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Xik77 r ` 2//// - - ` 1 utt noitiittr+ Our Utllff, (ton titution an atu.6. No. 1210.—VoL. XII.] TILE KING AND R. ADAMS. (From an American paper.) We arc not aware that the following letter from Mr. Adams, then our Ambassador in England, to Mr. Jay, Secretary of State under the old confede ration, has ever been published. It is valuable from the elevated character of the actors, and from the interest of the scene described. Some of our patriots, who think there is a natural repulsion: be• twvcri independence and good breeding, may be horrified at the courtier-like address of Mr. Adams, and feel quite indignant that republicanism should have cluserved la proper decorum befbre royalty. We admire in Mr. Adams's conduct that good sense and dexterity that has distinguished most of our foreign Ministers in their intercourse with European Courts. The style is simple, and we think more• republican than the inflated bombast that characterises most of our present product:km.3 It is what we seldom tweet--the plain language of a sensible man:— " Bath Hotel, Westminster, June 2. 1;115. " DEMI Stn,—During my alternator with the !Marquis of Carmarthen, he told me that it was customary for every foreign Minister, at his first presentation to the King, to make his Ma jesty some compliments notiorninble to the spirit of his credentials; and when Sir Clement k:ourel Dormer, the Master of the Cere monies, C 311114: to inform me that heshould accompany me to the Secretary of State, and to Court, lie said that every ftweign Miner whom lie had attended to the Queen. had always made an harangue to her Majesty, and he untlersuiral. though he had not been present. that they always harangued the King. On Tuesday tenting the Baron de Lynden (Dutch Amliassailoo called upon tie, and said he came nom the Baron de Nelkin (Swedish,En • so) j, and had been convening upon. the situation I Mill in; and they egret.* fnopitnon that it was indispensable that I should a speech.and that it should be as complimentary as possible. All this %vas parallel to the advice lately given by the Count de Vergennes to Mr..lefferson. So that finding that it was acustoni eetitilished at both these great Cowls. and that this Court and the foreign 3lioitters expected st. i thought I could not avoid it, aithough icy firstelatught and inclination had been to deliver my ereder.tials silently and toile. At one, on Wednesday, the Ih of .lone, the Master of Ceremonies culled at my house, and went with me to the Secretary of Sinte's office, in Clevelnral-row, where the Marquis of Carmarthen rixeived me, and introduced me to - Mr. Frazier, his Under Secretary, who had been, as his Lordship said, uMnterrupteilly in that offiee, through all die eninees in Administration. for thirty years, having first been appointed by the Earl of Holtleiness. After a short conversation upon the su eject of is iporting my effects loan 11 olland and France. free of duty. which Mr. Frazier himsclf introduced, lord Car marthen invited me to go with Ida, in his coach to Court. When we arrived in tl:e antichawber, die (EU de Beef, of St. Jame-,. the Master of theCennionies met me, and attended me while die beinetury of State went to take the comniandstif the King. While I stood to this place, when it seems all :Ministers stand upon such oce.eione. always attended by the Master of Ceremonies. tl.e room very full of Ministers of State,llisliops, and all other sorts of courtiers, as well as the next room s which is the King's bed. chamber, you may well suppose that I w as the focus of all eyes. was relieved. however. from the embarrasnnent of it, by the Swedish aid Dutch :Ministers. who came to me„ and entertained me with a very agreeable conversation during the whole time. Some other gentkineo. whom I had seen before, caine to make their compliments too—until the Margit is of Cartiarthen returned, and desired me to go with him to his Majesty. I went with Lis I.ordrhip through the lase: .roam into the King's closet—the dour was shut. and I was left with leis Majesty and the Secretary of shoe alone. I made the three reveretwes; one at the door, another t.bout halfway, and the third before the ertscrice.aeconling to the teageestablishod at this and All the nottlieni Courts of Europe, tied then addreated myself to his Majesty in the following words: Sir.—The United States of America have appointed me Minister I'lenipotentiary to your Majuity, and hmie directed me to deliver to yourlejesty thus letter. 