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. . ON FRIENtoSHIP. The thy proud dome on Pariah columns the, In stately grandeur pointing to the skies, Tho' numerous herds enrich thy fertile plain, Thy wealth, in purchase of a Friend, is gain. The haughty Monarch on his throne Would gladly change his lot, His sceptre and his crown disown, For Friendship iu a cot! `Tie social pleasure makes the banquet shine, This gives the relish to the sparkling wine, This strews with roses life's uneven road, And cheers the traveller to his last abode. What makes thy Winter's hearth so sweet, When chilling rains descend, Or charms thy shade in Summer's heat ? The converse of a Friend ! But when stern Ati rends thy suffering breast, And gnawing cares deprive thy soul of rest, When wrinkled Age shall turn thy locks to grey, Or pallid Sickness on thy spirits prey, In Friendship's bosom thou shah end, A sweet and safe repose, A haven to the tr,mbled mind, A solace to thy woes! Ye Powers above! I seek not shert-Ilv l ,l Fame. Nor wish for riches to emblaze my name; To joys like these let others bend the knee, They boast no charms, they bring no bliss to me; The wants of Nature to supply, Should klzAverr sufficient send, I ask, nor yet the boon deny, The blessings of a Friend! Come, sacred Friendship ! at whose genial ray, Distress recedes, and dangers melt away ! Without whom comforts cease and pleasures cloy, And life with whom, howe'er disturb'd, is joy ; Spread round my bosom thy celestial light, Give Wealth, its lustre, Fortune, its delight ; When sorrows wound, infuse thy healing balm, And bid each struggle of the mind be calm— Welcome the sting when West with such relief, For dear is felt the Friend when felt in grief! Reading, April 30, 1813. BERKSHIRE MIEIING. Monday, in consequence of a Requisition to the High Sheriff, a Meeting of the Freeholders and In habitants or this county was held in the Town Hall, at Reading, for the purpose of considering of a loyal and affectionate Address to her Royal Highness the PutNesss of WALES, on the wicked and base conspi racy against her lire and character, which asecent ex posure had brought t u light. The Ilion SHERIFF having been called to the Chair, Mr. Moscit rose—he apprehended there could be but one sentiment on this occasion : and most feel- ingly commented on the serious nature of the charge which had been brought against our future Queen, the Princess of Wales, and the dreadful conse quences which might have resulted from it. He ani madverted with much justice on the conduct of the four Commissioners, who on mere partial evidence had convicted the Princess of gross and unbecoming levity, and in so doing had exceeded the bounds of lawful authority. He animadverted on the unmerci ful and execrable instrument, recommending that the intercourse between her Royal Highness aad her daughter should be immediately restricted, and on the Privy Councillors and Bishops, who were parties to it. He praised the dignified patience and resigna ti,n with which, fora lung time, out of regard to her Royal Consort, she bore her humiliating condition, and admired the rigorous resolution that she at last adopted in laying her case before Parliament, and through Parliament before the public. The jurisdic tion was now tranferred from ike Cabinet to the country. The British Free Press was now the Curt where her cause was heard and discussed, where Truth was the presiding Judge, and they, not the Privy Council and Bishops, but they, the people, were the Jury. At once the people, with one voice, pro nounced her innocence, and loaded her detestable ac cusers and their confederates with universal scorn and execration. Although there was now no longer any mystery, or cloud, or shadow of suspicion attaching to the conduct of the Princess, there WAS still a great deal of mystery about the Prince Regent's Ministers. 1-low happened it, that they, who of late years had stover sliewn themselves slow or inexpert in the arts of Rost cution, had not yet been able to devise a me thod to brin; to condign punishment the false accu sers of the Princess ? I - low happens it that, as she has been proved innocent, the consequence has not followed, that she should be treated ns innocent ? - - - - - - How happens it that her Royal Highness is still doomed to lead a life of comparative penance and se clusion, and has not a distinct establishment suitable to her dignity ? How L.tppens it that the cruel inter.. dict of into course with her chile.:nis not been revo 'ked ? He concluded speech, by moving an affectionate Address to her Royal Highness the Pt ince%; of Wales, and Resolutions expressive of tl.e abhorrence in which the country held the horrid