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WESTMINSTER ELECTION. Wednesday, a very numomus and respeaable Meeting of the Friends of Mt. Sheridan' dined to gether at the Shakespeare Tavern. Mr. P. Moose in the Choir. After the King and Royal Family had been drank, with po e roriate nooks of esteem and re 'pea, Ow health of the Prince of Wales was toast ed with enthusiastic applante. the Memory of Mr. Fox was drank with the most impressive solemnity Te CHAIR NI• , alter some very pertinent obser vations upon the duty which bel••nged to a lieme• sentative of the People, upon the extraordinary me rits Of Mr. Fox, and the eminent qualifications of Mr. Sheridan to succeed- him it. tt.e representation of Westminster, ohoorved, that thronzhout the country, there was not a man to be found, in every 1..21,4'410 worthy of the sele4lion and support of the ill•aors, as the illustrious persrin whose eledtion the !Ott: deg was assembled to promote Between Mr. Fox mad Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Moore remarked, that tile warmest friendship had ever siihsisted—a friend ship indeed so warm, that no difference of opinion _ conic inteivart it ; but, Is. added, that in Sta. no • eitference of (minion had ever occurred between them. other than such as might have arisen between two brothers anxious for the good of their country. The lion. Gentleman concluded with stating the disadvantages he felt when speaking in such a pre- Mace. before a man so distinguished for the splen dour of his talent, and observing, that the star shone heightest when the sun was not seen, proposed the beilth of ther - Right Hen. R. B. Sheridan, and sum cest to his Eletion for Westminster. When the rapture of applause which this t alley forth had terminated, Mr. 6il altl DAY rose and observed, that having very recently occupied the attention of the Eiellb•pb at some length, and having within the last few dips published an Address to them, he did not nbW id towessaty long to trespass upon their time. -11116 amble 1? need, the Chairman, who had, he obit, been qu' a ton complimentary to him, ha d ailleed, that the lustre of the star was only visible whet the son had set. it Apply , " said Mr. Sheridan, "this nbrerveion to me, for , A hatetrer rays I may be • capable of shedding forth to illuminate your horizon, you must tether attribute to the gloom sleeted by the setting of that great sun whose loss p.m all de plate, thae to any peculiar merit of mine (lead ap e...rat.). Fee twenty-four years have I stood by that rilastriese tan. Throughout my political lite has he been the otjea of my adherence and admiration. Before I entered Parliament I sought him out, and that friendship I have the pride and the pleasure to think was never for a moment interrupted to the hated henrof his life. It is upon the same ground which urged me to look after, end enabled me to enjoy that friendship, that I am now induced to solic•t your suomert. An attio-lneut l ik nd t ettels aid a determination to persevere thi4pg the principles of Mr. Fox, are the °Olt gitiOnds Mom which I caw rest a pretension to your con. haence.. My Honourable Friend in the Chair, has talked of supplying the loss of thett r man toe deplote ; but this is quite im For evert in the scale ref gradation, all men with regard to him are on a level, and thus I must proseuisMesay total dismsalificatioo. But yet, 1 will yield tone Mia ins zealous regard far that sacred liberty. which, however its cause may have been betrayed by neachety, bedewed with blood, or prophened by sacrilege in other nations, *hell ever Eased in my estimation, es the highest gift which the great Creator ever conferred upon mac /bad owl reikested plarditi . In devotion to this prie:ipbr 1191, do I presume to think myself in any ctegive eqtfaffitt year late illustrious Representative —to that man. who, in powers of mind, stood completely anstaallei.