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N IVEIV 3611711 WALES. FROM SYDNEY OAZEITES TO THE irk JAN."IE:I.. SYDNEY, Nov. t 3 filch a pitch of extrava gance do our fe:nale ilfobye extend their improve ments on the lap-eared donna, as to be literally hood quinied. They have confequently now loft fight of the matchlefs turbot ; and fince their faces have re• tired from the world, who knows but upon the next flippant change they may be induced to take the veil. Nov. 25.—The promptitude (hewn in the forma tion of oar armed force yefterday fe'nnight, is emit led to the warmelt eulogium. In lets than twenty minutes the Loyal Affociation was in perfea readi rrefs to fecond the exertions of the New South Wales corps, had the firft tranfient conjeaure been realized. The defence of the harbour was equally an ohjza of attention, and no pains were (pared to compliment the fuppofed ftrangers as they palled the batteries— and had the apprehenfion been more than momen tat y, all the fettlements in the Colony would, in the courfe of a few hours, have contributed to an exten five levy of loyal and determined Volunteers. Dsc. 9.—ln the courfe of Thurfday evening and Friday morning a report was generally current, that feveral perfons accuftomed to the woods had, by ac cident, fallen in with an imaginary Settlement, the extravagant purfuit of which has prefented an un timely grave to many. Induftrioufly circulated as it was, it couldnot long remain a fecret to the authoritative power. His Ex cellency direeted that the dangerous chimera fhould be traced to its infamous fource, and by the activity of TORN HARRIs, Efq. this was accomplifhed after a fe hours inveftigation ; and proved to have origi nated with a mean and contemptible offender, whole larcenies have frequently immured him within the walls of a prifon, and whofe experience in the inte rior of the country led no further than the outfkirts of various feulements, when induced by con(cious guilt to abandon labour, and trult to his pilfering about the outer farms. This man, whole name is :Taws Houlefing, having quitted Sydney, could not be Immediately apprehended, but proper meafures to !enure him were neverthelefs adopted. Many have been prevailed upon by fuch deceitful Dories to abandon certain (murky ; to wander thro' the tracklefs woods ; to labour on the verge of moun tains proved to be impaffible ; to endure the compli cated terrors of cold, fatigue, and famine; to curie the propagators of a weak and wicked device; to repent too late of their own temerity and rafhnefs ; and then, exhanfted, to perifh miferably, without a friend at hand to pour the balm of Chriltian confola tion into the tortured boforn, and even without a prof pea of interment after death. A larceny of an extraordinary nature was effelled a few evenings ago at the Hofpital Wharf, from whence a parcel of marline, and a few (pare pieces of rope were dexteroufly conveyed between the hours of dulk and day-light. The whimfical peculator had no doubt indulged his imagination with a flight glance at futurity, and in the fpirit of divination, was anxious to provide an appendage of criminality with which, had the worft come to the worft, he might have been complimented gratis. Nino SITTLEMENT.—After feveral days anxious expeaation of news from the Expedition fent to form a fettlement at Port Dalrymple, in Bafs's Straits, which left this the r ctli of Oaober, this fettlement was molt agreeably furptifed on Thurfday the i3th inft, by the arrival of his Majefty's (hip Buffalo, with the agreeable news of Lieut.-Governor PATERSON being fixed at Port Dalrymple, himfelf and thofe under his command in perfea health and fpit its, and ufing every exertion for placing the flores, &c. under cover. The formality of taking poffeffion by occu pancy (which had fome years before been done by Captain FLINDERS, when be difcovered that port) took place on the tith of Oaober, under the ufual Military and Naval falutes. We are happy to fay, that as far as general report goes, there is reafon to hope Port Dalrymple will anfwer the expeaations formed of it. An interview took place with the Natives, which began very amicably ; but unfortunately, , their natu ral impetuofity has canfed a temporary fulpenfion of civilities, having attempted to throw a Serjeant from a rock into the lea, and attacked his guard of two men, which compelled them to fire in their own defence. DEC. 30. —On Sunday laft, and on Chrifimas Day, the ceremony of Baptifm was perfornied by the Rev. Mr. MARSDEN, on two and twenty children at Sydney, and Parramatta. Jaw. 6.