con- spir :tors. Mr. MACICBSTM (the Recorder of Wallingford) said, after the excellent speech of his Hon. Friend, it WAS not necessary for him to address them at much length. lie took a general review of the hardships and ill trtmmetit to which the Princess had been sub jected, and was very indignant at the conduct of those persons wiJo had placed spies in her house, par ticularly a Nobleman who was recently appointed to a Government ; he not only privately examined her servants, but, it appeared, attempted to tamper with her medical attendants.. What could the public ex pect from that man's Government, who, by his con duct in this country, had incurred the censure of every honest man ? He was mast happy in seconding the RI n and Address, and.had no doubt but weuld feel the same pleasure iu allevia :h as possible, the suffetings of an injured woman. .F.rr rose, amidst loud and continued observed, that to avoid a recurrence of had requested the High :sheriff to call a very person paying taxes, and he now for his polite attention. It was the duty y to take the Princess up as innocent till lie vas rend guilty. iie . eongratulated the Meet ing on her escape from this most foul conspiracy, and designated her marriage as a mere job to pay the debts of her husband. Mr. Pitt bionght a motion into the House of COMMOIIS to that effect, which was carried by 260 to 99, and as it had been proved, that 71 Lords returned 260 Members, he certainly was cor rect, in describing this to be a most vile job. On her arrival in England the Princess received many con gratulatory addresses ; and the Prince in particular, declared his happiness on the marriage, and his de sire to perpetuate his line. It was to be remembered, that at this time he was 32 years of age, and there fore his inclinations could not be forced, as had been insinuated in some hireling newspapers—nine months after marriage the Princess produced a Daughter, and at the end of twelve months a separation took place. This, it appears, was the happiness the Prince had prom d. Mr. H. then referred to the Book, and read t« o letters which passed on this occasion between the Royal Pair. This book, which was written by the late Mr. Perceval, and contained a most able de fence of the calumniated Princess, had paved the writer's way to power. When he discovered it wouli be to his interest to suppress the publication, and it was confidently stated, that to obtain the copies which had got into circulation, no less a sum than £.'40,000 of the public money had been expended. A few co pies, however, remained in the hands of some honest men, to whom the country was much indebted. Thus Mr. Perceval, after gaining great honour in defend. ing the Princess of Wales, had blasted his memory in deserting her cause. Mr. B. SIMONDS exclaimed, " do not speak ill of the dead !" Mr. HALLETT replied, that he scorned to say any thing against the living when not present; but in the present case, as the public had paid the piper, it was but an act of justice. He remarked on the hard treat ment which the Princess had received, the number of spies and informers by whom she had been surround ed, and, what was most horrid, even her charities had been converted into charges against her. He con. demned, with much severity, the extra-jud;cial pro ceedings which had taken place, to ruin, if passible, an unhappy woman. It had become a practice with some persons, whom he had formerly seen in that Hall, to designate himself anti friends with the appel lation of Jacobins and Democrats (words which those who employed them did not understand); but whe ther they sent Congratulatory Addresses, or cern plained of the proceedings of the Duke of York and Mrs. Clat ke, always found fault. For his part, he was so perfectly independent, thAt he did not care three straws what such people said ; but it put him in mind of an old story :—An Irish drummer, while flogging a soldier, struck high ; the man desired to be struck lower : this, however, did not give satisfac tion, when the drummer exclaimed, " Oh, by Jasus! you came here determined net to be pleasech" (Laugh ing and aNdauu.)