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- at Stockholm, which ins gale _ _ overboard. rrocsuoi.x, ■oy. 24. His Royal Majesty was seized, at Mae o'clock. with a severe attack of the cramp. and giddiness in the head ; but. at three o'clock this afterneou. Nis Majesty felt much better. soy. 26. His Majesty continued yesterday tolerably well. and had some sleep during the night; he is this, sky fist approaching his complete recovery, yet feels 'till very weak.—(Stoekkelns Gazette.) _ MADRAS INTELLIGENCE, MAT 27. On Monday last arrived His Majesty's ship For t Captain Hart, from a cruise, accompanied by het prise, the French ship Caraeint, formerly the Car.' tier. belonging to the port of Calcutta. The Cara saa laden with arrack and sundry other ar. titles, bound from Surabaya!' to Batavia, when captured by His Majesty's ship. TILL' MORT 110. V. JOHN LORD ELDON. LORD Lucy I?lfAhler-LLOR. In addressing your Lordship, I think any apo logy unnecessary, as the subject of my °later ations is one which is immediately referable to the iprofetsion, of which your Lordship, by the station . you fill, mutt be considered the head. It is a sub . ! imt which imports considerations of no less too. r matt than whether that profession, which has ever been esteemed lowsourable and liberal, doubtless bemuse its prole...ors are, or at least are supposed to be, actuated by sentiments of bosom' and libera lity, shall longer con' i out to assostafois premise acme of being so charade on the contrary, it shalt not los 'Arressaktoisime for. h. feited its preteusiont, bj, tire adoptir, v ..arisong iti rofewors, of a principle . r ef anti's, •fessiolid _on ?elfish, illiberal, and ittl'ordltot tymtiOnS. as in aossintent with true dimity' s - ni t oitbey. am hossalo the ray essence and titi, it it l ef seilmecoaiseittleloss. t Your Lirdthip bas soisfoili. loots ff. c4iifislitte for the high office of Chisioidlor 'Nome bf tborsost liberal and eulightened rillsierii. thia'iii tatepk.— ,-, as h — • If to your Lordship it is jrodyx, rot p otab le, that 1 you have either s inctioned, or not Prevented, hay ing had the power of skiing ea s es arbitrary system, erbich woof, have disgraced thi4dayti of tfrloilkish loseennic, then shall I s‘y, it is truly a.therue of "saltation, that you have been disappointed in the attainment of a distinction, of which you would ham bees throw thy. - On the very day when the event of . your contest for the Chancellorship of Oxfojrl eras yet uncer tain, though your oiler:rem ryas a oticipated by many, who kiica , your Lordship's prismotod the pro bable elf. et of the 4. No i:',:yeril-siamour, I non it . truck me as an omen, esolitiatiompiciows ols the future prosperity of the theliromityoland , ter the general advanceinerlt . 4 l ,.SanigTo lit ►piiiti r w.. in i. • e that Court only over "tibias 3 osistreside,-aspbtesrd posted up in th. se .411;q 4 ,104 0 , p eo hi f i'„*. has wasurr,o sea Midi rte' Vitt XiWifillOgallo shall be admitted to dalptittissi .4S - 40 g : hi* is be called to the Bar." ,:?•,: . ..:, . . • , • I have ever been taught ! t o,,yrfsppiltet k%as.ese of 'the moat distinguishing fetter*, ssfress.‘ree Cowitit 'tution sod Goveroment of EnglanCrlat the path to honours, in every' profil,loo, said even to the highest employments of the Siete, was alike ope n to all the subjects of the King. It is 'sprawly so Stated, by ors eminent commentator so our laws; rbut he wrote before your Lorrlttrip was Chao. teller. Now, who are these persons against whom this . 0% eeping interdiction is pronounced? I will sup pose new of them to be the younger son of au ho toorrable, but sot art opulent parrot; that he is sent forth upon the world to seek his fortune, with no other inheritance than his father** blessing, and the &ilea:stages of a liberal education, perhaps, not obtained fur bon, without many sacrificm ; I will auppoor him placed in the metropolis, whe to his appearance, to gain respect. must Iso alum of a ir ntleirrio. 