The War Taxes during the like compara- | ference is to be divided into eleven comtive period have been more productive by partments, descriptive of his various battles. 600,000l, in the recent quarter. The in- In the centre the Duke of Wellington apcrease in the income of the Consolidated pears on horseback, attended by the GeFund lies chiefly in the Duties of Customs nerals Lord Hill, Lord Beresford, and and Excise, the former having exceeded other distinguished officers The figures its produce of last year by upwards of are in asso relievo, and they leave the 740,000l. and the latter by 410,000l. The Duke prominent. The drawing of this Stamps have also increased 60,0007. grand design was made by Stothard, R. A. under the direction of a Committee. The model by Tollmack. When finished, it will be one of the most unique productions of art ever made in Europe. It is to be elevated on a grand pillar of silver, to stand in a proper situation in the palace now erecting for the Noble Duke in the neighbourhood of Oxford. When this chef d'auvre is complete, we shall give a more ample description of it. The idea of presenting the Duke of Wellington, who is a military hero, with a superb shield, is doubtless derived from Homer's compliment to Achilles. General Order: Commander in Chief.Horse Guards, Jun. 16.-From the reports which the Commander in Chief has received of the Regimental Schools, his Royal Highness has the satisfaction of believing, that the important and beneficial objects of these institutions have generally been duly and successfully attended to, by the instruction of the children on the plan of the Rev. Dr. Beil, as prescribed in former orders, and by the introduction of good order, cleanliness, and regularity. There is, however, another point of scarcely less importance, to which it is the Commander in Chief's wish most earnestly to call the attention of the Commanding Officers, viz. that of taking care, that the children are, as early as possible, instructed in the means of making themselves useful, and gaining their livelihood; and this his Royal Highness couceives may be effected at a very cheap rate, by employing the best qualified and best behaved woman of each regiment in instructing the girls in plain work and knitting, and employing the tailors and boot and shoemakers of each regiment in instructing the boys in their respective trades; by which means the whole may, at a very early age, be rendered useful to the regiment, and be enabled to gain their own subsistence. The Commander in Chief is of opinion, that by an economical application of the funds left at their disposal, and by a proper arrangement for the sale of the produce of the children's work, Commanding Officers will have it in their power to forward this object without incurring any additional expense. By command of His Royal Highness. HARRY CALVERT, Adj. Gen. Orders have been sent to the Lords Lieutenant to disembody forthwith the Bedford, Cumberland, Dorset, and Oxford Regiments of Militia. Similar orders will immediately be sent to other regiments. British Navy. Ships of the line, effective, 45; ships of 56, and superior class frigates, 8; largest class frigates, 24-pounders, 11; frigates of 38 and 36, 18-pounders, 75; frigates of 32, and all post ships of smaller size, 58; sloops of war, bombs, cutters, schooners, luggers, &c. 235; troop ships, 23; guard ships of all sizes, hospital ships, &c. 26-Total in commission, 481. war. Government are proceeding to collect together the spoils of the different campaigns, taken from the enemy during the Eleven hundred and forty pieces of orduance are to be melted down, and sold. It is calculated that the whole produce will be about six hundred thousand pounds. Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, by Rewards to Seamen and Marines.-The command of H. R.H. the Prince Regent,have published the scale of rewards, designed as a remuneration to Petty Officers, Seamen, and Royal Marines. The ancient system of Duke of Wellington's Shield. smart-money is continued; the pensions Several Noblemen and Gentlemen have hitherto granted from the Chest at Greensubscribed to present the Duke of Welling-wich are also continued, with some trifling ton with a grand shield, blazoned with his achievements. It is to be of massy silver, three feet in diameter. The circum variations. The pensions granted from the same source to worn-out seamen, are now reduced to a fixed system in which the nature of the injuries received, and I mass, the Breakwater, whose situation in a the services of different classes of men res- gale of wind is plainly discernible by a pectively, are carefully considered and re- volume of foam, has, however, rendered its compensed, and a new and most important rage impotent." benefit has been extended, viz. that every man discharged after 14 years faithful service, even though he should not be disabled, may claim a pension proportioned to the number of years he may have served; and after 21 years service, in addition to at least 1s. per day, he may demand his dis-present carrying on at the Ardrossan Harcharge from the navy. Accounts from Largs state, that lately that the people were carried from one place that village was so completely inundated, to another in boats. The storm had extreme little effect on the Breakwater, at bour by Lord Eglington.