Dungeness, that during yesterday the Light-House received con siderable injury, being split from the top to the bottom, and that 'the persons residing there have left it, being unsafe ; but they will continue to light up as usual, although attended with some It is said that it is intended ,to celebrate the anniversary of his MAJESTY'S Accession to the Throne on the 29th .J anuary next, by a public dinner atthe City of London Tavern, and that a list of Stewards is formit4r, for that purpose. Advices from Constantinople to the 19th ult. were received yesterday by way of Odessa. They mention circumstances which, if correctly stated, ' evince a determination on the part of the Divan to force Russia into hostilities. The two Princes (brothers) of the house of Callimachi, who for merly governed in Walachia, but who were ba nished, early in the contest, into one of the Asiatic provinces, have, it is said, both been decapitated • Itly.order of the Porte, and their heads sent to Constantinople. It is also mentioned, as another iustance of the disposition of the Porte' to pro • • yoke Russia, that the body of a Greek of some consequence was one mortting discovered be . headed, lying before the door of the intepreter to the Russian Embassy. Considering the present si tuation of Turkey, it is dialcult to assign any Co lour of probability to these events ; yet they are Unhesitatingly affirmed in the letter of an English merchant, addressed to a commercial house at Odessa ;, and the plea of " Greek authority" cannot therefofe, as it has frequently, be brought forward to impugn the statement. In the midst of this apparent defiance to Russia, the affairs of Turkey, from other causes, were allowed to be In a state of great embarrassment : the success of the Greeks, and the advance of the Persians, which were known at Constantinople, had pro duced confusion and alarm in the councils of the ' Divan. No mention is made of any intended .sailing of the Turkish fleet ; and the return of their squadron, without striking any decisive blow, had, it was conceived, left the Archipe lago free to the Greeks. • Wa. PRESTON' liVurrr, Esq., of Cork, who, with so much address apprehended the two Cop pengers, father and son, charged with the mur der of - Major Cows, is elder brother of Capt. KEARNEY WHITE, It. N. and is himself much distinguished for his gallant conduct at sea, as reported in the 66 Naval Chronologist." The exertions of this Gentleman have been in many • instances highly serviceable to his county, and his aid in the suppression of the present disturb ances would no dobbt be most acceptable and `useful. The Magistrates of the county of Tipperary • . agreed unanimously, ata late meeting, to present a memorial to the Marquis of WELLESLEY, pray ing the immediate renewal of the Insurrection • Act. ,We understand that fifteen clerks were yes terday discharged from the Navy Office. They are to receive a moderate pension, according to their length of service. A number of clerks, it is said, will be discharged from all the Depart ments.—(Morning Chronicle.) Colonel PALMER, M. P. arrived in England • from Russia, on Thursday ; the Colonel came in • the same vessel, as Colonel PONSONBY, with the .remains of his departed mother, the Countess of BESBOROUGH. Also- Mr. RUFF, the KING'S Messenger, who performed his journey from St. Petersburgh in twenty days, although the roads in many parts are nearly impassable. A private letter from Paris, dated the 1 9th, mentions that the Duchess of ORLEANS expected her accouchement very soon. Should her Royal Highness give birth to a son, he is to receive the name of the. Duke d'Aum ; if a daughter, it will be called Mademoiselle d'AumAr,E. The Duke de BOURBON is mentioned as the intended . godfather. A Gentleman, recently returned from a jour ney through Liverpool, Manchester, and Preston, reports, that the manufactories there are in full work,and that all hands are employed.