a , m a IT % ( UNANIMITY IS THE BOND OF SOCIETY.) Or, Chelmsford and Colchester Communicator. CHELMSFORD: PRINTED BY MARSHALL, ROBINSON, AND KELHAM, J UN. PUBLISHED AT THE COUNTY PRESS AND PHOENIX CIRCULATING LIBRARY. No. 1. Adzertinnent) and Orde. s received by Messrs. Tayler and Newton, No. 5. Warwick Square, Newgate Street, London. TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1809. GRATIS. ADDRESS THE PROPRIETORS OF THE ESSEX UNION, TO THE PUBLIC. THE great and almost unprecedented En. tourugement, the confidential Support, and extraordinary Interest which has been ex- tended to promote this Publication, are in. eontrovertible Testimonies of its apparent Advantages in giving a desired Accommoda- tion to the Inhabitants of this great and opulent County. The Prospectus announcing its Introduction, most candidly and decidedly states the Mo- lives that influence the Proprietors in pro- during the Essex Uniun ; and the Emblem they have adopted, trill tacitly express upon what Foundation their hopes are supported in its final Establishment. The many serious Inconvenicncies sustained by a respectable Body of general Advertisers in obtaining timely and proper Admission of Advertisements, ( most, essential in dis- charging a Duty due to those by zchom they are honoured with Confidence in the trans- fer of real and personal Property,) aid the struggle to overcome Obstacles calculated to impede and obstruct indispensible Publicity, renders it not only expedient, but requisite tit obtain an Influence in that Vehicle oj Communication, by which alone they can JInpc to accelerate those mutual Benefits • unshackled by individual Monopoly. Net withstanding xchich, the Conductors of this Paper disclaim the Idea'of entering into a Concern of such Moment, by invading the Interests or Connections of other respecta- ble Publications, sanctioned or supported in this or any adjacent County; yet, fully aware that such an Undertaking must com- bat Prejudice and Partiality, it becomcs im- periously necessary, ( being nezc Candidates for Public Favour,) they should have iome. thing decisive to advance in Justification of an Attempt to obtain the Patronage they assume to covet, and without which, their Hopes must prove abortive and their Labor fruitless The Multiplicity of Publications floating from Ihe Metropolis, seems to preclude the Neces- sity of introducing any additional Inter- course of this Character through a provin- eial Connection—- a Circumstance not over- looked by the Conductors ; but Motives, ex. alusively paramount to all other Considera- tions, have impelled them to unite in pro- ducing, by liberal Combination, a free and unbiassed Channel of Intelligence, calculated to promote the immediate Objects of Agri. culture, Commerce, transferable Property, and general Amusement. Mow far they may hereafter be entitled to Patronage and Support, zii'. l be for the Public to decide: from the Impartial and Disinterested they have Nothing to dread; nor can they be deemed presumptuous in asserting, that, by a diligent and faithful Discharge of their Engagements, and en. eoura'cd and accompanied by the individual and united Efforts of a numerous and re- pectable Body of Subscribers, the Essex Union bears the favorable Aspect of exten- sive Circulation beyond that of any pro- vincial Paper ever yet published: the- Pro- prietors however, feel no Confidence from the abundant Sources or Influence alluded to, in sustaining the irresistable Opin of the Beseeming and Enlightened, unless its Claims rest upon the substantial Basis of positive Merit. The Conductors, therefore, feeling ihe Re sponsibility of their Situation, and being pe- culiarly tenacious of encouraging delusory Hopes, by lavish Professions for the Accom- plishment of what various unforeseen Acci- dents ( as reell as other unavoidable Circum- stances ) may occasionally retard or prevent, pledge themselves only for that which is in the Compass of their Intention?, resting upon the Candor and Liberality they have already experienced, towards their unremit- ting Applications and Industry; which, if lengthened by such Information as they confidently hope to receive, may strike out a new Light upon their Lucubrations, and assist in guiding them towards that Im- provement and Superiority so ardently co- veted, and which ( perhaps) they may have too ambitiously anticipated: yet, from the laborious Assiduity that must be endured to obtain it, they will never shrink. What the Publishers engage to comprise in the Essex Union having been already dis- tinctly and copiously specified, a Recapitu- lation would be superfluous ; but, in order to avoid the malignant Effects of Distrust or Misrepresentation, it appears expedient, re- spectfully, to avoa the Principles that are intended shall guide the Political Depart- ment ; induced by this Consideration, and animated with a fervent Zeal in support of an unrivalled Constitution, they unequivo- cally declare, that a due Respect will ever be paid to all moderate and impartial Dis- cussions, connected tbith the Laws and con. stitutcd Authorities ; the personal Worth and Ability of those entrusted therewith ; the Veneration of a happy People for a re- vered Monarch I and ihe glorious Structure of British Liberty. Valuable Stock in Trade of Linen and Woollen Drapery, Haberdashery, fyc. Great Wal- thum. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY THOMAS GlLSON, THIS DAY, May 9, isog, and following Day, without Reserve, ALL the genuine and valuable STOCK in TRADE of Mr. BENJAMIN Devonish, at Great W& ltham. Essex ; consist ins; of a considerable quantity of yard and ell- wide printed calicoes, of good patterns, and ui^ excel- lent condition-, shawls, mnslms, cambrics, dimities, cali- coes, idicetings, Irishes, diapers, calamancoes, camlets, ribbons, aud laces ; a quantity of woollen cloths, ready- made men's anil wonuu's ch. tlics, earthen- wire, i- c. & c.— The whole will be disposed of iu lots conveniently ar- ranged to accomodate the trade and individuals ; ami as the lots in each day's sale will be unusually numerous, an early attendance is particularly requested. The sale begin* precisely at Ten o'Clock. Catalogues may be had at tiie Place of Sale, Inns in the neighbourhood^ aud of tbc Auctioneer Chelmsford. SOUTH WEALD, ESSEX. Household Furniture, new within Three Years. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. HAYWARD, Ou the Premises, THIS DAY, May 9, 1809, at Twelve o'Clock precisely, LL the neat HOUSEHOLD'FURNITURE, being entirely New and well- selectcd, the Property of Mr. JOHN SCOLES, deceased, late Gamekeeper to Christopher Tower, Esq. nt his house situate in the Park, Weald- hall, in the parish of South Weald, Essex; comprising; a hand- some lofty tent bedstead, with superfine dimity furiiiture fringed, and drapery head ; four- post aud other bedsteads, with cotion and check furnitures; capital goose beds, iu bordered and oilier ticks of particular quality; paliasses and bedding; handsome chests of drawers; fashionable japanned and chambcr chairs; excellent mahogany dining and pembroke tables; dimity window curtains; o kidder- miustcr carpet, 13 fe.- t Gby 11 feet 9, nearly new ; an eight- day clock in a wainscot case, by tVilson, Stamford; pier S'ld dressing glasses; large quantity of china, glass, stone, and earthen ware; a variety of kitchen requisites in good condition; several lots of " out- door articles aud eflects, which will be expressed in catalogues. Maybe viewed on the morning of sale. Catalogues to be had on the premises ; of Mr. James Hayward, Brent- wood ; mid of Mr. Hayward, Auctioneer, Romford. ROMFORD, ESSEX. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By MR. HAYWARD, Ou the Premises, on Thursdav, lltli of May, 1800, at 11 o'Clock. ALL the Farming Stock, Dairy Utensils, aud other Effects of Adam Kinlock, Esq. of Pettits, near Romford Turnpike. Comprising twelve tine young Milch Cor.*, 3 ditto with Calves by their sides, 3 fat Calves, 2 young Marcs, - 2 two- year Colts, Carts, Waggons, Plows, Ilarrows. Cow Cribbs, Harness, a variety of Biro Utcusils, and Implements of Husbandry, a large quantity of good Dung, a quantity of Bricks, Oak Posts and Rails, a few Household Fixtures. Brewiug Cupper, aud various other Effects, which will hs espressed in Catalogue. May be viewed the morniug of Sale, Catalogues may be had on the Premises, and of Mr. Haywood, Auctioneer, Romford GREAT WARLEY STREET, ESSEX. To Blacksmiths, Linen Drapers, and Shop- keepers in general. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MR. HAYWARD, On the Premises, on Friday, the 12th Day of May, 1809, at Eleven o'Clock, A LL the HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE STOCK IN JrV. TRADE, also a Stock of Drapery Goods, Shop Fixtures, aud other Effects, of Mr. Daniel Mead, Black- smith, Farrier, and general Shopkeeper, Great Warley Street, near Brentwood, i: i the County of Essex : eoin- pviziug Four- post and Half- tester Bedsteads and Fur- nitures; pood Feather'Beds nud Bedding; Chests of Drawers • Tables; Chairs; Looking Glasses; Thirty- hour Clock; Range of Grat- s and other Kitchen Requi- sites ; Dressers, Shelves, Counters, double Bread and Flour Bins ; capital Scales and Weights; Tea and Sugar Canisters; Coffee and Pepper Mills ; also the Stock of Linen- Drepery; Mops, Brooms, Brushes, & c. sweet Iron- bound Casks and Tubs, and numerous other Ar- The Blacksmith's Shop Stock consists of Two capital Forges, with puteut Iron Backs; Two Iron Water Sledge and Hand Hammers, uew Gate Irons, How- shoe Moulds, Links. Traces, Staples, new Spades, Shovels, Pick- axes, Fork- steels, Rakes, large Quantity of old Iron. Tjfo Griudstouea. and various other Effects, which will be • expressed in Catalogue.— May be viewed on the Day pmvaing the Sale. " , * catalogues to be had on the Premises 5 Horse and Groom, and Magpie, Warley Common; Bell, Upminster; INns at Ingatestone and Chelmsford; Yorkshire Grey, Stratford; Angel, Ilford; of Mr. J. Hayward, Brent- wood, and of Mr. Hayward, Auctioneer, Romford. AUCTION, CHELMSFORD, ESSEX. Singularly Eligible, Beneficial, and Improve- able Freehold Estutes. BY Mr. KELHAM, At the Black Boy Inn, on Thurs& jy, May 11, IS09, at Twelve o'Clock, iu Four Lots, laic, the Property of JOHN JUDD, Esq. deceased. ' LOT I. COMPRISES a lofty, uniform, substantial Mansion, possessing numerous convcuiencri, well arranged for the comfort and accommodation of a respectable family, a ladies Semiuary, or a b'usiufcsi of magnitude, bciuy most advantageously situated in the centre of the High Street, Chelmsford, and 011 the general pronicuade-. Tlie approach to the principal Story, is hy udonble flight of stone steps, through a handsome Portico; it centrical Passage divides two front parlours, fitted up with paii- nelcd » . ainscotiug, rich cornice, ornamented cieliug, and marble- chimney pieces; bebiud there is a well- propor- tioned Drawing- room, in the same style of substantial elegance, extreme dimensions twenty " feet hy eighteen; adjoiuing which is a large and commodious Dinner- room, 3ti feet by 15, the cast end commanding a view of the adjacent country. On the Passage from the Domestic Apartments is a Butler's Pantry, and other essential ac- commodations. From this Story, by a noble Staircase, you asccitd to a cheerful Gallery, 1' communicating with three pleasant airy Bed- chambers, a Dressing- room, large Closets, aud Recesses. A secondary Staircase leads to the Attics, containing four pleasant Chambers aud Dress- ing- room, with Closets, and suitable Appendages, either for company or servants. The Domestic Apartments iu the Basement Story are particularly numerous and well adapted, with remarkable good Cellars, an excellent Kitchen, Wash- house, Brewhouse, Coal- house, two stalled Stable, & c. A paved Yard leads to n spacious Garden, bounded by lofty brick walls, cloathcd with delicious fruit- trees, and . terminated by two fanciful Summer- houses, on a small Lawn: the whole refreshed by h plea- sing Rivulet, over which you command a view of the great road leading to Colchester. The Scite of the Building abutting on the street, is thirty- one feet in width, and fifty- fir el feet in depth. This distinguished freehold Mansion is most substantial built with the best materials aud imme- diate possession may be had. Lot II. Comprises Two substantial Freehold Brick Dwelliug- liouses, nearly opposite the Mansion, In the several occupations of the Proprietor, and Mr. R. H. Kelham, jun. a yearly tenant. The two Houses are sepa- rated by a passage, communicating with Yard nnd Garden, and posscssiug the advantage of detached Kitchen, Stable. Store- house, nnd other convenient offices. The internal accommodations are suitable eithw for business or private residence; one containing two Parlours, Passage, and Store- room, 011 the Ground Floor; Dining- room and'Bcd- hr. inber on the First Story, three Chambers ou the Se- : oitd, and good Attics; the other has similar arrange- ncnts, with the addition of a commodious Shop excellent Cellars, and good Water. LOT III. Comprises a Leasehold Brick Dwelling- house adjoining, held for a term of 900 years now in the occupation of Mrs. Charlotte Howard, tenant at will, who has had notice to quit. These Premises contain, on the First Story, a Dining- room and bed- chamber; three Chambers on the Second, and suitable Attics; ou the Ground floor, a well- situated Shop, with Back Parlour, Kitchen, Wash- house, Yard, aud Store- house. LOT IV. Comprises a substantial Freehold Building, situated by the road side leading to Springfield, now used as a Coach- house, Stables, and Hay- loft, but capable of being converted, ut a small expenee, into a convenient Dwelling-, a good roomy Yard, with brick walls; substan- tial Entrance Gates, and terminated by a retired Cold Bath. The whole of these Estates are of a character to excite particular interest and attention, from many local cir- cumstances; exclusive of their being situated 111 the most advantageous parts of a populous and flourishing U the certainty of their being sold without the least rese and the couvenience'of immediate possession. The Premises maybe viewed any day after tlic iolli of April, between the hours of Eleven and Two, except the Dwelling occupied by the Proprietor, which ran ouly be inspected three days prior to the sale.— Particulars' are uowreadv at the principal Inns iu the count v; at Messrs. Thornhill's, No. 23, Fish- Street Hill, London; at H. Kelham's Circulating Library and of the Auctioneer, Chelmsford, to whom application must be made for viewing. N. B. The Public are respectfully informed that the Freehold Field intended to be sold with the above, is dis- posed of by Private Contract, but a larger quantity of Land will be disposed of at the same" time. COPYHOLD LAND, ESSEX. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. KELHAM, At the Griffin, Dsnbury, on Thursday, the 18tli of May, 1800, at Three o'Clock, in the fullowiug Lots, by Order of the Executors of Mr. HenRY Finch, deceased, COMPRISING about TWENTY ACRES of good ARABLE LAND, situate bv the road- side, in the several parishes of Daubury and Woodham Ferris. LOT I. Consists of THREE INCLOSURES, contain- ing about Nine Acres, ( mo^ or less) iu ?. very thriving state of cultivation, with several flourishing Trees there- on ; the whole well fenccd ia. LOT II. Consists of TWO INCLQSURES, near the above, containing upwards of Eight Acres. LOT III. Consists of a Single INCLOSURE, at a small distance, containing Two Acres Three Roods, ( inoi less. - - The wholejjf this Land lias receutly undergone all the nccessary amendment requisite for its improvement, at a very considerable expence. Possession may be had at Michaelmas next. 1 ai ticulars and Conditions will be ready six dny « prior to the Sale, at the Griffin, Danbury, the Inns in the ad- joining parishes; H. Kelham's Circulating Lihrary ; and at the Auctioneer's, Chelmsford, where a Plan may be FREEHOLDS— vOTES FOR THE COUNTY. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By JOHN WALTER, On Monday, the 15th Day of May, 1600, « t the Spread Eagle, Prittlewell, Essex, at Three of o'Clock in the Afternoon, in two Lots, TWO FREEHOLD COTTAGES or TENEMENTS, A situate in tbc must pleasant part of the town of Prit- tlewell, in the County of Essex, within two miles of that fashionable watering- place. South End. LOT I. Comprises a well- built TENEMENT, in good Widow Sparks LOT II. Comprises a TENEMENT adjoining the above, late IU the occupatibu of the Widow Scraggs, with a considerable Piece of Garden Ground attached. For Particulars and Conditions of Sale, apply at the Spread- Eagle, Prittlewell; the principal limn in the neighbourhood, of the Auctioneer and of Mr Stanley, Solicitor, Billericay. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By HAWES and FENTON, At the Marlborough, in Dedham, on Tuesday, the lGth of May. 1809, at Four in the- Afteriioon. ONE MOIETY of a FREEHOLD ESTATE, called ANGUIN's GROVE, in Park- Laue, in Langham, Essex; and a LEASE, for Five Years to come at Mi- chaelmas last, of and in the other Moiety ot the said estate; consisting of a Cottage, containing a Keeping- room, Parlour, Dairy, and two comfortable Bed- cham- bers ; with Granary, Barn, Stable, Cowhouse, Cartlodge, and Piggery; and' Thirty- two Acres ( more or less) of Arable dud Pasture Land, lying within a ring fence, near the hard road Ieading from Boxted to the Ipswich or London road. The premises arc peculiarly desirable for a person dealing in beasts, sheep, pigs, & c. being only five miles from Colchester, thirteen from Ipsv icl), seven from had- leigh, five from Mahningtree, and two from Dedham, all good market towus. A Moiety of the Timber and Pollards, with all Under- girth, of the value of five shillings, and the Growing Crops, Fallows, and Muck, to be taken by appraisement. Possession may be had immediately, on paying tjie purchase- money. For further particulars, apply tp Mr. William Freeman, of Dedham, Mr. William Hitchcock, of Bromley; Mr. Francis, Attorney, Colchester ; « r the Auctioneers, at Mersea and Colchester. . | All persons who remain Indebted to the Estate of Mr. JOHN BLOMFIELD, of Ardleigh, Miller, are desired immediately to settle their Accounts with his Trustees, Mr. Freeman, or Mr. Hitchcock, or with Mr. Francis, their Attorney, or they will be sued for the same. TO SHOPKEEPERS. Leasehold Estate, Thundersley, Essex, with immediate Possession. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By WILLIAM BELLINGHAM, At the White Hart, at Thundersley, near Rayleigh. on Monday, the 15th day of May, 1809. precisely at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, ALL those LEASEHOLD PREMISES, Ont build- isig and large Piece of Garden Groand, uow in the occupation of Mr. JohN GIGGINS, General- Shopkeeper, near the White Hart, at Thundersley, in Esso.. The Premises comprise n very good DWELLING- HOUSE, newly erected with Keeping- room, Parlour, and GROCERY SHOP; two good Bed- chambers, an exceed- ing good Brewhouse aud Pantry, an excellent Well of Water close to the back door, and likewise a newly erected Building, intended for a Butcher's Shop. The whole of which is Leasehold, and ninety three years remain un- household Furniture, Ready- made Clothes, {$ c. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION. By HAWES aud FENTON, On Wednesday, the 17th Day of May, IS09. HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, comprising Ma- hogany and wainscot dining, tea, and card tables; bt-. tureaus and bookcases, chests of drawers; bedsteads and hangings, beds and bedding; an eight- day clock, carpets, looking- glasses ; boilers aud Saucepans; several lots of hooks, ftc. & c. Also a great number of lots of new and second- hand clothes, consisting of men's coats, waistcoats, and breeches, trowscrs and jackcts, children's dresses ; ladies shoes, & c. & c. N. B. The furniture is the property of a gentleman ' deceased ; and the clothes, the remaining part of the stock of a person decliuing the clothes business. Sale to begin at Ten o'Clock. Catalogues to be had of the Auctioneers, and at the Place of Sale. ESSEX. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTiOn~ By LINTON and LAVALLIN, On Saturday, the loth Day of June, 1809, at the White Hart Inn, Colchester, at twelve o'Clock, iu Four Lots, according to printed Particulars then and there to be produced, unless previously disposed of by Private Con- tract, of which Notice will be given, the following va- luable Estates, Possession of which may be had at Midsummer next: I. ot. I. tHE MANSION- HOUSE, called the ROOKERY, in A Dedham aforesaid, and Fifty- eight Acres ( move or less,) of rich Arable, Meadow, Pasture Land, and Or- chards, in a ring fencc; the whole customary Copyhold, equal to Freehold, except five acres ( more or less,)" at the will of the Lord. The house is fit for the immediate residence of a large genteel family, with two Gardens, well inclosed, and planted with choice fruit- trees, in full bearing. Also a large detached COTTAGE, near the Mansion- House, tit for tbc immediate residence of a small genteel family ; four best Bed- rooms, Servants' Rooms, and suit- able OfficeSj aUo a Coach- house, Stable, aud Garden ; aud also a Tenement aud Garden, iu the occupation of John Nickerson. The Land is ell good ; a considerable part of it adjoins the navigable river Stour. The London coaches pass daily within a quarter of a mile of the Mansion- house,, and the post r. iorniug aud evening. The neighbourhood is good, the ror. ds excellent, und the country delightful. Lot II. A small FARM adjoiuing, iu the parishes of Dedham and Longham ; consisting of a Dairy, Barn, Stable, Cow- house, Farm- yard, and several Tenements und Garden Ground, let to different persons st low rents, and 11 A. 2R. 7P. ( 11101c or less) of Arable, Meadow, Ozier- ground, and Orchard ; all customary Copyhold. TO DRAPERS, GROCERS, AND OTHERS. Stock in Trade, Household Furniture, Sfc. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY WILLIAM BELLINGHAM, On the Premises, on Monday, the 15th uf May, 1809 and continue fill nil in sold, ALL the HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, STOCK IN TRADE, and other effects., uf Mr. JOHn GIGGINS, General Shopkeeper, of Thundersley, near Rayleigh, Essex. The Furniture comprise:, general assortment, of neat and useful articles in the household line, of every description. The Stock in Trade comprises printed cottons, laces, linens, dowlasses, Hambro's, calicoes, checks, ginghams, Russia ducks, canvas, flannels, muslins, cambrics, men's and boys', wearing apparti, cottuu and vn.. sntl tu- e, worsteds,^ breads, tapes., handkerchief*; men's, m ratify, end boys' shoes, aud a great variety 01 urticli-* • Sc Haberdashery and Draper 1 ine . likee. ise « : ilm, \>. i _- 1 .., caudles, mid a ereht assui tineut of articles ir, tl- c (•:. . and General Shopkecping Linc.-^ Sale to coiiiniei.' ce 6t Eleven o'CIock. Catalogues, in due time, at the principal Inn? in ; e neighbourhood, and of the Auctioneer, Rayleigh, Essex. MALDON, ESSEX. TO BE PEREMPTORILY SOLD BY AUCTION, By WILLIAM DRAPER, At the Queen's Head Inn, nt the Hythe, Maldon on Monday, May 15, UK> 9, ct Five" o'Clock in the Afters All that Clench well- built YAWL, or FISHING BOAT, with Well, calledl the LEE EAGLE, t. six tons burthen ; has recently been put into thorough repair; with all her Stuuding and Running Riggiuif, Mo* t and Yards, Mainsail, Foresail, two Jibs, Gaff- topsail, Trawl- head and Wharp. Anchor and Cable, & c. & e. The above Yan I may be view, d at the Wharf, before the Queen's Head, Maldon, four days previous to the sale • and further particulars known of W. Draper. MALDON, ESSEX. and 11A. 2R. 7P.( I ound, and Orchard; all customary Copy ho Lot 111. A COPYHOLD MESSUAGE, or TENE- MENT, with the Outhouses and Garden thereto belong- ing, situate near Dedham Turnpike. Lot IV. To he Sold, or Let ou Lease, for Twelve 01 Fourteen Years, 011 a Premium, a most desirable FREE and COPYHOLD ESTATE, lit for the residence of a gentleman's family, called POND HALL, situate in the polishes of Wix and Bradlie- ld, in the county of Essex, surrounded by good roads and a respectable neighbour- hood, upon which is a good Family House, Urge Barns, aud all Requisites; together with Two Hundred and Ten Acres of rich Arable and Pasture Laud, ( be the siune more or less,) in a ring fence, in a high state of cultiva- tion ; in which is included a beautiful Wood, containing 19A. SR. 33P. consisting of full grow n Oak. Ash, and Elm Timber; in the centre of which is n Decoy- Pond. Forty- two Acres are Copyhold, the reruaiuder aie Free- hold; the greater part are tythe- frce; the outgoings remarkably small. Alio the" GREAT and SMALL TYTHES of Part of Three Farms adjoining, containing 77A. all. with u profi- table Gravel- pit. The whole in complete arrangement, ond very con- venient for sea- bathing; eight miles from Harwich, three from Manningtree, aud thirteen from Colchester, all capital market town;. Immediate possession may be had, ou taking Stock and Crops at a fair valuation. For particulars apply to P. B. Scale, Esq. Col- chester; H. Master, Esq. Catton, Norwich; at the Rookery, Dedham; and of Mr. Woodgate, Solicitor, Golden- square, London, where Plans of the Estates may be seen.— The premises may be viewed at any time. Genteel Household Furniture. Electrical Ap- paratus, valuable China, Glass, Linen, und Plate, with a particularly choice Collection of about 100 Volumes of Books. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By WILLIAM DRAPER; On Tuesday, the lCth Day of May, 18TH), and following Day, at ' 1 eu o'Clock iu the Forenoon, on the Premises, at maldou, Essex, ALL the genuine HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, and other effects of Mr. LEE ; comprising mahogany four- post and elliptic field bedsteads, with crimson aud . pritited furniture, excellent bordered goose feather beds ; paillasses and mattresses ; blankets, sheets; » l-. ire cottou and Marseilles counterpanes, three yards wide; mahoga- ny double and single chest of drawers; bureau; dinner table with circular em's; card and Pembroke tables: ma- hogany chairs, and elbow chairs to match; a music and library stool; pier aud swing glassi s; Tnrkcv and Kid- derminster carpets, thirteen feel square, na « l ful!- s; z> d hearth- rug; abuut twenty yards of Bruuscls stair carpet- ing apd wires; half a doze n pair of bedside carpets; n; a- hogany- fruint d easy chair, horse- hair slilfleihuVd eovc-; ditto night table; half 11 aozenvery ne;. l painted <! 1 ir.- ber clian- ji; dressing table ar. d wash- hand ataud to match; two pair of handsome scarlet morine window curtains, with blr. fk border, thicc yards ur. d a half long, four breadtbs wide- each ; au elegant ride- board of excellent plate, rich cut glass, etc. comprising a large ? i! vi r sahvr, tea pot and ttand, toast rack, cream jugs, lisli knife, soup and tureen ladles, mustard pot, better kuit'e, ske- wem, vegetable sp:> oi: s, ii. arrow and gi- avy ditto, several eluzen of tabic, dessert and tea- spoons, silver boHle- stands, and a five- glass cruet- stand, in a silver frame, with cut- glass, & c. & c. handsome plated tca- poi and stand, p! at> d cham- ber candlesticks, complete, and bracket ditto; iLreo handsome cut trifle dishes, decanters, rummers, wine glasses, and salts; a pair of rich cut livstrcs ui; d sbides; syllabub stand, with eighteen glosses ; finger and i. uck glasses, aud liquor stauds-, butter, cbetse, and s- j' glasses, richly cut; quautity of table and other linen; live Ion ® sets of china, beautifully pencilled, and enriched with gold borders ; two tcn- urus, cofi'cc ditto, bronzed leu. kettle" and kimp; threo mahogany knife- cases, with two dozen of ivory, table, and or. c dozen of desserts nnd csr- virs iu each; 011c ditto with two dozen silver- handled table, nnd two dozen ihsscrts, and two pcir of carvers to match ; u blue und white table service, a pair of qtireu's waic oyster tubs, japanned plate wiiruy i, oval dull co- vers, irons and - fenders ; circular meat screen, with dcor at hack, and numerous kitchen reqoisitlfs, in good pre- Freehold Land, Groicing Crop of Wheat, &; c North Bemfleet, near Rayleigh, in Essex. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By WILLIA M BELLINGHAM, At the Golden Lion Inn, Rayleigh, between the Hours ofThrcc aud Four in the Afternoon, on Monday, June the 19th, I809, in ouc LOT. SEVENTEEN ACRES of rich ARABLE LAND, io with about Four Acre* of Wood Land adjoining, planted with young thriving Timber, wow in the hands of the Proprietor; situate near Mr. Spark's and Mr. River's Land, with an undeniable Right of Passage thereto.— The whole of which is Freehold, and Land- Tax redeemed. The above Estate is now cropped with Wheat, which bear* a very promising aspect; the Crop lo be taken by the pnrchaser at a fair valuation. N. B. Particulars and Conditions of Sale may be bad in due time, nt the principal Inns iu the neighbourhood, and VF the AUCTIONEER, Rayleigh, KMC:. a large bathing tub, several sweet i: on- bouud beer casks; a. very neat eig and harass, aud various other Articles, which will be inserted in Cstahijues. to be had at all the principle lens in the neighbourhood.— The Furniture mav I'CTien- ed on the Morday prt vicul to the dav^ BT sale, between the huiir. s of Ten o'Clocli and Tl: rce in the afternoon. WANTED bY a GROCER, & c. within twelve miles of London, a YOUTH, about sixteen Years of who has b » cn employed iu the above Line, or a Lad wishing to be apprenticed. N. B. Address to A. B., Post- office, Billericay: HEIR AT LAW WANTED. IF the HEIR AT LAW of ELIZABETH SADLER, the Sister of Arthur Barker, formerly of Billericay, in the County of Essex, or the Heir at Law of the said Arthur Barker, who died sometime after the- year 1789, will apply to Mr. Stanley, Solicitor at Billericay, some- thing of perticular Advantage will be communicated. ORIGINAL AND SELECT. The following beautiful lines addressed to the Woodman in the Dryad's Petition are so applicable, to the Felling of the venerable Trees at Moulsham Hall, that we consider ourselves justified in giving them a place in our first number. • DRYAD's PETITION'. SPARE Woodman, spare the beechen tree! • Still leave its lonely shade to me : Tho' bush or flow'ret never grow Its dark unshelter'd sides below Nor Summer bud perfume the dew; - Or rosy bush, or yellow hue; Nor fruits of Autumn blossom born, My green and glossy Ieaves adorn- Yet leave this lonely spot to me me, And spare, oh spare the beechen tree! Thrice twenty Summers I have seen The sky grow bright, the forest green, And many a wintry wind have stood In bloomless, fruitless solitude; Yet youthful lovers in my Glade Have vows of truth and rapture paid, And on my trunk's surviving frame Carv'd many a long forgotten name. Oh by the sighs of gentle sound. First breath'd upon this sacred ground ; By all that love hath whisper'd here, Or Beauty heard with grateful ear; As Love's our altar, honour me, And spare, oh spare the beechen tree! IMPROMPTU, Written extempore on a Musician, who absconded immediatly after a Collection had been made for his Performance His time was short his touch was neat, Our gold he freely fingured; Alert alike in hands and feet, His movements have not linger'd. Where lies the wonder of the case ? A moment's thought detects it; His practice has been thorough base, A chord will be his exit. But while we blame his hasty flight, Our censure may be rash, A traveller is surely right, To change his notes for cash. OLLA PODRiDA. A soldier being; sent on the . late Dutch expe. diiiot), s. iid to ( he officer directing the draffs, " Sir, I ranqotgo because I stut- ter."