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H PROJ ECTED I X PROT EM ENT& [MORE IS. DL 117t11111Aell TRAVELS] .—... b•halrnf that Board, and, as understand, declarertliat the Board was determined to fulluw np the prosecution. A gesterl youth, of the name of Bird, was charged by his employer, Hr. Bass, woollea.d►aper, is Berwick•atreet, with robbing him at various Noes. It appeared by the Prosecutor's &widest?, that en falling stork very bitely he fouled that pieces 11401 been taken off various articles of cloths, kerseysteres, Ire. and the licensed being his shopms■ be suspected him. He consequently examined his box unknown to hiss, and he there found a trading book of the Primmer's, with many senses of debtors for cloth, lie. none of which he knew. He took a copy of the book, and some duplicates of ekdb pledged, one of which answered exdctly to the quality cut off from one of the pieces, and tether entries in the Pri soner's book mostirnmed tbos suspicion of the Prosecutor. lei his defence, the Prisoner Ant dhoieol having a book from 'shirk the tronseript was taken, but after much equivocation he roes cssed it, and that he did business fur hhaself as well as serving his moister. He attempted to justify his conduct by misting, that it was the general practice in the trade for Aomori, to trade on their own accurst, and that the servant whom he socreeded had dose 00. Mr. Bass stated, that he was not privy to any siseh proceedings, and t►at it was sot • role in the trade, although some might practice The Magistrate observed, that the Primmiser's conduct had boa very dissolute, drat, is carrying as pirate trade, sad lot iu denying the transcript of his book, or that he had tit* He was mummified until the palrabrokers could be *might forward. UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. Bennet of Curious Christi College is about to un dergo) a ve►y considerable enlargement, by the for mulas of sus entire new court and entrance. oppo site Catherine. I lail. In a line with this new build inv. it is intended by the University to form the l'urssolltain Nlissenin ; several architects of emi • Hence are now employed to give in designs. This additiossid ornament to the University and town will occupt• the splice between Bennet College up to Bessurr.sirret. The Members of King's College are shout c is ug their improvements, by pulling down a *et of frightful old houses, that have long been s thitgruce to Cumlnidge ; these com mence at Bennet-street or King's College-lava, and uppu►ite the Senate-house. It hit% hero u subject of contention in the various meeting. of the Syndics. whether the Fitzwilham Aluseum should be erected on the site above-men tioned, or fseing the Senate House; but the lustier, conch to the praise and taste of these enlightened Alesubers of the University, hits been overruled, lest it sl Id operate, as a screen, to intercept the stew of the Mira and tritest specieuen of Gothic architecture. mid the greatest ornament of that seat of learning, the Chapel of King's colle g e. A grand bridge, consisting of one arch. is already designed to cross the river Cain, in • line with the centre of the new building, or present Fellows' 'apartment, of King's College, and the land ou each side'. a/esteemed. is to be raised to the level of Clare ball Piece. But to return to that street, winch will one dal/ rival High-street, Oxford, the Masters and Fellows respectively, of Trinity and St. John's, are about to improve the fronts of those renowned seats of learniog, by a speedy removal of the house and walls from Coins College, or Trinity Back-- lane, to St. Jollies Gateway ; and thereby give ample space where already it is already so much re... quires'. In that case, it is supposed that the Mas ter and Felines of Caius College will pull down that part of Free-court which at present renders die street so narrow opposite St. Michael's Church, together stills the houses belonging to that ancient College, which approach the Senate Hoene. Pe ter House College is also expected to undergo ins. Erovements, in consequence of the handsome dona tion lately presented to the Member• of that edifice. —(County (Amide.) FRENCH, RNOUSH, AND ITALIAN DRAUTY. •NCONA, MAT 27. T met, at St. Ciriar. a Russian General, an old friend of Erfurt, who hod just come from Pori.. A physical peculiarity of the French shocked my Russian friend very much—the dreadful leanness of most of the daaserses of the Opera. In fact, it seems to me, on refiection, that mussy of our r.