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Ackermann, London, price 12s•, FORGET ME NOT ; or, Annual Pocket Chronicle, to serve as a Token of Friendship or Affec tion at the approaching Season ; with 13 highly finished En gravings by Agar; containing interesting Tales and Poetry, a Chronicle of remarkable Events, a Genealogy of the reign ing Sovereigns and their F.ritni lies. a List of the Ambassadors at the different Courts, and a variety of other useful Articles of reference. Mud: pp. 393; neatly bound, gilt, and in a case. Vol. 11. of RUSSIA, being Part of the Sixth Division of THE WORLD IN MINIATURE, of which have already appeared : ILLY RIA and DALMATIA, 2 vols. 32 Coloured Plates, price 12s. WESTERN AFRICA, 4 rots. 47 coloured Plates, price 11. Is. TURKEY, 6 vols. 73 coloured Plates, price 21. 2s. HINDOOSTAN, 6 vols. 103 coloured Plates, price 21. Ss. PERSIA, 3 vols. with 30 coloured Plates, 16s. 6d. THE A!;;TRO-CHRONOMETER, or Pianisphere of .the most important Northern Constellations, with Illustrations, price lOs. (id. Also, a great Variety of Useful, 'lnstructive, and Enter taining WORKS, GAMES, &c. &c. MR. JOHN SCOTT, ENGRAVER. THE Case of this unfortunate ArtiSt, a Native of Newcastle, being correctly stated in his Address to the,Royal Academy in London, and his talents as an Engraver well known, and highly esteemed, it is hoped the lovers of Art., and Friends of the Distressed,. will give his deplorable Situa tion their benevolent Consideration, and exert themselves to save a respectable Man and his Family from utter Ruin. Subscnpticins received by Messrs. Worland and Co., Bankers, Pall Mall, London ; Mr. Lambert, Engraver ; Messrs. Hodg son ; and Mr. Charnley, Newcastle ; and Mr. Andrews, Durham. Subscriptions alri Sir J. E. Swinburne,Bt. £6 6 E. Swinburne, Esq. sen. 3 3 Lady Swinburne - 2 2 Thos. Davidson, Esq. 3 3 Mr. Geo. Burnett - 2 2 Mr. Armorer Dunkin 2 2 ady received : Mr. Mark Lambert £2 2 Mr. Alex. Reed . 1 1 Mr. John Archer 10s. 6d. Mrs. Archer --10 s. 6d. Mr. John Bulman - 1 1 Mr; Thomas Carr - 1 1 Mr. John Buddle - 2 2 Mr. Addison Potter - 1 1 Mr. Joseph Sewell- 1- Mr. G. Burnett,. jun. 10s. 6d.. Mr. G. W. Stable 10s. 6d: _ _ Edmund Graham • 1 Mr. H. Waters -10 s. 6d. The Vicar of Newcastle' 1 1 Mrs. Losh, Jesmond 2 2 C. IV. 13 . igge, Ess• 3 3 Mr. Thos. Loggan 10s. 6d. Mr. Wawn - - £2 2 Mr. R. Lambert - 1 2 Mr. I. Jobling -10 s. 6d. Dr. Ramsay - - 1 1 Mr. Leadbitter 10s. Gd. -T. H. Biide,.Escr; 2 0 C. J: Brandling, Esq. 1 0 Sir M. W. Ridley, Bart. 5 0 Mrs. BUrnett -10 s. 6d. Mrs. Achill. Charleton 1 1 Mrs. Davidson - 2 2 Thomas Gibson, Esq. 5 0 John Baird, Esq. 2 2 Mr. Emerson Charnley 1 1 John' Davidson, Esq. .11Irs. Hutchinson M. T. 2 2 1 1 - 0 The following letter to the Royal Academy will explain the particulars of this melancholy case. ,The gentleman re duced by a shocking calamity to thi s painful necessity, is Mr. John Scott, the eminent animal and landscape engraver. To all persons who have - the slightest acquaintance with the works of living artists, the mention of the name is a sufficient intro duction. In the course of an industrious life (and what life can be more industrious than the Engraver's ?)" Mr. Scott has finished several hundred plates, which are all in high estima tion. The Sporting Magazine, Mr. Daniel's Rural Sports, , and other works'of a similar nature, owe a large portion of their reputation to the exquisite delicacy a nd t ru th oi Mr. Scott's graver. His two large plates--" Breaking Cover," and " the Death of the Fox," after Gilpin and Reinagle—are possessed by ever lover of Art who prizes pictures' of animals and field sports. Indeed many good judges conceive, that these plates are alone sufficient to place Mr. Scott at the top of his profes sion in that line. We cannot conceive any thing more distress ing, than a man of high talent, who was living respectably by his labours in a profession of which he is ardently fond, sud denly cut off from his, means of subsistence, and thrown into utter despair by an affiection so dreadful as a paralytic stroke. " To the President and Members of the Royal Academy. " Gentlemen—l am reluctantly compelled by necessity to make the present appeal to your benevolence in behalf of my self, a wife, and a numerous family. " For many years past, by indefatigable exertions, I have been enabled by my humble abilities as an Engraver to support an increasing family, now amounting to nine children, in re spectability and comfort, and still enjoyed the cheering prospect of a continuance in such honourable endeavours as every inde pendent mind delights in. But by one of those awful visi tations of Providence, which