The Sun.
London, England, 1821-06-28 00:00:00

FREEMASONRY.

3IASONIC NOTICES FOR NEXT WEEK.
Monday, ' July 2, LONDON. Visitat. of B. V. M. No.k.
5, 27, 39, 892 218, 223.
289. Quarterly General
Meeting Boys' School,
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COUNTRY. NO& 20, 64, 72, 102, 149,
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Tuealay,

Thw4;day,

Fritiny,

In the church of Dalmeney, on the 11th inst.,
being Monday after the sacrament, a young man,
20 years of age, was baptized by the Rev. Dr.
Scorr, of Corstorphine, which was extremely in-
teresting to the congregation.
TOIIKINE'S GALLERY OF PICTURES.--AMOLIg
the attractions of the season, this elegant Exhibi-
tion of Paintings from the most celebrated Origi-
nals of the Old Masters, ought not to be over-
looked. It has been pronounced, both by Pro-
fessors and Connoisseurs in Art, to be unrivalled.
by any Collection of the kind in Europe, To
gratify public curiosity, the Proprietor. has di-
rected free Admission to be given- to Visitants
during the time it continues open, previously.to
its being disposed .Q by public Lottery in July.

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

PALLY EXTRACTS FROM TUE MORNING PAPERS
June 28..

[MORNING HERALD.]
The foreign news received in the course of yes-
terday by the French and German Papers are of
*no material interest. The latter contain' the re-
/minder of the Message of the King- of Sweden
to the Norwegian Diet, which is tocilong for in-
sertion. His views, as expressed in this docu-
ment, are not unreasonable, and he admits, in
liberal terms, the rights of the Norwegian people,
and the limitations upon his authority. We have
110 further accounts of the Greek insurrection.
The Austrian and other German Journals are
permitted to speak of its progress almost with
favour for some time back, and .the probability
of a war between Russia and the Porte is openly
stated in the French and other Continental
Papers. Some of the French Journals will have
it that Bucharest is still in the hands of the
Greeks, and that the time at which the Turks
were said to have entered that town was within a
certain number of days, during which, from a cer-
tain religious observance, the Turks, never act.

[THE TIMES.]
The proceedings at Guildhall yesterday were
somewhat lively. Mr. Alderman Garrott, in re-
spect to us, intimated that he had no great occa-
sion to find fault with The Times ; and we are
sure that we neither give him nor any other re-
spectable ?Mtn, any just cause to blame us : for
personal motives are totally removed from us in the
concluding of our concern. Our political opinions
are on the side of a frugal expenditure in the
finances, and of a system of civil administration
favourable to the liberties of the country and the
rights of the subject. Whatever man opposes
these, makes himself our political opponent—not,
except he chooses, our personal enemy.

.*-* Will any body believe that the foregoing
article is an Extract from The Old Times of this
day ! ! !

[MORNING POST.]
The ,foolish informations against the Secre-
taries of the Constitutional Association, it will be
seen,. were yesterday unhesitatingly dismissed at
the lansion House; and the worthy Alderman
Garratt, whom the faction so furiously assailed,
because of his honest approbation of the prin-
ciples of this laudable Society, we have the hap-
piness to state, had yesterday made such further
rapid advance in the public favour, that at the
close of the poll for Sheriffs, he was no less than
773 a-head of his opponent. This is a double
triumph afforded to the ccuie of genuine pa-
triotism and loyalty, upon which we most cor-
dially congratulate not only the City of London,
but the whole British Empire.

In the House of Commons, last night, Mr.
tu.rne made his promised motion relative to the
Public Expenditure, and on this occasion the
Hon. Gentleman did not fail to indulge in his
'accustomed candid and liberal propensities. He
was very sensibly and ably ansitered by Mr.
•Bankes, who as well as Mr. Gooch did justice to
his Majesty's Ministers for their studious atten-
tion to retrenchment wherever it was found safe
and practicable. The Marquis of Londonderry
,animadverted with great force and effect on the
conductimrsved-On this and other similar occa;
'sions; and'` tZ*7r'esult was the rejection of the
Address proposed by Mr. Hume, and the adop-
tion of one moved by Mr. Baukes in its stead, as
;founded more on justice and candour, whilst it is
more likely to meet the general wish hi this re-
spect.—(Mid.)

