The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1822-12-16 00:00:00

7 ' / lc' 61.,,iij --499.1`'n T....-- , 1—./ ••••------ / ‘ 1 T• Nnito Mr? .114540Wt05.) J 4 ;A I r.••••••.. '' 7. I ','.: .. Ji .. lileal . 110010.1 ..? "Al 1 •:."', , ' '''• k. • , 'trim gkal: Qt ..... l i li r r - * . :1 I VI 10 . 1 . 1 1 0 4 .41.1 A 444 6 110 . t p All 07 . • . a A ?. , !WM orm l p~~ ' ~. • , • ,s • L ' A.~YI 4. : 'itil , Vi'. 1 . ..11!5c,r1: . 1 1E . 'f ... ~...,... i *- 0 .- - • e. 4 I,A; I V v) , r ;,,A► r' . - 'JI. ; t , .ncta-,1 - .. 1 ssl 'NIRP.k* • x.or tirEN4l•te; 114 ON4 his r . 4 , c a, v f .semais «iil per 43. V *NICE PRESEAV targite. Me. Vlinmpihrb:; Pliujii ~ ,!utreilire Wray ; Jofror, Mr. Kean 0.,Mkr,..1 - ar W. - "Nfillitgl ItHradero, Dirs. Vi. test. • "•• ' 'Aftcr which tlikderilited ‘Via4iB miler 141viiiiimeif • gif Chtirl f g 01.0 Mr. ion .1).ex,161, Mr. Do.. ldo. belly Ibeket,- Wvoi. iiortsbyt ; DrettiK;llles• ittrtottp Diimity l i ;dr*. Om. ; .4 • . . To tot beteld theellllo4l4l/42Gc Gf ..*1 NV it: V: • Bnunr . u r fAlt4i prtorbf.'Yr.;litrn ;iiMPli - , Sir: liarle ..11P1 0 VAbill, r. eo toy. Loofa, :Vito C4l-1 WI; Fools 11firsoki. fiaßha. t.. . • 76 • §.00•0411 Pronou,pi. aa, np; vcks:l rihnert, tg.' ; lificond Price, Glfry, i‘yiliproitei Prig, 0114 • • • To-morrosh Tu N Tft.lqjZirt . Apwried—Tisok stsc_t Trii*Aftl . _ _ :' Z.~ ~',/ .1 , • 1 dl l , December 16. be acted the Trairdy or VENICE.PRESERVED. ' Piste of Wolk., Mr. Atiiins ; Prioti, Mr. Egerton ; Beds agar 31g, Cornrow; Janacr, Mr. C. Apaible; P.erre, Mr. Mac ready ; Ren.i ult., - NI?. Chapman. Helvidera, Mias Lacy. Tr; which will fie added the Melo-drama of THE BLIND BOY. Etanisiana, Mr. Chapman; Etimunij. Mrs. Chatterley ; Ftn *lA, Mr. Connor ; Ober t 4, Mr. Maley ; Starers, Mr. Mr rehnivi - kilig, Mr. ; Molino, Mr. Meadows. Elvis', Miss Levi. • • BOXel t .7114:i. Second Price, as. ad.—Pit, 36. ed.; &enrol Gat ivry, 25.; Second l'tice, is.—Upper tidier, is:: Si-eon(' Prire, 6d. 'Po-morrow, Maid. Harian--and The London Hermit. Ou Wednissday, Maid Mariau—aud The Irishman in Lon don. CHEAP AND ELEGANT GILT-EDGE POCKET . 111101(8 AND ALMANACin FOR iiigs. At ARSHA 14;8 NEW POCACT BOOK, price, ILK only Is. GdycvselosieleSit select Viows, List of Members of Parliament, &c.; the gilt edge edition 2s. .Lasses' FeaNlbliallf7ll aleitostloaV, astir LADIES' EI.WfikNT PuLarr Sot...v e't IR, each coninips, full-length Portmaits of Wks of disthietfon to the newest Parisian costume; four asgeave.d pages . of orisgiusil. nitsein ss)' , all eminent composer; eight picturesque views, 44., gi ft edges, 25. tad. each.—May lei had will) ...audit riontsdiJ MAIIIW 3i.L's other Pph . lical ions are. the Glatvrs-sstast's• Poetess , Boost,' Rof stDr4i , ien CABINET, MTRCIONIRV POCKET Boot, 'MFR.., 3 D 1;011113.11CLIL PI3CKET BMW, with a tine engraving, of the Nett Custom House, doo. contains a erne/rot fist of the Dome of Perri, not Commons. Baronets of Engl 'nil, Postagi•s to all of the kingdom, List of Army and Nary, a Waits and conei method of keep ing &mounts. coanpriaod iu iis .pages ice. ice. elegantly bound, gilt edges, 411.—May be bad with an Almanack, Cal. eta/11(403T the' desk or pocket.' MARSeALL'S 1131pre)%ed 11143.331C41,,ALKAWACK, will a Gee Engearinr of the Etna .laming at Leith, containing es ery ueoessary p:anctairy eakulal ion. l' . .tlvatii•ux's New P..lite P ,, i'KT ItXPeSituRY, at one half less than the usual 'wire, entbeßithett with Engravings which lave cost tke Pubtositor upwards °lune latadred ;uineJtio !enwrising a vitae 'of•ttie Chanihre de Deputies, et Place Louis XV. at Paris ; it views of Noblemen and Gent lemeu's 1 5-nts; and enalitins the list of Sovereigns of Europe, hull Rouses of Pertiatnent - , 011nete of Ellste,.Artny, and Navy, Ita. 'noels it t • &C. I.ritx onii 33. all. gilt ed ; :gay be had will, 1 to in etc anerirssiii ettemotocco7).ndings. r.. •♦ • 11101111, No. 1, Hotbore Han, corner of i tEddle.row, London ; where are also on Sale an extensive 1 irate of I.srii , ,s' Elm. Stec/ Waist Chitin and Ruck les from b . • ' Pcli-s , Sii.:ps, Bracelets, and Steel Reticule elaspe,l tr. itti.; lift Reticule Cla4p., ts. 6d: ; (lilt Purse SnapS, 6d.;' icily!. ,pc.ocuiet With Gilson', 55.,... R u ssia and Morocco Heti :illtSs,„ ts..6d. ; real Russia Card Cases, is. ; strong .Nlorocco Nreetii ikr: ,Sce; . , TO-M0RP0... , --"- iO-MORROW AIORNING, AT NINE O'CLOCK! "Le' t those buy now who never bought before, Aire Vino who always bought, now buy the wore." Talsove Linea were never sio v.lsti Applied to Any Lottery as , the proseut, find partieularty at this 1 0,9 0 21, when }ow: Oar; orgiglfig are over, and only firmly-Woe Jdrawn, Veov4g tke intipeoe hom ier or NINETY-O! CAPITAV - to be DRAVV:V in r ivy ADA Yet , via. fromoltatOW Sind MONDAY follow - nz, when every Ticket, every . tilaire, every C2p tal,, and .