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MEItCANTILE SIIIPPtNG, Sze. LEA}' OCT. 15.—Wind N.—Came down from the River and sailed the Levant, Whitmore, for Jamaica ; Express, Bar- Hazfor Gibr a lt ar ; Mary, Donaldson, for St. Domingo ; Het, Jordain ; and John Bakel, Anlaby, for Genoa and Leghorn; Severn, Gudston, for Bristol ; Alexander, for St . Ltbe's ; and Oscar, Sayers, for Madeira and St. Vincent's. • Arrived and sailed for the River the Batavia, Turner, from Antwerp ; and Geo. Daysh, Edgar, from Malaga ; the latter remains, and the former has put back. • PORTSMOUTH, OCT.I-s.—Wind N.—Arrived the Maria, Rauh], from Christiansand ; and his Majesty's ship Hind, from a cruize. Sailed the Harmony, Norris, for Bermuda ; and Albury transport for M a lt a . Pr. ystouTit, OCT. 14.—ind .—rrived the Mary, Paterson, from Quebec, for Lon W don, W out 47 days, in sinking Otte having eleven feet water in her hold ; she became a leaky nth ' e River St. Lawrence, which pinch increased during the voyage, but by great exe r ti on was k ept afloat ; spoke on the 13 th inst. the Perseverance, for Quebec, out 42 days.—Sailed the Twelve Brothers, Bull, for Norway. BRISTOL, OCT. 15.—Th e E mera l d, Chapman, arrived here from Quebec, reports that the ship Huddart, Appleton, was catotally lost at Queb ec on t h e 9th September, in consequence of rgo saves{o her anchor s , b ot h c h a i n ca bl es breaking ; crew and ca f HAltvvrett, OcT. ls .—Arrived the Prince of Orange pack et , with a mail, from Holland. ABERDEEN, OcT 1 2.—Arrived the Middleton, Reed,from Davis' Straits, with ii fish. 11ANSGATE, OCT. 15.—Th e s hi p B atav i a, for London, and2r ptal from her anch or t hi s morning, but recovered it again, proceeded for the River. Son a• Ha arra' N, OCT. 13.—Arrived the Vane, Iledley ; Co n mo b na ord, Ran som ; Wealands, Hudson ; Merchant, Taylor; Rose, Rickaby ; Vi ne, Poole ; Leander, Cozan ; and Acorn, y, -from Sunderlann—Commerce, Morrani, and Hope, Beale, from Waterford; Liberty, Catherv, from Chichester; ' 1 ,. -111 1 1 , Giles ; Albion, Chandler; and Pour Friends, Oake, 'roal London ; Prince Cobourg, Page • Chesterfield, Wood ; a 'd Britannia, Winder, from Havre ; Le Maitre, and Speed y , Lidstone, from Guernsey ; and the Speedy Packet, om Jersey. Sailed the Providence, Cleverly, for Fal !kemouth ; Lucy, Steel, for Chichester ; Oak, Wyness, for Aber n ; Maria and Betsy, Williams, for Bridport ; eli-' l , and Diligent, Porter, for Guernsey ; Hero, Fall; for - I „ e rsey ; Elizabeth, Wheeler, fbr ' Caen ; Prince Cobourg, llage ; Chesterfield, Wood, and Btitannia, Winder, for Havre. L YAIINGTtht, OCT. 12.—Arrived the Heart of Oak, Hen derson, and Martin, Liversecd, from Sunderland; Active, 'latching; from London; Happy Return, Primmer, from -Newhaven ; Hope, Head, from Swanage. Sailed the Regent, Ncarlett, for Rio Janeiro ; Rover, Smith, for Lisbon ; Active, Hutchings, for human; outhworth, Sampson; Esther, But terfleld ; Argo, Brig Thomas and Ann, Custins, for Cork ; Fortatude, Wilkinaon, and Anson, Cringle, for Cardiff; Jlh n, comas;Tho Spring, Darkin ' • Harmony, Buckh am ; H e b e , Liverpo o l ; Hussey, Jenkin, and B e t s y, Willi ams, for Plymouth ; Jane, Austin, for Sh ore h am . COW ES, OCT. 1 2.—Put in herewith damage, the Dutch r,sate hip Willem Frederick, G. Noo rman , being dim - lasted in the gale on her voyage from Riga to Toulon, with timber.— Also the of galiot Engelina Van Letten, P. Kleyn, lrok from Petersburgh to l'Orient, with hemp and copper, very Arrived the Dutch ship Concordia, W. Graen, from isterdam taf:•irin with stores • the American brig Leo, 'Waterhouse, from' V a ir rn sinia, with' tobacco, for orders ; the brig 'Margaret" Mqvain, from Virginia, with tobacco ; the brig ? I FY, Neal; from Bahia, with s irars, bound to Hamburgh. , ailtd the Sir Francis Baring, Wuhan, for Barossa ; Mary, 1 - ; ° ,,a l3 ton for Havannah ; Britornart, Peach, for New South wales ; Candidate, Bacon, for Liverpool ; and Industria, ugtoed, for Falmouth. TI- ail -.l ie Ameri can s hi p Elenoise has arrived at Liverpool ; s h e ell (tetat the 17th ult. an d we are i nformed that the Papers are zl . ed at Liverpool to be fumigated. The Ilenrietta Maria, Schauer, from Antwerp, was stranded hear Swinernande, on the 2d mst. ItatiThe Elizabeth and Mary, Ellis, from Alexandria to Con nople ; Timutoli Imperial Brig, from Al exan d r i a to Can -1,,t; French vessel, and a Maltese vessel, both from Mex.; were detained by the Greeks in August, and sent into Castello Rossi. The Lad y Stanley, from Archan ge l t o Dublin, is wrecked ne ar Archangel. deco.. , ci GINE. Ext rac t o f a l etter f rom t h e agent at Lan oimyt I'l , in Norway, dated September 22 :—." A new Liklit rvo• ,„, 11 - t er Feted on this coast within my district in Christiania in ark r ;:;,,,Ll'erder , Light, which is very useful to guide ships of a I;‘,, -""" runnin g or beating up or down the river, the want 1.,..u1T1L ° Fri a these Puglehuk Rocks having proved fatal to many la - 4, . 