THE COLCHESTER GAZETTE, Jlnd General Jldvertiser for Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, and Herts. No. 22. Printed and Published by SWINBORNE and Co. Colchester , Essex. Price iS\ d. This Paper sent free to any Part of the Kingdom, > at 7s. 6d. per Quarter. S SATURDAY, May 28,1814. ( This Paper isjiied at Garrmoay's, Peele's, and John's Coffee- houses; at Newton and'Co't. X Warwick- Square; Mr. White's, S3, Fleet- Street; and at the Aucton Mart. ESSEX COUNTY RATES. B* EASTER QUARTER SESSION, 1814. Y Order of Court, at the said Quarter Session, do hereby give Notice, That exact and fall Dupli- cates of the Orders made at the said Session for raising the County Rate for the current Quarter, containing the Names of the Towns, Parishes, and Places within the District or Division of each Chief Constable, together with the Sums assessed upon and to be demanded from each and every such Town, Parish, and Placc respectively, towards such Rate, signed by me, have been by me transmitted, with the original Orders, to the Division Clerks, or Clerks to the Justices, acting within the several Divisions wherein euch Towns, Parishes, or Places arc respectively situate; and that such Duplicates are to remain and be preserved and kept by the said Division Clerks, at or in their Offices, or the Places where the Petty Sessions and other Public Business of the Justices of the Peace are usually holden and transacted, within their Divisions respectively, for the Inspection and Examination of the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the several Towns, Parishes, and Places which are assessed or rated thereby; and that the name arc and will be there open to such Inspection and Examination at all seasonable Times, without Fee or Re- ward. And I do further give Notice, That like Dupli- cates of the Order for raising the County Rates in future, • will be transmitted from this Office, from and after every future Quarter Session, in like Manner and for the like Purpose. W. BULLOCK, Clerk of the Peace. BOXTEAD INCLOSURE. ROYAL ENGINEERS OFFICE. HARWICH, May 17th, 1814. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That any Person willing to contract for the Supply of OAK, ASH, ELM, FIR, and BEECH TIMBER, for the Ser- vice of the Ordnance Department in the Eastern District, for a Term of Three Years, ( determinable at the expira- tion of one year, by three months notice, at the option of either party,) are desired forthwith to send in their Pro- posals to this Office, on or before the 3d day of June next ensuing, sealed up and indorsed, " Tender for the Supply of Timber for the Eastern District." Information and Copies of the Tenders, and Conditions of the Contract, may be had by application at the above Office, any day, between the hours of Ten and Four o'clock. FIRST ESTABLISHED POST- COACH, THE TIMES, Carrying Four Insides only, CONTINUES to set off' from the White Hart Inn, Colchester, every Morning, ( Sundays excepted) at Five o'Clock, and arrives at the Bull Inn, Aldgate, at Eleven precisely, from whence it returns every Afternoon at Two o'clock. JOHN GODFREY, > ANN NELSON and SON,'- Proprietors. WILLIAM BACON, ) Who will not be accountable for any Parcel, Package, or Passenger's Luggage, above the value of £ 5, unless en- tered and paid for accordingly. Inside*, £ 1 — Osteides, 10s. 6d. GREAT HORKESLEY AND RIVERS HALL, IN BOXTEAD, INCLOSURE. w E, the COMMISSIONERS named and ap- pointed in and by an Act of Parliament made and passed in the fifty- third year of the reign of his present Majesty, intituled " An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Great Horkesley, and in the Manor of Rivers Hall, in Boxtead, in the County of Essex," Do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That we intend to hold our next Meeting for proceeding in the further execution of the said Act, on Mondav, the 30th day of May next, at Ten o'clock in the Forenoon, at the White Hart Inn, Colchester. SALE OF COMMON LAND. And We, the said Commissiouers, do also give Notice, That in pursuance of the directions of the said Act, we have marked and set out the Seven Pieces of Land hereinafter described ( Parts of the Commons and Waste Lands in <; rcat Horkesley aforesaid) which we intend to offer for SALE by PUBLIC AUCTION, at the White Hart Inn aforesaid, precisely at Four o'Clock in the Afternoon, on Wednesday, the 1st day of June next, subject to such Con- ditions of Sale as shall be then and there produced. Lot 1. One Piece of Land, Parcel of the Causeway Common, in Great Horkesley, containing, by measure, 3R. ' 26 P. bounded by the road leading from Great Horkesley to Boxtead Heath towards the north, by land belonging to James Cavill in part, and by land belonging to Louis Dubois in other part, towards the east, by land belonging to him in part, and by the common pasture in other part, towards the south, and by Great Horkesley Causeway towards the west. Lot 2. One other Piece of Land, Parcel of Great Horkesley Heath, containing, by measure, 5 A. bounded by a private road intended to be set out by the Commis- sioners for inclosing the Commons in Great Horkesley to- wards the north, by the road leading from Colchester to Nayland towards tile east, and by the common pasture to- wards the south and west. Lot 3. One other Piece of Land, also Parcel of Great Horkesley Heath, containing, by measure, 1' 2 A. bounded by the said private road towards the north, by the common pasture aforesaid towards the east, by the boundary line dividing the parishes of Mile- End and Great Horkesley towards the south, and by the piece of land sixthly de- scribed towards the west. Lot 4. One other Piece of Land, also Parcel of Great Horkesley Heath, containing, by measure, 12A. bounded by the road leading from Woodhouse to Colchester to- wards the north, by the common pasture aforesaid to- wards the east, by the last mentioned private road towards the south, and by the next described piece of land to wards the west. Lot 5. One other Piece of Land, also Parcel of Great Horkesley Heath, containing, by measure, 12 A. bounded bv the aforesaid road leading from Woodhouse to Col- ehester towards the north, by the last described piece of land towards the east, by the last mentioned private road towards the south, and by the common pasture aforesaid towards the west. Lot 6. O. ie other Piece of Land, also Parcel of Great Horkesley Heath, containing, by measure, 12 A. bounded by the last mentioned private road towards the north, by the piece of land thirdly described towards the east, by the aforesaid boundary line dividing the parishes of Mile- End and Great Horkesley in part, and by land belonging to the Rev. John Proctor in other part, towards the south, and by laud belonging to him in part, and by the common pasture aforesaid iu other part, towards the west. Lot 7 And one other Piece of Land, Parcel of West- wood Green, containing, by measure, 2A. ' 2R. bounded by land belonging to Christopher Watson, Esq. in part, and by the boundary line dividing the parishes of Great Horkesley and little Horkesley in other part, towards the north, by the common pasture aforesaid towards the north- east and south, by the road leading from Westwood Green to Colchester towards the south- east, and by land belong ing to the said Christopher Watson towards the west. The above mentioned Lots or Parcels of I . and are ploughed out, and a Plan thereof may be seen at the Office of Mr. William Mason, Solicitor, Colchester; and another Plan of the same may be seen on application to Mr. Samuel Bradbrook, of Tyle- House, in Great Horkesley, who will show the said Lots. Dated this twenty third day of March, 1814. JOHN COOK, > „ JOHN JOSSELYN, £ Commissioners WILLIAM MASON, Solicitor under the said Act WE, the COMMISSIONERS named and ap- pointed in and by two Acts of Parliament made and passed iu the tifty- thira year of the reign of his present Majesty, " For Inclosing Lands in the Manors of Boxtead Hall and Rivers Hall, in the Couuty of Essex," DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That we intend to hold our next Meeting for proceeding iu the further execution of I the said Acts, on Monday, the 30th day of May next, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, at the White Hart Inn, in Colchester. SALE OF COMMON LAND. And We, the said Commissioners, do also give Notice, That, in pursuance of the directions of the said A cts, we have marked and set out the Nine Pieces of Lund herein- after described, ( Parts of the Commons and Waste Lands in Boxtead) which we intend to otter for SALE by PUBLIC AUCTION, at the White Hart Inn aforesaid, precisely at Four o'clock in the Afternoon, oil Wednesday, the 1st day of June next, subject to such Conditions of Sale as shall be then and there produced. Lot 1. One Piece, of Land, Parcel of Boxtead Heath, in the parish of Boxtead, containing, by measure, tiA. OR. 25P. bounded by a new public road, set out by the Com- missioners for inclosing the Commons in Boxtead, leading from the Blacksmith's Shop, in Boxtead, to Colchester, towards the west, by the common pasture towards the north and east, and by the next described piece of land towards the south. Lot 2. One other Piece of Land, also Parcel of Boxtead Heath, containing, by measure, tiA. 211. 30P. bounded by the aforesaid road towards the west, by the last described piece of land towards the north, by the common pasture aforesaid towards the east, and by a private road set out by us the said Commissioners, towards the south. Lot 3. One other Piece of Land, also Parcel of Boxtead Heath, containing, by measure, 7A. 3R. 10P. bounded by the said private road towards the north, by the common pasture aforesaid towards the east, by the next described piece of land towards the south, and by the said new road leading from the Blacksmith's Shop, in Boxtead, to Col- chester, towards the west. Lot 4. One other Piece of I . and, also Parcel of Box- tead Heath, containing, by measure, 6A. 3R 32P. bounded by the last described piece of land towards the north, by the common pasture aforesaid towards the east, by the next described piece of land towards the south, and by the said new road leading from the Blacksmith's Shop, iu Boxtead, to Colchester, towards the west. Lot 5. One other Piece of Land, also Parcel of Boxtead Heath, containing, by measure, 6A. 3It. 32P. bounded by the last described piece of land towards the north, by the common pasture aforesaid towards the east, by a new public road set out by us the said Commissioners leading from Boxtead to Holloway Lane towards the south, and by the first mentioned public road towards the west. Lot ti. One other Piece of Land, also Parcel of Box- tead Heath, containing, by measure, 12A. bounded by the common pasture aforesaid towards the west and north, by last mentioned road towards the east, and by the next de- scribed piece of land towards the south. Lot 7. One other Piece of Land, also Parcel of Boxtead Heath, containing, by measure, 12A. bounded by the last described piece of land towards the north, by the last men- tioned road towards the east, by the next described piece of land towards the south, and by the common pasture aforesaid towards the west. Lot 8. One other Piece of Land, also Parcel of Boxtead Heath, containing, by measure, 12. V bouuded by the last described piece of land towards the north, by the last mentioned road towards the east, by the next described piece of land towards the south, and by the common pasture aforesaid towards the west. Lot 9. And one other Piece of Laud, also Parcel of Boxtead Heath, containing, by measure, 14A. 1R. 18V. bounded by the last described piece of land towards the north, by the last mentioned road towards the east, by a new public road set out by us the said Commissioners, leading from Boxtead Heath to Woodhouse, towards the south, and by the common pasture aforesaid towards the west. The above mentioned Lots or Parcels of Land are ploughed out, and a Plan thereof may be seen at the Office of Mr. William Mason, Solicitor, Colchester; and another Plan of the same my be seen on application to Mr. Lionel Atkinson, of Boxtcad, who will show the said Lots. The Lots adjoin the new public Road leading to Col- chester, about two miles distant therefrom; the land is of ESSEX. TO BE SOLD AY AUCTION, Some Time in the Month of July, 1814, unless previously disposed of by Private Contract, ADesirable FREEHOLD ESTATE, consisting of a good, substantial, and commodious Farm- house, with double Barn, Stables, Granary, Cartlodge, and other I Out- buildings, in excellent repair, and Seventy Acres of fertile Arable and Pasture Land, in a high state of culti- vation, situate in the parishes of Layer- de- la- Hay and Great Birch, in the said county of Essex, now in the occu- pation of Mrs. Isabella Sanders. The Land- tax of 48 Acres, situate in Layer, is redeemed. Possession of- the Estate may be had at Michaelmas next; and the purchaser may be accommodated with an addi- tional Quantity of Land for the residue of a term, upon easy terms, if wanted. For further particulars apply to Messrs. Serjeant and Perry, Solicitors, Colchester; at whose office a Plan of the Estate may be seen. WILLIAM LINTON RESPECTFULLY informs the Public, that the FREEHOLD PREMISES at the Hythe, I Colchestcr, advertised for SALE BY AUCTION, on Mondav, the 30th of May. at the Angel Inn, are disposed of by PRIVATE CONTRACT. Colchester, May 27,1814. Superior Westphalia Hans and Bacon, at the Hythe, Colchester. TO THE AFFICTED WITH RUPTURES. N. GOOSE, Druggist, Colchester, BEGS leave to inform the PUBLIC, that he is appointed sole Agent for selling the new- invented SERPENTINE, CURVED, ELASTIC SPRING TRUSSES, made by JOHN WRIGHT, Liverpool. The great success the Inventor has met with, pronounces their superiority over any yet o8' ered to the Public, as they are warranted to effect a Cure, if due attention be paid to the Directions, which are given with each Truss. John Wright also makes a new- invented Naval Truss, superior to any extant. N. B. Surgeons supplied, as from the Inventor and Proprietor. KlNG's BIRTH- DAY. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY WILUAM LINTON, On Monday, the 30th of May, 1814, in Mr. BIyth's Ware- house, at the Hythe, Colchester, in small Lots, without Reserve, free from Auction Duty, THE remaining Part of 600 fine WESTPHALIA HAMS, and 60 SIDES of DRIED BACON, im- ported within the last ten Days from Bremen, warranted sound and new. Also, 8,000 DUTCH CLINKERS, fit for Stable Pave- ment. The Sale to begin precisely at Eleven o'Clock. DESIRABLE SITUATION. 4th JUNE, 1814, State Lottery begins Drawing. ONLY 9,000 ™ TICKETS! SCHEME. 1 of f20.000 is £ 20,000 2 10,000 20.000 2 3,000 6,000 2 2,000 4,000 4 1,000 4,000 5 500 2,500 6 200 1.200 15 100 1,500 52 30 1,560 1,720 17 29,240 £ 90,000 Fifteen Acres of Freehold Land, with Dwelling- House, Barn, end Stable. TO BE PEREMPTORILY SOID BY AUCTION, BY WILLIAM LINTON, 9,000 Tickets. The'first Ticket drawn a Prize above £ 17, first Day, will receive £ 3,000 ; and the first Ticket drawn a Prize above £ 17, second Day, will receive £ 10,000. Tickets and Shares are selling, at CHELMSFORD, bvMeggv and Chalk. Printers. IPSWICH, by A. Dorkiii, Tavern- street. MANNINGTREE, bv W. Willis, Draper. BRAINTREE, by B Joscelvne. FOR RICHARDSON, GOODLUCK, & Co. Contractors for the present Lottery, Loudon. sposed ol by will be given,) AVery desirable SITU ATION, with 15 ACRES ( more or less) of sound, good, ARABLE and GRASS LAND, a Barn, Stable, and comfortable DWEL- LING- HOUSE, with considerable and useful Feed on the Waste Land adjoining, situate in the Parish of Worming- ford, in the County of Essex, in the occupation of Mr. John Leaggett, the Proprietor, who will show the Land and Premises on application, and give possession to the purchaser at Michaelmas next. _ The Fioldo are together, exeepting one acre of very pro- ductive Grass, lying in what is called the Common Mea- dow, from which the proprietor has the privilege of cutting the swathe. Further particulars may be had of the Auctioneer, Col- chester. Household Furniture, Stock in Trade, very handsome Liverpool Lamp, No. 39, East Hill, Colchester. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY JOHN ARCHER, On Wednesday, June 1,1814, and following Day, ALL the HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, and STOCK in TRADE, of Mr. Strahan, Grocer, East Hill, Colchester, under a Deed of Assignment, for the Benefit of his Creditors. The Grocery Stock consists of the best hyson and sou- THOMAS IRELAND, ., , . I chong tea, Turkey coffee, moist and loaf sugars; butter, WILLIAM MASON £ Solicitors under the said Act. cheese; Spanish juice, starch; hearth, shoe, and scrub- ' bing brushes; broom heads, mixed pins, roll and shag tobacco; nutmegs, black pepper, pimento, and ginger; broom and mop handles; naif- hogshead of the best vine- gar, ditto in cask; lamp black, glue, thumb and queen's blue; roll brimstone, sulphur; rush and cotton candles; anchovies, capers, walnuts, onions; earthenware, large and small copper scales, beams, and weights; tea cannis- ters ; crown paper, small ditto, gilt- edge and foolscap writing ditto; half- hogshead; black lead pencils ; shop <£ 3,000 ON THE KING'S BIRTH- DAY. very excellent quality, and Freehold, subject only to an annual rent of 2d. per acre, is free from all charges under the inclosure, except the expence of the conveyances. Dated this 23d day of March, 1814. WILLIAM CUSTANCE, ) JOHN JOSSELYN, Commissioners. JOHN COOK, ) TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, ONE MOIETY or EQUAL HALF- PART of some valuable COPYHOLD ESTATES, lyinL the Parish of Boxtead, in the County of Essex, and in the occupation of Mr. Marriott; containing, bv a late survey, 35A. 3R. 38 P. of exceeding good old Arable and Meadow Land, with a Farm- House, and two new well- timbered Barns, new Stable, Cowhouse, Cartlodge, and Piggeries; together with three Cottages.— The whole is Copyhold of the Manors of Boxtead Hall and Rivers Hall, m Boxtead ; and contiguous to that valuable Inclosure, Boxtead Heath, of which some good Allotments will be given by the late Act of Parliament. The Estates may be viewed by applying to the tenant, and for Particulars and Price, apply to Mrs Sarah Strutt, or to Samuel Strutt, both ol' Great Bromley, the Executrix and Executor of the late W. Strutt.— Possession may be had on Michaelmas- day next. T. B1SH, Of the old- established State Lottery Offices, 4, Cornhill, and 9, Charing- Cross, Loudon, MOST respectfully returns thanks to the No- bility and Gentry for the very distinguished pa- tronage he experienced in the late Lotteiy, and solicits a continuance ot it in the present, which commences draw, ine 4th of JUNE, On which Day, the first Prize above £ 17 will be entitled to £ 3,000: the first Prize above £ 17, on the second Day, will be entitled to TEN THOUSAND POUNDS. In the Lottery which finished 10th of May, BISH sold No. 7,361, a Prize of £ 2,000, 3,648 £ 200 10,400 200 s, consisting of Packets of 10 Tickets each in the present Lottery, by which all the Ca- pitals may be gained. Tiekcts and Shares, in varietv of Numbers, arc on Sale at Btsn's Offices, and by the following Agents, by most of whom parts of the above Capitals were sold: SWINBORNE and WALTER, Booksellers, Colchester. J. DINGLE, Bookseller, Bury. R ROGERS, Bookseller, 1Wen market. R. KING. Bookseller, Sheerness. DUNHAM and YALLOP, Goldsmiths, Norwich. W. THOMAS, Stationer and Grocer, Ipsu- ich. G. YOUNGMAN, Bookseller, Saffron H'alden. L. B. CLARK, Bookseller, Yarmouth. 7,180 £ 500 9,161 500 Also 22 of the Extra Capita £ 15,000 IN SHARES. COLCHESTER. Good Situation for Trade, directly opposite the prii cipal Entrance to the Barracks, with immediate Possession. stools; mottled and brown soap, pearl ashes", Scotch snutf; show- glasses; the best rice; Day and Martin's blacking; ivory black, and black lead, & e. The Household Furniture consists of a very good bureau bedstead, flock bed, bolster and pillows; sheets, blankets, and counterpane; black chamber chairs, pillar table, fenders, fire- irons, tin boilers and saucepans, tea kettle, candlesticks; very handsome Liverpool lamp, new; dres- sing glass ; water pails; tea trays; six silver tea spoons, and one pair plated table ditto Catalogues to be had on Monday before the sale, of the Auctioneer, No, 21, Queen- street, Colchester. *** Sale to commence at Ten o'Clock precisely, on ac- count of the number of lots. CORDIAL BALM OF G1LEAD, In the Lottery which finished Drawing on Tuesday, the 10th Instant, No. 5,532, a Prize of FIFTEEN THOUSAND POUNDS, WAS SOLD IN One Half and Eight Sixteenths, at SWIFT AND CO.' s LONDON OFFICES, No. 11, POULTRY; No. 12, CHARING- CROSS; and No. 31 ALDGATE HIGH- STREET; And by their Agents in the Country. NEW STATE ™ LOTTERY BEGINS DRAWING ON THE KING'S BIRTH- DAY, The 4th of June. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY HA WES AND FENTON, Oil Monday, the 30th of May, 1811, at the Duke of York, near the Barracks, at Four o'Clock iu the Afternoon, by Order of Mr. Fisher, the Proprietor and Occupier, AGood DWELLING- HOUSE and SHOP in a General Line of Business, with a convenient Yard, Stable, and Sheds behind the same. For particulars apply to Mr. Daniels, Solicitor, Head- Gate, Colchester. Good Freehold Estates, with eligible Situations for Trade, Colchester, Essex. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY W. JACKSON, On Tuesday, the 31st of May, 1814, at the Plough, Saint Botolph s street, at Three o'Clock iu the Afternoon, by Order of the Assignees of Mr. William Furber, Tallow- chandler, a Bankrupt, in Two Lots: Lot I. ANeat well- built HOUSE, with a Front Shop, Keeping- room, Kitchen, excellent Cellar, four Bed- rooms, and a newly erected Candle Office, well situated for trade, in St. Botolph- street, and late in the occupation of Mr. William Furber, Tallow- chandler. Lot 2 A neat ME5SU AGEand front Shop, with Kitchen and Dining- room, two Bed- rooms, and Yard, adjoining Lot 1, and now iu the occupation of Mr Groves. Gunsmith. Immediate possession may be had, and further Particulars and Conditions- of Sale of Mr. W. R James, Solicitor, Earl- street, Blaekfriars, London; of Mr Samuel Daniell, So- licitor, and of the Auctioneer, Colchestcr. N. B. All persons who are indebted to the Estate mid Effects of the said Mr. WILLIAM FURBER, are re- quested to pay the amount immediately, to Mr. Richard Ashford, Grocer, Colchester, who duly authorised to re- ceive the same. ( On* Concern J THE various Weaknesses peculiar to the Fair Sex come immediately under the power of this Restorative, and many Ladies of Fashion and Respecta- bility have found it to" be the best medical appendage to the toilet they ever met with; recruiting the Decayed Spirits, dissipating the Hcad- Ach, Dulness and Languor, I and creating a pleasing vivacity— cliaciug away Melan- choly, it gives comfort and strength to the whole system The Virtues of the CORDIAL BALM OF G1LEAD are daily demonstrated, in eradicating the worst and most dangerous symptoms of nervous debility; and nothing has tended so much to establish the fame of this Medicine, as its certain success in those complaints which strike their roots so deep in the constitution, and are so fatal to the happiness ol mankind. Sold by Swinborne and Walter, Colchester ; Foster and Firinin, ditto; Keymer, ditto; N. Rose, ditto; Meggy and Chalk, Chelmsford; Guy, ditto; Kelham, ditto; Young- man, Witham and Maldon; Holroyd, Maldon; Smith, Braintree; Seager, Harwich; Hardacre, Hudleigh; Hill, Ballingdon; and all other Booksellers. %* Price lis. each, or four in one family bottle for 33s. by which one lis. bottle is saved, with the words " Saml. Solomon, Liverpool," engraved on the Stamp. Of whom mav also he had. The celebrated ANTI- IMPE- TIGINES, or SOLOMON'S DROPS, ( without Mercury, or any deleterious preparation,) which stand in the highest estimation for the cure of the Scurvy, Scrofula, Leprosy, and all disorders originating in an impure state of the blood; being gradual, gentle, and almost imperceptible in their operation— the best substitute that has ever been discovered for that dangerous mineral Mercury, sweeten- ing the blood, and stimulating it to expel all noxious and impure juices, giving strength and tone to the nerves, en- livening and invigorating both body and mind. *** Price lis. per bottle, or four in one family bottle for 33s on which one small bottle is saved.— The words " Saml . Solomon, Liverpool," are engraved on the Stamp of | each bottle, without which none are genninc. N. B. Dr Solomon expects, when consulted by letter, the usual compliment of a one ponnd note to be inclosed, ad- dressed, " Money l. etter. Dr. Solomon, Gijead House, near Liverpool.— Paid double postage." SCHEME. 1 of £ 20,000 is £ 20,000 .. 10,000 20,000 .. 3,000 6,000 .. 2,000 4,000 .. 1,000 4,000 .. 500 2,500 .. 200 1,200 .. 100 1,500 30 1,560 17 29,240 2 2 2 4 5 6 15 52 1,720 £ 90,000 9,000 Tickets. TICKETS and SHARES are Selling by SWIFT AND CO. CONTRACTORS, At their London Offices as above, And by their Agents, H. KELHAM, Printer, Chelmsford; P. YOUNGMAN, Bookseller, Witham and Maldon; J. RICKARDS, Draper, Colchester. THE CORN LAWS. This subject has produced an uncommon degree of agitation all over the country ; and a feelin seems generally to prevail among the great mass of the people, that the proposition now under the consideration of Parliament, so far from producing any of the benefits so much insisted upon by its advocates, will operate as an injury and a grievance to all classes of the community, except the owners and cultivators of land. The actual state of the case is, that certain Members of Parliament, who are owners of land to a great extent, have laid a proposition before the House of Commons, the object of which is, to pre vent corn grown in foreign countries from being imported into England at a price so cheap as would necessarily reduce the price of corn grown in our own country ; and to effect this, they propose, that in proportion to the average price of our own corn, a certain duty should be laid on all corn imported from abroad. Against this proposition a large portion of the community loudly complain; because, they say, that the public ought to possess all the advantages that may eventually arise from plenty, and the con- sequent cheapness which plenty should ever occa- sion ; whereas, if this plan should be adopted, high prices will always exist, even in the midst of the greatest abundance. It is also said to be a griev- ous hardship on the people of this country, that they shall never have it in their power to purchase their food in those markets where it can be obtained at a cheap rate, and that they shall be obliged to pay for their food in England twice, or probably three times, the sum for which they could obtain the same in Prussia, in Italy, or in " France. It is also stated, that the high price ftf food in this country will raise the price of labour so much, that our manufacturers will never be able to maintain that superiority over those of foreign countries which they formerly possessed. The land- owners, on the other hand, assert, that if foreigners are allowed to undersell our farmers in our own markets, and if the price of eorn be not kept up so as to give them a fair profit, our • griculture will fall to decay, and the cultivation of corn will be neglected altogether. On this subject a very material consideration presents itself. A compulsory mode of keeping up the necessaries of life at a high price in Great Britain, must produce much inconvenience in re- gard to our commercial intercourse with the Con- tinent, because it will ever operate as an obstacle against a fair equalization in rate of money. It will make money of much less value in England than on the Continent. It will be the means of increasing, or at least of fixing, the price of labour and of every thing else among us, and thus enhance the prices of our manufactures in a ratio to render them unsaleable in the foreign markets, especially in cases where there is a competition, or the articles are not of a description solely to be procured from this country. Added to this, it is more than pro- bable, from former experience, that it will have the effect of occasioning emigration among our most valuable artificers; the incalculable mischiefs at- tendant on which result must be sufficiently ap- parent to every capacity, to render demonstration unnecessary. THE BRITISH NAVY. The first and great object of Bom., i :•> was indisputably the crippling of our naval supplies : his unprovoked attack on Russia bad this princi- pally in view, and his intrigues with America were directed to the same end. It will not, therefore, be uninteresting to our Readers to be presented with a cursory glance of the demands which this " main prop and pillar of the state" daily made upon our resources. Assuming four hundred thousand tons as the amount of tonnage to be kept in commission and the average duration of a ship of war at the moderate period of twelve years and a half, there would be required an annual supply of tonnage to preserve the navy in its present effective state, of 32,000 tons ; and as a load and a half of timber is employed for every ton, the annual demand will be 48,000 loads. The building of a 74- gun ship con- sumes about 200 oak trees, or 3000 loads of tim- ber ; so that 48,000 loads will build eight sail of the line and sixteen frigates. Allowing one- fourth part more ( which is an extreme allowance) for casual- ties, the annual consumption for the whole navy, in building, repairs, and waste will be about 60,000 loads, or 40,000 full- grown trees; of which 35 will stand upon an acre of ground. The quantity of timber, therefore, necessary for the construction of a 74- gun ship will occupy 57 acres of land; and the annual demand will be the produce of 1,130 acres. Allowing, only ninety years for the oak to arrive at perfection, there ought to be now standing 102,000 acres of oak plantations, and an annual selling and planting in perpetual rotation of 1,140 acres, to meet the consumption of the navy alone. Large as this may seem, it is little more than twenty- one acres for each county of England and Wales, which is not equal to the belt which surrounds the park and pleasure- grounds of many estates. It is to be observed, that the preceding calcula- tion, and which will be admitted by the Officers of Government to be beyond the actual consump- tion of the navy, is made up with a view to cover all casualties. The consumption of English oak in the building of merchants' ships of all denomi- nations, does not exceed 72,500 loads a year ; that is for building and repairs, taking it on the average quantity of the tonnage annually built since Lord llawkesbury's Act; so that, instead of the con- sumption of English oak timber being so great as is, represented by Mr. Money, and the other Ad- vocates of India shipping, namely, 100,000 loads for the navy, and 170,000 loads for the merchants* service, together 270,000 loads per annum, it is for both services, on a fair and liberal allowance, only 132,500 loads per annum, and which is made on an estimate, as if ships and vessels of all sizes were entirely built of English oak. The contrary is, however, the fact, and the importations of oak and pine from British America and other places, IN BRITISH SHIPS, for ship- building in Great Britain, shows how important it is to retain that valuable branch of business within the kingdom. Captain Sir P. B. V. Broke, of his Majesty's frigate the Shannon, has been admitted to the free- dom of the city of London, and, at the same time, presented with the thanks of the Corporation, and a sword of the value of one hundred guineas, as a mark of approbation of the City of his gallant con- duct in the capture of the American frigate the Chesapeake, off Boston, in North America, in June last. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS. - FRIDAY, MAY - 20. The Sugar Bounty Bill was read a third time and ' passed.— Adjourned to Monday. MONDAY, MAY' 23. The Teak Wood, Irish Post Office, Customs and War Duties, French Goods, and several private Bills, • wereread a second- time. The Colortial Offices, India '. Built Ships, American Trade and Slave Trade Ships Bills, were read a third time, and passed. TUESDAY, MAY 24. Sir H. Parnell and others, from the Commons, brought up the Corn Exportation Bill, which was • read a first time, and ordered to be printed. WEDNESDAY, MAY' 25. The Trade Protection Bill, Customs Duties Bill, and Colonial Offices Bill, were read a third time and passed. THURSDAY, MAY 26. Lord Borringdon . presented a Bill for the letter pre- vention of the spreading of the Small Pox Read a first time. The Child Stealing Bill, and several private Bills, were brought up from the Commons. HOUSE OF COMMONS. FRIDAY, MAY 20. Mr. Whitbread presented a petition from Charles!] Random, Baron de Berenger, staling, that he was iconlined under Circumstances of peculiar " hardship and severity. That lie ' had heen apprehended under • a warrant from the Secretary of State, founded upon the A'lien Act, as a person ' dangerous to the Stale- That he had . been brought in close custody ' to Lon- don, and after pleading to his indictment respecting jj the fraud tin the Stock Exchange, and procuring] bail, he was'detained by virtue of the above warrant. That ' his clothes, money, and papers, had aTl been seized; and that he " had applied in vain for several of the latter, - which were essential to tire preparation- of his idefenoe. J* likewise complained, that persons from the Stock Exchange were obtruded upon him, to the interruption ® f his time and occupations.