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SCOTCH ATTAINDERS. AEir Doric FOR COLLIERS. TO THE EDITOR OF TUB BRITISH PRESS. We insderstand that Government have it in contempla tion to meet a Dock at the Isle el Dogs, for the accommo dation of vessels engaged in the coal trade, and in which Sis,—l read lately a statement published in yonr raper, are to be compelled to discharge their cargoes. The of the attainted Peerages of Scotland, giving the limitation l t h ey to the remit of each, and the present repreientative Of 'situation fixed upon for the new dock offers cons:derable , natural advantages for the undertaking ; aid from the' . ro b family, where any such exists., Cie whole being fur. I eetimates that have been forties', we believe it can be Can hisby a ccuracy in antiquarian research. /pleted tit a comparatively small mount. The land at the Ss far AA I know, t h e statemen t i n ques tion appease to' Isle of Dogs is nearly ten feet below high water, SO that a k wry correct, except as to the Peerage of l'i;•thadale, of ! g r ea t portion of tl'e labour and expense usually necessary 1 which the only titles iii the family are stated to have been ! in forming docks will be saved. The City Canal (which bolo es to the Crown, and which has hitherto been little Earl of Nithsclale and Lor d Maxwell, both destines ' to i h e i r s male, all of whom are said to lie extinct. This may , use d) will be rendered valuable by the formation of the ,/ intended clock. One entrance of this Canal being at Black be rev true so far as Tog' rile the titles of Nithsciale and and the other at Limehouse, the two entrances of alissell; but I think your friend has omitted to mention wall , : a dock at the Isle of Dogs arc thus already ma d e. the title of Lord Nettles, which was also in the family at From the plans submitted to Govennnent, it is calctt the time of the attainden. in 1715, and which was destined to i bent general—far if your learned friend will look into later! that craft may he let in and out of the intended erswrorde or Wood's Peerage of Scotland, lie will fi nd : d ec k, b y means of leeks , at nearly all times of tide, such that the eldest daughter of L ord - ;ferric.' ( I believe in the . a s , three-quarters ebb, and one-quarter flood. Ich century) married Sir J o hn Maxwell, second 50a di The laud at the Isle of Dogs principally belongs to the Lord Maxwell, and that their successors More the title of : Crown. Mr. William Mellish bolds a small part ; but on Led 'terries, till at last, on the failure of the chl.st male; t hi s head, we believe, no difficulty is anticipated. The' branch, the then Lord Iletrim succeeded to the honours of i formation of the new.dock is not expected to increase the Nithsdale, which continued in the same line till the at- ; price of coats; indeed, if such were to be the efrect of 'the ulnae? in 171 5 . It would appear, therefore, that but for measure, we apprehend t h at i t wou ld not b e ser i ously en- ' t he attainder Mr. Maxwell Constable, of Nithsdale and untamed by his Majesty's Ministers. Terreagles, has a clear right to the title of Lord !ferries, (PROM A CORRESPONDENT.) being the grandson of Lady Winifred Maxwell, daughter I The plan recently submitted by one of the Barbour of the attainted Earl of Nithsdale, and who married Mr.. Masters to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Cur- Maxwell Constable, of Burton Con stable, in Yorkshire. poration of London, is for the formation of a dock in the 7 may also mention, that there are two other Peerages, . Isle of Dogs, in which all the colliers are to be compelled vis.—%)/emrsa and Airly ; which are c onsidered b y m h any' to discharge their cargoes ; the object of the projector is persons of legal knowledge to have been forfeited, thou Ito relieve the river from the tiers of colliers, whiclt now the titles have been for a long time assumed by the rePre- impede the navigation to a dangerous extent, an evil which sentatives of these families. The eldest son of the Earl of he declares it impossible for the Harbour Ilastc.s to pre- Wenivm war attainted for being in the rebellion of 1743 ; i vent. The scheme is said to be connected with city politica, and going abroad, survived his father many years, but diedland is likely to meet with very formidable opposition, without iatie. On his death, his brother. Mr. Charteris : should it he at all entertained. iliettivoi, assumed the titles in net. In like manner the i The public at large will cry out against any measure eldest son of the Earl of Airly was attainted, and survived • from which additional expense is likely to attach to the b's father; and dying without issue, the titles were as - ! important article °flue' ; and this seems to be unavoidable, a greed by his brother. , lif the great depot is to be placed at such a distance from In order, however, to place their right out o f donut, I Loudon, and if dock rates arc to be superadded to the Lon' Airly was advised to give in a claim to t he P eera g e / charges to which coals are now subject. shout twelve years ago, which was for some time under I However favourable the present time is to the encourage discussion in the House of Leeds ; and in 1 eltl the twelve anent of speculations of every kind, this is surely too im- Jedies pronounced an opinion to this (Xi:et—that an at- portant a sulneet to be trifled with. tainted person, succeeding to a title of honour, or to an estatetail in a dignity, being incapable by the attainder to inherit, the estate tail immediately reverted to the crown; the dignity, therefore. was not suspended merely, but dee , strewed, so that it could not be restored without an Act of Parliament. This opinion was so strong against the claim ; in question. that it has not been prosecuted any farther, aol neither Lord IV . ..my!! nor Lord Airly have ever voted in env contested election of the sixteen Peers to represent , the liccatidi Peerage in Parliament. The only effertual ; security to Lord IFetnyss and Lord Ajar would be, a strong application by thein and the representativesof the • smiled families, to induce his Majesty to recommend to Parliament a reversal of all the attainder, of 1713 sad 1743, a measure which I should Lope will, at no dia.