—" Stut- ter!'' says the officer; " you don't go to talk, but to fight."—" Aye-; but they'll p- p- put me on g- g- guard, and a man may go ha- ha- half a mile before J can say, wh- wh- who goes there ?"—- tc Oh, that's no objection, for there will be ano- ther sentry placed along with you, and he can challenge if you can fire." Well, b- b but I may bet- alien, and run through the body before I can cry, qtt- qu- arfer. The following letter was actually written by Michael Stoppelaer, an artist and painter, to Rich the manager of Covent Garden theatre. " sir, I thank you for the fever you intended me; but have had a violent cold and hoarseness upon me this twelve months, which continued above - six months, and is not gone yet, and I am apre- ensive it will return. I can but just keep my head above water, by painting, therefore do not care to engage in the theatre any more. / . you. last Thursday according to- apointment, but ' you did not come; but if you plese to apoint the time and place, I will not fail to meet you, whether you come or not. I am, & c." A Bookseller some time since asserting in the presence of an Irish Gentleman, that more money was got by dead than living authors ; ah, - my dear creature, replied the Hibernian, but it you don't encourage living authOrs, where the devil will you find your dead ones? At the bottom of Rag Fair, is a large Stone Mason's Yard; over the door is written, Jacob Levi Bensusan, dealer in second- hand tombs and monuments. BIOGRAPHICAL ANECDOTE. DANIEL DANCER, ESQ. LATE of Pinner, Middlesex, a man not more remarkable for his worldy riches; titan from his having lived in an apparent state of extreme poverty. He vas bom about the year 1716. near Harrow- on- the- Hill, jn the county of Middlesex. His father hail three sons and one daughter, each of whom was distingtiishd for ccrtain peculiarities, either of mind or body. A peiiurious disposition was a common trdit amongst them ; indeed, it seems Co have bo along with it a kind of Infection, for- it ran. through the family. It is a circumstance wor- thy of notice, that Mr. Dancer did not in his early years betray that excessive love of money for wiiich he became afterwards celebrated. This disclosure of his soul was reserved for ma. turi'r years. . when his father died he became independent, and then he began to act the part of the miser. So true in some cases, is this observation of Burns, the poet, in his letters, Wealth imparts a bird lime quality to the possessor, at which the man in his native po- verty would have revolted." Such was the eccentricity of his character., that, though scarcely allowing himself the common- neces- saries of life, he left property to the amount of 3000l. a year to Lady Tempest and Captain Holmes. So perfectly saving was he his disposition, that rather than expend penny, he frequently had recourse to the pot- liquor of lady Tempest's kitchen; of which he would drink so enormously as to be obliged to roll himself on the floor to sleep. He nerally had his body girt by a hay- band, to keep together his tattered garments and the stockings he usually wore had been so fre- quently darned and patched, that scarce any of the original could bo seen. In cold and dirty weather, they were thickly covered with ropes of hay, whici served as substitutes for boots. His whole garb, indeed, resembled that of a miserable mendicant. He had an old horse; but never would allow more than two shoes for his fore- feet, deeming those for his hind- feet an unnecessary e. Mr. Dancer { would npver takjfetW, c^ eiV'uig filch a. 11 klulgencS to bejRitravaJjrit, bi 6 lie . v. 7 . / carrfed ficsnufT-' ox : thh he would probJbly/ fiil in the rtyirse of ajjionth, ly piiiches obtained from others: when the box was full, he would barter the contents for a farthipg candle at a . neighbouring ^ hanjiltf's shop: ( his candle served him till he had lime to iVl iJieljox aguin, as he " never suffered any light in his hous except while he was g-' ing to bed. He sel washed his face and hands: IniPwlten tl: • shone forth he would repair to. a fieighbourin pool, and substitute sand- for- soap: when he il performed the operation of washing, he would lie on his back aud dry himself with the solar beams; as he never- used- a towe- 1, becau**- it would wear out, and wlfeii dirfy" tli'e wnsmng would be expensive-. - Having coine Wo1 London or. e day, for the purpose " of- ir. vestir « g " 2CG0I.. in the funds, a gentleman near the Koyal ICvchangf observed him, and taking him for a wretciied beggar, humanely slipped a penny into his hand, which the old man received with a degree of sur- prise; but instantly recollecting, that " even little helps," he pocketed the affront and walk- ed on. This parsimonious man never had more than one shirt at a time, winch, b; ing purchased at an old- clothes' shop, seldom exceeded half* a crown in price ; nor did it ever, after failing into his posse; sion, undergo the operation of either washing or mending, but was doomed to perpe- tual slavery, till it li'orally dropt in pieces from his back. Hence, it may naturally be supposed, that, though Mr. Dancer seldom associated with his neighbours, he was at all times attended by a very numerous CQr.\ i. iny, whose personal attach- ment rendered mankind extremely cautions of approaching Mm.. In the purchase of an old shirt, }; e once supposed hfmVelf cheated by a woman of ' he vast sum of three- pence; in con- sequence of which, he commcnced a suit againtt her in the Court of Conscience; the poor old man was, however, nonsuited; and, besides tlie original debt of thrce- pence, he incurred the ez- pence of near five shillings for cdbtf. To add to his distress, he expended on the road from Pinner to London, and back again, thrteeTit'lf- pence more. Lady Tempest was the only person who had the least influence on this unfortunate L^ ser; and, though he knew that I. e. should share tjn: bulk of his fortune with Captain Holmes, she endearaured- to persuade him to eitjey the goo/ l, things of this life, but iri'vain. Once, indeed, she prevailed uponlum to puYcha- c an o'd hat ( hav- ing worn his osyn for thirteen years) from a j. w for a shilling; but to her great astonishment, when she called the next day, she beheld the olii chapeau on his head. On enqn'ry, it appeared, that he had prevailed on old Griffiths, his servant, to purchase the hat of him, at the advanceibpricv of eightggn- p. cn. cfi, and congratulated himseh" on his dexterity in e'earing sixpence by the trans- action. One day, Lady Tempest sent 1 jm a present of trout, . stewed in ilaret, of which he was e^ treqiely fond: it was frosiy WL- ather, a: id; the whole, from being kept all night, was frozen almost in'o ice: being much afilic'ed with the tooth- ache, he could not touch it, and to light a" lire he thought expensive; therefore, as he gene- rally lay in bed to keep himself warm in coli! weather, he caused the Jislttaod sauce to be puL between two pewterplaf. es, oti which he sat till the rich repast was tolerably warm. Of lawyers and physicians he entertained avery nnfjvoer, ible opinion. Sot> n. r than have any connection With, a lawyer, I. e said, he would deal with the devil; and to use his own expression, " All t^. e gen- tlemen of the faculty are medical linkers, who, in endeavouring fo patch up one blemish in the, human frame, never fail to make ten." lie seemed to have had something of the leaven of pjedettinafiou in his com position, for, while his sister lay upon her dea'th- bedj bein^ importuned to call m medical assistance^ he sternly replied. Why should I wasiemy money in'wickedly en- deavouring to counteract the will of providence." Perhaps, the, dread of ex pence opera tid more powerfully upon him than' his religious ti- nets. During iiis last illness, Lady Tempest accident. tli. called upon him, and finding him lying up to the neck in an old sack, v/ ithou; even a shirt lemon- sirated' against the impropiiefy of such a . situa- tion; when he, replied, that " liaving come into the world without a Shift, he was deiermined tn go out of it in the same manner. , She ( le: i re- quested him to have a pillow to raise his head, when he immediately ordered fu'S old serrant! ( iriliiths, to bring him a truss of hay for that purpose. Mr. Dancer's house, which is now in1 the possession of Captain Iljlmes, is , a. most, miserable bui! diag, and has not betM r « jja: red for half a century: though poor in external' tippijar- ance, it i^ aij however, beeu reuuiiy discovered, to be very rich within; Captain Holmes having, at dillerent times, found large bowls'tilled With guineas and ha! f- gi. inc- as, aud parcels 01 barik- i notes. stuf; ed under the cover^ of old - chnir.. Since the death of this singular mail lar^-,^ jugs of dollars and shillings have been found in the stable. At the dead of night he has bVen known to go to this jdace, but lor what purppse, even old Griflitns could not tell, it nov/ appears, however, that he used to rob one jug;' to add to the bowl, which was, since' hiS ' dcain, i'uund bu- ried ' n tlie kitchen. THEATre- RoYAL., HAYMARKET.- - Last Fri- day night, the Play of Venice Preserved was performed at this Theatre, and Mrs. SiDDONs, for the last time, represented the unfortunate Belvidera. Her delineation of this arduous character is too well known to need any enco- mium. COOKE was particularly happy in his representation of Pierre. His recitation of the following passage produced an electric effect upon the audience:— PIERRE " Yet for all this, I am a villain Jaffiee.— A villain! PIERRE, Yes and a most notorious villain, To see the. sufferings of my fellow creatures And own myself a man — " PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW. HOUSE OR LORD, THURSDAY, MA Y 4. The Earl of Selkirk in a long speech, mi- nutely detailed the- relative situations of Great Britain and the United States, and the parti- culars and causes of the existing differences, with moving; an Address-— 11 Humbly submit- ting to his Majesty, the opinion of the House, that . in any arrangement which may be entered into, for the accommodation of the differences subsisting between his Majesty and the United States of America, it is essential to the honour of the British nation, that full satisfaction should be made by the American Government, for the conduct- of their Officers,' in receiving and pro- tecting deserters from his Majesty's naval ser- vice, and particularly those entered for the American frigate Chesapeake, in - the year 1807." , , Lord LIPeRPOOL considered that such an address was unnecessary and ill- timed. The motion was put and negatived without a division, FRIDAY, MAY J,. Lord ERSKiNE. brought in a Bill for the more effectual prevention of cruelty towards animals. The Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be printed. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Thursday, MAY i. Lord FOlKSTOnE ro e for the purpose of stating to the House, that when " he first moved for the papers now on the table, relative to Col. Ogleby's levy, he had applied to the conduct of that gentleman some Strong terms: among others, that he had been guilty of perjury, fraud, and forgery. Since then, he had discovered U- wa-. in error, and tint no such serious charge was at- tributable 10 Colonel Ogle. As to the remainder of what he had stated, he did not mean now to ri tract. He concluded by moving for the copy of a letier from Mr. Merry to the War Office, dated ^> 1 October, 1808, respecting Col. Ogil- by's level: which was granted. PARITY OF ELECTION. Mr. CurwEn obtained leave to bring in a bill for better securing the independence and pu- rity, by preventing the obtaining seats by cor- rupt means, and also for extending the laws re, • specting bribery," It is proposed in the Bill to subject the person elected, to an oath that he has not bought his seat—. the person selling the seat to a heavy pe- nalty, and to extend the bribery laws to offences committed after the election as well as before it — electors being often in the habit of expecting and receiving some compensation after the elec. tion is over. FRIDAY MAY 5. The House having resolved itself into a Com. mitte on the Duties payable on Glass. Mr. HUSKISSON proposed that the Duties on Plate Glass should be raised in the same way as they wore raised on glass bottles, that the duties be equalized between England and Ireland. CHARGES AGAINST MINISTERS. Mr. MADDOCKS, after a short speech, preferred charges' of corrupt practices in obtaining the re- turn of Members, to that House, against the Right Hon: Speaker Perceval, and Lord Castlereagh through the ageny of the Hon. Henry Wellesly, which he moved should be heard at the Bar on Tuesday. The ChAnCelloR of the EXCHEQUER com- plained of being called upon to defend himself against a charge, of the particulars of which be was ignorant, and immediately withdrew. Sir J. ANSTruThER said, that the form of proceeding proposed by the Hon. Member, was one of the strangest he ever heard. He depre- cated the scattering of loose and unfounded ac- cusations. The Hon. Member was totally mis- taken in his precedent. Sir F. BuRDeTT. Thought it was sup. ported by abundance of precedents; but if the House thought fit, he believed the hon. Member would have BO objection to state the particulars of, his charge, even at present. Mr. BiDDulph thought it was the duty. of the Right Hon. Members against whom the charge was brought. to stand up and second the motion. The tone and dignity of that House must be greatly, fallen, the feelings of Ministers themselves must be woefully blunted indeed, if they could sit in their places, and hear such accusations. Mr. BAThurst conceived there was some- thing extremely irregular in the form of proceed- ing proposed by the Hon. Member. Mr. MAddocks said, that when he gave no- tice of the motion, which he brought forward that evening, he stated the substance of it as fully and explicitly as he should. He conceived that he would best do his duty by resting his proceeding upon precedent, if, in pursuing this course, he could be supposed to have acted uncandidly to- ward, the Members against whom his charges were directed, he begged to apologize to them. [ Here the SpEAker interposed, and said that after what had just fallen from the Hon. Member, he felt it, imperative upon him to sub- mit to the House his sentiments on the course j of proceeding. If it were lit that a Member should be heard in his place, it was fit that he should- hear the charges against which lie was to defend himself. No charges could be stated against any absent Member. In respect to the notice, the Hon. Member would allow him to fell him, that any notice against Ministers ap plied