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~- AN ADDRESS FOR THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE LlTElltsnY FUND. BY CHARLES NIONCK, Esq. BARRISTER AT LAW. ET NOV. COLL. OXON. SOC. l'‘'t aft a ragg;d Cont's been known To make . a Nohte Aiver, Sae may ye doueely fill a Throne For a' their clishmaclaver ; Than him at Agincourt wha shone, Few better were or braver; And yet wi' funny queer Sir lohn He was an uric° shaver. FOr monie a clay. BURNS' POEMS. lEt*nrt ye the Clash of A llll,, the Din of War? See ! where yon Despot mounts Bellona's Car, Rushes like Mars across tit' Ensanguin'd And o'er the furious Coursers shakes the reins !. Ali Europe trembles: Nations kiss the Rod, And Kings-obey a Guilty Tyrant's Nod ; Na►ure's convuls'd, the very 4 tky's o'ercast, The " Future" steins more awful from the " Past;" The Tempests gather, the big thunders roll, The vivid Lightnings flash from Pole to Pole; But ice/ round Albiiin's Isle an fleav'nly Form "' Rides in the Whirlwind and direas the Storm !" "Ti; Britain's Genius, arm'd with poW'r divine, beaming G bales r9und his temples skirt !) Fraud of his sea.girt chit's and happy plains, Where Genius, Beauty,' Courage, Freedom reigns; He views the tented fields, the threaening Lance,. And .scorns the air driven Swords of" sickly" France. " A rip, arm," he cries , " 'tis valour saves a State, 4, Commerce alone-can neer encounter Fate ; Let Commerce perish so the State be Free, And sacrifice your wealth to Liberty." Like the proud MOnarch of the Sylvan Train, • Shaking the Dew-drops from his brindled Mane, He warms our hearts, he dissipates our fears, Exalts our,-COurage, and forbids our Tears. God of these Isles ! whom .valiant Sons adore, And, "dice welled," rev'rence more and more, True to thy call, the Boaster we defy, Resign our Trade, and on our SwOrds rely ; Carthage in Wealth, we will that Wealth forego to launch the ReAt.iir Valour:at our Foe - The Spark BleCtric runs along the Chain That binds us to our friends beyond the Main; Aftea,cy Eylau makes a noble stand, And trembling. Prussia courts our bounteous hand; Old Bennigsen feels fir'd by Nelson's Fame, And strives to rival Aocrcromby's Name, While Gallant Stewart, on N•l-ida's plains, toe long-lost trophies of Poitiers regains With Acre's Hero; whose high-swelling Soul Not all the Gallic Legions could corltroUl— , . Acre, unit saw the baffled Despot fly, While Sidney stood resolvid to vanquish or to But who to Glory fires ?. Who best proclaims Or glorious Chiefs or „glorious Chieftain's Names? The Muse, The Muse,--perhaps opprest with care And doom'd to all the torments of Despair; -Brink's be just - -tho' high the " Vitlor's"*lNltrrie, August his Deeds, and "'sacred bthis Fame, Yet Milton, blind, and aged, an opprest, Still claims your Pity, ought to be t aress'd ; Young Ammon felt Achilles' Martial fire, But sigh'd in vain for Homer's matchless Lyre; - Britons be just—Had your own Nelebiidied; Not at be did, tepee the Ctietrued tide, • But stung by Poverty (forgive the wotcl/, Had fall'n like Cato on his own great Sword r-lOw had ye borne it 1—" Your eyes flash disdain"—. Is this the Conq'ror of thesubje4 Main r!!.' " Is 414 his Country ?"--Famine at his side . Yet Chatterton thus drank the bitter draught and died.; Thus Otsvay perish'd, 'though Moniinia mourn And Belvidera i hang upon • Then dash the poison'd Chalice to the ground, Or with rich Balsams' heal' the gaping wound; Nor let forsaken Genius ncw'complaiii • (A Prince our patron) in a Brunswiek's reign ; A generous Prince who loves the sacred Nine, , Whose pnlisli'd mind their gayest gifts refine, At whose command I talia ope's her stor'es, And Roman Relics grace Britannia's shores ; - Brave as his Moira, and like him a Friend. To all that czi his Country's Cause extend; ' • Whose great ptnificence(hiS Foes confess) Ilas caus'd