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nbs lay is pabliabed, io lye very large vols. unto price 225. boards T HE BRISTOL HEIRESS; or. The Error* of Etluention. By Mrs. SLEATH, Author of " The Orphan of the - Rhine," " Who's the Mur derer '" du& Ste. Print.d fur Laee, Newman, awl Co. Minerva-011kt, Lea slenhall-street ; and sold by C. Chopp* ; Earle, Albemarle-street, sod all Boobpdlera • and to be bad Tins day is pnbtisheit t beiutifully ptinti it by aimiley, resist Ohara, price One Guinea iu boats, A Ft ECTION ; a Palma ; with Miscellaneous Pieces. Illy HENRY SMITH ERS, of the Adelplit This Work "embellished ands lire Etierovingt, by Schia wonetti' from desigits by Guido and Musqucoier. Printed fee William Miller, Albemarle-street The plans and execution of the Poem of Affection are entitled to the highest commendation. The subjert, in it self so interesting and so fitted for poefirol expansion and illustration, is treated with no less judg.w.:lt than taste ' and the Author frequently succeeds is awaking mid soot hing the most delicate feelings of our uuture. " Our Author is a Poet of no ordinary merit "—Cabinet RPVic,V. It is iu descrihiug the pleasures ..f domestic life, and the joyis of a happy family, that the Author seems go luxuriate . Ws are happy that he speahs from his own exp:rieuce "—Le Dear RI mide Iniaseary next will he pohlished, handsomely printed in Royal tdoart.i, and the Puh!minim' to bv continued guar ' Seely, tilt completed, Volume the First, of • new Edition, with ea:Liable additions, and Two Supplementary Vo lumes, of 1 ORD SOMERS'S TRACTS.— ..11J By WALTER SCOTT, Dal. This celebrated Collect of l'omyht• to, which originally appeared in • form altogether noseellimeons, will be sow elseimulogieelly arranged, said still farther utetbudised, by the'fracts of each keige being divided under the distinct Leads of Ecclesiastical, Civil, Military and M iscellaneous. To each 'front n prefixed a Prefatory View of the time Sind rieetramtances tinder which it was written and various lime mites, illustrative of obscure paseages mul historical al- Tie 4•110.1 Edition of Besners's Tracts, in sixteen vo 11smes, 116 be now euerpreheaded In twelve, and tan ituppitary Volumes; with a Biographical Memoir of Lord ikare. Primes. fir I'. Csdell and W. Davies, Strand ; W. Mil ker ; R. H. Evan . , Pall-Mall ; J. White, and J. Murry, Fleet street ; and J. Harding, Se James's street. THE BRITISH PRESS. LON DON, TRURSDAY, DacEnnEa 8. ";' Many people seem to credit the report of Bo ar ar.t art's return to Paris. It any great exploit Ski been perform x 1 against the English, (loam to he Jtavit of November, at would probably have n known• here, through the French and Dutch pers. There is, however, a letter in town, dated au Astorga, on the 24th of last month, written'l a British Officer lo Sir DAVID 141111)**4MT ) ich expressly says ;--,, We expect every how, - be joined by BLAKE'S army, 113,000 strong, wins e in high spirits, no say disheartened at the •o• its which they have sustained against the Freoch, impatient, in conjunctiou with as, to ruept i again in the field." ' Tbia letter was brought er in the Brume Citoyenee, which, as we know, ; tell Coruona ea the c'27th of November. It is the siiiist and latest intelligence received in London, in Astorga ; and if its contents, as we believe, ay be credited, it certainly would tend much to kil pilieve the public anxiety relative to BAIRD't as i4Bsy. Reap,. cting that of General Monet, we know nothirk; certain. but it is commonly reported mid believed, that the artillery and cavalry, under General Illorit'a command, are arrived at Madrid. If so, it must be inferred, that MOORE never cam, ceired it possible that Box AAAAA E could and might interpose with 20,00 u or 30,000 troops, between him raid BAIRD: yet it is precisely this which we fear and apprehend. A short time must relieve the curiosity of the public. --;....