% err. otiswr Priac more be deaveigAlfre* Mkt DO the Lot ery 'god Contract entirety fattish,- p4j 7 A few watranted un,trawn Th.lcets sad shares are selling it Igliflal'e!Oliees. 4, Cur:Mitts and , W;_itlbaring-hoss, Lon- And ta.nis Agents itt the Colitilltft;Plterti Pike Caksitals Ihve alre tieen sold in Sinueii in the Arcsent. Lottery. • the fbittisking are the utipireeddnteo 4134 Capitals now in. the * Wheel, and the:v.llWe arc — Mt Prizes of .Etem ol .:1 10.(010,,1.4 , 1 10(1 :5,00 1 15 20 47 601. Alt Of wind' must he.' drown TO-MO Is i'. ° C 4 Moeda:. the lag. • 4 . . •,isßiltlirlii Offices will ho kept open until Twelve &Clock . . . , .. . • SALES BY AUCTION. • '•'.. . - ;-..a . • I. Mr..UVAIVM, al hi! liaise; N&414P:11-inall"bh 'WED-I 11+ 8 1AV N RXT, milli Rolm &bus ing .hlajs, - 1 11HPeivaluable LIBICARY•of t Newby , Afi Perlia, merit; including Rapin's History i.f England,..6: wok. a.4.psit ussin; deluart's Athens. 3 nes well' Visisss in Greece,' lutes 9eloured i C. , llerlion. Rio_ lliOg.lW.,,Chrpguries, d ' , oh. ttlnglisi; . Proissnrt int 111166s1PreTIM 'COnniblci s. a ub,,saalja 4 linayeinpasiiia Bran nnien s wir vdel ispasiii tat% S fak ft iiit.ree. 16 v t4l+ 4. r . imll . ; Arlvsle, Nailli t ail s l e (WM& 1,11 CI (1 . last; I o Azioslo, Wows., 1:,51; lailtrdnnrlando n to, 2 vols. (rare), '546 ;. Terentifis *sbattitioeii, s ohs lingo over . ; Quistas CAssbus, Snukenbtargii, 2 ' *GIs. srge paptic• - EurspieleA, a licek. 3 vols. in riossa,. AuFhirs;l 'lassie{ Littini sonststillos'Rorietatis leterariai - Bipmitinie. is soh.; Illitsdin's Wcanieron, 3 vols. smorpeo, &c. scc. is eLL. : • suußFt.' , kiourt Ftras, 1. T t, : iinrisd . glom and Croydon. Su gerri !ricollyral Stock, inn S,lntiolown Sheep, Cow , 1- fi ta cli ti., e 6. l S . in COG Cart ITorsu, eice:lent Taraiiiii: iscifl:i i f . T ' ly lisvil. 1 111011P7i0!t, on 1 ' , ltemises, five miles from 1 erfoi4l4,:to WEDAWS DAY T. Occene , er la. at Et c -. 11.4 vch . elaely, in conseynetiat jhe number of Lots, and the. •of the days, •-••• , ILL the lila! and . well,-selected Live and Dead L • tibial ' • be implensllnts ' , etc in eit Mk* condition, rnt onalvpitirc; amag:toos, with ladder's, dung instil, iron land, ;i1,,,. rising* harness, kirrows, turn-ruse up s et and,inst 'on g 6,111,34 jug ditto, stvikg ail tu, and l n v.itriety. h ~,,440 c itiopte ;+1 • *smite, lit for thiirfesliste ;sae.— muy be evrvd, ,o 1 ettnlngunn had at the prinoinat.dann)in. tie • ap ilslit )o4l3-at.thcAuction Mart, nnar,tlwllk.;•anst tlivraitsvny's , Ilt)e.'house, London ; Leicester 'Arms, r'enslitirst ; •Cro‘%oi snits Links; aid or Mr. J. Thompson, Portariinuth.strect ,Luvoln'ai-Inwileidg- S )R. sOt M N ' S culebratr.l MEDICINES ba sold as usual by dlt. Johnston, N. as, 'unrhill; anger (lido Bacon and C 0..) sillfwid-sjinet; fr. Ward, ;To born; and Mr. Stradling, Eachaugc,' .oadon. 7 " coaplA Li BALM of OlLBArDrlbrso many ocarosio-f Ir.itterejt tHrifiel rep4iStiOlttkar Ur Ner,voirs ta Stimulant anii *yr° orabt, which no nprdalestollboAlirits, and hifhirlty 'f#Ni flos• the . whole AtgLs.l.l, clic, iboser Bottle!, and Pantilributliess Conlairiiog Ilre tranttri *Trip Amin noes. f o r Ana.' Aliirchy Is. are ',o rd. Aliv i ithoLtAar M.P IT 1 (11.71 BS, or SOLOMON'S 111.01'Ss silicsicissys iv nradindesigg tom the Covstautioa . yrs speotos dl Scorbutic or, Scrofts4lt.s taint, and highly re ii.s44ll Wr Polk virtuesin irifinfe•thi mood, aria itiniu tang it tcsexpebnimions and booms Juices. so* Pries 111. rattle, and 1110111# Bottles at aSo. , cootaln: sidArtSt) p i f , M for ampll ossoh,..twifersilay, sio no tee s tea. WI pitch 'c il-given a copious Bill of nirtxtion*, on Government 1.:11“:1 or Stamp has the words •••••Satitl. down, erprol," ..ngrav en on its officio! tin t s, and [uniformly posted on !ha cork, to protect Purchase rs I, u,u ! • • --- BMITHIEWIR GEED A NiX3.4IIONER. NT 'MIM-M A SONTS,!, T. X' . 4 11 HE htENFTIFit6 4 OI the Al 141,D Ci.tTii,l EL arid s b faiewthalen whnoiair - lb tavern. :hi..' i Creh with 1 ir 6 inillm, will Dt TOM DAY, '.%:ON-1 11M 1 1. Deccanlk 11,011114ve eq.. dt"IVRRE3I.4I I ONto TAVERN. . ' Tkle ' .. I. Bll : POPieh ". # be ha dat laigalt of Ole Tavern. as4l at • * aid tie - ..regaseded,WUent lona* vii I lidiolliAtg rly in the day. , 4 .3.......'