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111 .1 ' r 4 t . • 7 Xitr airitioh klreoli• I'IIR ATE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. This Evening. Tann ay, Oat. 19, will be performed DER FREISCIit , r 7. s Or. THE BLACK HUNTSMAN OF BOHEMIA. Ottoear. Mr. Ililsert C. , nrad. Mr. OW". / 4 r . ; Mk:twin). Mr. Pearlman; the ULtelt Huutthian of bobewis, Mr. Irani. Miss Pawn; Lena, Mae Love. • • After whleb. CHARLES THE SECOND; or. THE MERRY MONARCH. Riad Charles the See ,mll, Mr. C. Kemple; Lord R.Cheiter, Mr. Jones; Captain Copp. Mr. Fawcett. Miry. Slims M. Tres. To-morrow. Der Preset:mtg. and Carl. TKRATRE ROYAL, HAY3fARrET. lOU !Ennio& SE E TVEstki ING Y. Oet. 19. w i n be performed IS BILIVIc. b.r Creduie, Mr.Williamet Sham, Ur : W. West ; Kitty, Mn. C. Jones. • After whh.lt, THE RIVALS. Sir Anthony Abenlute, Mr. newton; Captain Ahsohtte. Mr. Ifire.ns; Eat:k!aut, Mr. Raymond (from the Theatre Royal, Rirtninsham): Acres, %tr. Liston t Sir Lucius (YTriez,rr, Mr. Lee; David, Mr. Duff it 'OM the Theatre Moral. EdinthatlM. Mrs. Malapror, Mrs Windier ; Lydia Languish, Miss 1:W41, „Puha. Mrs. W. Meet. - • •-- To conclude with 'TTIOULD INITZLE A CONJUROR. Pour. Czar MUSr.rj, Mr. V iL11118: Peter lnrllltll. Mr. H10:117 $ Van Dunder, Mr. Liston. Bertha, Mrs. T. 11111. 'Tomorrow, The Merry Wires of Windsor, and Fish out of Water. NEW SURREY THEATRE. - - • This present TL'EVDAY. Ott. 19, and every Erening.turlng the Week will be presented a Vela Drama. called THE KCEUB : Or. THE INDIAN PIRATE'S VESSEL. ennelude with DER FREISCHUTZ 0 , , Till DEIIIN OF Tilt WOLF'S GLEN AND THE 11111/ CHARMED BULLETS. The Bat Tins Pates cosnmenced publishing yesterday morning at a quarter past five o'clock. LONDON, TUESDAY, Ocrozza 19, 1594. We congratulate the British public, anti all lovers of justice, that the statement in an Evening Paper of Saturday, respecting the Spanish loan "by commission,'' is wholly unfounded. It would have been a matter of deep dis grace to the capitalists of France or England, if the bank- Eqpt Government of Spain had received any pecuniary assistance until it had fairly and honestly acknowledged the debts of the Cones. The rumour, however, had the effect of occasioning a fall of one per cent. in Spanish Stock. 'l'he wretched scheme of a loan " by commission" is, to be sure, an expedient which would be ascribed to no Go. vernment under the sun but that of FERDINAND VII. It affbrds us further satisfaction to learn that the Great Powers are all using their influence with that infatuated Monarch, to prevail upon him to restore the public credit of his treasury. As be is absolutely in their hands, if they choose to make him do justice,—the course winch, in his case, as in roost others, is, fur a per manency, the best policy that can be pursued,—we may expect that the holders of Spanish bonds will at length have some dividend on their claims. It is im possible that the financial affairs of Spain can much (anger continue in their present state. Some alteration must be made in them, and, indeed, in every part of the political edifice of that wretched and distracted country. When we find men like Cars and Easo risking their safety for the institution of some rational system of govern ment, we may be assured that the impracticability of acting upon the wild absolutism of Fannie:AND is felt in every quarter. We must, however, in all probability, wait for the removal of the French troops. At present Fax- NAND has no friends: the Serviles are as much disgusted with him as the Liberals. In order that he may reign on any terms, he must in some shape call around him the strength and wisdom of his people. It was observed with some surprise, when hostilities began with the Burmese, that they were abundantly sup. plied with European arms and equipments. In conse quence of the urgent representations of our Indian Go. vernment, to the Governor of Batavia, a proclamation was issued in June last, directing the seizure of all arms and ammunition found on board of ships anchoring in the rata., or navigating the straits of Sunda, beyond what might be requisite for the purposes of defence, and the imposition of a fine to the amount of four times the value of the contraband articles. Under this proclamation, when the last advices left Batavia, four vessels had been re tained, one of which, the Caroline, had 4,000 stand of erns on board, and ammunition besides, altogether to the value of 8,0001. This ship had been confiscated. Two others, the Franklin and the Guardian, bail been released on security for the payment of the fine. The cargo of the fourth ship, the Shannon, was found to be considerably damaged. A proclamation to the same effect was issued in 1422, and it has on for leer occasions been construed so strictly, that British vessels touching st Batavia, with arms for the service of tl:e East India Company, or our own ships of war on that station, have been subjected to fine and confiscation. The Dutch Government are obviously exposed to the same dan-1 ger as the British, from the unrestrait:ed importation of arms into India, and they Lavc accordingly acted in this instance with commendable promptitude. We un lerstand i that the Cochin Chinese have been largely furnished with ' the materials of war from France. The Burmese, how ever, and their neighbours, will now be cut off from this supply, and they will consequently be deprived of one of their most important aids during their contest with us. Considering the impression already made upon them, and the privations of every kind they will soon begin to expe rience, we