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~~~ } 7 ..?` ,1 - SIR, RO BT. STAPLETON'S CONSPIRACY AGAINST ARCHBISHOP SANE/VS. It is recorded, that Sir ItoBrAT STArrATON, who was on pretended, terms of friendship with SANnirs, Archbishop of York, contrived and car ried into execution a diabolical plot against the Right Rev. Prelate, in order to obtain money as well as grunts of lands from him, upon the most unreasonable terms, which he could not hope to obtain by fair meens. In order to effect his pur pose he bribed an innkeeper at Doncaster, and a man named MAtyna •(who bed been a servant of the Archbishop) to assist him in his vile par poses. The Archbishop was on a journey, in the month of May, 1581, and Sir ItoiscaT kepi, that His G race had arranged to sleep on a Ci'r. ain night in the inn at Doncaster. According to a preconcerted plan, as it afterwards ap peered, shortly after the Archbishop had retired to rest, the wife of SYssoN, the innkeeper, went to bed to him, followed into the room soon after by her husband, with a dagger in •his hand, ac companied by one of the servants, and Mauna. the Archbishop's late servant. SYssosr, the inn keeper, presented the dagger to , the Archbishop's breast, and accusing him of adultery with hie wife, demanded 8001. as it compensation. — It was not known to the Archbishop, or to any one, except thoeir who were in the conspi racy, that Sir Ronewr STAnwroN was at the inn - et the time, but SyssoN (not very wisely for the r. taurposes in view) sent his man for him, and he was presently in the room ; not undressed, as if he had been called up from his bed, but with his clothes on, having been, no doubt, waiting the result, and in expectation of being called. This ringleader of , the conspiracy, as had been previously settled, affected friend ship fur the Archbishop, and endeavoured to mitigate his case, till SirsSON agreed to accept 6001. in lieu of the sum he atsfirst demanded. — Thus matters were for a while bushed up ; for the Archbishop, like most other men in a similar situation, however spotless his character, fore saw that a charge of adultery, which he could not well disprove, would ruin him, and therefore enjoining the parties implicated to strict secresy ; he made no complaint himself, though, upon cool reflection, he doubtless saw plainly that it was a fool conspiracy ! This silent submission on the part of the Arch bishop was exactly what Sir ROBFRT STAeLvrox wished, and, taking advantage of the Arch bishop's situation, Sir ROBLRT extorted from him a lease of some valuable lands upon his own terms ; but not contented with this, he pressed the Archbishop for a long lease of two extensive manors and other property at less than a quarter of their annual value, threatening, if refused, to discover the occurrences at the inn at Doncaster; at the same time having some interest with . Queen Fa.il.h.stTli, he prevailed upon tier Majesty to apply in his behalf for the manors, thinking that, as well frore the Archbishop's fear of discovery, as iris dread of giving offence to the Queen at that particular period (immediately after the Refors mntion),when the Court kept a jealous eye on the proceedings of the Clergy, he should not fail to oh . tain his ends. In this attempt, however, he not only failed, but brought down that justice upon himself and his associates which they so richly merited ; for the good old Prelate, conscious of his own innocence, and seeing that by longer concealment, or by complying with the villainous lvisties of his Persecutor, he should not only ruin himself, but the See which he had under his care, resolved to lay the whole story before the proper authorities, and, if he could not clear himself from the charge, to relinquish the Archbishopric, and live in retirement. He, therefore, answered the QUEEN'S application by representing the un remsonableness of Sir Rouva's demands, and adding that, if Her MAJEsTY insisted on his granting the leases she required, he would do so to ace, but not to Sir ItongaT, and at the same time tendering his resignation of 'the Arch. bishopric as the consequence of his compliance. The Archbishop, afterwards, wrote a letter to the Lord Treasurer BURLEIGH, disclosing the whole affair for the information of t he Quees ; *ho saw it in a proper point of view, and began to set her face against Sir RouveT, as much as she had before endeavoured to befriend him. Her Majesty issued a Commission from the Court of Star Chamber into Yorkshire, to enquire into the truth of the matter ; the parties were summoned before the Courtos here the conspiracy was fully proved, and Sir Ito. is nT STArr.Wroti, and his associates in guilt, were sentenced to make a public confessiou of, and apology, for their of at York ! This they did, but Sir ROOERT wore white ribbons, hi triumph, at the time, treated the sentence lightly, end skewed no sigus of contrition : and having again held out threats against the Archbishop, he was proceeded against by the Court of Star Chamber a second time, heavily lined, and corn ' mitted a prisoner to the Tower, where, and in the Fleet, he remained upwards of two years, till he was humbled and brought,to a sense of his crimes. Thus, the band of Providence, by the operas firm of time and circumstances, defeated this deep laid conspiracy, and rescued an innocent man from its grasp! This is one among the many instances in which false accusetions have been resorted to, for the purpose of extorting money from the most sensitively virtuous, who from their station and profession are least able to submit to the imputation cast upon their characters, and, let them be ever so innocent, would rather yield 'to the extortion than suffer the charge to he made against them. Nor is this at all e xtraordinary, for a spotless life is rarely, if ever, deemed a sufficient answer to the accusa tions of a hand of base cons pirators, and so can singly are their Onus laid, that there cart be no other persons present at the detection of thee al leged crime but themselvk,and, consequently to their perjuries the party accused can oppose only his single testimony I—(jW/rang Post.) PARIS PAPERS. VIENNA, DEC. 6.