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THE COMMISSIONERS for VICTUAL LING Hii - 1 1 1 , 1JESTY'S NA VY do hereby give No lice, That on Tuesday, the 13th of February nest, they will be ready to receive Tenders in wrzting (ealed up), and treat with loch Persons as will ungertahe to supply whatever FRESH BEEF may be required for the use of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels at Brighton - , to the 31st day of Decenther next, incluswe ; to be paid for, by Bills payable, without Interest, Sixty days aft er d a t e . The Conditions of the Contract may be seen at the Se cretary's pace, at this Office, or by applying to the postnza‘• ter at Brighton. OFFICE OF ORDNA AWE, July 31, 182(1. rIPHL PUBLIC are hereby informed that Thirty-seven PLATES of the ORDNANCE SURVEY of GREAT BRITAIN, carried on under the Superintendence of the late Major-General WILLIAM MUDGE. I.L.D; and A.S., are now complete, and that IMPRESSIONS from them are on Sale at the ORDNANCE MAP OFFICE, Ira the TOWER of LONDON, and also at WILLIAM FADEN'S, Geographer to his Majesty, and Agent to the Board of Ord ❑ance, at CHARING-CROSS. These PLATES contain the Counties of Kent, Essex, Sussex, Hants, Dorset, Devon, and Cornwall; and propor tions of Somerset, Surrey, Pembroke, Cardigan, Carmarthen, Glamorgan, Wilts, .Bevhs,' Middlesex, Suffolk, Hertford, and Cambridge. Part IX. containing nearly the whole of Pembrokeshire, and portions of the adjacent Country, 'was published on the FINE ARTS. DRITISH INSTITUTION% hail more of the Artist's care than the others,. and it repays hire for it, by being an ornament to the/ gallery, though it has its defects, something a little Rttificial in its effect, and a green line in parts, which' injores the harmony. Spdfiolltpepper„ i, e. a very celebrated horse of Mr. Lane Fox's, No. 241, Mr. G. HA V 1 E .--N%c deferred our more de tailed remarks on this enoramos Picture until we could get a clear view of it ; fur though Ike size of life, we could not discern the back-ground, or see all its parts to advantage be, fore Monday. When we consider ,that a few years since Mr. Hayter stood either the first or the second in this country as a Miniature Painter, and that he has once gained the prize in the institution for a Pot trait entitled Ezra, and now ex hibits a Pictnre, the subject of which is front 1-lomer, of the highest promise, and , whirls would, if his subject had given llim.scopt, have raised his reputation higher than it has, and that, witligreat boldness and success, he offers to public 'notice a finely drawn spirited horse, the size of life, Field by a Mali the action andn'igi!rous drawing of Which figure, we think the Most masterly of his productions, we ate called up on to commend his industry and aspiring courage, but as we have said before, we hope that he will select subjects which will 'call, forth all his knowledge of the art, and his power of expiession ; for the general taste of England has risen to so high a pitch Of refinement, that, even subjects in- which the forms are much exposed, do not meet with approbation or a ready sale. The back-ground of this Picture is very spirited and well understood, Cut by what misfortune the tunes about the horse, which arc finely managed, hare received a tinge - of greeu, we are at a loss to tell, but so it is, and so we near it generally rental ked. Flounder Fiildtig, near fiattersra,No.4 o --Mr. C. DEANi:. -(hit of the numerous pictures exhibited by Mr. Deane, wr shall select N. GO.—The first view of this ,picture is vet pleasing,and on repetition the pletasure is not diminished; it is softer, broader in its effect, and sweeter in its tellies than any of Mr Dearte's other pict tires.—The boat in which t h e men stand is buoyant,- and their attitudes are easy and character istic; the mill Olt the basil: is clothed in x clear and deep tone, and reli,eus finely flout the sky, in which the form of the yellow light is too round.