— Mr. Whitbread observed, that De Berenger was appre hended as a person dangerous to the security- of the State, and from the best inspection which he had j been able to take of fhe Alien Act, there was ne an- j thority vested in the Secretary of State to deprive the prisoner of anything but arms. He was lodged in Newgate by a warrant addressed by Lord Sidmouth to Mr. Newman, and which purported to be fonnded on the Alien Act of the 43d ofthe King, Now, sofar r from this gentleman being dangerous to the State, he j importation of all corn above that price, had been employed iu a military service, and held Mr. Ponsonby afterwards made some observations j upon the clause proposed by Mr. Rose, which, he said, was calculated only'to embarrass and encumber a mteasure - which he hail tailed inhis intentions of de- feating. Mr. Alderman Atkins expressed his concern ' that the measure had'been hurried through the House with such impetuosity. Tie was convinced, that, ' so thr from answering any igdod ' piirpose, it would - be at- tended with great evils, ana, instead of even forward- ing the intention of its promoters, would be found delusive and ineffectual in every respect. Sir Henry Tarnell, Sir C. Monck, and Mr. Lush- ington, opposed the clause. Mr. Canning . said, lie ' bad nt> " insuperable Objection to - the clause; he considered it. tmnecessary, but it might'be a consolation to sotne who tvere ailarmed at the measure. Mr.. J. P. Grant was of opinion that the clause would create rather than remove fears, and would quell tid alarm bift that of ignorance. Mr. Western and Mr. Davies Giddy opposed the clause, whidh was rejected without a division. On the - motion iof Mr. Serjeant Onslow, the Ap- prentice Bill was wdered to be re- committed on Mon- day, the 6th day of June next. TUESDAY, MAY 24. Several petitions were presented against, fhe Corn Laws.— Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Grattan presented a petition from a large body of Roman Catholics in Ireland, praying relief. He said, that under present circumstances, he did - not mean to move any discussion on the subject, or any ulterior proceeding. The petition was ordered to lie on the* able. The Child Stealing Bill Report was brought up— An amendment by Mr. Horner was agreed " to, Winch provided that fhe Act Should not extend to any per- sons claiming, as fathers of illegitimate children, and obtaining possession of . such children. The Report of the Corn Importation Bill was brought up, ordered to be printed, and taken into fur- flier consideration on the 6th of June next. WEDNESDAY, MAY 25. Mr. D. Giddy gave notice that he would, in the next Session, move for leave to bring iu a Bill to alter the system of the Highways. Mr. Brand brought up a petition from. the Dis- tillers of . England, praying a continuance • of the sus. pension of the Spirits Intercourse between thiscoun try and Ireland Ordered to lie'on the Table. The County Bridges Bill was read a third time and passed.' THURSDAY, MAY 26. Mr. Foster gave notice that when the Corn Impor- tation Bill should come again before the House, it was his intention to move for the introduction of a clause, prohibiting the importation of foreign corn under the price of 84 shillings per quarter, and allowing a free a commission m a corps commanded by the Earl of Yarmouth. Unless this subject should be satisfac- torily explained, he should certainly move for the ap- pointment of a Committee ; but at present lie should content himself with moving, that the petition do lie upo « tin1 tabic. Mr. H. Addington did not rise to oppose the mo- tion of the Hon. Gentleman. Mr. De Berenger was a registered alien, residing in this country under the licence of an alien. He hod been apprehended by warrant of tlie Secretary of State, on grounds totally unconnected with and distinct from the subsequent prosecution. He had further to state, that the clothes of Mr. De Berenger had been returned to him; that his money, with copies of his papers, had been like- wise delivered ; that his agents had free access to him, and that he was confined in Newgate at his own de- sire, in preference to the mode of imprisonment pointed out by the Alien Act The Attorney General said, Mr. De Berenger had clandestinely withdrawn himself from his licensed re- sidence, without a permission for such a removal. Was not » uob # man a fair objeet at -•— I>;< r, on to the Secretary of State— and how could his arrest be an innovation of law ? The petition stated, that his ap parel and Bank- notes were detained by the Secretary of State; the fact was not so— the Secretary had no- thing to do with them, they were detained in further- ance of the ends of public justice. Mr. Sheriff Magnay presented a petition from the City of London, praying that the House would make no alteration in the Corn Laws without further in quiry, but that the consideration of the proposed mea- sures be postponed till next session.— The petition was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. W. Smith presented a Petition from the City of Norwich against any alteration in the Corn Laws. The Resolutions respecting the grants of 3,0001. per annum, to Lord Lynedock, 2,0001. to Lord Hill, and 2,0001. to Lord Beresford, securing those pensions to their heirs male inheriting the title, were agreed to. The Corn Import Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday. Mr. Bankes moved for a Committee to inquire, with respect to the Corn Trade, in all that relates to the importing and warehousing foreign grain, and report the result to the House. After a considerable debate, this motion was lost by a majority of 57.— The House then adjourned to Monday. MONDAY, MAY 23, Mr. Whitbread made some further observations on the arrest of Mr. De Berenger, and moved, that a Se- cret Committee be appointeid to examine into the cir- etances attendant thereon. Mr. Bathurst again repeated, that the arrest of Mr. De Berenger was quite distinct from the prosecution of the Stock Exchange, to which it had no reference. He was arrested at Leith, under a feigned name, and under circumstances which fully justified his detention. It was the common and universal practice, when any individual was apprehended by legal authority, to de- tain and examine every thing found in his possession. Mr. De Berenger was not apprehended on a general warrant; the articles on his person only were seized. Every one of the prisoner's demands had been com- plied with in as reasonable and short a time as was ivell possible. It had been said, that he was confined in Newgate, and on the felons' side. The facts were, that he had himself preferred Newgate to the Mes- senger's house, and that he was confined in a large comfortable room on what was called the State Side of the prison. He was entirely undisturbed by any felon in the gaol, and equally secure against the in- trusion of any person whatsoever from without. This he stated confidently, that he saw nobody but with his own will and approbation. Upon the whole, therefore, he considered, that no case had been made out to require the interference of the House, or to justify a suspicion* that the powers entrusted by the Alien Act had been exceeded. On a division, there appeared, For the motion, 32— Against it, 157— Majority, 125. On the Order of the Day being read for the third reading of the Corn Exportation Bill, Mr. Rose said, that if the Gentlemen opposite were determined to press the third reading now, he should move the introduction of a clause, by way of rider, by which the Government should be empowered to stop the exportation of corn when it had reached a certain price, if Parliament should not be sitting at the time. Mr. Davies Giddy thought there was a point at which exportation should be stopped, and said, that if the Hon. Member ( Mr. Rose) would name a price which he should think sufficiently high, he would vote in favour of the clause he wished to introduce. The Speaker having pu! the question for the third reading, the House divided, when there appeared, in favour of the Bill, 107— Against it, 38— Majority for the BILL, 30. LONDON. Mr. Krauntz, attached to the British Legation at Paris, has arrived at the Foreign Office, with dispatches from Lord Castlereagh. They relate to the commercial treaty now pending between this country and France.— Some obstacles are under- stood to have arisen, not on the part of the French Government, hut in consequence of the peculiar situation of the French people to the execution of the principle articles, as they were originally framed and submitted to discussion. The apprehension of discontent throughout the country, by ihe actual adoption either of the Tariff recently published, or of the treaty of 1786, with respect to the intro- duction of British manufactures, is said to require a new system of arrangements. It is even added, that the Tariff published at Bourdeaux by the Duke D'Angouleme has been cancelled, and that our ships on the Garonne had not been permitted to land either colonial produce or native commo- dities. Every fresh account received frc. m Paris, re- specting the public conduct of the King of France affords an additional proof of the solicitude with which he is labouring to bring about a regeneration, and establish a system of happiness in his country. According to the promise he gave some time ago, he has taken the necessary steps for perfecting the new Constitution by which France is hereafter to be governed. He has appointed three persons, eminent for their talents and integrity, to be Com- missioners for examining the articles of this new charter of French liberties; and a general satis- faction seems to prevail respecting the result of their labours. The King of France, by a decree, has conferred on the Princes of the Blood the titles of Colonel- General of different corps. Monsieur has the Swiss Guards ; the Prince of Conde, the Infantry of the Line ; the Duke of Angouleme, the Cuiras- siers ; the Duke of Berri, the Chasseurs; the Duke of Orleans, the Hussars; and the Duke of Bourbon, the Light Infantry., By another Decree, of the same date, the conscripts of the year 1815 are alone entitled to return to their homes ; those of preceding years must return to their corps, when they will be discharged as circumstances may re- quire. The Moniteur speaks of the Emperor of Austria by the title of Emperor of Germany. In the Sitting of the Swiss Diet at Zurich, on the 27th of April, a note from M. Mallet, the French Minister, invited the cantons to send Deputies to Paris to negotiate a new treaty of alliance with the King, and to make regulations for the formation of Swiss regiments, which the King was desirous to take into his pay. The Diet proposes to recom- mend in the strongest manner to the Allied Sove- reigns, to demolish the fortress of Huninguen. It is held, that to secure her neutrality, Switzerland must have not only her old territory, but consider- able accessions on the sides of France, Savoy, and Italy. The adjustment of the proposed line of demarcation is referred to a Committee. Upon taking possession of Genoa, Lord W. Bentinck issued a declaration, announcing the re- establishment of the Constitution of 1797, with the modifications demanded by the general suffrage, the public welfare, and the spirit of the primitive Constitution of 1576. He, at the same time, ap- pointed a Provisional Government of thirteen Members, taken from the two Colleges, as formerly, to exercise its functions till the 1st of January, 1815, at which time the two Colleges shall be com- pleted to the number prescribed by the Constitu- tion. A decree of the 9th May directs, that the seventy- one chests of papers from the diplomatic archives of Holland, and deposited in the archives of the Minister for Foreign Offices in France, shall be stored to the Dutch Government; and also that there shall be restored to the ten first Spanish families the objects of art, and other property, which were sequestered by the former French Government, in conformity with the decree of the 12th November 1808. In all Catholic countries on the Continent, and elsewhere, there are to be solemn thanksgivings for the happy deliverance of his Holiness, Pope Pius VII. and his return to Rome. The return of a just and - paternel Government is 1 already felt in France'by tlie care ' taken to investi- gate the causes whidh, under ihe - despotism « > f Bo- S naparte,- filled'the prisons wfth persons, who were surprised to ' finfl'theriiselvesthere withdutlcHcwihg the- cause why. Agents of the Attorney- General df the - Royal Court proceed to fhe prisons, inter- rogatc'- the prisoners, - consult the registers, anii m- ; spect the papers that have Occasioned their deten- tion. ' The abuses founfl out are incredible. At Bicetre only, a great number of persons were dis- covered, against whom there did not exist' any legi- timate motive ifor iinprisoiltnent, and whoare de- tained " by arbitrary orders, delivered often upon signatures on blarik sheets- of paper. The foreign Journals allege theft Bonaparte's pension in Elba is two millions; anti fhat- the allied Powers have guaranteed - a pension of 500,000 francs to each of his brothers and sisters. M. Lucien Bonaparte, AVUO landed at Rotterdam on Wednesday se'nnight, was accompanied by an Italian Ecclesiastic and two servants. He made some visits to persons to whom he had letters. He wished to he unknown ; but being recognized, he endeavoured to avoid the troubilesome ' crowds that curiosity and his name soon set an foot to get a sight of him. He made enquiries respecting all the members df his family, and appeared- anxious to learn, " by his own research and investigation, . the opinions and feelings nenlly entertained respecting them. His mothti tvas, in a special manner,, ; the object of his solicitude'; tendhecvas greatly pleased when he ascertained sftie had gone to Rome.— This old lady is understood to have amassed a large for- tune during £ be few years of her Dowager Imperi- ally. The ipi'iviVte advices from Bourdeaux mention some outrages which have occurred on occasion of the temporary re- establishment there of the offices - for collecting the droits reunis. Tire Bor- delais, indignant at any thing which served to revive the ideas ef the late tyranny, proceeded in crowds to the offices, and to rot the whole of the bonds and bodks that they ccmld find. General Dejean, the King's Commissioner to that district, who had just arrived from Paris, finding himself unable to quell the tumult, returned to the capital for further instructions and fuller powers. Every thing, however, was quiet at Bourdeaux on the 11th instant, when the lastaccounts came away Mantua, Peschiera, anil oilier fortresses, have been given up to the Austrians. The Milanese and the rest of the ' Kingdom of Italy have been oc- cupied by the Austrians in the name of the Allied Powers. After the peace is signed with France, there will be a Congress to arrange the final settle- ment of Italy, and parts of Germany. Switzerland demands a large extension of territory, to enable her to preserve her neutrality. A private letter of the 16th, from Paris, states, that the Board of Finances has issued an order, prohibiting the importation of all manufactured goods, in order to encourage the French fabrics and manufactures. The French Government is busily engaged in the organization of the army. The ancient military titles enjoyed by the Princes of the Blood have been renewed. The peace establishment of the army is to consist of220,000 men. The Emperor of Russia- and the King of prussia*, religion and " humanity forbid'; and that during the often enter theTheatre- or Opera, at Paris, togeflier,: arm in arm, without a single attendant. They pass i together or alone from one be* to Another, during fhe evening, as they discover company, which they are desirous of'joining. Sometimes i( he Archduke Constartine accompanies his brother, or some Ge- neral - Officer"; and in liltt Manner, . the " King - of Prussia is at times joined by some one or other of the Prussian Princes. Both these Sovereigns pass from . their seats in- the Theatres without any atten- dants or retinue ; on the threshold of the Theatre, • an officer'or two may ' chance < to wait to show them to iheir respective carriages. A gentleman who has just arrived from Bergen, in Norway, and who is a native of that country, re- presents the enthusiasm that prevails for the support of its independence as general, and the antipathy against the Swedes so strong, that any amicable arrangement with that nation is impassible. It was supposed that the blockade of the ports could not be so strict as not to admit of the intro- duction of such a quantity of the essential articles of life as would subsist the people. On the 19th ult. the Norwegian Diet at Eds- wold resolved that their new Constitution shall be founded on the following bases, viz.