----Tho• Oriental ,S'poetator has made* fotne . re►narks on the nature of the war betwevn tl►e Turks and the reeks. This war, in the light in Which it is coucldered,.holllx Out t►a encouraging prospect 'to thP Turks, and the issue of ills by no means to be foreseen. All the European Journals, 'especially the French, with their correspondents at Trieste, LeghOrn, Corfu, and Zinte, halare considerably exaggerated the resources of the insurgents. _ An officer of , n acknowledged. 'refit (who has . . been ear observer) affirms,'that during the whole coure of hostilitiem, though much blood has been shed 9 he has not been witniss of a I single action which deserved the name of a com bat. The war carried on by the Greeks is merely a guerilla warfare, and as such very bur densome to the Porte. Why, then, disguise its nature by such idle boasting, and take advantage of the distance and the difficulty of receiving in formation, thus to deceive Europe, every mail, by such ridiculous fables ?—(ilttstrian Observer.) PARIS, DEC, 18.—According to the last, bul letin published by the Piethnoatess Gazette, dated the Bth December, the illness. of King Victor Emanuel, which had sewn some un... favourable symptoms the preceding day, appear ed to be rather ameliorated. _ . — His Majesty has conferred the Grand Cordon of the Royal Order of St. Louis on his Highness the Prince of Ilohenlobe. [From L'Etoile.l PArus, Drc: 'lB.—The King of Sardinia, Victor Emma nuel, is rapidly recovering. The bulletin of, the Bth instant states, that the august patient enjoys regular sleep, and that be has begun to take more substantial nourishment. His Majesty now only complains of a slight pain in the left side. " " The Augsbargli Gazette of the 12th instant announces, that his Majesty the Emperor of Austria has nominated the Duke d'Angouleme Grand Cross of the Military Order of Maria Theresa, and that the Baron de Vincent, Ambassador of that Monarch, is charged to convey that decoration to his. Royal Highness. On the fish intunt, Milans set off for Montpelier, where he will be a prisoner of war on parole. A gendarme accompanies him. who is charged not to quit him a moment, until he ar rives at his p" lace of destination. • The famous Italian Count, Linatti, who possesses great wealth in Catalonia, 'also set off to-day' for the same town, un der the escort of a gendarme. It will be recollected that he organized a revolutionary band of mountaineers in Spain, and put himself at their head, and that, obliged to fly to avoid the punishment he incurred, by paying wretches who had com mitted the greatest crimes, he, in the first place, took refuge in the forts at Scu; and afterwards obtained from Cieneral the Baron d'Pleurel (under the approbation of Marshal Moucey) an asylum in France, MAD um, DEC. 13.—The Intendant of the Army of Valencia and Murcia, having written to the Minister of War, requiring from his Excellency instructions respecting officers who oh. tained retired pensions under the revolutionary Government, the Minister (having taken his Majesty's orders) has just in• formed the Intendant of the said army, that as the acts of that Government are, and must be, considered null and void, the officers of all canks who have obtained retired pensions since the 9th of March, lei?.o, cannot henceforth enjoy them until their claims to such pension shall have been recognized by the Minister, and sanctioned by his . Majesty. In consequence the Captains and Commandants-General of provinces are enjoined promptly lo make this ministerial decision known to all officers in retiretnent, and to inform them that a month is granted them to whitest, their claims, which must he accompanied with valid documents to the Minister of War, in order that this Minister may submit to his Majesty proposals for the retired pension in favour of those who have a right to it, according to the mili tary regulations now in force. The inhabitants of the, town of Coria, in their enthusiasm. have offered to the King their lives, t h eir fortunes, and all that they possess, if his Majesty thinks proper to avail him self of them, to ensure the repose of Spain and the stability.of his throne. ( From the JoUrnal des Debuts.) Ilr.kurt, DEC. 9.