-Some small damage has, however, been occasioned to such vessels as were there at the time, but which can scarcely ever happen again, were the works once completed, which are at present in progress. business suspended during an hour. It rose so high at the temporary bridge by the Strand bridge, as to leave no room for boats to pass through. There is a court in Narrow Wall, named Limetree-court, con The following are the principal of the new regulations:-Smart money is paid for wounds as before. Every seaman, landman, boy, or royal marine, discharged from the service on account of wounds, will be entitled to a pension of not less High tide in the Thames.-Dec. 18.-The thau 6d. per day, and not more than 1s. 6d. tide in the river was remarkably high on Persons discharged from sickness or debi- Wednesday. Soon after two o'clock, the lity, contracted in the service, will receive water flowed over the piles at Blackfriars from 5d. to 18d. per day, regulated by cir-bridge; the wharfs were inundated, and cumstances of ailment and length of service. Privates of Royal marines are to be reckoned as landmen, and they will also be entitled to discharge after 21 years service. The service of boys to be accounted as landmen, and they acquire man's allow-taining about twenty houses, inhabited by ance at the age of 18 years. A certain hard working people; this place was laid class of petty and non-commissioned offi- under water. The inhabitants were washeers, in addition to any peusion they may ed out of the ground-floor, and confined to be entitled to as seamen, marines, &c. are the first story. The water forced through to have one farthing per day for each year the houses above the Green Dragon in of their service. Another class of the Pedlar's-acre, with rapidity, and made the same officers will be entitled to double that way impassable; but passengers found the sum. Pensions and length of service are most interruption on the bank by Lambeth forfeited by misconduct. All pensions to Palace. There was one sheet of water from be paid quarterly; and it is not intended the end of the Bishop's-walk to Lambeth to make any alterations in pensions alrea-church. Watermen attended with their dy granted, except that petty and non- wherries, and conveyed persons across to commissioned officers discharged since the the church. The flood extended along the 30th of April, 1814, may receive the addi-bank to Vauxhall. tional allowance to which they are, under this new regulation, entitled. Brewer's Profits.-A list of the quantity Breakwaters.-A letter from Plymouth, dated December 19, says-" It again blew a severe gale of wind at this place, yesterday, when upwards of 50 vessels at anchor in the Sound, rode it out without damage. Ten sail lay in this bay during the gale of Sunday. Thousands of spectators viewed, with satisfaction, the stupendous effects of the Breakwater during the whole of the gales. It was the first winter in which merchant vessels dared to anchor in Plymouth Sound, and at one time upwards of 70 vessels of that class and of the Royal Navy rode out the gale. Not a single vessel has yet been damaged in the Sound, Hollingsworth 262,467 165,628 145,121 87,072 12 0 141,104 84,662 8 0 100,776 60,465 12 0 100,891 60,234 12 0 95,898 57,280 16 0 62,019 37,044 14 8. 45,162 27,097 4 0 Address from the Master Calico Printers in Lancashire and the counties adjacent, approved at Manchester, Dec 20, 1814, to their journeymen in all branches :— dividually, attempt any such control or therein." It is notorious, that foreign competition is daily gaining ground; and if the Englisk printers remain inactive, or are not permitted the free exercise of their own Prosecution of Journeymen Calico Prindiscretion, they and the rtificers they em-ters.-Edinburgh, Dec. 29.-Monday was ploy, with their numerous families, depend- to have come on before the High Court of ing upon this branch of business, will Justiciary, the trial of Alexander M'Greinevitably become mart as to the unlawful gor, calico-printer and innkeeper in Anand extravagant claims and restrictions of derston; Dugald M'Pherson, calico-printer the journeymen, whilst others are enjoying at Parkholm; John M'Auley, calico-printhe fruits of that ingenuity, and of those ter at Anderston; John Dichmont, calicoexertions, to which the establishment and printer at Kincald Printfield, accused of improvement of the trade are so essentially illegal combination, or conspiricy to raise indebted. their wages. The pannels had been adUnder the increased and increasing pres-mitted to bail, but upon the Diet being sure of these evils, the masters have been impelled to associate. They know that the interests of themselves and their servants are completely indentified. They seek no reduction in the established rate of wages, and they are perfectly disposed to give employment to such of the journeymen as are desirous of conducting themselves faith fully, and of submitting to the conditions which are indispensible to the well-being and prosperity of all trade. If any individuals yet obstinately refuse, their object will be decided, and they must sustain the consequence. The services of such men cannot be of any value, and they will not afterwards be accepted. The conditions alluded to are these, viz: called, none of them appeared; consequently, sentence of outlawry was pronounced against them, and their bail bond forfeited. It was mentioned from the Bench to the Lord Advocate, that the Court hoped every exertion would be made by his Lordship to apprehend these persons, if sculking within Scotland, in order that they might be brought to justice; that from the complexion of the indictment, and declarations of the prisoners, this appears to be one of the most atrocious cases of combination that ever came before the Court, being more a case of sedition than combination, and in fact, an attempt made by the journeymen calico-printers in the three kingdoms, to form a sort of parliament of their own, and by that means to dictate the price of labour.