_ „., AGer'blis Itlarl 'rates, n tIl f/llntliN NlVribula4,4l,llqatis i sallial Canahla ' - 'r ret inii ii.ifth iliAner a Meetin , *Co, atPiii4inseueue floi[vert, at 'r irr LIAO ' IMP] I N Kti f ier m ost pleoutnn 'firs.. as w e ir , . b i ll treedriti 4 ftino. • pt ire Cases 114 5/ . yard, qich,. ;Mow riail‘how: cm, will tak Clear' pr:e iscly.. • 4t.tAL TwIN (31 1 ()TH, ` ittand (other tipel nzigin 14e Fos& mod Witt 11-, mold climates, and of L%. Rik' %Wilier fienin Monad...ASO in met], the ahoy tis Sold in ilky ale I PlereiNan tMd6 se - It talt)11,;, Linens, ti , • 1 . 1 " , q1s odd the newesi Articles for Morning sod Deers are eorpdasit telling, K hides : I e aid retail, at the hustest ready money Wins, - Family Idnelis and French Goods, with ttu• India and Sri-, ti•di ditto, nfev , •ry kind, arc warranted, and the aniuLait turned if a fault appears, and no second vice made. Families from Woad he. purchasing for entire aew Esta-1 hlishuspet.. rat: mite their selections to the grrateftt advaii • !Sage dtiliinable, Penlolllrtirsenis °fall Willits and Printed Fur nitures being regulaily at the wholesale price, by the Piece. Ike. PROM S,ITURDAY NIGHT'S G,IZErfE. 1 — .1.....—• r ' rhis Gazette contains a Proclamation for the further pro rogation of Parliament from the 2d of Jannary to the 4th of February, then to sit " for the dispatch of divers urgent and imprwtant agair.." It also contains an extract fro Dublin Gazette, notifying that the Right Hotiourable vr:)Downei. late Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench in Ireland, bas bee/titivated an Trish Peer, by the title of Baron Downes of A ahanville, with remainder, in default of issue IM:Ile. to 84' 1 litvs-es Burgh. There is alsq a notification by the Speaker of ' . the death of R. Sheldon, Esq. M.P. for Wilton.] • BANKRUPTCIES ENLAEGEfIa R. Wilkinson, London, merchant". from Dee. 111 to Dec. 31. ,C. Ilays-anit s aY. 11. Blanden, Oxford-street, linen-drapers, from December 2S, to January 7.. ukNN4upTs. J. Wych. Of Ashton-tinder-Line, Lancaster, timber-merchant, January 6, '-',, 25 at the blobs Tavern, Ashton-under-Line. Attorney:, \ Ir. Gibson, Ashton-under-Line; and Mr. Bet) o, Clauseery-lann. T. Matthews. of Starstou Norfolk, farmer, January 3, 4,,55, Horseat the Rampant lnn ,Norwich. Attorneys, Mr. Carthew, II a rha too ; and Mr. F airlaaak.'Stapl o Inn. J . M organ , of Elder-street, •,'orten Falitate, lead pipe -maker, Ikeotaber 21 4 Jamey 4, 45, at the Bankrupts' Court, lia•ingitall-street. Attorney, Mr. Puddieome, Thavies leo. D. Todd, J. Douglas, and D. Russel, or Mei-street, and W. Reese!, of Bow- Clairchsysarti, drapers and mercers - , Di. cembor 21, January 4, 95. at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall street. Attorneys, Messrs. Heed and Johnson, Temple. T. Hudson, ocLower Pililertou, Warvisk, weaver and farmer,' Decomberlkalli. January 23, at the Warwick %rm. lan,NN:ar wick. ..4tterrerys, Mr.-Cititster, Staple lan; 'mid MY. Tiliblts, Warwick. . . . J , ..4slydes.oll Yam vfl, Somerset. farmer. Jlntakry 01, 1725:14 the Mermaid lau, Yeovil. Attorneys, Mr. M atts, Yeovil ; and Mr. Williams, Red Lion-square. N. Berry, of liuddemiekl, York, rierehatit. December 11, January 4 5 25. at the Pack-horse Inn, Huddersfield. Attorneys, Messrs. (I. and W. Stephenson, Ifolinfirth; and Mr. Battye, Chai-ell-Jane. . . J. A. Yates. of Weymoath, Dorset. ironmonger, January 9, ,3, 25, el i tlae Commercial Booms, Bristol: Attorneys, Messfs. 'Bourdillon and Hewitt, Bpeeti-,drcet, Cheapside ; and Messrs. , . Bevan and Mitten. Bristol. ' ta . t.; rith tits. of .niergwenny, seedseindk,Neeniber 21, 2S, January 2.5. at the Bankritpts' Conn, Bas f inghall-4reet. At torney, Mr. Tustin, Brideaeourt, W.* Brldge-street, H. ,hl. liicalue, o f Lower lovtaiti-place, City-road, mer chant. December 24: January 7, 25, at the Bankrupts' Court, Rasingliall,stmet. ,Attorisey, Mr. Hedpon, .Balisbhry-street, Strand. '' ' W. Wells, of Hendon, Middlesex, hay-salesman. tfecee)er 17, 2S, January 95, atalte Bankrupts' Court.Basinghall-etreet. Attorne}s, Messrs, Allen and Co. Carlisle -street, Soho-square. ~ H. P. Evans. .at ITs oilman' A-court: Cerritiff, law stationer, ileeember 21, 25, January 25, at the Bankrupts' COtwt, Basing- It:di-street. A t tortiey: , . Messrs. Watson and Broughton, Fal con -stream., Faldoissqsare. • E. Woodwar:l. Of IV hets4one, Middlesos, butcher, December 21, 24, ;human 25; at the - Bankrupts' Court. Ilasioghall-street t Attorneys, Messrs. Willis and C o . NYarnfbrd-coon; onortonsstrect._ . • , J. Paul , of Whiclienter, analtstei, January S. 4, 25. at the Blom; Swan but...Wieslitemter. Ationleykr Messrs: Mlinehin end Stai, Gosport and, Potties; ant; Mx t .Min,:his s Venders.; buildings. , January ;, ot •,, fig,: 7)IIIIDFINDS. ; i. i .. : J 6. Haintall AWN. SIMI 09. 