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TliC POUR POLITICAL WINDS. Why the helot of Government is become a coin ism phrase; why the Country should be identi fied, as it is,.in daily debate and conversation, with a ship at sea under the influence of the winds; the fol lowing charaders clearly evince. I. THE ANGLO-ROREAS, OR POLITICAL PITT- WIND. This wind is greatly dreaded by Political Valetudi nsrians, is death to those who have the least Jaco binical taint, and very apt to bring on yellow fever, Jeiarlet fever, complaint in the chest, &c. It lately gave nearly 200 Members of the House of Com mons the yellow/au/idler, and threw the Opposition into a consumption. Indeed, even the English Con stitution, supposed to be the strongest, soundest, and healthiest in the world, has proved unable to mist its attacks. It has also a very injurious die& upon the moral as wen as the physical qualities of min, destroying his spirit and independence, and inspiring an insatiable desire for places and pensions. It blows, in general, fierce and boisterous. In the late war, it not only swept away the whole Corre sponding Society, but threatened every moment to overturn the Government of France. Upon a re gent occasion it did much damage in the Coalition Garden at Westminster, where it blasted all the sweet opening blossoms of hope, and nipped in the bud the golden promise of place and power. What is Very remarkable, it knocked down a fine orna mental Temple, while a bed of Rued, within a few yards of it, never appeared fresher, or in richer and more luxuriant bloom. The Pitt Wind is, at present, the prevailing wind in the latitude of Downing street and the Parliament House. Its origin is thus described by the Roman Poet : U Ecce +Anent Somas Autgo,ta wde Pelori " Mitsus adest ." Pelori" is here, according to the Commen taton, a mistake for 1. Doyen." " Aquila red.," therefore, clearly means the Straits of Dover, from slich the Pitt-Wind is know,' to come. H. THE FON-EURUS, OR POLITICAL EAST WIND. This wind blows from the rising sun, cheering and invigorating all nature. Its elle& upon the Constitution is the reverse of the Anglo-Boreas, or Pitt-wind. The State Physicians, however,think that, excess of mildness, the body politic wou.J danger of falling into a relaxed habit under its Horace calls this wind, the " Niger Black Bast Wind." Some translators interpreted this epithet, as black with clouds • but this is manifestly an error, as the is of a very calm and pacific chataaer. Phger," Reci," applies to the face of this to use a seaman's phrase, to the wind's eye. GREN VILLE AUSTER, OR POLITICAL. SOUTH-WIND, accompanied with coatinual drizzling showers, teaze the traveller without giving him a sousing, and just produce a damp upon ground, without penetrating the soil, or adding turiance. It blows sometimes in shrill and tones,• and just about that degree of rhich salool-boys wish, when they purpose kites, or washerwomen, when they would their wet linen. This wind is also stiled leselrent duster, or s' Leaden SossiA-wind," as it occasionally dull, heAvy, and oppressive to the also called by the Poets, the " Fri s idut or the 44 Cold .Youth-wr,.d," As we find in swing line : tildes ut quondam sylvta immurmurat Au.te,," to Mr. E —t, or Earl T—ple, when, in of debate, they are lost is a cuccd. ADDINGTON ZEPHYRUS, OR POLITICAL. WEST-WIND. more gentle wind does not blow from aoy point compass. It is a genial, prolific air, such good food . , man admires. Plautus, allud the wind, describes it as weans, mitit, dce. &c. and says, " hie Tacit tranquillitatern." the wind that makes pare." I The Ad- Zephyrus, however, bas proved itself a whiffing wind, likely to bring on a deceitful while the Anglo-Boreas, although it metuces destruition, fills the swelling sail, ploughs ocean, and threatens destruaion to the shores 'ranee with British thunder waftel upon its A are the nature, quality, and efied, of these Cardinal winds, when they blow separately. who' two or more of them blow at the same then they produce a political tornado ' or whirl in the cAse of the present Coalition against moister. It is to this amalgamation of the in the windy war, or war of words. Virgil when he says, :"Iwum; mulls cretierq prncellio is sYnonirnotis with Amur, or the Grenville tad; and by **rem:, is here cleatly understood Mr. Windham. kapott al Dr. Lawrance's last Speech. •: V.4r the Huhn, of Mr. Adtagtiin'o AdsaLutstrmion. the Wilberfoo dal . ; rind, a sort whistling blast, in which the Africans take great delight, and is liailkd by them as the forerunner of that happy period when they