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London, England, 1830-01-04 00:00:00

DISCIPULI SU I

HOC POCULUX

DESIDE lin PIGNUS

D. D.

REG. SCIIOL. NOR. 111. CAL. 1829.

This mark of their esteem and respect was acknowledged
by the following affectionate and pathetic letter :

Norwich, 28th Sept. 1829.
Mr DEAR Youlth FP.IENDS,—I am thinking in which
of the three languages, Greek, Latin, English, with which
you have already formed so intimate an acquaintance, I
can best address you. But they fail me on this occasion.
What is said of cares and sorrows may be applied to my
present feelings; Cum level loquuntur, ingentes silent.
One language remains, which, with its own natural elo-
quence,' and effusion of sincerity, bursts forth at this mark
of your regard towards me, and that is the language of the
heart; in the warmest glow of utterance which that lan-
guage can furnish, I thank you, I pray for your welfare
and happiness; and may your journey through this life
lead you to eternal bliss in Heaven ! I remain ever your
affectionate friend,

EDWARD VA LPY.

GIPSY TIT.--A short time since; two young
ladies near Camberwell, were accosted by a gipsy woman,
who told them that, for a shilling each, she would skew
them their husband's faces in a pail of water ; which being
brought, they exclaimed, " why we: see only our own
faces !"--" Well," said the old woman, " those facts will
be your husband's when you are married."

A private meeting of gentlemen interested in
the welfare of Norwich took place in that city on the 29th
ult., to consider the propriety of raising a public subscrip-
tion for the relief of the poor there. Several of them de-
livered their views upon the subject ; and the general
opinion which prevailed seemed to be, that it would be
unwise to adopt any plan for such a purpose, in conse-
quence of the system of intimidation now acted upon to
prevent those who were willing to take work at the pro-
posed rate, from doing so. Several of the speakers also
gave their opinion, that this was the view of the subject
which was taken by the most intelligent inhabitants of the
city. Mr. GURNEY then went to the Pantheon, where
about 3,000 weavers were assembled, in order to commu-
nicate this information to them, and notwithstanding the
unfavourable nature of his statement, he was very well
received. One of the conanittee of weavers, in answer
to the assertion that they had endeavoured to intimidate
their masters upon the subject. of the rate of wages, denied
that the former had taken any part in such system of inti-
midation, and proceeded to deprecate an uncertain rate of
payment. The committee of weavers breakfasted with
Mr. GURNEY at Earlhatn the next morning by appoint-
ment, and a long discussion took place upon the eubkct,
which was conducted with much propriety and ability ea
the part of the weavers. Among other things, it was stc.ted
that the average earning of the weaver of tbontbashra and
crapes was now only about 108. or 101. 6d. per wede ; pue
under such circumstances they expressed their apprehensions
that if a further reduction in wages took place, it v/Ould have
the effect of throwing themselves and their fautilies upon
the parish. Mr. GURNEY, in reply to these; statements,
gave his opinion that the reduction propose'l by the mas-
ters was equitable and reasonable, though, he said, he
should be most happy if the present rate could be main-
tained. In the course of Mr. Guelistr's statement het
agreed, that as the value of money had been reduced, the
reduction was not unfair; but, in answer to this, it was
said that the value of silk and yarn had also been reduced,
as a gross of yarn, which some time ago was sold for 191.
or 205., was now sold for Os. 6d. One of the weavers
said he had made up his mind not to work 17 hours a day
without being able to support his family, and rather than
!be pauperized with work, he would be pauperized wiikout
it. The' onference then broke up, and the pdt ties sePte,
rated, with mutual sxpreeeions of oordildity and good will.

it cannot be doubted that it is conoveied whh
im-
portant political interests. The peetmisry embar-
rassments of the Porte continue, nnd its e;,deavours
to defray even the ordinary current expenses are
fruitles9. Yet it is affirmed that foreign commercial
houses have again made offers of a loan. Letters
from Smyrna say that the troubles in that, neigh-
bourhood are indeed quelled, but that the dkeou.
tent continues. Admiral tie Rigny had left Smyrna
for Egina.
viz NNA g DEC. 22.—Metalliques, 1021 ; Four per
Cent., 91 ; Bank Share', I,2s9l.—Allyeaurine Zeitung,
Dec. 27.

