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r. enzli Government, we were to.advance claims on other nations, in proportion to our strength, could we not insist en the exclusion of the ships of all na tions, from the ocean ? where is the power to hin der us from enforcing such a claim? a claim founded on as much justice as that urged by the French Go vernment et excluding us from the Continent of Europe. If ever the British Government gives the slum trifling or indire Et acknowledgment of such • cha;ns on the part of France, the remains of the berties of Europe will be for ever annihilated. It has been to the spirit and resources of this country, and this country alone, that the nations of Europe have been so long indebted for their political exist ence, and the acknowledgment of such a right will inevitably lead to universal monarchy, and the firm establishment of the new dynasty. We will pur sue the subjeCt further: Who does not see the etre& which the creation of so many Kings by Bonaparte has on the minds of the vulgar, and how much it raise( him, and the nation he governs, in the esti mation of weak understandings ? Such vain glory is degpiied by rational and 'Linking men. Suppose our own Sovereign shoot,' think fit to create a hatch d Kings, plight he not give them kingdoms far more fertile, far mere extensive and populous, than Wirtemberg, Bavaria, Naples, or Holland ? The 'Mogul empire, alone, would exceed the whole of deem noised together, both in population and riches, or even exceed :be extent of France itself. If Lime Axle is to rule, might we net toe seize on kingdoms, su:li as Sicily, Corsica, etc. &c. and have our ti ibutary Kings ? It the Government of this couotsy, like that of France, was to be u urped by a se of men, mocking all religion, trampling on all la w s, human and divine, and acknowledging .no right, but that of p:.wer, then stolid its resources be exerted to the utmost pitch, its itamense power .wantonly abused, and the liberties of the world be for ever annihilated. We might be excluded from the Continent ; but to whom would the greatest share of power fall ? to them, who possess one quar ter of the Globe ; or to us, who rule the Ocean, and the other three quarters ? The misfortunes of Naples, Holland, and other States that have fallen under the French yoke, are attributed to us ; and why 1 because we could not do that, which Borne, in her proudest days of splen dour, was unable to accornpliAt—save nations from falling, thronih their . own cowardice, vices, and We yesterday stated, that " a person, arrived at Tortola, frc n st. Thorea,'s, wises the Man- Oink. packet, arrived at Falmouth, was under sail, repoc:ed that three French frigates and one Spanish, had arrived at Porto Rico ; and that a letter irom the same place, aa.l of the same date, added, that Or 4 frigates followed our convoy towards Bermu da." A private Letter from Antigua, alluding to the arrival of the above frigates is the West Indi mentioned in a former letter, says, •4 we have no farther account of the four frigates." A C.ossacil of the Cabinet Ministers was held yes terday at the SECa ETA& Y Of 8T•Tell OtfiCep for Foreign Affiirs, in Downing -street, at which the Luau Coaisccstos, Earl SltfiCla, .arl Moirr•, ViscountsUowtcß an d Stossiiu xis, Lords GREN vutr. and H. ?VITT, and the Right Honourable /deans. Fox and Ws ri OH AAI were present. Alter the Conned. dispatches were made up to he forwarded to the Courts of St. Petersburgh and Vienna, and two Messengers, Messrs. PhOUDII ti and Dam - trios. were ordered to hold themselves in readiness. Yesterday, a Court of Dirsftors was held at the Lac India House, when Captain Nlactsrosis was sworn into the command of the ship Maui, con signed to Madras and Bengal. The Court ad journed at six o'clock till %Vednesday next. A French privateer lately fell in with a schooner belonging to Baltimore, off St. Domingo, and on the supposition that she was engaged in