—His Majefiy's colonial fchooner Francis arrived yefterday from Port Dalrymple, after a paf fage of twenty-five days. Preparations were waking on the Francis's departure to fix the principal fettle ment at the head of Weffern Arm, between two ftreams of water named Keat's and Macmillan's Burns. It is intended to name the fettlement York Town, and a commanding hill near it, Mount Al bany.--On Wednefday his Excellency made a vi fit to Paramatta, where a metier of female prifoners was held, and next day he returned to town. The cargo of the Lady Barlowe being completed, it may afford pleafure to the Colonia to obferve the quantity of colonial produce exported in that fhip for London Fine lea elephant oil, 264 tons- Fur kat-Dans, 13,730. The oak, or beef-wood, 3673 CM feet. A wedding was laft week celebrated in Pitt's-row, and the evening went off remarkably well: in feet, it could hot have cleverly done otherwile, as the youthful couple were admirably matched in point of longevity. The bride, whom we Mould not fuppufe far to exceed 74, or from that to 76, was given away by a lady of 69. This difparity between the mother and daughter might as well have been re vel fed ; hut no matter, fince the performed the duties of her office with a becoming grace. Mirth and frolic floated round on furfaces neeLireous, until a fudden reserve becoming vifible on the countenances of the happy couple, fuggefled the propriety of taking leave ; and after receiving a number of engaging compliments which could only be anfwered with a 1,111111, they retired to the bridal chamber, where the v v uerable bridemaid, having performed her lal du t!es, rctigned her envious charge to tranfporti that 'sere before only known by anticipation • LONDON. TO OUR READERS. The Ones are criticaL From the urlieft period of oar Meryl this country never flood in a lituation of fo much alarm. The Spantib invailon was a feather. sompared with the weight of daogei which now bangs over as. The queition is not, in the prefent cireurnititices, Wherber - i . propeinfe of the meant we poffeffed during the tyro lift year, might not have railed us to the pinnacle of fecurity ?—it is clearly, how we shall weather the impending florm ? For that purpofe it is ncceffary to look the danger in the face. It is nceeffary to know our relative Etna. tion with refpeel to that of the Continental'Powcrs of Europe, Alla, and America. To dire d the People of the Bririlh Empire in this inquiry; to give them a clue to unravel the-future by tracing the paft ; to lay before them the keret hillor; of iutrigues and of plots, of enures and tired* ; to afford them the means of forming an accurate judgment of the views and rcfources of other powers ;—..we are going to lay before them A SERItS or LETTER& ON Tag MOST IMPORTANT &OBJECTS TUAT 117£1t CLAIMED TION. They are written by a Gentleman,whofe means of infer. mation arc equalled only by the vigor of his ftyle, and the ftrengtb of his reafoning. They will be read with intereft, and attended to with convidtion. They will be addreired to the underftaoding, and they will !hike the heart. We hope to prefect our Readers with the Silt of the Series to. morrow. under the title of THE POLITICAL MAP OF EUROPE. TUESDAY, JULY z 6. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DALY AT ONE. O'CLOCK 3 Iton fah, for money, 603—ditto, for July, 6cl6t. Reduced 60-145mmnIum, 6—Eicheq. Bills, is. pram PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY: - - Bank Stock tB7 Long Ann. 17 5-1611 546 3 per Rod. Ann. 60 591 Short Ann 21 3 per Cent. Cone 591 1 Ditto Ann 9 5-t6ths 4 per Cent. 771 7 8 Excheq. Bills, .s.s. a 3s. psetn s per Cent. Navy 901,11 Omnium, 6 51 prem. S per emit. 179 y 991 I Cont. for aec. 6t 601 Intelligence from India, to the beginning of Fe bruary, reached us yefterday. By a Gentleman who came palrenger in the Anna Jacobina, from Bengal, for Copenhagen, we learn, that no account of any aelion had been received at Bengal to the ad of Fe bruary, fubfeqnent to the attack on HoLaAR at Burt poor, by the troops under the command of Colonel MAITLAND. Information, had, however, been re• ceived, that the enemy, Coon after the engagement, quitted that place, and had retired feveral miles into the country. The Chief