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• +16{47,,; 0-Nit•!° :0 - :L7'lZ; • AleAFfi,-Cv . : ;-' -7-t e - 40" A - A • • s NUMBER 9078.1 PROPOSALS for ESTABLISHING a SOCIETY, for the ASSURANCE of LIVES and SURVIVORSHIPS, for the Benefit of the Members,of the,Profession of the Law, to be called "The M e t ropo li ta n an d Provincial Association for the Asinirance of Lives and Survivorships." AT a tim e w h en t h ere exist so many Institu tions for the Assrance.of Lives and Survivorships, it will be expected that th e P ro j ectors of the METROPOLITAN and Pnovm A. erAL L.,v ASSOCIATION should spe w the utility of such an Establishment, and the probability of Its success ; and i n t h e i r ende avouring to do so, it is necessary ithem to remar k upon the Institutions already existing ; but ey disavow all unfriendly feeling towards them, being con nenefi Priced, that tho ugh in different degrees, they have been highly cial to the p u bli c, and have saved from poverty many re spectable PamilieS. Most of the present Assurance Establish tents have originated in trading sp e c u l a tion ;—on thelkith of s*Pitals, unnecessarily large the assurances have been e ff ec t e d. xperien ee h as fully proved, that the Premiums received have "al much more than adequate to support the Fund for the Plkyinetit B of th e sums assured, and the surplusage or profits in this class of Offices have been divided amongst the Proprietors; others have divided one-third of the profits among the h Sha-e -oldam, .and the remaining two-thirds amongst the assure d. benefi te fair of the Offi ces make the assured the parties SOLI d. Life assurance is of especia hutility to professional eharacterS arlr ille rnnes depmd ehiefly:.Upen their personal exertions, law.topone more than those engaged in the pyofession of the mr ai 1 • 11 this profession there' arc at present, in England and one giculTwards of ten thou rid liersons engaked ; and if only bi• xp.";" this number were to contribute annually,the small stun un " e ach, in payment of premium for a rateable assurance, t at nu al income of £50,000 would be produced, a sum ex ed„flig hat of many of the Public Assurance Offices, sup -4-461g large and expens i ve establishments. IvAnother source of advantage to be added to this Institution, Slll b e la. "'at 1 3f -Assuring the Lives of Persons articled in the c to cover t i n case o f d eat h) th e h eav y expenses in s:=ljled by 1 the stamp duties, paid upon their articles of clerk tiP, and pi.ern. ium,. and of whichpersons there are annuall N. artis of four hundred. p y v " x 1 ? 0, 1y so nuserous, and having a common object in etas' that o f securing to their families a comfortable independ combY anpropriatin g a small proportion of their annual in is only a matter of surprise that an Assurance Fund more ' n . of it lon g b e f ore been established by the profession ; the ar:so, since Assurance as an act of prudence must have been Pted bY , many ; anti- for want of such an establishment ongst themselves, large sums must heretofore have been this .begin to other and distinct bodies; which, had a Society like I,3iitslabieetzt earlier instituted, would have reverted to their own • The • ,12 •I ns titution of Society will no doubt, be the' ci sr ;_ s c't * inducing many Professional 'Men, and also their rntitO effect an assurance upon their lives, whpotherwise „not have done ; and thus, instead of leaving their fa ., Qeatitute and dependent upon the charity of others, they °wnnave.the pleasing satisfaction of knowing, that from their entlp their f a mili es a fter their de a th are in - depend- e p for. That following are th e R egu l a ti ons p r op ose d 4 I+ q ess ;,, shall confined to Members of the Pro- J n en of the oc Law, resident in England and Wales, viz. Serleants at Law, Civilians, Barristera, • Attorneys, c 4ciWrs Proctors, and Members of ono of the four Inns of ar o uur ,, t : ;•I'ing kept two or more terms, Officers of the several •t, of C Lem and Equity, and Prerogative 'Courts of Canter , 6 4 Y, and York, and Constery Courts in England and Wales, soma to the Judges and Pupils and Oaks to Barristers, At oneYs. Solcitors, and Proctors, and all others whOse incomes ,arelihood. may - depend upon the profession of the Law. si u . That a fund, to consist of X 30,000, shall be raised by 3000 • i at .1110 each, and be distributed 'amongst Subscribers ..ic4'4lglittid and Wales, in the following proportions, viz. : .ksnts resident in London and Middlesex - 500 Yorkshire - - - 200 Lancashire .. - 145 The 37 remaining Counties in 2035 England oa each The Welsh Counties 10 each 120 . , . In to „. 