—The King has sent the following Ca. binet Order to the President of the Police:— " I have heard with great displeasure that 21 persons . perish. ed in the crowd and confusion which took place on the 20th of last month, on the temporary bridge established near the arsenal. But I now learn, with no less indignation, that this misfortune must be imputed solely to the turbulence and the passions of the mass of the people, which showed themselves on several occasions on that day. The temporary bridge was intended for carriages alone, and that of the Valais was reserv. ed for the people on foot ; but in place of respecting this ar. rangement, they pushed the sentinels and the servants of the police away with violence, who were placed at the beginning of the bridge, and one of these was even thrown into the water, over the parapet. After this experience, nothing is left but to oppose force by force on such occasion, and to authorize the different guards and the agents of police, to employ their, arms against the violence of the crowd, whenever the order to retire is not obeyed. The regulations of the police have no other object on such occasions but to prevent misfortunes. When they are not respected by the mass of the people, they compel the guards and others to turn their arms against them ; and they can only impute whatever injury they may in such cases receive to themselves. I charge you to make this order known to the public by means of the .Tournals, and to make your conduct conform to it on any future similar occasions. FREDERICK WILLIAM. " Berlin, Dec. 3, 1023." [From the Moniteur.l POItT SAINT MAKI'S, Nov. 26.—The Spanish vessels of war are preparing at Cadiz to proceed to South America. All the berm of the Revolution left Cadiz for Gibraltar, where they did net long remain. The famous Romero A Ipuente pre sented himself off that port, but he was not allowed to land. Romer:111o, another hero of the revolution, is gone to the Cr' i e nary Islands. Valdes, Bustros and several members of that factious assembly, which at Seville deposed the King, have em barked under fictitious names for fiavannah. The ex-General Zsiyas, who ordered the people of Madrid to be fired on, em barked for Cuba. Cadiz still possesses a dozen persons who were very active under the constitutional system, and must be closely watched. Among them is the poet Quintana, who was connected with all the celebrated trogaliso. ( From the Journal des Debate.) The journals must expect hostility from every statesmen of mediocrity : they open a career to the freedom of thought, and they encourage the idea of ministerial responsibility. It is therefore natural that feebleness should dread them, and bad faith caltimniate them. This aversion of inferior states men is balanced by the more equitable opinion of Minis tries, faun:led, as ,every Royalist Ministry ought to be, on genius, tercet, and frankness. In the eyes of such a govern ment, the advantages and disadvantages of publicity and free discussion are the natural cousequences of a representative, eon *taut ion. • But what is unnatural, what is afflicting, is to find certain Lain writers extending theirdociatnations against the liberty of the prose beyond the sphere of politico---t 0 find journalitee even affect to perceive, in an account faithfully reported of judicial proceedings, imeginery dangers to the peace of society and to public morals, " The imaginations of people are familiarized with the most atrodous crimes." But unless the publicity of proceedings be abelished,:how is the printing of thent to tql prevented ? It he therefore, that publicity with which our moralists are displeased : the do not conceal the wish of re-establishing dose trials. We shall not oppose to them the political argumeot of the necessity of securing to the accused the liberty of defence-ea liberty which is incompatible with secrecy. Our advarsuriee diedsin poeitice : let us, then, reason with them according to moral views. The greatest moral utility of the tribunals consists in pros (hieing in the public mind art intimate and deep conviction of the just distribueion of the penalties and, punishments by which social power anticipates divine justice. If, instead of knocking down an assassin (as savages do), we try him accord ing to the most deliberate and solemn forms, it to chiefly for the purpose. of sewing and cultivating he the nation the noble sentiments of justice And equity,,hatred of crimes, and respect for the power entrusted wilts the defence of society against its enemies. Take away the publicity of judicial proceedings, and you paralize that public spirit which is the best safeguard against revolutionary violence, and the most powerful counter-. poise against popularpaseisonse you s judicial authority; of that paternal majesty which is the surest guarantee of the respect of the people. The publicity of judicial pineeedings, through .the medium' of the daily Joutnitle, has even an advantage over all the other means of publicity. It admits—it even provokes the correction of errors, which, in any other mode, would be propagated with impunity. , A public school of the art of poisoning is held." On the contrary, perversity is dismayed by demonstrating that crime in vain envelopes itself in the 'obscurity of the most fully combined. artifices. The piercing eye of justice still reaches it, and the avenging arm seizes it, at the-moment when its traces are abont to be effaced. Science, awakened by pub ,lie alarm, is devoted to new investigations, to throw light on what yet remains doubtful, with respect to the effects of poisons, It will thus deprive the wicked of every hope of escape which remained to them ; it will furnish to society all the means of security or of vengance which can be discovered in the actual state of knowledge. We may remark, by the way, that poisonings, so common in past times, at the finest periods of our history, never were less frequent than in the present age. This is a consequence of the progress of science, which renders the proof of the crime more easy. It is true, discovery has been made of some new poisons of an instantaneous activity ; but these are not of the kind which criminals will employ ; they too rapidly betray the crime. The only danger arises from those equivocal substances which, ac cording to their different application, may equally give life or death. The Oovernment, informed recent proceedings, will doubtless adopt all possible precautions to prevent the circula tion of these substances through any except safe hands. Let us rettini to the great question which occupies us. Elo quent speeches are published in favour of the accused. This is to induce the public to annul the decisions of juries and of courts of justice."