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By order of the Commissioners,
Custom-house, Jan. 24. T. WHITMORE, Sec.

LIVERPOOL, JAN. 23.—Our Cotton Market
has been rather dull again to-day, but yet the sales amount
to about 1,500 bags.
MALT ACT.--A meeting of maltsters and
others is appointed to be held at the Town Hall, Dudley,
en Saturday, for the purpose of petitioning Parliament for
ayrelleal or alteration of the present Malt Act...... Worcester
Journal.
ALDBOROUGH, JAN. I'7.—A most distress-
ing scene of shipwreck happened here yesterday ; a vessel
laden with linseed from the Baltic, belonging to Sunder-
land, was driven on shore a little to the northward of
Mr. VXRIZON'S house ; she had seven hands on board, and
was named the Reaper. The life-boat was, through the
promptitude and activity of Mr. WELD, of the Preventive
Service, soon launched
; and the apparatus invented by
Captain MaNtsv brought out ; but although the vessel was
at a short distance only from the shore, the tremendous surf
and violence of the gale prevented the pessibility of the life
boat's approach to the unfortunate sufferers, whose cries
and lamentations were distinctly heard; neither could the
life apparatus be used from the wind blowing so directly
en shore. In a short time, the mast was
seen to fall, and
ship and crew engulphed in the great deep ; one
man only
was saved, who, clinging to a spar, was washed ashore.—
Norwich Mercury.
Human skeletons are not unfrequently found
in the vale of Gloucestershire, en the banks of the Severn.
They are generally discovered, after an eruption of that
turbid river, embedded in the alluvial deposits on the side
exposed to the action of the current. Two have recently
been exposed to view, a few feet only below the surface of
the ground in which they were deposited-4)11e in an erect,
the other in a reclining position. The bones of both were
rendered completely carious and black by time; and near
to these remains of, probably, some of the aborigines of
this island, was found a spear, headed with a small portion
of decayed wood on which it was fixed, two or three blue
heads, and a coarse substance, perfectly rotten, that ap-
peared like the impression from a piece of matting.—Lon-
dote Weekly Review.
INQUISITION IN ITALY IN THE SIXTEENTH
L),,TUR.T..—Drowning was the mode of death to which the
rutestants were doomed, either because it was less cruel and
°dious than committing them to the flames, or because it ac-
`ded with the customs of Venice. But if the autos claji.: of
the., Queen of the Adriatic were less barbarous than those of
..a'Paio, the solitude and silence with which they were
,c`°n,Panied was calculated to excite the deepest horror.—
..ft the
, his dead hour of midnight the prisoner was taken from
III: and put into a gondola or Venetian boat, attended
f esides the sailors, by a single priest, to act as eon-
e,"'r• He was rowed out into the sea beyond the Two
where another boat was in waiting. A plank was
/l laid across the two gondolas, upon which the prisoner,
i•ug his body chained, and a heavy stone affixed to his
jeec„t) was placed ; and, on a signal given, the gondolas
"zing from one another, he was precipitated into the deep.
,_
111` Crie's Hisiory.

MR. IIUSKISSON AND MR. HERRIES.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR-I have been disgusted by a letter inserted ill
the Morning Post, under the signature of ZETA.
Who this busy conceited gentleman may be I neither
know nor care ; but I fearlessly assert that every
line of his letter bears the mark of hireling, and
that its whole spirit is imbued with the most despi-
cable falsehood. Had he written with the least de-
grees of modesty, I would charitably impute the in-
accuracy- of his statements to ignorance—the only
excuse for error: but his tone of expression displays
such a mixture of unblushing confidence and bare-
faced malignity, that I am warranted in believing
that, under the dark influence of some hidden motive,
he states what he knoies to be false !

