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And all Sheriffs, Gaolers, and Keepers of Prisons, in „,„ hose custody any Prisoners, charged with Offences corn ),,itted on the High Seas, or within the said Jurisdiction int), be, are hereby required to transmit a copy of the aCornmitment of every suck Prisoner to Mr. CHARLES (JONES, the Solicitor of the Admiralty, at his office, No , 10, Lancaster•place, Strand, London, in order that the necessary measures may be taken, for removing all :such Prisoners to his Majesty's Gaol of Newgate, for trial t th e s kid intended Session :' and all Mayors, Justices, 2e t'orners, and other Officers, before whom any Inquisi- V'tons, Informations, Examinations, or Recognizances may we been taken touching any such Offences, are required 0,,0 transmit the same forthwith to Mr. JOHN CLARK, 0 . tlie Clerk of Arraigns o f th e Hi g h C ourt o f Admi ' r:alty of England, at his Office, at the Sessions House in ,•the Old Bailey, London. • GEORGE ELLIOT. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2, 1832._ iNo. 12,263. Pluck; 7D THE COMETS OF THE YEAR 1832. SCOTTISH PENSJON LIST. COURT CIRCULAR. The first name on the list is that of Elizabeth Stewart, 491. 10s. since 1774; Elizabeth Sin- clair has 1381. ss. the year after, and in 1778 Charles Lord Sinclair gets 1841. Among Pitt's pensioners, who commence in Dec. 1784, and end in 1801, and the number of whom is 63 (three since dead), we find the following, remarking by the way that about nineteen or twenty are females : This day was published, in small Svo. price ss. 'To correspond with the Waverley Novels, Volume I. of THE first COMPLETE and UNIFORM Edition of the WORKS of LORI) BYRON, -with his LETTERS and JOURNALS; and his LIFE. By THOMAS MOORE, Esq. To be completed in 14 Monthly Volumes, each contain ing two highly-finished Engravin4i by the first Artists. Published by John Murray, Albemarle-street; and sold by every Bookseller in the United Kingdom. Jean Cockburn, 184/. ; Elizabeth Jemima Countess of Erroll, 286/.105.; Mary Cockburn, MINERAL SUCCEDANEUM FOR FILLING DE • CAYED TEETH, without Heat or Pressure, and IN CORRODIBLE ARTIFICIAL TEETH, without Wires or other Ligatures. MONSIEUR MALLAN and SON, Sur geon. Dentists, No. 32, GREAT RUSSELL STREET, BLOOMSBURY, grateful for the high and exknsive patronage which has so eminently distinguished their professional exertions since their arrival in the British Metropolis, respectfully announce to their Friends and the 13 1 .2 11, 1ic in general, that they still continue to restore DE ;;AYED TEETH, - with their celebrated MINERAL - SUCCEDANEUM, so universally recommended by the Faculty of London and Paris. The operation of Filling Teeth is performed in a few seconds, without the slightest pain, heat, or pressure. They also FASTEN LOOSE • TEETH, in a manner siugularly efficacious, and SUPPLY WHOLE or PARTIAL SETS of TEETH formed of the "ore INCORRODIBLE MINERAL, or of Natural Sub stances, without WIRE or other LIGATURES—guaren- Peed to answer every purpose for Articulating and Masti tating.—Charges as in Paris. The Faculty are respectfully invited to witness the suc cessful result of the Mineral Succedaneutn. t DIXON'S IMPROVED ELIXIR PAREGORIC . THE PAREGORIC ELIXIR is univer sally esteemed an excellent 'Medicine for Colds and Coughs, yet at the same time it has its inconveniencies, unless joined with other remedies. In some constitutions it brings on costiveness, hinders expectoration, and fre quently after allaying a Cough leaves a troublesome Hoarse ness. Mr. Dixon's preparation, which has been used during a practice of many years with most decided sue ,. Cess, obviates these inconveniences, and prevents any un -1 easy sensation, thereby rendering it a safe and unparalleled remedy for Coughs and Colds. In Spasmodic Affections of the Face and Gums this Medicine has the most decided beneficial effect. Sold in Bottles at 2s. 9d. and 4s. fid., by Messrs. But ler, Chemists, Cheapside, corner of Sf. Paul's, and the most respectable Dealers in Patent Medicines. Of whom may be had, DIXON'S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS, which do not contain Mercury in any shape, and have met with more general approval than any other Medicine. In Boxes, at 2s. 9.1., 4s. 6d., I Is., and 225. DR JAMES'S POWDER. THIS celebrated Medicine i s i nvar i a bl y adopted by Physicians ; and for those who cannot obtain medical advice, with each packet are enclosed full directions for its use. Its efficacy is most certain, if freely given on the attack of FEVER, MEASLES, SORE THROAT, recent Cold with Cough, and other Inflam matory Disorders. In RHEUMATISM and Chronic Complaints it has performed the most extraordinary cores, when used with perseverance. Dr. JAMES'S POWDER continues to be prepared by Messre. NEWBERY,:FROM THE ONLY COPY OF THE PROCESS LEFT BY DR. JAMES IN HIS OWN HANDWRITING, which was DEPOSITED WITH THEIR GRANDFATHER IN 1746, AS JOINT PROPRIETOR. In Packets, 2s. 9d. and 245. DR. JAMES'S ANALEPTIC PILLS afford constant relief in INDIGESTION, BILIOUS and STOMACH COMPLAINTS, Gouty Symptoms, recent Rheumatism, and Cold with slight Fever, and are so mild in their effects as not to require confinement. DR. JAMES'S ANALEPTIC PILLS are prepared by Messrs. NEW EERY, FROM THE ONLY RECIPE EXISTING UNDER DR. JAMES'S HAND, and are sold by them in Boxes at 2e. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 245., at 45, St. Paul's Churchyard ; J. Sanger, 150, Oxford street, London ; and in mo s t C oun t r y T owns . Th e name " F. N ew b ery " is engraved in each Government stamp. CHOLERA MORBUS CURED BY MORISON'S UNIVERSAL MEDICINES ONLY. THE President and the Board of the Bri, tish College of Health, New-road, King's Cross, London, on referring the British Public to their former statement of the undoubted success of the Universal Medi cines in stopping the ravages of the Cholera Morbus in the Baltic, as given, verbatim, from Mr. M. Gardner, their general Agent for the County of Durham, (who had supplied several Baltic vessels with the Medicine), beg leave to lay before the Public a letter, received this day from their general Agent of Lancashire, containing a still More corroborative proof of their full efficiency on this devastating scourge : SECOND REPORT OF MR. W. C. POOLE, (GENERAL AGENT FOR LANCASHIRE); ON CHOLERA MORBUS. TO MIS4SRS. firIORDSON AND MOAT, GENTLEMBN,—In addition to the long list of Cures of Cholera Morbus, in Manchester, under my direction, with the' Universal Medicines,' which have been published in all the Provincial Papers, and which you have collected among your fourth series of Cures' that have risen since the publication of the Third Edi t ion of Morisoniana,' I now send you a further selection of a part of, at least, 130 cures of Cholera, which I have performed in this town and county, armed only with the powers of your simple and harmless Pills, viz.:— " Mrs. Smith, shopkeeper, No. 6, Mount-street, Manchester, was taken dangerously ill with Cholera, Nov. 4, 1831 :—Cramps, spasms, and every dangerous symptom attending this disease ; And mere so, as she had lain in only a fortnight—A perfect cure in four days. " The daughter of the above Mrs. Smith was also dangerously attacked with Cholera, on Nov. 13th. A continual passage of every thing, as swallowed, would run through the bowels imme diately; the fundament, continually down, had become quite raw with burning heat; cramps and spasms excessive —indeed, so dreadful were the sufferings of the poor child (five years old), and so shocking to behold, that its parents thought her bowels were protruding. I, however, e ase d thei r m i n d s on t h at h ead, and ef. eeted a perfect cure in tour days. • On the Md, Mr. Smith the father, was also most violently at tacked with Cholera, so much so as to endanger his life.—No thing short of prompt and immediate attention could have saved him. His Cholera came on through a fright, from a carriage haling pi, -own him down, and nearly killed him—which trtunately), produced a severe attack of diarrhea, • aecomp a od with most violent cramps and spasms all over him. He w as , hwever, perfectly cured in three days, and in his busi ness ever rice. In this instance, we have a clear proof of a cause, preucing the same symptoms and effects without the aid of epiderrr: attraction of Chelera, from whence it may be in ferred, tht the hubbub which the doctors are kicking up on this disease, ls leficient of a scientific knowledge of its pathology, or actuated F still less honourable motives. " Mr. p,bert Betty, No. 3, Little Peter-street, Manchester, was t a k en ill of the Cholera on the 26th November. On the 27th, very ill ; and on the 2Sth, dangerous, and past all hopes. By two, t..t. spasms and delirium l ; at times, all but in a state of insanity : when he began to take the Universal Pills, which took imailiate efflact, by forcing a quick passage. By ten, r.x. he felt hirself quite well ; on the 29th, he walked all over the town procittming the glad tidings of his wonderful cure in so short a tine ; and on the 30th, was at work and in perfect health ever since. m rs .r R. Patterson, 12, Alport-street, Manchester, was taken suddenly ind dangerously ill of the Cholera, attended with cramps; ST isnis , and almost bereft of reason. At five, p.m. on the let D e ,ember, she was in a truly dangerous state of alarm to all arourd her. On the 3d, she declared herself perfectly cured, andmme to see me. " I have cured two of her children in the Small Pox, and shall have to report the cure of another child of her's, of the King's Eel. Without entering further, at present, on the never failing efficacy of the ' Universals,' In every state and grade of the Cholera (which is so unnecessarily alarming this nation), I can produce 100 more references in Manchester, of undoubted evidenc e , of the Vegetable Universal Medicines being all sufficient to stop the ravages of the Cholera Morbus. 1 am, Gentlemen, " Most respectfully, your's, &c. " ' 293, Peansgate, Manchester, 4 ‘W. C. POOLE. • 12th Dec. 1831." The "Vegetable Universal Medicines " are to be had at the College, New-road, King's-cross, London ; at the Surrey Branch, 96, Great Surrey-street, Bltckfriars ; at Mr. Fierd's, 16, Air -street, Quadrant ; Mr. Chappell's, ' Royal Exchange; Mr. Walker's, Lamb's Conduit passage, Red Lint-square ; Mr. J. Loft's, 10, Mile-end-road ; Mr. Bennett's, Covent-Garden-market ; Mr. Haydon's, , Fleur-de-lis-court, Norton Falgate; Mr. Haslett's, 147, Ratcliffe Highway ; Messrs. Norbury's, Brentford ; Mrs. O Stepping, Clare-market ; Meters. Salmon, Little Bell alley ; Msss Varral's, 24, Lucas-street, Commercial-road ; .; ' Mrs. Beech's, 5, Upper Cbeyne-row, Chelsea ; Mr. ,Chapple, Royal Library, Pall-mall ; Mrs. Clement, 12, • Bridge , stteet, Southwark ; Mr. M. Adams, Square, Ile ',worth; Mr. Kirtlan, 4, Bolingbroke-row, Walworth ; Mr. J. T. Tyler, 96, Princes-square, Kennington, and at Agent's in every principal town in Great Britain, the • slandi 'of Guernsey, and Malta ; and throughout the `hole of the United States of America.. The First Number of THELADIES'CABINETofFASHION, MUSIC, and ROMANCE, is published THIS DAY, price 6,1. • Also the Monthly Review for'January, which contains articles on the following subjects :-1. The Rights of Industry--2. Revelation. " Tht . Letters from the North of Europe.,--1. Roby's Traditions of Lancashire.-5. France in the Fourteenth Century.