—Mr. Deane must nut suppose that we Are unacquainted with the beautiful picture hy 'Firmer, of the Flounder catchers in Nit-. Fawkes's collection, and which, unless we. are-.very much deceived, has heels an object of Mr. FOR. THE SUN. PICTURES OF POPERY. Mit. EDlTOlt—Parliament has assembled, and from the appearance of, the malicious oppositimt which traitots to their God and to their Country continue towards . the GoVernment ) it, is not in: , probable that the Catholic Claims will be again advocated. .To prevent the horrible admission of the Pope's power into the Government or England, all Protestants should . unite - and exert themselves. It is necessary only to give a faith ful portraiture of the infidelity that . was encou ,, raged ) and the massacres that were committed during • the period that Papal Supremacy pre , . vailed, in order to skew our fellow, country• men the danger that would attend sad: . tended Toleration. Will any one say that there is no danger now of such being the case ? I say, if there is no danger wow, there would be imminent danger very speedily, and England 'would witness. such scenes again, when punish... merits and murders of the blackest die that even disgraced the human character were incessantly, committed. Let us inquire what alone is now the barrier preventing Roman Catholics froM .entering into Parliament ? It is the ABJURATION . OATH ; it is the' oath which every Member is required to take; that he will abjure, oppose l and hold in, hatred all foreign jurisdiction, and [No. IV.] The Dav aftce the nithle of Chevy Chace. The Sketch of the late lamented Mr. BIRD'S celebrated Picture nisi,' in the Stafford Galltry—No. 2W.—That this Sketch'shoutd have re mained one hour without being sold we wonder ; we'almost consider it a charge against our national tastes The more it is examined, the snore it must be admired—for all that the highest sentiment could conceive and execute; all the pathos' that could be produced by art,:_will be fourn/ in this Magnifi zeta relic of departed genius. Let Italy, Holland, France, or Germany, be searched, and no such Picture on the same subject shall he produced, which would bear examination by the side of ibis afflicting moral lesson; who after contem plating it, does nut feel, that war is a scourge in the hands of Providence wherewith to punish fallen mats ? Who can look upon the earth covered with the ghastly forms of the old, the youn.z, the beautiful, the brave, sought for, disco• vered, wept over in frantic desplir, panants,:mitives, children, and fr.ends, without feeling their proud spirit sink. within them at the melancholy ruin wrought by the headlong passions of unthinking man ? The Artist who produces works like this, feels the moral utility of his art, and offers through it an instructive lesson to his fellow men. Let those then who have the power select such subjects, as will instruct while they please; that will obtain fur themselves respect ; for no man cars produce such works as those refsrred to, - but whets his own mind is elevated its manly feeling and su perior sentiment, a g ptl this every ode acknowledges, and pays a silent tribute of respect to. So all who con template the field of Chevy Chace must think with respect and regret of the departed spirit, whose magic power could command the attention, excite reflection, and iniprove the No regard will be had to any Tender in which, the Price shall not be inserted in words at length, or that shall not be de livered to the Board before One o'Cloch on the said Tues day, the 13th of February next, nor unless the Person who anahes the T ender, or some Person on his behalf, attends, to an swerjchen called for. Each Tender must also be accompanied by a Letter signed by two responsible Person - s, engaging to become bound with the Party tendering, in the Penal Sum of 500/. far the due performance of the Contract. Ist of August. 1819, and as the Work is still in progress, cording to the original Design of giving . a complete Map of Great Britain upon a Scale of one Ina to a Mile, the Publication of the future. parts will follow as fact as tic na ture of such a Work wOl aamit, without increasing the an. nual Expense. Gentlemen Wishing to procure a Map of the Country sur rounding their own habitations, may, by application to Mr. BAkElt, at the Ordnance Map Office (where an Index Map will be shewn) select any sheetSt hey please, for that purpose. All Letters on this subject,...addressed to Mr. Baker, under a cover to the Secretary of the Board of Ordirance, Pall Mall, will be immediately attended to. By Order of the Board, It. H. CREW, see. NAVY-OFFICE. January 30; 18.21. C HAPLAIN'S BO UNT V.---'..NIONEY. be ing in the hands of the TREASURER of His MA JESTI"S NAVY, to pay BOUNTY for the Year 1820, to such CHAPLAINS of the ROYAL NAVY as arc entitled thereto,.onder His Nlajesty's Order in Council, hearing date the Ist February, 1765 ' Ist February, 17E4, and 22i1 October, 1802, and who have been entered upon the list, by virtue of the Papers they have respectively transmitted to this Office Notice is hereby givett, that the payment of tine same will commence at- the Pay-Othee, Somerset-place, on Monday next, sth of February, at Ten o'Clodi in the morning.