it is not for us to question, I was rendered wholly incapable of further professional labours. I suffered a violent paralytic stroke in March, 1821. My medical advisers recommended a visit to my native air, as the only means likely to restore my shattered frame. A stay at Newcastle of some months affording no change for the better, I returned to London. In my absence, my enemies injured my interests by insidiously lamenting my total loss of intellect, while they se. cretly promoted their own selfish and mercenary views. The consequence of such conduct was, that I have been' deprived of work, amounting to many hundred pounds, which was trans= ferred to the hands of the men who had thus assailed me in the hour of affliction. _ , " In this state of sickness and distress, I was advised by my friends to take a house in Regent-street, for the better sale of my prints, and to let a part furnished ; and although this step has answered my most sanguine expectations, and would enable me and my family to live rent-free, yet the previous embarrass ments arising from a total loss of income, had brought me to such a state. that nothing can save me from inevitable ruin but the interposing hand of benevolence. To aggravate the ills with which lam encompass&l, my wife has fallen sick from over exertion to avert them ; and the husband of my only mar ried child is consigned to prison for debt, leaving his wife and two helpless infants an additional burden on me. " I trust, Gentlemen, this recital of my misfortunes will be a sufficient apology for the boldness with which I have ventured to adaress•you. I plead urgent distress, and feel confident I shall not plead in vain to those who know the difficulties with which Artists are often beset, and who have on various occa sions stood forward to their assistance.. Although I have not the honour of being a member of the Royal Academy, I trust I shall receive the sympathy and commiseration of its members, and influence them to rescue me from irretreivable ruin by a timely donation, which will enable - me to complete the works confided to my execution, and again to support my family . by my own exertions. Trusting you will not deny me that assist ance, for which I shall feel for ever grateful,—l remain, Gentlemen, with sentiments of the greatest respect, your obe dient and humble servant, " JOHN SCOTT." This appeal was not without its effect. Seconded by Sir Thomas Lawrence (who has behaved with a feeling and deli cacy which double the value of his generosity), Mr. Soane the architect, and other Gentlemen who have hearts to appreciate sufferings like those above detailed, the Academy voted to Mr. Scott a donation of thirty guineas, to head the subscription list. What adds to the hopes of Mr. Scott's friends on this occasion is, that the aid now sought from the sympathy of the Professors and Patrons of 'Art, and the beneVolence of the Pub lic, (lees not extend to the support of himself and his family for an indefinite time,—which might render hopeless all exer tions in his behalf. He is so far retovered as to be able to re sume his work Partially, and is greatly assisted by his son, a youth of promising abilities. Should such a sum, therefore, be raised, as would relieve him from the immediate pressures which threaten to crush him, - he possesses the consoling pros- Pect of maintaining his family as formerly. The following Sub scriptions have been received :—The Royal Academy, 311. Ns. Sir Thonfas Lawrence, President, 5t.. FOR THE SUN. MR. EDITOR—I observe in your Paper a cha racter of FONTENELLE, drawn by one of the last in that school, which was more renowned for taste than feeling, and which seemed to take delight in looking at the worst side of human nature, even in the most celebrated perk)nages of their own country. I therefore send you some few traits of this same person, which will tend to do him more justice, and though not to free him from a great portion of indifference, yet to present him in a far more amiable light, and more con sistent with his real history. We know that he sprung from nothing : his talents were his only patrimony ; and they were to him so many talents of gold, for he died worth a princely fortune ; and yet he employed his talents in secret for many others who were by his kind assistance raised from the greatest poverty. This was the, more honourable to him, as his left band knew not what his right hand did ; and it was not till very late in a long life that he confest the writ ings which had been so beneficial to others were his own. Nor was the confession made till the reputed authors were dead ; and in general they were not