- 6. Recent Novels.-7. Manufactures its Iron and Steel.— S. Obstructions to the Study of Anatomy.-9. Steb bing's Lives of the Italian Poets.-10. Life of Frederick the Great.-1 1. The Mechanisn of the Heavens ; together with notices of other new works, and a variety of Miscel laneous Intelligence. London G. Henderson, 2, Old Bailey. In consequence of the great demand, and to avoid a par tial delivery, it has been found necessary to postpone till the 15th of January the publication of Part I. con taining Five highly-finished Engravings, price only 2,4 6d. of FINDEN'S LANDSCAPE ILLUSTRA TIONS to Mr. MURRAY'S first complete and uniform Edition of the LIFE and WORKS of LORD BYRON. Part 1., illustrative of Vel. 1., will contain :-1, Loch na.gar in the Highlands of Scotland—Stanfield. 2. Co rinth—Stanfield. 3. The Franciscan Convent at Athens, in which Lord Byron resided in 1811—Stanfield. 4. Tem ple of Jupiter, and the Acropolis at Athens—Stanfield. 5. Portrait of the Maid of Athens, from a Drawing made by Thomas Allason, Esq. in the year 1812. John Murray, Albemarle-street. Sold also by Charles Tilt, Fleet-street. POPULAR NOVELS, LATELY PUBLISHED By COLBURN and BENTLEY, New Burlington-street, And to be had at all respectable Libraries : THE DAVENEI: : or a Campaign of Fashion in Dublin. 2 vols. " A very lively and characteristic picture of manners in the higher life of the Irish Metropolis."—Court Journal. A SECOND PORTRAITURE of EXCLUSIVE'SO. CIETY, or FOREIGN EXCLUSIVES in LONDON. 3 vols. 21s. STORIES of a BRIDE. Mummy." 3 vols. 28s. 6d. Iv. By the Author of " The The SCHOOL of FASHION. 3 vole. 275. " A true index to the tastes and feelings of the great world The author is known to be a person of high rank."—Courier. The ROMANCE of REAL LIFE. By the Author of " The School for Coquettes," " The Manners of the Day," &c. 3 vols. TrT BELMOUR ; a Novel. By the Hon. ANNE SEY• MOUR DAMER. 2 vole. 18s. VII. TALES of MY TIME. By the Author of " Blue- Stocking Hall." 3 vols. VIII. A MARRIAGE in HIGH LIFE. Edited by the Authoress of " Flirtation." 2 vols. 16s. " I was compelled to her, but I love thee." " A novel likely to become a permanent favourite with the public. The narrative is constructed upon an event of deep in terest."—Atlas. TALES of WOMAN, illustrative of the Female Cha racter. 2 vols. 18s. " These Talcs of Woman' do credit to the sex, and deserve well of the gallant and the polite."—Literary Gazette. FOGS AND DANIP AIR. BARCLAYS ASTHMATIC CANDY has, for many years, been proved an effectual pre servative from the ill effects of the Fogs and Damp Air which, in the Winter Season, are so prevalent in this climate. Its effects are, to expel Wind, to preserve the Stomach from the admission of Damps, and to relieve those who suffer from difficulty of breathing. Prepared only by Barclay and Sons, 95, Fleet-market, London, and sold by their appointment by Mr. Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Heudehnurck, Holborn ; Johnston, Cornhill ; and all respectable Stationers, Druggists, and Medicine Venders, in Boxes at 2s. 9d. and Is. Id. each, duty included. Observe none can be genuine, unless the names of " Barclay and Sons," are on the Stamp affixed to each Box. THE BILIOUS PILLS, PREPARED by F. NEWBERY and SONS, are the discovery of a Physician of the first eminence at the present time. In all extensive prac tice for some years he has employed them in the most ob stinate Bilious Cases with unvarying success. They operate principally as a deobstruent and purgative, they promote a proper action of the liver in the secretion of bile, or cor rect it when in a vitiated state. Obstructions of the stomach and bowels are gradually removed ; and by giving tone to the hiliary ducts and strength to the sys tem, they afford relief to those who suffer from nervous attacks, sick head-ache, giddiness, indigestion, and gouty affection. The Bilious Pills have the name " F. Newbery" en graved in the Government stamp on each Box, and are sold at No. 45, Sr. Paul's Church-yard ; and by J. San ger, 150, Oxford-street, London ; and all Venders in the Country, price 2s. 9d. Swing is not to be " unmasked" for nothing. During the time Mr. WAKEFIELD came to town to print his history of the notorious Captain, the corn-stacks, &c., of one of his own farm-yards were burnt. While the writer was illuminating the metropolis, the doer got up a light of his own in Gloucestershire. Just as the last page of Swing Unmasked was going to press in town, a sreet of flame announced the revenge of Swing in the country. This, at any rate, puts to flight the wicked insinuation that hail been spread abroad by some literary incendiary, that Mr. WAKEFIELD was his own Swing.—Spectator. ELECTIONEERING.—The late JOHN ELLIS, Esq., who was termed " a violent party man," was em ployed as an agerat in an election, which was not only strongly contested on the spot, but, on the ground of some irregularity, brought by petition before the House of Commons. To the bar of the House Mr. ELLIS was brought, on the part of the petitioning candidate, whorl he underwent a cross-examination, of which the following is the substance :—" We understand, Mr. ELLIS, that a very considerable sum was expended on this election, and that great part of it was directed to the purposes of corrupting the voters. Do you know of any such application of money, or of any bribes being actually eccepted on the part of the electors?"—" Indeed, Sir, I do, as agent. I know that our party bribed all that we could get to accept our money !" At this acknowledgment a pause of astonishment seemed to pervade the House ; a murmur succeeded, which only subsided on a Member's saying to the witness " Your party did not carry the election ?" " No," returned ELLIS, with great composure, " we did not."