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THE PILLORY.
I never was in a pill >ry but once, whi
must ever cons.dor a misfortune. 1* or It
ing at all tilings, us 1 tin with a pbiUiSopb
strtil enquiring eye, anil courting experience i
for the Sake of iri) fellow creature*, I can-.i
not but lament the short and impertect op
porlu ity 1 enj’ivcd of felling that
situation, which co lew sue destined lo uc
copy. Itisasorlot Egg Premiership; o
place above your fell >WB, but a place in
which your hands are tied. \ou are not
without the established political vice, !ur
vuu are not absolved from turning.
L>'t me give y m abiiet description of the
•hurt irregular glimpse I had ol men and
things while I was in Pillory Power, I was
raised toil, as many men aie to high sta
tions, by my errors. 1 merely made a small
mistake of some sort or other, in an answer
in Chancery, not injurious to my interests,
And lo! the Recorder of London, with a
suavity of manner peculiar to himself, an
nounced to me my intended promotion ;
and in due time I was promoted inlo l
office.
It was a fine day for the pillory; that ii'
to say. it rained in torrents. Those only |
who have had boarding and lodging likej
mine, can estimate the comfort ol having'
wushu g into the bargain. j
It was about noon when I was placed,
Jike a statue, upon a wooden pedestal ; an
hour probably chosen out of consideration to
the innocent little urchins then let out ol
school, for they are a race notoriously bind
of shying, pitching, jinking, pelting, fling
ii t g, Binging—in short, pi©lessor* ol throw
ing in all i s branches. The public offi ei
presented me first with a north front, and
there 1 was—“ God save the mirk -like
a cock at Sarovetide, or a lay-figure in a
Shooting Gallery.
The smriu commenced. Stones began to
spit—mud lo mizzle —cabbage stalk* tiuck
uitjed into a shower Now and then came a
dead ki'ten—sometime* a living cur; atmn
«n egg would hit me on the eye, an offence
I wag obliged lo wink at. There is a
•(range appetite in human kind for pelting
a fellow creature. A travelling China mm
actually threw away two pence to iiave a
pitch at me with & pipkin; a Bidiug-gate
h ixter treated me with a few hemqgs, but
bv no means too stale to be purchased in Sit.
Giles’ ; while (he weekly half pence of the
school boys went towards the support of &
Costemonger and his donkey, who supplied
them with egg* fit for throwing and nothing
else. I conies* this last description ol
missiles, if so they might be called, that
never missed, annoyed me mme than all the
rest ; however, there was no remedy.
There 1 wo* forced lo stand, taking up my
livery, and a vile livery it was; or, as ihe wag
fiipressed it, “being made free of the I’elt
mongers.”
ii waff time lo appeal to my resoutres
H had (eat! somewhere of an I alian, who b y
Juit ot mental abstraction, had rendered
himself unconscious of the rack; and break
mg joints, sinews, and bones, was in fancy
only performing hi* diurnal Gy mnasiics, or
undergoing his amicable Shampuoni.ig. Ihe
pillory was a milder instrument than the
rack, and I had naturally a lively imagina
lion; it seemed plausible, therefore, that 1
iglit make shift to be pelted in my ab
*<?nce. To attain a scene as remote as pos
able from pain, I selected one of absolute
pleasure for the experiment ; no other, m (
tru'.h, than that Persian Paradise, the Gar
den Gull, at the Feast of Rji?s. Flapping
v/mgs of Fancy with all my might, I was
eddy in those Bowers of Bliss, and at
i lumps with Houri and Peri—
“ Flinging roses at each other."
to', alas for meutal abstraction ! The
y hi*t bud hit me with a atone like ve
il, nee ; my next rose of the cabbage
d, breathed only a rank cabbage fra
.nce ; and in another moment the claws
a flying cat Scratched me back into my-
I ; and there 1 was again, in full pelt la
the pillory.
