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I WANTED, A GOOD CAT, OR A RAT-CATCHER. It was probably owing to the heavy rain of yes. ttrday morning, that the Parks and Promenades did not display their usual quantum of beauty—and tha , muslin transparencies, and green parasols. were not. as usual, the order of the day. So far, however as curiosity was a sufferer by the absence of beast } and f tshion, the loss was amply compensated by tii appearance of an immense swarm of Rats, which issuing from their holes in the neighbourhood o. Westminster, spread terror and confusion thro' the whole place. Some concluded that a ship was sinking in the Thames ; others, that an old house was fallin; ; but it se...rned to be the prevailing opi nion, that the new Minister was upon the tumble.— A message was immediately sent to Downing-street. with this extraordinary news, but no satisfattory ex planation could be obtained, as the State Rat-trap appeared in excellent condition, and as well baited as ever with candle-ends and cheese-parings. These new Re's are the most extraordinary ever seen.— As they have shewn a shyness of the State -trap, and Mr. "ITT, who was represented, by the late Sir RO BERT CLAYTON, as the best Cat of his day, has been found imbecile and inefficient, a good Rat- Catcher, who will undertake to wheedle and catch these •le.ocuttre animals, will meet w ith due encou ragement. sed 4.11 tlx .hg &et REWARD OFFERED. Lost, stolen, strayed, or absconded, about three o'clock, on Saturday morning, from his usual place of residence, near Westminster-Hall, Mr. PITT'S old servant, 7auw..1.. 7 Majority. Having done vast service in the Lite war, and being a great favourite, his Master is inconsolable for his loss. Tb ping Majority is always talking politics, and uses to distinguish himself greatly in all debates opon the State of the atir,n ; upon all questions re. Latin to the late jest and ncoessary war, and all mat ters of finance. Abou: three years ago, Mr. Pixy tnrned Volunteer, and welt down to Dover, leaving lblr. A coarribtoss to Is-+p house for him in his ab sznce. Thumping Majorit,, with the rest of the household, remained in stair quip; but whether it was that the locum teens did not keep as good a table as the Master, or some defeil of Constitution ; poor ?halving Maiority fell into a gallopping decline. He has something of a Russian and Welch appetite, being very fond of candle ends and rheese parings ; and what from sinecures and places bestowed upon him by his Master, is said to be very rich. Indeed, as he held the purse of the nation many years, he must have been a great fool if he did not help him self. Some say, however, that he was very extra vagant, and that it was ci.ly during the time Mr. ADDINGT 314 had him on board WA . qeS, that he be gan to economise. It is allowed on all hands, that his Master cannot carry on business with: , ut him; and, therefore, any money will be given to the finder, who shall restore him, if lost, stolen, or strayed ; and if he has absconded, he will be taken back wit' pleasure, and all faults will be forgiven. A man of the name of lux, having lately threatened to set up business in opposition to Mr. Pm, it is feared that the former, knowing his value, and that the concern cannot stand without his assistance, may have tempted him to go out of the way, or to engage in Lis service. Any person giving information where ha may be found, will be most liberally rewarded. No money or pains will be spared; no terms will be considered extravagant, as in fad the Minister can sot exist without him.—Application to be made to PATHASTZR, at the Sign of the Rost, Palace Yard. PAP.Dt M ASKED. WHERICAS I, " att.en Cowie," of the Strand. London, did praise and extol Mr. ADDINGTON whet in office ; asserted that he was a most able, vigorous, an;; efficient Minister, and that his Government was the wisest, the most prosperous and glorious that Englaed ever saw ; and Wu , when the said ADDINGTON went out of office, I went over to his Success and have since extolled Mr. Pi rr as laddly as I extolled the Gentleman whom he suc eseded, and Wiltllt AS, during bath these periods, I unitormly abused the Honourable CNA a Les J ,N4ES Fox in the most indecent and scurrilous terms ; re presented him as a mere driveller, who scarcely kr.cw hew to write his name, and if he did Atterrpt to speak in the House of Commons acquitted him self there like a quibbling Old 13.tiley Solicitor ; and Witte, ts I fear that Mr. Pic is Administration will not stand, anti think it may promote my interest