- eh i one tole women are extremely slender: they hare ciiiised this circumstance to enter into the ides of beatify. Leman", is, in France. considered m erinosry to an elegant air. In Italy people think, very rationally, that the first condition of beauty is the air of lieultli, without which there is no eulup tuniisness. The Russian is of opinion, that beauty is very rare among the French holies; he maintains, that the Furst figures he sew at Pans were English If we take the trouble to count in the Bois de Boulogne, out of • hundred Fiench women, eighty are agreeable, and hardly one ht-sutifid. Out of a hu n dred English women, thirty are grotesque, forty decidedly ugly, twenty tolerably well, though siars soder, imil no, divinities on this earth, train the freshness and the iiismeetice of their beauty. Out of r hundred Italian women. thirty are ca ricatures, witlynerk and face besmeared with rouge and powder; fifty are beautiful, but with no other attraction than air of voluptuousness; the twenty others are of an antique beauty the mod over powering, and surpass even the most beautiful English women. English beauty seems avaricious. without soul and life beside die divine eyes which Heaven bar given to Italy. The form of the boors of the head is ugly at Pa of ikey, and it first attacks women of Rome farther north aborved General. that of France partakes least de Cans (iu approzi- Italy ; here. even in the Some idea may old women • is. ',aliens, we give • when they to he ugly, ; Ott Eng- HURRICANE IN THE VEST INDIES. FXTRACT 01IP A TATTOO. OATZD NAIL- T1111403E, NOT. 16. On the gist of October this colony was visited by the most fork" hurricane ever witnessed herr. Ihe details of this sad disaster would he equally long as painful. The loss of nearly 1,000 lives, 25,000 hogsheads.. of sugar of the present and next cross, incirtculable losses in buildings, ani mals, and the necessaries of life, have occa sioned a general desolation, independently of the great anxiety caused by nine-tenths of the shipping, which were in the different ports of the Wend, being either wrecked, damaged, or missiog. St. Lucie and Domistica have equally iwifered ; the tempest reached also St. Vincent and Grenads. its ravages extended to GuadaloOpe, as well es Porto-Rico and its neighbourhood, though in a lees degree. The loss experienced by Marti nique alone may be very moderately calculated at 23.000,000 of francs, exclusively of the shipping: the works and buildiugs of entire parishes were razed to the ground. It lasted twenty-six hours, twelve of which with such inconceivable fury, is to produce all these disaiters, and to destroy buildiugs which had withstood:ill former hurricanes. It will require many years before the colony cuts recover itself from this heavy '.calamity. This event has caused the following proclamation to be issued, which opens the ports to all foreign vessels : PROCLAMATION. Pierre Rene Marie Conde de Vancirand. rice-A dutiful, Gesell Cross of the Royal and Military Order of St Louie, Ogees of the Legion of Honore, Governor Lieut.-General, of the Ishind of Martioique and its deprostencies, and Go. vernocGeneral of the French Windward West lasi' Islands. &e.; and Louis Francois do Bac, Knight of the Royal and Military Order of St. Logi*, and of the Legion of Huaoar, Intesidast attar sanklidand, /cc. _ _ _ Consideriog that the sudden and awforeseen digester which the eulogy has just experienced, requires that the most prompt and efficacious measures should be adopted for its preservation : Considering also, that no hesitation should take place between an end so important, and means which only call fur partial sod temporary sacrifices; We, by virtue of the powers collided to us by his Majes. ty, and in consequence of the urgency of the esee, have pro visicilsel!y ordered, and do order as follows: Art. 1. The ports of the colony are opts to foreign yes eel., not only fur the importation of provisioas, and other articles enumerated is the asset of August 30, 1764, hat also fur wheat and rye flour, lied for other eatables, and for every thing required fur agriculture, and fur the repairs and daily use of the segue