had very few followers with him, his troops were almoa totally difperfed, and the war was generally confidered at an end. A French Paper of the Bth intl. is faid to have been received, which briefly mentions the arrival of the combined fleets at Rochefort. We do not believe that any fuch paper has been received. No accounts have been received of Lord NELSON or the Combined fleet. Indeed, they could hardly be espeeted before this time, considering the compa ratively flow rate of sailing of large fleets, and the contrary winds that have prevailed. The laft letters from Lifbon Rate, that laws have teen enacted in Spain, equally as revert as thole late ly adopted in Holland, againß loch was may ille gally traffic in prohibited articles from England. Letters have been received from the Lively frigate, dated Gibraltar, the t7th of June, which make no mention of the capture of any of the enemy's (hips . They Rate that there were three (hips of the lane ready for lea at Cadiz, and feven at Carthagena. This is one more at the latter place, and one lets at the for mer, than the previous accounts reported ; hence it is inferred, that the (hip of the line which ercaped from Cadiz, paired rafely through the Gut, and gut into Carthagena. The accounts from Cadiz, however, Rated that the Gloria() was bound to South America, with quick (liver ; fo that it is doubtful whether it be the fame fhip fuppofed to have gone to Carthagena. Betides, if the Carthagena Rea were to fail for Cadiz, as re ported, why Mould any (hips go from the latter place to the former ? Sir ROBERT CALDER has been reinforced off Ferrol by five fail of the line ; the BARFLEUR and WINDSOR CASTLE, of 98 guns each, and the WARRIOR, RAI. SONABLE, and TRIUMPH, of 7¢ guns each. Admiral Coxxiscwoon's fquadron, off Cadiz, has alfo been reinforced. Thus the enemy's return into thefe ports will be (Iron)* barred. Some of the daily papers have inferred that there is no truth in the report that the Spaniards have cap tured one of the American gun boats at Gibraltar, becaufe foam letters from that place do not mention the circuailtance. It is certain, however, that other letters do (late that fait ; but we find that it is not interpreted in a hoftile way. It is fuppofed the veffel was captured under the idea that the was Englith, carrying falfe colours. We have befides to obferve, that a letter has been received by a refpeetable houfe in town, from the American Conful at Algeziras, of the 57111 of June, (two days later than the period at which it was faid the American gun veffel was carried in there) which takes not the lead notice of the affair. It has been intimated to the Commanders of Yeo manry and Volunteer Corps, by order of his Royal Highnefs the Duke of CUMBERLAND, Commander of the South Weft Diarift, that, for the accommo dation of the farmers at this bufy feafon, no further infpeftion will be required of them till aft er th e has veft is got in. The Northumberland Militia, yefterday morning, paired along Blackfriars-bridge in the coUrre of their route from Sunderland Barracks to Chathatn. They had their advanced and rear guards, and were attend. ed by an excellent band of mu fic. They were inhigh (pinks, and feemed about moo Arong, and a finer . regiment cannot be conceived. They were all young men, but of mature age, tall and well made. This morning the Lord Mayor, after infpefling the Mealweighers' Returns, ordered the price of bread to advance two-pence in'the peck loaf. THE Rena F,imar. WEYMOUTH, JULY 14.... His MAJESTY was up wards of threehours infpeaing the camp at Wcy mouth yefterday, and did not return to the Lodge till after eight o'clock in the evening ; the ground on which the encampments made, is of large extent ; the different troops taking feparate Rations. Her MAJISTT and three of the PRINCESSES went in a coach drawn by fix of thecream coloured Knifes, and the other two PRINCESSES in another draws by tour. On their MAJESTIES leaving the camp, a grand fa lute of at guns was fired by the artillery, which was anfwered by the guns on the fort, and the DIAMOND frigate and yacht in the Bay; in the evening the town was brihiantly illuminated. The band belonging to the German Legion returned from the camp loon aftertheir Mai PST. ts,and were expeaed to have play ed Tome pieces of mufic on the Efplanade ; but the evening being rather cool, they were ordered into the houfe, where they played for tl.e entertainment of their MAJESTIES and a feted party of Nobility and Gentry who were with them. His MAJESTY when . he went to the camp, wore a round hat turned up on the left fide, with a cockade and military feather In it. The additions to the Pier go on rapidly, and when finifhed, will have a very fine effea, betides that of gaining a large portion of land from the (ea.