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'.10,e47 winos abwoW My yiW, nt. age matendiers the
Levied wisest ear hesedield Shrimp were lasitall 8/
1 ilotrini's Peogress. ' isetilsose, Hobbies. Cle.,
the Meter, eir sad the Sofferings of John LoWt;
tini Sill Saglishami. The art of printing.
4aag as it haeliemiewerelsed. had ant winked its almost
`.`willity, sad galboes had been neon begat on gratifying
YOttoiltsoloes by rkiishisic their own opinions than in
orettPlog n&lStracting their readers.
• *it great it,' • has is this respect bees wrought,
leikoir•
ad a. Hie ' ty-Sve years 1 The most capaystior
';)risks bare t every branch of kaowledge with's
• of the anationde and it is now become more
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select from the ;wises variety spread upon a
s counter, than it formerly was to find a
bialit.Wlach was really worth the purchase, and which
olishimid the 'Alamitos of ansumemeat and 'Detraction
with good morals and rased taste. •
. The esoseeprewe has been most favorable to the Intel-
Ilefeefeeed balite of the people. Books furnish the ra•
• timed of winter 'writings, the domestic aim
cis is eirmiablo. the public boom is less reps*
ealle. sad dnakommem. igaterni of being as every-day
vial, is Assist aohnown, se
ason
the most 1111-
.. Moto mid degraded glasses. ilecent house now
its Owe select library, • items every village
. beek-seciety as various scam; mow for the circela-
OMB of laterestieg and popular books, others foe Hags-
' sues and Journals. sad many for bOth. Instead. there-
. ferny Of driakispelabs for the oatmeal grati6cation of
iota, srit have far better asseciatious, the.moral effects of
whist are triable whatever we tern.
' . Thaw observations would, however, bar their prat.
- tient offset if we Swollen ti plat oat the boob which
bails thus Waded to preshow a saws! regosenition for
the of those whe.ore desiress of. promoting it,
*feet as fathers of families, as Wadeable search of
. know ,or as public-spirited persons in the mid-
diet set society, who have the beet opportualties
eflOrometieg an object la which all ire interested.
For the purposes indicated I. the preceding observe-1
. Ram perhaps DO beplifi Vat DM' 'WWI raftolOtell to
Noses sad instruct than -the voiles* called the guard
intielere of the Werfit. 10 luta* aid tariet# it, has
' . nit etilsal in our language. while theinfetWiititivilt enn-
ui*, Is derived from the best althorldes,hitd the Male-
. jests se ably . treated amid Water be read with-60a' att-
.
• 'soup by the prince linithe pegiant. •
1 A ;volume of gloater iptereit, and whicle, from the sub-
. ROI of Its *objects, ought-to be mein lit everOire-side,
in'the Wonder. to f the Heels displayed.. 'Wetter we
- coitaider'diesah*t.mastter. the mode Of westdient, or
the beauty aid variety ol'tbe eggraiihigic, this work can-
al WI to render mimic* ProaCig, Mid edlarge the no-
' destandings of ail its readers. •
• 'A'nOther Yolume equidlY popular in ate. Contents i,
. Prior'. Account of all the rotaries fogad the World,
irtinalagellan, the rstg circemnavigatoe, down to the
I,4o:virago in 1820 bylteyeleet. 'The "object of this
work Masienay speaks for Itself. Nor does it eoesist
of 'series 'aerations, for every plate of inters* has been
copied fro. the original 'verges of Armen, Cook. and
.
others.
4 corresponding volume of the best Travels in every
collate,' In the World, ii, ft is undersimplo reparatioo
lgplea same Editor, sailer the iiiii of Prior's Useieersal
er, and it will in like manner ielillat one hue-
skate( the bast plates r!! the foal.
ligeoag books of the same class we may point out.
likkingelee Neutral nett et all the tioliftetti wed
lii4gious Ceresuortieeist the !World, whether ChrilltilaN,
htopogestan, Jewish. 'Bodo°. or Pagan, as one of the
islisSinetractive works is any lege 1 Midges' at
tI4P esso•AinDe one of the most plea •-1 -hy the hamtred
evavings. ip which are repressated le opt remark-
s W offemooles describod is due tot.
is that delightful brae& if Liaises* '
His workiwhlek supply an inexhaustible feel=
reeding,- are &Ideal:We Aiderephiedt ClEss .1104;
which Dooming no heathen 500-lives 'of 'ati.irteel et&
tout persons from Homer to Arthur Todag End Sir Jr,"
sit Banks, with 150 portriits of the prliafrpal chine-
tete; and to this may be added, ma6be, &WM *ern.
and Air Phrtareh. with PlPlstikiwie Scripture Diotrephys
Dui .11obiuttotee Volume of Aiteieut Hotetory to the time
of L'harlemagne, awl Ma Modern. flietoldroggitt dots
to our mistimes ; and the same author is engaged upon
a esearate history of England on an iinproeed plan,
wittli)o'engtavings copied-(roai the designs of all the,
pat )(Masters of the BMA school of paleting. Bid for
that itriten's fireside, no'book of 'History can be coda-
peeeiPwith Gait's Anecdote's or Pictures derived from
Eaglias. Scottish, and Irish History; in which the ea-
t* as easegadtai all those morsels • which are to be
&aid In volUminons chronicles and other works. too ex-
peteivnfor geoersl access, and then only to be traced
byn; research.. ' ' • ' •
iiiillie nieful Arts wehavt the Book (as it is wiled) of
E *Kik I' ittde t , a volume •whiCh contains the History,
SiNeet, 'add Etwoonty' of above OD hundred trades,
wials.:Digrived representations of- eadh, and of their
t• pad machinery. Akin to this work may be named
Atiekcesie'e rhotioand Poperituents ix Chemistry,
semi
_ils attplies.all the modern discoveries in that science
to lffaitiiiactures aid • the Arts of Life; sod Foigg's
Faeliter's !Weeder, improved by Middleton. a book
widelt Sas done more ter the prosperitysofeteat Britain
than may literary production of 'hasp'.
'Ln flaitry die popular library is supplied with all the
r etwief ftglish Verse in the Classicist Collection of
Primeteei Moor ; while the levers of Lyrical Poetry
and. eagle) ilarenoey find an isolieustiblefeed.ef eater-
telltales; is the 'vet nme called; tic. race( Library./ Two
nosiest 1 Sorage. without the **eta. ribaldry which
toe cam' disgraces tad tilleCtione. 7. • '
Those who desire to study, what is the duty of all.
tLo Gonstitstion and Spirit of the. Lawl' of Blighted,
need. soother work than the (till and complete Abridge-
s:apt te li:ackstome by Gfifortk which also contains much
other informatioa ilinstsetive of this most important
