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board;, : pbetli~6ed witisaeZrect 14 Brb • • ro o, Vacs, ADIALOGUE between a tAny - itid bet, PUPILS, describing s JOURNEY tbelgaillt LAND and WALES, wit a Detail of the and %spot fiances of each City and Town, and Dsaca a w Nitatar Ilistary. Designed for Schosasin gesenl By Mrs. BROOKS. Second Edition considerably calsrged. Tegetler with sa totrAsittory Account of 'England, and of the MetroptAis of the urinal Faspare. By Mau Evans, A.M. London: Printed fur H. D. Symonds, Paternoster-row. Tlits day is published, complete to One Volume Octavo, prise tin. tid. boards, the Third Edition, much improved End enlarged, of AN EMAY on the VENEREAL DISEASE and its Treatment, illustrated by numerous Cases • inteadsd to as the Effects of Nitrous Acid and nate; enalopee Remedies, lately proposed as Substitutes for By er WTLIA:II BLAIR, Surgeon of the Luck Hospital sad Bloomsbury Diepensary, &t. Leeds. : Printed for H D. Symonds, So. co, Paternos tee._ ,POII Marra), Fleet-street ; Cu; St. Thonsais-street, Boesisgb ; sod Callow, Crowiveourt,Solso. - •• Is justice to the utlior, we base furnished our readers • • • agall arid impartial account of hi labours ; sod do not to recommend his wink to the perusal of every W adi Practitioner, especially use Surgeon."—lice London Reeler fee Apriloneo. it We ere happy in bilge before oar reader the molt of a sips of Experiment made by Kr. Blair. The situetion of ttug.Gedtteman, as Somme to the Lock Hospital, afford ed oppnrinediee repel iur to those of most utto-r Prac r. . ....in ergery ; and his knows cliarseurr for industry, , sod integrity, give such weight to his testuouity as Ily oduence the Pliblic hi the decision to be ibis subject."—Britisli Critic for -td g, 17mi. Inc Part of tbis Essay may be had separskly, THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, SATURDAY, Jaw. 16. • A repent prevailed yesterday in th; city, that • two successive ins♦ursctioas hadArelons out et • Lisbeirt. Only few lives, it is said, were lost in the ° apt ; but th•: second was most serious and singuiv ' may. The number of killed is .vehously related. Ust bash an the part of the Portuguese, has been stred se high as 1,300-.-and that of the French end Spaniards at 6,000.-.-This rumour was pro. mated open the alleged authority of a letter recei►ed by a very respeitable house in the city. Nothing is wore probable than that the French ' would provoke the citizens of Libben to setae act of violence, for the purpose of affording pretence The arrival of the Solsette frigate, of 33 guns. from the East Indies, at St. Mien's, was yesterday manouseed at the East India Ileum. This vessel was bails at Bombay. and hai brought home Lord Ns IlcoTsoca, who u sum:Wed is the Govern "veDeot of Madras, by WILLIAX PRTRE, EN. The 'tompestoons weather, which was felt severely at St. ilatoo•ab prevented all aosainunication, except „1.,. signal s with the shot*, sad the papers !nought by the liolsette, of coarse, have not yet reached taws. She is also supposed to luxe on board ins psetoot dtspoteltes from Sir EDWARD PILLEW...-. Tits Saws ataik.d from Madras on the 29th Sep. height* the Cape of Good !tripe on the 2.3 d No. vierdbee. sad St. Helena nn the sth ultuno. . The Austrian Ambassador, Came Srsuaux. Leas, continues his preparations for his depar ture. The Messenger who arrived en Tuesday from France, brought passports for his Excel {racy, wits, as we stated in a former paper, will proceed to Paris. The iloseitear of the 7th inst. ant supplement annauml, sustain a reply, in the form of a series of Notes, to His Marzeres Declaration in answer to that of Russia. A similar answer sas given to His BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S Declaration against Den mark, in the Mori/err, in which it was ascribed to a Dane ; but, on the present occasion, Rom %parry, throwing off all delicacy and disguise, stand. forward es