My fiist fifteen minutes, the only quar
-1 met with, bad now elapsed, and my
;e was turned towards the east. The
st object tny eyes fell upon was a heap
Macadaimzitiun ; and 1 confess I ue
r thought of calculating the stones in
Ii a hillock, till I saw the mob preparing
cast them up.
1 expected to be lithographed on the
it ? Instinct suggested to me that the
y way to sive my life was by dying ;
m opping my head and hands, ami clog*
my last eye with a terrific groan, 1
tired for the present. The ruse look
cl. Supposing me to he defunct the
b refused to kill me. Shouts of“ Mur
■! Shame ! Shame ! No Pillory !” burst
m all quarters. The Pipkin monger a
ed the Fishwoman who rated the School
s , they, in turn, fell foul of a Coate
nger, who was hissing and groaning at
whole assembly ; and S tally, a philau
ipic constable look the whole group into
tody. In the meantime I was taken
rn, laid with a sack over me in a curl,
ten oil to a hospital, my body seeming
ny proper present to St. B irtholornew’s
U. Thomas, but my dollies fit for no*
g but GwyT,
UM —
MUTTONY.
gentleman at one of our city boat ding
>e‘j, after retiring lo bed one night, had
lose strongly assailed by the smell of
ted mutton. He turned upon the other
! but. still the same fleshy odor followed
fie buried his head under the bed
*, but the smell grew stronger. —lie
n ; nt his nose to tho free air once more;
1 l tl'ii air ol the whole loom seemed to be
i ion.- or less impregnated wivh the same
oil From whence could it proceed ? He
surely had not taken lodging* in the pantry
instead of Ihe bed room.-•-And yet the
mutton-ou* smell almost persuaded him
i that such a mistake was possible. He,
■bo wever, managed, after various turnings
and shifting*, to get into a sort of uucom
-1 sortable drowse, in which he dreamed all
;j night of carrying a sheep on his back, and
j hearing it cry baa ! baa ! Arousing from hi*
dreamy state, as soon a* it wa* light he got
' up to reconnoitre the premises, and ascer
lain the cause of the deadly smell, lie
*, looked into a closet attached to his bed
room, he opened the drawer of his dressing
(able, he peeped under the bed--but all to
no purpose. At last he bethought him in
looking in the bed fiself; when, 10, instead
of finding a quarter of roasted mutton, he
found he had been quartered between two
tablecloths, which, with the greasy collec
tions ot a whole week, were placed on his
bed to serve their turn in the capacity of
'sheets.
[Yew Fork Constellation,
j From the New York Evening Post .
MEMOIR OP PAUL JONES.
I have issued proposal* for publishing in
this country a Memoir of the Life, of Com
modore John Paul Jones, by subscription.
My proposals have been noticed by several
papers in this city, some of which have stat
ed that no publication worthy of Jones lias
ever appeared. Mr. Walsh, ol the Nation
al Gazette, Philadelphia, notices tins re
mark, and savs it is strange if there has not,
as he has a Memoir of Jones, in two volumes,
before him, published a few mouths since in
England from the manuscripts in my pos
session.
The sole object of this article is to correct
wrong Impressions, if any have been made,
by stating precisely the fact. A gentleman
in Edinburgh has edited tuo Utile 12mo.
volumes, which have b en published within
three or fun months, by Oliver & Boyd, as
a memoir of my uncle. The extracts from;
the manuscripts contained in these volumes}
are limited. The journals and correspond
deuce of J mes in my possession aie copious)
and afford abundant materials for four
volumes like tho two published by Oliver &,
, Boyd, On estimate it is found they would
> make only about hall the octavo volume!
• which belong* to the English Editor inclu
! ded, which will not be the rase. These
• volumes, however, I have committed to «
' literary gentleman here, with all the manu-J
; scrip s bequeathed by J mes to his family, 1
with the hope and confidence that full jus
|lke will be done to his character and nienio
iy. NV hether the English editor is or not
English in his remarks is not fur me to say,
since he had my authority to publish from 1
(’ha maniiiicrip's a* fai a* he has gone.)
i I hose volumes contains some errors, which
will be corrected in the present memoir
\s the memory and Line of Commodore
■ Junes are appropriately the property of the
American public. I intend this volume shall
; contain all that is valuable or interesting in
ns manuscripts. That will give general
■ satisfaction 1 ardently hope, and have the
jbost reason to belie** Editors who will
jgive (hi* article an insertion will confer a
Uvur, and ;sce: v e the acknowledgements of
JENEITE TAYLOR.