- teat period, be agreed to. I remain, Sir, tour most obedient servant. .. • ROYAL NATIONAL BATH COMPANY. The formation of this Company, under the highest pa tronage, seems peculiarly calculated to promote the grand design of improving the metropolis. The intention of the Company is to construct Bathing Establishments in va rious parts of London and its vicinity, from designs which, it is said, will do honour to the architecture of the kingdom ; those at the West end of the town to be on a scale of great magnificence. Contemplating the advantages which will be derived from bathing by the community at large, other baths will be formtil upon plans suited to the relative conditions of the inhabitants residing in their immediate neighbour hood. We understand, that the Company has already ad vanced far towards the attainment of their object; treaties have been concluded for several admirable plats of ground with the houses thereon ; and, it is calculated, that several of these splendid Bathing Establishments will be com pleted by the next season. The Company is formed in 3,000 shares, most of which were subscribed for at the first general meeting, when I finished designs were submitted by the ingenious pro jectors, Messrs. Bantock, Geary, and Lcwcr, architects ; amongst the designs was included that exhibited by Mr. Geary, in Ist?, at the Royal Academy. Of the advantages which will result to the public gene rally from the construction of national baths, there cannot be two opinions ; the thousands who expose themselves continually at all places of resort for bathers, and the nu merous accidents which daily occur, are subjects of painful interest ; and whilst the beneficial effects of bathing is universally admitted, the want of appropriate baths is an evil of too great a magnitude to be allowed to pass un-j noticed, and on these accounts alone, were there no other reason, the formation of the Royal National Bath Company', deserves to be ranked amongst the very few speculations: which promise as much advantage to the public as to the proprietors themselves; still, the prospects of those who have undertaken this national work arc flattering—what is Icudly called for, on all hands, as the means of gratifying the public, and what is recommended by every member of , the faculty as a renovator and preservative of health, can not lose its virtue by possession, or its efficacy by facility of attainment. OriefTemouth, N.D., Aug. 4, 1824. J. M. P.S.-1 rather think your friend will also fill that the mak branches of the families of &aton, of Garleton, and of (Ileum are also extinct. A private letter from Frankfort states, that the Emperor of Austria had, in his mercy, commuted the penalty of death, pronounced last year by the Supreme Tribunal of Verona, against certain individuals for high treason, to' tavnty years' solitary imprisonment in the fortress of Spitz -1 e L g. •tters from Alaranham of the 25 tli June, give a sad picture of the state of affairs in that part of the Brazils: one of them says—" I am sorry I cannot give you any better account thin the last. Our relations with the inte rior are all at a stand. The boats which leave this place arc invariably plundered by a band of 400 soldiers, who, having put down the General at Arms, have established themeives en the banks of the river, and subsist upon plunder. No European Portuguese dare venture out at night. Unless Portugal should recognise the indTendence of Braz3, the result of all this mny be dreadful.' By an arrival from Brazil we learn, that at the begin- Alm!, of .lune Lord Cochrane was preparing to sail with his squadron for Angola. Letters liav • been received from the Mauritius, dated the 18th April. One of them says:—" On the 10th and 1111 i inst. we were visited by another severe hurricane, which put a finishing stroke to our distresses, and you may be assured that no place was ever in a more deplorable situa tion ; there are no business transactions, and no money in circulation, nor any resources fur remittances for those realised." A Plymouth paper says--" It is reported, that at the next ventral election two independent gentlemen will Oer themselves for this Borough, as well as the present mitten." 1 be election has commenced at Fowcy ; each party acts with the greatest vigilance in adding to its numbers. ttleaq is not wanting, and if any man wishes to have his daintier expounded on let Win live at Fowey. The Forsametimes fare a little better, as the Churchwardens arc d.nominated blues, and the Overseers greys, and they txt paid by both parties.—Dcoaashire Frethuldrr. On Friday last the foundation atone was laid of a Na t:crial Sebot)l, intended for the education of 230 children, kionging to the district of St. George, in the pariah of There are nearly 70 prisoners for trial in Devon County Caol. At the opening of the Carlow Assires, on Thursday last, Lord Norbury, in addressing the Greml Jury, told them that he had now been in the habit of addressing thetn I'm forty years, and he could this time congratulate them upon the heaviest crops and lightest calendar they Uri had had during that time. Coto Assizes.—The county of Cork calendar for the muting assizes contains the names of 11d criminals ; of doe twenty have remained over from the spring assizes, Charged with the murders of the Franks family, and of , the polio: at Chur c ht own: 128 h ave b ee n committed since tbelait assizes. The following is an abstract of the county calend ar :—Foe murder, 37 ; child murder, 3; rape, 10 ;1 hi ghway robbery, I ; burglary and house robbery, 15 ;1 rvtle, 27 ; arson, 1 ; cutting timber, 1; abilue- Elenborough Act, 5; uttering forged notes, 2;i Diary, I ; larceny, ss; vagrants, 6.—Total, 118. A znm / - .'.tbsroua outrage was committed on the mous- tv " o f ballYeerine, shout two miles from Killalloe, on Saturday ni7lu last. Some n most cruelly tortured tvO 4314,14 Property of lVilltatn Smith, by forcing, sticks 4 ° 11 le;r bodies, i n consequence of which they died in tnezreaten agony on Sunday night. ueL—A me e ti ng too k p l ace on S atur d a y morn i ng , on t rv f i l i ' la glen-ounrnon, between a Mr. S. and a Mr. G. Each Pull-man had his second, and a surgeon from the tt t l !al in attendance.. The party met exactly at four and the ground was intineiliately measured ; the r i T' e meb, th en received their pistols, and on a signal Z,4 1 wyfrol, and the ball of Ali% S. grazed the shoulder G. The vei nal+ then interfered, and endeavoured about a !conciliation, but to Ito effect. Mr. S. ward inflexible. The pistols were again delivered ; Ireil rain, sail Mr. G. immediately fell, the ball 'enterer' his right side a little above the hip. Mr. S. aPProsched him, when Mr. G. taking him by the begged his forgiveness, owning himself in fault. reuir !lances that led to thi s fleeting were said to be 3 orts:—.lbout