may calculate upon a material abridgment of the length and expense of the war; unless, indeed, the ex tmvagaut self-importance of the haughty Court of Ava should lead it to protract the struggle, in confidence of ultimate success. iVe deeply regret to find that little hope is entertained of recovering Mr. THORNTON from the Malays. It is feared that he has met his death among the savages by whom he was made captive ill October last. Every exertion had been made in vain for his discovery. A con fidential native bad been despatched to Rettce, a place distant about twenty English miles from Singapore, with a': offer of 10,000 dollars for Mr. THORNTON'S liberation, top.ther with an assurance of free pardon to all who were (NA:teemed in him seizure : but though information had been 7iven which induced Mr. Tiiosxrox's friends to believe that a regociation would have been opened, when the agent ar rived at Ruttee be found no person with whom he could c titer into any treaty, and the place of Mr. THORNTON'S t'etention remained utterly unknown. This mysterious orcealtuent had latterly filled the friends of the unforte. and much-resFected gentleman, with the most serious a:'prchcnsions as to his fate. The following is an extract of a letter from the Agents to Lloyd'a at Batavia, dated 25th June : •' The American ship Franklin, which attired her on the 10th Ca. from Palling, was detained in consequence of having on board Einety stand of arms, which were confiscated, and the vessel re leased without enforcing the penalty. The Guardian, Sutherland, iron Londc.n, was likewise detained for having 300 stand of arms 0^ board for Singapore. which were also confiscated, and security g! fm ter the amouat of tire fine, before the vessel was allowed to pre; eel. A vessel passing through the Straits of Sunda is equally subject to seizure, should she anchor at Anger. The Caroline ar rived the 16th inst. bound to Singapore, with upwards of four thousand stand of arms, and a considerable quantity of atinnun it ion." PASHIONABLE INTELLIGEIvCE. The Duke of Sussex left Lord Anion's seat, Shugborough, Staffordshire, on Saturday, for Newstead Park, Notts. The Puke of St. Albans and the Ladies Beane'elk left town yes terday, for their seat, Gatton, Surrey. The Dowager Duchess of Rutland has left town for Lord For ruter's seat, Willie Park, Salop. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lanadown arrived on Saturday at the Earl of Carnarvon's seat, High Clue, Henri, from the Isle of Wight. The Marquis of Camden has left town for Bath. The Marquis of Exeter has left his seat, Burleigh, Lineohishire, for Newmarket. The Countess of Aboyne and Lady Gordon have arrived at their house in Charles-street, Berkeley-square. Earl and Countess Spencer have left town, for their seat, Al thorpe, Nonhamptonshire. Lord Rivers has left town for his seat, Mare Park, Newmarket. The Earl of Besborough has arrived in town from Brocket Hall. Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell and family have left their house in Charles-street, Berkeley-square, for Scotland. Samuel 311ure, Esq. has left town for his seat, Herrinpwell, Suffolk. Lady and Hugh Seymour, Esq. have arrived in town from the Continent. Viscount Althorn, M.P., has left Wiseton Hall, Yorkshire, for his father's, Earl Spencer's scat, in Northamptonshire. Mr. and Mrs. Peel have left town for Bath. Arrivals at the Clarendon Dote], Bond-street :—Sir T. Jones, Bart from Shropshire ; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Standish and family, from their seat, Standish Hall, Lancashire---Departures from ditto: Sir Harry Goodrick, Bart. and Frank Hall Standish, Esq. for Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. Departures from Blake's Hotel, Jermyn-street:—Richard Norris, Esq. and family, and Lady Gambier, for Hants. WINDSOR, Orr. 17. On Friday afternoon, the weather having become more favourable, his Majesty took an airing in his pony phaeton in the Great Park. Yesterday afternoon, at three o'clock, his Majesty left the Royal Lodge on horseback for Cranbourne. The King was accompanied by Sir E. Nagle, and others of his Ma ' jesty's suite, followed in pony phaetons. The Royal party returned through Sandpit Gate to the Royal Lodge to din ner. Last evening Lord F. Conyngham arrived M the Royal Lodge from London. this morning his Majesty and suite beard divine service performed at his Private Chapel, Cumberland Lodge, by the Rev. Mr. Sumner. Notwithstanding the weather being so cold, the King was only dressed in a close-bodied blue coat. His Majesty, after taking refreshments, left the Royal Lodge at two o'clock in his pony phaeton, for a drive in the Great Park. Yesterday the race-course at Ascot Heath was graced by a very distinguished company of fashionable, , who occu pied his Majesty's and the Duke of York's stands. The day was fine, but the wind upon the Heath was piercing cold. The sports on both days were far from realising the 1 1 expectations of those who went to witness them : during both days there was not one race well contested. The Officers of the 2d Life Guards gave a splendid cold colla tion to the distinguished company who honoured them by their presence. His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, on his late visit to Portsmouth, kindly condescended to become the Patron of the Naval Academy at Gosport, where more Naval and Military Officers have been educated, under Dr. Burney, than in any private seminary in the kingdom. The l)uke of Devonshire, it is confidently stated, has sold the town of Wetherby, in order to become the pur chaser