-••-(Lewes Jour nol.) FOR THE S. THE BRITISH DRAMA. MR. EniTog,---While the British Public is gazing with disgraceful apathy orrthe • infamous degradation of our country's Stage, it may not be amiss to hear what foreigners say of us. I f there oxist one spark of shame among English men, surely it must burst into flame,' when the countrymen of SIIAKSPEARE are told that their best theatrical performances are the Farces and Interludes which they have borrowed from the French !! ! I translate the following literally from the " Constitutionel;" The Author is called by the Editor his English Correspondent ; but that he is an Englishman is at least, doubtful, froth the mariner in which , he speaks of the French drama, in a part of his communication, which I have not leisure to insert. " Oar Theatres are in the most wretched state. Good taste and common sense are totally banished from the two great houses, Drury Lane and Covent Garden, At the latter, the representation of " The Exile," is sure- to draw crowds; a Melo-drama, in which, magnificence of ornament appears to the worthy Public a sufficieni compensation for want of inven tion and idea; while the great works of our elder Poets, and the excellent acting of YANNY,* are superseded. Crowds are attracted, night after night, to Drury Lane, by . the monotonous excitement of the ceremonies of the Coronation —you MORE THAN SIX WEEKS NEITHER COMEDY NOR TRAGEDY HAS BEEN PERFORMED. Painting and gilding, those are the thin g s which captivate, which seduce, which attract the people of London !" Any comment on this 'were'superfluous. pudet hoc opprobria nobis Et dici potuisse, et non.potuisse - While I have my pen on paper, I will just add, that I saw some time since a letter in your Journal concerning me, signed 11. 11. The writer's object, I confess, 1 am at a loss to com prehend : but he seems totally to have mistaken mine, in objecting that I have indicated no re medy. I never professed to do so. All I wished was to call the attention of Those persons to the subject, whose experience might suggest, and whose influence effect, a salutary reform of the Stage. But if 11. IL will do me the honour to give my former letters another perusal, I think he will find that, whatever might be my pro fessed object, I certainly did point out several remedies, the efficacy or expediency of 'which I do not by any means, however, positively 'main tain; having merely thrown them out to excite discussion on a subject of . vital importance to British literature. Before I conclude, allow me to express some surprise that the Westminster Prologue and Epilogue have not found out YOUR Poets' corner. They have already appeared in the " Chronicle" and the" Press," and I trust even yet to see them forming no mean irradiations of THE SUN. I am induced to notice them, because the Epi logue bears particularly on the point on which I have troubled you, which it treats with all the bitterness of insulted and indignant taste. DRAMATICUS. P.S. I should have stated that I have not translated that part of the letter which ac cuses the English of bprrowing their best dramas from the French, because it alludes to the manor theatres, in which I feel little interested. These, however, are stated by the French Journalist to be the last asylum of persecuted and desperate taste, and that, because the best French dramas are acted on their boards ! ** Want of room prevented the insertion of the Westmin ster. Prologue and Epilogue, but they shall forthwith appear. So in the original. I suppose YouNo is meant. NEWCASTLE BANK. —The following is the total statement circulated of the affairs of the Bank of Sir F. BLAKE, REED, and Co.: — Amount of debts . . £406,164 14 8 Assets . 229,798 17 0 Deficit 176,365 17 8 Col. Reid's property valued at . 180,000 0 0 Sir F. Blake's do. do. 100,000 0 0 280,000 0 0 176,365 17 8 Leaving a balance in favour of the Dank of £103,634 2 4 (Durham Chronicle.) The following notice appeared on Saturday in the Discount-office at the Bank:— . " Rank of England, Dec. 20, 1821. " The Court of Directors have resolved to discount, froni this day; bills and notes not having more than ninety-five days to run, instead of sixty-five days, as heretofore." HOAXING.