-- The Russian and French Messengers, who aw. rived on Monthly iu • flag of truce ftom Boulogne. sveo: permitted to land on Tuesday minting, and about eight o'clock set out l'or London from Dover, accompanied by Mr. SCOTT.• the KING'S Messenger, who' had been scot down to attend them. They arrived in town lite on Tuesday night. Their dispatches were yesterday stehniitted to a Cabinet Coattail, and tlw aoswer of our Go reromettt will probably be sent off this day. The correspoudeuee is net likely to terminate so abrupt ly as was generally impposed.—No one, however, expects that it will lead to a favourable issue. ...............-- The trial of *!wander Devisors, Eig. for defreading the public, is given at length in our subsequent col utnias. He was found guilty. For this the country i• indebted to the Commissioners of Pnblic Inquiry, 'men who deserve statues of gold. General BERRARD was prolonged at Court yes terday ; a 0 was Sir ARTHUR 11'ELLEsLEY, on his arrival. We have net yet learned that Sir flew DALRYMPLE ilas had that honour since his return from l'ortugal. Sir Aajtviva, on his visit, smiled most graciously at the pioiliviit when the Citizens of London were presenftuq, theirAddrees. W. have not heard how Sir H. BOAR lAD conducted himself. We admire the discretion of Sir ilzw, in keepiwg „easy from Court, until the final decision upon the 'conduct of the Cintro Generals. Whatever may be the decision of the Board of Ihquiry, whicS, in consequence of Sir V AULT BUIL iAteS return to -England, will recommence its deliberations in a few days ; end whatever opinion they may ultimately form, relative to the authors of the C:onvelitio.i of Cintra, and respecting the Couveittime itself; we bcheve that the icatitacuts of the public are already fixed upon tl.e subject.— Whether we examine that a%reement by tts nio tires and principles, or whether we consider it in Its consequences and results. down to tlpt present moment, it apitears uqually to cliAllenir our con; deinuation. We do not either attempt. or desi.e, to apportion the preciie degrees and shades of tiersonat eulp.ibility that attach to the respective The extreme tenderness and delicacy which the Coininander-in-Chief felt, relative to besieging, or rather attacking Lisbon, on act ount of the injury which the buildings or the.inhabitants might, and indeed probably would undergo, excites some asto nishment. Must not every city submit to similar evils, when possessed by nu enemy ? How are the Spaniards to regain Barcelona, or Parupelima, ex cept by violence ? Was not Bilboa repeatedly entered, plllaged, and evacuated ? But, there is no man who ever was in Lisbon, and who does not know that it is nearly us indefensible us lionte,.or Berlin, or Milan. It could have made no long nor effectual resistance, as Juror well knew, though oar Generals did not. If, however, we de sire to have military authority on• this point, • e have only to peruse the evidence given by Captain PREVAL, of the Engineers. It con leave no doubt on the mind. He expressly stated, on his examina tion, that Lisbon was better defended by the , strong positions of its grounds, thou by its It was open on almost every side. i'here wen•, in deed, new work. constructed by the French, but they were directed against the town, er fur the pro tection of the ships on the riser Tagus." So much for the strength and defensibility of Lisbon ! Oh ! but the Fort of St. Julien was impregnable! Let us hear Captain Pasyst. on that subject " The Fort of St Juliels," says he, " was cer tainly strong against a regular siege, for Which much time would have been required. AO a bresizh might, in Isis opinion, herr been effected in about emetic, and the place carried by storm, for which service there would have been wanting some pieces of heavy artillery, two snorters. and two howitzer.." —Perhaps it will be said, that we must have lost two, three, or four thousand men, in accomplish iiig this object, as well as considerable time. No doubt we