—From the case of Messrs. Hunt, lie was convinced a prosecution would lie against the Douglasses for a libel or a conspiracy, and this was confirmed by Lord Ellenborough, who had asked ' whether it was better to live under the dominion of libel or the law ? He therefore demanded why the Princess was suffered to live under the inf..mous libel of the Douglasses ? Perhaps Lord Ellenborough would agree with him, if the Princess should be again reinstated at Carlton House, and enforce the law on the libellers. He truszed, however, that justice would be done the Princess, and her vile accusers putiislied. If the Attorney-General could not prosecute, where was Sir Vicary Gibbs, who had been distinguished for hunting down all libels—why did lie not prose cute ? With Mr. But ke, he would ask, was the age of chivalry passed ? He believed the present was not the golden age—if any man put his hand in his pocket, he would find that to be the case; or let him take the paper-promises to the Bank of England, and there he would have an answer. It was the age of paper, fraud, and hypocrisy. If he might advise the Regent, it would be to forge: all that was passed, receive his wife, and live in peace with her ; dismiss the two factions, who had always proved themselves enemies to the people ; and he would soon find him self surrounded with men of talents and honour. Neither the Church nor the Law would desert him; for where the carcase t:•as, the crows would be.— (Loud atildavre.)—He did not mean any thing disre spectful. All that could be wished was, Justice in the Administration of the Counti y And no Peer or Prince would s.iy, litaven shorten George's life one day ! Mr. REYNARD.- 41 Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, I rise to oppose the proceedings of this day, because I think them premature. I was once the friend of Reform ; but having changed my opinion, which, while I have life, I will always maintain. The Prin cess cannot be said to be triumphant, until a Jury has pronounced on her case, and condemned her base accusers: but while the Douglasses are at large, and, with the most shameless insolence, insult the country, even in the House of Commons, be never would al low a victory to have been obtained. He considered part of the conduct of the Princess to have been in correct : he did not approve of her riding with a Gentleman in a single-horse chaise; and having read 44 The Spirit of the Book," in which it was stated, that on the first night the Princess had informed her Husband, that her affections were not for him, I cannot think the Prince so much to blame. As the father of a family, he had a right to order the edu cation of his child as thought proper ; and it cer tainly was for the good of the country that she should be excluded from the company of her Mother." He called on the Meeting to be careful how they raised a faction in the country against the Prince, and said, the troubles in France and Spain arose from the fac tions attached to the Queens of those countries.— After remarking on the conversation of the Princess with Mr. Waithman, he concluded by entering his protest against the Address, and calling op every loyal subject to support the Prince Regent. Mr. H. MAnisu replied to the last Speaker, and ably refuted his arguments. He spoke with warmth against the base accusers of her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales; and, in alluding to the words of the immortal Burke, who, in speaking of the suffer ings of the late unfortunate Queen of France, ex claimed, -• There was a time when 20,000 swords would have flown from their scabbards to have avenged her injuries," said, if such had not been the' case in England, millions of tongues and true British hearts had come forward to proclaim her innocence. He was surprised to hear the last Speaker assert, that no triumph had been gained, merely been tse thel Douglasses had not been placed where they deserved to be—in the pillory. He took a gclieral view of the horrid conspiracy which had existed against an un- protected female, and hoped the Gentleman would, on mature reflection, waive his opposition to the Address. ' Mr. MONCK observed, that the arguments against the Address hardly merited notice : it was, however, rather strange to hear an attempt made to justify the commission of one injury by the permission of an other. Since such a trumpery publication as " The Spirit of the Book" had been quoted, it would not be long before the Travels of Baron Munchausen were given as authority. A party existed, whose object it was to degrade the Princess ; but by the good sense of the people of England they had been defeated. The High Sheriff put the Address and Resolutions, which were carried, with only two dissentients, with the greatest applause. HALLET, in a complimentary speech, propoced the Thanks of the Meeting to the High Sheriff, for the impartiality and ability with which he conduced the business of the day, which was carried UllAili• measly. Mr. RaTneoNE came forward to propose an affec tionate Address to the Prince Regent. He was pro ceeding to state, that the present was not the first in stance in the History of England, of attempts being made to subborn evidence to murder an innocent Princess, when he was stopped by the Sheriff, who said, as the Meeting had been called to Address the Princess, he could not permit other matter to be in. troduccd.