—This objection belongs to the discussion on the publicity of proceedings: e If it be wished to produce conviction, it. is necessary to adinit discuesion. If it be wished that public, spirit should support and venerate the judicial authority, it necessary that the public should possess every means of form ing a free and well-grounded opinion. To suppress the publi city of the speeches of the Counsel for the accused, would be the most certain means of exciting public compassion for a condemned man ; it would tend to inflame, to exasperate that natural sentiment which lead the multitude to blame powei.-- It would, moreover, degrade the public magistracy, since it would lead to the supposition that the talents employed in the Prosecution are not capable of standing in the balance with those employed in the defence. Our Royal Courts are so folly persuaded of the utility of pub lic discussion, that in their high wisdom theytnever avail them pelves of the power granted to them by article 117 of the Code of Civil Instruction, and by article 64 of the Charter, to make their proceedings secret except in those cases in which the facts to be examined are such as might give offence to modesty and decorum. The Charter has very precisely limited the vague and dan gerous expressions of the Code of Civil Instruction. The Court of Caseation, in pronouncing on the difficulties which have arisen relative to this question, solemnly proclaim ed the following principle :—. 4 " It is for the honour of the ma gistracy, as well as for the interest of justice, that the publicity of proceedings has been established." In England, a recent case has given rise to quite another kind of objection against premature publicity given to details which might injure the accused, These details may have an influence on the freedom ofopi nion which should be secured to Juries." There is something liberal in this observation, but the Eng lish journals have answered it completely. Any extraordi nary crime will always excite the most lively curiosity in a civilized country ; a thousand reports will be circulated ; it will give rise to as many conjectures; even private individuals will make inquiries to ascertain the truth. .The attention of the periodical press will 'necessarily be directed to a CirCIITO stance which forme the subject of every conversation; they will collect all the information they can respecting it. If the prisoner be innocent, has he not relations, friends, and coun sel who will undertake his defence and disprove any false state ments ? Innocence will profit by this preliminary discussion. The only offence of which the press could be guilty , would be to pnblich exa:nlnations which the examining .illngietrates de sired to be' kept secret; but if thews hlegistrate themselves al low portions of the examinations to get into circulation, upon whom Must the blame rest then ? In this case, again, the publi. cation carries its antidote with it ; ; the prisoner protesting against such publications will always have a better chance of being believed. i • Thus we do not partake in the alarms, on the moral eiTcct of daily publications with respect to criminal proceedings : neither can we perceive in those alarms, an attempt to make an indirect attack on it political institation ..iodimpenable to a people who have acquired the habit of reasoning and ;judging for themselves. BAYONNE PAPERS. BATONNTR, DEC. 1 extraordinary courier, who arrived here yesterday, brought very distressing.news re specting the spirit of discord which prevails in La Mancha and Estremedura. Very sanguinary , scenes took place at Grenada on the 3d and 4th of this month, in which, say these accounts, 120 of the Constitutional party were Massacred by banditti, who call themselves Royalists. An event so deplorable seems to prove, that the tranquillity and pacification of Spain are not so secure as many persons flatter themselves. The Ist Regi ment of Hussars arrived here yesterday; it is one of those which have suffered the most, having been exposed in an favourable position, where only the prompt arrival of the infest:. try laved it from destruction. The Sth Regiment of Hussar. is expected to-snorrow. General Valin is still here. Pris vote letters from Gallicia say, that the state of that Province i not favourable to the Royalists; it is still without a Captains General, no person being willing to take upon himself so diffi cult a task as the Government of it is likely to prove. In the province of Santander, the Liberals are so strong, that they have obtained from the King the re-establishment of the Munici pality of 1820, in spite of the opposition of, the Clergy and the remonstrances made by General loyalists, The oyalists, it is said, will quit the country if this resolution is carried into effect. Don Victor Suez was not present at the grand dinner on the Queen's Birth-day; and has refused the Bishopric of Tor tosa ; he has gone to Toledo much dissatisfied with the King. The Grand Inquisitor was expected at Madridon the Bth. We