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1 4nonsirtioss price whined for.her people, by 80. so , Aar e, will not trete it to either of these eupe- I . Purities. She will he indebted fur her deliverance to the•paseivecourage, the intractable pertinr.city, and the innate abhorrence felt towards a foreign adventurer, their unprovoked assassin, and scourge. He may subject, but lie may not subdue, " Nor Asa the harvest, though he spoil the fickl." Already, while, in tile lapse of a few months, he has .tut in pieces the Armies and overturned the Go- VertecientS, or brought to his fret the Emperors cod gm;, of A (ISTRIA, Rtiasta, and Peussie, the most pe • I contitiental states ; what has happened —weda ur himon Spain .v' Let us reflect. They hail no King 1 fur the perfidious invaders, had, by the tamest arts of intimidation, entrapped and Mini :erred the father and the son. Well may the Junta eicelaitn, its they do. " neither the infortry, nor the insanity, nor even the captivity of the Prince, in the usual way in which these evils occur, can be com pared with oar present caw, and the deplora ble situ ition to which it brae reduced us !" In truth, the Wee and pus , ll,ritimous imbecility of CU MILES and FERO. itasio, can only be compared to the fret:Minion of the bird end the rattlesnake. They were neither ;aerate, nor captives, nor lung. ties; and yet they went to Bayonne. not to Se. Spaniards, as they had no king, so had they ma army. The dower of the forces were in the ranks of the tyrant, at the other extremity of Eu rope. They had no government. nor had they either finances, nor fortresses, nor possession even of their own capital. Foreign perfidy or force, and domestic treason or eubrnission, had surrendered every thing to the Corsican assailant. Yet, after more than a year and a half, where is he ? bow often were his armies repulsed before Saragossa ? is he. even now, as far as we kriaw, rues ter of Gerona? Are the harbours and fleets of Spain in his ineestioriou ? Can he place JoSF.PiI over Castile, as he orders the Mardi, the ‘Yeet phalians, and the Neapolitans, to obey the cadets, or allies, 'of his family? Cm he even corrupt or purchase the majority of the Sp 'Marcia, as he has done at Berlin, ut Petersburg'', and, we fear, at Vienne? Arc the ivlauds, the colonies, and the • dependencies of the Moitarcliy, apparently dis posed, alter abandoning their Sovereign and their country, to receive his. orders ? No ! these symp toms of degenerocy, indifference, and alienation, have not sheen themselves generally in Spain. They refuse to be " regenerated by his sublime conceptions;' nor will they,. so besotted are the Spaniards, :nutlike a ring in, stained with crimes and turpitudes, as " the Saviour of their country," though he and his inaplenteute, the Miriam', or the CHASIPAGIIIts, assure theist of hisbenevelence, awl paematal affection. Yet may they, we justly fear, succumb in the approaching struggle. RS perfectly novel• as disinterested, has Kent presented by the present Arlinetustration.— Instead of there brit% any contention for place., the difficulty has been to persuade any one to ac cept one ; and amongst those who have accepted them, it appears limiter of perfect indifference whet place they take, 'Lying equally qualdied for one as tot anotl.er. yesterday, Sir Dalt!'" DUN Ms held a public clay at his Office, in the I gorse-Guards. and h ave audiences to a number of military OMeers. H. P. Coming. of ilatch-caurt, Esq. has de clared his intention of standing fur the Borough of 'Taunton. ou the next vacancy.