a month ago an anonymous letter was a young lady to whom Mr. S. was paying his stil l. de'enling his character; in consequence of which, • determined never to let the matter rest until he out this secret enemy to his peso:. After the most Ton search and inquiry, he at last discovered him in ',Person of Mr. G. A challenge was immediately given 4 : ci ned, and thus Mr. G. met with the result already Me. G. is now at the house of the surgeon who 7 1 them eeting, and is undergoing severe sufering, , +- 1 in the surgeon's opinion there is no fear that the so . will prove mortal. The meeting was uts.rogca 'n, notch secrecy and expedition, that the party wen g. ,,n i4 e_ round hefore the watchmen could reach the pkee T h : l war,? they it the rrt of the pistols. v ri .....TtPoz it at this timer ery prevalent in several - ad tillages in Hampshire. S)WGGIJNG EXTRAORDINARY. The officers of the Customs at Fowcy have made an extraordinary seizure. On Saturday evening, the cutter L'Union, of Brest, arrived in the harbour, and was visited by the officers, who, on at arching her,found concealed a quantity of French silks, brandy, and wine. They immediately seized the vessel. The Captain, it appears, has long been in the habit of coming to Fowey, once a month, in ballast, for the purpose of taking over English,goods to France, as a smug gler ; but there being cause to apprehend that he some times brought over more valuable commodities than gravel, the search on Saturday took place in consequence. On Monday, the Captain attended at the Custom-house, ac companied by his friend Mr. Bennet, Mayor of Fowey, and in the course of conversation, it being hinted that puobably his Worship knew as well as any individual at Fowcy ' how the Frenchman disposed of his ballast, he im mediately left, the Custom-house, and was speedily followed by some officers, who repaired to his house, where they de 1 , mantled admittance, in order to search for contraband goods. This was refusal, and a m.ssenger being in consequence uhspatchgfor the Collector, he repaired to the spot. On his appearance the Mayor thought proper to open the door, when an active search commenced. and in various parts of the house they found quantities of French wines of various kinds, 110 several casks of brandy. Whilst in one of the rooms, they heard a cracking as if made by the breaking of ;Ruffles, overhead ; they instantly proceeded up stairs, and on forcint' open the door of a room against which a large chest was placed, they found an aspirant to Aldermanic honours lousily employed in breaking bottles filled with brandy and Win(' ; on the floor of the room in some places those precious liquors were nearly three inches deep ; we also learn that between the time the Mayor got a hint of what was intended, until the dour of his house was opened to the Collector, a great quantity of wine and brandy was spilled into the river. What has been removed is estimated at SOOL This discovery has caused a great bustle in Fowey and its neighbourhood. The parties concerned have always been distinguished as Ultra Loyal •—in the application made a ft w years since, for a new C harter for Fowey, the real object d which sets to facilitate certain electioneering projects, it was stated as a reason for granting it, that un less there was • local Magistrate in that place, it would be impossible to prevent smug ling ! ! We shall see how the Commissioners of Customs will deal with these loyal defraud,rs of the revenue.—Derronshire Freeholder. The naval command at Leith was done away with on 1 Saturday ; the vessels employed on the station are, for the future, to be under the orders of the Commander-in-Chief at Chatham.—Culedoniun Mercury. Tits limeys:sr.—From all parts of the country we have the most flattering accounts of the state of the crops. Wheat harvest has begun in many counties, and the corn is stated to be free from any species of injurious visitation. Beans and Peas arc laid at a full average, and even above, on the best soils. Barley and Oats arc improving, and the apprehensions which at an earlier Oriod were entertained respecting them, arc said to he groundless. Between Reading and Maidenhead, oats have been extensively cut down. The late showers, thigigh they may somewhat re tard the corn harvest, arc likely to secure a much better I lattermath than was previmmly expected. It is generally allowed, that for the last fifty years there has not been a : more abundant harvest than that now commencing in Ire -1 land. The wheat harvest in France is nearly completed; ' th the quality and quantity arc very good. • On Ilredneralay sennight a match for too guineas aside was run over the Newcastle course, by Lieutenants Master son and Davis. Each gentleman rode his own horse, and Lieut. Davi, beat his adversary with great ease. ,lao We understand a stop was put last week on all the pro duce in the West India Ikeks imported by a West India house of some considerable eminence in the City. qtr. sr ?main, , i ttre• theY fir art i bari ng 1,1044 then al I the sr. Tat ea tle >t folio t-nt to t e ttei 'sib& S. s ot mtott ttil fr Dint! , the Per frt . re tbis dlerib d Pre - ' 3 "%dc gu t hotgh ' , ta te ikne.,l nne r iet k aliert ?the I , bit tie e" The TEE ARM r. I ENCOURAGF.MEN74± ARTS of PEACE. _......., The 21 Division of the ht Battalion of the 3d Rzgi meat of Guards arrived, on the Sth inst. in Dublin, from , o, ituusu Lectures, are Liverpool. The new considerations on the drama, suggested by the perhaps worthy the final deter ; ruination of critics on the weight of the arguments used in The Ist Battalien of the Coldstream Guards has cm- detailing them. A new plan of trying them by experi barked from Dublin for Liverpool. I anent, for which an occasion could be afforded by an Eng- The 2d (the Queen's Itoval) Regitnent of Foot has em- , fish company of comedians, if permitted by the French barked at Gosport for Chatham. I Government to set in the neighbouring kingdom, Las in- CNA NOE OF QUARTERS OF TIIE GUAR DS. i marred to a society friendly to the fairness of free inquiry; On the arrival of the I st battalio n of the " Itlatre ant ' Guards in London, from Ireland, the following c h a n ge of h as b orn late French Minist e r o f th e Inte written to the and perhaps the foll ow i ng letter of the Pr es id en t, w hi c h I quarters of the Guards will take place:— Th e t at B atta li on o f t h e G rena di er G uar d s will move riot on the stih . tect, would have som e a d vantages i n fur nishing the materials on which to found our judgments:— front