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sub:;equent years 3,679,000, being an increase I
of more than a million, Could any trade bear I
such an increase, in times like these, without
creating a ruinous competition, and lowering
prices beyond the limits which afford reasonable
wages to the labourer, and profits to the capi-
talist ? The dozens of pairs of gloves manu-
factured agreed with this statement of foreign
skins imported, being in the former period
598,000 dozens, and in the latter 792,000
dozens, thus presenting an excess of 194,000,
or more than a fourth of the largest amount. Is
it necessary to seek for any other cause of the
depression of this branch of business ? It
scarcely is necessary ; but without going abroad
we could easily find several which were well
stated by Mr. Morrison, professionally ac-
quainted with every part of the French and
the home trade. In looking at every branch
of manufacturing industry—at every exertion
of the skill and labour of the country, we
find that their products have increased while
their marketable value has diminished, except
corn. We have shown that the country has
gained, and could not possibly have lost, by the
free trade in other articles ; and we now dem a id
that this giant monopoly shall cease, that the
most essential of all commodities shall not form
an exception to our system of freedom,—that
the manufacturer of the food of the people shall
not enjoy a protection from foreign competition
to which every other manufacturer is liable,
—that he shall not have the whole supply of an
increasing population, while he cannot afford the
article except at double the price for which it
could be obtained abroad with the fruits of our
manufacturing industry. This is one of the
great causes, if not the chief cause, of our pre-
' sent sufferings. Let the silk-weavers and the
glove-manufacturers petition for an abolition of
the corn-laws, and they will attain more surely
their wished-for relief, than by asking for com-
mittees of inquiry into their own sufferings, or
protection against the competition of foreign in-
' dustry. We have only one remark more to make
on Tuesday's debate, and it relates rather to per-
sons than to things. We say, then, that it is difficult
to account for the crotchetty and capricious con-
duct which has been lately observable in divi-
' sions in the House of Commons on all questions
except Reform. Mr. Hume voted for the Com-
mittee on the glove trade, notwithstanding his
decided opinion that no alteration in the present
regulations could be productive of the least good.
Mr. Alexander Baring made a long speech in
favour of the Committee, and voted against it,
being, it is said, saisfiel with the grounds ably
stated by Mr. Morrison in opposition to it ; and
Mr. Morrison, after having converted his anta-
gonist, voted himself for it ! Will these gentle-
men merely explain to the country what they
mean by such strange inconsistency ? Times.

At GARRICK'S " SHAKSPEARE Jubilee,"
FOOTE recovered from his accident, and, i,s buoyant as a
cork-leg could keep him, sallied forth in all the temptation
of cheerfulness and humour to find metal more attractive
than declamation. He was immediately recognised, and
a tall corpulent gentleman, splendidly dressed and ex-
tretnely important, advanced from the circle to enjoy a
person d intercourse with the wit. FOOTE knew how to
throw a vain man off his guatd by a compliment, and
said to him, " Pray, Sir, has the county of Warwick the
honour of giving birth to you as well as SHA K*PEA RE ?
" No," said the uncouth gentleman, " I come out of
Essex." " Out of Essex !" exclaimed FOOTE, "and who
drove you ?" Roars of laughter immediately drove the
overfed and unwieldy animal out of the field he had so
rashly pfiLstumed to occupy. FOOTE afterwards charac-
terised the whole festival thus :—" A jubilee is a public
invitation circulated by puffing, to go post without horses
to a borough without representatives—governed by a
Mayer and Aldermen, who are not magistrates, to cele-
brate a great poet, whose own works have made him im-
mortal, by an ode without poetry—music without melody
—dinners without victuals—and lodgings without beds—a
masquerade where half the people are barefaced—a horse
race up to the knees is water—fire-works extinguished as
soon as they are lighted, and a gingerbread amphitheatre,
which, like a house of cards, tumbles to pieces as soon
as it is finished."—Memoirs and Correspondence of
David Garrick.