14. feels rouscious of his strength, and 1 ' .. st ainhitinus of embracing one of the learned pro. fissions. This law seems to open to him the fairest ,i , propett of success. In his pursue, he has every elitlicolty to encounter, from the want of that as . • ss.talicc which the rich only can command ; he puts forth ho. talents, and readers them available through the medium of those publications. by . • which the prople , of this country have been more instructed and illumined, than they could have beets, or would be. by reading all the law-hooks that have been, or ever will be written. Well !be dors this, and he derives from it that fair, honour able, and well-earned retvetnieration, 'sleds every tutu iv entitled to fur his • xertions, whether they are literary or active, mental or corporeal lli: l improvos himself, whale he is i m proving othess;,,he obtains this-e resources which eittilde • hstri, to putouts his 410111.-.; Nut, at length, when his term of prohatimi iv nearly expired, :se enters Lincoln'w•ltin HMI. the Intel habitation, not of rigtij jostice, but of is iopc-! _ ability—you becoming a British Minos, in the administration of theism, but "you have written for hire in the newspapers, and you cannot be permitted to do those exercises which are to entitle you to be called to the bar." Can such things be? Does this pre tended rule of law, which restricts the birth-right of the subject, emanate from the legislature, or from the Benchers of Lincoln's-Inn, or from your Lord ship ? If this principle of exclusion be once admit ted, or, rather, presumed to be admitted—if it be not repressed by your Lordship, or a higher autho rity, where will it stop? It is a rule which may be rendered applicable to an extent that would ex clude all talent from the English bar. and bloke the decisions of Courts of Justice and Equity de pend upon the crude reasoning and arguineats of men who had bean admitted to the privilege of practising as advocates, and, ultimately, of sitting in judgment, not because they were men of merit, bat because, fortunately far theta, it was not in their power to write a line, fur which the Editors of Newspapers, who are, generally, pretty accurate judges of what is good writing, would give even the value of the paper on which it am written. I have given a correct .delineation, generally speaking, of • writer in • newspaper. 1 believe it _answers the description of those who usually come under that denomination. There may be ex ceptions; there may he persons, in the inferior departments of Journals, who.comparatively speak ing. are as iitsignificant as many of those Bur risters who are called, but tint chosen, and to whom • OW) of common soma would no more entrust hie cause. than lie would the care of his health, or the preservation of his life. to an impudent empiric, arks was ignorant of the first lines of physic. • Permit me now to present this subject to your Lordship, in another point of view. I will sup r**by a concurrence of events, hardly within ollitirof probability, that branch of the Legis lature. which is presum e d to represent the Com mons of England, was actnally composed of Se news, in every respect independent. Men who ditalaiiird to court the etudes of Ministers, on the sue hand, or the amiable and too often applause of the people, on the other. I will imagine such a representation, saying, among themselves, we wish to remain in se pure a state as we now are, at the moment of our convention. How is this to be effected ? ulna ) , by nut suffering ourselves to be con taminated by the presence of lawyers. They arc a race of men whose days and hours are con stantly occupied in the contortion of right into wrong, and wrong into right—of vice into virtue, and isomerism into guilt. There are among them men who, for a few guitteas, will exert their whole faculties to take away the life of a fellow creature, by convicting him of an offence they know he has not committed ; or who will endeavour to retain, in the possession of a villain, that estate, of which they are conscious he has despoiled the lawful heir.— These meth so Isabiturtad, are unfit to be legisla tors. They will plead against the cause of their country. just ea soon as they wenlil against the cause of justice ; and if our ene toles should give them a bribe, in the shape of a brief and • fee, they will think it in cumbent upon them to de the best they can for their client, and. cousequeutly, to sacrifice the in terests of their country. Suppose this to be the language of an independent Parliament, what would the lawyers say to it ? they would condemn it as unjust, partial, and illegal, though perhaps there might be as much sonad policy, as truth and good 'ruse, is such • principle of exclusion. I will not be so uncharitable as to say, this would be a just picture of modern lawyers ; but certainly the reason for