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n0.,11D OF Elrng. D.c.iriszu 29.

At the lire alerting of the Bills mid West of
England Society, a 'ivied iiiterestiii4 lett• r was read
by she Cimino sir, addressed to the Society by
Sir Thomas Tyrerhitt, relative to the cultivation
of the forest of Dartmoor, as offering extrienve
means of giving valuably. employment 10 the poor.
by the occupation of %mall ferrite, or as coustai.t
labourers upon those farms with the aid of a Cottage
and garden ; the growth mid preparation of hemp
laud flax being particularly recur: unroofed as ad-
vantageous both to she litilivisluals and the nation.
As proufs that the soil tied climate of Dartmoor
are well adapted to the growth. of II ax, the Society's
medal was last year awarded to wimples of flax anal
seed grown by Sr TI as Tyr vital, upon one of
the must elevated parka of the Moor, by the appli-
cation of lime. Sir Finns:in has this year produced
au abundant crop on nine acres. the hh,rr and seal
bring equal to our dear-bought importations 1.111111
Holland and oilier couirtries.
The peculiar softness of the nutnernne streams of
water which rise upon the Moor, calculated for
mills and machinery, Wets a positive premium
upon dna culture, in the great advantage it affords
in the growth. preparation, and bleaching of fl .x ;
thus giving winter ern ploy to the cottager's family,
while a superior article is produced fur our maim-
, facture,* ut a reduced orrice.
i The Chit:man, Sir Joitte Cox Iltrrisher, its
of commenting upon the great utility of thus prat-
SAINT Groans Sotrritweak.--An unusual mark re-
ii, • •
• tIC I COMMOIIICIIIIOI. observed, that their ititteli-
tali moon Tuesday se`unialit paid to the memory of the late
\lr. Joriph Me nigh, of the Borouth-road, Southwark, . lamented late President, Lod Somerville, first
show remains were depuaited in the vault under Saint drew the tatrolioit or Our revered Nlonerch to
tievat's church. Ile kid been, for several audesaive years, . the fundamental source of national wealth, aud poll.
principal ehureiarardt is of this pariah; and by the urbanity ' Deal economy, agriculture ; and that his Liirdeitip's
raki, manners, and ...undoes* of his judgment. so greatly :
or mimeo' .s ,
.fully accorded with the following stele.
endeared himself to his fellow parishioners, that his mica.
Ilium f almost sadden dealt (alley a eery few days turista made in the cnturnitiiicati Now before site
of a litIVOUll fever) has thrown a gloom over ilur. . Society :--that the cultivat.ois of hemp and Sax
'hoe enislibaarbood where he was sir writ known and .is „„ „hiret of the greatest imporbismie to us a
lutlity &retard. lu *Militia to a numerous train of relit. 1 a naval and manufecturing oatiou; thet the pre-
tires, sad intimate (item* who followed him to the grave,
r•ktice 4" go'' n'i"s thr",-
ro-
ute parish officers, and upwards or thirty of the principal Winn is c."'o
ill .t i ;
111 ireir.__ffdr: thing `AI croP• i" P'"l'vr
inhentatita, voluntarily j ' d'in the melatiebuly processiou, jroi•
a bah (unit ilie sildision of the charity children of the parisk, , quick growth. •is peculiarly adapted to elevated
is whose a hoots be was treasurer, and a liberal benefactor, i 'Wootton* where the growth of wheat is not ad-
mit old, m his life lime, but by his will) bad a must solemn ! visible ;
the manufacturer will greatly trod to render the
and, I filly, that the labour created by
aid impressive effect ; and as a further mark of public res. th
le cultivation .
emu preparation of these articles fur
spec: fur has memory, the parish talkers postponed the pa . l
whoa chimer. annually Meld. on the day of the tassel
I
tit. Thomas% Day). To his immediate family and friend*, ' labouring poor tiolepeirderit of parish relief, thereby
hoi loss is iri eparable :be was, as ogee, their biieht example beuefiti rig the matrimony by reducing the poor
ut every Chriatiatt virtue, their coormellur, their guide, ' rates and cutting oil the iiicreaae of a pauper pups'.
their own familiar friend. Oh: may his exemplary life, .
lotion.
and almost written dealt, have its salutary effect upon MI
tur"
sunning
"matiae,,,,,, fiirlida, and may they perceive, in ! The thanks of this very useful Society were unit-
"' ael4""Y event, the hand of Divine PruTidenee unnouely voted so Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt for his
kindly poionee each owe of them to that portion of sacred . valuable COUliUtnitCalloll.