the trade spithtlie Block., immediately hanged or shot every iiise of the craw, consisting of eta persons. This inittagz wims to have produced no sentiments rat • indignation in the minds of the Americans. Pre aideot JIPIPLISON has ismed no proclamation on the rubjeds and the American Editors, who lately rased so 1. - iud, and mourned so bitterly, for the accidental death of Pa• act. have frimlished the ac• count oftilNaransailion wit] oot a single comment. The .4.7 4 ,, Foca E , T • LL. from Lood,o, for An t:ltia, had not arrived at esutigua on :Le I sch or May, much out of time. The Ca' 'tonne, from Bristol. for St. Tho, muss, and Ale hatters, M A mints, from Honduras• for Liverpool, have been taken, re-taken, and car ried tato Antigua. TbeF.rderprae. Us too ogn,f mom Cmodo? . for Mont serrat, is captured and carried into Guadeloupe. We understand that a camps ill be formed of the troops at Shorncliffe, in the course of a few The Court of Coro:-nn Pleas sat for about an hrur yesterday at Westm'r.szer ; nothing, however. puhiic interest occurred. The Lord Chief doilies Alien ttt o, sortly af:er twelve o'clock , p r o cee d e d to Guildhall, and sat at Nils Pries, but tae causes for the most part were undefended. Arrocogst the many pnijeCted alterations in the various departrnents of the pehlte service. wit 1••••• to, tat it ills intention of the Noble Viscount at use Lead of the Admiralty to place the present Cons r..azdants of the several divisions cf Royal Marines on the reureanent, on toll pay, :a mate room tor the Younger and more efficient field °dicers of :vat useful and excellent corns. 0 :>•• •S . • -a/ • ce 7 LADY CAMPBELL'S PARTY. (ContiauPd from yesterday.) The Ball was opened by His Royal Highness the Doke of CV 116.fiLAND and Mist *CI. EOO, to the favourite dance of " Earl Moira's tuelconse to Scot land," which was followed by near thirty couples. At two o'clock the Company sat down to Supper, and at three dancing was resumed with great spirit, and concluded, at a quarter past six, ve:th " Deeps of Brandy." His Royal Highness the Prince of Watts was not present. In the splendid circle were— • -- - Their Royal Mighneuet the Dukes of Cambridge and C'sa cester; Duehe 3 of Holten ; Marquis and klarchiunes, of lowitshen.l; Welledey, and th M.ssea Wel lesley, ; the Earl and Counted of Camden ; Earl ant Count ed of Limerick; Vucuuntets Melville; land and Lady El hut ; Lord saltomt ; and the Hwy Mr. Dutidas. - _ Thurs Jay evening, Flit MA. l es T r, P r i ncesses A n - GUSTA. ELIZABETH, and AAlett*, walked on the Terrace, accompanied by Geo. Fa rzatoY, and Co lonels CAMPBELL and Desaitow. The Dukes of CtleilikaLAND and CAMINIDGE arrived at Wiudsoe. yesterday morning. fresh town. I-be MAJeSTY, the Duke of Camacinoc, Prin cesses AuGusTa s Snretts, and AMELIA, accom panied by Generals GA Ern and F . :Teeny. Colonels Tee Loa, CA street t, 3tc. took an airing, on horse back, by Cranbourn Lodge, yesterday morning, after breakfast, and returned to the Castle a little before one o'clock, when His Maissry dined. BeituaßD, formerly of Covent-Garden Theatre, but who has been many yea's in Arne-ica, has re turned to this country for the purpose of raising re. cruits for the American l'lleaire. His Royal Highness the Lake of GimucesTea is ona of the most to Eeßionate sons and brothers very few days pass, in which he does not visit the Duchess and Princess at their villa at Brompton. Sign Ira Cat ALIN t, who succeeds Signora Gaasserat, at the Opera House, has nothing, as might be supposed, of the f./i.ae ~/ , c all, in her voice. The Marquis of S•Ll:iltl..Y lett Hatfield last Thursday. fur Bath. The dasbing Irish Baronet, who has got into a One. Cos. scrape with Lady C. fell in love with her at a hall, wnile dancing to the tune of librien Rattler. Mrs. Nast:math left town on Tuesday, for York shire. where sae expeErs to meet Gust. NECON•4 on his return from Ireland, where he has been can vassing fur the representation of the town of Newry, in the seat Parham:rat. J. P. P. the initials of the dashing Baronet, against whom Lord C. is proceeding for errs. run. are said to staild for I Play or Pay. Tee Mai ciaiont as of S• f isau v, Countess of BAt tTMott, Countess of Ci.