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FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS. We have received from Spain, a copy of a Royal Edict, published the z6th of last May, the articles of weich concern essentially the i ßooksellers. The ob_ jet of this Edict is to revive,in its antient force, and to authorize the most rigorous execution of another Royal Edict, dated July r, 5784., in virtue of which it is forbidden, under the severest penalties, to intro duce and sell in Spain, any Foreign Work, written in any langugge, or on any subjeft whatsoever, without a special authority from the Council of Castille ithe Inquisition). For this purpose, all Foreign Books shall be detained at the Custom houses of Spain, and cannot be forwarded into the Interior, until the Council of Castille,. to whom a copy of each work must be sent, shall have de termined on the propriety of their circulation. His I%.l.ljesty, after having completly revived the Edict of 174, adds in the present, " Experience having convinced us, that the zeal of the Ministers of the Holy Inquisition, however, indefatigable, is become powerless in preventing the irreparable evils which the reading of bad books daily causes to Religion arkl the State ; that the number of those which are sent frotri foreign countries,and'the insatiable avariceof-the Booksellers render their efforts nearly. useless ; and that, perceiving the necessity of putting a stop to these disorders, we have resolved by our Royal Edict, communicated to our Council, to renew with the utmost solemnity, the Royal .Edict mentioned above, and to cause it to 'be published at Madrid, and in ail the towns of the kingdom, in older that ho individual of any rank or condition may be ignorant of the penalties to he infikled, the forms and rules established, as well for such works 'as have been introduced Witho.‘t the necessary sanc tion, as for those which may be hereafter brought into our States; wherefore, if the punishments de nounced in the aforesaid Edia and the law which relates it, he not sufficient to deter offenders, it is our pleasure.that they be treated with such rigor as may be calculated to deter - others who may be dis posed to follow their example-." The acquisition of Louisiana renders more im portant than ever to France, the interests of Cow_ snerce ; and under this idea the Government could not at more judiciously for the preservation and amelioration of these interests than by confiding them to M. OTTo, who, it is currently believed, will proceed to America soon- after the arrival of General ANDREOSSI in London. RETIF DE LA BRETONNE, the Author of several Works esteemed for their morality and virtuous pre cepts, has lately degraded his reputation by the publication of a most scandalous and indecent pro doetion, which he has called Letters 'written from .the Tomb. It is hardly credible -that the Author of " The Peasant Perverted," " The. Life of my Father," &c. &c. shoulif have defiled_ his pen by, writing the obscene and immoral pages which he has not blushed to acknowledge at the age of sixty.. eight.* The vigilance and attention of the Police, however have prevented the circulation of this. disgraceful performance; and RETIF we hope, convinced of his improper conduct in thus endea vouring to contaminate the, mind of Society. The following Letter, addressed to the Publisher' of The Aberdeen journal., appeared in his Paper of Wednesday se:nnight : " SIR, " 774 . it, i2oz. '' As nothing is more meritorious than the rigid attention of Clergymen to their duty, I deSire von wilt be so good as insert the ine.,osed Lotter, which I . received yesterday, in your Paper; for, although I am •informed it has been very industriously circulated in their neighbourhood, vet I think it will be gratifying to the Authors, that the Public at large should benefit by it. " I have the more satisfaaion that .1 settled one of the Reverend Gentlemen on a Crown Presentation, translating him from a parish he was desirous to leave, where I under.. stood he had met with gross and unmerited abuse. " The fatt is, I was at Mar Lodge early in May, to drink vat -whey. A labourer went from Rothiemay with the-ne cessaries of lite, and Should have been there on Saturday, but, .from never having travelled. in that country -before, and the horrid state_of the road, he was on it on Sunday. On hearing, eif the circumstance, I sent one of my servants to-the .Rev. Mr. FAStaue.ts sou, of Coldstone, requesting that Gentleman to excuse the man, and .that he would have the goodness to state his situation to the Parish: I shall only add, that it is a great blessing the worthy Oergymen, the Labourer, and myself, are accountable to unwell higher power than any great Lord erg, eat Man on earth. " I am, Sir, yours, ize " FIFE." "MY LORD, • "Gleimmick, 2 d Jane, 7g02. 