works. All articles commove!y comprised under the denomination of dry goods remain excluded, and reserved to the cosseneece of the mother country. Art. 2. Foreign vessels shall in return hive the liberty to export colonial produce to the amused of the cargoes they have brought. Art. 3 Foreign vessels shall continue to pay the duties of import established by the arret of the 30th of August, 1784, epos the articles thereia enumerated; seashell pay an addi tional duty• of 3 per etas. un those net enumerated is the said arret. Art. 4. Forties vessels shall pay the export duties esta blished by the meet of the 30th of August, 1784. They deaf pay 9 per cent. upon the colonial produce which is permitted to be exported by the present Ordinance. F►eneb Yessels which may proceed to the United States, for the purpose of bringing back provisions to the coloisy, shall only pay an export duty of S per rent. upon the colo nial predate. Their return cargoes shall only be subjected to the duties established in their respect, by the arret of the 30th of August, 1764. Art. S. The duties ow colonial produce, payable by the seller, shall continue to be levied as at present. The provisions of the present Ordinance shall remain in fo►ce during do mouths from the date of this beim pub lished, unless eienniermaaded by superior authority. Given at Martinique, under oar ernsorial seals, and rountersigued by our Secretaries, this 26th of Octo ber,, 1817. (Signed) Le Comte de VAUGIRAUD, Seeretaire, DURAND MOLARD. ST PIERRE, 111.4671614)014 OCT. 29. The *hale colony has sustained great damage. The Mitoses anal public buildings have suffered much. The plantations generally ravaged, and the produce, which promised to be abundant, destroy ed. The Carovane is lost. About 100 men saved. The Governor of Si. Luck has declared the port of Castries open fur the importation of provisions for three months, from the 22d of October, to the ships of all nations in amity with Great Britain. • MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECKS. It is with grief we communicate to our readers the following detail of the melancholy fate of a part of the crew of the brigantine Fidelity, of A berdeen. 'Capt. Murray. as contained in a letter fr the Agent for Lloyd's, dated Lerwick, Zet land, Decrinher : " l ermit me to &epsilon you, that I received hiformatiest about tour o'clock yesterday afternoon, that • water-logged brig, helossziag to Aberdeen, was driven ashore ea the coast between Lssfrith and Clayish Toe. I imantedi mei; ploceeded to the plate, accompanied by Captain Creaser, of the Ate brig Helmsley. mid Mr. James Greig, of this place, both very hartbeest seamen. On our arrival we foiled the vessel was the Fidelity, of Aber deem, Alexander Murray, master, front Memel, with • cargo of timber maddest., for Liverpool • that she had left Memel fifteen days before, and was pr oceeding on her passage, when she was overtaken by • very heavy gale of wind, and a tresnestlons heavy sea; that lying-to, tin Woodsy night, the 15th last. she was struck with. very heavy wave, is con sequence of which she became very leaky,. when they were obliged to cut away the main-mast, in seder to get bee before the wind, after which they succeeded by great exer tion in keeping her in that position till Wednesday night, when she was struck again with two very heavy seas, and immediately became completely water-lugged, and the sea making a passage over her, sweeping every thing off the deck. All hands were then obliged to repair to the fore top, where, is consequence of extreme fatigue, hunger, and cold, they all perished, except Captain Murray, sad James Spandet, one of the seamen. Besides the ship's company, there were two seamen passengers, who also perished; and the de;cli of the vessel boring 'eves dead bodies lying on it, exhiMes • scene the most deplorable that can be imagined. Captain Murray'kad hems thirty hoses in the Awe-top, with out food, se even a great coat In keep him Warta yet be is in good health, except that kis feet and bands are much swell ed ; and she seaman is also tolerably well. The vessel had drifted an sheer upon as exposed rocky part of the coast, where the tease puff of easterly or southerly wiad mast have broken her to pieta's, hod sot imascdiate assistatico been given ; and I am moat happy to inform you, that sot a 