to praise the said Honourable CNARLICS J•sses Fox in future, as much as I have lately abused him ; and Wit!' n,AS the said CHARLILS JAMES Fox, in consideration of my ignorance and insignificance, has humanely and graciously pleased to look with contempt upon me, and declined bringing any ac 'inn a:T..I;mA ine, for these my manifold transgres sior.s ; Now I , Cities Courier, do, in this public rn azawri dcave; my sincere sorrow and repentance for my past condal, and do beg pardon for it, in the most humble and abjeet manner ; sad farther, do most solemnly promise, that I will, in future, .xtol to the skies, as long as I shall find it tend to my pecuniary interest and emolument, tin said CHARLES JAMES Fox, and maintain throughout the World that he is the most eloquent, the wisest, ind the most enlightened Statesman that England ver produced, and that all who deny it are traitors old Jacobins, and tools of BONAPARTE and Mt I'ALLLVet•ND ; and I do at the same t;me most inmbly beg pardon of all my contemporaries ft.)t degrading the chars ter of the British Press, by my apustacy and inconsistency. (Signed) CITIZLN COVRIER his Mark. PF.RSI N. CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH I. Persia, disturbed for a lorg succession of years by civil contests, had long been a prey to the most cruel anarchy. According to accounts sent us by a person raveling in that country, it appears, that it is now re-organised, under the Government of Fathali- Chah. That Prince is at war with Russia, whose armies have gained some advantage; but, at pre sent, Persia does not seem to have any thing to fear for its safety. THE FOLLOWING IS AN ACCOUNT OF THE PRESENT STATL OF PINSIA. After the tragical end of the Eunuch Aga Moll med Kan, in 1796, his nephew Babo•Kan, who commanded his armies, having conciliated the es teem and good-will of the Nobles of the kingd .m. was instantly acknowledged its absolute sovereign, and mounted the throne, under the title of Fatho Club. Since this event, he has reigned with the general consent of the nation, and without a single competitor. The whole of Persia, except Candahar and Geor gi i, is at t' is moment submitted to his sway, and be governs with much mildness and equity. He is alveit 45 years of age ; and is a man of talents, af fo'de, courageous, and a good general—but with ow ambition. Projects of aggrandisement do not enter into his views. Satisfied with enjoying, undis. turned by storms, the sovereign authority, and the glory attached to it, l' has nftver attempted to dis turb the repose of hi, neignbours, nor to encroach their territories. This is an example of moderation, which has been seldom exhibited by his pred,.c,,s sirs . for, almost the whole of them have b ee ,, go. vc.rned by those passions, which, while they hasten ed the end of the tei7i, plurgtd the state into all the frightful evils of anarchy and contusion. l'he fine and extensive country of Georgia which, from the time of Chah-Ahbas, had br-eu constantly tributary to Persia, having lost, some time since, it, Prin7e, I leraclius, fell entirely under the power of Russia, which, resuming its ancient plan of con quests. has never ceased to disturb Fathali-Cbah, by frequent incursions. The Russians have made themselves masters of Derbend, Racori, and other ports of the Caspian Sea, after having, at various times, defeated rho Persian troops, who had at tempted to repel Liars. The, hive alio, taker. use cities of Erivan and Guengsn, after some feeble re sta • ce. The King marched to Hayenderan, with the de sign of reducing the Tucrnans. who had revhlted; when, learning the losses he had sustained in the west, he suddenly returned to Tehran, his capital, to make the nece.sary preparations to march him self at the ht..td of his army against the Russians. Having detached, to precede him. several corps under the command of cute of the sons of the Prince Il,raclius, claiming Georgia. and being a refugee at Tehran, since the invasion of the Russians, these troops htd no better success than the former armies sent alainst the Russians The young Prince, after several checks, sent to requect tie King to advance to his aid. Touris was, in Sewember last, in dan ger of falling into the hands ut .0 enemy. As to the Russians, it is pro:, .isle their principal objea is to subdue the finest ports of the Caspian sea, and particularly the fertile and vast country of Guilan. It would be very difficult, and p limps impossible to push their conquests farther and Fathali•Chah will lose no time in trying against them the chance of