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• . 4. P OETRI. EPIC.. AMS. mom rut GREEK. --- - • --- ”r. s t•cC:orztov, x , ex; reoewrov ixtq. LuciLivs. ON EXCESS IN PAINTING. Red lead and white, teeth, brow:, and e'en an eve, With painful "Are, and vait expellee, you buy Now, if thus plastei'd, gnu my judgment ask, "v, 'twere cheaper far to buy a niaik ! TI IL RARITY. FROM THE LATIN. rcrmiA RARITATIC CONUENDAT NATCIIA. A precious thing's a good and virtuous fair : Ah, me ! that preciois things should be so rare ! MR PARADOX. FROM TUE LAii:4. The every Atheist should to reT4'r, tratigq to tell, there'd lie No Attis iutii! THE LEGACY. 71:0:1 TIT.: LATIN Ynti say, my friend, In: all ! And lunch lament your wealtliF so small : rn tell yuu how to better that ; Du: soun—Bia dat cite dat !• OLD Nick. *Full tiriee it cloth in,-;e:tic the ham, To give the bu is uon saal. Yesterday morning her l'bi,s.tcsry and the Prin cesses AUGCST A, En 7.APETII, S3?Ill A, and MAR =ended by the Countess of CA RDlGAN,Marcilioness of Ei.v, and Miss V vs,., took an airing in two coaches and four, escorted by a party of the Light bone in the neighbourhood of Streatham, and re turned to the QuEtN'l; house about two o'clock. About nine o'clock his Mai EsTv, accompanied by the Duke of CuMBERL AND ' attended by General MANN Elt, took an airing on horseback to Kew, and after impc&ing the improvements an works carry ing on there, returned to Buckingham-house to dinner. This day, at twelve o'clock, their MAJEST lES and the PitiNci: , ;scs will I:4ve the QUEEN'S House for Windsor, where the Royal gamily will remain till Tue.day. _ _ Earl and Countess Moutr-IsioalllS have taken np their residence at HEICAZINISOI TOM'S British hlotel, Jermyn-strcet. We are concerned to hear that ten of iMfd CAR.. ince TON'S fa:nily are at present indisposed with the prevalent disulder which has obtained the name of the itylanz a. Mrs. Tito., psoN has postponed her Ball, an nounced for this evening, until next week. Tho larchioness of Aszlicoau ' and Lady italic:whop, will receive the visits of their fashion- Ile friends this evening. Lord CARLTON', and the Earl ()I CA nnt::'s pub lic dinner s, are fixed for to-morrow. Mrs. BRowsc, of George -street, I lanover-square, La's postponed her intruded rout for a few days. Mrs. MERL:Dr:Ws bail, this evening, in 'Harley place, will be' fashianaSly and numerously at waded- We understand, that the management and decorations will be under the direaions of Mr. wro.N. Mrs. - ST. JoHN had a pli - rate party at her house iat Audley-square, on Wednesday evening last. Among the company present, we noticed the fol lowing, viz. Lord Cranky, D:nehec, of Bulttm, Marchioue,s of SaliOurry, Dowatn Caunteqa of Essex, Lady Tat:rat Lady G. C..cd, and f-idy Jtili - a Howard; Messrs . Gunning, Crowle, anti lanes; Mistrtwes Morant, Walpole, A. Stanhope, dr. s:e. Mrs. Sr. JoHN had a party of fashionable friends, last night, at her house in Audlcy-square. Lady Wens commences her spring routs on March 11, at her house in Argyle-street. Mrs. Bit Li ticToN was yesterilay so much reco vered, as to be able, for the first time for.ten days, to quit her room; but we fear it will be some days more before she will be able to resume her profes sional exertions. Mr. EssailLt: is expeded to return from his con tinental tour, in the course of a week or two. Re port says, that he will, soon after his arrival, pro ceed to Dublin, to perform there with Mrs. SID DONS. On Tuesday evening the second grand Concert took place at Oxford, under the direthon of Dr. CROTCH. This was a miscellaneous seleaion from various authors. It commenced with an overture of H•voN's. Mr. WY NDI:A M, the pupil of Colter, whose promising abilities we noticed yes terday, gave a Recitative and Italian Air of As:- DREAM, in such a finished style, that the applause continued a considerable time. Master SL ATTER , a young gentleman of one of the Choirs, a youth of very promising abilities, was very much applau ded in What passtois cannot music raise and qua, ac companied on the Violoncello by Mr. lttinoAtt. Miss PARKE sung the celebrated song of Sweet Bird, in the must chaste