3000 t t i t e eb , erth - ei 'any. d e fi c i en cy of Subscribers in any of the . Con n at deficiency to be supplied by Subscribers in any arY • No oils ' • • more Ir''. Pe on to hold more than five, or a:Partnership firm 7.1' tua l l) •en. shares. th e e at 40 Per cent. or, each share be paid into the Bankers, on js l e,? - connt of the Trustees, pro tempore, at the time of sub e % l ull.; that 40 er cent. or £4 on each share, be paid within .11100etnicrrhs afterwards, and the remaining part . within six ee'u" after the Society shall have commenced business. up.' Oat for the fi rst t h ree years the Propr i etors s h a ll not receive th at Pere the suits siniseribeil more than five per cent., and after . , rii i )e riosl seven per cent. per annum. assured each Preerietor dO within 12 months, assure and keep e ''' upon his 'life, a sum , not less than £lOO. of the the shares he taken by and transferable only to Members *e Law Profession, Whoselives are assurable in the Society. nat Subscribers shall not be liable beyond the amount of their,e, subfleeiptione inert the funds of the Society shall be invested in Govern .(, or real sccnrity only, except as hereinafter provided for." ree;' ll t an Assurance shall not be effected upon any one life for ,4 than 3 006. : co n , at to business of the Society shall be conchiaed in Somp Arr an enie bt situation in London or Westminster, and the general tors, thereofi.hre:nrituiljtols, sengeni entrusted to five Trustees, thirteen Direc a Secretary, and Actuary. threeflat there shall lie nine Directors for the County of York, le e in each riding ; three Directors for the County of Rut of ti; and three for each of :the Welsh Counties ; and for each re at t te le Other Counties, except Middlesex, five ; to whom all appoint matters arising in the Counties for which they are respectively I . e, ellen be referred. sceet the Trustees and Directors be chosen out of the Sub le, en's, tie less than three shares, or Members whose . e i l lYkre been assured Years for a sum of not less than 5001. Cte, leTrustees, D'rectins Auditors, Secretary, and Ac .Y, fore general ' management' of the Society, shall be an • Le4.l3' elected by the Proprietors at large, and Assurers of three eei s iti sr? _tidin g of 5001. and upwards, at a yearly meeting to be !i ll London or Westminster. Se in a t the Provincial Directors shall be annually chosen at the . Coa n ,ler Assizes for each County, by the Proprietors of those Nero."'" Wherein such Directors reside, and for which they are •se d • and b A resident therein of two years stand yet 0 4, y ssurers ~,. h at e d upwards. - e wi e ?eeso proprietor of one share be entitled to one vote ; partner- - -T A4e,s, two votes ; five shares, three votes ; and a paitre..- „4at going seven shares, to five votes. tlist ee e utbers be entitled to one vote for each 5001. assured. Wit } , os nle life of noperson resident beyond the Bills of Mor- a PProV'e n e al l be assured ? , unless his certificate of health be first than t et , by one Director, arid two persons holding not _less lu„:" shares each, or two persons whose lives are assured for ez,','.olnot less than 5001. each. ' si tetl uat at the expiration of the first seven years from the com ereree'eln'ut of the Office, and afterwards at the expiration of atiee-e_.five years, the assets and liabilities of the Society shall be apprTuedand such sulusage as may then appear, thall be th e ei P.nated as follows, viz.: two thirds in making additions to date . 