111101111111 t was gust in taking her out of this dangerous situation, which we succeeded in doing beyond our most sanguine expectations, and carried the vessel, by towing with boats (the fore-top sail being only left without its halyards), into a place where she Sow hes in perfect safety. It is my intention to wait • favourable opportunity of carrying the vessel to this place. * In addition to the above distressing accounts, we have also to stale the painful intelligence of the Inns of the fine brig Caroline. Duncan, of Aber deen. from St. John's, New Brunswick, which vessel lota gone ashore its the Orkneys, bottom up ; and we are grieved to add, there are us accounts of hobs crew. rfIE NEW YAWL • -- d a s s.A...• • [rams • PARIS PIPER.] The opening year seems- to promise to Europe' and to France important political ainelinnitiviss; it can scarcely rail to Whig us nearer to that state or jus t ice, peace, and l e gitimate liberty which is fiic gt s i t , ic rr e a , l object of the wishes or the immense ma jority of Europeans. If we look around us, the different negociations which engage the Cabinets teem to be all directed by a spirit of mutual conciliation, moderation, and benevolence, which pro es a loog duration to ex ternal peace. The example which Spain and Por tugal have given, by submitting their recent difkr rowel to the arbitration of the live great Powers, opens a new road for diplomacy, and poiuts out a certain method of rendering wars in future, if not impossible, at least more rare. If, in the ancient Germanic Empire, the tribunal, of arbiters hare • thousand times prevented different states from de ciding their quarrels by arms; if this confederacy, weakly organised, and fiequently agitated by foreign influence, nevertheless succeeded during certain intervals in maintaining peace among an infinite number of Sovereigns; would it be presuming too much upon the wisdom of the Governments to con sider the great European confederacy, proclaimed by the Chii-tian Alliance, as susceptible of results much more extensive and much more durable? Providence has not in rah' led all nations, by cow. win calamities. to acknowledge the necessity of a principle of legislation and conservation common to all Christendom.. By declaring that they will seek this pricciple in the immortal truths of Christianity; by swearing to observe towards one another, and towards their subjects, these precepts I f justice, of peace, and charity, acknowledged by all Christiana, the august parties oho subscribed the Sacred Alli ance virtually laid the immutable and imperishable foundation of a law of nations, calculated to be. come the common law of Christian Europe, mud which it would be easy to develope and establish in detail by Treaties, placed under the positive gua rantee of the whole federation. The state of legi timacy will doubtless be liable to be disturbed by passions and iuterests; but it will constantly pre sent a rallying point to which a superior interest will bring back the different members of the poli tical system of Europe. Some mortified spirits will Rosen, that it was in like manner designed to esteblisla the leer of notions by the famous Treaty of Westphalia, and that the edifice of principles was soon dernollthed by the . clashing of new interests. This comparison, how ever, would not be just : Europe had not then bg.. held a new Attila on the point of effecting its NW . plete subjugation ; the calamities of Kitiks and nations had not been so striking and so eitensive ; all Thrones had not been shaken; all rights had not been called in question ; the excess of general misery had not produced so unanimous a feeling of the necessity of a principle of universal legitimacy ; finally, this principle had not been an solemnly re cognised as it now is. Nothing more was then done than to fix certain particular rights ; we have proclaimed universal right. derived from the im mortal source of divine justice. This grand idea of our age is doubtless eminently philosophical and liberal ; but precisely nn this ac count it is in direct opposition to some of the ideas Wetly styled philosophical and liberal. The Revolution is founded on the principle of illegitimacy, on the contempt of positive right, on the oblivion of fundamental laws, on the incessant fickleness of the sovereign will of the strongest. Such