answer for Russ;a, Denmark, awl all the rest of his vassals, and the article sets nut with de claring, that it is up** authority. It dis plays a good deal of ingenuity and strength of argument, particularly on that part of the Declaration in which His MAJESTY is made to pro fess a knowledge of the nature of secret engage ments affecting this country, imposed upon Rue- Ia in the conferences at Tilsit. But the last note, the 17th, is by Bathe most important, as, not cos tuming itself to a refutation of assertions, it ex tends to a disclosure of the future views of BOMA- N/MT& in relation to peace. It says, " that as we have declared the last negociation broke off upon pints affecting the interest of Russia, and that obstacle to peace no longer exists, why then do we continue the war? " This questinu is put with an •oir of triumph, as if it carried with it its own answer ; but nothiag can be more fallacious. had the re lative situations of the two countries since remained As ow, the reasoning would he fair; but that 'llikilimilionately is not the fact. The 11. N of the Con dare, and our relations with it, has e since under gone a great and important diange. then a powerful state, now scarcely possesses " • local habitation and a tame," and 4;er sally Vis bee n parcelled out into I)ukednins sad Principalitiai for the favourites of Bo•a- 'then our friend, is new out•eneiny, and stench. !hut upon thin toll of the ',isted kings a' France. Bpt the great object of I interest in this 17th Note, is the proposition which it contains with a view to the basis of a neiociutiou for peace. It says, Eimhuid has proclaimed her principles of maritime law ; what then is to pre vent France, and the other nations who feel the same interest with her, to prod:tint their prin ciplas of maritime lash ? teed not be any declaration on the fele side, or renuncia tion on the other. They a ill remain dormant and inoperative until anew war, and then it will be for the one party to consider how far he will act upon his own principles, or yield to those of the other. This looks like aco romise upon the great question, now become, for the third time, the ground of a Continental Confederacy against Engliind ; but it does not come without a drawback. This accommodating Power, that is willing to let its rights remain in abeyance until awakened into action by a new War, in the 9th Note says, "France is a Giant' refreshed. lie not only will not lay down his arms, hut he will augment his force until he has conquered the liberty of the seas, which is his first tight, and the patrimony of all na tions." In the case of a last will rand testament, we believe, if there be two contrarient clanaes, the latter cancels the former ; but we do nut know that any such rule hoWs good iu the case of a State Paper. In our opinion, BONAPARTE were since* in Note 9, he is attempting to deceive in Note 17. We know no difference between the actual renunciation of a right and its waiver, when its existence becomes the point in question; and the existence, of any such maritime rights as those claimed by England, 'the French article expressly denies. Many oilier observations occur upon this subjeet, but we must defer them. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when Captain Jung BROOKE Sasisox was sworn into the command of the chip Earl Se. Triarent, destined to Bombay. The Court adjourned at aix o'clock, till Wednesday next. The Sir Stephen Lirshingtole, Captain GIRT. homeward-boom!, was ems.ch.sl to nil from St. llama, about the LOth Drcarober. In consequence of the war with Russia, theßits sian Naval Officers, employed in our service, hare been ordered to return to Russia ; nctmrdingly, I l es Saturday, seven young Russian Midshipmen wore removed, from Ilarwic:ll, on bonrrl the "luck load packet, Captain Drift, to be conveyed to Crottenburet, on their way to Russia. His MAJEsTv's ship Le Tommext, of 90 guns, Admiral DE Couacr, u wised