4 '1 13 of each person's policy rateably to its amount and. h s e tile r6maining one third to be reserved as a guarantee un dered next Period of valuation, when it shall again be eonsi- T he s.Part of the surplus assets of the Society. . conk :Part the event of the Assured being at any . time unable to Purchased e annual payments of his policy, his interest shall be ae oth by the Society at a fair valuation, or he shall receive ti ra T e h es6breuaic I I ?Z e ll ate to ti f e o . r a suer to be payable at his death proportion- Assiired . shall be in -want of . a temporary loan, the 'len eel e granteti to him•not exceeding two thirds of the b e .... n va lue bf ins policy, he paying an interest of 51. per cent. •i,s i , nom for the sarne. • pia-i t,e'ro time to el e g i " , a f t after th e expiration of the first seven years the Society `X lUnseribed, at a fair valuation. ti me; have the option of recleaning the ea apporee_ed ef settlement to be immediately prepared after the . nee e. 4flent of the Directors, and under their direction ; and, if s I, `".Yi an Act of Parliament obtained. ' tub er e ' cr iPrhms will not be received before the 22d day of oe . T test lx, by which tithe Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and the inte t i e 3 ' Pro tempore, it is eXpected will be named ; in the 2 1/r. , ;,,1 all comm unications are requested to be addressed to eerye a an ' t , esAnderton, Attorney at Law, Quality-court, Chan ti t' e polnotilei : r a nds toMetropotan Law Society for Profeesion."....eptember 18, 1821. nt honoura.ble practice, and preventing abuses SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1821. BRITISH COPPER OFFICE,. 68, Upper Thaines•street, Sept. 26. 1821. AT the Ilalf-yearly- GENERNI, MEETING of Ike BRITISH COPPER COMPANY held this day, . . . _ the Affairs of the Company were reported •to the Partners, and the Stock and Assets exrribited. A Dividend of 21. 10s. on each Share of 1001. was proposed and agreed td. • MATII-11AS ArI'WOOD, Esq. M.P. out by rotation, was re-elected on the Committee. THOMAS HILL, Esq. New Inn; and Mr. HENRY MAN, of Queen-street, Cheap Side, were elected of the Committee, in the room of JOHN MAN, Esq. deceased, and of .Mr. MI CHAEL BARNETT, retired. - •- CHARLES CHISLETT, Secretary. has sold more than Half of all the 2-11 1 £30,000 Prizes that have ever been drawn of course he anticipates similar goo4-fortune in the disposal of the £30,000 Prizes in the present Lottery, which he begs strongly to recommend to his best Friends, the Public. There are Three of £d0;000, and 6,711 other Prizes, an Money!—Not Two Blanks to 'o''Priie Clas,e,a !—No Stock Prizes !—Every Ticket. drawn singly ! and £3o r ooo Money fur the very First,drawn Prize First Day, 30th OCTOBER, (NEXT MONTH). Tickets and Shares are selling at BISH'S Offices, 4, Corn bill, and 9, Charing CrOSi, where he sold, last Lottery, Prizes of 21,0001.,.9.0,001., 16,0001., and 16 other Capitals. The Prices of Stocks arc affixed hourly against BISH'S Office in Curuhill, by which the Public may see the litre tuations. . This Day was pulilished, In Octavo, price Bs. 6d. boards, . _ AN .EXPOSITION of the RELATIONS the BRITISH GOVERNMENT with the SULTAUN. and STATE of PALEMBANG, and the Designs of the Ne therhinds Got - eminent uppn that Conntry ; with descriptive Accounts of Palembang and of the Island of Bauca. By Major W. It COURT, Late Resident at the Court of Palembang, and Resident and Commandant of the Island at Banca. London: Printed, fur Black, Kingsbury, Parbury, and Allen. THE ASI'EDEN ESTATE, HERTS. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By W. LEIFCHILD,by'Order of the Assignees Of'Nfessrs. Bolder° and Co. on WEDNESDAY, October 10, at Twelve, at the Auction Mart, London, 'in Fifteen Lots, riniE several ESTATES and INTERESTS •..a. of. and in TWO valuable and extenske . AlANOßS, pital Mansion House and Park, and sundry Freehold and Copyhold Farms, situate in 'the several pari'4l-zs of Aspeden, Laystone, Yardley, and Ctuthall, in the county of fleets; containing in the whole about Foortert Hundred Acres of fine .Meadow, Pasture, Arable, ~and Wood Land,. of the value of 2:3001. per annum. Particulars may be had fourteen days preceding the Sale, at the Secretary's Office, Auction Mart, London; Angel, Bury St. Edmund's: Raw, Newmarket ; Sun, Cambridge; Three Cups, , Colchesier ;Bill, Chelmsford . ; Swan. Bedford ; Salisbury Arms, Hatfield ; White Hart, St.: Albans; Green Man, Barnet; Salisbury Arms, Hertford; Saracen's Head, Ware ; and of. W. Leifcbild, land and timber surveyor, Middlesex. For viewing the estates appli cation may be made to Mr. Matthew . Woodwards-, at Aspe den ; and tickets to view, the Mansion House and Gardens, may he bad on' application at the office of .