Portmin-street lilarrreks into quarters in Lower IVest- TRANSLATION OF' A LETTER TO HIS EXCEL. minrer. LENCY THE VICOMTE C—. The 21 Battalion df the Grenadier Guards will march London, April, 1824. from Knightsbridge Barracks to Portman-street Bar- Sta—As the President of the Outinian Society, which holds its racks. meetings at niy house In spring-gardens, I run deeply sensible of i The 3d Battalion of the Grenadier Guard s will marc h *the honour of the g ood minion of one of th e c om p os i t i ons pre from the King's Mews to 'Windsor. pared among its me m b ers as a lecture to b e rea d to the auditors, which is said to ha v e been expreased by one, a conapi cuotis es - The Ist Battalion of the Coldstream Gu ar d s will simple of the ancient active and virtuous loyalty of the French proceed, on its arrival In Loudon, to Knightsbridge Bar- nobility, and who now stands in the first rank among the literary raeks. characters of the day. The 2 Battalion of the Coldstream Guards will remove The knowledge of t hi s o pi n i on , an fl at tering and interesting to ,1 our Society, has been re cent l y commun i cate d to us b y Captain from the Tower to the King' s Mews. G—. a gentleman who frequently attends our meetings, and The 2dl Battalion of the !Id Regiment of Guards will who, by his departure for France, Abided me the opportunity of march from Windsor to the Tower. presenting the book to you, as well as to some other French:nen of ___ . _. _ . distinguish e d ran k an d c h aracter . I row sake the liberty of testifying to yo u r Excellency my grati tude for your favo ura bl e acceptance or that work, by a letter which I hare entrusted to Mr. Smithson. the manager of a company of comedians, to whom 1 wish all die success they desire in the cact i dee of their talents in your country. Mr. K., the most celebrated i of our tragic actors, intends to accompany them on a first visit to ' France. I venture to add here, Sir, a few remarks upon a subject of rather a particular nature. Mr. Smithson has lately performed at the Theatre Royal, Windsor. a Tragedy which I wrote in my younger days. entitled The Matt.', of Eddingtow ; and it was re ceived with the same applause which always attended it on former occasions when represented. I composed it after much reflection upon the sources of dramatic interest, :he least meditated, as seem. . ing to promise only a mechanical exetalence, but which at leant, to a ratain point, appear to be more indicated by taste than they are supposed to be; the result of my reflections was, that I con sidered it an undoubted fact, that by giving more action to • tragedy, and divestin g it o f a ll superfluous declamation, such a ease might easily be produced, as Could be equally satisfactory to the Theatres of Paris and London. Mr. Smithson, who has al ready been in France. thinks that the construction of mine, which it exactly conformable to that of the Esther and Athalie, or the ancient tragedies, with a eluwits, would be more likely to please on the French stage than on the English. Dramatic preudices, united with private interest', and the d i s couragement which follows, pre cluded all idea of representing the Rattle of Eddie„ tops on the stave of ('event-garden or Drury-lane till last year ; when a naval officer. my friend and neighbour in the country, and one of the sew Proprietors of Covent-garden Theatre, agreed to bring it forward; and though the affairs of this Theatre imposed the necessity of shuttittg up the house six wet.'as earlier than usual (by which the representation of my drama etas prevented), yet I expert that in about two months it will be performed there for the first time. I hear arguments sometimes employed to persuade us that the different nations in the world must hare each • peculiar taste; I entertain, however, the same opinion as one of your best authors, who speaks of " the beauties of all times, and of all plum," as having the greate s t merit. The daring wing of our su bli nte Poet, and the graceful and! well-directed flights of a great nu m b e r of yours, ought n o t, II conce i ve , : to be judged as really dif ferent : for • All styles are good but those which delness mars."—Volt. 1 am greatly afraid, Sir, that in giving you the trouble of reading this letter, written slmost solely on the subject of my Tragedy, I may furnish you with too exact an example or this last species. I I will not delay, therefore, to avow the object which I have in view in occupying so much of your valuable time:—l wish to avail i myself of he possibility that some French dramatic poet might i be asked by a person whom he respects sufficiently to attend to the question, " IVhether he would find it worth his while to i tramline this Drama for representation at Paris by his country. , men I" and with reference to my views, yo u w ill b e a bl e to j u d ge ; by the following reasons, which have influenced me, if I ought to be considered as thinking much more of my own advantage than that of others. 1. It seems to beVertain that if the author looks to recut:day l i advantage from his piec e , h e wou ld succee d i n t h at o bj ect with , ouch less labour than would be required by any other mode- He Deed only turn the English yeses into French, because the rides for constructing the plot, which are so much favoured in Trance, ; are observed with a perhaps unheard of exactness; and as Mr. 1 Smithson wishes to perform it in France, the translator may see it ; and judge of the effect. 2. The Tragedy having been written during the war of the Re- 1 volution, it has many indirect relatiors to the Royal Family of France t the wench bear *resemblance to the tyranny and at rocit i e s which occur re d i n t h e T emp l e; at l east b y the introduction of a very young Prince, the son of Alfred, who may be . mpared with Louis XVII.; and, as the battle of Wuterloo aided the good , French to vanquish the enemies of a legitimate throne, and to place their King upon it, who, as "'Lewis whilom spoke His uptight laws beneath an aged oak v." after victory gave a constitution to his subjects; so the battle of Eddington, in which Alfred, aided or encouraged by the Prirces of Wales and the King of Scotland (all of whom became after the battle, in some sense his subjects), and the defection of the Irish soldiers, then under the Danish yoke, secured by a complete I victory a long peace ; and before the conclusion of the play the il. luso-loos legislator announces in his speech to the assembled army, Isis intention to begin immediately to draw up, and to present as soon as possible to the nation, the English Constitution, founded on such and such principles of wisdom and liberty. The memory of the spectators, immediately suggesting to them that their wise sad good King had undergone the same fate but a few years before with the best of the great geniuses who have held the sceptre; would inspire the most zealous friends and the most faithful see. vants of the Bourbon now on die throne With still greater respect and love; and would by the same sentiment make of the Liberals a moderate opposition useful to the Government. and which it would assist io advancing the cause of universal justice, and thus consolidate the honour and prosperity, as well of France, as of all the nations of the world. 