—The system of lIOAX11•10 has been very con siderably extended of late through the labours and ingenuity of " the Haera/ Pless." The ‘‘ big-radical writers have for some time past been in the habit of complimenting each other on the principle, " If you'll scratch me I'll scratch you ;" but the sys tem has latterly been carried to a much greater extent, and it is now no uncommon thing for a writer of that school to prL•pare an article complimentary to himself for insertion in a distant paper, and to bribe the Editor of such paper to adopt the article as his own. The system can be best e.ucidated by an example : if, for instance, a newspaper be published in Durham, which, after a long series of libellous attacks, should at length be threatened with the penalties of the law, the writer of such pa per would (particularly if he desired a subscription in his be half) not only write a defence in his own paper, but in others also. He would probably send an article into Devonshire, or some other distant county, and after it had been published there, copy it into his own Journal, with the addition of a pa ragraph recommending it to the notice of his readers, and as suring them that it would repay the task of perusal. Thus, in the true style of a lottery puff, would they be drawn into the reading of an article recommending the wished-for subscription. After they had thus been put in possession of the Editor's de sire, he would carry on the hoax.in his next paper with a shew of modesty, and would very likely declare that tinder no cir cumstances (perhaps, however, with the saving clause—except of unavoidable necessity) could we accept the intended.kind ness." It is thus that the simple are gulled by the mock-pa tripts of the present day !—(Durham Advertiser,Dec. 22.) We regret to learn • that party spirit has arrived at such a pitch in Sunderland, that the friends of Mr. Lanibton are withdrawing themselves from the Exchange, with an in tention to establish a separate News Room. Mr. Lamb ton has already disposed of his shares in the Exchange at half their original cost, and his friends, we understand, are fol lowinghis example. This we suppose to be the reply of that party to the wish expressed by Lord Stewart at Sunderland, that all parties (without any sacrifice of their principles) should unite hand and heart, and observe a neighbour-like and gentlemanly conduct towards each other."—(lbid.) We are sorry to find that the unprincipled labours of certain dealers in deception have rendered the character of this city somewhat notorious. We have observed of late, in several of the London newspapers, paragraphs sent from this neigh bourhood, describing circumstances that never occurred,persons who never lived, and buildings which never existed. There can be little doubt that the authors of these falsehoods and forge ries consider themselves amazingly clever, in having thus un posed upon the London Journals ; but the time, perhaps, is not far distant, when they will be held up to the execration of the public ;_ for the publisher of one of the papers in question has signified his intention to forward to Durham the letters he has received, in the hope that the writers may be discovered, and as strong suspicion attaches to certain individuals, the plan adopted by the London Journalist is likely to lead to the wished-fbr e xp osure.— (Ibid.) NVe are glad to find that the gentlemen of this city, who have been hitherto divided from the want of a sufficient news room, are about to unite in a large room in the building lately erected on the scite of the old gaol. This union, which we trust will add to the harmony of the town, will at least afford to the subscribers the opportunity to read treble the number of news papers which they now see in any. one of the present . news rooms, without mew:sing any additional expense,—(lbid.) FasnioNABLE ARRIVAT.S.—The Duke of St. Alban's, in St. James's-square, from Gatton, Surrey ; the Earl of West meath, at Buckingham House, Pall-mall, from Ireland; Lord Glammis, in Great Cumberland -street, from Surrey ; J. Ding wall, Esq. in St. James's-street, from Scotland ; Sir Robert and Miss Barclay, at the Bath Hotel, from Scotland ; Lady William Bentinck, in Park-lane, from Brighton ; John En niker, at Long's Hotel, from Oxford ; Mr. and. Mrs. Hamil ton, in Weymouth-street; Mr. and Mrs. Patterson, and family, in York-place. DEPARTURES.