Now, Sir, I will allow that every man in the
country has a right to form and to support his own
political opinions. I care not whether he be Whip
or Tory—his principles may be sound—he may.
write, speak, and act, from conscientious convic-
tions—and even his errors may arise from patriotic
feelings. Such a man is entitled to the respect of
his country, whether he support or oppose the reign-
ing power. But ZETA is not one of this character.
He deals largely in personal invective. On the pre-
sent occasion he takes upon himself the task of
drawing a comparison between Mr. Huskisson and
Mr. Herries, in which he strenuously endeavours to
impose upon the ignorant. This furious scribble,
has the audacity to assert, that " Mr. Herries pos-
sesses treble the talents and
.experience of Mr. Hus-
hisson in financial matters !"—All the country—
every infant politician—can contradict the false-
hood. More than twenty years ago Mr. Huskisson
held, with honour to himself, and with acknowledged
advantage to the country, the very office from which
Mr. Herries was lately removed to the Chancellorship
of the Exchequer. His superior financial talents were
known by the Prime Minister of that period. He
was found peculiarly qualified for the arduous station
of Secretary to the Treasury, and that station he oc-
cupied much longer than Mr. Herries. Is it not
usual to conclude that the extent of experience is in
proportion to the length of service? I well remem-
ber that when Mr. Huskisson left that office, before
his appointment to the Chief Commissionership of
Woods and Forests, his successor, Mr. Wharton,
candidly stated in the House of Commons, that his
great inducement to accept the appOintment was the
promise of assistance from " the well-known talents
of his able and experienced predecessor"—talents
upon which he pronounced a just encomium, amid
the unanimous applause of the House. This was
many years ago—perhaps while Mr. Herries was yet
a young Clerk in the Treasury; and supposing that
to be the fact, it is no discredit to the gentleman
who has now the honour to be the idol of the Morn-
ing Post. Since that period the public well know
that Mr. Huskisson has been incessantly engaged in
one of the most important and laborious offices
of the State, and in which he has dis-
played talents of the highest order. For several
years past lie has been a statesman of established
eminence, and of uniompromising principles, stand-
ing high in the favour of his Sovereign, his country,
and his most intellectual colleagues. Of his practi-
cal knowledge he has long since given the most in-
controvertible proofs, as a Minister, as a Senator,
and as a political writer. His work on the Currency
Question bas passed through many editions. His
experience on financial subjects is considered as the
highest authority in Parliament ; and his able
speeches upon these subjects are always remarkably
influential on both sides of the House. In the face
of these plain and simple facts, what says the vaunt-
ing ZETA ? That " Mr. Herries possesses treble the
talents and experience of Mr. Huskisson 1"

It is due to both the Statesmen, whose public
characters have thus been degraded (if indeed they
can be degraded by the pen of such " a ready
writer"), that the scandalous falsehood should be
openly exposed; and I trust you will have no hesi-
tation in giving immediate insertion to this letter in
your respectable paper.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Kennington, Jan. 23, 1828. 11.

THE PRESS OF ENGLAND.

COURIER, AGE, AND STANDARD.