• 13RITISII PRESS.]
The matter of the informations laid before the
Lord Mayor, against Mr. Murray and Mr. Sharpe,
the. Attorney and the Se4etary of the Pridge-
: street Association,was.argued at great length yes-
. terday at the Mansion7house. The Lord Mayor hay-
iog heard evidence and the arguments of Counsel,
finally dismissed the informations, upon the ground
that the evidence did not appear to him to be suf-
ficient to sustain them. This decision of the Lord

:11fayor does tiOt- imply any opinion upon the part
. of. his -Lordship respecting the legality or
illegality of the Association, but is limited. strictly
to the extent and sufficiency of the evidence sub-
mitted to his judgment with reference to the de-
gree of criminality imputed 'to -the defendants,
under, special clauses of a particular Act of Par-
liament. Still less, however, :could the Lord
• Mayor's decision. upon these infortnations be sup-
posed to imply any approbation on the part of
his Lordship of the expediency or policy of this
Association.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]

The case of the Bridge-street Association came
on yesterday, and. as our readers will see from
our Report, the Lord Mayor deciftd that there
was not evidence bi.tore him to induce him to

pionounce the Association an illegal combination,
and therefore dismissed the information. We do
not see how, under the circumstances of the case,
any other decision could have been given ; for
certainly the facts stated in the information were

not satisfactorily proved: The decision leaves
the question of the, legality of the Association as
it was. But suppesing the Association to be an
combination, we fear it will be no easy
mutter to obtain such evidence of the proceedings
of the individuals connected with it, as would
be found satisfactory in a Court of Justice.

INEW
_ _ _

Mr. Ex-Sheriff Parkins's' ricricuinns exhibition

took placeyesterdayat the Niansion- House, and

met with the result-Which-: every rimn of common
sense must have anticipated. We have before ob-
served, that when an information was formally
laid before the Lord Mayor his Lordship could not
avoid issuing his summons ; and the Gentlemen
cited could certainly feel no wish that their con-
duct should not undergo the fullest investigation.
The Lord Mayor very properly. took 'to himself
a legal Assessor at the hearing ; not, we presume,
.from the slightest idea Of difficulty in the question,
but to take away even from the Raditals them-
gelves any ground for .questioninghis judgment.

The nonsensical complaint against Mr. Sharp was;
first heard, and was of course dismissed ; where-;
upon the Informer himself .eagerly withdrew
the information against Mr. Murray ; fearful, no
doubt, of the consequences which the continuing
to prefer it might have " drawn down upon him.
One consideration, arising out of this impudent
information, must, doubticis have suggested it-
self to every mind. 'The persons who have
encouraged and supported it are the first and
loudest to cry put against the quirks and quib-
bles of the law. Now, was there ever such a
barefaced quirk or quibble as the attempt to twist
a single line in a long Act of Parliament, made
for the suppression of Seditious and Treasonable
Societies, to put down a Society formed for the
purpose of opposing the progress of disloyal and
seditious principles? Are these the lovers of
liberty and justice ? Are these the men who wish
the laws to be administered in a fair and liberal
spirit.

FOR THE SUN.

CATHOLICS.

Mn.Enrro R—Your Correspondent O—R. asks
for Lord STEwART's sentiments on the Catholic
Question, because Prince METTERNICH stood
Spotuor for his son. Now, Sir, I conceive it
would be more logical to ask what are Prince
METTERNICH'S sentiments as to the Protestant
Religion 2 -
If we wish to emancipate the Catholics from
Popish thraldom, surely we ought not to object
to their joining in Protestant Religious Cere-
monies ! I—N.

PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.

REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE COR-

RESPONDENCE RELATING TO AN EXTRA POST.

Although your Committee have entered into an Inquiry of
some extent, the advanced period of the Session induces them
to abstain froth submitting a detailed Report of the Evidence
they have received, or of the nature of 'Mr. Burgess's proposi-
tion for conveying Letters by an Extra Post.
If their investigation had began sooner, they would have
felt it their duty to state their views on those points at greater
length, but under existing circumstances they submit it as the
result of their opinion, that the measure is a practicable one,
according to the mode in which Mr. Burgess proposes to carry
it into execution, namely, by having a light two-wheeled car-
riage, jind changing horses at stages no where exceeding eight
miles each, to preserve. the animals from over-exertion and
distress.