'1 Prorogation of the Chambers .
1 ’ Pauis, March 20.
The expectation that the Chambers would
be prorogued, or dissolved yesterday, ex
; cited such intense interest, that at an eaily
- hour in the morning, the approaches to the
! palace of the Chamber of Deputies were ob
- structed by a crowd anxious to obtain ad
i mission as soon as the doors should be open*
■ ed. By noon, the hour for which the Repu
- ties had been summoned, the multitude had
become so dense that when the Members of
■ the Chamber arrived, the veterans of the
(guards on duty were obliged to employ force
*; to open for them a passage.
'| When thedoors were opened, the galleries
| were immediately filled, and so great was;
the throng, that the Salle des Conferences,
was completely occupied by intruders. The
attendance of Deputies were extremelyj
■ numerous, many groups were formed in di(-
: lereut parts of the house, and animated con
versation took place.
The President took the Chair at one o’-
i dock. J
Fhe minutes of the last Sitting having
; been read, M. Cardoue approached the Tri
• burial; and seemed anxious to speak, butaf- :
t ter some conversation with the President
and Secretaries, he returned to his seat. The.
minurea were adopted.
• | The agitation that prevailed was so great, 1
: that it was not without difficulty that silence
could be obtained.
| The President read a letter from M. B d-'
guerie, jr. announcing that on account of the
, ill state of Ins health, he was under the ne
cessity of resigning his seat as Deputy for
the Department of the Gironde. The Presi-!
• dent read a second letter from Count Di
jnatien des Sesmaisons, which, after B'aling
:lhe vacation of his seal by liis succession tu
| the Peerage of the late Chancellor Darn
bray. expressed lu„ regret at being separa
r ted from ins late honorable. Collogue*, and 1
I his gratitude for the marks of kindness and
F good.will he had received at their hands. J
:l file Minister of the Interior and tile!
1 Minister of the Marine were introduced and!
. took their seats on the Ministerial B‘Uch,
> The former opened his portfolio, took out a!
; paper, ascended the Tribune, delivered the 1
i paper to the President, and then returned to
. Ins piacq. > ■
. Ihe President “Gentlemen, the Minis-;
ter of the Interior has placed in my hands a
: proclamation of the King, which I am about,
jto read. (I* rofound silence) —The procla-'
, ination was couchod in the following terms ;
, ‘CHARLES, by-the Grace of God, &,c. |
* Phe Session of the Chamber of Peers and!
the Chamber of the Deputies of Dpart- |
[ menis is prorogued to the Ist of September!
i nezt. *4.
; * Phe present proclamation shall be cam
. ed to the Chamber ol Deputies, by our Min
isters of the Interior, and of the Maiine. I
‘Given at Paris at ’he Palace of the Tuil-j
. lories, March 19, A. D. 1830, and in the|
J 6ih year of Our reign.
(Signed) CHARLES.
By the King,
•The M mister of the Interior.
(Signed) MONTBEL.’
Hie President continued, “ Gentlemen,
i according to the terms of the law, the Cham
ber must instantly separate.”
Upon uttering these words, the President
left the chair. Cries of Vive te Thai ! im
mediately proceeded from the extreme |
i Droit, and were rep oiied upon the benches'
'of the Droit, the centre Droit, and a part of.
the centre Gauche. The Deputies of the I
Uruite waved their hats and clapped their
hands; (lie Gauche maintained silence, aiuli
several Honorable Deputies laughed,,on|
seeing the agitation of those opposed to them.