—After a short conversation between 'eve -1.41 Gentlemen, Mr. Rathbone withdrew his Address, and the Meeting was dissolved. The Sheriff of Middlesex has appointed the County Meeting to be holden on Thursday the 13th instant, at twelve o'clock, at the Mermaid Tavern, Hackney, for the purpose of addressing her Rcyal Highness on her escape from the foul conspiracy fumed against her honour and her !ife. The Lord Mayor of York, in compliance with a re quisition from a number of the principal inhabitants of that city, convened a general meeting to be held at the Guildhall on Monday, " to take into considera tion the propriety of an Address of Congratulation to the Princess of WALES, on the discomfiture of a nefa rious plot aimed against her life and honour." Wednesday se'nnight a meeting of the freeholders of Pembrokeshire was held at Iliverfordwest, when an Address of Congratulation was voted to I): pre sented to her Royal Highness the Princess of WALES. Same day a numerous meeting of the ft eemen and inhabitants of Worcester was held, to take into consi &ration the propriety of addressing the Princess ci WALEs on the failure of the late attempt against her honour and lift. Mr. RoBERt Fra.ToN was imani. mously called to the chair, who proposed th:: ALLlress, which was seconded by Mr. R. MOSELEY, who, after commenting upon the refusal of the Mayor to call a Common flail, and complimenting the Meetiog on their number and respectability, urged the necessity and pmpriety ni it. l'he Address was then unani mously agreed to, and Mr. Rouen s, one of their Re presentatives, was requested to present it. In c nsequence of Elie appr. aching Inquiry in the House of Lords, respecting the Naval Administra tion of the Country, an examination has been made more minutely into the number of American Cap tures, in the form ola monthly Rrpart, from the Ist October, 1812, to the Ist May, 1813, (Saturday last.) 'l'lle res'alt 352 ships captured by the Americans, of which 66 were retaken, and 20 restored, forming a total of captured British ships, 296. BOXING.—The battle betwixt Oliver, the formidable gardener, and Cooper, tvill take place on Saturday, the 13th of May. Ololiticux and Carter are expected to fight again shortly. GREAT RACE.—An athletic young fanner, of the name of Leith, started at Dernford, Hots, on Mon day last, for a wager of 100 guineas, to perform a hundred miles twenty hours, on a five mile piece of ground. He started at the rate of five miles an hour, and performed that distance regularly for eight hours without halting. After resting for a quarter of an hour, he resumed his journey, and kept steady at his pace other five hours ; having done 65 miles, he appeared fatigued, and made a halt of half an hour. lie got on to 90 miles in 18 hours and a half, but he was unable to proceed further, and the match was lost. Bow-sraErr.—Yesterday J. Goodman and R. Hay ward, who were living at Bristol with Huffey White, were re-examined, charged with robbing the Canter bury Bank to the amount of upwards of £BOOO. A man, who had been admitted an evidence, stated, that he had purchased a quantity of notes from the pi isoners, which they told him were out of the Canter bury Batik, in the month of April, 1811, which was about the time it was broke open. His evidence was corroborated by a woman who cohabited with him, who stated, that she had paid the prisoners £lOO in part of payment for the purchase of the Union Can terbury Bank-notes. Mr. BIRNIE being of opinion that it was necessary to prove that some of the notes found on the witness should be identified as those stolen, committed the prisoners for furthcrexamination. M ARLEIROUGII-STREET.— Wm. Mann was yesterday charged with stealing a box coat, and other articles, from the stable of Lady Bird. Several other com plaints were made against the prisoner for frauds. He is a discarded servant, and had been at divers lodgings, representing himself as the servant of dif ferent Gentlemen, and to have arrived in town to ar range matters for his master, who was about to fol low him ; and by this means he succeeded in duping those who had the misfortune to lodge him, of money, board, lodging, &c.—He was remanded. WORSIIIP-STEEET.