of the noble domain of the Marquis of Ormonde, Derbyshire. Eail Grey passed through Sheffield on Friday, for Went worth-house, on a visit to Earl Fitzwilliam. On the 23d ult. the Earl of Guildford passed through Florence, on his way to the lonian Islands, where he so lilxrally promotes the education of the young Greeks in science and classical literature. His Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England, who is now on a coasting tour for the benefit of his health, accom panied by —Cockerell, Esq. arrived at the Anchor Ho tel, at Eastbourne, on Tuesday last, where a suit of apart ments had previously been engaged for their reception.) They left on Thursday for the York Hotel, Brighton. His Honour does not appear to have derived much health- ful advantage from his present tour, for, although he is not in so debilitated a state as he was a short time since, he is still far from being restored to his wonted health and strength. After the death of the late Lord Ellenborough, a very large sum of money was discovered deposited in the house of Gosling, the banker, in his Lordship's name, the profits arising from the lucrative office, the reversion of which was granted to the present Lord. This balance had been for gotten to bo bequeathed by the Noble Lord when he made his will, and was consequently equally divided amongst the younger children, by which accident their fortunes were increased about 10,0001. each beyond the intention of their father.—.4lfuraing Paper. Mr. Wynn transacted business yesterday morning at the India Board. The foundation stone of the monument to the memory of the late Earl of Hopetoun was laid on the 11th inst. in the neighbourhood of Cupar, with masonic ceremonies, by the Earl of Rosalyn. We understand that the colossal statue of Lord Melville has arrived in town from London, and that it will soon be placed on the top of the column in St. Andrew's-square. It is in pieces, and we are informed about 14 feet high.— Edinburgh Paper. Mr. Henry Grey Bennet, who has taken up his residence in Buckinghamshire, applied to his Grace of Buckingham, the Lord Lieutenant of the county, to be placed in the com mission of the peace. His Grace has positively refused to recommend Mr. Rennet. Mr. Alderman Wood, during his late visit to Gloucester, was presented with the freedom of that ancient city, which had been unanimously voted to him by the Mayor and Corporation on Monday, the 4th inst. ; the worthy Alder man subsequently attended the Corporation dinner, at which the venerable Bishop of the Diocese was present, and on the 15th inst. was regularly sworn in as a freeman of Gloucester. The Marquis of Sligo has given UM/. per annum, in aid of those Schouk, on his estate, which are conduc ted con formably to the rules and principles of the Society for the education of the poor of Kildare-street.—lrirh Times. The Lord Bishop of Limerick, in his Ordination Ser mon at the Cathedral on Sunday last, gave it as his opinion, " that the Bible was the most difficult book in the world to he understood, and that the understanding of it embraeed an extensive range of subsidiary study. '—llcar this ye Biblicaus and reflect !--Limerieb Evening Post. The Newcastle musical festival terminated on Thursday night, and has been very successful. Mr. &tido, Mrs. Beiltbrd, and Signor de Begnis, were absent from illness, and Madame de lkgnis, from the duty of attending her husband. Their places were nobly supported by Braham, Miss Stephens, and Mrs. Salmon, who took the parts of the absentees in addition to their own. The former great singer, we observe, is at present performing in Glasgow. Mr. Saphis complaint is an inflammation of the throat, Mrs. Be df or d' s afi vcr, and Signor d e Ik gn i s ' ophthalmia. Madame Ronzi di Begnis arrived at Edinburgh on Mon day last. fhe Hampshire Pitt Club have their nnnual dinner on the 21st inst., the anniversary of the battle of Trafalgar. Madame 1.01.11 fa Christ:The, Ex-Empress of Hayti. may shortly be expected in London. She alighted with her suite at the Black Eagle Hotel, st Leige, on the 24th ult., and there received a paraport to this country. Ilre are informed that it is not the intention of Sir W. De Crespigny to resign his scat for Southampton, at the next election. lloaouon or ASIIMITON.—We are enabled to state, from unquestionable authority, that this borough will be contested at the approaching general election, and the snug, quiet manner in which these matters have been hitherto mar k;edwill be changed. Mr. Weeding, a gottleman of great opulence, and a merchant of the city of London, has signified his intention of offering himself, and standing a contest, and has appointed a gentleman of the town as his agent. On his success it is impossible as yet to calculate.