at Torbay.. films off Roclifort. The Europa, Wsrsow, from London, for Ja ' maim (ono of. the .4strea's convoy) is ,put into Crookhaven. I Lis 11Alesty's shipDianswed was to leave Prism's. island (court of Africa) early in November last, w1..1 a convoy for the West Indies. ' The Eliza Aria. goat, from Lonshm, for Swan cud the /fon:icing, ZANOIIUR-4T, of Guernsey, Isle put into Ramsgate I Labour ; the former with the loss of bowsprit, the latter with trilling da mage. _ _ The Sir Soplorn Lusitington, from Bombay and the Cape of Good Hope, is arrived at St. Helena. The Americana arc suppoiied to be indebted et this time, to this country, not teas than Ismiu,nool. sterling for various merchandise. At the close of the poll, on Thursday, at Lincoln, the untabeni were-- fur ihr Earl of 3fraborough 629 ColuuLl flarcourt sal Sittings appointed in Middltue 7 calid LZndon, befnre the Right Honourable EDWARD Loral Et, ERN ISAROUOR, Lord CuiefJuidiee, &c. in and after Hilary Term, 1808 : IN TERM. rientrJzi. LONDON'. WeAsesday ...... .....Jes. 47 Tbneaday J.n. 211 Turxday Erb. 2. Thomlay ....Erb. 4 Wedneiday 10 Tlturtel3) II AFTER TERM. - Satonky . rob. 13 I Mostlay reb. 15 The CIIIANCSLLOS of the EXCHPOIitR, lOWI the Governor and Deputy Governor of the Bank, have had several interviews on the subject of a premier!, arrange/stela, in the course also week, but nothing is at present settled between them on this important subject. The Runk have offered Goveniment a loan of Ten ALMien% without itrtereirt, far it rear. which has hem declined by Ilia lief I.II , ATIrI tens, as not being adequate to their expeitatious. The Commissioners of Military inquiry hays at length concluded their investigation of the Con cerns of the Army Nlevlical Department, and their Report on that sulic" was presented by Colonel DRINKWATER, to nil MAJrtrv, at the Levee, on Wednesday last. The Commissioners are now oc. copied in examining into the mode of conducting business in the War Office. A meeting of the Committee of the American Merchants took place on Thinirday, pursiumit to ad journment, but the main business for which they were aiseinhled—namely, that of presenting a Me inorial to Ministers, relative to the late Orders of Council, was not gone into. The consideration of it was farther postponed till Thursday neat. The Chairman, however, was delegate! to wait npon Ministers, relative to the application of the mer chants and mannfaeturers of 'Lancashire and York shire, for licenses to protect such cargoes as they about to embark for America.—Mr. Suitor accordingly peuctsedcd to the Treasury, where hr had an interview with the Cusncet.t.oe of the E 'Lent:QUM and Lord BATIIUROT, whose answer to his app limition was we understand, to the fol lowing purport—" that they saw no necessity for sLuls licet“es. at toe err sot at tear milk .Interien; Irst.thst, however, they had no objection to ow tiu:g‘ in order to satisfy the persons who applied.' _ .. • ....- . .-7. , 5• , w • . - --...- .... _... . s / 0 " - . 4 gib' ...di, 0 ....• 7. ,47.."1s .;.. ~ ' ,..i. ~ (‘• , e- I --g. ' - PEDESTRIAN FEAT. EXETER, JAN. 13. Lieutenant H. of the Royal Lonctishire. Regi- Tdent, continues his daily labour with unabated ar dour. This day makes the 11th, during each of which he has walked regularly thirty miles, making an aggregate of 390 miles. lie has seven days to walk two hundred and ten miles more, to complete his engagement; and, unless some ac cident should ercur, there is scarcely a doubt but he will win. The odds, which were on the second and third days, live to two, and even four to one sit.;:s'otst him, are now equally as much in his favour. His hcahli and spirits continue unabated. He has now acquihsi a firmer step than at first, and he fre!s confident of success. In his walk he is ac companied by a couple of lifers, who are relieved at intervals, playing a quick march, which keeps ur his attention, and assists him in a regular