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London, England, 1829-04-13 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

PPTISON AI% VRIATTONS ;
Olt Till WISIOUNI OF OWING 11110.11., Its wax as AP wales.
PROM APICIAN IdnRSELS.
Publisbed by Wnirtaaaa and Ca. 1 vat. Svo.

1. Too area bachelor; you return home to dress to en to town
to dine; you find out you have lost the hey of the street door, and
then are obliged to call in the aid of the locksmith or to break in
the rate.
2. To wash and shave with cold water, when the thermometer
stands at the freezing point.
S. Dressing by candle light ; at the moment you are tying your
cravat, out goes the last inch of candle in the house, awl to be
obliged to Ankh dressing In the datk.
4. To be obliged to pass by the servant st the moment she is
sweeping the staircase, and to get all over Just, because yoo have
not time to wait. •

S. To take a hackney coach that you mat beep yourself clean
and nn getting nut of the enach to place your foot in a be ,p of mud,
which covers your shoes, and they to he reduced to the necessity of
wiping them whit your pocket handkerchief.
6. Having arrived in a burry. 'ketone, a little Inn late, and as
Minus as a hunter, In the espeetatihn of flndine the ru• 4tl ab
ready seated at table, to pass the dining-room. and are that the
cloth is not even laid.

10' At fable to be p:aeed at one end iwtsiteen two little boys,
shout the age of ten, whilst the most cheerful guests are sitting at
the other end, among beautiful Ladies.
11. To be regaled during the dinner with the agi•ee.hle and po.
lite noise pf the master and mistress of the house alternsrele scald.
ing their servants, rains them names, and being called upon to bd
the judge *fifteen them.

Is. After baying been as hungry at ehawit the whole manioc,
you perceive, a. you are above to sk down to tatAe, that your app..
tite itss all at once disappeared.
13. To he forced to eat potatoes and pie crust when you are no
hater hungry.

14. To be suddenly Informed by your palate. instead of owing
the dhcovery to your olfsetory aerie., that the last oyster you
estailewed was rathe► too far pot to recall it
•
, U. After having sacked, nerred• to carve a fowl, to see yaw .
self obliged to acknowledge that you duo% know how, and that
before twenty whorl's's, whose eyes during your awkward drain
are continually fitted upon you.• ' '

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IS. Having dist:soma during dinner with well.informed people.
and to recollect, at tea time, that you made two grammatical errors
is combating their assertions.
U. To dance a country dance with shoes that hurt you, or with
shoes too Urge, and to leave one in tie middle of the Saloon, and
at the same time to discover that your stockings are full of holes.
it To disturb your false collar In raising up your cravat ; to be
Maud to do penance at some innoceot game. to take off your coat.
and to expose at coarse, dirty shirt, full of boles about the shoulders.
14. Lastly, to return bottle at two o'clock in the morning. wet
and dirty, because you have not been able to,procstre a coach; to
Mud you have got the devil's own appetite, in consequence sf corn-
ing away before supper; to Ise obliged to wait a tiokrter of an bort
at the street door before you are let in ; when you do get. in there
is so light. and you break the wash hand basin with all ifs appur-
tenances, whirl are upset. Yoe can't find your Eden shirt ; the
bed it net made ; the blankets are too abort, and leave your sboul-
tases ustenwod ; betel thus exposed to the told, you pull up.the
dotage wad uncover your feet; you then knock and kick about,
trying to put Wogs to debts, and, boating in thy curtsies. Pell
down the to, of the hod upon your Matt; Ice your clonal, hum,
unlivable nut to the middle of the floor, with the unmet% bid-
clothes. &c. and upset the table with your warcb upon it ; at length
you succeed. by dint of groping. to lay year hand upon the tinder.
box. you strike a light, bet Sod no matches; get into bed egl4n. as
wallas you can. in the dark, sad daring the remainder of the aiiht
never Gene close year eyes for cold, and a violent head-ache ;se the
paw time you are alterably ebutfled with a neighbour in the ad.
jolobts now' driving his pigs to market" (sooting), who bat sou
to slap upon a hearty supper!