style, accompanied on the tiate by Mr..iscicsoi , r. M. SCHMIDT, who so justly obtained such general fame at Vauxhall last season, by his concertos on that difficult instrument the trumpet, astonished the audience with a con certo, composed by himself. His exertions were re wa-ded by universal . a, probation. Mr. WYNDHAM and Mr. DE N MAI: played a concerto of ivfozA on the piano forte, and proved themselves complete rmtsicia:.s, by the rapidity and coneetness of their execution. Miss PARKK gave an Italian recitative and air of CistaeosA's, and the Soldier tir'd ; in the, latter she was universally encored. She was most admirably accompanied on the trumpet by Mr. Sommer. Dr. Ca o-ren played a concerto on the organ, of his own composition. Miss Moarist ER and Mr. MT v.:nu Ass sung the 'celebrated duet from the Cabinet, composed by Mr. BRA H AM, elb, could I bop my Fair to see, with unbounded applause These juvenile performers, who are both pupils of Mr. Cots r, do him the highest credit. Miss Mo s- Timms likewise sung an Italian song of Saari's, with great taste. Several excellent glees, rticu larly one by SART!, were executed by Miss PARKE, and Messrs.. DENMAN and WYNOH AM ; it was much applauded. The whole conclude-I with a grand finale. It was attended by a nA.w. and overflowing audience. 1 rE _Lvn IILiDNESS. An inquest on Monday evening, befOre Gill, Esq. Coroner of the city of Westminster, at a public-Irouse, in ‘Vardoor-street, on the body of John Mackintosh, the apprentice to a respeaahle pawn-broker, in Princes -street, Compton-street. It appeared in evidence, tlyt the de eased had been eighteen months hound to the above business ; and on Friday, about two o'clock, he went up stairs to the ware-room ; that he had previothly loaded a pistol, which he hrought up stairs, :tnd shortly after discharged the contents into his forehead, which, passing quite through the head, came out at the or- cijuit. As no rernr.t was heard, he remained urviis c(An:red until the return of his Muter, who was then out upon business. No answer beirg given on ring ing the bell, the Master and one of his Clerks went up into the room, where they touad the'unfortunate youth quite dead. Near the body was found a paper, in the hand writing oldie deceased, by which it appeared, that love was the cause of this sad catastrckhe—lt pur p:srted, that not having it in his power to make the objul of his affeZtions happy, he had resolved to commit this ra•:h anion. The Jury, on this evi dence, returned a verdict of LIMACJ. QUriCKS. A celebrated English Quack-Dator lately paid a visit to Irtiend, as one of those great Cepitaiiet: who wete promised to that country in consequence of the Union. He had scarcely arrived in Dublin, when he felt himself bound in gratitude to pa} his respeas to a gentleman who, of all others, had been the Laciest in praise .of his nostrum, and had, at a great expellee, published it in. the Irish prints, as a panacea from which he had, in his own person, derived the greatest Ileneiit. The . _,Pentleman pa tient, to' whom we here allUde, is Mr. Norman, of Norman's Grove, near D►ogheda. The Quack being introduced to him, expressed his gratitude and thanks for the pains and expence which he had taken to puff off his nostrum, and in the most flattering terms, declared that exertions so employed for the diffusion of a blessing, and thereby promodng the health and happiness of the human race s deserved not merely the addition of twenty or thirty years of life, which was all his medicine could bestow, but immortality. He further wished to know, in what manner Mr. Norman had been affetied by his medicine, with a view to ascertain all its qualities, the number of which already dis covered was almost incredible. Mr. Norman in answer said, there must be some little mistake in the business, as he had never taken a particle of the Doeor's medicine in his life. The Dolor looked a little astonished, and Mr. Norman proceeded to explain. He said, that he had bcea somewhat em barrassed for want of money, and that an old Aunt of his, who was remarkably fond of quack-medicines, had procured two bottles of the Doaor% celebrated stuff. The first