The first heading would imply liberal sentimenti,
and constitutional principles—but the reverse is the
case. The paper called the Courier has been in the
habit, for years past, of putting into its courtier co-
lumns every thing bad, false, and abusive of Ireland.
It is true to its text, and still perseveres ix its hatred
of liberty and of this country—so it is with the
Age and the Standard—yet, we could tell the day,
and time and place, where its libels on Ireland and her
champions were so bad, as to draw down censure,
reproof, and silence, even from Lord Liverpool. On
the occasion of the present change in the Ministry,
it renews its hostility towards the people of Ire-
land; and, happy in thinking it can doom them to
perpetual exclusion, it inveighs against the Catho-
lics, and their efforts for freedom. Would the Cou-
rier talk so contemptuously if (like the Protestants
when asking for freedom) those Catholics had arms
in their hands ? Would this onini-Government
Print have the idle folly tospeak thus, if the Catho-
lics held armed associations--had armed meetings
—had armed bodies of delegates—had a gen-
try in arms, supporting their rights—had a
nobility in arms, supporting their liberties—
had 100,000 men, with muskets and bayo-
nets on their shoulders, and 1,000 pieces of oannon,
as, thirty years ago, the Volunteers had ? Would
the Government scribes and the Courier runners
speak of the Irish as they now do, and of late have
done, and dare to insult the majesty of this Island?
True, she has lost her 100,000 men in arms,
and her 1,000 pieces of cannon; but the day
may come when she will have, not one, but
500,000 men appealing for justice and redress—the
day may come, in which England will be called on
to restore our gentry, our nobility, our in-
dustry, our capital, our employment, our trade, our
manufactures—to give back the woollen trade,
which she robbed us of—the linen trade, which
she is depriving us of—to restore our absentees—
to revive our manufactures, and not to take
away all employment from the Irish—not to give
it to Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool,
and London--to leave the Liberties of Dublin
idle, the North of Ireland idle, the South of Ire-
land idle, and the 'West of Ireland starving.
The day of retribution may yet come, and the
Orange, anti-Irish, English writers and Ministers
too, may be forced to alter their tone ; they did so
after the defeat of Burgoyne and Cornwallis in
America. Let, then, Ministers take care how they
act towards Ireland; let them look to their King;
or if they are so base as to risk. his peace of mind,
and violate their duty to their Royal Master, let
them look to themselves—their heads may be at
stake. Seven millions of people will not for ever
submit to live in poverty, servility, discord and
'.ad's; seven millions of people will call these per-
Sons to account, and ask, or seek, for a more sublime
situt:itiou than that of hatred, strife, and pan-
perisin. A common sense of degradation may
unite all
classes, and Ireland may, as in 1776,
and in 1782, extort from the timidity of some, what
she ought, long ago, to have got from the rriendship
of others., If she does not get it, she may compel a
Repeal y the Union, and the vile and vulgar tongue,
as ill 178'2, will cease to hark—the Minister and his
writers may repent that they called the meetings of
seven millions of people claiming the restoration of
theirthat
trightts " a contemptible farce •" they may re-
gretthey called the emancipation of the Ca-
tholics " a watch-word" or their petitions "a perio-
dical outcry." Liberty may yet revive, and Ireland
again become a nation. Let time Ultra Tories go
on—but for you, people of Ireland—be quiet—be
steady—BUT be watelful.—Freeman's Journal.

We are glad to hear that the Association for
the protection of trade, established in York, have resolved
on petitioning Parliament for a remission of the receipt
tax.—York Gazette.

UNIVERSITY INTEI4LIGENCE.

OXFORD, JAN. 26.—0 n Tuesday last the follow-
ing degree was conferred :

BACHELOR INT CIVIL LAW.

Rev. Frederick No'an, Exeter College.
On the same day Messrs. George Cot and Thomas
Broadley Fookes were admitted Scholars of Nor College.
On Thursday last the following degrees were
conferred :

BACHELOR AND DOCTOR IN DIVINITY BY ACCUMULATION
Charles Tapp Griffith, Wadham College.
DOCTOR IN CIVIL LAW.
Rev. Frederick Nolan, Exeter College.
DOCTOR IN MEDICINE.
George- Hamilton Roe, Magdalen Hall, (*incorporated
from Trinity College, Dublin.)
MASTERS OF ARTS.
Rev. Charles Backhouse Sowerby, linis eri,ity College,
Grand Compounder.
Henry Erskine Head, } St. Maly Hall.
Rev. George Windus Woodhouse,
Joseph Neate Walsh, St. John's College.
BACHELORS OF ARTS.
Douglas Smith, 1
Walter Lucas Brown,
Henry Sanders, I Students of Christ Church.
Richard Seymour, I
Francis Edward Paget, j
Philip Henry Nind,
Hon. Frederick Campbell Amherst,
John Ryle Wood, Christ Church.
James Cox,
John George Griffith, Fellow of St. John's College.
Frederick Maude,
Horatio Nelson Goddard, Brasenose College.
George Leigh,
John Page Reid, Exeter college.
Lord. Viscount Boringdon, son of the Earl of
Morley, has this term been admitted a Member of
Christ Church.