1 ', e Fuglehuk Rocks are the three south-east of Bol iii— "e 5 qinq outmost rocks : they are lying close to one another _ a stra;o4,. ! t - ----,-,"‘ line from south to north. The Light-house is 42 minute, above the surface, and is a lamp light eclipsed every half the first tip tinguish it from the Ferder . Light, and will for tlie Ri n d be lighted on the Ist of November next. In case be at and sea are so high that a vessel in the night cannot up from the co• t which is very difficult, as the current :,ets ., on the shore in heavy gales. and not having a pilot on board, der''sy with safety now run for Ferder Light, and from thence for the new Fuglchuk Light, where a vessel in tolerable th e w ater can keep her cruising in sight of the Light until fro n — i Zniog; she will always keep her place, as the currer!t . th e - "'e Dram and Chnstiana river is under her lee side ; or it ~.. vessel has a pilot on board, he will from thence at any time '44 the ship to a good anchorage." '~— J' R• Itorat NAV Y.—The Bann, 20 gun sloop, Capt. station. Illois, arrived on Sunday evening from the Jamaica li un- She left Port Royal 13th of August, arrived at the vAvarinah the 24th, sailed again on the Ist September for New tt c . A k, with about 20,000 dollars, on merchants' account ; arrived D err ew York the 12th of Setember where she was obliged to s .. '''ln six days' quarantine; sailed from New York the 18th riggpatelubr. On the 2d Sept. the Bann fell in with an Ame hadilshiP from Philadelphia, bound to New Orleans, which c argo ueen 'boarded and plundered of her boats and part of her ah,,, bY a ship mountiro- 14 guns, and carrying 120 men, but uh a "„'" no co!ours. The Bann sailed on Friday morning, tbr lo w i llll , to be paid - off, for being recommissioned. The fol ataeg was - the disposition of the squadron on the. Jamaica and ° , n, When the Bana left it :--At Jamaica, the Nautilus, Ve-,,,aPis; the Lunar had sailed for Savinalle ; Sybille, at Pek.C. lll z, with a large quantity of specie on board for Cam- P 4l .e II„ with and Jamaica; Tribune, at Porto Bello; fr t y„ t i : n, io the Bay of Honduras ; Surinam,. on her passage wer e 4e Havannah to Port Royal ; the Ontario and Raleigh t a ,.. ba tut to sail for England ; .the Forte had not arrived from et The squadron was healthy. ---____.-- COp x •r„. Ntl S , I ,' 1 ,11111ERNIAN SCHOOL SOCIETY.—A . most nun - 1 (. 7 ; 111 thi,'(;,!"gbly respectable Assembly of the Society took pla the ConitilittY durin g the Assizes, to receive the Repo t r h of Carb ei .,„ t " of the last year. The Chair was filled by _ Lord -Drisgin_l the Report, which was drawn up by Al4eder ~- " eihreke " t'sq.,w as most emphatically read by Richard s Thos. a "r 4 14 vexed b .,' c'lle, Esq., who, in the progress of its ha t ing, ..tvo ur ne 4 41 1 Y appropriate observations and argumsi2 in Mess rs Irw- an system •he was followed by the Rev,. . both to th arrett, and several Resolutions , in --nd ` a - ' which did honour Kir N. c L ,ITaxls and hearts of the Gentlemen, , were moved by se a ,' ~ • Codhurst, Bart., Win. .Newnham, Horace :1:own- P. 34, 'evarnett Brown James Lane, and Justice ill Carty, I lal - 11;" 11 ; th .Ftev• lildwax:'d St. Laurence, Colonel Currie, Doctor a rrie j. ! alessrs. Martin and Halloran, and Col. Hodder, and 1 ° the' jj l i." 7o cE..—Thank s were voted in the warmest , manner ~ 117,, e of Devonshir e the Patron of the Society, for his I)ortant protection of the Schools. ST ki ,,, r 1 --- of MA NUFACTI/RES.-The most expe- "Iced observers of our domestic manufactures and tr a d e fiourstg declare that they n ever k new th em i n Mor e condition th an a t p resen t. A most eltelligent cOrrespondent, who has visited se vera l shire, rnatin fatturing district s , es p ec i a ll y in York= ire , assur es us that he every where found all the 0 11 l .uds full o f employment ; saw the chimneys i __ ~11 the engin es smo ki ng, and observed every nat cation o f a prosperous state of trade. In con sequence of the full demand, wages are good, and ab? lab c 4 neingcl asses a ppear contented and comfort ti,e• These circumstances must, and will, improve ih rev enue ; an d we have every reason to hope D•lt,lltlil.tY• try 4t ) with the bl ess i ng of Providence, pTivate in- Iv il l give a f res h i mpetus to national pros be The iron trade in Staffordshire is said to _.O, • a Q qu h al Ty bri s k. T he furnaces are in operation 4 t QQlette) e hand s f ully employed.—(Lancashire TIII ARMY. CIRCULAR RESPECTING THE REDUCTION OF THE REGIMENTS OF INFANTRY. WAR-OFFICE, AUGUST, 1821. have the honour to acquaint you that the King has been pleased to order the establishment of the 'legit:nuit of Foot under your command to be reduced from the 25th instant, inclusive, so as to consist of the nwnbers specified as follow :—. .. _ .. . Regiment of Foot, 8 Companies. 1 Colonel 1 Quarter-master Serjeant 1 Lieutenant. Colonel 1 , Paymaster-Serjeant 2 Majors 1 Armourer-Serjeant I; Captains 1 Schoolmister-Serjeant 10 Lieutenants 8 Colour-Serjeants 6 Ensigns 16 Serjtants 1 Paymaster ' 24 Corporals ) 1 Adjutant 1 Drum Niajor 1 Quarter-master 11 Drummers and Fifers 1 Surgeon 552 Privates I Assistant-Surgeon 1 Serjeant-Major 650 I am, at the same time, to convey to you the following in. structions, viz. ARMS, TENTS, ACCOUTREMENTS, AND CAMP NECES SARIES.