Ihe sh ut of Vive If Kai having died a
way, several Deputies of the Gauche ex
claimed Vive, le Charte! upon which those!
of die Droit drowned their voices with re
iterated cries of Vive le Hoi I
A gentleman of about forty years of age,
i •'' ,| d wearing an order, who was in one of the!
Tribunes Deserve .i above the Cote Droit, 1
leaned over, and said in a distinct voice— l
Messieurs, Vive le Eoi el la Charle !
M. Do Lepine exclaimed, a has la Tri-\
bune ! This exclamation gave rise to s •me!
remonstrances, but the Members separated, !
and the galleries were cleared without dif
ficulty.
As the Honorable Deputies left the
I House, they were surrounded by the numer
ous inquiries, all anxious to learn the result
of the Sitting.
j Jhe Chamber of Peers likewise assembled
at one o’clock. Alter the minutes of the last
sitting had been read and adopted, the
Piince tie Polignac delivered to the Chan
cellor the R >yal Proclamation, which the
latter read, and the Chamber immediately
separated.
Ihe Journal du Commerce of the 20th|
says, “The measure of yesterday is by no'
means decisive, for the Counsellors of the;
Throne may now, as before, by their retire-J
meat, restore harmony between me Consti
tutional Powers of the State, and tranquil-,
ize the country; while, on the other liand.j
by obstinately retaining their places, in spite
! of the mis rust which surrounds them, they;
, may precipitate (lie Crown into uncoiistitu-j
tibnal measures, and threw France back a- 1
; gain into all the calamities of a Revolution.!
; Admitting that, b' fore the experiment which
has been made, Ministers might deceive
ijthemselves, as well as the country, on their
position, now, since (he declaration of the
■ Chambers, the two alternatives, of a retreat
1 or a roup d'etat, are the only issues left (hem,
i to escape fiom the defile into which they,
[ have drawn the Government. Unless (lie.
Cabinet flatters itseif with tie hope of ob
taining from the Electors the support re
fused them by the Deputies, they must of]
necessity acknowledge that their existence
t* incompatible with the faithful execution
of the Charter.”
The following occurrence formed the to
pic of conversation last night in the higher
circles. When the Prince de Polignac
quitted the Tribune of the Chamber of Peers
after delivering the Proclamation for the
prorogation, he passed by a party of Peers,
- who were conversing in the lobby which,
leads to the Salon de la Paix, when one of
them said, “Sir, to-day you have prorogued
us; before this day twelve months, we shall
jbe called to sit as your Judges.” His Ex- 1
|celleucy feigned not to hear him, and left the
house.
! At the sitting of the Chamber of Depu
ties yesterday morning, when M. de Le
!pine was shouting, " A bas la Tribune,” a
member of the Drouille approached M.
Collard, and said “ M. le President, im- ;
pose silence in the Tribunes.” The Hon. i
Member replied, “ Sir, there is no lunger,
a Chamber or President: you had better'
apply to the Commissary of Police !” ]'
i The G «aotto dc France, says; '• It is 1
insinuated by a liberal Journal, that the
Censorship is about to be established, in i
[virtue of the 13th article of the Charter.!'
This old invention, revived in the first fort
night of August last, will no longer make,'
jdupes. We can assert now as we did then, i
ithat no extraordinary measure will be re-j
sorted to by the Government. The Cen- i
worship cannot be necessary against the i
Journals, which by their own falsehoods,jt
,and by the fail of the power that upheld |i
them, hag sunk down to the lowest depree *
of discredit.” j<
Warsaw, February 23. it
We learn that the Russian Government <
(i# going tu take against the Jesuits measures,!