Marianne which trays, a fie ye also ready, fur in such as --------s
Soar as ye think sot, the Seoul Mau cumetb." The High Bailiff of Biriniughain, in compliance
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---------- • - i with a Reqiiisit , signed by nearly a bewared tit
The Coldstream Regiment of Gusrdi mounted ' the most -expectable inhibitions, has appointed a
duty nu the parade in St. James-Park, on Satin.. ii meeting of the inercliants,mimufacturess,and trader's
till morning, in their new clothes. The ape 10l the tows., to be held on the Ails of January next.
Immune of lung-toiled coat., which is the priii• 1 fur the purpose of coosidering of the prUptiety of
nerd new feature in them, attracted considerable 1 petitio tt itt g Parlsaineilt to inquire into the camera of
notice. ! the present deplorable situation of the manufactur.
Accooats have beets received from Valparaiso of ' ing and labouring classes of the coininuuPy, and
Inv 45th Aligns% Air express had just reached ; into she best means of relieving it.
Ited place from Burin's Ayres, with news that • I The first stone of the oew Pilot and Ballast-office,
Spanish aquaelr.4,, coosisting of two ship* of the : at Hull, was laid last week, by the senior member
lille and theme frigates., 'nail been discovered off time 1 of the Triiiii).lioiere. Is. the course or die follow-
Cape de Vert bloods, on the 30111 of June, tier- log night some prisons tore up the foundatiori, and
timid fur Long. This information had created a : carried off the inscriptions, probably expecting to
considerable sensation at Valparaiso; and it was find pieces of 'Hooey deposited under it, but in this
determined that the expedition under Lord Coca- i the depredators mere disappointed.
twig, haying an bOOLd 4,000 Congreve rocket!, , •• Welts hot know." says the Scotsman, g, hot.
should put to sea as swim as possible, in order to ; Mr. Ilicsano's suggestions will be received by
make a second snack on Liana, previous to the sr- ! the landed Gentlemen of England, but there can
sisal of the squadron above mentioned, and it was , be nu doubt they will meet with a most gracious
expected that it would get under weigh by the '2d 1 reception in Scotland. There is scarcely a pro-
Stplenaber. His Lordship bail 'hewn I . self ex- prietorin this part of the empire who hay slot with-
iremely well 'sprinted to the. British interest in those in the last two mouths been subscribing declaratione
I.'ms ; and by his advice thegoeersinient of Chili had . expressing ilia readiness so sacrifice Isis " life and
4llowed all pritish mewls to go its and out of the fortune" fur the service a his country. Such more
Ports so the sowthswest coast, under blockade, , ilia,. Kornai' virtue will not surely be permitted to
while those' of other noisome were nut allowed to have pine in obscurity'. Why will nut Ministers take the
ally istercostwee whatever with therm. Trade, it is .. Freeholders" at their word ? Not that we
ar wfro mould
s•osh. lass improsiux at Valparaiso, where there was subject them to the smallest bodily harm ; f
li (wetly considerable quantity of specie collected, it. We should be extremely surly were the country
a portion of whir* was destined for this country, but ; to be deprived of, the iwrvices of one, mulch more
was detained from the want 01 proper conveyauces. I of 2,749 .s truly. loyal" individual* ! It will be
Advice% fen= Angostura, to the Gth November, I quite enough for our purpose that 20 or 30 per
Lee i„,„ received yin New York, which state that ; tent. of
toll) entire value of their estates eliould be
General llohivatt had &specked General ANOVA. applied e payment of the public debt mid the
!:liA itch 2.500 It to take Santa Martha. Botta teductiou tit' taxatiou. We thisik we hear their
'• Ante s engirged in sogattimitg thr army lately rowed i congratulations on the admirable opportunity which
In Nw GretisAaotsid to be about 8,000 melt'
Part i is thus afinrded fur refuting the insinuations raj
"1. the money take's al Santa Fe had arrived at Asia 1, those who affect to doubt the aiocerity of their pr0.,4
.,4 ratusa. General MURILLO, by the last advices, • fersious !"
was at Tinaquillo, where he had entrenched hints i A Gentleman in the City received a remittance
,--ii. Since he left St. Fernattdei (10 Apure aid ' on 'Tuesday from Cadiz, part of which was in Bank
Lilaboxa, those plucrx lead been taken by the In.. of Englund notes; on rearming them, three of the
*urgent., Gentrill MERINO, with shout, 2,000 number, one or gid. mot two of 101. each, were &-
men, was posted ut Mat tunic,
in Collins. BRO.. clued to be forgeries. They are allowed to be wine
/tuna was at Margatetta. organising the 1,500 ; of time best inittationa ever seen, and the Solicitor to
kali troops of
soup corpa, lately arrived I the Sank, it is said, has for some time been in pos..