should. But Portugal would in that case have been ►tally evacuated. debtor wool(' not then have been, as we know he was, en the 14th of November, at Bourdeaux,on his march to Spain, at the Intel of the first division of his troops. Nor need General Moose to have been, on or about the same day, the 14th of November, as we know he was, struggling with every impediment and cala mity, io his passage through the most impervious provinces of Spain. He might have been sent in our own transport., mood to St. Aside:l , , long ago.. Spain might then bast been staved, the French ex pelled from Biscay, ii.ad the entry of BuMArARTIC might have been rendered almost impracticable, when he returned Gem Erfurt to Bayonne. Nor do we believe,• that the loss of men sustained un der the walls of Lisbon, and of the fortresses along the Tagus, however it may be exaggerated, would have eipsallestiffie diminution that we have already nsidergontOokikeitses, fatigue, and extenuation.— *e repeat it,' that the Cosivention, whether exa mined d privi or i posteriori, iu its motives, or in its effects. as it has operated on our military the ;litter, er as it has affected Portugal, Spain, and Praises; in any, or in all of these bearings, it sip : pears to h►ve been unnecessary, tame, beneficial to the foe, iond most injurious to Great Britain. -•• — ,Yesterdar morning Mr. GULDSMID had a lo ng ftiiilikelite with the Duke of CUM/COLLIN!), upon the subject of the Meeting of Merchants that is to be bel t ,' to-morrow, for the purpose of pro viding dottier for the Spanish Patriots. We lately stated, that all the line-of-battle flips, at Portsmouth and Plymouth, Lee been ordered to be got ready for sea with all pos sible dispatch. We understood that they are victualliog for five months, avowedly for the Spa nish coast. Various objects are assigned to the arinaineet. According to one report, it is to earry out a large body of troops destined to act ou any particular point of the coast where their ser vices may be called for: a measure which has been much too long delayed, and long since expected from Ministers. It is also fund to be destined, in case of a serious reverse, to &roar the e4tape of • our army, and to rescue the Spanish navy from the gripe of France. Oa Wednesday and Thursday last, 546 of the Workington. Harrington. and Maryport Volun teers, under the command of Lieut.-Cololonel Cur wen, transferred their services into the Loot! Militia, and were sworn in at Whitehaven. (if the 54 wanting to complete the corps, many were prevented attending from sickness and the short nc,, of the notice, no iutimation being given until Wednesday morning. The Officers hare, with equal spirit, unanimously volunteered their services. At Bury fair, on Thursday last, there was a con siderable spew of nest stock, both hemebreds and Scots, though not so many as on some former years, which, in general, sold at high prices. Of horses there was but au indifferent supply, hut the few good young cart colts obtained high prices. Butter, on the above, and two following days, sold at from 675. to 68.1. per tirkin, for prime dairies halves, 3.15. In the gale of wind that separated the last con voy of cavalry tninsports, one of them, with a di vision of the Prince of WALF.S . I Dragoons, the 10th„ was boarded by a French schooner, who only took the anus of the men, hut were alnint to kill the horses, when a frigate heaving in sight. they hastily quAtc,l the transport before they effected their brutal ir.i . ...; -.."...'; •(kl. . - . . '' - - 4,?,._ ... 40 , ililllllll% 0 01 0 .! , . .11 . 11.• ils 1 .1 • • 1 4 1 t . 