— Denoi Freeholder. The sale of the immense estates of the late Marquis of Orilionde cosnmenees this week at Chesterfield, in Derby shire ; the following week at Derby ; and the succeeding one at Newcastle-under-Lyme and Coventry. The great " Leviathan" lot of Sutton flail, and the Chileote and Ca ton Park Estates arc to be sold in London on the 18th No vember. THE BRITISH PRESS. SPANISH PAPERS A mail arrived yesterday, bringing Madrid Gazettes to the Sth October, from which we copy the following, under the date of Cadiz, Sept. 24 :— [From the Corm MerrairtiLl ken JANEIRO. JULY 20, Three days ago the American ship Franklin arrived in this pbrt from Callao and Valparaiso, having sailed from the former place in May, and from the latter In the beginning of June. She brings word that General Cant ersc h a d marched from Jinja to Truant° ; that his army consisted of e l eve n battalions of infiintry, and 2,000 cavalry, and that he was followed by a reserve of 3,0011 men. This news (confirmed by several letters) agrees with another ac count which we mentioned three days ago, that Bolivar was likely to be beaten in that same province of Truant°, by Canterac, with a very respectable force, and that the former bad ordered vessels to be randy on the coast, to save hiniatilf in case of need. In fact, we now know by the Franklin, that the Prueba frigate, and three other vessels, were at Guanchaco, the port of Truant°. We beg the blockheads to observe how well this news agrees with the battle in Coma, on the 6th of May; Cant rae wounded, his army routed. and Bolivar in Lima on the 10th of the same month. We learn by the same vessel, not only that Freire failed in his attempt upon Chiloe, but that Chili lost in the enterprise the Vol taire corvette and about 3,000 mea. It seems that the environs of Lima are infested by troops of vagabonds (there stalled Montoneros) addicted to robbing, who cause serious interruptions to commerce. They ate like Gomez and others, in New Spain, who seize goods on the highways, after wards taking a ransom from the owners ; all these are lessons for the foreigners who have got the trade into their hands, thinking to carry It on without tisk, as In time of peace. It is added, that the Prueba frigate was in the port of Truxlllo, in very bad condition, without means to obtain provisions or to pay the aew. _ The English frigate Altona„ which wu at St. Poise, wu expected every moment at Callao, whence it was to sail for Valparaiso and Rio de Janeiro, with a large quantity of silver. The Franklin brought 800,000 piastres, mostly belonging to merchants of the United States. 3lanntn, OCT. 4. Their Majesties continue in good health at the Escurial. GER4IL4N PAPERS. (Prom the Allgemeise Zaino, of Oct. 9.1 Cassel., SEPT. 30. Since the direction of the police has been entrusted to Dr. Pfieffer, it is observed, with universal satisfaction, that measures of precaution formerly practised, and some of them of a very offensive description, have ceased, they having had their origin in the distrust inspired by the late Director of the Police. The very great number of posts of gen d'srrnes has been diminished, and the tickets of ad minion for those who wished to visit the Palace of B'ell elmshohe see no longer required. Confidence and cheerful security has re turned, and are manifested in unreserved conversations in public places. The proceedings against the late head of the police de partment, M. You Manger, continue tinier the superintendence of M. Bode, Judge in the Criminal Court, and Dr. Pfieffer. The latter, who was commissioned to examine the papers of Al. hard, was not able, after several days' strict investigation, to dia. cover any thing that could in anywise affect that gentleman, and gave the most honourable testimony to that effect to :11. urhard, who, it is thought, will, for the future, take up his residence In Cassel, where he has property, and formerly resided. CONSTANTINOPLZ,SEPT.I7. (BY rxrness.) Only a few days ago it was hoped that the Janissaries would not immediately employ their increased influence against the Grand Tinier, and sonic persons already fancied he was secure in his post, when he was suddenly deposed on the 11th. It Is said, indeed, that he has been graciously permitted to remain in the capital, but the fate of his predecessors gives occasion to apprehensions of all kinds. This event will embarrass the European Diplomatists, for Ohalib Pacha is acquainted with the affairs of Europe, and. Jibe. rally enlightened statesman. tie is universally pitied by the Franks. His successor is the Pacha of Silistria, who began his ca reer on the 17th Orta of the Janissaries. To-day there is a report of the arrival of an Austrian ship, which is said to bring the news that the Capitan l'aeha, having been joined by some Egyptian ships, has again appeared before Samos. (An ankle from Odessa, dated 21th September, contains in sub stance the same particulars.) The William Shand, Captain Alexander Kerr. arrived at Cowes on the 16th inst. from New South Wales and Batavia, having performed the voyage from England and hack in eleven months and twenty-three days only. She has a valuable cargo on board front Batavia, from whence she sailed on the 27th June. She left there the ships Caroline and Rosanna, from England, discharging their cargoes. The Guardian had sailed a few days before for Singapore, and the Noumuhul, Captain Scott, from Lon don, passed Angier, 4th June, for the same destination. Coffee had fallen to eleven dollars per picul at Batavia. The Minstrel, Captain Arcoll, sailed for England about ten days before her, and may be hourly expected. Mr. Thornton's death, by the laws of the Malays, was con sidered as certain. Several English merchants had lately died at Batavia. The Minstrel passed St. Helena ilith August, at which time no fresh advices had been received there of the progress of the Burmese IVar. Pasts, OCT. I.s.—The Omni de Panin, Secretary to the Russian Legation at Madrid; who passed through Bor deaux on the 11th instant, is going express to Madrid. We learn officially that an English brig, which sailed from Quilca on the 2d June, arrived at Cadiz on the 28th of September, at ten in the evening. It brought passengers, a Spanish Brigadier-General, and a Lieutenant-Colonel, sent by the Viceroy La Serna, with despatches for Madrid. The Asia (of the line) and the Achilles brig, had anchored at that time (21 June) in the port of Quilca, thirty leagues to the south of Lima.