4 9( Vrjt, Nierelteett. , Jane:try 6. 'P. :11. .on ' ilell '0: - .11 eekinan, of eoige s:reet, • Sits tallioldeu ewer refiners: - '. , ' 1 • . : : January 7. IL and J, Slater, of Sarnlesbury Mill, l Ll t ttriptq, icemen cminners..'• •u, , c , • ' •' • January 25. C. Fearne, of OW Bond-stn 1 • mercheuM. , ' ••- January 7. W.paridson, of Liverpool, kiptta i • „„.. 1.., January .0..1i. Balitlfeill and - J.Box, 'Or MN, drirle. January 18. J. Thornly. of Cheetham Hill, Manchester, hati • OAHU factur . Janson , 2,,, ood,. of lioaloyillifned Nest; 'llif orl4 clothier. :.11 , oe;. - .0 7datlintry A. 3. Ratner, and T. Pape, of Lents, It Oft, seeds 1 . crdsher.. :• . January 13. T. Butcher, of Mitchel Dean, Gloucester, Umbel dealer. ' ' Jauttary 14.. B.,Banipseit. of eine-lnne, nuetioneer. - January 23. G. ,ba,i, m , of Upper Berkeley-street, Port nian-srj4ll,,e, np'lnlsterer. •ast January 4 1 II• Carter, of Hertford, fames. o '. January JW. R. R. 1% ara, of Nlaidelt-itute, Battle-bridge, einstsrfi tikstrinfikterer. January '7. T r Peirsuii and W . Sermon, of Ru•siati-row, Milk street, Irish facto , a. Jaausry 17. Si Vincent, of Regent-'erect, S!. Mary-le-Ate, victuailyt, s _ , December 17. qt. 11. Day, of Tovil, uear Maidstone, seed, crusher. , Ja'ntary 14. A. Anderson, of Salter's Hall-court, Cannon ' sttF•et, niercf!''ant. -January 7. E. Edavon-ls, orNewport, Monranuth, draper. • GERTIFICATES—J Aif. 4. W. Paull, of 111elehall, Warwick, tanner.—J.Rider, of Win c'he- ter House, Thruad-street, merchant.—T. Pearson, of 11 al ford, Stafford, mallater.—T.Clarke. of Clainsisoremrh. Lincoln, ,draper.—T. etutoun, of ,Hipperitulaie tint. Brigbeuse, Ha 'liras, York, butcher. —W. Durrant, of Castle-street, Fins ' bury. tailor.—G: Perfect, jun. of West Mailing, Kent, sar-, f geou.—C. ayii.on4s, of It atling-street w wareboaseraana—F. Ifieltardam, of Clteapside. wareheueeroan.--AV. King, of Cavendish, Suffolk crocor.—W. Cabo% of Cotton End, near 55 are kik, corn dealer. ,r#ARTNERSLIIPS. DI/MOLTED, • . . IftewMan and to. Old Fishestree!, Arueers.—R. and T. U. ilvskiek,•'HiritrlAVltakfr, merchantst.--trell' Aid.TronghtblL— T lP"' 1 413 , , 1 43 341 irtaPigt B t•Helaam 144444a1t .nboetoakers...- , Ifylung and Tnompson, Bt. Helens, ',epees shoemakers.— Curds mad Co. Wapping, hlteettlt-bakettl. • and Jotty,, rig bihuliestone. grocers.—HeoWningl 4nd CAL oy , ter itterctents.—Sehedes and Co. Oldham, Laneastr,r r -0. bitmoti. Meet Mace, and J. Rehlnktm. Stanyttntrrottlionttis 1 c, fernteCs.--‘4 ikon 4 0 Cu. A/moo*. PnPer - inalkeig."'? Rowntan and Hobson, Pendleton, Lancaster, tly ers...---J. told H. Mirry, airnsiegleam, milttary-esenitnent-makers.—Pores 'and Mitchel!. Mtiry-y-40ae-stree,t, palulmanufaetuiere.—Waystat md-Vans, mden-lane, 'Wood-street, Clicapside, pray-hat neePutfActurerc—Pre:Aois Mad Otrlaland, Crest Cliaptl-street, Broudaax, Weettoinsterlrominniw f i s.— l W. *ad r..Lawsso. iblifikdster •Cotent- g t OtTml; itatbnertt—Cottle. and Thomas, bkiercumeilasisitalltertity*.sariviascl'iatterard,Stmebsoi true, Fleet-street, newspaper agents.—Willitlms and Gordon. Cup tnn.-Iniu,e Avenue. Brlvtol, importers of wMe.—Dickensuq lirstiodess, Leeds, 'lurk, brush-manufactur • . .' • LoN, DON, MOND; It Pll34illlili N I: SS 1 Slihr Mil of the .4 ilfiltiltery Of Payne _Oe beforsimtion PI .I Culture. 4'c.., elli4 i.. ,fik:l , !!eqs..#.s. f' 't Ike irst N A I ' 11 1 -11fwip to/4s thy hDtdirottetP lb Ids if Popais: L *.• . ..,: Magyalophigaderg ;taloa; Qf for 81" 1 e 6 11 . 11 .1 1 9 4aii. What tkCilieil, we sn'ppos c, iiiiirlfignarant: Wei Ipfbr' , ' li some State of chy or a revublic wvi 1 ' l %!inor win t.,vemii i)EC ER 10, goon. A r'Ais . 4440.-- .•.. is /TO SHOlMipcluding Mel roctiptive'of the c'ofolliy ; wiele, 44 pcdnrtions,lWe 61.1 r moclgi bitraded for .tho Igoe- of . ..Sri* lt,# ko EWA TS, • Ic:G.c..l . Cap.!, Payer Rrgist”,,fild.44 Vuta 41 r t , Criza N ueof Pefru4r. Ihis:Gnrcolt; . coCilf,k - if r [have seen among the quo- , . 44:e. in c il t in ti (.:4 °Ca ve.wity fine sounding stuck, wait we e mast of ...,i.r !eiaers) were 'nicht ivas !ht. •• pi:tun - ISe to er, but wheth,r or . tiltbnars •quit4u.the dark. lye kept fly V oidimg A 0 sixs,ir ist sif . . ~„,_.. ~.Tpr.......,, • •••• • - • , .