T T « JYo. 797.] Printed for J. BOOTH. J tin. Chronicle Street: SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 182- 2: ", [ Price 7if; FOREIGN APPLES. ON SALE, At tie WarelwUte of Mr, STEWART, Exchange Court, Union Street, ALARGE Quantity of very superior FOREIGN APPLES, consisting of two We different kinds, some nf which ar* the very finest that grow in Germany, and the whote « f them much superior to any APPLES usually import- ed here for S3le. The following are the names of a few of the best sorts, tvbich may be had from the principal Fruit Dealers, or in quantities at the Warehouse of the Importer. § Borstof, ' Sennits. French mite. Pisang, Pelcrsemen, Paradise, French Red, And St- James's. T TO I. ET, TfE FIRST FLOOR in the Subscribers' House, Union Street. Apply to JOHN SYMON. TO BE LET AT WHITSUNDAY, THAT HOUSE in the East End of Castlo Street at r'— er. t i. u upieu , vy Slajoi M. tchtU. The rent and t?. 5ics tsoderafe. Enquire at Mr. Mowat, Upholsteret. On MONTIAY, Jan. 14, will be retived the Comedy:*)? SECRETS WORTH KNOWING. APRIL, Mr. GAITHWAITE. Nicholas Hue, ... » . Mr. WILLIAMS. Plethora. ... - ... Mr- GORDON. And Salty Downright, by Mrs. RVDER. Willi the Farce OF AGE TO- MORROW. J?:; derkk Baron Wellinghurst, Mr. Goimox. And Maria, by Mrs. RYDER. On Tt'BSn. t*. Jan. 15, the Musical Play of THE FOUNDLING OFTHE FOREST. Count de Vslmont, ... Mr. MtflfiKT, Florian, ( the Foundling.) ... Mr GORDON. J5u « cnia. ( the unknown Female) ... Miss HARORAVE ° And Rosabelle, by Mrs. RYDER. / With other Entertainments. roloinnV celebrated - Mimical Play of " THE IRON CHEST Is in preparation, and will be brought forward on THURSDAY next, ( the 7lh paskio^ able Night J enrtiracing the whole talent of the Corps. Dntmatique. Amidst the Novelties in preparation, the'most popular" Tarcc ofthe present dav will soeedily meet the public eye, viz. " MONSIEUR TONSON." • U. B.— The SHAKSPEARE CLUB, ( which purposes to visit alternately the principal Inns,), assembles THIS EVENING, at the NEW INN. Chair taken precisely at 8— Gentlemen wilt receive Tickets, graft's. at the Bar. SALE OF SHARES IN TRADING COM- PANIES AND SHIPPING.. For sale by public roup, within the bouse of John Dempster, Vintner in Aberdeen, on Friday the 18th day of January next, at 6 o'clock afternoon, \ tf\ NE SHARE of the Copartnery Concern of'George V Gordon and Co. Brewers at Ferryhill. TWO SHARES in the Aberdeen Farmer I. ime Company. ONE SHARE in the Mirth Briush Insurance Company. SHIPPING. ONE SHARE in the Aberdeen and London New Ship- ping Company. I- 24th SHARE of the, brig HIGHL ANDER of Aber- deen. " * 1.16th SHARE of the scbooner JOHNSTON.. MStb SHARE of the sloop RELIANCE. 1- 15th SHARE of the schooner JEAN, The whole of the above belonged to the late Mr. James Gillespie, and areto be sold for behoof of Legatees. 1 Apply, for particulars, to Alex. Smith, Advocate, Correc- * lion Wynd. ; " •- • ..- TO WRIGHTS AND LABOURERS. To Let at HILLSIDE, on the Stonehaven Turnpike Road, within six miles of - Aberdeen, ADWELLING HOUSE and SHOP, iu which a Wright who understands Country Work in general would meet with encouragement, having beep occupied in that line for a number of years past; entry immediately. ALSO TO LET, Several SMALL CROFTS, with Dwelling Houses and Moss for firing. LIKEWISE, TO I. ET, That SHOP in Queen Street, with part of the FIRST FLOOR, opposite Maslin's Inn, possessed by Mr. Gove. Enquire at Robert Shand, Queen Street. BAKE- HOUSE TO BE LET. THAT large and commodious BAKE- HOUSE, in Chapel Street, presently possessed by Mr. Jas. Anderson, Baker; together with excellent Flour Cellars. Dwelling House, and what other accommodation maybe wanted. The Shop has been long known to have had a first rate retail business— the Oven, which is a very superior one, is quite new, and no situation round Aberdeen is more y> v, healthy, :., id pleasant. LIKEWISE, a small FAMILY TTOUSE.-. sery mode- rately ren ed. together with FLOORS wliieh shut in by them- selves, having the use of an excellent Bleaching Green. Apply to Mr. Alexander Croinbie, Dentist, Little Belmont Street. A CAUTION. The London Genuine Tea Company, No. 23, Ludgate- HilL, LONDON, THINK it right to caution the Public against the nu- merous Imitators of their Establishment, who are impost ing their impudent pretensions throughout the Country, imi- tatingthe Wrappers ofthe genuine Establishment, copying ( verbatim) the Advertisements of the Company, and pretending they do not vend Bohca Tea. So closely has this resemblance been followed, that repeated complaints are received of such deceptions, which have not been discovered till the Teas were made use of. One man, presuming upon the forbearance of the LONDON GENUINE TEA COMPANY,. has increased in impudence, and is endeavouring, under a fictious Firm, to induce respec- table Shopkeepersin the Country to sell forhirn, and asserting direct falsehoods,— affecting to Autioti the Public, and endea- vouring tomake them believe that the Teas sold by him are tiiose from the Company's Establishment. In consequence ofthe poisonous mixtures sold as Teas, and the repeated prosecutions for that. offence, ( tin ee years since,) the LONDON GENUINE TEA COMPANY was at that time first formed, for the purpose of supplying the Country with the East India Company's TEAS, PURE AS IMPORTED, Irt sealed Packages of Pounds, Halves, Quarters, and 3lbs and 6' lbs. Parcels, & c, packed in Lead, which is the only way to preserve theflavour of the ' lea, and invariably adopted by the Chinese in exporting their Teas to this Country. An attempt has been made, in some Towns, To vend very low- priced Teas, put in tin canisters ; and the LONDON GENUINE TEA COMPANY wish their Country Friends to- be aware, that: with such parties they have no connection whatever. Tin is never used in the package Of ' feas, either by the Chinese or the East India Company ; and, consequently, not adopted by the I^ QNDON GKNUINS TBA COMPANY. The Public wishing to purchase the Company'sgehuiW Teas rmis* BE PARTICULAR THAT R A N IT THE CHEROKEE CHIEF; ' - - . I OR, A. RUN FOR TIFF.! A Hunter, whose Bo, ots werC illum^ d by the Jet,' Was lately by Cherokee Indians beset. . In desperate conflict, disputing the field; . ' ' Till fore'd by the pressure of numbers to yield. Enrsg'd at their loss, and determin'd to take Dread vengeance, their captive they bound to a slake, vi-- n lo ! ere the death . sending bowstring they drew, "" " . Blacking rose full on their view. _ irihe - _ ^ i amazement display'd, kindness snrvey'd, lilnr blind, , dir.' d j— IHIre^^ on. « ded, by flight!" The stranger rush'd on, and much distancejiad pass'd. The horde wljile they eyed him with womlei agti The mystical vlsinus that glearn'il in each Boot Impeding the impulse of instant pursuit. • At last the dread war- w hoop with hideous criev They raise, and each Savage hi? energy tries;— But one mote alert his advantage maintain'd, And near and more near on the fugitive giin'd, Who facing about, dated his foe to the strife With thusp Sa& bA sprite^ who protected bis life j Thesavages paus'd, and. relinq'uish'd the chaqe,— The stranger liis safety thus owed to the Jet! The Cherokee Indians still boast of the race In which « whole host they intrepidly met Of Boot- lurking Spectres, while Taste still is backing The worth o'er both Indiesof WAIUIEN'S Jet Blushing. This E « sy Shining and Brilliant BLACKING, prepared by '/ dfiAe/ n^ STRAND. EnnAtVi; SOLD IN AERR DEEN BY Smith,' Union Street Davidson, Broad Street Robertson & Reid, Quay Reid, - Castle Street Kvmon, Union Street . ' Mblfeon, Rotmd Table. Breroner & Co. Union St. Smith, sen. Castle Street "'-'. Braiitmgfosm, Gallowgate Fraser. Union Street Duguid. North Street. Sutherland, ditto. Wsrrack,. Union Street. Simpson, druggist; Green. Heid, ditto. i „. , And's'old'm every Town m the Kingdom; LIQUID, in Bottles *> d, lOd. I2d. and 18d. each. Also PASTE'BLACKING, hi Pots 6.1. lSd. and lSdeach • . A « iiUing Pot of Paste is equal to Four Shilling Buttles AtlanV: Grtjitn. I,. Crtik'kshBnk, G allowgate. A. Crwieksh. mk, ditto. Winl& w, . ditto. Park, Brind Street. I lines, •' do. do. Gijaod^ Castle Street Dyce,. Broad Street Audeiraoh, Castle Street" BisSet, Broad Street Esson. Gallowgate | Afflecks-- Union Street. I Hay. King Street • TrOup,' Castle Street No. 23, LUBGATE HILL Is printed on the Packages, And should it not, Families may be assured they are deceived by some of the. Persons before alluded to. . The following are the only, authorised Agents of. ths London Genuine Tea Company in'this District:—• WYLLIE,• Bookseller, Uuiati Street, ABERDEEN" D Airdrie. J. Shaw Alloa, J. Spittai Anderston, I'. M'Kab, Merct. Annan, W. J. N. Morval Anstriither. D, Rodger ' Banff. A. Harper Brechin, D. M'Kinzie Beiih, J. Anderion, Cloth Merchant Biggar, R. Pairman Blairgowriie, R. Ayson Broughty Ferry, J. Baxter & Son Bunfoot, J, Steele Caltcn, J. Buchannan Carluke, J. Cassel Castle Douglas, J. M'Guffog Catrine, J. Smith, Woollen Draper Colinsbur. gh, J. Brig^ s Coucaddens. W. M CulIum Crail, R. Gourlay Cramond, E. Almond Creetown, S. Adair Cumnock. J. M'Vitie Currie, W. Fleming Cupar,- R. Nicol Dalkeith, J. Gordon, Iron- monger" Dunbar, Miss I. Watson, Merchant Dumbarton, C. M'Farlan Dunfermline, J, Beteridge, Mercht. High Streat Dunskeithness. J. Donaldson Dunkeld. A. Douglas Dumfries. T. Beck Dundee, J. Chahnnrs, Book- seller. 4, Castle Street Edinburgh, A. Sievwright, . 