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1 1Ir rwwits7"wr . A T ST. JAMES'S, FEB. 10. FROM TILE LONDON GAZETTE, Ft.& 12. At the Court nf St. James's, the 10th of February, 1803—present the King's most excellent Majesty in Council.—His Majesty hi Council was this day pleased to appoint Joseph Weigewood, of Cunt'lle, Fc t. to be Sheriff of the County of Irmet, instead of John Arbuthnot, of Weymouth, H 9• John Pooley Kensington, of Putney, Esq. to be Sheriff of the county of Surrey. Thomas Howell Marmaduke f;wynne, of Llonclwith, Eq. to be Sheriff of the County of Radnor, instead of Tllolll2i Grove, of Cwit Edon, Esq. John Winder, of Vynor, F.sq. to he Sheriff of the Cuunty of Montgomery, instead of Robert Knight, of Gweri.goe, Esq. This day Baron SitvERIIJELN, Fnvoy Extraordi nary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the King of Sweden, had a private audience of her Majesty: to which he was introduced by the Earl of Morton, Lord Chamberlain to her Majesty, and condu&ed by Sir Stephen Cottrell, Knt. Master of the Cere monies. I BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED. Henry Savage and Isaac Savage, of Broad Wall, Blac road, Sauey, wholesale comb-makeri, to sun - ender 1:om Feb 19 to A;:til 9, tin, at Guildaall, Limit On. Wiliam 'Fridley, of Fart lietford, Kmtingham, mercer, him Feb. 1.1) to Feb 21, at ten, at the White Ilan inn, East Retford. B Henry Nimmo, of Aline!, merchant, to suvendcr Mail, 1, 2, and '26, at T.:even, at thP White Lion, Rroad-street, Bristol. Attornies, JAIII , •F ai,d 'Donna Leman, Bris , ol. Sarnuollirrice, of Oldhain, Lancr,ter, !L ur k 7,8, and 26, at three, at t'ie Spread rag!?. Lan, Manchester. At torney, Mr. Earret, • Stribblebili Noorw:cal Slay, of Gr:at St. Helen's, merchant, i'eS. 1.), sr FA. 26, at T.ii.vt n, and March 26, at twelve, at Guralhall. Attui:e2y, Mr. (:region, An,./.1-court, Throgmertori-str , c'. Anthony liacitney road. shoe-maker, Feb. 15, ar.l March 26, at ten, at Gni:. f..li Attnrney, Mr. David Alder-gtt7r-strect. C rant Hewlett, Shipton•Ler..., Bm-kingharnsbire, dairyman, Fe.. 1), 22, and Mar:it 20', at t. n, at Guildhall, London. Attorneys, Mews. ("tart.° and Richard:, Solicitors, Chancery. lane; or /nlessrs. Pict. and Son, Aylosbirry, Buck:. Edw , tal Grc-r, Chr.rea•3trr,.t. Soho-kin:ire, man's-mercer, Feb. 15, en, n.l ;:ch t "Ile, at Cuildbiel. Attorney, Turner, :in. Featlr rstolv.!-B vvivi•m R^(lt;.l(l,4oP, horce•dealer, Feb. 19, 26, and 7+.larch 26, at Gni:a:tali, London. Attorney, lir. R. tAidack, li-rte. Jntn C lle3trr, maltcL•r, 7t.brrli 7, R, and March 26, at the Rem. avid Billet, Cie.:cr. Attorney, Mr. JoAeph Ch . _ . Jo n Wright, Mirchegter, et.tton-cr.inner, F..b. 2R, Mardi 1, :42.4 2.3, at elere3, at Spemer MancliNter. At tmriry, Mr. F.t.tingrii, '.llancht:4?.r. DIVIDENPS March Gent z.? t Lovell's-murt, £Aternoc ter-rnvi, wiae-meicliatit t at one, at G• , iLlball. f 33. Benjamin Tinton, ci Colenagn-stv•-t, drurg'st, at elev. 1.4 Guildhall. Feb. 19. Vre.terick Gardner, late of Great St. lielen'g, un derwriter, at twe've, at Gadhall. March 7. Wilhant Smallev, bite or Rlackb.” n, cotton-manufactumr, at eleven, at the St. John's Tavern, Blackburn. March 14. Cl;a•les Rensley and inveph Dale, late'of Nor wich, warehots .1,1101, at five, at the White Swan liar , Nor wich. CERTIFICATES, MAtcw 5. Wil'iam Weston Young, of Aberdyllai Mil!, aamo,gan shi re, miller. to:envie. Con7er, Duce-sire t, Altizatp, mart's mercer. ‘Vilham ScutEtta, a l'oit-t,u, Southampton, taylor And slop- .kweph Wells and Thomas Well, of Holborn-bridge, jew- elleis. The guard at the Naval Arsenal, Plymouth, has, by orders from the Admiralty, been increased from forty-seven to ar. hundred men. it is a practice which we hope to see discontinued by the strong interference of the police, for two or three fellows, in the hahit of sailors, to associate for the purpose of begging in the streets, annoying and anti idating, ar.d frequently abusing such passen gers as will act contribute to them. tVe cannot but consider these extortions as very much in the nature of robbery. It is certain that there is no charity in giving what there is danger in withholding. As a lad, a kw days a,r, was driving plough, in the parish of Sutton, in busses, in endeavouring to quiet the horses, which the sudden crossing of a sportsman and his dog had terrified, he fell into the furrow, when the plough-share entered his head, and in th:u horrid situation dragged him for a considera ble distance ere the attempts to extricate him met with any success. When released, dreadfully maimed and lacerated, he complained only of the universal coldaess v. hich pervaded his blood, and expired in a w• minutes after. . The Society for the relief of Chimney-Sweepers' Boys owes its institution chiefly to the useful and meritorious hbours of THOMAS BERNARD, Est. who so laudably conducts the huthane Society for Bettering the condition of the Poor. In these va luable Reports is the following curious case:—. In December, 1791, Charles Richmond, a little boy, the apprentice of a chimney-sweeper in High street Mary-le-bone, was convicted at the Old Bailey, of a felony in the adjoining house of the Rev. Mr. BucKLEY.