46 It is with great concern that we subscribing find our selves called upon, not only front, the duty of .out sacred functions, but to satisfy the imperious calls and importuni ties of our several sessions and people, to represent to your Lordsbip, that on Sunday the 16tit of May last,a servant with a loaded cart belonging to you, p4s:tcd through our several parishes, and through some uf therri even in time of divine worship. ..! " To pretend to describe the heinousness of the crime 'of breaking the Sabbath Day, especially in these times of scep ticism, infidelity, and impiety , woult.4 be an insult to your Lordship's understanding. Suince it, therefore to say, rthat it is expedted your Lordship will have the goodness to t4ignify your contrition to our several Kirk Sessions through which your cart passed on said day, for having : given such offence to the religious and well disposed part of the community. We feel ourselves much hurt to be obliged to make this communication, but respea for your Lordship induced us to it, before we took any other step: • And the commands of our Lord allow no distinelion Op:nolo. We have the Honour to be, very respeafully, • My Lord, - " Your Lordship's most obedient, " And most humble Servants, " GEORGE BROWN,, " CHARLES deiIeSRDY. " The R.gbt Hon. the Earl of Fzrz, .12#4-House." The following singular experiment was tried, and has frequently answered beyond expeaation on moor sheep, affliaed with that dreadful disorder called the Staggers, or water in the head. Mr. John Pybus, an opulent farmer, of Holywell-house, ttcar Guisbro', lost a number of his sheep by t hi s disease ; various methods were adopted to save .them, but without efFeet.—Howefer, a few weeks !.ago, he took one who appeared to be dying, and having raised the skin upon the forehead, he with , :.sharp pen-knife, such as are generally used by gardeners, laid open a part of the skull, literally extricated a small bag, apparently filled with seed, and a thick dirty water immediately followed the incision ; then gently closing the wounded part, and covering it with a strong pitch plaister, was agreeably surprized the following morning, to find the poor animal frisking about the moor, with the agility of a lamb.. LONDON : Printed by BUCHANAN NI`NI (of Bow-Street, Covent-Garden); and Published by WILLIAM ARM/GTR SCALPrs, (of Horse-firry-road,, Westminster) ; At the: ,SuN-Ciarmis, Ng. z z, Strand ; where Ailveriisethentr, Order: iclz the Pato', Lriteri for the Editark &c @ Oost-ta4d), nwst be •tt,k,,tc4bed. CAPZ 'OR GOOD HOPE. The folloicing is an Abstraa of the Account which has been transmitted iv the Gentlemen who were sent by Govern ment, Ara a Voyage of Discovery into the Interior of A fried.; " After travel4g about 360 hours from the Cape, or, as we suppose, about Soo English miles in the direaion of N.E. or thereabouts, which would bring them within two degrees of the Tropic, they came to the Capital of the Boetzuanas, containing about isoo houses, and 7000 inhabitants. The name of this Ciry is Likitosv. So vast an assem blage of dwellings, exceeding' the number of those in Cape Town, , with a population equal; if not su .perior, excluding the Slaves, makes it more than probable, that the inhabitants have not 'only at tallied a very considerable pitch of civilization, but it implies also a more than Ordinary degree of in dustry in the cultivation of the Arts, and the pur suits of Agriculture. " Surrounded by a barren country, and border ing to the Northward on other tribes of people, re maining in a fixed and sedentary life, and deriving little or no support from commerce, we are entirely at a loss to Conceive in what tnanner they contrive to subsist so great a multitude. The details of their political and domestic economy must furnish new and highly interesting matter to add to the history of savage nations. It would be equally unaccountable, that in the course of 160 years, no ' corres information of the Boetzuanas should have been obtained, if it did not occur to us, that no single discovery has been ended, nor any account of the Southern Angle of Africa been made public, except by occasional and foreign visitors. It may be further added, that the country within the limits of•the colony has been better - known, and