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- RthAßlf.ll3l:l: .1311.471 r \ Died on Friday last, at his apartakents, near Weorninster.Hall, Mr. S.srsion, third s.n of Mrs. Pot homent. of the United Kingdom of Great Bri tain and Ireland. For several years past, the family of Mr. Semen, like the Persian Kings. never made any foreign matrimonial alliances ; wishieg, no doubt, to keep their patrimony in their own hands. The immediate Predecessor of the present Mrs. Parlidroeril, hoWever, having intrigued with an Irish neighbour, it was thought adviseable to make all honest woman of the Lady, and an Uniws took place. 'lle late Mr. Sc.; 'sr, of course, was of the first generation of thov who had any Irish blood id their veins, and he soon shoved his breed. Upon his entrance tato life, be gave promise of some hard battles, and all the world expelled to hear soon of his threshing the Corsican Prize-fighter to mummy. 'I he Emperor of RUSSIA having declined becoming his second, and the Emperor of Ginua Y his bot tleholder, the expeded tight di not take place, and the hope of it gradually died away. In this situa titan. he turned his attention to his domestic affairs, which were in many respells much out of order. A French banditti had for several months threat ried to invade his remises, and murder all his tenantry. This threat had hitherto produced no. thing more than an appeal to the voluntary assistance of his neighbours, and afterwards a distinct call upon the parish, thereby making his fair estate a parish charge. A Colonel, indeed, complained bitterly of mismanagement in this particular, as evidence of which, he instaneed the case of the care of the House being given to a cook, instead of a regular watchman. The Colonel, hnwsver, seems to lenge, that Cita saes XII of Sweden, that great wartior, knighted his cook, after the famous battle of Pul towa, and raised him to high military honours; :rad wishing is more common, than to find officers of the highest rank and dignity attiring Grooms of the Stole, and 61008111 tar the Iltd-Chemier. Mr. Seas:on was shortly after seized with a reli- Egious fit, and all the world gave out, that he was going to turn Penick There is not a doubt but that he was almost half inclined to enter into a eorninu . oion with the Church of Rome ; and it was not un til after two nights of anxious debate with himself, that he determined to renounce the Pori. and all his works. Another circumstance which gave Mr. 5c:.317.1 a great deal of trouble, and cost him many a night's rest, was the miscnndua of a favourite Scotch servant. This was a very ingenious man, of the natne of Due DM., who used to amuse the family with fire-works, catamarans, and stone expeditions. Mr. Session was informed that this man had lent out his master's money to the Parish Clerk. for the purpose of discounting bills ; and eveu a suspicion was entertained, that same of it stuck in his pocket. This dircovery gave him great uneasiness, and he struggled so long, between regard for the servant, and a sense of duty, that it was not until all the neighbours began to cry out shame, that he consent ed to resign him to his fate, and suffer the law to take its course. Mr. lasiosi had a very busy life while it lasted, but, like all other mortals, he brought into this world the causes of his departure from it. From the very first hoer of his existence he laboured under a flatulency, or windy disorder, of a very inveterate nature. It generally seized him every day, at four o'clock, just after he had said his prayers, according to his custom, and has it. been known to continue until one, two, and frequently three o'clock in the morning. Except a while at Whitson and Easter last, we have scarcely remem bered him two successive days without a return of this shocking disorder. Besides this, he was also 3esl with a violent complaint in his bowels. In deed, the whole family of the Sessicou have been roe siiiietionally inclined to this disease ; but, in the case of the deceased, we are assured that it was much aggravated by the treatment of the alaor. He is said to have managed his patient unskilfully, and not to have prepared him as he ought for his doses. Some, indeed, go, so far as to assert a jealousy between the attending physicians, and at tribute to their opposition to each other much of the irritation, restlessness, and fever, in which he passed his