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MONDAY. APRIL IS. 1K.9
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PRICK OP STOCKS AT TWO O'CLOCK.
Kara Stuck 2094 Si es die India Wads 49 50
3 per Cent. Red. 86i if es die South Sea Stock
Spec Ct. Can. 674 4 Old Annuities
!Soper Cent. 1818. New Ditto
34 per Cent. lied. 93) 6 n die 41000 Recheq. EMS. 9 9
4 per Ct. New. lota 4 . 2500 Ditto 57 9
.4 per Celt I WM. 1031 4106 and .2200 Ditto 57 9
I me Ann 19 4 546 India for Aar. 9314
India Stuck 231 Consols for Acct 874
cIINDS. TWO ITCI.OI K.
Prasilisn Mt% 5110. 544 3 Prtrese.abt SpC.
Do. Acct.so 41 3i 3 Do Acct. 454
Nu Ayt s 14.1b.6p C. 21 tins& 1id5.1132.5 p Ct. 96
Acc kO/ Spanish Ms 5 p Ct. 94 I
D ..sit It& 3 pet. 654 Ditto 510.10 94
Do Acet 654 Do. Acct.
BRITISH AND FORRION SIIAURS. TWO O'CLOCK.
PA H%
100 100 94
3S eu 63 66 67
41 2s 6tl

A.'glo Melican
brawn:oh

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ST. PRTERSSURGH. THAIICU 17.

HAMBUROK Aram 7.

Bossini-Hr.u., Foes. o'Cr.ocz.
End of April.
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Bogie Duda Loans per Cent.
Anglo Rambo, ditto
Illardnirgb de.
Anglo Prooidan ,f.oon of into
Aintriao Bank Shares

PETITION OP SIR lIARCOURIAILRS; BART.
DO ?it atone! 200000141114 rut tout. MIM'SVaL MID VIDWOMIL
IM PADLIAMMIt AMISIBLSO
The humble Petition of the Rey: Sir Harcourt Lees, of Black
• • Rock, County of Dublin, Baronet, most humbly proclaims—,
That Petitioner, in the name and on the behalf of all the
sunup Protestants of Great Britain. most eareestly Implores
your Right Hoooterabk Hasse not to proceed tWthe last step
towards p sting the dangerous and •untonuttutlonal 44 Roster
Asceswanee Burt.." new under the consideration of your Honk,
until you bear Petitioner At your Bar discioae the important
• tufonnatioo be received from a hired emissary of a treasonable
conspiracy existing in these British Islands, in conjunction with
American Revolatioutsts, the objects contemplated being the pue:
sessino of the Canada. by-General Jackson—the etching a simul-
taneous initrreedon in the North of England and in Ireland—the
eadrpaden of the Protestants, and the re-establishment of Popery
In the latter antotry. And Petitioner wiU ever pray.
HARCOURT LEI&

That the Doke of WiLLIIIOTOII should have effected
,what Pitt. Granville, Fos. Dead" and Canning could net Oat,
will appear in a more remarkable NEM, if we look bask upon the
progress of tbis.question,"and its 1101111K01111 failures.
Im 1805 a majority 0129 in tbe House of Lords, and of 212 in
the House of Commons, refused to entertain the Petition of the
Catholics. moved severally by Lord Grenville and Mr. Fox.
In 1807 Lord Grenville withdrew his motion in favour of
inanelpatloa. it being understood that his Majesty seas averse to It.
In 1808 Mr. Grattan's motion was rejected in the Howe of
Commons by a majority of 153; and Lord Dosonibmores Ia She
House of Lords by a majority of 87.

In 1810 the same Members were again defeated one similar
motion by a majority of 112 in the Commons, and tfd in the Lords.
In 1812 they were once more defeated by a majority of 72 in the
Lords and 85 In the Commons. Mr. Canning was also defeated in
the same year by a majority of 129, and the Marquis Wellesley by
a majority of 1.
In 11113 Mr. Grattan, Sir John Cot Hippidey. and Dr. Dulie-
man. on separate motions, drew forth majorities against the Catholics
of 40. 411. and 42 ; and on the 24th of May the BSI was given up.
In 12111 Mr. Plunkett carried the Bill through the House of
Commons by a majority of 19, but it was lost in the Lords by a
majority of 39.
In 1222 Mr. Canning carried it by a majority of 21. but It was
thrown out in the Lords by a majority of 42.
In 1825 Sir Francis Burdett carried it in the Commons by a
.majority of 27. but it was again thrown nut in the Lords by a
or.ipitity of 48.
In Ini7 Sir Francis Borden's motion, for a Committee was lost
in the Commons by a majority of 11.
lm 1828 the nunion toe a cooferento with the Lords was car-
ried in the Commons by a majority of 8, but thrown out in the
Lords by a majority of 45.
Ani. in 18.41. a Relief Bill. unqualified in its character, and un-
shackled by restriction*, was carried through the Commons by Mr.
Peel with a majority of 180 on the second reading. and 178 on the
third ; and through the Lords by the Duke of Wellington with a
majority of 105 011 the second reading. and 104 on the third!—
' Sirloins Paper.