pare. Ihe ground on which he walks being so , near this city, he is daily visited by number+ of people of all ranks, to witness his prowess. In the afternoon of Sunday last, the concourse of people on the Top sham-road can scarcely he conceiver by those who were not present—indeed, it is supposed there were not less than ten thousand. On that day be com pleted his work by about four o'clock in the after noon, when he took off his walking dress, and walked to the Hotel in a suit of plain clothes, and without music. Whether he wins or loses, he has certainly the ratiaartion of having the good 'wishes of all milks iu his favour, who sincerely hope his exertions will be crowned with success. Vu los returu this evening his foot unfortunately slipped in crossing the mud near Larkbeer, and he fell. But the care which is taken to cleanse the avenues to this city, proved to him a most favourable cireuniltance; for a heap of mud lay so opportuAely, as to afford him all the momentary advantage of a bed of titian. The bets made on Lieutenant H. being the sub ject of general conversation, on Saturday last, another pedestrian came forward. who also excited considerable interest. He was a rutleinan's ser vant, who had undertaken, for a trifling wagers to walk 50 miles within twelve lours--the ground to he on the Topsham road, between the one and two mile clones, the same as that chosen by Lieutenart H. lie started at seven o'clock in the morning; when he had gone 34 miles he became very faint, and was on the point of giving in—but having taken some refreshment, and rested a short time, his spi rits and strength revived ;—being also encouraged by Mr. H. who was walking on the same road, to exert himself, and die gear, he again set off, and completed the 50 miles in eleven hours and 3.5 mi nutes, being 23 minutes within the time allotted. Yesterday their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Auccre* and MARY, honoured Lady Cllll.ll - FIIwM with a visit, at her apartments in St. James's Palace. Yesterday, about two o'clock. the Princess or Watias and Duchess of BRUICIvi lett errivta at the Quasars Palace, and partook of an early dinner with Uar MtJerry and the PRIM:F.OES. At half past 3 o'clock their Royal Highnesses set oil en their return to Blackheath. In the evening Her Maagery had a select party to tea add cards. The Marquis and Marchioness Wet.tist.ex side for the present at Lady Peavn's house, hi Grosveoor : equare, until Apeley House. Hyde Park • Terrace, is completed for the reception of has Lordship and family. Lord and Lady IiAREWOOD are expected, this day, at their house, Harewcard-place, Hanover square, from Yorkshire. The Earl and Cowden of will return ta town for the season next Weilossulay. The Hon. CIOALI Y and Lady Arm AcIIILEY have returned to their house in tirosvenor-square, from their seat in Merry, for the season. The Earl of NVEITMORLAND IL: expected. this day, at his house, iu Groavestor-square, from Ap 010_1.11 Hall, Northamptonshire. Mr. and Mil. FiIirMATIME and family return ed, yesterday, to their house, in Great Stanhope street, May-fair, from Eugletield-green, fur the season. The Countessof en/ATE/01E1.D arrived, yester day afteruooti, at Chesterfield House, from Derby shire, to attend Iler SD...testy, at St. ehttlitii . b. on Monday. The Marquis and Marchioness of SALISBURY, atid the Ladies C. and E. Ct:ctt. arrived, on Thurs day evening, at their house in Arlingtou-street, from t'as►iobury Park. The Count D'Awrors is experied, this day, from the Marquis atid Marchioness of BUCKIN..- fIAM'S seat, at Stowe, to his house in South Aud ley-street. 