—" Well, but Mr. ELLIS," said the first querist, " is it not ex'raordinary, as you say you bribed all that would take your money, that you did not return your Member ?" —" Not in the least," said Ent's. "No ! why how do you account for it ?"—" Easily ; the opposity party out bribed us." At this there was a universal burst of laughter. " I shall not ask you any more questions, Mt. ELLIS," said the interrogater wits great indignation. 921.; Harriet Cockburn, 97/.; Dame Margaret Fowlis, 97/. ; Alexander Earl of Home, 2761. 10s.; children of Anne Wilson, 276/. 10s.; Lady Virginia Murray, 1841.; Jean Countess of Caithness, 1841.; Margaret, Mary, Isabel, Harriet, and Anne Swinton, 276/. 10s. ; Lady Maria Cochrane, 1841.; Walter Hutchinson Lord Aston, 97/. ; Lady Elizabeth Eleonora Dundas and Lady Louisa Erskine, 2761. 10s. each. Lord Sidmouth has 38 pensioners (one since dead) ; the first on his list is Lucretia Cicia porci, 184/. ; among the others are Wilhehnina Ruthven, 2301. ss. ; Lady Louisa Stuart, 97/. ; Lady Madelina Palmer, 1841.; Jean Countess of Caithness (a second time!), 921.; Dame Harriet Scott, 184/. ; Elizabeth Jemima Coun tess Dowager of Erroll, 2761. 10s. ; George Murray, Mary Murray, and Elizabeth Anne Murray, 971. each ; Ann M'Kay, 184/. ; and Eric Mackay, Baron Reay (since resigned) 1841. Pitt's second Administration, 35 more, in all 98,. at an annual payment of very nearly 10,0001. ! _ Among the names in the second list we find Catherine and Jane Arbuthnot, each 1381. ss. ; four Cleghorns, at 491. 10s. each ; Dame Mary Dacre Clerk, widow, 97/., and Isabella Leitch, 138/. ss. Lord Grenville's list includes 13, two of whom are since dead. Among the names we find Thomas Campbell, 184/, ; Harriet Wil loughby (?), 276/. 10s.; and Lady Mary Anne Gray, 971. The Duke of Portland leaves 32, amongst which are Isabella and Mary Rollo, 184/. ; Charlotte Lucy Anstruther, 2761. 10s. ; Grace Douglas, 138/. ss. ; and Margaret Macdougall, 101/. ss. Mr. Perceval placed on the list 16 ; Mary Campbell, 1841.; Isabella Cornelia Blair, Isa bella Blair, Cornelia Blair, and William Blair, the same day, Oct. 7, 1811, in all 6551., and William Blair has in addition, in December same year, from Lord Liverpool, 921. A little further down—to wit, in June, 1815 —.we find Ann and Janet Blair 491. 10s. each. Lord Liverpool's Scotch pensioners amount to 77. Amongst them we find Lady Amelia Drummond, 971.; Dr. John Gillies, 1841. ; John Elphinstone Lord Elphinstone, 138/. ss. and soon after Elizabeth Mackenzie Elphinstone and Keith Elphinstone (Qu. of the Noble Lord's family ?), 2761. 10s.; Dame Mary Honeyman, 138/. 55.; and in the ensuing year Catherine Margaret and Jemima Honeyman, 37/. each ; Lucius Bentinck Viscount Falkland 184/. ; Charlotte Julia Countess Dowager of Rothes, 276/. 10s.; Lady Elibank, 921. ; Ers kine Erskine, widow, 276/. 10s.; George Earl of Erroll, 276/. 10s.; Elizabeth Douglas, 276/. 10s.; Harriet Countess of Errol, 276/. 10s.; Anne M'Neill, 184/. ; George William Evelyn Earl of Rothes, 276/. 10s. ; Lady Elibank (again !) 921. ; Sir George Gor don, Bart, 138/. ss. ; James Edward Lord Cranstoun, 184/. ; Reverend Charles Edward Drummond, 97/. ; Lady Fanny Hay, 97/. ; Lady Mary Hay, 1841. ; Honourable Margaret Ers kine, 1381. 55.; Thomas Charles Earl of Port more, 2761. 10s. ; Sir William Wardlaw, 72/. 12s. 6d. ; Lady Mary Hay (again ! the third Lady Hay put on within two years) 92/. ; Frances Harriet Countess of Caithness (two Countesses of Caithness on the list !), 276/.los. ; Lady Mary Kerr, 184/. ; Lady Cranstoun, 97/. (his Lordship having 1841.) ; John Elphinstone Lord Elphinstone (second time in addition to Elizabeth and Keith E.), 138/. ss. ; Lady Mary Kerr, 921. (twice ; date of the first, Nov. 1825, of the second, August, 1826). Mr. Canning has left but one, Dr. John Hun ter, 971. Lord Goderich has five, among whom are children of the late Lord Gifford, 198/. 16s. ; Lady Janet Buchanan, 1381. ss. ; and Sir David Scott, Bart., 149/. '7s. The Duke of Wellington's Administration added twenty, at an annual cost to the nation of 2,1841. 55.-no small number or amount in less than two years ; at this ratio he promised to be as active in the creation of pensioners as even Pitt himself! Amongst the names on the Duke's list are Camden Gray M'Lellan, Baron Kirkcudbright, 184/. ; Marianne Lady Strath more, Caroline Baroness Nairne, Catherine ilep burne, and Lady Napier, 1841. each ; Or. David Brewster, 971.; Lady Dorothea Cochrane (Lady': Maria was on before, since 1800, with 1841. per annum), 97/. ; Lady Elibank (the third time,. making in all 322/. 55.), 1381. 55.; Lady Char lotte Murray Macgregor, 971. The following are the general results :- Ministers. No. et Pensions. Amount per Ann. Lord North Earl of Shelburne William Pitt.. Henry Addington..... 38 William Pitt............ 35 Lord Grenvi11e......... 13 Duke of Portland Spencer Perceval Earl of Liverpool 77 George Canning 1 Lord Goderich Duke of Wellington.... 20 The following strange occurrence has lately taken place at Champignolles (Eure) :—An inhabitant of the village having dug a hole to entrap a wolf, put upon it a live goose as a bait for the voracious animal. Another inhabitant, on perceiving the fluttering goose at a aistance, approached it, and fell into the ditch, which was eight feet deep, the sides being cut out so as to form an inverted cone. He vainly attempted to get out, and was patiently waiting for the return of day; but lie had not waited long when something very heavy fell upon his shoulders. This was a wolf, attracted by the bait. The fright of the poor man may be easily imagined; that of the wolf was equally great, for he imtntdiately got into a corner, whence he did not stir all night. When day appeared, the man who had made the trap came up for his prey, and lie was not a little surprised at finding his two prisoners. The wan was taken out more dead than alive. No forbearance seas shown to the wolf, which was killed in spite of his fa bearance during the night.