— Since laR year feveral new buildings have been finn ed, and others in a great degree of forwardnefs. A range of rcoms and offices intended for his Maj efty's fervent: are ereEted in the court yard Gf . the oufe, and with many other additions for the ufe of the Houfehold, will loon be completed. The Sharpthooters attached to the North York Mi litia are encamped near the fort at Weymouth. from whence their evolutions can be plainly teen, and the found of the bugle has a very fine effea. The PRINCISSES were attended by Ladies hcriss- TER, GEoRGIANA Bo I. xxxay. and the THYMUS: The Dukes of CUMBERLAND and CAMBRIDGE were on horfeback. Early this morning his MAJESTY. accompanied by Sir BROOK WATSON, Generals CARTWRIGHT and HOWARD, and Mr. &own, walked to the pier head, the (tables, and the efplanade, This morning another frigate hove in fight of this port, and fired a royal Glum Yelierday morning Prince WILLI•ss of GLOUCES TER, attended by Major HIGGINS, one of his Royal Highnefs's Aide-de-Camps, arrived at his houfe in Upper Grofvenor-fireet from Liverpool. The Earl of ILcuesTse and Brigadier General DICKSON, M. P. arrived in Edinburgh on Wednef day bit. The Earl of MO/RA has purchafed the Earl of Es sax's houfe, in St. James's Place, for 18,000 guineas. The fitperb manfion of Stanilead, the feat of the late R. Baewst.L. Efq. was fold on Saturday fen night for 173,9°01. _ _ _ Lord K 111111010) has purchafed .Mr. ALEXANDER'S beautiful cottage, near Holland Houle, for pool. The following are amongil the laR arrivals at Har rowgate : Marquis of Ely, Earl of Dalkeith, Right Hon. Earl of Mczbe. rough, Lord George Cavendith, Lord Duncannon, Lord Dundas, Lord and Lady Montague, Lord Duncan, Lord PoUingtoo ; Lord Avenmore, the Hilltop of Meath, her Grate the Duchefs of Sue dough. Right Hon. Counters of Home, the Right Hon. Lady Muirhead, Lady Grace Douglas. Thetford Wool Fair was held on Saturday. The wool was fold from 7os„. to 7 ts. the tod of 281135. Mt. Co;:s was in the Chair, and the meeting was at- tended by Lord BRISTOL; Sirs Psrsa PARKER WM. LOWLY, ROB. HARLAND, JACOB ASTLRY Meffrs. ELLMAN, HOWARD, CROW, and WAICREIRLD. . A flurdy,beggar being alked how be got his bread, a few days ago, impudently anfwered, " Sir, I am a Solicitor, and praElife in the Court of Ropes." Yenerday the remains of Mr. RICHARD Svevr, that veteran Comedian, and, to fay the lean of him, that fort of jocular companion and harmlefs man who was no man's enemy but his own, were removed from his lodgings, No. a, Denzell-nreet, Clare market, for interment. Seven mourning coaches followed the hearfe. In the firs were the two tons of the deceafed, and two of his molt particular friends; in the fecond were Mr. SKtLLSTT, of Drury lane, Surgeon,and the Attorney is the deceafed,befides two other friends. Meffrs. Et.i.t :roe, Duwrost, HOLLAND, SPARKS, MATTHRWS, PALMSR,CALILFIRLD,DIGNUM, DSNMAN, TAYLOR, WALDRON, and about ten other theatrical performers followed in the remaining five coaches. The funeral went down Stanhope-itreet, the Strand, and Fleet-ftreet, and Co to St. Paul's Ca thedral, where the company was joined by almoft all the remainder of the theatric corps belonging to the three theatres, betides box•keepers and others attach ed to the nage, who came to pay the lad tribute of refped to an old and worthy fellow fervent of the public. As SuITT had in his early days beer, brought up in the choir, he was buried in the church-yard of the Cathedral ; but as he had not fince that followed the profeflion, there was not any anthem Tung upon the occafion as was expeded. When the Proceffion arrived at the Church, the body was carried to the grave during the moll im preffive and folemn filence of a van concourfe of fpedators. The Funeral Service was performed by the Rev. Dr. Fiv.