'flu• Earl of DF.RIIY, WP are sorry to state, con tinues very much indisposed, at the Oaks, with the gout, whirls will vre‘ent his Lordship and his amiable Comitess f attending the Court on I ler MAJESTY'S Birth-day The Duchess of linxsuiton and Mr. MANIFRS are expected at their elegant house in Portman square, from Scotland, in the course of a fort night. Nirs. Howe generally plays at Chess with His MAJESTY; the sum played for never exceeds a guinea a game. This Lady is the only visitor who has a prii ile r le of entering the Palace by the same door as the ROYAL FAMILY. Admiral HOLLOWAY it confined, at Wells, with the gout. The Comic Opera of Inkk and Yoram will he performed, this night, at the Windsor Theatre, for the benefit of Mrs. ILl:rot.. Mr. lactgoots and Mr. Dow roa Rice their tm.istance free of every expense. The Theatre will close on Wednesday'. with a Play. for the benefit of Mrs. Myatt, audio the patronage of the Representatives of that town. Many are heard to regret their nut making a better use of critics? periods of their lives. Will such add to their regrets, by negle c ti ng , at a vary critical period ut present, to make an effort to par ticipate of the ntimero.is and immense benefits in one of the mod opulent Sebemes that ever siestas guished the annals of State Lotttties ? • • HICKS'S vented Williams Temple-Lfar, commit an As the ev idence sufficient to having become tentions, ad thing in his ever, stood , with consider ried gtaticul. a as the result nation of those witnesses spot . he himself *ha married, and him Gary, • for on* year time to stow Loin, beta Inn-fields. Dori 4 Ce Guards, and once of a gent offence, on t in the mom The rine Gardner. w! racks. and , the evening, dances wi( him to win afterwanir to cu4todr. The. Del nesse* to t _ The Prisoner James expretaed I,k sutisfeciion and exultation, by sinnuiri, at the trituni,ll be had obtained user Ins Prsaecutor. Upon which Mr. Wats a kitten retnarked to him, that he had wo came for triumph, knowing 41 he did that L. had stood there on a soon. what similar occasion, not as the secusAl bat as the accuser. observation of Mr. NI all "'Mil MIS Wu. la to the fact of dooms • hoein4 prosecuted to cootiction, testi ultitnote death. au uofortunate so tdi rr o f t h e name o f ll..rhert, for the a..t00l c.iso sibioooo of an otlwu ~ • aiwilar to that of aiucu 11114 WOW - - • _ LAW INTEL IJGENCF.. COURT OF CHANCERY, Jas. is. waaitTos V. BURNELL. This Court was euguged in the hearing of Coup. Th eel, on the exceptions taken by the Pleintiff to tie of tl Master's Report. 'floe Cause has been frequent; ' the 1 before the public, not only in the proceeding; of this Court, but in au Appeal before the L o rd s . tag 0 OLD BAILEY, JANUARY t G. of II 441 MURDER. IMP Anne Thompson was indicted for the murder or the Joseph Walker, a bla;:k wan, by stabbiug him iu the tide. seer It appeared in evidence, that about g o'clock fere+ on Saturday night, the etith of December, the , ail Prisoner and the deceased, who had cohabited to. • oei 'ther for some time, had a quarrel ; she got him tilos out of the honse and barred the door ; he after- wards broke open a beck window and of into her bed room, where a ecuffte ensued; nG and iu that scuffle she stabbed him ; she had marks of his viglence on her ; she accompanied him to the London Hospital, where he died in her arms. On the Monday fallowing, when she was Go takea into custody, she did not deny her havi te; Sntl stabbed him, but did not know by what a t o ms to i she came by 'the knife. It was proved by several net Witnesses, that the deceased was in the habit of dee beating the Prisoner, and had been seen to knock the her down with a poker. Several t ales:Rea. whoa t she had dealt with, gave her a cheetaer at being Me one of the best conducted womee, to her tray of Wei /o', they had ever known. see The Jury acquitted her of the Murder, but the found her talky of Manslaughter. of few urea SURREY SESSIONS. Me HORSESIONGER-LANE, Dep. is to &A e pe re Mr. Serjennt Oes ow, Chairman, and a bp , nesserous Bench qf Justices. Thomas Johnson, who was convicted before T. if t Evance and Henry llolland, Esqrs. Magistrates of ef Unign-Ball Police-of fi ce, on the oath* of Lookie its and Got, con.tubles, with