102, South Bridge Elgin, A. Sivewrigbt Elie, A. Beale Falkirk, A. Cochran, Hard- ware, Merchant • Ellon, W. Chalmers, Jun. Forres, W. Masson Fraserburgh, A. Macallan Gatehouse, T. Campbell Girven, J. Houston Glasgow, J. Londoun, 14, Hutcheson Street Greenock, Warden 4 Co._ Haddington, P. Martin Hamilton, J. Allan, Wine Merchant Hutcheson Town, J. Clark Huntly, W. Davidson, Au- nuity Office Innerkip, J. Fife Inverkeithing, J. Barclay, Juii. Irvine, W. Tweed 4nvergordon, J. Graham Jedburgh, J. Brown, Ironm. Johnstone, It. Hodgart Kilbarchan, J. Stewart, Mercht. Kilmarnock, J. Thomson Kilsyth, J. Rankin Kiiwjllir. g, W. Tweed Kilwinning, J. I'aton Kincardine, J. Hatton Kingussie; D. M'I'herson Kinross, A. Young, Clotb Merchant Kelso, A.- Lindsay Kirkcaldy. J. Wotherspoon Kirkwall,- D. Warren Lerwick, G. Paterson Lcsmabago, II, Frame Lennoxtown, Victualling So- ciety Lesswaid, M. Tod Levin, W. M'lntosh Lorhwiniioch, R. Brodie, Cloth Mercht Longtown, Main k Ferguson Maxwellton, J. Birnie Maybdle, J. Underwood Montrose, G. Shepherd, Seeds- man Nairn, D. Fraser New Deer, G. Syaimers Newton- upon- Ayr, Victual- ling Society Newton Stewart, T. Gray Oban, L. Douglas Ochiltree, Helen Campaign Paisley, R. Ritchie, & Co. Grocers, 8, Gauze Street Peebles, T. Murray. . Penicnick. J. Allen Perth. C. CideySSifi. Btwksiil. Peterhead, W. A ndelsun Portsoy, W. Harper Pittenweem, J. Taylor Port Appin, R. Mackenzie Port Glasgow, J. Millet, Watchmaker Porto, Bello, W. Fox Prestonpans,. J. Korsvth Queen's Ferry, A. Pollock Slateford, - J. Frier Springfield, J. Sanders SteWartown, R. Cairnduff St. Andrews, A. Thompson Stirling, Miss Isabella lluugh, Baker's VVynJ Stranraer, C, Agnew Stonehaven, C. Monro Strotnness, A. Davidson Thurso, H. Covan 1' obermory, R. Cuthbertson Torryburn, A. Henderson Tranent, H. Kedzlie Tradeston, J. Miller Westhaven, J. Walker Wigtown, H. Binin and Co. Wick, J. Miller. SHIPPING FOR SALE. Upon Friday, the 18th day of January curt, there will be ex- posed to sale, by public roup, within the Leiaon Tree Tavern, Aberdeen, at six o'clock afternoon. The Shares of the Brigaotine MAR y of Aberdea, Belonging to the Bankrupt Esttes of PETEK . IT^^- IGTAR- RITCHIE and'ANTHONY ^ I. SON. Upset price to be at the rate of for theivhole Vesse- and the purchaser's entry to commence from the lay of. sale. For farther particulars, application may tie nade to Alex, Webster, Advocate, Aberdevro EXTENSIVE SALE OF GROCERY GOODS, WINES, SPIRITS, PORTER, & c. , AND SHOP TO LET. On Monday 14th curt, there will be sold by public roup, in that Shop, in Union Street, occupied by Mr. JOHN RINIIEI,, HPHE whole STOCK in TRADE, belonging to him. consisting of Raw and Refined Sugars— Teas- Hops—. Spicerics— Mustard - Rawand Roasted Coffee— Blues — Carrawayv— Fruit— Soda— Ashes- Yellow and Mottled Soap, and London Mottled Soap—-- Ginger— Starch— Pickles and Sauces— Rice— Cotton Wick— Candy— Confections— Double and Single Glo'ster Cheese— Glass- ware— Pills— Candle— Vinegar— Foreign and British Spirits— Port and Sherry— Blacking—- Juice— I. ondort.. Porter, and Edinburgh Strong in Bottles— Blaek Beer— and a number of other at tides. Sale to begiu at JO o'clock forenoon. JAMES ROSS, AUCTIONEER. Al. N. B.— Mr. RIODEI. is retiring from this line of business ; and as the above stock is : i\': Jr-': i goods, and the whole being positively lo be sold without ret , ve, Dealers will find it their interest to attend. * Mr. RIDDEJ. will be glad to treat with any person for the premises and fixtures. Aberdeen, Jan. 9, 1822, GROUND TO LET, ENTRY IMMEDIATELY. HPHAT part ofthe NINTH LOT of the LANDS A of PITMUXTON, lying in the vicinity of Aberdeen, as lately occupied by Mr. James Walker, Nursery and Seeds- man in Aberdeen, will be let fur such number of years as can be agreed upon. The Ground consists of about Five Acres: it is of a rich early soil, anil in a good stite of cultivation. ALSO TO BE LET, That DWELLING HOUSE and STABLE* fronting Bowl Road, situated at the back of tli « House occupied by James Black, Vintner. Entry at Wliititniday next. Apply to Alex. Muir, Advocate, King Street.. Aberdeen, Jan. II, 1822. VALUABLE SALMON FISHINGS TO LET. To be let by public roup, within the Star Inn, Montrlse. on Friday the 18th day of January next, betwixt the hours of one and two o'clock afternoon, for a LEASE pf FIVE YEARS, from Candlemas, 1822, THE whole SALMON FISHINGS on the river Southesk, belonging to Sir James Carnegie, Bart, and lately possessed by Mr. Berry. - These Fishings extend up the River to near the. town of Brechin, a space of five or six miles, and art' worth the atten- tion of people in that line. For further particulars, application may - be made to Mr. Lyall, Factor on Southesk, at Carcary, by Brechin. Carcary, Dec. 10, 1821. WOOD YARD, & c. FOR SALE. TO BE SOLD, THAT spacious WOOD YARD, which belonged to, and was lately possessed by, the deceased Mr, Edward Green, and situated near the Wind Mill Hill of this Burgh. There are erected on the Premises, a neat Counting House of two apartments, covered with blue slate, and ornamented with shrubs and fruit trees ; a large drying Shed • three other Sheds,, with Saw Pits and other accommodations ; the whole substantially enclosed with stone walls. This Property, which is centrical]* situated and of easy ac- cess; is Well adapted for carrying on the Wood Trade to a great extent; and as it has been occupied in that line for a long time past, the purchaser will Succeed u> the bus' iie^ s of theprerious possessors. Entry to the Premises now, or at Whitsunday next. For farther particulars, apply to George Beattie, Writer in Montrose. Montrose, Jan. 10th, 1822. 1' 7- The whole STOCK of WOOD. & c. which belonged to Mr. Green, will soon be avertised by public roup. MEMEL TIMBER, TN LOGS AND DEALS. There is now Landing from the PERSEVERANCE, end of Waterloo Quay, AN excellent Assortment of beautiful and uncom- monly well seasoned ME. MEL,. 3 Inch DEALS, from 6 Feet to 15, 16. 20, and 21. Feet long.. Apply to ALEXANDER IIALE & Co. F'ootdee, who will, show the Deals ; or to Al. EX. FORBES, Who has also for ' Sale, a Small Car^ o of Prime MEMEI. LOGS— Apply as above. .."""'' Marischul Street, Jan.. 5, 1822. - HOUSE IN THE HARDGATE, TO BE SOLD. , /' .' To be sold by public roup, within the House of Mrs. Ronald, Lemon ' l'ree Tavern, upon Monday the l Uh Jan. curt, at 6 o'clock evening,- r| MlAT LOT or PIECE of GROUND, lying on A the North Side of the Hardgate or Windmill- brae of Aberdeen, being part of the Croft, of Land called the " itmg- landi," with the Dwelling House and other Buildings thereon, all as occupied at present by James Bruce, Geo. Reid, and others. For further particulars, apply to Lewis Nicoll, Advocate in Aberdeen. To the EDITOR of the ABERDEEN CHRONICLE. SIR, TH E danger to be apprehended from destroying our Bul- wark against the encroachments of the sea, the Bents, was long since pointed Out in your useful paper, and within these three years it is much increased. In more than six different places the sands are brought so lows that were a Spring Tide to be accompanied by a Strong north easterly gale, the sea must ( low and ebb through these openings ; and as the'Broad Hill, Gal low Hills, Links, and Satidilandr, are all bottomed on sand, and even the Heading and Castle Hills, the conse- quences giust be obvious— not less than fifty carts load of sand are driven up to town daily, or," deducting Sundays, 15.650 in the course of the year. OBSERVATOR. Aberdeen- 1 Jan. 11, 1$ 22. A LETTER ON THE SUBJECTS" OF Economical Retrenchment, and Parliamentary Reform, ADDRESSED TO THE MIDDLE RANKS or THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND. . BY A GENTLEMAN FARMER. Our ancestors acted parsimoniously because, they only spent their own treasure for the good of their posterity ; whereas- we squander away the treasures of our posterity. Swn- t. ( Continued from our last.) The privilege of franking letters might bo taken from the members of the Legislature, and pledges might be required from - the chiefs of'public offices, that no private letter should be sent under their official covers. To enforce the necessity of this measure, it may be stated, that the Revenue of the Post Office has fallen consider- ably since the peace. Net Revenue of the Post Offices of Great Bri- 1 £ J ^^ BQ( J tain tmd Ireland for 1814 The same for 1820 1.448.000. The one year less than the other, by £ 551.000. Totlie EDITOR ofthe ABERDEEN CIIRONICLS. SIR, » WHILE hireling printsare teeming with invective against- an oppressed and injured people, for the supposed - unprovoked massacre of several thousands of their cruel oppressors, I re- quest, that you will be so kind as insert ( if you can spare so much room) the following extract, in your independent Chronicle, which, if not an apology for conduct so loudly complained of. will at least prove, that , of all people the Turks should be silent on the breach of treaties. The extract is made from the- works of the celebrated traveller SONNIMI, and applies to the period when Famagusta. in the Island of Cyprus, then belonging to the Venetians, was beseiged by the Ottoman forces. . " After having sustained six assaults, against the united Ottoman' forces, and experienced the ravages of five hundred thousand shells, the valiant Bragadino, commander of the Venetian army, being forced to yield to numbers, capitulated, 1' he conditions were settled, they were honourable to the be- sieged, and worthy of their long and brave resistance ; but at the moment the European General w> ent to Mustapha's tent, in order to announce to- him his departure and take leave of him, the barbarian caused him to be seized' and de! ivered up to the most cruel tortures. He was skinned alive, then im- paled; and liis skin, stuffed with straw, was hung to the yard- arm of a galley, as an external testimony of the horrible in- humanity of the Turks, and a signal of vengeance to civilized nations." This the lawyers would tell you is a case in point; it is so, but with this aggravation against the Turks, { hat upon tin part , of the Venetian there were no hostages murdered. <-; treaties broke. I beg pardon for trespassing so long upon your valuable time, and am, with much respect Sir, yours. LIBERT AS. Aberdeen, Jan. 10, lSSft The Legislature consists of upwards 6f one thousand members, and every one of them is allowed bylaw every-, day toreceire. 