3 1 THEATRES. DRORY-LANE. The Melo-Drama of Venoni; or, The Norira of St. Mark's, was performed, Inst night, at this Theatre. Bctivten the 2d and 3d acts, Mr. IVitounirroN came forward, and addressed the audience. He said, the Proprietors hoped they were convinced how great their wish was to meet with the approbation of the public ; the Author of rcnoni, in furtherance of that wish, had desired the present third act might he withdrawn, in order to surlily another, which, with their approbation, he meant to produce ois Monday nest. He now claimed the indulgence of the audience for the 3d act, for the last time. This address ass well re cei‘eil. The house boasted a splendid display of fashion. DURGIN THEATRE. DEC. I. _ - On Tuesday night the Musical Drama of The TrateMfrs attracted a full and fashionable house. Mr. iII.:73DAKT represented the Prince of China, the Royal Traveller, with respectability. Mr. Hig.t., 'Flaw to the Prince, acquitted himself w .th his usual success. Ilis songs, " Deep is the Alin fain of this heating heart," and " He teas famed fur deeds ri arms," were given in u masterly stile. with a boldness of tone. and sseet.iess of expres- Wien, that seemed to enrapture his auditory; he was loudly applauded. Miss Wsi.sTEltt was very in teresting in Celinda, and sang " Farewell those hopes that to my ardent soul," with considerab e el 14'21.4 The last scene represents the quarter-deck of a British man of war, where Mr. Wit.t.tsus ap p. aired to much advantage. In the course of the Play, she graceful Girtouva introduced a Dance of much novelty and singular beauty, in which the brother and two sisters display all the " graces of the shawl" with peculiar elegance. In The Belle's Stratagem, Miss IVAVITI. IN is a correct and bewitching Letitia Hardy. A Miss LOCKE mule her first appearance in Lady Fruiters Tvuehrrood. This youril lady has a face of snore thus usual beauty, and Is a tine figure—her timi slity was so excessive, that it would be irupossibl e to pronounce upon her general inerits.—At times she discovered a voice of good tone and sufficient compass. Mr. I4VDDAKT seldom played better— he was, indeed, very re , pcetahle- in Sir George Tomeltwood Mr. I..LWIS was extremely happy and most entertui aa alt in Flutter. This gentleman can. es to gam ou public Emmy.. The Hon. C.,lonel Seorroao will have town, to morrow, tar Portsmouth, and will embark,ou Sun day, for Spain. Gene►al and Mix, Rote are expected, this day, at their house in Saville-row, front the Isle of Wight. The lion. Wit. BRoDERICK, M.P. arrived. yes terday, at his - honse in Hill-street. Berketfy square, for the season., The Duchess Dowager of -C.Harinns intends to pass the Christmas holidays at her seat in "%dolt. Mrs. RICHARDS is returned to her house in G. os veitor-square, from Tunbridge Wells. The LoaD M Air oft will, tbs.. dny, Isola a.Coort of Common Council, at twelve o'clock, at Guildhall. VlsCaount MAYNARD left town, on Monday, for •his seat•nt.Eastoss;lti &rex, for the hunting 40:ISOM Sir RrIIPIIRN and Lady CorimitEur. yesterday,at their house in Upper Grosvenor-street, froM theieseNit in Surrey, for the season. Sir OtADERT and L R::ATHCOTE will leave town, in a few d:tys, for Nornrc•cton Park. Viscount Mxutouaxa will return, this day, to Brock et Hall. Hull Theat ricals are well attended. Captain CHAPMAN. Of flirt ItnPal Eirioteers, petroni.es WARD . * benefit. and Lord STANLEY, COM illllWier of the gm rison, patronises that of Mr. and Ma. PHILLIPS, on Tuesday next. The name of Richard Jones occurred in three placer in most of the Papers of yesterday, under the following circomostioneo..s : Rickard AIMS played Frank, on Tuesday, at the Haynes' ket Theatre, on The Schnol for Authors. An inquest was held, on the same day, upon Richard Junes, a surgeon's apprentice, who blew his brains out with a pistol, in the B glo ; mod, on the same day, Riehard Janes, a celebrated pugilist, beat George Toby, in a boxing match. for what the ansatears term; a glom. of gin and a belly fall, near Worm wood Serults. A few days since, a young man, named ELD RIDGE, of Ewhorst. in SUSIMA, bad his brains blown out by the accidentally going off of • gum. with which lie had been shooting at rooks. We under statist the accident was occasioned by a practice rather CO:111111/1), that of dropping the but-end of his fowling-piece on the ground, with the mossle pointing towards his body, the jar of which shook down the cock, and caused the fatal explosion. A few days back, a man of the name of JCA X PAIX. a French prisoner of war, on board the Bristol prisms ship, lying at Gillingham, was sod denly seised with a violent indisposition, and was ordered to be taken below to the surgeon, by two of his fellow-prisoners. 