•••...."41'... P !R. v floundered. The loan is contracted by " a body corporate of one," called a Catique--liiS W.:h opes Gregor, Cazique of Poyais--and it is the territory of this new potentate that the book before us seem. principally intended to describe. ' We have seen, somewhere, a stor r yof an application made to Franklin, when he was Amba'ssidor iii Pi'anee,a during the American war, by a Notinan, who, seeing 1 that the Americans had been unhappily seoarated 1 from their Monarch, ofTered himself. ; to be their King, on very reasonable terms, ohsereriug, that his condescension on this point would he the more grate ftilly taken, as he was a native ilf Normandy, the plaoe whence Englishmen had been supplied with 'Wu,- LiA si I. The : Americans somehownor other lost thiii opportunity of founding their hap p iness on,a ;Mil' basis r but the people . of Poyais, " the faiilifillPll- . yers" (p. vii.), as cur au th or ca ll s th em , h ave been more fortunate in getting his Highness Clregbr';''Untl I the same authority informs us thin 'hill Flfghnelsis iii descended froth the ancient Kum of gdoikand, or, what is quite as good for, the people of the mosqui to shire, that it cannot be proved that he is _not (p.viii.) l " The author had intended to prefix to the present sketch of the Mosquito shore a short . memoir of, the . Mac-Gregor." This happiness, is, liottever. re served fur a separate publication ; but, in the ahseike of such a doctiment, which must have.been asititgest ing as the genealo..cy of Kin,: Pantagritel, we are as • cured that " his Highness will contrriVlo m idi the esteem of lila .filitisjill Povers." ; It.t.ff I.eu .4. How " his Highness the Cazique'? fißst 064041 the sovereignty over " his faithful Povers" rkes, , pot ape pent se pent from the work before us. Th e r e is it ems, 4 George Frederick, King of the Moiciriilos:ari Onyinous name. It must have been in antimpaties) 4 l,is tto:col Personage, that the flea-be-devilled currier in !!r ve,l V: saint,'' li'l the mass, there is ne'er R 'King in -Christen dowoouri-be better bit than I have be4iirt arre'itres sio,u which . clear) ~ exl c ludes his Rot's` ilighostas -else l King 'or die If upos, a pagan Mfoaresrii9.APl4 l l 0 4 1) tiliiiiilttrWiorhfsit jivis- must, he Milieu in a manner wiiis.kabbltrariEliwistionvoyereitnift4eiitP4: n fifej Kitts, ,tif the ijtutos (or of Mosquitia,;forrone autif4 would 4ave his title ruts thus, as the ",goofy !MeV appellariuti,") has, we beliere, after the. mode of the Congress of Veitiret, leoilveved a part ei P hicterriittiy ealledßonia,, togeshet with' " the fait brill: POwers' ap ß ortemtAt .tbereto tcrSir Gregor 3A'qgegor..., k ie.cid this ground that his ilightiesii Gregoreliyel l etn,etifuted himselfNzique otroyals,roadeColonila anclGlnerals; created 4.he iiii/itOry order of thOrdet'iribil r4Rreli furnishes the explanation of the m'ylietilut'K.4.C, appended tp Me. Strangeways' oameWahlinbaaiithasit come to ,Europe• and ,given the niosss.6oßcliteivis wao of 'his so4rcivity, by *raising a jtakk i ,90 .1e • • wiliclvekitgePretitleli, Kin g of tvroiepittta fel would hardly hare be en abtelto ifeenriipliAl? a° - "- Ilie.liehailieforoloird e s ee t to rive weleaosiiptiem tlikterrikarg,iqlueation!" for 4 the uieioNseilleav,l (..I is very de,ncieot,pt /natty matters ,whickpossffly i low ing settl e rs Wo'old 'wish to' be acquainted with;. 'kat it does coniiiiif it 4 ibitgoixVinthor-lireCrilpttfdriTht accounts cE atifhtivtimol rind Ire 2-etable 'produe tibriv of the West intiirovverified by references to tile -authoti/ ties; btit j how iptul of these several productions *to to be folind in the territory of Pupils? am) . itis czen Wt oubtful whether the author h as e ver been wiilun sight of the country of 'whir+ he gives a sketch;-for the phrase which he uses in the preface,--a pohion of hid life spent, in that part of the " world," Itittowygp4 ported es . it ii, would rather lead us to s,uppos thlt ho had not visited the happy shores of " Mtlsipifilg, 'NI even seen the faitlifol " Poyers," whom he ittlestiOerl to gotumautl, under the auspices of , his ,Highness Gregor, .. Mr. Strahgeways gives es some calculations on tbd expense and' returnson caltivation, frotn otie‘eif whiei ".it, appears,,that a capital of los 4 than. I CrOl.'; iociesdifig the whole purchase money of the estate, " • emplt4 , ed on the cultivation of indian cord would Product tinincome of V. 8461. !r Mr, Strangevrays adds - 14'a cotes of admiration' to this; Mad we realWthinlittinit it is a case in whielt it ii alltiwable for the writer 0 convey to the reatlFr the reduplication of his own asto nishment. " The returns and price," he tells us, " both eitimated w;" thorr,;ll the Indian corn, is taken at 4s. a bushel, and "there is no danger of the pric .beinrreduoed,". &s. After