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1 . .. . ‘. 1 . 3, ~• 'l4 M 1 ~: REM nervy .L.lll' INTII. I. IG EAW:E. Ci ►MAION OLEAS; Ike: 'T. 4-4.••• u v. iviirrimoust A mmtif .11 was sv‘ide t'itr a little to shrw cause why the Sheriff of Middksex should Oft be amide to rive up the sum of 711. 15s. to the Plaintiff in this case, out of money he held in his posion, otging to the Defend:uu. 'The Plaintiff hail attempted to distrain upon the peeniises of the I)efendant !Or a debt, but could find no property of the kart value; it appeared, howeser, that the Sheriff of 111iildlesex had been employed hy the Deftusdant to recover a certa i n %nut money, which he had obtained, and it was sww in his possession. The Court ranted a Rule to shew cause. POLICE. arisuri-noust. Yesterday 7,mees Ilibite and lamer Giles were brought before the Loan Mayoa, on suspicion of being concerned in stealing three hogsheads of su gar, tberproperty of Mr. Lingham, sugar-cooper, near Thames-ureet. This robbery was stated to have been committed on the Surry-side of the Rl vur, bin the prisoners were apprehended in the city they both underwent a private examination, and were cnalered into sep.trate confinement in the Poul try Tempter, to be brought up for further cumin a:on on a future day. A man, who ca ll ed himself Jobe How, a barge- Man of xford. was also charged• before the Louts MAYO?, with stealing a gold watch. It appeared that the prisoner had offered the watch for sale to n pawn-broker, who, suspeEting him of having sto len, the watch, gave him into custody. A Gentle man acended, who claimed the watch as his pro perty. The prisoner prevaricated in his account of obtaining the witch • at fi rst stating that ' he bought it at Oxford, and a fterwards: that be found it in St. Paul's Church-yard. He was committed for further examination. N A It 1110101:01•STittt. Yesterday Mary From: was brought before the Magistrate at this office, charged by a respectable .housekeeper in Cerman-street, with setting fire to her lodgings, w;.th 'an intent to burn the house. The landlady of the preinises :stated, that the pri inner clad long been a disagreeable lodger, and that she had put up -with her bad behaviour in hopes of .lity amendment. In a quarrel that hap pened between their, some time hack, the prisoner told. tier, that she Would set the house in flames and hum a that wis in it ; this expression had been since repeated, and soon after a fire was discovered in the apartment sire occapled, occa-iioned by son.e eloathes that were bornir.q- in a :!,air. Tie prisoner produced a bundle centai-i^s the things found in flamesa—She sad they belanged to her son, a little boy, and that they hsd accidentally caught fire, but how she did not know. Wile denied having any intention to commit the crime she was seemed of, and vas ignorant of havinßmatie use of the expression which her laudlady nnotioited ; she appealed to tlee-lilagittrase to juke if she could have any moiise fer an action of tliat kind, whcri in the t repurtr she was ossesied of was in her room, without being insure d. Mr. Costar, the Malistrate• nrciared her to leave the house immediately in which she lived, and sent an officer to oblige her to take another lodging at the house c.f a person whom she said was her friend. paw 7teninv was charged with panning several nitwits of (loathing, the property of John Hamil ton. The cloathes had beep left locked up in a box, to be taken care of until the complainant should call to dentand them; the Prisoner had, however, brniten the le: k, and taken auroral things OUT, which he The n.-gistrate pointed out the extent of the pri suner's crime, and ordered hint to be discharged!, on of making immediate compensation to the ,invner of the yfroperty. Thomas; liar on was examined on a charge of aratultirr William Wiiiiants (a Black) and taking away his bundle, at a public-house, in Parker's street, Diary-lane• it appeared that the Complainant went to enquire after a girl of the town at the public-house, where he was engaged in a scull', during which his bun dle was taken away, but by whom, he could not tell. The prisoner called Cu: landlord of the house, who gave him a good character, in consequence of! which lie was distharge4. During the lite tempestous weather an immense quantity of lobsters were driven upon the coast be. &eau Flandore-hiad and Morose. ; several hun dreds of which sold at two-pence each. Sonic were caurtht that weighed upwards of 41b. 'the t**b regiment, lately the td battalion of the .5`24, now it Chatham Barra( ks, is under orders for Ireland.--jrhe 79th regiment, in four divisions, last week marched through Glasgow, on their route to )veland.