- Mess'rs. Lamb and CO., 2G, Princes-street, .by the Bank, where a plan of the estate may he seen. VALUABLE FREEHOLD MANORS AND ESTATES Af SEAHAM AND DAWDON, DURHAM.. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, In One Lot, (if not previously disposed of by Private Con tract) at the Bridge Inn, Si m d er l a nd, on S a t in d a Y, t h e l3tb Say of October, 1821, at Twelve o'Clock at Noon,'. - by Mr. RICHARD FELL. THE valuable and important FREEHOLD ESTATES; in a Ring Fence, comprising the'MANORS of SEAHAM and DAWVON, •which extend'3l Miles along the Sea Coast, including all Mann, ial Rights to Low-water Mark; with the modern-built FAMILY MANSION at Sea ham, Ont-offices, extensive Gardens, with•Vinery and Green house, well stocked, Pleasure Grounds, Timber and thriving Plantations. an. excellent Farm Yard, witli Coach Houses and Stables, and all suitable Offices atta c hed th ere t o fo r th e use of the Mansion and Domain Farrar. Also Eight capital Farms, with ,good Dwelling Houses, Gardens, and Buildings. for Husbandry, together with several Cottages and Gal:dens ib the Village of , Seabam ; the whole Estate being remarkably well watered and fenced, and containing together 2426 Acres of Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Land, (exclusive of the Line of Coast between High and Law-water Mark), whereof :1084 Acres are Tithe free on payment of two small - modusesar customary payments,_ Also, a'll . trie TIMBER, TREES, and UNDERWOOD, of c'nsiderable value, being of several years growth, and of various kinds, and forming a beautifully rich ornament to the Property, which . is well stocked with 'Game. Linie•stone and Sea-ware or %Veva (kWh excellent mantire) are found' in great gitantities, and furnish ample means of agricultural imprpve went at small expence, there being easy access to'llie coast at. several rlaces: The Limestone and Coal are srvatiundant, as to give ready means of establishing a vastly extensive and profitable trade. Since the commencement of the present. spirited undertaking, at Hettoo, it ha's been ascertained by actual survey and examinatiint of skilful Engineers, and others, best caphble of judging, that the coast within the Manor of Dawdon preients the greatest natural facilities for making, at the least expence, a superior Port or Harbour for the reception of Shipping of great lutile!' ; and that the dist, ict between this and the coal field comprises the best line for the carriage and shipping of all Coati to be-won from any part. of the adjacent country. The Poor Rates are very low. The Farms arc let to respectable Tenants from veer to veal- ; and the Mansion, with its Farni Yard, Out Offices., Gardens, Pleasure Grounds, and Plantations, are in hand. , Possesaion may be had at May-day next. Seaham is distant from Stuntedand about 5 miles, New castle is, Durham 13, Stockton 23. The mail and other coaches pass the Lodge Gates daily. I'he'l'enants will spew their respective Farms; and the Mansion, &c. may be viewed on application to Mr. G. Aircl, at Seaham. For further particulars and plane, apply to Messrs: IVhar tOn and Ford, 62, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London; NI r."Dacison, Middleton 'I yas, near Richmond, Yorkshire; Mr. Fell, the Auctioneer, South Shields : Mr. Aird, Sealiam ; Mr. Bell, Suitreyor, Windmill Hills, Gateshead ; the Queen's Head,' Newcastle ; the Bridge Inn, Sunderland ; the Waterloo Ho tel, Durham ; Head, Darlington; the Black Lion, StoCktuni and the Hotel, York. WIDOW WELCH'S FEMALE PILLS - have obtained the sanction and approbation of Oen tlemen of the .Medical Profession, as. a safe and valuable medicine, in removing obstructions, and relieving other inconveniences to whielf the female tiame is liable, especially those which at an early period of life frequently arise Irons want of exercise, and general debility of the sy.tem. • They create an appetite, correct indigestion, remove giddiness and nervous head arise, and are eminently useful in. windy sit orders ; mins in the stomach, shortness of breath, and palpi tations of the heart. Purchasers are regliested to remark, that, as R testimony of authenticity, each Bill of Directions is signed with the name of ♦e2 P.' ( C in writing. Sold wholesale and Retail, in London, by Wright, o. 4q, Fleet Street; Barclay and Sons, Fleet Market; New lwry and Sons, St. Panh's Chinch "Yard ; Sutton and Co. Row Church Yard; Sanger, 350, Oxford Street, opposite Bond Street. Evans and Son, Long Lane, Smithfield Johnston, Greek Street Soho ; Butler amid ; Godfrey: and Windits, Bishopsgate Street; and by all Cuttiftry Vendors; at 2'. 