ali, the floods of tiro tiey which will (liqr in upon the hiqopy shores of Mos vitro wilkrather be olcut6sity than use, as an It ll 4 catchy one day's hunting,or fishing find food Coca week, and as those who can tied on nativcs—not &thrall Poi ”rs, but native mangiroye orters, will altrittii; "Withl " respect to food, be exenipttd from , thagneral -covet! " entailed upon oar first .parents." We do not weal lion the green turtle, or the manati's toile preserved int a trickle of spices and eaten cold—" a disCp'ery of which," says Henderson," Apicius Might hrliq'ePted,' " and sihtoh ;the disetiasinating NOM; bf 4 l.lt4io-• " gabalus would ,have thought juitly eatitietell thei " most distinguished reward." It Iraallenj laid, top, that on a part of the coast is found the ;rue Tyrian fp. 346)." At any rare, we suppose, Highness; the Qa-zique'l deseent k . A' this cannot disproved." Thrice bakpylapd ilf t Poyais! blesse4ygitit mAngrove; oysters alp] Knight, ot C Green Cross—with maul ti's: tails, 2n deseerfthtit of the ancient kingsofgicerland,i long at" Indiaa minis at 4s. a bushel yourpraises ei: ill endure Thrice kppy Highness ciregor! long as poyais stock is bought and sold, may your faithful Foyers', or Popyas, eat their barbecued arma,llllMe's under the shade of your pateillol sceptre: text may Ilse trua,fyvian dye Dever be wanting to give spleadvur the, glories of your court! ~„ It . ertaiuly does puzzle us to reconcile with Malthus's prineifdts, or with our own Aterretkhitußß l this' isoreor i 4gatieelation, the feet, that is comit* perfectly healthy and where a day's nr fishing furnishes a week's subsistence for a family, has so lung 1822. 4/Arkgtelertokligitreable.. iloimiereive, do not . dttupt lIIA,t, froVhe situittonof the Mostoito coa4t,. settle : . menu mi t ;lt lie conveniently fxped, for the to PrtY of the WYst WIN tllaoi,with som.tihtieles of frcl which' firey /to notipebolticOind rrlyins Vcr tfie ektlttiee of Some tioles of'Co!tioilkl . l roduee. ' .We shritild • eettalnly. hoyrem, adri4e . to.allow twine this:ne in on the calculations in Tork before int (the utld 41. oa I:10 t' S"8/1. income, ); e derived from a capital . of 1501., dr. iniißt'be; safelriarnek off) If we thight - iecture, wieti*Att enisiwisthnlcif treami: a word Of tidvii4 to Na l ktightles: the Calque lii:iir elf, vie should isyrthet • lie ang ..•i4l not tif,4 11. 4 ,4,4*, of tile Gree4 Cromanctiii-iaa die): Generals and Vice C.tiipes, and all thpt,ii expve sirc and ridieutoibiLin a Slaty grown old in wealcipand reputztien, will be shitable to a new c4lttitry, or iittrac; 44il to settlers. 3 . • •-!. . . V ' . . . t .I , , tray/it: - :li 5 m„.s._ ; • 71 111771ENX.1.:Y gisviiiv OF gß,Eeff BAITAIN. • LETTER THE tIItST. '' 1 The history of remote tbiatel-ii4utied 'lttibirclurity and contradiction. The morletaketiquatiin, whiiipushes liisresearylies beyondthe peeled at ivirit;ll autlientic re-i cordtcommence, must have rece.irse to fabulnus gUndlai!and the vagueness erkral tradition. Infortna-. ton drawn from such solaces most be imperfect and unsati,iiiotory ; and thouglit*-apeculatinns of Inge nious tyriters mai; give an air OT plausibility to their statements, a cautious inquirer "tifiertrath fresi tate, •liefare he receive oa factv, conTeitirreit 'udvarto titirted by the testimoriiy f nf written eredet4: Fitiin the (I°c/ImA-it!' ndw ex2iint; itiinCribiis: ke to Obtain uny accurate knOiyterk.,:enf the Antib=Stifinn forrn iisfigoreeriment, atidtthMigiiitteiltititl'intefestlng parti .ralarps with respect'to the ffiTin'neri . erbd customs of the freopie hare been pteseleved•andhandetrdown to pos terity, still no eertaia opinieftetilittigb formed of the jurisdiction and eutertviif of the etgisAftee assemblies., caufels myself teittly , l4dapeble givintany unob• jectionable arcorieNf'dlie , .tiviii•VirittetkFemote, Tor which ressolt,• I shitailtais te,4r those Aore obscure perjode or Crier hitrioryOrind commende :rittremtuks kern the da4eof the NOrman Conquest. • The decisive battle of ilastin7;, and the 4efith of 'Harold, left witti m without a corntittaflirl and the ',Nevin of Etreaud veivrmided•lire Duke of Netailkidy for his bole 21;4 Petilletra 'Clei vet; thi`sibrniaiiii&ktfiletitik4altiobilirt,iiid con; firittingetionuthor4ti4re& ftiM cVA•ottat`iOn, ttie ton. ilueroi:fratederPit 4144 1 414 1 1, 1 f10tie;:r• whn't drit 'abut its* itetleitte d iettfliailtie • rid! i ed :in • O OUR" 4 tibiteleei ) the . R.lpBelOttfiiiitlslie'dieiftetrittl4tted i• Wariabrabbe ki alley tee stad areas* ihfrty earl ritethe most resp4tabei4a * U‘e . sirf drfdßi±ti of their owe hypothehis, the dispute. is not likely td'he•siDdn . terrni. .nated.'iThis point; bovever, is trot elsterial to the soh ject of my inquiry; it is sufficient for me; that William, ciiik.sl444). 