— Norway to be an hereditary limited monarchy ; the kingdom free and indivisible, the Regent King. The'Lu- theran is to constitute the established religion of the state, but the professors of every other religion to preserve their liberty and privileges. The King to have the right of making war and peace, and the right of pardoning. The people to exercise, by its representatives, the legislative authority and the rights of levying the taxes. The Judicial power to remain distinct from the other branches of Go- vernment. No hereditary privileges to be allowed to persons or corporations. Industry and civil oc- cupations not to be subjected to any new restrictions. The Press to be free from all restraints. A morning Paper says, nothing short of the fol- lowing conditions will be demanded of America, viz: " The unequivocal recognition, on the part of America, of the established Law of Nations, as incor- porated with the British Code. " ' Ihe acknowledgment of the Right of Search for British seamen in American vessels: " The safe and undivided possession of the American Lakes-: " The Ohio as the boundary: " The restitution of Louisiana-, and, " In minor points, such variations from the present line of boundary as may tend for ever to the security of our invaluable North American Colonies, and well- being of the Indian tribes, our Allies; such restric- tions in commerce, fisheries, & c. as may augment the prosperity of the British Empire, and put an end to all vexatious interference with her rights and privileges." The Duke of Clarence has struck his flag on board the Impregnable in the Downs, and returned on Saturday night to town ; advice having been received that the Emperor of Russia and King of Prussia did not propose leaving Paris at the time first intended. It is now 117 years since we were honoured with a visit by a Russian Emperor.— Peter the Great, Czar, arrived in London on the llth January, 1697, and worked a considerable time as a journeyman shipwright in Deptford Yard, to learn the art of ship- building: he died in 1725, aged 53 years. It is likewise worthy of remark, that 100 years before Bonaparte's disasters at Moscow, the same Czar removed the vast trade from Archangel to St. Petersburgh, thereby transplanting out of Mos- cow above thirty thousand persons, in November 15, 1713. The Emperor of Austria never went to public places at Paris but in great state. He was attended by his great officers and a guard, which kept their place during the whole performance at the back, or rather in the passage, without the Imperial box, suffering none to come near it. As he approached to his box, and retired from it, he was preceded by several branches of lights, before which the crowd were forced to yield way. In his person he is of the medium size, rather spare and thin, and his features small.. A Great Personage has ordered one hundred sad. ( Res, on a particular construction, to be prepared for him immediately. One hundred and fifty pieces of heavy ordnance from Woolwich are intended to be stationed in ] St. James's Park on the ensuing pyrotechnicul ex- ; hrbition. , Sir J. Warren arrived in town on Monday, ' and had- ailong conference with the Board of Admiralty. The Lords of ( he Admiralty have lately pro- moted the Lieutenants of the Royal Sovereign and Royal Charlotte yachts, who were serving at the conveyance of Lonis XVIH. from this country to France, as well as some of the Midshipmen who were - employed in the fleet under the ' Command of his Royal Highness the Duke • of Clarence, ithe Commander. ™ Chief. • An affray took place on Friday in one - of the' Committee Rooms of a certain Honourable House, between one of the City Members and the Repre- sentative of a neighbouring county. We- are- happy, however, to - state, that no blood was shed, though much ink was spilt on the occasion, in consequence of each discliarging a hege leaden stand full df . iitk at the other. Fortunately, both shots misses! the mark they were aimed at, but the havock made among the white and nankeen'troxvsers of the by- standers, is said to have been dreadful beyond example. On Monday night, ahput nine o'clock, as Mrs. Goadley, accompanied ' by her son, a boy about thirteen years of ; itge, were passing through Gos- well- street- road, they were attacked by a foot- pad, who snatched the boy's watch Out of his pocket, and ran off with it. The cry of stop thief was raised, and the mac was pursued, taken, and se- cured in SL John's- street- road ; he was observed to throw- something from him, which, on search, was found to be the boy's watch. He was on Thursday brought to Bow- street, and examined, when he was recognised to be Andrew George, a well- known character, and was committed for trial. On Monday the Recorder made his Report of the following capital convicts under sentence of death in Newgate, viz. Joseph Mirfield and William Featherstone, for highway robbery ; William Robert Clements, John Becket Clements, Elizabeth Evans, James Whiteman, Thomas Dodman, Michael Ward, and Margaret Bryan, for stealing in dwelling- houses ; Mary Williams and Eliza Williams, for uttering counterfeit money; Robert Johnson, for horse stealing ; William Henry Botterill, for forgery; James Smith, for a like offence ; Elizabeth Gibbs, for housebreaking; William Smith, Joseph Ban- nister, William Huggins, and James Stock, for burglary; and Robert Howard, for returning from transportation; when William Botterill was or- dered for execution on Monday next. The others were respited during pleasure. first day* of hie return - to the land of his ( forefathers, he should inot ( feeil for the victims who are tike sub- jects of our reqtiest, and who . are, by his refusJl, liable to be separated from every thing which - makes life valuable. The poor African has his affections and ihie attachments : actuated by the - same endearments of nature, his sterile soil, . humble - cot, - and . undis- tinguished family are as dearito him as fhe palace oft be Monarch. To tear him & om ihem far ithe base lucre- of . commercial gain, . to stimulate man te deal in the blood and lives of his fellow- creatures, are principles in direct vaiiianoe to the disinterested conduct of this - country, an abandonment of that moderation which adversity should liuveestablished, and a melancholy presage of the future, as far as regards She power of the - French Government If, contrary to our hopes, These rumours iflioiiH be true, Great Britain is beund to'enforce, as tar as her present authority extends, the aun hilation of * trade, which her Legislature has termed sangmnaiy end inhuman. For herself, she asks » n$ thing,— she bears with noble: pride the burthen of her exer- tions, her reward their success. She restores her conquests, agrees that France should be free and - entire, her only demand, that the soil she veetgng. shall notibe again polluted by the barbarous nse of fhe imost unprincipled and aggravated slavery. She will fall fr<* m the elevated rank she has attained, negative the good she has promised, if she fail te insist upon, as a condition in the cession of her conquests, that abolition which, in the first instance, she twit solicited. These are sentiments in unison with our pro- fessions; we will join the most determined of nur cot em penary declaimers against this debasement of just prerogative, although we are not quite se romantic in our ideas of rational liberty, as t » discover any parallel between the horrid barbarisat which has been exercised towaixk Africa, and the to be lamented, but unavoidable situation of Norway. THE COLCHESTER GAZETTE There is no day, the anniversary of which pro- duces more joy, or excites more grateful emotions in the British heart, than that we now celebrate, In the glorious and immortal triumphs of the prin- ciples of Pitt, it is with honest and heartfelt exul- tation we remark, that the birth- day of that truly great man, who saved England primarily by his exertions, and Europe ultimately by his example has been announced for general celebration, with an enthusiasm and veneration which not only prove the remembrance of his eminent services, but establish the hope that his name will live in British gratitude, as an inspiring guide, to the latest poste- riority. Whatever have been the political senti- ments of individuals, whatever the doubts of the few, whether our strength was adequate to contend on such unequal terms, the voice of even faction has ceased, and united Europe pants to crown with imperishable glory the bust of her deliverer. We have but little means to extend the feelings we enjoy, but we should fail in a first, a paramount duty to our readers, and neglect a gratification to ourselves, if we passed over the day without offering our feeble comments, and expressing our devotion to the immortal memory of him whose wisdom and foresight have preserved us. If we are to credit the assertions of the Paris Journalists, the definitive treaty between France and the Allies is arranged; but we are inclined to question the information of individuals on points of such momentous import, when they annex to general terms particulars which we should suppose would remain in diplomatic confidence till the period of public proclamation. It is however with much regret we perceive the slightest supposition of any difference between the views of the Sove- reign of France and the noble and philanthropic wishes of the Prince Regent. Such reports, if true, evince a latent spark of unsubdued hostility in the French Cabinet; if fabrications, they betray an indulgence of that spleen and envy in the people which have so long separated the two countries. The papers assert that the French King has refused the application of our Ministers to abolish the Slave Trade in the restored Colonies, urging the uselessness of colonial possessions without the aid of slaves to cultivate them, and deeming it a point on which we have no right to interfere. That such dissentions exist we attach no belief, for it is next to impossible that the Monarch, who has so recently received from the hand of Providence his crown, and been restored to his country and his people, should not feel it an imperative duty, as an acknowledgment of the mercy shown to him, to show mercy unto others, by terminating an outrageous traffic, which both POSTSCRIPT. On the 28th of April the van of the Austrian army entered the city of Milan, amidst the rejoicings of the inhabitants. On the same day another body of troops entered the city of Mantua. The Emperor of Austria may now be considered as being iu quiet possession of the whole of the Italian dominions, of which he is to be Sovereign. A part of the Austrian army was about the same time advancing to take possession of the fortress of Piedmont, for the King of Sardinia. This measure was strongly opposed by the French General Grenier; but Count Bellegarde sent him word that he would repel, by force, any attempt he should make to prevent hira from occupying the country. The last accounts do not tell us the result of this dispute ; but express a hope that the French General would relinquish his opposition. The Dutch papers contain an official statement of the finances of the United Netherlands ; and although these present a dreary picture of tliti dilapidated resources of Holland, they are far from being so desperate or deficient as might be imagined by those who recollect the barbarous havock which the French had committed for a long series of years upou all kinds of property, and even upon all industry, in that country. The sum required for defraying the expences of the year 1814 is said to be 63,500,000 florins ; and the amount of the revenue is 38,480,000. These distresses, however, have been occasioned by the plunder of all the public chests by the French, by the war carried on in the interior, by the large sums required for the repairs of the dykes which the French had neglected for several years, and various other circumstances; and hopes were entertained that the public income would soon be equal to the expenditure. Ferdinand the Seventh has issued a Declaration, dated at Valencia, the 4th instant, in which he solemnly declines his concurrence to the Spanish Constitution, offered for his acceptance by the Cortes, expresses his determination of maintaining his prerogative in accordance to the ancient system, and to punish all such persons as traitors who shall infringe thereon, and abolishes the sittings of the Cortes from the day on which the Declaration was promulgated. The French papers now assert, that the Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia intend to delay their visit to this country till after the signature of the Preliminaries of Peace. Advices have been received in town that tho Emperor of Austria lias declined visiting England at present. The Emperor of Austria, it is stated, was ex- pected at Munich about the 23d or 24th; a part of his equipages left Paris on the 20th. The Archduchess Maria Louisa arrived at Zurich on the 6th, and was to proceed, on the 8th, to Munich. Her Imperial Highness travels incognito, under the title of the Countess De Falkenstein. Geneva is to become one of the Swiss Cantons. An article, under date, Paris, May 21, says, that Jerome, Joseph, and Louis Bonaparte, had passed through Blois, iu the way to Switzerland, where they intended to take up their residence. Lord Hill is said to have accepted the command of the troops destined to act against the United States. It is to be altogether independent of the military Government of Canada. The following Commanders are now finally ap- pointed to conduct the Armament destined to act against America :— Lieut.- Generals Lord Hill and Sir Henry Clinton; Major- Generals Kempt, Sir E. M. Pakenham, Robinson, and Barnes. The army will amount to 12,000 men.— Courier. A Mail which arrived on Wednesday from Bermuda has brought a proclamation from Sir A. Cochrane, who had assumed the command ef our squadrons on the American station. By this document, dated the 25th of April, it appears, that in addition to the ports and places declared in a state of blockade by Sir J. B. Warren in November last, the remain- ing ports, places, islands, & c. from the point of land commonly called Black Point, to the northern and eastern boundaries between the United States and the British province of New Brunswick, in America, are also declared to be in a state of strict and rigorous blockade, American Papers, which were received en. Monday, contain the President's Message to Con- gress, recommending the repeal of the Embargo and Non- Importation Laws: The House of Repre- sentatives are stated to have passed the Repeal Fill on the 7th ult. by a very great majority, and it was expected to pass the Senate in a day or two ' afterwards, by nearly an'unanimous vote. American Papers to the 10th ult. have since arrived by the Gottenburgh Packet, having been received at that port by the Chauncey.— The Ses- sion of Congress was to have been dosed 011 the 1st of May. A part of the Message of the Pre- sident, which related to the continuance of the War Duties twelve months longer than the date assigned, had not been taken into consideration, and doubts entertained if the recommendation would be adopted. No uncertainty existed as to the concur- rence of the Senate with the House of Representa- tives in annulling the restrictive laws, and although the measure had been announced suddenly, and very unexpectedly, extensive speculations were entered into, that these commercial indigencies might be immediately productive to the mercantile interest. The expectation of peace was so confident on the other side the Atlantic, that it was sup- posed tranquillity would have been restored with Great Britain, prior to the arrival of the Chauncey at the place of her destination. The military pre- parations had been carried on with great activity, but they were suspended in some degree, under the strong persuasion that peace would render them inexpedient and unnecessary.