—Freuch Paper. The Duchess of KENT and the Princess VICTORIA rode at Mr, FOZARD'S riding-school on Saturday. Divine service was performed before the Duchess of KENT and the Princess VICTORIA, and their Royal High nesses' household, yesterday, by the Dean of CHESTER; After the Cabinet Council held at the Foreign-office on Friday evening, the Ambassadors and Ministers of Russia, Austria, France, and Prussia, assembled at the Foreign office, and held a conference, which lasted till three o'clock the following morning. A King's Messenger was after wards sent off with despatches to Vienna. Prince TALLEYRAND, the French Ambassador, had a long interview with Viscount PALMERSTON, on Saturday afternoon, at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. M. VAN DE WEYER, the Belgian Minister, also visited Viscount PALMERSTON on Saturday. In the even in,7, despatches were sent off by a messenger from the Fo reign-offs .e for Viscount GRANVILLE, our Ambassador at Paris. Mr. DEAN, the Chairman of the Commissioners of. Cus toms, transacted business with Viscount Aurtioar on Sa turday, at the Treasury.. AGRICULTURAL REPORT for DECEMBER. The present, as we obServed of the previous month I.,idom affords much novelty of agriculture ' report. On the approach of spring the plot will) thicken. There has been too much rain during the mouth for our heavy lands, already water-logged and sodden ; but on the whole it has been a mild and favourable autumn for the operations of the sea son, which, to use a common phrase, are on a full average of forwardness. As to the light and thirsty soils, they continue to enjoy in full measure the benefits conferred upon them during the three or four years past. The early sown wheats are doubt less too forward, and in some danger of exhaustion from their rampant luxuriance; and that which is still more to be apprehended and regretted, their almost equal sharers in the soil, the weeds, are also too generally a most magnificent crop. The short time which the seed has required for germination has occasioned the least possible loss. In Scotland, perhaps generally, some portion of the wheat sowing will be deferred to the commencement of the new year, latter December being there deemed the worst seed season ; yet there remains a strong objection to this practice in the possible case of a continued frost. —Monthly Magazine for January. DEATH OF JOHN AIITFORD. This wretched man, whose depraved and vicious habits had long rendered him an alien to his kin dred, and an outcast of society, died last week in St. Giles's workhouse. He was born at Mitford Castle, in Northumberland, had served as a sub- officer in the fleets under Hood and Nelson, and was related to the noble family of Redesdale. A correspondent, who gives us an account of his death, accompanies it with the following particulars : " His name will be long remembered in connec tion with Lady Percival in the Blackheath affair, for his share in which he was tried, but acquitted. For many years Mitford has lived by chance, and slept three nights out of the week in the open air, when his finances did not admit of his paying 3d. for a den in St. Giles's. Though formerly a nau tical fop, for the last fourteen years he was ragged and loathsome; he never thought but for the neces sities of the moment; and having had once given to him an elegant pair of Wellington boots, sold them for a shilling; the fellow who bought them put them in pawn fur fifteen shillings, and came back in triumph with the money. " Ah," said Jack, " but he went out in the cold for it." lie was the author of " Johnny Newcome in the Navy." The publisher gave him a shilling day till he finished it. Incredible as it may appear, he lived the whole of the time in Bayswater fields, making a bed at night of grass and nettles. Two penny worth of bread and cheese and an onion was Isis daily food, the rest of the shilling he expended in gin. He thus passed 43 days, washing his shirt and stock ings himself in a pond, when he required clean linen. He was latterly employed by publishers of a humble class, and ota certain description. Efforts had at various times been made to reclaim him, but without effect. A Mr. E—, a printer and publisher, having an eye to busi:iess, took him into the house, and en deavoured to render him " decent ;" for a few days he was sober, and Lord Redesdale (through the in strumentality of Mr. James Green, of Will's Coffee house, Portugal-street, who 'was formerly a brother officer of Mr. Mitford's, and fought with him at the battle of the Nile) enabled him to make a respec table appearance; indeed it is but justice to his Lordship to state that he has numberless times evinced a disposition to support Mitford in respecta bility ; but the wretched man was too deeply plunged in vice and low habits to be reclaimed.