- who, in my judgment, was, its a StateithOut, nor in iotelleet, not only to Ray this eountryall= ever produced, but to any the world has ever wit nessed 1 . apparel() The Right Hon. Gentleman concluded with repeating the words of his late Ad dicts, " What 1 have beep I shall continue to be— the maintenance of the principles of Mr. hex, is now tnore than ever a meted ditty." Tkis scotch was freqtcently interrupted by sale- Maims of applause. • Upon the health of Mr. T. Sheridan, and success to his eletion for Stafford, being drank, Mr. Sesames rose, and in a sheet and caw retie speech expressed his gratitude to the Meeting for this honourable mark of their attention—adding, that he had no doubt the Eaglets of Stafford would imittimre to trove their adherence to the sacred trnociples which originally induced them to support • • the man whom that Meeting had honoured with such flatterirg testimonies of*their attachment, and that they would feel proud of the high distinaion to which the Ileftori of Westminster were about to raise hint—( Applause:. / The Canoe of Liberty throughea the Wrinirkas amok with entloss The Indopeorrent Dolton of Westminster ; Sir Fran:is llordett and Mr. By ni, ant secrets to their Stew 44 for M t ddle.iex ; ' Alderman Coonibe,and the Independent Livery of London ; Lod wet. loam), and the Independent Elefrors of Surrey ; Mr Mater. and the Deane' of Hertford.hire ; The Dolma a lloiforel—Detnnihne—and Norfolk—end the .Hone .ot Ituoiet—Cewitei.h—smol I lowest! ; Laadellotriork, Grooville, Heoilatill, ad 6,AL:rd U. packs, and suroess to hir flextion in Yorkshire ; Lord Barryntore, snd the Itilepeodent klectort of Tewket- Ithey; 16, !Netted , . Ind 'he F1.4-t , r. of Fresham ; . .kleolov a.of the Independent Electors, the bleach of Wreetioas. lie Coventry ; were among the marked toasts of the evening. Several souks were sung by Kelly, Gibbon, and I)iguum, which were peculiarly well received. Mr. T. Sheridao and Mr. Graham also favoured the company vith songs, as did Lard Barrimore and his luotber ith Ores. Aremig the enriqsany we noticed Lords Barry mote and Petersham ; the Hon. Berkeley Craven ; Sir filbert Barclay M . Wilson, Howarth, • Graham. Brand, Mellizh, Scott, R. Heathcote, Notion. Att. &c.• Tice company broke up about ten o'clock. Thursday sehmight. as Mr. fir noose's phaeton wes standorg near the Castle Ditches, Norwich, wo• • _au Ithecare.rif a serv ant, the horses rota fright, boa ran away with the carriage. which was oveitioned ani broken to pieces. Unfortunately, a child was eonaideratil) , hurt by the accident. 111.11 7 4 L. IYTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 2e. Arrived the Mrreurn frigate, from Newfoundland ; .and the Litely frigate, from Gibraltar ; both last from with a convoy. two of which are arrived, viz. the Union transport, Capt. Rennison, and the Ambrosia transport, Goodwin. Put back the 'Saracen sloop •of war, which sailed on the inst. with a convoy for Cork.-- Wind N.W. PLYMOUTH, OCT. '2l. This morning Earl St. Vincent arrived in the Hibernia, of Ito inns, from Lisbon. His Lordship war saluted by the Port Admiral, before he came to anchor, with fifteen guns. Arrived also His Ma jesty's ship Formilable, of 98 guns, Capt. Fairman ; Viper cutter, Lieut. Carpenter ; and L'Aigle frigate, Capt. Wolfe. Sailed. His Majesty's ship Mahe, Capt. Buller, for the Channel Fleet. Various *moors were afhat yesterday. reapetling a Spanish squadron that had sailed first from Cadiz, and afterwards from Cartha gena. This account is said to be brought by a neutral vessel. but do not believe the report gains least "- of credit. the 1.-.. degree ... _ Sailed the Jobs dui/cutter, with a convoy, to the _ Westward. Arrived the Do Dry Broilers, from Bout , deans for Lubec, detained by the Lisa privateer. The Witte, Capt. Voss, of lied for Hambro', from Montevideo, with hides, is on shore on St. Nicholas isle d , and must aaload.—Wied W. T•LICOUTN, OCT. 20. The nuke e Marlins' Packet, Capt. Bull, which sailed last evening fee the Leeward Islands, has since Olt book by contrary winds.—Wind S. W. TORPAT, OCT, 22. This meriting General %newt went from the Ii- Isseirioss, on beard a enure belonging to this port, to be landed at 'Topsham. The General still remains very ill; his complaint is the dropsy. This afternoon sailed for Plymouth the Illsetriort, 74 pas; also sailed the Peggy, of this port, fur Portsmouth, wlth•the baggage and a detachment of the Berkshire Militia. 