— Two Russian ves- sels were ready to sail from New York, the blockade with regard to them having been removed by in- structions from the British Admiral.— The hostages on the 10th of April had not been given up. The produce of cotton in the greater part of the United States, suited to its growth, was much below the ordinary harvest. Respecting the proposed alteration of the Corn Laws, the Courier of Thursday makes the following observations:— " It is not a little surprising to see the facility with which the Bill repealing all restraints 011 the Exportation of Corn has passed the House of Commons. This is not the repeal of a law long dormant 011 our statute books; but at one blow it annihilates a system established for more than four centuries and a half, and invariably acted upon.— The first prohibition of the exportation of corn took place by the 34th of Edward 111. 1360, and from that time to the present, in every reign, the principle has been recognised by some parliamentary pro- ceeding, with the exception of those of Richard II. and Edward V. who together did not reign two years and a half. We are now wholly to abandon this system, without any argument being advanced against it, or documents being produced proving its inconvenience, though it has uniformly been resorted to with advantage in times of scarcity and distress. " The advocates of the new measures insist they have given sufficient notice, as the subject was agitated in . June last. But in the Report made by the Committee, no notice is taken of any inten- tion to permit an unlimited exportation; on the contrary, it is there proposed to act on the long established principle, and prices are proposed for the regulation of the export. Besides, the measure was introduced last summer at the end of the Session, and in a way, which led to a belief that nothing more than some regulations of the Irish Corn Trade was intended. Irish regulations were the prominent feature held out, not designedly, certainly, nor with any sinister motive. But this circumstance prevented the vigilance of those who watch over the general system of the Corn Laws of the empire. To their surprise, now, out come, from under the Irish proceeding, proposals for abolishing the whole system of Corn Regulations in Britain, and establishing another, without time to consider its tendency,— with scarcely time to inform the distant parts of this island that such a measure is in contemplation. When alterations have been proposed hitherto, sufficient time has been given ; but, now— the Resolutions were not moved last Session till the month of June, when • most of the Members of Parliament had left town •, and the business, though in a very new shape, is not agitated this Session till the month of May. And yet this measure, more even than the question of peace or war, affects deeply the subsistence of every individual in the nation, it touches seriously upon all property, upon every income, and renders it necessary for every man to consider liow he shall in future live." The war tares were provided to cease in six months after the signature of a definitive treaty of I peace, but the integrity of the present Ministry lies | been in no measure more manifest than in their re- solution that the present war taxes should cease in I April, 1815. Lieut.- General Sir Rowland Hill, lately created ] Baron Hill of Almarez and of Hawkestone, in the county of Salop, was second son, and is now eldest | surviving son of Sir John Hill of Hawkestone, Bart, father of seven sons, of whom five have served long I in the Peninsula, under the Duke of Wellington. In our paper of the 14th inst. we gave an account of the anniversary of the London Society for promot- ing Christianity among the Jews. By the following extract from one of the Calcutta papers lately received, it appears the exertions on the behalf of this interest- ing people are not. confined to the British islands:— " On Sunday last, a sermon was preached at the Old Church, by the Rev. Mr. Thomason, in aid of the London Society, from Rom. xi. 15— 17. I11 speaking of discourses delivered at this place of divine worship, we run 110 chance of being accused of indulging too largely in panegyric; but never on any former occasion did the respected Minister who officiates therein, dis- play with happier effect that unostentatious flow of pious eloquence with which he is wont to impress the sublime truths of the gospel on the minds of his hearers. The effect of the admirable discourse of Sun- day last was visible in the demeanour of a large and respectable congregation; every heart appeared to beat in unison, and to acknowledge the justice of the appeal so irresistibly made to the benevolence of a Christian auditory in behalf of their Jewish brethren. It gives us unfeigned pleasure to add, that the collec- tion amounted to 2,000 rupees ( 2501.) The discourse delivered 011 the occasion, at the request of those who were fortunate enough to hear it, is now in the press." The following is the Imperial Ukase, or Proclama- tion, referred to in our paper of the 14th inst. as being read at the General Meeting of the Brit ish and Foreign Bible Socicty, on Wednesday, May 4, 1814, by tlie Rev. Mr. Pinkerton, from Moscow:— Translation.— Beloved subjects! A year is elapsed since we were called upon to return thanks to God for delivering our realms from the hands of cruel and powerful enemies. Scarcely is the present year expired, and already our vic- torious banners are erected on the bunks of the Rhine. Europe, which was armed against us, is now voluntarily inarching with us! All the nations which lie between Russia and France follow our example; and, having united their arms with ours, turn them against the oppressor of the nations. So great a change upon earth could only have been ef- fected by the special power of God. The destiny of na- tions and states rises and falls by the power of his Almighty arm Who is powerful without Him? Who is strong and stable, unless by his will ? Let us turn to Him with our whole heart and mind. Let us not be proud of our own deeds. Let us never imagine that we are more than weak mortals. What are we ? So long as the hand of God is with us, we are in possession of wisdom and might; but without him, we are nothing. Let all the praise of men, therefore, be silenced before Him. Let each of us present the sacrifice of praise to Him to whom it is due. Our true glory and honour is humility before Him. We are con- vinced that each of our faithful subjects always feels this, and especially after so much divine goodness has been poured out upon us. Animated, therefore, by these senti- ments of humility and zeal, we ordain, 011 the present oc- casion, that, throughout our whole empire, every temple of God may be opened; that in every church solemn thanks- givings he presented, 011 bended knees, to the Maker and Disposer of all things ; and that all present tears of the warmest gratitude to him, for the unspeakable mercy shewn us. By the power of his almighty arm he hath drawn us out of great deeps, and placed us on the pinnacle of glory. What shall we render unto him but tears of gratitude and joy! ( Signed) ALEXANDER. Giten at the Head- Quarter, Carlsruhe, l) ec. 6, O S. 1813. On Sunday last a new organ ( made by Russell and Son) was opened at St. Peter's Church, in this town, which, is justly admired for' its sweetness of tone and harmonious effect. After an excellent sermon, a Collection was made, which amounted to 301. In accordance to a Requisition to the Mayor of Sudbury, a meeting of the inhabitants of that borough has been held, to consider the propriety of petitioning Parliament against the proposed altera- tion of the Corn Laws; which being resolved in the affirmative, a petition was read, agreed to, and afterwards signed by the Mayor and Corporation, and the greater part of the inhabitants.— The Members for the borough were required to present the petition, and to give it their support. Wednesday se'nnight Sir William Rowley, Bart, and the Rev. George Barnard, were elected Hono- rary Members of the Board of Agriculture. Among the premiums offered by the Cambridge- shire Agricultural Society for the present year, are two for the cultivation of Fiorin Grass. Yesterday se'nnight an adjourned meeting of the friends of the proposed Suffolk Female Peniten- tiary was holden at the Town Hall, Ipswich, for the purpose of determining on certain measures, pre- paratory to the calling of a County Meeting 011 the subject, when the Rev. Thomas Cobbold having been called to the chair, read a string of resolutions, the principal of which were in substance— that a General Meeting should be holden at Stowmarket, on Friday, the " 29th day of July; that in the in- terim a circular letter, and a copy of the Resolu- tions, should be sent to the nobility, clergy, & c. soliciting their advice, patronage, and support in the undertaking; and that an open Committee should be formed, for preparing an outline sketch of the proposed Institution, to be exhibited at the General Meeting. The barracks ( described is temporary) and huts, in Kent, Essex, and Suffolk, are to be taken down, except those at Harwich. The two French prisoners who have so long re- mained under sentence of death in Huntingdon gaol, Jean Nicholas Deschamps and Jean Rou- billard, ( having been convicted of forgery at the Summer Assizes in 1805, and respited during his Majesty's pleasure) received a free pardon from the Prince Regent last week, and were conducted to Norman Cross Barracks, to be conveyed to France with the prisoners of war. The Hertford coach, 011 Monday se'nnight, was To the EDITOR of the COLCHESTER GAZETTE. SIR, You will oblige me by making public, through the channel of your Paper, my feelings of the individual assistance I received during the destructive fire which happened yesterday at Grinstead Lodge Farm. By the persevering exertions of Mr. John Clay, of Dilbridge, Mr. Samuel Clay, of Grinstead Hall, Mr. Johnstone and others, ( at the hazard of their lives,) the Farm House was rescued from the devouring element. The engine of St. Leonard's parish arrived first, which did great service; the Barrack engine immedi- ately after, with a troop of Dorse Artillery, and also the engine of the Equitable Essex Society. The judicious disposition made by Captain Brown and other Officers of Artillery, of their men, serving the engine, produced all that it was possible to effect. And every of the numerous persons who so promptly gave their assistance, are deserving much more than the humble thanks of Your obliged servant, EDWARD CLAY. Grinstead Park, May 21,1814. According to advices from Altona, the Bank of Hamburgh has been altogether drained. The mer- chants of that unfortunate city are searching for the means of partially re- establishing this institu- tion,' heretofore so much respected, and on which, as it is well known, all the commerce of Hamburgh turned. The Rhode Island Repository gives the sub- joined as an abstract of the captures and re- cap- tures made during the war, from Great Britain :— 485 English vessels, arrived within the United States— 156 vessels destroyed — seven English packets, six of which arrived in port, the other was ransomed— 65 American vessels re- captured, and arrived in port— 35 American vessels, with British licenses, arrived in port. Government has humanely ordered every British prisoner returning home to receive 11. on his land- ing on British ground. A country paper says, that a person who resides not an hundred miles from Balcomb, sold his wife last week for two hundred pounds down and ten acres of wood ! and under the condition of being paid two hundred pounds more, should the woman be approved of by the purchaser, after a given lime. The same man has contracted for another wife at fire shillings, if he should like her, after a month's fair trial. ANCIENT DRURY.— The following is a copy of the first Play- bill which announced the opening of the first theatre that was erected in Drury- lane. It is curious, not only in shewing the increase in the prices of admission at that period, but the different times at which dramatic representations com- menced. It should be observed, that no farces were performed in those days :— By his Majesty's Company of Comedians. At the NEW THEATRE, in DRURY- LANE. THIS DAY, being THURSDAY, APRIL 8th, 1668, will be acted a Comedy, called THE HUMOVROVS LIEVETENANT. The King, Mr. Wintersel; Demetrivs, Mr. Hart; Selevivs, Mr. Bvrt; Leontivs, Major Mohun; Lievetenant, Mr. Clyn; Celia, Mrs. Marshall. The Play will begin at Three o'clock exactly. Boxes, 4s — Pit, ' 2s. 6d— Middle Gallery, Is tid.— Upper ONE STORY IS GOOD TILL ANOTHER IS TOLD. At Tadcaster, lately, the newspapers say, Two travelling coaches ran foul 011 their way; True Blue was the victor, escaped without hurt; The other, True Briton, was thrown in the dirt. Now pray, Mr. Editor, mend your last text. And, as an erratum, give this in your next:— The True Blue and True Briton were trav'lling along; The last unattended, the first with a throng: The True Blue, from its numbers, presuin'd to encroach ' l'he whole of the Road from the True Briton coach ; The True Briton mov'd onwards, ran foul in a twitch, And twisted the crowded True Blue in the ditch. Gallery, la. COLCHESTER, SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1814. The proprietors of the East Essex Union Fox- hounds have concluded a most successful season, notwithstanding the disadvantages they laboured under from the very recent establishment of their pack, and the great interruption they experienced from the long continuance of unfavourable weather. The particularly handsome manner in which they have been patronized by the owners of coverts and the occupiers of land within their hunt, has been highly gratifying to them, and will induce them to renew their engagements next season with greater energy, and, they trust, to the satisfaction and amusement of the neighbourhood. We are desired by Mr. Gibbon, of the Theatre- Royal Drury- lane, to inform the inhabitants of this town and its vicinity, that the announcement of the performance of a Musical Entertainment, at the White Hart Inn, on Monday, the 9th instant, was altogether without his knowledge; and that he is fully impressed with a persuasion that the fabri- cator of a letter to the printers, purporting to have been transmitted by himself, and containing an order for advertising, & c. had not for its object to play off solely a vile and unprincipled deception on the public and the individuals most materially con- cerned, under the idea of a house, but. was malig- nantly intended to injure his reputation and cha- racter in his professional capacity.— It is Mr. Gib- bon's intention, in a short time, ( of which notice will be given,) to exert his endeavours, aided by performers of well- known talents, for the amuse- ment of the gentry and inhabitants of the town, officers of the garrison, & c. when he submissively hopes he shall be favoured with their indulgent pa- e tronage and protection. robbed of a packet, containing a remittance to a considerable amount from Messrs. Christie and Cathrow, bank , Hertford, to Messrs. Rams- bottoms and Co. London. The packet was put as usual into an iron chest, which is screwed in the coach. On the arrival of the coach in London, when Messrs. Ramsbottom's clerk opened the chest, the packet was missing; the chest was found locked, and no violence appealed to have been used. The robbery is supposed to have been committed before the coach left Hertford. The cheques and drafts contained 111 the packet have since been re- turned, but unfortunately the remittance of con- vertible paper was very considerable, arising from the previous fair and market days, and which the thieves have taken care to keep to themselves. Yesterday se'nnight an inquisition was taken be- fore William P. Rolle, Gent, one of the Coroners of this Borough, at the sign of the Royal Mortar, in the parish of St. Botolph, 011 viuw of the body of Thomas Ellis, who on the preceding evening suddenly fell down in a fit and expired.