_Although your Committee are fully sensible of advantages to
be derived. from an accelerated system of correspondence be-
tween different parts of the country, they feel that considerable
inconvenience may arise in the great mercantile towns, from
two deliveries and two departures of the Post, at different
hours. How far this inconvenience may be counterbalanced
by the advantages of the more speedy conveyance, your Com-
mittee are of opinion that experience alone can enable thepublic
to determine. •

Your Committee understand that Mr. BURGESS takes upon
himself the expense of the proposed plan, with the exception of
the charge that will be occasioned by the establishment of an-
other office in London, the•employment of an addit:onal num-
ber of letter-sorters and letter-carners, and also. the incidental
expenses which may arise from the increase of office duty in
some large provincial towns.
On this part of the subject your Committee think, that if a
practical, safe,, and uniform mode of accelerating the general
correspondence of the country should be ultimately adopted,
some small increase of public charge would be fully compen-
sated for, by the considerations to which this Report has already
adverted.

Upon a review of the whole case that has been submitted to
them, your Committee recommend that Mr. Burgess should be
allowed to make his experiment. .

- POPERY Divion,:),V=A. _literary contest of a
very virulent description 1.13; of bite, much occupied the atten-
tion of the Northern o.tialtieN.,,The parties concerned are a
Seceder.from the Scotch Otritth, who, in aletter to the Editor
of
-- ' eirltipaying the highest compliments
to eriardlx4,;-77... • .2.d--rillstestant Advocate, Sir HARCOURT.
LEES, for the,extraordinary talents and ability with which he'
has exposed and confounded the pretensions and machinations
of the -enemies of our Constitution, complains rather hastily of.
the charge Sir lloncounT brought against the Dissenters, in'
one of his late convincing letters to the people of England.---
This.address was replied to in a short answer from the enlight-
ened Baronet, in which he refers him to his letter, and points out
the mistake into which the Seceder had fallen, fullyadmrtting the
unquestioned loyalty of thatbianch- of the Protestant Church to
which he belonged, and recalling to his recollection that he charged
nine Sects exclusively with disaffection. It was thought the
matter would have here rested,.to the mutual satisfaction of all
parties, but unfortunately for himself a Papist of the most in-
veterate bigotry, outrageously hostile to every description of
Protestant or Sectarian, in one or the most rancorous,-inflam-
matory, and scurrilous productions ever penned,' attacked,
without the least shadow of argument, both Sir .HAIWOURT
and the Seceder, under the signature of Piiirm VERITAS, but'
who we have heard whispered is in reality a Learned Oratori-
cal Doctor, well known for his politics and his eloquence in the
County Cavan. The mighty author of the Antidote was not a
man, cd THE REVEREND FATHER STENNETT WILL AD-
MIT," likely to be insulted with impunity; and his reply has
so overwhelmed his opponent with ridicule, and something worse,
we are told, that Air. Primo is at this moment meditating,
an excursion to America ;101l he is laughed at by all par..
ties' and .even hooted after as. he rides .through the country ;
and to make the matter still more galling, a liberal Roman
Catholic of the County Monaghan, has entered the lists against
POPERY, and, envenomed- bigotry, and in a powerful letter, in
which he lashes.Plll.Lo without mercy, accuses him and those
who display equal malignity of heart and head, of being the
chief cause why Protestants will ever look with suspicion on
their professions of liberality and toleration; while at the same
time lie admits that Sir HARCOURT LEES is not only the
ablest antagonist the Church of Rome ever had to encounter, but
-adduces facts to prove that hellos not one particle ,of intoler-
ance in his nature. Our informant has.promised to procure us
this Correspondence, and if what we hear be the fact, we shall
not be surprised should a complete submission take place
amongst the Spiritual subjects of the Pope of Rome in Irehindl
—What does not the British empire owe to the unrivalled ex.
ertions of Sir HARCOURT LEES ? (Hibernian Journal,
June 23.)