have just received letters from Madrid of the 7th and Bth. There is no Gazette of these days, and the Restaurador con tains only Decrees which We have already seen, besides a vio lent attack on the Conteltationnel of . Paris, which it calls a Libel, and is angry that there shoUld appear in Europe jour nals which propagate error, so as to trouble the public tran quillity; it would have silence imposed on these Jacobins .to prevent them from making proselytes. The number of ecele siaatice of all descriptions who came to Madrid to ask recom, ponces for their services fa so great, and so little can be done for them, that it is said they will all be sent to their own houses. The accounts received at Madrid from the Provinces are far from being so satisfactory as might be wished. The more vio lent Royalists saythat things cannot long go on so, and blame the Government for not being severe enough. What WWI re ported of the publication of an amnesty has not been confirm ed, and it even appears that there will not be any. DUTCH PAPERS. " Moscow; MA, 28 (Swt. 7).—Considering the zeal with which Sir 16bert Wilson, late General In the armies or hi 4 Majesty the King of Great Britain, had served in the cause of the deliverance of Europe, we conferred upon him at that memorable epoch distinctions which he seemed to us to have merited in the field of :battle. " Considering that the said Sir Robert Wilson now endea vours to excite every where trouble and disorder—that he is every where seen to figure in the impure ranks ( rang, impure) of the contrivers of anarchy and revolution, and to prostitute the insignia with which he is invested, we command our Chap ter of Orders to erase the name of the said Sir Robert Wilson front the list of our Orders of Knighthood. " ALEXANDER." [The above Ukase is printed in the Contervateur Impartfal.] PR.TEIIBIIU null, NO7. 28.—Count Nessoirode relented at the beginning of this week the portfeuille of the department of Foreign Affairs. STockitor.st, DEc.2.—The four Orders have agreed to send a solemn deputation to his Majesty, to express their wish ibr the coronation of h er M a jesty, leaving it enti r ely t o t h e King to fix the time when the ceremony shall take place. • The Secretary of State, Quiding, is full acquitted by the sentence of the superior tribunal ofthe king oni. Sir Benjamin Bloomfield, the English Ainhassador, his been chosen a member of the Military Academy of Sciences: --(l7arts(urgh Papers Dec. 13.) . . IignitANNTADT, N ov. 21.—M. Munlatici will hardly be able to leave this town before the ILth or December. if is .family will accompany him to Constantinople. lisauk, DEC. 14.—The first Chamber of the States-Oens ral met on the 12th. n—ommittee, ai r . Yesterday the second Chamber, in a General cussed sotno points of legislature relative to the Chill Code._, (Dutch Papers, Dec. 17.) THE ARM Y. A detachment. belonging to the 40th (2d So- Mersetsitire)'itez ; iment of Foot, has received orders to embark fUrthwith on board .the Castle Forbes. in the River Thames, which is . ordered,,to proceed to Cork, for the purpose of con veying convicts from Ireland to New South Wales. A detachnient of recruits marched on Saturday morning from the Recrttiting Department, in Westminster, for Win chester, where the head-quarters of the 95th (now raising) Regiment of Infantry is at present stationed. A detachment of the 6th Foot arrived on the 19th inst. at Glasgow, and a detachment of the same corps will arrive at Edinburgh on the 22d inst. The detachments which proceeded from Isle of Wight and Portsmouth, on the 12th instant, arrived at Chatham on Satur day, preparatory to their embarkation for India. ',From the.LOXDONT GAZETTIT of Saturday.] War-Office, Dec. 10. 2d Regiment of Life Guards.—Lieutenant Thomas Brett, from the 87th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet and Sub-Lieuten ant, vice John Potter Macqueen, who exchanges. Bth Regiment of Light Dragoons.—Sub-Lieutenant John Potter Macqueen, from the 2d Life Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Thomas Brett, who exchanges. Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards.—John Hum phries, gent., to be Solicitor, vice Wilkinson, deceased. let. Regiment of Foot.—Ensign J. Clayton Cowell, to be Lieutenant, vice E. Mainwaring deceased. 14th Ditto—Edward 'C. Lynch, gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice A. Donald, who retires. 20th 'Ditto —Captain Robert Edward 13urrowes, from the Outh Foot, to be Captain, vice James Goldfrap, who exchanges. 30th Ditto.—Ensign Charles Rutnley, to be Lieutenant, vice Duncan Henry Kennedy, deceased ; Gentleman Cadet Richard Willson, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Rumley. 33d'Ditto.—John' Forbes, gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Patterson, promoted. 34th Ditto—Brevet Major Edward Broderick to be Major, by purchase, vice Barlow, promoted in the 61st Foot; Lieut. Frederick Ifovenden to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bro derick ; Ensign Richard Airey to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hovenden ; Alexander Houstoun, gent. to be Ensign, by purchase,_ vice Airey. 65th Ditto—Captain James Goldfrap, from the 20th Foot, to be Captain, vice Robert Edward 13urrowes, who exchanges. 67th Ditto—Ensign Thomas Byrne to be Lieut., vice Muir son, deceased ; J. B. Fleming, gent., to be Ensign , vice Byrne. nth Regim ent of Foot—Lieutenant John Hunter, from half pay 4th Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice David James Skene, who exchanges, receiving the difference. 