•its, the Miss desessavoss, and O. Vasco,: nips LAVA, nephew to the You - ru- Ge kit AfiIIASSAD3It, %Vele among the Coil/nett of Coat's visitor, on Thursday n ghs. Lady 8411eltWOOW.• we Die happy to !tate:NOMs much bettor yesterday. Her Ladyship has been very ill since her denervbetauat. Mr. and Lady ELIZAIIeTirWIII D left town yesterday, for South-Hill, Bedfordsnire; t,loey will return to wan nest Monday. A groupe, caliing themselves the Knights of the Screw, opened some Galles at Lady Cures late Masquerade. MasrLa BITTY commenced his engagement on 1 hursday last. at the Larnaingliam Timmy, in the part of Achille ; on Friday he was to play Itoaire ; on Saturday. Hanalei; and on Tuesday neat will close his engagement there for Otis season. Viscount Leal usrcio left town, yesterday, fee his seat at Gorhambury, near St. Alban's, Herts. the Hon. Miss Dal: sa mos° is entirely recovered from her late iniesposnion. and will very snarl en. oven the fashionable world Wale her resones. Mrs. Youeo finished her engagement on Monday night, at the Burning:lam Theafre, and is succeed ed by Miss SMITH, of Covent-Garden 'f hreatre. The Countess of Oa gave a grand ball and supper, lost night s at her house in St. James's. square. Ihe Marchioness of Saussuair arrived, last Thursday, at her house in Arlington -street, from Hatfield. sir Juistr and Lady Nzwrorr will give a grand dinner, this day, at their house in York-atrect. St. James's. Karin's rue* s ae.—Thursday night a comic opera was periurancia, fur use first time, emitted, "Li Femur rue per 14 .11P.icri." It was produced originally is liaa ) , by the Cumpuser Massa, but has bees greatly riesganened tay many introduced piece, by :46nor N • Ut. His ateing throughout, in be ete. raged Alusician, was fu.l of character and truth, and the wLuie tit his performance was moire. NM BiLLit.ti IOM sang with her usual faacinatiun.-. Opera went of extremely well. Maa. tosoru m played on the Piano Forte, accompanied by NA f tat on the Veoloacello, and sang with her own accompaniment, a beautiful Sung .• clic teals tale tor.' theta were present— Stahremftrg, counesb to cmk , for a short time, Lady *Hearn Luty Whimsy, 1,04 lie.ity f ttuersid, Sop WattLl2 %Ni Wione, Earl Co..y.temea, Lis, of Ettaust, Jamas and last St. ant, and S. Lord C.--w is we NJUIe Plaintiff, at whose suit a kit for 10.00'31. was lat.ly malted in Dorman, against a dashing idaronee, S.r J. P. far LPSHI• Con. with Laity C—, as stated itl t..c Dub. lin I.etter, in 1 1111 thin Lill fats. CA Wednesday. Sir J. 1. I'-- is, as stnerally happens in such eases, an old friend of we husband, and was an iii at* to the txouae. at the time of the alleged se dishier:l.—Lady C--- is a beautiful WOILAU, Itte daughter of an LASZei. Has Lordship met her at Rouse, where tie till is lure with, anal married her. Sir J. P. P-- is a widower. The Lady is co.•.fined in an crieleamed Castle, in the county of kfllare. Cluster.— FLe Grand Match for cue thousand guinea-. played art Loao's Ground, tea the three last days. betwee.s nine of Harop.hare with Lord ha ‘l..GLlte‘ ae.4 tieLDase, against eleven of Fan`. land, was woo ter the latter by rums. Sig ita fogs CO stoat .s: serious. L4W LVTELLIGEXCE. COURT OF KING'S-BLNCH, Wurmstistm,7tmrio. liaenns eriartetnt An ems:lea:inn WAY Wade to the Coma, this dry, for a wit of 11 , 74 r d, to he die-Reit to one Hopkins arid las wife, to bring tip the body of an infant child, vinlawfuily detainest by them. This was the ease of the two mothers claiming one child, which has already been before the public, upon examinatious taken before the Magistrates At Union Bail, and which has excited so much interest. The fails, as they appeared upon the