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London, England, 1824-09-18 00:00:00

GOLD a.rn siLrEn.

Fritlearnt says, that void and silver Were much more
pkiatiful in the time of Ilavid and •:oloolon, and for 1,500
'years afterwOrds, than they are at la-client ; anti that the
mines of Arabia king exhausted, and die gdil and silver
with whb la the world abound ,11 being witted by the bar-
barians, the mines of Mexico, Peru, and Brazil, have not
hen able to repair the loss. Ile mentions two or three in-
, stances of the vast Itches of pi avate men in ancient time..
I Pythias, the Lydian, possessed void and silver to the
amount of nearly five millions sterling. Marcus Cu lotus,
the Roman, after feasting all the people of Rome 't 10,000
tables, and giving every eitizen corn enough to last him
three months, found the renrtinder of his estate to be
Nasal to about I,isnytito/. Luciallus, A Roman stmator,
used to expend 30,n0n denarii (1,4009 every time he
slipped in the hall, Apollo, and this was st often as any of
the better sort supped with him. it has been computed
that Nebuchadnezzar's golden image, and the various other
images. utensils. &e. of gold, its the temple of Being. at
I; ibylon, amounted its value to about 3t,000,00 9f. Vast
tails of gold nod silver were often carried in triumph
before Roman titcnerals when they returned from con-
quereil provinces. The g&d with which Solomon overlaid
the most holy 'duce only, a room 30 feet square, amounted
to more than 34,000,000 f.. .

Crito, a writer in the Christian Spectator, supposes also,
that the amount of wealth was formerly much greater than
at present. He notices the following instances :—The
Israelites, soon after their escape from Egyptian botia.age,
'Arend for the tabernacle gold soil silver to the amount of
170,000moid. (Exml. xxxviii. 21, 2..) This was probably
borrowed of the Egyptians ; but it shews that gold and
silver were plenty in EJyrt. The contributions of the
people for the sanctuary, in the time of David, exceeded
m soo,pool. (I Chron. xxix. ';.) The stun which Illaman
taered Ahasuerus, on condition of being permitted to
order the destruction of the Jews, was o,noo talents of
silver, or 340,00414 (Esther iii. 9.) The immense treasure
David is said t t have collected for the sanctuary (1 Citron.
xxii. I 1), amounte•l to n 59,000,000 of pounds sterling
(Crito Rays '44,000,000, but erroneously), a sum greater
than the British national debt. and eseeesling all the money
coined since the eliscovery of America. It is supposed by
some learned men, that David never amassed such an im-
mense sum, and that an error has been made by the
transcribers of this book. Prideanx conjectures that the
talents, of gold and silver given by David and others for
the temple, might be of another sort, of far less value than
the Mosaic talents. Ile remarks, that if these talents
are valued by the Mosaic talents, they would have built
the whole temple of solid silver.

Crito estimates the talent of silrcr at SW pounds ster-
ling, and the talent of Oil at 3.475 pounds sterling, ac-
eoriling to Dr. Arbut "'Fables of Ancient Coins,
Ice." insert's! in the tram:la:ion of JRIIII.II Archneology.
The following is (lie estimated produce of the different
gold and silver mines is modern times :—Of gold, the
mines of E -rope produce, In sterling, only 1N5,020/.
Northern Asia, 16,770/. Atiorica the rest of the total of
'2,447,gti0f. iu the following proportions .—Ncw Spain,
W 0,6301. New Utensils, 611,300/. Peru, I 11,33 u/.
Potosi, and provinces cast of Buenos Ayres, 79,1u01.
Chili, 400,3501. : and Blasi!, 9:40,f1/0/. Of silver, the
total amount of which is 7,314,670/., Europe produces
1011,1040/. ; and Northern Aria, 199,6301. America furnishes
the rest. New Spain, 4,953,3 M/1. Peril, 1,291,410/.
Potosi, &c. 1,019,070/. : and Chili, fil,S2O/.