did not do her much good, but the second killed her, and completely cured his disorder, by adding 30001. a year to his income. Having received so much benefit from the Donor's nostrum, he said he found himself bound in gratitude to ad vertise it to the world, as a most valuable specific, and had adually done so at a considerable expence. Judge the surprizc and disappointment of the Quack at this explanation ! MORAL CONSISTENCT. A report having been cir;ulated that Mrs. Des p:trd is at present under the protedion a;,cl patronage of \ iscountess Nelson, we have authority to state that the circumstance is entirely groundless, and we much fear the rumour ha: originated in mo!.vel extreme ly injurious to that vi;tuous Lady.—Morn. Chrotvele. March 2. Sunday died, at her apartments, in James -street, Oxford -street, aged 21 years, Harriet, the wife of Thomas Newman, now respited during his Majesty's pleas we. Her death was occasioned by a fever, which camt:on shortly after child-birth, and which, together with anxiety of mind on her husband's account, ter minated her existence. She was a handsome young woman,the daughter of very respe6lable parents, who had discarded her on account of her indiscreet union with the man she loved; to whom she had been Mar ried not quite 8 niontils, when he was apprehended for high treason. She never knew of his conviZtion, being in a state of delirium when it took place, and the circumstance was not mentioned to her at the time she recovered her senses. It perhaps may be some eatisfutVion t 9 the put& to inowahat this miserable young creaure was afrded every necessary reinisite in her pitiable situation, by some &mane and charicable /w -ren:, who e:epptd forward in the tuomerm of her anguish and distress, to render her the assistance and :on:forts so ryas: h wanted by a person in her eleftweleis add forlorn co Chronicle, March S. We learn from Munich, that on the 12th of Feb. in the afteruo:ln, General firft ALCH, the Austrian Commandant at Passau, received definitive orders from the Court of Vienna, to evacuate that fortress and deliver it up to the Bavarian troops. As the Gait:l/ILIA PARTY in Parliament, amounting only to about thirty persons, induce Bo- NAPARTE to keep five hundred thousand men under arms, should they increase to an hundred, they will render it necessary the CHIEF CONSUL should have nearly two millions of soldiers; a number France will not be able to support long. Hence, if the G a Ex v 11.1. Es do but gain strength, 13oteAr.t RTE must be vetrhrown. The city, presenting their Address at ere Levee on Wednesday, at St. James's, aura/Lod a great concourse of people about the Palace ; and Towns. end, Savers, and Macmanus, who are very properly engaged to attend on rhos: days, to prevent dapre. dations being committed by the disgraceful gang of pick-pockets went among the crowd, and disco vered two . well-known charaCters, whom they se cured—Both of them have been transported for pick ing pockets. It is generally supposed, that from the great ci vility and consideration which has been shewn to.. wards every individual sending Stock to the Shew of Cattle at Barbican, that there will be a consider able number of Candidates 14 the Prizes of the en suing year, as Lord Sas: EsviLLE has liberally de clared his intention of continuing them. in order to discourage the over fat Slim Meat, and to intro duce that description of Beast and Sheep which will produce the quickest return with most plenty; an ()Ned highly laudable, as it will wad ultimately to ! lower the price. L.MV INTIL_'.ICIfNCE. cougT or KING'S RENO?, GUILDIIM.I.,.I/I.terai :3. SITTINGS AFTER TERM. I • Before Lord ELLENSONOU..;34 m:d a Sp cial Jury. • TUFI.I.tiSSON V. CURLINtI. This was an anion on a policy of insurance on the ship Male 1;8;-, from the Isle of France to Tou lon. Mr. Gists opened the pleadings in this cause, with remarking that it had already occupied the at tention of two Juries, who had decided in favour of tl:c Plaintiff: the Defendant, however, had ob tained agaile for a new trialainder the impression of having the former verdi,tt set aside. The learned Counsel then proc:oded to state the