3. It would be • desirable triumph (for every triumph is desirable which conduces ouly to the good of humanity), not over the en lightened English, but over the Ultra-Shaksperians of our days throtighoutEurope (I mean those who attribute to Shakspeare ideas and absurd designs which lie would have himself rejected), if the French Poets were to begin to thew, by means of action, in their future tragedies, that the three unities would offer the example of " beauties of all times and places," preserved, in spite of the sim plicity so little assistant to them; i nvo ki ng t h e manes of those who fell at Marathon to he witnesses of a drama of a form to which they were accustomed ; but to see that same form under a government more deserving of our praises than theirs hid been. Ido not say that the French would find the three unities so essential as they have been thought to be; but some English critics would not find either that they may not constitute • literary variety, which both would render more evident the idea of perfection, and by the loss of which, if they destroy it by their prejudices, they would in some degrec impoverish European literature, by arnibiLating one species of composition. I have always admired our Dr. Johnson for having delivered our poets, who do not bear constraint, from the trammels of the uni ties, and for having thus legalised their masterly sketches ; but I should admire your erities also, if they would teach your poets, by the mode I hate pointed out, to execute finished pietures through the aid of the unities, supporting them by the force of the imagination. We often learn from the Newspapers the sentiments of d,"tin- Eished characters like yours e lf, Si r ; an d we there see that your xcellency has expressed your love of peace as affording facilities to the cultivation of the Arts. It may be well conceived that the p grandson and the representative of • man who has, perhaps, sur e passed all others by a reputation gained through exertions prompted by a mete love of peace, congratulates himself that after • long war, necessary in Europe, he may be permitted to wish that peace may be of equal duration ; and, as one of those who are most occu pied, as well in the contemplation of the designs of Professors of the Arts, as in their execution, a predilection in their favour may be well attributed to him. Such are the reasons for which I have riot hesitated to take the liberty of thinking, that if the mode which I hate employed to communicate to you these sentiments was unusual, and tnat what. ever degree of encouragement can he useful to those who may ap proach you by its means, or the literary object which interests my curiosity, were not to be hoped for; at least I may be judtkil to have addressed myself, not only in my own name, but in the name of the Arts, to one who protects and cultivates them, having ahewn himself to be • true Poet in various parts of his admired writings ; and that I shall thus avoid having appeared guilty of any breach of the rules of decorum. I have the honour to be, with respect, Sir, 'Four Excellency's very humble, And very obedient servant, J. P. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Board of Admiralty, in their lax visit to Plymouth. &sited their principal attention tai the forn:ation of a Victualling Depot too 1/evil's l'oint, through it i• intended to cut a canal, with floodgates at each end, that ships' boats and lighters may get into Stonebote,e Pool, front the Sound, without the risk or trouble of goiNg in at the usual entrance into llatnoaze. They also inspected the slips in ordinary. Captain John Jams (loisinw is appointed to the Bourse (11% to he fitted for foreign service at l'inttlisin. The Royal Sovereign sailed front Portsmouth on Thurse ay morn ing for 11eptnirtf. The Cann:lron, ('apt. Lambert, sailed from Portsmouth on Fri_ day for Plymouth, to refit. The Starling utrived at Portsmouth, on Tuesday, from the westward. Friday, the Partridge. I.kut. flosselin. from Plymouth, arrived at Portsmouth with volunteer seatuen for the Cambrian. anti re tUrlrti to that port again. The Forte and Carnation were cruising nfr the ports of Vera Cruz and Alvarado, at the time the tamelcon left the former place, which was nn the Bth of June. A French brig of war. :W.) American vessels of war. a corvette, and schooner were also there. ..... Arrival at Portsmouth en Tuesday, the Asia (84). • besutiftil line-of-battle ship, which hi. bccn built in the East Indies, and is intended to he laid up in ordinary. The Asia was navigated to England by the Captain and crew of his Majesty, late sloop Satel lite, whith sloop has been sold out of the service. She left Madras 28th March last, touched at St. Helena 13th June, and Ascension the 18th ; the garrison of the latter place was at that time remark. ably healthy and in good spirits. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY. The Thistle, for the slaving vessels Estrella and San Jose can, on the Ilth inst. at No. 3, Brick -court, Temple; and recalled there Tuesdays and Thursdays. The Hyperion, foe be Charles Eugene and La Rose Madelaine, on the 2d of September, at No. 9, New Broad-street ; and recalled there Tuesdays and Thursdays. sittp PING LVI'ELLIGENCE. mom LLoYIrs LIST. FALMOUTH. Aso. 7.—Sailed the Lady Wellington packet, for the Mediterranean. PLYMOUTH, At; o. 7.—Off the pert, the Betsey, ‘Vagg, from Qtaehec ; Britannia, Davison, irons Tobago t Ann, Macey, from Prince Edward's Island; and Kitty, Haswell, front Fayal. PonTS KOUT u, A un. S.—Sailed the 31arq u is of Huntley, Cato, and Baltic Merchant, transports. to the eastward. Dovta, Aro. 7.