' limitlemen, we du rejoice, however, to s-e a most eamilent'
hoer in each .tory.bok—men in aal the country repose great
eonfiti,:nce; mid I have very little doubt thou they will satisfy their
own inhale soil the public. by their invmaigatlun of the hotlines'
that comes helm,: them. (i.mtkinett, 1w di not waste mote lime in
talking of sit, it who are dal atiltera-1 know them personully--men
whim, I have a great rega •,1 for. My Learned Brother aed myself
have come Iron, long and animals duties on the Circuits; but we
Mil not It-it:or to come here to perform that ditty which we know
' to be of the utmost importance to die safety, to the peace, and tit
the welfare of this great and mighty city, and we will not let it fall
in estimation. tientlemen, I know that you are the best guardians
of the civil liberties of this nation, and I trust we shall en-operate
with you In everything that Matt.* to them. I ant proud you are
placed in raw buses. You are parts of the rr rue bulwark ili tik!
.--..----
kinadvm; and if yuu get Mt° 'traumatic, that bulwark must give
way. It is impossible Ica
It taking liberties with awe who cloy INTrI.I.IOENCE.-I.IAII'STONIi. riErT. 14.—The
shunt themselves front noel. important doers. I will nut, how. picking will !weenie general by the middle of the week.
aver, la raw nut anything harsh or ignominious nealtist my conntry. The hops came down in tolerable condition, but rather
mini but IT".IY show the'" their dent. end let them feel the "icon. shorter in quantity titan hail been of law expected.
vatiunoi or their absence by lines.
IVORt* llt t ft, 8 c rr. 13.—0 n Saturday last, twelve
s, Gentle urn, there are not any matters of special concernment
do call for parucular observation, tlicogh there pre mimes of , l"rketti of old, and eighteen of stew hops were weighed in
rase eunauteratain, such as will he kid before you by !therm in- our market ; the lath r fetched ,i'./. Ss. to 61. 6s. ; they
traste4 to you for that puris,se ; and you have it in your teed- would have sold higher, but the quality was indifferent ;
LORIN that it is your duty 1,, es ~,, lIIC minutely the witnesses awttcr samples ligia, lie looked for next raturolny. Very line
brought In tore Pin t that it is the Ler, It is the habit, and it has
Aron IKa i arc worth Gl. In London yesterday the duty of the
urn Wand of i•atiiite aitratiniv. that you ehould make that ex..
allniqtal, illat 110 also should be put rashly, or °a conjecture, on kingdutu uas litnrll to 151,0001. Our duty is also down,
kb laid. being now laid at from 16 to 17,000!.
- tkittli men, I will not sty a desponding word to mortify nay Between team and, tell o'clock on Thursday night a Are
feelings, or the feelir:s of those who hear me. I think we wand broke out in the house of Nlr. Handles, a linen-ilraper, in
• itywuj,ah.,,lL.,,tiliak.,,,,uwshasul,r.rrri,bilj;,,.irth,),"„7„l,7,l7,, lh,a.,,,re,"canltronts ,tl‘l7,,natiani! I laye'a-court, Newport-market, which' at one time, from
trr, that thme is no country where justice in better admiuistMeil by the closeness of the ennrt anti the adjoining buildings,
els Juries Or it. seemed to threaten the whole neighbourhood. Fortunate y,
" Ilientdernen, I think it my May to conclude as quickly as pont however, the supply of water WWI 0(1011'111i and the flmii
'tie, because a great portent of the day Its. It..eit spent in calling men and engines being prompt in their attendance the fire
met the Junes; but it is impossible to conclude what I have se
say, without giviag rape...scion hi ricminients Iti which I ant sate I f want gut Wahl. ill time to nave the linutte from being ay..
hire the cn:urrence orate whole routnionity, not only of the tit/ stroyed, although considerable damage was dune to the
or Dublin, but of the kingdom at large. lictidenien, I do sincerely I front of the house, and some part of the stock in trede was
1a1a4.31t the drpartelre limit office of tate upright, worthy, and es- • destroyed.
irtived Lard Major.- That respect/4dr g.attlernan haa ruined him. Sirs Titan F—The silk trade in Taunton is ret: arkably
oaf toe kith and great character in this countr ; and althotigh he
may be displaced iron" nit ntliee, which in bill a temporary one, be brisk. There is t titer new factory to be immediately
will I ass amiiiiiie high in the estimation or his countrymen. who built by a gentleman of London. who has purchased fur
". high Punish.. Ile has shown that, with temperance, perveyer- 1 that purpose an out factory and other property. The silk
aim, and unbent:it diligence,. I.: Ines brought the nietrodolla to,' trade of Macclesfield, we are assured, is in the most prosper-
better orerrand statist). throng% every department entrusted to It i 111 l ' oils state, and a general advance of wages to the work-
and exalted the oilice bossiest die onlinary wearier' of it, and con. ,
•(Kopec en. iloyed has taken place.
allotted nut only to rime this city in estimation, bat hr has raised
