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lr i ADIMIALTV OFFICE, Ara t 24, ISM NOTICE is h ere b y g i ven, That a S ES. -MON of OYER and TERMINER and GAOL DELIVERY, for the TRIAL of OFFENCES committed on the mnur -- "Lt SEAS, within the Jurisdiction of the AD MIRALTY of ENGLAND, will •be held at JUSTICE B ALL, in the OLD BAILEY, LONDON, on TUES.. tDAY, the 29th d a y o f May next, at Eight o ' Clock in the nB"lnillg:—.And all Sh er iff s, Gao l ers, an d Keepers of L tur : in whose custody any Prisoners, charged with e n d c omm i tted o the High Seas, or within the said aur6di - • ou, may b e , are hereby req uired to transmit a co.Py of the Commitment , of every such Prisoner to Mr. Blcorm, the Solicitor of the Admiralty, on Spring Garden Terrace, London, in order that the necosssry mea maY Ybe taken, for removing all such Prisoners to His ^Jel Ws Gaol of Newgate, for trial at the said intended "slon And all Mayors, Justices, Coroners, and other neers, before whom any Inquisitions, Informations, Ex "%illations, or Recognisances, may have been taken touch ing "3' such Offences, are requir e d t o t ransm i t t h e same forthwith to Mr. Thomas SHELTON, the Clerk of Ar raigns of th e Hi gh Court of Admiralty of England, at his r ' I % at the Sessions House in the Old bailey, London. J. W. CROKER. . . . _ . ' • • . . • ..4.„,.. - • . .“.. , ~i ,,, : t;', • ~.0 I, 1 - 1 ,;.ft, ‘.., ~ t i 7.=- . -7- • - . _, • i:..±-14,0,'% , ' T 1 --Toa • • 0. iI. - •, _---,*,-„,,,,01 , . ' . 4 : '.... 1:N.-; 1, :/4. - ; ;,5;, • 1 "F t, , ,,,, .., , ,r , i - _, ! ktii,„::,crli...._>s,;lll... ;:;,„7.,,,,,,-..-i;;A , i . ,. . ? ......., .....,..„,_ ~,. l - - _ .,..„ L. _ : . A ,, •0, ‘, ..-:.: ' , ' ) i / • '4l r.l. • .•-.. , es 3- 0 : VPie, A .h MS .4.- • I 19/bii 44,,71411`i1f. ' (1i„.... ,t.„.. *, u -.. L 0 T 1 ,II Ilt , • knowing well ths valour , aid enthusiasm of British seamen, by a long experienee, he hoped that he should be found capable of appreciating the merits and re warding the ardour and vigorous exertions of so deserving a body of his Majesty's subjects.-- (Cheers.)—His knowledge of the profession had enabled him to ascertain, that without commerce a British navy would be as nothing, either in time of war or in time of peace. In war, commerce sup plied resources to meet the impetuous exigencies of the occasion. In peace, commerce afforded a nursery, from which it was at all times easy to fw nish a supply of men; so that, however extensive the reductions might be in that service, upon any great and sudden emergency able substitutei were ready to come forward.—(Cheers.)—Upon all such occasions it never had been found matter of difficulty to complete a fleet for the preseryation of the safety and honour of the country. Tie felt the honour which had been that day conferred upon him in the very highest degree, as the commerce of the country was so intimately connected with the service of which he bad the honour to be at the head. — (Long-continued cheers.) Lord Bexley's health wasnont drank. FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 25,' 1827. No. 10,829. PRICE 7D. ROYAL ACADEMY, SOMERSET-PLACE. THE EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACADEMY is now OPEN. Admieeion (from Eight o'Clock till Seven) le. Catalogue le. H. HOWARD, R.A. Sec. MARRIAGE LAW OF SCOTLAND. LITERATURE. ing Count Segur for the pleasure derived from his Memoirs. They are penned in a lively vein, but inculcate far different feelings. 'Where are the proud triumphs of Catherine, which the author apostrophizes so frequently ? Where are the thousands slaughtered by Suwarrow at Ismael ? Where isPotemkin,the soul ofchivalryand caprice ? What has become of the Great Queen herself, she who planned the destruction of Constan tinople, effected the partition of Poland, and even clung to the conquest of Europe ? Not half a century has elapsed since her death, yet already her name is on the wane ; a few years, and even that will be unknown, except to the readers of history—the proud Semiramis of the North will he remembered among the dim won ders of half forgotten ages, a proof not less of the folly than the utter short-sightedness of am bition. COURT OF SESSION, SECOND DIVISION, MAY 15. SIONRO V. ROSS. PROVINCES OF RIO DE LA PLATA MINING ASSOCIATION. Noncg TO SHAREHOLDERS.-A Special General Meeting of SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the LONDON TAVERN, on MONDAY, the 11th June next;al One o'Clock precisely, to receive the Report of the Committee, appointed on the 26th Feb. last, and to determine upon the measures to be adopted thereon. Rr HEATHFIELD, Secretary. No. 102, Leadenhall-street, May 24, 1827. His Lordship returned thanks, in dobag which, he said that the company all felt deeply the honour conferred upon them, by the presence of an illus trious member of the House of Brunswick, the im mediate Heir to the Crown, particularly as his Ma jesty was the Master of the Company. He theta proposed the health of the " Prime Warden. and Wardens." THE WIDOW and DAUGHTER of an OFFICER, who was THIRTY YEARS in HIS MAJESTY'a service, beingreduced to a state of the greatest destitution, the attention of the Benevolent is earnestly solicited to an examination of the case, full particulars of which will be furnished by an application at 112, STRAND. They will gladly undertake the care of Chambers or a Counting House, if a small subscription could enable them to redeem the little property which they hare been obliged to pledge. The PRIME WARDEN returned thanks; and pro posed the health of the " Duchess of Clarence." This toast was received in the most gallant style. The ROYAL DUKE—I do not know, my brother Liverymen, whether it is regular or irregular in a man to return thanks for his wife—(a laugh)—but know this, that if my wife knew that she was toasted, and that I failed to communicate her thanks upon the occasion, I should be in error if I ex pected to meet her usual smile.