— Whilst editing a catchpeuny publication, Mr. E. was obli g ed to keep him in a place half kitchen and half cellar, where, with a loose grate tolerably filled, a candle, and a bottle of gin, he passed his days ; and, with the covering of an old carpet, his nights; never issuing from his lair but when the bottle was empty. Sometimes he got furious with drink, and his shoes have been taken from him to prevent his migrating, he would then run out with out them, and has taken his coat off in winter and sold it for half a pint of gin. A short time before his death be wrote a song—" The King is a true British Sailor"—and sold it to seven different pub lishers. This miserable man was buried by his friend. He has left a wife and family; but they have always been and are still provided for by Lord Betlesdale. It will be some consolation to those who knew Mitford to read the following—the last letter he ever wrote—as it shows that lie has ended days in comparative comfort. The letter is ad dressed to one who had some hand in getting him into the workhouse : " Sia,-I have been so changeable in my state, that sometimes I have not strength to hold a pen to thank you for the very great kindness I have experienced at your hands. The Doctor is very humane and attentive, for I cannot forget what a wretched beggar I was for any of you to notice. My breath will never recover, and I firmly believe my lungs are decaying fast ; but 1 hope to get round, and yet live a few years on Lord Redesdale's munificence and my earthly saviour Mr. Green's care. He said he would leave another sovereign, but I have no extravagances to gratify—fruits and other light things are all I require —paper, pens, &c. 1 wish to go as near the mark as possible, as I place no faith in any future hopes. The nurse is truly honest, and accounts to me for every penny. Mr. Green, perhaps, mentioned to you, about some clothes for me to sit up in, which I am sure would hasten my recovery—he thought he had an old dressing gown. If you, Sir, can favour me with your assistance on this great point, it will be an additional obligation conferred on an improvident poor wretch, who had no hope of twenty-four hours' life when you received him into this benevolent asylum. I am, Sir, " Your truly obliged and obedient humble scrvent. " JOHN MITFORD. " His remains were deposited in St. Giles's Church yard, on Friday last. The funeral waa of a most respect able description, and a considerable sum of money was given by the Noble Lord to whom Mitford was related, to the paupers of St. Giles's parish." The following extract is curious Ho ,v was our King JOHN forsaken of his Lordes when h , . would have put a good and godly reformation in hi, owne land ! flow was HENRY H. compassed in by the manner of his owne Prelates, with the secrete con spiracle of some of his owne temporal Lordes with them !"—TINDAL (the Reformer and Martyr), vol. i., p. 190, edit., 1573. About the latter part of the year 1828 an impres , slon generally prevailed that some baleful influence was connected with a cornet then about to appear, of which it had been affirmed that it was the most likely of all others to come in contact with the earth : this was the comet of Encke. The German and French philosophers also predicted that the comet of Beila would, in the year 18:32, breathe de solation on the human race, and by its zhock reduce this beautiful world to its original chaos. In this country notices appeared in the public prints relative to a comet said to be visible, and those who pos sessed telescopes were directed to the place in the heavens where the monster was to be found. Every one who saw it wondered that it remained sta tionary; it would indeed have been a wonderful phenomenon if it had moved, for this fancied comet proved to be the nebula in the girdle of Andromeda, the position of which in the heavens was as perma nent as that of any of the fixed stars. At length the expected comet did appear, but only dimly seen with the telescope. It passed the earth's orbit, crossed the paths of Venus and Mercury, mingled its myste rious cloud-like form with the solar ray's' and disap peared. Both of these Comets—the comet of Encke, and the comet of Biela— will returnthisyear,and cross the earth's orbit ; the former in the spring, and the latter in the autumn, and the only antidote to any terror is an investigation of the nature of these bo dies, and the paths which they pursue. It is not very probable that the comet of Encke will be satis factorily visible in this hemisphere during its return in the present year : it will pass its perihelion the early part of May. The comet of Biela will be nearest to the earth on the 22d of October, when its distance will be about fifty millions of miles. The alarm which prevailed in Paris, and on the Conti nent, with respect to the danger of the return of this comet in 1832, seems to have originated in some supposed calculations made by the celebrated La londe, and the popular tumult at last increased to such a height that the Government were compelled to publish that celebrated astronomer's memoir in order to appease it. It is known that the comet of 1770 passed through the system of the planet of Jupiter without, in the slightest degree, affect ing the motions of either the primary or his sa tellites, and• that it passed sufficiently near our planet to have shortened the length of the year, had its mass been equal to that of the earth. Most of the calculations respecting the effect of the proximity of a comet to our earth have proceeded on errone ous principles—over-rating the quantity of matter in comets, and losing sight of their great velocity when in this part of the system. For a comet to produce any direful effect, it ought to contain not merely a great quantity of matter, but also to be vertical and stationary to the earth's surface fo, several hours; instead of which, we have reason believe tha., though vast in volume, comets contain but little matter in proportion ; consequently theh attractive energy would be inconsiderable, whilt their velocity would in a very short period carry them beyond the limit of exerting any influence on the waters of the globe. But the very circumstance which, in