1114•1., OCT. 22. • Sailed the Odense dorm ofayar, from Yarmouth ; and the Crilistr sloop of war e from a cruise off Ostend. '' Arrived 'the Lareffer bon* frnin Portsmouth ; Trompesue sloop of wet, and several gun brigs. from off the French Coast. and remain in the Downs, with the rest of threhipa as per last.—Wind S.S.W. • FROM LLOYD'S LIST. • At Cowes—the Breeze, Wright, from Pittorshurgh. ' At it/mot—the Vltali!,•-•...; and the Prow Htlitoa. At Guernsea—The Reward, frets Virginia. At Carlo—the Martha, Fawn, Irom Virgines end the Is• peransa, from Li-bon Ghttmlburgh—tha Adonis, itiusea, boat Malaga; and 'to Constiunnin,.---, from London. Virginla—the Father and Sons, klopkies, from London. • the Bahantas--the John from Liverpool. SCHOOL& It has long been my intention, which I at pre sent fulfil, to send you seine remarks, in your office of •Inspetor-General, •spots the state of our public schools at present. Many are the evils, which, through length of time, or, perhaps, I may say carelessness, have crept into our most celebrated se minaries of learning and isience, some of which are indeed of the first magnitude, as they influence not only the present, but the future coodua of a boy's life. Or these, the principal ones that I shall men tion are Coe system offiging and that of selkeg. The fat of these is cut:salty rather calculated to form I tyntosi and slaves, than gentlemen and scholars ; but the foment boys reap an small advantage from being defilided by their masters, who, like the Roman Porimi. take their part upon all occasions, whether ries or wrongs This evil may proceed from the eseilessaes of the master ; but there is another of far greaser magnitude, which can only proceed from their escintragement ; I mean, informing secretly of what passes among their schod-fellows. This may appear at first a slight and trivial error; but its of feas are by no means trivial. It is the duty of the master to mculcate a noble and manly spirit into his beys, but this is encouraging a cowardly, and, may add, a villainous, disposition. I remember, when I was at school, the master has often told me to give him just an intimation of what was going forward ; bat the detestation I felt for each conduct has always deterred me. If any thing is told, let it be done in an open and manly way, not as if you were afraid the walls might hear you, and report your secret information to the person you are accusing. lf, Mr. Editor, you thi, k these observations are entitled to any regard, or likely to e any bene ficial putpose, the insertion, or acknowledgment of them will particularly oblige Your constant Reader. Scsiot AST ICUS. The Earl of LAO CILIIO• Li., during his late resi dence in France, was extremely desirous of procur ing permissinn from the French Ruler for the return of the English, who, contrary to every usage among civilised Stales, were so unjustly and cruelly de tained at Verdun. 'the Noble Lord intimated his wishes to one of B 's Ministers; but, ap preheaswe. that if he applied at first for the en largement of the whole of his criuntrymen, he might be expose,' to a &acetifying refusal. he only solicited the freedom of three or lour iudifiduals, for whom he declared Ire was particularly interested, at the same tine endeavouring te discover from the Minister whether Items likely that the same indul gence might be exceeded to the rest. The Minister, whose name it would be imprudeut Jnd ungenerous to mentioe, candidly assured the N. , ble Lord, that lie stand sot communicate his Lordship's request, even I fir a single individual, to the Emperor, lest he should draw urn himself the influence of a temper susceptible of the most violent irritations, and ;cheeks* immediately gives way tosibe most outrageous ex cesses. Such is til.! man who rules over the ustfer moate people of nAnc e, pith a much more dread ful tcverity than ever they experienced frnm the worst of their lawful Mnnarehs, or, indeed, than the Tyrant of any barbarous State ye' known to the world. • ACCOUNT OF LONDON. - tosnos.sitinOe. Peter de Colechurch,. chaplain of