preventing their introduction to the Le gislative Assembly would be as legitimate as any they or your Lordship can urge fur the exclusion. frets the English Bar, of a class of men, some of whom were, without objection, admitted to ii, Ise fore your Lordship was Chancellor, and at this moment either rank high as advocates, or adini . nister justice from the Bench. It would be invi dious, after having read such an anathema in your ' Lordship's Court, to wise those to wham I allude. A very little inquiry will give your Lordship all the information you can require on the subject. Surely no man will he the worse lawyer for being a good writer; if he be a good writer, it is natural he should be ambitious of writing for the eye of the public ; and if he write for the public. it is but reasonable he should be rewarded, without, by his acceptauceof reward, renileriag himself liable either to civil or political disabilities. I will not lengthen my address to your Lordship, by asking rot, what it is that constitutes the differ mace between those who write for hire, and thaw who speak far hire ? It emus to be a distinction altogether without a difference ; eseept that, with regard to the latter. their prostitution of talent is notorious, and common : verbs et irons ferent. If. when tour Lordship was at the bar, a client had FOREIGN INTEIXtEI i ViIec 44,1 P o gis and milder genius, nutty; be sees your p installed aa her representative, and, on GOTTENWRGEfitkiLI.4Omw - i s w e around him, instead of contemplating those y ltilaists which should adorn a rune, sacred by the The Lord Nelsen . Packet ii;rjriallid last atgis y4tik, Ameet' of ita dedication, he observes the wall pol- two mails from England, after 'lrdettg kielftlfittpkr i •• t oted by the dreadful denunciation ; the Pekoe most distressing weather. There:ptaip* l f , AipAsl. 'tekel;“ Thou art weighed in the balinice,and found horses on board, for His Majesty's Ckai . eftfrose wauting." It is Oise, you may be a roan of consum- ed Stockholm, which in a gale of wind we;ii'4iown mate ability—you may give promise of one day . . . ~i r' 1 FN given you a brief to sustain a bail cause; would have been your duty to have made the worse ("- fear the better side. !condemn not lawyers for .the immorality of their profession, or it ja at present exercised ; it is an evil which the existing state of society has rendered necessary. I blame theta only for presuming to exclude from their pro. fession, men, many of whom are as honourable and as learned as the most exaluil among them. I repeat, that if what I have adverted to is in any respect attributable to your Lordship, you will do well to exert your authority in erasing a resslution, •r bye-law, which. if appealed from, could not be acted opon, and probably would have no other effect than that of transmitting the epoch of your Lord ship's Chancellorship to posterity. accompanied with sentiments of regret, that a person capable of sanc tioning such a proceeding, should have ever had the power. I remain, ice. ONE WISO WAS A WRIZER FOR THE PUBLIC PAPERS. . 0 . For Law Intelligence, Le. see oar last page. THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, THURSDAY. Dncimusa 21, Two Gottenburgli Melts arrived yesterday, with letters and papers to the 3d instant. The King o SWILDEM is seriou.ly indisposed. From the symptoms mentioned in The Stockholm Gazette. h is MAJKSTT appears to have been seized with an apoplectic tit. We have received Sythsey Gazelles to the 27th of March last. They contain a Proclamation, issued by the Lieutenant-tloveraor PATEILION, prohibit- with the ing all correspondence and communicaw..- late Goveruor limos, or any of his family, friends or associates. The existence of a serious misun derstanding between these two public functionaries has been long notorious. It appears, that Gover nor Litton had undertaken to return to England, but that he had broken his contract, and resorted to those improper courses, which had produced the quarrel, in consequence of which Lieutenant-Go vernor PATERSON issued the Proclamation. His MAJESTY'S Levee has not, for malty yearn. been more fully attended than yesterday. Before one o'clock, St. James's Park was crowded with upwards of ten thousand spectators, consisting of lathes and gentleines, who formed • triple line, , from the Duke of MARLlClllattGiel Gardens, to the QUEEN'S Palace. Every eminence An i tflaat sae, crowded with