days. It is allowed, however, upon all hands, that neither of these complaints killed him. What is not a little extraordinary, although he had the command of the national purse, he aa . ually c!'ed for want of sustenance. The old adage a, A wilful waste makes a woeful want," was never more forcibly iliustrat•d than by his example. He has been known to devour at a -icing as mite!' as would serve the parson of the parish for his whole life. Indeed, the length and number of his ad/. thew pretty ciaarly how he spent his time. Not withstanding all this profusion, he became literally so much redtved that, upon a late consaltation of the faculty oleos the proper mode of treating the Scotch servant to whom we have alluded, he aCually au his own words. There was not a single article upon his table the day lie died ; his body, which used to be so full, was empty ; and his members, THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, TUESDAY. JILT 16. Na Recount was received of or from Lord NEI • SON. when thi; Piper was put to press. We are concerned to state, that the Orefttet shop of war, Capt. Brows, lately cruising off the French coast, struck upon a bank near Gravelincs, whea it was found necessary to destroy her, to prevent her falling into the handc of the enemy. We have received Kaifu l'Aiscrs to the 2lst June, from which we have made the fullowing ex trans;— " His M ijesty% cutter Sandwich, Lieutenant Bionadiney, has captiired the French privateer Renommee, form Gnadaloape, of 3 guns and 80 men ; eta., Le ifeureux Rencontre, oft gun and 54 men ; and La Venus, of I gait and 39 and car ried them into Nassau. The A merican ship Minerva, from Liverpool, for Boston, was spoke off Halifax, out 28 days. " The Good Intent, from Liverpool, was captured on the 19th of April, in long. 11, lat. 50, by a Spanish corvette ; and after being about six hours in possession, was given up: the corvette was short of men, owing to the nuniker of cadtures she had made. The brig John and Mary, from Grenada to lialtlia, was lost on SaLle Island on the Bth January. After innuinerab!e hard.hips, in which the Captain teat his We ; three, of the men L_% the island in a soma lariat on the 16th of and t'i viigh much deril arrived safe at Ladenbarg, near Letter; received by the last Lisbon Mail state tiiar laws have been eisaAed in Spain, equally severe as those lately adopted in Holland, against such as may illegally traffic in prohibited a:ticks from England. it 11.2 s the leading opinion in Lisbon that the Combined French and Spanish squadrons were destined N take possession of the Portugnesc settlement of Goa ; which might facilitate their annoyance of the lititiah possessions in the East Indira. This opMion seems to be the result of a fear which very generally pervades :he Portognese, that their distant possessions, before the end of the war, must fall a prey to one or other of the belli gerent powers. The Danish ship, Isa Janaline, arrived off Portland the 13th of July, left Bengal the 13th ,tf l'ebruary. tou,:ited a: the Cape t Good ::ope, where All prepaettinns had beet made, fea,ing a attack front the English. Di not learn hat a ny ships, homeward bound, ',Clanging to the English. had been captured. On her passage from, the Cape, saw no chips homeward h.nind, nor did she touch at St. Ilelena 7 All the East India Corr pany'e ships had sailed for England previous to the .I.ln j ie. iuc leaving lien7.:ll. This intelligerce of the sailing of the India fleet was receivoM by - the StNr whaler, which a, rived frun St. 'Helena about 4 fortnight or three weeks ago. Extra& of a letter from an Officer in the squadron under Admiral Sir I . 4OMAS GitAVES. employed in the blockade of llucliefort f' Off Rochefort, June 28. " We have this instant detached a vessel to Lorl Gardner, with information obt dried from a ri , :otral which left St. Andero in Spain a few days arr. Trier to her sailing, a French brig of war had arii,d at that port front St Fustatia, the Captain of which set off post with dispatches for Paris The purprvt of his dispatches was kept a profound secret, and great pants were taken to prevent the b.ig's crew from castimunizating with the T Yry have to 'loured, iiilW , !ter. that Tnnidatl has surrendered to their united forces; and that they were on the point of sailing for JJIII3.ICa. " The enemy's squidron in Rochefort consists of five sail sitlstth••lrne.fire