15 and dispatch 10 covers, containinglet- ters, postage free. Calculating thateach individual on the average does only a daily injury to tire Post Office, of 15 shillings; than three- fourths of the stated decrease would be made good, if this privilege were abolished. It is very difficult to guess at the injury done by the abuse of the pri vilege in the public offices, but in saying that the abuse exists in a most culpable and extensive degree, I am only stating a most notorious fact. At present, newspapers go free with, the name of a Memberof Par- liament on the direction ; in the event of this privilege being taken away, a penny postage for long distances, and a half- penny postage for short distances oil each newspaper, would certainly not lessen the number used, and would add no contemptible sum to the Post Office Revenue. It is not easy to name a rational objection to the abolition of franking, save, that it. might be af- firmed to act as an impediment to the intercourse which takes place on Parliamentary business, between Mem- bers of Parliament and their/ riends or constituents. But surely, while the fees on every species of business brought before the Legislature are suffered to remain so " enorm- ous as tiiey StK, the trifling addition of postage cannot be worthy of a thought. The custom would soon be es- tablished, that persons writing on their own business to Members ofthe Legislature, should invariably pay the postage of such letters. Petitions, might still be permitt- ed to. go free,' m covers open at the sides addressed to Members of Parliament. This privilege has several times been under the' consideration of Parliament, and has received various modifications; but at no time have the finances of the country more required every possible assistance than at the present. The sacrifice would be of little real moment to those called upon to make it, and would operate in many points of view most beueficini- ly on the public rniad. If I thought that Petitions met with much attention from the Houses of Parliament, 1 should strenuously recommend to you to promote peti- tions on this subject; for it is doubtful, if either House contains an individual, with sufficient nerve, to stand forward, and be the first to propose the abolition of this privilege. The nation has always felt a pride in providing nobly for the splendor of the Crown, and the comfort of the other branches ofthe Roval family; and the first Par- liament- of George IVth's reign has lately made new grants anil confirmed old ones for these purposes, settl- ing a fixed, income, as during the late reign, on the So- vereign. It will be said therefore by some, that it would be highly. indecorous to scrutinize too . closely the the Royal expenditure— that the portion of the Civil List, supposed to be under the immediate controul of the King, and employed among other appropriations in the maintenance of his Majesty's Household, ought to be exempt from the influence of economical arrangements— and that any assistance, given to the finances from this quarter, ought, to be the gracious and spontaneous act of the King himself. Such doctrines might have Some weight, had applications never been made from the Crown to Parliament for grants to clear off the encum- brances on the Civil List. But we should recollect the immense sums which were granted to the late King for this end, at different periods for this long life— we should recollect also, the sums granted to the present King when Prince of Wales, for the payment of his debts, and more recently when Prince Regent, in aid of his Civil List- in the year 1816:— arid we have the experience, that the appoints in the King's Household, and even about his person, are made as much objects of Ministerial traf- fic as the lowest situations in the Revenue. The actual interference,, then, of the King in . the nomination ' of his Household and in its expenditure, being but trifling — and a proposal to make economical alterations in this department not.. being without precedents, Mr, Burke having carried a bill, embracing such through Parliament in the year 1782, and other bills for the purpose having since been passed— it is conceived, that arrangements might be formed, by which larger disposable means- would be left to the King himself, and considerable savings would be gained by the nation. - The Lord Chamber- lain, the Lord. Steward, the Master of the Horsti, the Groom, ofthe Stole, the twelve Lords of the Bedcham- ber, the Captain of the Band of Gentlemen Pensioners, are usually persons of high rank ; and their situations being very honourable ones, tbey ought to be pruud to. serve their Master gratuitously. They have generally, large estates, and are'fenced about by rights and privi- leges of all kinds, and it is disgraceful that they should receive pecuniary wages like menial lackeys. The King has the disposal of ribbands and titles, these should be their only rewards, these the chief, objects of their ambition, after the more exalted one, of administering to the comfort of their Sovereign. At present, it is im- possible that the King should place unbounded confi- dence in these his personal servants, when they possibly have not been called to their situations by himself, and for ought he knows may only have sought them, from a sordid love of their emoluments. Each of these high officers of the court has in his train a number of petty official retainers, Some performing duties and some not, but al! receiving salaries from the Crown, There is, be- sides, much useless antiquated shew kept up about the Court of England, bringing no real grandeur, but at- tended by very great expense. If only two- thirds of the monies now granted for the Royal Household and its ac- companiments, were placed at the disposal ofthe King himself, not parcelled out and appropriated for him by his Ministers, and others— if he were allowed to have the same contronl over the. said monies, as our great noblemen and proprietors have over their revenues and establishments— and if the high nobility, Wealthy and, privilegfeii'as tlieY alftadjf are; icadc it their pride , tu ! = eck honor, and- honor alone, , in, the sarWcSj of their Prince— no reasonable^ Bitm can doubt, but as splendid a Court is . the prcaenl; one, might lie- maintained— and that even then, a large sunt would be left- to the-. So- vereign,. w. i'tl. t . w+ fi'cli he , might indulge- those getierous feelings Towards his ctupoverished - people, - that, he is known to possess. ' An - orrangememeiit of. this na- ture would likewise tend to release the Kings of'Eng-- land from the perpetual- leading- strings, i in which they • have . been kept iis; to- their, pecuniary matters'.—. The King would then lie abie to .. appropriate - the whole . of his income in'. the manner that to him might seem most desirable— if'liis expences were withiti itj he won't! hjve the absolute disposal of the surplus— if he exceeded it, tradesmen, ^ uMsoon. learii that they trusted hint with thoir commodities at their own risk. At present l. S feels but trifling ifiterestin the management of his afiairs ; every thing is conducted with little interference on his port; « td \ irt5eri the deficiencies ariaeito a certaii! height, - Parliament is expected to niakc them good. There . was indeed a ^ jwjn-^ ppoinfed, in 1816, with a " salary of £ i, 5.00. a year, syh ose duty it is to superintend the. ex--, penditnreof the Civil List, and to inspect its account?* This officer, . if Ire be not one already, will probably soo » i bespme a Sinecurist ; for it'may be doubted, whether - the Lord Steward, . the Lord Chamberlain, or the M. as- ter ofthe Horse, woiild pay any attention to the sum- mons, if he were, to request their attendance with their account- books under their arms, • Besides, account's may easily bfir dressed up for the eye of au . Auditor, who has no poyver to punish for incorrectness in them ; the Board of Works is a convenient body on which jextra 6xpchsc- » may be thrown, and there is always, the ready excuse of some unexpected Call for splendour. - , The names on theTtoyal Pension List, and'tl^, Ap- propriation of the 4'! per cent. Leeward Island duties, might he reviewed ; and rtifi idle and. profligate, if any such- there be, might cease to be thence supported.— i The latter of these funds has been altogether perverted from the original purposes for which - it, was- forriied ; bus if'it be still permitted'to remain as.