9rl. per Box. 1 . 4 it is necessary to ififortit the pulac that KEARSLEY'S is the only original and genuine Medicine,: abd - haS been Ft -c raved by them Ent more thltn thirty - • ' FOREIGN LITERATURE- (No. XLIII.) , • MEMOIRES DE L'ABBE MORELLET, &c. is e. Memoirs of the Abhe Mo ILE L LET, a Member of the French Academy, on the Eighteenth Century, and on the French Revolution. &b. Paris, 1821. [Continued from Wednesday's Paper.] A new existence was about to commence for the author of these Memoirs. lie quitted the Bastile. it would be diffiCult, in the present day, to form a just idea of the consideration it gave those writers whom the French Government had the kindness to imprison there. If I were to say that they might, with confidence, trust to such an event for the establishment of their re putation, and evcti tWmaking of their fortune, no person would. believe me, and yet nothing can be more true. The Abbe IViorellet was aware of it; and he also admits, with amiable candour, that during his detention, this thought supported his spirits more than his little courage, and that it rendered his sad abode pleasant in his eyes. A martyr to philosophy, he would infallibly be cried up by all the philosophers ; a satiric author, men of the world who love satire, would receive him with distinction. " This Bastile," he said, 44 will make my fortune ;" and he now informs us that "he was not deceived in his expectations, and " that he bad not badly calculated the consequences of this event of his literary life." Happy times, when to be put into prison was quite enough to advance a man:• in the world, when six months' confinement in the Bastile gave pensions to men of letters and benefices to Abbes ! The French have other advantages in their present Represen tative Government: but they have not the one justmentioned, which is rather to be regretted. J. J. Rousseau says, in his Confessions, that, grieved at the detention of the Abbe Morellet, he implored Madame de Luxembourg, ou knees, to procure his liberty. " The Abbe," he adds," wrote me a letter of thanks which ap peared to me not to breathe a certain effusion of the heart." The Abbe does more in his Me moirs, he denies a part of the debt, and to dis charge the remainder.he cries down as much as he can, following the example of his friends the philosophers, this'poor Jean Jacques, who, every body knows, was the scape-goat of the party. Nearly a whole chapter is devoted to this good Work, and, at all events, we cannot apply to this chapter the same reproach as to the letter of thanks. It does breathe a certain effusion of the heart; and perhaps it may be thought by some a little too rancorous. 'However this .may be, the Abbe Morellet was not long before he discovered all his calculations were right. He found, on the part Of Turgot, Trudaine, Diderot, D'Alembert, &c. a violent increase of friendship. They introduced him to `all their acquaintance. D'Alembert presented him to his friends with confidence, repeating, doubtless, what he had written to the King of Prussia :—" This is an honest priest, who says little about masses." It was impossible to reject, such a good certificate, backed by a few weeks' lodging in the b'astile. " Many houses," says the Abbe Morellet, " those of the Baron d'Hol barb, of Helvetius, of Madame de Boufflers, of Madame de Necker, &c. were open to me." I add, and many tables; one seldom goes without the other. . Ths Abbe Morellet in 'consequence passed his life more agreeably, but his literary labotirs suf fered. much. 