voluntary, but extracted from him by some allusion of pleasantry to what was, contain ed in them, when he was telling his numerous stories of which he was very fond, and he had an admirable art in telling them, without encumber ing the spirit with a weight of words. A S S to his declaratio❑ that he would smother the truth, if he had it his possession, it was nothing more than a strong expression in his lively manlier of the danger there is in all ages' from speaking the truth. What we say should always be what we believe to be true, but the truth need not at all times be spoken. Before we open our mouths, we must look to the times and seasons, or, like Galileo, we may be clapped into prison : for truth itself may be a libel, and the truer it is the more li bellous it may appear. Under this impression, perhaps, he deserved the imputation which was laid to his charge, that he was the patriarch of a sect, to which he himself did not belong, al-' luding to his Old age, and to the part which he took in the controversy between the ancients and moderns in literature, in favour of the hitter, when his real opinion seems to have-been in fa vour of the ancients ; but the dead could not hurt him, and be was glad to keep the living in good humour. That he was a man of benevolence is clear enough, from several anecdotes recorded of him by those who were well acquainted with his private life. His great maxim waaito,deny himself luxuries, in order to provide for Ale r t's ; an'd when men were praising themselves for any charitable action, be used to say, , that is only a debt. — Among many examples of this, his theory, is that. which is related of Marivaux, to whom he went when he was taken ill ; he desired to speak a word in private with him, and said to him with all that earnest sensibility to which he is sup i - posed to be a stranger—" My friend, in your present distress, are you not in want of money ; and true friends ought not to wait to be asked, what they should find in their own hearts ;" say ing this, he held out his purse, which Marivaux refused in as handsome a manner—" I look upon this money as received," says he ; " I have made use of it, and return-it to you with the gratitude which such a favour demands." - A similar anecdote is told of him, in h.is libe rality to one of his old schoolfellows, who, in his diktress, had. written to him in this laconic style : ) " You have - 1000 crowns,send them to-.me." " Just • at the receipt of your letter," replied 1,1 e," I was about to lay out the money - to advantage, which if I once lose, the opportunity may never return. How then can I comply with your request?" All ,the reply which he . received was, still send me -1000 crowns, which F. accordingly sent, .much pleased with the: frank simplicity of his friend. These are sothe'among,the numerous traits which are recorded of him,, to testify the goodness of his heart, notwithstanding all the slander against him, -which might often arise from the temptal tion which will sometimes prevail with men of-- wit, •tO display their humour at the expence of their. real feelings. . There would be no - epd of my subject if I were to attempt to bring for ward all the instances whiCh are recorded of one' so distinguished for his fund of wit: Notwith standing his display - of this dangerous faculty, he was no less distinguished for his great popu larity ; and once being asked how he came to make •so Many friends, and not one enemy ? he answered - -" Simply by these two axioms ; every thing is possible, and every body is right." And on another occasion, being asked how he could attain - such clearness of ideas expressed in,so ap propriate a style upon - subjects the most ab stract and profound, he replied, " I have ever endeavoured to understand myself." What vo lumes of abstruse controversy would this one measure universally put in practice, 'have saved the world, which has been inundated in all ages - by a body of Authors, who'think to make others understand them, before they, have once attempt ed to understand themselves ; not considering.j that 'nothing can be' intelligible either to •orfroin them that'are not intelligent.. He was remarked not only for his clearness of comprehension but for his kindness and - good hu mour, particularly to all the young Authors who 'Used to come and consult him as their oracle.