ladies, anxious to have •Teep at the PERSIAN Astnassanoa. St. James's-street was tilled with a line of carriages, and a great number Of foot passengers. The balconies of the houses were crowded with beauty and fashion, awaiting anxiously for the time when his Excellency was to pass, on his way to the Palace. At a quarter be. fore two, he arrived at the Qugas's Palace, as de. scribed under the head of The Comte.. in a subset queit column. Ilia Excellency was dramed•' in a scarlet robe, trimmed with: rich 'fur. He wore a most superb turban. Its Excel lency's own carriage followed, with Mr. Moaain. They entered the palace at the gran‘itattrance o -i. The crowd was so great, it was found' a ,eegeisiiiif•, precaution to have an additional guard plinzed. to clear the carriage-way for the Lord MAYOft and Corporation of the City of London, who came to present the Address to His MAJESTY. On the Lotto MAYOR alighting from his carriage, at the palace-lodge, he was received with three cheers by the spectators. The Civic Procession arrived at a quarter past two, and weal away at four o'clock. The PERSIAN AMBASSADOR remained with His MA JESTY an hour. and went away in the same royal carriage in which he came, followed by multitudes of people. The Ministers came to the palace at two o'clock, except the Loan Cuaacettoa, Earl CAMDEN, Lord MULGaAYE, and Earl BATIIIIRST, wbo did not attend until four o'clock.—The Park was not cleared before it was quite dark. The PERsI•N AMBASSADOR'S carriage was in at tendance at the Palace, for upwards of one hour after the departure of his Excellency. The car riage was surrounded by a great number of spec tators, who amused themselves with inspecting the arms, which are a lien couchant, and on its back is represented the rising sue, ; the whole surrounded w ith R ag s, with a motto iu the Greek language on the quarter [minuets are three sabres, fastened together by the lairs, with a Greek motto at the top. The Address of the City of London. aid His MAJEITY*II Answer, are given io our subsequent columns. It is remarkable for the difference of its tone from that given to the Address praying an In quiry into the causes of the Convention of Cintra. The present answer states, that the expedition to the Scheldt was directed to several objects of great importance to the interests of 1111114AJKITY'll Al lies, sad to the security of his damn. .►ns, of which, i.e regress, a part only has beets accomplished. It follows, of course, that it has disappointed the hopes and expectations of the country, and yet His 11 1 / 1 • Jam does not. as in the case of the Convention of Chau, think it necessary to institute a Board of Inquiry, but leaves it to Parliament to take such measures, as they shall judge fit. Now, of the two Expeditions,it would seem that the necessity for in- -- , "41 - 4. gully was aim urgent and apparent in the present, thin in the former et The Convention of Cintra certainly (reed PsKist' from din presence of as enemy, and as (dr apobject of great importance to the iutsrest of an ally was achieved, not psetially, but coinpletely. But the Expedition to Walchereo . was of no service whatever to our allies. Austria was lost hrfore it sailed, and it did not draw a single soldier from Spain. With respect, there fore, to our allies, it totally failed. The other object is avowed to he the security of the British dominions; and here the speech says •' • part only" has been accomplished. This part can only mean the destruction of the arsenal of Flush ing, which The Casette of Tuesday boasts to have been rendered useless to the enemy for the pre.. sent. Now, considering the answer, as it its fact is, the answer of His MAJESTY'S Minister?, We would ash, how can this be a partial success In accomplishing this purpose, we have lost many vsleable troops, and expended an immense soot of money; and surely it wilt not be couteaded that the destruction of the arsenal of Flushing. for the preseut, has added more to the security of His MaJerre's dominions, than that security has been impaired by the louts sustained by fur array. and the immense waste of public money. With all humble deference, therefore, we contend, that no part whatever of the objects of the expedition to Walcliereu has been accomplished. . Yesterday, a Court of Directors was held at the East India House. After the usual forms, the CHAIDJI•M submitted a Resolution of the Court of Directors, recommending