sulijekt.. . .
A; isieneral Not.-Hook, or illustration of every diii-
cult point attending the study of the Holy Scriptures,
wl:tilk in sane form, are to be 'found in every house i.
go *oiler id' Stir language. can be compared with the
full and copious Dictionary of Dr. Robinson ; a I itly of
leartdpg to Hebrew and Theological Literature, which
supersede the necessity of possessing annotated Bibles,
WOOts .Which are arviays expensive, and always very
partiatii 'their Obseritations.
Abnhilencie of othertfiroks, with Similar features of
utility; imasement. and iestraction, Might be specified.
Lot as• none are superior so thosenbove-mentioned on
their Wintering subjects, and as the Family and Stu-
dent's Library must necessarily be limited in cust' and
estent, iniiiiere can be no reason for enlarging a list
wifictitan be `ektendeit'aceording lo the railed means
and incrcosed intelligence of the purchaser.
. . • • - • Commost Sexed: •
.ill.01210&L 0 Lpcx.siii.i: casTtNues.—Na. 11,414.
4etgiasifPriee of 30,0004. was said by, hip! ill
4..the•Lest Day of DettWing,.at his fortnpOii,
t-: 19* cyrPhiPa.alll!:;24.. tioklN'ttrilts ROI
, tY:ru that he lica '1441y-had the *awe of
tog to ale INK*. fir„b yes diet)hiss 404
I remit*. e d Mist ho. will k411&10° **lt
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-111. Canino' moved fer a wok or Babas Corny
to bring up the body of tlilidefendault frantilesiester
Oaol, in order that his place of enstedy .10_ be
changed. It will be recollected' that 'the iefeaasat
was convicted two years rhea with two other 1441444 k
of a conspiracy: This defendant was senteei4
two years imirisoasest in Oloieester Gaol, to pay e
fine to the Mug of 3,0001 to find mettles. fir his
good behaviour, -lad to be farther intpriaOsed aeo4
the fine was paid and the suedes found. illeeentenin
Of imprisonment having 'spired, aid being unable to
pay the fine, he now applied to the Court to have his
place of confinement changed from Cfleacester to some
other prison In or nearer' Loudon, for she benefit of
the air, his health being grealy injured for want of
air and exercise in his present Awe of cosilassieuta.
The Learned Counsel contended that the defendant
could now be treated only as I Crowe debtor, the
term of his imprisonment having-et pieed. sad that the.
Court had a discretionary power to change his prises.
The Cotter said they bad no power to comply with.
Ike motion. The wattage was espies. endirtlye
that the defendant was to mask in ceded,• Oa-.
~seer Gaol. until the fine as paid. As ;Opt 040
filament, Oloacester Gaol was tench siors 1117 thew
any in or Deli bonderi.--Rsior ref!teed•
K Ml 3 PXNGII
tx 711 f MIMES OF COL.IA*OT v. VIE lllAltOttOl. OF
111 a )IOttOtiALOZA.
The LOAD.CIII24 JUSTTi. ttkeitkOd the ophdri of
the Court tarn the coinplaiptniede by Coirinetßaylop.
they bad coesi;fied pe affidavit"; and :0)1 /P..
Ores to the first 444 of
.c.ofelithat. niuwely, the
eleiisaion on the pan ef the hyttslial to confront Col.
liayley with Celinel :Ifead, thereto satisfied with
the Marshals' rttir fght Magsbia
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acted discreetly in' not briagieg the prrve together ;
and althoughbe might hire beenlolo.4d Seedisc
she party to Illorsetnonget-lane'PrieCn. yet the Court
thought the course taken was the "vies of keeping
peace in the prison. Another grenud of • complaint
was, that after inforpiition. giros et the improper
mananer in which the cairee4iouie was conducted the
Marshal did not immediately discherge rtalle, the
keeper. It,. holever; 'appeared he did .41iiinise blas
some time after, lied notwithstanding he might -hire
discharged hiin'seOner..the Court.dht not thials-it was
the subject fur severe soimadieisiOo; especially as k
aid not appear thatany disorderly conduct wastilise 're-
ed:hallo night Which was the subject of stomplaint:
perusing the affidavits, they found a -charge ye-
toting to permission given to persons to bare rooms
in the prison. A great deal must be left to the die-
cretion of the kieyer of every prison, sn4 consideriag
the chSratfert isho went to the Manhole's. the Court
had no hesitation in Saying. the 3/flersitsl had a diiere-
tion to exercise with respect to the bodiless of pri-
soners. They could Polinterfere.witblhatillsc
Unless they NW good neon for4mosteroor.
Coirt bad directed that the Marshal, in his visits An
different pastry( the pits‘o, ahould.saalut isleity..sod
Brake known to the proper officer 0.• WIMP ifs pop-
iessleo of such rooms: 10..410111 the 41Wigellselele fw
that rupee; ~tight le* trim. aye of she Coast The
only remaining charge woe, tills 141104111111101a1t
,oihe -Own. Ths linrsind sal& issif 'pas
subject, which might be taken ns sun" betakes all,
the Court were clearly of opinion the Act of Parlia-
ment must be obeyed., The Act said the Marshal
shall rasideis the riles or the rules. .The tenet bad
prepared, ti jilts to make the Marshal aside in, the
prison, or riles: and they ordered that he do 'Sport
nezg!ras what measures he may have taken is cos-
pliance.with their order. At the time they made this
regulation, they thought it die to the Marshal to fey.'
with respect to his general conduct, that *ay coml..'
tiered him a very meritorious officer.. Lie had bees
able and discreet in the discharge of the duties of his.
Office, obliging to persons pliwted .wastody.• sad'
very charitabl and kind towards the poor. The.Ast
•of Parliament, they were obliged to. say, compelled
him to reside in the prison or the rules, The care of
iittfnt had been, alluded to. but the. distinction be-
tween that case and the present was in favour of the
hlapsbaL The only reinitiating part of the subject wait
the costs of the application. All that related to. Cob
Bayley personally had been answered to tiks .srnisfac-
tion of the Court. A short affiittavit on the .points
might have been made, aid if it bad; appeared that, no
irregularity could be trued, in the condos of Col.
Bayley, the Court would have considered him eatitled
to the coats, but the Court did net feet themselves: jas-
tified,.under all the cirsuinstaates, in giving the emu,
BEDFORD V. WHILST OW OTUIU. .
Mr. BLACOBIJON obtained a rale to bring back. the
venue from Lancaster ,tn. Middlesex.. on the. grimed
that the plaintiff could. not havoc% fejt% trial• id that