—The 1,51.11, 4101. h. and 62d, are under orders for .larnaicl, from Ireland. bitters from Trieste, of the 12th Jan. state, that at eleven o'clock of the preceding day, five large vessels, richly laden, of which two were Greek, one Danish, one English, and one American, were driven ashore by the tompestous weather, at the Old Hos pital and the Ba:teries. The greatest part of the crews were savod, but the cargoes were entirely lost. &yen other vessels who were in that port have also suffered considerably, and great apprehensions are entertained foe their safety daring the next bight, if the tiara continuei. This :morning two other large ships were wen at vi me distance, which had been dimmed, aitd were holding out signals of distress. It was impossible, however, to venture out tti their assistance. The state of bitths,.deaths, rnarria;:es, and di vorces. in tails, from September 1801, to Sep tember 23, leet, -vas, accarding to.recent accounts, as fo:lows:—Born in wedlock, males, 7993; fe. imam ¶.l/51 total, 1.;,619. Born out of wedlock, malesi 27491 tamales. 2110; total, 5499; forming the general total of births, 21,018..--Died, males, 10.31:.1; females, 10,077; total, 2.0,1390,--Marriages, -4694. Diserees, 902. From this statement it ap. pears, thatthe morals of the Parisians do not mend under the new regime; as orwletirth of the children ham in the French metropolis am illegitimate, and .tarty the same proportion of married people enter In i thitt state only with the view of dissolving it by &faux. ..--, . - i- .. ~~ 74, CORN .V.IRKET, Fit. 7: • 11 Our arrivals of Whrat at market today are con- slat-rah:L.., and appears to decline in price about Is. and 2s. per quarter, the demand not being estremel y large. --supplies of Barley are very great, and causes this article to sell lower with Malt. —Peas and Beans not quite so lull a supply, and arc s trine dearer,—Ate still have large imports of Oats, they continue to iodine dowr ' -Prices of Flour are tt;sp something lower. R1111:1:71 4uLICE OF Wlsrat 444 SO4 564 Od Flue .',7s Aid Rye Itidey "J 4 265 6d Matt 40, 4N4 Od (his l4s I9s Yis Od Feut t lour, Crs. 495. SC( GRAIN AS UNDER : 1 t'.43....I%* Whitelleve M. 41) Od Grew Pk we Snuill Beans...—. li, .;i: 0 1 'lick , . Nape S er it !;11 • , 4I cwillar.t. ..ind .litto, 4os. 4.5-.. per 5....-;.c. Nif RRATIVE OW TUE MOVEMENTS OF THE FORTY-SECOND 11.1.WM1.: , r, 0% TUE '2IST 01 INIAAC.H 1801. On the morning of the 21st of March, the ' piquets of the reservennad given their fire and re tired, when Brigadier-Beneral Oakes ordered the left %ring of the Ind to advance. Major Stirling, who commanded this wing, had nearly gained the left of the redoubt, in entich the 2tith regiment had taken post, and were engaged, when he immedi ately encountered the enemy in front. They were at this time endeavouring to force the redoubt, the ruins, and the corps, which communicated them thencetn the sea. To the left of the Mhjor's po sition, the road from Alexandria to Abounir passes through a considerable hollow, which separated the Vld from the guards, a space which was unoccupied by an y troops in the first lir.e. On this road the otncers of the light company descried, and gave in formation of a column of the enemy directing its march upon their flank, and having with them a standard and a field-piece. The Majot himself soon after ascertained this co lumn to be wrench, and dinned the officer com manding the light company to be ready to form front to his flank, in case any attempt should be made to turn it. 'rho firing at this time was vary smart, betit in front and to . the right. Passing by the rear, he had lost reached the right of the wing he commanded, when he heard a dische of grape ; and on re turning rapidly to the le i, sow a Freinli battalion in his wear, with a field-piece and six horses. and two loaded camels behind them. Conceiving himself likely to be placed between two fires, he did not hesi tate to order the wing to face to the right-about, and charge. The order was obeyed with a spirited promptness, lehich speediln insured the discomfiture of pant of this corps, and obtained possession of the gun- The head of the enemy's column, fnllowed by Major Stirling, directed its movements on the ruins, and were now mien by the right wing of the 42d, under Lieutenant Colonel Aleitander Stewart, who here .t i nned in the conflict. *thee Oohed, a part of the column sought tcr in the reins, which they cohered, reneihnlig fun of some coinp4,ies of the ntith r.zinntnt. Olin this time closed in with then:. 