At an ordination by the Right Rev. the Lord
Bishop of Bristol, held at the Cathedral, on Sunday
last, the following gentlemen were ordained :

DEACONS.-c. P. Jones, B.A. Catherine Hall, Cam-
bridge ; J. Vaughan, St. John's College, Cambridge.
PatEsTs.—R. Allwood, B.A. Caius College, Cam-
bridge ; G. P. Manley, B.A. Jesus College, Cambridge ;
J. Blenherhasset, B.A. Trinity College, Dublin; C. J.
Goodhart, B.A. Trinity College, Cambridge; W. S.
Hadley, B.A. Queen's College, Oxford ; C. G. F. Vink,
B.A. Magdalen Hall, Oxford ; T. Hope, B.A. University.
College, Oxford ; J. K. Charlton, B.A. Queen's College,
Oxford.

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS.

The Rev. Robert Yarker, M.A. late of Queen's
College, in this University, has been collated by the
Lord Bishop of Chester to the Perpetual Curacy of
St. (Nave's, Chester.

The Rev. 1)r. Trenchard has presented the Rev.
W. Bowen, of Kentchurch, with the Vicarage of
Ewias Harold, Herefordshire, void by the resignation
of the Rev. William Thomas.

The Rev. W. Hildyard, M.A. Fellow and Tutor
of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and Chaplain to the
Lord Chancellor, to the Impropriate Rectory of
Llangeler, Carmarthenshire.

Vie Rev. L. Jenyns, M.A. to the Vicarage of
Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridgeshire, vacant by the
resignation of the Rev. J. Jackson.

The Rev. R. Decker, B.A. to the Rectory of
\Vakerley, Northamptonshire, void by the cession
of the Rev. C. Arnold ; patron, the Marquis of
Exeter.

The Rev. E. Walter, B.A. to the Vicarage of
Woodhall, near Horncastic.
The Rev. R. S. Dixon, LL.B. Rector of Flemp-
ton-cum-Hengrave, Suffolk, to the Sinecure Rec-
tory of Great Tey and Chappel, Essex.
The Rev. W. Heath, Rector of West Dean and
East Grinstead, Wilts, to the Vicarage of Caine,
Devonshire.

The Rev. William Watkins, Vicar of Chiches-
ter Cathedral, and Rector of Ructon, has been pre-
sented by the Dean and Chapter to the Rectory of
Rumbold's Whyke, near Brighton, vacant by the
death of the Rev. W. Walker.

We have much pleasure in saying, that the
reports of the medical attendants of the Dean of WOMBS..
Tax, continue favourable.— Worcester Journal.

We understand that his Grace the Duke of
WELuxotow addressed a letter to the Knight of Kerry,
soliciting him to retain his situation as one of the Lords of
the Treasury, which he declined. .

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at
the East India House, when the following ships were taken
up, and thus stationed, viz. . —Rose, Capt. MARQUIS;
Prince Regent, Capt. H. Hoottx; Madras and Bengal
—Asia, Capt. BALDERSTON ; and Marchioness of Ely,
Capt. MANGLES ; Bengal direct.

The following eche was a short time since
sent to WILLIAM'S library, to be placed among the usual
notices Wants a situation as Governess, a young lady
who spake the french Language and has no objection to go
a Brood."— Cheltenham Chronicle.

A gentleman the other day was endeavouring
to obtain from the Duke CIIWELLINGTON the Ministerial
arrangements, by what is termed pumping, when his Grace
stopped his friend, and said, placing his hand on his head,
" If I thought one single hair knew what was going on
within, I would have my head shaved, and wear a wig."—
Brighton Gazettc.

An eminent Bass Singer was informed that
there resided a man about 200 miles off who could sing
much lower than he could. He set off immediately in
search of him, and found him digging in his garden. The
traveller looked over the hedge, and said, in his very lowest
note, " Good day, Sir." The other returned the salu-
tation in a note five degrees lower, which caused the
astounded musician to trudge back again without delay.

THE BLIND JOKE.—A very pretty girl who
was blind of the right eye, had a brother who was blind of
the left. Upon these circumstances, ALAIATEO wrote tic
following distich :
Blande puer ! lumen good babes concede sorori
Sic to crecus Amor ! sic erit ilia Venus!
TRANSLATION.
My boy, to grace thy sister's brow,
To grant that eye agree ;
So, thus transformed, be Cupid, thou,
Be lovely Venus, she. C.