—(Laughter and cheers.) The Pause WARDEN then proposed the health of the Admirals and Vice4dmirals present. His ROYAL HIGEINEIII said that he had one toast to give before he should take his departure. He had made an allusion to the support which the navy had uniformly received from eomzneree. He could not, therefore, give a more appropriate toast than " The Trade and Commerce of the City of Lon don." He assured the company that be hoped fre quently to appear among them, although this was hie first appearance. His Royal Highness left the room amidst loud cheers, at half-past eleven o'clock. It was, we understand, a preliminary arrangement that no political allusions should be made, nor poli tical toasts given. DINNER TO THE LORD HIGH ADMIRAL. GOLDSMITHS' COMPANY. INAUGURATION OF HIS ROYAL 11101INHIS THU DUKE OF clArtv,NcE TO THE IKEEDOM AND CLOTHING. This ceremony took place on Wednesday, in the ancient Court-room of Goldsmiths'-hall. Amongst the guests assembled in honour of this occasion we noticed several distinguished individuals connected with that service of which his Royal Highness is Lord High Admiral. His Royal Highness arrived in the Council-room about half-past six o'clock, and was presented, individually, by the Prime Warden (John Garratt, Esq. and Alderman) to the different members of the company. WANTED to PURCHASE in the SOUTH or WEST of ENGLAND, or in SOUTH WALES. ®NE HUNDRED THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED. AND SEVENTY THOUSAND, and THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS ARE READY FOR INVESTMENT IN LANDED PRO PERTY, by three separate Individuals, as above men tioned. None but Principals will be treated with. Apply by letter, post paid, to Mr. John Coward, Lens down-crescent, Bath. AN INVESTMENT TO PAY A FULL AND CLEAR FOUR PER CENT. PER ANNUM, fIONSISTING ofa FREEHOLD FARM, situated near WISBEACILCAMBRIDGESHIRE. To Sail positively in July, DIRECT FOR CALCUTTA, 1111 E fine Teak-b u ilt Shi p , PALMIRA, / L,,; n J OHN LAMB, C omman d er. Burthen 600 T ons . Z' in the City Canal. Has a Poop, with superior Ac anutrgeoonda. tiena for Passengers, and will carry an experienced r -For Freight or P assage apply to Messrs. Bazett, Colvin, "ord and Co-. No. 71, Broad-street; or to BUCKLES, BAGSTER, and BUCHANAN, 827. 33, Mark-lane. A CHRIST'S HOSPITAL, MAY 18, 1827. V ACANCY having also occurred of bIiountIAMMAR MASTER in the School of this Es h ta a - t %eh at HERTFORD, the Committee request t itiia,ntlernen as may be desirous to offer themselves of then l qates fo r the appointment, will transmit Testimonials du, abilities to the Counting-house, on or before Thurs . - 4," tile 81st instant, and toattend the Committee on Fri " t he Ist d a y of June, precisely a at Eleven o'Clock. ittptea..rticulars of the Duties, and the amount of the Salary C o 4 '7 1 to the Office, may be known on inquiry at the untu iri-ho dad Iv Th e tu le• noidates are to be Members of the Church of ' tad to hive graduat e d a t th e University. THOMAS WILBY, Clerk. 11 u .„ 11 °RTABLE WATER CLOSETS. 41 :: , decid e d S u p er i or ity o f HAWKINS' ?_EIiT over any other being now fully vita l:louse ,`"e Public are reepectfully cautioned against spu -1% Lktatione, and axe requested to observe that none are liApari6Pinal self- ac ti ng p r i nc ipl e , which have not " S. 1" 8, PATENT, 167, Fleet-street"—printed in Comm irte assortment in the shape of Pedestals, Chairs, 1 07, ; I t e 'Bedsteps, & c . T o b e seen a t th e M anu f actory , Pace 501. and upwards. T C LARK'S GENERAL OUTFIT- Vt s . , TING WAREHOUSE, for the EAST and h Aisi ' I NDIES lE S and SOUTH AMERICA, °stet S TRAND. . tl e en iv, Cadets, and Writers going to India, and Om it: Gloms to South America, or any other part 'of 1, - -;,-„hbe, will find in this Establishment the _w as ho m le , lielt 1-lilit arY Appointments, Swords, ChallSmahnu fitetts' Pistol 49 C. together with a large and we - 4 , ured stock of Sea Cots, Couches, and Bedding ; Cabin kathand Tables, Chairs, and Lamps ; Sea Chests,. n 'qi'? and Bullock Trunks, and every other description 4,,trellig Equipage. vriebASORTAIENT OF CANTEENS, ready fitted . t lirti f,... t-e neee lsarY requisites for India and other tropical A, ; 4 7. ; likewise a - great variety of Silver and Plated 4 b; NI, Knives anti Forks, suitable for families going -A°4!; Military and. Hindostanne e Books, Maps, &c. l' Zi'4.SRIONAI3LE STOCK of Carriage, Curricle, :* ll . -- ' e n l ) Phaeton, Stanhope ar.d Chaise HARNESS, with Vl4and description of Saddlery, &c. &c. far home use, East West Indies, and South America, which merit inspec -IQa fr°l4 their excellent quality, first style of workman- Allship,and madame Prices. - the Articles in obis Establishment are warranted, Old th e excellent • p . b ill 4 adhered to, of a s k ing on - t -7 , years standing is still strictly '-' Price, but from Which no abatement will be , M on e y In A. S YLI LIFE ASS RANCE - PANY, 70, CORNHILL, LONDON. Established to extend a certainty of Inn 4M to those 114 Would be subject to rejseti on I , Other o _ ce., th or to i mPosed world be objec .ll:ll4#l the restrictions usually .104ble. DIRECTORS. Sir James Mackintosh, M.P. President. Thomas Frankland Lewis, Esq. M.P. Vice Preiident. He Fred. Stephenson, Esq. The Honourable W. Fraser don Meux, Esq. Thomas Fenn, Esq. ja°l4l KYRIeT, Esq. Steph. N. Barber, F, N. neis Kenable, Esq• Lancelot Baugh Allen, Esq. 414 * G. Harris, R.N., C.B. George Farren, Esq. Resident Dir ec t or. 4uniTotts.......C. W. Hallett, Esq. Foster Reynolds, L eg . Near. J. Rich ar d s , E sq . 