being a rogue maims- gabond, appealed against the conviction. . The Appellant had been apprehended et the tit funeral of the late Mr. Abraham Newland. in St. Er Saviour's Charelelard, Southwark, where it was m , preowned be had gone to pick-pocks to Mr. NOLAN stated several objections to the form ie of the conviction, one of which was allowed to he Fr fatal, and the Appellant was accordingly eta charged. to Miss Elizabeth Hussey, a very respectable young in lady, was indicted for stealing a haul, the property elo of a Mrs. Shellard, of Oakley-street.. A gentle- man, of the mane of Harris, was also implicated in tit the aflair, but he unfortunately broke his neck since the transaction took place. la It appeared from the evidence for the prosects- th tioa, that Mr. Harris carne to Mrs. Shelhud's shop, tit and inquired the price of a ham, and, while it was weighing, Miss Ittmey came iu, and asked the price of as:lnsole.; Mr. Harris took the ham and • gave it to a boy, who was wettest, and who ran th away with it; Went Hussey shut the door, and= ti vented another boy from following hen, and a wards Mr. Harris ran away. From the evidence produced on the tart of Miss Hussey, it appeared the evidence fur the prose- cution was nothing but falsehood; that Mrs. Shellard was indebted to every body.; and that this prosecution was nothing but a conspiracy to injure Miss liussi7's character. Several of the Greed Jury spoke to the highest terms in her favour. 1: 1 Jobe Grattan, Esq. a Magistrate of Surrey, General bPKeerie, and several others, pee her a most excellent character.—Nut Canty. _ - mipDLESEX SEAIONS. HICKS'S HALL—Capaarawrti, J•s. Is. William' Rh: l ;qm', a green-grocer in Bell-yard. Temple-Bur, stood indicted - for an attempt to commit an unnatural crime, on the 7th instant. As the evidence in the case cannot be detailed, it is sufficient to state, that his Counsel, Mr. Alley, having become convinced of his client's guilty in- tentions, acknowledged that lie could got state any 1 thing in his behalf. The Prisoner himself, hoe r 1 ever, stood forward boldly in his own defence, and, with considerable force and energy, and with Va- ried gesticulation, averred that this prosecution sax the result of an unlawftil and malicious ennibi- nation of those that appeared against him. Several witnesses spoke favourably as to his diameter, and, he himself stated, that he was ae years of sees was married, and had nine children. The Jury found him Gaiirg, and lie was sentenced to be imprisontll for one yeae, and within the first fortuight aif that time to stand upon the pillory, for the *pica of one hour. between 11 end 1 o'clock, in thicelit'a- I nn- fi el sta. David George, a soldier in the 3d Re c iment of Guards, and Samuel James, bearing the appear- ance of a gentleman, were indicted fur a similtir • otfence, on the 14th of December, near two o'clock in the morning. The principal evidence in this case was George Gardner, who stated he lived near Portland Bar- racks, and that on his return from where be spent the evening, he was an eye.witnem to eireena- stances which excited his suspicion, and induced him to watch the conduct of those parties, and afterwards to use meatus to have them taken iuto custody. Thr Defendants produced a number of Wit- noses to their respective rharacter.--Aot GAS?". The Prisoner Jetties expressed kis nutisfection and exultatiott, by niniting, at the triumph Ise had obtained over his Prosecutor. Upon which Me. Musa: eatea remarked to him, that he had no Callse for triumph, knowing as be did that ha had stood there on a somewhat similar occasion, not as Ilse occils.ll bat as the accuser. The observation **Mr. NIAIN W•el NO was in BI- NA:DA to tile fact of Jain* •havine prosecuted to cotiviction, aid ultimate death, au usfortunate soldier uithe tome of Iferbert, for the actual sena- snienioti of an °dente. similar to that of which this teas SU Litt MI pot . Alb