--The Right Hon. Thomas Grenville, for Althorpe, Northamptonshire ; F. Balfour, Esq., from the St. James's Hotel, for Harts: Mr. and Mrs. Hodgson, from the, London Hotel, for Acton Hall; Mr. and Miss Smith, from Hodgson's Hotel, for Bath ; Spencer Kelderbie, Esq. from Fenton's Hotel, fur Midford Ilall, Suffolk ; Captain Jones, 10th Hussars, from ditto, for Bath ; Earl of Clanricarde, froip Long's Hotel, for Hampshire ; Augustus Newton, Esq. from ditto, for Weymouth ; Colonel Willoughby ,Cotton, for Lord Craven's. His Royal Highness the Duke of York left London this day for the Earl of Westmorland's seat at Apthorpe, North anivonshire; on a shooting party. I esterday the Duke of Gloucester left town for Bagshot. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex entertained a large party to dinner yesterday at Kensington Palace. The Marquess and Marchioness of Londonderry are on a visit to Lady Suffieid, at Gunton, Norfolk. Count and Countess St. Antonio are spending their holidays at Brighton. Sir S. Hulse entertains a laity at Chelsea College this day. The Earl and Countess Temple leave Town to-morrow for the Marquess of Buckingham's seat, Stowe, for the holidays. Count and Countess Lieven have issued cards of invitation for a dinner party, on Thursday, at their residence in Harley street. Lord Eardley has invited a large party to keep up the festi vities of Christmas at- his residence, Brighton. - The Marquis of Hertford has invited a large party to Sud bourne, Stiftlk, to spend the holidays. The Earl. and Countess of Galloway are keeping up the fes tivities of older times, at Galloway-house, North Britain. Messrs. Chapman and Co. of the North and South Shields Bank, have purchased the extensive premises lately knoWn as the Tyne Bank, at Newcastle, where they are about to be joined by one of the Messrs. Gurney, from Norfolk.—(Durham Ad vertizer.) Sir henry and Lady Emily Hardinge passed through Dur ham city on Wednesday evening, on their way to IVynyard, where, we understand, they arc engaged to participate in the festivities of Christmas. . . , - THE NORTHUMBERLAND MASONIC FESTIVAL.—A Pro vincial Grand Lodge for this province will be held on Thurs day next at Newcastle-on-Tyne, by command of the R. W. D. P. G. M. Sir M. W. Ridley; Bart. M.P. The GATESHEAD UNION LODGE, No. 41, meet on the 27th instant, to instal the Reverend Brother Wasney, and the other Officers of that Lodge. , ....) . _ e -14%‘,, , i ~. i ~.. IQ 4 k, --, 4 .._ , ~.„........ ~..,, „.......„...),..• ‘, , ,-.- .. .. A a if ...,,, l'Ar., •4 r ert 1 ' Tt .„.,,.....„.,....„..,......, .„,„.,,,,,.7,.,,,,,,,, 4, „ft,. ~5,,,, , „,, 4 4, -r•-11. OY 1 ~Y- - -- - ,44, 4 ~_a UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, DEC. 22.—The Examinations at ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE terminated on Thursday last. The following are the FIRST Classes : 3rd YgAß.—Jeffreys, Mr. Hamilton, Mason, Crick, How arth, Wharton, Stephenon, Welsby, T. Wilson, C. Lutwidge, Cooper, Milner, Lewis, Nunns. 2nd YEAn.—S. Lutwidge, [Parry, Pickering, /Eq.( Wells, Cowling, Holmes, /Eq.] Foster, [Coleridge, Dunderdale, /Eq.] Daniel, Cape, [llepper, T. Lewis, )Eq.] [Donne, Steele, /Eq.] Gatenby, Dayman. lst I EAR.—(AccOrding to the Order of the Boards.)—Lord Dunlo, Macleod, Wimberley, Wand, Isaacson, Wingfield, J. Hills Darby, Warner, R. Dighton, W. H. Miller, Jr. Mar shall, Newton, Fawcett, Jr. Gilpin, F. C. B. Earle, Cleveland, Healy, E. Wilson, Wayne, Sanderson, Ayerst,Metcalfe, Kemp thorne, Turner, Rogers, Pankeii,'Pooley, Falkner, Kinnersley, Hayes, Hopkins. The Examinations at Claus COLLEGE took place last week. Prizemen are, Guest and Ayre, of the 3d year, and Cory and Arnold of the 2nd. On Sunday last, the Archbishop of York ordained 13 Priests and 20 Deacons at his Grace's chapel at Bishopthorpe. On Sunday last, an impressive and appropriate Sermon was delivered at St. Nicholas' church, Durham, by the Rev. Francis Haggitt, D. 1)., after which a collection was made, amounting to 331. 114 s, 6kl. in behalf of the funds of those useful and well conducted institutions, the United Blue Coat and Sunday School charities. Dr. Haggitt selected for his text upon this occasion the 9111 verse of the Gth chapter of St. Paul's epistle to the Galatians—" Let us not be weary , in well-doing; for, in due season we shall reap if we faint not. ' SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, BETTING-ROOM, DEC. 2.4. DElt .—STATE OF THE ODDS. Itl'. 