to the whole of the Administration, and that it was not the practice of Ministers to with- draw, except the charges were personal. The notice the Hon. Member gave, was against Mi- nisters generally. It was his opinion that no particulars of charge could now be stated! This opinion, however, if Adopted by the House, shut out no Hon. Member from proceeding at any other time. The motion of ( lie Hon. Member came as much by surprize upon him as upon the House; so much so indeed, that he was not, able to afford him that assistance he wished If it should be the sense of the House not to proceed, as he thought it Ought, it would be his duty to take its sense Aye or No on the Motion. Mr. Secretary Canning thought there could be but one sentiment in the House on the subject Of the present motion. Considering the mode in which It AT is brought forward, and thernataVe in the ease of the precedent referred to, he was con- vinced that the House ought to mark its opinion in so decided a manner, as not to render itself liable to a recurrence of such a proceeding. Mr. " WHITBREAD rose to offer a few words, He commenced by noticing the curious reason as- signed by the Secretary of State for refusing to permit the motion to be withdrawn, and them ne- gativing it: namely that the House would there by prevent the. recurreuce of similar errors. The Secretary of State himself had; not been back- ward in proposing a resolution without a pre- vious notice. The Honourable Member behind him had made a general charge, and had de- clared his readiness to tell his story to the House. He had, in his opinon, a perfect right to do so. The House had been warned against the effects of what had been termed wide- wasting mo- tions," which. were inconsistent with the duty of Members to each other, and to the State. To avoid such objections as were made against the activity of Committees, the Ron. Member had preferred a general charge of corruption, in the first instance, and had selected and specified two individual Ministers of State, as parties against whom he declared himself ready to enter into just and expedient to attack the meetings of th » public, it would be better at once to vote the . Constitution at an end. • The question being put, the motion was negi- lived without a division. A conversation occurred- respartiq^ tiio en. fering info the charge fmmea'ia Leifi ( l ; se3Gh# n- cei^ jr of the'Excho pier and Lord Castlereagh h> iV( ng returned a:: d taken th » ir p< « £ 3.) The Speaker thought that having beln Juposed • if for tii- pjrcs-: » t. it ' couUI not co- ne oa j.> a a:*'., ter t> f coiivs4 that night:. Some observations fell from Mr. Madocks, MT. Secretary Canning, Sir John Austruther, and Mr. Whitbread, about the day far pre- fering the charges. Mr. H. Martin declining to postpone his motion beyond Monday next, in - which he WAS supposted by Mr. G. Ponsonby, Thursday next was at length fixed on. S. r OSWALD MOSELY moved THAT THE papers relative to the lease granted to Colonel GORDON, of the ground adjoining Chelsea Hospital, should be referred to a Committee. After a debate this motion wai negatived on a division uf 17J to 78. the case, taking upon fciinself the responsibility " he task. A Right Hon. Gentleman had thought proper to make Some remarks upon Gentlemens' attending certain clubs and societies existing for the purpose, as he supposed, of ex- citing the public mind and inflaming popular passion. What had, in fact, excited the public mind ? What, but the results of recent investi. gations into transactions of public importance! What, but the refusal of the House of Commons to do justice on a Member and a Minister who did not deny his offences. What, without im. puting such a design to Ministers, would be the: consequence of an attempt to stifle the expres- sion of the public voice? He readily avowed that during the whole of his political life he had been in the habit of attending meetings of the. people. He professed himself to be strenuously for a Reform in the way in which it was defined last night, as an alteration in the constitution of that House. When a cry was raised against pub- lic meetings, because two Ministers were charged; with corruption, he felt desirous to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer a few, questions, with respect to the means of inflaming the public mind. Was it meant to say that the few persons, who were at the recent meeting c'Ould be so ex- tremely dangerous. We know that members were formerly paid by the Crown so many pounds a year for their votes and support in the House of Commons. Could any man arraign the con- duct of his Hon. Friend who made the motion, and veature to say there was not corruption in the Election of Members of Parliament? The House of Commons had passed over a case proved before them, and the man remained a Minister of State. Does not that transaction shew that abuse is not corrected or checked? and those men who do not wish for a Parlia- meutary Reform should look well to the remedy of what is practically wrong, and for which Members might be sent to Newgate. If the House would Hot give the people the right of public investigation into abuses, the people may be contented aud quiet; but they would see, ihit they who refused enquiry, refu- c- d to them the British Constitution. Mr. YORKE. spoke with great animation in reprobation of the motion. He considered it as unjust and ridiculous Mr. Gooch, no'icing tho observation, that attempts were made to throw a slur on the con- duct of persons attending public meetings, said, that if the speeches attributed to particular per- sons were literally so, they went near to destroy what was the most desirable of all things in the present state of the country; he meant the una- nimity of the public mind; and tended to more mischief thau all their authors could retrieve, if they lived to sit in the House for an hundred years to come. He did not impute improper motive's to individuals, but as to voting public thanks to a gentleman for his patriotism, he would as soon vote them to Mrs. Clarke for her virtue. ( A laugh, hear! hear!) The Hon. Mr. LYTTLETON had never heard of such charges, unsupported by proofs, as were made from the opposite side of'the House. The most severe remarks had been introduced at public meetings. He had happened to attend at one of them for the specific purpose and object of celebrating in common with ail the nation the conduct of that minority of 125, of which oue Gentleman Hi particular- was the leader. Though an Iloii. Member might charge such celebrations as attempts to create confusion. T- hey Wore tiie natural consequences of the misconduct of the House, and there was no prevention of them by absolute force, but by timely Reform. He concluded by declaring his opinion, that the Ministers of the Crown possessed au undue in- fluence in that House. The Hon. Mr. BRAND expressed his astq- nishment, to hear accusations and censures on Gentlemen, for an ancient, acknowledged con- stitutional practice of Englishmen, in attending pubjic meetings. This, he had been always taught, ignorant, as perhaps he was of the his- tory of the country. ( Hear!)— Meetings of I he people for the attainment of a moderate Reform, conducted with regularity and order, did not lead to public misahU- f, but to open the eyes of the country and of the House. He avowed that - he was a Steward at one of thdfee Meetings, and joined in recommending to the counties 10 pelilion Parliament for the desired Reform, temperately, yet urgently. That em- braced the . entire object of the meeting. He was ready at any time, to defend his conduct on the principles of our forefathers, and cihonld continue to be guided by those principles, lie rose. chiefly at present to repel unfounded as- persions. Mr. STURGES BOURNE said, that no distinct charge had been proposed against either of the two parties accused. He never, knew any motion more contrary to justice in that House, or elsewhere. The Hon. Mr, C. HUTCHINSON had not at LORD WILLIAM BENTINCK, it is said, is ap- pointed to go out with a special commission, to be with ths Archduke CHARLES at the Austrian Armies. Shocking AccidenT. On Wednesday after- noon, as several of the workmen in the employ of Mr. Bagster, the Builder, were at work on A scaffolding, at the mansion completing for the Countess of BucKingHAMsHirE, in the King's Road, Pimlico, it suddenly gave way, and they were precipitrted into the area. There were several limbs broken by the accident; and one poor man, we understand, died afterwards ia the Hospital of his bruises. We observe in the weekly obituary acconnts of the eaths of Mary Colman, Thornfalnon, Somersetshire; at the age of 116; and of Ann Long, Egerlonger, Ireland, at the age of 113. CRIM. CON. An action has been brought against a Serjeant in the Artillery, by a wealthy Innkeeper; not far from Eaton Bridge, on tha Rye- Road, for criminal conversation with the wife of the latter, attended by circumstances demonstrative of the criminality of both parties. The Serjeant, in the course of three days from the time of having first entered, his quarters, succecded in carrying off the Landlady, she never having seen him before. This event happened as long ago as November last, and the fugitive was never heard of until this day Se'nnight, w- hen she was discovered in Holles Court, Mary, le bone, living with the Serjeant as his wife, and in a state of poverty, when compared with her former situation. The defendant, at the time of the wife's elopement, suffered for absenting him- self from his duty three days without leave, by being stripped of his badges, and reduced to the ranks. The inconstant wife has leniently been restored to her friends and family, by the means of her husband, although he has refused to admit her under his own roof. The Serjeant has been taken into custody on suspicion of stealing a 101. note, but it turned out that the wife . had pos- sessed herself of the note, and consequently the former was discharged on that charge. PROVINCIAL INTeLLIGENce In consequence of a Requisition, signed , by Sixty- one Gentlemen of the County of Hertford, the Sheriff, Edmund Denby, Esq has appointed a Meeting at the Shire House, Hertford, on the 15th Instant, at 12 o'Clock, for the purpose of then expressing their sense of the conduct of their Representatives in Parliament, with respect to the Charges against his Royal Highness the Duke of York, the late Commander in Chief, and their sentiments upon the practices that have been brought to light by evidence which has been given in the House of Commons, upon the Inves tigation of those Charges. CURIOUS CIRCumsTAnCE. On Sunday se'n- night, a hawk was seen, by several persons, to dart with great velocity throngh a pane of glass, belonging to the late Mr. Walpole, of Sowerby Bridge, near Halifax, and seizing on a goldfinch, which was chained to a board cage, instantly bore it away, retreating by the aperture he had made in the window. For several weeks previous^ the pigeons on the premises gradually diminished, to the amount of ten couple, without any one being able to account for the loss; it is therefore supposed that the destroyer of the gold finch had been the destroyer of the pigeons, as, since this bold attack, he has been observed to alight on the dunghill which the fowls frequent, and endea- vour to make them his prey ; but the cocks have hitherto gallantly defended both themselves and their hens, and compelled them to retreat. tended any of the public meetings, and from his liabits of life it Was not likely he should attend them : but ihe joined ia expressions of surprize at the language he had heard. If it w « re thought NAUTICAL INTeLlIGENCE. PLYMOUTH, MAY G. Arrived the Indefati- gable frigate from Basque Roads; she brings the pleasing intelligence, that the Jemappe, a French 71, which was on shore, at the date of the last official accounts, has since gone to pieces. The London Gazette of saturday, contains aa account of the capture of Le Var, French frigate, pierced for 32 guns; by Capt. J. Brisbane, of his Majesty's ship, Belle Poule off Corfu. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 3. Sir Harry Neale, Bart. Captain of the Channel Fleet, arrived here this morning from Windsor, to Wait the arrivel of Lord Gambler, in the Caledonia, from off Rochefort. Arrived the Decade, 35, Captain Stuart, from cruizing on the Cork station, and the Surly, Lieut. Crauford, from Guernsey. Came into harbour the Beagle, 18, Captain Newcombe, to repair the damages she sustained in the attack of the French Fleet, in Basque Roads. Admiral Lord Gambier arrived, at Ports- mouth oa Friday in the Caledonia from Basque Roads. His Lordship has come into port for the purpose of attending the Court Martial on Admiral Harvey. The Caledonia, on her re- turn, looked into Brest harbour, in which there were not any ships whatever.' Two of the three- deckers, which Were in tha harbour lately, have been broken up to repair other ships, and there r. not timber enough now in the dock yards at Brest to build a frigate. LONDON. Monday Evening- DEFEAT of THE AUSTRIANS. ^ r* It is with the deepest ri% ret, that we hare to en''. t i. p- jn t*: e di* cb* T-<.