—He adds, thit the present -Members are canvassing. in tandem plosion of a dissolution of Parliament. The Kitt 0 hiss been Omer.' to appoint Sir Goa% OCNELP.T, Baronet. to 1101(1 the situation of Melt to the Envoy Extraordinary from His Ma jesty the King of Peeste, at this Court. The Master and Wardens of the Bakers' Com pa oy,waited on the Loao MAICOa. yesterday, to set tee assize and price of bread. Hie Lordship, after e amininz the hlealvitielierre Recount, ordered the price to lie reduced one penny per perk, to corn saeirce to-marrow. The Quartern Leif Wheaten wiil then be Is. did., sad Is. '2 I. riper, whir' we mentioned on Monday of the removal of the FAH of C 110111414, and the recut the Earl •af HARP.INGTON from Irelend to title errei hire est the head of the Ordnance, is, we tin sl erstand, f did in fact. The Earl of CHATHAM has tendered Ins reeigeatien to his Mearsrv, which has been siecepted.—lt was rumoured yesterday Lord NI elatittre. lyre reogned. These changes" are preparatory to an eniiitiry into tha expedition to • Wahclie refs. We riiiileretn 3 I den fli•MA3ltere *26 on Mort • d ry W.litett 0;4411 by Mr. Sheriff Woofs, the Be fl entbraircer. mid proper Officers of the Corpora. tioir of Loeilo,i, when the KIN fi • WIIS pleased to 'T ree, IVedne-‘l4y, the Itml} "irritant, to receive tire of ti, City on the Throne. Lest Saturday morning, a large French lugger privateer lied the audacity to chase • vessel of corn "referable hurtle:l, silenced on shore, 'sigh to where the ships were wrecked, in Seaford Bay. The bat tery guns at Blelchington and Seaford Opened upon her, fur more than an hour, and at length obliged her to sheer off. ' The N ewhaven Custom-house !retire , was then manned by a part of the hardy crew, who escaped from the Harlequin. command. eel by the Lieutenant, who took with him three of the Port Pilots. They found some difficulty in launching the boat, Owing to a very heavy Swell, but having effected it, they gave three cheers, and made' for the vessel, which proved lobe La Natura, A %URIC A' Meat el, Master, palm with dye-wood. &c. from Malta to London. They brought her into Newhaven Is wham., where she now lies muter the strictest quid rtitine. The crew, in ntiin her 35, are all Cirecke, 'and not one of them can speak a word of Ersgirels. She had on board many elheratobte and letters far the Company of Marchante trallnig to tile Levant Serie, with which Mr. Siose, • ec . Cumptroller, sel off for London. . , r , I . . - . - - - THEATRES.. Lest night, the admirable comedy of John LSO received a most peaceable hearing. Even slier half-price, the interruption consisted of, only a few partial hisse. , , too faint to drown the %micas of the• performers. Mr. Junes and 51 7.• H. Johnston were admirable in Ton Shottleltnit anti Lail! Caroline Braymare, Mr. Emery': Des, end Mr. Fawcett's Joh Thuratberry, displayed all their usual excellence. Mies Logo!) was the substitute for Mrs. Gibbs, in the part of Mary Tharnberry.—The farce of Vie Farmer followed, which received as liKe interrup tion as the play. However, on the fall of the cur tain, the 0. P. deuce corutoenced, led off by two of the 'arty, whose hats were decorated with the words " Old Prices." Souse remarks were made upon the private boxes ; and the whole concluded with three cheers for " Clifford," and three groans fur " Brandon." LTCFCM. The favourite opera of TheTheasa was performed . here last night, to. a avert crowded and brilliant audience. Mr. Phillips displayed alt Ins usiwi taste and excellence in the beentiful airs of Carlos, unit wee most rapturously encored. Mn. lloan apologized for the absence of Mrs. BISHOP. who Was prevented by indisposition from performing the part of Clara, and intreated the indulgence "of the audience for Miss Kelly. whie had undertaken t;,e character at en hour's notice. Miss Kelly cent through the part with great spirit, and exe cuted the songs with taste and sweetness. Mr. Horn, Mr. Dowton, Mrs. Sparks, and Mrs. Urger, were powerful auxiliaries to the effect of the piece. The Farce of Nut al noose, contracted into one Act, went off with much pleasantry; end the Two-Act Comedy of Three Weeks tyke' Mar riage, finished the performances of the tVt!filitoz. Mr. Holland was chaste and getlemonly in Sir Charles Ra-ket, and Mrs. Eddin was lively and spirited in Lady Racket. The other parts were also well tilled. I• 2-cat - nib!