shall cease to be slaves, and avarice, cruelty, and oppression, shall be obliged to release one half of human nature from their merciless and ferocious gripe. There are, besides these, several inferior winds, such as the "Trade Winds," in which Borough mongers, Placemen, and Pensioners, take great de light, and make many successful voyages ; the Si rocco, which brings on melting heat, and prevails in the House of Commons on every Debate night from Ist Jane to the last of August—and there is also the ill wind, " that blows nobody good." Were all these winds to break loose, and blow at the same moment, universal ruin and confusion must ensue. It has been, therefore, found neces sary to assign them a keeper, to watch their rising, superintend their motions, and prevent more than one from blowing at a time ; we say " blowing," as all are agreed that " words are but wind." \ru e:lL, alluding to this regulation in his first iEneid, says, 44 Hic vasto Rex .f.olus Intro " Luetartte, t.mt i .estatel ; sonoras " Imperio remit ac •inclu h earcere fr.eaat. " Illiindignantes magno cum murroure mnntis " Cireum claustra fremunt. Celsa seder /1:0lus nee " beepers o..nens : mnllaq ; anima; et temperat ims." The .E9/us here mentioned by the Poet is clearly the S—r of the ll—e of C—m —s, whose duty it is to keep all these contending winds and sound ing tempests in due order. The ce4a arse is the chair; clauttra literally means the bar; and, as to the magno cum mourns:ire mon , it, it is well known that in the French National Convention, there was a part expressly called "the Mountain ;" with us, it proba bly means the OPPOSITION Bench. GUILDH A LL, Jus.v 5. Sittings before Lord Et.t.zmitokouou. ABRAMS V. MILLS. This was an aetion brought by the Plaintiff, a crimp, against the Defendant, a ship owner, for work and labour, and for goods sold and delivered. It appeared in evidence, that an agreement had been entered into between the. parties, whereby the Plaintiff WAS to provide seamen for the Defendant. at the rate of two guineas per man. Five men were said to have been procured, for which the sum of ten guineas was demanded. the Plaintiff had also furnished the Defendant with potatoes to the amount of f.. 4. 13s. &c. On the part of the Defendant it was contended, that the persons procured by the Plaintiff tor the Defendant, were bow, not men, and that only four of them arrived safe at the ship at Gravesend, the other being pressed. A tender bad been made by the Defendant of 51. 1 tit. Lord ELLEN Wart WM observed, that the Defend ant should have objeeted to the persons provided for him in the first instance ; he ought to have rejeeted them on their being first put on board his ship, and it was now too late for him to set up that plea. . The Jury found a verdict of 51. ss. for the Plaintiff. THE K 1•412 O. SAMUEL LAIPONZ ASO OTHERS. this WAS an indiCtment for an assault and ob struftion of Jonathan Robson in the prosecution of his duty as a searcher of leather. The other Defendants, Hepborne, Mundy, and three others, had suffered judgment to go by de fault, but the Defendant Lalone pleaded Na Guilty. Mr. Glees stated the case on the part of the pro secution. The Prosecutor was a sworn tryer of skins, and searcher of leather, under the statute of James the First, and his duty was to examine such skins or hides as came to the market for sale, dis tinguishing those which were merchantable from those which were not, by stamping the one and seizing the other. The Defendant, Lafone, was a merchant of re speCt and eminence, residing at Liverpool. The Prosecutor Robson, with some other search ers, was examining the leather offered for sale in Leadenhall-market, and finding some belonging to the Defendant Hepborne, which was not saleable, they attempted to seize it, hut were prevented by the Defendants, who had suffered judgment by default, and who made such resistance, as to throw down the Prosecutor, and carry off the leather. The Defendant Lafone was present, and advised them to resist the searchers—say ing, I )—n them, knock them down, take them by force—l have often done it in my country—and will bear you harmless." The Learned Counsel observed, that this was the advice of Mr. Lafone, which the others had t, o closely followed—for which advice he was most cer tainly answerable. The appointment of the Prosecutor to the office of searcher of leather was then proved. The Prosecutor, and two other similar Officers, proved the circumstances, and the expr.:ssions made use of by the Defendant, Lafones Mr. ERSKINE, on the part of the Defendant, pro posed to offer the other Defendants