St. PETERSBURGII, DEC. IG.—On the 10111

leraclius Czarewitsch, of Georgia, arrived here.

ODESS4,, DEC. 9.—We are still ti-i hoot arty new
cases of plague, and the strict measures of precau-
tion which have been so long in furee are, in a great
degree relaxed. The magistrates hare issue d a pro-
clamation recommending the greateAt caution, and
announce that they have invited the clergy and some
officers to exhort the inhabitants to have their effects
purified, especially Bank-notes and coin, as frequent
instances have occurred of the communication of the
disorder by the means of notes and money.
The two ships which brought the Turkish Am-
bassadors sailed on the 6th, to return to Constanti-
nople, under the command of Admiral HAMM Bey.
—Prussian States Gazette, Dec. 27.

SISIYRNA, Non. B.—We hear from Constantinople
of important changes in the administration. It i
indeed finally to regulate the new system which ha►c
commenced in some provinces, between the func-
tions of the military and civil authorities.

A traveller who has arrived from Port Olivier, 'in
the Isle of Meteline, has learned from the Captain of
the Wasp (English corvette), that the Gulf of Vol()
was again blockaded by the Greeks. lain Wasp
arrived on the sth at Vourla, and made its report
to Admiral Malcolm : immediately after he sailed
for the Archipelago, with four vessels.
We have reason to suppose that the new Greek
blockade will be as little approved by Admiral de
Rigny as by. Admiral Malcolm; for,if we are rightly
informed, Admiral de Rigny, on his return to the
Levant, signified to the President that it was time
the commerce of neutral powers should enjoy the
safety and liberty of which it has been so long de-
prived.
BRUSSELS, DEC. 31.—1 t is said that Count de
Celles has resigned his situation as Member of the
Second Chamber. On the examination of the Pro-
ject of the Penal Code in the sections of the Se-
cond Chamber, several MeMbers again insisted on
the introduction of the trial by jury, and some de-
clared that unless this wish was complied with, they
could not approve of it.
JAt. h—klii-Majesty has conferred the Grand
Cross of the Order of the Belgic Lion on their
Excellencies M. Van Maanen, Minister of Justice,
and Van Gobbclschroy, Minister of Colonies.

BRITISH BEAUTILS.—Among the many
slecessful hits which the donaT JOURNAL has made since
its projection, the most happy is
.the little piece with
which its first number for the New Year commenc,s._
Perhaps _there was never any single paper written lirfore
" The Garland of Beauty," that has displayed so intimate
and extensive a personal acqnaintanee with high life. The
names of no less than silty distinguished females are men-
tioned, and the precise charactei of the beauty of ever:, one
of them respectively is indicated, by assimilating it with
some well-known flower, hence the title of the Poem "Ti,e
Garland of Beauty." There can be an .doubt thet the
writer of this elegant and most ingenious little piece is p
sonally acquainted with every one of the sixty in,O‘Mo Ia
whose *harms are so aptly and ea eesly ri "Ti c
Garland of Beauty," for without stiel kan riw pv,rtm
cottlEl not hare boos prima.

JUSTICE OF PEACE SMALL-DEBT

COURT.

INVERGORDON, Dec 9, 1829. •
A claim came under consideration, on the complaint of
a blind and infirm woman of the italic of Janet Alorrison,

who had been struck off the list of reeipienti, under the
will of the late Dr. White, of Bombay, of which the fol-
lowing is an extract:—

" ROSSKEEN IN ROSS-SHIRE.
"I direct that two thousand pounds !telling be funded

or mortified in that parish for the decayed and modest
poor—that the interest of the above sum be annually dis-
tributed among the most indigent, in sums from dace to
five pounds yearly, cecteris paribus, the name of Bethune

to be preferred. The Minister fir the time being and
Elders to be managers, with two of the chief Ilerieors in

rotation of twenty years."
At a meeting held, under the above will, by the Minis-
ter, Elders, and Heritors of the Parish, the following
rules were agreed to :-
1. The name of Bethune, ceteris paribus, to be prefer-
red; but it is to be observed and understood, that this
rule is not to he appled to persons coming into the ptrisii
of that name until a residence of twenty years.
2. The blind, maimed, insine, au.l imbecile, ccleris
rtribus, to be next in rotation.
3. The aged, pilsied, rot bed-ridden, cat.7ris paribus,
to be next in rotatiA.