-(Glasgow Herald.) They are to withdraw themselves entirely from all combinations to control or Westminster Bridge was, on Saturday restrict their employers, and are to engage night, Dec. 31, for the first time, illuminot to be concerned in them for the future.nated with gas lights. They are to do all such work as may be offered to them in their several capacities, without attempting to interfere as to the kind or number of hands employed, or the machines used; they are to conform to the rules prescribed for the preservation of order and regularity in the works of their masters. They are to be subject to abatements for spoiled or imperfect work, not exceeding in any case the wages paid for the work done upon goods so damaged, except only in evident instances of malicious or wanton injury. And they are also, before they can be received, to sign a declaration in the form subjoined :— New Iron Bridge. Preparations are making for carrying into effect the resolu tions of the Magistracy of the counties of Monmouth and Gloucester, for erecting a cast iron bridge over the Wye at Chepstow, on a very grand scale. A native poet has said of the present bridge, "The startled traveller gives to God his thanks, "When pass'd in safety o'er the rattling planks. Industry and Sobriety.-What may be effected by honest industry and sobriety, is strongly exemplified in the instance of a man and his wife of the name of Sykes, of Ingoldmells; they have nineteen children now living, all of whom dined together in the month of May last: they have brought them all up reputably, without ever receiving any assistance from the parish; the husband occupies a few acres of land, and goes out to day-labour.-Boston Gaselte, “I, A. B. do hereby declare, that I do not, nor will hereafter, belong to any combination, which has for its object the control or restriction, in any way whatever, of my employers, in the free exercise or management of their business, nor will I, in- | Lincolnshire. Honorary present. -An elegant silver rup, of the value of twenty guineas, has been presented, by the inhabitants of Whitehaven, to Andrew Carr, a seaman, who greatly distinguished himself in rescuing a female passenger from a vessel wrecked off that port, during the late storm. Snow Plough.-Among other useful implements lately invented is a Snow Plough, to be worked with only two horses, attached to a splinter bar, calculated to clear the roads of snow for seven feet wide, with the utmost facility; a sketch and description of this plough has very laudably been circulated by the Secretary to the Post-Office, and the adoption of the plough is recommended to every parish through which the mail or other public carriages travel. A beautiful, substantial, patent Steam Packet, of 200 tons, is now building on the Thames, which will be launched in a few weeks; she is intended to go between London and Calais, and is contructed to carry from 4 to 500 passengers; she will be fitted up in the most elegant and commodious manner: from her peculiar mode of construction and machinery, she is calculated to be impelled through the water at the rate of twelve miles an hour, against wind and tide. Wool. The long wool grown in Lincolnshire, is now really worth from 55s. to Si. a tod. Christenings and Burials, from December 14, 1819, to December 13, 1814:Christened in the 97 parishes within the walls of the City of London, 1008.— Buried, 1251. Christened in the 17 parishes without the walls, 4384.-Buried, 4090. Christened in the 23 out-parishes in Middlesex and Surrey, 11,157.- Buried, 10,015. Christened in the 10 parishes in the City and Liberties of Westminster, 3621. Buried, 4427. Christened.-Males, 10,313; Females, 9857;-in all, 20,170. Buried.-Males, 10287; Females, 9496: -in all, 19,783. Whereof have died,-under two years, 8545; between two and five, 2031; five and ten, 770; ten and twenty, 649; twenty and thirty, 1268; thirty and forty, 1678; forty and fifty, 1950; fifty and sixty, 1810; sixty and seventy, 1747; seventy and eighty, 1343; eighty and ninety, 592; ninety and a hundred, 88; a hundred, 1; a hundred and one, 1; a hundred and two, 1; a hundred and eight, 1; a hundred and eleven, 1.—Increase in the burials this year, 2461. Manchester is one of the finest and argest towns in England, and is increased so much lately, that on Sunday week there were 93 christenings at the collegiate church, and the day following, there were 28 marriages, all at one time. On Christmasday, there were 104 christenings at the same church, and during the last year, there were 1670 marriages, and about 2500 christenings, besides great numbers at the other churches, which are not included here. On the 5th ult. Mr. James Part, of the Fleece, Astley Chapel, sent as a present, by the carrier, to his frieud in Warrington, a dog and cat (tied up in a bag) who have been companions more than ten months. On the morning of the 9th December, the dog and his cat took their departure from Warrington. together, and arrived in the evening at their old habitation (Mr. Part's) a distance of 13 miles. They were observed jogging through Bulcheth, side by side. At Green Lane End, the dog gallantly defended his fellow-traveller from the attack of another dog they met in the lane. New Medicinal Spring.