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PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE DUBLIN, JULY 23. The apprehensions . * insurredion, which were so generally afloat daring the early part of the pre. ceding week, have now nearly subsided. It now ap pears that the population of the Liberty has not been :Welled by any extraordinary influx of strangers; and the trees felled and stolen from the demesnes of Lord Charlemout and Mr. Vernon, is the single at ceitit;lied circumstance of alarm. &anymore, Eus race, Blessington, and that narrow distria of the county of Wicklow which lies between the moun tains and the county of Kildare, are now, however, pointed out as the hides of disafFe&ion. The parish priest of Blessiugton, on Sunday last, delivered a olenin exhortation from the altar, inculcating on h:, auditors a loyal attachment to their King, as a ataty they owed both to God and man; and de nouncing against them the vengeance of an offended Deity, in case of their disobedience. The situation to which this city has been reduced for want of water, within the last month, is truly deplorable. By a contrast between the Grand Canal Company, and the Corporation of the City, who have the t!ircdion of the Pipe.water. the former en gaged to supply the latter with water for 7001. a-year. This contract the corporation have thought proper to put an end to, and the consequences are theaJfal. Half-a-guinea, or a guinea a week-, is now paid for the carriage of as much water as a small family may require; and one frequently 'nee; crowds of the lower class begging a pint, or even half a pint, of water, at the doors ,f those wh) are fortunate enough to hare a pump. Amidst a.. 1 this misery and distress, the corporation are quite trAnTtil; they have collated, and insend to coiled, it • - -: pe-water tax, as usual; and sullenly refuse to er • .:tto a new contra& with the Canal Company, r . • ire offered them an abundant supply for one t. a--ear. By the Union, it is true, the trade o• .lament was extinguished, but a greater evil ha. .cc , - :ad—the jobbing of Corporations. Should a an- a- the very idea of the consequences is sbocl:•..g. tom ~grit of that element which is ne cessary to prevent it pessa.ii ; .u•sl that too in a city where. notwith-tandiP4 “ifill and &halve en gines, confl •erairris went. ler: h:..herto cestruftiv.. than ia any otner part of the is• ' -re is still reas.m to hope, that the report, so ge credited, of the capture of the Grsinee ft the E.tst Indies, is void of ft.undation. ti .:. the 11:a‘iiddi left the Cape of Gnt.d Hope, suet a report was prevalent ther-, but tint heli v..J, n 4 she %vas sent cruising off the Band lieuts. in d.e Ety of Bengal. .n the time she was rated to haw, ant the hands of the enemy in another pitt of India. 'fl e followhig are the nnly East In lia ships re in tining to be dispatched this season ; they are ex - reicti :o sail in alicut three weeks: , We" Cot St !lama MIMI 8C1444: t tea, fa M.alr.A. Lord kith a..: (Acta% f.r "(Arai and Bonita) Haaiti and litokLart,ito M.W.a., and Ileng.ll. Llrfaytivt, fur Madeira, Act.ettr. y,4r11 Mad•.,+• Skettrui Cattle, fur nideifa a id .11:.ruba he Captains of several of the above sltpc have already taken their'nnal leave of the Curt of teflon. The .fmitura frigate. with dm Beggfiress.Calesi Owen, Reba, .Limy Blirele#4, ----, and the Quinton, with the rest of the &rec, under con voy, which sailed from Poi tsrunuth on thP :Cat of June, arrived safe it Lisbon on the Stir of July. Extria of a Letter from Oporto, dated the Fish inst. The Grarcd .141z.-reas. French privateer, uf 12 gong, and AO men, is now at Vigo. and in tends sailing on a cruise in ten days. The Rein ftee, French privateer, that did so much damage last rear (and was r:;.