now in the eightieth year of her matter cannot be worse than it age, used to say: I hate going now is. The Trustees of our into that nasty cold room, and Kensington roads, who, while they shall be glad when we get to the wanted, and actually petitioned other part of the house again: but for, new and extended powers, in now she is so pleased with it, and order to enable them to pay the finds it so comfortable, that she debt of the roads, and to keep never likes to leave it. 1 have them in repair, had actually in got a second, and shall very soon the hands of the Treasurer four have a third and fourth; for I times as much money as the road intend having them in all my bed-owed, and from whose own Sur

rooms.

Believe me,

My dear Sir,

veyor it was extracted, that, to

keep the roads in good repair

would cost only five or six thou

Very faithfully yours, sand pounds a year, while the
JOHN KNOWLES. Trustees were receiving fifteen

TURNPIKE ROADS.

thousand a year; those Trustees

who so grossly imposed upon the House of Commons, and would

have imposed, in like manner,

upon

the Lords, if it had not been

Ir is said, that the Government for me; those Trustees, who inmean to take those wholly out of duced the House of Commons to the hands of Trustees, and to keep enact, in the preamble, that all the them in its own hands. To give present tolls were necessary, and any opinion on the details of the to enact in the body of the Act, measure I cannot, because I have that a part of those tolls should be no knowledge of them; but, this taken off; those Trustees having much I venture to say, that, be now, without a new act, and with those details what they may, the tolls lowered in October last by

them of their own accord, such not refrain from saying, even now,

plenty of money, that, to the road, which they had, last year, or the year before, paved in the middle, leaving the sides unpaved, they

that I hope, that, in some shape or other, Mr. M'ADAM (whom I never saw) will receive a public reward proportioned to the real

have now seemed to say (as a and solid improvement that he cold soldier says to a hot one has introduced.

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TREES AND SEEDS.

I HAVE no more trees for sale this year. I am sorry for this, it being a disappointment to a great many gentlemen; but, I cannot sell that which I have not.

when he pulls him out from a guard-room fire-side) “ turn about is fair play;" for, as God 's my judge, they have just taken the pavement from the middle, and paved the two sides! Is it not scandalous that the Government should longer suffer the people to be treated in this way? And this is done, mind, while these Trustees and the Government too have the effect of Mr. M'ADAM's meritorious plan before their eyes even on Westminster-bridge! Some are afraid of the patronage that the proposed change will give to the Government. I am not half a less quantity. The latter, 2s. so much afraid of it as I am of a 3d. a pound, if ten pounds: and

system of taxation of the most odious kind carried on by Trus

tees and combining Jews. I shall

Swedish Turnip Seed and Mangel Wurzle Seed. I have some of the very best of both. The former is 1s. 3d. a pound, if ten pounds are taken; and 1s. 6d. if

2s. 6d. if less. I warrant them both, having grown them myself from picked and transplanted roots.

return to this subject; for it is a Please to apply at No. 183, very important one; but, I can- Fleet-street.

OAK-CASKS.

I HAVE for sale about 50 or 60 Oak-Casks. They are quite new and perfectly sweet, never having had in them any thing but dry seeds. They are made of American white-oak, are clean and clear,

and very stout for their bulk. They

their present wooden hoops would, with care, last many years; but, these may be exchanged for ironhoops at a very trifling expense. Any person wishing to purchase, will please to apply at Kensington, where the casks are, and where they can be seen at any

time.

have hoops of hickory or white- FRENCH, ITALIAN, AND GERMAN

oak, and each cask contains about

LANGUAGES.

Mr. POLI, a native of Germany, who has passed several years in Italy and France, and who is well qualified to teach all of the above Languages, wishes to attend any gentlemen, as scholars, either at their houses, or at his own home.

each; and, at that price, they are cheap for the making of the tops to high fences, in which capacity-For particulars and terms, apthey would last a couple of good ply at Mr. COBBETT's Register long life-times For beer barrels,Office, No. 183, Fleet Street.

Wheat 7,395 for 23,757 8 5 Average, 72 4 of the ports opening for Barley, this Barley 12,757........27,163 6 9427 trade has become excessively heavy,

Rye...... 48.... 94 0 8.39 2 and it was only superior parcels for
Beans.. 2,451 .... 4,989 3 0..........40 8
Pease.. 2,669.... 6,189 17 11.........46 4