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tive and undeniable evidence of the important advan-
tages derived to the parties themselves in a pecuniary
point of view ; and he expressed a decided conviction, In the present rage for poles:trim**
.and equestrian
that no considerate man could contemplate such io• performances, it may not prove 'unacceptable to some
stitutions without being perfectly satisfied, that of our Readers to be informed of .a few of the matt
the effect of encouraging them, must hive a direct extraordinary feats of the latter description :
Mr. COoPER THORNHILL, an innkeeper of Stilton,
tendency to the advancement of industry, sobriety,
and economy, among the lower orders of the people, in Huntingdonshire, rode from that place to Lon-
who would thereby be induced to apply a part of their don, and back again, and also a second time to Lon-
little incomes, frost whatever source they mightarise, . dona in one day, which made in all 213 miles. He
to a provision against want and distress, and who undertook to ride this journey with several horses in
have now no means of doing so; observing, thorn is fifteen lours, but performed it in twelve hours and
at present owing principally thereto that the excess of one quarter.
Some years ago the late Lord JAMES CAVEND/SH
what is necessary is watelully squandered; being in
his own mind convinced that the habits of improvi- rode from Hyde Park-corner to Windsor Lodge,
dence and thoughtlessness are not always the offspring which is upwards of 20 miles, in less than an hour.
of vice, but that they are often the consequences of ig-
Sir ROBERT Catty rode near three hundred miles in
norance and accident. By institutions like this, the less than three days, when he went from London to
temptations of spending little savings, he said, would Edinburgh, to inform King James of the death of
be removed ; and the earnings of health, which now Queen Elizabeth. In the course of his journey lie
meet only daily expences, would be made productive had several falls, and received some severe bruises,
of infinite permanent good to the parties and their fa. which occasioned him to appear in the Royal pre-
milies; because, by resorting to the means now to be settee battered and bloody.
offered, every possible facility is afforded to persons On the 3d of May, 1758, a young Lady, olio, at
to place to advantage whatever they can spare frpm Newmarket, had laid a wager that she would ride one
their current expences. He instanced, young men thousand miles in one thousand hours, finished her
on coming out of their apprenticeships, who might in match in little more than two-thirds of the time. At
any cases by depositing the surplus of their earnings, her coining in, the country people strewed flowers ia
acquire, in five or six years, what world be sufficient her way.
to establish themselves comfortably, and make pro-
The Marquis de la FAYETTF. relde, in August,
vision for a family—workmen, in different branches, 1778,
from Rhode Island to 1'• soon, in An:erica.
whose earnings are considerable, might provide near seventy miles distant, in seven hours, and &earl.-
against almost any future contingency. On this .ned in six and a half.
In October, 1789, Mr. FoZARD, of Park-lane, for a
part of the subject, Mr. Rose stated, from most re-
spectable authority, that men earning from 355. wager of 150 guineas, against one !loathe-1, under-
to 50s. a week, in some instances more, had been, took to side forty miles in tar floors, on lipsern
from their improvidence, compelled to apply for pa.
ttace.course. He rode two unites more than agreed
irochial relief as soon as they were disabled by illness upon, and performed it in five minutes under the
from following their trade Domestic Servants, time allotted.
where their wages are more than sufficient for their
Mr. Wilma, an Irish Gentlern in, rode, about tar.)
necessary exoenses—Carmen, Porters, &c. might fie. years ago, 127 miles, on the course of Kildare, in
quently make some deposits—Day Labourers: et Ireland, in six bouts and te tray minutes, fora wager
this class it might be feared that those who are mar. of 1000 guineas.
vied and have families would seldom be able to save The celebrated Count de MONTGOMERY escaped
any thing ; but the single men might save enough to from the massacre of Paris, in 1572, through the
enable them, after a certain time, to marry without swiftness of his horse, which cairied him ninety miles
fear of their families becoming chargeable to the pa- without halting. -
riA ; for although Mr. Malthus, (whose name can . The performance of NEVISPN, the highwayman,
i:ever be mentioned without warm approbation, not- who committed a robbery at Gadshill, then crossed
withstanding a difference of opinionmight occasionally the ferry over the Thames, and rode to York on the
exist) appeared to carry the matter too far, in propo. same horse, in 1G hours, is well known.