frigates, gun-vesse!s, &c. \V hen first we ar rived bcfore this port, they were dismantled, with WMe of their roasts cut : hut they are now completely ready for sea : arid, witi.in these few days, we have observed an Admiral's flag flying on our of them. We are assured, 011 the authority of neutrals, that they intend to make a dash the first oppoi ton ity : and lam afraid we may not be able to prevent them. It ism t. posiible to keep close in with this coast, without intoning the greatest 1.1 k and ilatig,r from westerly ; iwt, shou'd the wind and weather tensor:l favourable, they cannot e•cap - un seen; as our squadron Is anchored itt a 111;e a-brea•t, at 1105! distances, across the entrance of the !warner. They have not yet any hoops on board ; but there is a dispos.ahle force we ;i.e., wi thi n ai l a y' s marels of Ito,hefort. They have alsri two frigates hereon the stoat, i . t a very forward state. " I ant sorry to say that, a few days since. a Spanish ship priv.reer rt•ried Ws t ourdesuit, a rich English West lathe man, name unkaram. I't)•iont, then is one ship of the line rei:y for s..a. and •li. ' , nude for launcliii,g. •:+ve lithe/vetted Tine Man Vitals on thii .tation, whicn uniformly repot the discontent and poverty that prevail iu this Last of "'rants; both on =comic 0; th.: war, and the oxires:inn of their Government. Tlier army, toe, be;ins to murmu• on account ni then. atrium. Itopt of a snet,rly a..d general es..aco are spread Anson; then, by the emitsiriat of Government, a< a palliative t.. their present suifiiiinp. l" Our squodron consios of rs sail of the hoe, o.ie frigate and a lituvr, under the command of Sir Thonia.Graves, whose anxiou. w.•h is to try their Int;rerial courage, an.l in this w.sli he is ardently seconded b! every Officer and man in the sgna• Aron It appears ft con the above, that the enemy cal culated with such certainty up.m the caotre of Tri nidad, as to send home an assurance of their t.u.-.- cess; and hence, we presume, arose the which have reached us front all quarters, of that event having taken place. A letter, dated the 17th last, from an Of in the expedition under Sir JAMES Cade, states, that it WAS then at Gibraltar, and does not notice any cir cumstance indicative of a speedy departu:e titan that place. Lsst Wednesday, the Amorican ship the flua'r- , J arrive at the port of Lancaster, recaptured by the Neptune, Wit.som, of that place, in company wit:i tile ('carrot and Ifi4ernia, of Liveriool, c a, thzir passage from Tortola. They also recaptuicd the American ship CAnrits Cdricr, TuMtitrs, both whi..:l vessels had been ten days in possession of the Spanish privateer .feria, Logo, from Porto Rico. The Nep/uae mind late on Wednesday eveniag, at Lancaster. All due diligence has, we have reason to believe, been employed by the Admiralty, ailing Limn the information received ay the Caraux, to bar the re turn of the enemy to any of their ports in the ocean. Admiral Sir R. CALOSS has been reinforced off Fermi, by the Iriadsor Castle and Beefless"-, of 98 guns ; and the Triansnh, Ralsonable, and Warrior. of 74 guns each. It is also probable, that some consi derable accessions have been made to the strengh of the squadrons off Rochefort and Cadiz. The propensity of the Parisians to Ponder and to oppose the supreme power in trifling circumstances, and to be submissive in those of greater importance, has been, from ancient times, one of the traits of their charaeler, and is well known to the EMPLIWIt. He has, therefore, more than once cr.'led them a talkative and scoffing people (an peup'e lauard et vioynestr); and as he knows that the most severe ani. madversiuns generally originate in the Fauxbourg Sr. Germain, he jocosely calls that party la Ligue Geraisataar, and on a certain occasion said, that it almost cut out more work for him than the other beyond the Rhine. With the real history of the Origin of t. 4 Third S,,Trt‘ rphip of Siete, perhaps the generality of our reader, are not acquainted. At the time of the Punt LAND Party joining the Ministerial standard of Mr. PITT, in 1.794, Mr. T s)UNDAS (now Viscount M..r.viccc) held the situation of Secretary for the Home Department ; to this office all the military and war correspondence was addressed (with the exception of the naval, which is always address ed to the Lords of the Admiralty). The Duke of POILTLAND, at the period above mentioned, was