case of proximity, would he the security of our globe—namely, velocity, would, in the even. of a contact, be attended with the direst• effects. Should, the comet strike the earth obliquely, it woul•i glance off, and the consequences would be partial. If the point of collision were on a continent of the globe, mountains would be hurled from their bases, and new ones would elevate their ridges towards the clouds. Were the place of meeting on either of the great oceans, some regions would be inundated, by the waters of the sea. But if the point of contact were in the direction of the earth's centre—the meet • ing would be terrific—the earth's period of revolu tion would be altered—a different inclination of the axis might be given—there would be a consequent change of seasons—and the vast continents of the globe would be again covered with the ocean which, deserting its bed, would rush to the new equator. It must, however, be stated, that the pro bability of such an event is all but infinitely removed. The most likely of any that is known to effect such a consummation is the comet of Encke, which, it has been calculated, would come in collision with our earth after a lapse of two hundred and nineteen millions of years. This calculations proceeds on the soundest principles of reasoning, and proves not so much the safety of our globe from cometary de struction (for some comet hitherto unseen by mortal eyes may now be winging its flight directly towards our globe) as the astonishing powers of the mind of man, which can thus essay to penetrate the veil of futurity, and read the delay of a world.—Compiled from Times Telescope for• 1832. THE DEPARTED YEAR. (From the Examiner.) Never did a year open with such fair pro mise as the last—the antecedent one had passed as a pageant of glory, as a triumph of the.hu man race. Tyranny was struck do mn in France, and despotism every where reeled with the shock; the Poles had thrown off their thraldom, and re sisted their potent oppressor, with a success so disproportioned to means, that might seemed to have sprung from right. At home, the spirits of evil were downcast and confounded. Power had passed to the side of justice, and political reformation appeared an instant consequence. The heart has sickened with the delay or disap pointment of all these fair hopes. France is yet held by the fragment of one of her broken chains, and we have seen the Poles, after a long and gallant struggle, sink under the giant foe, amidst the sympathies of the whole world, and without one aiding hand. Yet sad and grievous as this was, who can say how, without greater mischief to the permanent interests of mankind, it could have been otherwise ? In the shock of a general war, the improvement of society would have lost a ground which in a hundred years it could not recover. In England, the enemies of mankind have rallied and made head ; and at the close of the year, which so auspiciously com menced, our advance is only in project, the way obscure, and nothing certain but the rashness and obstinacy of our adversaries. The first Re form Bill had satisfied the country, closed all schisms, bound the whole Epeople round the State ; men flung away their favourite projects, and gratefully accepted the measure which Go vernment had generously tendered. We received it as an instalment of a great debt, it is true, but it was an instalment offered in ready money. With the nation in this mood, the policy was rapid operation, to carry the action on in somt accordance with the warmth of public feeling — this, too, might have been expected from the character of Lord Grey ; but an opposite system has prevailed. The plan of the campaign was confined to the House of Commons ; it had no ' bearing or reference to the twenty millions of people outside of those four walls.. How the most tedious process would agree with excite ment and impatience, was probably never con- sidered. Lord Grey has been in defeats—he seems to m ake what he cannot do. It Was Sc the House of Commons for - Med t lington Administration, was unfit work in hand ; but, nevertheless, ' went on against all hope, till they absolute check, which left no choice. solution so compelled followed, country nobly retrieved the first err( champions. The people, called into at. their patriot King, obtained a decisive tri spite of all the arts of corruption. Afte things again relapsed to dulness, hesitation, delay ; enthusiasm languished, attention flagg The cause of the people was, indeed, in ti hands of the Ministers; but their spirit was not there, and a distaste arose at the manner of con ducting it, which seemed cold to the public vehe inencc. Men turned, like Hagar in the desert, from the sight of the cherished object they could not help, or bear to see helpless. The deference or parade of respect to unprincipled adversaries was wormwood. Earnest action was desired, and not the prancings, bows, and courtesies of a minuet de la Cour. The dislike of these misbestowed civilities was mistaken by the enemy for re-action, and doubtless that - impression had much effect upon the Peers. Long before the Bill passed the Commons, it was as certain as any event.dependant on hu man means, that it would be Yost in the House of Lords. Ministers were quite prepared fur the rejection ; they only differed from each other in the calculation of the adverse majority, some rating it a little higher than others. But yet Lord Grey led up to sure defeat, though the means of victory were at his disposal. The Lords dared the indignation of the country, illustrated power, without qualification, or re sponsibility,—and had their triumph. It was observed, that one more such triumph, would be their doom. There