particulars.l.e speaing the captu:e of the vessel, and the conduct of her captain, he contended was the effect Of sound judgment, direfied towards the safety of the ship ; Vie omit going into a repetition of the docu ments, as they have so frequently been laid before the public. The same evidence, was adduced as on the former trials, with very little variation ; namely, ;that the ship put into Cadiz, where she was taken possession of as a prize. Mr. EitsisisE replied, in behalf of the Defendant, observing, - that the decision of the present cause was of the highest importance 'to commercial per sons, as it imposed a future line of .condat on the part of merchams, which would necessarily be ad hered to; he was therefore determined to have the question investigated in the fullest manner. If he thought the Jury would say, that the 'Plaintiff had acted wish sound jud g me n t i n carrying the ship into Cadiz, he would solicit fur a special verdisc.t. It was the effect of A weak judgment, and the conduft of an ignorant man, w h o h ad speculating, instead of making his way to his destined port. They had armed their vessel ort hearing that a war was likely to take place. I: they h a d heard a large dog bark, they might us well have rr.ounted ordnance. Upon the whole, there had appeared nothing sufficiently alarming, to urge the vessel of the Plaintiff into a Spanish port. If the Spanish Ambassador and the French Consul had come out and invited them in, promising all kinds of refreshment, with whatever might be necessary, they would not be justified in going in,as it would deviate from the policy. If it was proved the vessel had gone into Cadiz, without as signing a sufficient cause, the policy was deviated from, consequently the present action was void. The Learned Counsel then pointed out several cases, in which vessels were justified in seeking refuge in foreign ports ; the whole of which, he argued, was contrary to the present instance : and should a Jury again declare for the Plaintiff, it would afford a pre text, in future, for every vessel, that had signed a policy, to go into such ports as she thought proper, upon the smallest probability of a war. It would es- . tablish a general rule thr fraud and imposition, and vessels would go (horn one port to another all round the world. Under such circumstance, he hoped the Jury would think the Defendant justified in defend ing the a6tion. Lord ELL F. NBOROUGH said, that it appeared to him the ship, in coming off her voyage, had run into the port of Cadiz for safety —She had reason to sup pase, between the time of receiving the intelligence respelling a war, and her arrival off the mouth of the Mediterranean, that an armed force might be lying off Gibraltar, which would inevitably have fallen in with her passing through the Straits.— His observation on the general condua of the Cap tain of the ship was, that he had waled from rational jud,;:nent, with intention to provide for the safety of the vessel. 'the Jury, therefore, returned a veraisa for the Plaintiff. BRJWN U, THILLUSSON. This was an action upon a policy of insurance, on the cargo of the ship Hannah. Mr. GA IL LO stated, that the Plai n tiff w as the Captain of the ship.—He sailed from the river Thames, bound to Surinam, and arrived there in April 1501. According to the policy, he was to apply to the Agent of the Defendant, who was to furnish him with a freight. On the arrival of the ves sel, the Captain went on shore, and communi cated with a Mr. Verrelle, who came on-board with him, and afterwards sent several small vessels to deliver the ship, and sepplied him with goods, f'or his homeward-bound cargo. Ten days after the ship had,arrivcd, Verrelle came on board, and ordered Captain Brown to prepare for sea, and to join immediately with a convoy that was to sail on the 26th of May. The Plaintiff remonstrat ed. against going, as the ship had not got half her freight on-board. He was told, that circum stance was of no consequence, the cargo would be paid for by the Defendant, in the same manner as if the vessei was fully freighted.. Verrelle immediately sent several persons on-board to assist in getting her