—And it is desired that in fuiture, the Cita - plains entitled to the Bounty, will as soon as it may become due, cause their.Alti davits to be delivered into this Office, in order to expedite 'the payment• 50, Smith-Street, King's-Road, Chelsea, Nov. 27, 1620. Coil. of a Letter from the Countess DUNDONALD, to Mrs. JOH NSON, Proprietor of the AMERICAN SOOTHING SYRUP. - ir ,ADY DUNDONALD having witnessed the wonderful effects of Mrs. JOHNSON'S SOOTH cbdinizilfordiug o J T. 3 YRUP in her own Infant Daughter, now eight-months almost instantaneous relief, when her dear 8 1 her old been patoxysms of pain arising from the Cutting 're ef)), she thinks it incumbent on her to acknowledge ' e efficacy of Mrs. JOHNSON'S SOOTHING SYRUP, and totorts recommend the same as an invaluable Iteci? , e to all Mo.- . for their Infants ) while suffering from the of "th Cutt ing 5 and Mrs. Johnson has Lady Dundonald s full permission to male this acknowledgment public. This In va l uable Medicine to be had, Wholesale and Re tail, of the Proprietors, Johnson and Williams,•94, New man -street, Oxford -street ; and, by their appointment, of all tJte prinßcipal Medi c i ne V enders in - Town and Country, at 2s. ,9d. perottle. lN•11. --Mrs. JOHNSON relicres the Poor, as usual, at her ouse, eve ry T uesday and Saturday morning, from Niue till he ,eit m 'Clock, b y b r i nging a Letter front a respectable House- pt-r, to cettify that they are real objects of charity. By W. MOUNTAIN and' Co. SARACEN'S HEAD INN, SNOW-HILL, LONDON. THE following POST-COACHES, MAIL COACHES, &c. s e t out f rom t h e a b ove hilt Post BRO N I PTON, Chatham, Rochester, and Graveseud New C "aehs every Afternoon at Half-past Four. Fare, in side, los outside 6s. FALMOUTti, Pettryn, 'Turn, Dodmin, Liskeard, Ply -114",),uth D "el-i• Plymouth, Totnees, Newton Bushell, Exeter, e•-•‘•Y'ne`ltth, Dorchester, Dartmouth, and Salisbury, new l'ost every In:truing at Seven ; through Honiton, Axminster, Lridport, Blandford, Basingstoke,' PlYmuutti th e ne'ct '•Me at half-past Eight. and Bagshat, arrives at S9l-11:11A311-E l'ON ‘ ' ‘ , 1- 1.17ititoM, Winchester,. , Andover, and Basingstoke N ew Four Inside Coach at half-past Seven o'clock the im , l ,%,' ll ' 'Arrives at the Dolphin Inn, Southampton,hS is a most .delightful Con 'c d' t , i ' ,, '"icc " to the Isle of Wight, Havre de Grace, JerseY, 130 , ) ,,sejt ai St. Cherburgh, &c. ttl 1 3R152 OL Flying Post-Coaches, through Clip.e et i ' \. . r n't Caine, and Marlborough, every Afternoon ; at ris Teve.,n,N,,Y, the Greyhoundßath, and the Londot i t ; thontas-street, and the Swann, Bristol, next Mor - plyruoutthaches t o Bridgewater, Tauntou, Exeter, and The Night UonNltPhleltitE., a New t I ‘ .II:ERPOOL Light Coach, only one si des, sets o u evi Four Ittst ) e i, s and Four Out- Lathh ure 'tY Day, tin ( i nigh u rtahte, woburn ors.remptoti IVelford, Listterworth, Hinckley, Atheretone, Lichfield, Stone, hu g ely, Newcastle, Knutsiord, 'Warri ngton and P reston. SHREWSBURY, Wellington, and Shilrnal, Post-Coach, every Evening at Five o'clock.—Guarded. WEYMOtristi,llorel •t • Blandford,Salisbury, Andover, ,end Basingstk Wevne utt s Parke'newl' s os L t i Coacti, every c Aft , erhoon s . t The c - ets to Guernsey, Jersey, Cher burg, • toe's, &c• LEEDS new lie,litCoach, called The Rockingham, sets out every Morning, at Eight o'Clocli and goes remarkably easy, bout. Passes through Stamford, New ar k, carries Four Insides only, with a Guava throughout. Retfold, Doncaster, and Ferry bridge, to the Golden Lion, Leeds, next morning. Not- Withstanding the uncommon Ex• edition of this Coach, it is allowed to be th e most agt cealiee and complete Punk. Con 4:44nce on the North Road, being unequalled by any other. "ASGOW• Longtown, Gretna-ereen, Annan, Dumfries, Brownbill, Thornhill, Sautpiltar-Kiln, Canmock, Kiugswell, arid all Parts of Scotland, a Post Coach daily). YORK, Scarborough, Whitby, shi e lds, SunderlanA, New castle, and Edinburgh, New Four Inside Coach, with a Gnarl tfilroueltout; sets out everylorning by way of Newark, Bet- F ur dt ladeaster, Darlington, Northallerton, Durham, Mut ett.h, and Berwick. Passengers finding themselves fatigued `..)) 1 . the journey, may rest. 