14 O PrICERS—R. Gooch, M.D., B. Traver; Esq. P.R. S., 11. Mayo, Esq. ritl T HE COMPANY ASSURES of h tS ONS of DELIC ATE HEALTH, Irregularity 'WM, or suffering under Chronic Disease. t PEMALES, without requiring appearance before a 641 'd of Directors or a Medical Officer. h 15XRSONS RESIDING or VOYAGING ABROAD, r4tticirlarly in unhealthy Band "to OF FICERS in the ARMY and NAVY against the "to of Battle and Active Service. lie i Director resides on the Premises, who will give all ~etwisary information, and on letters addressed to tire'girn from the country, will commun i ngwi the parties e, t• . A Medical Officer is in attendance at Three o'clock '3' , to facilitate the proposals of persons who may wish to effect Insumacee without delay. The Land is of the very first quality, and extends over between TWO AND THREE HUNDRED ACRES.— The Farm House and Agricultural Buildings are of a supe rior denomination, and the terms for the purchase are ex ceedingly in favour of the buyer. For permission to view, and particulars, apply (by letter, post-paid) to Mr. John Coward, Lansdown Crescent, Bath. SOMERSETSHIRE. A VERY BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY SEAT, Situated NEAR CLIFTON AND THE HOT WELLS, FOR SALE BY PRIVATE CONTRACT. THE Residence- embraces every desideratum for the health and comfort of Domestic Life. The House stands in the centre of a most delightful Lawn, and commands extensive views of Hill and Dale, Wood and Water. The Land altogether is about SEVEN HUN DRED ACRES, divided into Farms, and the property is of that peculiar description which, to an Invalid or a Family from India, would be invaluable, from its uncom mon mildness of atmosphere and salubrity of climate, *spe cially adapted to those who require a Warm Winter Resi dence. For permission to view and particulars, apply (by letter, posit-paid) to Mr. John Coward, Lansdown-creseent, Bath. A CELEBRATED MANSION AND DOMAIN, FOR SALE BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, Situated in the North Riding of Yorkshire. THE MANSION, which is of the very first description, is situated nearly in the centre of a Domain, extending over nearly THREE THOUSAND ACRES of very superior Arable, Meadow, Pasture and Wood Land, all in a ring fence.—Also, A MANOR, or REPUTED MANOR, Co-extensive with the said Estate. The Mansion stands in a Park of uncommon beauty.— The Timber and Plantations are luxuriant and valuable. The Gardens and Pleasure Grounds are in excellent order. The views are delightful : tlizre is a fine sheet of water in the Park, seen from the Mansion, which contains excel lent apartments, well arranged, and in which comfort is united with magnificence, calculated in the truest sense to contribute to the happiness of its possessor. The Land (which is not in hand with the Mansion) is divided into Farms and let at low Rents to responsible Tenants, and it is presumed that the present Rental may be very considerably augmented. The whole will be found to embrace every object which the Capitalist may have in view, alike as a Residence and as an Investment. For permission to view, and particulars, apply by letter, post-paid, to Mr. John Coward, Lansdown Crescent, Bath. YORKSHIRE PORCELAIN, JUST received from the ROCKINGHAM WORKS, at MORTLOCK'S, 250, Oxford-street, near Hyde -park, who respectfully solicit their numerous Customers to an Inspection of the same, with their Splen did and Extensive Stock of BREAKFAST, DINNER, DESSERT, TEA, SUPPER, and BED-ROOM SER VICES, (amountin g to some thousands), from the most celebrated Manufactories ; also a few Sets are remaining of that valuable and rare NANTGAREW PORCELAIN.— The Ornamental Department embraces every approved form and embellishment, and is disposing of at a consider ble reduction, together with GLASS, EARTHENWARE, and the Old stock, which is clearing off to make room for the New Patterns daily arriving. The well known ROCKINGHAM TEA POTS can now be supplied in any quantity. ESTABLISHED TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS, For the sale of Irish Linen at the Factors' Prices, No. 4, SOUTH SIDE of BLOOMSBURY-SQUARE. THE IRISH LINEN COMPANY beg leave to announce to the Public, that the above House is their only Establishmeht in this country ;* where they continue to supply the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, with WARRANTED gram-bleached LINEN, for Shirts and Sheets, as also Table Linen, of the best fabric and colour, at a price considerably' lower than they can be procured through any other medium. They also engage to return the purchase money should any fault appear.—Country and Town Orders punctually attended to by JOHN DONOVAN, Bloomsbury-square, Holborn side; Agents. JOHN DOYLE, Meklenborg-square, Dublin, A farmer, who resides at Rolvenden, having attended the late Tentorden Fair, and feeling somewhat fatigued after the business of the day was over, proceeded to a public-house to partake of some refreshment. He had not been long in the room before a stranger got up and offered to bet any one present five shillings that he could produce more money than any other person in the room. The farmer above alluded to having a pretty good supply by him, accepted the chal lenge, and took from out of his pockets all the money he had, which on telling over, he found amounted to twenty-five pounds in bank notes, at the sight of which the stranger expressed great surprise, and said, if the farmer had told it correctly he had won the wager, for he could not produce so large a sum ; but requested that he might be allowed to tell it himself to see that all was right, with which request the farmer very readily complied. The stranger, after having counted the money over, told the farmer all was fair, and gave him the five shillings together with the notes, which so pleased the farmer that he never took the precaution of looking at them to see if they were the same, but immediately put them into his pocket and proceeded home ; when, having