- of our do'ies 1* Jour- uali: » « . with announcing intelligence of the most di asjnvas dperription. Though the accounts re. ccivei!, tli roc ah the medium of the Du- cii paper; to the 3d instant, are, in many respects, * ague and inconsistent, we lament that there discordcn- ci- i are not such as to leave any doubt that the Austrian army, under the command of the Arch- " duke Charles, has been defeated along the whole orient of the positions which it occnpied- in , Bavaria. At far as ve can collect from the ® x- trec'. s from the foreign journal ® , the first hostile operations took place on the 19th nit. between Neustadt and Ratisbon. These were fullawed by 3 seriej of incessant majiofavrt- s and attacks daring the four- following days, on the part of the • grand French army under the command of tfiR Emperor Napoleon in person. His ordinary sys- tem of tactics, that of breaking in at various points upon his enemy's line of posts, separating tb^ ir force into detached bodies, and over- powering and dertroying it in detail, was re- ' sorted to upon tins occasion, with its accustomed suree « . The Austrians 2ppear to have sustain ed a continued succession of defeats up to thd HSd. the date of the latest intelligence from the theatre of war. The result as stated in a letter, from the Prince of Neufschatel, dated that day at noon, on the field of battle, was the loss- of iSO. OOO men, in prisoners only, and all. their can- . Bon and baggage. If in this number, we ihould even include the killed and wounded, still we should hope that it will, in the sequel, prove to be considerably exaggerated. The co'ntents of rthe letter alluded to were communicated to the audiences at the different theatres in Paris, on the 2Slh. The official Bulletin had not thon arrived. We should, however, suppose, if there was any foundation for a statement in the Wjr- tomberg Bulletin tranrmittc- tl on the 2lst; ac- « ording to which, one Archduke had been left dead on the fidld, and two o'thers had been wounded, that a circumstance- so well calculated for theatrical effect, would not have been omitted in the communication made to the Parisian^— It is also to be observed, that this Bulletin; though two days prior to General Berther's let- ter, states the number of prisoners at the same round number of 30,000; but if this was the ac- tual result of the engagement on the 20th, or £ Ut, it is evident that General Berther's^ alculai lion on the 23d would fall below the truth ; for he says the battle of Ratisbon lasted three days. From this consideration, Ave arc induced to conclude, that the chief engagement was on the 20th, the Tesult of which is stated in an unofficial article from Riedlingen, dated the 22d, to have been tho defeat of the Austrians at all points, • with the loss of 10,000 prisoners, an uncommon number of killed and Wounded, 40 pieces of can- non, and 15 stand 6f colours. The present state of the press on the Continent precludes us from any expectation that the Austrian acconnts- of the • rents which have taken place will reach us for many months; and it is not from the enemy, or their enslaved partisans and vassals, that we can expect any consoling advices respecting the extent of the force and resources still at the dis- _ posal of the Archduke Charles. The first great inconvenicnce resulting from his reverses is, ( hat he must be reduced to a defensive war within the Austrian territory. From the acknowledged abilities which he possesses, there is neverthe- less ground to expeel that his calamities have not come upon iiim, as upon General Mack, without any To recast. The great er pa rt of the force • under his command consists of raw levirs; and . it is impossible that he should have calculated ' upon an uniform flow of success. If his princi- , pal magazines were left in his rear, so that in his retreat he fall gradually back on his means of sup- ply, and if it be true that the Fencibles of Austria actually constitute an embodied and dis- ciplined force of 400,000 men, wc are bj no " means inclined to despair of the cause of Francis I. and his people. From the documents that have been laid before the French Conservative Senate, it appears that'Austria has unwillingly . been dragged into the war. Her o. nly offence has been an attempt to re- orgaHzie her armv, and to avail herself of a Volunteer force to an extent which might be adequate to the purposes of a system purely defensive. . She had, there- fore, no alternative, but that of now asserting her independence, or of sinking to the level of the puny powers of the League of the Rhine, without eny effort worthy of a still great and - powerful nation. One of the documents just al- luded is a report of a conversation between Buonarparte and Count Metteruich, at a diplo- matic levee. It has no parallel for its arrogance, except in the dramatic scene with Lord Whit- worth. It is broadly fated that Count Tol- stoy, the Rrussian Ambassador, exprosced his approbation of this new mode of conducting- po- litical negociations. FRENCH BULLETIN. | " Rohr, between Landshut and Ratisbon, April 21- j " The Austrian army has been scattered as I dust ; all the corps are dispersed. •• Upwards of twenty Generals have been killed of wounded. One Archduke has been left dead on the field : two others are wounded- We have taken more than thirty thousand prisoners; and a great number of standards, cannon, and magazines " have fallen into our hands. Of the army which dared to defy the French, but very feW will re- cross the Inn. It has been remarked, that on this occasion, as in the battle of Jena, those who were the instigators of the War. have become its first victims. The Prince of Lichtenstein, one - of the principal Instigators, has received a mor- tal wound- His Majesty the Emporer. yester- day executed his manoevres in the midst of 40,' 000 of the troops of the confederation of the. Rhine. His Majessy harAngued them, and the highest gallantry." Loyd's, Monday Evening The gentlemen who intend to bid for the en- suing loan, have returned from Downing- street, where they waited this morning upon the Chan- Cellor of the Exchequer by invitation. jjsjjr. Perci7al informed them that Lite sums wanting would be / 14.600,000 for Great BritMn, and 1,200,000 for Ireland. The letter sum to bo first endeavoured to be raised in Ireland, and ' f that cannot be uccomplHied t- d be railed by an e of Exchequer Bills here. The terms of- fered are for each 100/. CO/, in the 4 per cents, and 60/. in the 3. per cent reduced, the bidding ( o be in the I^ ong Annuities. The Chancellor of the Exchequer at the same time informed them, that there would be propose d a vote of credit for / 3,000, OQCh The respective parties are lo go up again on Friday, with their bid- dings. , m j-- It is reported that there are letters in town from Holland of a still liriorO recent-' date than . the papers received on Saturday, but their con-: tents have not yet transpired. At) Austrian Messenger is a'so said to have arrived by way | of Heligoland. Some- repojtj having reached eiof^ a * eriv: i accident wfiirh had deafly" tnke » i p' « c in a ? en- tUi^ ari's family last w" k, at a village about three nlft^ T > r- » . ti- CheWfo'rtf. thro^- h. th" rare'. wwoss of a We- purposed- detailing the cir- rumsfanc. es in this paper $ bu! from motives of de'. isacy, nnd the na . ertaioty of bein^ perfectly r/ jrrect i't," the stateaieVs w have received, we forfiear * fhrlh.?/ comAent> till the transaction cor/- - fo us in., a fonn which will warrruat our publishing rt from tliy'e parties fwm whom alone we e'fuhl recerve a'tthority. Colonel Brown, Commander of the Royal Staff Corp*, win this day come from town and in-^ Tt the worvv5 On Gal'eywood Common, which Hr/ f » >•• « '•* l- sj.- ly repaired nr.:' vT ih- o dircs"- li^ aoj" a S^ iaghi- a ' at of, UI « reguaent of Artificurs jio. y in Ch- Iutsfotvl barracks, by order of Gu- vdrnmentr Vettrrday the,. Officer; qf' tlib Royals gave a svmp^ iio'is dinner to ' General . Cock burn, and Geueraj Robinson^ at the Black Boy inn, fold, which was served up in a style that caused universal npproba'ion, and rpflected high credit on r. Bacon, w? fo arranged and cbndncted the Wft 4e. Ab ) Tr fi\' y j • rs ons .- at do> n to table j the- iiand- of huvlioyal Hislinrss the Duke of Kent attended expressly on the orra^ iorl, ' and I pbrtbrir. e'd some of? the most delightful'pieces of mnfic at intervals, thereby giving a ze- t to the feast. Among the. principal delicacies of the sea- son, we observed venison, p^ cocks, & c.- TIK' ines ( of Which there was the greatest choice) Were of superior qiin'ih'; in shorf, we can con- fidently fifiirm tliat. never, was an entertainment conducted more sati'fuctory to the parties, or to the merit of the purveyor. On' Sunday se'ilrtight the Reverend Mr. J. Turner,. orca!< iohal preacher at Sf. Stephen's, iWalbrook, . and - at tha h'ounditng, London, de- livered two excellent discourses at Chelmsford rhUrch^' in a very impressive mnVnvr ;' that in the morning from the'text iii 11 th c; hnp. of Dent, ye'r. 2G,, 27,^, HTIU t! ie one In the afternoon from the 4th chap. 2dXim, ver. 7. The learned divint most pftHiett^ llj- cWned the atW"") of h! s hearers by " the emphatic and ani. Tiatcd yyay in I which he described the blessings a.: endant on a well spent life, and tho dangers arising from the hcglect'of our duty' towards God and man. The Court Martial which has been sitting at the Old Barracks, a' Chelmsford, for some days past, on the Assistant Surgeon of one of the bat- talions lately returned from Spain, not yet' being closed, Ave forbear detailing an)' part of what has alteady transpired, or of using any comment on this delicate affair, conscious that by these . means too often justice is perverted. When the whole is concluded, we shall present the sanje to our readers- in a perfect'and correct state, as we undert stand there are circumstances cOnnccted with this business, of a nature to claim public attention. The 1st and 2d division of the Cambridge Militia, marched into Chelmsford Barracks on Saturday and Monday last, to wait- till further orders. Tuesday; last was married, Mr. Henrv Bed- ell of Whitechapel, to Miss Elizabeth Thorp, of Chelmsford. Friday last was married, at All Saint's church, 5j a Id on-, Captain Clifford, of the 28th regiment, to Miss Payne, of that place. A short time since was married, at Thaxted. Mr. John Chopping, miller, to Miss Charlotte Butcher, both of that place. Same day- was married, at Stebbing, Mr. Win. Chopping, to Miss Judith Smith. On the 3d instant died, at Sfansted Mount- fitchet, Sarah Impey, relict of William Impey, late of. Old Bethlem, baker, and one of the peo- ple called quakers. Lately died,- James Groves, Esq. of Howlett's hall, in the parish of Navostock, in this county. Last week died, Mr. Clarke, of the White Hart inn, Burnham. On Sunday died, after a short illness, aged up. wards of 70 years, Mrs. Frost, relict of Mr. Charles Frost, formerly bookseller and printer Chelmsford. On Friday last died, at Great Dunmow, Mrs. Judith Barnard, relict of Mr. Barnard, late of Great Bardficld, surgpon.- On Wednesday died at Writ tie in her 19th year after a long and painful illness Miss Green, eldest daughter of Mr. D. Green of the formcr placc. • _-„ Some time since died at Great Warley,- near BrfciitwoouJ" Essex, in his 100th year, Mr. James Clark, who in'the early part of his life followed the Occupation of Farrier, and at that period might " justly be termed the Village Doctor • having- regularly ( by such skill s he acquired in a necessary attention to mcdiail duty Avith his horses) advisc- d and prescribed for the com- plaints of his fellow parishioner?. For the last few - years he was deprived of sight, yet ablf, by the sound- Of voice, to recognize any of his Substantial firicx l » . vn% Prick Granary, . i- P*.*^ ofgfc Gi]< y. Colcfrwr, Eaex. TO BE SOLD BY" AUCTION, BY HAVVES AND FBNTON, Al tbe n-> a: b lnu. St. Brtolph's s- u ibe lith of . May, IS O, II t'our o'Cldek r- tU Afteraoo-, ( On Order « <~ th* ProprWo'J 4 SUBSTANTIAL HI'iiK TIMBER PARV - V ou& xt t. y 1H, w : Vvt » Ui J, « id l<> R t r » rter i poiutt a tr. t hv ll u iV- i s. iidi ttt- k CJi- mnary. U tvu by l< : nUo « BV'iWuie att icbi 1 to th.- Hot, f- - t by u, v* ™ * w. th clinkers• lo i>.- wld ia Lots, aud < a such coutliuoai a* » Uitll be prvKluccd ai the pUce a a '" Furtli- rpVrtimtsrsmny b? known, and the PremUf • itrn, on arip. icalioa to M r. I'rti," ^ S « lkilt..; Jfr. Jw* > Car ill, the Proprietor; or the Avctioueert, Colchcs • r. Household Furniture, Dajcnhum, Essex. TO BE SOL!>~ BY AUCTION, BY MATIIC^ V ANL) SON, Oa Tueiiay next, tbe i: U of H. iy, i so j, at T^ ro o'Clatle in the Arterano- i, THE HOUSEHOLD PURNITURE, BREWING UTENSILS; « » < 1 GROWING CR:> PS io - L> l> N, villi Pvs » -: s% iau of that oldcbtablished GKO! 1 r. iud LPvAPEIt'S SHOP, uutil Chi- iaimas ncj. t, a. a pos-. i s ifou of . Mr. SAUMTICR, Dftgfenliaio, R^ sc*. Hoiichold Muni tore comprises four- ptjol and ituap Ivcdnlcads, with vtriuiwfuridtun.^; liat'n. 1 uuk,' Ja '.. « . i , aud coa. itexp. ines; drawers, cLrtlrs, tables, glu2 uca ucmr- miis kitchen injuisitis. Out- door Stock consists of a light xaarkst cart, a brcoc*- '" prtTiivubtfs irtuy be known of tbc Auctioneers, at their Furniture and Cabinet Warehouse, Romford. ' R. KELIIAM, GOLDSTiIiTil, JEWi'LLEff, WATTH^ MAKER,, A N1/ T1A ft l) M A REM Afft Chc'.- n ford, r.'.- KT, " mbptB Treat res pre tj soHelts the JittfBtlon of his V T i'.- ieuds and tii<-- I'nblic to a bry.:, e! c< jaiit, and v. cll- stlc. ted Stuck iu the ^ sr. tral liae of iiis profession, winch lie Iiopci will uWit a cju, l: ciinuce of that favour he has so Un; bfeeU 11 mered with, mvl -# 5ifch it has be » - u- hls soibi- tioii to nriintiin by uareinitliug assiduity, pa activity* and acqimutnidation. Ladicti'' I'eshiofinblc ? old vrntchn, lithcrlitnds unexepp- tionaljle patent leaver ditto, fine jewellery, eleeant fancy articles, p » i asoJs, umbrellns, fan?, tunbrid'^ c goods, nj^- tliC- niatical and musir. tl iustnunehts, and j'ri,: t<- U music in extensive Tar: rty, with a large and general . issoi tracnt of cntierv and hardware; the whule selected from the re » l Wnrkinea or principal miuufjctoi- ic ', ac. d ni. t purcl a td in a • naei fnun itinir.-. r. ts of any dcscri'itiou, tlic quality and nrice will therefore be more a. lvsnt- pe tus to purchasers, uriu; totaly uBiccutnbcrcd with the general protitR that attach to eoods ohtaiaed tlutjngh. the medium of travelh r » . Piano fort- j, nc> 7 and S<; coii( l- hand, sold or let out to hire. COKX EXCHANGE. MARK L. 4XE, MONDAY, MAY o, isog. This day the fresh arrivals of Wheat make an abandant supply, at a further reduction ir price, onTihe'sample?', of 3s. and 4s. per quarter, and H: ore on ordinary sorts. Barley is in consider- able supply, and rather loAver. Malt likewise. Pease arid Bran?, of the two kinds nearly as be- fore Oats are rather lower. Flour is cheaper, 5s. per sack. MRS, Et PECK, CHYMIST AND ' Dlti'GGISf, OPrOJtTU '"•' IE N'CW DANK, CHFLMSFOnO, DEEPLY iaiorf^- 1 « ith irratitudr for the favors sbe ns rvc- ived flince liW du" n » jw' « « Mlamity, fully oticp humble Irifmtc of th1n^., and Im- ks r° inform her Fristul* rt- id the. Public, that she I to vend the most GENUINE . MEDICINES, and ct the vcrv lowest term*." Electricity performed and Pbvsioiaiu Prescriptions carefully prepaired. Advertised Mtdieiucs, aad Perfumrry. ROMFORD, ESSEX. To Bakers, Cornchandlers} and Others. TO BE DISPOSED OF BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, A YALUABLE LEASEHOLD ESTATE. consiV- 1\. ing established BAKFK'S SHOP, now ia full Ti- ac^, Mtunt* in the wide p; tf t of the Town of Uon-- foid, in the County of Iiisex.— The Premises convpj i- e a Dwi lliiijs House, « ith a large Frout Shop, Couvdiicut fee carrying on an extensive Business in the Corn TrocU, a good Room adjoiuiiig, and Five roomy Chambers ; n back Yard and Bakehouse; pleasantly anil advantageously 5 - tuotfd between the Dolphin and Chcqut. s Inns, in ti e centre of Rinnford MacKtt, and now in the occupation 01 the Proprietor, Mr. WILLI MI Do « SETT, B* Uer. The Lease is made for tv. cuty- oue yeara, at the very low Rent of Fourteen Pounds pCr Aunnm ; Eleven yraii of which Term were unexpired at '. lichaclmas- day lust. Jinv be viewed by permission of the Tenant, or on o^ r pjicatlon to Mathew and Sou, Auctioneers, Romford. FOBBING ESSEX. WANTED, A SCOOL master for the Parish of Fobbing Essex ; jLXl. he must rcr. d aud write well, and " he capable of teaching Accounts with accuracy. A mirried person who'i- wife would be capable of. keeping : i female School, would be prcfercd, the situatioa wili be found Eligible, Vespcctab'. V: references as to character and abifitics villi be required. Application lo be niade to the Minister and Chui- civwardeu, if by letter to be post paid. April 30, 18" 9. WANTED, VN APPT! ENTK" E to a COOPER a^ d TURNER. & c — For. fm-. her pnri iculai- s MQN ire of M A TU » A L t. Ro;: i\ sov, and KTLIIAM,' Chelmsford. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. It is with deep concern that in our first appeal to the town of - Chelmsford, we feel ourselves un- der the necessity ofexpressing, in the most " dis- tant \ i; ay,. what might be deemed a dL, respect7 ful intrusion; but as Conductors " of a'periodical publication uninfluenced by pr^ udice or party, we consider it our imperious duty,. as well as our peculiar province, to point out any existing evil, and to admonish, respectfully, those who through inattention or other motives, may neglect td re- move it, or encourage what is apparently beneficial to the public good. Under this impression, we call npon the inhabitants of this populous and flourishing town, to unite, with firmness and freedom, in preventing the dangerous and disgraceful nuisancc of new erec- tions upon- that gro. und which, by a most cala- mitous event now presents them with an oppor- tunity of most desirable Improvement and accom- modation, aud, as a beneficial advantage to the present age a^ d posterity, outweighs every paltry and sordid, consideration of ' pecuniary inconve- nience : regarding this as it tends to the local decoration of the town, the convenience, safety, and general advantage of its inhabitants and the public, we cinnot but consider it as connected with moral virtue, and earnestly entreat our neighbours to embrace the present moment in promoting so desirable and beneficial an accom- modation to themselves and ' posterity., which now lost can never be restored. We are cinfidcntly informrd. that if any inhabitant of independent respectability woivld Interest himself in this laudably undertaking, he would find the most anxious support, and that the Subscription would be liberal, as the Fire Offices, the Members of the County, several of the Magistrates aud neigh- bouring gentry, ?. nd the Cou. Hel who attend the Assizes; are willing to contribute; and knowing that the recent attempt to build thereon will subject to serious obstructions, danger, and in convenience the partieB engaged therein; it be- comes now anobject of particular interest and at- teution, as by a. timely interference, much con- tention may be obviated, and general good established. On Saturday last was committed to our Gaol by J. W. Hull, Esq. Richard Pinnell a soldier charged on the oath of Robt. Monk and Charles Young of Lt. Baddow, with having assaulted them in a riot at Stock ia tkis couatv. rffVHK FARMER'S JOURNAL, a weekly Newspaper J. published on SAJ- JNJAJF, and a Sccond- Editj JU tv. i- i Moiidny, and regularly scut by post on those1 d^ y* r< s; iPCt,', vc! y, contains an ierJSrjj. d hud superior : tr. t~- m= jt of the LaadjSq M-.- jkets, for Corn, Seeds, Cottl'*, nud r. imcrons othrr crtie'e? ; together with the weekly Imports, coastwise, cf Grain into Lor. dnn :— alVo the earliest Accounts ot Country Markets'aud Fkirs, Monthly Repo.- ts for. various Counties, & c. cxchiEively n- iu. s- mitted for this paper ; jvith original comsnunicatior^ from ihe first pr « .- iic! tl ' zrmcrs in the- I: in » do » n. It likrw ise combine* the foreign au'il domestic news Of rhj- week,- parliamectary iaielliscnce, « ; c. directed entirely of party principles, leoving " the reaHer, ufter the simple fact is' detailed, of forming his own coftclusiuus of passing events. This publicatiou has been established upwards of two years, has juc- t with the must distin- guished support from the agricultural interest,' and wil! be found a complete magazine of ' essential hifbrulatiou, • i'jr immediate and futiue reftrtnee, to every person con- nected with husbandry.— Orders received by Evans and Rufiy, £ 9, Eudze Row, London; nud bv the poitmasters, booksrl er-, & c. tli » ; ng out tl. e kingdom. TO IJR SOf- D BY AUCTION, JBY ROBERT BAKER, On Ssturds, tin? IB0* 01 EU* C* ,, - ^ TJRNfri'RE, and oilier cf- rpHE HOySPHOLL. - t.. i| i c<" T « d, at bis laid JL fifts ot Air John Soh.- iE.-_ r "- IJ i'tvc rtl, Essex, rcnidence, near the Swan lun, -•. th* us- Comprising flftthcr and flock b « ds afla PedtJu. ' . chest* of Urawei- s ; beaufet shop tixturis ; i.^ S. t car. harness 5 and various other articles which will be ex- pressed in catalogues, and issued previous to the sale. TO BE LKT ron six MOXTIIS, on LONGER TERM ir REQUinco, AREADY FURNISHED HOEbli, deU^ Tttully si- tdated on I. oSr. MELKORD GRKEN ; compii « ii) g IL'll, Dining, and with- dr « wing Rooms, eight ' good Chambers, good Kitchen and Rrcwhousft, Stabling for i-. u.-. Horses, and Coacli House, with good Water, aid ever, convenient, accomodation torn genteel family; Gil- den, well planted frith choice Fruit Trees, and about (.• veu Acres ol l'aatiye Land. Further particuluru may be known by applying to TneMA*- Bi. iJXbr- c, Builder, Long Mclfcrd. TO GROCERS, DRAPERS, TALLOW CltAND- >••••., A .<* tia i\ iJytS ix,.- To be SOLD by Private Contract, AVN mrn; n- vpns AT - uiieuMMrR STXTT-— 4 VERV HL1G1BLE FREEHOLD ESTATE corrv- 1 » . priling an old cstabli- hrdand trtll accustomed Shop in th- Drapery, Grocery, Tallow Cbandlsry and General Shopkeepir. g Liue, a ( si- ffc convenient Candle Oflicc, ar. d Tallo-. v Loft, \ utli suitable Wtitrliousi- s; an excellect D^ clling- lioi- se, containing five Chcmben, with GarixM ov,> r the sb'me, Parlours, Kitchen, Cellar, av. d nu- merous detected and domestic Officcs; a Barn, Stable, Cow. hous:, C- Ji't Lvdp-. roopiv Yard, excellent tiaidcn, and Orchard alio ; n Close of rich I'uitarc Land, con- taining two Acres raore or lers. The above are situite at Great Sampi'^ rd, a pr. pnloua vili » 5e, ai^. d good neighbourhood seven miles from S atiVon Wuldtb, in the County of Essex, i*. d i-. strge vraggon to and fi- om London jwisss the door tvery wcrk. The pvimises are iu perfect repair, and ere hi the occr- patipn 01 Mr. Tj^ nicl Gr. iy, t',. e proprietor, v. to is going into r. r. othtr line cf DUlic& ss. ' Tfce Stock in Trade, Eistcrts, nnd U Ion-'.;• » , to be taken at H fail- vrtluatii n, and pari ot'. the purchnse- iaouey may , if ri_ quirid) remain oh tlie orcmisi. « . I'oi-' TertM apply to Mr. Grsy, bn the prcmists, or lo .' ohn Searle,, Auctioneer and general Appraiser, Saffian AVeldtu^ ORIGINAL POEMS. II. KKLIIAV, EOOESLLI ER A> D STAtlOr. TR AT HIS p: iir. : ix c/ p. eoi. a- riNc IIIPARY AND MUSI OA I. MOflt'My CBEJ. Mi- fURS, fISIX, C^ RATEfUL tb a tlqsfernintf Public for the pcfro- T'lMgehf Ha* experienced, rfspectfully acknowudzts . the very generoi s support he hos met with during tit short period ofhis^ coinmencui^ liusiucss, and trusLi by. a d: l;. g » * nt and circjunspect ot!- .!;. ! i to those who tutor him v.- ith their cOnnnands to Cnntinue receiving thtt s- jppcrt, which . t is his earnest desire to deicrvr. H. K. bs^ s to inform bis friends, tL » . t he I as now con- sid^ nifdy enlarged his ClrfMlr. ti. ig Library by the addi- tion tlie most Tjluahle PnblicRtions itityi- ry cl » fi of Literature conducive to infi- raiatiuu, useful instruction, and amusement. Periodical Publications sr. pplicd with expedition nnd panclualitv; Bock- bindimf nraily < x « cuted; Fwium 1 i I'cus ( so much admired lor their excellence and. portable conrcPBncc) in boi. es fill, d up complete v » itb Tiavrlluifr, W riting AppaWtusJ or sold by qli- rtir of heiidrtos, ut variuns prices ; a tasty; assortment of L « di< » ' fancy Paper Work, late the remoifiuig property of a Frcr. tji Eoiigraot, which for bcuiity of woikmai ship eijhalsi- ny made 111 tl o metropolis,' and " ere to be sold at 2< i per centllbwer than London prices; Music, and musical Instruments of nil descriptions ; genuine advertia'- d Mcdicines ; Turner'a - invaluftble Liq lid for ta! cJ ng irk out of marble, u: « - " hogany Alrnlture, or weerirg oppnrtl; 3I-. U'* nnrivelfc- d Liquid Blocking, and Boot Top Liquid, in Bottle* is. and Is. t> J. etch t4- f An account of the last melnr- chcly and 1 or wit M « Fire at Chelmsford, the sccoud editSon. puthshed at l> 0 Phoenix Library, pi icc is. SIRI- VG FASHIONS, COLCHESTER. MRS. L. 4Y, FA^ crr brr- t. Prrrr- p MA* rn, ard MiLLiNr- n, near the Rid Lion, High Sircet, mcst respect fu'. iy .-.. turns thanks to ler Frifi t'i ,. ud the Put ho for ti'f vejy % rest encouragement she has rr » t willi ii » the above Bu<* lne? s, and leive to fcfortti them, s'ue LM just nt ' rued from Lot'. don v- itb c. and. choi( o Acsortwtt of the wo- t ivi ii.:; « Me Articles, ( cov. fonu- "' gtbe geanine Sj. iing Fashions); ronsistii. g'of cleceht Millinery, tasty I « ncy Lrt^ tt, ar. d bmtinl MA ; a great variety o/ 3arsi: etj, Shawls and SranV, . ffi. peak r qualltli- s; together with a large a » sortn « , t « . f ( ie/ lk> it Goods iu the Linen I r- pery Line ; t> e whub; of which will be rpen for the inspection of her Piiti. u-, on Friday the Wtbof Way; v. Ki: she tiosU tb. y wrli be- fvuud well deservicg the public inspection. N. L'. Funerals respectatly fvniishrd, by Mr. LAY, and attended to auy part of tbc kingdom, on' the shorutt notice. 7 The Moniteur contains the French Admiral Allemand's account ofTihe attack tke squadron under his command in basque roads, with a supplement from the Marine Prefect. Thry admit the loss of 3 sail of the line, said to have been set on fire by their crews, and an Armee en flute stranded. It appears that the Admiral's ship, the Ocean had a very nar- row escape, having been repeatedly fallen on board of, by one of the fire ships. We are still without any positive intelligence of tne state of affairs in Portugal and Spain, since the advance of Soult from Oporto. Ac- counts are hourly expected of the arrival of Sir Arthur Wellesley in that country. SUPERIOR BRITIStl WINES. JOSEPH . VlFPENj i^ tRATEFI'L fj i\ e liberal encouragement te has V74 jWi- nT-. r d frutn his Friewfa tao Public, takoi r. Mil> p! ev- ur. ili. s upp^ rtoiuty to i » fonn tbern, i. c h « . i u vCer BRH ISH WI- flES of a . upenov quality, IT I it usual low pnct « , FOK NNM MOM V, n. ttakinj of a Lie nl-. m of lod. per Usli « n. Clieussion), . MAY yth, IT^ THE FAR.\ 11; R'S MAGAZINE. Tins DAT xi rilBMSHEO, Tn Nine handiofy I, printed ToluMes^ in Oiliivo,' v> Hi mrr. crots PLilts, prireM. 7 j. 0d. boards, THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE, a perio^ kai wcrk, exclusively devoted to Agi- icultu^ e aud Rural Afiaitv, for the yeai- s isiw. lS'jl, 1802. 1S03. id';, 18' jti, I007, 18 ' 3.——' Puli'ish edOncrterly.) Ediuburgh : Printed lor. ArchibaW Constablft oc. l Co. Edinburgh, and Constable, Hunter, Park, aud Uor. ter, Ludgate Street, London. • Any Number or Volume may be had weparately. Ti: e design of tb^ Far. nei's " Magazine is to collect Mjil disseminata- ingenious theories, important " aud well p. u- thenticated fscts, and accurate CKperirtients^ which rctaie to the dill'ereot branches of rural cc - uony. Jt is well known, to those acquainted with the diliVrcijt ef the United Kingdom, that discoveries ami imnj- cvcicents in agriculture travel very slowly. To rrnic'dy thW/ the l'nr. nier'e Magazifae was first projected; fllftl if th* proprfttol- J may judge from its almost unprecedented sale, the object of this publication is ifi a. great degree nnjLvcrcd. The work consists of— f- IMisctl! ancoifscmmnni: it'aric< us'of the mo^ t iniporta-. t practical natnre— J. The review of agvii cultural publication*.— 3. Ag.-' icnltn.- nl intelligence iVoiU every district in Scotland and Englpnd. The iirfportancl of this branch must he evide. it to every practical farmcrj who at the moderate price of two shillings and sixpence n q iarter, may learn the state of the crop: , a- id the price of ( twin, cattle, ,' cc. in the different pr. rts of thetlilgdorDj besid- B being eiiitblcd to compare his own practice wilh that in dtlisr districts, aiid thus to correct what ia impro- per or deficient. Sobl by R. H. Kelh'ara, Chelmsford; Marshell and Ro- binson, KOmford; and m:. y be had by giviut; orOtii. to the Agents Sad- Newr- mta who circulate this Psp^ r. PROPOSAL For putlishinz bj Sukttigiion, to It eltranfly vrialid in Octavo, tmf. nc ','. ore Pcpcr, I/ ot- prcue- J, 1 ' THE . _ VICISSITUDE OF HUMAN LIFE, AND OTHER POEMS. BY OCOROt: OYLES. THE Author presumes to observe, that having hid lunch experience ia life, with its coccomit2ot afflic- tious, he has taktu a moral vit- w of scenes, which it shall bt bis hiunblr endeavour to describe. To some few of his Friends he submitted liis Mbi- vjeripts, by whose superior abilities he wished to be guided, and em- boldened- by the favorable opinion they formed of his efforts, he was persuaded to publish ihtin by Sub- scription. xoitvvicn: Printed far the Author by Booth aid Wright, Market- place. Subscriptions received by R. KFLHAM, Phoenix Li- brary ; R. C. STA n El, Chelmsford; and by all other Book- sellers aud Stationers id town ana country. Price l ive Shillings, to be paid for on delivery- - V. D- Ncvks of Subscribers Kill be printed - M; th the fYorfc, nhich scill be ipui. ly pMnhii. had not been in his society from their youthful 1 days. His mannere were ever marked by suavity; possessing; an equal temper, together with a general inclination to please, caused him to be universally respected by those, who to the last, felt a pleasure in attending on his aged in- firmities, and offering such kind services as were necessary to relieve his bodily afflictions.— What renders the character of this singular old man mofe extraordinary, he never was thirty miles from home during his iife, or ever slept from'under his own roof. He once changed his abode by moving across the road ta the house opposite to- that he was born in. Mr. Clarke was bora December 28th, 1700, and expired in calm aud pious resignation,' Dec. 6, 1808 In addition to the above narrative of facts we have to notice, that Mr. C. lost his last tooth only a week prior to his decease. His manner of living was pure and simple in the extreme, carefully avoiding all wines and spirits- beer was his chief luxqry, of which he was fond, having the best homulbrewed in that part of Essex. His hours were extremely regular, seldom being ia bed later than five in the morning or up after seven at night. A few such tem- perate persons as this worthy man would pos- sibly lend to pat fashion and irregularity to the blushj and be productive in bestowing to the rising generation a stimulus to guard their health in their c » rly yearj, as the only means'. of avoiding a premature old age. CjuI tar Hroicn and faint*, prepared by the British CulhiirCompany. S. STRAIGHT, JLH. CHE'- MSMBD, AGKMT. O STRAIGHT i. fonuTTis Frit'J/ be Public in in — cn. 1, the, inav be " ppl- ed • tbc above Krx\ c\~> ' 77— • " ChM. ru. fonL at fwCom- n, u. • » PriccsV I lie C.- l i = r 1- r. c .. mrr. rt ^ fa; Un » Z el e- inVf n* r] ffS » tr JlunihVthan rollin > U Tnr- Tho l> MUirr p « -|* n- r< fc in a ™ sfV> r*' n jninh's aa. fft*- serve wood,' ad. I defend - it agai- jsl' vciiuin m- d t: ie dry r° The Coal Tr. r may be had in casks of one cvt. a-. d- utv ward a. iil ftifc Pai. tts in n. kx of « ! Slb. e> i.- h, and frpWBrd-:. ' Ground Wail.- Lead, Paiuters' Oili and Gjlotu- S of all suits', of tlic best, quality. TO MILLKltS. TO be dlspocrd of ( with immediate pci'? Miou - rofa Wfudmni and Dwelling House, & « . Sltrate U Oalley- wood Coiunu n, near CLelmsford, for fuitL< r pSi- ticukrs apt ly aa tU P « Biist » or W » jliur.- je, Cf. 2lBIO.