'what time they.ph-teec e and then rlieeed on without any additional Fare. ti AIARLB OROUGH and S w i n d on , new f o u r - i ns id e C oac h, 1,""soy uttli Aldbourn, Reading Lambottrn, Putton, Letlingl, Wootton Basset, Ratusbury, Hungerford, anti New. b ~ i y; every - Morning. - 13 1 1.1. 1 -DGEN)wrii &W a l sal P os t C oac h, event' cven i ug. d c ,„ u sToN, Spalding, Pesci bh, Stilton, and Hunting (4Z,o .1 , 1 oyal• Nlail Coach, every orou Eee g tting to Spilsby, Louth, and Hull. • Penrith, and Whitehaven, Four Inside Post, At e e l l '; cud Guard all the wa y,. paeses t h roug h B rough, i 4 ). e`'` ) Yr Greta-bridge, Richmond, Cattericls, lioroughtaidge, Abertord, Doncaster, and Grantham. Sets out turning, and perfortes th e j ourney with great Passene•ers detained on the Road by business or have itie peculiar advantag e their Seats being se- Itl. l l ivt,i‘tlie next C o a c h. Lancaster, Preston, I(irhy-Lansdale,, Bolton, Oflusisitk, and Garstang Post Coaches, every After-' 111a"d-'00.1„ Warrington, Kr.ntsford, Stone, Stafford, ). Post Conch, 'l'lte Defiance, every Evenin ztraet2tk's Bead Inn, Dale-street, Liverpool.—Guard , t e e- 'LLD Post-Coach, every !Morning. I ,, ;( 4.the..rEit, Nywpoit, t\ I , tcbucch,'l'arpurley,:`antwich, and Nliddlewich Post-Coach, every Evening. ,)I'I`I•AND• Stockton, and Yarn -Z;oach, every 4 1 . 1 i ,g ? to-the George. Sunderland. I thsi Ntl'llEsTtatf winslow, Cuogleton, Newcastle, Niralsal, • etely(t),',.:-!llleniptiot, Post-Coach, every Afternoon. Guarded. ,h d aLD and - Rotherham Post-t.',oach., called the Rua iiiittN'levery Morning. At te ,. 'INGHAM Post Cosch Guarded, sets out every reaches Birnin ' gham next day . at Noon.— .. 1, '?..rivick, Leamington, and Daventry, to the NEt 11U/ ilta,a, Bull-street, Birmingham. te e , ••t N(3tl heave •d Thorn, and Doncaster, Post e y Morning ' at ‘ ha L l n flpast SiX, to the Cross Keys, bol ei ! 'd ( c, Plult. Dr al , Margate, Sandwich, Itanesgate,Canterbury, 1ti0t0.,,,-_4l"-a_s Chatham; Rochester, and. Stroud, Post-Ceaches, Notot, mid Night. ',l-„1:10. \Vare, Hieldestion, anti Cheshunt Ilete phs '-' it ANI and Edmonton Coachei (daily), at Eleven, \‘' v t , T wo• Fiv e aud Fight o'Clock. N and L ' u - . respectfolly acquaint their kly “c 1 Little, that tilt:2.* wall tint be accountable fet 115,7 l'iiSSV ogees Luggage, \Vi it i net. Plait, tl:c. fur I,4% V:iltte, if lost, stolen, or damaged, un at tilt 3. 4 1. 1 % 6 , 7 0111 tio, Inoue paid fur eccurclitlO 1 .44 a Lunticia. • ; ' .~~~~:~. `~, w ~ 1 . .} ,~tv~:.- , = • Xst_ o ::17? L DREADFUL EXPLOSION. (From Flinders •IFe.tern Luminary.] On Friday afternoon last, about two o'clock, the Receiving-house of the Royal Powder Works situated at Kinterbury the Devon side of the Ta mar, about a mile and a half from Plymouth- Dock, blew up with a most horrible explosion.— The houses at New Passage, nymouth-Dock, and the vicinity, were shaken ; glass was broken and roofs injured. The consternation was ex treme in the immediate neighbourhood; and a number of boats from the Dock-yard, the ships in liamoaze, and the town, put ofr towards . Kinter liury. On their arrival, it was ascertained, that forty barrels of powder, besides a quantity of flannel cartridges, filled and attached to iron shot had explodedi but that out of about thirty per sons employed in the works, two only had pe rished—Richard Came, aged _GO, and James Matthewson, aged 19; the latter the son of the master-cooper. The rest were fortunately em ployed in landing stores sent from one of the powder-shiPs in Hamoaze.—The bodies of the sufferers - - are. supposed to have been blown to atoms ; as, after a diligent search, a thigh-bone only,•stripped of its flesh, was found, supposed to belong to the boy Matthewson. Not one stone was left upon another in the building where the powder was deposited. The traverse near twelv . e feet thick, which stood between it and. the next building, was nearly destroyed, and. the erections at a considerable distance were greatly irtiured.—Much glass was broken, and other damage done, at Trematon, Saltash, Tor point, &c. In the shipping a dreadful con cts.sion. On.the descent of the shot and the remains of the shot-boxes, fragments of the building, &c. into Hamoaze, the appearance was not unlike that of a heavy hail-shower on the water. Some of the shot were' driven as far as St. Budeaux.—The cause of this most shocking disaster is not known; although conjecture is very busy on the occasion.