—The circumstances were, as follows : 44 On the preceding Sunday he had tun away from his master. He was brought home on Tuesday, and (his master and mistress having occasion to go out) was left locked up in the house by himself. On their return that evening the doors and windows were all fast, but the boy had escaped. On Thurs day the master and mfttress (on their return home tl'at day to dinner, and unlocking the door of the house) perceived the boy in the room, with a bundle of woman's clothes, which he said he had found in a cock-loft, and had brought home for his mistress.' Some circumstances leading to detection, the boy was apprehended, and tried at the Old Bailey : upon his mat it appeared that he had climbed up his master's chimney, and down Mr. Buckley's, where he had stolen the clothes. The boy's account was, 4 he took the ciches to prevent his being beat : I that, when he was unemployed, he was sent to '-beg to the streets; and that, on one Sunday, he had • begged eight - shillings, which his master 6 took from him ; another time be brought home a new pair of shoes that some charitable person had given him ; they were taken off his feet, and paw. ed for a few pence.' The boy was convicted ; btu h^ was thought more an object of mercy than of jus:ic and on the application. of Mr. Sheriff An derio 1, was taken under the protection of the Phi lanti.opic Society. N4VAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, YEP. IL Sailed his Majesty's brig Starling, for Wey mouth. Remains et St. Helen's, his Majesty's ship Te Hercule.—Wind E.N.E. and moderate. His Majesty's ship Amazort, Capt. Parker, has taken in six months provisions, also a great quantity of plank, of large dimension, besides other ad ditional stores. It is conjectured she is bound I to Gibraltar, and from thence to Malta. The greatest attention is paid, it appears, to the orders for fulfilling the contracts for naval stores at the different Dock-yards, agreeably to some late re gulations, as they are constantly receiving supplies tv complete the establishment laid down, by which means we shall at all times' be ready to equip our fleets in cases of unexpected necessity. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 10. Sailed the Bailie, Moffat, to the Eastward, with sealed orders.—Wind S.E. YARMOUTH, FEB. 11. This morning the Clyde frigate sailed from the Roads for Leith. _ _ _ Remain in the Roads, La Pipe and Leda fri gates, and the Lynx sloop of war. The Hop, Dougall, from Oval-ante with brandy, which came on the beach on the 2-ktli ult. is got off, and conic into the harbour. DEAL, TES, 11. Sailed the Arrow sloop of war for Portsmouth, and the Windham, Graham, for the East Indies. Arrived , and sailed for the River the Maorea, Leith, from China.—Wind The Intretid Capt. R. H. Caitcbeon, which kft Kingston,Jamaica, on the 15th of November, spoke, on tie 27th of January, the ship Brother:, Capt...:n Willoughby, from Jamaica to London, out 48 diys, all well.—On the 2'th, spoke the Brother:, of i 1- vcrpool, last from Cork, out one day, all well. —On the .sth hAtant, spoke tile. ship Adyouure, from Lon don to St. kit'is, out five day s, all well. PROCESSION 4T LOUGHBOROUGH. The wool-combers of Loughborough and it., neighbourhood, last week cekbrated the anniversary of their founder, Billnip Maize, with more than usual hilarity. Thirty years having elapsel - since a pro cession had been formed, and many workmen hav ing returned after an absence - of ten years in the service of their country, it was proposed to give a grand display of char hers relating to the mnnufac tory, and parade the streets in appropriate clresses. The procession was led by jarcn, as the champion and prote6tor of the Go/ 61-n Fleece, who was folic,wed by Shepherds and Slicpherdessl..s; a beautiful girl, elegantly dressed, carried a lamb upon her lap, with a bouquet of flowers, made of woci, in her bosom; next followed the venerable IsiFliop : his mitre, with the keys of St. Peter, gilt in front, were formed of wool, and he had a large wig of the same material, which reached down to the , ;addle ; his bridle was held on: each side by a page, and another was at the stirrup, carrying a bible in one hand and a wool comb in the other; his followers, dressed in white, with sashes, scarfs, and high caps, carrying two large flags, all made of wool and wands; two persons elevated on a stage, were at work, sheering the man ner in which the manufa6tory is carried on. In the course of their parade through the town, they re ceived some handsome contnbutions, and the even ing was spent with the utmost harmony and good order. The Hereditary Prince of