are the peculiar characteristics of the Rem. lotion of the eighteenth century, and this character completely disqualifies it from producing any poli tical result. Let the interests which spring up during the Revolution be sanctioned b 3 the legi timate authority ! Let the abuses which served as a pretext for the Revolution be proscribed ! Let the truths seized and abused by the Revolutionists be acknowledged, determined with justice, and ap plied with prudence ! But no principle of politi cal right, great or small, can or ought to spring from the Revolution. This truth, the guarantee of the future tran quillity of Europe, seems at present to sway all the deliberations which have for their object the eset. blisliment of the representative system. hi every country. and especially in Germany. the Sovereigns generally anticipate the wants of the age by calling around their thrones public Councils, invested with the right of expressing the wishes and opinion of the nation. A limited monarcy is the only form of government generally adapted to the principal nations of Europe; absolute power is rejected by the Sovereigns themselves, like the clumsy and inconvenient armour of the middle ages, which would now serve only to hasten the fall of him who should be so imprudent es to wear it.— But the Sovereigus repel with tiot less unani mity the anarchy that assumes the disguise of liberal opinions; they seem in particular to be upon their guard against that dangerous sys tem broached by the Constituent Assembly, and to which it gave the name of Royal Democracy, a system in which a tumultuous and despotic as sembly controls the ,Sovereign, paralyses the Ad ministration, and changes the agents of the Royal Authority according to its own caprices. This falsification of the representative system. deserves particularly to be held up to the reprobation of the sounder part of the public; it is more dangerous than avowed republicanism. The Republican seeks to create new Le g itimate Powers after his own fashion ; Royal Democracy strives to paralyse the existing Legitimate Authority. It is of importance not only to the domestic tran quillity of France, but also to its consideration abroad. and its external political strength, that no revolutionary doctrine be suffered to insinuate itself into our constitutional system. At the time of the overthrow of the Gove;nment de facto, the King. the only existing Legitimate Authority, the only survivor of the whole ancient monarchical order, dictated to all parties that treaty of uuiou and ob.. beim', immortalised by the name of the Royal Charter. Accepted by all, this Treaty forms the basis of our public law. To deviate from this positive him. to give way to specnlative theories, ancient or modern, is to open the door to arbitrary power, to undermine the principle of legitimacy, to begin the Revolution afresh. The Powers established by the Constitution have agaia suspended the Liberty of the Journals for a PRICE OF YESTERDAY. 3 prr Ct. - ii471...81 fit I 6cli - krlitraiiii — 4WY 104 pr. 3 per Ct. COllll. 81} 80k I Ex• Bolls, g..... 19 go p r . 611 I Ditto. 4.... Sha 25 pr. 4 per Cents.... 9804 I Ditto, 3 5 prr Ct. N. Ann. 104 1 Lottery Tickets 191. 104. 1061 I Cons. for Acc. e 3 114jit Batik L. An. ....20n I 'rim RIGHT HONOURABLE RICHARD BICINSLEY SHERIDAN. [irons" The New Monthly .114gasine."1 The death of the Matsui. of Rockingham in the summer of l7at, occutioned such a breach io the •cabiliet, that Mr. Fox with ins nearest friendi seceded f admiiiistration. Thus throw!' again into opposition. Mr. Sheridan exerted himself with great zeal in attacking Lord Shelburne, not only ui the House, but ill gli the illedllllll of the press; and in the formation of political associatireis clubs, where Isis oratorical laitteld were of efficacy. The first time fie came into contact with Mr. Pitt was on the discussion of the PfellinilistitS of Peace, on which occasion, he directed some strange laii. gnaw,: against Ministers. and amongst other allow. J d, that if Mr. Fox had concluded such a tre a ty, lie would have lust his frietidsliip. To this flight, and the sarcasm with which it was aceonioaoied. the Chencellor of the Exchequer, instead of returning a cool answer, made a direct nod contemptuous allusion to the professional pur suits of Sheridan, saying. that "If his