ASMODEUS AT LARGE.—The amusing se-
ries of papers, after the fashion of LE SAGE, com-
menced under the above title, in the New Monthly Ma-
gazine, is continued in the present month's number with
increased effect, The following are the topics :—The
Warning of Asmodeus against Love—the Fate of Authors
below—the Art of Hatching Plots—a View of " Les Antis
rlu People"—a "Comite Doctrinaire"—Lou Is PI-Hurry
and his Dispositions—the Devil's Remarks on the Loan
CHANCELLOR—Apostrophe to Novelty—Chit Chat upon
Literature—Morals, &c.—the Devil's admiration of Buck.
ingham Palace—the Duke of WELLlNGTON—Considera-
tions on his probable estimate of mankind, &c. &c.
A SPANISH LAWSUIT.—A certain wealthy
Spaniard, by his will, not long since, left money to the
church sufficient to purchase 12,000 masses for his soul ;
but after a few of these had been said the masses were
discontinued, and process was brought by the heir to re-
cover the sum left for the masses, the church having failed
to fulfil the condition upon which the money was be-
queathed. The defence set up was sufficiently singular.
Those upon whom the duty of these masses devolved,
willing to he excused from the labour, interceded with the
Bishop, who interceded with his Holiness the Pope. The
defence against the claim was the production of the Pope's
letter, which declared, by his Sovereign authority, that
the celebration of 12 masses should have the same effect,
and be as beneficial to the soul of the deceased as the cele-
bration of 12,000 masses. The argument of the Counsel
in support of the claim was merely non-fulfilment of the
stipulated duty ; while the argument for the church was
that the deeea‘ed had intended to benefit his soul to a
certain extent, for which he left a certain sum of money,
and that since his soul was bmefitted to the same extent
by the performance of 12, as of 12,000 masses, the inten-
tion of the deceased was equally fulfilled, and the money,
therefore, equally the property of those who fulfilled it.
TRAVELS IN ITHACA.—A traveller who

has recently visited a part of Greece, gives some interesting
details respecting the isle of Ithaca, formerly the kingdom
of ULYSSES. Varhe, the capital, is situated in the most
picturesque spot, surrounded by an amphitheatre of rocks,
which form a small bay sheltered on all sides. The en-
trance to the bay is so narrow, and the rocks so close toge-
ther, that it might be taken fora circular lake. The town
follows the curve of the foot of the rocks, and extends to
the sea, which washes the foundations of the houses, or is
kept off by a stone parapet, erected to hinder it from
flowing into the principal streets. The very curious anti-
quities with which the island abounds are the objects
which chiefly attract the notice of the traveller. The
principal are the palace of ULYSSES, near the bay of Alto;
the gardens of LAEKTES, still admired for their fertility ;
the rock of llomElt, near the village of Exorii; the fouls-
tain of Aarratusa, &c.—Literary Gazette.

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During the American revolution, a lady hav-
ing witnessed the activity of an officer who had ordered
the plundering of her poultry-houses, finding an old Allis-
envy drake, which had escaped the general search, stray-
ing about the premises, had him caught, and, mounting a
servant on horseback, ordered him to follow and deliver
the bird to the officer with her compliments, as she con-
cluded that, in the hurry of departure, it had been left
altogether by accident.
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PUNCH AND TODDY.—When people sit
down to drink punch they are not so apt, owing to the
great length of time which elapses ere such a weak fluid
produces intoxication, to be betrayed into excess as when
indulging in toddy. In this point of view it may be said
to be less injurious ; but let the same quantity of spirits
be taken in the form of punch as in that of grog or toddy,
and there can be no doubt that in the long run the conse-
quence will be far more fatal to the constitution. if we
commit a debauch on punch, the bad consequences cling
much longer to the system than those proceeding from a
similar debauch upon any other combination of ardent
spirits. In my opinion, the safest way of using those
liquids is in the shape of grog. Cold toddy, or a mixture
of spirits, cold water, and sugar, ranks next in the scale
of safety ; then warm toddy ; then cold punch ; and raw
spirit is the most pernicious of all.—Macnisit's Anatomy
of Drunkenness.