'What distractions ! what a number of lost moments! We are surprised that some French writers of the last century, who certainly were not deficient in Wit or talent, should only have written 'works which are already forgotten or nearly becoming so : but the reason is obvious they loved too much the vanities of the world, they attended too willingly the brilliant circles of the French capital : in short, they dined too often in town. When people do so _much for their pleasures and their appetites, it is difficult to do enough for their literary faMe. The gastronomic .week of the Abbe Morellet, and I take it as it is given in his Memoirs,' pre sents a problem, the solution of which I leave to persons of more experience and abilities' than I possess. I find more dinner-partieS than days. Mondays and \Vednesdays.at Madame Geoffrin's, Tuesdays at Ilelvetius', Thursdays and Sundays at M. de HOlbach's, and Friday at Madame Necker's. There yet remains one day, but tb whom was he to give it ? A dozen claimants pre sent themselves—M. d'lnvanx, M, de Trudaine, Clairault, &c. How was he to satisfy them all ? This appears to me so much the more, difficult, because the Abbe Morellet, who loved peace, bad ,the good sense when his friends quarrelled not to take part in any of their disputes. Clairault had a very serious difference wits d'Alembert. It was, if I recollect right, respect ing the comet of 1759, which was the subject of general discussion. The queStion was, when it would return. , Clairault and d'Alembert differ ed on thiS point. The. self-love of the . Savant was concerned in it, and they left off seeing and even bowing to - each other. 44 had nothing to do with their dispute," . says the Abbe 11!o 'end, ".and on leaving the house of d'Alembert, who Eli ed only a few yards from his antagonist, in Rue Alichel Le Comte, at Paris, I went to dine with . Clairault, and I wrote songs for the geometrician and his Company." I like much this.neutrality. FriendShipwould exact too much if it prohibit ed you from dining with those whom our friends do - . not like. . ,The Economists flourished at that time ; their dogmas were obscure, and their language quite barbarous. One Understood them With difficulty, and itis probable they did hot always understand eaellotber. They were the oracles of the time. The Abbt Morellet selected what was reasonable in their'doctrines, and made a skilful use of it in composing the prospectus of • that famous Die tionarN of Commerce, to which the ancestors of the present French subscribed about fifty years ago, and the first volume of which has not yet made its appearance. This-circumstance gave rise to the observation that the Abbe Morellet had not made the Dictionary of- Trade, but a trade of the Dictionary; a severe reproach, from which he justifies himself tolerably well in his Memoirs. He was not master of his own. time : society and dinner-parties in town absorbed a great por tion of it ; .and Ministers, Intendants of Finance and of Trade, nay, Lieutenant's of Police, took up the rest. They applied to him every, time their measures were attacked. The Abbe Gal iani published his Dialogues on the Corn Trade, and instantly M. de Choiseul sells the Abbe Morellet to refute them. The case was parti cularly embarrassing, because the two Abbes " lived in_ the same society," and it must appear unkind to attack publicly a friend with whom he had dined every day for the - last ten years : but the Minister persisted in his demand, and the Abbe Morellet was obliged to comply. " 4 I think, says he, that this - refutation. was a very 'good performance." Unfortunately, - this good work was not so successful as the Dialogues.; and if the Ministry was on the side of the' refuting, the public took part with the refuted, Abbe. The reason is clear enough ; but for politeness' sake will not mention it. It was still-necessary, 'for the honour of the principle, and for that.of M. Turgot, to refute M. Necker, who gave, it is well known, very good dinners, but who did 'nOt at all understand the question of the Corn Trade. The Abbe Mo rellet now reminds us, and, as' he very judiciously remarks, at his risk and peril, of his Theory on Paradoxes, all his Memoirs against the French East India Company, and those which he wrote at the request of M. de Sartines and M. Lenoir, works which it must be admitted are never thought of in the present day. These are shadei which he invokes, and this phantasmagoria is hot very. amusing .to his readers'; but he can only, as he has already apprised them, tell them of what he has done ; and if they are tired of his book they may put it down, since he permits them to do so. . . The Abbe . Morellet wrote songs, did he ? Yes, to be sure; and he wrote sorne to