DIED--On the 29th inst., at his residence in
Ellison-place, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Lieutenant-General
FRANCIS LAVE, Colonel Commandant of the sth Battalion
Royal Regiment of Artillery. In 1773 he embarked as a
Second Lieutenant of Artillery, for New York, from
whence, in the year following, he proceeded to Boston.—
He was one of the combatants at the memorable battle of
Bunker's-hill, ou the 17th June, 1775, and received a se-
vere contusion on the thigh. On this occasion he had the
honour of receiving the thanks of General Howie, who
commanded the attack. He was present at the several ac-
tions at Staten Island and Long Island, as also at the taking
of New York. He was subsequently at the battle of White
Plains, as also at the attack and capture of Fort Washing-
ton. He was also engaged in the several actions in the
Jerseys, the battle of Brandywine, Germantown, &c. He
bore a part likewise in the well-known affair of Monmouth
Court-house. He proceeded upon the expedition, under
the orders of Lieutenant-General Lasaix, to Virginia, and
subsequently joined the army under the command of Lord
RAwnoN, the late Marquis of Haan-tics. He was SC,
verely wounded in 1781, at the battle of Camden, on which
oecasion his gallant behaviour in the field was honoured by
the special thanks of his Lordship, his name, at the same
time, being made prominent in the Gazette, which detailed
the hard fighting. On account of the severe wound he
then received, he was ordered home, having bees on active
service eight years, namely, from 1773 to 1781. He was
afterwards sent to the Island of Jamaica, where he served
three years. Shortly after his return io England, he pro-
ceeded to join the British Army, under the command of his
Royal Highness the Duke of Ycax, at Dunkirk. In the
vear 1800 he was appointed to the command of the Royal
Artillery in the Windward and Leeward Islands, with the
rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, having been present at the
capture of such of these Islands as fell under the expedition
of Admiral DUCKWORTH and General Sir THOMAS
T RIGGE. On this occasion he was again honourably men-
tioned in the General's despatches, which appeared in
the Gazette. He was- subsequently entrusted with
the command of the Royal Artillery, in the Northern
District, and in Scotland, 'as Brigadier and Major-General
on the Staff; and, on the 12th of Angust, 1819, was pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant-General. He was three
times married. His last lady (who survives him) was the
eldest daughter of the late JOsErn Alm-, Esq., of New-
castle-upou-Tyne, who bore him several children. He was
a benevolent and kind-hearted man, whose death is deeply
lamented by a punatren, circle of fritnde and acquaintance,

FASHIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOUS.

WINDSOR, JAN. 25.—The KING, we are
happy to say, is in a perfect state of convalescence, and
dines down stairs with his distinguished attendants. To•
morrow his 31ArzsTv will entertain an illustrious and dis-
tinguished party at the Royal Lodge. The KING'S private
band have received orders to be in attendance.

A Cabinet Council was held at two o'clock
yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign Office, Downing-
street, which was attended by the LORD CHANCELLOP.
the Duke of WELLINGTON, Earl BATH URST, Earl DUDLEY,
ViSCOUnt MELVILLE, Viscount PALMERSTON, Lord Er -
LENBORO UGH, Earl of ABERDEEN, Mr. PEEL, Mr. Hue-
ictssoN, Mr. CHARLES GRANT, Mr. GOULBURN, and
Mr. HERMES. The Ministers sat in deliberation for four
hours and a half. The summonses for the assembling of
a Cabinet were issued yesterday from the Foreign Office.
Earl BATHURST attended at the Council-
office yesterday morning, but did not do any official act as
Lord President of the Council, not having been confirmed
in his office before the KING in Council.

The Right Honourable Sir J. BECKET has
been appointed by his MAJESTY to the office of Judge Ad-
vocate-General, vacant by the resignation of the Hon. J.
ABE RCROM BIE.

Mr. GOULBURN attended yesterday at the
office of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Downing-street,
and had an interview with Mr. HERMES.

Yesterday, Mr. Secretary HUSK issoN trans-
acted business at the Secretary of State's Office for the Co-
lonial Department.