— He always kept their secret, and whetherthey: chose to follow his advice or not, even when they ventured to -publish against his opinion, when it• was once-in-print, he gave the work all the praise he could;•not - only in private but in -public, re marking that he was a great foe to manuscript's, but a friend to print. In the same spirit, he used LITERARY NOTICE. FORGET ME NOT ; A CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S PRESENT FOR 1823. We have often had occasion to notice the va rious elegant and tasteful productions of Mr. ACKERMANN, but he has seldom gratified us with so complete a publication as the Work bearing the above title. The plan is much the same as that of the several publications of the Continent which, at the commencement of a New Year, are inter changed as tokens of remembrance, frieUdship, and affection. Independently of its beautiful ex terior, which almost forbids the touch, and the numerous embellishments which decorate the in side, the " Forget me Not," has strong claiths to notice on the score of utility. The Genealogy of the European Sovereigns, and the living mem bers of their Families ; the Lists of the Reign ing Princes s with the date of their Accession and of the Diplomatic Agents of the principal Courts of Europe, may be consulted with advan tage on all- occasions. There is also an account of the entire Population of Great Britain, com piled from the Census of 1821. The Frontispiece consists of a beautiful and highly-finished Engrav ing of a Madonna, by AGAR; after be San G IMI NANO, and graphic: illustrations of the twelve -months, are accompanied 'by appropriate and ex planatory Poetry, from the pen of the Author of the celebrated Tours of Dr. Sjintax. Several amusing stories give an agreeable character to the work, par ticularly a humorous. piece of Auto-biography of Ferdinand Franck. We, however, regret the non-continuance of this story, for as this is an annual publication, the interest excited by an amusing narrative must necessarily be lost in waiting. a twelvemonth for thesequel. This is, perhaps, but a trifling oversight in a work of-such general merit, which, though . modestly 'announced as " the first attempt 'to. rival the numerous and elegant productions of the Continent," may fairly challenge our Continental neighbours to produce any 'Wing surpassing; if equalliug, in ele gance, the :c 'Forget me Not" of Mr.Acx ERM ANN. CITY, MONI.LY EVENING. No Foreign Mails have arrived at the Post Office since Saturday, but from Paris , three. private expresses have been received. 'They bring nothing new, and relate en tirely to private business. The French Funds remained steady during Saturday, and prices varied from 37, 90, to 80, 40. .The Spanish Bonds of 1821 were 55k, but on the whole very few transactions had taken place.—Tfiere were no new rumours cir culated, and appearances generall were pacific. The Consols here this morning for the settlement on Wed nesday next opened at 811 ji, and continued very steady until , about three o'clock, when • they soddenly 'fell to 80t For this decline no good reason 'was given, but the'probable . one was, because many of the Gentlemen, I connected with Fpreiga Securities, anticipate a Considerable improvement in their value by and by, and snake sales out of the'British Funds,_ in order that they may p a y f or the 'B on d s th e M se l ves , at t h e heavy set tlement of true bargains'on the 30th current. It having, been' known that orde rs h a d b een g iven to fit out ,hi s Majesty's ship' Gloucester, of 74 guns, Capt. Sir .51AtwELL, at' Portsmouth, with the full war complement - of men and stores, for a foreign station, sonic anxiety was created, and rumour added thaLaimilar directions had also been issued for getting ready two other line of battle shipS.' ' Foreign Stoclrspf every description - are again very inanimate, and must continne*so until the gloomy settlement , on the 30th current be'effeeteil. - Spanish and South American Bonds are still very much depressed, and are considered much-under their intrinsic value. In Russian, Prussian, and Neapolitan Stocks, the decline was not nearly so great, and if any demand should arise they will again soon reach their former prices. ' The following is : the currency at which the few transactions of this day have been accomplished : - French Five per Cents. with Dividend from 22d September, Exch. 25 40. ' 89. _ _ Prussian Five per Cent. of 'lBlB in £sterl. with Dividend from Ist Oct., 86/. , Do: do. of 1822 in do. do., with . Dividend from Ist July 87 . 4 86. - • Neapolitan Five per Cent. with Dividend from let - July, Exch. 4 40. and 25 65. 76. Ditto Scrip, 77. • Spanish live per Cent. of 1820, with Dividend from 30th Oct. Exch. 43. 7.0 Do. do. of 1821 in sterl. with Dividend from lot Nov. 584, Ditto Scrip, .6 discount: Danish Five per Cent. in sterling, witlp. Dividend from Ist July, 90. • Ditto, ditto - , in Banco Marks, with Dividend from Ist July, Exch. 37 4. 