under-way, and attually forced her to sea, with her hold only half-fall—The Captain then went on-board an American ship, and sailed for Europe. On his ar rival in England, he represented what hehad done on the part of the Defendant, who was then satisfied with his conduct. Mr. Easitins, in reply, stated, that the ohjedion which the Defendant had to pay the policy, pro ceeded finding but half a cargo in the ship, when he expelled to - have received her deeply laden. The Plaintiff, by the policy, was to provide a full eargo ; he had been instructed by the Defendant to apply for assistance to Colonel Fredericke, the Go vernor of Surinam, and to several other merchants resident at that place; this he bad not done, ccnse quently he had forfeited the policy. Mr. GAR ROW proved, that Captain Brown had been authorised to consider Verrelle as the nomi nated agent of the Defendant, by the following letter sent to the Plaintiff at Surinam. "SIR, " The enclosed is a letter for our friend Verrele, who will give you the caw fur London. In case of need, we requeit that you will apply to Governor Fredericke and G. ILOWII, our *gags at §urinain, who will asshs you to providing a freight. " Youi's," Ac. • -The evidence given corroborated the statement of the Learned CouLsel who opened the cause. Lord ELLEN BOROUGH observed, that no person had been pointed out as age.tt for the Defendant hut Verrelle. The Plaintiff h td gone by his instruc tions§ and was justified in so doing. The Jury therefore gave a verdid far the Plain tiff,. MALLITNIE ecotarom. This was also an action on a policy of insurance an the ship Fortiturk, flntn ilamburgh to Hull. It appeared that the ship left Hamburg!) on the 24th of October, ancl dropped down the Elbe, to Crux haven, by the :ist of November. On that day the Captain went on shore, and wrote a lean. to toe u‘vtiers, informing them, that he was prepared t, sailing to F;ngland when the wind was ravorai,:e. directing them at the sank: time to insure the ♦e:s, in case of danger. On the m )raing after Le wro..e the letter, a bard gale of wind CAMe on, and tLe ship, after parting from her cable.,, wot on shore. where she remained :ourteen days before they coul.l get her off; the vessel was soon ;tiler repaired, and she sailed for Hull, on which passage she was lost. It was contended, on behalf of the Underwriters, that the policy had not been signed previous to the accident. It was however proved that the Plaintiff had no knowledge of the loss till after the in. trance; in consequence of which, a verdia was given for the Plaintiff. ' GIBRAIT4R, 7. • On the. 4th, the Donne,,al, commanded by Sir RICHARD STRAC3AN, arrived here in nine days from Portsmouth: Sir RicuA Ku sailed with sealed orders for this place. He met the Cynthia, on the Ist of this month, off Cape St. Vincent's; on the .sth, Sir it!— CHARD sailed to j , ,in the fleet at Malta. The Dra gon and Reqown have both Boni into the Mole to re.- tit, and are likewise to sail for Malta, whenever they are repaired, as is also the Monmutb. The .elthas frigate sails to-day for Malta. ■ I ■ ■ ixf , o! \ NEW roRK, NOVEMBER V, 1802. Extract of a Letter from Madiira, (laud Slpt. 18. We have had, within this week past, two severe thunder storms—severe for this place. The first was at night, during which Bannyer s Pillar, et thud on our beach, was struck with lightning, and the mast at the top splintered. The natives were very muc!i terrified, this being the only instance ever knowa here of damage done by iightning. In America we should nut have thought any thing of the thun der, and the Portuguese were astonished that I was nut alarmed at it, whilst they were invoking all the Saints in the calendar to pruted them from the minent danger with which they were threatened. Ofi the .ctla instant, at half past raelve A. M. a more melancholy catastrophe happened. The Aurora, a Portuguese ship of 5.50 tons burden, and 36 guns, lately arrived from Lishon, blew up.