affidavits, we again repeat. Mrs Knott, the mother of the child in question, had had an intercourse with a man of the name of English, by whom she had the child, who, of course, was illegitimate. Her state of pregnancy, and subsequent delivery, on the 7th of November, 1813, with all the circumstances attend ing such an <>evasion, were fully set forth ; in the course of which she was attended by Mrs. Brookes, sister to Mrs. lkferrit, now Mrs Hopkins, against whom the application was made ; Mr. Pearson, a man-midwife; Mrs. Wilson, a midaife ; and Mr. Huff, also a manoridwile. On the :'9th of No vember, the child was Isaptised ; anJ, on the '2lst of August following, Mrs. Hopkins, with her sister, Brookes, called on the mother, and requested she would go along with them to buy a wesldieg-ring for Mee. itopkins, who was going-to be martini to Mr. Hopkins, by whom she had previously had a still-born child. This request was supposed to be made on pretence of getting possession of the child ; as it turned out, that Hopkins, wishing to have children by this woman, declared, if she produced his child alive, of which lie had supposed her de livered, he would marry her. The plan was then laid to substitute the infant in question ; and being entraateel by the mother to the care of Mrs. Brookes, she and Mrs. Hopkins went out with it, on pretence of buying some liquor; when, after being absent for several hours, hirs. Brookes returned, and told • the naGzher the child was aaually last. Afraid to let the father, who was in the country, know of web a circumstance, she wrote to him that it was dead ; but some time after she received a tenet, saying it was alive and well. A meeting of all the patties soon after took place, and the child seas delivered back to the fa:her and mother ; Mrs. Hopkins de claring that her purpose was answered in her being now married; and this traosattion was accompanied with these words, by Mrs. Brookes: English. I am glad to ra:urr. your chill to you ; my sister gave it out that it was her's, but that was false, for the ch.ld she had is dead." Repeated other conversa tions were also referred to by the affidavits, in all of which the child was recognised by all the parties, to. belong to the present claimant. home time alter, however, Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins, during the ab sence ca use mother from home, came to the house, accompanied by two soldiers, and inaually yule away the chili, whom they now detain and claim as their own. The Coutt considered this something similar to the case of Dr. M,nerey, some time ago before the Cut;: t of Criancery. The child being illegitimate, they could rot-say whit was the mother, so! it was probable the case must go into the Ccurt of Chad cery. The then impression of the Court was, that they could not interfere ; but their Lordships dirca ed it should be mentioned to-morrow, and in the mean time they would look into the case already mentioned. of Dr. Moseley. UriD S. WATiSHOUSZ and •ISCITNEA. This was the case mentioned in our Paper nf yes terday, the Judgment of which was deferred till this day. The question was, whether an Auctioneer was the agent for both parties, so that his as could bind the purchaser? an-1 whether the delivery of a sant• ple was a part delivery of the whole, binding on the purchaser ? Lord Etaeneolounie, its pronouncing the judg. ment of the Court, observed, that it had been con tended, that sales by an ion were not within the statute of frauds ; but he could nat dispense with this rule, merely because an aur%on was an open transaaion, which precluded all possibility of per jury. This might be destruaive of all practice. and render the rule of the statute most mischievous to persons in trade. W.tb respell to the question of the Auftioneer being the Agent of both parties, this involved a coruiderahle question, as all the great transaetions of London were carried on by public sales by auaion. The triestiOa was, had