more travelled by Europeans Or settlers within the last five years, than in the whole period of its coloniza tion/prior to the time we mention. At the capture of the colony, no part of the very extensive Distrii of Graaff Reynet appeared in any of their charts, except Zwart Kop's Bay ; ' nor were there then three men in the whole Cape who could point out with any degree of accuracy where it was situated. This dreaded journey of a long month is now become familiar, and accomplished by a British Officer, with a couple or three horses,'in six days. " With regard to the Boetzuanas, their name, their numbers, their situation, and resources, were . all falsified in the accounts given by those who pre tended. to a knowledge of this nation. " The literary world will derive no ,small de-• gree of gratification from the labours of the present expedition. Besides a variety, or perhaps a new species,. of Rhinoceros, no less than four animals of the 'Antelope and Bovine . genus, hitherto untie_ scribed, have been discovered, among which,_ one ''is stated to be allied to that .singular at 'teal the ,11 Gnoo, and another in some degree to th - arte. hreest ; and the Fine Arts will be enriche by the pencil of the very able Artist who accompanies the ExpeditiOn. - ' . " Notwithstanding 'The — great distance that the Boettuanas are removed from the Cape, they cow plained grievously of certain persons on the fron tiers of the colony committing depradations on their cattle, and ill.:treating their people. They parti cularly mention a man Of the name of Jan Blom, who, with his gang,• had of late years very much infested them ; and they concuded, naturally enough, that all the colonists were like Jan Bloin ; and of Course they were at first guarded and distrustful of the present Commission; which, however, by a re sidence nearly of - a month,. sufficiently convinced them that all Christians were not of the same de scription as Jan Blom and his gang. • "'Humanity shudders in contemplating the de plorable situation to which the liulk of the native in: habitants and rightful owners of this country have been reduced; by the arts and machinations of such lawless miscreants as these. To such,are owing the numerous hordes of Bosjesmen, who, driven by im perious want' to assail. the habitations or the flocks of the colonists,. are 'hunted down by the lat. ter. with m eagerness, and destroyed with less remorse; (fur their destruttiOn is the cause of tri umph), than the vilest or most obnoxious beast of prey. " The natural disposition of the different tribes of Hot:entots is peaceable, and cheerful ; and . by. gentle usage, might be rhoulded into any shape. The habits of life in which.they have been brought up, naturally incline them to a fondness of liberty, and render them impatient of confinement and re straint ; but they are perhaps, of all the people in the world who have been accustomed to a roving life, the easiest broken in to constant labour, and reconciled to a fixed abode. As . a proof of this, we need only refer to the exertions of the Mission aries, whose endeavours in this country have been crowned with better success than perhaps in any other. Degr,aded as this people have stood in the page of history, and represented as they have ge nerally been at the foot of the scale of rational animals, we are doubtful whether any nation or tribe of men, falling under the usual denomination of Savage, are possessed with more natural endow ments, or more apt to acquire those of art than the Hottentots. We could enumerate various instances in support of this opinion, were it necessary; but they are now so well and so generally knowo, that such details are unnecessary." CAUTION.--A number of counterfeit seven shil ling-pieces have within the last week been circulat ed with infinite success, and consequently much mis chief. As they are likely, from their. weighing the full weight, and excellent appearance, to escape de tedion, we think, proper to put the Public on their guard. They can only be discovered by a compa. rison with a good one, when it will be found they are considerably thicker, that the sound is much thriller, and the impression on the face side fuller and bolder than those struck in the Mint die. This illegal coinage is supposed to be made of the metal called platilla. DUELLING. BOMBAY, JULY 13, iSor ME Quarterly Sessions commenced here on the 4.th inst. before Sir WILLIAM STEIL, Recorder, and his Asiociate Judges. The RECORDER having add ressed,the Grand Jury in a very eloquent and impre,sive speech, elucidat ing the law, as applied to the various bills that were to be brought before them, and particularly upon the subject of Duelling, the Grand Jury re tired, and the Court adjourned until the following day at ten o'clock, when the Grand Jnry returned a true Bill against Lieutenant G. B. BELLASIS, and Captain C. W.