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:1 I.N D Id. ealeresei, by odiliiiimM Lifters uflaWnea, Gaper, bea ts', 4 , 1:t WooJwes, Rithaidoun, Storitago.. tad twiny cabers, hi tow awry thick rol ro,al lefu •unis wonted widi two benettilal Viguctte Titles, pries lea. tweak', of. EPISTLES ; Copland & 5J Collection of Pannier tied Amusing Letters, selected foc the lesprocenieut o 1 l'imo; Perllolo. 11/1i fur General Eatertaiovernt, n ...a the snot esteeniec Wnicre. Printed fur J. Johnson; R. Baldwin; W. J. sod J. Rich ardson; F. and C. Rteiagtoni It Fasidat; Clothe sc. Ros; Cutheil and :tient.% ; J. While; W. Lacendrs: %cote and J. Robins."' J. Walkre• I) Se - Letemds 4if need Davies; Srstcherd and Let t. tsereker, .au a nh,rice; G. ' , teenier; W. hiller; .1 ;sus; Been. Rees, and Orate; Mathews and leerh; Lacksupton, Alit.", and Cu.; Pote and Williams; T. Savary ;- La:ve ar.d Newman; nottivOun F. lloitrsee. B. Cru.'h and Co 1. and A. Arch; L. Walker boaster; J. H.uhsriL J Hardiug "'• Stewart ; R. Phi cps; J. Msoinau; R. 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ELEGAN'r EXTRAC IN; or, t'vfol and Entertain log Pieces of Poetry, sek-ted fnr the Iroproelriuent of Young Presume ; bong si,u.lar tat D..sign to Elegant Na than* is Priree.,Ate . d oIV,I I IS bo4rda. 7.•fiSurrelgoiries alba s i. .ee Books fee the Coe of &Iwo& The day* p ubllslw.l . latelenowly printed, iu Semen Volumes Octavo, and an Ele.ti) to 4.10 &Mb; cibutain i ng Ils p a , P 1.., Viers, awl Coats, silasiratrire of the Geography sod A n ti. tputsol of Aiactent Lireere, a ago I...#.4:WNW:nig the Feted, ri roe aL4.I. booed*, of 11E 14( A V r. 1.4 of AN ACIIARRIS, the iewure, i•i Greece, during the Altddle et the Fotirth • casitiary, Ardor* the Christian Ira i Trarolated from the "roach of t` iat, Ahlot Barthelemy ' Tab prirlia44 FAIOIRS atlas LIFE of .17 1. 8.01/11EIJIIIY, r•lek b 1 *Wolf, to t 79 tad 1293 with • Pert44ol the Arilher. • s.• Tior enter ..‘ hashers eweillelleearelesa tied earregted by the trot Perw.Stlitties, pal/WINO *ease Cep/, winch the late .11.be.Badhetrwi had mole noiratrion C..reircuous and Additineg, with lit owe baud. The Taldeit.:tt tbs. end of the hwvtuth Volume, are corrected with respect tootling of tha 0114 , 111, anak 0011111444ab1y &dare. d Four are saes err also added, sit,..l Of the Attic Mo...ths Of the Tribe pais sad Ilegtstrates of .Iklectu.J. Of the Greets, Colo 'Dirs.-4. A Geographical 1 tote or mdse of the Co...noes Cities, etc deeutioaesli to Vale Work, wall their Models: Names. TtbelOva, ?Is , is, Views, and Coins, contain several addi tional one woo, end are all Cons sire Ekturts, in general •• • larwe ice/a. Tbs rrimsle have bend re•essitrared fur this &Imam o'the Tranalatioa, alai are esteem nt with a., te•corkwy, .solos, and etrtnnerrahnh ,euder thews, its flat MINNA iskewwis, much sup .rsur to those of the former letinse,n4a. B. A tear Gees are printe.i Da Superfine Rural Paper, tool tr.ll he said, efith Proof Intpreanatats of the Plates and pews fos..hoso P...its.l for J. Ifistenten ; 1. Johnson; T. IPerte ; Cede!! end Wynn Lottiono, Mart, Recs, and thaw; J. and A. Ardi ; G. Soinnaou ; J. Switards....“ , Lack:soon, Alien, a.to Co. And 1. i Ilashardangi caLt,L, rr.. Nov. 37. 1807. Gait. Urquhart. late of the brig Success, iaptuntd .a burnt by Suroniti, oo the coast of Coeoinantiel, agate to town on Tuesday in.arning, from tirat.jain. cede by sea to thr river Hoo4ley, on board , nred brig Liperinurst. hi coaling into the inuddy evening, Cap .aiu Urquhart raw tuwardabounti ships, that appeared to ‘stabesk their cools', snl to have stood op channel. The y sere oluerveil to stand to southward. The Sorry anti Castle their convoy, were in company with the ye. Viol lied with them+ two pilot fiber of ceauitanders of ersiels captured by and whp atre euteseqitently reler.ed and ire. have come round bout Ur:skein, with :periatitt. --sr-easter