7oth Ditto.—Allyor Henry Viscount Barnard, from half pay 2d Ceylon Regiment, to be Major, vice James Delancey, who exchanges, receiving the difference. 78th Ditto.—Lieutenant Ewan 111•Pherson, from half-pay of the Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Rose Lambert Price, who exchanges, receiving the difference. 83d Ditto.—Lieutenant Charles Aubur, from the Ceylon Regiment, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Richard son, deceased ; Henry Caulfield, gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Brooke young, deceased. 95th Ditto.—Captain William Brownson, from half-pay sth Garrison Battalion, to be Captain, repaying the differenee he received on exchanging to half-pay. lit Royal Veteran Battalion.—Lieutenant Wm. Henry Hill, from half-pay 59th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Johnston, whose appointment has not taken place. 139EVET.—Deputy-inspector of Hospitals, John Hermon, to have the rank of Inspector. To be Deputy Inspectors of Hospitals.—Dr. Joseph Skey, Physician to the Forces ; Surgeon to the Forces, Stephen Panting. Ganntsoxa.—Major-General Sir John Cameron, K.C.8., to be Lieutenant-Governor of Plymouth, vice Sir Denis Pack, deceased. HOSPITAL Srayr.—Daputy-Inspector Alexander Baxter, M.D., from half-pay, to be Deputy-Inspector of Hospitals, vice Dr. James Stracban, placed upon hall.pay ; Hospistal-As sistant to the Forces, John Cocking, has resigned his corn mission. nouANDA.—The commission of Ensign Slack, in the 32d Foot. has been antedated to the 30th of September, 1819, which will place him in his original situation in that corps.— The army rank of Captain Robert Preston Campbell, of the Ceylon Regiment, has been antedated to the 81st of August, 1819, but lie is not to receive any additional pay. THE ROYAL NAVY. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 20.—The Victory, 100, at this Port, it ordered to be fitted for the flag of the successor of our present Naval Commander-in. Chief. Admiral Sir 'George Martin, G.C.8., it is still believed, will have the command. Commodore Charles Bullen, C. 8., has .commissioned the Maidstone, 46, at Deptford, for the coast of Africa. Lieut. G. J. Hay Is appointed to her.—Capt. Aplin has commissioned the Grasshopper, 18, at this port, for the Newfoundland station. Mr. C. Prance, to be Surgeon of her. Yesterdaythei Harrier, IS, Captain George Gosling, sailed for the Cork station. Remain at Spithead—Jupiter, Hussar,. Antelope (she having put back this morning with strong winds), Camelion, am Arrow. We are happy to state that Commissioner Garrett is recover ing from his severe indisposition. On Wednesday evening last, we experienced a heavy gale from the South to S.S.E., but which, when at its height, about eight o'clock, shifted to the N.W., and thus the rising tide, which was fait filling our harbour, and. would have done considerable damage, was happily checked.. The ships at Spit. head rode out the gale safely, and with comparatively little damage. In the Harbour, just before eight o'clock, is,-at. when the wind was blowing almost a hurricane, that fine first-rats ruan; of war the Queen Charlotte, broke adrift from her moor. ings, and, a strong flood tide running, wasinstantly in motion, at the rate of six or seven knots an hour. Captain Nash was upon the quarter-deck as soon as the accident occurred ; the. anchor with the chain cable was promptly cut away, and, running out to the clinch ; most fortunately brought her up. The sky now indicating a shift of•wind to N. W.; every exertion was immediately used to get the best bower cable bent, and, in a very short time it was effected, the anchor let go, and the ship moored th perfect safety. In veering she fell foul of a. collier brig, whose bowsprit came in contact with the starboard quarter gallery and wardroom windows of the Queen Charlotte ; by which the brig's masts and bowsprit were carried away, But It is diffictilt to cal. culate the extent of 'the mischief which' might have been pro duced in . .11 crowded harbour, with so violent a wind and tide, if the meens, to bring this immense ship up had not been or dered. anti executed so seasonably. The greatest, praise is there fore due 'to Captain Nash, his officers, and reduced'crew, for their excellent:conduct in such trying circurnstanc-s. ' • and to the Hon. the Commissioner of the Dock-yard, for atferding the snort prompt assistance in 'securing the ship. Yesterday the wind got round to the N.B. and N., which in. duced some of the outward-bound ships to get under weigh, and sail, but last night it again backed to the S.W., and now Saturday, five P.M.) Mews hard: the ships which sailed can not have reached Plouth. This day the Sister s , K ent , f rom Palermo, bound to London, put in here through adverse winds, and is under quarantine. Eighteen Lieutenants have been added to the zumber ployed-in 'the Coast Blockade service; principally with the ob. loci of protecting the Revenue in all parts of Sheppy. It is said that. Coruniodore Sir Edward Owen, on being re lieved as Osinmander.in-Chief on the West India station by Vice-Admiral Sit Lawrence Halsted, will, proceed to Barbs. does, and remain as Commodore on that _part of the station, The whole of the men in P or t smout h Doak. and am ordered to work one half of the day o n Saturdays, until the Ist 51arch ; owing to the shertness of the days. pLymou.rki, DEC. lU.