- By NE,' for the murder of Mr. A. A. FORBES. MITCHELL, and no bail against Lieut. MITcHtE, whose name stood in the same indiEt ment. Mr. Do w D ESIV E L L, as Advocate for the Crown, then moved that Mr. MITCH' E might be put to the bar and tried upon the Ingdest of the Coroner, with the view, as he declared, of bringing Mr. MITCH I E forward as an evidence upon the trial of Lieutenant BELLASIS and Captain BYNE—which being opposed by Mr. MORLEY, as Counsel for those Gentlemen, and the Court having heard the, arguments adduced for and against the motion, they were pleased to rejel it ; upon which Lieu- BE LLAIS and Captain BYNE were put to the. Bar. Mr. DOWDESWE LL having .ldressed the Jury on the part of the prosecution; evidence on both sides was heard, and the prisoners, both of whom address ed the Court, having finished their defence, at one o'clock the Recorder summed up the whole of the proceedings with his usual perspicuity and accuracy, and delivered his charge to the Jury in a manner that refleaed the highest credit on his abilities and impartiality. The Jury retired at midnight, and at half past one o'clock on the morning of the r6th, returned their verdid Guilty, but recommended them to mercy. JULY 20. The Court having:this day met at eleven o'clock, pursuant to adjournment, Lieutenant BELLASIS and Capt. BY NE were put to the bar, and being asked, in the usual form, what they had to say why sen tence of death should not be passed' upon , them, they severally addressed the Court, in a few words, throwing themselves on its mercy. The RECORDER then addressed the prisoners in a long and very afFeaing speech, wherein he reca pitulated the leading circumstances of this melan choly case, and took occasion to admonish the au dience, to take warning from the' unfortunate ex ample before them, of the danger of flying in the face of the laws,• and aauated by false notions of honour, seeking the lives of their fellow creatures, or risking their own, by that most barbarous prac tice of duelling. • . The RECORDER then informed the prisoners, that in consideration of the Jury having.recotnmended them to mercy, the Court had - determined to avail them. selves of the late gracious at of His Majesty, which enables the Courts in India to award sentence of trans portation instead of execution against of. - Iders in certain cases, as they shall see fit ; and, further, that from some favourable circumstances which had ap peared on the trial, affeaing the case Of Capt - . BYNE, as well as a representation which had just been put into his hands from the C.acers of the 86th Regiment, stating that upon a former occasion of this nature Captain BYNE had interfered and happily prevented a duel in the regiment, the Court would be. induced to recommend him to His Majesty for pardon;' but that the case of Lieutenant BE LLAsts appeared in a very different point of view, and he ffitist not ex. pea the smallest remission of his punishment. The RECORDER concluded by saying,— ,, It therefore only remains for me to to pronounce the sentence of the law, 'as the Court have determined to apply it—which is, that you GEORGE' BRIDGES BELLASIS skein be transported to the eastern coast of New South Wales, for the term of fourteen years ; and that you CHARLES WILLIAM ,BYNE Shall, be transported to the same place, for the term of seven years." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHELMSFORD RACES. TUESDAY, JULY 20. The Queen's Plate for 3 and 4 yr. old fillies. Sir C. Bunbury's Julia, by.Whiskek I r: Browne's f. by Precipitate 2 dr Mr. Goldieg's Remnant . • No. 26, CORNHILL. As a proof the imhiense demand in the present Lottery, there are more Tickets now shared than there was in he whole Irish Lottery of 32,000 'rickets. HoRNsoY and Co. alert:foie reCommend an immediate purchase, there being no doubt that the whole' of the tottery will be sold before the Wheel goes round,• as it only consists of 2 4.,00ci Tickets: The immense crowds that flock to the new Theatre, Sadler's Wells, is an incontrovertible proof of the estimation in which the entertainments arelleld by the Public, and they certainly axe, without exag geration, unrivalled : no dancing can exceed that exhibited in the French, Milliners ; nor can any