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London, England, 1818-09-23 00:00:00

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the remainder tt the above rate, though they might
have amounted to eg.. anti without 'biting Ira
wife's earnings into the account, which Might have
been N.er ss. To Stich au extravagaut•pitcb had
this false liberality been carried:that one 'gentleman
stated before the Committee, lie had never in any
instance deemed it hos duty to compel a pauper to
sell his furniture and &rot:before grunting him
relief—but that he has been compelled to sign a
warrant of distress for the see of both, against a mats
accustomed to pay "rates, but disabled from doing
so by the want 4 employment or the pressure of
cholar6—'this putting the pauper relieved in Is
much better condition than the pauper who had
till then struggled to cototribetP.

In addition to the fundamental alterations in the
raw of 'settlement, various local remedies fiar these
evils hare been devised. The appointment of a
permanent overseer, with a regular salary, thus en-
abled to devote his undivided time and attention to
the business of his office ; the establishment of
common concerns for the employment in tillage, or
manktfacttires of men unable to procure work other-
wise; the erection of provident societies, or saving
banks, to secure the overplus of the necessary fruits
of industry for the day of age or sickness—all these,
especially tbe'finit and last, are no doubt highly
useful and beneficial. But the true and radical
remedy is to effect an improvement in the senti-
ments and habits Of the great body of the people
by education.
The Report of the Committee of the General
Assembly of the Church of Scotland, with the ex-
tracts from the evidence of Sir J. B. RIDDELL,
M.P. which we published yesterday, are well worthy
the attention of these who would legislate wisely for
the poor of England. From these it appears that
every native of Scotland has access to the means of
education for his children, though himself unable to
bear the expense attending it ; that (may we not say
in consequence ?) paupers are so limited, that the
voluntary contributions of the people are in almost
all cases amply sufficient for their assistance end
support; and that in the few instances wherein
compulsory assessment has been had recourse to,
Nu wants of the poor, wed the extent of t►he assesv-
meats, /lave gradually and progressively increased.
Let the poor be generally educated. Thus will
they -.esquire habits of regularity, exertion, and
economy ; a principle of justice and honesty wifl
animate them to labour for their own subsistence.
a spirit df honourable ambition will stimulate them
to press up into the ranks of life, instead of meanly
sinking ender idleness or despair, cramping and
benumbing the efforts of their fellow-men.

A private letter from Paris says, some appre-
hension, are entertained for the Duc de Boy Krum :
he is advanced in life, and, I am informed, in such
a state of lethargy, that his Highness cannot keep
his eyes open."

The Courier seeks to revive the old hoax of
" claw me and I'll claw you" with the Morning
Chronicle, but the latter appears ssliatued Of this
hacknied trick for catching notoriety.
From Christiana there is a report of a More in-
timate union being intended between the Courts of
Sweden and Demnark, and that the King of SWE-
DEN and the PRINCE ROYAL were about to take a
journey to Copenhagen.
We are told that an agent from Copenhagen
direct is arrived in this city, for the purchase of
bombasines. Our manufacture, it appears is now
very much worn in Sweden.—/NorwichPl:per./
Extract of • letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at
Cadiz, dated the Ist September :—" A severe gale
from the East was experienced here on the :18111
ult. which lasted the whole of that night and the
greater part of the following day. The follow-
ing vessels sustained damage :—The Alexander,
thulium, from Liverpool to Messina, which had
sprung a leek and put in here, must discharge her
cargo and repair; the Kitty, of Waterford, Duo-
GAN, master, drove ashore, and lost an anchor nod
cable; the Samuel, La LACIIUER. of Guernsey,
lost an anchor and cable ; the Insolante, alias Le
Perta, of Malta, LAFFORTE, master, driven oh
shore, and 'knocked her keel off, and expected to go
to pieces; the Spanish brigs Santa Joze, alias Es-
peranza, and Alamo Felepena, were driven on shore
and went to pieces; and some other vessels lost an-
chors and cables."

Private letters have been received from the Dis-
covery Ships under Captain Ross, dated Ist Au-
gust, in lat. ell. 48. N. long. 61. 30. W. They
state that the ice was clearing away, and that their
prospect dr success was improving. The most ex-
traordinary phenomenon of the ♦ariation of the coin-
pass had gone on increasing; it was 88. la. on the
ice ; we say on the ice, for on board ship, owing
to some peculiar influence not yet ascertained, it
was much more. The former letters, of which we
have already given extracts, mention that on
board ship the variation was at one time 93 degree.,
that is, the needle pointed, instead of worth, to the
southward of Ices,. This difference between the
real variation and an apparent variation on board
ship was first observed by Captain FLINDERS, but
it was Supposed to be an aecitlet.tal peculiarity in
his ship : it is now dear that it belongs to all ships,
and varies in all, ■nrl there would be little doubt
that it should be attributed to the influence of the
iron about the vessel, except for a curious fart
which we understood has been ascertained, namely,
that the compasses called insulated compasses,
which are placed in boxes of iron, and which art
uninfluenced by 'steroid iron, when brought hear
to them, are effected by the ship-variation in the
same degree us the common compasses. 'fins,
is stow called the deviation, has been found
to be much greater as the experiments go north-
ward, This is accounted for from the circumstance
of the dip of the needle diminishing what is usually
called its polarity, and allowing it therefore to be
more easily affected by the local **affluence of the
ship.

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