— The accumulation of powder in the grand ma gazine at Keyham point, about a quarter of a mile from Dock, and on the same bank of the Tamar, is great beyond all precedent as is that on board the powder-ship, the Gibraltar, in Hamoaze. In peace there is about 1000 barrels i❑ the magazine, and it is said that there are now above four thousand barrels in that immense depositary. Imagination can conceive nothing more horrible than the explosion of such a mass of powder, accumulated so near a popnlation, ashore and afloat, of at least 40,000 , persons. Every precaution, however, that human inge nuity can suggest, has been adopted, and is still observed, to guard against, accident. It is, how ever, a fearful subject to contemplate. With respect to the powder-ship, she is loaded so deep, though an 80 gun ship, and the most ca pacious of that class in the navy, that she is as low in the water as if ready for sea. Might it not be prudent to have this vessel in such a state that on the appearance of lire she might be sunk ? Bold as our artisans are, would any of them ap proach to scuttle her, and would indeed such an operation be of any. use? The operation did fail in the case of the Captain, of 74 guns, as from the destruction of the upper works by the flames, she lightened, and rendered the holes useless. Might not all these .tremendous masses of pow der be removed from• the immediate neighbour hood of three populous :towns, and from that of our tine navy moored in liamoaze ? • Since writ ing the aboVe: (adds our correspondent) I have been told a shoulder-bone has been found. A respectable young Clergyma❑ and the niece of a late eminent Barrister eloped, last week, from the neighbourhood of Bala, in North Wales, on a matrimonial trip to Gretna 'Green. The young Lady's fortune is sa4t6 be con siderable. • The present Sir TnomAs CA AC, C, of Hergrave Hall, in Suffolk, who sueeeedvd to the titles and estates - of his father, the late Baronet, who died a short time ago in Italy, is now only in the ninth year of his age. HEART. A Brook Scene, No. 275 ;—T. •C. LEWIS.—Me. Lewis is evidently a close observer, and a correct imitator of the more uncommon, and we may add, the effects in nature more dif ficult to be imitated, than those nsually attempted. This picture will not obtain from the generality of spectators the praise it deserves; taut those among them .who.wateli the Ita lians appearance, produced on the face of nature, will quick ly discern that this picture is the production of an Artist front whom we may expect to reap increasing pleasure. The truth of colour on the toad which forms the left side of the picture, and is lined with lofty trees, vhich cast their chrquLred sha dows across it, is much to be admired. The tunes of colour. on the brouk, which counts running down the centre, are what we see continually, and, the shadow of the foliage alnil bank on the right is managed in a sol),; - ;or lipmiker ; th e sky is good, the sort►e ruraL, and the whole a picture ofgreat ptU 7 MISC. A Coast Scene, No. cl5;- - Mr. A. COOP E R, t her ,Mr. Cooper's pencil is employed in illustrating cele brated combats of former days, as in his justly-admired pie 7 _ tore of Marston Moor—in delinsating the warrior wound up To the highest pitch of excitement, as in his Standard Bearer, or its depicting the simple scenery of nature ; it is al ways masterly v fbreibly calls our attention, and demands our approbation. His Coast Scene, which consists of &boat bear ing down on the strand, a white horse, sonic fishermen with their baskets, and some marine apparatus—front the clear ness and beauty of its effect, the Harmony of its co lour, and expisite feeling both of the thawing, aid the tints of the horse, which are, equal to Wouverman's, is au object of attraction. and has already-thee -1i selected by the dimcerMug Amateurs, 3s a proof that in this line of art we now rival in Mr. Cooper, and bid fair to support by other Masters ilshe Arts of EtOttod ag ainst the justly es teemed productions of Wonvermans orVy he. There is our Wing omission in this desirabl3 Picture of Mr. Coulter's the hopressitin of the . horses feet on, the sand., from that eiremustaucc, seems too e Veit and Silimoi ; the colour of the sea along the horizon is, perhaps; a little too strong ; hitt we are How trying to find a fault, and only dou'A. by so doing whether we shall not fall into error. 7he Exile, No. • 26.