( Ltrz. Lord JAMES MORRAT, second son of the Duke of ATHOL, will reortee the hand of Lady AMELIA PHUT. third daughter of his Grace the Duke of NOILTHCHHERLAND, at the end of next month: The marriage in postponed until her Ladyship at tains the age of twenty-one. His MA3llTre it not riptetti in town, this day. Yesterday turning out very wet, neither • His MAJisIT nor the PaiNcessEstook their usual airiiig on horseback. Her NI A/EsTT is slightly indisposed; and, in con sequence, has not been out of-the Palace throe live days. tier NI 43ESTY has not been able to visit the Princess. Am r.t A. lha MA/RITY. as opal, continues his daily visits , to the Princess Amity A. Monday mornhig lin MAsesTT, Princesoes Ay- GUS rA and SOPNua, accompanied by Lady CRAM LET, Generals SPr.Nreit and rtrzttor. and Coto nel T YEOR, took their usual ride in Windmr . Great Park, and returned at twelve o'clock to the Palace. His Majesty hue appointed the Her. Dr. GOODALL, Head Master of Etoii School, and one of the CADOD/ of Wiudsor, to lie Provost of Eton College, in ti,. room of the Bev. Dr. DAVIS, de ceased. Viscount and Viscountess CREW/RAZ returned, yesterday, to their house in Stanhope -street, May- Pair. fur die season, from their seat at Chelsea Farm. The Earl of ESAEX.and Lord HENLEY returned, yesterday, to Cashiobury. The Evil of CH %TRAM returned, yesterilaf, to his house in Hill-street, Berkeley square. G. Mining EStl. has left town on a visit to the Duke of RUTLAND, at Belvoir Castle. It wa- insiousted, at the trial of Mrs. CLARKE sad the %VIM:MTS. that the memory of the Orange Knight is rather of the vegetable species of garde,' esculents. ond, of course, seldom out/area thz season. . The OpOra-House opened last night for the sea son, itiol was num miserably attended : at half past teas there were but three carriages in waiting. We understand that Madame CATALAN' has concluded an engagement with Mr. CORR!, Rod will make her appearance, on the 29tIt instant, at a Subscription Concert, in the Assembly Mums, George-street, Edinburgh. _ Among the friendly visutors present in . the Court of King's Bench, on Monday, was Sir EDWARD LLOYD. who travelled • journey of 300 miles for x.the purpose. The Surrey Fox Hounds threw off at - ten o'clock, on Monday morning, at a Cover called Niatwood, and after twenty minutes- they unkeiselled a bitch fox, which they ran for one hour said twenty ininutea, in a grand style. She was killed at Leese green. Mr. WARDLE au/renal near ninety witnesses on the late trial, many of whom were brought up from the country, at u very great expense. The new comedy announced for performance at the Lyceum, is written by Mr. Cues, author of The Haunted Tower. Siege of Belgrade, and many other popular pieces. The perso3o who attended the Court of King's Bench, during the whole of Monday, casuot be said 'to' have bad a bug fast, for they devoured every word. Mr. MELvta performed the part of the Duke 5 1' AraNza, on Monday evening, in the Comedy of Ike Honey Moon, at the Lyceum, with such spirit anal effect, as called forth the most unbounded sp. phrase from a most brilliant mid crowded audience. Miss DuricAN was much recovered from her indis po.ition, and performed with her urinal excellence. Mr. EibtsTow and Mrs. ETRR were to perform on Monday last, the parse of Macbeth, and Lady Macbeth, at the Nlasediester Theatre. The Loan MAYOR has generously given a Ara -1 Mettle donation of ten chaltlrons of coals to the four City Prisons. This will prove a seasouehle relief td the unfortunate debtors. . - ALCV4:IIESTER 7 . 