—Etoile. - . Private letters from Spain contain some rumours scarcely credible, viz. that 1,500 Constitutionalists, commanded by Colonel Valdes, have effected a descent at Benicaolo, and defeated the troops sent out to attack them from Valencia; and that several vessels, with Constitutionalists on board, had appeared off Valencia and Almeira. A very obvious question suggests itself, from whence have all these Con stitutionalists come? These alarming rumours arc most likely set afloat by the fanatics, to serve as a pretext for the persecution and murder of persons supposed to be of the Liberal party. These fanatics commit the most hor rible excesses. Extract of a private letter, dated Lisbon, September 29 : —" The projects of April 30, to overthrow the Govern ment, and to introduce a perfect despotism into Portugal, have not been stopped either by the favour shown to some guilty persons, or by the severe punishments inflicted on others. One party of the milks continues the same course, and the Government has just discovered another plan for accomplishing that object in which they before failed. A conspiracy was to have broken out at Lisbon on the 26th current, for which a great number of armed men were al ready collected in one of the suburbs, who, united with one regiment, were to proceed to the different prisons, release the prisoners, and then surround and make the King pri soner, and murder the Ministers. A great number of per sons have already been arrested, in consequence of this con spiracy having been discovered, and among them are some persons of diainction.—Report says, that the Queen's party, with the Patriarch at their head, have set this con spiracy on foot, and that immense sums of money have been expended. The Government has published a decree, prohibiting the entrance of any Spaniard into the kingdom, who is not provided with a passport signed by the Portu guese Ambassador at Madrid. The merchants complain much of this measure, because the smugglers, who carry out of Portugal a great quantity of English goods, will be prevented from coming. The merchants of Elvas have asked for its repeal."—Constitutinand. It is reported that advices have been received from Tricte, announcing the defeat of the Egyptian fleet, with the loss of eighty transports, two frigates, and one brig.— Glohe and Traveller. A letter, dated Venice 29th Sept. states, that on the day before there arrived in that port two vessels from the I. of ('orfu in nine days, the Captains of which reported that the Creek fleet, having attacked the fleets of Constanti nople and Egypt, off Smyrna, succeeded in destroying (by the means of its fire-ships) three Corr, ttt s, or frigates, and in taking two others, with SO transports. By letters from Trieste, dated the 4th inst. we learn, that in the kingdom of Naples additional duties on the importation of almost every article imported from this country will be levied trim the Ist of January next—and the Austrian Government, as wo arc informed by these letters, has issued a decree, imposing a duty amounting almost to aprohibitiou on cradled sugars: LAVAL PR 0 M OTI On s —Commanders A. D. Y. Arbuth nott, and It. 11. Barclay, the seniors of their rank who wt re employed at Algiers, are promoted to the rank of Captain. —Lieutenant Andrew Drew, first of the Thetis, is promoted to the rank of Commander ; and Mr. Arthur Hood Row sell, Mate, to the rank of Lieutenant, for their services in defence of Cape Coast Castle.—Mr. Thomas Cobbe, late of the Terror bomb, and Mr. Davis, of the Bulwark, are pro angled to the rank of Lieutenant. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS. Sta—The 'nun of Saturday contained an insidious and most unwarrantable attack on Sir H. Davy, couched in an article entitled " Preservation of Ships' Copper." Now, Sir, before I roceed to remark on the complete and manly refutation which the President instantly gave to the assertions contained in this article, permit me to offli a few observations on the palpable absurdity and con tradictions contained in the article itself. . . It sets out with asserting that the copper employed in the sheathing of ships is liable to decay, and it then declares it to be of the utmost importance to ascertain the cause of this evil, and discover the remedy. It next proceeds to state, that after many trials it was found that a certain other metal, mixed with copper, would have the desired effect, and that a patent was taken out for it by Mr. MUSIIETT, of his Majesty's Mint; that he was employed by the Lords of the Admiralty to try some experimcr.ts with his patent copper, and " he accordingly," says the Times, " pro ceeded to Portsmouth, where he saw some ships' bottoms sheathed, half with his, and half with common copper." A very whimsical sight this must bare been, by the way, to Mr. Mom err, to sec " a ship's bottom" sheathed, half with his, and half with common copper ;" but let that pass. " So far," says the writer, " as the durahility of the metal can be judged of from its state of preservation, the experi ment HAS sect-imam" . . Well then, this being the case, upon his own sliming, the remedy which he hail just said it was " of so much im portance to discover," Mr. Mt:suerr has discovered. The evil being thus corrected, it seems difficult to account for the introduction of the subject, until we find, as it proceeds, that the object was to make it a vehicle of attack upon the President of the Royal Society. "But in the mean time," it is added, " the Lords of the .4dmirafty