- a. banfc, whence pen- sions are to be drawn, the public purse at least might 1) 3 allowed to derive some benefit from it. And this might . be thus accomplished ;. the- cnftoliled commanders or their descendants, who, for- great services - performed, deser* vedly receive annuities, might h: i- fc them transferred to this fund. Of a far different description are. its present annuitants., When the Ministers wisVto reward sofnd meritorious service, they apply, arid always sttowssfully^ to Parliament; but when they . seek tct- pension : their ta- lentless partisans, t", : ir political Agents, or the" neeify members of their families, they reward them out of the produce of the 4J Leeward Island duties ; op- perh'api place them on the Royal Pension List* thus straighteni. t^ the bounty of their Sovereign, which might Otherwise have fallen on the friendless or unfortunate. Furthermore it might finally arul decidedly lie settiett, to whom belong the DroilS of Admiralty, whether to the King or to the public. • The very strong argument in fa- vor of. tha public, namely, that ihe larga income the King receives, " was, granted ip lieti of all his hereditary- Revenue, remains unanswered.; A time of peace is tiio precise epoch, whea this question could be disfinssionaury argued, and completely determined. There are. many other minor points, where economy- might lip practised to a very beneficial degree. Parlia- mentary grants are sometimes thought to be made to fa- vored places. or persons ; and care is not taken to make subordinate agents act honestly. A few years ago, se- veral large grants were made by Parliament to repair the harbour of Lyme in Dorsetshire, where, 1 believe tl t amount ofthe Customs collected, have not for a long time sufficed to pay the expences arid salaries of the Cus- tom house officers. Why should Ministers, by propos- ing and carrying these ' ghititSstewards - the , clpsj>. of the several Session's, when ' the - attendance- jvas, yc- ty ' tlmi,"' * • have left it opeft to captious persons to. insinuate, that these, monies were'obtained as. matteFaof. favor,, beciuisa one of his Majesty's Ministers was Recorder pjff. htji. Bo • rough, and because it had so happened,- that the two' Re- presentatives, his relatidESr had on nd single ppiiit op- ' - posed the measures of Government.? . .. X.. '-. '" The barracks'in the Regent's .- park- were built by pri- ' Kate contract, a most improvident one for the public;, ami the building was begun long before its erection had re- ceived the sanction of • Parliament..: The new Statiip Office at Edinburgh was. lately built' under some suspicion of favoritism, to the public detri- ment. . The Board of Stamps . had agreed for' . the pur- chase of a house most conveniently situated, which at a trifljug expense Ifi repairs, would fully have answered the desired purpose. At the suggestion of a Member of Parliament the Lords of the Treasury cancelled the agree- ment made by the Board of Stamps, and bought, apiece ofltmd less conveniently situated, on which a new build- ing was erected, at a far greater expense than the first proposed purchase and repairs would have cost. In every Government office throughout the Kingdom, including the Barracks and Dockyards, there is reason to suspect riiucll petty pilfering . in the coals and candles' used. Allowances tneant to be consumed in the public offices, are consumed in private dwelling houses. The article of stationery has already attracted the attention of some Members of Parliament; if any enquiry be permitted, it will be found that the majority of those connected with the public offices, supply their families with stationery of ail kinds, even to handsomely bound memorandum books, out of the public stores. The outfit of Governors and Ambassadors costs the nation much more than it heed to be, and instances have been known of persons pocketing the outfits, when the projected embassies have, not actually tdl; fen place. Am- bassadors also have occasionally been known to make up trumpery dispatches, and send them by poor or econom'c friends, to whom it has been convenient, to travel home, from some distant point at the public expense. I do not assert that the sums,- which might possibly have been Saved in those last named instances, and fit others of the same nature, are of vital importance to the. finances of the country; but this I do assert— that a grasping Spirit is shown by most of these who can in any- way approach the public . purse ; they seem to consider any thing they can extract from - it as lawful plunder— and, if th s spirit bo m, t encouraged, it certaiuly is not sufficiently checked by those in power. I irefrain from exact calculation as to what might. probably be the amount of savings, under the various items, I lwve named. All calculations on this subject without official informa- tion must be loose ; but I should rowghlv gtt-' ss, that a sum of four or live millions might annually be saved by a general tine! well conducted effort for this purpose on the part of our Governors. The positive and immediato good resulting to the community from such a sav'ng might be made to operate, either in remitting taxes lo its amoUnt, - or in giving new Iife- nnJ . rigour to the ex- piring remnant of the sinking fund. The indirect con- tingent good cannot 60 eajily be computed ; it might te « 3 to lessen thai isurjat,- wlwf> tWsation • ertai& ly ffcels tffthe honesty of alt public m'esu A general spirit of Retrenchment roiiid not but be accompanied bv some such brilliant sacrifices as that made in 1817 by. thc Lord Camden, than tvhieh nothing would more contribute to lieal the breach that appears to have taken place between the higher and the lower orders. Fellow Countrymen, I have now brought to a close vhat I had to state and- remark in support of the practi- cability of Economical Retrenchment. I do not profess to have advanced tnativ new arguments, I have only aimed to marshal in order a few opinions on the subject, with the view to impress them more strongly 011 your tabids-— iind I hope- I have not been verv tedious. 1 am aware that to manv, stronger and more convincing arguments will occur, and that to some, even these plans of economy mav appear too hazardous. Hilt the. Reason for mere palliatives, is long pa^ t, though such have / dwavS been proposed, when the subject has eolne Under discus- sion in the House of Commons. Whenever an abuse connected with the misapplication-. of public money, rises to such a height, as no longer to be met by a jeering question, or the imputation of factious motives in those who bring it forward-— a committee is ajipointed, which lingers over the business, until the interest excited con- cerning it. is passed bv— then follows a feeble report, allowing that some bad customs have existed, and bur- dening the country in the shape of compensation for " vested rio- lits" to as great an amount, as the relief o « ' granted. Tlie King's Ministers* who -- watch with selfish prc- r'sion, and meet with ready concession anv apparent fluctuation in the sentiments of their usual majorities, have at length conceded— that economy may be neces- S. irv, and in some points practicable, but make their Stand on the ground, that the discharge of a few clerks and wokmen, and the placing on half pay a few thou- sand soldiers, are all the Retrenchments wanted. With- out dispute, retrenchment to be useful, must descend to these objects. Tut Ministers begin their work at the wrong end ; they will only be held bv the public to be jn earnest, when their first steps be, to reduce within reasonable limits the emoluments of the Governor ofthe Cape of Good Hope, of the Auditor of the Exchequer, ofthe JUIIL'C Advocate, ofthe Postmasters General, and of other offices of similar descriptions. And it should always be borne in mind, that, when higher function- rries, whether civil or military, are reduced, the saving is all dear gain to the public ; while some portions of the Pollers and workmen discharged, continue in ail proba- bility. to receive part of their maintenance from the community, bv being thrown on the poor's rates — All hough It mav be accounted a matter of some difficulty t « unravel the phraseology of the Lord Londonderry, ret T think it mav be collected from some expressions used bv bin: in the House of Commons, that the re- trenchment. to which the Government considers itself piedgf d, will not be of the character, which tlie people desire and which I have attempted heartily, though 1 fear unskilfully, to advocate. Public men, perhaps, are bound bv so many invisible ties, cramped by so many discordant arid conflicting interests, that we in the humbler walks of life should not judge them too harshly. Ofthe kings present minister's I should say, that they are not the contrivers of the system on which they con- duct public affairs ; thev found it ready made to their hands ; and being men rather suited to follow a lieatcn track, than to enter on a better and more laborious one —— and being moreover, altogether without discernment as to the fearful consequences of their proceedings^- thev have been contented to travel 011 in the road of their pre- decessors. This assertion, however, I make with con- fidence, because it is undeniable— that the little good, which thev have hithettp done in the the way of econo- mical Retrenchment, has been wrung from then) piece- meal by the pressure of public opinion. They there- fore must be watched nneeasinglv, for doubtless they will revert to their former course, if the expression of this opinion lie in any degree relaxed. Am I then very captious, ir advsing von not to rely too confidently on ' heir perseverance in measures of Retrenchment ? It is worthy of note, that there was some reduction in the usual amount of the- estimates for the year succeeding that in which the Reports ofthe Finance Committee were made ; but by degrees the estimates have got back into their pristine channel of extravagance. At present, Ministers stand anew pledged to economy and they have made some show of redeeming their pledge. The mind, however, cannot be pronounced too prone to sus- picion, which doubts their sincerity— when at the very time thev were proceeding to discharge clerks and work- men, and to reduce regiments, thev advised the most profuse, not to sav childish, extravagance at the Coro- nation. Surely our advancement in civilization, de- manded that somewhatof thesumptuous mummery, which attended this ceremony, should have been omitted.