occasion to take money again out of his pocket for some purpose, he, to his great mor tification, found that instead of his bank notes he had nothing more than a parcel of blank paper. #- Maidstone Journal. This case, which was considered quite novel and very important, came on before the Court this day. The facts are shortly these :—Alexander Ross, a native of Scotland, emigrated to London at an early age, where he carried on a very extensive business. Many years ago he succeeded, under a deed of _entail, to the estate of Cromarty. Occasionally he resided on his estate, and being a freeholder of the county, took a very active hand in.the political affairs con nected with it. ' About the year 1810, he became acquainted with Elizabeth Woodman, an 'English woman, who bore him a son in Lomlon, in February 1811. In May, .1815, Mr. Ross brought Mrs. Woodman, and her son, with him to Scotland, for the avowed purpose of marrying the former, and le giti►natizing the latter as his lawful heir, according to the lriw of Scotland. Accordingly, after r: siding in the neighbourhood of Leith till the whole forms and requisites of the Church of Scotland were duly complied with, his marriage was duly celebrated, and Mrs. Woodman became Mrs. Ross, was openly acknowledged as such, and her son as the legitimate child and heir of Mr. Ross. After this they went to Cromarty-house, where they resided till Sept. 1815, when they returned to London. Till the time of Mr. Ross's death, which happened in 1820, nothing occurred to disturb the legitimate pretensions of Mrs. Ross and her son; but after Mr. Ross's death, Mrs. Monro, the pursuer in the pre sent action, took steps to succeed to the estate of Cromarty as nearest heir of entail. It was plainly admitted, that if the son George, the present de fender, could be held to be a legitimate child, the pursuer had no title to succeed, and therefore she raised the present action before the Commissary Court, in order to have it declared,-that the defender, having been born a bastard in England, where the character of bastardy is held to be indelible, and the subsequent marriage of the parents does not legiti matize the offspring, therefore he should be held to be a bastard still, notwithstanding the subsequent marriage of his parents in Scotland, and so inca pable of succeeding as a lawful heir to the estate of Mr. Ross, in Scotland. The Commissaries decided in favour of the defender, that he was duly legiti matized by the subsequent- marriage of his parents in Scotland, and therefore lawful heir of his father. The pursuer being dissatisfied with this judgment, brought the case by advocation before the Supreme Court. _ The subject appearing to be one of great doubt and much importance, the case was argued at length before the Judges of both Divisions, and thereafter the Judges of the Second Division requested the opinions of the 'Judges of the First Division and per manent Lords Ordinary, in writing. These opinions being duly lodged, in which three of the Judges were in favour of the pursuer, viz. the Lord Presi dent, and Lords Cringletie and Eldin ; and six of them, viz. Lord Gillies, Balgray, Craigie, Meadow bank, M'Kenzie, and Medwyn were in favour of the defender. The Judges of the Second Division, be fore wham the case depended, proceeded this day to prlounce judgment. They were unanimous, and decided in favour of the defender's legitimacy; and therefore dismissed the advocation with expenses. MISS TURNER. The following is a Copy of tile Private Bill brought into the House of Lords to annul the alleged marriage of Miss Turner : " An Act to annul and declare void an alleged Mar riage between Ellen Turner, an infant, and Ed ward Gibbon Wakefield. " Whereas Ellen Turner, the only child and heir of William Turner, Esq., an infant, under the age of sixteen years, was lately, by fiend, contrivance, and forgery, illegally taken and carried away by one Ed ward Gibbon Wakefield, a stranger, wholly unknown to the said Ellen Turner, and, being under the con trout of the said Edward Gibbon Wakefield, was afterwards, to wit, on the eighth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, by fraud, imposition, fear, and in timidation, made and induced, at Gretna-green, in that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Scotland, to marry the said Ed ward Gibbon Wakefield, according to certain forms and ceremonies, which are alleged to constitute a marriage according to the laws and customs of that part of the United Kingdom called Scotland : " And whereas the said Edward Gibbon Wake field was afterwards convicted in due course of law, of conspiring, with certain other persons, to take and convey the said Ellen Turner out of the custody of certain persons then having the lawful order, keeping, education, and governance of the said Ellen Turner, and to cause and procure her to marry the said Edward Gibbon Wakefield without the knowledge or consent of the said William Turner, her father, and of having unlawfully taken and con veyed the said Ellen Turner, then being a maid, un married, under the age of sixteen years, out of and from the possession of certain persons having by the consent and appointment of the said William Turner the order, keeping, education, and governance of the said Ellen Turner, and is now suffering the sentence of the law upon the first of the said convictions : " And whereas it ;s expedient that the said alleged marriage should be declared to be null and void : "May it therefore please your Majesty, (Out of your princely goodness, and in compassion to the sufferings and misfortune of your said subject and his said daughter), that it may be deelaredand enacted; and, be it declared and enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and con sent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Com mons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, That the said alleged marriage between the said Ellen Turner and the said Edward Gibbon Wakefield is and shall be from henceforth null and void : And it is hereby declared and enacted to be null and void, and so for ever hereafter shall be taken and adjudged to be, to all intents and purposes whatsoever, as if such forms and ceremonies never had been celebrated or per formed." ELOPEMENT.