9wn eirieGaiat .os - sissidtA rWiticA khe iorfeil4 the military tenures lt , would l foreign to my pur pose to enter into eq ffiOn44 detail, or lengthened discussiceef f theyarinns duties ,:snd o'ulh,rations which sprang from this exteaelegiiiitiy system ; I shall con! , ,tae • motif W notiorep these more prominent clitYne: iteeiet4te of feedatistal 'which may serve to illustrate mied n e j apletia ! the subjects under discussion. • HsliuShose•rntle and semi-barbarous ages tear was the ?pill', Trunuit, and military prowess thei.sole accoin 014trnent. The restios and intractable Barons of ,Popeigiescorned the ignoble indsenee of peace, and, .if uneeiployerl lobe service of their. superior lord, in.. t elulrestilheir martial plapensities in attacking some eeigidsetus , ing .c,bieftetile,,end. exciting intestine .caew k uleititerne. Such bee* the .spirit of the timea, it vial I.44sooillifv,of, Avery A4Reteikor., to cherish e• warlike npiriknnicolg, his, subjects; and nothing could haw , liege inure admirably rieeteired for this purpose • the institution of the feudal tenures.;. The intr.cluc. tidal:if this systera in*ir England completely altere4 the state of latididilribkreq.. Attodia propriewhio ...wig "trilliijy eil :'ilge eUiiii' 6a' n'i estate 'sit ;Tn . & redi 'llsPailliiitifilif The' ffoveigie. • 8 . , litsi it iial u ificain 'plarillkid at! t,' ititijeli tic' ionditiceilirlphii4ciria,. the i)itillifrof whiet illiC:in'obliitt l iiii'bii 'Oitf tenant fn orlY te, that it, On' vbtr z nian' t 3 di 6i S'A irhis estate imntcaiately of the CrOWil, to aAl t ill tiftlihrl in ti me of I , i:o:Leith his vassals, equipped tind c mitiritained at 'liis•own expense, for a period of ?IDA!! 'days. But 'those powerful Barons, who were the King's tenants in chief, were not merely the companions of the Mos "tiarch in his military enterprises ; they also assisted itlin leYiheir advice in the deniestib administration of his' Government. They formed the " commune con- ViffiA rcgni," the Ccitneioncounell of the realm, and 'were usoaty summoned by the King at the three great "Ntiteals of Eastei, Whitsuntide, and Christmas. The duties Of this aggregate ass l ttibry have not been very efe'arty defined, and the MosV violent controveilies 'ltriVateilen respecting- the enaline'ations of its mein -Beiie' Thi s q uestion, it 'must he admAted,' is sur rounded Ali censidettibledfilieulty, and has given . . rise to many serious erroti and misrepresentations. iiftlny acute writers on the constitutional history of ignelarid, have been iii blinded by prejudice as to maintain, that in those truly. times that class of 66 nation, now called the " people," were repre meted by Burgesses and Knights of Shires. Un egiricipled men, who affect to monopolize public vir me leave love availed, themselves of the 'auction of high, liiimy ituthorities, and catered to the appetites of i bp Nigiar,4l, (Jechinations on the antiquity of P.arlia eli6e4to,ilalieuable„ iinprescriptibl e right of po uhipmpriptat:on. A; ~pint-tereht 9f i mankind, either from indolence or iir apacitv, never think for themselves, but adopt without investirtion the gen- ' • ; like every other precious commodity, is only to be 'obtained by lilboriOes exertion; I am 'rears? that the muiertakjitg have propaied to ii,/elf will have to e;teollater Medoff apathy of lazineii, *td the sullen resiatante 'of obililiaisy. I invite &libel:nit ' the candid tunidisrtassiniiatelo peruse these re i t:nibs ; they byatlta inftirences eraiiiti from anthe'nticateditis. toricttifaCts, and their 'lithe object is an 'attempt to • , conger* a plain and intelligible account, of the pro greatitit alterations in the Constitutla, 'aiitin the statiorthe Legislative Assemblies. • Before we can form an accurate idea or the fnfie tions with tihich the " commune concilitirn was. invesied, er of the qualifications of its ineriiVrs, ire must rettleFt thOt *aeon . bles dffereatly were convened by tbe'Concpteror and his suete;'r:Eirs. Whenever in ancient documents we find the piniple word " coarilient" employed, we may rationallypre acme that the meeting indicated by that ieroc6n ait the more intimate frietidseand'cOnstifutional adviseriver the Crown, and perhaps chitreapoilfra; . .in some degree; with. the Priv., Council of taodern gore- Aeigtis. the King Wll5 frequently obliged io to Normandy, and it is probable that wsneter h 6 ii - sited his continental dominions, he aplitiiritkr this coati/erne" to direct the affairi of Go4grniatit (hir ing his absence. ''The members forined a sot's af ila gency. Widi respect to. the expressions " inirgSrriet roaei hum" and " commune coneilim," employed by Old chroniclers to designate the more numerous assem blies, it appears impoikkle by any'exectihn 61:inge nuity to separate their jurisdiction. 