—eirpid, No. 11 ;—Mr.. J. JAcKs , N. his Head, Whether it is a portrait or a character coiu posed and then finished from life, replies to the name bestow ed (soon it. with fidelity, and, after !oohing at it for sonic time, it recalled to our minds the words of Cuiiper, in biswkxau der Selkirjs— " But sad recollection's at hand " Which soon hurries me hack to despair." There is much beauty and• softness in the tints and colour about the temple and hair, which are also freely drawn, and if we did not think the shadows somewhat blue, we should he inclined to make comparisons with Masters whose works nosy be highly valued, but who receive more homage than mere colour'aud truth to nature with imposing effects, without either refinement or sentiment, deieive. We have beard it much praised by many, who admii e what is lle;iutiful in art, of whatever age or couatry, but are happily her froos the prejudice against what is English, which is too often attACII• to the Amateur who strolls flout alive to alley, and - soils himself by ransacking Bruisers Museums in search of Cureggio and Claude, ueither of which we ever heard of being found iii such places ; ingeed, we think it is a head Which must. ever he admired, let .it be placed in whatever collection it may be.— No. 11. Cupid—A full coloured rich little picture, in who b the happy character. is half destro:ied by a red patch on the cheer, which we heartily wish bad been any where else. No. 1 5.—The Bud Trap.—Nl r.W. r. Collins's repotation stands so high, that as soon as the eye catches his name, au inclination immediately hollows to seek for the Work. of an Artist, whose pictures ate always full of taste. We therefore regret, that lie has not sent to the Gallery some Picture- of more consequence than his Bird Catchers—of which it is impossible to say more than that . the Children are pretty, particularly the one .kneeling ; the sul.ject and toe whole but little calculated to gratify a public, who fully acknowledge Mr. collins's merit, and are eager to tes tify on every occasion their approbation of his works. No. 14—.4th0l Highlanders Returned from Hawing the Red De?r, mid No. 17—The Finished Study of the Reading 7the Will—Mr. D. WlLKlE.—Whatever merit in Art may be attached to Mr. Wilkie's Death of the Red Deer—we t hink it a very uninteresting Picture, posoessing that truth of charac ter, which we had almost said Sir. Willsie cannot help pro ducing. But, when we meal the '' Dist raining for Rent," to our minds, and all the interest it excited, and will ever com mand; we feel disappointed at seeing so uttinstructive, trifling a production ut so great a man, and long to behold again a Picture by Mr. Wilkie, of a suiiject, which will call forth our strongest feelings, and raise again the cry of his haw, which we do mot hear so loudly rung, as we remember. To the Sketch ut the reading of a %Vitt, we call the atten tion (Attie Student; the picture we recollect, and take it for granted that those who profess a love of art do too. No. 23—Dead Gume—Mr. M. T. wAHD.—So beautifully painted that we sincerely hope such power will, not be tlnown away on such mechanical subjects. Dutch Pairs on Yarmouth Brach.-No. 36—Yarmouth Beach.—Nu. 95—Fishing !hats on the Banks of the fi'Grap-- Mr. G. Visctxr.—We artr truly glad to find that °NI r. Vincent has taken leave of the careless style into which he was taltiog, and think we may CI)St11 a hint reward and reputation, if he pursues the path which he has now entered. It would be ith possible to elite r Mt. a minute description of the tunner:ius par ticulars of which his picture is composed, and we shall, there fore, in gruel al terms say, that it will afford amusement to any one-who will look into the different characters assembled on the brash—that bustle, gaiety, pervade the scene, that the Schuyts and Boats are correctly represented. 'fur aerial perspective is eleven ly managed,: and the gradations of the figures and numerous objects attended to—the sky and gene ral hartnony pleasing, Yet we have seen plot ureS of Mr. Vi ncent's which we prefer.—Yarmouth Brach, No. )5. The Shore, the figures slat boats are well painted, and the sky by far the best we ever remember of the Artist's—it: t h e , ea was no t hard, carelessly and heavily touched, with an appearance of manner about it, there would he nothing in this picture which would nut wake it a very desirable acquisition.—A Fish ing Boat on the .11attLis of the Kurth, scents t o have Deane's laudable imitation; Meleager' and dtolanta, or the Dr4trudion of the Ca lydenian Bow', tin. I',S—Mr.R.T.IioNE.