—Ist, The supernumerary arms, and spare tents, if any, are to be returned into the stores of Ordnance, and acquit. tances are to be taken for the same from such persons as shall be appointed to receive them. Complete sets of accoutrements, equal to the number of men to be reduced, and the spare camp necessaries, if any, are to be packed up, and sent to such place as shall be pointed out by the agent for Commi ssar i at S upp li es at the Treas ur y, t o whom Inventories thereof are to be trans mitted. QUARTERS, AND ACCOUNTS OF THE MEN.-2d, The quarters of the men to be reduced are to be duly cleared, their accounts made up, and all their just pretensions completely sa tisfied to the time of their being discharged. CLOTHING OF DISCHARGED MEN.--3d. Each non-com missioned officer and private man, who shall be di sc h arge d, i s to be permitt e d t o carry away with him his knapsack, and his proper regimental clothing for the present year. GREAT COATS OF DISCHARGED The great coats in wear will also be allowed to be taken away by the said non-commissioned of f icers and men, if the same shall have been actually worn for the space of two years ; but, if not, they are to be pack e d up a n d f orwar d e d to such place as shall be pointed out by the agent for Commissariat Supplies, to whom un inven tory thereof should be sent. HALF-PAY or °Fru:Ens-4th. The Officers liable to re duction will be placed upon half-pay from the 25th of October next, and you will be pleased to report their names ti? this Office. ESTIMATE or SUMS REQUIRED.--61.11. An Estimate of the Sums that will be required on the present occasion, is to be sent to the Department of Accounts at this Office, distinguish ing the proportion for each head of .Service. A Duplicate of such Estimate is also to be sent to the Agents of theoltegiment. Claims of Men.-7th. The claims of the Individuals pre sent with the Regiment are, of course, to be finally settled on their reduction, but in cases of men unavoidably absent, a state ment of the balance due to each is to be transmitted to the Agent, in order that the claims of such men may be settled hereafter upon their own application to the Agent, without difficulty or delay. A Duplicate of this Statement is to be sent to the Department of Accounts. DATES OF DISCHARGING THE MEN.--Btll. Care is to be taken that the day, or days, on which the men are severally discharged, be inserted in the Pay Uts, in the column of Re marks. ALLOWANCES TO THE COLONEL, AGENT, AND CAP TAINs.-9th. The allowances to the Colonel, Agent, and Cap tains, for the reduced companies, are to be discontinued from the 25th inst. inclusive. MARCHING MONEY, FAMILY ALLOWANCE, AND PAS SAGE Mos.-Er —loth. Th e a ll owances to be granted under the heads of Marching Money, Family Allowance, and Passages by Water, for the men, who, on being discharged,' intend to reside in the Un.ced Kingdom, and for their families, are spe cified in Section 2 of the regulations issued from this Office. DiscrialtoEs—llth. It having occurred, in many instances, that men producing discharges at Chelsea, have alleged that the discharges did not contain all the particulars which th e y wou ld have wished to have brought under the consideration of the Chelsea Board, it is extremely desirable that especial care be taken that the discharges of the men, recommended for the Out-Pension, may shew every proper ground of claim that each man may have on account of his services, wounds, or other disability. You will be pleased to acknowledge the receipt of this letter, and to report the date when the Reduction shall have been car , ried into effect. . 1 have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient Servant, Officer commanding the ----. Regiment of Foot. The Sussex regiment of Militia having completed its term of training, was disembodied on Wednesday last, by the Colonel, his Grace the Duke of ItichmOnd, in the Broyle Barrack-yard, and the men returned to their respective homes. The high state of discipline which they attained in this short period, and their uniform good conduct when off duty, are themes of general notice and commendation. We understand that retrenchment, to a considerable extent, will be carried into effect in the Medical Department on the Irish Establishment. The House of Industry, the Infirmary , at the Plicenix Park, and such other public Institutions as de rive their support direct from the Public Funds, will be placed upon a reduced scale; and the offices of Physician and Surgeon General abolished altogether.—(Dublin Paper.) Yesterday, the Ravensworth Cavalry, under the command of the Hon. Captain Liddell, enter on duty at Gateshead for eight days. NEWPORT, OCT. 13.—The depot at this place consists, at present, of detachments from the following corps :—The Ist, 4th, 6th, Bth, 11th, 12th, 14th, 16th, 18th, 24th, 3 . 