'bait contains the evidence tai it. It is in obedience to their express cousin:m(l4,, that have the honour to assure your Majesty of their unanimous dispusition and desire to cultivate abe most friendly and liberal intercourse between your .lajesty's objects and their citizens, and of their best wishes for your Majesty's health and happiness. and tur that of your Royal fonil/. Phe appointment hf a Minister from the !Jr iced States ao tour Majesty's Court will non an epoch in me history et* ngland and Ameriat. I think rnyeelf more fortunate than all niy fellow citizens. in having the distinguished honour to be the first to stand in your Majesty's royal presence in a diplomatic eharacter ; and I shall esteem myself the I to phst (it' men ill can be instrumottalin nootimmentling my country noire and more ts your :11a s jesty'e royal betievaknee, end of restoring an entice e - iteent, confidence, and affietlim. or, in better words, • the old eood nature, seal the good old frumour,' between people. who (bough separatedliy an ocean, and under d irretc nt Caivernments. (tare Cie sai»c langurge. a similar teligien. a kindred blond. beg yaw- :%Itijestee permission -to add. that although I have •onietazies before been intno bid by my toteitry. it was never in my a hole life in a:manner sn agreeable to myself." 'Dye King listened to every word I sok!, pith digritylt is true, hut a ith an cpparent euntien Whctherit was the nature of the ;oters.ew, or whether it was my visible ee i•id ion, for I felt mole thim I did or enuld express. that touched Liar. I cannot ray, but L. was touch affected, and iirsweted me with more tremor dam I mad spoken with und •aid— •• Sir—The circumstances of th is audience are so extraoreinar). language jou have now held is so extremely proper. and tht, feelings you have diseovercd adaptsil to the onside', Om; I mint say, that I not coly revtistd with pie..tere die as- MONDAY, AUGUST 23, isl 9. suraocrof the ffiendlydispossitian of the United States, btu that I am very glad the choice has f,lkn upon you to he their minister. I wish you. Sir, to helivve, and that is may be understood in Ame rica that I have done nothile , in the late coat but what I thought myself indispensably I,otlod to du. by the duty which I owed to nay people. I will be very Crank with you. 1 was the last to conSonn to the separation; but Me separation havit.g been math:, and having become inevitah!e„ I have always said, at. I say now. that I uould be the Siva to men the friendship of the United States as an independent Power. The mortitnt I see such sentiment and language u your's prevail, and a disposition to give this country the preference, that moment I shill say, let the circumstance of 'language, religion, and blood, have their natural and full effect." I dare not say that those were the King's precise words: and it is even possible flint I mar have in souse particular miditken his meaning ; far although his pronunciation is as distinct as I ever her.rd. lie hesitated at/incur:les between hi► l trimly, and between members of the stung period. lie was, indeed, much affected, tutu I was not less eis, and therefore, I cannot be certain that I was so attentive, heard so clearly, and understood so per fectly, as to be confident of all his words or sense; and I think that all whirls he said to me should at present be kept secret in America, uulwia his Majesty or his secretary of Suite should judge proper Ls report it. 'This Ido say, that the tbregoing i., his Majesty's meaning, as I then understood it, and his own words as nearly as I can recoliect Mem. The Kula then asked me whether I cams last from France ; and upon my answering in die ntErnmatim, he put on an air of familiarity. and smiling, ur rather laughing, said, •• There is an opinion emdng some people, that you are not the mast attaches" of all your countrymen Co the mantie:s of France." I was sur prised at thi-, because I thought it an indiscretion and a descent Scum his dignity. I was a little embarrasses!. but determined net to deny the truth on the on ha❑d. nor leave him to infer from it any attachment to England on the other. I threw otr as much gravity as 1 cot Id, and assumed an air of gaiety. and a tone of tmecision, as far as was decent, and That opinion, Sir, is not mistaken ; I must avow to your Majesty I have no attach ment but to my own country." The King replied as guide as lightning, •• An liomst mac will never have any other." Thel. mg then said a word or two to the Secretary of State, which being between them I did not hear, and then turned round tent bowed to me, as is customary with all Kitgratd Princes, when day give the signal to retire. I retreated, stepping back wards, as is theetiqueite, and, making may lay reverence ut the dour of the chamber, I went say way ; time Master of the Cere monies joined me the moment of my coining out ti the King's closet. and accompanied use through nil the