—Yesterday D. and IV. Stevens were charged with robbing Messrs. Blanchard :.;Al Co.'s printing.office, City-road. In consequence of large quantities of paper being missed, the priscner %rho were pressmen, were suspected; and, on search ing their lodgings, 400 quires of paper, of eitlerent sorts, and a great quantity of new types, were found. They were fully committed. Lately, a child fell into the Clyde, just Pbove Stonebyre Lin ; and, although many people were pre sent, none ventured to save it, except a French sur geon, who leapt into the ricer and rescued the child jest as it was about to be carried by the torrent over the precipice. Tuesday, at his Grates house, in Stratford-Place, at of St. Albau'o. of a stilt-horn At Colchester, the Lady of Major Haverfield, Perrna.. Amman' Quarter-Master-Gencrat, of a tiaaghter MAKIkWFI Thursday, the 49th tilt at Pre , ton, M Lancashire, (Mark, Greenway, Esq. of Oxford-road, Manche‘ter, to Ann, the etur ! daughter of John Grinuthane, F•q. at the former place. DIED. On Sunday last-, at his seat, at South Dalton, Yoitshire. th- Right Hon. Witham Lord Holm, Admiral of the Red sk•,-_ drcu of Hs Majesty*, Fleet. He is succeeded in his na g s ecates by bis brolhtr, Beaumont Hotham, late one of e 131ron:, 91 OA Exchequer. On the :-.7th Rey. Richard Peter Wyatt, f King's Coll. ge, Carobridge, a- d second .on of the late Rich it,' Wyatt, Esq. of Mitton p!aee, in the county of surrey. Last week, a child that was lying in a bed, h house in the neighlyn!iood of Minyhive, was stiff; cated in consequence of a person folding up the bec. not knowing that ihe child was in it. PRICE OF COALS—COAL MAME I', MAY S. Ship; :it Market Sold Prsess. 4 Newcastle 4 495. Oil. to 55c. 64 1 Su:Arland 0 O. Od. to 00.. u.t A! ER Al• 1.1N0014 BRIDGE TO-MORR*W - : Morning.— ...... 32 aalnutes after 7 Afternoon lll am after WHITCI LURCH, MARCH C 5, 1411. MY Wife su ff ered - 27 years under the roost iolen t scurvy, which broke out, particularly in very great b“urts, with sand on her hands and arms, which not only render e d a sad spectacle. but in a great degree di-prired her of their Ilk', and at times wholly so. Ske tried snail , medicines in v.i;n (what is no lees extraordinary than true) fuur small bot•lrb of your Antiscorhutic Drops made a perfect cure. (signed) EDWARD THOMAS, Grindle-brook, near Whitchurch, Salop. Attested by Mr. R. PARKER, Books Aler, Whitchurch. To Mr. J. Llgnum, Ma* !tester. These Drops are soli in moulded square bottles at 6s. and 14s. (one 149. bottle is equal to three 6s. ones), wholesale and retail by Mr. Lignum, Manchester; also retail by J. Evans and sun, 42, Long-laue, Veat Smithfield; Dicey and Co. Bow Church yard; Barclay and Sous, 95, Fleet-market ; Shaw and Edwards, 66, St. Pail's Church-yard; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Newhery and Sons, 45, St:Paul's Church-yard; Johnston, IS, Greek.strevt, Soho, London; Mr. Woistenholme York ; Mr. Walker, Ness - ca4tle; Mr. K. F cot t, I ou, South-bri:lge "dinburgb ; Mr. Baxter, Candkriggs, Glasgow; and by every respectable Medicine Ven der in every Market Town in the United Kingdom. the Resohiti..i t'ie Meeting ; ting, as much 1 and insulted Mr. HALL; cheers, and o disputes, he h Meeting of e , thaaltvd him J el the County cheers, ADVICE. WHEN Men of Education and professional skid use persevering endeavours to discover the ,nest sate rad certain method of treating a few prevailing Diseases, tin a access. WI result of their experience is the best proof of saricrioritt. Messrs. CUSS and Co. Surgeons, have been Induced to make the cure of the following the object of their particular study, viz. a certain Disorder, frequently contracted in a moment of 'aim cation, and its cenconntarts, Strictures and Cleets, whtab, y an improved plan, are speedily and effectually cured ; as afro de bility, whether arising from Bacchanalian Indulgences, long resi dence., " "rM climates, or a secret solitary vice, too often un happily pursued by the youth n t both sexes, in the one causirg sterility or barrenness, and in :he- other a numerous train of ner vous disases, which, if PM t:Meiy remedied, terminate in imp°. teve and constantvion. In that distressing state of debility or de'ficiency, whether the consequence of such baneful habits, or ansing from any other calve, by which the powers of the consti tution lexunie en!,..bled, rei!ula:iy et:mated Surgeons of Loa. don. they oder a fit rn, sale, a..d speed, restoration to sound arid vildrous health. The restat of a long and :vendee practice has enabled them, by a superior nterlti.ti, to remove vtuen•al complaints, however inveterate or conTheatti, without subjt•ctimt the patient to the least restraint in dist or exercise; and in .:cent Case.: where an early application is male can discovery of the infection, they fre quently perform a cure in the short •psce of ts••o days. 