8 to 1 agst Marcellus 16 to 1 agst c. out of Bess 14 to 1 agst c. out of ycorax 18 . to 1 agst Frolic 13 to 1 agst c. out of Landscape 20 to. 1 agst Whalebone c. OAKS. 9 to 2 agst Parasol f. 6 to 1 agst Meteora f. to 1 agst f. out of Reserve DONCASTER ST. LEGER. I 19 to 2 agst Marian. 10 to 1 agst Cat 15 to '1 agst f. out of Tippity witchet. 19 to 2 agst Ajax HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. WEETINOs FOR THE PRESENT WEEK The QuOrndOniiounati3OnCtiedn ; Thurs day, at Knighton • and on S i lturdav, at Braunstone. The Earl of Derby's Stag-hounds, on Friday, at Worms Heath. H. Joilia, Esq.'s Fos-hounds, on AVesinesday, at the 23(1 Mile-stone on the Brighton road; and ore Saturday, at Chip sted Church. The Surrey Fox-hounds, • on Thursday; at Pratt's Bottom ; And on Saturday, at Farley Green. The Harriers, every day, ; The Cottesniere Hounds, on Wednesday, at Tollthorp Oaks ; and on Thursday, at Ouston Wood. Earl Fitzwilliam's Fox-honnds,. on Wednesday, at Holme Wood ; Thursday, at Park .Alcadow ; and on Saturday, at Hunt's Closes. • , • Lord Yarborough's Ilounds,.• on Wednesday, at Sonierby House ; Friday, at Willingham House : and on Saturday, at the Kennel. The Earl of Scarbrough's Houna, on Wednesday, at Wad worth Town ' • and on Friday,: at. Clayworth Town. Sir Richard Sutton's Hounds, on Thursday, at Langworth Bridge ; Friday, at Stapleford 3loor ; and on Saturday, at Hungram Gorse. - . The Gillingham Fox-hounds, on Wednesday, at Welton Mill • and on Friday, Kenwickaliorn Bar. The Earl of Darlington's Fox Hounds, on Wednesday, at Patrick Brompton ; Friday, at • llipswell Village ; and on Sa turday, at Thorp The Lambton Fox Hounds, on Wednesday, at Esh ; Fri day, at Seaham ; and on Saturday, at Chester Gate.' The Northumberland Fox Hounds, on Wednesday, at Kirk ley ; anti on Friday, at- Longbirst. Sir Bellingham Graham's Hounds, on Friday, at Horn dean. Mr. Shard's Hounds, on' Friday, atWeyhill. Jr. Chaworth's Hounds; cin Wednesday, at Drayton Park ; Thursday, at Farming Woods ; .and on Saturday, ,at Weekly Hall _ _ _ • The Duke of Grafton's BOunds,: on Wednesday, at Haver_ sham Wood ; and on Friday', at Beachampton Grove. The Oakley Hounds, on Thursday, at Houghton Gate; and' on Saturday, at N 1 arston Thrift. The Buckinghamshire Harriers, on Friday, at North Marston. The Shel - Had Harriers, on Thursday, at the Kennel. The Badsworth Fos flohnds, on Thursday, at Doncaster Bar ; and on Satuiday, at4cketon Village. . Mr. Meynell's Fox Hounds, on Thursday, at Black Slough; and on Saturday, at Catton. SITOOTING.-Sir Harry Featherstonehaugh has been enter taining a select party of Noblemen and Gentlemen at Up-park, who, in four mornings, brought nearly 1000 head of game to the bag, from six guns. Mr. Delme betted the Marquis of Anglesea 100 guineas that he killed 100 hares in a given time, which was lost, as he bagged but 911. Major Bower, of Welborn, Eavt Riding of Yorkshire, at his late rent day at Scorton and Stapleton, returned 1U per cent. to his tenants. p 0 TP.Y. GREEK EPIGRAM. A HiSER's PANTRY. A moose Once in the Pantry spied, " What dost thou there ?" the Master cried, " I'll make thee helter skelter"-- " Nay," said the Mouse, "now be not rude, " I came not here thou know'st, for food, " I only came for shelter : " Why all this fuss with me, poor Mouse r " When if I did come in thy house, " No appetite inclm'd me; " And 'twas not love, but very fe:er, ." Conceiving, worthy Sir, that hare " No cat would think to find me !" VINDEX. TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN.—The number of Students now in this College amounts to 1850. BRIGHTON,,DEC. .23.—Divine Service, in the presence of the KING and Family, was performed to-day, at the Palace, by the Dean of Hereford and the Rev. Dr. Hugh Pearson. . His Majesty's health continues remarkably good. The Lord Chamberlain, the Duke of Montrose, arrived at the Palace on Friday evening. Count Munster took leave for London on Friday ; Sir B. Bloom field returned on Thursday evening. The con secration of his Majesty's new Chapel, forming a component part of the Palace, intended for 'rues day, Christmas'-day, is postponed until Tuesday, the Ist of January. A selection of sacred music will be combined with the consecration ceremon y. ,This chapel, when filled, will be found to con- • tail] perhaps about 500 persons; upwards of 70001 applications, it is said, have already been made for admission tickets on the above occasion. One'' Lady, we hear, very modestly applied to, a Re verend Divine, yesterday, for no less a number than 15, for herself and friends !