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THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 9, 1826.

DISTRESSED LETTER-PRESS PRINTERS OF THE

METROPOLIS.

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them, a second time, to address the Public in behalf of the
UNEMPLOYED PRINTERS of the METROPOLIS. The
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unexampled depression, still exhibits but little, if any, signs of a
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Winter but they extremity of Human Misery. To avert, if pos-
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tached to Literature, will of itself prevent the possibility of an
educated and respectable body of men being utterly abandoned to
poverty and despair._

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DR. BOERHAAVE'S RED PILL, (No. 2),
a mild and safe Anti-Venereal and Purifier Of the Blood,
is now considered a specific cure for every stage and symptom of
Venereal Complaints, as it eradicates them without confinement
and inconvenience, and is found equally safe, speedy, and,effectual.
The many thousands who have been enabled by it to cure them..
selves with secrecy and despatch, and its increasing sale, bear tes-
timony to its great efficacy.
•s* With each box (price 4s. 6d.) is given a copious bill of
directions, supplying all necessary information for the advantageous
use of the Rad Pill.
Sold by Mr. Johnson, 68, Cornhill ; Mr. Sanger (late Bacon
and 150, Oxford-street ; Mr. Ward, Holborn ; Mr. Henry
u_
$3, Whitechapel, London; and all Medicine Venders,
price 45. 6d. per Box.

RRVIZRBR OF a oRTUNE*----
who, within the last
not twelve miles from this town (Leicester),
seven years, Wes in the eniornen which prodneed
-------v
The vicar of a parish,
tof a living,was nheerved, a few
him six Or seven hundred Pounds a'Year' '
daYa ago, breaking stones by the road-side'
saw him was a
from liwon. Lincolnshire. The individual denomination, who
respectable Dissenting Minister of the Bap.tiit
m_la parish not far
the vicar for-
resides in a neighbouring pariah to that in which
as be passed
on the road he stopped his horse,
merly lived. Scarcely crediting what his eyes beheld,
uvula-
'.
unfortunate
...
along with him, . The appearance of the aged and
vine war truly 'wretched, end he WWI much affected at being "-
nut to
covered in Ida forlorn situation but said that he hoped again
see better days, art in the course of fiie or six years the pecullisr:f,
and encored into co
d.
engagements into which he had entered would be satisfied, and
that then
ti apt for he should return to the vicarage where he had been ro*-
so many years. The Dimenting Minister, commiserating his situation, gave him five ehilline, promising to make his
case known to the Clergy in the neighbourhood. The wife of
this vicar had some. time before applied for relief e paris
of which her husband was vicar, „but did not o from my
any, as hahr
Chronicle.
had subsequently acquired a settlement elsewhere.—Leieeste

LITERATURE.

ACADEMICAL STENOGRAPHY,
Being a Simplified System of Short-band, adapted to the juvenile
capacity. By T. WILLIAMS, Preceptor of Youth. London,
1826. Bro. pp. 286.
The utility of Short-hand is now ,so generally ad-
mitted, that every attempt to simplify the art deserves
commendation. The author of the present system has
paid unwearied attention to stenography, and if he has not
succeeded to his own expectations, the fault is only at-
tributable to the difficulty of saying any thing new
upon a subject which has been already so variously
treated by others. 'The basis of all short-hand must be
,„a, circle and straight line, and the genius of an author
will be best exemplified in the manner of applying their
various combination to the simple and effective expres-
sion of thelanguage, than in attempting to invent new
aymbols. The great obstacle to the acquisition of
short hand is in being able to read, not to write it.
The -present system endeavours to obviate this diffi-
culty in a variety of ingenious ways; but we do not
think that the multitude of its arbitrary characters at
all conducive to the acquisition of stenography, as they
must of necessity burden the memory, and cannot be
occasionally decyphered without difficulty. The intro-
duction of double lines is attended with too much
trouble, and must embarrass the learner in the first in-
stance, though they may eventually be very serviceable in
elucidating the sense. The author has judiciously
assigned characters to express the vowels, and the spe-
cimens of his system look very simple—neat—and
appear to have been written with much facility, which
is a great desideratum in the art. We think that by
abridging the present volume into a more condensed
form, and dispensing with the ornamental devices, that
the author would be much more likely to gain that
popularity, which his industry undoubtedly- merits.
The present work is well adapted for a gentleman's
library.