A Cabinet C until was summoned to meet at the
Foreign Otfice this afternoon. at three o'clock ; but. pre-
•ionsly to that hour, a countermand *as received, and
the Cruncil was put off till a future day.

The Royal Assent will be given to the Bill for the
complete Emancipation of the Roman Catholics either
this evening or tc-morrow, and thus the hopes of tran
quillity in the sirter kingdom will, it is said, be realized—
the affections of the Roman Catholics be secured-sand,
according to the supporters of the measure, the Pro-
temant &tablishmems be rendered more permanent, for
the Duke r f WaLLINOTOI4 has explicitly declared that
the measure will check the growth of Popery 1 We
sincerely trust it may.

Hamburgh and Duch Mails of the 7th and 9.h inst.
base been received in town this morning. The f Mowing
are extracts from the Journals brought by these con-
veyances:

Letters received from Teheran inform us of a horrible catastrophe
which took place in that city on the 51st January (12th February),
in consequence of a violent quarrel between the suite of hl. Gri.
bniedoL our Minister at t►at Court, and some of the populace.
Spam idlers having assembled before the Minister's house during
the quarrel, thought lit to t.ke part in it. and some of them
having been soon killed, an immense crowd hastened from the
human to avenge their countrymen, forced the gate of the hotel, and
In spite of the resistance of our Cossacks, and of the Persian guards,
tom of whom were killed, succeeded in penetrating to the inner
apartments, where all that came in their way was sacrificed to their
rage. Itimain. the Shah. himself, accompanied by his sea Selou
Sultan, Oovernur•General of Teheran, came with a considerable
force to check and disperse the rioters. It was too late, M. Gri.
bojedr. and ►is mite bad already fallen victims so the rage el the
imagine. Only 111. Malec f, the First Secretary of Lrgatiosiond
three other petsoas neap. d the carnage.
The Shah Abbas &Ursa and the whole• Court are in the greatest
consternation; the latter has goat into mourning for eight days
Bapr to shit us all the satisfaction which we lave a right to de-
mand, he kneads to send his eldest son .Kith the Calstacan to Geo.
Pasliewnsch, to communicate to him all the pankulars and explana-
tion which the General in Chief may desire respecting this dread-
ful event.—Jestesser de. Petersberak. March U.

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93
117 e
991
. 1,115
Asturian Meninges, . 911
Letters tram St. Petersbargh say that the Emperor's deputies**,
Mends on the result of the samba of Prince Iliatoscewits to
London. As soon as the Prince bag terminated the negodation
with which he is entrusted at the British Court, he is to return to
the Russian capitol, to communicate in person with his master. A
wee it spoken #4 is these letters, as having been addraeoed by the
Malabo Government to the principal Courts of Europe.
Letters front Odessa speak of the probability of an attempt being
mode upon Constantlnople--pounding their opinion upon a Non
*at the Beet of the Black Sea had received orders to take a con*
&rale put of the army of General Peekewittelt on bona, end

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land than In the vicinity of Derr& Tbe Russian airy in Aneents
would then bar'reduced to set open the defensive. As to the seem
reey of all these reports, we nanot even venture to express an
4Mlolorl,—Hembsorgh Repots?. dprill.
STOCKHOLM, Maus St.
This evening the mortal remains of the Princess Sophia Alba-
tins will be ransomed to the Ritterbolms Church, but the solemn
(instal Will not take place before May.
Her Royal Highness, in a paper written with her own hand,
dared e7tb Nov. lin, expressly desires that ben body shall net be
embalmed with spices. preserved In spirits, or any other particular
cesium, and diet her face shall not be painted. She rages on the
King, who has always given her the greatest proofs of Manses and
friendship, for the fulfilment of this request.

HAMBURGH, Ana 7.

On the Ith in the evening anived the Sir B. Bushes steam boat
and this morning two other steam boats, the Courier, Captain Sin-
clair, sod the Nottingham, Captaht Bride, all three frets London.
—ugh Pepin, 4I $.
IFIAOIIII, Aram 9.