3tia their tl • standard was taken from the bearer bin Major Stir ling, who consigned it in chase to a non-commis sioned offteer, fhe survivors of the enemy imme diately sulrendered, and were marched prisoners to the beach by Ensign =an of the 4241 regiment. Both wings of the 42d, now quitting die ruins, formed battalion under the orders of Lieut. Col. A. Stewart, and prottetded to the ground which the left wing had occupied, at the comencernent of the action on the left of the 28th redoubt. Along with the 28th, the regiment was now engaged in opposing the repeated attempts of the enemy to force the re doubt—attempts repeated also in the same manner, by fresh bodies endeavouring to come round its left, apparently to bunk the line of the 42d, and force . the redoubt. The column in front-kept up a heavy fire, ad vaecing at ,the same time; when Sir rselph Aber cromby coming up to the 41d, gave orders that the enemy should not be allowed to gain the height. Orders were at. that 11:0111tIlt given by Lieutenant. Colonel A. Stewart.to charge, which was instaetly done, and ,the Freeeh • infantry were driven down the declivity to a considerable distance in front and left of the position the reserve. They retreated through 16_ intervals, of their cavalry, who were now observed, its the ;smoke cleared away, clone. to the left of the 4nd. The exertion of tins charge had disordered the line ; and Lieutenatt-Color.el A. Stewart judng 'that the enemy's cavalry were preparing to c harg e in turn, ordered the •fr2d to form quickly on the grenadiers, and prepare to receive them. This moment was seleitcd by the enemy for a desperate charge. It was, daubtless, a moment in which a regiment pressing close on a set:tinting enemy cannot lie supposed to be comedy in line. The charge of the cavalry was made en swan and in some places penetrated the intervals which had been occasioned by the movements to form on the grenadiers, an order which, in tie con tinued firing of musketry, could nut be distinctly heard by the whole battalion. The right was protected by the fire of the `nth in the redoubt, and Brigadier General Stewart bring. ing up his brigade at this critical moment, his owe regiment gave the enemy a close and welletirected fire, which allowed time to the ltd to join their efforts to these of the rest of the reserve. and of the foreign brigade, in repelling the cavalry. This service wan speedily accomplished with the effect stated in the dispatches of the Commander is Chief. The rest of the action consisted in sharp shooting and cannonading. as stated in the same dispatehes. The noneeemmissioned efficer, Serjeant Sinclait, to whom the standard taken from the enemy was given in charge, was woundechin the rear of the re giment, and by him the standard was lost. The 42d inflect, with great satisfaction, on the prompt and effective support they received inset the 28th regintent, the Rank companies of the 49th regiment, the 58th ruin:ant. and Queen's Gorman regir;::nt, with whom they more inaioedifteinthetod. above narrative was drawn tip vgca_rab. tion furnished by the officers ' And at their desire. It has been sabaidtonor` ' co % and we declare it conk:mai& to Own beat i : 'ion and recollection of the facts. (Signed) A. ST.Cw4rf• MitOir and Lieut.- Col. 42d R. H. dent.. (Signed) JAS. STIRLING, Milt Col. Ild R. . iter. - . -4" . _ P . 0. , . a.. ift.idifi - have • ,f4:-.44(1. • icrplt • —• . • (011010111 g 0 the most accurate account we yet seen of the Egyptian Monuments in the ash Mu.eilin. They were ttil• n'from the Freud' troy,..in Alexandria; and sent to England in Sep :miser last, under the charge of Colonel Turner, and arc now placed under slight temporary coverings in the c oort-yard of the Museum. At either end of theirrst shed is a statue of white marble, evidently Roman; the first supposed to be Marcus Aurelius, the second Se/mimic Severus ; but both of very inferior workmanship. They were discovered in the researches at Alexandria, and it is not known whence they originally came. The next augment is a ltani's Head, about four feet in length, carved from a soft red stone, called by the French mop grais, and was brought from Upper Egypt. It has part of the right horn broken of; but the workmanship is exquisite, and the expression of the eyes exceeding good. The Ram's Head represented the Deity called Amoun, whom the Greeks (who borrowed much of their mythology from - Egypt) afterwards adopted by the name of Ammon. Amoun denoted to the Egyptians the creative power of God, his beneficence and diffusive influ ence through the works of nature. His chief temple was at Thebes; whence the epither of The ban was given to the Ram ; which was also a repre sentation of the Sun in Aries. They who desire a further acquaintance with the symbolical attributes of Amoun, may consult Jablonsky's Pantheon Egyp tiacum. We next come to two Obelisks, richly charged with hieroglyphics, and much resembling in their general appearance the one at Mattareah, engraved in Dr. Shaw's Travels. These obelisks, it is supposed, were erected by the Egyptians as gnomon: for astronomic uses, and had anciently a ball on the top supported by a very small.shaft, the projection of whose shadow on the ground near that of the gnomon, formed an ellipsis, by which the middle determined by its position ex actly enough the height of the centre of the Sun. They are of hasaltes, and were likewise brought from Upper Egypt. Betwgen the obelisks stands a large square sarcophagus or chest, con:posed of what the French call berclx verte, and appears to be