at once his splendour and distress : " He leads„tiewq;"— go follow-where he leads, And silence clamour by your generous Deeds. But—Hold—lmmortal Newton from on "High Looks thro' the azure mantle of the sky, Plcas'd ro behold the Sons of Science thrive, And* Hit vrien Klee' to genefouS deed alive ; Pleas'd to behold a Newton but in name • Feel all the glories of Newtonian Fame, ' Behold Him greatest at his dying Hour, And blest beyond the Pageantry of Pow'r ; Behold Him rescuing' Lettered Want from Woe ; • . While future Poets in return bestow The warmest pr ‘ aise that Gratitude inspires, When Genius prompts, and Zeal. Poetic fires— • Eternal Laurels shall surround his Bust, And spring for ever from his sacred Dust. Our Prince approves, the Patron smiles applause, And Newton adds freol glory to our Cause— No more, I trust, shall Awe Bards be told " How warbling,Eunuchslavish'd all our gold"— . The Greit will feel what private worth can do,. And the same Path in Rivalship pursue— • GENt vs with Fitz s Dom shall adorn our Plains, While Want, with. Faaion, groans in adamantine chains. * Mr. Newton, a collateral Relative of the Great Philoso pher, has lately bequeathed 60001. to the Fund. On Thursday eleven of the Frdnch Prisoners-con fined on board the" Bristol, at Chathimi, cheated their escape from that ship; by cutting through the iron bars of one of-the pbrf holes, with a knife, and drop- ping from thence into the water"; the whole of them reached the shore ;• but an active pursuit being coin- . menced immechately, they were discoVered, and every man was" again taken, and lodged with. proper pre caution, in his old apartment. • LONDON : Printed b . At cLe SuN-UrF To THEEDITOR OF rtrE sniv: [We beg leave to recommend the following Letter to the particular attention of our- Readers. It comes from an old Correspondent, whose reflexions and arguments are the re, cult of good sense, knowledge, and experience, and it holds forth an example of candour which is rarely to be found in those who enter upon political discussions at 4 period when the spirit of Party is so prevalent and acrimonious..l SIR, From an intimate acquaintance with the general disposition ; habits, and" prejudices of be - Officers 1 11(1 Men omposing the Royal Navy, obtaitred,by long service 'and .minute observation, I cangot but cpo gratulate all ranks in the Unit pd Kingdom, from the Sovereign t o th e l ow e st "of Subjeas., the_ Pro testant and the RoMan 'Catholic, the Dissenter, of whatever denomination, and the Jew, for the happine ss , safety, and interest of all are equally concerned, on the decisive check the efforts of the late. Administration to introduce the free eicercise.of, tty Roma, Catholic Religion into our Men of War has experienced.. How men of such general. ; know 'WO as the late Ministers are supposed to be, could Soblindly mislead themselves as not first to cbllea the Opinions of every Naval Officer of rank' whom they could suppose capable of giving them a just idea of its: pra&icability and consequences, is asto nishing. Had . they taken this very necessary pre_ liminary step, they certainly would have been told, that' the result - must produce feuds, animosities, and increasing deep-rooted jealousies, which would strike 'at the very existence of our Navy; and prOhably an nihilate that•great bulwark of our national defence ;, .or, if not annibila;e it, transfer its power front pro teaing.the - Protestant to the'prote6tion of the Ro man Catholic interest. It must be considered, that the Protestant Established Religion of the Country is so interwoven,- andforms go • Complete an union with the State, and with its - politial views and in ' terests, that . nothing shore of first doing away tha: Union call avowedly admit any otherßeligion to a full and unrestrained participation' in places of power,:of trusti-andbf state confidence. And