— Precedent may be the more usual guide, but common sense is the. better one. It would have been more in unison with the feelings of a thinking race of beings, if the ecremon- had been purely a religious one. To lie- hold the King of a great and free people solemnly take an oath in the house of God, to govern according to the established laws of his Kingdom, is an impressive and a joyful sight, and the more striking if accompanied bv a certain degree of pomp, and if the persons present be richly habited, after the fashion of the dav, and accord- ing to the rank thev hold. But the gorgeous though wearisome procession, the antique and fantastic dresses, the cumbersome feast, the mounted purveyors, the armed champion, the falcons, the three maple cups, the prepa- red mess— these all belong to times long since passed— and so it may be concluded thev were considered bv the public, from the comparatively small assemblage of per- sons, that tl. is pageant attracted. The total expenses of the Coronation, and of the King's costly sojourn in Ireland, will never be accurately known ; for thev will be carefully melted into a variety of local and mixed ac counts, from which even the laborious industry of Air. Hume will fail to ( lis ntangle them. Perhaps it is, that Ministers in advising and conducting these measures, have merely wished splendidly to wind up the era of ex- travagance, previous to their promised entrance into that of economy. It has been lamented by sensible pel- sons, that the education and habits of our public men, fit them but little for men of business. Before their appointment to high office, thev are usually ignorant as to the manner of con- ducting its details— and when appointed, they only learn the routine they find there established, without being able to judge whether a better might not lie formed. The clerks and underlings evidently have ah interest in keep- ing business in its present confused state— being viell aware that they make employment for each other, and that it' the mode of managing public offices were simpli- fied, not half their numbers would be requisite. The lass session of Parliament afforded some notable proofs of confusion in the public accounts ; more than once it happened, that honourable gentlemen drew up certain statements from papers on the table of the House of Commons, which were met, by statements of quite art opposite tendency, drawn also from the same source— and it was almost impossible to decide to which belonged the superiority in point of correctness. There are some other reasons perhaps, besides the complicate manner in which public business is conducted, that may cause these incongruities. The papers placed by order ofthe House of Commons 011 its table, are usually made up in the offices from whence they have been ordered, either ac- cording to the litter or tlie spirit of the order, as may be deemed most favourable to the views of Ministers Members striving for information, frequently from igno- rance ofthe official forms, do not exactly word their motions so us to embrace th « whole of their objects— r.; ul thev who could give them a helping hand, do not abwiys feel iiicliucti to cxtcud it, And some orders for papers arc, wn. liOi. it any apology, quietly Shirked by the offices to which they ai'e directed. How then, it may despondingly be asked, are ra- dical and permanent economical arrangeriients to be ol-' tained by us, the Overburdened part of the Community : This question is not very easily to be answered. If ut petition the King— our petitions, unless couched in lan- guage ofthe most fulsome panegyric, remain waste paper in the office of the Home Secretary, If we petition the House of Lords, the business of this body is ordinarily conducted by so few members, that our petitions are not likely to Wake any useful impression. If wc petition the House of Commons, our petitions are indeed received, and perhaps printed, but the minority who approve them, are powerless to proceed further. ( To be evntinued. J THE FOLLOWING FUNERAL SERMON, WAS PRINTED. AND WE ARE ASSURED, PREACHED IN THE VEAR 1733. ] st Tim. G eh. 12 v.—" Fight the goodfight" A> c. Beloved— We arc met together to solemnize the funeral of Mr. Proctor, flis father's name was Mr. Tb'os. Proctor* of the second family ; his brother's name also was Mr. Thomas: Procter ; he lived some time at Burston Hall, in Norfolk, and was high constable of Diss hundred. This man's name Was Robert Proctor ; and his wife's was Mrs. Buxton, late wife of Mr. Matthew Buxton : she came from Helsdon Ilall, beyond Norwich. ITe was a good husband, and she was a good housewife, and- they two got money. She brought a thousand pounds with her for her portion. Iiut now, beloved, I shall make It clear by demonstrative arguments— First, he was a good man, and that in several respects. ITe was a loving man to his neighbour ; a charitable man to the poor ; a favourable man in his tithes ; and a good landlord to his tenants. There sits one, Mr. Spingeon, can tell what a great Sum of money he forgave him upon his death- bed ; it wa- » fourscore pounds. Now, beloved, was not this a good man, and a man of God ; and his wife a good woman ? and she came from Ilelsdon Hall, beyond Norwich.— This is the first argu- ment. Secondly ; to prove this man to be a good man. and a man of God, in the time of his sickness, which was longiind tedious, lie sent for Mr. Cole, minister of Shimph'ng, tor pray for him. lie was not a self- minded man, to be prayed for. himself only ; no, beloved, lie desired . him to pray for all his relations and acquaintance ; for Mr. - Buxton's worship, for Mrs. Buxton's worship, and for all Mr. Buxton's children, against it should please God to send him any ; and 10 Mr. Cole's prayers he de voutly said. Amen, amen, amen.— Was not this a good man. and a man of God, think you ; and his wife A good woman ? And she came from Helsdon Hall, beyond Norwich. Then he sent for M r. Gibbs to pray for him. When he came, and prayed for him, f. r all his friends, relations, and acquain- tance; for Mr. Buxton's worship, for Mrs. Buxton's worship, and for all Mr. Buxton's children, against it should please GoJ to send him. any. And to Mr. Gibbs' prayers he devoutly said, Amen, amen, amen. Was not this a good man and a man of God, think you; and his wife a good woman? And she came from Heisdon- Hall-, beyond Norwich. Then he sent for me, and I came and prayed for this good man, Mr. Proctor, for all his friends, relations and acquaint- ance, for Mr. Buxton's worship, for Mrs. Buxton's vorshi, and for all Mr. Buxton's11 children, against it should please God to send him any : and to my prayers he devoutly said, Amen, amen, allien. Was not this a good man, and a man of God think you ; and his wife a gpod woman? And she came from Helsdon Hall, beyond Norwich. Thirdly, and lastly, beloved, I come to clear demonstrative arguments, to prove this man to be a good tnan, and a man i- God, and that is this :—- There was one Thomas Proctor, a very poor beggar- bov ; he came out of Scotland, over the rive. Tweed, upon the back of a dun cow : it was not a black cow. nor a brindled cow, nor a brown cow ; no, beloved, it was a dun cow. Well, beloved, this poor boy came a begging to this good man's door, to this man of God's door ; he did not do a « some would have done, give him a small alms and send bin. away ; or chide him, and make him a pass, and send him away to his own country ; no, beloved, betook him into his own house, and bound him an apprentice to a gunsmith in Norwich: after his time was out took him home again, and married him to a kinswoman of his wife's, one Mrs. Christian Robertson, here present : there site sits. She was a very good fortune and to her this good man gave a very considerable jointure ; by her he had three daughters ; this good man took home th* eldest, brought her up to woman's estate, married her to a very honourable gentleman. Mr, Buxton: here present; therein sits ; gave him a vast portion with her, and the remainder of his estate he gave his two daughters. Now was not this a good man. ar. d a man of God, think you ; and His wife a good wo- man ? And she came from llelsdon Hall, beyond Norwich. Beloved, you may remember sometime since, I preached at the funeral of Mrs. Proctor, at which time I troubled you with many of her transcendent virtues, but your memories per- haps may fail you, and therefore 1 shall now remind you of one or two of them. The first is, she was as good a knitter as any in the count? of Norfolk. When her husband and family were in bed an • asleep, she would get n cushion, clap herself down by the fire, and sit and krftt ; but, beloved, she was no prodigal woman, but a sparing woman ; for to spare candle, she would stir up the coal with her knitting pins, and by that light she would sit and knit, and make asjgood work as any other woman by day- light, Beloved, I have a pair of stockings upon my legs that were knit in the same manner, and they are the best stockings that ever I wore in my life. Secondly, she was the best maker of toast in drink that ever I eat in all my life, and they were brown tbasts too : for wheu I used to go in a morning, she would ask rae to eat a toast, which I was very willing to do, because she had such an artificial way of toasting it, no'ways slack, nor burning it, besides she had such a pretty way of grating numieg, of dipping it in the beer, and such a piece of rare cheese, that I must needs say, they were the best toast that ever F eat in mv life. Well, beloved, the days are short, and many of yon have a great way to your habitations, and therefore I hasten to a con- clusion. 