the dividend from Mid summer last to Christmas next, to be 31 per cent. ; which resolution passed unanimously in the affirma tive. The Court then adjourned flue die. At the above Court, Capt. D. MACDOUGALL was sworn into the command of the ship Tigris, consigned to Madras and Bengal. Of the three East India ships, the Experiment, Glory, and Lord !Velma, considered lost, without possibility of hope, the Glory, Capt. H. BEMS, is supposed to have gone to the bottom. On the 22d November, Me, she was last seen by the Phenix Indianan, in a tremendous gale in the Indium Ocean. In the afternoon of the above day. between four sod five o'clock, the Phenix, bent; then at no great distance from the Wary, observed that she was settling fiht in the water, and while the Navies crew were below deck at the pampa. iw half an hour the Glory disappared. Beside the Captain, (who is a native of Norwich, and whose lady now_res:des there), Mr. G. Caaaxaritoar. younrst son of Mr. Cataatatituar, of St. Stc pheu e, iu that city. is among the lamented euf firers. At-comfits have been received from the outward boind ))set India ships, which separated from theist* iket at Madeira, viz. Sarak Mama Pitt, Lady Laskiagton, amid Sir Nil hams Puheney. These letters are dated 17th of August. iii lat. 1. G. N. long. 19. W. The fleet was expected to pass the line the rem day. The voyage from Madeira had been extremely pleasant'; the weather favourable, without any calms between the trade*. Rut considerable delay bail been occasioned by the heavy sailing of the Pulteney, which had retarded her coolants above a fortni t., It was expected that they would arrive in ." I - In November. The letters contain- Mg ligeace wore sent off by a ship for i hail sailed with the fleet. and parted dribs 17th. The letters came to Eug land by avery circuitous route, bearing the Spaoirh post-marks of St. Roque, Andalusia, Ham, and be ,ing landed at Portsmouth as ship letters. When the Braxilman parted company, the fleet had had delightful weather, the thermometer having been seldom above 73 in the shade. The 2d and 3d King's German Hussars were in spected last week by Brigadier-General BOLTON, and it is expected that part of both will be sent abroad ; the first of these corps still has a great many sick and convalescents. The sick in Ipswich and Woodbridge barracks, who were sent from Walcheren, are recovering very fast, but generally there remains a weakness after the fever, which is difficult to overcome; it lasts sometimes three or four months. Saturday last, the ballot for the Local Militia. for the division of Beamed, Kent, took place, wiwa the admirer wanted for the town of bleirlstose ap peared to be 130 ; there were only g 0 volunteers offered and accepted, and the remainiug 110 were ballotted for, to make up the 230. The auntsl allowance for clothing to the Volun teer Corps and Troops of Cavalry, will, in future. be reduced to the sum of iii, per man. The alterations which Government are now mak ing in the barracks at Ashford, are expected to prove very conducive to the health sad comfort of the soldiery. The ohm of the barracks in their old state must be allowed to have had as opposite ten dency, on account of the great cumber ippon. tioned to each room, which. though only four is number, had yet accommodation for 2000 men. By the alterations now in progress, it is intended, 'ry partition walls, quite through the building, to make different sited rooms, to contain from 24 to 48 men, with fire places in each, with a gallery extending along the front, for a communication to each room on the tipper story. The whole to be completed by January, and the barracks will then contain 1500 men. The French prisoners in this country . are little mote than 40,000—the British prisoners an France are about 4,000 ; but the French. we understand. in a debtor add creditor account of prisoners of dif ferent descriptions released on parole. contrive to make a balance due to them, when all the above shall he liberated, of about 1,300 men. Whetlitt they include as prisoners the Hanoverian troops. as we knew wan stteriapted on a Gower occuswo, we have not learnt : nor do we yet know whether Oust British residents, wEo wear china n, d in FfIIIII e at the breaking ont of the war, toe to rtc.tre release from the present nt;tr.eiottion. Their care I. lively severe and efflictintr, and ought certainly to receive the atteniteriof (internam ut.