the arguments against the admisSion of Roman Catholics to such important situations, n must be allowed to' be far strOnger and more conclusive than any that can be urged against • those sects: called Dissenters ; for the latter vary only in their mode, the 'substance is the same; they only endeavour to become, or suppose themselves to be, more ortlibdox, pure, andsincere in their religious opinions, and 'to come nearer the simplicity and divine precepts of our Saviour than the Established Church ;• therefore a competitiOn for political power forMs no part of their avowed principles. But the Roman Catholic is a religion of great • power; its influence extends over t%5 o thirds of the Continent,of Europe; . it wits the Esta blished Religion of this Country, and has been de ',lived of its political power through Protestant in fluence,- which has succeeded to, still does, and it is to be hoped always will retain, possession o f that power. lithe Roman Catholics ate again ad mitted to an unrestrained share of that power, and a free unconstrained exerciseof their religion, they must know very little of human nature indeed, who suppose they will ,top any thing short in their views of obtaining the summit and the whole of that power which they, formerly and originally possessed. We will now examine how for the measure pro poSed to Parliament would have accelerated those views. • Every Man of War forms in itself a complete System of Government, the Captain being the Ruler, who is vested with almost an absolute com mand over petty officers and men, and share of controul over those Officers possessed of established rank. He is in his Ship, e xcept with Oose officers, the sole dispenser of rewards and punishment, and consequently possesSes a decided influence over he minds and habits of those serving under him. Now' the avowed purpose ! of the Bill, as stated. in the. House, was to indUce the young er branches of Roman Catholic 'families of rank and wealth to ethbrace the Naval Service, and no- doubt, very'great nurnbers would - immediately have don e soi- but what would - have been the consequencQ? Why, a race between two religions, 'who should obtain the greatest share of power and authority, Their merits, as officers, would, no doUbt, be equal, but till time gave an,equal share of,p - atronage 'and of "political interest, the Catholic would, if not pro\- inoted or rewarded agreeable to the opinion of his own merits, attribute his failure to the superior in fluence of the Protestants; and thus rancour, malice, and envy would be generated between them, which would never cease to exist till one party becomes totally in vassalage to the other. In a few „years many of our Men of War and Fleets 'would most probably , have been commanded by Roman Catholic Captains and Admirals, and their zeal,' courage, success against• the , and experience in the service, being equal to our own, would bring them . into notice, and being incorporated with us, justly, entitle themlo seats at the Admiralty Board, and to honours, titles, and rewards, which' would 'flake them aspire to seats in both Houses of Parliament, and Which could not consistently be denied them when in possession of such power as commands of the Navy confer, and of such claims as a conspicuous defence of their Country entitle them to urge. The ultimate result of their thus ascending Must be ob vious to every unprejudiced mind, and requires no comthent. - • • Let us now take a view of the feuds arid irre gularities which the introduuion of Roman Catholic . worship - into our - Navy must have occasioned, and the consequent punishments that must have ensued, to restore discipline and good order. Protestants are apt to view with ridicule the celebration of mass, and other ceremonies of Roman Catholic worship, but the Catholic observes them with reverential awe and enthusiastic