ANECDOTE OF MS LATE MAJESTY.—When his.
late MAJESTY was residing at the Palace of Kew, the Princesi
CHARLOTTE, then a little.gir4 was Staying with the KING ;
and it was his delight to take her out with him in his morning
and evening walks. On one occasion, as she was going out
into the garden from White-house at Kew,. his MAJESTY ob-
served to the pages, who were standing in the Make
way for this poor child." On, this the young Princess remark-
ed, " I am not a poor child,- grandpapa—indeed I am not."—
" Yes, my dear,"_ answered the KING, "you are, and 1 will
tell you why. You are kept by /be 'Whole nation, and that
makes you poor indeed, and as to the Crown, I assure you, it
sits-not light on the heads of those who wear it."—A fine method
. _

_ _ __ ____ ..........,...
this of conveying an instructive moral to her yoUthful mind ;
and of teaching much more forcibly than a. long didactic dis-
courSe could have dmie, the grace of humility on the one hand,
and the virtue and gratitude on the other from Princes to
subjects: • -

The followinq anecdote was related by Mr.
CHETwYND, in the House of -Commons: The passing of
vagrants was, in fact, considered . a mere matter of form, as
might be. collected frckna the. following fact :—A man who car-
ried a monkey through the country as a means of earning a sub-
sistence, was taken tin for begging. A pass was made out for
his conveyance to Scotland, on an allowance of Bd. per day.—;
The pauper complained that 3d. a day was too little.to support
him Self and his monkey. But the Justice's clerk, who had
been highly amused with the tricks of the inferior animal, told
tIW vagrant that he would provide for both ; and he accordingly
filled. apass for the monkey, under the name of JOH): STRANGE
—(Laughter.'—With these paises the vagrant and his monkey
were sent forward from the North- Riding of Yorkshire to
Scotland !

STE`VART MARJORIBANKS, Esq. one of the
Barons in Parliament for Hythe, and WIT,LIAm DEEDES,
Esq. are elected Barons from that Port, to support the Royal
Canopy at the ensuing Coronaticll.—(Koraish Gazette.)

FOR TEE SUN.

NATIONAL IiROSPEIIITY.—(No.n)

MR. EDITOR—If the -scheme projected by. Mr.
OWEN had relation to some object of mere curiosity;
if, for instance, it had proposed to enable us to
navigate balloons, and had held out an expecta-
tion that we should be enabled to visit the moon, the
extravagance of the idea might have well justified
us in concluding, without further inquiry, that
the projector was one of those inhabitants of the
earth who are peculiarly under the influence of
its attendant planet. But, Sir, when an indivi-
dual, who is allowed on all hands to be a practi-
cal man, one who has for many years successfully
conducted a very Complicated and extensive bu-
siness, and has been placed at the head of a po-
pulation equal in number to that of a considerable
village, brings forward' a Plan mainly founded
upon the result of hiS own experience, and refers
to well-established and notorious facts in proof
of the soundness of other principles which he pro-
poses to combine with those which he has him-
self ascertained by induction. When, moreover,
the Plan in question promises to effect objects
which are universally admitted to be in. the
highest degree desirable, you must allow that the
apathy with which the public have hitherto treated
Mr. OWEN'S overtures is somewhat extraordinary.
SELDEN, in his table talk, says," to preach long,
Cc loud, and damnation, is the way to be cried up ;
cc we loVe a Man that damns us, and we run after
" him again t 6 save Us.." This remark was con-
firmed by a circumstance which took place in the
last century.. A benevolent individual published a
Tract entitled " Heaven open to all men." The
public were quite satisfied with reading the title
page in the Bookseller's windows. Soon
afterwards came out another entitled " Die
and be damned," which speedily ran through
several editions. If' good Mr: OWEN had fore-
told a plague, pestilence, or famine, or. had in-
vented some dreadful .instrument of destruction,
he would have had all London at his heels.: but
as he simply informs us how we may get rid of
poverty, and its attendants, vice and misery-, he
spreads forth his hands in vain; the people, like
the deaf adder, will not listen to the voice of the
charmer, charm lie ever so
Who but Mr. OWEN has, in' these heartless
days, been bold enough to address kind, warm,
joyous language to poor human nature ?—Our
ears have been dinned by the croakings of evil
Prophets, and by. the clamorous outcries of the
Reformists ; the mildest tones which assail us, are
exhortations to bear with patience the ills we know,
lest we should incur others of amore aggravated na-
ture. Mr. OWEN alone, announces glad tidings.
He declareS, that from • the lofty mount of his
contemplations, he has descried the utmost skirts
Of the dense cloud which overshadows us; that the
night is far spentond such a day at hand as never
rose on Britain since her verdant boscim first
emerged from that ocean which her valorous sons
were destined to rule. Perhaps it would have,
been more politic if he had repressed the exube-
rance of his feelings ; and, like the great lumi-
nary, had afforded us a grateful twilight. A
sudden glare of light is as unfavourable to dis-
tinctness of vision, as utter darkness. IRA it was
much more natural that, like ARCHIMEDES, he
should exclaim Eureka !--" Felix qui potuit re-
rum cognoscere causas."