put on hoard the Experiment, taken by the Stimulants, gives an account lure of two Bengal ship• by that frigue. ny ollect the names Of tn.. two ships, mentions those of their coin-nanders, and ho was passeiii,rrr in one of thr , n. Three urea, eniinected with soma others, corrr exact: to the Althea and E.lizabetA, !or on room to doubt of the capture of visluaLle ships. irticulars are notioed, tending it all to he atnirelpeusirena entertained for the the Cilmell, we conclude that she has l'aptaiii Urquhart was detained 13 days the Rar.artaat privateer. by Soreoutf, lit of which this daring adventurer was 2.5 &dome water, tolf the Sand Heads , rwaglry. He wee left hv Captain Urqu te 3 tat ult. in si . ght of Caagapatam. itian forwarded froru Grunpun states, that Jedar frigates and L'Adek privateer, are the Hey. A privateer hue this nailed for Orilph in quest of a•British merchant nat quarter. tnt itf *helms' of the INseteguese I..hn Never atissess ilia' Wet au lot passage .nett tiaras* China. our Bengal pilot the rod of April last, lied *erns; the 134) till the 4th of May, he !tacit le of 16. 57. north, lonKitude t, we theoantered a ',title gide, seeom -Ith a h•-a/y swell', in which the shets.hr. aril, and beenNie lea/. The gale 'm it breatne.ieee4.s.try to the fee,' rrttion ios to els, isms! , the main and ratan-04119h. he vio!..nee at the storm, with (lit he eye ioeteant working Gf the pumps tis the ship free; anal froth her masts be we* exposed to the swell, whieh the hittl with such forme and ire-we:ley. me terry zirnatut &emit .1 fo.i.ideriug. •iituatingt, our ennmsekeler ant hayed the utmost professomal slid!, but, presence of mind, by his collectvd, tsrions ctr.rhirt, afforded as rcanlrle tlint raise ou► imfes, and to annoatc our exec.- t6th of 151-ty, at M a. ss, the %rather hiflermisly ',aut....Hied, we foatel almost of our water-h.tta stove in, so flat, at of other in aerial wants, it tkrta•ur to put into the near , : , t port, Go woes. The 1r.n.1 IneetPgl part of I•ir cn,est :new to I ,t• by 3 1 , :l . 1) . 4 , *(1•1 , cowit not ! awstance rt ; yet, w. the No. , th-west usually blows with violence, we laid no that the duahlisi state of our veasel would •thesl before the wind, anti mail, the coast, ribee a snort ruu hi the victim ) of tin broke. islands. and *CIA U bout on alit•ie 61/.llt. Itll 6 .lCs to toe no.utward of the neer liartooli,hinio ou.dediatt *omit, of fresh water. la Old we were disappotuieJ. The coast woere the boat .1,13 barren desert, and althoa 4 ,ll wells were sunk e....nous peaces altrig the Leach, in the hope of r. *citing Water. all • atteat:lts prayed tr.llthno. We were therefore obliged to mate 0:150 sail we could before the wind, to the lionliaacd, in gout of water. It was proposed to put into Cheiluba, bat ut.fortnnately we fell to leeward of the isluaii, and found it necessary to anchor oi . liadiihs, where we obtained water and tome provisions, hut us tee could not there repair the hoses of tne ship, so as to enable us with safety to put sea, w e were desirous, if possible, to reach tuther Chi:- dubs or Chettagong. On the ltith of June, we weighed add stood out froln &Atha. In the mem, tittle the Icik was its.oninch that it te quired.the constant working' of the puoys, both oislit cud day, to keep the ship clear. %Vlaile in tht* bituttlion, on the 17th of Ju.tr, dee day otter leaving SuJulia, we experienced a second gale of wind, as violent as the first. In the now disaiied condition of our ship, and the exhausted state of the crew, from constant labour at the puoups, we had uo other alternative thou to eadeavour to mu the vessel on shore. in the h ye of saving the lives of the people on hoard ; while, in pursuance of this design, we were so fortunate as to run into a bay, where tieing somea hat sheltered from the storm, we came to aucho.. at six palt. the pumps incessantiy working, and the leak rather