hail called in the assistance of Sir 11. DAry, the President of the Royal Society, at the head of the Commit tee of that body. This eminent chymist ascertained that copper might he preserved from corrosion by sea-water, through the means of galvanic action, by attaching knobs or pieces of iron to the sheathing metal. Ile accordingly so far succeeded, as to protect the coma from decay." So raa succeeded! Why, what further was required? The inconsistency of this journalist is equalled only by his malignity. Ile begins by stating, as a fact well known, that the copper lately employed to sheath ships belong ing to the royal navy, or to private Traders, has been liable to rapid oxidation and decay," and that " it was of the utmost importance to ascertain the cause and to discomr the remedy." He then adverts to an experiment made by Mr. Mushett, of the Mint, who, "so far as the durability of the metal can be judged of', has succeeded." And to another experiment of Sir 11. Davy, which has "so rag succeeded as to protect the copper Ire m decay." To introduce, there fore, this qualifying so fur is a gross absurdity. To lament the existence of an evil, and to merely say of a public be nefactor that he has so far succeeded as to remove it, is to adopt a very extraordinary strain of gratitude. We pro ceed to give the remainder of the paragraph at full length : " But it has been found out that vessels coppered ow th's plan have returned, after a short voyage, pap-11y foul (a very odd sort of pa:fiction this); their bottoms covered with sea-weeds, barnacles, or other worms. The remedy, there fore, is worse than the disease. The oxidation of the metal is prevented by the defensive action of the iron; but the animalcule which this oxidation used to destroy, prey is security upon the vessel when so (blinded by such durable copper. The Learned President's experiments may there fore be regarded as a future, so far as navigation is con cerned, however useful they may be to chytnical scimez, and however pleasant they may have been to hiniseY; in procuring a summer excursion, at the public expense, to the North Sea and the Baltic." It was not likely that any man of high character would submit to be thus traduced, without exposing the falsehood and malignity of the aspersions ao publicly cast upon him. Accordingly, in the Times of yesterday appeared the fol lowing letter:— " TO THE EDITOR OF THE TI3IE§. " Sir—llaving seen my name in the Times connected with cop. per sheeting and patent copper,' 1 think it right to inform you, that everything relating to me lu that paragraph is false. " You probably win not wish statements which are erroneous, which some may think calumnious, and which may mislead the shipowners or the country, to be noticed anywhere but I n re own pages. I trust, therefore, that you will insert an 1121 l'd con. tradiction of them in your paper. I am, Sir, " 11. DAVY. " Ist. It Is not true that any Committee of the Royal Society was formed to investigate the causes of the decay of copper sheet. ing, at the request of the Lords of the Admiralty. The Commis. elopers of the Navy Board cousulted with the President of •he Royal Society on this subject, and he proposed to them to refer it to the Council, who formed a Committee for the invest resin of it. This was in 182.!, long before • patent copper' was hated of. " 2. It leftist that any vessels, protected according to Sir 11. Davy's principles, and sent out upon short cruises by the Lords of the Admiralty, have returned Infested with worms and barhaeles. •• 3. It is file that any failure has taken place in my expert. moms. As far as they have yet gone, they seem to show that the decay of copper may be entirely prevented in harbour, and to a great extent, in sailing, by the protectors ; and the ravages of worms, Ike. upon protected ships, is an entire fiction : m. deed, it requires peculiar ingenuity to imagine how worms CON prey upon the Lytton: of a ship, the copper of which remains untouched. " 4. It is cot true that the President of the Royal Society has made any voyages at the public e.rpense. The Commissioners of Longitude having resolved to ascertain the longitude of different points of great importance to navigation in the North Sea, by chronometers, the use of the Comet steam best was granted to them by the Admiralty, and she was put under the direction of the President of the Royal Society for this purpose, and lie took the opportunity of trying certain experiments on the protection of copper, going in her to Sweden. and coming back in her from the north of the Waer, making his journeys and iroy. ages in Sweden, Denmark, Holstein, and Hanover, at his Fri. vote expense. "5. It is not true that he had a pleasant voyage. He had a stormy passage out, and a still more stormy passage home ; and he wishes the author of the paragraph in question no severer punish. meet for his inaccuracies and if lie be a Landsman, and liable to sea-sickness, than a similar voyage. " Oct. 17." No exposure of falsehood can be more complete than this. There is no angry parleying ; Sir 11. comes at once to the point; his confutation is clear, brief, and conclusive. Let us now remark the mean and miserably-evasive audacity with which the Times Journalist endeavours to back out. Ile prefaces the above letter thus:— " iVs insert, with a feeling of great regret for die author, but with no feeling of reluctance on out own account, the following very singular letter tenet the I'residcnt of the Itoyal Society, in answer to a paragraph which solicited in our paper of Saturday. If the patriot' of tloc