still more severe than those which we an-j‘
jnounced some days ago. Several laymen, 1
[initiated into that order, and some of whom 1
iare married, have, fntwid. their way into thei
[southern provinces, of Russia, especially i
! those near the Slack Sea and Mount Cau- '
[casus. There are several Catholic Ar- 1
menians among them. The conversions I
which these gentlemen have attempted to t
make among the schismatic Armenian# and '
[Georgians have been discovered by the Rus- i
Sian police, which has ordered three of
[these Jesuits to be arrested—one of whom
is married, and has hio wife tu share his
captivity, , ,
It is not known what will be their fate
.sod it is affirmed tnat the Russian Minis- ,
jters in several Courts of Europe have re- |
ocived the most peremptory orders not to j
grant passports from Russia to any person, |
whether a priest or a layman, who is sus
| pectad >f belonging to the. order of Jesuits, i
[lt is added, that hence lot ward all persons ]
(connected in any manner whatever with ’
this order, shall endeavour to enter the ;
country clandestinely, shall be immediate
ly airested and sent to Beresory.in Siberia,
near the* Frozen Ocean. !,
Tram the JV*. ¥. Journal of Cotri. April 16, |
Three Days Later from England I
j We are indebted to Capt. Chadwick, of,!
(the ship Jubilee, which arrived this morning !
jin a leinarkablc short passsage from Liver- i
1 pool, for papers of that city to March 29th, <
and London to the 28;h, both inclusive. j
The following notice of a motion was giv- 1
en by Mr. Iluskisson, in the House of Corn-[l
mons on the 25ih, for Tuesday, April 27,j
“ That a Select Committee be appointed to!
inquire into the banking system of the conn- i
try, with reference to the renewal of the •
charter of the Bank of England.” i
i Mr. O’Connell left London on the 25di !
| for Ireland, being engaged in the cause of (he f
Blackwook, v, Blackwood, for which he is i
(retained with a fee of 800 guineas. j
I At the Sussex Assizes, March 24th, John
Hobden, a schoolmaster in the employ of the I
Postmaster at Brighton, w as found guilty of i
stealing a letter containing a TlO note, and 1
was sentenced to Death. d
Lady Byron has published a vindication i
of her father and mother from the charge of i
having instigated her separation fiom By-'
ron. Flic step was deliberately taken after i
legal advise, and upon her own reeponsi~\
bility.
DISTRESS OF THE COUNTRY. |
London, March 28. I
Mr. Hunt waited yesterday upon the Lord
'Mayor, and handed to his Loidshipa Re- '
jquisition, signed by a numerous body of the
Livery, of which the following is a copy :
"To the LordMuyor.---\\ e, whose names '
[are hereunto subset ibed, Liverymen of ihe
city of London, request your Lordship, at
.your earliest convenience, to convene at),
'Common Hall, to take into consideration jt
jibe alarming distress which now pervades ;
;all r.ti ks ot the c immunity, ex:.', pt those:
I who have fixed incomes, annuitants, and •
'those who live upon the tax s, and then and
(here to adopt such measures as will nuis:i
effectually put a stoj,» to the wide spreading
and devastating evil.”
Ihe Laid Maym having read the Requi
sition. said he should upon a very early day ;
alter die nexi week, appoint ada> for calling i
,tlie Lively togediei; bur he must confess, ,
the necessity of now discussing the distress! i
of the country d.J nut mike him as a. all |
very pressing- \
, London, March £7.
i In the House of Commons, last night, Mr.
Gouiburn brought forward his proposition tor
the reduction ot the interest on the Four per
Cents. Ihe plan of the Finance Minister
upon this subject is already before the public,
arid Mr. Gouiburn, in calling the attention
of the House to the mode ot carrying it into
effect, merely recapitulated that plan. He
'observed that the state of the country being
such as would-admit of this measure being
,adopted---a measure by which a saving to the
public of 778,000/. annually would be effect
ed; it was the duty of Ministers to take ad
vantage of circumstances, and by so doing
afford relief to the country to that amount. --
In stating that Government proposed togive
to the holders of the new Four per Cent, for
every 100/, of that Stock, 100/. Three and a
Hi If per Cen t Stock, which was at present
at 99j, he also gave a pledge that no further
reduction should be made in this stock for 10
years to come. The R.ght linn. Gent, was
interrogated by Mr. Bernal and other Hon.
Members, as to the mode which he intend
ed to adopt of paying off the dissentients,
should there be any ; but this question Mr,
Gouiburn declined answering at present.