of an algregate kind, with which our mineralogists were liefi)re unacquainted. It was brou;;ht from the mosque of St. Athimasins, in Alexandria. The hieroglyphic language inscribed both inside and out, denotes it to have been used for sacred pur poses. But whether as a chest for the images of the Egyptian Deities, or as a cistern for the holy water used in the sacred mysteries, does not appear. In form and size it seems to represent the great chest in the largest of the pyramids of Egypt, except that the - latter, which was long taken for the tomb of Cheops, was unadorned with hie roglyphics. However, that this chest was some how concerned with the mystical worship of Osi ris, is more than probable : though it is not likely, as has been suggested, that it was one of the ;Myra, or secret chambers, which had so great a share in the Egyptian mysteries. That it was not placed on end, seems probable from the hori zontal direction the hieroglyphics are drawn in. Its weight is nine tons, an among the symbols it is covered with, the sacred monkey is frequently repeated ; an animal that is not once mentioned by Jablonsky, though most classical readers will re member the allusion to it at the opening of Juvenal's 15th Satii e. - " Qnis ne<cit, VOtIBI Prhynice. Qualia demens " pone= colat Crocoddon adorat " Pars hxc : illa isavet saturam serw-ntibus Lai et ries sacri aster abstra CERCOPITMECI." Close by the great chest lies a massive Hand, of red granite, clenched. It is thought to have be longed to a statue of Vulcan, and was found by the French among some ruins in the neighbourhood of Memphis. k rom its form it appears to have rested on the knee ; and the statue it belonged to must have been at least eighty feet in length. Beside this is a small fragment of a light red stone, hav ing on it several . diminutive figures, with three or four repetitions of the crux atuata. Such are the monuments sheltered by the first covering ; at the four corners of which are mutilated figures of Osi ris, of black granite, brought from Thebes. At each end of. the second shed is a shaft of por phyry, the first of which is about three feet and a half diameter, and about four yards in length. Im mediately succeedin , r, we have two figures of Osiris, seated in black grani , te. He is represented with the head of a lion, round which we see the sun, ac companied by the usual head-dress of the Egyptians ; from the neck downwards he is represented as a vir gin, and holds in his left hand the crux atuata, and on the seat are a few hieroglyphics. Osiris, we know, was variously delineated, according to the attrihotei or operations of the Deity the Lgyptian priests desired to express : And the figure we have here described was peculiarly symbolical of the heat, eigour, arid influence of the Sun, in the inundation of the Nile, when it passed through the signs of Leo and Virgo. The crux anzata, however, is not so easily explained. The best and most accurate writers on the symbolical learning of the Egyp tians have differed very widely in describing it. Some have thought the ems denoted the four elements of the world, and the circle the influence the sun had over them. Others have thought the whole figure to he the name of the Divine Being who travelled through the world; some, the figure of the Deity, not made in the likeness of any crea ture ; . some, the philaaery of his ; and others, that it was the ineffable image of Eternity. One writer has endeavoured, with a considerable share of learning and ingenuity, to prove that it was the itrut trout cm, or mariner's compass, which he was willing to believe was known even to the Egyp tians. All these conjectures only serve to chew that the mystery Couched under the symbolical learning of Egypt is inexplicable. Close by the figures of Osiris is a mammy-chest of basalltes, with a narroU , border of hieroglyphics round the outer edge. This also came from Upper Egypt, and its uw is immediately pointed out by the shape of the cavity, in which the figure of the head and legs is clearly seen. Next we have a Clue sarcophagus; its size is smaller than the one already mentioned, but its weight two ton more. It is composed, not like the former, of a breccia, but of black granite, and was brought fkom Cairo ; and like the larger one, is ,covered with the hieroglyphic writing..—. Close adjoining is the broken ngure of a woman, seated on her Kama, and probably representing Isis; the position, as Porphyry asserts, is a type of the Deity's being retired within itself. Nigh this muti lated figure lies a cylindrical pillar or red granite and close t• it part of a large *se of black granite' ♦ . 441. . ^ ••, • • +..