learned President had not entirely blinded his understanding, bemuse have seen that the language which he employs is neither becoming the chair which he occupies, nor calculated to produce conviction in the quaater which he addresses. In order to have the pleasure of making out as many assertions as possible to which he may apply the epithet of`• false," he divides our paragraph into tire propositions, which he takes the liberty of contradicting, and only one of which touches the point at issue between us and the lea: red President. . " First, that a committee was appointed to investigate the causes of the rnpid decay of copper-sheathing, Sir Ilumphry does not deny; though, cisiniing to he at the birth of toe said committee, he corrects us with respect to its genealogy, and ascribes its origin, not to the Admiralty directly, but to the Council, through the representation or the Admiralty." I shall take the liberty of' dissecting this reply as we proceed. The assertion that `Sir If umphry ascribes the appointment of the Committee " to the Council, through the representation of the Admirally,” is utterly unauthorised. There s not even a word that can justify such a gross anti barefaced misstatement. "The second assertion which he draws from our paragraph for the purpose of contradicting, is the only proposition respecting with,, we are at issue with the learned President If ships pro. tected by his principles have neither got foul when sent on pht.rt voyages, or retained in harbour, then our information was wrong; but even though it were correct, as we still believe it to he. we would not apply the word fal:e to the Preside it's contradiction, without a stronger pmvocation than that which he received." If the "late, Editor still &Were., his statement to be cor rect, why does he not proceed to state the frets which still justify his hdi,f of it, after it is thus decidedly affirmed to he false. But he afficcts, for the purpose of call"' off the reader's attention from the main point, to bet i htily in dudgeon at the application by Sir 11. of the term to those assertions which he has taken the liberty to contra ct:et. " Ire would not," says he, " apply the went idle to the President's contradiction, without a strong:,- rronoca_ lion titan that which he see, iced." Intleo.d! and how touch more of wofinntded aspersion must the Times newspaper be permitted to cast upon any man before he may take the liherty of contradicting. it, or may be allowed to affirm that it is false? Sir It DAVY is charged with being so ignorant of the science he professes, as to apply as a ranttly that which turned out to be worse Man Me disea se . His experiment is hclol up to the shipowners of the country as a failure, when the direct reverse Was the fact. Vessels protected upon his principles are represented " returning after a short cruise, so infested with 1 1 7,, r ,, and barnacles, as to be in a worse condition than if they had not been protected at all. And he is held up to the public as making his chymical experinients a pret ext for taking a pleasant summer excursion to the North 8, 2 and the Baltic, at the public cost. And all this, fol lo w, , is not provocation enough, though utterly and every wo r d of it untrue, to excuse him in publicly declaring it to h e false !!! Really this would be a new sort of chivalry! '• Our answer to his second head of charge will apply ey,,,,11 y to the third." That is, it is equally inapplicable to eithir, but is a subterfuge which it suits the wriLr, for th e sa k e of getting over them, to extend to both. " With regard to the President's fourth declaration of untruth' we shall say nothing." Having nothing to say, the writer had no dicier.. There was no other mode fur hint to escape out of the predica ment into which lie had brought himself: I will not occupy your columns with any further ani. madversions. My advice to the Times gdit,r is, t i mt when, in attacking the public and private charact er o f intli. yiduals, he next involves himself in falsehood, he will co n . trive some less disgraceful tnanner of getting out of it. October IS. VERITAS. EXAMPLES OF BAD ENGLISH. Eminent.—imminent.—Many writers use the former of these two words, with the substantive danger, and instead of imminent dang er, say eminent danger. l'orpose--Propose.—To propose, signifies to Ter for consideration. To purpose, signifies to intend or A 4,, Both Burke and Dr. John son are o ccas i ona ll y gu il ty of tie oversight ,of using the former word for the latter, though they are manifestly very different in their signification. I s common conversation no two words are more frequently confounded. Preventative.—This word is frequently used for previa. tire, not merely by the vulgar, b u t by p ersons from whom we ought not to expect such incorrectness of ex. pression. "1 shalt take it by way of prtrentative," is a phrase extremely common. Neither read nor write.—This is the common war of speaking, but it is certainly wrong; it is much more cor. red to say he can neither write nor read, than he can neither read nor write. To what purpose is it to say a man can. not write, after having said that he cannot read R fcr if be cannot read, it follows of course that he cannot write. your'n, Ifis'n—lnstead of ours, yours, Isis. This vulgarism is extremely common, and is sometimes heard even from persons of education, when the/ speak, as they too often do, without thinking. It is equally the same to me.—This expression is nonsense, though by no means uncommon. To say of two perset.s that they are equally ageceable, is eotrect and intelligible, but in the above phrase equally refers to nothing; it is the same to me is the proper expression. On. 0f.