in the cause, as Witnesses for his Client. But Lord ELLEN ROROLGH declared it as his opinion, that they were not competent Witnesses, inasmuch AS, in lessening the crime against the one, it would lessen it against all ; and that the att of the one was chargeable against the other,. On the part of the Defendant, several respenal,le Witnesses were examined, who ail deposed, that they did not hear the Defendant use any such ex pressions as he had been charged with ; that there had been some scuffle between the searchers and the other Defendants, but that no blows were struck on either side ; the interference of the Defendant, LA. fone, arose from a representation of one of the other Defendants, Hepborne, who said that these Officers had examined his hides in the morning, and passed them as saleable, but returned in the afternoon to seize them. Upon which Lafone observed, that Hepborne was perfatly in the right by doing what he had done, and that he had often done the same in his own country. Meake deposed, that he was present in the morning when the Officers examined the lot of hides in question, and marked therm as saleable. lie was contradiEted in his evidence by Robson. Lord ELLENSOROCORI observed, that the Wit nesses on the part of the Prosecution had been uni form in their testimony—but the evidence on the part of the Defendant was a sort of negative testi mony. It was observable, that all the Witnesses for the Defendant, were persons in the trade. The Jury, therefore. were to consider the credit and ve racity of the Witnesses on both sides, and to apply the rules of probability to each. The Jury found the Defendant, Groff". OLD BAILEY, JULY 5. Briar Mr. Juritre Route and Mr. jairtice LAw REP.CE. Charlotte Wright, a girl only eleven years .of age, was indicted for stealing iu the dwelling house of Thomas }High, a :01. Rank -note, and a piece of fo reign coin, his property. The Prosecutor lived at Knightsbridge, and kept the Prisoner as a servant. On Friday, the '27th of June, he went out with his wife, And left the Pri• soner in care of the house, during his absence. She went up stairs to the bed-chamber, and, having broke the lock of the bureau, took out the 51. note, a morocco purse, the piece of coin, and other articles, with which she was endeavouring to go off ; but, fortunately, the next door neighbour, hay ing a suspicion of her conduct, detained her until the return of the Prosecutor and his wife : the rob bery was then discovered; the Prisoner was searched, and the property found in her possession. The evidence brought the fad home; and the Jury found her guilty of medlar ebo.e the raise of 40s. .111 the ehoelsg haste—Death. She was recommended to mercy by the Prosecu tor, and the Judge ordered her age and other re marks to be made in writing. therefore, cle obich the Pit H. TtlE FUN This wind and invigou Constitution Pitt-wind. Ti from an exo be in danger influence. 1 Ears', the 1 halm interpr and storm ; Fi r-Ernu 'flue epithet grind, or, to all. THE 1 Is accomi o Rich only complete so the ground, to its lusuri. whistling t strength wh 'et, fly their I hang out tl use Plim6a is occasions ceases.} It is alt Al touter," or the followi " frogi< • alluding ti • do course • IV . . THE ,t A more • 4' the co a: every gi lag to the iert vie, INi . . " 7lbirul algton 2 14 :ht whit cs dm, whi s with de p old uce ; Fran • * • Such az ag rut Gard be i ;at v.hen t , me, cher, it - • ahl. as i i ra attics in %lades, I r• s . Ulti 1 trod Kattu %Kith WIT • ii-at SOS II V.4e INVASION. Letters received yesterday from Deal communi cate the following information respeaing the pre parations for invasion at Boulogne and its vicinity : On the 2sl inst. a boat was observed by our squa dron to the westward of Boulogne, at a greater dis tance from the land than that to which fishing boats go in general. The signal being made to chase, the Locrut came up with her, ar el found in her two deserters from the French Army. They had taken a fishing boat from Porte' at ten o'clock the evening before, with a view of joining our fleet then at an chor in Boulogne Bay; but being unacquainted with the art of managing a boat, and having towed against tide till they were almost exhausted, they drifted to the situations in which they were found about three o'clock in the afternoon. According to the accounts given by these deserters, there are hun dred thousand men encamped at Ambleteuse, Vi , mereux, and on the right and left of Etaples ; and at Boulogne there are, in the harb..ur and without it, one thousand flat-bottomed boats, tuggers, brigs, and transports. The 26th Regiment of Light Infantry are encamped behind Boulogne, and perform no other service than working in the harbour and forts.