4. Persons ietteiving aid from the poor's funds to be
t )(chided fora the charity, until they relinquish any aid
from poor's funds.
Clerk having read '73 petitions, including letters of
lect:Amt.;tendation from several individuals, the Meeting,
W.'.,er minute examination into the character and circunt-
sta:ices of the petitioners, found the t 24 following modest
and decayed poor persons entitled to Dr. White's Charity.
At a Meeting of the Trustees, held the 2d April, 182'7, the
Minister represented, that Helen Bain, Milneraig, Ann
Mackenzie, Bridgend, and_Janet_3lorriso.o, Balnaguisich,

who were then receiving Dr. White's Ugliest, habitually
absented themselves from all the means of grace and or-

d minces of religion in the parish, whether ministered by
himself, the Catechist, or other Clergymen, se ho occasion-
oily assisted him. Upon this representation of the Minis-
ter, otre of the Heritors spoke to the poor blind roman
Jatret Morrison, and advised her to conform to the rules
14 she Church ; and in order to strengthen the hands of
the Minister, it was allowed to be put on record, that it
was on the Minister's suggestion that the year's allowance
should be given to her ; though in point of fact it was
upon the suggestion of the Het iter referred to, after he had
recalled to the Minister's recollection the unanimous de-
termination of the Trustees to continue the charity during
life to the objects plsettsl on the roll, as the period of their
continuance etarthl net be of long duration, all of them
being very ta reople, and nearly one-half of them having
reached thts age of from 80 to 100 years, and with a view
to avoid (discord ; and, besides, that the ground of objec-
tintt 'could not be gootl, if the parties complained of were
tlc"":aycd, indigent, and m-dest poor; that it might so happen
that the Rev. Gentleman himself might become so unpo-
pular as to have scarcely any hearers at all, as is actually
the case in an adjoining Presbytery, and that the intention
of the donor could not by any possibility be construed into
a boon for hearing the Clergyman of the parish, without
any regard to his doctrine, or to any objections his parish-
ioners might entertain against him.
In IS2B the Kirk Session of Rosskeen usurped the
powers vested in the Trustees by Dr. White, by entering
upon record that they found upon enquiry, that the par-
sons referred to in minute of 211 April, 1827, viz. Helen
Bain, Ann Mackenzie, and Janet Morrison do still persist
in their divisive and contentious courses, after due warn•
ing and admonition ; and for that reason ordered their
names to be erased from the roll of recipients of Dr.
White's bounty, and after mature consideration ordered
three ethers to be enrolled in their room.
At the Justice of Peace Court, held on the 9th inst, one
of the Justices on the Bench who is an Heritor in the
parish of Rosskeen, explained to his brother Justices the
mature of the will, and the proceedings that took place
under it, and among other things observed that hefure
entering upon the consideration of the case one of the
Elders attempted to impede.the course of justice by inter-
posing personal resistance, in order to prevent the Cie] k
under Dr. White's will from producing the minute book,
by which in a great measure the Bench could see whether
or not it was a fit sus ject for them to entertain.
It appeared from the states:lent made by the Justice,
that the blind woman, the pursuer, had been represented
to him by Mr. Cat-merit, as one of the most pious and
most praiseworthy individuals he had ever known, who,
before she had lost her eye-sight, distinguished herself by
keeping a school, and thereby supporting herself, her de-
crepit sister, and aged helpless parents, and who, since
she became blind, had assisted her decrepit sister in the
management of the school—that so much interested was
he, the Rev. Gentleman, for these sisters, that he had
actually got aid for them from sonic society in Glasgow,
by way of salary, and also from otle r benevolent persons—
that, in short, she was a person on whose eye-balls Heaven
had poured celestial light. The question was nut gone
into, why this helpless creature did not attend Mr. Car-
ment, although she did attend (notwithstanding what the
Rev. Gentleman bad minuted to the contrary) other Mi-
nisters who occasionally assisted him.
The woman, Helen Brig, descended from the Bahia of
Tulloch, was, when struck off the list, between 88 and
100 years of age—a most pious and excellent person, but
so incapable of divisive and contentious courses, al al-
leged by the worthy Minister, that she was in the last
state of bodily and mental imbecility.
The other woman, Ann Mackenzie, or widow Cameron,
was in her '7oth year, and so frail that she could seldom
go to any church whatever, anti when she did, even then
sat herself down on the outside, as from the particular
nature of the complaint she was incapable of entering a
crowd ; she was moreover a pious, harmless, and inoffen-
sive woman. The only crime for which she was deprived
of the benefit of Dr. White's bequest was her occasional
attendance at the Church of Alness, two miles and a-half
nearer to her home than that of Rosskeen. Both of these
victims are gone before a tribunal, wheve there is no dis-
tinction between the eppressor and the oppressed, except
that distinction which must ever obtain in the case of
those whom the insolence of prosperity has inspired with
contempt for the privileges, and rights, and just complaints
of those who have fallen below them.
The case was postponed in consequence of an informa-
lity in the summonses, on whirls the Kirk Session raised
preliminary objections ; and at the same time the parties
intimated that having taken the opinion of Counsel, they
had been advised, that under the 25th sec. of the last Act,
the Small Debt Court could not take cognizance of the
question.
Note.--It is hoped that the case of the poor blind Janet
Morrison will meet with attention from the humane and
benevolent.
Query.—Was it intended by Dr. White that his be-
quest should supply a deficiency in the doctrine of the Mi-
nister of Rosskeen for the time being, by inducing the re-
cipients and expeetants to attend his ministrations, how-
ever disagreeable these might be to their sentiments and
fecliags ?