ardout., and persuades himself that he and those ,Only of his own religion can obtain salvation.: Erom such difference in religious prin ciples, and an allowed equal privilege Of excerciSing them, what harmony or good-will can . result ? would not the frequent complaints from the com mon men to the Captain, of their interference with each other in religious matters, be attended with punishment atier punishment,' to-preserve order and decorum ; and would riot such .punishment tend to strengthen_ the opinions of both parties, instead of reconciling them, and thus stifle a breach, unwise ly introduced • among, them, till some untoward circumstance's Occur to admit the flame 'to burst A second affair of a seri - ens nature t6ok ,place O Friday last, between the Officers of the Customs and . a 'party ,Smugglers.; A lugger, laden with contraband goods, .was, on the morning of the day above alluded to,. seized off *Deal; and afterwards delivered, with her crew, to the care of the Collector' and Comptroller at Dover. While, the Officers were busied in securing the seizure, an attempt was made by some . Of:the Sittugglers to escape ;' a skir mish ensued, and we are sorry to add;. that_ several on both sides 'we wounded. A party of dragoon; Were called to the assistance of the Officers, and stt' desperate were the Smugglers,' that they . contirruect their resistance even after the arrival. of tlfe military. One of'theLdragoons had his hotte shot under him: the Smugglers, we understand, were all afterwa ds: Secured, and properly guarded under their cLutine. , ' ment: . SHIP NEIPS. HUI L, AVAIL 20. Arrived—the Kerr, from Norway ; Fagie, from Memo! ; and Margaret and Griiyham, froal.Dundee.. BI R T HIS. On the. igthinst. at Exmouth, the Lady of Colin Mac; ken zie,.. of. Dortmoe, of a Son. • Oii the zoth inst.' the Lady of john Finch Simpson, s(l,. of Lairitude Abbey, Leicestershire; of a Daughter. On Monday last, MrS. D. Walker, of Gloucester -street. Portutatt-square, ut a Daughter. MARRI b. I), 'Yesterday, at St.'Mary-te-bone Church, L. Crohan, Esq .to Miss Baldwin, of Brook-street. Grosvenor-square. On Thursday last, at St. George's; --lianover-square, Lieu tenant-Colonel IZeacie, of the Bengal Establishimmt, to Miss Reade, of Little St6ke, Oxford. ,The same day, the Rev. Mr. Whitfeld Curteisi Re&or Burwash ' to Miss Thorne,' d aug h ter o f t h e late Ber:raos Thorne, Esq. of Ashford, Keiit. . . On tht: 3 iis.t ult. at Valenciennes, Mr. Jeremiah Le Sourt, of London, to Miss' Sophia Garthwaite, of Gotta; utiog r Stirrey. DIED. On the t ith inst. at her house at Staunton, in the County of Nottingham, in the 82d year of her age, Mrs. Anne Chsri— ton, the eldest anti last surviving daughter of the 'late lob Staunton Charlton,' Esq. of that place. On the igth inst. at Sicknottth,•Miss Eliza Hulse, secood daughter ot_Sir_Edwardi Hulce, Bart. Un Monday last, iit his 73d year, Robert Andrew, Esq. - of Hartesion Park,' in the County of Northampton.. On Friday se'untght, at his house in 114:got-street, Dub• lid, Denis Daly, Esq. of Ratord, County of Galway.: Lately, at Chichester, alter.a.long iiiness, John Digige.tzsp.' Esq. itanke r, .01 that. City On Thursilav night last, at his house iniCing-street, Not.' wich, in the both year of his age, lames. Hudson; E. Banker. •• . ,Nesterday; after a lingering illness, Mrs. Anne Steel, wife of Mr. T. Steel, of Chancery-lane.• On the 6th inst. in Queen-square, I3r:stol, Mango Forbes, Esq. aged 61, late of the Island Of I,;Y:.:IL;;C.t. Lately, at ilowbridge-fields, near De:by, Nich o l as Ni c l 4 4.- las, 'Esti,- of that Illace, and of Boycot, in tie County of Kent,.of the family of the celebrated Sir Edward Nichol:AS, Secretary of State to King Charles J . and King Charles H. 