—Arrived the Active, 4d, Captain A. King, from Lisbon; it is sa id to b e f i tted for Foreign ser. vice. The Victor will s a il f or t h e coast of Africa the moment Falmouth,the w i nd is f t . !! r t a m i I Id ; a m She E d mulous pack e t, Li eut . C ro k e, for the Falc on t en d er , f ur Li ver . pool, to bring seamen...-The Redpole, caps. Anderson, was off yesterday.—Admiral Sir Alex an d er Cikhrsine re sumed his command on Sunday. .• FRANKFORT, DEC. 1 4. — The Liberal journal. of Paris have very recently given a new proof of their veracity. The Constitutionnei and the Courier Francois, have announ ced that the Princess of Anhalt Bernherg had just put an end to her existence by violence. She had (say they escaped from th e City of Mimi, where she had been in strict coramement, and went to Hernberg, from whence she was brought back dead, having been drown e d i n a pond, on the bank of which was found a writing, which developed the cause of her dreadful resolution. This story has boon caught at by many English journals, and even by some German. The fact is, that the Princess has not quitted Banat' since she arrived there that the is not at all detained there, but that with every respect for her rank, they have taken every precaution which t i er unhtppy situation requires.—(Josrnal des Debate.) SALT. MINES TN FRANCE. Last Monday M. Chaptal, in ,•the name of 3 committee, rnaae a report to the Academy of Sciences, on the rock salt of the mine discorere j in iNlay, 1820, at Vic, in the department of the Nleurthe. There are four sorts, white, half white , gray, and red. The whole is perfectly. Pu re and peculiarly fit for the table. The half-whil e and the gray contain some extraneous substanceir but in less quantity than sea salt, so that they may be used without dang e r. Even the red.i ng be used without inconvenience, b e i ng purer 00 common salt. Vic A valuable quality of the mineral !Alt o f is, that it is not deliqu e sc e nt, or that it do es ' Do i attract the humidity of the atmosphere, whi`tl gives the consumer an advantage of 10 per curls In short, the use of the salt of Vic in the The and agriculture will be very advatitageoni• mine occupies an extent of above 3 0 sq",. leagues, and its thi c k ne ss is such that it may." worked forseveral thousand years without exhausted.—(llloniteur.). • THE STAGE SCRAP-BOOK! FRODSHAX was naturally good actor in spite of hil°lelf; station. situation , a f b or ein th g ough London improves and matures, and is the Molte r. a arrn thea tricalded and in Cheshire, of the town of Frodsham, ten mild from C e° aided by a liberal education ; h e was on of. an ancieui fa h in t il er ) : thehis understanding,hal f-wayb et w e s e n n d IsluripgearnahaunndonClti Cheater. .0 11 , i . ., . M y r. ct F g ro en d iu sh s itin eVil h l a b d e a fou qui rad c :n go e i e u :: les -end °usene, b 1 filch undermined by e r real bi-" ; w hich failing'', unfortunately, were supplied efr " -- - al e d On° the brandy bottle in the morning, to take off au ni-,aluirlif btsotiittui himself'; e s f e o l f r ; B a a n r ray then the stomach, till the certain consequence ensued 0 v- ,. e° o - f fecbled, disordered, mad, dropsical,and dead st the es. thirty-five. With proper cultivation, h e would bare btu good I countered London some years before acne e nduscutdo he not was sayte idol, would hart pe, in his latter state, but it would have been the cast had he. he n°: f y 4 ' T into hinltilegh I)P°--ali'bi°st"s": of which was the support of his fame on his f ro't,,A formance. He was awkward, merely for the atter int ' of P- el i ling, and worse, by being told, from his druzne w n l inferiors ° the stage, that all he did was right. But had he been catigh t l proper time, while wild, by such a man as Mr. Garticsre that Mr. G. would have really taken pains with him, the °,,,.,, hero would have done honour to London. In my eepen e s and best observation, his Ifamist (and Japer still better), ' l : 4 all his eccentricity, I'' never saw equalled but by Mr. (i°r l ,,l i , and Mr. Barry at that time (and of that period I am nowilr e i, ing, and not of the present d.ay); though Mr. Kenible's ln '1" rank,mywi S ei rnhedl e , a is o il,lw ment may challenge what I say, as, besides his venous exc,` l ; lencies in that character, where the play is performed in ' i third act, the execution is riot only spirited, but possesses, r e '', feeling and fire, but the manner of conceiving. those pa Il e • and conveying them to the audience, is superior by ;Ur. ' y e. ble to that of any other actor's whatever in my remembqk it But I am now speaking of an exuberant nude flower e i i i f t i drama, possessed of voice with melody and merit , all con! a_f`, l to an eminent degree. He had strong feelings and i-n"e, will ; and bad he been a few years under the correceonwee.q London audience, and attentive to his good advisers, tie i i i i;: ii in all probability, long before this, have been in lily d ' l ;, , e st and at this time a setting sun. Mr. Powell ° f `if i , l ;ion 1 0 the stage had cause to lament, is the nearest aSS.M. , of atria l ! give of Frodsham. Mr. Powell had the opportuni y , a , ' 11 their modes as observing real artists, Garrick and Barry, Ina „ e „, hi e oal shapes of grief. Inattentive Frodeliain unhalinnY, 4 7 4 i dieeeel master, and a careless one ; for though lie set fame 0 jet tasks, he 'only now and then pursued the trunip 0 1 , l a ,?„ f est ardency and alacrity, but lagged and never reacheel„,t,e; wo e, though a very little spurring and jockeyship would"' him come in first, and won many a theatrical plate. ,„ s fen; The public was so infatuated (and indeed lie wio sn ee ,"''. edit that he cast all others at a distance in his York 5te10..