88. • Russian Six per Cent. with Dividend from Ist July, Exch. 12R. 82. Ditto Five 'per Cents. metall., with Div. frOm Ist Sept. Exch. 3 1. 83. Ditto - Five per Cent. in £ sterl. with Dividend from IstSept., /. 86 Ditto Scrip, 85i 6. Colombian. Six per Cent. in X sterl. with Dividend from Ist Nov., 78. Chilian Sit per Cent. in £ sterl. with Dividend from 30th Sept. 77. United States Six per Cent. of 1812-1815 with Div. from Ist Oct., Exch. 46. 92 100. • Peruvian, 79:3. Poyais, 77 to 71. - During the whole of last week the usual supplies of grain have not arrived in Mark-lane, in consequence of contrary winds and stormy weather.—(Morning Chronicle.) THE New — lntsu BiTiroi,—.-LWe have heard with`great satisfaction that the Rev. JOHN JEBB, D.D., Archdeacon of Emly, has been appointed to the vacant Bishopric. In the selection of this worthy and Learned Divine, political feeling, we are confident, could have had no influence ; to his piety and erudition alone is he indebted for this mark of his Majesty's favour. The Arch deacon is well known by his published S vmons, and his elaborate work, " Sacred Literature." To him are peculiarly applicable the words of his motto, those of the excellent Mr. Boyle--cc I use the Scriptures not as an arsenal to be resort ed to only for arms, and weapons to defend this party, or defeat its enemies : but as a matchless temple, where I delight to be, to contempl a t e the beauty, the symmetry, and the magnificence of the structure, a nd to increase my awe, and ex cite my devotion to the Deity there preached and adored."—The Archdeacon lately preached a Sermon in behattlof the children of the Female Orphan House, which made a deep impression on a most numerous auditory. To none would hi s promotion have given more satisfaction, had he lived to witness it, than to the late Most Reve rend Archbishop of Cashel, whose unbounded friendship and confidence - he enjoyed for many years.—(Frceman's Journal.) 7 r NumBLR 9440. N4ll fIRAL7'Y-OFFICE, Oct. 30; 1822. OTICE is• hereby given, that a Session of, • Oyer. and Terminer and Gaal Delivery, for the Trial of on , i Fences comnutted on the High Seas, withip the Juriedic '4;4 of the ildmiralty of England, will be held at Justice X4ll, 1* th e Old Bailey, London, on Monday, the 2d day of 1), cen ther next, at Eight o'Clock in the Morning. J. W. CROKER. C5:-,eED FARES, and UNEQUALLED TRAVELLING , " DOVER, DEAL, RAMSGATE, MARGATE, AND f„„411TIN SIDERURY. ' - ' ll - E COACHES, AND KEEP GOOD TIME, %A y S. A. MOUNTAIN and Co. ' 4 PN B 'S HEAD INN, SKINNER-STREET, SNOW HILL, LONDON. Irlit following LIGHT POST-COACHES, &c. set out from the above Inn:— Tir (I Telegraph," DOVER, Deal, Ramsgate, Margate, Po s astairs, Canterbury ? Feversham, and Sandwich, new r ;°ach—every Morning at a' quarter past Seven o'Clock. :o con sequence of the decided preference given to the above tpa r ",„' l, the Proprietors are determined no expence shall be 0,4) render it the first conveyance on the Kent road._ Sitt-,,,‘"',MPTON, Chatham, Rochester, Gravesend, Stroud, car ar - " t goourne, Rainham, and Ospringe, every Morning at a 1 , 1 Past 7, at Reduced Fares. r tr , oya C $ " R •I E rine " FALMOU TH, Plymouth, Exeter, Buchan Penryn, Ashburton, Totness, Weymouth, S ip pester, Da7rtmouth, and SalisbUry, every morning at through Honitori, Axminster, Bridport, Blandford, tb,ese.iliortidge, Basingstoke, Hartford Bridge; Blackwater, and I ~i ju te only Day Coach to WEYMOUTH, (driven through fl Two Coachmen only), through Bagshot, Btackwatcr, ea s 'h n gstake, Os- rton Whitchurch, Andover, Woodyeats, Salisbury, ' Blatfdford; arid Dorchester, : at Five f i vlt in the Morning. • oVi " Union," SOUTHAMPTON, Lynrington; Lyndhurst, 11 4 ; c ,Ilester, Basingstoke, Hartford Bridge, Black water, and St tb ) t, New Four Inside Coach, every Morning at half-past Fi t ,. - ' 1 ; arrives at the Coach and Horses, Southampton, by 4 , „ e i ' This is a most delightful Conveyance to the ,Isle of bo l eti Jersey Guernsey St: Maloes, Havre de Grace, Cher- ProP;ietors of the . above Coach hope to te„,e a continuance of that suPport which has hitherto been i ii,' l en 6 ed since the commencement of the " Union." 4 ,-e z " Champion," a New light Day Coach to DOR !er-'IER, in 13 hours only, tbrOugh Bagshot, Blackwa "asina t k Overton Wurch, Sails- y '.„ l "oodyeat e. s, , Cashmore, and hitch Blandford,. And eve over, ry Tees- I lursdav, and Saturday, at Five o'clock rii the morn t4l)en The Proprietors of the above Coach are determined no thew ee shall be spared to render it the first conveyance on 11 .1 ,tern Road. ha t , “ and BRISTOL Post-Coaches, through Chippen- At te ' Caine, Marlborough, Newbury, and Reading, every tati t4 lKiti at one • ' arrive at Mr. May's, the Greyhound Inn, si ns ', and the Lo ndon Tavern, Thomas-street, and Swan, early the'next Morning.