Earl DUDLEY transacted business at the Fo-
reign Office yesterday. His Lordship had a conference
with Prince ESTEILIIAZY, the Austrian Ambassador.

Mr. WYNN visited Viscount GODERICH yes-
terday, at his residence iu Downing •street.

The KING patronizes the ensuing Choral
Fund Concert.

The Duke of WELLINGTON will preside at
the next Anniversary of the Hampshire Pitt Club.—Brigh-
ton Gazette.

Sir FRED. LAMB, accompanied by Lord
Foanwrcitu, his Secretary, arrived at the Royal Hotel.
on Sunday last, and awaits a fair wind, to sail in the'Bri-
ton frigate, for Lisbon.—Plymoutli Journal.

Last week, ARCHIBALD REED, Esq. of
Whoriton House, Northumberland (late Mayor of New-
castle.upon-Tyne), presented between fifty and sixty
fothers of coals to as many poor widows of freemen (not
in the hospitals) of that town.

GRAND DINNER AT THE TRINITY HOUSE,
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE.—On Monday last, JOHN THOS.
CARR, Esq., the newly elected Master of the Trinity-
house, Newcastle-ripon-Tyne, gave his inauguration dinner,
in very handsome style, at the ancient Trinity Hall, in that
town. The Company was numerous, including, besides
the Deputy Master, (VALENTINE HUTCHINSON, Esq.)
the Right Worshipful the Mayor of Newcastle (BENJA-
MIN SORSBIE, Esq.) the Sheriff (EDWARD DALE, Esq.,)
the late Sheriff, the Reverend the Chaplain (HENRI.
DEER GRIFFITH, A.M.), the Vicar of Newcastle, &c.,
in all upwards of fifty gentlemen. The dinner and wines
were in Mr. RICHARDSON'S best style, and gave great satis-
faction. The noted glee•singers were in attendance, and
exerted themselves with the happiest effect in contributing
to the general entertainment of the company. There was
also some very fine amateur singing. The chair of Pre-
sidency was filled by the Master, who was most assiduous
in the discharge of his duties, so that, what with sung and
wine—to the usual loyal and appropriate toasts—the qui
vive was maintained without abatement till a late hour in
the evening.

FASHIONABLE ARRI VALS.- The Marquis
of Camden, at his seat, the Wilderness, Kent, from Bay-
bam Abbey, in Sussex ; the Marchioness of Lansdowne, at
Lansdowne House, Berkeley-square, from Bowood Park,
Wilts ; Mr. and the Misses Benyon, in Grosvenor-place,
from Tredegar, the seat of Sir Charles Morgan, Bart. ;
Sir Edmund Carrington, in Palace-yard, from Hats ; H.
Seymour, Esq. at his house in Abingdon-street, from Bed-
fordshire ; Colonel Sewel, at Bryant's (late Warne's) Ho-
tel ; Rev. T. Snell, at ditto ; Dr. Wooll, at Coul.son'S
Hotel, Lower Brook-street, from Rugby, Warcsickshire ;
the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Philpot and family, at Batts'
Hotel, Dover-street, from Stanhope, Durham;
Saint Quintin, Esq. and family, at Nerot's Hotels, Clif-
ford-street ; Sir John Forbes, Bart. at Jordan's Hotel, St.
James's-street, from Scotland ; Mr. and Mrs. Thompson,
at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from Brighton ;
James Macdonald, Esq. at ditto, from Cumberland ;
Francis Nottingham, Esq. at ditto, from Brighton ; Sir
Charles Taylor, Bart. at Ellis's Hotel, St. James's-street,
from his seat in Hants ; Mrs. and Miss Barton, at the
Burlington Hotel, Old Burlington and Cork-streets, from
Sir Charles Morgan, Bart.'s seat, South Wales ; Lady
Kentore and family, at Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook-
street, from Kent ; Lord and Lady Kingston, at ditto,
from• their seat in Hants ; Robert Holding, Esq. at ditto,
from the North ; Rev. L. De Burgh, at ditto, from
Surrey; Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes James and family, at ditto,
from Suffolk; J. Page, Esq. at the Royal Hotel, St.
James's-street, from Kent; J. Risden, Esq. at ditto, from
Paris ; Rev. J. Billington, at ditto, from a tour ; J.
Crofton, Esq. at ditto, from Paris ; J. Holmes, Esq. at
ditto, from Paris ; J. Vivian, Esq. at ditto, from Wales ;
Mrs. Montefiore and family, at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-
square, from Brighton ; Captain Needham, at ditto, from
Shropshire.