sing that no marriage should take place till the par-
ties could shew probable ground that they could main-
tain the family they might have ; every one must ad-
mit it to he most highly desirable that the parties
should be in such a situation ; and prospectively it
might be hoped this effect might be produced to a
considerable extent. Mr. Rose then observed, that
very little was necessary to be said to shew how
infiniteiy better such support as now requested
is, than fortuitous aid, which is beneficial only from
personal knowledge, or after inquiry ; it appeared,
indeed, most clearly to the Committee on Mendicity
in the last Session, moved for by himself, and of
which he was Chairman, that such aid was frequently
so far from doing good. that it was attended with
the most mischievous effects. With regard to parish
relief, he said, all were agreed: it had been already
observed, that the certainty of being able to resort to
that, was the occasion in many instances of most in-
excusable improvidence; and that it must be known
Ito every one, that it too frequently happened to be
given grudgingly, and to be unthankfully received.
1.-- Mr. Rose concluded by stating, that be fl meted
himself that those who had been good enough to
attend to him, must be convinced that the institution,
'while it can b subject to no possible abuse or incoo-
venience, held out clear, distinct, and certain advan-1
cages to the lower orders of the people, whose welfare
could not be a matter of indifference to the higher
classes, as they are deeply interested in the meliora- '
tior. of the condition of the poor (exclusively of the
certain reduction of the rate for eventually maintain-
ing them), not less so politically than morally ; hut,
he added, it would be utterly inexcusable to dwell on
that, as he was persuaded their is not a country under
Heaves: where a charitable dispesilion is manifested''
so extensively and in so many diffetent shapes as thil.
It requited only a right direction to be given to it, on-
some occasions. 'f;iis establishment, in addition to
all that had been referred to, had one of the very best,
recommendations, that of infusing into the minds of '
the lower orders a legitimate spirit a independence,
promoted at the same time by an improved education,
to which happily furtherance is now given throughout
the Ernpire.—The Resolutions proposed were adopt.
ed, and the plan of the Institution was agreed to.

LOISXRS DE BUONAPARTC.—The two concluding
Volumes of this extraordinary Work have just been
suffered to appear. Among many other characters,
of great celebrity, the following appear to shine forth
most conspicuously, viz. The late Empress Jose-
phine, Princess Hortense, Murat and his Lady, (Ca.
mline Buonaparte), the Duke and Duchess of leo-
(Savery), Caulaincourt, Duroc, Regnaule de
St. Jean D'Angely, Cambaceres, Talleyrand, Ma-
dame Recamier, the Queen of Etruria, Rustan,
Maret, &c. &c.
About a fortnight ago, at a farm-house in the Isle
of Man, an infant, left asleep is its cradle, was de-
voured by a pig.
Tuesday evening, a female child, about four years
of age. belonging to a poor woman m Cuoitoi.streel.
being left alone during the absence of her another,
by some accident her clothes caught fire, she was im-
mediately enveloped in dames; a person in the house
alarmed by the screams, ran to her assistance and
extinguished the flames; the clad was much scorched,
but hopes are entertained ef her recovery.
A few evenings since, Isabella Blunt, a girl ten
years of age, was burnt to death, at a house in Ben-
net-street, Rathhone-place. She was heard to cry—
" Fire 1" and the distracted mother, instead ageing
to her assistaece, ran into the street for help. On
the room being entered where the child was, she was
found shockingly burned. She only lived it few
hours, and was not able to tell bow it happ:ned . An
Inquest was held—Verdict, Accidental Deatie.