appointed to the Home Secretaryship, and vested with all its functions, except those of the War Correspondence, which, as having been ma naged by Mr. Dus DAS, since the commencement of the then war, it was thought proper to let remain with him. Accordingly, the office of the Third Secretary, which was called the War Deparisirer, with a salary of eoool. per annum, was created. In the arrangements formed by Mr. A onssro rom's administration, at the end of the war, the busi. no , s of the Colonial Branch was allotted to the crime of the Third Secretary. upon whose manly and robt . r.: mas he mad to ‘. pluni• himself. had almost dwindled aivay, lic was reduced intb law lion rid slid ve.ll pantalonn.... " Situ troth. atm eve', 01 roe troth tans ev'ry The rtfe of Mr. Setsien s 'though not distinguish ed by any braliarit achievements, was eminently useful to the eonntry. Hrprovidef amply fir the army and the natrY, without subjefting himezlf to the snepieion of proditality, except in t h instance of a Noble Duke. to whom he granted a &meet's., in consideration of an adVantageons purchase front his Grainer the Isle of Man,made by one of Mr. Session's ancestors. Inleed, the family have, from time im memorial, plumed themselves upon the prudent and economical use of the public money, over which they have frequently boasted that they lept a tight hand. They have been also remarkable for their eloquence I a quality in which the late Mr. Sergi did not yield to the most celebrated of his family. His speeches upon the war with Spain, upon the tni.'isern defence of the Country, upon the Repeal of Me Piter afessee Bill, upon the Abolition of 14e Slaw Trade, upon the Tenth Report, upon the Std'e of the Neiat, but, above all, upon the Catholic Question, will go down to posterity with those of CI.. CtRO and DEM OSTNINES. No aft of his life, however, redounds so much to his honour, as the sacrifice of his feelings to his duty in the case of the servant, whose miscondtift we have noticed. The whole fa mily of the Session, have been charged by their ene mies as servile, venal, and corru i n. Tha late Mr. Set aeon proved upon that occasion, that the ch trgc is a foul calumny, and that his bosom glowed with all the force and fire of stoic virtue. The one ee• sectild be suacient to transmit his name with honour, gia titude, and respeel, to the latest posterity. The death of Mr. Seaion had been expelled for several days. It took place, as we have stated, on Fri day, and he was buried upon the same day. Few of his ancestors have been consign rd to the grave with so little pomp and solemnity. In most cases of a demise in the family, even MAJESTY itself oas condescended to perform the funeral servlce in person; bu!, upon the late occasion, the Loan Ca'semEt.t.oe aged both as Clerk and Parsoa, lead the funeral prayer, and said Amen. Our readers will be surprised to hear that this same Mr. .tisiee, so wise, so attire, and so eloquent, was not seven months old, being born in January last ; that though so young, he could speak so well, and had spirit enough to give his tutor, Mr. Pt TT, more than once a slap in the face. TO CUR RESPONDENTS. " Picture Gallery, No. The Parson and the Sow,' and other favours to-morrow. LADY LAMRPrers MUSICAL, PARTY. This very deg t nt L a dy gave a &den 11:tui cA t Ruty at her nottc.2 in Manche•ter-sinare, last n i g h t, ler two superb drawinp.roon i s e lighted by the ni..sr i,eatititul diamond out c . .aii , eli...s and Ing res; y arrangetne•lt was rila.h.• nith the greatest t ., ste for r!)!2 , accommodation ot the cornfiativ, itt iponher ahr ut 1 this elegant assetuLlage ta,iiion were— l'he M try Downshire. Comness.s—tlarimson, Dowager of Cork, Cholinottlelii, Limerick, and Dowager F.vaex. Vitenunte44 I.l , lle.—Tent 'demon, Po•ker, tlawarden, Petro , Throgin• t 4 100, M. Perri, Crofton, am' I lamiltoo. and II irrincton. M1.:tr,, , e4-I , iiion, Steven:, V..0gi.ag.,•,,,f Major D.rvlo Messrs —Macdonald, Pilule, Amirevhs and Mi4:e•--Upion Cr-ft. us Mrs Vit.liatot Last night Their Royal I lighnes•es the Duke a- Duchess of Yoau, the Duke of Bs scrim r, tt— Duke of It VTI.A ND, Earl Sr/1160RM OA, CA morN, Lord COL F. It A INF. General WIN V n n, and a large Party of the 0 rleff4 (4 the Duke tit YORK'S Regiment, were at Vauxhall. His Royal Highness the Prie.ce of Watts give a Grand Banat the Castle at Brighton, on ti a , first day of the Races. The Maraionss of Havrroan will give a grani rout to-morrow evening, at her house in Mattehcsver striate. Yesterday a grand Cricket Match was played sr. Loco's Cricket C;rotiad, for I,COO gn!neas, Eng. land against I psh re . 