2 d, 37th, 43d, 45th, 51st, 71st, 72d, and .93d Regiments of Foot, making in the whole a force of 2000 men, or thereabouts; all of whom are quartered in Albany Barracks, and are under th e imme diate command of C o l one l Ross, who, since the reduction of the 6tatf on the home station, in pursuance of Ministers' late rigid plans of economy, has been the Commandant of this sarrison. —The above detachments will be dispatched to their respec tive corps, from time to time, in men of war and transports, as fast as casualties shall render it necessary, and opportunities occur. LIMERICK, OCT. 6.—Major Stewart, late of the Donegal Militia, is appointed to the superintendence of the Police in the County of Limerick, under the Peace Preservation Act, and is arrived at Rathkeale, to take the command of the establishment. —(Limerick Chronicle.) Yesterday morning the Tower Hamlets Militia, having com pleted their usual number of days in training, &c. pursuant to Act of Parliament, mustered on Cambridge Heath, Hackney, and were disembodied; previous to which they received the thanks of their Commanding Officer fbr strict attention to mili tary duty and good conduct in their respective quarters. TAXING REFORMERS.-At the time the cele brated Mr. IlEmty Rum. was instructing the weavers in Blanchester and its neighbourhood, in the mode of procuring a Radical Reform in the Government of their country, a tollection profes sedly to defray the expense of this object was en tered into, and upon the following principle : Every master weaver, who had looms of his own, paid, in respect of each of his looms, one penny a week. It is supposed that in Manchester and its vicinity there are at least one hundred thousand looms ; the sum collected, therefore, in regard of looms only, every week, was upwards of four hun dred pounds ! The second tax levied by the Re formers on those who wished for Reformation, was twopence a week from every working weaver be longing to the Reforming Clubs—and of such working weavers, it is supposed there were at least twenty-five thous,and—which, at the rate of two-, pence a week, would amount to the sum of more than two hundred pounds weekly. The first sutn, therefore, 9.00/. made together the sum of 6001. a-week ! This taxation of the Reformers con tinued for between six and nine months. If it con— Untied for six months, it would amount to the sum of 15,6001.; but if for nine months, it would amount to 2.3 2 -100/. Unfortunately it has not yet been known who it was that eventually received either of the sums above stated. So much for tax a ti on l ev i e d on the vvork _ ins Reformers by the master Refortners,(lPest rnojeland Gazette.) REGISTER OF FA§IIIOk. FA3I-tidNABIX filinlVALS.—Count and Countess Woron. zow and family, at Miller's Hotel, Jermyn;Street, from Peters. burgh ; Lord Hop; at the Saint James's Hotel, from Scot land ; W. E. Leesson,'Esq. at the Clarentlofi Hotel, frOiri iCrot tingham ; Mrs. Gore Latigton, on her way to Bath ; Mr. and Mrs. Whitbread, at the York Hotel, Alberriarle-Street, frOm Bedfordshire,. Mrs. Trotter and family from Bright on ; M r. and Mrs. Sutherland ; Lord Sft d n and family; frdm the Con tinent, at their town residence, Arlington-street, on Sunday afternoon. I) F. PARTURES.—Capt.Vanbarle, for Italy Laid Cecil, for Brihton ; Capt. Watson, to Yorkshire ; Capt. - Fraser, on a tour; Robert Bruce, Esq. M.P., to Windsor ; T. T. Guest Esq. to GlamonYanshire ; Count Len:pert, to Paris ; the Earl' and Countess of Coventry and family, from Crooine, in Winces tershire, to Weymouth. EDINBURGH, 4tPT. 11 . —Arrived at the Waterloo Hotel (Oman's) Lorderia ; Colonel Hay, 16th Lancers, and Mrs. Hay; John Benney, Esq.; •Mr. TroVers ; Captain Mae.. dougall of Macdougall, R.N.; William Jessop, Esq.; J. Mil ler, Esq.; the Rev. Dr. Bryce; J. S. Jones, Esq. Set off from the same place:—Si r William and Lady Max well, and the MissesDirom ; William Harrison, Esq.; Mrs. Harrison and family ; Dr. and Mrs. Shoolbred ; Mr. and Mrs. Barnes ; John Hay Mackenzie, Esq.; M. Bruce, Esq. John Lobo, Esq.; James Johnston, Esq. Set out fromthe London Hotel :— Ri g h t Hon. Colon allarry; • Lady Louisa Barry ; Right Hon. Countess of Lauderdale; the Rev. Mr. Mackintosh; Mr. Maxwell; John Young, Esq. of Cleish ; John Ranken, Esq. of London ; Captain Young, from India ; Robert Young, Esq., from Harnburgh ; Mr. and Mrs and Miss Stirling, liippenross ; Colonel Russell, Woodside ; Captain Robinson; Mr. Herriot ; Mr. and Mrs. Anderson% Miss Stewart; Mr. Matthews. Arrived- at same place :--Colonel Bethune: Sirpohn Dou glas, of Springwood-park ; Mr. Taylor ; Mr. Long. On Saturday week his Excellency Earl Talbot, Lord Lieu-. tenant of Ireland, and Ole, arrived from Florence -court, (the seat of the Earl of Enniskillen), at Hazlewood, the residence of 0. Wynne, Esq. M.P. On Saturday afternoon Prince Esterhazv landed at Dover, coming direct from Paris. Shortly after his debarkation, he left Dover for Ramsgate, to join the Princess and children, who 'are at present resident there. This day he was expected to ar rive at Chandos House. Yesterday Mr. De Onis, the Spanish Ambassador, gava a grand dinner at his house in Portland-place, to all the k °reign Ambassadors and Ministers in town, &c. The Right Hon. Georar Cannirg h as b een pass i ng a f ew days with the Rev. Dr. Woodcock, at Mitehelmersh, near Romney, and is now on a visit to the Right Hon. W. S. Bourne, at Test wood,. near Redbridge. Lady Bloomfield and family are daily expected on a visit to Ardsalla, County Tipperary, the seat of Lieutenant-Colonel Gough. A new Tragedy from the pen of Lord Byron, is in the press. His Lordship has left Ravenna, crossed the Appenines, and gone to reside at Pisa.