- J * TO THE EDITORS. GENTS. EVERY man, when he awakes in the morning, finds that the reflections suggested by the prece- ding day have been, if not wholly obliterated, at least, suspended by sleep; that new topics of conversation are wanting, and that surprise is on tip- foe for new calls ; he is unable to recur to the business of the preceding day, because it has been exhausted; or unwilling to recollect it, be- cause it has disappointed him. A family thus met together, would drink the tea of Lethe, and eat the toast of taciturnity, were they not happily relieved from torpor of thought and immobility of tongue, by the entrance of a Neicspapcr. It is possible, Indeed, that the weather, might furnish a brief subject of debate, but the wind must blow a hurricane, and the rain descend in torrents, to be worth more than a moment's con- versation. When the Newspaper appears, how- ever, all Europe is united to refresh the languid memory, to quicken the dull thoughts, and give expedition to the communicative tongue. Even the breakfast- table is indebted to the presence of this lively guest. The tea acquires a more odoriferous flavor, the toa- t is handed about with a quicker velocity, and the sugar and butter, though less white and sweet than could bo wished, escape without censure, in th* multiplicity of re- flections which the Newspaper suggests. No publication surely was ever so fertile in sources of reflection to those who choose to think, or of conversation to those who prefer the hum- bler, though mora noisy business of talking. First, a long list of extensive amusements pre- sents itself fraught with every tempting induce- ment. Here it is important to observe how a play is cast, what great performers are concerned, and what farce or entertainment is to follow: if a concert, what pieces are to be perfoimed, and by whom ; if an opera, whether the divine Catalaui bears a part. From amusements there is a transition to works of charity, to subscrip- tion of names and sums of money for benevolent purposes: whether the arrangement here be judi- cious, or whether these ought not to precede amusements, I shall not stop to enquire. Per- haps the Editor trusts to the good sense of his readers, that what he mixes heterogeneous]/, they will separate and arrange judiciously. Otherwise there would be a designed confusion in the advertisement part, which would not be easily reconciled to common sense, and would serve rather to perplex our reflections than to call them to any purpose. Attentively observed, Newspapers frill be found very correct pictures of the times, and faithful records of the transfer cf property , whether by sale or fraud. I hinted, that the arrangement was apparently confused. We see books and pills, estates and lap- dogs, perfumery and charity sermons, crowd- ed together by one of thoce accidents by which we may suppose chaos would be produced. Here a disconsolate widow advertises that she carries on business as usual, for the benefit or her orphan family; and there a lady of quality offers five guineas for the recovery of a favourite lap- dog. which answers to the name of Chloe. A person wants to borrow 5,0001. on undeniable security, asd a stable keeper offers to sell a horse for 100 guineas upon his bare word. Servants want places, in which, " wages are no object," and a place under gorernment may be heard of, where wages are the only object. Humphry Jenkins lost his pocket- book in coming out of the play- house, and Sarah Howson has eloped from her husband, who will pay no debts of her contract, ing, " as witness his mark." In one place we have notice of a main of cocks, and just by it, the candidates for a vacant chaplainship are de- sired to apply. But of all persons " that 011 earth do dwell," the sick find the greatest relief in Newspapers. Why it is that disease should prevail in spite of the infallible medicines that are, in a manner, thrust down the throats of the sick, is astonishing. It would appear that the only disorder patients are troubled with, is an incurable obstinacy, which prevents them from taking medicines that have " cured thou- sands that have been dismissed from the hospitals in a most deplorable state." Do we not find that, in some cases, a single box of pills will effect a cure ; and, in others, that the patient will be re. lieved by the smell only ? Will not these medi- cines " keep good in all climates?" Is it not notorious that they perform their cures " with, out loss of time, or hindrance to business ?' Why then do we hear of the sick and the dying ? Why are not our hospitals turned into alms, houses for decayed physicians and apothecaries who have tjo business ? Nor is the information respecting the preser- vation of health less important than the cur* of disease. If we turn our eyes to th* sales of houses and estates, we shall find that they are all situated in counties remarkable for the salubrity of the air, the fertility of the soil, and the purity of the water, charmingly sheltered, richly wood « d, hill and dale, meadow and grove, where the east wind is not permitted to chill, nor the thunder to roll. These, it is true, are chiefly calculated for persons who can afford to pay rather extra, vagantlv for the preservation of health ; but this can be no object with those who know thit health is the greatest of all blessing*, and that in this way, it may be handed down to the latest poste. rity. The clergy, I must observe, axe particu- larly interested in these advertisements. The rectories are all " situated in remarkably healthy spots," and the present incumbent is nearly eighty years old." What greater encourage- ment to a man who wishe6 to do good, and to do it long, especially when it lies " iu the vicinity of a pack of hounds:" a circumstance of which we are frequently reminded, althoagh the con- nexion between the business of the pulpit, and the sports of the field, is not quite so obvious at might be expected, from the eloquence of our fashionable auctioneers, a race of men to whose inventive genius we owe the conversion of horse ponds into beautiful sheets of water, ditches iuto refresliing rivulets, and gibbets into hanging woods; but the ablest men cannot do erery thing. There are bounds, even in these times, t\ i human genius if any of those should create a dosire to be a bid- der or a purchaser! What hopes, what fears, what consultations! But this is not necessary to the pleasure a Newspaper affords. A man may give a very able account of an estate with- out the least desire of purchasing it; and the whole family may dispute on the merit of an eutertainment, which not one of the party means to partake of. It is possible to compas- sionate the distresses of an orphan family, with- out contributing sixpence to their relief, and even to read of the cures performed by a " fa- mous syrup," without desiring to taste a drop of it. Conversation and action are different things, and if a Newspaper furnishes the former, it is doing much. Before quitting the advertisements it may be necessary to mention two descriptions of per- sons, who never appear to meet, and yet who never ought to separate, namely, those who " are equally desirous to lend money," and " those who are equally desirous to borrow i(." Why people that might be so mutually service- able, should stand in opposite columns in a Newspaper is very extraordinary. There must be some secret in this, which we, who know not the parties, are unacquainted with. That the party wishing to borrow should conceal his name is easily accounted for. Prudential rea- sons require that a man's temporary embarrass, ment should be concealed as much as possible ; but that he who 14 would be happy to lend,' or, as it is sometimes called, " to accommo. date," should court obscurity, is not so easily explained. If it be from a motive of modesty, it is highly praise worthy, but it prevents us from handing down the names of these bene- volent persons to future ages as they desei Posterity can only know that all the letters of the alphabet from A B to X Y hare been emi- nent for their benevolence in accommodating distressed persons with sums of money " lying at their bankers, from 500 to 20,000 pounds ;" and thus I close ray meditations on the adver- tisements. I might mention more indeed, but as the poet says The rest appeers a wilderness of strange But gay confusion, roses for the checks. And lillies for the brows of faded age: Teeth for the toothless, ringlets for the bald, Heaven, earth, and ocean, plunder'd of their sweets, Nectareous essences, Olympic dewss. Sermons and city feastt, and favo'rite airs, Ethtrial journies, submarine exploits: And Katterfelto, with hjs hair on end at his own wonders— wand' ring for his bread But yet all these would probably fail of their effect, were they the only contents of a News- paper. There are thousands who are indiffe- rent to change cf situation, who are confined to business and cannot leave it, who are gorman- dizing a breakfast and . loathe medicine, ^ rho are blooming and want no washes, who ^ re cheerful and want no amusements, who are cha- ritable and want no puffs or quackery to prompt their benevolence ; yet, with all that, t. he re* iv of a Newspaper supplies that dear and wxqhisite food NEWS. This part of a Paper, though I have considered it last, is generally consulted first; and what can equal the gladsome inqui. itiveness that appears in the eve, when it gently rolls over the columns of a fresh News- paper ? Such is the variety of this department, and such the attachment of every man to his favourite pursuit, that a- iolerable guess may be formed of what a man is, by attending to what he first reads in a paper. The sturdy politician, indeed, is a general reader. He can find out: jolitical allusion in every paragraph. If i ' ady of quality makrg a false slep, he can descant on the privileged orders; and, if the price of bread has risen, he can censure Parliament for the insufficiency of the corn laws. But others confine themselves to their favoHrito articles the Court news delights the man of fashion, be- cause he knows the parties.— the ladies are anxious for marriages, because they may know the parties— the young and the old are for the fashionable tattle of marriage, dances, duels and dresses, elopements, and other articles of the amusing kind ; while the grave citizen casts a solemn glance at the price of stocks, wishes he hid bought in, or hop « s he shall soon be able to sell out; and there is a pretty numerous class to whom burglaries, murders, and picking of pockets afford a considerable gratification in the detail. A Newspaper being thuB perused, by every man according to his taste, the wheels of con. versation are again set a- going, and the dullest has something to say, or » . » me remark to make on what he has read. If Newspapers, then, are undervalued, it is either because they are common and cheap, and we know that common and cheap things are always undervalued: but this, perhaps, icay not always be the case ; for, in poiut of cheapness, the objection has been gradually removing. for some time. To appreciate their true value, therefore, we have only to suppose that they were totally to be discontinued for a month. I turn with hor- ror from the frightful idea! I deprecate such a shock to tho circulation of table talk. It would operate more unfavourably than the gloom of November is said, by foreigners, to operate on the nerves of Englishmen,-— and after such a suspension of news, I am afraid the Papers would contain nothing but accounts of sudden deaths, which had happened in the interval, with the deliberate opinion of the coroner's jury: ** Died for sunt of intelligence !/" " Letuspraiee Newspapers,". says Dr. John- son " One of the principal amusements of the idler is to read the works of those minute histo- rians, the writers of news, who, though con. temptuoutly overlooked by the composers of bulky volumes^ are yet necessary in a nation where much wealth produces much leisure, and one part of the: pfe& ple has nothing to do but observe the lives and fortunes of the other." r. A Letter received on Thursday, dated Rio Janeiro, Feb. 28. states that a serious disturbance had taken place at Buenos Ayres between the French Commandant Elmers and the Cabilda; but that he had completely got the better of them, and elVcted new members in the room of those he DECLARATION OF WAR. BY FRANCIS I. EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA* AND ADDRESS OF THE ARCHDUKE. ( From the Vienna Gazette VIENNA, AMI1.14. Before his Imperial Ma- jesty left this capital, he was pleased to issuo the following PROCLAMATION. " Fnincis I. by the Grace of God, Emperor of Austria, & c. " PEOPLE OF AUSTRIA!—" 1 leave my capital join the brave defenders of the country, assembled on the frontiers for the protection of the State. " For these three yean past I have made the utmost exertion, to procure you, my beloved subjects, the bless- ings of a permanent poace., No sacrifice, any ways eon sistent with your welfare and with the independence of the State, however painful, have I spared to secure your tranquillity and welfare by a friendly uudcr » tandiiijc with tbe Emperor of the French. " Rut all ray endeavours proved fruitless. The Austrian Monarchy was also to subrpit to the boundless ambition of the Kmperar Napoleon; a » d in the tame manner he striven to subdue Spain, insult* the sacred Head of the Churrii, appropriates to himself itib provinces of Italy, and par- cels out the Herman dominions. Austria was to do ho- mnj; e to the great empire, the formation of which he has loudly announced. " I have adopted all accessary tneasarei to a « « « rt the independence of the State. Not only have ye answered my call, but your love fur your native country has prompted you to anticipate it. Accept my cordial thanks; thev will be repeated by my posterity and yours. Self- defence, not invasion, was liur aim. But the conqueror will not allow the Sovereign of his people, strong in their mutual confidence, to pone** sufficient means to oppose his ambitious views. He declared himself hostile to Au- tria, unless she should relinquish her measures of de- fence, and prostrate herself disarmed at his feet. The disgraceful proposal was rejected, and now his h-. sH are advancing against us, arrayed for battle. " I confide in God in the valour of ray armies, in ttfr heroic conduct of my brotieer, who leads the ™ on to elory, in you, my beloved prople, our exertions for this warfare i> greats hut such tley must be in order to attain more securely the important end of self- preservation. " What you have hitherto done li the most unquestion- able pledge of the powerful assistance which I am to re- ceive from you. They who bear no arms will also share in the protection of their country. Unanimity, order, obedience, activity, and confidence constitute " the real strength of a nation. You hate evinced them, and to this alone is it owing, that we stmt with a fairtr prospect of success '"< nn we ever did. Fortunate events will not un- nerve \ our energy, nor disastrous occurrences, should any happen, shake your firm resolve. Perseverant valour overcomes all dangers, enhances every advantage, and supplies nil losses. Our cau* e is just s Providence docs not forsake those who do not forsake theraielve?. " 1 depend on your lore*, Sour tried fidelity to your Prince and Country. Depend ye ou the paternal solici- tude of your Monarch, who finis all his happiueu in yours. Vienna, April 8, 1809." " FRANCIS. The Archduke Charles has issued the follow, ing Address to the German Nation : " His majesty the Emperor of Austria is farced to take op arms, hrcauic. the French lfmperor will not tolerate the existence of a State which does not acknowledge his supremacy of power, nor stoop to become subservient to - Vis views of conquest; because be require-, that Auitri. t "•. all renounce her independence, unbend her energirs, and surrender at the Conquerors discretion; heeause the armies of the Emperor of France, aud of his dependent allies, advance against Austria with hostile views. " The forces of Austria have risen for self- defence and self- preservation at tbepod nf their Monarch ; I aui lead- ing them oa against the enemy, to prevout the certain attack he prepared against us. " VYe paw the frontiers not as eoaquerors: not as ene- mies of Germany; not todotroy