'Last week; after a. lingering illness Shepherd, a poor gardener, who lost his, lite in consequence of # rigor ous itn isonnient 'Under the game laws. , Eate/y, dt Kirkdale, - Lancashire, in the gist year of lips: age, ‘Villiam Pendleton, a veteran, who had fought in the battles of Dettingen, Fontenoy, and, Culloden. He has Jen: behind him a widoW; aged 92, with whOm he lived upwards. 'f 68 years ; and what is remark a ble, they 'never h,,d t water than one quarrel during the whole time. . eic.e. OP STOCKS YESTERDAY.'_.. . Bank 5t0ck,.235 2 34 India Stock, 1436 t 6• Navy 1 - per et 96-1- 4 ,1 ; 41 indiet Bonds, SS. 4s: pr. 5 per Cent. 1797, 01.1 Ann. I rtsh 5- per Cent. Exchequer Bills, pat, is. dis. 4 p ; tt c cot. saki Otnniuni, - per Cent. lied: 62 6t{ Oinnann, 4 3 per Cent- C o n 62 . * 11 Imperial 3 , per Ceui. hank L. Am.., 171 11-Atka ~Cups. fur 2,6 th niy, 63k 61 Ditto Short Ann, -I. 62i WATER,AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MOR ROW. Morning, 32 min. after 3. j Afternoon, 48 min, after • '",'.•T To THOMAS TAYLOR; Esq. • No.,e,..New Bridge-Street, Epndon. Ironoureil Sir, Edinburgh, March :8, iSot. .T' BAG leave to inform you„ that ever since the 'year 179 e, 1 have been atilittedevith the lteeeretee rea ; xehi,:h, from its obstinately resisting every course a Medicine Fes,. ribed by the Most eminent .of the Faculty nere, and undereoing several 'severe courses of salivation, and twice discharged From the Hospital, with little relief* would appear to be of the most inveterate nature. In th o spring,of last . yeasmy disorder fuel 'got to such a h ea d , a nearly to put a pehod to my existence-_I had a large ulcet on the crot'n of my lieacl, one on each arra, and my lee were broke out in a frightful mann er ; my right was dreaue fully painful, and had been in a stark of ulceration fat the last seven years; my left had also two large nodes on ire was very much discolbueed, and. gave me such .excrotiat int; pain, particularly when warm in bed, as nearly to de pnve Inc of rest ; in this lamentable. state, - was recorn.• mended by Mr. j. Thoinpsoi - e, (who received so wear 41 dire by. them- •:here),, to take your Leake's Patent Pil:se which I began to do on the 26th of May ; in the course of a fortnight, 1 began to 'receive benefit—in little more titan a month, the ulcers on my heed' and atins weize soundly healed e -soon after, the sores on my legs heeleJ also ; leaving, however, consurerable diseelouratien in the skin, and pain in-the - bane of the lett, which, by the Blefe sing of God, and • a little longer pers:.!yerance iu your tuvs luable Medicine, subsided; the nodes dispersing, the skirl regainin its natural hue, and the nottimal pains graduaili going off. I 'thus because, by .your liberal advice and Mb' dicine, perfectly: free from. all. My foriner complaintse - * haVe recovered my former spirits and strength; and am be- - corne . jolly and fat, in .which s t at e nav ing e e nt i nued many months to the astonishment of all who knew site, I col a loss in what terms to express. nay gratitude,, but beg yorle tor the grsod. of 'other stillering mortals, to n - take this till case as publ,ic „as possible, as l shall on every occaNinn; in 'so bluing, you will greatly Sir,. your ttratefule obedient, very humble servant, ALLY. ltkEite 'Swami's Close, High-street, Edinburgh. Witnesses to the above Cure : fOHN TROMP SON,, Nd. 3, New Poultry Market; and oHN M NTOS 11,01 d Assembly-Close, Edinburgh. Prepared and Sold by-the sole Proprietor, THOMAS ThyLoß, Memberof of. the. Itoval College of Sat' geotis, at his House, No. 9, New Bridge-street, Lon,lor!! where, alter a constant residence 'of more than thirty-5 1 1, years, in a practice particularly directed to the cure t i t i Venereal Complaints and these incidental to th e Parts Generation, with that inviolable secrecy which men 7„ his profession should always observ e i n such cases, , flatters himself, the advice and assistance he gratuiwul administers to persons taking this M e dicine, will t o esteemed, by a discerning Public, as an advantages: 3 ' dom attainable and veld of all ambiguity._ Also sold, by his appointment, t u r the convenienee..of . those living at a distance, , . at the Perfumer's, No. 3 5 0 Alban's-street, Pall-Mall ; the Toyshop, No e Ic3, Ox st 'ford-street; Mr. Disbotough's, No. 7, Fi sn-street -hik : Mr. Steel's, Bookseller, No. 1, en.ou-row, Lith e T o wer .. hill ; Mr. Baxter's, South-bridge, Edinburgh ; ,Mr. donald, Glasgow ; Mr. Bull, Dame -street, Dublin ;" an° . 