Se. rious. Pantomime excite more interest than St. George, exclusive of its containing two of the best combats ever fought, between Bologna, jun. and Grimaldi, besides the extraordinary battle with the Dragon; add to these the irresistibly laughable Pan tomime of Harlequin Phaeton, and the Poney Races, which are universally allowed to be the best ever presented to the Public, and it would be a subject of uncommon astonishment if the new Theatre, Sadler's Wells, was not the order of the day. DIED. On the loth inst. at his house in Stanhope-street, the 76th year of his age, the Right Hon. Isaac Barre, Clerk of the Pells. On Wednesday the r4th inst. at Aldhorough-House, Dub lin, the. Right Hon. the Countess of Atcibprough, widow Of Edward the late Earl, and since married to George Powell, Esq. Barrister at Law. POOLE, JULY 20. Arrived-the Rainbow, Cameron, from New-York ; Dili gent, Phillips, from. Southampton ; ACtive, Williams, and Dart, Baker, from Portsmouth ; Rambler, Tozer, front Tenby ; Hope, Manelaws, Weymouth. Sailed- r -the Heclor, Sparrow, and Reiolution, Francis, for London; Charlotte, Roberts, Swanage. GRAVZSEND, JULY,2O Passed by—the Cornwall, Blythe, from the South Seas ; Latona, Hart, from Nevis ; Governor Milne, Moffatt, from Grenada; Saling Grove, Bernie, and Rachael, , from Demerara ; Martha, Carey, from Barbalioes ; Commerce, Fish, from St. V incent's ; Julia, Collins, from Charlestown ; Argus, Johnson, and Jean, Gardner, from Antigua; Sea. Nymph, Church, from Lisbon; Chapman, Suor, from Riga; Peggy, Finlay, Pa lemon, Andrews, Industry, Wood, Adeon, and Friends, Howell, from Jamaica. Sailed-the Iris, M'Donald, for Africa ; Maria, for Valencia; Eli Peaks, ' Eliza, for Amsterdam Juffrow Johanna, Vessou, for Rouen ; Dundee Arms Packet, Vennell, and Juffrow, Catharina, Jansen, for Calais. re ..7TUCKS. R. n A. V. India Stock India Bonds s. prem. Excheq. Bills s. s. prem. Fundable ditto prem. 3d Exchequer Bills dis. Omnium 2 21 ti 2 dis. Ituper. 3 per Cent. Ditto Ann. 12 5-161 Bank for opening India for opening - ds for August 731 31 PR ICE 0 YESTE Bank Stock Navy 5 per Cent. zooi 5 per Cent. 1 797, S I risli 5 per Cent. 4 per Cent. Con. 89 ; per Cent. Red. 73i 3} ; per Cent. Con. 72iiii Ditto Scrip Bank L. Ann. 2oii Ditto Short Ann. 5 r-r 6 Ditto Scrip rrilE SALE of the TAN-YARD at the Swan, in J. Stafford, on Monday the ad of August next, is POST. PONED. HOSIERY. COOKE continues to have on Site at his Manu fadory and Nottingham Warehouse, No. 434, Strand, an extensive and valuable Assortment of HOSIERY of every description, which, fOr elegance, neatness, t as t e , an d qua li t y, has never been equalled, and, he flatters himself, can never be surpassed. The many advantages he possesses over every other person in this line of business, and the peculiar degree of perfethion to which, by indefatigable attention, and unli mited expence, he has brought his Manufaclory, while they afford him an opportunity of offering to the Public a variety of Goods, superior in every reaped to those-of any other per son, and render all competition fruitless ; also enable him to accoinatodate the Public, either in the wholesale, retail, or export trade, upon terms more moderate than can possibly be afforded by any other House in the Metropolis. NEW INVENTED HATS. N consequence of the very great Co m pl a i n t, o f I late, of the bad quality of Hats, has induced Mr. Hare, of No. 71, Strand, wig has resided there these twenty years, to try the experiment of mixing Moles Fur with Beaver, an" which he has found to answer his most ardent expelations, not only for their durability,which, on trial, will be found to wear out near two such Hats as are made in the usual way, the Mole Fur making them so much finer, and of a closer texture than the various coarse' Furs that are usually made use of ha the Manufaduring of ,Hats ; and, with other gcod qualities, the Fur will not come off, which has been so much corn. plained of of late, as well as their taking a most beautiful Back, and which will retain their colour : lad being the Manufadlurer of his own Hats, he sells esint at the low price of 11. 