-A rival establishment to Cheltenham is carrying on with great spirit at Gloucester, where a plentiful spring of the same Chalybeate qualities has been lately discovered, and an elegant pump room already erected over it. boast of one of the most plentiful markets Market well filled. - Perhaps we may in England. On Christmas Eve not less than eighty cart-loads of geese, containing upwards of 1,100, were pitched and sold alive in our maket. Average price from 4s. to 6s. each.-(Carlisle Paper.) A goose was sold at Lancaster on the 24th ult. which weighed 184lb. without its feathers. The following is a correct statement of the weight of a very extraordinary sheep, of the TRUE South-Down breed, bred and fed by W. Harison, Esq. of Folkington Place, Sussex, and killed under the directions of that gentleman, December 22: When yeaned, on the 1st day of April, lbs. 1811, being considered unusually large 154 Blood (when slaughtered, as above) Loose Fat, of which the caul 264lb.. S4 Head and Pluck Entrails Skin Carcass 9 253 19 .. 21st. 1 This mutton is peculiarly fine, the fat (nearly three inches thick on the ribs) being as solid and firm as that of venison, the lean of a very fine texture, and the bone remarkably small. 777] At a sale of farming stock in Gloucestershire, some time since, the auctioneer gave the following extempore description of a beautiful cow: Long in her sides-bright in her eyes, If you will have a good tyke, Sided like a bream, And footed like a catt. Longevity in the Feathered Tribe.-On Wednesday the 4th instant, a goose, which formerly belonged to the late Mr. John Missing, and lately to R. W. Missing, of Posbrook-cottage, Titchfield, died at the advanced age of sixty-four years: the year before last she laid five eggs, and hatched five goslings, one of which is preserved as a curiosity, being the offspring of so aged a mother. Thrush: prolific.-It is a singular circumstance, and not unworthy the notice of the naturalist, that a thrush in Mr. Lewis's garden, of Hampstead, had this last season no less than four different broods. The last of these young families were running about the garden at the beginning of November. The parent birds have been for some time inmates of the garden, and particularly attracted the indulgent notice of its benevolent proprietor. Refugee Squirrel.-Some time ago a squirrel was caught in Ledstone Park, near Ferry bridge, and lodged, for safe custody, in one of the traps used for taking rats alive. Here he remained for several weeks, till at length, panting for liberty, he contrived to make his escape through a window, and repaired once more to his native fields. The family in which he had been a sportive inmate, were not a little vexed at the loss of their little favourite, and one of their number was ordered to remove the trap in the evening of the same day, that they might no longer be reminded of their loss; but, on proceeding to discharge this duty, he found, to his surprise, that the squirrel, all wet and ruffled by the storm, had re-assumed his station, and again taken up his lodgings in a corner of the trap. Herring Fishery:.-The total number of vessels cleared outwards for the fishery, Longevity. On Monday died at Huntingdon a very famous West India Parrot not on the tonnage bounty, in the year belonging to Dr. Thong, a respectable Phy-ending the 5th of April, 1814, was 916; What particularly and the number of barrels, 143,607. sician, in that place. makes us record this event, is the extreme The number entered inwards in the same age of the bird, which cannot be less thau period, not on the tonnage bounty, was 786; 80 years; having been more than 50 years and the number of barrels, 64,365. The in the possession of a person in the West number of busses fitted out for the deep sea Indies, and since that period belonging to fishery was 19; and the numberof barrels, 3,219. Dr. Thong. Pheasants.-Sir John Shelley, Bart. has turned out on his Maresfield-Park Estate, Sussex, near Lewes, 243 pheasants, of which number 193 are hens. The whole were taken from the Baronet's preserves, at his seat in Suffolk, and were conveyed to Maresfield in a curious vehicle, invented for that purpose, so constructed that each bird had a separate coop, and so well calculated for the preservation of its occupants, that one only died on this long journey. The plumage of one of the cocks, is a beautiful milk white, and to this bird great attention is paid, with a view of extending his breed. The snares used in taking these pheasants were so admirably contrived by Mr. Santero, that five only were found dead among the whole that were entangled. The Baronet, to give the birds fair play, has prohibited shooting on his Maresfield estate for two years. UNIVERSITY. The Hulsean prize for 1814, has this term been adjudged to the Rev. Thomas Fuller, B. A. Fellow of St. John's college, for his dissertation on the comparative value of Prophecies and Miracles, as Evidences for the Truth of Christianity. The subject of the Hulsean prize essays for the present year is The distinct provinces of Reason and Faith. Cambridge. The following are the subjects for Sir Wm. Browne's gold medals for the present year: FOR THE GREEK ODE: redditum. FOR THE LATIN ODE: FOR THE EPIGRAMS: Quicquid dicam, aut erit aut non. |