gaining upon us in spite of ad our exertims. At eleven p.m. the gale still. faCreasing, the ship drove front her anchors, and soon afterwards struck upon a narrow insulated rock, open which it was evident she would quickly go to• pieces. The unshaken mind of our Com mander was now eminently displayed. Finding that the ship must eertaioly . go to pletrm, and that the people could no longer coutitme on I.miril W ith safety, he ordered the loop-boat to lye got out, him self superiotending the optrutiou, which wu. not effected without difficulty. A soon as the hout•w us in readiness. the superciirgo, myself, and as slimly of the _people as she could carry. were embarked, when *le Captain, Unmindful of his own safety, ordered us to quit the wreck, ai r d It make the best of our way to the shore. As the bunt could not contain all the people, some sought their safety on spurs, planks, hen-r oops, are.• • while the Captain, a:.d Ave Or sic of his people. continued with the wreck, endeavouring to prepare a raft. We, who were in the long-boot, passed a dreary night, igno rant of the fate of our companions, and despairing ourselves of reaching the shore alive, the gale still motioning in all jtainry. At length the snu arose, . . when we had the morfificatiou to find, that our breve end faithful friend, our late commander, had voluntarily sacrificed his life to a sense of duty, he who so well deserved a better fate, and the meat who were with him, perished with the wreck, which went to pieces in the night. The long-boat did not get on shore till noon, when we landed, and were soon afterwards seised and conducted by the natives ' as prisoners, to the presence of the Rajah, iu the capital Saduha, •where we were detained for for months, during which time we experienced every p, ivatinu and in dignity from a barbarous Government, Mike in sensible to the claims of Justice or humanity. At length, after incessant entreaties, we, with the exception of the sapercargo, his brother-in law, the purser, and four ethers, were, on the 17th of last mouth, set at large. The persons detained were to be marched up to the presence of Ilia Ma lesty at Ave. They were to be accompanied by sonic of the chests of . ispiuna, and bales of cotton, which floated on shore from the wreck. Of the -srargo that came on shore, the chief part was seized and sold by the iiih.thitants of Sadiiha. We who were released, to the number of 46, were provided with a small fishing-boat, iu which we hastened to leave the inhospitable shore of Saduha. In our uneasiness to embark, we neglect lected a proper supply of water and provisions, and overlooked the insufficient accommndations of our boat; we were, however, but a short time at sea, before we found ourselves cramped for room, and so much exposed to the inclemency of the weather, that we preferred going on shore, wholly unprovided as we were, determined to traverse the woods, and to seek our way to Chittagong on foot. Having handed, we proceeded along the coast, and after walking day and night, without refreshment or food, we arrived, at the end of the fourth day, more dead than alive, at Chittagong : here our wants were doomed to he completely re moved ; here our sufferings were soothed by the tenderest offices of. humanity. • James Bruce Laing, Esq. Jud 4e and Magistrate of Chittagong, animated by sentiments honour able to humanity, and congenial to the British cha racter, succoured our distresses with a seal, promp titude, and liberality, calculated to excite both our gratitude and admiration. 