county.
TA! COURT. WI days ok the tootion.of. Mt. Simi-
•atz, allowed the rule to be.eolargtd-to scot. telt.
sithselmas Term aoded.- A

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PREROOATIV4 d)URT, Nor. 28.

ALLEGE') viript. OF LIEGT.-COL.'
• DECEASED. LATE Or Tilt ROTA!. MARINE..

Dool4lllorlr O. cam/mars".
Dr. SIVA NET said, be *red' to relieve. the, Court,
iron) the Consideration of this case (which it appeared
was a will, alleged to have been iamb,. by, tile.
ceased), an inaerstanding having tiken.place heineen
the parties, by which it was agreed sentence. should
be taken against the will pronounced, aiso to,revpke
the probate, each party paying their own costs..
Sir J. Nichtoi. observed, it is!glit bp a satirfact;4,lo
to the parties that the Cotirp had rest ilirOngb
evidence; and that it • did not assogat to,such proof
as that the Coirt'eould pronounce foe...ibis papers The
Court could see nothing to implicate wt. CarpenAer,in
the fraud of obtainine► this it
.iltimefore pro-
flounced against the validiety of the pretended Will is
question. each party paying their •a cosh.. .
Court. further pronounced for lateriticyxArreeing,
ministration to the sop and two dattitters
ceased Lieut.-Colonel, as the heit
t,lo‘'.
BOARD OF
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Mr. tle•riGt.Elpitick. o Kep:table Milli in ghiParll-
- P4P..o4lSrOvigiAl‘ifg is his. peop•dysii n
, juantity of smuggled nines and spirits.

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