—.411 of a sudden, and to go of an errand, are very common expressions with the lower classes, instead of all on a sudden, and to go on an errand. Whenever. Alsoaye--These two words are not to be used together. Whenever Iran I always fend him there. Whenever T see him he always inquires niter you. The sense of the wend always is included in the word whenever. These phrases r..! therefore, in effect, the same as, Alnays when. I call I always find him there, &c. The proper way of speaking is, Whenever I call !find hint there. Whenever 1 see hint he inquires niter you. Undeniahle.—ln our common newspaper advertisements fora situation it is very frequent to read that the party " have an undeniable character from their last place." It is obviously absurd for any one to affirm of his character that it cannot be c.ntroverttd. The proper terra is aneerepti. onabk or unoldectienable, avbich is the sense meant to be conveyed. Mumltnen.—This word is used by many writers as the plural of .3figarn/man, but very erroneously. It is true we say Frenchmen, Dutchmen, Irishmen, &c. because they are compounded of French and man, Rm. and because men is the plural of man. But the term Nlussulman is not com• pounded, but single; it is like Ott9man and German, which are likewise not compound words, and we accord- ingly say Ottomans and Germans, not Monsen or Germen. We ought in like rummer to use Musulmans u the plural, and not Mussulmen. Haat jours--quinze jours.—Our translators from the French when they meet with these words arc apt to render them literally eight clays—fifteen days. Whereas the French say eight days, and fifteen days, where an English man would say a toeele—a hrtnight—for they bring both the first and last day into the account. !fait lours —gain-se jours—ought therefore to be translated a week—afortnkht. Cotenrpnrary.—Though the word cutemporary is used by many good writers, and among the rest by Lord Boling broke, yet rontempory is unquestionably the must correct. The rule laid down is, that co is to be used only where the word with which it is joined begins with a rowel, as in co-eval, co-existent, co-incident, co-operate, &c. Otherguess.—This is the common way of spelling and pronouncing this word ; but the proper way, without doubt, is otherguise, the word guise signifying fialsiust, mak, s/tor. Ago and Since.—These two words ought not to be uwd together. 11 is not above two months ago since he Id? the University. It is three years ago since his father died. These expressions do not make sense ; the word since being equi valent to ago that. The proper expressions are—ll is not above two ninths since he left the University. It is three years since his father died. The autograph of Edward the Black Prince, which antiquaries have been in search of for many %CV'S, has at length been found on the Roll of the Artinery Company, where the names and hand-writing of some of the trait illustrious patriots and heroes of early times are inscribed. A few days since, a leaf of a mast valuable and ancient manuscript, entitled the Exon Donresdny 11.04., preserved among the records and charters of the D:an and Chapter of Exeter, was restored to its proper place, having bell ac cidentally found at same distance in the country, after being missing, it is said, upwards of a century. About eight years since, the above MS. was printed in SOO pages folio, in a supplement to the Exchegner Great Domesday Book; when the learned editor and antiquary, ileerl Ellis, Esq. had occasion to regret in his preface the imper fection caused by the lost leaf.—E.reter Gazette. ELECTION EFRING PURITY OF MOTIVE.—." Pray," so a stranger to a freeman of a certain city, " which part) does Mr. B. support, or, rather, which party suppers him ?" "That party," answered the freeman, "which d! would forge chains fur the whole human race." " Oh! rejoined the stranger, " I understand ; and so Mr. B. 1 suppose, expects to get the contract for the iron!" Ex fItAORDINARY FACT, —A Lady of high respectabi lity, Mrs. Ramsay, of Kingstown, called some dava upon Mr. Lanauze, of College-green (her Stockbroker) and mentioned that her slaughter, Miss Ramsay. had dr.-a"'t that No. 1.;,L33 would be a prize cf 20,0001.; and thr accordingly requested Mr. Lanauza to procure her share of that number in London, as she could not obtain it here in Dublin, at any of the Lottery Offices. Mr. Ls 'lanai!, at the Lily':: rt quest, wrote to London, and Ob tained a sixteenth share of the number in question. hut Airs. It.tmsiy, in the mean time, apprehending disappoint ment in London, as well as in Dublin, as to the purchase of the precise number, called at Mr. Callwell's in Collcg:- geeen, and bought the nearest number to that of which her daughter bad dreamed, namely, No. 13,356. I he number dreamed of was a SI. prize, but the number pur chased of Mr. Caldwell in lieu of it, No. 1.5,656. Was I prize of 20,0001. Mr. Manch), a clerk in the Bank of Ireland, had a aixteeenth share of the same number.-- Waterford .Mirrar. A woodcock, in fine condition, was on Wednesday killed by Francis Mild, lssy. of Doddiscoinbsleigh, Devon. --t woodcock was shot by Nicholas Kendall, Esq. of rely'', Cornwall, so early as the .sth inirant.—The approach of a!1 early winter is intimated by the arrival of will geese in this country.—Weil Bribot. • wh a!" - 11110 rd erai the the the 61 1 Lei Put Big PI 11301 ter Go da, th de+ cor cin lig aw till an, ph gie ME Ihi the the wl try fa fa th th ste fin of hq ng ohm