- THE AMULET,
OR CHRISTIAN REMEMBRANCER for 1826.
Among the various graceful little remembrancers of
the present year, the Amulet holds deservedly a high
rank, whether we look to the delicate richness of its
numerous engravings, or the literary merit of its con-
tributors. These fast enrol the names of many of the
best writers of thi day ; and what is still more satis-
factory, they are all enrolled on the side of religion
and morality. We can conceive therefore no new
year's present so acceptable to all classes, whether the
young or the old, as this little volume ; it is an elegant
memento to remind us .of our duties in life ; and as
such we sincerely recommend it to the attention of our
readers. Among the various stars
,that shine so bril-
liantly in this'little literary 'galaxy, we are induced to
select the following choice specimen ':--

THE BELL AT SEA.

BY MKS. lIIMA NS.
When the tide's billowy swell
!lad reached it. height,
Then tolled the rock'• lone bell
Sternly by night.
Far over cliff and surge
Swept the deep sound,
Making each wild wind's dirge
Still more profound.
Yet that funereal torte,
The sailor blessed,
Steering through darkness on
With fearful breast.
Ee'n so may we that float-
On life's wide sea,
Welcome each warning note
Stern though it be.

A TREATISE ON GALVINISM.
Sr M. LA ISZAUMX.
This is an intelligent, clear-headed piece of argu-
ment in which a novel branch of the medical science,
hitherto considered as mere quackery, is proved to be
highly successful in the cure of those disorders, which
the ordinary remedies have failed to relieve. Did M.
La Beaume proceed merely upon theory, and turn
metaphysician in his dissertation, we should (from an
inherent scepticism in matters of novel experiment) be
slow to believe his statement; but he has illustrated
his opinions by proofs ; he has shown practically, that
galvinism has, in numberless cases mentioned in the
course of his book, cured the most inveterate disor-
ders ; so that the subject is at least worthy of serious
and dispassionate consideration. In cases of suspended
animation in particular, he points out its efficacy, but
as our limits prevent us (as we would wish to do)
from following up his remarks on the subject, we shall
content ourselves with the following brief but im-
portant extracts:--

- A patient, about forty years of age, labouring under a complica-
tion of diseases, had, for years, suffered extremely from indigestion,
attended by most of those symptoms ; her stomach was so much
disordered, that she had not been able for more than a week to
taste any food, but was constantly sick, and vomited every fluid
she drank, and could not retain even water on her stomach. Her
case was deemed perfectly hopeless by her medical attendants;
who, in consequence of the great irritability of her stomach, ob-
jected to a trial of galvinism ; however, at the earnest solicitation
of the patient's relatives, I was prevailed upon to administer it,
which I did insmanner that, I was sure, could do no harm, for a
few minutes only, and that as a mere experiment, without expect-
ing any favourable result ; but, to my astonishment, the nausea
and vomiting immediately ceased ; and, in two days after, she
was able to eat solid food, as beef and mutton, without experienc-
ing the slightest inconvenience whatever, or any recurrence of
those urgent symptoms. -
In anotahpeprairensntrlycedyliawgas; caked
informed me that her stomach ed in by a physician to a patient,
wh
was in a state of collapse, ocetasioned by a violent inflammation of
that organ, and requested a trial of galviniem, which I adminis-
tered with such immediate good effect, that a repetition was not
deemed necessary.
A patient, who had for four years laboured under many of the
above enumerated symptoms of dyspepsia, and, during that period,
was unable to digest any solid food, living solely on slops, as
arrow-root, gruel, &c., was able, in 4 felt days, to eat animal
food with the greatest relish ; and, eventually, he regained his
digestive powers.