• posed to he lest or captured). sets very lately at Cads, , aid is shortly expected at '.here her owner is waiting fir her." The Ercfiener,—, from Waterford for London, f •tiodered on the :nth inst. near Scilly : the crew were saved and c..rrisd into Liverpool by the 7,,h,,, from Charleston, which vessel spoke the fol lowing vessels at sea : viz. the Arias, from North Carolina for Lon.lon ; the Union, —, from Boston for Amsterdam ; the Redrics. —, from Baltimore for Rotterdam • and the Fair Aracricas, •-•••-... from Boston for Cork. By letters received born the Cape of Good Hope of the of May, brought be the ..ltartlia transport. it &epears, that tl , c Dutch vessels at the Cape, to had her lower deck guns in and full corn t of men : that the Bata and Platte were 'effete, and that they were all quietly lying s Bay, without any intention of going out but that Se:mount, with si very strong •-rer, was cruising off St. Helena. The troops Cape, abont 1700, acre in a state of great do Atio ❑ j ft equeut mutinies had taken place. 1 these tile Commandant. Hi:. s a French t l been want/led. Many had been executed .me to time, and three of the Boots were c.m -d to be shot when tho. Matilda kit the place. nhabitants in general were dissatisfied, and 'sly waiting the arrival of a British .luadron. Dutch Batavia ships, laden with spices and from Batavia, were shut np in I lout Bay, unfrequented by large ships. Under these 'stances, how easy a conquest would this va settlement prove to the British arms. Fa•NCIS BIOaDLTT, Mr. MAIKW A PING, and 'ante, engross the Conversation of the Lay ; first are untying so represent, in Parliament, .t opulent County and greatest City in the •ultil e t h e l atter has produced a Painting, represents one ofitncient grandeur, in a most 11 View of itOraf t .at the rAtio ILA MA, in the Which is continually visited by persons of distinftion. '. ll, one to if~f I. •r. per. '.'Pr t;.,c 2 Jr one f,f la. ha, ,h m tan emitted ted ices inh „ De s!liou0 1 Itch Bhl Ds ilherto oar.arcu rnst T r; 4111 e se Sir h 8., vros e two I 41e %oat ch I r° 0 71 d—, re 'k r and, Eric V -12DOT.ESEN ELECTION. At twelve o'clock, Sir . Francis had polled, by es timation, upwards of tinny votes more than Mr. Mainwaring ; but, in the course of the afternoon, he lost one vote upon the day's poll ; the numbers being announced as follow : For Mr. Mainwaritig Fur Sir Fratici.fluriLitt . . . Majority for Mr. M.iinwaring Sir FRANcis, after being greeted with every m a rk of approbation by the auditory. &heeled a speech to the following effect Gentlemen, I have to return you my grateful thanks, for the exertions you have made this day ! your endeavours have had the good effed of making my poll nearly equal to my opponent's—and I hope, by a spirited continuation of your assistance, to be placed, at the termination of the poll to-morrow, hr such a situation, as we ought to be placed (haste ! ha:::a! some exclaiming, We will come forward,) " Gentlemen. when you ca ll to mind the influence used to bring forward the votes of my adversary, and the nefar'pus combination of placemen, pen sioners, and dependents on the Administration. the whole of whom feel deeply interested in this contest ; when you also recoiled, that our forces are of a pure, voluntary description. swayed by no motive, but the independence of the county, and the senti ments of Er.glishmint; I say. Gentlemen, when you consider these things. you will see that we are con tending with corruption, on its own ground. (Load and repeated plaudits). Inconvenience has been com plained of by several of the Freeholders, who have returned without an opportunity of voting, which has made the Poll less on my side ; but I hope those who have met with any such inconvenience, will call to mind the heroism and perseverance of our an cestors • the blood they have shed to preserve the Constit lion unsullied, and at this Eleftion, where. in the independence of the county is involved, think little of any trivial inconvenience. (Plaudits). I have the satisfedion to inform you, that by aftive canvas, we shall succeed. You mug be conscious, that we have more to combat with, than those who hare other motives than a constitutional, voluntary seal. to stimulate them. When you recoiled that you have to contend against confederate votes, and purses, your exertions must be unremitted; anl though we may. meet with formidable diffi 01,1 es, I am assured we shall finally succeed in the Ca.ISZ ; a cause you must allow to be good, and for which I am certain you would lay down your