1 - I.l.ispaire has tiro choke men. England was far a head i& the evening. The beautiful and elegant Lady Hrla iscorc will give a grand hail and supper thisnight. The Margravine of ANsr sett had another dye. matic entertainment last night, which was cam:r owdy attended. L'adv Loursa MAN 4611 1 91 Grand Masquerade o n Thorsday, although the-last, will not be th, lea,: brilliant of the sor•nn, Last night Nl' rAwcerT.w.is to matte his de.A , s , the Liverpool TheAtte, in the parts AA tirtA,,k .t .d Calei Qmoirtn. A Morni' Print of y•sterday eet"l Mrs. 11.1.• ittnivon's singing ia the new Ballet Its next h. formation will he, bow divinely she danced the ho - pOr in a sericus i3r;gadir.Gener.tl I)!cK.ON atrired on Wednes day at Ow Arell Hotel, gh, tram Lomlint. Lord KilitlAllll.l has pitrehASed MT. A LItAnNOVII% beautiful Cott Age, FINK H lor The Country 'Squires e'unpla:n that they have ro oppertunity of learttiag their tees: ince tl.e E O. tattles have heels hauished from the r-e_ grounds. The C. , ekneo, ve!,o wish to acquire the manly Irrzn fee upo their cheat, prefer S.liosbire4ast evyry other wateting place. The Dowager Duchess of MlVCllgsrta has par chased a house, near Twickenham Park, iirit her summer residence, an toak possession hit week. Lady MARY DuNc v took possession of ter benivitul villa, Itic.trnool Bridge, last Wed nesday. . _ Mrs. S,nnnss c'ose I her engagement on Friday nio•;it 11.1 at the Eatnlturgh tlie:ere rn the part of Bever'ry in the tragedy of Tie Gal, ester. It i, said, Master BET TY will hays a very Irina. some offer made him, to perform raping Norval, dating the race week, at Southampton. ML s et: is r:t urne.l to town from Cheltenham, and se.ll now t.st.,: trip to the North NVe are eslretin-!F sorry to state the Duchess of Dl:vm.slt rn r. murales very ill. la addition to the complai..t in her eyes, her Grace has had spasms in her bead. Tire East London Militia attended Divine Service in St. Paul's cathedral, on Sunday last. Mr. B seatsreit and Miss De CAMP closed their engagement on Friday night, at the I avcrpool The atre, with the play of The P.ille's Sttatevne, and the farce of 7he Pri.-r, for the Benefit of Miss De CAMP —and their benefit nights were both attended by crowded houses. The Lail of BA Rev mom e Ilds taken a house at Brighton, for two months—and proposes leaving town on Saturday next. accompained by his lovely Countess, the Rutland Family, and 1..^r.1 hotly. A sturdy beggar being asked how he got bread, a few d ays ago, impudently an-n r ,1 1! " Sir, I atll a Sehetter, and practise in the Coa:t Ot Reeerett." Atter the Opera on Saturday night, the Countess Dowager of CORK entertained it supper His Royal Highness the Prince of WA Les, the Duke of Sumer, Earl and Countess of BARRY MGR r, and Miss LAN, the Countess of CLARE. Earl and Miss CWI - Lir, Mrs. Bit.a.iNGTON. and NI.:dATIIe GRAG• Wit, who sung several very delightful arts. The Earl and Countess of BARR v moire neither entertained company dinner, or dined at the Earl of I i sitar au rON'A on Sunday. They were airing in their cur rick until past sic o'clock, when they re turned home. and dined alone, but entertained at supper the Dukes of Sussex and DIE C•STIILS, the Earl Of HARRINGTON, Viscount PLTE.so 11, Sic WILLIAM AHOY. SIT %VITT! au and ROWCIi, and Mr. FITZROY STANHOPE. The fineness of Sunday induced an immense number of genteel people to visit Richmond, both by water and land ; boats of all sizes and descrip tions came up with the ride. Several parties dined in the meadows ; the taverns were all full of com pany, and the street s cl oy, iled with hackney coaches. Equestrians and pedestrians innumerable little dated the town, and many remained until a very late hone. ['he sir-A-viz of the charming Duchess of Sr. ALDAN': took fire yesterday in the fore axle, in Its rapid course down Old Bond-street. The Chariot of the Sun once shared the same fate. Her Grace and MISS MANNERS took refuge in OA HLItY'S, frow, whence they were conveyed home in the elt.iriot 0. .t fifittale friend that happened to be passing at the time. The : tr-c•;t1 was expeditiously repaired bl &ea A 10), coacit-builder, , (id Bond-street.