German institutions, law, euMoits, and manners, and iiupose foreign ones; not to appropriate to ourselves the property of fJermnoy, or to sacrifice her children in distant wars, carried ou to d • troy and subjugate foreign nations. No; we fight assert the independence of the Austrian Mnnatcbr, and restore to Germany the independence and national honours which nre due to her. " The same pretensions which now threaten us have already proved fatal to Germany. Our assistance is her last effort to be saved. Our cause is that of Germany. United w ith Austria, Germany was independent and happy; it is ouly through tbe assistance of Austria that Germany can receive happiness and independence. " German*! Consider your destruction. Accept the aid we offer, and co- operate with as for, your salvation. We demand from you uo exertions, but such as the war for our common cause requires. " X our property and your domestic peace are centred by the discipline of our troops. The Austrian aimies w 111 not oppress, not rob jou ; they rcspect you as brethren, chosen to fight jointly with us, for your cause and for ours. lie worthy of our respect; inch Germans only as forget themselves are ourenemies. " Depend on ray word, which I have more thau once pledged, and redeemed, to save you ! Depend ou the word of my Emperor acd brother, which has never been violated. " CHARLES, Generalissimo." la the Moniteur of the § th ultimo, are the following official particulars concerning tho commencement of the war with Austria : " The letter of the Archduke Charles, addressed to the CoAimandcr iu Chief of the French troop*, was not deli- vered to that Gcueral, lie not being iu Bavaria, and there beiue no French army there. The letter wus brought by M. Wratislaw, Field Officer of tbe Archduke. " This Officer did not chuse to say at which poiut of the army the Archduke was, when he brought thw letter which was handed to his Majesty at Munich. " Even in March the preparations for the campaign by the Emperor aud the Archduke were anuouuecd. All the roads iu the Austrian domiuiooii were covered with troops. On the 4th of March the Archduke Lewis fixed his bend quarters at Wels. On the Jlst there was already a gnat quantity of provisions collected at Liutz and Wcls. All the frontiers of Austria were supplied with provisions, and beset vrith troops. The Emperor Francis was ex- pected ou the 6th at Lintz. The old Elector ofHcsiir was raising a volunteer corps at Prague, which took iu troops from all countries, more especially Hessians, of whom, it was said, great number* were Uockiug thither M, dc Stein was at Prague, composing there all sorts of libels. The Austrian government succeeded for a mo- ment in roasiug the populace, even the more cnlighteued classes, by assertions that for nine moath* the feuciblts had been armed for the dtfeuce of the couutry. " On the £ th of April, the intelligence was received at Munich, that preparations were made by the Austriaus for passiug over the Inn, and that a bridge of boats was alreuily made bctwecu Branduau and Schaiding. " Ou the 9th the Austrian Charge d'Affair* at Munich demanded of the Minister of the Emperur Napoleon an interview for M. Wratislaw Field Officer of the Archduke, who brought over the letter. M. Wratislaw had at the tame time delivered a letter to the Kiug of Bavaria, soli- ig his Majesty to attend to the wishes cf tbeBavarian people, who, as us the Austrian Priuces affirm, behold in thera their ouly deliverers. He adds that he had received the strictest oi tiers to act hustilely only ugainst that na tiou which is the enemy of all political independence i i Europe. The Archduke assuteJ him that it would Cost him much to make the Bavarian nation sustain the evils of a wsir which was undertaken for the cause of ger. era' li* dom. Ou the Morning of the gth of April it was — • known at Muuich where th « : Archduke actually wow. Hi* Field Officer, M. Wratislaw, has refused to say any thing upos the subject. " Somewhat later in the day of the gtb, tidings were received that the Austrians had passed the Inn at Brnn- uau aud Burghauseu. 1 he same intelligence was re- ceived at the head <] uai teii cf the Duke of dantzic. The dispatches from Munich of the loth ancouuce, that the Members of the Austrian Legation there a » ; umed a lofty tone, and affirmed that the Archduke would attack the whole line on five poiuts at once, and would tnLe the friend* of theFrench as hostages. The French answered, that for every Bavarian hostage ihey would tnke teu Barons of the Holy Roman Empire with them. M. di Stadion, the lntendaut Gcucral of the Austrian array, it already announced at the house of a banker at Munich Credit to a considerable amount has b^ cu opened iu Lis favour at Augsburah, Ulm, and Raliabon, Leipzig and Frankfort. M. de Stadion is is destiued to be the ' Tho- mas Payne' of Germany. The frontiers are covered with proclamations and pamphlets of every description. " With Messrs. Genz and Steia is also one ScLlegal. " On the 11 tli, particular intelligence was received of the passage of tlie Austrians, who had come uetr enough to he saluted by the centiuels, hut had, however, not fired upon the Bavarian soldiers. Tbey issued pretended pro- clamations, to persuade the Gcrmaus to make common cause with them. PROCLAMATION, BY DAVOUST, To th* Army of th* Rhine. HEMAU, April. 12. SOLDI ens— His Majesty the Emperor of Austria commenced hostilities on the Sih instant. This wae an- nounced by his Generals iu Chief on the 9tb. They have taken up arms. The orders of the day delivered to the Austrian armies are merely the effusion of seurrillity. This is not the way to attack the soldiers of the Em- peror Napoleon. They threaten to overwhelm defeat and disgrace upon the plains of Ulm and Mareagn. Your conduct will shew what right tbey have to make use of these threat*. Soldiers, our beloved Sovereign, when he was First Consul, oflisred Peace, the Emperor of Austria refused it. Mureugo compelled him to ac- cept of tertps. The English broke the Treaty of Amlens. Our sovereign had collectrd bis armies on the French coast, and tac Emperor of Austria availed himself of that juncture, and w ithout « uy previous declaration of war, violated the territory of our allies, nnil threatened ours. Ulm compelled the enemy of our Sovereign again to make peuce. In the present lastaace, the Emperor of Austria has tbreatenej tbe territory of our allies, without the least appenrunce of auy difference between the two Powers, aud coucelvlng himself hi a situation to undertake hostilities, has aciually commenced war. The directors of tbe Austrian Cabinet have a very greut in- tere » t iu thu. result of their libellous scurrilities. Woe be to ' those who may dare to disseminate them, and by these menns excite disturbaucr ; tbe prompt execution of military law will br the inevitable consequ • nre. '• SolJierr— In spite of these libellous reproaches, Ger many has dow: honour to your diiciphus and good con- durt. You do not make war against thv inhabitants; those unfortunate sacrifices to the views of the House of Austria, whose aiubitiou has itnined so many of the pages of history with blood, and wtuisv arrogance has aguia ex- cited such agitation uinoiig thf nations. " A sol'lier of Napoleon » u> t not only be free frotp censure, but without fear. If there are any of a con- trary character in our ranks^ and w ho shall so far traus- greis agninot the fundamentals of all discipline as to dishonour his cloth bt plunder or disobedience, punish- ment shall speedily follow. " The results of this war are certain. We shall be supported by the Emperor Alexander, w ho h faithful to llis engagements la peace ijr war. Wiih his armies, W'. IOUI vol highly respect | with tlie confederate Sqve- rfeign* whose v\ Uh It lb Jt wet should avenge their causa, victory UWM bo ours. Your, courage, anil tbe genius of year Sovereign, when vnu re him in tbt midst of y*> u, Will bo tbo most iufal| ible assurance of your trluciph. - The Marshal Duke of As sasum." This piece is considered, generally, as an in- troduction to the Bulletins which w « hare to uxpect. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY. THURSDAY, MAY The dispute between Mr. Colman and the other Pro- prietors of the Haymarket Theatre, was again noticed be- fore the Chancellor, when it was observed that tbe pa could not agree with rcspect to the arbitrators choicu, Morris objecting to Mr Harris as the arbitrator for Colman.— The Chancellor thought Mr. H. would be more useful as a witness than an arbitrator in this cause, and suggested, if the parties did uot atiree before Monday next, he should proceed to give his judgueat, which would probably please neither side. The Counstl for Mr. Colman said, his Lordship, he hoped, would uot be put to that trouble, as Mr. C. would choose oncther arbitrator, nud he had uo dtrabt matters would he adjusted. COUNTRY BANKRUPTS, from the LONDON GAZETTE, MAY tf. William Bannister, Romford, Essex, baker, dealer and chapman, May 0, itt, and June 1J, nt one, at Guildhall, London. Attorney, Mr. Cutting, Bartlett's- buildiugs, Holborn. Joseph Hankin, HolloWay, builder, dealer and chapman. May 9, at oue, 13, at twelve, and June 13, at one, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Abbott, spa- fields. Thomas Lea, late of Walsham leWilfo**, Suffolk, inu- holder, dealer and chapman, May 17, at five, is, aud Juue 13, at vlevcu, at the Six Bells inn, Burv St. Ed- mund's. Altornies, Mr. John Pate, Bury St. Lduiuud's, and Mr. Giles, Great Sliire- lnue, Loudou. John Balls, Great Yarmouth, draper, to surrender Mav 14, at four, lG, at ten, aud June 13, at three, at th* Star, Great Yarmouth. Attomies, M. Cory, jun. Great Yar. mouth ; and Messrs. Haurott and Metcalfe, Lincoln's Inn New- Square. Arthur Lewis, Banbury, Oxfordshire, mercer and linen- draper, May b, 16, aud Juue 13, at twelve, at Guildhall, London. Attorney, Mr. Harvey, Cursitor- street, Chan' cery- lane. Groves Benton and James Benton, Birmingham, jewellers, dealers, and chapman, May ]*, ly, and Juue 13, ut twelve, at the Eagle and Child. Birmingham. Attoi<- nics, Messrs. Devon and Tooke, Gray's- Inn square, Lundov: and Mr. G. Burrish, Birmingham. Thomas Walton, Sheffield. LROEU- drap. T, dealer, and! chapman May 13, l£), and June 13, at twelve, at tie Tou- . tine tain, Sheffield. Attornies, Mr. Wm. Thompson, Sheffield, aud Mr. Richard Battye, Chancery- lane, Thomas Coldwell, Wakefield, Yorkshire, dealer aud che. p- man, Muy W. at five, 13, at. d June 13, ot eleven, at tu « New Court House, Wakefield. Attornies, Mr. Evans, H^: ton- garden, London ; aud Mr. Beaver, Wakefield. COUNTRY DlVIDENdS. June 6. T. Grey, Romford. Essex, inuholder, at tsn. at Guildhall. Juue 3. S. Davis, jun. Ilford, Essex, shopkeeper, at one, at Guildhall. June 3. Margaret Ullock and Mary Ullock, Chatham; Kent, linen- drapers, at oue at Guildhall, London. May US. S. P. Barnford, J. Cooke, and J. F. Clifford, Twerton, Somersetshire, worsted- manufacturers, at eleven, at the Elephant and Castle, Ecth. May 29. J. and W. Pollard, Manchester, cotton- spinners, at two, at the Commercial Inn, Manchester, May S3. J. Burge, Castle Cary, Somersetshire, stocking- manufacturer," at eleven, at the Ansford Iun, Ansford, Somersetshire. May 30. J. Newill and S. Newill, Stoke, Staffordshire, ' curriers, at twelve, at Guildhall, I onduu. July 4. J. Daulby, Liverpool, slater and plaisterer, at eleven, ct the Globe Tavern, John street, Liverpool. May fi. H. Williams, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, mer- chant, at twelve, at the Beaufort Arms Inn, Chepstow. June 3. J. Gash, Parker's row, Bermondsey, victualler, at nice, at Guildhall. May 25, J. Shaw, Heights near Delph, Yorkshire, cot- ton- spinner, at two. at the Palace Inn, Manchester. MavSG. A Barrett, Swindon, Wiltshire, shopkeeper, al - f ven, at the . Greyhound Inn, in'Bath. Mr. RICHARDS applied to the Chancellor, on the part of the Plaintiffs, to have a receiver appointed under the following circumstances. They had lent 6000l. and other sums to the Defendant, who mortgaged for the payment the produce of 40,000l. 3 per Cents. iu which he had a life interest. The principal, after his death, was to go to Mrs. Sheridan aud b « r children, and was vested in trustees for that purpose. The Plaintiffs prayed for the appoint- ment of a receiver of this produce, in order to render their security available. MR- ALEXANDER, on the part of the trustees, Lord Grey aud Mr. Whitbread, had nothing to say to this ap- plication. further than to take care that none cf the ob- jects of their trust should be defeated. Order for the PlaintifFs. COURT OF KINGS BENCH, THURSDAY, MAY 4. bOYDELL V. DrUmmOnD. This was a motion for a new trial. The defeudant, it ; appeared, had become a Subscriber to Boydell's Shakes- peare years since, aud haviug taken the tirst and second numbers of the work, wholly neglected it till it wax en- tirely completed. He theu refused to make good his sub- scription, aud the plaintiff was nonsuited. The injustice of this was argued at great length, but the court decided against the plaintiff. By the statute of frauds, every coutract not to be performed within the year, must be re- duced to writing, aud signed by the contracting parties ; now the contract in question being for more than a year, and uot reduced to writiug, the plaintiff was barred of l. is action. The Court, however, expressed its regret that point of law should defeat the justice of the case— Rule JUDGMENTS— ThE KING V. RICh. This was an indictment for selling obscene prints, and the defendant was found guilty. The Court sentenccd him to two years imprisonment in the House of Correc- tion, to stand in the pillory, and be kept to hard labour. THE KINg v. POTTER. The Defendant was brought up to reecive the sentence of the Court, for having endeavoured to procure the escape of a French Prisoner of War, upon his parole in Devon- shire. The Defendant was an old smuggler, aud mee ting the Prisoner, a Colonel in the French army, persuaded him to quit the town, to the limits of which he was c u- tiued, aud go with him to Bere, upou the sea coast. The Defendant first asked thirty guineas, and received twelve guineas. He kept the Frenchman for two or three days secreted at several farm houses, and then having got all his money of him, wanted to induce him to go back to the place where he had escaped from. r. Justice GROSS, in passiug sentence., made very strong remarks 011 the baseness of his conduct, both with rcspect to his country, and to a distressed foreigner, con- fined in this country, whom he first tempted to break his word pledged to the country, and then pillaged of his little property. He was sentenced to be imprisoned for two years in Ex- ter Gaol. The Defendant, fifteen years ago, was convicted of per- iury, and this day surrendered for judgment. Mr kNOWLES, however, moved an amsst of judgment, upon the ground that there was uy averment in the indictnie- iit upon which the Defendant was tried, which the defendant had peijured himself in, or that the question put to 1 iui wus material to the issue pending The Couri granted a rule tp shew cau* e, aod ia the mean time the defendant remained in custody, Nothing occurrcd inthe Court on Friday, It being what is Uttbei a pap. r day. Now, when all thc* c subjects are introduced' • t K bre ikl'abt. table, what a copious toiute of j tfvA: r « 6fttioi » for titc rwt of day, especially | HAMMERSLEY AND OTHERS v. SHERIDAN.