lives. Come then to the poll ; I invite you to protect the trez dotn of your Constitution, and struggle against a combination, that militate, destru4tion to your liberties; art.!, by corruption. would destroy your eledive franchises. ( Pl.:odes far a conTtrierehle time, arid exam-haw tame, ea livid dear you thren;h in traamp4 Gentlemen! I am anxious t! at the voter, should be suffered to pas, and repass with order to both parties, and that fair and ho nourable condutt b. shewn in the acceptance of their votes, which as yet has been shewn, much to the Honour of the tineriffs, whose impardal4y merits general approbation. " Before I take !cave of you this day, I cannot but no:ice the many fal-e and calumniating reports which have beets spread - to Injure my charades, many of which yen have probably heard. But I should disgrace myself and you, if I stood here one moment' for a formal defence; it is sufficient fur me to active that I am known by my blends, and -0 assert, that such lies are as false as the father who begat them, and pass by as the idle wind.— I have only to observe further, that I hope to pre v il on you to continue those exertions you have al ready made, by coming forward in support of your e:e.caive franchises—the ir.dependence of the county, and the rights and liberties of England." (Bards of .tppl ate, Plowed at the eil e deriillt 0 . 1 the above). And Barden and ladependence issued loudly Irons the audi• ors. Mr. M A swa atm°, on stepping forward to speak, met with his accustemed reception; but. in conse quence (la cry of Hear Aoq ! Herr 4im I a pause of silence occurred, and he heg.tn-....4 Gentlemen l I assure you it is not my intention t:-) trouble you long; but I feel it a duty I owe to the Sheriffs, to render them my tribute of gratitude for their disinterested behaviour upon this occasion. I think it my duty also to be thankful to my opponent for the attention he has shewn for the preservation of order. I have no personal disrespea towards him." Here the clamour again commenced; and, after several fruit less rtcropts to proceed, he retired from the Hust ings. A scene differing from that on the preceding days of the election took place; the candidates did not leave Brantford so orderly as usual ; more cheering, if possible, followed Sir Francis Burdett, than he experi,nced before; and the progress of Mr. Maio wariag's carriage was stopped several times by the populace, one of whom loudly demanded, " If they were going to take the pauper to the work-house ?" The constables, however, prevented any very rio. lent proceedings. During the early part of the day, much eccentricity was exhibited in front of the hmaings. A box, painted the eabscriptiot dos, WAS hoisted on a pole, and, being pit in motion, the sound of a few halfpence with in occasioned much laughter among the blue ribbon party; the uproar, however, became at last so great, that the officer: interfered, and took it away. A novel charader, also, made his appear• .trace, in a sty le that excited eueral admiration. This was a person from Live named Chalmer, a gentleman in the corn-tr . He gave his sup -3:05. post to Sir Francis Burden, and entered the town in il post-chaise and four, preceded by four men, carrying streamers, on which were painted the roses of tie douses of York and Plantagnet, and the thi‘tle of Scotland. On each side the chaise was displayed a very large orange-coloured flag, with a loaf of bread on it, above which was written, ... A large Lal.cashire loaf." A band of music attended the cavalcade, and the gentleman, with ardour in the cause of his party, fiequently ,addref•sed the populace, exclaiming, 'v I can sell you a loaf for five-pence, bin they will not let me. Here is a large loaf ! (pointing to his flag) but some Pastime mongers wish to make it smaller. " In this style he proceed ed after Sir Francis Burdett towards town, and was cheered for the independence of his speeches, as he passed along the road, until his arrival in Piccadilly, where be pm up his cavalcade. LAW, COURT OF CHANCERY-I.INCOLN'S•INS, Jvt2 27. Ex parte Mrs. De MANNLVILLI, and CAROLINE THOMAS Ds M•NINZVILLZ, an Aran', sky her In this cause