Orange, on leaving Fulda for Berlin, assured the National College, that he should return in the spring to take up his resi dence there with his consort and family. Alderman B.tRAER, who, in his time, was one of the most eminent printers of the City of London, was threatened with a prosecution by the House of Lords, for an offensive passage in a pamphlet he had print ed. The Alderman was acquainted with Lord Bu t INGAROKE, and his Lordship informed him of the danger which threatened him. He immediately called in all the copies in the booksellers shops, can celled the leaf which contained the obnoxious pas sage throughout the whole impression, and returned them with a new paragraph supplied by Lord Bo- Li mc BROKE • so that when the book was produced before the House, and the passage referred to, it was found perfectly unexceptionable. It was this gen tleman who erested the monument to BUTLER, in Westminster-Abbey, and upon that occasion, it is said, POPE wrote the following lines, and proposed they should be placed cn the vacant scroll under SHARI:FPI AR 's bust: " Thu; Britain love) me, and preamtvc-d my fame Pure frum a Barber's or a : Benson% name." It has been contended, in regard to cutting log wood in the Bay of Honduras, that if by the non renewal of treaties, this right is lost, so is our right to Jamaica, Gibraltar, &c. To this it is well an swered, that there are some points, which, when once ceded, do not require to be renewed after a war ; but there are others that do. Treaties, or parts of treaties, cease of themselves Ihe moment they are fully exe cuted. Gibraltar sv* not only ceded but taken pos session of. The stipulation was executed, and its force was at an end. But if Spain had, by a sti pulation of the same treaty, obtained or reserved the privilege of selling oranges in the town, or of keeping a number of persons to dig stones out of one of the quarries, such a stipulation would have been found to be unexecuted at the breaking out of the war between England and Spain, and would, of course, have,ceased to be any longer binding upon England, until again positively renewed. All rights, which are not rights of dominion, which are en croachments on that right, which are to be exer cised in the dominions of another power, which re quire not only the past but the present and the future consent of that power, and an active continuance of his permission, must be renewed after a war. Such are rights of commei ce, of fishery, of drying fish, of cutting wood, &c. IJNIOTE HALL. On Thursday last thirty Publicans were brought before the sitting Marstrates, by the Society for the Suppression of V lee r for suffering tippling in their houses on Sunda t f :. j !uring Divine Service. It appeared that previous warning from the Society, but still per sisting in such disorderly praCtice, they were seve rally Acted 10s. besides costs, and received a suit able admoaition from the Magistrates. ,"TV7,", • LINDLEY MURRAY, ET, Tots Gentleman's" literary eharaCter, the exten sive circulation - of his works, and his solicitude for the guarded education and the happiness of young persons, will doubtless render some traits of his his tory interesting to the public, especially to those who have derived benefit from his writings. Mr. Mon any is a native of Pennsylvania, in North America. He was born in the year 174.5. His pa rents were persons of respeEtable chara&er, who were solicitous to imbue his mind with pious and virtuous principles. He was carefully and regularly edu cated ; and shade a rapid progress in learning. His father, who removed to New-York, and was a dis tinguished merchant •there, placed , him, at the age of fifteen, in his counting-house, intending to form him to mercantile business. But this employment not agreeing with young improving his mind, he solicited permission to study medicine or law. His father, perceiving his strong bent towards learning, pro cured for him a private tutor, a person of erudition and respectability : under whose calls and direaion he closely applied to liberal studies, and gratified himself in his favonnite pursuits. At the age of nineteen, he commenced the study of law, under the auspices of a Gentleman eminent in the profession ; and he had the happiness of having for his fellow student the celebrated Mr. JAY, late Plenipotentiary to our Court. At die expiration of four years, Mr. Mettitay was. admitted to the bar, and received a licence to pradise, both as counsel and attorney, in all the courts in the State of New-York. fir this profession he continued, with increasing reputation and suceess, till the.trouhles in America interrupted all business of this nature. He then removed from New-York, and spent some time in the country. But impatient of an ii - taive life, and desirous of im proving his fortnne, lie returned to the city, and en ;;;;;ed in the mercantile line. By his diligence, abi lities, ..nd respeitable connexions, he