tune. These troups were to unite under f.lesseral session of information concerning their source, 81141
car-
11A8/NA, aud march against Caraccas. General I 1
of the extent to which the forgerie. have been car-
Pxx was said to be advancing from the army of I tried. They are believed to he of French inanufec-
flut.tweit with eteooo omen to attack Mouti.t.o. i tore, but dilScultita existing to their circulation iii
that co ttttt ry, the scene of opirotirms has hero cliangtil
4asu,zasitsnt, SAO was sent to AllgOlitoll as a !,
to Cadiz, where sr large. number of British vessets
state prisoner, is now'Vice-President of the Cortes, 1
>old has had Bates called before the House to give ! engaged for tile rxpedition are collected, and where
• they sire.tiken without scruple or lIIISVICIOIIo
" account of his conduct. .

•
11 ~,, moo, Teesdale, and Symes, request the Editor
Tor lilllTlBlll Pates will, in his nest Piper, correct an
WO f stir importance in the obituary of his Papaw of
imtaiit ;anti which his appeared Inure at large is
.61 Junto:0o). with regaill to the late " Mr. The
vinmes Rey.
0.i., of Walliugtoo," who is represented as hag bees.
.2 prominent character in the history of the Irish [Wad-
i u." Mr. lit vottltht, of Wallington, resided all his life at
11.1:ingi..it :toil in 1111 vicinity, where he was engaged in
iosintiet, and was well known as an active member of the
L.nassi and tins tictilt twat Societies of London ; anal it
apigaiti 1,11,11118111 g that a mere similarity of unities, without
fouitustints, should have occasioned the deceased
tilt another individual, and with ifSIVISC-
!,,no with *Lich he had not, and cuuld uut possibly have
bid way coml. xion whatever.
kearlierch December 99, 1819.

No's.—The naitur contrives that in publishitic the
shoe letter at Inigib, lie has taken the most efftctual &nude
vf assist ring the purpose of the writers. On his uw• part,
hr has only to .5y,11•41 the notice alluded to in the obituary
of Tag B•ITIStt NAVIN was fuhticled upuis • paragraph
run at kegth in the Dahli• Prpers•—Ed.

THE LATE 31R. JOSEPH 31ErVOTT.

lIIPOILTANr DECISION TO ITINE•MERCIIANTS
AND OTIIERS.
The firm of Messrs. Tisolopanis and Coates. wine
111141.111111 ,merchants. of 11 plhormhilt, were clairg•ql
wider the •51tii Geo. 111. chap. 8, co only
called the Cape Act, with luring mixed a quaiiiity
of port wine wills 4 .0 amity of Glee az.litiat
the St:11111C. There is ill ;otiosity of 3001. mulched
to the offeuce if it is with a frailuleist nitro
bat this bring admitted not to be the case, the
penalty was nut proceeded for.
Tills case excised 1111 extrauriliintry degree of in-
terest aluon.vt the wine trade in Resters!, es the
question at issue was A% to the legality of a coin
practice of twain.: inpruve their flavour
The Court w,is crow iri4ous iii the trails,
who weir anxious to decision.
Mr. Fisher. a surveys:is •.t the Excise. proved,
that in bath's the stock of Alessi-li. •fliompsou and
Coates, ou the tOth of October, lie finmsrats excess
of right gallons In A pipe of Cape wine of gal-
lons, which was not OCCOillitrd fur by the permits.
Os asking Mr. Coates to acci t for the increase.
lie sewed it to have hero; canard by the atlilltitni of
eight oltoos of port wills., ill miler to imitrove the
Cape wirer. Tile whole of the ;rise, tat; gallapis,
were consequently seized.
The stocking officer corroborated this statement.