—A lamentable instance of de pravity has been communicated to us ; and we give it publicity the more readily, in the hope that our doing so may lead to the apprehension of the delinquents concerned. A poor tailor, residing, on the Castle Hill, some time ago fool ishly received an Irishman of the name of Kear ney, a man of disreputable habits, into his house as a lodger; and the interloper by dint of smooth words and a prepossessing exterior, so completely turned the head of the tailor's wife, that she lately eloped with him, carrying off thirty-eight pounds of her .husband's savings, and clearing the house of every thing she and her paramour considered of value. Her depravity is rendered the more disgusting by the fact, that she had been married many years, and had brought her husband eight children, all of whom she has deserted, with the exception of the youngest, au infant which she carried with her. Kearney is one of those wor thies who encourage and practise low games at fairs, and he has been more th an once d e t ec ted trying to impose on the unwary by the stale de ceit of ring-dropping. We observe that a person answering to his description has been practising , this trick in Aberdeen,—Edinburgh Oburver. COUNT SEGUR'S RECOLLECTIONS. Vol. 111. p. p. 449. This is a very delightful volume, replete with egotism and anecdote. Its author is a gossip of the good old French school, polite in his repro bation, amusing even with his vanity. He omits no opportunity of telling us, directly or by im plication, what an excellent diplomatist he is, what smart things he has been in the habits of saying to Catherine and Potemkin, what exceed ingly - graceful verses he has written, and moreover, how Catherine praised their harmony (having Feviously informed us that she had as much ear for verse as a dromedary), also how highly he has always been appreciated by the ladies for his intelligent and courtier-hke properties. It might be supposed that such excessive self-conceit would be disgusting ; far from it, it is the )nost diverting thing possible. It is in fact, a mistake that an egotist is necessarily a nuisance, for some of the pleasantest men we read of were such. Who dislikes the thoughtlegotisiik s of Mon taigne, the overflowing but simple conceit of - Goldsmith (that redeeming charm of his character) the sensitive and fanciful eccentricities of Rousseau, or'greater still, the devoted self-worship of Words worth? Count Segur is an egotist of this school, he is not (like Byron, the Lord Grey of poetry) a haughty unsocial sublime coxcomb ; but mixes uplis vanity with such kindly simplicity of cha racter, that it is impossible not to esteem him. Next to his self-conceit is his adoration of Royalty. Sense, courage, liberality, truth, all are more or less compromised when he approaches a crowned head. He falls down in amaze before it, and scarcely dares look up, least, peradventure, lie be petrified. This awe diminishes as he de scends in the grade of society. With a King, for instance, he is planet-struck ; with a Prince, electrified ; with a Nobleman, delighted ; with a Commoner, content ; so that when he comes to discuss the merits of this last, he does it with perfect impartiality. The, chief charm of his present memoirs is their extreme good-nature. Count Segur is one of the few relics, if not the sole one, of the days of French politesse ; his youth was spent among the great and good of the past century, with Washington, Kosciusko, Catherine the Great, Frederick 11., and Prince Potemkin ; accordingly he comes before us fraught with the most stirring recollections, and as he prattles away with all the good-natured simplicity of a kind heart, we seem actually to converse with his characters. The nar rative of Catherine's Journey to the Crimea, which forms the greater part of his pre sent volume, is one of the most surprising events that modern times have witnessed. The Em press, it seems, set off in the depth of winter on a tour through her vast dominions, among barba rous and distant nations; traversed three thousand miles of realms before almost unknown, and after covering the Black sea with her fleets, and the banks of the Borysthenes with her troops ; afser receiving among her suppliants, an Em peror of Austria and a King of Poland, re turned in triumph to Saint Petersburgh, just time enough to rescue it from the grasp of Sweden, and to receive accounts of the capture of Ismael. The details of this fairy journey are fraught with imposing interest. Wherever the Empress went she was received with the most splendid honors : her courts were held in Cossack countries, civi lized, as if by miracle, for the occasion ; her train floated in magnificent gallies on the Borys thenes; and every day, at sun-set, the gloom was dispersed by thousands of illuminated torches fixed up on either side the river. The character of Catherine was full as extraordinary as her journey. She seems to have combined the ener gies of' Semiramis, with the voluptuousness of Cleopatra. In personal vanity she resembled our own Elizabeth ; Potemkin was her Leices ter, Romnanzoff her Sussex ; she loved the one, she respected the other, while in her young Aide tamp, Count Momonoff, she found the coun terpart of Essex. As sketched by Count Segur she is all that is amiable, high-minded and ac venturous. Her amours, her despotism, her capri ces, notorious through all Europe, he