The-evats of the last thirty years, and more
especially 'the falsification of the hopes which,
previously to the horrors of the French Revolu-
tion, beamed upon the minds of Philanthropic
Philosophers,have tended to lower the tone of their
expectations; and certain Political Economists.
have (no doubt with the best of motives) laboured
successfully to limit our views to a state of things
little better than we now experience. The principle
of population, it is now generally supposed, will
ever defeat the attempts of mankind to escaPe
from the inconveniences, that have more or less'
ever pr,essed upon them. We are told that it is
vain to hope that the great bulk of society should
for any continuance enjoy the blessings of abun-
dance and ease. These well-intentioned and able
writers have, it must be owned, triumphantly
refuted the several wild schemes which men of
fervid imaginations have devised for effecting an
equality ofEcondition among the members of the
commonwealth. The radical error of these
systems is, that they war with the understand-
ing and with the heart, and that the equa-
lity
which they contemplate must be effected
and preserved by restrictive laws, limiting the
amount of individual wealth, and thus neces-
sarily paralizing those energies to which society
owes all the mental and material riches which
it possesses. It cannot for an iAtant be ques-
tioned, that such schemes are utterly futile ;
and that it is infinitely preferable to trust to the
benign spirit of our holy religion,and the multifari-
ous expedients which have been adopted for mi-
tigating the operation of those laws by which
the rights of property are justly and wisely se-
cured to the industrious, the intelligent, and to
the sons of fortune. The plan of the philosopher
of New Lanark has, whether from inattention on
the part of the public, or from an obscurity in
his own statements, been strangely confounded
with the schemes above alluded to. But in
truth, no two things can be less alike. Mr.
OWEN has no such idea as to impoverish the rich
in order to benefit the poor, or to depress the
higher in order to elevate the lower ranks. His
object is to shew, and I venture to affirm that he
has actually shewn, how those who are now a
burthen to society, may be enabled not merely
to maintain themselves, but rapidly to create a
degree of wealth, -and to acquire such habits
as will unquestionably qualify them to take the
lead in the career of civilization, urJess, indeed ,the
other Members of the Community shall have the
wisdom to associate on the same principles. '
I had the pleasure to spend an evening lately
with a party at which Mr. OWEN was present,
when he exhibited drawings of the eleVations and
ground plans of his projected villages, and ex-
plained all the data upon which he has made his
calculations of the expence of lodging, subsist-
ing, cloathing and educating three hundred
families. He made it appear, to the 'entire
satisfaction of every one present, that, at
the prices charged at the city of Glasgow