St. Mary Cole church, began London-bridge in 1176, the 22d year of Henry II.: Isembert, master of the schools of Xante, who had lately built a bridge there, and at Rochelle, was appointed by King John to finish it, which he did in 1209. In the ninth pier was a cha pel dated to St Thomas. The lovers of anti quity must regret the demolition of this singular, perhaps unparalleled, monument, in some altera tions of the Bridge, which took place about twenty years ago. Its length was sixty-five by twenty feet, and its height fourteen, divided into two stories : the upper, in modern times, served for a dwelling. house, the lower for a warehouse. William of Worcester, who travelled in 1478, gives the following account of the dimensions as he saw them : Loogitudo Capella SanEti Thomz Martyris su per Pontens Londoniarum circa 20 virgas cum can cella inferius in volta quam superius cum choro, sed longitudo uavis diElz Capella continet 14 vir gas. " Latitude de medieta gryses est una virga. " Lengitudo pontis ex parte meridionali de le postis ad portam primate: noviter fpndatam per Henricum Cardinalem usque ad duas posits ereOas prope ecclesiam santli Magni continet 500 gressus moos. " Item suet 5 magez fenestrz in uno latere, quit libet fenestra continet 3 panos. This passage will be toned at page 301 of Wil liams's Itinerary, Mr. Nasmith's edition, though it is referred to neither from the Table of Contents, nor the Index. A view both of the Bridge and Chapel, as they stood a few years after, in the time of Henry VII. may be seen in Tie History of Pleshts, copied from the Illumination of an old manuscript in the Royal Library. stuterriseatre. " In this •v -second yore of the kyng (1241 I) thirty- iris the warfe of London callyd Quene Hythe, taken . to ferme by the comynaltye of the cytye, to pay yerely therefore L pounde. The whyche was then eommyteed to the shryve's charge, and so bath con tynuyd ever sen that ty me to thys daye. " Whereof the profytys and tollys are so sore mynyshed, that at thys days ( I 515,) yt is lytle worth ouer xz narks or xv pounds one pre with another." ( Fek t ee's chronicle ) GISSIS•11-COLLEGE. Anson the prints which adorn Ward's Lines of the Gresham trtlisaorr, is a view of Gresham College, with a gateway, entering from Broad-street, mark • ed 25. Within are the figures of two persons,' the one standing, the other kneeling ; these represent Dr. Mead and Dr. Woo.tward, the professor of physic there, and allude to a transaction, of which the fol lowing is the history. In the exercise of his pro fession, Dr. Woodward had said or done something that had given offence to Dr. Mead. Mead, resent ing it, was determined to have satisfaction , and meeting Woodward in th:s place. *then he was re turning to his lodgings in the College, drew, as did his adversary ; but Mead having obtained the ad vantage of him, commanded him to beg his life ; Woodward answered, with some wit, " No I Doc tor, that I will not, till I ant your patient." How ever, be f vlded, and his submission is marke I by a situation that represents him tendering his sword. Dr. Mead was the friend and patron of Ward,which may possibly account for the above fad being io sin gularly recorded. tOOR-JIWIT-L ANC. The chief places in which the Jews originally dwelt, before they were expelled the kingdom, by Edward I. have been already mentioned. On the:r re-admission, they fixed upon a new quarter of the town, which occasioned the name of Old Jewry to be given to the principal street of their former red. deuce. In Cromwell s time, they settled first in Poor Jewry-lane, nigh Aldgate, and still, for the most part, remain confined to its vicinity. ST. CLICKINT . S. Among the church-processions revived by Queen Mary. that of St. Clement's, in honour .A its pa tron-saint, was by far the most splendid of any in London. The procession to St. Paul's, in 15:4, " was made very pompous with fourscore banners and streamers, and the waits of the city playin4, and threescore priests and clarkes in copes ; and di vers of the Inns of Court were there, who went next the priests. &c "—(See Stripe's Lectesiastisal Mo. sweats, vol. 3, p. 