el, .i
the kingdom of Ireland ini pabltit minutia:l slot. lie hail shown ! 'floe cowers In the neighbourhood of (titivate hay° fol.
"lat 6 31411i6e3Nt Mt, Jo—cent only exercising in his own person lowed the example of some other mechanics in endeavour-
r., hig!t duties. hut Raving ay e%aniple to every Magistrate of Ire- . ing to get an advance of wages. l'uesilay a meeting was
land; and I will use him In cowiparbewl whit the proudest Magi*. t/sic held in Shettleston of delegates from all parts of the coun-
es the ta.aideq city of the world. I would not bo silent if I
mold junity stictier on ',itch in occasion--I should be guilty of a try, for ten miles around Glasgow, when an address was
Rest dereliction of duty to the public if I were. LA every titan agreed to, recotninettiling the mincrs to associate fur an ad-
rev the benefit of ilm scrrises,, and or that high and eminent si. vatice of wages.
t istiaa which be has )(mud, and *hall he will not be displaced I
Lately died. at a very advanced age, Sarah Gibson, of
i•:, in the opinion of the publk. the parish of !lathier& This singular character, who was
" tkntlenien, he has distinguished hitr.self upon so item, occa-
-11 k by the a illation of " Sall in the !foal,
y
iii'ist. I cannot enumerate them all—bw at every hour all the night Iwe known Pi', •
iil4 iley—in every street...in ever! wen of misery anti yke_in for a great number of years inhabited a solitary hut in
tray hiding-pike for head and yillany—nothing escaped his re. Warley Wood, where she supplied pleasure parties with
search. Ilan (ter lemon, there is ono thing thst mark* (and thu requisites for refreshments, and where many a love-sick
moor a for days past) how eminent he la, and in wl.at estimation urii,leu and tangui,),,„g swain paid her a visit it, lire turn,
I is held by every order of rflph--by the humblest, and most
abode. It . Ihad I l lof 'is supposcs she rt Sli et oilman s sixty
jrane lariat, distnrkuice. levity, and intitaicatlon. Thera is the
"Islibouring falt of Donnybrook, which was such a plate as to years In tin', limning, which we understand was, a few
kirobil alarm even Into Dublin itself, sending in wicked and tint_ days since, accidentally destroyed by fire.—Dorsel raper.
envie. planted and loatiml with that noxious drug which la so it cm gin ran w Aar*. —This exert:tic:awe, which so
it allisily kuorrn there, ready for any sort of mischief—Peoldu so
c intnionlv makes Its appearance on rho hands, face, and
sconistwil at the cabo moments they enjoyed at thu roncluaion in . I • . fI witt is parts o fete a . ,by . g the i norant and imperstitions,
ct • tau fair there. 1' Aar produced this hut the discreet conduct of , i't lie
cc. :ter alagiorate. sowants whom 1 cannot avoid applying as gettcrals submitted to the action of a charm, held to bo ins
riang terms as Sit illatry Wilmot Mil. where a bravo and good fallible hy girseys and 11101111(clintiks, who, Olt Ix ing palmed
l" a" 14,1 dispersed a maims mob. lie Raul, •• History halls told'
s, with silver air gold, genitally contrive to satiefy the
ti, that the citing undaunted courage 18. a man of high character, i creaulous minds of their applicants by cabalistic exhorts-
nil for ei r di
. r 'perk alai assuage the depraved tempers of the! . , .
__ so ....c
thorn : let thus. who aro ln tisl, instead of attending. to
l'" 'Pic." lam told that the great tasty of the persons in the fair I
"t"" well swam,' a the benefit of his Lordship being taws. that' such characters, take one ounce of white arsenic, and two
iti,y could scarcely be restrained r expressing their fedinr. by ! ounces of soda, mix in four ounces of water, and put it into
ekatring him. his a b:4;lit example, nut only to thew who hollow .an oil flask, which is to be corked, taking care that a small
Lien in Ate, hut it a a height example to the Alugistracy of )
Ire.
!'",1,i,,,!..1ii,.11 m
I hope will be followed. I should be wanting of the pule is drilled throttilli the centre of the cork, then place it
cii et a gentleman and aJin a saucepan et:natal:lino elate! two quarts of water, over
udge, It I had passed this over. , r . . ..
We I r!•re here' to administer justice in the King's nano—we love the tire, which should be kept boning gently, for about
flic t-rtisiitution and will uphold it—lt Is that which liaa been lick' four hours, when the ingredients co:ttained in the flask will
i..frt" ace tit age."'" We will Presets' it " anti I hit you,fromlo"ri be formed into the consistence or paste ; apply a small per-
-.. 4 a .pi truce, that this country is getting in :0 chillier, every hour.
lion of it on the wart, with a hair pencil, nialit and me•:•1-
111.1 I asppirt artery tunnel) of the civil liberty of the country, and
4 R.t. the itiyistrnstion or Grano Junco, and ti:o trial by Petit ill, and - in a few dais it will b: stfcctually removed.—
Jam., sill be the saltation. l .IfeJii.Jl .1.1e4c.r.