the end of his life ; the best are inserted in his . Memoirs. They are not equal, certainly, to some of the songs of the present day, but they are written with ease, possess wit, and an occasional daSh of that spleen and satire with which the Abbe Morellet, according to his own confession, was not ill provided. In short, his songs were amusing enough, and I will venture so say the author was not the least_ gay. of the troubadours, of the Rue Michel le Comte. Nature, - moreover, dis tributes her favours as she pleases. MoOre 'and M. Desangiers may turn a couplet more agreeably than the Abbe Morellet, but I rather - think : they are not .so well versed' in political:economy. In France is it allowable•to.write and publish your sentiments on. matters of adniinistration Yes, reply all, those who - write and publish; but M. ale Laverdy, a Comptroller General, thought very differently, and . so do the present Censors. This Minister, having read- a manuscript which the Abbe Morellet was obliged to submit to his inspection, wrote in the 'margin,: " It does not become an obscure writer, who is frequently not worth a hundred erowris, - to attempt to instruct men in office. To be able to treat on matters of administration, he ought to have held the reins of office, and to be constantly up to his knuckles in ink." There was a dinner party the same dtly at the Baron d' Ilolbach's, where the Abbe Morellet repeated this notable remark, which is very well for a Comptroller-General : ah - not quite sure wl4ether it is not enough to immortalize three Comptrollers-General. " All our philosophers," observes the Abbe; " were indignant at it ;" but perhaps , they would have done better to have laughed at it. Be this as it may, M. - de Laverdy, very fortunately for the Abbe Morellet, who had founded his little fortune on these mallers,w hich he knew well, did not ion , continue in The Ministers at that period were not perpetual and they were succeeded by others who permitted the Abb6 Morellet to write and to publish what he pleased on matters of administration, provided however he was of the same opinion as themselves. But by what right did they thus dispose of :every .moment .of his life? The Minister of Finance, .we can account for him . ,—he paid me, says the Abbe Morellet. M. de Trndaine: he was his benefactor ; and M. Turgot, an old friend, who, as soon as he. became Minister, obtained 'for the -Abbe Morellet a pension, might also demand .:sorne favours ; but • what claims .had M. de Choiseul, M. de VergenneS, M. de. Sartines, &c. on him, whiCh entitled them to take him off from Lis great work ? What had they , done for. him? Nothing ? The Memoirs will tell you, and besides it is no slight task, on certain occasions; to undertake the • defence Of Ministers. The eighteenth century had many Oppositionists, almost as many as the nineteenth. The. enemies of the. Abb6 Morellet Were indeed in the wrong to reproach him for his-pensions.; he gained • them truly by the sweat of his brow. His life was one long contest, and Was passed Li rJutations. ,13aron de Grimm, Ayho had notwithstanding dined with him continually. during the space of thirty years, calumniates him in his Coirespwitl 7 ence. This Baron maintains that udder the cloak of a . philosopher, the Abbe wore the livery of men in office." Every thing proves, on the contrary, that in writing for them he maintained his own opinion ; his pen, not his conscience, was at their disposal. Who does not know that free dom of commerce was the idol of his thoughts ? that he , never 'Ceased to defend it, and that he maintained it even against M. de Calonne, who, nevertheless, was very generous when he pleased ? The Abbe Morellet doubtless loved to meet with grateful Ministers, who knew how to appre ciate his solid labours - ; and sometimes he may have had reason to complain that they were rather tardy in giving proofs of their gratitude : but I do not mean to find fault with him for accepting theSe tributes of gratitude ; for since the Government employed gin; it Was but just that they should remunerate him ; and, in truth,con sidering the base suspicions to which the ser vices rendered by him to Government have ex posed his philosopher's cloak, I think he was not 'sufficiently paid.. The opinions of 'the Abbe IVlorellet on