111'hile they were carrying him, the roan, whether from agony, or what other cause is not known, bit one of them in "the side the man who was bitten was Li much enraged, that he instant ly struck the sick num a violent blow on the sto mach and on the head ; the next morning the man died, and it was said that his death was occasioned by the blows he had received. In consequence of this report, it was judged expedient to have an in quest, which was accordingly held before J. PRA LI.. EA. On examination, it appeared by the Sur geon's evidence, that the man was taken speechless, and died in comiequence of sudden illness.—Ver diet—Died by the eisitation olGod. Dirrount allowed on Lottery Shares.—Ertry Purchaser of Shares of Tickets, amounting to Five Pounds and u?wards, will be allowed a Discount. at J. Wsatata's Fortunate Office, 16, Coruhill, where Capital Prizes to a large amount have been recently .441 in Shares.—The Lottery begins draw ing next Tuesday, with superior advantages to any former Scheme, viz. 2 new Prizes of 500 Tickets each, besides 1 Of t 20,000, Y of £lO,OOO, 2 of 11,1.100, &c. &c. &c. THE COURT. Yesterday, about twelve o' c l o . k, % Jr. , TILS and the Putscasacs arrived at the o.auaLiet Palace, from Windsor, soon after one o'clock, Her lklAri try an d t hOnetteed Lady Cuvitorrt Ft* with a visit, at tier apartincuta lit St. J i m mi e d p lace, where they Were j oined by t h e Dukes YelElt, CUMEERI..I . S Mid eA = they ' , m in i, ed there till thvee lee lock, *hen they walked acros s the different apartments of the ' , I; 4CV to 'benign'. nienta of the Duke of - C uSI iEI A 1.4 Her 11 JEST' lemaing upon the aim nl . his Royal 1111.01Li•!4. The Royal Party partook of K sumptuous (limier, and at five u'.;lock set oil on their return to 11 sor. At two o'clock Hie ' MAJESTY held a pr i vite Levee at the QuELN's Paliu:e, which was uttendrat ht The Lard President or the Cesecil, the Lord Priv y g„, 4 the Cltancellor of the Exelirouer, the three Seersta,o i et State, the Master-General of the Ordnance, the Portugu,,, Ambassador, the Duke of Montro se , V iscount BolYrcio • Lords Head:field and St. Helen's; Sin. H. Porrard, and J. Doyle; General Norton, C a p t . Wh eatley, add Thornton and Fay/keno,. The following had the honour of being preNeintd to His NI AXES •V trots Portugal. Sir Harry Burrard, epos his ftrim Capt N heatley, Sir Harry Eureard's Aid-de-Camp, /p c% bis return from Portugal. (;euvral Norton, upon his being appoinord Coverig. s! Charlcuiont, in the room •f the late Lord lloislie‘t,r. Viscount ROlO/1141, by bg.Exertkut v the Pin tutu, se Aar bassador, upon his kaeing England for Portugal. Mr. Thornton, our !ate Ambassador at Sweden, upon his relearn to England,. . I.ient •General Sir John IMyle, upon his pt ,, usolion, 4,4 resumin. his command at Gucrosey 4 :l4•Jk:ry held K Privy Cv.uto il, and gave audienct s to the Cabinet Ministers pre,eut. PRISON ABUSES IV IRELAND. We mentioned yest. relay some of the proceed ings of the Commis...ion Court, in Green-street, Dah. hu, ;ippointed to examine jute, and report upuu the didifrriit eases and treatment of the late State Pri. soners, particularly those whe were confined is Kilinainham. That article we copied from a Morning Paper, and upon inquiry we find it to he tolerably cwrectso far as it went. We have lenno4 that a number of highly respectable individuals have handed in a strong Protest against the pro. eeedings of the Court, alleging, that it Wer the intention of Parliamvut,and the spirit of the Co o p nie:sion