&•••=_a very .At and plentifully adorned with Uengly. pliics, and perhaps osed for the preservatiott of some of the sacred vestments dr utensils. it Is rounded at the end, and, with onesside of the srnalftir sarcophagus, already mentioned, has been engraved by Niebuhr. This is followed by another mute of Osiris; beside which there is a small broken figtire. kneeling, with hieroglyphics; it is of black granite, and like the greater part of its neighbours, came from Upper 14y pt. To this enturination we must add a small chest of Oriental Manuscripts, gathered by the French Institute at Cairo; they are in number sixty-two, and arc chiefly Coptic, Arabic, and Turkish. There are also two pieces, of antient sculpture, which have not yet arrived at the Nloseum ; being at present deposited, for the investigation of the curious, in the Library at Somerset-lame, belong ing to the Society of Antiquaries. One has a triply inscription, in the sacred, the vulgar, and the Greek tongues; the latter of which is already engraved, and a translation of it presented to the Society by Mr. Stephen Weston, whence it appears chiefly ' relate to Ptolemy Philoineter. The other is the statue of a woman, sitting on the ground, in black granite ; between her feet the model of one of the capitals belonging to a column in the Temple of Isis, at I)endera. Having said thus much of the Egyptian Montt ments, it may not. be irrelevant to and a few words upon the hieroglyphics, which appear upon so many of them. "Though in these Egypt sbadow'ed oat both the spiritual and physical world, yet it is net probable that a system com Posed with such con summate skill, confined entirely to the acquaintance of the priests, and even by them delivered orally, can at. this day be laid open to the world. The ravages of Cambyses must at least have deranged the knowledge of it; and Plerodotus :iscerts, that in his time the priests were but mere pretenders to it. We are assured by Plutarch, that the hidden philosophy of Egypt exhibited, even to tho , :e who were initiated among pritms, but dark hints. and obscure resemblances of the truth. And thus much the priests themselves insinutted, +ice they placed figures of the sphinx at the entrance of their templ?s, as tipes of the enigrindical nature of their tl.eulegy. OLD BOOKS. Tly• first book printed by Caxton was The Game of Chas • the second was 77. e Diaat and Sayinge: of Philotopiers, by Earl Rivers, 1477. The oldest Herial iu the English language is by Doctor Turner. It is a folio, in black letter, and was published in 1551. Adam Blackwood, who had been a retainer to Mary, published in French The Martyrdom of - Mari Stuart, Queen of Scatiand. It is written with all that bitterness of resentment, which it is natural for a man to feel, who,. by an act of flagrant injustice, was deprived of his mistress and his sovereign, his friend and benefactress. He addresses himself in a vehement strain of passion, to all the princes of Europe to avenge her death ; declaring that they are unworthy of royalty, if they are rot roused on so interesting and pressing an occasion. Black wood was a Civilian, a Yoat, arid a Divine. Archbishop Spotissvoode'S H.Story of S.-otland, which is now in such high eiteem,.deserves its re pu:ution fur its great impareiaky, the most valuable excellence of an historian. It was written. by com mand of James I. from scanty materials. Upon ex pressing a diffidence to James about that part of it which relates to his mother, the beautiful and un fortunate Mary, the King replied, " Speak the truth, man, Gad spare not." Sir Walter Raleigh's History cf the ;Voila, now so seldom read, is remarkable for a pure, nervous. and majestic style. This admirable work has been thought a just model for the reformation of our lan guage. Old Fuller was a prebendary of Salisbury. Of his works, the following is ;he opinion of the best critics :—His Church History is the most erroneous; the Pisgah Sight the most exatrt ; and his History of the Worthit: the most estimable, Of Sutton, the founder of the Chartershouse, he says qushitly, that he had great length in his extracetion, breadth) in his estate, and depth in his liberality." The E/hoyi Basibie of Charles I. which Milton says had the same elk& on the affections of the English, as the famous Will of Cesar had on those of the Roman people, Tent through fifty edihOns, at home and abroad, in one year. BIRTHS. Lately, the Lair of V. K.lnert, E 9. of New Cavendish sir...A, Portland-I:Li-P. or, A d Lately, the 1..1.t. o Sit F. L. Wald, of Harrovorth, of a daarilitcr. rir the 3.1 inst in Devonshire-place, the Lady of H. Rose, Esq. of a s4n. M.WRIFD. On the t"..ith ult. at T,ilisrall, 1Kr..1. Hacking, of Plantation 1111.11. s; neat Blackburn, tt, Nt.s - t Benson, of Cowen Bridge, near Kirby Low&lc. DIED. 'On Monday I:st, of a para::. tie stroke, Nfrs. Vigars, wife of Mr. Vi l lain:, of Solithampton-street,'Strand. Satiiritiv last, at her house in Park-row, Greenwich, at an ad vAn47s.4l age, Mrs. Muyle, widow cii*the laic H. Moyle, Esq. Lately, in the Mediterranean, the lion. Captain Denclut of the Guards, the eldest sou of, Lord 'Duncan. 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