—Sailed his Majesty's packet Spitfire, for Calais, with his Royal Highness Prince Leopold and suite. Ar rived off this port, the St. Andrew, 74 guns. Rear-Admiral Crown, with another Russian 74, and three Russian frigates, bound to Cronstadt. DEAL, A 1.7. o. &—Arrived and sailed for the River, the Welling. ton, Allen, from Jamaica; Pilot, Gardner ' from Antigua; and Neptune. —, from India. Came down from the River, the Fame, Gibbs, fur Barcelona ; Tula, White, for Gibraltar; Cumberland, Cams, for New South Wales ; Nunn, Arnot, for Gibraltar ; and Priscilla, Ellis, for Trieste. GIATESTED, AvorsT 8.--Arrived the Lustre, Woodward; Betsey, Wray; Endeavour, Colburn; Nelly, Dale; Benjamin and Mary, Trotter; Union, Fl ec k ; Harlequin, Hall; Ocean, Black burn ; George, Weslyn ; and Sarah Ann, Simpson—all from Que bec; Pilot, Gardner, and Bayne. Lawson, from Calcutta; Lady Campbell, Beethain. from Bengal; Waterloo, Steed, from Bom bay ; John Buncombe, Steer; Thisbe, Creed ; Henry Davidson, Barclay; Vittoria, Forbes; and Sir Joseph Banks, Blake—all from Jamaica; Emery, Bros n, from Oporto; Lively, High. and Lark, Orfeur, front Cadiz ; Wm. Mating, Smith, from St. Kitt's; and j about thirty others, names unknown. Sailed, the Magnet, Grant, for Sierra Leone; Regalia, Harming, for Madeira; Squid, War- ren, for Malaga; ‘Vyndinan, Sergeant, for Demerara; George, Moore. for Sierra Leone; Apollo, Curtis, for Bethke ; and For. tuna, Callow, for Antands. Id ct it root., A t: a. s.—Arrived the Hopes ell, Dobson ; Arno, Jowsey ; Helena, Furry ; Horatio, Sparks ; Lady Gordon, Osprey, Sims; Hubert and Ann; and Henry 'Thomson, from Quebec ; Dominica, Johnson, froni l'ictou ; Lord Cathcart, —; Concord, Neslield ; Nestor, Lewis ; Urania, Fairborn ; Cook ; and Calypso, Chater, from 3lirarnichi ; X.Y.Z., }other. gill, from Riehebucto ; Maria, Cameron ; Hercules, Lennox ; and Jane, Hoboes. from New Orleans ; Ormembo, from New York ; Pallas, —, from Savannah ; Alancliester, Winslow, from Phila. delphia ; William Wise, —, from Antigua ; and Velocity, Evans, from Alexandria. Oil the port, the Bounty, Ball, from Jamaica, with seven ships, seventeen brigs, and four snows, names unknown. SHIELDS, A co. 7.—Arrived of here, and landed part of her crew, theGeeenlander, Welsh, from iireenlantl, with eighty taala— ■poke the laaurvil. of )lull, with fourteen filth; the other vessels she spoke were all clean. U it, J u ts 111.--A Colombian privateer on the 13th inst. put on board the Ilebe, arrived here from Bahia, the crew of the Union, of St. Andes), ("ferny, from Malaga to the Bay of Biscay, which she had captured on the Bth, in lat. 36 . long. 4. and set fire to her two days after of Cape St. Vincent. The privateer was red on the 13th by two ships, supposed to be Spanish, but ties An armed scho o n er , of about fourteen guns, manned by blacks, with the exception Of the officers, was cruising two days since between Capo Trafalgar and Spartel. Lord Cochrane was preparing at Rio Janeiro die beginning of last month to sail with his squadron for Angola. The Neptune. from Calcutta. passed by the Isle of Wight on ' Friday evening for the River. Some or her passengers were landed at Portsinuoth. The brigs Jesse and Sampson. which sailed nhout the 45th De cember. from Prince Edward's Island to Liverpool, have not since been heard of. The Junky, from Belfast to Quebec, was wrecked on Sable Island on the 10th of June. Crew and materials saved. TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE RRITISII PRESS. Sin,-1 avail myself of the medium of your Newspaper, to sug gest to the Proprietors of the English Opera-house the necessity of improving the approach to the paying-place of the pit at that Theatre. There is now no avenue whatever to it; the consequence of which is that the inconvenience and distress arising from the whole of the crowd on the outside, pressing forwards at the same instant, to reach the single paying place, is excessive. This an noyance might be greatly lessened, by the construction of an avenue, gradually diminishing in bre adth, resembling the approach to the pit at the Drury-lane Theatre, which is better constructed than any other in London, although that even is capable of iin movement. It is hoped that the Proprietors of the English Opera ' house will attend to this suggestion, and at all events make some improvement of the approach before 31iss Ititephens makes her first appearance, as otherwise it will be a source of great danger to be in the crowd, when the numbers will probably be so much aug. 'united as to cause considerable distress at a theatre of so small a size.—l am, So, ite. A PITTITE. August 6, 1824. CAPTAIN I/AUXY . II Exryorrtox-I-The following is an extract from a letter which has been received from an Officer of Capt. Parry's Expedition, by a friend at Gosport :—" His Ma lesty's ship II vela, Whale Fish Island, Dade, Straits, tat. 614, N. ong. :41.4 W. July T, 11D31. We have had a very favouable passage across the Atlantic, made the pack edge of the ic e on t h e 21 st n i t . in lat. 664 dig. N. long. 57 ll'. and. continxing our course to the N.E. along its edge, we arrived at these islands on the morning of the 27th, all well. lEe have nothing of interest to communicate from these islands , since our whalers visit them yearly. It is, how. ever, a miserable settlement, and I mistake much if the Danes don't wish themselves well clear of it. On our passage we threw over- board (agreeable to old custom) a copper cylinder, containing a paper with our situation on it, and a notice in different languages to those who might pick them up to forward them to the Mini- ralty. Therefore. I ilaresay, you will hear of us at home occasion ' ally in that way but the ice will soon cut off that sort of communi cation. Ife sail with the fullest hors of success (to-morrow), of which, if it take place, you shall be duly informed.' 1)now N s c.—A melancholy accident took place on Sun day. As three respectable young men were returning front Rich mond, near Itattersea bridge, by a sudden gust of wind the boat was upset, when all three were precipitated into the water; and we regret to state that one of them met a watery grave. His name was said to be Henry Holmes, of Prince's-street, lArcester.square. The others were rescued by the prompt aysistance of sonic gentlemen, who jumped from their own boat and saved them. • Smollet's and Franklin's trans'. It is a question often asked—whether is gin, rum, or brandy the most wholesome? We have heard it defined by hypothetical reasoning from the following experi ment: A piece of raw liver was put into a glass of gin, another into a glass of rum, and a third into a glass of brandy. That in the gin was, in a given time, partially decomposed ; that in the rum, is the same time, not diminished ; and that in the br a ndy was quite dissolved. The argument deduced was, that the spirit in which the liver remained unchanged—namely, rum—was the most wholisome. Now we differ complet-iy in our opinion ; for we know that spirit cannot thus affect Jiving animal matter; therefore the stoina,ll eatutot, like the piece of liver, be dissolved: and we think that the spirit which decomposed the animal subatance—namely. the brandy, is the most wholesome, because it is the most likely to dissolve the animal food in the stentach cal Idriser. - ...... PROFFACF OF A LON() SERMON.