the Auc tioneer made a m morandum of the bargain, suf ficient to bind the party?' His Lordship te.ought he had not ; the mere mertorandnm of the buyer's name affixed to the catalogue was not sufficient; the writing on the catalogue alone, was not a me morandum of the bargain. As to the delivery of the gamete of sugar. however, he could not but consider it as a delivery of a part of the goads sold, as well ..e a sample of their quality. By this, the sale was made complete, and, connivently, the sub sequent risque was vestet in the purchaser ; upon these grounds, therefore, the rule for a new trial was nude &haulm*. POLICE. Row - STKIKT. PICK-POCKETS. Yesterday, nil Senna, Di-4 HiGin', and Bi Irbee, alias C:orkey6ear, were brough: before 11ii- C4')I.A. BOND. Esq. and Sir Witsiva charged on suspicion of having picked the pockets of several of the company, as they were gang lam the Marquis or Lansdown's house, to the Masque rade, on Thursday sen'night. Captain Horatio Townshend, and several other persons of distMaion attended, who were robbed on the above occasion, but could r.ot positively identify any of their persons ; and Captain 'fowashend's evi dencp going only an a belief, that White, alias Conkeybeau, was the man who robbed him, the Magistrates were of opinion, that it would only be giving Captain Toarmiliend trouble to prosecute him for :be felony, as he could not be cocvided upon that evidence. he Magistrates than observed, that the tcwn palled spun them, and espeded, that they should proceed against the Pnsoners under the Police AR. Mr. gesso then, in the name of himself and the other Magistrates, paonour.ced all the Prisoners .441.4..4 as rogues and vaganduds, under the Pp. lks AR, and sentenced tkent to be iimpr;soft. 4 tl e Pause of C.rrettion till the next Quatter Oft. sior.s for the county I.f Mr. Commit a n d Mr. Ketarr gate notice, that their Clients would appeal a gainst the eonviaioe. GAMING. An information. ander an old Alf of Parliament. against the three Messrs. 0 —, 'mown in lb, gam bling won! f, stood to be heard yesterday at suit of Mr. Robert Holloway. but no the tit of Mr. Gic au ay. for the Defendants. tbe !pa was postponed to a future day. The infom elre , g,s the Defendants with. haring co to means of getting their living. latr. by gambling. saga Yeoerday, several inform:o;pm were heard, be— fore Sir B. WA {sow, at this Office, aigi..'nst Vaptaing in the coal trade, charging them with sending their papers to thr. Coal Market a day or two hefore their ships came to their mooring., by means of whirls the prise of coals was kept up at the Market. The charges being prnved. the parties were con: aided ; but it being their first off.-nre, they seer; only fined in the mitigated penny of M. Tito full penalty is QOl. JEA I.otlSr. ~~ `i evatur, MAY SO. t Last Sunday. in this city, a tregical event g l m pened, which caused a great sen sat i on . C a p tag Cobet, Aid-et-Camp to G e n era l L aroc h e , we ; ha l killrid ray a Jealen. husnand, who &peptised him *Arial his wife. The lialiowin ,, is what is mentioned kr public on the salsjeti :-1 7 or some time back, t husband, named Lamm i, a printer and !topless! or this city, suspened a n in trig u e b etween Captathb Combet and his wife. Not being able to surprise them together, he resolved on taking an *degausse s by coming to an explanation wah the latter. 161, impartieg tai her his distiu.sts and chagrin, be pro. mised to forget het condu.s, if she would cuisine to!, acknowledge het fault, and, in fine, to break of with her lover. The proposition .was accepted.--e j Madame k.anone mate the confession wnich he rue gutted, at id promised to fulfil the other arei:iilos, F addirg that she never would see Captain Combat I again. The husband appeared as generous as Vs wifuj ' for he authorised her to receive bee lover once reore a ,, ta sigoify to Lai the resolution she bad taken, to ti break off with him, and never to see hies natter.