adroitly keeps in the back-ground ; while he brings into full view the more captivating qualities of her mind. This may be well for a courtier ; but it is unfair for an historian. Potemkin's vacillating dispo sition, half-sublimity, half-sentiment, is described with much better effect. He too is praised, as being a Prince ; but justice is done to his eccentricities, nor do we know any more amusing scene than that between the author and Potem kin, where the one gives the retort courteous to .he other. It is a green spot in the waste of Russian politics. The blunt active energies of Suwarrow, through which the hypocrite is now and then seen peeping, are sketched with equal spirit, and go far to disprove the popular notion, that because a man is blunt, he must necessarily be honest. In nine cases out often, bluntness of manner is the mere veil which a man of the world throws over his roguery : we at least have found it so. The characters of Joseph the Second of Austria, and Gustavus of Sweden, Count Segur has of course eulogised ; they are crowned heads, no matter of what thickness and quality those heads may be, and the good Count seems to agree with Fletcher, that— " There's not the least limb growing to a king, But carries thunder in it The remaining personages who figured at the Court of Catherine, such as Prince de Ligne, Prince de Nassau, Fitzherbert, Paul Jones, Counts Momonoff and Strogonoff, we must dis miss with a word • history has long since made up its mind respecting them, and if not, as they have all passed in silence from the stage of life, it would be useless to say more than that their memories are enshrined in Count Segues Me moirs. As for the Count himself, his character throughout is French, and unconsciously he has drawn it in one single sentence, where he alludes to the first burst of the Revolution. Paris, he says, was a complete scene of confusion, parents were separated from children, husbands from wives ; all distinctions of society were swallowed up in one wide gulph of anarchy, which so deeply shocked him, that he was obliged to console himself with (what does the reader think ?) going every night to the opera. Individual charac teristics speak those of a nation ; Paris, it seems, though all else was lost, never once lost its opera, bad it been so, the Revolution might have deepened into an annihilation. But we must here draw to a close, though not without thank- The company then assembled round the table, upon which was placed the splendid paraphernalia connected with the ceremony, consisting of a large massive gold inkstand, pens, paper, &c. The box which contained the freedom is of gold, with the city arms exquisitely chased on it, and the following inscription engraven on the inside of the lid :—" Pre sented to his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, Lord High Admiral of Great Britain, &c. &c. &c., by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, on his Royal Highness being admitted to the freedom and clothing of that ancient and loyal Corporation, which was unanimously voted, in testimony of the deep and grateful sense entertained by them of his Royal Highness's public virtues and private worth." The Clerk of the Company (John Lane, Esq.) read the resolution electing his Royal Highness a Member of the Company. The customary oath was administered, and the ceremony of clothing took place. The PRIME WARDEN then presented the gold box and freedom to his Royal Highness, whom he ad dressed as follows : "May it please your Royal Highway—The distin guished honour of presenting the freedom and livery of the company of Goldsmiths of London for your Royal High ness's acceptance, having devolved on me, permit me, in their name, to entreat you graciously to receive them. In the performance of this duty, I assure your Royal Highness, that I am highly gratifying my own personal feelings, not only on the occasion for which we are assembled, but by indulging my unfeigned esteem for your Royal Highness's person, the son of our revered late Monarch, who reigned over hie subjects, happily for them, more than half a cen tury—a longer period than any of his Royal predecessors. The records of this very ancient and loyal Corpofation will hand down to posterity your Royal Highness's gracious conde scension, by having accepted, and the Company in their having, by unanimous vote, selected a Prince of the Illus trious House of Brunswick, and next in succession to the Crown, united in the person of your Royal Highness, for the best gift in their power to offer." His Royal Highness the Duke of CLARENCE took the box in his hand, and addressed the company in a short but feeling speech. He assured the company lie felt particularly gratified in receiving the distin guished honour which had just been conferred upon him. It was impossible for him not to feel peculiar gratification on hearing the sentiments which had fallen from their Prime Warden ; who, in the course of the observations he had been pleased to make; touched upon circumstances which had for many years pressed upon his Royal Highness's mind. He was deeply sensible of the benefits which his country had derived from the meritorious reign of his late revered parent. He was convinced, when the his tory of his late Majesty's reign should be scanned over, its pages would vie with any that was past of was to come. No man was ever more sincerely at tached to the welfare of this great commercial city than his late father ; and he could assure them, that on being admitted to the freedom of the Gold smiths' Company, if any thing could add to the gra tification which he experienced in receiving so dis tinguished a mark of favour, it was the allusion which had been made to his late Majesty. The ceremony being concluded, the assembly were ushered into the grand hall, where a banquet