—Coliches to Wells, Bridge- Taunton, and Plynioath. fie iv e ." Umpire "a Nw LIVERPOOL Light ,Daily onl 4 t() .. „ %tit on the ' Road, e carrying Four Inside, sets out Ilioce; arrives at Liverpool next afternoon at Five, through Lathbury, Northamptori, Welford, Lutterworth, tote "eY, :Atherstone, Litchfield, Stone, Newcastle, Knots t, Warrin.ton, and Prescot. • tti,', ll- EWSBURY,. Wellington, and Shiffnal, Light Post for s i l o` 'very Afternoon.—Guarded. h rt flion,' 'WEYMOUTH ; through Dorchester, Bland ''''isi3orY, Andover, Overton, Basingstoke, Hartford tern e, Blackwater,and Bagshot, new Post Coach, everyAf 11,4lani.—Driveri through with two Coachmen only.-- 1 he Xt,trs from Weymouth to Guernsey, -Jersey, Cherbourg, &c. every Wednesday and Saturday afternoon, a t g o'clock. t 'stiIIISTAPLE and Southmolton New Light Post , Coach, thy, Wednesday, and Friday Mornings at 7 o . ~tery- P - Rockingham," LEEDS light Post Coach, sets out . ( „ 6 'esii:lfternoon at Four; and passes through Baldock, Big tj,t Eaton, Buckden, Stilton, Wausford, Stamford, Grantham, Newark, Tuxford, Markham Moor, Bawtry Doucastur, and Ferrybridgei to the Golden Z 4 4. I .eeds, next Afternoon, at Reduced Fares.—Lug 'llt4,-1! arid Packages only 241 per lb.—Notwithstanding the - ;' l °n Expedition Of this Coach, it is allowed to be the "utti,l_gleeable and complete Public Conveyance on the A licki ? " ° a , l, being unequalled by any other. 'it „:,4tOWGATE and Ripon new Light Post Coach, every G e t A ltin at Four and Eight in the Morning., - ," r 0w„7, (3 0W, Longtown, Gretna-green, Annan, Dumfries, Canmock, Kingswell, ' Parts'4,.` of Scotland, a light four inside Post Coach daily. "la Ex "to YORK, - Scarborou , h, Whitby, Shields, 'l „'"lt (le t . F, l4 9(- I , P N re ei s v ' eastle,& Edinburgh, a New light four-inside Fug at with a Guard throughout ; sets out every Morn ,ttryipliZbt o'Clock, hy way of Newark, Retford, Doncaster, a tt i' d ge, Tadcaster, Darlington, Northallerton, Durham, : LI at 4!and Berwick, and arrives at York the next Morn weive, o'Clocli. Passengers finding themselves faud -, t h °LI the journey , may rest what time they please, ti t.l4 t tl, Proceed without any additional Fare. b , 'to I .BOROUGH and Swindon, four-inside Day Coach, gli ew %tv Aldbourn, Reading, Larnbourn, Purton, Lytlington 11d lo WiWootton Basset, Ramsbury, Hungerford, Newbury ig k 4 tl N G ENORTH, Walsal, Shrewsbury, Salop, and Holy leo4w, Li g ht Four' Inside Coach, every Afternoon. Horncastle, Spalding, Peterborough, Stilton, : o r Phh„ - ",.° ,1 , Caxton, Buckland,' and Ware Day Coach, to' '';'l ' , Mall, Grimsby, and Hull, Morning, at Six. The P,,i, ll s 4 joach to Boston and . Horneastle. Wltta s e•xpress," a New Light Four-inside Post . Coach to Olt, LE, Penrith, and Whitehaven, goes with Four tt r i ,' 4l 4 . l; an d a Guard all the way, passes through A . ppleby, 4,:tht,' Bowes, Greta-bridge, Richmond, Catterick, 80. tttl i r 2 d ge, Ferrybridge, Doncaster - , Newark, Flawtry, otin,, Stamford, Greetham, Stilton, and Biggleswade. Otesi tlie Morning, and , performs the journey with the °r ,taellity. • Passengers detained on the Road by b,usi 11:,11e,R4'llred,Pleasurin the next Coach.-The have the peculioach.— ar The only advantage Coach of their Seats (41 i kt` „ Afs 4l ev Lancaster, Preston, Kirby-Lonsdale, Bolton, 'illiskirk and Garstang Light Post Coaches, every 1: 111 : 4 t". N, l ,ll.rt` : lt ,?Yal Express," New Light Four Inside Post Coach, fi t i r ,wea st . NOOL, Warrington, Prescot; Congleton, Lawton, Knutsford, Stone, Stattord, and Lad]. Ilt„ v es a t , One , Night on the Road), every -Afiternoon ; .‘ - ‘ 1, `, A, E ,, 5 . , t1i t .1 11 0, e Saracen's Head Inn, Dale-street, Liverpool, 1 41 4 .EIN "ft. Four inside Post-Coach, every Morning A? t h i is'i r ER, Newport, Whitechurch, Tarporley, Narnpt ,,erri,"lthwich and Middlewich Light Post-Coach, every oki N ve t , bi t , ."ts.ND, Stockton, and arm Light Post Coach, t , orra ra " l g, to th e Gcorge,:nn, Sunderland. Li t 'Pet o .'n's " E x p ress ," to MANCHESTER, Winsln, r , t 'lt Newcastl e Walsal, Wolverhampton. surd Knut/- ` h igh Inside ' Post-Coach, every Afternoon.--Only t4l-Itatlthe Road 4 4 2 l ELD acrd Rotherham New Four-inside Post-Coach Tj i4 gliZ ni n,g, called " The Express," and also " Tile t‘ I .' l 'l' at Four in the Afternoon. "Yal Express," New ISIRNILNGHAM Light Post . is l e tr t ( s )u u - ti i e ..v_ry A . fterinton; carryirir Four I iisitle only ; (ry . w arwlck, Learui , ngtori, Sont ram, Weedon, Vitt:l,7 ey-Stratford, and rowcester, to the SaFacen's, E l street, Birmingham), early the next Morning. Presa " • N ht Post Coach, to HULL, Lin n9lt(4thcav 4 New M at Clock e, Bowden, and Doncaster, every 'Morning „ to the Cross Keys, Market-place, HIM; . and 4 tr,,,.il!.