1 think I have sufficiently proved this man to be a good man, and his wife a good woman ; but fearing your memories should fail you, I shall repeat the particulars, viz. 1st. His love to his neighbour. 2d His charity to the poor. ord. . Ilis favourableness in his tithes. 4th. Ilis goodness to his tenants. ,5th. His devotion in his prayer, in saying Amen to the prayers of Mr Cole, Mr. Gibbs, and myself. But more especially for that transcendent act of charity in entertaining that poor beggar boy, in binding him an apprentice to a gunsmith, and marrying afterwards to a kinswoman of his wife's ; and bringing up his eldest daughter to a woman's estate, ami marrying her to that honourable gentleman Mr. Buxton ; and giving him a vast portion with her, and giving the remainder of his estate ro his other daughters. Was not this a good man, and h man of God, think you ; and his wife a good woman ? And she came from Helsdon Hall, beyond Norwich. Well, beloved, he hath done his work on earth, courageous- ly, valiantly, and man'ully, in fighting under the world's banner of good husbandry, in getting of money. He is now gone to rest ; and so we leave him. AGRICULTURAL REPORTS FOR DECEMBER. ENGLAND. The weatlicr lias continued, almost invariaMv, since OMP last in the same course of wind and rain, the former often approaching to hurricane, and the latter inundat- ing all the low grounds. The damage, bv sea and land, O ~ t5 ' - has been unusually great ; and the floods and water sodden state of the soil, in nanny parts, have prevented wheat sowing or fallowing the land at the regular season. In the mean time, the mild temperature of the whole autumn has pushed forward all the earlv sown wheats to a height and luxuriance scarcely ever before witnessed. The grass and every green production have increased in an equal ratio, and all kinds of live stock have been kept at a cheap rate where the land would bear them. There is an universal great cropofturnips, reckoning the foliage; and also of mangel wurzeh which the farmers, after manv years'deliberation, have of Lite condescended to make trial of in most parts. Thev form an excellent substitute for the turnip, on soils unfriendly to that root. There is nothing new to be reported of the country. From the mere excess of our own native products, both the corn and flesh markets have been in all parts still gra- dually declining in price, and th- at even at the festive season of Christmas, in the Metropolis, KINCARDINESHIRE. The weather, throughout the month, has been squally and extremely rainy, in consequence of which there has been great difficulty, in many places, of procuring » sufficient supply of turnips from the fields ; and the wea- ther being so long wet, comparatively few iiave been stored. Thei'e were light falls of srfow on die 5th and 22d, but it soon disappeared* Sheep inclosed on turnips have made littjp- progress in fattening; Indeed: the windy - tod rainy weather has been touch n^ ainsf thei$ i iu ah situations. On dry soils, ploughing of lea lias iobneu the principal part of farm work through the month ; but wet land has been so completely saturated with rain, that nothing has been done in the fields. It is hcrdlv posPble to concene that the ground could be weber. 1 here is not much difference iti the price of cattle since our laft t if any, they arc cheaper. The quantity of fat beasts are more than sufficient for the demand, and prime beef sells from 5s. to 6s. per stone. In consequence of the depressed state of the grain markets, more sheep have been offered to sale this month than is generally the case at this season of the year, conseqhuitlv prices have fallen a little. Swine hardly find a market at from' 3s. () d. to 3s. 9d. per stone. Grain is considerably cheaper since our last : good wheat sells at from 26s. to ( J7s.; barley,? fro'm 16s. to 18' s. oats, from { 5s. to IGs/; oatmeal, from 13s. 6d. to l is. ; potatoes from 8s to 9s. per boll Home flax, from 10s. 6d. to 12s. per stone. We would almost think grain had reached its minimum price; and if things go on long in this way, the consequence rntist be ruinous to a large proportion of farmers. We were glad to hear of some proprietors putting of}' their rents : but, as we remarked before, that is only a temporary relief, and something else must be done. It is crrtainl. the wisest scheme for the landlords to do something vo luntary, what, in a short time, thev must do necessarily— lower their rents. By a voluntary reduction they save their tenants ; and, we think, where there are tenants of skill and capital the landlord and tenant's interests are the same. We confess we are at a loss to account for the present demand for farms ; and it is not much to be wondered, if landlords leave their tenants to make the best of a bad bargain, when offerers are so plenty, and when things'may be considered- as in a settled state.— Perhaps those taking farms at present, expect grain and cattle to come back to the former war prices ; or, that they will cast themselves on the mercy ofthe landlord, in hopes they will receive deductions of rent, along with those who took leases during the war ; but we think the former have no just cause to complain, compared with the hitter. At all events, the rents of land are not in proportion to the value of grain and cattle ; and that man must be blind to his own interest who takes a farm, in hopes that things will come back to their old standard. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FJiOlf FRENCH TAPERS. PARIS, Dec. 29.— The ill- disposed have been at work for some weeks on a new plot against the King's Government. Tlwv propose.! to attempt a eoup dc main gHU)$ t the chateau of Sa'imur. General Jamin, being iformed of this plan by General Gcntil Saint Aljihonse, ie t Atiger. i 011 the morning of the 23d, and proceeded towards Saumtir with two companies of the 44tb regi- ment of the line. Satisfied, however, by fresh informa- ' on which reached hint during this inarch, the General ordered one ofthe companies to retrograde. On the 23d, eight sub- officers of the school of Sattmur were arrested. The pupils themselves were charged with this duty, and performed it. Several of them at the same time repair- ed to the Commandant of the department, to give in- formation. An Adjutant Sub- officer of the 4kit re- giment luis been arrested at Angers. A serjeaut- major ortlie same regiment has also bee- n arrested. A. M. Deloa, pointed out as one of the principal agents of. the plot, fled at the moment ofthe arrival ofthe troops.— The trial is in progress before the military tribunals — Lient.- Gcneral Visomte de llriolie, Commandant of the division, arrived at Saumur at ten o'clock oil the morn- ing ofthe 25th. He was to be followed by 4- 00 troops of the line, but he has ordered them to return to Tours Muv> le) tr. The Journal ues Delats announces that the Duke de Choiseul and AT. Bteho de Boisgehfl have given in their resignations of M" jior » GVneral ami Aid Major- General of the national guard of Paris. Their successors are not mentioned. General Bertra. nd has arrived at Munich, and it is said is to proceed to Vienna. Yesterday, before mass, the King received in audience Lieut.- General Andreossv. In the afternoon his vla- jssty silccessivelv transacted business with M. de Villele, linister of Finance, and the Duke de Belluno, Minister of War. NEW LAW OF THE TRESS. PARIS, Jan. 2.—( Private Letter. J— Great expecta- tion was to- day excited bv a report, which was spread in the morning, that Ministers had at last resolved to come forth from behind their veil of mystery and indeci- sion, and to propose to the Legislature their new law for the Journals. Accordingly, though no ministerial com- munication was announced, great numbers of people proceeded to the Chamber of Deputies. The late change of the Cabinet, in consequence of the declared dissatis- faction of the Chamber— the withdrawing of the late ministerial project of law, when it was about to be dis- cussed, on account of its repugnance to nublic opinion— and the known sentiments of man? of the Ultras against any other project that should involve a previous Censor- ship ( with which, nevertheless, it was supposed Mini- sters could not immediately dispense), gave an extraor- dinary degree of interest to this first legislative cssav of the new Ministry. It was presented to- dav. Ail the Ministers were present. ' 1 he fruit of their protracted labours and renewed consultations catiuot fail to inspire you with wonder, and may be considered as decisive of their, fate. I t embraces the Censorship in fertain cases, and introduces arbitrary power into the Courts when arbitrary power ceaseS in the Censors. If the Court R'tn/ alafter a solemn sitting, and without a jury, thinks a journal conducted on bad principles, it may suspend, and even suppress it. Of- course any opposition journal may, in the opinion of tile Ministry, be considered as conducted in n bad spirit, I have not been able to get von a copy of tlie ne\ » law; but the following is the sub- stance of its most important provisions :— . Art 1 — \<> except those which fit present exist, can henceforth jy » penr without the authority of Government. Art. 2.