had been much of the Fabian strategy in Lord Grey's policy, and will he give the Hannibal the one other costly victory which is to be his undoing ? We hope -not ; for we confess we dislike the plan, however profound in art, of suffering our enemies to beat us to their own destruction; for not to mention, the disa greeableness of discomfiture and delay, it may happen in such a process that the destruction of the party to win; in the Paulo post Marc, may come first. A second such victory would make Ministers look more foolish than the Lords. To the new Bill we are more reconciled the more we consider it ; but it is not to be denied that the people have received it, comparatively, with apathy. They are as anxious and resolved as ever for Reform, but one• single disappoint ment has abated - their interest in the projects for it. Until the question of the Lords' mastery is settled they see no use in looking at a scheme for taking the fingers of those Lords out of the public purse. It is like selling the bear's skin before he is subdued, against which La Fontaine warns us. It is also considered by some that Lord Grey may not have exhausted his defeats, and arrived by the last process at the residue of success. The Bill will therefore pass as coldly through the Commons as it was first received by the people, and with the demonstration, whether the Lords shall be irresponsible masters—that is to say, despots in the largest sense of the word— or not, the public excitement will again burst out. For the result we have Ho fear,--Our Ge nerals may throw away the victory and themselves; but the people, whenever called into action, Will retrieve (as they have always done) the errors, and turn the tide of battle in titter rout and ruin upon their opponents. A homely story will illustrate the present position and- relation of powers. Two Highlanders set out on an expe dition to steal the litter of a wild sow, which lay in a narrow-mouthed cave. Seizing the oppor tunity of the tender parent's absence, one of the men (whom, as the predatory, we will call the Tory party) crept in, and the other kept watch at the mouth. Presently down came the sow distracted, as if informed of what was passing, by the instinct of maternal concern, and rushed with menacing tusks to her door; the guard, as she slipped into the passage, had but just time to lay hold of her tail, give it a firm twist round his strong hand, and throwing himself down and setting his feet against the sides of the pass lie held her fast. He had enough to do, and no breath to waste. The young pigs were squeaking under the hands of the Tory, and the old one, to the fondest of pig's hearts added the strongest of pig's sinews, and the most wilful of pig's purposes. The Tory was too much engaged with the screaming little pigs to hear the tussle, but finding himse!f in darkness (much as the people do now), he called out to his mate to know what was the cause ? The fellow, who by this time had found a pig's tail a most uneasy tenure, and who had no wind for explanations, answered thus, .expressively and briefly denoting the precise posture of the case, —" An the . tail break, you'll see." The fable showeth that the Ministry has got the country by the tail, and if it break, the Tory darkened in the cave will see, in a very ugly form and practical way, the cause of some irregular phe nomena he has never been able to understand. But we are leaving our year behind us ; and bad luck to it, as the Irish would say. Who was not weary of it ? It passed like a day of trouble, with some few bright moments which made the succeeding gloom more cheerless. This remark is, indeed, generally to be made, that all which depended on the exertions of the people, or on the manifestation of public opinion, went prosperously ; while much that depended on the energy, resolution, and address of Go vernment, miserably miscarried. But Ministers have had a difficult part ; perhaps more of diffi culty than has been seen or suspected. Courage would have extricated them from all the embar rassments pleaded, how truly we know not, in excuse for their faults ; but the temporising system adapted to one state of things they have unfortunately applied to another, most different in its circumstances. If losses and crosses be lessons of wit, we have had abundance of them. Political disappointments and disgusts, hope de ferred, rights spurned, and justice defied ; trade paralysed ; the city of Bristol ravaged by fire and plunder, at the same moment that the frightful disease, which had been stealing step by step upon us, lighted in the gloom of Autumn on our coast; then came the discovery of the most strange, foul, and unnatural of murders, the trade in assassina tion, which has filled the timid with alarm, and all with horror and disgust. In addition to the list of panics, that most cruelly mischievous one is to be numbered which would have turned rich against poor, by creating apprehensions that the institution of property was an object of , r c c ; hostility to the labouring classes. This- is r i : V a t black catalogue for one year, and we hope - ,ligee to look upon its like again. .• A witness at the last au who said that he was a solicitor by profession,*ft \ 4oo: on his cross-examination to be a common beggar _: •~:: t'-. IEIDINBURGH REVIEW.-ADVER TISEMENTS for insertion in the ADVERTIS— ING SHEET of No. CVIII., are requested to he sent to LONGMAN and CO., Paternoster-row, by January 7; and Prospectuses, Bills, &c. to be stitched in the Number, within a week from that date. Advertisers wilt perceive the advantage - 9f sending their Advertisements and Bills early, as they are placed in the order in which they are received by the Publishers.