—lt was, bowever, currently stated on Saturday last th a t his L or d s hi p had arrived in London. The birth-day of Lord Charles Townshend was Celzbrated at Tamworth on Friday week, in the ancient family castle. About 100 gentlemen sat down to dinner. The president, 0. C. Lof tus, Esq. was supported on his right by Lord C. Townshend, and on his left by W. H. G Floyer, Esq. In the course of the evening, the Rev. Mr. Buick addressed Mr. Floyer in - an elo quent speech, expressing the pleasure the company felt on see- Irv , again united to them, the man whom they had ever admir edbfor the noble independence of his mind, the uniform disin terested tenor of his disposition, his manly disapprobation of whatever was,. mean and self-interested, and for the honourable and friendly motives which have marked his general conduct. Tamworth, the Rev. Speaker said, wished to present to Mr. Floyer a memorial of her gratitude, in that hail which had been the scene of their struggle, and of their invaluabl e f r i en d s hi p , A large silver T err i ne and Tankard, with an appropriaie in scription, were then presented to Mr. Floyer, who returned thanks with great feeling and eloquence, concluding his speech by observing, that he accepted their present as a, token of re spect from the friends of the Purity of Election, and it would be cherished by his family long after he was numbered with the dead ; and descend from father to son, as a memorial of the pure and spotless conduct of the undaunted friends of the Townshend cause. Among the speakers after dinner were Lord C. Townshend, the Rev. Mr. Lally, and otlwrs. CURIOUS PARTICULARS OF DR. JOHNSON'S MAlinIaGE. Mrs. Joustsost had a very red face and very indifferent fea tures ; and her manners in advaneed - life, for her children were all grown up when Jolts:sox firsts:lw her, hid an unbecoming excess of girlish levity and disgusting affectation. The rustic prettiness, and artless manners of her daughter Lucy, had won Johnson's youthful heart when she was on a visit at the Rev. John Hunter's, at-Lichfield, in Johnson's school days. Dis gusted by his unsightly form, she had a personal aversion to him, t , nor could the beautiful verses he addressed to her on re_ ceiling from her a sprig of myrtle, teach her to endure him : she at length returned to her parents in Birmingham, and was soon forgotten. Business taking Johnson to Birmingham, on the death of hisown father, and calling uponhis coy mistress there, he found her father dying, He passed all his leisure hours at Mr. Porter's attending his sick-bed, and in a few months after his death asked Mrs. Johnson'sconsent to marry the old widow. After expressing her surprise at a request so extraordinary,— " No, Sam, my willing consent you will never h ave 't o so pre posterous an union. You are not 25, and she is turned 50. If she had any prudence this request had never been made to me. Where are, your means of subsistence ? Porter has died poor in consequence of his wife's expensive habits. You have great talents, but as yet, have turned them into no profitable channel."—" Mother, I have not deceived Mrs. Porter : I have told her the worst of me.: that I am of mean extraction ; that I have no money; and that I have had an uncle hanged. She replied, that she valued no one more or less for his descent ; that she had no more money than myself; and that though she had not had a relation hanged, she had fifty who deserved hanging." The late Mr. CURRAN, the celebrated Irish Barrister, was re markable for the dexterity with which he could avail himself of any picturesque ci r cumstance at t h e moment that it occurred. The following instance is worth relating, especially as it has not made its way into any of the accounts yet published, and is, we believe, very little known :—ln the early part of his career he was addressing a Jury in the Court-house of Cork, on a very cloudy day, and endeavouring to impress upon their minds the clearness with which he would be able to establish the defendant , s.innocenee, he stopped short for a moment as if at a lass for Some comparison. The sun broke forth as he paused, and enlivened the glooiny seat of justice ; this appear ance was in itself calculated to produce an effect on people of quick sensibility like the Irish ; but the use which the orator made of it completed the fine impression. " I will make his innocence appear as plain;" said he, " Gentlemen, as plain as the visit of that glorious luminary whose beam h as j us t darted across my view to supply me with its splendid illus tration." Sea Was. JONES AND Tiros. DAY, IN - I.