3,5. Stamps included. Likewise a 'variet of Army and Navy Hats, Folding ditto, Patent Silk Hats, Li— very Hats, and Ladies and Childrens Hats, elegantly trimmed. N.B. Worthy the attention of Merchants for Exportation. *** Mole Skins bought in any quantity. To the Proprietors of STIRACI A's ITALIAN OILS for the Growth ot HAIR, No. 94, Newunn-street, Ox— ford-street. Likt, ,A Son of mine, having , very little Hair from his birth; was persuaded to try your Oils_for the Growth Hair, which had the desired died of making, it grow quite thick and long ; having also a child in the same - way, was desirdus of trying your Oils again ; they not only made the Hair grow very list, but took olf all_ the scurf, and was the means of its not taking cold. A Gentleman, Mr. Johnson, of Wapping, had a h o r se th a t h a d l ost t h e h a i r off his knees ; I persuaded him to try your Oils; it not only made the Hair grow very fast, but very thick, and of its natural colour; and am Sir, Yours, &c. T. WHI MORTH. ehurch-street, Hackney. To be had as above, and of Williams, No. 41, Pall Mall ; Humphreys, No. .118, Oxford-street; Golding, No. Cornhill ; Metcalf, No. 54, Holborn ; and Saxon, No. 24, L eadenhall-street, at ss. a pot, or al. 14s. a dozen. VENEREAL BLINDNESS, &c. To Mr. TuomAs TAY LoR, Surgeon, No. 9, New Bridge-street, London. _ _ DEAR .51R, T T is with the most heartfelt satiSfaCtion that addreis you on the incomparable excellence of your in valuable Medicine, LEAK.L . s PATENT PILLS. In -the Spring of this year I had the misfortune to contract a Vene real Complaint, attended kvith the most alarming and dan gerous symptoms; insomuch, that I, have been confined to my room for a vrhole week together, and not able to stir out of .it ; I had no rest night nor day, and suffered the most excruciating pain and torment, and what was still worse, my eyes grew weak and dim, so. that 1 could scarce discern any .ohieet, if ever so close tome, and expeeted nothing less than the total Loss of my sight.—Froin a stout, healthy, and rather corpulent man, I became*. mere shadow, andan objed of pityandcompassion. My fritids had all given me over, and thought my recovery impossible. In this dreadful state,, and - expeetiny, every minute to he niy last in this world, I was fortunately recommended by a neighbour t 3 try your Medicine; but hiving tried all medical aid to no purpose, and being at an enormous expence, it was some time before I could be prevailed on to take ,them ; at last I sent for six boxes, and before 1 had taken them all, I found con siderable benefit; - my pains gradually decreased, and my eve sight grew better, and, to the great surprize and asto.iii;li ment of all'ary friends (after taking three boxes morel, ntyr health and strength was pertectly restored, and I am Iwo' (thanks to my God and your invaluable Medicines) as well and hearty as ever I vv . t..: la my -hie. You are at full liberty to publish this in any manner you think proper, for the benefit of society at large, aria' which I should have sent you sooner, but was fearrul of a relapse. I remain ' 'with the utmost gratitude, Dear Sir, your obliged humble Servant, l(. L. LEI High-street, Birmingham, NoV. 1, 1799. The above Medicine is earnestly recommended to al! Persons that are in any doubt of their being entirely free 0' every Veri;lreal Attedion, particularly to those. about alter ing their condition in life, as it Nviil certainly eradicate" every taint of that nature, of however lung standing, of however disguised under the appearance of other disorde& it may be; for Scorbutic, Glandular, and Cutaneous Coin' plaints, it is also recommended to be taken, especially W .. . the Sprung, S ummer,' and Fall. Prepared and stld by the sole Proprietor, THOMAS TAY-. LOR, Member of the Corporation .e Surgeons, L o nd o n, 2 '. his House, No. 9, New Bridge-street; where he will goi° Advice, without a fee, to perions taki n g th ese Pill s , arch will answer Patients' Letters, if post-paid, on the sinne terms, observing in all cases the most inviolable sei:recy, r lcY ; Patient's name or:ease having been mention e d, b ut a t thei' own particular request, by the Proprietor, during the co urse of more than 35 years, that "he has had the cot:duffing of an extensive Sale of the above Medicine, and the. Prattic" arising therefrom. They are also sold by his appointment, at the fumer's, No. 35, St. Alban's-street, Pall-Mali •, Mr. l bertson's Toy,slulp, No. 103, Oxford-street ; Mr. Steers' No. t, Union-row, Little Tower-hill ; an by one Per son in every considerable Town England, &c. in bore' of only 9d. each, sealed up, with full and plain VL redions, whereby Persons of either Sex may cure theft" selves with ease and secrecy. N. B. Each Box sold in Great Britain is sealed u p a Stamp, on Which,' by favour of the Commissionert" printed at the Stamp-Office—" T. Taylor, No. 9, Nee;, Bridge-street,"—to imitate which is Felony, and all otil. - tr: counterfeit. , k a •r: Nv c: • H e to;