1111,4 TAR. I film Manchester Theere opened : on Monday se ' nnight, under the doreenon of Mr. lidleaton. • IVTIOOeCTORT •DbMll:9l, f de TMII ore Arlon MT Ma. LLLISTOM, •T TMs. T:lt •TRE•toY.,L, M•M• OMTSTEII. Farr/mg my on. ausky. Drawnby your taste and geteroos lov , of art, Of II that graces lift, adorns teL he.vit The Pituss's off'rings to your singe I bri..g, Aud sue the covert of your fir.vt'i tog wing. Where tr,affic's stimulating soul rcoirles, • Mere spirit urges, sail wherit lioriouv Sued, There active virtue kindles all her heat, There labour rears her independent seat. • Your town, what Briton views, and dues nut fed A Briton's pride scrum kis bosom steal The basy street that opulence displays, 'l h . dater:de loom that courts the stranger's gaze; The Portico, the Mart, the copious stoles, Ingenious industry around you pow Tkeie strike th' exulting eye, soil quack impart, A patriot trainpurt to the swelling heart. Hest charity erects her shelt`ringfinse, Where pain, nor waist, prefer their sighs in vain ; Here Science eery useful form assumes, Here sop Philosophy her tench illunles— N'hilc Commerce and the Muse their wreaths unite, Arad toil is crowu'il with elegant delight. This editiee—all worthy of its place— Augments the spleudur, lends Its added Knee. TlacArauseir beauties u a beauteous On that Melpomene herself might smile ; For tears of grief, a tear of joy might And yield a transient respite from her woe. Where late—by action to depict the heart—. And to the spierrhles. scene new force impart—. 1 dm'd to paint, from Nature's tiv'rite Bard ; Aspied to please, and twat the whiled reward— It :/,ere, appisor'd the Warthog, our I plied, Kept up my bark, and gain'd upon the tide ; I.'cir where my ardour feels its %routed scope, New prospects opening to expanded-hope— / r, where her flaw the soul iu language gives, And on the lip the hording passion Ines; //ire candour will forgive prvsum'd success, Nur fervour's fund felicity repress. Joyful my hammed visit here I pay, And bet regret my transitory stay ti'irriii my intent, this' circurnscrib'd my date ; If .port the race, esrrtiou shall be great : In duty's cause, I'll every nerve engage ; Zeal like your oa.a shall energize your. stage : • YOU, taste I'll copy, emulate gout spirit, And grate through you my humble palm of merit. IN. THE PROGRESS OF CIVILIZATION. ON TIM C0N7.1. , T OF A CtRIAIN BARILISTVIt, IN NHS PIT 11.01/ EN T-GAILlit3 TIll:AIIt C, Ulf Ip AIDA Y 1.1(.11T. Teo Centuries sea • Shakespeare VOW, To impeuve mankind and to &dor') t sine; Aoother Shakccipeare modem times The slugs disgracing by sink sad wage. N. P. ZPIGILAN UPON ♦ CLUlrillr VIDDLOR. Timutlieuso in ancient fame, Steads Lost hesour'd same. To none each pas. inn's rage; Yet, that 'tis easier, ►ll conrt,ii, • . To raise tlic pinions, than re prom—. To auger than aabliage. Hence, greater fame attimila the ilia, ' DearJoltilay, of thy violin,. TLw t'ether's notes e amid reap ; For Lis could uuly make n riot, While your's, oar worst cominotious quiet, - By .4 i tins um a .lerp. e A holyhock, in it gonlen near Brompton. was lately cut down, hich had attained the surprising height of ?mare,* feet and a half. A melancholy accident happened at Aberdeen on Monday see - might :—Mr. FRactI:HARSOIR, one of the Dailies of that city, • most amiable and be. nevolent matt, went into one of his warehou s er; to examine gunpowder, when, having • lighted cradle in his hand, a spark flew into the powder, and it blew up, carried off the roof, and forced one of the clerk*. vibe was writing at • desk, through the win dow into the street. Mr. FRlatt MARSON. when found, was so dreadfully tanned as to baffle all in , - shod aid, and he expired on Wednesday last, to the regret of the whole town. The Anchor and V iue public-house, wt Charing. ('ross, and the two public-houses adjat It, in lliockingharn.cortrt, have been lately pulirci down; they were purchased by Government for upwards of 10,000 f. fur the purpose of enlarging the Lords of the Admiralty's house adjoining ; mud also for haring • priming-office built for the use of the Admiralty. Ott Monday se'nnight, a shocking spectacle was presented to the inhabitants of Carmarthen. The master of a trading vessel belonging to that port, accompanied by u female. had gone on board