1 have Ho expres sions equivalent to my sense of the beneficence and generosity experienced from this Gentleman, in the kindness of whose attentions all my compa nions and myself lost every trace of our late dis tresses, except their remembrance. I Milo that my countrymen, whether iu Europe or in India. will justly appreciate such benevolence, and that they will be proud to acknowledge its claim to our national and individual gratitude, by employing every opportunity that may present itself to relieve a distressed or ship-wrecked Britain. Mr. Laing was desirous to detain the people some time longer at this place, under the eppre hcn•ion that they were not fully recruited. A longer stay was, however, unnecessary. The Las ears being amply provided with money and other requisites for their journey, set nut some days ago tiir Luekepore, on their way to Calcutta. The Europeans, nine in number, and ten Chinese. beim: eq pest from the seine liberal source, silt,' a hot, money, and whatever WWI re•iunedl for their ( I nge, proceeded t o a few days ago, for I a cotta.—Subjoined is an account of the fate of ti,' ~ons laic of the Retro sione. %umber ...(pooh embaeLed from (bit-vita. 09 l.rou !Ma- . .t. Napo en.usene, J Lascum, 9 Cisiner% ltratia.;:—Tetia 7. • Arrived at Chittagong, ao Chittagong, NOV. 10, IM THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, SATURDAY. APRIL 16. The Channel Beet sailed on Wednesday fron Torbay, to resume its station off Brest. The Diana, Capt. lihoolz, is arrived at Liver pool, from Denser:au, which plum she left on the Itith February•, in coinpaoy with the Intrepid. TURNSULL ; Ails, ANDERSON ; Mary Anti, KEN DAL!. ; atid tlic George, NPTAGGArT, all for Li verpool. Ti.v Jason, NEL, for the Clyde; /A dis:dry, ('ltylcicioN, for Dublin ; Admiral eolpoye, Lind Good brew, for London, arrived ut Borhadoes on , Vitlr Fehrit.iry, and sailed from tlievice uu the Ist of March, under convoy of llis Majesty's brig L' Esperier. On the 3d March, the Intrepid parted to windward of A•ttigual , ; on the 12th, parted from the Comaodor, ; tad Nile parted the same night, in hit. Ai. 4t. N. On the 14th saw two large ships to the northward : the Mary:lan then in company ; the George and Colpabis then astern. The Jason was left at rarbatlo beiag leak.. The home- Nara-bound I...e•‘‘ aril Island First au.., to Kai! from Tortola, on the 'nth of April. The Caledonia, Ttanmon, had lirrived at DeIll2CT:1111, la twenty !p•o clays, from Kinsale. On the 2811 or Juisuary, in t the latitude of Antigua, at day-light, she oh nerved six sail of shi l ls, one a two-decker, which gate eliaie to the 'a/done, who out-sailed tl.eni. Capt. S. duce not think they were English vessels, although the ship that chased her chewed EiOisle colour , . We do not, on the other band, think it likely that the Ko.7l.fort squadron could base got into the latitude of AiadLi in, so early as the .28,1; of January. They :tun, oul, a little south-west of Mcieira, when si en by the Coniss on the 211.11. Since the commencement of the S. ssioit of Par liawent, the Ministerial Journals have never ceased to abuse the various amnions' for pipers made from time to time by the Opposition. f?vern means of argument and ridicule have been cuiplo . .e.l against theta. The motives have sues inisiepre stilted, and the end denied, or treated with con tempt. Are we never, they have said, to Le done with these " eternal motions fot papers ?" " Are we to hear of nothing but motions for papers i" That much information of this sort has been called for by Opposition, during the present Session, is admitted. The question then resolves itself into this—Are these motions for papers idle and imper tinent inquiries, without any rational object, or have they been necessary to a fair Parliamentary discussion of public afliiirs ? It is by this standard they must be measured, and by it is the conduct of the Opposition to be judged. It may facilitate the application of this rule, to answer, in the first instance, the obj.tction mede to the production of papers, on the grollud of economy. The tables are represented as groaning beneath the weight of papers required by the Opposition, sod the ex pease attending them is held forth as adding con siderably to the increase