— They state, likewise, that no more preparations are making for the ineasioa of this country. The ves sels have had on board there these ten months past, pieces of ordnance, for land service ; but they do not know when the attempt will be made. They contradict the rep:rt of the Coronation of Bona parte, and assert that he will not be crowned : if he is, it is expt•!ted the people of Paris will revolt : even a great many of his own countrymen are against it. One of these deserters says, he was a Drum-major in the sth regiment of Artillery, the other w•as a 'erjeant in the same regiment, and both state, that they were dissatisfied on being disgraced in the regiment, hut on what account we have not been able to learn : they add, that great discontent prevails thrnugh•'ut the whole army." The same letters inform us that the enemy has tilt been very lately observed to he making any dispo sition for coming out ; but when our fleet is off Bou logne, there are always about forty-six brigs and se venty-six tuggers lying at anchor, under proteaion of their batteries. A great number of soldiers have been observed exercising on the coast ; but as far as our cruisers are able to judge, the troops seen on this side of the eminence behind Boulogne do not exceed ten thousand. " Should the war continue." says a private letter from Paris, " our trade will be entirely annihi lated. Our merchants and manufacturers arc al seedy in the greatest distress, every where. for want of ready money ; all confidence being at an end, and little is done but for cash. Several new and unexpecled failures have diminished what little confidence remained. The discount on the bills of our first houses (no other are discounted), has arisen lion) ►{ and 2 per cent. to 3 and Si per cent. in the month ; even upon these. if of longer date than two months, four per cent. in the month must be paid. Hare we not reason to desire the end of the war ?" Th.• Loyal Whitezhapel Volunteers had yesterday field day under the command of Major MAR sum.... They mustered SOO strong. who went through their military exercise with great precision. This corps are now upon permanent duty, and mount guard regularly at their head-quarters in the Tenter Ground, Geodman's Fields. On 'Thursday, the 21st, the Aird, Strati%lass, Urquhart, and Dorres battalion of Inverness-shire volunteer infantry, 400 rank and file, by orders of the Earl of Motea, Commander-in-Chief, marched into Fort Geolge, undo the commend of the Hon. Colonel TAW , .! e, where they remain on permanent d , et. They are a fine body of young na , . justice to mention that they most ch, . , ,rwArd; for, on being mustered in t - e sick onTy were absent —a proved s, • .cal of all ranks to meet the enemies : . a . • icouutry• - . 41.]u BURGLAR:ES Jan Needy, and Thomas D.r.et, were indiaed for burglariously breaking and entering the huuse 4 . . John Grange, and stealing therein a feather bed, a hat, a Dutch clock, and other articles, the pro perty of William White, George Gregory, and Jolla Grange. The Prosecutor Grange, said, he was a frui*rer in Piccadilly, and ha.l A house at kloxtou, situate in the middle of a garden. On the of November last, his market man, William White, slept in that house, and all the furniture within was his but the sheets, which belonged to Witness. About four o'clock in the morning, Witness and Whitt went to town, during which the house door, after White had locked it, WAS broke open, and the articles men tioned in the indiament were stolen. The Pri soner Dorset, at that time, had just been discharg ed from the service of the Prosecutor; and, on the 17th, went to live with one Smith, in Por.- tipool-lane, to whom Dorset. in confidence, related that he and. Needs had committed a robbery; that they had broke open the Prosecutors summer house, and stolen cloaths and other articles. This info:- mation Smith communicated to the Prosecutors Grange and Gregory, who proceeded to search the Prisoners lodgings, and, finally, discovered the Dutch dock, a water tub, the bed, and must of the property, in their possession. Dorset, in his defence, endeavoured to invalidate the testimony of Smith, by describing him to be a common thief, and one whose word was not to be' taken. The robbery being proved by sufficient evidence, the Jury found them Guilty of stid. ,, g to the aeol- ,, t of 40s. John Hsi/Gains was indited for a burglary in the house of Thomas Crook. It appealed that the Prisoner, on the 2tith of May last, went to the Prosecutor's house in Little Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, and finding the door open, went up stairs, opened t•.te two pair of stairs room (then locked) with a false key; and was going off with a handkerchief and some linen. when the Prosecutor collared him, and sent Cot a constable. While coming Jown stairs, he had 1 hat on belonging to the Prosecutor, which he brought out of the room, and on being taken into custody, offered the officer five guineas to let him escape.