—ln the prepa-! rations for the fast approaching Festival, upon the eve 'of whichwe shall be to-morro w, the poor appear to have had the first consideration with our gracious Sovereign, who has been pleased to • direct that a certain number of blankets, in ad dition to his. other charities, shall be ready for distribution' on New Year's' Da v.—Mr. Kean MakeS his appearance here on Wednesday. The WEST Barrow says--- That the effects of the dis franchisement of the Borough of Grampound, upon the cir cumstances of the ci-,lcvurst electors, have become very appa rent. .Mr. D. Varcoe, a tailor, who is at present 111ayor of that place , is now confined for debt, and his petition, as an Insolvent , Debtor, is to be heard in London, on the 4th of January next. If some other Of the borout;hs of Cornwall, which 'are not a whit behind Grampound in venality, were treated in a similar manner, a material alteration in the situa tion of those , persons called Frcemen, or Electors, would soon be manifest. vcrsons . DEATH OF the COUNTESS OF LISBCRNE.—This amiable and • highly-respected Lady died on the 17th instant at the Chateau of 14. pine, near Paris. The Countess had been unwell for some time, but not -alartningly so ; her death was sud den and unexpected. She had left this country about two months since, hoping to benefit by change of air. Her Ladyship was a daughter of the late Viscount COURTNAY. The body left Paris on Friday last for England, and will be on its arrival interred.ity.the family vault at Enfield. The Earl will accompany the remains home. — The Countess has left one daughter, Lady MARY VAUGIIAN,• and. -three sons, Viscount VAUGHAN, and the Hon. Gao. and J. VAUGHAN, to lament her lois. We understand that -many Noblemen and Gentlemen of large Landed. Property, in conse quence of the- great reductions they are under the necessity of making in their Rentals, are come to the determination of .lo.wering - their do mestic servants'-wages„ and further' not to al loW wines and other luxuries at the second tables, scarce a remove from their owo. A CHRISTMAS, AsEcnoTE.—The following anec dote had used to be related by Mr. It— a wholesale• mercer of Milk-street, London I was apprenticed to a silk-manufacturer in Spital fields, and during my apprenticeship my friend's , allowed me 3s. 6d. a week for. pocket-money ; I got a tin-'box made with a slit at the top, into which I every Saturday night dropped my extra Sixpence : on Christmas eve I broke open my box, and the following morning sallied forth in search of objects on whom to bestow my bounty, which in that district were tolerably numerous, giving to each family in proportion to their num , • ber, and what I Considered their deserts, not exceeding half-a-crown to any; or. less than a shilling ; and I - assure you, that when I sat down to my dinner; the reflection That I had given one to many others was a high relish to my own."— An example worthy imitation by young persons in general. A former Sage of the Law, whose celebrity did not arise from his tempering judgment with mercy, on leaving the town where he had left eleven . olit of twelve prisoners for execution, was delayed by a young coach-horse, which he was about to' purchase, dropping down dead in the harness.• " Strange accident, indeed !" exclaimed the Judge, pettishly. 66 Not at all, my Lord," replied the coachman, sulkily ; " I thought how it would-be with the poor beast, when I was told as how your Lordship had taken him upon trial." A simple countryman lately went into a shop - in Mansfield, and asked to look at some Alma nacks, which were handed to him, and upon being told the price, he exclaimed, " Aye ! they'r vary dear !"—" Yes," was,the reply, "and they'll be dearer too next year." This staggered poor Johnny wonderfully : " Oh ! then," says he, " I'll have three before they do rise !" and, sans •teremonie, that number he actually purchased and paid for !