the affidavits of Mr. De Manneville, and several other persons, corroborating his evi dence, were read; the substance of which we gave in our statement of this cause. in our paper of yesterd.t.. The affidavits wore of great length, and the riding of them occupied upwards of two hours'. Ht. Bata, on the part of Mr. De Manneville, went at great length into the law, as laid down in such cases ; and quoted a variety of cases. He then took ageneral retrospen of the.several fans, already laid before the public. - Mr. Rost Lir, in a most impressive and eloquent speech, replied at some length. The further consideration of the question. and the final decision of the Court, were then postponed until to-morrow (this day). KENT ASSIZES. INAIDSTONIC, JULY 26. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. ANN HUNT U. SMITH. Mr. Gmettow stated, that in this case he certainly had not to present persons of high or exalted situa tions of life, nor bad he the case of a very young lady, who had been romantically enamoured of her lover, and considered the loss of him as the greatest of all possible evils which could happen to this mortal state ; but he had to present to the Jury the case of a decent woman keeping a small shop, who com plained of a Breach of Promise of Marriage, against the Defendant, who was a man of her own rank and station in life. Although the parties were neither of them very young, yet he knew that the Learned Serjeant on the other side would not contend that a wiman at the age of 35 might not fairly look for war a to many years of comfort in the matrimonial state. He should prove that the Defendant courted hes-, and solicited her hand is marriage ; to which she gave her consent. He should also prove, that in consequence of this the Defendant himself signed the authority for publishing the banns, as a neces sary preliminary to the ceremony. But, however, from some cause or other best known to the De fendant himself. he thought proper to alter his opi nion, and he sent a person (no better than his own errand boy) to forbid the banns publicly in the church, having by this disgraced the Plaintiff pub licly before all her neighbonrs, and for which, by the present aainn, she sought to recover a compensation from the hands of the Jury. The first witness called to prove the Plaintiff's casc was one John Pateison ; he begged he might not be interrupted by any luestion from the Counsel, and he would state the whole affair. He knew it,: Defendant very well, he was a stone-cutter, and kept two shops. one a: Riverhead, and the other at Sunbridge. The Plaintiff, the widow Hunt, also lived at Sunhridge, where she kept a grocer's and chandler's shop. In the month of February last, Smith told him that he Cocugiit he sold marry again, and that he had found a woman who would suit ho. The witness told him that if he was not paite pew... La. he also knew a woman, whom he conce.red would be the very thing for him. They then proposed to have a pint or two of beer toge ther at Sunbridge, which they did. The witness then observed that he would take him to a shop where they would buy a pennyworth of stsiar-r.:nda , and there he might see th e ver y l a dy h erse lf, of whom he had been speaking. The Plaintiff accord ingly went to the shop, but bought a pennyworth of thee tobacco instead of sugar-candy. He returned shortly to the witness, and told him he had engaged to go back and drink tea with the Lady. 'The witness, from his ludicrous manner of telling the story, made the case quite ridiculous ; and a parley having ensued between the Counsel on she different sides, it was agreed to take a verdia fur 101. which was accordingly done. illt/ItiOND V. MILLINGHAM. This was an anion against the Defendant, the Constable of Greenwich, by the Plaintiff, a baker, of the same place, for a malicious prosecution for an assault alleged to have been committed by the Plaintiff upon the Defendant in the execution of his office. The record of the acquittal of the Plaintiff at the Quarter Sessions was put in and read. "I he assault charged was stated by the Defendant to have been as follows :—That the son of the Plaintiff had been drawn to