• Mr. Coates appeared lii behalf of the firm, mid
said lie stood there to answer the charge made
against the firm—the first its their lives. It was a
questions ill which their eh:it-meter. which had
hitherto stoqd pre-eminent. was concerned. and as
it was but natural to suppose that their prosperity
would !procure diem many enemies, the account of
the seizure had 110 M the full IltOKft.ril of it lie
throughout the trade, awl from the mere seizure of
• pipe of wine it had increased to the dis-
covery of a contraband connexion, sod Cu immense
seizure, to which • penalty of twenty thoissaiiii
pounds was attached, which had afforded conso-
lation In those envious of their ;prosperity. lie
should first contend that the officer acted illegally
in seizing more than the excess of eight gallons ;
secondly. Tivit to mix port wine with Cape red
wine, was nut contrary either to the letter or the in.
tetition in the Act of Parliament; and. thirdly,
'Chat they had dour nothing inconsistent with the re-
venue, which Mil. neither in fact nor intentiou
io-
iured ; on the contrary, lie should sheer that the
revenue was in reality benefited. There were only
two laws in force against the mixture of wines,
namely, the lid' Charles 11. chap. 25, mid the 54:1t
Geo. 111. ; as to the seizure of the whole of the pipe,
be referred to the '2 th Clailile of the last-mentioned
Act, to prove. that the officer had no right to seize
more than eight gallons, the words of the. Act be-
ing. " that the qiesittity seized should be equal to
the qiiantity found in excess;' and he contended.
that there were not the slightest grounds for sup-
posing th it the Act authorised the whole to be
seized. fie had, wisest asked by the officer to re-
count for the excess, openly and candidly give.' him
the troth—which if he had any improper rooftree
he would hove withheld, and which it would have
been impossible to have discovered, hail he nut told it.
II

ensile in honour and gold spirit to the officer, should
be Muiverterl to their disadvantage. To prove that
the act for which they were charged war 1101 COIR
wry tai the letter rod spirit of the Act of Parlia-
ment, he coutended that at the time the Act was
made for the commutation of the dimes on Cape
wine from 7s. 711. per gallon to 24.6.1. the Legisla-
ture had i i contemplation the frauds which might
be committed, by mixing ihr Cape wine, which paid
the duty of 1.. 63. per gallon, with those winch re-
tained the standard duty of 7'.611. cud thereby de.
Gooding the revenue. The Legislature had never
in contrinolation that any Ile would mix that which
paid the greater ditty with that which paid the less,
as in the present instance, or it would have been
mentioned. Act merely said, that if any
leiauu should mix or mingle Cape Nine with port
ur other foretgo amities." Now had the converse been
intended it would have been stated, as it was in the
Act of Clideles 11. ; for those who made Act, of
Parliament were never sparing of word.. The il-
legality war in mixing Cape wine with port, or
ally other, which wee not the case in the present
instance, for the port wine was mixed with the
Cape. This WaS ant a mere play upon terms,
but a solid objection ; nu, for instance, in a
doinettic recipe, it said, mix a teaspoonful of
sulphuric acid with a pint of water, but it would
be absurd to say, mix a pint of water with a tea-
spoonful of acid ; or to say mix a teaspoonful of
milk with a cup of tea was proper, but to say
mix or mingle a cup of tea with r spitoolfal of
milk, was manifestly controly to common settee.
As to the practice not being injurious to the
revenue, but on the contrary, lie would not
waste the time of the Cuult, as it woe self-eyi-
dent. Ile might have been tuiataken in the ell,-
struction of the Acts. If he had erred, it was
not front intention. If the Court should prouttuoce
the practice illegal, he fur our was ready to aban-
don it. It was the daily practice of the most re-
spectable wine.tuerchatits in the trade to mix port
wine with Cape, in order to improve the bat rem' fla-
vour of the Cape, and to snake it keeplooger. The
question, rs to the legality of the practice, was
thertfore of the highest
seaimportanc to the trade,
with whom, if he were guilty, he red the guilt
in common.
The COURT asked Mr. Fisher. the surveyor,
whether he believed it to be a connuou practice, to
which lie replied in the affirmative, and said that
one had been convicted, nail another girl was
pending for the same offence.
51r. Coates coutititied, nod said he felt as every
other practical man (mit, the utter iiiiimostobility of
adhering to the letter of the Excise Laws, wlach
the Legislature seemed to have contemplated, its
giving such extensive powera of uxitigattun to the
Court.
Mr. Mateo said, the Legislature had only con.
templated a &WOW* from time Excitor Laws, by
esiactiog excessive pooottioo.
'rho Ostia? said, Mr. Castes our
not to have
made such a de'claratioot there ; he might if be j
pleutmeci, with others', have restveml it for lits closet. !
The Court cool.' only be governed by the letttr of
the Excl., Law..
Mr. Contemn asketl.the surve,sar, whether there
was out a corresponding decrtgesi lit a piss Of- purt