377.) asasioneseir. Although Leland, Stow, and ethers, place the foundation of the priory here at an earlier time, it appears. from the best accounts, that it was founded in the year 10532, by Alwin Child, a citiccn of Lon. don. Some, indeed, have ascribed it to the Conquer or himself, who probably countenanced and pro moted it; others to William Rufus, whose benefac tions, it must be owned, were considerable : but the first steps seem to have been taken by Child, how. ever inconsiderable thv advances he was able to make in it. In the Domesday Sw-vey, the church is called " poise et potehro rc, lerie.' Child's first work was the foundation of a church, dedicated to our Saviour. on the swab of, and conti guous to, the spot on which the present parochial church of St. Mary Magdalen is satiated. To this he annexed a convent of Cluniac monks, sent hither in the year 1019. at the instance of Lanfranc, Arch bishop of Canterbory, from the priory of La CAertte slr Is Loire, to which ft accordingly became sabor- dinate as a cell, In the 45th of Edward 111. it was sequestered, among other alien priories, to the use of the Ctowa: but re-established by Richard in the second year of his reign I wlso also, two years afterwards, in consi deration of a fine of two hundred marks, entran cbised it, thereby enabling the members of it to pur chase and possess land in their own right, and to their own proper use and benefit : and Amu eigh teen years after, in 1399, he converted it into an ab `t*y. The-estates belonging to this priory were by no means inconsiderable, being of the extended value of at least them thousand pounds a•year ot oar pie- Sent currency. Their smaller parcels of land, and rent-charges, we r.nit Amorg the most mrerial of their ma nors. ate those ot Proton, war Yeovil, and Kyn- mardeston, in Somersetshire ; Charlton, in Kent. Quickhury, in the parish of Sheriog, Ess-r ; and Bermondsey. In the neighbourhood of London, the manor of Brocksbourn ; first a moiety, and afterwards the whole, of Rotherhitile ; the manor of Dulwich, in Camberwell; and the manor of West-Greenwich, or Deptford. Among their spiritualities was the advowson of St. Saviour's, Bermondsey; given them by King William 11. in 1091 ; that of St. George, in South wark, by Thomas Ardern, 1122 ; the reftnry of Rotherhithe, in the same year; that of Camber well, in Surrey. by William Earl of Gloucester, in 1154; and Bedington, 1159. From 1321, till.the dissolution of the convent; the Monks presented to the Reftory of St. George, in Botolph-lane. In 1322 they,became possessed of the advowson of St. Andrew's, Holborn ; from the same period till the dissolution they bad the alternate presentation to St. Magnus, London-brides ; and in 1390, they ob tained a grant of the re&nry of Croydon. The list of Priors is a long one: it may he enough to say, that the forty-seven first were foreigners, and .that Richard Denton, or Thurston, was the first E,«lg lishman who filled the office, in 1372. Under Ili , administration, 1330, the Monks were released from their subjeftion to the alien priory in Normandy : he rebuilt the cloister and refeftory ; and was a great benefator to the priory. On his resignation, in 1390, John Attelburgh was elefted ; who, having procured the priory to be tweeted into an abbacy. and himself created the first Abbot, by Pope Boni face IX. in 1399, resigned his charge. The subsequent Abbots were, 1:;39, Henry Tomtit% ; 1419, Thomas ThetfirrA; 1459. Jolt's Rioonleigh ; 1476, John Do Marlow Rater. Wharton, alias Tadao , . The last of whom, having been consecrated Bishop of St. Asaph, in 1556, - surrendered his al,;1-it to the King tbe.year following, a/4.in 1554, was translated to the see of Hanford. Its revenue, at the surreoder, according to what appears the best estimate, was 5481. 2s. 504- About three years and a half afterwards the Bth of July, 1541,) the site was granted to Sir Robert Southwell: coos after which the chords was taken down by Sir Thomas Pope, by whom it had been purchased. 