`7,„ ( 1) se the audience too blindly and too partially . (tbj r r c i ° rTill pri o proved all he did beyond comparison; and 1 5 1tk any actor] 0' before he wilfully sunk himself, l as nnt th • even 04 Garrick would have been liked so well' ''secret not even when without some old maids' opinions et a Becre d under the re" Frodsham would have been voted superior, an would that deciSi,„, been appointed the man for the ladies : nor . es o ale F in favour of Frodshain have been from elderly la i n a;re: • f the ie he had often melted the youthful fair onets 0 a rc oess mould, whose hearts have been susceptible whenevercru toe was the lover. It was by no means a fortunate cir i, 4 r ei for thatyounggendeman to be so much superior tcr w ilf: t 0: of the % ork company. No actors of high degree. lie ever time ever known those bowels to tread, nor was H c',„ 04 than ten da in London. Thus situated at H. I . o s :_tvii, 0 0e, salary, Frodaham had not any opportunity for nn r eer, l o 0! improvement. No infringement was suffered, of Zertersi characters. Nay, so tenacioup was Mr. Crisp (al w ' uld ber York,) that it was some time I believe before a e? lie osi: veiled upon to resign Hamlet to Frodsliam, and ao I d , CI Crisp kept Rickard, and Frodsham acted Rith'l r etith"' ; Sir JAn Brate, Frodsham merely Colonel Dolby. , t o P r r ; besides his tragic abilities, acted some such P ar tire; 1 1;e Hardy, Young Bevil, Lord Tonmly, - Sir Georg e , The very tolerably, and was a very decent Iliac , fi Irea dc'tobe r t,,it il io , night Frodeham ever spoke on the stage, was in alp °r ill After playing Lord Townley, and though in al'r ce 31° ° ,, e . died three days after. " Ladies and Gentlemen,,,,,eini7,o evening Coriolanta ; to which will be added .!;;;,, moo ously, and laying his hand upon his heart) Win" ~,i, me to." ~ AI 00 ° 00 1 -One thing more of this " Mad: York Actor, " - fling -der Dore s ways called him when relating the story of his i mo los i , c o and then we have done. At the time he was i n ,a oil Pipe having paid his devoirs to Garrick, he considmention t ie Rich entitled to the same mark ofrespect. Ills, 'wild, frond him was very different front the one he met efie ohin g s i be iss great man at Drury-Lane ;he found Rich tent , hie, lady to act, with three or four cats about him. .i . '„ y iesr,,,,o; some time in the room, When announced, It7 i a . wil!, 0 0 through a very large . reading glass, took his '', on ji o.4 " Well Mr. Frogsmire, I suppose you AN C ( n n v erlll. t' be taught, and that I thould Love you an engaP ~ :lip in ever itcfßichard, Mr. Frogsmwe ?,. " Y(..8, bi r. k e ,J pod , you shall hear me act," says Rich: when he 8 1: e i l ei A t e fil a most ridiculous manner; and on its beinic. c , aor ny ° ; s sham pettishly told him" he did not visit n" ) ' e re OW'il e York to be taught, nor to hear him act; ,lie c an e to, i e !A id Chalkstone) merely f ar a li tt l e conve rsation , ' ~ 0 ,1, ,, , o w r Elysian fields." But as Mr. Rich loved leisn.;:seirLoth t,s, . i curiosity, he replied, " that unless MOW' T 0 .70 . vow with humble attention hear his Richard, M o dee . ,,t u Mr. Frogsmire at all." Frodshein was f re goill''' ' exit, while Rich was ruminating and,prne°, i it ' Twas an excuse to avoid in • , 0 1 s ve , Alas she keeps no bed r eon tricohil • when lie was sudden' • text toted by Feeds" k i n g f yin i thin l you good morning!" and so ended un seettond managerial visit . -- rt ,Lave 1 I 'Cie 1 ,1 ! • ern rset .(0' .. We have extracted the foreer„.s„, Seale I NO e l amusing periodical work, entitled, t, a phi° 4 oo , ' l 'ft Weekly Miscellany," cor.sisting. of il l An' te te ee Observations on the Fine Arts ,' intere.rutifeo beseirt various other topics of 14 diverting and in' t cro ne 1 ". 0 e, li ° o.. i sme V „ s ea° Of r i suspect that the conductor is the • . d . , r ,t • viler . do . e s. titled the public with a work of S Ol t 4h IS ,otle d i e the title of " NVine and Walnuts," t o c r Li' A t i r iloal i e d pular. We suspect also that the atii 1 1 cee or re in h e ' " ' We t ot s s t well known talents as an Artist, anti ei tion. the s u., ~ ; c t fore are well entitled to public Attt. sir.c. . t 1 ot to extract the article respecting FRO t :?,_ ...c :: ire . 4 . . t9 0 .. 0; though unknown to a London a V s ,l loo tsl; ) ,', l . l° i f theatrical luminary of Yorkshire, 17, 3te Mr; / ft j le pt l il t "; a very high order, as we heard from, it l i choe juni co fel , e tl o FALL, a very worthy man, acid ate. li r e ~,,..0r, , ,,,, 1, 4 theatrical matters admitted of no 41.1). l e w hiCh l'kr o f4o,' ever, _that we do not rely on an arlA : i i , cc tianY , loi ch e lior:; preceding number of the lirenklY toantca.weeioect,sl interview between Fnonsneet anal ...0,01, OS_ rg e:r_ o rli, to US to be highly improbable.. F.Rq l .':, to so o . ,:i'bd I :',AeP . .,, once visited the Metropolis. wllli a sur , _,. Mvskr. v dol!.o.,,, to witness GAtt TUCK'S perforrnangs,% i f t he:ef o pef_'; r opf, immediately to York, obserring,,, I ... L arca , h . : O r 1.,, l', l ;f were pleased with the manner,?; t i lr vio in T 0c ' e „g, 1 3, 1 , 1 ,11 0 , to be a favourite with them. 53 , 4 t...,, hiS e. ,,,. ~,, ~ t „ thin, but very spirited end impr.en. ~,,'l's;setseg emus. trine, e, ever, an appearance of wild end - " I _' 4 oa rktir; P . e p.bi e a cme , t o tee of FRODSIIeer, a mines-- hut S, market Theatre many ye:US 3 8 .°0 ~' health and distress. ‘