(4 , '6'ge.„,,liitigila iu " in the Afternoon at Fonr o'Clock. 1 1 1:4) 4 , 414 rn,•," 1 ,,, u, Ware, Holdesdon, and - Cheshunt Coach, 'TEN,.,IIa4t,rAM and Edmonton Coaches daily, at Elcven, ' l l‘ .. At w " , Vire, and Eight. atiliderced Fares to Leeds, York, and Doncaster, u> dt " Cl, aZei t 1Y e2d poUnd. ." OUNT a " per acquaint their ari d ti AIN .and, respectfully lAt 4 re 'e Public - that they will not be accountable for 4 s. Pa s ' tit t pi r sf'Pger's Luggage, ,Writings, Plate, &c. of Otts ed e Pounds Valrie; if lost, stolen, or damaged, upo 'lla-t,,,l.!_t.sk.telte,and the Insurance paid accordingly, at 'lead Inn, SkinneiLstreet, Snow-hill, London. a - - " S 0 4 °4 a 0 . . 1 a j a eoj a--"s a eg s VS - ;tire. ,s r geo tbe ' 0 65 5 :ess . ' PRICE SEVEN PENCE.- ...to say, I have been weak enough., to write some Epigrams ; but I have resisted - "the malignant Pleasure of publishing them. One of them, for whom he used to write occa sional pieces for the Theatre, had left the pip at his cather's,npon whom he passed it for his 'own. Some years afterward, when Fontenelle was at the father's house, he was entertained with the read. ing of 'this piece by the fond father, who was eager to -have his opinion of his son's perform. ance. Fontenelle who had forgotten the circum stance, till it was brought to his mind by a few of the . first lines, from a kind of modesty, was very sparing in his praise, or at least. he was 'thought so by the fondness of the father, who touched the quick at his coldness, stopped reading very ,abruptly, crying out in a passion,:—"_ I can per •ceive this play is not to your taste; and yet the. style is easy and natural, -and that of a man of the world, but perhaps not so correct as you Gentlemen of the academy affect to write hi ;. for you we must have grammar, phrases, Scc." . On another occasion he displayed the most .perfect good humour to a nephew of his own, who was highly connected and choleric, upon the,accident of a fire which was brought on by a spark which had fallen upon his bed-gown. The nephew with the whole family were roused from their beds; he railed at his uncle as fast as the fire was kindled, but yet gave such good orders as soon to extinguiSh its flames; and then he continu(4 his railings with.such sage and aposite remarks, — as that-a little spark may set. the whole city on fire, &c. aiid asked him again and again why he did. not shake his gown before he went to bed. All returned to their rooms, and the next morning the eternal railer, the nephew, still continued to scold with as much fury as if he had not scolded over \night, and the tranquil philosopher only replied to all his bickerings:—" I promise you, my dear nephew, when. next I set my house-, on fire, it shall be in another way." AIORPETH ROAD. The Company of Merchants of the City of Edinburgh have transmitted a Memorial against any additional postage on letters delivered 'at Edinburgh, far defraying the expence of .this Projected road, to the -Members for the City and. County, and to the other public bodies who are also to oppose this measure. The following is a copy - of the Company's Memorial : • MC MORIAL on behalf of the COMPANY of 31EitufAN Ts of the CITY of Enrsrnunnat, in regard to the nevilno jected Road between London and Edinburgh by Morpeth. • The objects' which the projectors of this new line of have in view, are to shorten the communication between Len-. don and Edinburgh, on, the' 'northern part of the road after Eassing Morpeth until it reaches Edinburgh; and to give to dinburgh a more early delivery of letters from the south ;• and ! • they propose to levy - nearly °behalf of the expellee which the • construct - I°nd this new road is estimated to cost• by an addi 11ohal postage upon all letters to the north.of Morpeth as far'as Edinburgh. ' As a general improvement, the Memorialists would most readily. approve of any scheme which would lessen the dis tance,.and accelerate the means of communication between the, two capitals. But in the piesent project, the Memorialists ap prehend it to be quite clear; . that„ while the advantage which would be derived in Edinburgh from the alteration in the de livery:of the London letters would be trifling, the additional postage, which is calculated to produce 1,5001. a-year, would operate. as a local tax, falling almost entirely on the city of