acquired, in the course of a f , w years, a very handsome competency. Ile then concluded to retire from business, and made correzrtanient an-angement cf his affairs. He purchased a beautiful country residence, a few miles min flee city cf New-York, where he loped to en joy much pleasure in rural occupations, and in the social rcoui se - of a wide circle of relations and friend;. But timse pleasing prospects soon disap peare.i: fur not long ader his determination to re tire, lie was arrested by the hand of sickness. The fiver with which he was afiliCted left a great weak ness in his limbs ; and his health and strength be came so much impaired as to induce him, by the advice of his physicians and friends, to try the ait and climate of Englvd. In the year 1 he came to this country, and, in a short time, found himself considerably relieved in the general state of his health; but not to That deree as to render it pru dent for ;um to return to America. He settled in Yorkshire ; and , purchased a house pleasantly situ ated aCiaut a milt from York, where he continues to reside. The weakness of his limbs Tradually in creased, so that, for some years, he has found himself incapable of walking more than a few steps in the course of a day, without great inconvenience. He is, however, able to ride in his carriage an hour or two every day ; and in summer, he is frequently drawn, about his garden, in a chair conveniently made for the purpose. To a person distinguished as Mr. MURRAY had been for health, strength, and agility, this confinement must have been at first a heavy misfortune., At present, no one would sup pose him to be under the influence of• affiiaion. lime and refleaion seem to have perfetctly recon ciled him to his situation. Deprived of the usual occupations and amuse ments of life, and of the common occasions of do ing good to others, he has very happily and gene rously turned his attention to compose literary works, for the benefit chiefly of the rising genera tion. In this benevolent employ, he has found great satisfadion ; and met with uncommon success. His English Grammar, with the Exercises and the Key, has been much approved by the public, and adopted in most of the principal seminaries in England. It has passed through many large editions in this country, and been frequently re-printed in Ireland and America. I he merit of this work, and the high charader given of it in the different Reviews; induced his booksellers to offer him a very considerable sum for the copy right, which he thought proper to accept. .The copy-right of his Intredudion to the English Reader, the English Reader itself, and the Sequel to that work, together with the Abridgment of the Gram mar (all of which have been much commended for their chaste and judicious execution), were disposed of for very liberal prices. Mr. MURRAY'S latest work is " I.e Ledeur Francois," a book on the plan of the English Reader. It has already received some very favourable and respedable public as well as private testimonies ; and it bids fair to enhance Mr. MURRAY'S reputation, as a writer who is soli citous to improve the taste and understanding, and to form the heart of his young readers. The copy right of this work also has been disposed of very ad vantageously. But this Gentleman's views in writ ing are not mercenary. Having begun his literary career from disinterested motives, he has constantly devoted all the profits of his works to charitable pur poses : to the benefit of institutions for the relief of the poor and distressed • to assist the needy in pro curing education for their children ; and to render more comfortable those who are in straightened cir cumstances. The work which Mr. MURRAY first published, and which appears to afford him peculiar satisfac tion, is " The Power of Religion on the Mind, in Retirement, Afflidion, and at the Approach of Death." Having been himself struck and edified with the sentiments expressed by a variety of cha raders, at the most solemn period of life, he natu rally thought that others would receive similar im pressions trom perusing a collection of such testimo nies. Animated by this expedation, he formed the compilation, and interspersed it with many occasional observations acid reflections of his own. The book has passed through eleven editions. The first im pression was made wholly at Mr. MURRAY'S own expence, and given away, chiefly in time neighbour hood of his residence. Perceiving that the wort met with approbation, he enlarged and improved it. In its present state it has been much pra►sed, and warmly recommended to the perusal of all classes of readers. Time thus employed, and the rewards of labour thus distributed, prevent that gloom vhich ill-health and long confinement are so apt to produce, and contribute ti► render Mr. MURRAY clicarful and happy, ite a situation that many would think must ?r be highly distressing:. He appears to make the best of