war, for he can easily sass• an army of 90,000 or 100.000 men ; and the Russians will soon find, that they have this Monarch to con tend with. especially as they have no considerable force in that quarter. The interior of Persia is perfenly tranquil ; public security is re-establithed; commerce flourishes ; and nothing threatens any civil disturbance, or the con di& of faftion. The F.nglish, in the East Indies, three years since, sent Captain Malcolm, at the head of a splendid, but fruitless embassy, which has cost them more than a million of francs. Among the presents sent, on this occasion, to the King of Persia, welt one dia mond (among others) weighing sixty-five carats, valued at 80,000 :nixes. Hagi-Khalib-Khan, whom Fahali-Chah had sent to Bombay, in quality of his Ambassador, having fallen in an insurreffion of Cyp.tids, his body was conveyed to Bassora, in one of the Company's ships, whence he was conveyed, with great funeral pomp, to the city of Iman-Hos sein, in which he was interred ins manner becom i::g his dignity, at the Company's expence, two of their officers attending the ceremony. The English gave an explanation to Fathali.Chah of the accident which occasioned his Ambassador's death; but it appears to hay: been ill received. They have since sent a new Ambassador to his Court, to replace the former, who was recalled. It is not probable that Persia will be involved in serious troubles, either by the final success of the Russians, or any new pretender to the throne ; for the wisdom of Fathali-Chah, who is known to be a vigilant Prince, will be prepared for every event ; and, excepting the loss of s3me cities, his dominions have nothing to fear from foreign enemies, who cannot, without extreme rashness, attempt to push their conquests further. Under his mild govern ment, the people have no subject of complaint. He is the friend of justice; his designs art equitable ; he is beloved; and every thing concurs to make it probable, that he will support nint:elf on a throne which be so deservedly 111:5...-(Fr„is the Msettesu•.) LAW ItIItLLIGENC2. COURT OF RINMEENCH, GUILDHALL, he. 9. Si4inzs beAre Lord ELLIN soaouost. DEFAMATION. CRUTCH if. IROSTICPC. The Plaintiff in this case was butcher in Fleet *vlarket,wid the Defendant a gingerbread-baker, resi ding next dOor to the Plaintiff. The words complain ed of were spoken to the Plaintiff's wife, and were as follow, viz. “ You're a thief, and I know you to i 2 a thief; you stole a piece of beef 'from Mr. Pro. . n, and were detefted by David Dutton ; you stole .geons frop Mr. Sumerland, and a silver spoon from me." llt appeared that the Plaintiff being an Ad man, upwards of 83 years of age, his wife had .managed the business for him upwards of thirty years, with an unimpeached charaaer • the shutter ,tf the Defendant's shop window, used at times to ,ntercept the view (Ade Plaintiff's stall from the asscngers ; one day, the Defendant put it up, and the Plaintiff's wife took it down again; upon which an altercation ensued, the parties abused each other, very opprobrious language was used; in the course f which, the words before stated were made use of by the Defendant. Lord El. xstioaoucti said, the fault was mutual, And the parties were irritated against each other opon some trifling cause • they were equally a bu s i ve And ridiculous, and there was no injury done to either, but as the words spoken were proved, the Jury must find a Verdid. Verdi& for the Plaintiff Is. 110l;O. NLEDS. This was an aftion for an assault by burning the Plaintiff's face with gunpowder. It appeared that the Defendant was a serjeant in the Christchurch vliddlesex Volunteers, and the Plaintiff was servant to one of the partners of the house of Trueman, tianhury, and Co. brewers. On the 12th of Aprill: (ihe day on which the assault took place), the corps, to which the Defendant belonged, had a field-day, otter which, he, with some ,of his brother soldiers, dined at the Laurel Tree, where they made rather too free with the juice of the grape : when the De ienslant came to the tap-room to pay the reckoning, he met the Plaintiff, and it appeared, that after they had drank a bottle of wine together, the Defendant, by the way of fun, pulled a cartridge nut of his pocket, and put it to the candle; it immediately blew up and burnt the Plaintiff's eye-brow and check, who direelly cried out, that the man who had fired off was a rascal ; the Defe •dant then said, he was the person, and very high words ensued ; however, when they cooled a little, the Defendant arlogised, declared he