—One day, upon removing some books at the chambers of the former, a large spider dropped upon the floor, upon which Sir WILLIAM, with somewarmth, said, " Kill that spider, DAY; kill that spider !" " No," said Mr. DAY, with that coolness for which he was so conspicuous " I will NOT kill that spider, JONES ; I do not know that I have a right to kill that spider ; Suppose when you are going in a coach to Westminster-;fall, a Superior Being, who, perhaps, may have as much power over you as you have over this insect, should say to his conpanion, Kill that lawyer ! kill that lawyer !' How should you like that, JONES ? and I am sure, to most people, a lawyer is a more noxious animal than a spider." Dr. BUsAY.—The celebrated Dr. 13usnY, having chastised some of the boys at 'Westminster School, they resolved to re venge it, which they effected in the following manner : they daubed with dirt the ballustmdei of the stairs leading to the school, which the Doctor; being infirm, always laid hold of. He was much incensed at the'trick, and on reaching the school offered a reward of half-a-crown to any bo . y that: woidd inform him who had a hand in it.. The apprehension of those con cerned may be imagined, when a junior boy rose and said that he would tell, provided the Doctor promised not to Ilog him ; which being agreed to, the lad directly exclaimed---" You, Sir, you had a HAND in it !" He rewarded th e b oy fO r hi s w i t. AsTltONoatic PHENOME NON.—According to observations made by M. Lu Ts' siEn, at Hanover, a remakable pheno menon will take place in the course of the next autumn and winter. This phenomenon will consist in the conjunction of the two great planets, Jupiter and Saturn. These two planets will appear the Ifith and 18th of October, at midnight, i n th e meridian; and will b e v i s ibl e d ur i ng a ll the night. A farrier in the country Lately made out a bill to a farmer who had employed him, and whose Christian name was Jacob, which he contrived to spell without using one single letter con tained in the word Jacob. It would puzzle some people, per haps, more learned than the farrier, to endeavour to put five letters together, none of which are in the word Jacob, and make it sound so well as tinxtrP, which was the. way the DOCTOR (as such persons are called sometimes in the country) suelt it. A UNICORN PARTRIDGE.-011 the Ist inst. was killed, by W. B. Jones, Esq. of Woodhall, a partridge which had a horn growing from its head of th e following dimensions : one inch and a half in height, three quarters ditto in width, and one qnarter in thickness, a.little curved backwards, and somewhat resembling the thin end of a shsep's horn. POET it ii*: WARNING. A Servant to her Maker said— " Please, Sir; to find another Maid ; " For I, to leaie, must give you warning, " Mistress so scolds both night and morning.' " Ah ! happy the Master cried, " I wish that I, like You, were tied ; "Your method then I would pursue, " And quickly give her warning too tPITAPIT Discovered in Wokerhampton old church some years since. The date of it was 1690. ilete.lie the bones Of Joseph Jones, Who ate whilst he was able ; But once o'erfed, He dropt down dead; And fell beneath the table: When from his tomb To meet his doom, lie rises amidst sinners; Since he must dwell In Heav'n or Hell, Take him—which gives best dinnerS. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING-ROOM, OcT. lI—STATE OF THE ODDS NEWMARKET MATCHES. 6 to 4 Ardrossan agst Abjer. DERBY. • 1 13 to 1 agst Frolic l 14 tO 1 agst Landscape. OAKS. I 11 to 1 agst Mr. Rush. 12 to 1 agst-Sycorax 12 to 1 agst Marcellus 10 to 1 agst D. of Grafton NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1821. MONDAY, OCTOBER 15. Second Year.—One-third of a Subscription of 25gs each, for three-yr-old colts, 11St. 91b. and fillies, Bst. filb. A.l'. Bona fide the property of Subscribers. D. of Oration's b. c. Reginald - - 1 Mr Thornhill's b. C. by Rubens, out of BAvoirina - 2 Ld Egremont's b. c. Centaur, by Canopus - - pd ' 4tol on Reginald. The Garden Stakes of 100 gs each. T.M.M. Ld Jersey's Spo rus , 7 st . Illb . - - - 1 Mr Wyndhani's c. Black-and-all-Black, by Octavius, list. 71b. 2 Sir J. Shelley's Antar, list. - - - 3 7 to 4 on Sporus. Sweepstakes of 200 gs each. A. F. 141 Exeter's Augusta, Bst. 121 b. - - I Ld Grosvenor's Adolphus, Bst. Mb. - - 2 - 1). of Grafton's c. C ar b onaro - - 7 to 4 on Augusta. Mr. Cdny's Abjer, Bst 71b. agst Ld Exeter's c. by Ardrossan, Bst. A.F. 500 gs, h. ft. A Dead heat.-5 to 4 agst Abjer. Mr. Udny's Pantoufle, 7st. 131 b. rec. 60gs from Air. James's Fleur-de-Lis, Bst. 131 b. T.Y.C. 200 gs. h. ft. CALEDONIAN HUNT MEETING AND AYR RACES, 1321. MONDAY, OCTOBER 8. Ilis Majesty's Purse of One Hundrel Guineas, granted to the hunt. Lord Kilburn's Archibald, walked over. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9. Being the third and last year of the fourth renewal of the Gold ('up Subscription of One Hundred Guineas value, the rest in specie. Eleven subscribers. Ten Guineas each, p. p. Thomas F. - Kenn e dy, E sq . name d M r. Anstruther Thom-, • son's hr. c. by Stanf or d - 1 • Robert Cunynghani, Esq. named Mr. Bogue's,Cltmpion 2 Chas. 31ontecheu Burgess, Esq. named a' b. f. by Prissy 3 Sir Alexander Boswell - named Lord Kelburne's Chance 4 Claud Alexander, Esq. names his b. e. Ea g l es h am - 5 Sir D. H. Blair named Milton Five horses drawn. SAME 11A1 - .. • A Purse of 100 gs. given by the Hunt. Marquis of Queensberry's A;iss :-.;Nntax Post Entry—Sir J. H. AlaxViell'ib. f. by 'Prissy SAME DAY. Ayr Plato of Fifty Pounds. .Marquis of Queensberry's A. is Syntax Colonel Blair of Blair's b. c. by Prissy 1 1 2 di I 1 2 2 WEDNESDAY, OCT. 10. The Convivial Stakes, Fitly Guineas each, half forfeit -15 Subscribers. Sir .1. H. Maxwell, named Fair Helen Mr. Milne, named The Champion - - Marquess of Queensberry, named Ledstone - . Mr. Brandling, named Archibald - - - Sir D. :Iloncrieff, named Canova . - - SA ME DAY. A Purse of One Hundred Guineas, given by the hunt. Marquess of Queensberry's, Miss Syntax - - Lord Kelburne's Chance - - - Sir 1). Monerieif 's Canova . - - THURSDAY, OCTOBER. 11. The Caledonian Cup of One Hundred Guineas. Sir J. H. Maxwell's Fair Helen - Mr. A. Thomson's In-. colt, by Stamford - Sir D. H. Maria - - . - Won easy. The weather, with the exception of Monday, was remarkably fine, and the company brilliant and numerous. HUNTING INTE LLIOENCE. The Sanderstead Harriers meet to-morrow and Saturday; at Kennel. The country round Durham is now hunted in high style by two packs of Fox-hounds, .and one of Harriers, viz. the Earl of Darlington's, Hr. Lambton's, and the Bishop of Auck land's Harriers. Preparations are making at Lambton Park for the approach ing Races to be held there, and which are expected to be con tinued annually. Part of the ground has been railed in, and the Stewards box at the winning-post erected. The ground is singularly well adapted to con - nruuld from every part adjacent an excellent view of the Races. ARCHERY.—The Eaton Bow Meeting took place on Wed nesday last, at Eaton Hall, near Chester, at the seat of the Earl of Grosvenor, on the grand avenue leading from the west front, where the sets of targets with a marquee to each were erected. ' Amongst the toxophilites who appeared in handsome dress of grass green, with caps and feathers on their heads, were the Earl and Count.ls of Grosveno r , L or d C rewe , Lord Hill, Lord Delamere, Sir E. Lloyd, Sir B. Brooke, Sir W. W. Wynn, Sir H. Bunbnry, Sir A. Corbet, Sir R. Puleston, Mr. Heber, M. P. and all the principal families of Cheshire and the adjoin ing counties. Of the Ladies, Miss Cunlifre and Mi - s. Heber were the best shots. At five o'clock a sumptuous dinner was • served up in the hall, of which above 200 of the nobility and gentry partook. In the evening there was a splendid ball in the spacious drawing-room, which was elegantly fitted up for the occasion. During the trial of skill, the band of the Den bigh militia played a variety of martial and national airs on the grbund. The Haymarket Manager, with a due respect to the memory of the late Mrs. INCHBALD, is, it seems, going to revive Every One /um Ids Fault, the best of her dramatic productions. Mr. JOHNSON, an actor of comic merit, from the 13rihtol Stage, has not escaped the vigilance of the Haymarket Manager, but is engaged for his Theatre. A Gentleman observed that he had eaten a great deal.—" Then I suppose you have been dining with a timber merchant," remarked his witty friend. In the shop window of a house, in which a pro essor of music resides, there is a notification as 'ollows :—" Ears bored here." Treacle applied to the bottom of the feet, as a plaister, has effected a cure of the gou t i n a f ew h ours; d rawing out the in flammation, and thus relieving the subject from pain.— (Monthly Magazine.) MISCELtANEOUg. THE ARTS.--The favourite monkey of the En. Emperor . 13 noNAPAzt.TE has lately been brought into this country, with some other domesticated animals, and is now at Winchester. The inge nious artist ) Mr. TAYLOR, of that city, is paint ing a picture of the animal, which he intends for the Exhibition at the Royal . Academy, on the ensuing season. We avail Ourselves of this op portunity of expressing our admiration of the works of this excellent unassuming Artist: ,Ile has painted several beatitiftil pictures of birds, • &c., which now are in the Galleries of Sir Tuo m.ts 13. t ntso and several other eminent collectors. UNCOMMOg OCCURRENCE.