his condition, and to look at the bright side of the °Lied' around him. He is a member of the Society called Quakers, and is much respected and esteernel hy them ; but in all his writings he has scrupulously avoided introducing, in any shape, the peculiar te nets of the sect. On moral and religious subjedsi he confines himself to the leading principles of piety and virtue, and to the general spirit and precepts of Christianity. For this judicious care, as vEell as for the exemplary chasteness of his works, he has re ceived particular commendation. He married early in life; but he has no children. Mrs. MURRAY 1r a person of great merit and respectability ; and is ' faithfully and tenderly attached to him. Mr. MURa RAY is as highly distinguished by the excellence of his heart, as by the powers of his mind. He is a most affectionate husband, a warm and sincere friend, a pleasing and instrative companion. His sentiments are liberal and refined, and the tenour of his life, in conformity with his wri . ,:ngs, demon- , strates him to be the uniform, zealous, and ittaicrout friend of virtue and of piety. EGTPT. Recent accotmts from Egypt, which appear to be well founded, tend to throw new light upon the policy which the English pursue in that country. It is well known that since the departure of the French army, the Beys had conceived anew the hope of re ccvering the power which they exercised in Egypt, a power almost wholly independent of the Porte. The Ottoman army were too feeble to resist, and a re gard to humanity alone required an interference on the part of the English, to prevent the Turks art, Beys from coming to blows. Their force was fay sufficient to prevent any engagement taking place between two parties, one of which is indisputa bly legitimate, and the other rebellious, or these two words have ceased to bear any meaning in the lay.- guage of governments : but they preicred behold mg the effusion of blood, and their_ speculation seems nct to be a bad one. • One part of the Ottoman army was made pri soners; the other was cut in pieces. The small number that escaped from the enemy were indtbt. d fur their safety solely to the garrison of Cairn. All the magazines of provisions and ;warlike stores fell into the hands of the Beys ; nor did these rebels suspend their pursuit of the Turks, but at the Jail citation of the English General. And now that the Porte is without any army or any party in Egypt, the Cabinet of St. James's calls upon that power' for the reimbursement of the ex pences which it incurred in re conquering Egypt ezpences which arc swollen into sums the more con siderable, as it is far from being the desire of Eng land they should be paid. The Cabinet of St. James's will not fail to take advantage of that debt, either by extorting advantages of much more value 11 an the principal of the debt, or by retarding the evacuation of Egypt to a period more suitable to its interests. On this head it is foolishly observed by a French journal called the Publiciete "the Engli s h be have themselves very well in igypt: they in no manner intermeddle in the affairs of government, but, on the contrary, observe the strietest neutrality." Happy nation ! in whose'favour every event so auspiciously declares, though it never interferes in any of the intrigues by which tfiose events must necessarily be prepared.—Mercure de France, Jan. 22. The mission, with which General STtwaar was charged in favour of the Mamelukes, has not had the expected success at the Sublime Porte. The Divan has obstinately refused to listen to any terms of accommodation, unless, as a preliminary condi tion, the Mamelukes consented to evacuate Egypt: The latter, as may well be imagined, indignantly rejected such a proposition, and the result was, that a war of extermination has been entered into be tween them and the Turks. Nu quarter is given on either side. The Mamelukes, far superior to their opponents in discipline and courage, have hitherto been constantly victorious in every engagement that has taken place ; and as they are well provided with money, provisions, and ammunition of all kinds, they most certainly must succeed in driving the Turks out of Egypt : besides, the - inhabitants of the country parts are the more disposed to favour the Mamelukes, as they have been themselves severely harrassed by the cruelties and oppression of the Turks.—Mcrcure de France, Jan. 29. BIRTH. Lately, at Roches-ter, the Lady of the Hon. and Rev, Dr. Mar ham, of a daughter: MARRIED. On Tuesday, at Ridgmont, Bzdfordshire, the Rev. Edward Tanqueray, rector of Tingrith, to Miss Avelino eldest daughter of the late Rev. T. Aveling, of IVldlbrook, in the same county. DIED. Thursday, in College-street, Westminster, Mr. Ginger, aged 76, Bookseller to the Royal School, Westminster. At Paris, on Friday, tha 4th instant, the Lady of Sir Alex ander Grant, Bart. 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