serve in the Militia, and that the De fendant, as constable. served the regular notices at the house of the Plaintiff; and when he served the last notice, the Plaintiff's son being ill, the Plain.. tiff told him the Justices were a set off asses, and as big fools as himself ; these words were accom panied by throwing the summons at the Defendant's head. The Defendant give this evidence on the trial for the assault; but the Jury acquitted the Plaintiff. In order to chew that the indiCkinerit sras pre sented without probable cause, and from malice ; Mary Atkinson was called, who stated herself to have been servant to the present Plaintiff in March, 1801, when the notice in question was served : she eras in a small room adjoining to the shop when Millingham brought the notice ; he said to her mas ter, 4 , Here, I have broit;ht you some more waste paper." Her master replied, 4' It was no use wor rying him so, and that the Justices must be foolish." .\t that time her snas:e: 's son, to whom the notice was direCted, was cotv:iled to his bed by il l ness. She was quite sure her master never threw the summons in the Constable's face, or she must hare seen it.— The Constable went out, and returning again soon ;dterwarsa, he told her master that be would punish him at last. Edward Frisker, a javelin-man, said he attended at the last Quarter Se:,sions when the raistiff was tried for the assault. When they came out of the Court, he asked Millingham h tr his cause had gene on ? to which he replied. Just as he expeCted. He knew the Plaintiff would he acquitted, but be had succeeded in putting him to a great deal of ex pense, which was all he wanted. It was suggested, but not roved in evidence, that the cause of the Defendant's animosity to the Plaintiff was, because the latter, when Overseer of the parish, had cut down the Detend,nt's bill, as contraaor of grocery to the workhouse. Mr. Serjessnt BEST addressed the Jury at length, a•~d conter.ded, that there was probable ground Isr . . this and that /le was compelled to present it, being batind over by the Magistrates to attend the Session for that purpose. The Jury west oat, and deliberated f r some time, and at length found a verdia for Plaintiff— Damages 1301. The business of the Assizes concluded this morn ing. The Commi:sioa for Sussex will be opened oil Saturday at Lewes ; but business will not begin till the Monday morning. ORIGINAL 1110GRAPIIICAL ANECDOTES NO. it. MM. JA Mr. 12VDOLILITOM erss. (Concluded from our l'aiserot Monday se'nniett.) In the year 1780. Wynn addressed an We to Her Majesty on her Birth-day, beginning " Ife..nl ye the w,leome wound of joy " Nonni ye the ,welliog notes of praise' " What theme Lite virtue cal employ " The hr. , nr wake th., post's tars '" This little piece was well rece i ved, and a more Ca vot.eed Lauceat has since not thought it beneath his character to imitate. Mr. Wynn began now to attend his fame, and several periodical booksellers with great eageniess solicited his literary assistance. About this time, a very singular character obtruded htrnself upon the town. His tiFere w.ts that of a col pulent giant : he was vulgar i•iliis manner, impudent and vain. and by many termed the Bear ofPoppsn's-alley—thle man, with the little property he derive! from a te— speaatble uncle, turned Bookseller, and opened a shop in the Old Bailey. The first publican a he sent into the world, n ds . The R.smahr's %Lige:ins. It had a wonderful circulation among 'prentice boys, indecent rakes, and profligates. After this civic Priapus had skimmed the hot-beds of Roch-rter, The PaPoso,l4ical Ta,rese, Famm, 11,11, and others of the same school, he began to lorA out for literary assistance, and our hero was to be the Seleded man. One morning early, as the Books .11irr I was passing through FL et-strect, he met Wynn coming out of the shop of Mr. G. K.earsle,..