—A Lay Preacher, in a dissenting chapel somewhat insolvent, which was with out a regular minister, offered his grataihms service in the following mann. r :—" I will begin next Sabbath day, and preach till tic chapel is out of debt." NORFOLK CIRCUIT. I SUFFOLK ASSIZES, Dear ST. EDNOND . S, AUO*l* 1 (Beftwa Mr. Jai l ce GASELCE and a Special Jury.) roan V. ratmitost. This was an action for words spoken. The plaintiff WWI • farrier or veterinary surgeon at 31ildenlisli, in this county; lA* defendant is a stirgeon residing at the same place; and the charge sea, that the tlefent:ant had said of the plaintiff (under circumstances speci fied), " he (the plaintiff) was the death of his first wife, and he might its have gone to Bury for it ;" the inuendo alle;ing this ta an Imputation of murder, or at least manslaughter. against the plain tiff, Bury being the Assize and gaol t own o f t h e lib erty . Te tere were otli`T counts, charging the defendant to have said, on the death of the plaintiff" ' housekeeper. Mary Wing, that the manes might to be most rigidly inquired into, far that he (pla.ntiftt had murder. ed his former wile, or woman, by giving her '.inpreper medicines for a peculiar c om pl a i nt , w hi c h cause d h er death. Further counts mated the ine . :'s word, to hate been used, tv i:hotit any inuendo a 'a their import; and there was a plea of epccia! dair.age to the plai a: i 9 in his business. 'the defendant pleaded the general issue, without setting up any justification. Mr. John II synutn (the first witness for the plaintiff) said I are one of the ('onmers kW this (aunty. On the 15th of September Inst I wrist to Mildenitall to take an inquest on the body of a child ; tl.e child had died auddimly by breaking a blood.yeas. On that .1 .it (the 15th of September) I sew Mr. Primrose in the streets of 31,1- denhall ; a woman named Mary Wirg had just died in the tow.., and was not yet buried ; this woman was the plaintiff "s housekeeper. The defendant and I had a conversation that day about theplainedh Ile led to it. Ile said, when he met me, " You hare been over here on an unpleasant bucineint"--alluding to the death of the rtiiid that I have mentioned. I said, .• Yes, I have; and I am afraid I must have another before I leave the parish, for I have heard. of the death of a woman kept by a man et* the name of Ford; slid her death was so sudden that I think I must take an inquest on hil... After 1 said this 51r. Primrose• answered me. as nearly as I can recoffect, in these terms :—" I tli:iik you are quite right; for I told that man myself when his former wife died"—' I agt not quite cure whether he s a id" former wife" or '. former mistresi")--" Ind.; him that he was the death of her; and he deserved to have gone to Burs Gaol for it." I did afterwards hold an inquest on the bo.ly of :Mary Wing; the verdict was—" Died by the visitation of God." Mr. Arthur Lloyd Gedge examined—l am a surgeon hying at Mildenhall, and recollect the 15th of September. when Mr. Wnv - man came over td hold the inquest on the child. I had a colver sation with the defendant, Mr. Primrose, oh that day. H e sniJ, speaking of the death of M ar y Wing, " I think the present bu siness ought to have the most rigid inquiry, for he has aturd-r:d his wife (meaning Ford); that Is, he gave her improper for a certain complaint, which was the canoe of her death." The Jury retired for about half an hlur, at the cud of vatic: time they found a verdict fur the plaintiff—Damages 201. ; ,tind:ng upon the tab count nay of the deeiration, which charged the word. spoken without any IRELA__ r___ ND. WEXFORD ASSI7,F.B, Wrbsssowr, Ava. 4. HORRIBLE fi g t , IIIATICISM. John Carroll, N:cholas Wic tt, James De-ocreas, Patrick Paret, Nicholas Corrisli, and In ter Seems, the three latter of whom had surrendered since the previous day, were placed at tb: bar. It was stated that the prisoners would not join in that chal lenges. hlr. Darscobb—Thera we must try them tieparately. The other prisoners were withdrawn from the bar, and Father Carroll alone allowed to remain. The Panel was here called over. It consisted of Sos names, 116 of whom answered. There were several challenges, principally on behalf of the prisoners, and at eleven o'clock the Jury air ►worn. 31r. DICKSON, Counsel for the prisoners, said, that the Jury having been sawn, he would now allow all the prisoners to be tried toeether. All the prisoners were then put to the bar, a,.d the indictment having been read, and the several prisoners given in charge:— Mr. Da taco e K. C. stated the ease foe the Crown. He said that this was one of the mo.t distressing cases that ever came be fore a Criminal Court of Justice Whether it were viewed in refer ence to the reicrend character o f prisoner at the bar, se as SAG in which the life of a fellow-creature had been forfataid. Tire King, for whom he prosecuted, had a right to knOw by what means one of his subjects came by her death, and the Jury were placed In that box for the purpose of ascertaining the fact. A case sat • similar nature to that which he was now about to state to them never before occurred in Ireland, nor was there a parallel to be found for it in the annals of British History. Before. kW ever, his going into the merits of the case, tie would call upon the Jury to dismiss from data minds all impressions injurlobs to the prisoner, whether received through the medium of the newspapers, or conveyed by public rumour. He would call on the Jury to spiritualize themselves, and be influenced entirely In the verilt:t they should give by the evidence which should be laid before them. The defence to be set up was well knot& ; and the Counsel fur the prisoner indicted as the principal could not feel grainy pleasure in establishing that defence than be (Mr. Driscoll should in having it clearly ascertained, that this atrocious murder was committed