of the public burdens. Observations of this sort are always popular; and weak advocates, in a weak cause, are always sure to resort to them, just as feeble authors avail themselves of clap-traps in a Play that has no solid ittei it to recommend it. The public are of course disposed to give such ar guments a friendly reception ; anal the long and re peated debates upon motions of this kiwi, in Par liament, we allow, have been calculated to :ou c h t o the subject of theta an idea of no ordinary q aridity and extent. Now! what is the fact? The set of the papers alluded to, whether those affect ing Austria, Russia, Portugal, Prussia, or Swe den, wont I not occupy more than tax or seven co lumns of a newspaper. With a few exception", owing to the pressure of temporary matter, they have been all given in THI BuiTtsu Pates, at length ; awl yet, upon a review of our numbers, they do not appear to faro a very prominent arti cle. In short, the whole of them toactlier, if hound up in our volume, would not equal in quan tity a single number in the series at. zr.wl Mtlitury Reports, or of many other public docu ments, of which one is almost weekly lai.l iipew the tsole of the House of Com ttttt without t citing Ciatiliollf or dissatisfaction. Besides. hvitig • intended exclusively for the use of the Members, the number priateil is regulated by the number or It sloes not, we believe, the House of C.) 11111 l 0111. in any instance, exceed 7 or 800.—So that there is scarcely any popular work in any Bookseller's shop in Loudon, of any considerable size or sale, that sloes not exceed the aggregate of all these doeu mots, in labour, expense, and consumption of paper. Such is the foundation upon which those whose practice it is to abuse the public credulity, have attempted to raise a clamour against those Members of Parliament who seek troth in the spirit of truth, by culling for that species of in formatioa winch about can or ought to satisfy a p VI I MITMINOCIIM ill UM shots m s t, charge of ins duty. lu prosecution of this a ) xe,,, i of eipluaihn, they are ready to deny any truth, m i d ter any falsehood. They atop at nothing, It o ,_ ever extravagant, which they think east sense purpose. They do not hesitate to say that the scarcity of paper. one of the blessings produced 11' the °tilers iu Council, is in a great measure he attributed to the essorsnous quantity cot:suused in consequence o: the Orders of the House of Coals mons ; and we shall not be surprised, should they assert that the expcnse of printing is greater that. that of the expedition to Copenha: ; csi ; that it wore nut snore metal than was tired away in ths bombard:lunit of that e;'y ; that it ref;uircrl more labour than was exhausted iu %erkiu 2 our navy to the Baltic; and that ibr column involved more expense than nil thu,e landed iu Zealisisd with Lord ..,• much may be sufficient to shear, that she euassti% of these papers is comparatively tritliug ; that, national object, the expense is tiothiref, oven in eye cilthe most rigid (economist ; and that the fa:l -( lea inagnittide of these papers is a delusion artfui!v excited by party writers availing themselves of the debates in the House of Commons upon the severoi motions for their production, to insinuate, that be eaose these debates have been frequent, long, and ardent, that the papers sought for must be volu minous.. To .ome now to the question, are thi-v papers'neeessary or net for the inform:inn of the Douse The merits of any of the questions to Whirl, these papers related, s lictlierin the case Turkey, Russia, Prussia, or Denmark. eon to ascerriiinel only by two ways, the word of tla Minister, or written evidence. Those who contend that it is the duty of a Member of Parliameut to place entire ennfidelice in the Minister, to him inempalAe of falsehood or deception, to see it, Nita u being all good, all wise, ail perfect, and witty think that