graciously issued by His Majesty, that the several persons so deeply interested should nave no opportunity of inanifestilq their innocence, end stating the trenhaent they had reivii ed, in opa C'oart. and that neither the benign intentions of His Majesty, the wishesof Parliament, not the elide of public j notice could be answered by a secret exa mination, and that such examination wig evidently in opposition to themeaning and intent of His Me. jesty's Royal Commission, and to the view which the Legislature had takes of the aultject. It is there fore probable that this hosiers./ will once more oc cups the attention of the House of Comment. . . General Complaint, Magee with Hr. Ham. , crater, to the Coma of Commioakieera, appoisted by His Wajam 'ea Lotus, Patent no lege* his. the Cams of Inds Primmer*, and Ohms, &c., assadfor name pe which said eOllllSll.lliOll woe) earolkd is N. IMF Nigh Court of Chancery, Irdaad, ex the mooed yof November, tilos. We the andernamed personesomptain that we layette's eendaml, as State Prisuuers, without twin been amllo ac quainted with the retsina 6f our dcleatios mid otitis* is confinement, that our treattne.s was arbitrary, cruel; 11W caprieious : We thertfore reqnest full opportunity of manifintiog oar tunoeence, and the means of doing au, by a full mptention of our several eases • and also of detailing all the grievances which we suffered and the injuries we hare metaiard by oar confinement; of exposing the misconduct and gescral ci a city of disousitiou of all thine persons, who were, is say wise, either employed in or "Pout, or entrusted or connected with our imprisonment, or uric isstrumental thereto ; nod rho tat exposing tally sue other matters, a elating to the ail nenostration, rate, manngenitat, condition, or gore:ono nt thcrirof: A ad'all dais we retried ter °unwires, sad fur sad is the ram eta!l State Prisoners coneerneal, anti sussiiarly circus'. insured . _ 'Anna., Nov. 2(i, 1604 Sigurd 14 Hat esiwkrasused St John Mason, for himself, and for th. folltdslisig litssons with their eoast•at ; and tif and in the saute of all State Prisons's conceived, sad slaw larly eircumstancrd . . James Tandy, Nicholas Cray, John Patten, Henry Hualses James Dixon, Edgard Kennedy, Dennis Cassia, Has. Deraiwia, Bernard Cuile, Edgard Hay, Thomas Ridgway, John RturkriaSe, Joan {Haan. Sizited by St. JAN 3tasoil. DUBLI V, Der. 3. POST ASSEMBLY. Th u rsday Council asseinhled for the purpose of riveting a Sdce,..wr la the nano of the lute Al demon Vance. It seeming to meet the unanimous approbatioa of the Assembly, it was proposed and seconded. that the 1001. which an Alderman era his election usually paid to the City Treasurer. should be handed over for the benefit of the Hine Cost Hospital. The resolotrou wa. put and ear vied unanimously. Mr. Alderman Ileresfird having withdrawn, Tl:c Clerk read the names returned hr the Board, viz.—Mr. I.l*Olier, Mr. Foote, Mr. MinCl iu, and Mr. Shaw. Mr. D'OttEa, in a few handsome sentences, de clisied the honour proposed for him by the ihend. He should always feel 1.7 , 000 for their attention. but he could not think of opposing a gentleman every way edl qualified for the sitmitioa es. Shaw, iti whose favour Iw begged lemur to ros4n all his pretensions. Mr. Mt:rents and Mr. FooTa also begged leave, at the present juncture, to ileclisietkehvinier of a ballot. Mr. Stow thanked the house fur the confidence they reposed in his chAracter and The ballot having been adopted, Mr.Sissw was declared duly elected ; upon a hid, he made an elo quent speciii,. and afterwards gave a splendid din 1021' de the Rotunda. -- - - Next Tite-elay the Latter,• termit' drawing,' and a •ettie,:le 1 irket purehttreei at Bistes °Sees, der Corhhill, or D. t"..4.-niii-Cmira, cuay u,:rturio• of One iinn.:retl . ritnnosnit l'unards. At present I)6,es and 7..ittirri a.. to Ire 1,4 su etriety, ha: it extremely dottletrel w ..thee "ay WA La i ft ru, 531 e when the 111trel U M WA. •