while the prisoner was labouring under mental derange.. ment. The prisoner at that bar, and he stated it with !egret was a Clergyman, a Minister of the Almighty ; and it was • latireot able, a melancholy, thing, to find a man of his cloth and calling mixed tip in a transaction such as the present. He stands at the bar to take his trial for hli life, and foe the heinous Crime of slat ing a fellow-asature. The indictment tells you that the victim which he has 'aerated was only three and • half years old—sacri ficed under peculiar circumstances of barbarity, and sleughtered in her parents' house. Gentlemen of the Jury, before you can arm : the prisoner, you must be convinced that it had ph esed God to takeaway his bat, his greatest gill to man—reason and to leave in its stead darkness and distraction. Should you come to such a de cision, the spirit of the law will walk with the prisoner, and bring hint out unhurt. This urifbittenate man fancied that, in Imitation of our Saviour, he could expel devil': and in one of those exor cisms was the mure:cr, which is the subject of the present investi gation, committed. There are other pawns indicted with the Rev. Gentkman who assisted at the melancholy sacrifice; one ato brought a light at his command (fur it was night), and others Cr supplying the fatal tub with which the murder was effected, and for assisting and aiding by their presence and encouragement in its perpetration. If those persons acre aware that murder was is. tended, they are guilty as accesuaries. If, however, they let re bt:t the victims of a besotted superstition, and acquiesced under d e impression that a miracle would redly be performed, you must take from the Judge, whether, in the eye of the law, they are, .1 such a case, guilty of murder. If, said Mr. Driscoll. I euipho. maniac to commit murder, though he may he acquitted, I must be found guilty. There was not, however, any reason to supports that the prisoners were setuated by any such motive. The wit nears who will be produced were present during the whole occur. rcnce, and can form a just idea of the state of mind In which the Rev. Clergyman was at the time, and if, on their cross-examination, the Counsel at the other side can get out of them that he was le. sane, and which we most sincerely hope, then the prisorer must be acquitted. They will find us searchers after truth, not % indic- Wye prosecutors. Wm. Furlong 11131 then called and examined by Mr. Do .—Lives at Ballysheen, in the parish of killinick. Is acquainted, and was before the 9th of last month, with the Rev. Mr. Carroll. Knew him since ha was able to walk. Lives in the same liberty with him. Knows Thomas Sinnott t he lives in Kilinick. Recollects seeing Father Carrell on the 9th of tut month at Sinnott's house. Saw him first that day at seven o'clock in the evening, at the widow Neat's house, near Sinnott's. Was at her house, where there was a great number of people. Father ' Carroll was at that time walking on die road with his 'hat a: There were from two to three Intedred people there : some were kneeling, and some standing. Heard some of the people sat,. " Jesus, strengthen the man." Father Carroll then came up to where a woman of the tame of Moran was laving speechless on the ground. The priest came up with his hat tato where ?Ire. Monai was laying. lie looked at her for sonic time ; he dam maimed twice with his to:, and said, " Begone !" After which he spit neon bee. He then irew hiniself on his back, cod nabbed the back of his hand for some time against the gravel, until he cut it. Father Carroll then walked tip and down for some time clo.e. to Mrs. Moran. Ile thought when he saw Father Carroll throw himself back that he ars mad, and could . prove it. Iritness wen at first kneeling, hut when he saw the priest throw himself back. got up. Father Carrell, after a short time, stood over Mrs. Me ran's head, and said, " Jesus, Jesus, Jesus ! Father, Father. Father ! assist me !" and at the sane time he kept moving his hand round. Ile then said some words in Latin, which witness did rot understand. The majority of the three hundred persons present remained kneeling all the time. Witness made no observa tion on the state of dlr. Carroll's mind at that time. The priest then went away towards Sinnott's. Witness tenueieert! some time with Mrs. Moran, and then followed Father Carroll to Sinnett's. with the intention of fetching him out. A great number also went down the road after the priest. Sinnott's house was about forty perches from where Mrs. Moran lay. Witness was so much con fused by the conduct of the priest that lie cannot say h,os soca after the priest he went to Sinnott'a. 'flee TORN, when he Brasted at Sinnott's, was crowded. The kitchen door was partly shut. Father Carrell was in the room off the kitchen. Tide room was also so crowded that lie could not rev the priest. Heard water dabbing about the room. Saw the priest afterwards. Thoagbt ;he child was under the tub. When he first saw the Priest he was in the bed. Saw a tub then ever the child. Father Carroll was standing on thr bottom of the tub, and he sometimes leaped anal pranced upon the tub ; and wliiie leaping on the tub, he said, Jesus, Jesus. Jesus ! Father, Father. Father I" Sac the father and mother of the child in the room where the priest was. After leaping on the tub he sat down, and expressed some words. Re sat there front dace to three and a half; untoosened his gaite... anal took elf his stocking , and rubbed 110 leg with his hand. During this time Father Carroll whistled a hornpipe, the name of which wittier.* forget+, and kept time with his foot. Did cot ice the child till four o clock In the morning ; the child was thew dead. At four o'clock be took the priceu away. C, n't any who took the tub of the child. Did not go near the eitikl till he brought Father Carroll away. I leld the stirrup while the priest mounted his horse. Returned to the house in about fire minutes aftet Father Certell left it. Saw Sinnott and his wife. The child was then on the bed, and the tub at the foot of it. The child was at this shoe dead. Heard the child cry when he first went sate due house ; did not hear the child say any thing, except " 0 daddy. daddy' Mammy, mammy ! save me !" [The witness haw identified Father Carrell). Told a person of the name of Shure that the priest was deranged. Tha occurred whiht Father Car. roll ass in the mom. Also told his (wetness'.) wife of it. See. while Father Carroll was sitting on the tub for Fathct Kee . ! 1 i f I ~I bs:- csl -1 the tome kill k+