was prepared for the occasion. About 200 persons sat down to dinner. The Lord High Admiral was attended by Admi ral Sir C. Pole, Sir James Saumarez, Sir Thome. Byam Martin, Sir W. Hoste, and other distinguished naval characters. We observed also amongst the company, Lord Bexley, the Hon. Berkeley Paget, C.N. Pallmer, Esq., M.P. for Surrey, Thomas Hali fax, and several of the leading members of the court. The freedom of the city was, presented to his Royal Highness immediately before dinner in a gold box, which cost 100 guineas, and after the ceremony of clothing was terminated, the company entered the hall. They sat down to dinner at seven o'clock. His Royal Highness begged to drink wine with his brother liverymen before the cloth was removed, a proposition which was received with the warmest applause. The PRIME WARDEN rose, and proposed, in an introductory speech, " Church and King," in doing which he referred, in terms of great praise, to the attachment professed and felt by his late Majesty and the Duke of York for the church. He also reminded the company of the high honour conferred upon them by the presence of a Member of the House of Brunswick, who professed the same sentiments and principles.—(Loud cheers.) The PRIME WARDEN then proposed the health of their illustrious visiter, whose presence shed so much lustre upon the company. The ROYAL DUKE rose amidst the loudest cheers. He felt, he said, exceedingly grateful for the warmth with which his brother liverymen had drank his health. He was the more obliged for the mark of attention and respect with which he he had been treated by the Goldsmiths' Company, in the presentation of the freedom of the city, as it was the only mark he had, for the 45 years that he had been a public man, ever received from any one of the corporate bodies.—(Cheers.)—He felt peculiar pride in re ceiving this testimony from a company of such high respectability, and which stood so pre-eminent for loyalty, for firm attachment to the King and Con stitution in Church and State.—(Cheers.)—Al though his ancestors were foreigners, he trusted that his family were now sufficiently known to the people of England to be called English. It was truly Eng lish; and the Livery might rest assured, that his sentiments, with respect to the toast which had been a short time ago given, were perfectly in unison with those entertained by his late father.—(Cheers.) —His Royal Highness then alluded to his recent appointment to the situation of Lord High Ad miral—a situation unsought and unasked by him. He trusted it would be found, that he would zealously and adequately perform its duties. He had been born and bred in the serYice ; and, CORONER'S INQUEST, An Inquisition was last night taken before Tam:As Surtrow, Esq., at Guy's Hospital, on the body of Eliza beth Turton, aged eleven years, whose death was supposett to have been occasioned by the ill treatment she had re ceived at the factory, where she was apprenticed. Mr. B. Cooper, surgeon, of New-street, Piccadilly, saw the deceased on her admission into the Hospital, on the 28th of Feb. She was in a state of extreme debility ; there were sores on her feet oceasioned by an accumula tion of filth ; her head was full of vermin, and it was neces sary to shave off her hair. Her life from the first was in considerable danger. He should eonsider her condition was produced by want of proper food, rest, and cleanliness. She had a ravenous appetite, bit her stomach was too exhausted to bear much food. She never rallied, but kept gradually sinking, and died on the 20th inst., from the effects of the debility under which she was labouring, when admitted. A mortification of her lower extremities had taken place a few days previously. Ann Turton, of Fruit:is:street, Newington Causeway, the mother of the child, said, that she was apprenticed to Mr. George Myers, the proprietor of a lace manufactory at Brixton, on the 17th of October, INS. The deeemcit was nine years old in the month of March in that year. Witness had only seen her daughter twice since her being bound apprentice. The first time was on Whitsunday, last year. She was then in an extremely weak condition, and was covered with vermin. She had a great manj sores on different parts of her body, and particularly on her feet, which witness was obliged to bathe for nearly an. hour before she could separate the tote, so firmly were the:i matted together by dirt and disease. There was a h', ac k mark across her back, which she said was given bbr by a blow with a stick. Her father took her back the same evening. They had her home again on Christmas day last. She was then in nearly the same state as before. She complained of want of food, and ate ravenously, but almost immediately after was taken ill. Her father tool: her back the same evening, and they had never seen her since, till her admission into the Hospital. CORONER—How came you to let her go back? Witness—We did not know what to do. We were afraid we should get into trouble if we kept her ; besides. , we could not afford it. James Turton, husband of the last witness, arthi rme d her testimony as to the eondition of the child. When t h ey had her home, she was so weak - that he Vas obliged to carry her great part of the way. She Weld not stand erect, and when she attempted to walk, she stooped so to to appear hump-backed. She was in good condition when bound, and full of life and apirit. AShe was bound by tile parish. He had seen the child once since Christmas at the factory. She was then in a very weakly state. Mrs.. Myers told him that her beck had been lanced, and that a surgeon had been called in to attend her. C oaortica—.Did you ever speak to Mr. or Mrs. Myera about the state of the child? Witness—Ye,, I did; and she answered sae abruptly., and asked me whether I wanted to make the child saucy, Diana Turton, the sister of the deceased, and also ap prenticed to Mr. Myers, was sworn to the followiaig ef fect :—She is nine years old, and has been with Mr. Myers two years. They were allowed a slice of bread and tea for breakfast, and the same for supper • for dinner they had meat four days in the week, and the Other days a slice of bread and potatoes, and sometimes pudding. Her sister had been once kept for fire days without her supper. They rose sometimes at five o'clock, and sometimes at .siz. They were allowed but little time for play. Martha Kitchener--lias been militant in the factw c y u p_ wards of twenty years, and has the superintendence of the children. The deceased was tiiira particular care of. She was never ill used. It being pad twelve o'clock, and there 'remaining fresh witnesses to examine, the Coroner adjourned the Inquest till Monday. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE, MAY V. DEAL, May 23.—Wind S.S.W.--Arrired from Lon. don, the Union, Wilson, for St. Vincent's; Finley, Carecr,, Manly, Kenn ; Cathari ne , H ar bi nger ; and Chard. for Gibraltar ; Mint, S m i t h, f or Q uebec ; Security, ditto ; , for Madraa ; his Majesty's ship Hussar, for Halifax, and Princess Charlotte, Bidon, for Bengal. Arrived, the Fiorentia, Alderson, from Bengal; Pita*, Sbort, ditt o; Aurora, Earl, from India ; Claudine, Niohoh, from Cal. cotta ; Hector, Sadler, from Jamaica; sad Harris c, Clark, from the South Seas. GRAVZSIND, MAT 1/ aid U.--Arriftd. the Royal Mail, Scott, from Lib= ; Lively, Ford, from Smyrna ; West India packet, Reynolds, J. Renwiek, - Turner, and Maria, Wilson, from Jamaica; Forta.ts, Callow, from Bilboa ; Eliza, Soper, from Grenada ; Integrity, King, from St. Lucia; and Mirables, Hopper, limn St. Vincont'L. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DlARY.—liorrosx, MAY 33.—.(At the Coi.tt Commissioners, BasinghalLetreet.) Barrett, IL, Old-street-road 161Hopson, 3., Long-laze..., r. 10 COUNTRY DI ARY.—MoNnar, May 2B Barthley, J., Heaton Norris—Warren Bulitely kame inn, Stockport , 4 Hails T., Newent—Fleeee, Gloucester Jarvis, T., Sculcoates, Yorkshires--Dos and - Duck, Kings- Jon upon Hull I t i t— th r rpe_ hito Lion, Stockp o t t Jones, R., Ledbury—Feathers Ledbury H. p Larn isi M eo Q yak a t r be o i e i j , J . :T S .:: C d hk l a P :Pe w r _ whito S: l 4 l sio e l:e i lto di ute 4 Wakefield IL I 'Christchurch. Suu,tlsarnpton—KinesiHead, Wins borne Minster II P rou dlore and Co.. Blackburn —Star. Mancheeter ........ .....*. 4 INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCHARGED , rOtitIOTIS to be heard at Portugal- s tm t, Lincoln'a lan Fields,. aT Banks, T., Lambeth MAT W. Hindle WlN). , Oldhara Cole, E., Somers.. town Isaacs, S. Holborn Co alc x. , Jackson, J., Park-greet D l4, e York -street, Cer- Kelly, W., Chelsea J. Chelsea ant London, Nestens Donau% J. Waterloatoad Smith, W., r-lans Fenton, J., St. Giles's T ucker, 'W 3, ahrorth Harrison, J., Lambeth W . looltlVgae, j, Litlrbotreec Herbert, 3., Cheltenham I)EPTFoRD VICTUALLING YARD, MAY n riESE are to give Notice, that on THURS.. nay, the 7th of June next, at Ten o'Clock in the " . " I ° oll , will be p u t u p t o PUBLIC S ALE, sundry Lots of the following UNSERVICEABLE PROVISIONS arid STORES, now lying in the said Yard, viz. : ,9Bread, Bread Dust, Flour, Flour 'Sweepings, Pease, 4traeal, Bakehouse Sweepings, Bags and Ra g s, Cocoa f,ags, Utter, Cheese, Beef, Pork, Suet, Sugar, Raisins, li ke, Vinegar, Soap, Staves of different sorts, Irish Tierces and Barrels, Raisin Casks, and American Barrels, Fire wend, Broken Slates, Tiles, &c. &c. A Deposit of 25 per Cent. is to be made (in Cash or Notes of the Bank of England) upon the amount of each Lot at the time of Sale, and the remainder of the purchase Money to be paid before the Stores are removed, for which. purpose a period of fourteen working days will be allowed from the d a y o f S ale; the Buyers particularly observing, That not less th an one half of the -quantity is to be taken 4\vsY, wi thin the first seven d ays, and the remainder in the l fo "fullovv ing days, otherwise the Deposit'rnuney will be and the Stores remain the property of the Crown, rp -'9 l, elte tUaiell of time will on any account he granted. t "e St ores may b e v i ewe d, d ur i ng t h e wor ki ng h ours of AT on the three days immediately preceding the day eat ' l quel may be had on application at the said yard. JOHN HILL, Commissioner. 411 CUBIST'S HOSPITAL, MAY 18, 1827. VAC A NC Y having occurred of SECOND 4 ,,AIAsTER in the ROYAL 'MATHEMATICAL that vOL of this Establishment, the Committee request, 4itiatsuch Gentlemen as may be desirous of becoming Can ah. es for the situation, will transmit Testimonials of their forilities to the Counting House of the Hospital, on or be na6rThursday, the 31st inst., and to attend the Committee o'ci oe nri i, (l ay) the Ist day of June next, precisely at Eleven ttttl) acn " ,r tieulars of th e Duties, and the amount of the Salary co~ned to the Office may he }mown upon inquiry at the „ r r g-riouge • Fogla„e ‘..;and . tdates are to be Members of the Church of THOMAS WILBY, Clerk. BEAVER FIATS. itt & ING particul ar ly su bj ect to H ea d- ac h e f c°ro any pressure or constraint of the Forehead and i tr , p 4 6 e, I ha ve b een far from inattentive to all professed tile t „ ve , n iellts of the HAT ; but I have never yet met with lt% 44' qC OVINTON'S SHORT NAPPED BEAVER. the i_rahility i s w i thout precedent, it retains its ehape to li g h t "t in spi te o f weather, and is waterpronf.—lt is as kti m : l4 , a feath e r, an d so e l ast i c as to adapt itself most corn -2 corn- N o . 'Y to th e wearer's herd.—Vide Stockdale's Budget,and t, 44 44 e , Yale are to be obtained in every varity of SNIP' 'id., 4 2' 0 0 of the 'Manufacturer, Covinton, 132, Cheap doors from Gutter-lane.