3 one person in every considerable town in Great Pritain erl, l Ireland, in Boxer. of only as. 9d. each, sealed up with 01" and plain directions, whereby person s o f e ith er s ex cure themselveS with ease, speed, secrecy, and safety. ; 0 N. B. Every Box sold in G reat . Britain is sealed up W' is a' Stamp, on which, by favour of the Cornmissione2 oe printed, at the Stamp Office—" T. Taylor. N 0 ..4, 14 edge-street,"—to imitate which is Felony, and all of f s are Counterfeits. forth with reioubled fury ? Yf the C. - Iptain be, a Roman Catholic, would he nOt'Want his ConfesSor ? If the'Service allowed hini DO Priest, he, would have one at hiS own expence,or rate him. as iris Clerk ; mass of course would be regular, and attended by all who chose ; many; not very fixed in princip:e',' cap tivated by the glare, pomp, and sheW of the cere monies, and induced from the expedation 'of favour,' comfort, - and prornotion, might become converts ; and it would be the paraniount 'duty Of the .Priest to. enforce, and - of the Captain and Officers of that persua,ion, to encourage, their embracing the Roman Catholic faith. Wi will now advert to,the plea of the necessity of the measure. : If we view the brilliant successes of our Navy; if we look at its present unexampled strength, and duly, weigh the means in our power without this supplementary.aid of still increasing it, we shall find the Bill calculated to produce,the most serious irreparable oils without'affOrding the least shadow or prospect of iMmediate, or rernote„ benefit to, the Navy, or to the State,‘ for we fail not of the i assistance of the Roman Catholics; many thciuSaus are among us perfectly' happy and satisfied, `and never disturbed or molested in their religious opi nions or mode of faith. The reliance every sub ject of the, realm, of whatever religiods persuasion, haS on the Navy for their mutual .and general 'de - - fence; and for the *security of individual property, must make them rejoice and feelliappy, that a Bill SO fraught with evil, arid fOunded such mistaken ideas, has received that check, which, -it is' to" hoped, will for ever prevent any. further attempt to weaken- or disturb • the union of the civil and reli gious interests of this country. A;PROTESTANT OFFICER OF THE NAVY. POLICE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—A complaint was made yesterday' at this Office,' by' a Publican,. against a Footman -in a Nobleman's family in Piccadilly, for withholding from . birn a piece of lace, value '6l; Which be had won by insuring the first-drawn ticket in the State Lottery. It appeared eVidence, that the Footman, a . great man amongst the servants in • the family, bad taken insurances at, - ss. each, twenty-five members, and•that person N - vho hit on the thonsand that pro 7 daced the fit - St . -drawn ticket was• to have the piece of.