— She had about 40 casks of powder on board. The explosion was dreadful. I was at the moment sitting at my doer with my friends, the ship in full view, only 500 yards off. Anxious to render every assis am:e in my power to the miserable sufferers, I im mediately ran down to the beach, procured a boat, and obtaining three men and two boys, put 0.1 to wards the wreck, whi-h by this time was eaveloped in flames. Mine was the second boat that arrived. On enquiry, I found only two poor fellows had escaped, out of 34 souls on board. They were found on board, and immediately taken, by one of its beats, on board an -English frigate. The quarter deck, with the mizen and main-masts, were blown into the air, and the ship fairly split in two ; the bal last and guns, most of which were stowed in the hold, went to the bottom. The ship, by this means, was thrown on her side : the fire increasing, it became necessary to tow the wreck clear of the shipping.— One of the English frigate's boats fastened a tow line to the foremast. We were seen joined by the boats of the other vessels in the harbour, with one or two from the shore. My situation was intolerably hot, as you may suppose. '1 he very fortunately, was perfedly calm, so that not the least injury happened to any other, vessel in the harbour. The scene dining the night was awful; bat that which presented itself at day light, was truly .horrid. The pour wretches were lying in every postien on beard the wreck, some with half their skulls blown off, some with out a leg, and others w ithout arms ; several of them were aZtually roasting in the flames. Eigh teen of their bodies only were found About six, 1 got home, much fatigued and distressed in body and mind. Various opinions are circulated respect ing this disaster. The most prevalent is, that the a& was designedly perpetrated by a desperate villaia ous sailor, one of the crew, who had sworn ven geance against the Captain for having confined him, a few days before the event, for mal-pratiices. He belonged to Lisbon, where he had been im mured in the condemned-hole, for murder. He was heard to declare, that the ship should never depart from this port ; and the wretch was satficiently des perate to sacrifice his own life with his ship -mates. from motives of private resentment. The ship ant cargo were estinaated at 60,0001. sterling. A law has been proposed to the Legislative Body relative to Physicians, Surgeons, and Officers of Health. They are to undergo very striet examina tions, and are to take the title'of lloaols in Physic or Surgery. The Fcench Ftinds continue .to rise. They are now 63,—a rise of 3 per cent, in less than a week. Prince D'Es rERHAZY, of Hungary, the richest subje& in Europe, who is said to possess an income of four* millions of livres (160,0001.) is about to give an entertainment at Paris, which will cost hint • at least 20,090 L lie LAS hired the Theatre FeYdeau. for this purpose. On Wednesday night, about ten o'clock, a man, genteely dressed, hired a hackney-coach at Charingl. cross, and ordered the coachman to drive to St. John's Farm, near the one-mile-stone on the &f p. ware-road. When the coach got to the top of the-- lane leading to St. John's Farm, the man in the coach pulled the string, and told the coachman to let him ont, for he had passed the house he wanted to go to; upon which the coaclunan got off his but and let him out of the coach, The man then asked the coachman what his fare was? lie told him five shillings and sixpence ; when he put his hand into a side-pocket and pulled out a pistol, and swore he would immediately shoot him, if he,did not deliver his money, which the coachman complied with ; the robber then demanded his watch, which the coach man likewise delivered ; and the robber made his escape across some fields. ' On Monday night, about twelve o'clock, as a gentleman was passmg through Charles -street, Soho square, he was accosted by a man, habited tike a sailor, who enquired his way to a street and while the gentle m a was directing h im, he snatc herd his watch out of his pocket and ran off with it; the gentan pursued him, and, being very nimble, came up with him, and would have secured him, but a comp*. nion of the robber came behind bins, and knocked him down, which caused his hat to fall off, and the robbers go: clear . Of wills the UM as well as the watch. VAI • • . - -•' - "