BovbsTireer —Yesterday the driver of the hack-
ney-chariot N 0.1128, was charged with misbehaviour
to his fare. A Gentleman, °a leaving C•ivent Gar-
den Theatre a few nights since, engaged the chariot
at the Piazza ; but it was a quarter of an hour lief le
the prisoner could be found, and then he semc
difficulty mounted his box. When he had proceeded
a few yards, he locked his wheel with a Gentleman's
carriage, and was found to be so intoxicated that he
could not speak. The Gentleman in consequence
lett the chariot, and had to walk through the rain,
by which he caught a violent cold.—The prisoner
was convicted in the full penalty, and not paying it,
he was committed for sever days.
WORSHIP-STREET.—W. Gurney was charged with
attempting to commit a burglary at Islington. Mr.
Pope, of Dalby-terrace, stated, that between one and
two o'clock on Tuesday morning the family were
alarmed by thieves attempting to break in at the
drawing-room window, on which he came to the
drawing-room, accompanied by his son ; at this mo-
ment two watchmen came over the wall by means of
a ladder, and secured the prisoner ; but the other
got clear off. One of the drawing.room windows
was forced open. The prisoner said, that hearing
the cry of thieves, he went into the garden with a
view to render some assistance; but Mr. Giveisato
said, that was improbable, and committed him as a
rogue and vagabond.
Tuesday a printed order of the Magistrates was
placarded at Brighton, forbidding all public-houses
be;ng open after ten o'clock at night during the wintei,
and torbidding publicans to allow persons to eat and
drink for more than one hour at a sitting
A reward of Fifty Guineas is ufftred by Messrs.
COOPER and Co. Surgeons, of Charlotte-House, Black
friars-road, for the discovery of the Author of a Let.
ter sent to the Medical Board. We have seen it ; the
language is that of a Via ker, and hears the Walworth
Post-n k, dated Julie '23—a mole scurrilous and in-

The house of CHARLES MARY WENTWORTH, Esq.
at Sunning Mill, has been discovered to have been
robbed of various articles for some time past, con-
sisting of Champaigne and most choice wines, china,
tnen, wearing apparel, and at length a silver bread
basket, of the value of £. 0, which Mr. W. prized, in
consequence of its having been a present from a
Lady : he caused an inquiry to be made, and on
Richard Westbrook, belonging to Bow;street Office,
going down there, he discovered that Mr. We%
housekeeper and her husband, a livery servant, were
the robbers, and that several ankles of the stolen
property were in the house of their mother, in the
neighbourhood. Monday, Westbrook took them be-
fore Mr. Site.rz, the. Magistrate at Reading, who
committed them to the prison of that town for trial
at the ensuing Berkshire Assizes.
FOOTlVilii.—Wednesday evening between five and
six o'clock, as Captain IRVING, ut the Royal Navy,
was travelling in a Hounslow post-chaise, near Coln-
brook, in Buckiughamshire, he was stopped by two
desperate footpads. Captain L. being a resolute
' man, refused being robbed. The robbers were armed
with pistols, and resorted to desperate means to force
the Captain to a compliance null their demands, en-
deavouring to discharge their pistols, but fortunately
it was a wet evening, nnd, in consequence, both the
pistols only flashed in the pan. Having failed in
their murderous intent, they attacked the Captain
with the handles of their pistols, with which they cut
• open his head, and. wounded and bruised him in va-
nous parts of the body ; he in consequence became
exhausted, which enabled them to overpower him,
and they succeeded in emptying his pockets of his
property ; among it were Bank notes and cash to
the amount of kg" hicwatch, &c. They then left
the Captain in nearly a lifeless state. Yesterday he
was so ill that he could not leave his room.

vective instrument we have never witni.s..ed, and 'lnv.,
for the honour of the profession, it will not p►ove the
effusion of a Medical man—if so, it most arise
f►om a grovelling jealiiusy at seeing s Society of
independent Gentlemen, of the first respectability,
appropr►ating a large portion of their time in alle-
viating the distresses of individuals, who may have
consulted men ignorant of the priiiession ; we are at
a loss to conceive the cause for such a libel. Perhaps
some of the author's patients have experienced relief
from the Medical Board. We are authorised to state,
that Dr. COOPER and Co. are consulted by all
rauks of people every morning until nine o'clock, and
from twelve till eight precisely.