'lle few relies which are now seen of Betraand sey Abbey, eabibit little more than some seaweed portions of its outer walls. At the nortb-wen corner, however, of what is now known by the name of Xing John's Court, stands one of the abbey gates. Of the internal stare and history of the foandatios. we know little or nothing ; the annals of the house having perished in the general wreck of its fortunes. The Court, however, appears occasionally to have made rise of it for their meetings on affairs of state. At Christmas, 1154, Henry U. immediately after his first coronation, treated here with his nobles oe the state of the kingdom. In the reign of Henty IIL many of the nobility baying taken the cross open them, met at this house to deliberate on the (rider of their journey. Catherine, the Queen of Heory V. either for devotion or safety, retired here. where she died January 5, 1437. Elizabeth, also, the Queen of Edward IV. was confined to this house by lice son-in-law, King Henry VU. in 1486, where shs died soon after.--(See Mowonor's History of Surrey.) • MEKTINGs Or CREDITORS AT GefILDHALI., TO MUM ROM. 114. James Mien, late 44 Great Newport-ofeet. West inin,t2r, linen-draper . 3 *1 Ted , .).' Ranch, Quem street, London, sugar-reflner t It T.wmpson, Hand-court. Upper Thamea-street. , Lehrtan, whotesakt ..tatierar 2 se DIVIDENDS. John Lamson, /Copland-rout, Middleme„ Rya dresser . . 10 James Brewer, Richnson4•liil, Surrey, rietualler . 111 John Rowlett, hits of the junction Wharf. Whltthiars, I,n , lori, amber. merchant . 111 Robert Guy, Sean-yard, ShorrJach, Middlesex, via tualler . 10 CERTIFICATES Worral Palmer ' of 110:beach, is the &mote of Liege's, draper. grocer, deale r and rhapinan. Edward Crosby, of Liverpool, its the euunty of LancaMsr, merchant. PRICE: OF STOCKS, YESTERDAY. Dank Sim* • ' 216 3 pas C. Reduced 5 per Cent Cou.ols . .. titi:e 4 per Crag. 6 per o.nt. No 7 . Long Annuit.cs Short Annesues I •. . _ fedi* Stock Liao ponds rtehequer Bills Englst LettAity Tickets Commis lot Ors. 2.1 . 6ll T. Suit, huactrebruker. No. 1, Combill, a 4 11. Charing...woo ----..-,--- --I IN ARKIAGES. On Monday, at Teddlngten, Williams Dale Fan, Cat lain in the South i tants Regiment of Militia, to Has Luke, only daugluer of JUIN* Lubin, EMI of Torldington Monday niorrung, by the RAN. Philip Godfrey, Rector of Aran St Laurence, Herd, Archibald Glute., Ej. M. jetty's Attorney General for the Island of T rin id, as 54 14 Th•lorens of Lower Tooting, Storey. raged 70, r d who Tuesday last, at'Streud, flernuell Holster, ha. lest both his legs many year., to t h e widow of lease Wildlr„ who was drowned in the Stroud Canal a short dans &w t. 7 1, . novelty of the match brought tigether a large amscuarso et spectators, at the heart of whoa anIS more the old ireseraMi. daughters, whim intirrassed her deapprobeheo of the allisor• by staging • sharp bell, beating a cannisser, and other non implements, whitdi were suspended to diffenrin p.n. or her body. The old gentleman was conysied to rod finis chard* on the elsooidery of a friend, who way oceateenstry inhered, • this artheous task, be the willing ettlets Si the ores bowel' Saturday. at anilingtan, by the R Orkneys', .k• Chichester, fig. to vine M. C. Hill, only daughter of Chimer Hill, F. q. at Wiek-house. DEATH. On Monday morning, at Min Hothani's honey, in SCA 4 . buroorh-buildings, Bath, aged 76, Mr.. 3. A M ..keorrh Pried, JaAr to the late H Freed, Lut• of 'l' ,o.th. i•, the county of Cornwall, and aunt to William prod, 1...0. of the snag place. Un il.e 19th inunnt, at her house in Conn s..orst, Beliord rye, - IN a Riebneli, 67, the widow 'a t ! Roben niccoals, ono of the Mastics , if the High Gain ee Chll , ltery. Os We'd"e"l•7. Fincoley. !hymn , aka denim!, of the as. J..n-s si, Esy ( A14:14 AVAtE — lttll 7 ,l - 19 LN k6. ,1 4" ,11 L , alter IT j teen . mu Alter 11. LONDON :—Print..4l o) 11. t •Sttal. t 7. Dus-1 Ceareat•Gr4aC.,, a A _hot at In. Office, N .15. Ita , k Of St. Chotch trand, 101 , W sruoc, of N. 7. Nair 13,1t0n.at...et, ura , rs, dte. rut th ?sort. scut to the Office ipoar. 4 ) will be doh =sada to. Lord Wroogt Hardy.] Mr FYI &ace an Sir 3• Lady L On 1 SiIOWO Milwn added, U' '' 10.1.4 1 R is a: r eta' pm.di Rr 1114 II g .10 a r. 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