Edinburgh. . . , • The mode suggested by the . projectors of the new road for giving to -Edinburgh a more early delivery of letters from the south, and so reducing the course of ,post between the tiro ca pital§ &an-six to five days, is, by bringing the mail into town by the shortened distance of road proposed; and by an increas •ed velocity of the coach, at a quarter past six o'clock • by a delivery of the. letters one hour afterwards ; and by altering the departure of the mail to the south from eight o'clock as at present, to eleven o'clock r. as. Now , the Memorialists would remark in the first plac'b, that supposing the mail to be brought into town by a quarter after six o'clock as proposed, it does' by no means follow that the letters could be delivered one hour -afterwards. No such dis patch in the delivery of letters by the London mail has ever yet been known, and the Memorialists believe cannot be ac complished. Besides, in stating a general convenience to the traders and inhabitants of a great city, the period of delivery of letters must be taken,. not at the moment they leave ' the office, but at the average time when they are received by the community ; and taking this to be the fair criterion for judgr ing of the genera/ benefit proposed, the Memorialists maintain that were the mail to arrive at the time supposed, viz. a quar ter past six o'clock, the average of the general delivery could not be sooner than half-past eight, or more probably nine o'clock. In this way there would remain only about two hours to. answer a London letter in course ; and if any communication with public Offices; or with public banks,' or any correspond ence with individuals became necessary, a letter on any busi ness purpose could not be answered till next day. The Me morialists are aware, it may be said, .that men in business will keep btiles at the Post Office where they will receive their let ters at the moment they are delivered from the sorters. But this would be affinding an undue advantage to traders in the higher classes of society, and at the expence of the bumbler, and not less useful class. Even the advantage alluded to, hOw ever, must be confined to cases of urgency only ; for no' busi. ness of any consequence could, in general, be executed within so very limited a time as two or three houre, and at so late a period cf the evening. In the 2d place the Memorialists would remark, that while the advantages, as they have been termed, held out the. Co mmunity of Edinburgh froM this new road, and alteration of the mail, are truly so trifling, or almost nugatory, the city of• Edi nburgh is to be called on to defray nearly one half of the ex pence attending the construction of the road ; for the expellee of the work is estimated at 72,4161. 16s. Bd., and'the additional postage to be levied on letters between Morpeth and Edinburgh is calculated to produce 1,500/. a year, equal to .a capital of 33,0001. at 4/ 2 per cent., so by far the greater part of this sum, when the description of country between Morpeth.and Edin burgh is kept is view it must fall on Edinburgh alone ; and the Memorialists would farther remark, hat nearly the same early delivery of letters might be effected without any additional ex pence whatever, were the detention of letters at York for six hours prevented. • In any view of the matter, then, it appears to, the Meinorial i;ts, that no advantage could accrue to the city of Edinburgh from the more early delivery of letters proposed, mat could in the least justify the heavy expenco which the additional postage would impose upon its, correspondence, and that the 'imposi tion of such a burden or tax in sueh circumstances Would be unfair and improper. 'On these grounds the Memorialists will concur with the Ma gistracy, and the Chamber of Commerce, and with the other public bodies interested in this important matter, in such mea sures as may be thought proper, to oppose the itnposition.of any additional postage on letters delivered at .Edinburgli for the purposes of this projected road. • Signed in name of the CompanTof Merchants of the city of Edinburgh. - . • (Signed) JOHN 13' ALFOUP,.. Master. „ . rREFERMENT.—The Rev. WIN: - FLOWER, jun. M.A., Chaplain of York Castle, has been preSented by _Earl FrrnylLLlAm to the Incumbent Curacy of • N L obe! u shei uart er or ter 00 f I g4s 3 Sa ' o; rs 9 3" ce orter ; nia rli' l rn, ' ll3 . Don" b d les ISs 18' 0 0 5 0 30 4 z 65 " Oi °4 5 , 0- ,1 00:4 ,„ a pioa 6C I 3 gJ .1 3591 sacf 0 ii 3 rlfl' J p,r Vb C 3 f t t `'; d tin o ear'r' ;o5 oa qg s 35 ° I a ~5 a q" 3 g a t ; .6 5 '- :li Cj hee° e gh ' t f the 'Half pit'" ‘ th3jl 1 00 $ rI 11 d I PC 105°