Not the slightest opposition was, however,
made to the proposition. The resolution
moved by Mr Gouiburn was adopted by the
House, without dissent; and we believe the
country at large are fully satislied .with the
measure, as one of retrenchment.
The Rum Tax and Beer Tax.— -The or
der from the Board of Excise, London, to the
revenue officers in the west of Scotland, to
fake all the stock which the distillers had
in their premses, preparatory to the imposi
tion of the additional duty, arrived on Fri
day afternoon ; and never was an official
order executed by the supervisors with
more celebrity, and despatch. The immense
distilleries at Port Dundas, and in town
and its eastern vicinity, were visited in the
dark hour of midnight, and the quantity oa
hand taken before there was the possi
bility of diminishing stock.
The Edinburg brewers h ive already an
nounced a reduction of I/, per hogshead
whenever the duty is taken off; and the
brewers in Glasgow, who are truly grateful
for the concession made in their tavor, will
also c nne into the market with an article
which in quality and price they hope will
merit public support,
[Glasgow Chronicle.
Li show, March 13.
It is not easy to convey to you an accu
rate idea of the indignation of many per
sons on h aring the statement of Lord Aber
deen, that the majority of the Portuguse
have, supported Miguel’s cause. The fact
is that the mass of the Portuguese wish for
peace and tranquility, but not for Miguel.
Public notice has been given of the sale of
♦he property ot some of the exiles-. The two
English merchant ships the Briton and the
Vine, and the American ships Gleaner, have
also been advertised for. sale aa lawfully
condemned prizes,.
A brig ot war, the Don Sebastian, arri
ved two days ago from, the Azores, bringing
word of the arrival of Gen. Saldhnha at
Terceira, as also of the flight of a magistrate
and nerr twenty officers and soldiers, from
St. Michaels to Angra.
A letter from Liverpool, from a very res
pectable house, dated 26th. says 50 shill
ings could be had for Flour.
•London Market, Friday, March 25.
A public sale yesterday of 8000 bags
Maunlus Sugars, prime quality, supported
their prices, but inferior sold 1 s lower. There
is but little alteration in Coffee. In Tobac
co there are uo sales worth reporting. At
auction 400 diesis Indigo were offered, two
thirds withdrawn, the rest hold at the last
India house prices.
Fjudat, March 26.
There has been for some time pasta ge
neral improvement in the commerce of the
country, ai d it is now assuming a still more
decided character. Ttie accounts from
Manchester. Leeds. Coventry and Glasgow,
state that the transactions are on - the most
extensive scale, and that the goods are re
gularly sold weekly, as they come forward.
1 he Letters from Glasgow state the manu
facturers are refusing orders, as they can
not complete them within the time limited
by the buyers. The improvement in trade
is not confined to one branch of business, it
extends to all Foreign and Colonial produce,
and to the manufactures and shipping of the
country ; the profits are very low, but they
are also slated Jo be improving.
From (he Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, March 27— Evening.
COTTON.—The import this week is
large, reaching 26 130 bags, and the sales
are also very extensive, being 24,240 bags,
at an advance of full 1 8 on Americans, and
1-8 to i on Brazils, viz : 500 Sea-Islands
at 124 to 1 ; 240 stained do. at yto 12* ;
8,300 Buweds at 6 3-8 to 7s ; 6,800 Or
leans at G 3 8 ; 1,120 Alabamas at 6* to
7*d. . „ V
Corn Exchange.--We advance our quo
tations as follows : on wheat 3 to 4d per
70 lbs, Oats 2d. per 45 lbs. Birley2to
3d. per 60 lbs. Flour and Oat Meal 1 to
21 per sack.
Mexico, March 15.
The following is the l»t section of a bill
adopted by the Senate on the 2Gth Feb.
•• Any captain of a vessel, who on his
arrival in port shall hot deliver th•* manifest
required by the l,«w of I6ih N >v, 1827,
certified by the Mexican Consul (it any
there is) at the port where she sailed, shall
be fined one thou-and dollars it his vessel
is not above one handled tons; two thou-