—- The offences of ihe journals agaiustiuiiivirfuaU will he prosecuted in the ordinary manner. Art. 3-— In case the spirit or o- eneral tendency of any journal or periodical v/ riling shall he of a ilaltire to injure the public ' peace, or the respect doe to the religion of the state or to the other religions recognised in France, or 1 he- authority of the King, or the stability of constitutional institutions, the Royal Courts, within the range of whose jurisdiction these journals are published, shall have the power, in a solemn audience, to suspend the said journals, or even to suppress, thetn. Art. 4.— If in the interval of the Session of the Chambers, grave circumstances should momentarily render insufticiept the measures of guarantee and repression at present established, the censorship shall be immediately restored to activity, in virtue of a royal ordinance, countersigned by three Ministers. The 5th Article only states that the provisions of the former law. not repealed, slndl remain. On the reading of this project of the law, the Liberals showed a violent disapprobation. The right side testifi- ed 110 feeling, and onlv called out " Order." The Com- mission to examine the project will be nominated, it is supposed, on Friday, and will present its report next week. Discussions of the most violent character, and most vital importance, are expected to take place — Manv of the Royalists are dissatisfied with the executive conduct of Ministers ; and their legislative wisdom is not Sikelv to re- inspire confidence. Delalot, Vaublane, and other eminent members of the right side, must be • n opposition. M. de Cazes is expected at Paris, to oppose Ministers the Chamber of Peers. VIE SNA. Dec. IS — The rumours which have been • n circulation here, during eight days past, respecting he state of things in Constantinople, are not as yet con- firmed. That capital presents a rnoit a'arciing aspect j the excesses and assassinations continue in despite of the orders of the Divan, and other authorities, aud even the efforts of foreign Ministers, who recommend to the Ports a hiore rigorous vigilance. Impartial persons ompare the present state of things to that .( if the month of April last, v. lieii the iuassacre of the Greeks com metieed. l? ut things now are carried to a greater excess, for. it is not. exclusively the Greeks to ho arc objects of the fury of Miissulitien ; Christians are also ill treated.— On the 23d instant, M. Chopper, attached to the Eng- lish Kmbassv. and exercising the functions of Di'o- go- man, was assaulted in the open street, and pursued to the very door of his residence,, by a band of these ruth- less fanatics. He saved himself with much difficulty.— This outrage induced Lord Strangford, and Count Lut- zow, the Austrian Internuncio, to present a very ener- getic note to the Porte, re- urging the adoption of mea- sures for the security of the Franks ; but all orders to this effect are contemned. The disaffection of the Janissaries has been refientlv manifested, as usual, by fires ; which* however, were- happily extinguished before any serious mischief was done.— Jow'iinl dc Paris. CONSTANTINOPLE, NOV. 27.— War against Persia has been solemnly proclaimed in this capita!— Mouitcur ZANTR, NOV. 30.— After the naval victory of the- Greeks on the llth of October, martial law was pro- cbiimed in our island. The ordinary tribunals were iin mediately suspended, and most of our distinguished islanders were arrested and thrown iuto prison, without knowing what was imputed to thein or the fate which awaited them. The principal are, Calvvas, Dionvsius faliopetre, his nephew Punapeote, Michel Vereeuis, fVionvsius Damalane Svpredon Sicoure, Eustathins Curintes. the brothers John and Demetrius Peihaincnos, and Constantino Hieracare. A great number of peasants have been condemned to death by the military commissions. After the execution their dead bodies were thrown into c:^ ges of iron, in which tiiev are still exposed 011 the summits of the hills, as if bv menacing the rest of the people with a similar fate- After this scene of horror and terror, the Government Ordered the general disarming ofthe whole island. The inhabitants of the capital with murmuring obeved this order, but the inhabitants of the country still continue to resist. Thev regard this disarming as the last degree of dishonour to winch they can be ( exposed, The Government, bv way of constraining them, bad recourse to another measure ; it invited the citizens the dearest to the people to repair to the church of our Lady of Petrides, when t seized them r, 3 hostages, and now retains them in rf 1 w citadel. Thev. are 54 in number ; the following are the names of some of them :— Coecine, Pergadinos, and Ventoure, all three clergymen : Sfellius Mecalize, Julius Dotnenigne, Nicolas Messala, Peter Macrvs, Robert and Dionysius Solomon, Marcus Flam- botiriare, D dor and Dionvsius Volterra, Grandenigue and Nicolas Itsemairs, John Secoin, Theophilus Fran copole, fee. ^ Notwithstanding this measure the peasants still per- sist in not giving up their arms. Fresh English troops have disembarked in tiie island ; a squadron composed of frigates and vessels of war has its batteries directed against the town, Wherever we turn our eves we meet o - 7 . ^ onlv the apparatus of war ; the island has the aspect of a blockaded country, A great number of our inhabitants have voluntarily banished themselves ; the movement is far from being sppeased. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 27.— We are in a critical position ; all the uegociations of the British and Aus- trian Ambassadors relative to the Russian ultimatum have produced no effect. In the existing state of irri- tation of the multitude, the Porte dares not to accept the conditions proposed by Russia, so that the hope of peace daily diminishes- The bazaars arc all closed, and cruelties contin- ic to be practised every day against the unarmed Greeks. Great events are expected. The Ministers of the Christian Powers begin to make pre- parations to facilitate the escape of their families' in case ] of necessity. The nearer the crisis' approaches the more the fanaticism ' ofthe lurks increases ; it is risen to a height of which it is impossible to form an idea. For the purpose of exciting them ( he more, the Porte has announced that Ali Pacha would immediately surrender ; but 110 one believes this intelligence. A revolt in ME- sopatamia and Syria is announced ; these provinces seek to become independent of the Porte. Letters haie been received at Constantinople from Salonica, doted 22d of November, with intelligence that, the city of Cassandria had been taken bv the Turks.— The loss of this place is said to be a severe blow to the Greek cause. The place being extremely well fortified, the Greeks have collected in it in great numbers, with their treasures, and their women and children. The Pacha of Salonica, who headed the Turkish troops on this occasion, is said to have used his victory with some moderation. It is stated, however, that 10,000 wo- men aud children were made captives,, who were des- tined to be sold for slaves, and 4000 of them had ac- tually arrived at Salonica for that purpose at the date of the letters alluded to. The Turks were about to proeecd to the attack of Mount Arcos. have been seiittiy couriers of St. Petersburg!!. HERMAN- STADT, Dec. ( i.— The accounts from Mol- davia and Wiillachia arc full of details of murders and > atrdcitiei committed by the Turks. On the 1st of this month several Ottoman officers arrived from Constantinople at Jassy All affirm that j the Porte has rejected all the demands of Russia. These officers in their Vain boasting already talk of nothing le:> s than re- cor. queritig the Crimea. Every where the Christian churches are spoiled— the church plate is the- prev of tliS '\ siatic BrS'- iiers, who carry it about the Streets in triumph. The nuns and the priests ; tre ill- treated or sold ; iu shoj't, every day is marked by new horrors FROM GERMAN PAPERS. ST. PETERSBURG!!. Dec. 7 Accounts have lately boe. 11 rccc- ived from Lieutenant- Gcueral Weljaniinow, of Georgia, dated Tiilis, November 7, according to which tlie Persians, who have invaded Asiatic Turkey have tcallv made themselves masters of the important city of Erzerum, after defeating the Pacha of Bagdad who attempted, 111 vain, to defend it It > s said that there were manv French officers in the Persian armv, under which Prince Mirzn, the second son of the Schah has undertaken this expedition. General Count Wittgenstein, who lias been for some days in this capital, has returned to lis head- quarters at Tulczvn. Winter set in at length on the 4th instant, with a temperature of 10° ( Reaumur) below freezing. The communication with Wassily- Ostrovj^ jutowpJed- til! . the. ice in - tfot- rvSTRi is linn enough for the erection of temporary bridges. BERLIN, Dec. 22.