--a vt, dear sir (said he), you are the very persoa l wa': do me the favour to assist in a new popular pu'ili cation, and you may make your ow s terms, t sheets a month at least, at two gain as a s and draw the cash when you please. At this ' Shen:Wynn began to smile, it was the thii.g most' wanted ; and the proposal occasioned heart felt satisfaction, hut when, how, and where ? said the Poet, in ecstacy. "I'll give you the meeting. this evening," replied the bookseller, " at fie,. pre cisely. at the Last Shlt, in Poppin's-alle:, where we witl tigether plan and digest the prelimi naries." Tit_ time cam:, Mkt Mr. Wynn was shven into a parlour, where an atiern •en I.arty had been smoaking and drinking. In one t t the chairs stood a large pewter vessel, which had not been deprived its contents, since the de:sarture of the club ; and J must digress in this part of the anecdote, to in. form the reader, that the Bookseller had a singular attachment to a hasty-padding, and the mistit's if the Lest S.iije had a standing order to prepare one for him every evening, at five o'clock. The great man entered the room, and placed himself in the president's chair : the parties congratulated tacit other, and went to business. "Twosheets a rint.th,, I and draw the cash at pleasure," said the little man. Exadly so," returned the publisher. a ' long dialogue ensued, in which Mr. Wynn br:atne so much enraged at what he conceived the illiberal terms of the bookseller, that he snatched up the hasty pudding, threw it in the bookseller's face, and walked away. The Rev. Dolor Maden had just written and published a very singular book its vmdicatiors of po lygamy, called, Thetypiiihons. It was composed purposely to extenuate the conduct of a rich mer chant in the Borough, a friend of Dr. Maden's, who had married two wives, and ( what must appear v... ry extraordinary) lived in tolerable harmony with both, under the same roof. This book. Mr. Wynn borrowed, and returned it again with the folio A lag Epigram, written on one of the leaves in red ink : EPIGRAM ON MADLN'S I'IMLYITHORA. " If John .narrim Marv, and Mary alone " a very good match between Mary am; Jal) , l " tut if John weds a sc.wi-0 what claws and 4 h.t , c , atcheat " It carnet be a match, but a bunAl• of Quechee " A hundred more instances might be produced 4 Mr. Wynn's ready wit and humour ; but, as t' ey still live in the memory of his friends, we shill con clude with observing, that his only faults were, ne gligence with respetl to exterior appearance, and obstinacy in refusing to accept obligations, tendered, from the purest motives, by many who were desir ous of serving him in distress. His whole garb, at 1 times, was not worth a crown, notwithstanding which, he was met with respea. His ITO"tilS were noble; and those who had the advantage of his friendship, received hint with a smilr, and were ' happy to say with Shakespeare -44 .m.ma. Even it lime boner, mesa lasba:eleata Oar pur.es stud: be prowl For. 'tie the intnd that make: the body deb ; A!.d, as the sun breaks through the darkest clerk So honour .Icoeeth in the naean:ot hab.t • What' ts Ate jay more memos than the ; lark, because Ito (tattier. are ra re titetumul Or, the War bet er than the L e!, lie.:-ause his penned skim content.; the eye !- At length nature began to decay ; his limbs and intellects forsook him ; b u t t h e a ffection of I.is chil dren threw a veil over his infirmities. Up in the great stage of life, he afteti well his part ; and here we drop the curtain. On Saturday forenoon the 53d regiment march. ing to Bullercoat Sands, Newcastle, fur the pur se of bathing. The sea ran high, though neatly low water, se that they had :o wade a considerable way before the water was snificiently deep. A'ccr.. Vof the g renad i er company, of th e name of DT, unluc kily got into one of the quick-sindr, with which the place abounds, when a heavy swell took him off his feet, and nct being able to swim, was, by the falling tide, carr i e d out to sea. The drummer, who was on the shore, saw the dan ger better than those in the w der, and being an et cellent swimmer, hurried off his clothes an I sic:it to his assistance, and mutt have also perished, liiit for the efforts of three of his brother srAji-r s , seb o were excellent swimmers, and after some time eeded in bringing him safe to land. Hardy a very handsome young man, an t h ire an s harafter ; he beton ed to a respeftable Possessed c Prntenl• immul .