ADVENTURES OF AN IRISH GENTLEMAN.
—No modern country has more distinguished itself in lite-
rature than Ireland. The intellectual activity of her sons
is unremitting, and we understand that the great success
of " Pelham, or the Adventures of a Gentleman," has in-
duced an Irish Baronet to emulate that work by the pub-
lication of his own Adventures, or Confessions. The two
works will, no doubt, become inseparable companions in
that department of the library which is dedicated to wit,
and to the elucidation of the interesting portions of human
life.

On Saturday the despatches were closed at
the East India House, and delivered to the I'ursers of the
following ships, viz. : —Dunira, Captain Jolts P. Wm-
soN, and William Fairlie, Captain TIIO3IAS BLAIR, con-
signed to Bengal and China; and Duchess of Atholl,
Captain EDWARD M. DA NIELL, consigned to Bombay
and China.

The demand for cloth in the Huddersf3eld
market on Tuesday was quite as large as last week, am' it
is mentioned, as a matter of rare occurrence, that th,a
two last markets in December, when trade is generally ex-
tremely stagnant, have been amongst the best markets of
the year. There is, however, no improvement in the
fancy trade, and the severity of the weather during the
last ten days has aggravated the distress of the unemployed
poor deplorably, and we are sorry to add, that no efficient
relief hag hitherto been afforded them. At Heckmond-
wike and Dewsbury the carpet trade is much depressed,
hut we have authority for saying that the town od neigh-
bourhood of Dewsbury have sot been so well sit sted with
respect to employment to the poor at this season for many
)ears past as at the present time. This observation is not
confined to the town of Dewsbury only, but extends to
Batley Carr, Hanging Heaton, Earl's Heaton, and Dews-
bury Moor. The manufacturers complain, with reason,
of small profits, and this is a matter of wonder and regret,
seeing that the demand for blankets and other manufac-
tures in that neighbourhood through the whole of the
autumn, and up to the present time, has been unusually
large Very little totsiness was done either at Halifax or
at Bradford on the last market daays.--Leeds Mercury.