it is nothiug but " the base spirit of party and faction." to ask for more than his word in any case, however critical and important. We quote the words of the Treasory W'riters : " Party spirit and faetioil" are the motii es whicli they attribute to those who would presume to doubt the perfection and infallibility of uisters. Now let us see .chat must have been the consequence, had the Parliament placed a blind confidence in Ministers, and given implicit credit to the assertions of their advocates and retainers. They stated, broadly and flatly, in defence of the attack of Copenhagen, that, by the secret articles of Tilsit, Denmark had eiiriged to make common cause with France, and give up her fleet to the dis posal of BONAPARTE. Every clause of these ar ticles was said to be perfectly familiar to them ; cud it was even asserted that they had given 50,0001. for a true copy, and that indeed it was a cheap purchase. The moment, however, the Danish Pacers were printed, all this floe story vanished, and it appeared that they never saw either the origimal nor a copy ; stud that for the actual commits of these Secret Articles, they were left to inference, surmise, and circumstantial evi dence. hese acre the first set of State Papers loosed for by Opposition, and printed by order of the !louse of t 01111U0114 Those respecting Sir Ittctiais is Sri Acta* is squadron were the last ; and upon their essential use to dispel error and delu sion, and athirst a just view of the state of that silia:l-on, it is unnecessary to dwell.— Mot it lint been for the production of these papers, tlit public would be now assured, through the me dium of the Ministerial Prints, that in the month of Deceinl,cr, Sir Ittcluan STRACHAPeI Squadron, ish ad of being upon short allowance, was se over 'socked with p:ov:sions, as to brander the ne cessity a throwing part overboard. It follow.. ;e, Ciao, although the printing of such papetts should he attended with an heavy expense, it is at %%hid' the eouutry ought not to repine. In the heat and zeal of entitetwiiii6 panic., ar cannot come at tile truth without the n. 'l"..ey are the ou'iy Ntasatlards of fact:., awl to w:thhotil them can in geueral anba.r only the seirliow of delis sou. The exr,:n re:e it trifling, at an oLieet 1:- i m t pre,unitag it eon,ide, 1 : ce eiti.t adtni.e the delicacy and ecus.l,triler tirm:ll i ,iewc thuor ~h•. ) wake tle2t ;t grown' Of objet:::.l... T are the well, who, when in oppniiition, LA the cold (economy of Lord Lord 610.tiVILir. ; who tnarla the want e 40,009 to the King of PRUs3IA a litantm joke; who reviloa and ca:timmated the Miniget the day, bemuse he did not drain En4land w ~u! *Wiz.. the nation* of the continent, and aho pa extol every measure of ekpen-e as the fte F t ultra of wi,cluta, vi our, and euerz). Ei.t liidia convoy. norior e , rort of TArtil Invade, dropped don rot St. Gibraltar papers down to the Y(Ftli ult. or reiv.-d in i WI 1, but they do not CJ.ItYIII aa; luatcriYlly hew or intereAinig. Jock: G. ltdi 114 1, 1= CiPkto thy gad burnt bj bone to tow i whence he ea • the nreca l itiu giver on Su tss wail Of bare mistaki the south c again to the and t bole *hips c▪ hoosers. A numbs Sarcoma: w rent on shoo the lirperir The prat on heiiiic tal of the eaptu He cannot though he It of a lastly sh circu rnataue opooding e leis •r tittle .both the.e As iva pa• coati to thi wilily of tit wet /ed. t ow board t durioe, eraiiiiii2; iu of the HWY heart. no tilt iiiforinati the Cisaucho both iu the the Persian loan in that Some tweennil Captain 3.. C. a Caleni 11't left r and ..tr..ted, when in the 11. 7. 'wit, 1.31111tA with he.utril tun tre.istil4. it of the +hip 1)16.14 the ticuity, tha ewiald keep tarok.. over that we war 1.1 this al: , Gay chspla by his wrest jnilieio m-rverkto rid tinas. On the • having COll4 VIP whole riecesvary espial) , of sn .iiirrep 'Aid.' we kl Fl.e, .e . that tealawo.