Wrists were exercised in their proper sphere, they would receive the plaudits of the audience, and it would be his fortune sui plausa gaudere thearri." Mr. Sheridan gladly caught at this advautege, said in hie reply, after animadverting on the personality, arid. that " if ever lie again engaged in dramatic composition, he should probably be led, from the example just abet''', to improve upon one of Ben Jonsoit's last characters, that of the Augry Boy in the Afehyntist." This felicitous application of theatrical knowledge occasioned much laughter at the time, and had the effect of fixing upon Mr. Pitt the appellation of the Angry Boy, which con tinued many years. Ost the resignation of Lord Shelburne, and tlge accession of the Coalition Ministry, Mr. Sheridan was nominated one of the Uuder Secretaries of State in the (Ace of Mr. Fox, but the contention occasioned by the famous India Bill of that emi nent Statesman, produced another change in u very few mouths, and Mr. Sheridan, with his friends, resumed their seats on the Opposition bench, where they became fixtures for a Pates of years. From this period, Mr. Sheridan disiinguished himself as the vigilant assailant of all the measures of Mr. Pitt withoUt a atingle exception, and it is remarkable, that while Mr. Burke mid Mr. Foc commended the Sinking Fund Bill, and that fur the Consolidation of the Custom and Excise Du ties, our orator alone, constantly and pertinaciously found fault with these acts. limit his greatest display of eloquence, as a Member of the House of Com mons. was on bringing up the third charge against Mr. Hastings " on the resumption of the Jagliirts mud tlw confiscation of the treasures of the Prin cesses of Oude." The speech which he delivered on that subject, February 7, 1787, lasted five hours and forty minutes, maid had such an electrifying effect upon the House, that the debate was adjourn ed till the next day, to give the Members time for reflrction, after being so long outlet the influence of the niagicianzs wand. Nor was his :.perch on the seventh charge, respecting bribes and pre sents corruptly received by Mr. Hosting, less ad mired as an eloquent composition, though unfor tunately the lieutittes of both are lost to posterity fur the want of a correct and minute report. The same year Mr. Sheridan displayed great energy in the service of the Prince of Wales, when the debts of his Royal flightless came under the Loosidera lion of Parliament, and his zeal on this occasion, completely established him in the confidence of his illustrious Pittren, whose friendship lie enjoyed to the close of his life. When the iin:ieachment of Mr. Hastings was the. terminell upon, and the charges concluded, Mr. Sheridan was uninitiated the third en the list of managers, mad, very judiciouidy, the principal part allotted to him, was that which related to the Princesses of Outle ; in summing up the evitivnte on which stthject he astoniThed and delighted the numerous hearers in Westminster HAI for four d.)* Puceemsively. Soon after this, the melancholy indisposition of his Majesty fed to the consideration of a ques tion of the greatest magnitntle, and which may truly be said to have exceeded in importance the settlement of the crown after the abdication el Jatnes If. Out this question, which related to ;LI! mode of supplying the defect of the exercise of the royal authority, Mr. Sheridan, us 'night he ex pected, strenuously advocated the exclusive, uncon ditional right, of the Heir. Apparent to assume the office of Regent, without even consulting or beitig bound by Parliament. In this doctrine he cer tainly did stand alone, hut considerir the fa' in - lc ris it approximate* to that of the moult prevents the women from resisting the Ii of age. The three most beautiful wome VS! certainly more than 45. Paris is far • and yet such • miracle wall ....Ever ' , ft t h ere . I observed to the Russian del Paris and Champoigi !e were the parts where the couk2ratiou of the head plc of beanty. The women of the Pays di Normand)). and of Arles fin Provence! mate more aite beautiful fiirtug of ' , neve ;4 always some grand feature. heads of the most decidedly ugly. Soni be formed of this from the heads of the of Leonardo dam Vinci and of Raphael • As to 'aisle beauty, alter the halal the preference to )uung Euglishmen. escape cluinsitatm. A