— Welenrn lliat the marriage of her Royal Highness the Princess Ucxandrine, bis Majesty's second daughter, to the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklqnburg Sehweriu, Prince Paul Fre- derick, will be celebrated next May. The Royal couple were affianced on the 21- th September last vear. ODESSA. Dec 2— We have news from Constanti- nople up to the 25th of November, according to which that capital is the theatre of the most dreadful excesses On the 23d of November, according to letters worthy of credit, the Austrian and English Ambassadors, Count Lutzov and Lord Strangford, had a conference with the Reis Effemli, and endeavoured to induce him to accept the Russian ultimatum. The two Ambassadors had then an audience of the Sultan himself, but, as it is affirmed, to no purpose. His Sublimity is said to have declared that the privileges which belong to the Greek nation bv exiting treaties cannot be renewed, and in general the de- mands ofthe Russian Emperor can in no case be grant- ed. That the extirpation ofthe Greeks is resolved upon, and they must all be destroyed from the face of the earth. When these diplomatists were returning home, ac- companied bv a numerous escort of Janissaries, thev were ( according to onr letters) grossly insulted bv the furious Turks, who fired the whole afternoon with pistols at the hotel of Lord Strangford. The Sultan had in vain caused the people to be called upon to cease these excesses. The Janissaries had, on the contrary, uttered the most dreadful imprecations against the Sultan and his Ministers, who they said had promised them for above these six moivtlis past the plunder of the quarter of the Franks in Perav Such tyre our latest accounts, which IS P A I M The accounts from Madrid, in the French papers, arc to the 1 Sth of December. The Ministers had been beat in the Cortes bv a large majority. The s;; tiugs of this Assembly, during the' 13th, 14th, and 15th; were oc- cupied in discussing the second part tit the report of t. iie Committee appointeJ to inquire into the events which had occurred in Andalusia. The Ministers were attacked on all hands, but ttiev defended themselves boldly, attribut- ing the discontent which existed to the suppression of the monasteries, and the decrees on seignorlal rights.-—. At last, after three days of continued debating, M. Ca- latrava, t'-. e reporter, proposed a new resolution to the following effect :— *' A message sinill he addressed tn his Majesty, statin? iO hiin that the Cortes, considering that the present Ministry have- not iho moral foi- rc necessary for properly, conducting the t><>- veminent of a nation, and causing the dignity and the prero- gatives of the Throne to lie respected, h ipe that his Majesty will, in ihe exercise of his powers, deign to lake such roes- ure. as the situation of the kingdom so imperiously requires. They therefore supplicate his Majesty." & c. This res nation against the Ministers was adopted hy a majority' of 101- to 52. This decision against the Spanish Ministn appears to have been effected 1 y similar means to those which ousted the last French Ministry, a union of'the two e* s. treme parties— the majority ofthe Cortes being comp- vi^ t ed^ ifyerv hetero'eneous elements, fiir tiie in ist bitter enemies ofj the Ministry, as Romero, Alpuente. Pa- lates, and others, voted with the Count dc Toreniie, who has for a long time been the dispenser of Ministe- rial favours. The address of the Cortes bad not been pfescute! ti the King ; but it was expected that his Majesty, on re- ceiving it would immediately transmit lt. to the Council if State, to consult in case to his dismissing his Ministers who should bp. . their successors. Tlie. accounts from the Spanish provinces were rather favourable. Min. i hail delivered up the military coiif- mand of ( ialicia to Don Lopez, and obeved the ordt- js of Government, which sent him to Siguenza. General Lastre had been acknowledged General Commandant ofthe province. The dissatisfied party at Corimna bad failed of inducing the people of Ferrol to join iu tlieir scheme. The city and province of Cadiz remained trau- quil. \ letter from Iran, in the Monitenr, dated DecemTicr 22, states, that the corps of tlovahsts formed 111 Navarre had increased to 150-' men, against whom the di.- iposaWa troops of Gtripuscoa, Alnva, and Biscnv, have received orders to inarch. Two battalions of the Imperial Alex- ander regiment, marching in that direction from Vittoria, passed through Tolosa, to the tune of the Tragala - This music appeared so discordant to the inhaMtarits, that thev instantly assembled inarms, pursued the two battalions, which were about 300 strong and came up with them at the Ecombcriy, between Tolosa and p, ua- pelnna. An engagement took place, in wliiehthe iia- t- talions lost about 60 men. The detachment of the regiment of Toledo, which. was sent against the Royalists, after being vigorously repulsed, has fallen back to Pampcluua in a bad slate The latest accounts from Spain stste, that disscntions still continue between the King arid the Cortes. His Majesty refuses to dismiss liis present Ministers, whn, it appears, have lost the confidence of the Cortes, and of'a great portion of the people. The deputation ai>- pointed to wait upon him, for the purpose of communi- cating to him the message of the Cortes on tills subject, went to the palace 011 the 17th ultimo. Not being an*' nounccd according to the usual forms, the King refused to receive them, but appointed the following dav at noon for that purpose. litis delay caussed some sensation in the capital. The next dav the message was property communicated, and tlie King, after hearing it read, re- plied, " The subject is a very grave one ; I shall think of it." The purport of the message was to detail the dan- gers that menaced the public peace, and to ascribe thess dangers to the Ministers. AMERICA. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dkc. 4. The House this dav returned its ballot for the choirs of a Speaker, when the election was declared to have fallen on P. I'arbottr, Esq. one of the Representatives of the Slate of Virginia, and he was duly elected Speaker of this House. Saturday last the President of the United States rc- ! ceived the resignation of General Jackson, of the office of Governor of Florida. * ABSTRACT OF TIIE PRESIDENT'S MESS \ OR. The President begins by saying. " In the concerns whir- it are exclusively internal, there is good cause to bo satisfied with the result. In those relating to Foreign Powers. I am happy to state, that peace and amity are preserved with all. by & strict observance on bolh sides of tile rights of each Iu mat- ter < touching our commercial interests where a difference < H opinion has existed in any case as to the Condi it should lie placed, eat h partyjtas pursu without giving just eau- e of nu d communication the ^ n naturally cotnes into view. 1815. a proposition was te duties on the tonnage o^ roT^. gn v —^^— to piaec our commerce whlKsicb 011a basis, which, it was to Ipre- sumed. wtni) 4-^ » acceptable to ail. Each party would k- uiii " The right to admit or prohibit such articles from the other as it thought proper, and on its own conditions. Io placing thus Ihe navigation precisely on tiie same ground in the transporta- tion of* imports and exports between the United Slates and other countries, it was presumed that all i*- as offered that could be desired. Many considerations of great weight gave us a right to expect that this commerce should he extended to the colonies as well as to the European dominions of other Powers. With the latter, especially with the countries ex- clusively marruf ' during, the advantage was manifestly on their side. When no article is admitted which' is not required to supply the wants of the party admitting it, and ad nit ted then, not in favour of any particular country, to the disadvantage of others, but on conditions equally applicable to all it seems just that the articles thus admitted should be carried thither iu the vessels of the country affording such supply, and that tie* reciprocity should he t'jund in a corresponding accommodation on the other sitle. ' VSnch was ihe intent of our system as established bv the act of ISIS. In the year in which this Act was passed a Treaty was concluded with Great Britain, in direct conformity with its principles in regard to her European dominions. To the colonies, however, in the West Indies hnd on iliis continent, it was not extended, the British Government claiming the ex- clusive supply of those colonies, and fi am our ports ; and of the productions ofthe colonies in return, inciter oivu vr- s- eb. To this claim the United States could not as, c- t. The same conditions w ere offered to F ranee, hut not a. ccptcd. Her veinmeivt demanded conditions more favourable io her navi- gation, and to this it was thought improper to accede. It is much to be regretted, that al: hou^ h a ne^ ocicttion has been long pending, such is the diversity of views entertained, that there does not appear to he any reasonable prospect of its early conclusion. It is my duty t-> state, that very serious dif- ferenceshave occurred in this rierelation respecting the con- struction of the eiglvh Article ofthe iYe- ity of 180.7 whereby Louisiana was ceded to the U liited Stiltes ; and likew ise re- specting the seizure of the Apollo, io JBiiO. for a violation of our Revenue Laws. By the eighth . Uticle of the i'reaty re- ferred to. it is stipulated, that after the expirjtion of twelve years the ships . t France should fur ever after be placed on the footing of the most favoured nation. By the obvious con- elujiior. it wa^ intended that uo Tavvur tiioulil be granted to uny,