— Verdict, Died by the visitation of God. The detachment from the 2d baV^ Ken of the / 1th, or Kings Own Regiment, which lately marched from the barracks of this town, under orders of embarkation for Canada, returned sn Monday last, their embarkation having been countermanded. On Sunday, a boat, laden with 125 tubs of brandy, was sent into Harwich, having been taken by the boat of the Viper Excise cutter, Captain Edward Morgan, of that port. In the account of the fire at Greenstead Park, which appeared in our last, a part of the impress sion mentioned Mr. Ellis as the occupier of the farm, instead of Mr. Clay. A destructive tire broke out on Sunday last, upon the premises of the late Mr. Benjamin Surry, of Little Waltham, who was unfortunately drowned a short time back. A haulm- stack, a barn, and an adjoining building, were soon levelled to the ground. There were two waggons in the barn, which were consumed, but no corn burnt. The damage may be estimated at about 5001. Upwards of 3,000 persons have been discharged within a short time from the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich. DOLLARS.— A number of tradesmen have, with- in these few days, refused to take in payment, dol- lars, for a greater value than five shillings, from a supposition that they are depreciated in value- this is a most erroneous idea. It is true that dollars ( unstamped ones) have fallen, in consequence of the price of silver having done so, but they are, notwithstanding the fall of silver, still worth from 5s. 7d. to 5s. 8d. for melting flown. The current stamped dollars the Bank have guaranteed to re- ceive at the rate of 5s. 6d. whenever called in, and of that measure they must give six months notice. On the 24th inst. Robert Richardson Newell, M. D. of this town, in the 64th year of his age, sincerely la, mented by all who knew him. He supported the character of his profession with ability and perseverance during the space of forty years; and by the most unremitted atten- tion to the happiness of' mankind, obtained universal ap- probation— In the year 1774, the " Colchester Medical Society" was founded through his exertions, and of which he continued treasurer and secretary to the hour of his death ; its object, has been the promotion of medical science, and the gratuitous extension of its blessings in- discriminately to those who sought it. At the last anni- versary its members unanimously voted him a piece of plate as a testimony of his long and important services, and their undivided regard— In 1786 he instituted " The Benevolent Medical Society for the Counties of Essex and Herts," and has by a constant, humane, and parental at- tention to its welfare, in a great measure, contributed to its present prosperity; the comforts of this charity are daily felt by the unfortunate, and the widows' and orphans' blessing will mingle with the tears of regret which are shed by the family of its founder. On Wednesday se'nnight, aged 21, Theophila, only daughter of Mrs. Palmer, of Herringswell- hall, after a long and most severe affliction, supported with a resigna- tion and patience truly exemplary. Same day, at Stowupland, aged 20, Mr. Ged. W. Tailer, youngest son of J. B. Tailer, Esq. Same day, aged 26, Mrs. Smith, Wife of Mr. Robert Smith, block- maker, of Ipswich. On Thursday se'nnight, aged 82, Mr. Charles Young- man, of Wattisfield. Lately at Exmouth, Devonshire, in the 76th year of his age. Claude Philip Guyon, Esq late of Cornard, near Sudburv. On Monday se'nnight, of a decline, in the 20th year of his age, the eldest son of Mr. J. King, saddler, of Sud- bury. SHIP NEWS. COLCHESTER, MAY 27. ARRIVF. D.— Hope, Chitham; Endeavour, Glendining; Good Intent, Mempress; Good Intent, Paine-, Little Her- mitage, Beaumont, London ; St. Petersburgh Packet, Morden, Hull; Betsy, Easter, Newcastle; Prince of Wales, Smart; Friend's Adventure, Burnicle, Sunderland; William, Hnrlock, Leigh. SAILED— Ann, Bates; Maria, Howard, Ostend; Two Brothers, Glendining; Susannah, Smith; Linnet, Fisk; Endeavour, Nunn; Farmer's Delight, Burton; Owner's Delight, Cousins; Maria, Richmond; William and Mary, Morden; Dove, Gull; Endeavour, Glendining; Henry and Elizabeth, Farrow; Nelson, Bridges, London; two light colliers. HARWICH, MAY 27. ARRIVFD— Packets.— O11 Sunday, the Earl of Leices- ter, Hammond, Helvoet.— Monday, the Henry Freeling, Mason, Gottenburgh. SAILED.— Packets.— OH Monday, the Alliance, Marsh Helvoet.— Tuesdav, Lord Nelson, Deane, Cuxhaven.— Thursday, the Prince of Orange, Bridge, Helvoet; the Auckland, Lyne, Cuxhaven ; Beaufoy, Norris, Gotten burgh. MALDON. MAY 27. ARRIVED.— Sarah and Elizabeth, Snow; Endeavour. Clark; Hopewell, Williams ; Willing Trader, Tavener Prosperous, Warren ; Union, Donne; Grace, Patmore London; Royal Oak, Bateman, Hull; Good Hope, Gar- rard ; Industry, Hogarth, Newcastle; Charlotte, Grozier. Sunderland. SAILED.— Good Intent, Mempress ; Willing Trader Tavener, Colchester; Sarah and Elizabeth, Snow; Ann Snow; Resolution, Raven; Maltster, Hansell; Martha. Clark, Violet, Pool; Union, Donne, London. YARMOUTH, MAY 27. ARRIVED.— British Lion, Hulsey; Fly, Hasley; John Bull, Pye; Susannah, Gourlay, from Hull, bound to Ham burgh; Anacreon, Cutter, Hull; Hannah, Butcher, Lon don ; eight laden colliers. SAILED.— Five Brothers, Grimes; John. Jukling; Louisa, Mori ; Pellew, Harding; Dolphin, Miller ; Constant Trader, Plowman; Dash, Milligan ; Diligence, Lewis Betsy, George; John Christmas; William and Frances. Warren; Fame, Bryant, London; Oak, Warren, Liver- pool; Robert, Neale, Gainsborough; Friendship's In- crease, Pittock, Plymouth; Telegraph, Mansfield; Alert Bugg; Vigilant, Fleming, Hull; Trafalgar, Wright; Pro vidence, Holt; Elizabeth, Balls, Scotland; his Majesty" ship Utile, Lieut. Blaquire, Deptford ; 17 light colliers. THE MARKETS. MARK- LANE, MONDAY, MAY 23. The market was well supplied with Wheats this morning from Kent, Essex, and Suffolk, and there were many buyers early in the day, which advanced the prices about 2s. per quarter; the trade was how- ever extremely dull towards noon, and the prices of the morning could not be supported.— Bariey was also selling on the same terms as 011 Monday at the beginning of the market, but declined ful! 2s. per quarter before the. Close. None but finfc Malts can find buyers.— Boiling Pease were much cheaper, being very little in demand.— Hog Pease support last Week's currency.— Beans were in plentiful supply, and about ' 2s. per quarter lower.— The arrival of Oats has been but small, hence fine heavy samples met ready sale, at rise of about Is. per quarter.-— Rye is at a " nominal price, not being in demand. WEDNESDAY, MAY 25,— There have been but few arrivals of Grain since Monday, and Scarcely any purchasers for what did arrive. The few sales effected were at Monday's prices, except Barley, which is cheaper. FRIDAY, MAY 27.— We have here, for this- day's Market, a good supply of Wheat, which has a heavy sale, at Monday's prices; all other articles are full a shilling cheaper. PRICE OF GRAIN FOR THE WEEK. PER QUARTER. Monday. s. s. Wheat, mealiugRed, 50 a 70 Fine — a 72 White 52 a 74 Fine 78 ft 80 Foreign Red......... 42 a 50 Dantzic 66 a 84 Black 50 a 60 Rivets ,.. 54 a 62 Rye 30 a 36 White Pease 46 a 52 Boilers 54 a 60 Grey Pease 36 a 44 Horse Beans, new, 40 a 40 Fine Old — a — Tick Beans, new ... 36 a 41 Fine Old — a Broad Beans — a Superfine — a Long Pods — a — Barley 30 a 38 Superfine 40 a — Oats, long feed 15 a 21 Short — a 27 Poland & Brew 30 a 31 Malt 64 a 72 Tares, 9s. al2s 6d. p. bushel Wednesday. fc. Wheat, mealing Red.. 50 a 70 Fine 72 a — White 52 a78 Fine 80 a — Foreign Red 42 a 70 Dantzie 84 a — Black 50 a 61 Rivets 54 a 62 Rye 30 a 36 White Pease 44 a 50 Boilers 52 a 50 Grey Pease 40 a 44 Horse Beans, new, 40 a 45 Fine Old a — Tick Beans, new ... 34 a 40 Fine Old..... ... — a 49 Broad Beans — a— Superfine — a — Long Pods — a — Barley 28 a 36 Superfine — a — Oats, long feed,.,... 15 a 23 Short 27 a 28 Poland& Brew. 29 a 32 Malt 64 a 72 Tares, 9s. a 12s. Od. p. bushel. Turnip, White, p. bl. 18 a 21 Red & Green ditto 20 a 28 Mustard, brown ... 14 a 17 white 12 a 15 Canary, per quarter 150a 168 Rape Seed, per last 36/ a 40/ Linseed, Archangel 50 a 65 PRICE OF SEEDS, & c. s. s. Clover, red, p. cwt. 32 a 80 white 36 a 94 — Foreign, red 52 a 76 Rye Grass .... — — Trefoil 24 a Carraway 65 . Coriander 14 . 21 PRICE OF FLOUR. s. s. Fine English Flour 60 a 65 Second ditto RETURN OF WHEAT IN MARK- LANE, By Messrs. Child and Malpas, Meal- Weighers Including only from May 2 to May 7, agreeably to the Act. SUPERIOR SEA- BATHING, HARWICH. THE Public are respectfully informed, that the MACHINES for SEA- BATHING, are now ready, and fitted up in the first style of Accommodation, with care- ful Persons to attend them. The terms may be known on application to Mrs. Sherman, West- street. N. B. There are many genteel Lodgings fitted up for the Season. THE Public are hereby informed, that the PONY RACE, at FORDSTREET, will not take place. Fordstreet, May 27,1814. Original Cheap Lace, Muslin, Mercery, Drapery, and Hosiery Warehouse, No. 12, HIGH- STREET, COLCHESTER. J. RICKARDS RETURNS his grateful Acknowledgments to his Friends and the Public, for the liberal Encou- ragement he has so long experienced in the above Branches, and respectfully solicits their attention to a new and elegant Assortment of FASHIONABLE SPRING GOODS; comprising plain and twilled Sarsenets, Poplins, Lustres, Imperial Nets, Muslins, Parasols, Thread lace, Veils, Squares, & c. & e. at very reduced prices. TO PERSONS CONCERNED IN THE WINE AND LIQUOR TRADE. 258 . at .... .... 77s. 199 . ... ... at . ... 67s. 333 . at .... .... 76s 232 ... . at .... 66s; .... 65s. .... 75s. 216 .,.. at .... .... 74s. 99 .... at .... .... 61s, 242 .. at .... .... 73s. 845 .... at .... .... 63s. 248 ....... .. at .... .... 72s 217 .... .... at .... .... 62s. 36 .. at .... .... 71s. 61s. 251 .. at .... 72s. 390 .... .... at .... 60s. 20 .. at .... 71s. 80 .... .... at .... 59s. 539 .. at .... 70s. 96 .... .... at .... 56s # 61 50*. 323 .. at 68s. Total, 5360 Quarters.— Average, 67s. 0s. 2jd. lower than last return. 7jd. PRICE OF New Bags. £. s. — £ Kent 6 10 to 9 Sussex 6 6 to 8 Essex 9 0 to 11 HOPS IN THE BOROUGH s. NewPoekets T K. — £. s. 0 Kent 8 It) to 12 O 0 Sussex 8 8 to 10 5 0 Farnham 12 12 to 15 0 PRICE OF HAY AND STRAW. Smithfield. £. Hay 4 0 to 5 Clover 6 0 to 7 Straw 1 12 to 2 St. James. Hay 3 0 to 5 £• s — £. s. Straw ' 1 16 to 2 3 Whitechapel. Hay 4 4 to 6 10 Clover 6 6 to 7 7 Straw 1 16 to 2 2 PRICE OF MEAT AT SMITHFIELD, Exclusive of the Offal, which consists of Head, Entrails, & Hide, and is worth about Id. per lb.— Per Stoue of 81b. Monday, May 23. s. " d.— s. d. Beef. 4 8 to 5 8 Mutton 6 6 to 7 8 Veal 6 0 to 7 0 Pork 7 0 to 8 4 Lamb 7 6 to 9 0 A DESIRABLE SITUATION. TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, THOSE PREMISES lately occupied by Mr. Thomas Dentou, Liquor- merchant, deceased, ( now qccupied by Mrs. Denton, who is declining business,) si- tuated in the Hythe- street, in the Parish of St. Leonard, Colchester; comprising a substantial BRICKED DWEL- LING- HOUSE, with appropriate rooms, kitchen, & c.— warehouses, yard, and large garden walled round. Also adjoining the same, two good tenements, a newly erected stable for three horses, with hay- chamber over the same; a cart- lodge, yard, and large garden. The above Premises are all Freehold, and Land- Tax redeemed; are well supplied with excellent Water, and but a short distance from the Public Quays. They are in good repair, and well calculated for an extensive Trade, which was lately carried 011 by the deceased. For particulars, apply to Mr. Thomas Tayspill, Custom- House, Colchester; Mr. Abraham Dunningham, Had- leigh; or Mr. William Milner, Woodbridge, the Exe- eutors. BIRTH. OR the 19th instant, the Lady of Captain Vallance, of the 73d Regiment, of a son. MARRIED. On Tuesday last, at St. Matthew's, Ipswich, by the Rev. William Layton, Robt. Gregson Turner, Esq of Chancery- lane, London, to Charlotte, second daughter of Mr. Church- man, of Ipswich. Same day, Mr. Robert Tillbrook, silversmith, of Bury, to Miss Fitch, of Clare. Same day, Mr. W. Bond, of John- street, Commercial- road, to Miss E. Crooks, second daughter of the late Mr. Charles Crooks, of Chelmsford. On Sunday, at Harwich, Mr Causton, butcher, to Miss Wood, daughter of the late Mr. Robert Wood, one of the capital burgesses of that borough. On Wednesday last, at St. Margaret's church, West- minster, the Rev. George Thomas Pretyman, second son of the Bishop of Lincoln, to Amelia, youngest daughter of Christopher Tower, Esq. of Weald Park, ill this county. Tuesday se'nni » ht, Mr. John Cook, of Mersea Island, to Alias Margaret Carter, daughter of Mr. John Carter, of this town. Same day, at Thundersley, Mr. VV. C. Gardiner, only son of Mr. Wm. Gardiner, farmer, of Rayleigh, to Mary Ann, second daughter of Mr. Blomfield, ot Thundersley Hall. On Thursday se'nnight, Mr. Benjamin De Carle, stone- mason, to Miss Sophia Prentice, daughter of the late Mr. S. Prentice, grocer, both of Bungay. DIED. A few days since, at Upminster. at the advanced age of 100 years, Mrs. Elizabeth Scott, widow of the late Mr. John Scott, formerly of Hutton, in this countv, farmer.— She enjoyed the use of all her faculties till within two or three days of her death. Yesterday se'nnight, aged 43, Mr. Samuel Bridge, of Sible Hedingham. Same day." at Monmouth, on his way to London, Thomas Smith Phillips, Esq. of Jefferson, near Narbeth, Pem- brokeshire. On Saturday last, of a rapid decline, Mrs. Williamson, of London, at her father's, Mr. John Carter, of Rayleigh C. PARKER, COLCHESTER, HAVING taken the Premises of Mr. James Thorn, situated at the Hythe, Colchester, begs to solicit a continuance of Favours from the Public, in the COAL AND CINDER TRADE; and hopes, by care and attention, in procuring a Stock of the very best Newcastle and Sunderland Coals, to merit future Favours, which will be gratefully acknowledged. TO MERCHANTS, BUILDERS, SHIPWRIGHTS, WHEELWRIGHTS, & c. One Hundred and Thirty Oak Trees, Ninety Oak Timber Tops, and about Two Hundred Bundles of Oak laths, now lying at Wivenhue Wharfs. TO BE PEREMPTORILY SOLD BY AUCTION, BY HAWES AND FENTON, ( Without the least Reserve,) On Monday, the 6th Day of June, 1814, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, under such Conditions as will be then produced, by Order of the Proprietors, A BOUT 130 OAK TREES, meetings from 30 feet to 6 feet; about 90 TOP ENDS; and 200 BUNDLES OF GOOD OAK LATHS, for tiling, rough- cast, cieling,& c. now lying at Wivenhoe Wharf, and may be seen anytime prior to the day of sale, by application to Mr. Wade, at the Falcon Inn, Wivenhoe. The Timber and Tops will be sold at per foot, and the Laths at per hundred, and divided into small Lots for the convenience of Purchasers. This Sale peculiarly claims the Notice of Merchants re- quiring Timber for erecting or repairing Quays; and of Builders, Shipwrights, Wheelwrights, or any Persons erecting or repairing Premises of any Description. The Timbers would also be particularly useful for the defence of Sea Walling, & c. Ten per cent, deposit, and acceptable bills bearing in- terest at three months, for the remainder of the Purchase Money, taken in payment. Particulars and Catalogues may be had of the Auc tioneera, Coichester. and at the time and place of sale, Friday, May 27. d. - s. d. Beef. 5 Mutton 6 Veal 7 Pork 6 Lamb 8 8 to 6 8 to 7 0 to 8 6 to 7 0 to 9 Head of Cattle at Smithfield MONDAY Beasts 2,100 Sheep.. .12.200 Pigs 33i Calves... 140 FRI DAY Beasts 670 Sheep.... 5,450 Pigs 240 Calves .. 160 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Per Stone of 81b. by the Carcase. d. — s. d. n. <'.— s. Beef 4 Mutton 5 Lamb 5 0 to 5 0 to 6 4 to 8 Veal- Pork.. 0 to 7 0 to 8 PRICE OF TALLOW IN LONDON, May 27, 1814. Whitechapel Market.. 5 St. James's Market 5 Clare Market 0 d. Town Tallow p. cwt. 86 0 Russia ditto Candle*! ii1 O White ditto — 6 Soap ditto -- 0 Melted stuff. 76 80 0 Rough ditto ... 48 O Greaves 28 O Good Dregs 12 0 Curd Soap 120 O Mottled 116 0 Yellow ditto KM O AVERAGE PRICE OF BROWN SUGAR. £ 3. lis. 5£ d. per ewt Exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or - payable thereon on Importation thereof into Great Britain. CURRENT PRICES Of- SPIRITS, per Gallon, Excl of' Duty. s. d. s. Brandy Cognac 6 - Bordeaux 4 Spanish 4 Geneva Holland 4 Rum, Jamaica 6 — L. Islands 4 0 a 6 9 a 5 6 a 0 9 a 5 0 a 8 6 a 5 SPIRITS AND WINE., WINE, Dealers' Peiee Claret, per H Lisbon, per P 1 Port n: Madeira ? " Sherry, per Bt 103 . PRICES OF SUGAR, COFEE. SUGAR, s. s. Raw ( Barbad.),... 95 a 105 Do. very fine 108 a 112 Powder Loaves... 140 a 150 Single do. Br 128 a 130 Molasses . 40s. a 41s. 0d. COFFEE. Dominica and Surinam. Fine 120 a 125 Good 116 a 118 Ordinary 92 a 98 Jamaica, fine 115 a 120 Good 103 a 112 Ordinary 84 a 98 COCOA, & G1NGF. Triage 70 a f Mocha 170 a If C Bourbon 115 a 14p St. Domiugo 100 a lll> Java 110 a 120 COCOA. Trinidad 150 a 160 Carraceas 155 a 190 Maranham 95aiOO GINGER. Jamaica white 210 a 240 black 120.1 — Barbados 179 a — PRICE OF LEATHER AT LEADEN HALL. Butts, to 56lbs. each 211 to 23 Ditto, to 661bs. each 25 to 26 Merchants' Back... 21 to 22 Dressing Hides ... 