'I hr un precedented success of their mode of tr• atrnee t (which has never been known to fail in one single int taece in a praciice of IS yeasts, during which period many thousand personaof I;:.th sexes have been cured, even after severe and ittjuriotis metho,!, had beta pursued by other Praciitioners witboat effect), Induces them to thus publicly offer their advice. Messrs. Goss and Co. exclusively professing the cure of th:se particular complaints, in order that they may not he, by a mistaken few, marked with the obloquy so justly attached to the Ignorant empiric, tbinsa it bu: justice to themselves to state that they have been properly educated and initiated into every branch of the profession (certificates of which, from difTerttr. Hospitals, and testimonials from :he most eminent Physicians, they have to convince any inquirer) that the success resulting front their endeavours first induced them to quit the practice of the general Practitioner, and they presume that their pretensions constitute a fair ground for the unprecedented confidence with which they have, by the Public, been so liberally honoured. Patients in the country are requested to state the par iculare of their case, age, and manner of living, enclosing a Bank-note for advice and medicines, and the same will be forwarded to any part of the kingdom. To be consulted at their house daily (personally, or by letter), by patients of either sex, with secrecy, delicacy, and attention. GOSi, imti Co cvre•.ins. 13 B•mverie. •r. si flee•-street. CHALLENGE. MESS R.S.CURR IE and Co. Surgeons, late in his 1. Majesty's Service, challenge the wook world to prove a tingle instance wkere their Medicine and method of cure ever tailed of the desired effeat. The practice of many years in tt.e particular branch of their profession has not given rise to one unsuccesful case: They comb Aie to direct their studies to the treatment and cure of Venereal Complaints, and that derangement of the system, which is the consequence of the pernicious andwasteful effects of a habit long and most unhappily itursued by the ouths of both sexes, to the one it will be found to be the unfailing source of barren ness ; the other have its ravages fatally developed to them by a dis tressing state of debility, which, if not timely remedied, terminate. In impotence. 'Lhese are its remote and ultimate effects, while con sumptions, loss of muscular power,and various nervous complaints usually characterise the earlier stages of this solitary vice. Of per sons languishing under tae disorders incident to such a Labia, their treatment is simple and has never proved unsuccessful, in the course of along, laborious, and much extended practice. In the most obstinate and complicated cases of venereal infection, such as obstructions in the urethra, spongy excrescences, hard tu rners, callous ulcers, eruptions, seminal weakness, sleets, as also STRICTURES, Whether recent or of long duration, and which have baffled the skill efother Practitioners ; are by their present improved plan of treatment, effectually and permanently cured, without the patient suffering the excruciating pain amid alarming hemorrhage which often foilows the application of the lunar caustic. In the course of 20 years extensive practice in this metroplis, numerous cases of strictures have been and are daily under their care, the mai eradication of solids are effeeted by a safe, certain, and expedie dotes mode of practice, superior to ally other yet adopted. Le weakness, relaxation, and debility proceeding from this com is speedily removed, and the patient restored to sound and vigorous health. Hut where the debility has for years exis ted, a proper pers.Aerance in their restorative remedies, after the Stricture has been destroyed, is indispensably requisite to mom the slumbering > parks en Me, and to reanimate the constituter,. Several Noblemen and Gentienu n, et the tint respectaboy have been under the care of Mesas. Currie and Co. for the re mral of complaints of the Urethra, Strictures, Sic. and, haviri r.-ctived a radical and permanent cure, request that referee,. may be made to them as satisfactory evidences of the decided ”.- periority of Mess's. Currie and Co.'s plan of treatment. :slier ;1 these Gentlemen bad Ftrictur, s frau ten to twenty yea's and were under the care of M. liaise and kleavi•;dr.l Ind other surgeons of equal attempted their ei•re by the application of the lunar tenni:, without success. Messrs. Currie and Co. may be consilted by either Sex, r .ftS 'lie greatest delicacy, secrecy and honour, at their house, S°. 107, Hatton-Garden. Patients in the country are requested to state the pArt:C3 l f their case, age, and general h. Alt of living. Sce. etnittance for advice and Medienes, when th e s am e 3e iven or sent to any pate of the idngdotr.,, LONDON : Printed by Livat Kowa, P4ket Macy, 2nC publ•shed there, and at the litar-Office, Tianple-te.