Some of our hues& say, that Signor Cappaelni is going to
return to Rome, sad that he will be here again in the autumn.
At Mu, is !Rh March, the harbour was covered with solid
lee as far as the eye could resell, end the Frieda Half so frosenrop•
that the eanumatiestien with Keansburg, Bromberg, and Elblag,
still took plate over the tee.
At Gottsaburg, at the 23d March, the lee in the harbour and the
roads was still so solid, that it was supposed the navigation could
net be apse before the middle of the neat inenth.—Dordi Ayers,

Vrnnu, Amu. I.—lfetaNiue% 971; Bask Shuts, 1091.
Affintfists Tram, 4611,

a: mown ex tAIMON.
PITIVISIBOROII, MARCIE 27.-10 1932.
AUSTIRDAK, Amu. 10.-1 I G75•40.—Tw0 mootbs, 11.
Holmomm, Amu. 7.--43 11 ; Two moths. 13 9k.
Dmat, Aram 4.—Three mootlw, I lin.

CITY. Twuvr o'CLocu.
Consols opened this morning at an j for the Account, and 1171
sellers for May, with nothing doing at present.
The Foreign market le also inactive.
Letters have bees rcsived this morning from Rio de Janeiro,
ten days later than qlOse formerly received. The &change bee
again fallen there tot* At the departure of these truers there
was no news, but another small loan was in contemplation, which,
it is supposed, was the cause of the fall In the exchange.

Counter Admiral Gruel has received orders to hoist his flag on.
board a frigate of sizty pos. to replace Admirsl Bombs in the
Brazils.

We understand that a reduction of test thousand men will take
place io our army in Ireland.
It is said that the Frew."' Three per Cents. left off on Friday at
TeL 71e.
CITY, HALF-PAST ONR O'CLOCK.

Tomorrow being settling day In the British market. little or no
business Is doing except set ling their Accounts. Consols may be
quoted at $7l Land 117 i for May.
The private letters from Paris confirm the accoenis that the
negociations with the Porte has taken an unfavourable turn. and
hostilities are expected to take place without delay.
In the Foreign market the only business dune b In Brazilian
Bonds, which MI 1 j per emu, bat they have a little improved
within this hour.

GRAND RN TERTA !NM DIM
Grand Dinners were given on Friday, Raturday, and yestardsi,
by the following Noblemen and Gentlenten
FUMY—EarI Bathurst. in Great Cuntberbed.place; Lord Sal-
tam. Great Comberland-stmt; Sir W. Houston. Charles.street.

St. James's ; Earl of Cassius, Wbitehall-prdests; Col. Howard,'
Grosvenor-square; Mr. Mundy, Queen Ann-street; Lord Dude
Dover street.
Sortutoay.—Lord De Dunstaireille, in Kolghtsbridge ;
Goulimrn, Downing-street; Viscount &demerit. Hill-street; Sir
Johu Lubbock, St. James's.place • Kul Hardwick*. St. James's-
square ; Marquis of Bete. Cbares-ureet, Berkeley-square; Earl
Gower, Hamilton.place ; Bishop of London, St. Jainees.square ;
Earl Dishy. Brook-street; Earl of Cork, Hamilton-place; Mr.
Plower Ward, Cavendlassquare ; Lord Farnborough, Whitehall.
gardens; Duke of Montrose, Growenor.square ; Earl Howe,
Cbarles.ureet, Berkeley-square.
Yitertavat.—The Duke of Sussex, is Kensington Palace; Doke
of Newcastle, Portman-square; Earl of Carnarvon. Grosvenor.
square t. Duke of Somerset. Park lane ; Earl of Hardwick.. Sc.
James's square; Lord De Duustanville, Knightsbridge; Earl
Talbot, Grosvenor-street.

The Dike of WirLuxoyou has recently purchased a
large estate, late the property of Sir Pavia Pots, In the neighbour
hood of Strathfieldssy, for upwards of two hundred and fifty thoo-
said pounds.
The Ball at Almack's, for the Spitalbelds Weavers,
on Friday evening, wasattesded by a crowd of distinguished fashion
and beauty.
In Cork 1,200/. has been subscribed to remunerate
Mr. O'Conuatc for his public services, including 3001. from Mr.
JIIIIIMIAN Molinari of Hyde Park. —Lisreerick Chronic's.
blajor•General GRANT has been appointed Governor
of Trinidsd. _ _ _ _ _ _ _