—' Matters being thus settled, the boshand plesed it les self in a situatipn from whicis be might ha assured of the etecati9e of the treaty, and of the degree of conbde -.ce which be might put sit the oath of his wife. He concealed himself in a eery small press. SU narrow, that it could not be ma:peeled he was there, and patiently waited the time of iute.-vsesir be tween the two lovers. Captain Cmatiom arrived They engaged in conversation, in a tone which was any thing but pleasant for the third person. who heard it from his ihding place, and win h was fey no means conformable with tee promise cf bladissne Lanoue. They even mired in pleasantries aR4 freedoms, very offensive to the husband, whose pe tit .ce eedared it still terthor, that is so say, so tar, adiatselia ?Fess did not open uiril the last extremity. The lovers remained mctioeiess from asumishment; at last Captain Cornbet etsdeavottred to make the best of it. and to turn the affair into a jest. This last circumstance completed the fury or the hus band. He seized on a large knife, used for cutting paper, wh.ch lay near him, and struck his rev .7. and then precipitated bimsed to the bottom of tb- stair cars:, iii order to escape. the cry of. " Sop 'ay hu.band," reiterated by hiss ife, drew a Cr... ' .o getber. Captain Combet. wfto went oat, saying, " it: is anthills," fall down dead in proonui-cnig these words. l'be husband and the wife have been arrested.— The business is to be investigated, and is tat a nature to excite mach irhere4, as well on aceoaat of the singularity of the Ike!, as the regulation crt the putai r ic morals. Yesterday, as Colonel C• u vat it was driving hie barouche, tour in hand, up St. Jarnes's,street, with Captain Cieusrttxu (brother to ter . Gcoses Ca otrisuct) on the boa with him, the foot-board g;ve way. and they fell upon the horses, -which Wok fright, and ran up St James's -street, where they came in canted with the wheel of a coar2o, which checked their proves*. There were four ladies in the betas:the, who received no injery. The two Gentlemen were taken in 14 User's ; and it was feared, at first, that Captain Cat:iv isah's leg was broken ; bat. epos examination, it preyed that only a smart bone in the ar.cle was injured, an that not dangerously. Col. Cesar eats was not much hurt. James Alger. a man of rnteel appwranca r was yes:el Jae fully committed for trial, at isilsoroogb.... street Oblice. for picking the pocket of J. Means, Esq. in Bond -street, on Thursday, of 2 blOk con taiting bank notes to a large *mousse. • Pentair" H.ifitt. who stand s ch arge d w i t h varirtus ads of swindling, was brought gp yesterday at blarlbotoogb-street Office. and reminded for a full examination on Tuesday wet. A melancholy accident occurred a few days since at Ball's Bridge, Dublin :-4 boy belonging to tne cotton manta n. , ,,y was bitten by a spad dug, and though every eff.:et was tried to expel the virus, las exhibited symptoms of that dreadful malaly, the hydrophobia. His miserable parer m were ander the cruel necity cf miessiturez.ring ..indanostl to their ill-fated ch ild. Yesterday giving. as some delirium were low ering a butt ofbe er into the pellet if a public hoes, iu Duke's -court, Bow -street. the peax round which the rope was fastened. gave wriy, and the butt was precipitated into the cellar upon the man whose sta tion was helper : bytabie wafortosate *went, the poor man's thighs wpm slictiat t mediately conv e y e d to flu holonsew's Hosplta/. On Monday woo commiwod to St. Dunitaa's gasi news Derehdo, a private is the 2Sds regimen: o . hist, charged with, teltiolcusly killing Air's Le:. at Ashford, in Kent. the prie,aer aad the decraied (who was a traveiling scissors griodes) haiesera &s -pate, they adjourned to a field 'to fight, schwa the deceased tallsatg, tie prisoner hit him a vieleat blow. and lumping no 4im, brakes several or his robe, nod otherwise bruised him, a iv.h, it is saproseds efge slimed his death.