had no intent'on of doing any injury, and offered his hand to the Plaintiff in token of friend,hip. It furthor appeared, the Plaintiff had been s 3 lightly injured, as to be able to travel se venty miles the next day. The Jury found Is. damages for the Plaintiff. PALACE COURT. POPHAM r. COUGH. The Plaintiff in this case is a 1 Cdr , who, for some time, kept a respectable boarding and lodging house at G sport, to which the Defendant occasionally re-' sorted when on shore, he at that time commanding a gut: brig laying off that port. The amount of the bill was 331. los. The Plaintiff's evidence esta blished an admission of the deut amounting to 27i. hut no farther. The defence was, that the debt being contracted, and the confession made at Gos port, it was out of the jurisdiction of the Court, a nd therefore the Plaintiff must he nonsuited. Mr. AOA ft, in reply, stated several cases in support of a coot; a: y opinion, particularly Luken and Henning, let Saliceld, 202 ; Cowper 220, in the case of Row land and Peate ; and Blackstone, 307, in the case of Lord Lonsdale r. Litdcsiale, in which it determined that a prohibition could not issue, nor the jurisdiction of the Court be otie,tioned, unless specially pleaded, which was not done in the present case, the plea being ad Mit only. ('he learned Judge was o: opinion the Plaintiff was entitled to recover, and the jury found a verdict for 2;1 •OTTEt O. JONES. A motion was made fir a rule to skew cause why the defendant should not be discharged nut of cus tody, he being imprisoned in the poison of this Court for a debt of 121. under mesne process. Affidavits were read to prove that the Defendant was a pri vate soldier in the Ist, or old St. George's Volun teers, commanded by the Earl of Chesterfield; that he was regularly enrolled in the regiment, re ceived pay, and was in every respea amenable to the pains and penalties of the Mutiny Ad, and was of course entitled to all the benefits of the same. It was observed by the Counsel, that a private in the same regiment had some time since been tried fit being drunk on his post, by a Court Martial, forme, according to the terms of the Mutiny AR, and found guilty, where he received sent. .ce of 150 sashes He wasibrought out in front t-t the regiment to be punished, but his sentence was abated, after a very seeious admonition from the Commanding Officer, on condition of his acknowledging his fault, and begging pardon of his comrade s fo r t h e b a d exam ple he had afforded them. Court—J" Take a rule to shew cause :it k a point I should not like to determine until I hear an ar gument on this subjea, which is not only novel. but very . intcresting to a very respedable body of men." SUMMF.R ASSIZES Western. Lord Ellenborough, Hams Thompson. Norf,Ak. Chief Justice Mantleld, Mr. Justice Heath. Hampshire. Chef Baron, Baron Hotha.m. M.diand. isillu7tleedrose • Mr. Jiht.cie Rooke. Oxford. Mr. Justice Laurence, Mr. Justice Le Elas.c. North. Mr. Justice Charabre, Baron Graham. Accounts from the Cape of Good Hope to the 13th of March, by the American ship Silents, ar rived at New York ; state, that on the 7th of March, three Dutch ships of war, two of them armee en ftxte, had arrived there front the Isle of France. The Dutch Government had ordered all the English at the Cape immediately to leave the settlement, and many of theta had proceeded in American ships to St. Helena. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTO, J u3l t 7. Arrived the Prospero bomb from the coast or France. We have not learned that she brought any particular news. Came into harbour the .Ealus frigate, Capt. Lord William Fitzroy ; and the Ant schooner. His Majesty's ship the Altirniome, with her con voy for the East-ladies ; the fleuidam, with her con voy for the West-Indies; awl die Ambuscade, with ker convoy forth- '.lediterrazeim, still remain, the wind being still About S.W. DEAL, JUNE 8. Sailed L'Amiabir frigate nn a cruise off Flushing. Came down from Sheerness, the F/amer gun-brig, and remains in the Downs, with the rest of the ships as per Last, and several outward-hound vessels. —Wind S.W. Blows hard. SHEERNESS, JUNE 9. Sailed the Rasing armed ship, and the Surrets cut ter, with three sail under convoy for Elsin, ; the Charles armed ship, and 4 thm cuttet, with 6 %.ul under convoy, are ezpeetedto sail to-morrow fur dig Baltic ; such ships as sail in future frf pm the Note tip! Baltic, must comsy with the 43 Geo. 111. chap. 97, and bring a certi- te to that effe4, or they will not receive convoy instructions. FIRST INSTANCE OVA LIMITED