AN ULTRATCREPIDARIAN JOKE.--44 I was one
day walking near Chequer-lane, Dublin, with Captain
Munro, a little fellow. One of the customs or the
time was, that an officer of the army should never ap-
pear but in regimentals. We had to pass near the bulk
Th
of Travair, a remarkably witty cobbler, who was lame,
and went on crutches. e Captain had left me
whilst I stopped to speak to a third person, and turned
the corner of William-street. Following him, shortly
after, I asked the cobbler did he see an officer go that
way ? iAn officer,' said he, 4 I fir a sword go that
'ray, and something red tied to it.' I...O'Keefe.

ENGLISH CATHOLIC MEETING.

The following was the Petition to which we alluded in
our yesterday's paper :
The petition, after some further discussion, was allowed
to stand as follows :

To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdein of
Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled. We
whose names are underwritten, Roman Catholics of Great
Britain, beg leave to represent,
That, on the opening of the first session of the present Parlia-
ment, we feel it our duty to renew the application, we have more
than once successfully made to your honourable 'House to pas, a
Bill for the repeal of the penal and disabling laws under which we
yet labour :

That we worship the same God, are liege subjects of the mune
King, and live under and acknowledge the came constitution 46
yourselves. The friends of our country are ours; her ersitiles
are ours. In her fleets and armies we render her important ser-
vices ; to her support we essentially contribute; there iron class
offlritish subjects upon whose attachment and active co-operation
you yourselves have greater reliance :

That we have beheld, and continue to behold, with tmspeakable
satisfation, the steady and regular advance which the cause of
Catholic Emancipation has made, and is making, in the public
mind. During the late election, attempts were made to prejudice
the electors against us and our friends, by the cry of " No Popery ;"
but the places in which it served those who used it were few; in
several, it was received with the most marked disdain. May every
disingenuous artifice of controversy, by whom or against whomso-
ever used, And every measure that tends to disunite, to keep up
animosity, or to prejudice one portion of subjects against another,
similarly fall :

That we have declared, and do again declare,• that we bear ani-
mosity to.no individual of any communion, sect, or party; that
we embrace all our countrymen and fellow-subjects, whatever be
their religious denomination, as friends and brethren ; and that we
most sincerely and fervently wish to see them all united in the par-
ticipation of every civil right and blessing which we -solicit for
ourselves :

That we have always been willing to lay before the public, in
the fullest and •most explicit manner, all our religious doctrines,
and to disclaim every anti-civic or anti-social principle imputed to
us. For this purpose, we have often referred to authentic
docu-
meats, in which our religious tenets are to be found, and have
often printed, published, and circulated them ; and that among
these documents are answers of the foreign Universities to the
questions suggested by Mr. Pitt ;
That very recently (we now mention a fact to which we most
earnestiy solicit your attention), an expositiOn of our religious
principles, framed by the English and Scottish Catholic Prelates,
has been laid before the public :
That we have presented copies of this declaration to his It
Excellent Majesty—to his Illustrious Brothers—to the Cabinet
Ministers—.to the Prelates of the Established Church, and to the
Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Glee-
pow, and St. Andrews ; and that we have deposited the original
in the British Museum. We respectfully take leave to annex a
copy of it to our present petition, and to refer to it, as a full and
explicit exposition of the religious principles of Roman Catholics
on the points therein mentioned ; together with this declaration,
we have extensively circulated, among our Protestant fellow-coun-
trymen, an address expressing our adherence to it, calculated, to
the best of our judgment, to remove any unfavourable impressions
existing in their minds respecting our civil and social principles ;
and laying before than a,,hrief statement of the grievances which
the Roman Catholics of Great Britain suffer, by the present state
of the penal laws, beyond the rest of his Majesty's subjects. We
beg leave to annex a copy of this addres also to this our humble
petition.

\k'c fuc ther request ycon'to consider the progress of public opi-
nion On the Continent, in favour of civil and religious liberty..-.-
Wu beg leave to mention, that the late Marquis of Londonderry
announced in the Rouse of Commons, in the debate on the Catholic
Relief Bill, on the 28th day of February, 1821, that " the only
one question upon which the Congress of Vienna were unanimous
was that of doing away with distinctions and preferences on account
of religion :"

Mil it has often been asserted by our countrymen, that, in
wise, good, and liberal councils, our country has taken the lead,
and directed the opinion of the world. 'Will this appear in her
perpetuating laws, which all allow to have been enacted during a
national delirium?