--The following Cir cumstance, we under Stand, occurred on Saturday in an eminent banking-house at the West end of the town. One of the clerks accompanied the cashier to lock.up the bills, cash, &c. in an iron vaulted closet, and the trashier not recollecting that the clerk was left In the place, fastened the doori and the latter was unfortunately confined. in that dreary abode till Monday morning. To MARE CHAMPAGNE FRO)I GRAPES EQUAL TO Fb nEws—Ciather the grapes when they are just turning, or . about h a lf r i pe; pound them in a tub, and . to every quart of berries so pounded, put two qu a rt s o f water ; let it stand in Mash-tub for f ourteen d ays, w he n it is to be &awn off; and t o every gallon of liquor put three pounds of lump sugar: when dissohed, cask it, and after working, bung it down. In about sa* months it will be fit to drink, when it should be bottled and tied dovin, or wired, if it is intended to be kept more than one year. • . . Tiiesday last the Right Hon. and Right Rev. Robert Lord Bishop of Leighlin and Ferns, held a Visitation it Car low, and on Wedne s d a y a Confirmation, at which upwards of twelve htindred persons from the diff,rent parishes of that County were confirrtted. Elm Ann Tit Act, Esq. is elected a member of ,the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. We are informed that the. subscription - to op pose the intended bridge across the Arun, at the village of Little Hampton, has met with the greatest encouragement, not only at Arundel, but in other parts of the country; among those inte rested in the free navigation of that river. The Bath herald announces the return of the Princess of Carahoo to her native country (Eng land). This is the celebrated female who, about six years ago, passed herself off as . an Indian Princess, and set all our seatans at work to inter pret her - language. .At Doncaster, a short time since, a child, four years old, son, •of Mr. CLARKE, Church,street, fell from the window of the attic story, but for tunately a man was passing at the time, when the head of the child came in contact w i t h h s shoulder, by w hi c h th e fall was broken, and the child was taken up only very slightly injured. General Sir G EORRE WAL.KEE, whom we lately mentioned meeting with a.severe accident by his horse runni ng away with him, continues 'n a dangerous st;lte, his shoulder-bone being 'ractured in two places, independent of which he • - ived such internal . bodily 'injury, as causes to emit a quantity of blood. On Sunday his Royal Highness the . Duke of Susssx a long visit to him. .OCAE Poucc.---The mode of protecting the' parish of St. Crux, York, from nocturnal depreda tion, is at once screCanomical and in other respects , so worthy of imitation, thattonmtich publicity cannot be given to the means liy which it is effect ed. The inhabitants are - bOntid 'by a voluntary engagement to supply a patrole of two of their number tomalk-theparish - every night and perform the duty of ordinary watchmen. The tour of duty to each effective member of this excellent association reverts but once - in si?:. weeks. And when attendance is impracticable, a mercenary is . • procured for two shillings. On_ the outset -Of their career they put to flight two nests of repro. bates, since which time the parish has enjoyed the utmost security and quiet. A watch-housa for the acc ommo d at i on o f t h e 'patrole is now building on a spot immediately adjoining the church. WINE-BIRRER EXTRAORDINARY.--ThPre is now sojourning at Brighton a gentleman, 92 years, of age, who was never before ten miles from Lon don, and who, it is said, frequented an inn in Bishops,gate-street daily, for upwards of 50 years, and at which, it is farther reported,,, he latterly allowed himself live bottles of port Wine per diem, and that upon calculation and proof it appeared he had actuary drank at the above-mentioned house no less a quantity than 35,609 bottles, or 57 pipes of that generous and genial juicel!!---- (Sussex Advertiser.) WORTHY CONDUCT.—So much has been said and reiterated about " the ingratitude of the poor;" - that we are much. pleased in having ,to record . that Mr. GEORGE WOLSTENHOLME, late Master of the Workhouse in York, for the - long space of thirty years, has been presented with a snuff-box by the poor of the establishrnent.— And this act is not only a testimony of the exist ence of gratitude in the bosom Of the poor, but it is a singular instance of forbearance and fortitude in an individual, who, at a period characterised by versatility and a love of change, remained for .nearly one-third of a century in a situation con nected with more anxiety and labour, than any- - other that-can well be named. Both parties de serve much , praise. They-have set an example at once, to -be followed-and admired. THE GAS MAN AND NEATE.—This match, so long in contemplation, was made on, Saturday night, for 100 guineas a side, to be fought between Bristol and London, on the Jlth of December. Gas is backed at 5 and 6 to 4. rece last paid On Sunday last, a lark, pursued by a hawk, lighted for shelter ma woman who was sitting in a field near Tortherwald. The hawk was so rapa cious as to make several attempts on its intended prey before it could be driven off. The lark, apparently sensible of the protection it had-re ceived, remained with the woman, and is now lively and cheerful, though confined in a rage.— (Edinburgh Star.) On Saturday evening last, about eight o'clock, some villains having got into an unoceu2ikd • house, No. 44, in Margaret-street, Cavendish square, passed from the attic window to the pa rapet of N 0.45, but finding the window shutters there closed, they moved on to No. 46, which they entered, and stole therefrom a trunk and bag, containing money and clothes to the amount of about 201., with which they safely escaped by returning the way they had entered.