REGENCY IN U. EDITOR, EWOLAND. Accidentally turning over in the British Museum some colledions relative to the usage and custom of Parliament, I met with a passage, which may be considered as curious and interesting from the vr.ri ous reports of the present day. " lo the 5l sr Year of Edward the Third, the King, after he had sum moned the Parli;•ment, made Ri-hard Prince of Wales President thereof, reserving unto himself (u would seem) the Royal Assent unto the Bills. " For it is recorded that divers of the Prelates and [,neck, the Chancellor, Treasurer, Keeper of the Privie Seal, and all the Justices, by the command• meet of the King, went to Aviv where our Lord ate Kin 4 lay tick of Ats molodir, and there in his presence. and in the presence of Monsieur de Lancastre and others, there so come, were rehearsed the manner of the articles of the general pardon and grace which our Load the King had made to his Commons, in manner as hereafter ensueth, together with some other answers to his Commons petitions. And this being done, the King said that he agreed well unto the same, and therewith was well contented • and commanded that these grac e s a n d answers s h ou ld be read the next morning in Parliament, and thu an end be made of the 15arliament. " And thereupon the Lords returned to London, and the very next morning, the same sitting, being continued from one day unto another, by authority of the king and the !aid Pr ttik t, the s4id C.»timons pe , itions, with their answe s made in the same Par. hament in the heAring of all the Pre!Ates A, and Commons, in the ,aO.l ir the re.ene:: : 1 the soul PreAde,d, were ?vas in the inA.Licr customed." As this, I apprehend, is the first instance of a limited. Regency to be met with in out annals, I have thought it Kurth transcribing. Your's. CITY BUSINESS. A.B. A Court of Common Council was held on Ftila. at Guildhall, at which were present the Lotto MAYOR, and six Aldermen, RECO .ata, Sheriffs, and a great number of Commoners. The Right lion. the Loin MA voa Lid before the Court letters he had meived from Admiral Co•l et- WA Lug and Rear Admiral THIRSIOROUGH. expres sive ot the acknowledgments of the vote of thanks ot the 2Gth March last, to them, and the Officers, Seamen, and Marines serving under them, which were read, and ordered to be entered on the journals, and the Court voted their thanks to Capt. Do NETT, first Captain under Adm. CORNW AI. LIS, his name having been omitted by mistake, in the thanks voted nn the Ctith March last, for the very eminent ser vices rendered his country in assisting in the blockade of the French ports during the tempestuous winter months. A memorial and petition of the Free Coopers of the city of London were presented to the Court, re spelling being prevented carrying on their business in the West India Docks, which was referred to a Committee to consider and report. The Court requested the Representatives in Par liament for this City to oppose the Bill now pending in the House of Commons, for th: Relief of certain Incumbents of Livings in the City of London pass ing into a law during the present Sessions. fhe Court, in consideration of the sum of 4001. and 20 marks being paid into the Chamber of this City by WILLIAM blectisu, Esq. circen and butcher, discharge' 'aim from being put in non ina tion for the office of Sheriff for the Ci:y of Londca on Midsummer day next, notwitl.standing the time had expired which is allowed by Aft of Commcc Council of the 7th April, 1748, A letter rrom tit. Croix, dated April i IS, says, " A Baltimore Brig i, just arrived here, having sailed from Barbed yes in eompaay with a Fleet destined against M . - tinique." The Garrison and Yeomanry Corps of Dubli were reviewed in the Phenix Park on Monday last. They amounted to— Regulars. .540 Yeomanry Total 11,404 Lieutenant-Colonel Roster SSIiTII, on half p a y of the 68th foot, is appointed an Inspening Field officer of Yeomanry and Volunteer Corps. Captain CA M of the Amethyst, has been tried by a Court-martial at &icemen, upon a charge of not having done his dui} - . in ant anion with four Dutch vessels off the coast of Norway. On Friday the Court pronounced the charge proved in part, and sentenced him to be placed at the bot tom of the list of Post Captains. Yesterday evening a young man, about sixteen years of age, leaning over the side of a boat. near Westminster bridge. unfortunately MI into the wa ter.and was drowned. The payment of the pensions cf the widows of officers of the Land and Marine forces, commences About the 18th instant. r Ng k