young Italian laeasasit who happens is ; the French pcastant IS silly Ball is numerous hearers in Westminster Nall for four tb)s • successively. Soon alter this. the melancholy indisposition of his Majesty led to the c onsider a boa of a (low ._ m tion of the greatest magnitnife, and shish miry truly be said to have exceeded in importance the settlement of the crown after the abdication ..1 Jatnes 11. On this question, which related to ;'..2 mode of supplying the deltet of the exercise of the royal authority, Mr. Sheridan, us might be ex- pected, strenuously advocated the exclusive, uncon- ditional right, of the Ifeir.A 'parent to assrnne the office of Regent, without even consulting or being bound by Parliament. Its this doctrine lie cer- tainly did not stand alone, but considering the fuvoser in which he was held at Carlton-house, and the *sell. known trust reposed in his of • by the Prince, it was generally believed that he took the lend in those Counsels which were then prevalent on this subject. Certain it is, that the letter written by the Prince to Mr. l'itt on the Parliamentry repine- timing', was the c position of Mr. Sheridan ; and from One fact alone, it is evident that his influence exceeded that of his political associates. Providentially, however, time restoration of his Majesty's health at that time lint an end to the practical necessity of adopting any further irmeasurms. than the settlement of such positions and regula- firma as should serve for precedents in any future exigency of a similar nature. BIRTH. On Monday, sth Jannary, at Sidman', the lady of George Sparks, Esq. of a son. DEATHS. Oa Sunday morning last, at Cowes, the Laity of Jaws Macdonald, Esq. M.P. On Monday, the sth inst. Robert Stokes, Esq. of Queen's. row, Walworth, in his SOth year. In the prime and &WM of youth, Captain John Priner„ Lieutenant and Adjutant in his Majesty's 2d, or Cultist/tam Regiment of Foot Guards. HIGH WATER THIS DAY AT LONDON BRIDGF Moroiag 54 after 3. I Evening 44 after 3. LONDON : Pressed and Published at the Office, No I!7. Strand; where Advertisement. are received. and Leo" (post paid) mast be aildreseeri—.C. SMITH. Na. 1. Clement's Inn, Printer—J WHITE, No 157. nand, . • • Short period. This measure, to Which we ought to subniiit with respect aud - resiguation, certainly de whim us of the faculty of doing the good which we wish to do; it will also at times deprive authority of a useful contradiction; sometimes, too, it will render us liable to be considered as yielding to a foreign im pulse, when we are following the dictates of our own conscience. But this restriction imposed upon the Journals will not prevent ns from defending the principles of legitimacy, justice, religion, and mo rality, which we have described as the foundations of European politics. These sacred principles em brace all that is truly great and mte►esting in the discussions which engage the piddle attention. LI the developement of them, the Journal des Debars will still continue to be the centre of the opinion of the soundest part of the public. The restric tions laid upon the Journals have a two-fold object, the indulgences claimed by persons and interests af ter a long Revolution, and the reciprocal civilities by which nations ought to efface the remembrance of their recent quarrels. If, in the execution of these measures essentially temporary,the timidity of the Censorship were to carry its scruples too far; at least it would not, and doubtless never will, shackle us in our opinions and our doctrines. We 'vulture, therefore, to affirm, that, in the delicate circumstances in which we are placed, a marked character of independence and impartiality will he discovered in our Journal. Ile is independent who solicits nothing of either party, mind lie is impartial who candidly states the arguments on both sides of the questions on which lie admits discussions. There are journals and journalists that have ren dered the greatest services to wood opinions and salutary doctrines : it was they who first raised the iiii al c►y against the revolutionary tyrannics; and even whets they bowed with the nation itself to an irresistible power, they sought refuge iii the • regions of morality, and combated liceiitions ideas when they could no longer combat illegitimate tos enmity. The example of those journals proves how