his ship the preceding evening, both in a state of inebriety, as is supposed, and the vessel having just undergone furn;gation to destroy thp rats, they were both suffocated in the cabin; their bodies were brought s-hore in the morning, when their distorted features appalled every beholder, and showed the extreme severity of their sufferings previously to the vital spark being extinguished. On Monday. the 27th ult. about 11 o'clock at night. R most alarming fire broke out in the newly. erected mill, at Longholme, in Russendale, Lair ' cashire, belonging to Messrs. • HOLT and Asti- WORTHS, which, in a few hours, entirely consumed that handsome edifice; not so much as a door or a window was left of the building. Messrs. G. and J. ASIIWORTHS were not insured. and, as the whale of their property Willrisked in the mill,the immense loss which they have sustained has reduced them to a most distressing . simation. Such • dreadful fire was never before witnessed in that part of the country. To see that extrusive bulldog:, erected at such )an enormous enetisc, together with the machinery (of such wonderful invention and elabo rate locclisinsits) with which it was stocked, con sumed ill a few hours by the ravages of the tire, emild not fail to excite a tear of pity, or a sigh of 4 ummiaerstion fur the unfrirtimate sufferers, from ell oho witnessed the &At-ening scene. • . CITY BIM Zan Yesterday the Lord Slayer held • Centre of Aldermen, at Gsiltthsil, u Lien was it ameruusly Upwards of 35..:0 ounces Of 'weir) •old, in ban, Ina pros dueed, cud did ) sworn, previous haeipurtation. Stelae! persons were ailowed and brokers. stnetry tradesmen's 3(111 other bil's were ordered to be paid. nuttier time anis alione4 to Willosan J acub, Etc to take upon himself the offiee of Alderman for lame-street weed; to which he W 23 elected sense time since, in the rums taf Alderman Prima p, resigned. Jews Hoek, a poor aged elan of tit. John's the Esser. list, WeliglaillioiCr, was admitted an out-pensioner of Emanuel Hospital. Nu utber business of importaace was transacted. LAW I A TALLIG CnltT OF KING'S BENCH, Werrisixerett, DWI it. .• • fit STWICK V. JACILSON, • This was an action brought to recover &mare; •against the Defendant, for a crud *lad unmanly • -• assault. Mr. JEKYLL, as Compasel far the prosecution, opened the case in a very able snannet,.statitrAlbir Plaintiff to he the Second. Mute qrthe Ship Slirciele‘:, an extra Indiamaim, and the Defendant the Master : and Commander of that ship ; Abet the Defeed.o. ant had taken frequent opportunities, during that. . voyage. to tate the Plaintiff ill, as well as all his' other officers; but that, upon the houttwartli.boued p wage, at Rio Janerio, he called the Plaintiff into the cabin, and accused him with being a spy upon his actions, for the owner ; and after balling him the Most opprobrious Dames, struck him several times in the face, followedltrus upon deck, and ordered the Steward to bring up his pistol's which he not doing • . immediately, he did it himself, And presenting one to the Plaiutiff, which was, wit charged, far hula to take, be presented the other to the Plain iff's breast, which was loaded, and swore, if he did not take it he would shoot him dead, and esteem him e and ; all this treatment being received by the Plitio; tiff with great patience, he again repeatedly strut* him, and asked him how he liked it This state* snout was ably supported by Mr. Dies, the Friat Mate, Robert Shuter, the Steward, and William Rice. tit:. Carpenter, :Ito were eye-wiltsesses of the • cruelty and shunieful conduct of the Defendant. Mr. Uxosoviaddreased the Jury in mitigation of damages; end after Lord Ett.ensoanccst had summed up the evidence, the Jury reurcd., and than gave a verdict of tool. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,GVILDHAL6 Dec. if. EDINSON r. PAILItEIt. _ This was an action to recover 4 compensotionrlll' damages, for false imp:isonfnent. It appeared, • - service of the Ciiimpsitle. for time, her condi the last two in' don, and left h.. return he missed could trifsitisfa was inxioediatel: searched, and en the locks end iron chest. So this suspicion, Of a patrt le rr her undergoir before whom Lordship inquired minded her ' day. fullowit box were searched, it. aecusatida. Oa Monti. Vir short time eater. all the property was finand4o4 muter such circumstances as completely domes: stra - ed her innocence. The Defendant simply pleaded Yet Cseft— Verdict for the Plaintiff'—DamagesTwentyrestestes • . All the English goods lauded in Weicheren halite been re-shipped, to prevent their confiscation by the enemy. The black Hag was displayed as a signal to the inhabitants that the arsenal and•fortm. 'cations were to he destroyed. On Saturday evening last, a man' of the name of Tai.cnEs, a private in the North Devon Milli", returning front Orestou to his regiment, in crossing over Catdown, near Plymouth, owing to the dark- . ness of the evening, and being intoxicated, he lost his road, and mistaking the wall erected as a fence to the parry for the stile in the path-way, he gpt over it, and fel! down a precipice of at least ninety feet; toe firA, however, lodged on a jutting cock (..bat the workmen call a head) about a third of the depth of the declivity, when believing himself 'to be on the ground, he rose to walk, and was in- • stonily precipitated to the bottom! areadftil, however, as was his fall, he was enabled, by his cries, to bring persons from the neighbouring dock-yard to his aosettitece, and, after a short time, with very little help, to walk to his quarters at the Citadel ! The fwe part of his skull, it seems, in addition to the bruises of his lonly, was laid quite bare, and his left leg terribv lacerated, but there was no fracture, nor rupture of any material blood-vessel, and the poor fellow, we umierstand, is in a fair way of doing well. Lest Saturday evening, about nine o'clock, as the Volunteers of New Shoreham, belonging to • Captain CYarroire company, werwieturning from exercise, they were informed that seven persons of auspicious appearance had lately passed through the town, apparently desirous of avoiding being no ticed ; on receiving thus information, four of the volunteers, named PAINE. LASIAMAR, GATES, and WATERMAN, very spiritedly followed them with their arm!, and overtook them at Egypt ; oo dial*. • lenging them, the volunteers met with some resist ance, but the stispieilius persons were at length forced to surrendsr„ when it appeared they were seven French ofVers, who eight days ago broke - their parole st Reeding, end had from that time been passing through the country. They have since confessed it was their intention to have gone •: off that night in the first vessel they could have boarded in the river, and endeavoured to escape far France. Their appearance is respectable, thongh their clothes are in p very deplorable state. from having been exposed to the weather for thin last eight (lays. Thvy will remain snider eirestv till instruction* are received from the Transporb. cane. 4. . _. Pr (Slat krElpil3U11111 , 111• i red, that, the . Plaintiff had been . p the le Defendant, who listed ioQueen-street s • . for the apt ce.ortwo years, during which onduct was irreornacluibie. tintit within . months, when her master went ti;A • jiriy- , ft his tuarn.houte to her care. rirpon his Aimed some linen aryl as the Plial*ng • itirLetority ace - twat for its abaelin r ohe ately ipected ; the hoese wit di W,. Ind marks of riuleoce were ob •ks of the Dafeodanes closet, eat. These circutbstances added at steina, and he sent her in he cu e to the Potedry Coosptcr, previa*. , tang au exammstion by the Lord Mayer,: lin site was brought the day after. Ma iiquired into the circonvitauce, and re. r for a farther examinatmn on the hloa-'. mg; in the mean time, her periooMM torched. but no groubda were formed for On Monday she was di-chargea ; 4 iis a 1