-lace. The Publican, on 'Fling his insurance money, observed, that he had a bad .hall guinea, which the Footman received of him, as it was in his power to get it of at a card party.'Thelace was won by the Publican, but the Footman refused to deliver it up, on account of the : bad half guinea. The Magistrate informed the Servant, that -he was liable to six,tnonths imprisonment for ,his mrscon 7 dua • hut he . was liberated, on returning the Money to the different subsenbefs. PUBLIC-OFFICE, HATTON-GARDEN. —Tuesday a young man, apprehended by Chaproamaad TrOtt,- was privately examined, being charged with borne 7 stealing, and other depredations to a,great extent, which he volimtarily disclosed, 'being one of a Oily belonging to a formidable gang who infest the coun try: • He was committed tar re-examination. The murder in Higgler's-lane, it is hoped, will at length be found out, and the Ibul perpetratOrs dis covered. Some person, whether from eompunaion or otherwise it does not appear,. on Wednesday morning last affixed a written paper on the door post of a' Wheeler's shop,' in the BorOtigh4oad; wherein the writer exp,reswd some knowledge of the transa6tion, and that it he could be assured of, secrecy and protection he would _come forward.—Mr. EVANCE has taken the only means in his Power to .make such assurance to an anonymous writer—that of causing posting-bills to be affixed, promising secrecy and protection to the writer ; and.. adding, cu .t • in case of a disclosure, he would become entitled to the reward of tool, offered by the 'Parish of - St. George, Southwaik. At the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the division of; Lindsey, holden at Louth, in the County of Lincoln, on Friday and Saturday last, William Bell, for stealing deals,' &C. to be imprisoned twelve months at Kirton; the last month in a soli tary cell. William Evison, tbr stealing books from the Grammar School at Horncastle, as above. Thomas COupland and John Coupland, father and soil, for stealing horse-hair froth. the animal's tail ; father ac4uiited,,the son admitted to go for a soldier. Wil liam Read, for stealing a game cock, to .go for -a sOldier; :Reuben Tuplin, for a breach of the peace, by wilfully' breaking a child's leg, -to go fbr a soldier. Twenty-four vagrants to 'be passed to their settle ments. { At Lynn Sessions, the mast important cause, which excited considerable interest, was an indi&-, meAt against-a man of the name of Kirtan, for steal ing some. plate. The Prisoner's Counsel, in cross . - examining the witnesses, endeavoured to set up a plea of insanity ; hut no evidence was offered to .es tablish the faCt of his being Out of 'his senses at the time of the cominission of the robbery. • The Jury retired for a very few minutes, and returned a'vcr di ofguilty .—The R ECORDER, in passing sentence of transportation for seven years upon this min, urged, in very forcible terms, the aggravating cir cumstances attending hi§ offence. - 14 addition to his other offences, he has two wives alive, both of whom were_ present at his trial ; and, we under stand, it was their intention to have prosecuted' him for bigamy, in the event of his acquittal for felony. • On Monday se'nnight whilst the wild beasts were exhibiting to the inhabitants of Bodwin, a man of the name of Slogget, presuming on the sleeping of the tiger to smooth his paw,' which, was stretched through the bars of the den, was much torn in the hand by the claws of the animal, but had the good fortune to escape with rio further injury. FIRE.--At ten o'clock yesterday, morning an alarming fire broke out in the tanndry of Thomas Carter, Esq. of Upper Brook-street, •and in a„.mo ment the stables of Blackburn Mews were in a sheet of fire, threatening deStrudion to the neighbourhood; but by the prompt attendance of the wort: en - and the engine of the fa,c,tOry of Messrs. GilloWs;:and the immediate supply•of water from the vast cisterns the stables of the Earl of Derby,Duke Of Mon trose, &c. it was most fortunately got under - with _only the loss of the stables and laundry of Mr. Carter 12,4 CHARD 'HARRIS, Of Nu. 4, Marilett-court, Bow-street; and published by Wit:l.lAm ARMIG ER SCRIPPS, of South Molton-street, Grosvenor—square; c 2 No. sl h, Strand; where Advertisements,,Orbrs for the Paper, 1 viler; for the Eciilur, tic. (post-paid), must be addressed.