some literary characters of his time, and on the Revo lution, will furnish the subject of a third and con cluding article. C. (To be continued.) Extracts. from the Returns of the Stamp ()ince, chewing the Increase and Decrease of Duty paid during the ... Three Years ending at Christmas last, lay the. different Firs Offices, and exemplifying th to the PLAN and Masao le Preference given by the public rE3IEIi.T of the -CoulvrY,PritE, OFFICE. INCREASE. X. S. ti. DECREASE. X. S. d. 1,188 16 6 Albion - - Atlas. .. _ British - *County - - Eagle - - - Globe - - Hand-in-Hand - 3,306 12 7 861 11 9 *8,471 19 11 -Hope imperial - London - Norwich Union - Phoenix - 643 11 11 1,075 0 9 531 14 0 Royal Exchangc - Sun - • _ Union. 1,131 3 2,830 0 5 3,021 8 0 430 4 1 Westminster THE ALABASTER SAncopHAous.---The -cele brated Alabaster Sarcophagus, which lately ar rived from Alexandria, was, as we yesterday stated, uncased and deposited in the British Museum. It is for the present in one of the apartments no open to the public, where pro bably it will lie until a place is prepared for it in the Egyptian Gallery. This antique is cer tainly a very extraordinary and admirable speci men of the arts of Egypt. The Sarcophagus is nine feet long, and about four feet high, appa rently of a single piece, and that of a very fine alabaster. It is shaped like a modern coffin, and is more than large enough to have the mummy, with all its envelopes, whiclt is presumed to have been deposited within this costly repository.— But its chief value is in the innumerable hiero glyphics which cover the sides, interior and ex terior„ from top to bottom. They are small ; the human figures, of which there are lo.ug processions, in various -circumstances and at- titudes, erect, linked together, towing- galleys, bending as if in worship, &c. &c. are from an inch to an inch and a half high. Between those are compartments of symbols, the eye, the ibis, - the lotus, &c. The serpent occurs frequently;and in some, instances at c o n s id e rabl e `size and with much exactness of detail; This noble work is supposed to be the coffin of Psammii. Conjecture, however, has an exten sive range in Egyptian antiquity, and soine pro.. babilities have been suggested in favour of its being no tomb but a temple—a small' shrine imitative of the original Cymba, or .greitt.belu vian vessel to which so many of the 'lndian em blerni refer. The ark seems to have formed a vast resource of Pagan Allegoric sculpture. The pecuniary value of this sarcophagus has been es timated at a very large sum. It ivas the property. of Mr. Salt, the British Consul, and wag, we-un derstand, the subject of ,competition by the agents of some Foreign Powers. If the industry of our antiquaries should be at letrgth turned from the frivolous and feeble pursuitS - which have for so long a time rendered the name of English antiquarianism obscure, a noble ,opportunity is offered in this monument and ,the other Egyptian , memorials for retrieving our national' reputation in learned:and productive research.' The COUrt and Hall of the British Museum are now covered with works of the purest and most remote anti quity, and don - titleSS of the highest value for the illustration of the early ages of the World. The attention of learned men abroad has been lately turned to this study, bUt on the . Continent its materials are deficient. In England they are now abundant, and it will be little to our ho nour to leave the discovery of • the Secrets of science, the arts, mythology, and history Which those sculptures more than probably contai n , to the more fortunate - industry and intelligence of strangers. A WATER CoAcit.-- , —About the hour of eight o'clock on Monday night, Mr. , Brady appeared On the river Liffey,. Dublin, in his - Marine Cha riot, Amidst the shouts of assembled hundreds of persons who - crowded the Bachelors'-n all, Aston's-quay, andiCarlisle-bridge, attracted by a sight so novel. The chariot Appeared to he drawn by two horses, who, seemed as 'if swim ming, and the reins were held'by Mr. Brady.— The intrepid 'charioteer fired several shots during his voyage or diind•; a boat, from which a light ed thithbeau 'was kept waving, followed hint the entire way. ~... ~ PRICE SEVENPE,NCE. 309 16 11 584 4 8 1,005 5 11 11,504 2 .9 7,163 13 5 !"-N.