DEPARTURES.— G. Gordon, Esq., Mrs.
Gordon, and friends, from Nerot's Hotels; Mrs. H. DR-
lon and Ladies, from ditto ; Mrs. and the Misses Walker,
from ditto; C. N. Bailey, Esq. from Ellis's Hotel, St.
James-street, for his seat in Staffordshire ; Richard Os-
wald, jun. Esq. from the London Hotel, Albemarle-street,
for Ireland; Thomas Harrison, Esq. from the Burlington
Hotel, for Bath.

The African Roscius and Miss GRADDON
are now performing at the Birmingham Theatre. The
former, who is a native of Africa, sustains the parts of
Othello and Gambia. His style of acting closely resem-
bles that of Mr. MACREADY. He will shortly exhibit on
the metropolitan boards.

We have this day to announce the premature
and deeply-lamented death of Jour( MORRISON, Esq. M.D.
of this town. He expired on the night of Friday, the
18th instant, of typhus fever, a: his house in Needham-
place, in the 42,1 year of his age.--Newry Telegraph.

The Earl of RADNOR lies dangerously ill, at
his seat, Longford Castle. A serious accident befel the
post-boy who drove Lord FOLKESTONE from Stockbridge,
on Monday evening. His Lordship left the chaise at Salis-
bury, to inquire of Mr. ANDREWS, the family surgeon, the
state of his father's health ; and while his Lordship was
with that gentleman, a carriage came in contact with it ;
the boy was thrown, and most seriously injured. After
having humanely given directions with respect to him,
his Lordship set off to attend upon his father.—Devizes
Gazette.

Among a se-fies of , humorous caricatures,
lately published, is one entitled " Past twelve o'clock !"
representing the celebrated Christmas waits, waiting un-
der a window. " How many are you ?" demands an
elderly gentleman, putting his bead out of the window,
apparently roused from sleep. " Three, your Honour."
Then d'widc that among you!" he exclaims, emptying,
at the same time, a bucket of water upon the midnight
minstrels, who scamper off, drenched to the skin, deter-
mining to wait no longer.

At the Hants- Epiphany sessions, held at
Winchester, ANN LAMDIN, a servant in the family of Mr.
J. T. I,wts, of Hyde-street, near that city, was indicted
for stealing a quantity of jam, two pocket-handkerchiefs,
wine, spirits, and other articles, the property of her master.
She confused having taken the articles ; but the evidence
of her fellow-servant, who was drawn in by the prisoner to
participate in the spoil, disclosed a system of determined
plunder, and which was carried on for seven or eight
mouths, such as is rarely equalled. The prisoner, whenever
she saw the cupboard open where the keys were kept,
would possess herself slily of the key of the spirit store for
a short time, take out a quantity of spirits, and hide it
until she could conveniently convey it away. She had also
obtained a key which would open the wine-vault, front
which she stole a large quantity of wine. She sent at one
time to her sisters two bottles of spirits and four of nine.
At other times she took a bottle of brandy and a bottle of
Hollands to Mrs. Woot.ainGE, the washerwoman who
washed for the family ; a bottle of wine and half a bottle
of Hollands were sent to the friends of the witness ; a
bottle of brandy and a bottle of wine, to Wm. SoArEr. ;
and a bottle of wine, a large plum cake, tea, and sugar, to
REBECCA JACKSON, a servant in a family near. The pro-
secutor received a character with the prisoner from her last
place of ten years' honesty. The Jury without hesitation
found the prisoner guilty, and the sentence of the Court
n-as 12 months' imprisonment to bard labour.

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