---Thestvivofthis rid n r is so evidently an intended imitation of the Venetian school, that We shall ci,n.ider it is a composition of Mr.Bolle's painted upon the principle of some celebrated !giant e of that school, the study of which we hope will he shrwit to have been useful to him in hit future works; the story is well told . , and the effect at the distance of a few fret by no means unpleasing, and not wa nting in power.—The episode of Ilia dog watching over his wounded master; is well introduced, and the back ground very. much in the style of those masters with whom Mr. Pone stemo well acquainted; the shadows are rather black —We con sider it as a favoin able include to an attempt of Mr. Bone's its heroic Landscape, in . which he Will give the reins to . his own talents. (rit'be co n tinued.) Count or AEDEttirhe Court proceeded to the consideration of the Petition of Mr. -BEN JAMIN GIBBONS, against the return of Mr. - Wbi. WoonwAnn, as a Common Councilman, for, the Ward of Wa'brook, on, the ground of his ineli-. gibility upon the words in the precept, and com ing within the meaning of an order of the, Court of the 12t1r Dec.,-1676, requiring the Aldermen to give notice to their N‘rardtpote, not to .elect any person who had compounded with his creditors. Mr. GIBBONS was heard at considerable length . in sup port of his Vetition,aud exarninedsundry witnesses to prove its allegations. Mr. Bolland, attending on the part of Mr.. Woodward addressed the Court, cons-mding that they had not the power to pass the Order iu ,question, nor to m..rrow the rights of the Electors.—All parties then withdrew, and the Court proceeded to consider the several circumstances, and finally dismissed the Petition. BETHEL AUXILIARY SOCI ET - v.—Yesterday evening a most numerous and respectable Meet ing of the Bethel Union Society for promoting Religion amongst Seamen, .took place at the Bethel • Chapel, Moorfields. - Captain. KEITH ) R. N. in the Chair. After prayers were read, the Chairman stated the object of the' Society, which he-said had been established in 1517. ; In 1818, another Institution of the same laudable nature was established in the River_ Thames ; and in 1819 both were united: since then, the F•Jciety lias, extended to almost every part hi England ; .and in Cork and Dublin, another ~Soc iety,•embracing the same object, has been' form.; ed, as well as in Leith and the other principal parts in Scotland. In France, Russia, and al most in every part- of the world, the Bethel flag has been hoisted, and there was no doubt but in a short time it would be- hoisted on every ship which sails - on the Ocean. The object -, of the Society is to imbibe the principles of Christianity, not only to the sailors belonging to the Navy, the Merchants' Service, but to all foreign sailors : it precludes no persons of any religious denomi- . nations whatsoever. The Secretary read the Report, from which it appeared, that. upwards of 901. had been expended during the last year. Resolutions were then adopted, and a liberal sub scription collected 3 after which the Meeting broke up. GREAT DAY'S_ PLAY AT PIGEON SHOOTING.— The first meeting - of the Midgham Club took place in the Midgham Meadows on Monday, when the silyer cup was shot for by the Mem bers. Subscription of 3 guineas each, half for feit, at 21 yards.from the trap, and the boundary 80 yards for the bird to fall in. The , cup was won by Mr. Hodgson killing 18 birds. The se cond and third prizes, viz. five guineas for the se cond, and the stake 7 money.back for the third, were . won by Messrs. Palmer and Street, the former having killed 17 and the other 16 birds. There were 2(2 .Subscribers, 16 of whom shot and the others paid their half forfeit. The, least number of birds killed from the 21, was 12. After, this match, another for 100 guineas aside, at 11 birds, took place, Mr. Hodgson (winner of the cup), and another of the club, Mr. Hether- ington, .against Messrs: Armstrong and Farqu harson,. not of the club, and much money was sported on the event. . Each man killed, his fifth bird,• Mr. Hodgson missed his sixth, as did : also one of his opponents,' Mr. Farquharson. Brisk betting at 5 to 4, .and Mr. Armstrong .having misseti his seventh bird, leaving the club men one a head, 2to 1 was refused. Mr. Hodgson, how- . _ever, missed his ninth, tenth, and eleventh birds, and lost the match.hy•twc4 Mr. Hetherington killed 10, Armstrong 