useful periodical papers may be to the main trounce and consolidation of a regular and legiti mate order of things. Let us then hope that the day is not far distant when the journals, restored to all their dignity, will obtain the whole of their due share of the constitutional liberties. FIRR AT KNOLII CASTLE. Early on the morning of Christmas Day a Are was dis covered by the housekeeper, in the state bed-room, called the Venetian Chamber, an apartment highly decorated with the florid Gothic style of architecture. The flames were then raging along the wainscot on the eastern wall ; she, with great presence of mind, flew to the chamber in which Wept the Earl of Delawares, instead of Earl Whitworth's ; the cause of her selecting Lord Delaware, was ion mule queske of her master's being then confined on a bed of sick. tress. Lord D. immediately arose, summoned the domestic establishment, and coolly directed them to take steps, me thodically, to counteract the th,eatened devastation. Hy this judicious arrangemeat that venerable and magnificent pile was saved from almost inevitable destruc . A plea- Wel supply of water quickly reduced the flames, whirl, did not extend beyond the above apartment. Greatly to be re gretted is the loos of a part of the very fine Gobelin tapes try; also several pictures, particularly the exquisite portrait of Lady Home, daughter of the fourth Earl of Dorset. The hangings of the superb stole-bed, and oilier articles, were saved. The damage to the room dues not exceed 5001. What a providential circumstance it was that the family were then resident there! Hail not that been the Cate this building, the work of ages, together with all the pictures, statues, vase*, and other inestimable antiques, must have fallen a sacrifice to the devouring element. We add, with great pleasure, that the alarm produced no ill effect ou Lord Whitworth on the contrary, the shock seemed to have re-animated him, for be has been getting daily better ever since. The amiable Duchene of D irsi t conducted herself with the !veriest intrepidity. Great praise is due to Lord Delawarre ; also to every servant in the household. NAVAL IN77aLIGENCE. PORTSIIIOI7TH, JAW. 6. Sailed the Canada, Moore, fur London. JAW. 4. Sailed the Active and Hind revenue cutters ow a cruise. DARTMOVTIII, JAIL 5. Arrived off this port the schooner Moira, of Ilfracombe, hum Bristol, last from Plymouth, Mind to ‘Veynionth with a central canto, having lost her foremast sold both topmasts in a severe gale from the south-west last night. The pilot• will bring her in here, if the weather pennies it, otherwise they will endeavour to make Torbay. OPAL. JAM. 6. Arrived the Quest transport, from Dover to Chatham ; and a brig (transport No. 274.) has passed through from the Wrstward to the Northward. Came down from the River the George HI. Fisher, for Calcutta; and Intrepid. 1111111140, for 'Valparaiso and RI gal; Omen ; fur Jamaica ; Slarissina, Moore, for Smyrna ; Hum, Salmon ; for St. liaising's; Charles, Weal, for Savannah ; Constantine, llietherall, fur Hayti; Cosmopolite ; Bather, fur Genus; and Ceres, Malthus. ; fur Jamaica. • • _, wt. O. The Hibernia, of tVeterford, which was me shore on the Blythe Sand, has been gut off, and has proceeded to Loudon. WHITBY, • . ' Arrived here yesterday the Perseverance, of Wakefield ; she was blown past the Humber in a gale an d thick weather, mid on entering the harbour she sustained much eternize, and but fur the prompt assistance of the people on the Pier and three boats she must have been lost ; she was got into the harbour with difficulty, after leaving au aiechur and cable en the bar. CiRAVISEND, JAN. 6. Arrived the Hester, Wilkinson, from Jersey; and Olive Branch, Hays, from Delliefllll. Sailed the Sir Joseph Ranks —, for Jamaica; More land, Hall. for ditto; Bartiatkws Parket, Balaton, fur Bar badors ; Earl Belfuit, Aberdeen, for Belfast ; and the Eleanor, Stephens, for Ostend. CORN EXCHANGE. JANUARY 7. We had an fresh arrivals this saoraias, and bet little business doing. The few sake wade in tine Wheat and Oats were at Moaday's prices, but ordinary was very dull. In Pews, Beaus, and other grain, there is no alteration. COAL MARKET, Jaiumot 7. hip at Market. Ships Sold. Prier. S 2 Newcastle 16f.... 36e. 64. to 45a 6.1. 191 Sanderlaud 1 Elgin Maio Coal 9 .... --s. od. to —4l. Od.