A Frerch Officer, having arrived at the Court of
Vienna, the Empress knowing that be bad seen the Ps incest de —..,
asked him if be thought this Princess was, as reported, the hand.
somret person in the world? '• Madam," replied the °ricer, " I
thought so yesterday."— The Mirror.
A Lady of quality teproached a Turkish Ambassa-
dor on the Mabometan r. liglott allowing them to have several wives.
Ihe Ambassador, without entering into Any discussion, replied,
" It permits it, that we may be able to hod In several all the graces
which are concentrated in you alone."
A duel was to ha.. taken place en Saturday morn
Ing Liar, in Battereea.hrlda. between C.—. G-- o—r, Esi
and -- Pie, Est both residents at the West end of the town.
Some person having, however, given iiformation to the Police,
they were (very much against their inclinations apparently) Nana
over to keep the peace towards each other, and all his Majesty's
hip subjects.
MiLTON lowsitao.—Caormorr Races.—These
celebrated races, which are considered as a finale to
the Melton Mainhaay, Belvoir, and Cottesasore Hunts,
took place on Wednesday, and whether they are con.
sidered with relation to the brilliancy of the meeting
or the coeditors of the spur, were fullY equ •1, if not
ruperior, to those of any bonier year. The only draw-
back on the pleasore of the day wag the absence of his
Grace the Duke of RUTLAND, whose Parliamentary
duties prevented his attendance. Croaton is a fine park,
belonging to the Duke, situated midway between 'Grant-
ham and Melton; it abounds in picturesque scenery,
noble o ski, and an abundance of deer. The course is
one of the best in the kingdom, and was in firm eou-
Jui

EITRAoRDINARY OCCUaItINCI —Monday last,Mary
Edwards. an elderly tamale, residing in one of the
houses for seamen's poor, 4 Whitby, who bad been
deprived of speech for eighteen years, was suddenly
resto,ed to the use of the same, whilst employed in
reading the sth chapter of Si. J hies Gospel.
Saturday afternoon, as two little girls (sisters), one
about ten, and the other about four years of age, were
bathing their feet in the Thames, on the south side of
Blackfriat s bridge, the younger child suddenly fell in,
and, in cOnsequeuce of the tide running very strong at
the time, she was carried out of her depth instantly.
The elder girl immediately rushed in to save her bitter
and sunk, when a boy, name! Juba Jeff, 15 years of
age, who was near the spot at the time, threw himself
into the water, and was fortunate enough to take bold
of both the children, and keep their heads above water
until assistance was rendered by a eraternsan, who sec.
`ceeded in picking them all three up. The brave bet'
who thus risked his own blab unable to swim.

COURT CIRCULAR.
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The Duke of CUMBERLAND left town at an early
boor yesterday womb. on a risk to his Mammy, at his Palate
at Windsor.
The Duchess of KENT and the Princess &TEMA MA.
man visited the Princess AUGUrtA on Saturday.' at her residence
In the King's Palace, St. James's.
Lord RtH.Ln gave a grand dinner to the Duke d
CosumaLaso, or Saturday, at his residence In Upper Grosvenor.
street : there was a Dangerous party to meet his Royal Highness.
The Duke of MA NCHISTBR transacted business us
Saturday at the Foreign and Colonial Offices.
The Etrl of LA-ODIUM LS bad a long interview with
the Duke of Weaultatest yesterday. The Dean of Cravens also',
visited his Grace.
The Duke of liist.t.tutrrou entertained a select party
to dinner yesterday. at his residence In Downing street.
The Spanish Minister. bad a conference pith the Err!
of Assaomin on Saturday, at the Office of the Secretary of &ass'
for Foreign Affairs.
The Wurtemberg Minister transacted business at the
Foreign Office, Downintatreet. on Saturday.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUIR entertsinesl a
numerous party at dinner on Saturday, at his residence in Dew
ing-street.
Lord Marrsoanuou gave a grand dinnzr party on
Saturday et his residence in Sairille.atreet.
The Lords of his Msjesty's Most Hon. Privy Council
had a meeting at eleven o'clock on Saturday morning, at the
Council Office Whirehan. The Lords present were—the Lord
President of the Carped. she Judge of the Admiralty Court, the
Jed's-Advocate-General, and Viscount Bigesllollo. Their Lortl.l
ships were occupied In bearing the arguments of Cisml, Is She
ease of a Petition from Jersey, till half past two o'clock, wws the
I case concluded, and Counsel were ordered to withdraw. Their
Lordships soon afterwards adjourned.
Saturday afternoon. Mr. /Inmost' and the Rev. Mr.
ISSACION attended at the Office of the Secretary of State for the
Home Department, with a Petition, signed by 113,000 a the in
habitants of Londe@ and Westminster, praying his blamer tn
dissolve the Parliament, and applied to Mr. Secretary Peat. to
forward it to his Muesli. The Petition, which was so yule.
minces as to require two persons to carry if. was seat deem by
Mr. Secretary Pam, by a King's messenger. to his Manors. at
his Palace, at Windsor, is the muse of the afternoon.