9, Farquharson 9, and Hodgson 11, which •shewed at once the uncer tainty of pigeon-shooting, as the latter is the best shot. power in the administration of the concerns of this country ; it'is to abjure the doctrine of the Pope's Supremacy ; of the Pope's being the Head of the, State. Can then a Roman Catholic take this' .oath? No. Then, if the Catholics are admitted. into Parliament, and do not take this oath, every vote they give must be influenced by the Pope. The essence of-Popery is the extinction of every . faith opposed to that of its own Church ; and, however mankind in the present day may be en- lightened, yet the spirit of the Roman Catbuliz persuasion is just the same as it was centuries ago ; let us reflect what would become after a while, of their worthy friends the Heretics, the Protestants, even those who obtained their ad mission to Legislative power, probably, the Apostates. Is it to be believed, is it to be sup. pose‘that our common people, genuine Protes tant Britons in heart, , blessed with a free a►:d independent generous spirit, will submit to the be&uiling, lying, flattery of demagogues ; to their contemptuous knavery and foul impositions ? That Englishmen will ever suffer any foreign in fluence to interfere with the councils of their na- on ? No, it cannot be, their pride, sense, and honour will inflame their blood with indignation, when . the dole attempted to be played upon them is exposed ; for what object have the Catholics in view in their admission into Parliament ? rat present the Roman Catholics enjoy the full and free exercise of their religion, the same protection as other subjects, and nlight,*upon taking the ab juration oath, privileges, and immunities. THE . , FACT is,that.their admission would lead to struggles between the Protestants and Papists f o r s up reme ' power in theEcclesiasticßl as well as the Civil State, and in the end our Country would - be hurled into a gulph of - blood and revolution ; •so that foreign nations seeing our internal distracted state, might invade our territories, separate contending par ties, and punish us in chains of foreign tyranny, persecution and despotism. We have yet the choice and power of preserving our Country and . ourselves from such an agonizing and degraded a situation ; therefore it will be well to revert to the- circumstances that led to the glorious Reve -1 lution in 1688. The history of that Revolution, however, is not, among particular classes, as yet understood, and I fear it is only known in general by name, and under such title the dis affected rally ; so many years having elapsed since it took place, many do not know the blessings it conferred ; whilst others have grown apparently - . tired, indifferent, or insensible to the peace. which it brought to mankind in general ; so that from many causes not even has tradition handed down its History among the lower classes, where it important that it should be circulated.. It is, therefore, my intention in a future communica tion, if you approve, to give a few pictures of the enOrtaity of the perseCutions which the Pa pists inflicted when in power upon the Prote stants, previous to the Revolution in 1t S, and upon all those who i❑ any way differed from their views of religion. Jan. 24, 1821. AN IiONEST BRITON. The suit of Sir J. CRAUFORD against the Dukes de GRAMMONT and Gutent• was called on at the Royal Court at Paris, on Thursday ; but none of the parties being present, the cans was struck off the roll of the Court. Sir 3. C UAL FORD, who has been, as already stated, expelled from France, arrived at Calais on the 18th inst., escorted by a Police Officer and two Inspectors •of the Police of Paris. He embarked at noon of that day for Dover. FlRE.—Yesterday morning, between four and five o'clock, the watchman going his rounds, dis covered flames issuing from the cellar of the house of Mr. Best, cheesemong( r, No. 118, High street; Whitechapel; he alarmed the inmates, who were buried in sleep. The flames being ge neral below stairs, ladders were placed again , t the first floor windOws,. at which all the famil were taken into the street, with the exception of Mrs. Best and a servant maid, Who got out at oue of the attic windows, . and crawled on the tops of the adjacent houses to that of 'Mr. Ottery, a shoemaker, :which they entered by, means of forcing down the . Sky-light. Several engines soon arrived, and the, fire was kept from extvadiag any further than 'the shop. Itt".