11;4 Who are 'flind , of curious liptLculationiiiiay fancy ilkir perceive a diversity, but their theory, when minutely etafnined, mil:turnout to'he a ilkftinCtiOnWithout a diEferencsk. I have already remarked that the irritiviiune owed hunt reyni, the great naiional Legislative Assembly consisted of those Barons who held immediately of the,Crowu. I will now state the reasons Which hale induced tie to adopt thii opinion. • ,In all states et society and under every form of tVwelittnent, the acqaisition of wealth bestows on the possessor politiral .sank and power. In okt ant civi heed countries, subh.ea Great Brksin, them are three ,principal sources kit• revenue.; agriculture; commerce, ;and Manufactures: Nordtan Conqrirs't, the Iwo last were almost whoq adtiprodactive. Land Wr.s Alioproperiy fseeniwkith riches, and consegnertly po -414jc.al power, could be derived. That species elf pri3.. party which, in modem times, is 'called ykkkiliett, in contradistinction, to real, was, comPartkii+-epeek ing:, unknown. It appears, thee, that -114- 1 114. landed proprietors wertthe only persons who possessed a fond from wb'eb w4rillth could be olkainik Ninv if it be admittert that wealth is power, and that' landed liktikkity'tvai'dieihtfy'sonc'ee'frind which wealth could ltsekthtiliked-,• ttlltowsinevliably, tfiet"ihli +Artier iftlierdt4 trait' composed' of tfif7st nere•tife immediate tenit l its 4 1 tite loreog h lyi,J.! 'rof . . 'J . a,.: • Aftettiikdfir iittlitiltY. of Doomsday Boot:it : 44s thitti'the ititirritts be. nitrite amounted to sirthiiiitrced and•five,lif ''whiehlittitlller one hundred and•fbit'ktiere Bcchelsiisties. Thd *hole landed property•rtirltet land, with the exeoptiew of the three nortligni Coun ties, was eitenyed 'by, this. /body, and d.vidA into IC 4215 ihright's fees ; 28,0150 f which were possessed by the Clergy. he King. held lands in every county of Englund. except Shropshire, the whole of which Ivetrallgett to Count Roger; the Abbot of WeirttliMster held in foiirteen,dlie -Bishop of Lincoln in eine; and settee Otte lay liarons'in twenty: ' ' I apprehend•shat the qualification reeinitrilh.lto stitute any onc:llitifitteriorthe Great Council was the holding of fiend linnedialely •of The King ; and I thlul I I beli-vt,Ost tisvftipt the of the Church, and the 'mitred A Woo and Priors, eat in the i.egislative Asytem- qu account of their lay Baronies, Ind not kgain any privilege attached to their professiere. • view of the question completely. reilitges against the admissibility el Burgesses end Kinglet; pf the Shires ; and I feel confident that the impartial and unprejudiced reader *ill admit, when he reflects on the poverty and ineignificance of that class of the eOre munity from wind' these members must have , berna chosen, that they could not have had any pretensions to a seat in the great Council. Indeed, it is quite ab surd to imagine that the powerful and haughty li'r'as rvo old , have condescended to legislate on equal trine with men, whose obscurity and pacific pursuits tee derail them objects of contempt and scorn. In sup port of my opinion I shall subjoin the follownagjuilittioes remarks from the great Historian of Eugland •• If," says Mr. Hume, "hi the long peeiod of two hundred years which elapsed betwetei the Conquest and the latter end of Henry the and which abounded iii factions. revolutions', and Con vulsions of vii kinds, the House of Comment' 'ever performed one sii,gle legislative act so considtesbie 31$ to be once mentiuned by any of the nnmeroas hiitC rians.of that are, they must haeobeeittntally irastg niticant; arid, in that case, winki reason eata be:wiped for their ever being; assembled ? Can be 'emanated ;that men el little weight and importance pesstsbeit a 'negative voice against the King and the iteees t e,' Every page of the subsequent histories' .Lliseciveig their existence, though their histories are cot written with greater accuracy than the preceding, ends, aisle indeed scarcely equal them in that pac.ieular." • finishes this stroll of argument by 5aying ..,: ::1 0 : 3 , c 0 0:47 thing but the iteal vf party could everities i procorni srittlit to any other hypothesis." i• _ . BRITANifIS "e be coal II ii I 1 I • 1 I