—The Doncaster. Gazette vouches the truth of this story. On Sunday night, soon after twelve o'clock, the whole of the gas lamps in St. James's Park and Constitution-hill, amounting to upwards of 500, said to be 525, were lighted for the first time, to try the effect of the works being .com pleted. The operation was performed by 30 lamplighters, who accomplished the lighting in less than five minutes. They continued burning for about half an hour. The works being found to be complete, they were lighted last evening for a continuance. Yesterday morning the old oil lamps were removed, and in the course of the day the posts were dug uP, and by the evening 'scarcely a vestige remained. THE ARMY. The 16th Lancers have received orders to take another route. They are not to go to India till 1823, in consequence of the disturbances in Ire land. Dunr.or.—On Wednesday last, the Guards were minutely inspected by the Commander of the Forces, in the Royal barracks. Sir William Stainer's Corps of Yeomanry, commanded by the Baronet, and the Stair of the City of Dublin Mi litia, commanded by their Colonel, Sir Robert Shaw, were, at the same time, inspected. Fifty men of the 22d regiment are quartered at Lombards-town, near Mallow. There are now twenty-six regiments of infantry in Ireland, which, with the proposed increase, will make a regular force of not less than 20,000 men. LINLITRGOWSHIRE YEOMANRY CAVALRY.— On Monday last the third troop of Royal Lin lithgowshire, Yeomanry Cavalry assembled at Uphall, and having proceeded to a field in front of the ancient mansion-house of Houston, the 'seat of NORMAN Sli k I; rE, Esq. the seniorserjeant, in the name of the non-commissioned officers and privates of the troop, presented that gentleman with an elegant sabre, bearing a suitable inscrip tion, as a mark of the respect and esteem they en tertain for him as their Captain.--(Edinburgh Courant, Dec. W.) MERCANTILE SMPPING, &c. DEAL, DEC. 24.—Wind S.E. blows hard.,--Arrived the Hopewell, Forbes, from St. John's, N. B. ; and remains ; sailed 21st ult. ; and on the 20th inst. fell in with the Danish ship Prins Frederic, Capt. Nielson, with her mainmast and the head of the inizcn mast gone, and in a sinking state, from which vessel the Hopewell took the Captain and crew, consist ing of 15 persons, and brought them . into the Downs. - DART3IoUTIi, Dr: c. 22.—Arrived his Majesty's schooner Pigmy from a cruize. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 23.—Put back the Hindostan for' Cal-. cutta. RAMSGATE, Pre. 21—Came in the Albetross, Ammerson, from Quebec, with loss of anchor and cable, sails, &c., and leaky ; lost one man, and another with his leg broke, and the remainder of the crew frost-bitten. Also came in the Dasher Steam packet, with . a mail and passengers from Calais ; and the brig Manby, Cooper, with loss of •anchors and cables. PLYMOUTH, DEc. 23.—Wind W.S.IV.--Arrived the Countess of Morley, Lace, 4 months passage from the Coast of Peru, with 240 barrels of oil. FxLmouTH, DEc. 23.—1 t has blown a gale all night from S.W. and W.S.W.--Came in the Wellesley, Smelt, with loss of fore-yard. The Margaret, Ivildgoose, with loss of bowsprit and sails, fore-mast sprung and leaky. The Britannia, Lane, with loss of bulwarks; the Isis, Woodberry, with loss of bul warks, and other damage; the Mayflower, Dobson, with loss of bulwarks. • CowES, DEC. 23.—The Mary, Lucas, with loss of two anchors and cables. The L'Espoir, with sails split. The Standard, lintherington, with ditto. , . Ilot.YitEnn, DEC. 23.—The ship Jamaica, of Whitby, Roddam, is on shore in Carnarvon Bay, and likely to be a total loss. YARmorTir, DEC. 24.--The Indian, of Hull, Knell, drifted into Scroby and sunk ; crew came on shore in the boats ; she is a large vessel of about 400 tons. Haltwicti, DEC. 24.—The Friedship, Johnson, of Shields, sunk in deep water, after having struck on a sand; crew saved.; SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 22.—Arrived the Elizabeth, Wheeler, from Caen ; Royal Charlotte, Godfrey, from Jersey ; Felix, Le Dantec, from St.. Brieux ; Commerce, Barran, from London ; Vane, Medley ' • Two Brothers, Major; Hannah's Su ccess , Sanderson ; and Hero, Corner, from Sunderland ; Neptune, Foot, from Weymouth. Sniled the Prosperous, Lancaster ; and I,ark, Eldridge, for Chichester ; Albion, Chandler ; and Unity, Keoward, for London ; Royal Oak, , for Bridport ; Sylvanus, Purvis, for Newcastle; Betsey, Isworth, for Wey. mouth; Rose, Payn ; and Royal Charlotte, Godfrey, Jersey, Speedy, Lidstone, Guernsey. LYMINGTON DEC. 21.