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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-