apartments, down to my carriage; leveret stare, of -servants. gentlemen porters, and under torten., roaring out like thunder, us I went along, " Mr. Adams's servants. Mr. Adams's carnage," &c. I have been Mu - s minute in these det:Uis, because they may be useful to others tiercdter to know. The conver.ation with the King! should not dare to withhold front Congress. who will form their own judgment of it. I may paMbly expect from it ti resi dence here less painful than I once expected, because so marked an attention from the King will silence many grombiers; but we can infer nothing trotn all this concerning the inixess of my mission. There is a train of other cynanonies to go through in presentations to the Queen, and visits to and from M Eutaw.% and Ambassadors, which will take up natch time, and intcrrum me in my endeavours to -obtain all that I have nt heart, the objects of my instructions. Thus it is that the essence of things is lost in ceremony in every country of Europe ; we must submit to' what we cannot alter. Patience is tie only remedy. With great and sincere esteem, I have the honour to be, dear Sir, your most obedient and humble servant, JOHN ADAMS. His Excellence John Jay. Esq. Secretary of state for the department of Foreign Affairs. IItELA V 1). (Front'qte I. ( lntrri,k Aducator.) The execution of the four unfortunate wretches r 1:04 were hanged, pursitant to sciiience, at the }':n u ns Assizes, on Wednesday and 'Thursday week, is calcul tiled to awaken those horrified feu hogs accounts salsa% age ferocity, twrpeiraied centimes attire, -would hail to in spire. 11 c would almost tt isit to aVoill-dle Contelnida- Ono 01 those scenes that led to the fatal consummation of this miserable drama bin ',sashay wilts it other wise ; and, sickening at the retrospect, we must still look on it. 1111 tbsausted, r e fu ses to perform its wont ed otlice. The colt,: OK which the first two suffered was inurder-t--munter in-such-a shape as renders tout Indent's : the victim, an unfortunate female, who ' was %opposed to hare given inininatiou relative to illi cit distilleries in the district sof MOytee. At the close of a fine evening, a few months since, she passed. a: was frequently her onions, the ionise of John aad James Stills% an, wherein their c 'tauten, John Burn!, then was employed in making whiskey. - As the woman 'lvan% Intollter called out in I lash, " There tares Biddy the inforstser."—The men . paused, pard at each other, sod at 111,1 l instant, revenge and murder ex pelled reason and humanity bum their 'Dols; die ill starred Biddy ,Insisted her course, and they re:mooed their illicit work tonsil they gound it completed, witl the hindrance which 14Ws appearance had led them to expect; joy at their stweess induced thefts to drink freely of the newly finished spirits, but Ibis only added to their shirrs for vengeance, atid nought but foe blend of their nits& rattle riven, could quench its fire. Armed with Wartime; wespons they lefs their- dwelling, and in nose short hour Bully, the itiroriner, wos uo 11101. On entering her too, witwh cisold not resist them, the titre. most struck her on •the head with a ston e, touch liae turtd her skull, and laid her at his fret ; a yell of sava,te joy atanuitcced the niumpit, and the prostrate, almost i nan i mate being, vt as railed Inlet the earth, to tinder:to more cruelties. Siic was ',heed intoitst a wall, and' bet breasts were meverell front herr body : tretniaing with ' Jety, sl.e shower! signs 01 . hit', oil} 1)"! [PRICE 9id. than the test, by repeated incisions with a knife and pitchfork, male io the side and stomach, completed the work of carnage. Finding her no longer capable of ad ministering to their horrid pleasures. they preeipitated the misshapen circa,* into au aiticent river, and molly inlormed a man who In «I near to it, that there wawa woman drowning. Ile, pet baps, aware of their charac ter, or at least suspecting scamrttriu•!, told them he would tint open the door.; ►bat if the woman was drolneslhis asaistatice could be of nu use. They timid gaititnu anhuitiaticc, and they retired; the'," hands ar•l ners4nt Iryrirucd wish gore. When they had prw, the man clone out ;and histnil what to bins appeared to have once been a himian body,htii so mutilated as scarce to retain the-semblance. They were arrested. cons tenet, and received the punishment they ()sestet-el. +oily-eight bows from die time sentence was passed were allotted to them. A clergyman of the Roman catholic faith attended, and we trust his constant minion runt not bwt. We saw diem launched into eternity Woo: thousands of spectators, from whom no groan of dissa tisfaction proceeded. and the awful solemnity of which' cannot fail to teach that country a deep, long, 'east.