21 to 22 Fine Coach Hides... 22to 23 Crop Hides, 35to40lbs. for cutting 20 to 211 Crop Hides tu50lbs. 21 to 23 Calf Skint to 401bs. ;> 4 to 38 Ditto to 701bs.. 38 to 42 Ditto to 801s '' 8 to 12 SmallSeale( fj'rrrS. i 40 Large do. p. do.. 12os n ) « Tanned H. Hides 24 to 27 PRICE OF STOCKS. ONE O'CLOCK, FRIDAY, MAY 27. Bank Stock 249- t 3 per Cent. Red. 66} 3 per Cent. C. G7j Omnium 20jj Exchequer Bills 4 6 pr. 4 per Cent. 82 5 per C^ nt. Navy 97$ Long Ann 16£ Cons, for July, 6j South Sea ON THE PROBABLE STABILITY OF THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT. Some interesting considerations have already taken place on the subject of the new political system, which has been proposed for the adoption of the King of France, and to which it is under- stood he has expressed a willingness to give his assent. We are told, that it is likely to excite great dissatisfaction among three very consider- able parties : first, the Emigrants, who had risked and lost their all, in consequence of having faith- fully adhered to the cause of their legitimate Sove- reign ; secondly, the Adherents of Bonaparte, on the continuance of whose dynasty depended their elevation to wealth and power; and thirdly, the Republicans, of whom great numbers are still said to exist in France. The Emigrant Royalists are said to complain, because they are not to have restored to them the estates they once possessed; and the Imperial Adventurers lament the destruc- tion of all those prospects, by which they had al- ready anticipated the acquirement of honours and Estates. It is perfectly natural to suppose that feelings like these should prevail on the occasion of so vast and unexpected a change as that which has been just effected ; and the only question for the politician to consider is, whether any danger is to be apprehended from the expression, the vent, the scope, that may be given to them, either in gusts of unguarded ill- temper, or by deep- laid plans for undermining the stability of the newly- formed Government?— Plans indeed, in which the Jaco- binical Republicans and jacobinical Imperialists ( for they are all actuated by the same malignant spirit) would most actively unite in promoting ! We doubt much, were even the legitimate mo- narchy restored, and Louis XVIII. placed in pos- session of his royal inheritance, without any stipula- tion whatever, whether, under the consideration of all past, present, and future events, he would be armed with greater power for crushing the plans of the disaffected than he is at present invested with. The very parts of the new Constitution which differ from the system under the former Monarchy, will, in our opinion, constitute the chief strength of the present Government. These are the two great Assemblies formed on the model of our Lords and Commons, without whose joint concurrence, added to that of the King, no law can be passed. It would be only repeating what Montesquieu, Blackstone, De Lolme, and other Writers have said, to dwell upon the vast advantages arising from the existence of three such powers as these, when properly balanced; but particularly of the two Assemblies in question, under a Monarchi- cal Government. No such Assemblies ever existed before in France, for the old Parliaments had no other legislative power than merely that of register- ing, when ordered so to do, whatever the King had previously declared to be a law ; whereas here, the projects of laws must originate with these Assem- blies, who have full power to adopt or reject. And as to what were called the Constituent and Conventional Assemblies, which were formed at the early part of the Revolution, they were a large heterogeneous mass of popular delegation, com- posed of raw, unseasoned, impracticable, and bad materials, which, although disjointed and dispro- portioned for any purpose of public good, became sufficiently compact to effervesce into a monstrous growth, and to possess a power that overwhelmed all the other authorities of the nation, and at last destroyed itself. The present Government rests upon a basis wholly different from either of the two to which we allude, and which two were re- spectively productive of revolutions. It has the tranquillity, without the rotten foundation of the one, and activity without the turbulence and danger of the other. So far, therefore, we are induced to view this system as a bulwark of security, which the Monarchs of France never enjoyed before. But there are parts of the new French Constitu- tion, rather of a personal nature, which, however offensive they may be to many, will in our opinion, serve still more to give Strength to the restored Monarchy. These are, the articles for allowing all civil and military titles, with the accompanying emoluments, created by Bonaparte, to be preserved. The Senate and Provisional Government saw- very clearly how dangerous it would be to de- grade those military characters who had all the armies of France under their command— armies on which the Government might subsequently have to rely for security against internal enemies ; and therefore it was wisely determined, that these men should retain their high honours and emoluments. The consequence is, they have almost to a man de- clared fidelity and attachment to the newly formed Government. As to the mass of individuals who compose the armies, they will, in France as well as in all other countries, be faithful to the Govern ment that pays and uses them well, and we think they will, in this respect, have as much reason to be satisfied with Louis XVIII. as with the late Usurper. But there is another circumstance on which we rely more than any other, at present, for the stability of the French Government; and that is, the interest which nearly all the people of France must have in preserving it. Independently of the warm affection they have expressed for the Bour- bons, they must have every possible inducement, in point of interest, to keep that family on the Throne ; because they will hereafter be free from the scourges of war, their commerce will flourish, and they will enjoy every advantage that can be derived from their industry, under the protection of a Government, the character of which, opposed to that of the Corsican, is just and honourable peace contrasted with iniquitous and unprincipled war. and shows, that, notwithstanding his mental and bodily sufferings, which impelled him to a determi- nation of quitting the world, he still retained a proneness to facetious humour, for which he was remarkable in the early part of his days. Though the letter is dated on the 9th of May, he put an end to his existence on the 8th. It would there- fore seem that he meant to have protracted his intention, at least for a short period. He was re- markably negligent in his dress, and generally assumed a bluntness of manners bordering upon rudeness; but, with all his oddities, he was a strictly honest man, and possessed many amiable qualities, which entitled him to respect and esteem. BIOGRAPHIC MEMOIR OF THE LATE MR. GARDINER. The late Mr. William Gardiner, bookseller, in Pall- Mall, of whose melancholy act of suicide we gave an account in a former paper, left on his table a memoir of his life, addressed to a friend. strongly marks the eccentricity of his character; SIR,— I present you with a brief memoir of myself. If you shall find it of no other use, it will, at least, serve to light your fire. Your respectful humble servant. May 9, 1814. WILLIAM GARDINER. I, William Gardiner, was born June 11, 1766, in Dublin. I am the son of John Gardiner, who was crier and fac totum to Judge Scott, and of Margaret ( Nelson) his wife, a pastry- cook, in Henry- street. At an early age I discovered an itch for drawing, the first effort of which was spent in an attempt to immortalize Mr. Kennedy, my mother's foreman; and vanity apart, it was at least as like to him as it was to any one else. At a proper age I was placed in the Aca- demy of Mr. S. Darling: there I was, if I recollect right, esteemed an ordinary boy, yet I was selected, accordng to annual custom, to represent, on a rostrum, Cardinal Wolsey, and precious work I dare say I made of it. Before I quit school and Mr. Sisson Darling, let me do him the justice to say, that he was the only true Whig schoolmaster I ever heard of. Neither he nor his ushers assumed any power to punish the slightest offence. A book was kept in school, in which the transgressions of every week were regis tered, with the proofs and evidence to the same. On Saturday the master sat as judge, and twelve of the senior boys as jury, and every offender was regularly tried, and dealt with strictly according to justice.— There was no venial judge, whose passions became law— there was no packed jury to defeat the ends of truth. If ever there was an immaculate court of jus- tice, that was it. My mother, the best and most pious of mothers, our sheet- anchor, dying, my father at- tached himself to Sir James Nugent, of Donore, county of Westmeath, an amiable and excellent gentleman; into his suite I was received. My father, a strictly honest, and excellently tempered man, like myself, had neither ballast nor reflection, consequently, I was, at ten years old, my own master. At that time my talents began to expand, and I then, as I have uni- formly through life, found that I could easily make myself a second- rate master of any acquirement I chose to pursue. I rode tolerably, I hunted passably, I shot well, I fished well, I played on the violin, the dulcimer, and the German flute tolerably, and my fondness for painting strengthened every day, and seemed to pro- mise so fairly, that it was determined to send me to the Royal Academy, in Dublin; there I stayed for about three years, and concluded by receiving a silver medal. London! Imperial London! the streets paved with gold!!! struck my fancy. I adventured thither, and being without any practicable talents, I of course wandered about some time without a plan. Chance led me to connect myself with a Mr. Jones, in the Strand, who made what he called " reflecting mirrors," and cut profile shades in brass foil, which were denominated polite remembrances to friends;' my employ was to daub the portraits of any one who were fools enough to sit to me. At this employment I got, most justly, neither praise nor profit. Falling in with a Mr. Davis, one of Foote's performers, who was endeavouring to establish a Theatre at Mile- End, I listed as scene- painter and actor, playing generally comedy, occasionally tragedy, and was thought to have some, though, I believe, very little merit. The Magistrates having interfered, the scheme was broken up, and my last theatrical effort was made as Darby, in the Poor Soldier, in the Haymarket, which they said was not ill done; but acting was to me its own reward, which not suiting the state either of my finances or my stomach, induced me to serve a Mrs. Beetham, in Fleet- street, who had, at that time, a pro digious run for black profile shades; my business was to give them the air of figures in shade, rather than the blank black masses which were customary.— About this time the celebrated antiquarian, Captain Grose, took me up, and observing that I had not ta lents to make an eminent painter, but that I might succeed as an engraver, he placed me with Mr. God- frey, the engraver of the " Antiquarian Repertory.' I served him some time, but as he was merely an en- graver of antiquities, I learned little from him. At my leisure I engraved an original design ( stolen from Cipriani) of " Shepherd Joe," in " Poor Vulcan." Chance led me with this for sale to the newly opened shop of Messrs. Sylvester and Edward Harding, in Fleet- street, and a connection ensued, which lasted through my best days. There I engraved many things, of fancy materials; and also as many as time allowed of their Illustrations of Shakespeare— the principal part of the Economy of Human Life— and as many as I could of the Memoirs de Gramont; some of the plates to Lady De Beauclerk's edition of Dry- den's Fables were entirely my own, and many of those with the name of Bartolozzi affixed were mine. I should have mentioned, that a long time before, Bar- tolozzi was satisfied with my works, and listed me among the number of his pupils; I prepared for him several plates, published by Macklin. 1 believe I was inferior only to Bartolozzi, Schiavounette, and Tom- kins, of that day, but I never liked the profession of engraving. Gay, volatile, and lively as a lark, the process of the copper never suited me. Under pro- pitious circumstances, my talents might have led me, perhaps, as an historical painter, to do something worth remembrance. An unfortunate summons from my father led me to forsake their mansion and return to Dublin, where I only squandered my money and injured my health. Once more in London, I took lodgings in the house of Mr. Good, a stationer, in Bond- street, when, as the devil would have it, a new- married couple came to live at the back of us; they determined to give a dashing entertainment to the Prince of Wales and the Nobility, and then retire to domesticate on their " dirty acres." For this purpose they erected a temporary apartment over their own yard and ours, approaching within half a yard of my window. I bored a hole through their tent to see the fun, staid in the cold a great part of the night, and arose in the morning with an inflamed eye, which has never since recovered its strength, and has been the oust of all my subsequent endeavours to get a living in other lines. By the kindness of the amiable Dr. Farmer, 1 was admitted of Emanuel. College, where I remained two years; but finding that an Irishman could not there get a Fellowship, I removed to Bene't, where 1 got a degree of 5th Senior Op time. When it is considered that for the first two years I had no view of a Fellowship, and that for the third year I was obliged to work principally for the " day that was flying over my head," I cannot but think that I did as much comparatively as any man of my years; but Fortune was always a jade to me: and Mr. D'Oylv, Chaplain, at present, to the Archbishop of Canter- bur), most deservedly succeeded to the next vacant Fellowship— yet they kept me five years dangling after a Fellowship, and might have provided for me without injuring him. At the dissolution of the partnership between Syl vester and E. Harding, I remained with the latter, and principally employed myself in taking Sylvester's place, that of copying portraits from oil to water colours. In this the testimony of the best artists in England are my witnesses that I beat hollow every one else. It was a line which suited me, which I liked, but which my cursed stars would not patronize. After this, all prospects in the church vanishing, and my eyes beginning to fail very fast, I turned book- seller, and for the last 13 years have struggled in vain to establish myself. The same ill fortune which has followed mo through life, 1ms not here forsaken uie. I have seen men on every side of me, greatly my in- feriors in every respect, towering above me; while the most contemptible amongst them, without education, without a knowledge of their profession, and without an idea, have been received into palaces, and into the bosom of the great, while I have been forsaken and neglected, and my business reduced to nothing. It is, therefore, high time for me to be gone. LAW REPORT. COURT OF CHANCERY', MAY 13. FIRMIN V. TEISSIER AND OTHERS. Sir Samuel Romilly moved that an order which had been obtained on the application of Mr. Firmin, to tax the bill of costs in this cause, of Mr. Smythies, the plaintiff's solicitor, should be rescinded, and that Mr. Firmin should pay the costs of the application. Sir Samuel stated, that these costs had several years since been paid by Mr. Teissier, one of the defendants in the cause, but that Mr. Firmin had since been pre- vailed upon to admit Mr. Teissier a creditor ( under deed of trust, by which all his estate was assigned to Mr. Pulham or Mr. Jermyn, in trust for his creditors) for these costs; and that therefore he now wished to have them taxed: that they were, at the time, exa- mined, approved, and paid by Mr. Teissier's attorney, and that there could be no pretence for Mr. Firmin, because lie thought proper to admit Mr. Teissier creditor upon his estate, now to refer the costs to further taxation. Mr. Leach maintained that Mr. Firmin, having now consented to repay Mr. Teissier these costs, he became entitled to have them taxed The Chancellor decided, that Mr. Firmin had no claim whatever upon the interference of the Court, or to have the payment of these costs disturbed, and therefore directed that the order should be rescinded, and that Mr. Smythies should be paid his costs of the application. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY 21. THE KING V. R. H. KELHAM. Mr. Serjeant Best moved for the judgment of the Court, in this case, on the defendant, who had been convicted of publishing a libel reflecting on the cha- racter of Montague Burgoyne, Esq. of Marks Hall, in the County of Essex. It will be recollected, that the libel in question was printed and circulated during the late election, the prosecutor being a candidate for the County of Essex, and was contained in a copy of verses, entitled a " Parody on Pity the Sorrows of a poor old Man," imputing to Mr. Burgoyne, in his cha- racter of Colonel of a regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry, various practices contrary to the tenor of his military duties. The defendant put in an affidavit, acknowledging the publication of the libel. The manuscript, he said, was brought to him late in the evening of the second day of the election. At this time various severe elec- tion squibs had been published reflecting on the cha- racter of Mr. Burgoyne's opponent. In the hurry of the moment, the defendant took the manuscript, and without reflecting on the consequence, put it in hand, and about 150 copies were printed off. The defendant acknowledged he knew the person who brought him the manuscript, but he did not at all know the author, nor had he ever received a single shilling towards defraying the expences he had been put to, amounting to about 2001. He trusted, under all the circumstances, the Court would be lenient in their judgment; and affidavits to character were put in. Mr. Serjeant Best said, the prosecutor had no wish to press for a severe judgment. On the contrary, lie was willing to acknowledge the good character and conduct of the defendant; but Colonel Burgoyne had felt it his duty to pray for judgment to the Court, for the protection of the public, and to show that indivi- duals were not to be grossly libelled by any man who chose to publish any malignant falsehood under the protecting title of election squib. The Court, under all the circumstances, sentenced the defendant to two months imprisonment in Chelms- ford Gaol. Tallien, who made so conspicuous a figure in the early part of the Revolution, is at Paris. He is now as decided a Royalist as he formerly was a Republican. Ahmed Effendi, aTuik of distinction, who lately died at Adrianople, was some years ago employed ou a mission to the Court of Vienna, and was dis- tinguished as much by his concupiscence and gluttony as by the possession of great wealth. He hud twenty- three wives, and one hundred and eight concubines;— he eat till he became quite plethoric! — and left property to the amount of eight hundred thousand pounds sterling. An extract of a letter from George Town, Deme- rara, dated March ' 27, says—" A conspiracy of a nature the most diabolical was luckily discovered here, a few weeks ago, among the nations on the Berbice coast. The intention was to murder all the Whites, and, to use the language of the con- spirators, to set up for themselves, on the St. Do- mingo plan. There are upwards of sixty negroes in prison at North Amsterdam. 1 have just seen the man selected for their King, he was chained to the floor, and is, in appearance, a fine venerable figure; his countenance betrayed no signs of fear or contrition— on the contrary, there was an air of tranquillity and composure about him, equally distant from malignity and despair, and such as in Roman would have rendered him immortal. His design was horrible, but the manner of his bearing disappointment is heroism." On Saturday se'nnight, an inquest was held at Castle Bytham, before one of the Coroners for the county of Lincoln, on the body of a youth about twelve years of age, in the service of Mr. Cragg of that place, farmer, who got entangled in a rope belonging to a harrow, and was in consequence strangled. Verdict— Accidental Death. Friday an inquest was held at the Bull and Last public- house, Kentish Town, by George Hodgson, Esq. one of the Coroners for the county of Middle- sex, on the body of an unfortunate woman, who on Thursday put an end to her existence in a field at the back of Kentish Town, by first cutting her throat in two places, and then plunging into a pond, where her body was discovered shortly after- wards, but without any signs of remaining life. Two small clasp knives were near her, one of which was bloody ; and her body, when found, was con- veyed to the public- house above mentioned. It appeared that the unfortunate woman had been for some time previous in a desponding state, aris- ing from the death of her son, who had gone to sea. She had heard that he had quitted his ship, and changed his name, in order to prevent discovery, and when she daily expected to see him, the news of his death arrived, and caused this shocking ca- tastrophe. Verdict— Lunacy. Two negroes went in a canoe on the 27th of February to fish near Old Harbour, Jamaica. On approaching Bare Bush Key, the canoe upset, when one negro was drowned; the other, with much difficulty, swam until he reached a rock, which was elevated somewhat above the surface of the water. He gained the summit, continued there without nourishment five days, during which period, impelled by hunger, he gnawed the flesh from his own arm. We understand that Daniel Isaac Eaton will not be brought up for judgment on the libel on the Christian Religion, contained in the pamphlet en- titled Ecce Homo, he having given up the name of the author of that pamphlet, against whom a cri- minal information is instituted. Four Jews were, on the 26th of June, impaled alive, in Constantinople, for the murder of an Ar- menian merchant, by infusing poison in the sherbet he was drinking. One of these wretched criminals lingered in the most excruciating torments twenty- two hours ; and several times during that period, solicited the by- standers to bring him water to drink. The following atrocious and at the same time de- plorable act was perpetrated last week at Bath. 11. Adlam, and Mary, his wife, carried on a respectable business there in the straw- bonnet line. It would seem that the husband had indulged in habits of drunkenness, in which state on Wednesday after- noon he entered the room adjoining the shop, where his wife was then at tea; mutual recriminations ensued, when Mrs. Adlam, irritated by his calling her by an opprobrious epithet, laid hold of a knife, followed her husband into the shop, and inflicted a fatal wound in the upper part of his arm, dividing- tile main artery. The previously inflamed state of his blood baffled surgical skill, as he died on Thurs- day evening. On Friday the Jury returned a ver- dict. of " Petty Treason, or Wilful Murder," against Mary Adlam, who was fully committed to llchester gaol. WESTMINSTER MEETING.— On Friday a'Meet- ing of the- Electors of Wetminster was held in New Palace- yard, for the purpose of taking into con- sideration the propriety of an Address to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent. Major Cartwright, after a series of introductory remarks, proposed the Address, which, having been seconded by Mr. Walker, was read by Mr. Lochie. The Address congratulated his Royal ',': ghness on the termina- tion of the conflict with France ; but at the same time entreated him to couple with the praiseworthy conclusion of the war its blameable commencement, by which he would see, that what we contemplated as a happy result in France, namely, the Govern- ment of a represented people by a limited King, might have continued, as it then existed, without any war at all. The Address also expressed the deep concern and shame felt by the Inhabitants of Westminster, touching the hostile measure which his Royal Highness had been pleased to sanction with respect to Norway; and observed, that if it was just that any one nation should provide for its own welfare and happiness, by the exercise of its own reason and the freedom of its own will, it must be just that every nation should freely do the same. — The Address having been agreed to, was fol- lowed by a series of corresponding Resolutions. Sir Francis Burdett, and his brother, Mr. Jones Burdett, were present. IRISH CATHOLICS.— The Rescript of M. Qua- rantotti has occasioned a variety of correspondence, meetings, and discussions among the Roman Ca- tholics in Ireland. The Dublin Evening Post contains an account of a conversation between two Deputies of the Catholic Board and Dr. Troy, the titular Archbishop of Dublin, from which it appears that the Doctor gave his opinion in support of the authority due to Quarantotti's communication, and concluded by stating, " that the Catholic Board or the Aggregate Meeting had no right to discuss any spiritual points involved in the Rescript."— The in- ferior Clergy in Dublin seem, however, decidedly opposed to the Archbishop on this subject. The parish priests, and clergymen of the Arch diocese of Dublin, thirty- eight in number, held a convoca- tion in Dublin, on the 12th instant, at which a series of Resolutions, against M. Quarantotti's Rescript, were unanimously adopted. The Bishops did not attend. The two first Resolutions adopted at this meeting, which are the most important of the series, are in the following terms :— Resolved, That we consider the Document, or Re- script, signed Quarantotti, as non- obligatory upon the Catholic Church in Ireland, particularly as it wants those authoritative marks, whereby the mandates of the Holy See are known and recog- nised, and especially the signature of the Pope. Resolved, That we consider the granting to an anti- catholic Government any power, either direct or indirect, with regard to the appointment and nomination of the Catholic Bishops of Ireland, at all times inexpedient. It is generally known to have been n part of Bonaparte's policy, to reward his favourites by matrimonial alliances with young ladies of fortune. It appears from several Documents published in the Journal des Debats, that in 1810 he had sent Cir- culars to his Prefects of Departments on the Rhine* requiring them to transmit lists of the young ladies} of family in their districts, that they might be enrolled in the " class of heiresses." This list, or table, of which mention is made in the Circular, and respecting which the most profound secrecy is required b » the local Authorities, is divided into eight columns:— In the first, the name of every lady is required to be inserted; second, their age; third, the name of their parents; fourth, their former possessions and present estate; their fortunes; sixth, the supposed fortune of each of their daughters, and their expectancies ; seventh, the nature and locality of their property; the eighth and last column shall be under the head of " Observations." This column was to contain an account of the " personal beauties or deformities, the temper, talents, and accomplishments, conduct, and religion of the young ladies," who were the victims of this tyrannical order. Thus it was not sufficient for him to deprive parents of all their sons capable of bearing arms, he was determined, also to bereave them of their daughters, and to dis- pose of them at his pleasure, without their consent or the approbation of their family. The custom of the French Kings to dine in public, once gave occasion to a remarkable display of roguish wit. Among the spectators at a dinner of Louis XIV. was a French player, who had often made the King laugh exceedingly by his perform- ance of Harlequin, in which he united buffoonery with agility." At that part of the table near which Mr. Merry- man stood, was a silver dish of no small size, containing partridges, which at last were re- duced to a brace. Arlequin looked so hard at the partridges, that the courtiers, to amuse Louis, directed his attention to the hungry player. The King looked at Arlequin; but Arlequin still looked only at the partridges. Meaning to give them to him, the King said, " Give Arlequin that dish!" " And the partridges fee, Sir?" said the ready- witted wag. The King saw the advantage which he had obtained by his acuteness, and with per- fect good- humour yielded to it " And the par- tridges too.'" said Louis, with emphasis, and with a laugh, that went all round the company and the spectators, Arlequin excepted, who very gravely marched off with the dish and the partridges." On enclosing a considerable extent of laud from the sea, on the coast of Britany, it has recently been discovered, that a large forest, in an early age, had grown along it; a great number of trees of large dimensions, consisting of ash, beech, and birch, having been dug up in an extent of seven leagues. The timber, when first raised out of the earth, is extremely soft, but, on being exposed to the air, soon grows hard enough to be convertible to various uses. Accounts have been received in town from the island of Java, which state, that both officers and men belonging to the 22d Regiment of Light Horse, were in perfect health, and were in daily expecta- tion of receiving orders to leave that island for Madias. All the young Clergy of France, who were sen^ by Bonaparte's orders to Wesel, as refractory Con- scripts, have been released. Many of them would have perished, in consequence of their being con- demned to hard labour, in severe weather, but for the humanity of the inhabitants, and tire Archbi- shop of Malines. The new ship of the line, the Nelson, the largest and finest vessel ever known in the British Navy, is now completed at Woolwich, and the launch of her is reserved as an interesting spectacle for the illustrious Sovereigns who are about to visit this island. On Thursday se'ennight, John Gibson, nailer, in Hawick, who was sentenced at the Circuit Court of Justiciary at Jedburgh, was executed at Hawick, for the murder of his wife, on a gallows, which was erected on a green nearly opposite to the unhappy criminal's house, where the murder was committed. After spending some time in devotion with the clergymen who attended him, he mounted the fatal drop, and was immediately lauched into eternity. His behaviour was firm and resigned, and he con- fessed the justness of his sentence. An immense multitude attended on the occasion, this being the first time that such a scene had taken place in that town. Gibson was a stout, but not a tall man, about forty years of age, and had formerly been in the army. His body was brought to Edinburgh for dissection. On Thursday, the 5th instant, large bodies of men, principally stocking- makers, paraded the town of Leicester in a riotous and unlawful manner, in order to intimidate the masters to advance their wages. The Magistrates promptly ordered out the civil power, and immediately made several hundred special constables ; they also sent to the command- ing officer of the yeomanry cavalry, to have his troops in readiness to act, in case of necessity; these prudent precautions prevented any serious mischief, and it is hoped will deter the ringleaders from attempting a repetition of such illegal practices. On Monday se'nnight, a woman residing in York- street, Nottingham, put a period to her existence, by taking a large quantity of laudanum. The poor woman was the wife of a discharged blind Serjeant, who is pensioned : they had been but a few days in Nottingham. It is assigned as the reason for the rash act, that her husband proposed to her to lead him out to beg, which so hurt her spirits, that she was precipitated to the fatal step of self- destruction. After having swallowed the poison, she ran out of the house in a state of de- lirium, and was overtaken with her youngest child on the forest. In the frenzy of despair, when first laid hold of, she wounded a man in the wrist with a knife so badly, that it has rendered him in- capable of attending to his business. Having, however, been secured, she was brought home, and medical assistance immediately rendered, but with- out effect. She died about nine o'clock at night. The wretched husband is left with two children. Advertisements, Articles of Intelligence, and Orders for this Paper, are received by the following Agents. BRA1NTREE BALL1NGDON.... BRENTWOOD- BURRS BURY BERGHOLT BECCLES BOTESDALE BRANDON BILLERICAY .... .. Mr. JOSCELYNE . Mr. HILL .. MR E FINCH .. Mr. DUPONT .. Mr RACKHAM .. 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