— The Jury found him Guilty. Joseph King was indilled for feloniously stealing several pairs of stockings and articles of hosiery, the property of Joseph Mashers. The Prosecutor, who is a holier in King -meet. Covent-garden. having missed his property at va rious times, suspeaed the Prisoner, his shopman and, on the 3 1st of May, observing his pockets to be larger than usual, he insisted on searching him; he hesitated to submit for some time ; but at last pulled out the articles stated in the indiltnient, which the Prosecutor knew to be his by shop m.trk The same were identified, and the robbery being proved, the Jury returned a verd MANSIO!CHOUSE. Yesterday a well dressed young man was taken into custody at the Bank of England, and brou ht before the Loan MAYOR at the Mansion-House. It appeared that he bad applied at the Bank for cash for a .51. note ; and, when desired to indor e it. as is customary, wrote " Abrahams Artivaii.e.i, Beek" Strange to tell, this signature not only prevented his receiving cash for the note he offered, but deprived him (under the idea that they were either forgeries or improperly come by) of all the notes he had in his possession. He also declined answering any questions, and was sent in the custody of one of die Bank porters before the Loan MA Y OR. Mr. Kaye, Solicitor to the Bank, attended. In an swer to the questions put to him, he desired to know I their charge against him. His name was Abraham Newland ; that he lived at Gosport, was a gentle man of lot tune, and lived on his money ; had given cash for that identical note that morning at the Bank, and had received the other notes in exchange. from whom he did not then know ; that he had slept At Kensington the night before, but refused to give any references. Mr. Kaye threatened commitment to the Compeer ; but his Lordship, finding that he had aaually received the note in question at the Bank that morning, and that the others were hum far good notes, dismissed the Prisoner ; who said he wrote Bank after his name from being at the time in it, and claimed no relationship to that very re. speaable gentleman, Abraham Newland, at the head of that Establishment. • An anion was tried on Wednesday in the Com mon Pleas, brought by snx AN against Mr. Evtts, the Warden of the Fleet Prison, for suffering JouNson, the celebrated smug gler, to escape. The damages were laid at 5001. It having appeared in evidence that the escape was effeaed with such art and ingenuity, as ordinary care and prudence could not prevent, the Jury found for, the Plaintiff only nominal damages. Yesterday morning, Providence fran-ard was, put. want to his sentence, executed before the debtors' dons of Neegate, in the Old Bailey, for forging a checque, for the sum of 7411. purporting the same to be drawn by Mr. Jour RICUARD RIPLEY, on the House of Messrs. Rowers, CURTIS, and Co. bankers. He was brought out of Newgate a few minutes before eight o'clock ; just before he was turned off, he shook hands with the Sheriffs, seem ingly reconciled to his fate, and bowed to the mul titude, praying all the while. He was genteelly. dressed in mourning, and appeared to be about 24 years of age. After hanging the usual time, he was cut down, put into a hearse, and taken to an under. taker's. As this was the first execution since the King's indisposition, it excited a great curiosity, and at an early hour, the whole space between the prison and Snow Hill was 6Ued with the populace, who seemed to feel much more than they used to do was n scenes of this kind were frequent. lie fatal apparr Ins was eresited in the old way in front of tl e prison. On Friday morning last, embarked at the garri son jetty, thin, Captain Wairs. and Lieut. REEI # and Ensign SAC:4[IIEIMM, with a detachment ...- about eighty rank and file of the Third Royal Lin coln Militia, who have been taught the great gun exercise ; and sailed the same tide, with camp equi page, and a proportion at powder. round, grape. bind case shot, and small stores, &c. for the batteries at Shepherd's House. and White Booth Roads, in Lin:9luslnre, and the Spura Head, in Haldernessig —,dil