for building and ,other materials,r,and -at the
late of wages, and reiit,of land usually, demanded
in that vicinity, such a communitTmight., for a
rental of 151. for each family (supposing the re
spective families to consist on an average of four
persons), be surrounded, by comforts hitherto un-
known to the industrious classes ;—that the whole
population might, under the projected arrange-
ments, be subsisted, and instructed in all useful
branches of knowledge,, at an.expence not ex-
ceeding 401. per annum for each family ; while
the earnings of each family, on the most moderate
computation, and supposing one-fourth of the po-
pulation to be, from various causes, inefficient,
would yield 581. per annum, and thus insure an
annual saving of 181. to each.
Mr. OWEN assured us; that the actual expe-
rience at his establishment at. New Lanark, con-
sisting of between 2000, and 3000 individuals of
both sexes, and of all- ages, would fairly warrant
a; more favourable conclusion. He also observed,
that in the statement which he laid before u 4, he
had not, made any, allowance for the profits which
would most assuredly accrue from the industry of
a population, associated and occupied in agricul-
ture, horticulture, and .in various manufactures.;
but had merely set down the price which is now
paid for the labour of the working classes.
• But, Sir, it would be doing great injustice to
the Plan, were. I. to pass over some-of its other
striking features. Those who have not been in
the habit of considering what may be effected, in
point of economy, by unity and association, may
suppose, that the lodging, food; and clothing of
the inmates of; Mr. Ow EN'S village, must be upon
a scale similar to our pauper establishment, or,
at the best, on a par with what may be com-
manded by the very lowest and Worst paid-of the
laborious classes. They will, perhaps,,. be .sur7,
prised to hear that these villagers are not to be
thrust up into garrets, or crammed into damp cel-
lars ; but that their dwellings will form a square
C.r• dimensions nearly equal to Lincoln's-inn-
fields: that each married pair will have a sitting
room well finished, 15 feet by 13, and 9 feet 2
inches in height,. looking into the square, which
may be easily laid out in the best taste ; a bed-
room, 15 'feet by 11, intended to hold a
large and a small bed,. looking into gardens, and
over. the.: , into a well cultivated country ; that
these accomodations are designed to accommodate
-a man, his wife, and two children only, under
three years •of .age; that in the centre of the
square. will
.stand a church,-, and meeting houses
for dissenters ; eating rooms, kitchen, schools,
library, infirmary, and hotel' for strangers, all
,well furnished; and that the whole will be .Sur-
rounded by about 600 .•acres of land, of a fair
average quality.. But, Sir,. as I am merely an
Index, I must refrain from entering into further
particulars ; the book itself is accessible to. the
public. Suffice it at present to say, that on duly
considering the plan in all its bearings, I was
constrained to declare, and I abide by the decla-
ration, that if'
.1 could not participate:in:the ad-
vantages which indubitably belong exclusively
to an association formed
.upon the principles pro-
jected by the
,neglected individual, whose name
will be held in "veneration' by future generations,
otherwise than.by becoming.a'pauper, a pauper
would become. •
-CI have muCh.more to say upon this subject, and,
„n are not weary of my cinfespondence, you
on bearagain•from, • Sir,

June 6, 1621.

Your very obedient Servant,.
INDEX.

*'4,* We regret that .we could not give an
earlier insertion to the. above Letter ; but hope
to be "more regular in future.

Madame CATALANI sets Mit in a few days for
London to assist at the Coronation Fetes.—
( Paris Paper.)

ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE.--It will be
recollected,- that one of the first steps taken by
the Royal Society-of Literattre was to offer pre-
thiums of one hundred, fifty, and twenty-five
guineas, respectively, for the best View of the Age
of Homer, the best Poem on Dartmoor, and the
best Essay-on the Greek Language ; which should
be snbmitted it within certain periods. It gives
us much satisfaction to state that the second of
these competitions has been determined, and that
on opening the sealed reference to the name of the
author, it was found, that. the decision had fallen
upon a lady of celebrity in the Literary World, Mrs.
Hernans; who, has, it is said, produced a beautiful
poem ,on the- occasion, and one likely-10 add to
her fame. From the announcement, we observe,
that the Essay on the Age of Homer should he sent
in at farthest by the 22d Feb. 1822 ; and the time
for the reception of the Essay on the- Greek
Language, will, it is expected, be .prolonged
to the same period. As both these subjects are
obviously highly interesting, and peculiarly so,
under the present circumstances of Greece, and;
as they are open to the whole• world, it-may be
anticipated that they will lead to some very
striking communications.
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tween soft cap paper, so as to smoothen it-and
absorb the superabundant moisture. Put the.paper
so moistened upon the writing, and both between
'cap or other soft paper, placing the whole 'on the
carpet or hearth rug, one end of which is to be.
folded.over it. By standing and treading' upon
this, an impression will.be, taken, equal, if not
superior, to what would have. been taken by a
copying machine.
A Poor blind man, of the name of JAS. WA.T-•
soN, of Edinburgh, has invented- and brought, to
perfection, a musical instrument, which unites the
power. of two violoncellos; it has a range of 64
semi-tones, and more could be added, if neces7
sary ; upon this instrument he displays a remark-
able degree of praCticaL dexterity. .
CAUTION.—AImost every day lately diSsolnte
women have -been committed from Bow-street for
robbing men and boys whom. they inveigled -into
their vile haunts.