—Arrived the George, Minden, front Portsmouth for Cclk • Hero,'Dalen ; and Maria, Norcott, from Southampton for Ilfracombe ; Eleanor, Jones, front Shoreham ; Providence, .Barnes, from Ipswich ; Endeavour, Jones, from Newhaven for Liverpool ; Thomas and Adab, Wilson ; and Hope, Head, from Swanage. Sailed the Lord Hill, German, - for Bristol ; Mar:. Ann, .Niordey, fox Sunder land. His Majesty's brig _lcarus sailed yesterday for Jamaica,, but returned again this morning, and remains, with a strong . • • gale at .N.S% . PROTECTING DUTIES. " CUSTOM-HOUSE, LONDON, DEc. 11. " Whereas, the prohibition which heretofore existed upon the importation of Irish Poplins and Tabinets into Great Bri tain bath been removed and entirely done away by the Statute 39 and 40 George Il 1., chap. 67. ; and whereas, the lame may now legally be imported upon payment of the proper duties of Customs, whether the same be imported for sale or for pri. vate use. " And whereas,.repeated attempts have been made by pas sengers and others arriving in vessels from Ireland to import such articles without payment of the duties due ;hereon : " Now the Commissioners of his Majesty's Customs hereby give notice, that all such articles are required, Upon the impor tation thereof, to be sent to the Custom House for the purpose of being charged with the said duties, and. that if any such Poplins or Pabinets shall hereafter be imported without the payment of said duties, the same will be liable to seizure, and the parties concerned in the unshipping thereof, to a prosecution for treble the value of such articles, and that the said Com missioners of his Majesty's Customs will duly enforce the same. " By order of the Commissioners, " G. DELAV7D, Secretary." Sur CID E.—Yesterday morning, Mr. Thomas Barrett, cow. keeper, of 31orthner-market, Fitzroy-square, put an end to his existence in his own houie. The. deeased had been no ticed for some time past to be in a low desponding condition, and was frequently heard to complain of his,einbairassments. He had formerly been a fishmonger. The deceased left home at about nine o'clock in the morning, and on his return pro ceeded to the kitchen, where he fastened himself up by a rope, one end of which was tied to a hook, and the other round his neck ; in this situation his wife found him. She immediately cut him down, and sent for a surgeon, but he was quite dead. FATAL At: CIDEN T.—On Thursday last It. Bath, one of the chaise drivers in the employ of a respectable innkeeper, in York, went with a family to Boroughbridge. •As he was return ing in the evening (whicii was very boisterous), with the empty chaise, he had, it is believed, either from the severe cold, or from having fallen asleep, dropped the reins, and in stooping for them had been kicked by one of the horses over the head, - on which was a deep wound, which, no doubt, caused his death instantly ;.• as he was found near to the seventh mile stone from this city, his body lying on the foot-board and his head hanging over the splinter-bar, a lifeless corpse.— One of the horse's legs was entangled in the reins, which had stopped the chaise. The deceased was an honest and indus trious man, and has left a wife and four children to lament his loss. A Coroner's Inquest was held on the body, which re turned a verdict of Accidental Death. A blackbird's nest, containing two-young ones fully fledged, has been discovered within these few days in the garden of Count BottuwLAsKr, adjoining the city of Durham; where the parent bird may be daily heard singing as though it were the month of May. On Saturday was distributed at Eton, tickets to nine hundred persons, including all the work ing classes, entitling each to a pound of beef, the fourth of a' quartern loaf, and a pint of beer, for Christmas dinner, furnished from a reserved part of the Coronat.on subScription. COUNTERFEIT SOVEREIGNS.-Yesterday Anne Jackson was fully committed for trial, from Hat ton-garden °floe, charged with the passing •of counterfeit sovereigns; where Mr. PowELL, the Solicitor to the Mint, attended for the prose cution.