•t. lint we are fated to proceed in this painful task ; this following sun beheld two wore pay the debt of nature ;or a crime, equal, if not superior in magnionde, to what we have related. Singular, melancholy. and &radioti coiticitletter--otte day, a men dies for ate spinier of a woman ; the next, a woman dies for the wieder of a man, and that man her husband I—her assistants, her panders in sin and guilt, are her father and her /7et/ac, ! A family fend lone exis ed between the unhappy hus band and his wile's family, which they determined en conefut:ing by daring the of of their sangwwry rage. The husband had been from home, and had drunk somewhat ton freely. On his retorts his wife met him, and, Judas like, gave him the fond salittitiriti of a kiss, drew him into the house; anti coiling her arms round hint,• seated him iii her lap, whilst he► beosher beat net his brains. Tile father, we haie heard, was though reluctant spectator. On the trial every circumstance was fully proved against the brother and sister. We need scarcely add they stitf:red fur the deed. DREADFUL Evrtcia or Ikitoirrsitsnc.—An Ingoisia tion was taken on Monday. in the Worklunise lit st. Mary. Kensington, before Thomas Slit ling, Esq. Coroner for the County of Middle...kr, on the body of.lelin Golder, a child two years and a half old, whose death was caused by eat ing the berriesof night-shade, not knowing them to ue of a poisonous nature.-11 appeared 'from the evidence or Hill and Martha Lindsay, both of Janies.street„ Kensington, nest door tieighhours to the parents of the deceased, Hint they saw the deceased the preceding knorn ing 13 _o60:1 health, and that about four o'clock in the slier noon lie was at play in the fiebi, in company ' , slob hit little sister, ten years of n;e. and aoiue other children. Thu deceased cot into the hedge. and began to pick the real berries of the :debt shade, and shortly after be became In a state of sielfoeution, from hut tog ate of the berries, as was stropo.e.l, trent conic of them haying been tumid in his hands. He•uss carried to the nearest collage, needigul assistance cent for, and Mr. Nleeriman, Mr. Thompolkm. and Mr. bemire, came and reentered all the assistance is their power, but to nn effect g lie sttrsi.cd only abune ar. hour and three gnu ter., such expired in the Riviiirct stony.— Henry Georgr. of ekedocion, Siorgeon, depioed. he 111.1 W t.ie berries; they are airrernie, and be had no doubt butt Ilie , detesseil died in conseqnr lire of his having ate the berries of night-shade.—Verdict—•' That the de ceased came to his death front eating the poison berries of night...bode, not knowing they were poisonous in their nature." With regret we flair the ha- of his 11aje4, 'a ship Erne, 0 it uus, c m it. T. ?sheets, C. 2., v. int tt atisfo,tu, e a.cciirrect an the night of the 14 of Jure, on a reel' of roa L., uil . the ble of SA. owo of the Cape de Verd4.strida. She a:l4 on her punage In tberna4 of Afrw ; i. -The accident s. S at.- ea-boned by mistaking the Seitth fur the Esed end of the late lif Sat. It blew seer fres% and - In SO minutes Or shortly afterwards her nutinmwd fell, but fortituntel a ithasic hurting the yaa I, Which %.:I MS the boon. the man stand, by a hich, nt day•licht, the boat isas Imam bed, and tlw wreck, %dea tun! atruck ton •cshtve Irng II front the share, di ifted to within one Cibia leiiirsh of the Maud, on a Inch he °dicer/bawl crew, mad a smolt gwadity of pro. viaivats awl tacesweira, were landed, 11: rise' enuree of 'ha night thearreek par nit. hut-the crew ateatidy persevering in tinkling on by the remaino, they wc. e KII saved. The island Ia inhabited only by about a (Innen adore.; an American twig hound hi the etian of Putalconta, teok the officer% ion ere* eg, in a fen days afterwards, and landed them at St. •laga. where Capt. Salve,' chartered ;t aniad ,chiu,.wr for Korbadnes, (rota's% Inch :shod they ersibaa 'fed lan tintopint, awl arrived at Spithead on Saturday. Ott Friday i.e oniAnt 3 ine;anehoirelreutrisc.nre took. place. At Mr. afire) , Hi' BilX3ll. near Stow..markt t, W3l riding on the allat of his wagAats into the hatvest field, the horse* proved restive. and in attimtpting to jump °tr. he fell down, and the %sped (basing (wet his hotly, he expired trey Senn a1i0..? nii:loizial•na Smitt.:y, an alarntinc aceident oevuried within I 41011 distance oi ('.oleheoi.r. I list% lei, acd Landon wappits ittililenlyAnok Cm, u is soposed front lightning; and a woman anal child, who ai re pdawagera, had jilt& not eon it, and the bored were starer!). taken out. when Owes• batrels-ofiptiiiiMilitirf hieW up With a INIllet111(•11, hitt% many 111141 HP • 1 ,•c .~ -C' _ ._~,,. , t ,~ ~ ~. ~, ~.~ _ ~. ..