—The plate on the coffin announc ed his age to be fifty. The funeral having beep announced in the different Morning Papers, public curiofity was much excited, and many perfons who had often been delighted with the comic vagaries of the deceafed were induced to attend this left fad tribute to his memory. We may add, that Dicky Gs* brought a crowded aurktace to the /a); and we have feldom witnelfed upon any fimilar °coaling a greater number of real mourners at a funeral ceremony. The unaffeEted furrow of the Theatrical Gentlemen prefent, evinced at the fame time their own feafibility, and the high ellimation in which they held thyr deceafed friend: indeed, if the benevolence of domeftic life can be received as evidence of the warm inclination of the heart, there is perhaps no clefs of men among whom Inch proofs can more frequently be found. The deceafed himfelf was an example of the truth of this observation and the public fympathy was perhaps never mote nrongly excited for the lots of any of his brethren. His charader has been juttly appreciated by the community, and their regret for his lois cannot be more accurately or more feelingly defcribed, than by the affeding ejaculation which was heard in every part of the crowd yefterclay—" POOR soil' !" THE DUKE OF ATHOL's BILL. The eulogium madeby the Marquis of B tic sinuous on the ceconomy of Lord SIDMOUTH has been oniver fally felt and admired. It was juft, as far as it went but it did not go far enough. Lord Sinmourn di( played on the claim of the Duke of Atoos a patriotic difintereftednefs which is not generally known. The Duke urged his claim to Lord &anonym at a time when the latter was tottering in the Miniller's feat, and when the acceffion of every vote was an objeet of no [mall importance. But Lord &mourn die. dained to obtain lupport at the expence of his duty to the public, and loft the countenance of the Noble Duke, which has been given to the prefent Minato.. The former Milliner thought that a property bought at the rate cf rao years purchafe, befides an annuity of spool. a year on the Irifb eflablifbment, which has been received by the late Duke and is ncss received by his widow, fince the year 176;;, was not bought at an Hilbert! price. He thought likewife th a blow was aimed at the dignity of Parliament, wka folemn decifions, and whole good faith were ina• peached by the claim. He thought that a door war opened for an infraaion of the molt binding con crafts; and that he could not reconcile to the coin. mon ideas of jutlice and of duty a new burden% the public in filch ciriumtlances. , But the Athol Bill bath now received the Royal Affent, and hash palled into a law. Of every law of the land it becomes us to (peak with refpea and re verence, and we certainly do not mean to take front this law an iota of whatever refpee it may be en• titled to; but, as a matter of hiftory, we think it Des ceffary to obferve, that this Bill has palled both Houfes of Parliament upon the recommendation of a Committee of his Majefty's Privy Council, cnm. poled of Lord Masvitcs, the Right Honourable WILLIAM DUNDAS s and, as we believe, two other Members of that moll honourable body, whole names will carry the fame conviaion to the public mind as Lord Mass isst's does of the purity of a tranfaaion by which a grant in perpetuity, eftimated at 3,5001, a-year, and therefore worth above too,000l„ has beets granted to the Duke of ATHOL. II is further. to be obferved, that this grant was oppofed upon every principle ofjußice and of policy by the LORD Coati. least-cut and the LORD CHI Jusvaca of the King's Bench, in their places in the Houfe of Lords; that it i.ad formerly been refilled by Lord Chancellor TN uaLow, when Attorney General; that it wan oppofed in Official Reports by the Attorney General, Ithe Honourable Seines% PRIMAL by the then Solicitor _General, Sir THOMAS (now Mr. Bat%) SUTTON, by Sir WILLIAM GRANT, now Mance the Rolls, and late Firft Commiffioner for Inquir ing into the Claims of the Duke of Asatnt. ; by the late Lord Chancellor ROSILYII, when Attu : ney General ; by Mr. Attorney General WAL. LAC& by Lord Chief Junice Sir JAMES MANSFULD, when Solicitor General ; and in varioushapes by (LS we believe) every perfon employed in Law Situations under the Crown for the lait forty years. Truth, however, obliges us to acknowledge, that the purity and propriety of this meafure have been frequently and officially urged by Mr. Duarias, now Lord Maslow., ; and that it has been defended on the fame grounds of purity and propriety by Lord Gsssaaavia and Lord las lkssinsaa. We infert a copy of the Proteft which has been entered on the Journals of the Houle of Lords : DtsSINTIBNT. RADNOR. Becaufe the Bill in quefflon appears to be grounded on the following recitals; which has not been fupported by evidence. The preamble recites, that the Mc of Man was granted in Sove reignty by King Henry the 4th, and that the Sovereign rights eon. tinued until the sth year of his prefent Majefty; and it further re. cites that the Ad of the rath of George the Fiery', chap. at, prn vided for the purchak of thefe Sovereign rights. But this gran; to Sir John Stanley, and the bid Ad, do not in point ef fad con= vey, or confirm, or provide for the purehafe of Sovereign :Jghts in the Ilk of Man; and it was not denied in the murk of Dehate that the Leginature of England had uninterruptedly legtflateo internal purpola within the Paid Eland. ad. The preamble further recites, :bat by a certain deed of re! Million duly executed by Charlotte, Ducbefs Voyager of Athol. John, Duke of Athol, became entitled to the rights refereed to his family is the tile of Man, and hatb ever finer conducted to en. joy the fame. But this deed when produced in evidence, pupal , only to intend to convey—" The rents,profits,and dude' deur? " kind payable now forth and from the Ifle of Man ; and does eat convey any of the other rights refereed: And it appears from evi. dente that the Duchefs Dowager of Athol was Lady of the Maid at the time of palling the Ad of the eels year of his preterit Ma jetty, and has condoned to ezercife part of the rights refereed t 3 herby that law ever liner the Ad of Reltridion, 1774- 3d. The preamble further recites,tbat there were circumftances attending the reugnation of thefe rights, which make it pit and reafonable that a further cornpcnfation Wald be given, and than the duties of cuftoms of the Ifland belonged to the family of the Duke of Athol, and that a compenfatiou should be given for them to he regulated by their produce. But of thofe circumitancrs oo evidence was given, nor was it proved to us that the duties in god. don did fo belong, nor was any reafon whatfinver toged in the De• bate to induce us to think that the compenfation (if any was to be made) Mould be regulated by their produce. . sally. Becaufe the reports nude at various times down to the prefent moment, by the Law Officers of the Crown, on the fob jed of the clain for further compaifation in this manner, were fattetioned and confirmed In the Debate by the left' legal attar rides ; and did faddy us that we are well grounded in 'our *MO that fuflicient grounds have not been produced in proof that dsa emir:nation - given by the Ad of the sth year of his pawl Ilgr kW:, Oath 26, was inadequate. 3cll, &Toole the vague and loofe mannerly which thaelfifiellns has been concluded of the nature and extent of the ?Ad lc* jury, or of the propoled competifaifily, or of the claim darDabs of Athol, to be eonfidered as the parerto whom that conspenfstko Would be granted, forms an additional g round for the jeakofe which we entertain on the danger of eitablifitlng this precedent for lopening for re-confideration and at a remote period, comradehet tween the public and individuals. 4thly, Becaufe the Houfe having thought proper to reject an amendment propofed in the left clank for the purpofe of fupplying words evidently omitted by mistake; the Ad as it now ftauds coeds a very queftlonable lacocca, and impofes revere penalties en " the Officers of the receipt of his lvlajelly's Exchequer, who " Otall refufe or neglect to pay the Paid annuity, or yearly tent, ° 7 " funs, or any part thereof, according to the true intent and furor ing of this AO, or to do any ad neeetfary to enable.the fail " tutus, Duke of Athol, and the heirs getteral of the 7th Earl of " Derby." But, inafinuch as the wonis• propofed to he here ad ded, viz. " to receive the ranee" were elected, this part of the Ad is abfolindy unintelligible, and was edmitted by every Lord Who (poke in the debate to be inexplieabk and of no died. NORFULK, E. M. NIIGENT BUCKINGHAM. CARYSFOR F. Our Countryman who lately efcaped from Erne! has, in his unvarnithed tale, undone what tht lour has been labouring to accomplith for fevcral years pall : He has opened the eyes of all Enrol:le.? to the real condition of France, which, in the prr(l• . toted and dependant [late of the Continental prefTo, could not otherwife have appeared. A work nun: interefting, more original, and more defervirg of g^• neral attention, never iffued from the Fels. M I