By all the feelings which bind you to your country and your
countrymen—by every reason which makes it wise to consolidate
their interests, to extinguish disunion, and. annihilate discontent
among them—by the Justice and humanity which every Govern.
meta owes to every class of its subjects--by the undeniable truth
thnt equal openings, and equal rewards are due, by the laws of
God and man, to equal industry and equal merit—and by the sa-
cred precept of the God of all Christians, that "all things which
you would that men should do to you, you should also do to
them ;" as Roman Catholics, suffering under the operation of
unjust and oppressive laws, and as British subjects, jealous of the
fair reputation of our country, which these laws disgrace, we most
earnestly pray you to take our case into your consideration, and to
pass a bill, which, by repealing every law that imposes any de-
claration, oath, or test, relating to religious opinion*, as a quali-
fication for holding civil offiCes, or enjoying civil rights, may re-
lieve us from every penalty and disability yet remaining in force
against us, and may wipe away the stigma of intolerance which
now attaches to our country..

After it had been read, a vote of thanks Wag proposed
to Mr. Blount, Secretary to the Catholics; for which that
gentleman returned suitable acknowledgments, in a long
but unimportant speech. Thanks were also voted to the
Bishop of Norwich, for the sentiments contained in his
recent letter to the Catholic Archbishop of Armagh. The
meeting was then adjourned (with the usual compliment
to the Chairman, Sir John Burke, Mr. Clifford having
previously resigned it) at half-past six o'clock.

A HIGH HOUSE.—A French Ambassador, who
was a very tall man, received an appointment to the
Court of James I. After his introduction, the King
asked Lord Bacon what he thought of He
appears," said the philosopher, " like a very high
house, the upper story of which is generally worst
finished."—Ltverpool Albion.

COLLIS.ION OF INTELLECT.--Mr. Charles SAM-
broke Ordoyno, a well known printer of this town, suet with a
very singular accident last Friday night, which occasioned his
death on the following day, and on Monday, an inquest was held
upon the body, at the Ancient Druid, in Newcastle-street, before
IL Enfield, Gent., Coroner, when it appeared, that about ten, or
a quarter past ten, he went out of his own house, with a paper cap
on his head, two jugs in Isis hand, and also some money, for the
purpose of fetching some ale from the Ancient Druid, and when
he had got within nine yards of the door, Edward Wilford, a
butcher, who came out of the public-house with haste, ran against
him in the dark, their foreheads met, and the deceased was
knocked.down. Mr. J. Bingham, the lace-manufacturer, against
whose door he fell, came out of his house with a candle,
and found Wilford taking hold of the deceased's right arm,
and trying to lift him up. Wilford said he had run
atepm.Thonef
against the deceased with his head, and knocked him
oD:rob
down ; end seemed much distressed about it. • They placed the
deceased in a chair, put some brandy in his mouth, and carried
him home, when he opened his eye+, and said, " Let me go to
bed, let me go to bed." Mr. Robert Davison, surgeon, Was
called in on Saturday, but the deceased was insensible, and all
help being in vain, he died about half-past nine in the evening,
On examination, it was found that a blood vessel within the brain
awvaserrduicpttuor:d,,,
Accidental
iadernecuelntnwelaautinudnwasThfoeunddecoeasn eeadellivialins,
Ago,
butle. was the
Jury, after a mature investigation of the circumstances returned
strong natural abilities. Nearly forty years
r:originally came
has chiefly resided in Nottingham. Ma ancestors originally
since them
pfrorimiderHoallnand pdr,oparindet4hrisofbarotnhe:r7:lPre.rnin
author of . the well known catalogue of botanical "la) was
the
found in the county of Nottingham. Nis only surviving brother.
Garrett Ordoyno, Esq. now resides at Cod • dingtort, near Newark'
.:-lirotlivhipn Review.