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l'iiV. LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY F.xt, acts franc the Morning Papers, Aprit, 2, [rut TI rs.] We are glad to see a Bill in progress for the revision of the Quarantine Laws. , In their pre slept state, they are harassing and vexatious, and . ..operate as a serious impediment to tn.de. Those : who go the length of thinking strict regulations necessary, allow that the existing regulations are unnecessarily strict. In altering, however, these laws, some deference is due to the very natural prejudices and fears of the public ; and the most sanguine theorists ought to pause while even the remotest possibility exists that the result of adopting their theory might be a revisitation of the most frightful of all scourges—a general plague. We are most ready to admit that the old doctrine of contagion has been a great deal shaken by modern inquiry and expe rience ; but neither men of science, nor general observers, are yet agreed as to the exact na ture or cause of the disease. Some strong facts have been adduced by the party opposed to the theory of contagion, but strong facts also are marshalled against them by the supporters of the old system. We repeat, that the inclination of our own opinion, formed, chiefly, on the perusal of the evidence collected by the Committee of the House of Commons, is that the plague is not propagated by contagion : but considering the immense risk connected with the subject, we must say that it is not yet ripe for a peremptory decision. More facts must be collected by cool and accurate observers, not by men whose minds are already made up, and who Lave already . committed themselves unreservedly to the support of a particular view. The opinions of most, if not of all those qualified by medical science to judge, should agree as to the main facts, and the deduc tions from - them, before the Legislature should commit itself to a total repeal of the old laws. OnP man's opinion, however eminent in his pro fession, is not a sufficient warranty for such an important measure. Meanwhile, whatever is un necessarily inconvenient, or offensive, in the existing rules, may be at once removed without the slightest risk, and without alarming the most apprehensive prejudice. DIRITISM PRESS.] he intelligence respecting the Greeks, in the foreign Papers received yesterday, is decidly fa vourable to the cause of independence. The re ports of the fall of Patras seem to have been premature, but that place is invested so closely that the news of its surrender may be expected every day. It is known to want provisions ; and unless it can be relieved very shortly, it must ca pitulate through absolute distress. It was re ported at Constantinople, when the last advices left that city, that the Greeks had carried the outworks. The Anglo-lonian Government had ordered the fugitive rebel Sissini to leave !ante, where he had taken refuge. The Greek Go vernment had resolved to punish the insurgent generals with severity. Loud() and the others at Anatolie° were to be removed for trial to Na poli, where proceedings had been actually com menced against Colocotroni and Delejani. These steps manif,.st vigour and firmness in the Executive Authority of Greece ; and we ob serve with satisfaction that there is a corresponding spirit of confidence and union among the people. Great preparations, it is reported, are making by the Turks for the approaching campaign ; but in the very outset the Sultan finds himself unable to procure proper seamen in sufficient abundance for the projected expedition. How could it be otherwise ? The Greeks formerly constituted the strength of the Ttrikisil navy ; and the few other seamen that remained in the imperial ser vice have been nearly all destroyed during the four last campaigns. An open quarrel seems about to break out between the Sultan and the Viceroy of Egypt, who is suspected, and we dare say justly, of having fomented the inF,urrection in Syria. 7 - NEW TINT S.l • The French Papers, of Wednesday, and the Etoile dated Thursday, were received last night. Their contents are 'of little importance, as they consist chiefly of regulations respecting the army, .and of contentious discussions between the Minis terial and Opposition Journals. There is a letter irt.the Journal des. Mbals from Madrid, dated the 17th ult. which describes the surprise occa sinned by the sudden loss of favour, and dismis sal of M. Ugarte, the King's favourite, and attri butes his downfall to French influence, because he had too decidedly lent himself to serve the politics of . Russia. Changes in the Spanish Mi .nistry had been anticipated, but nothing of the kindi'beyond the removal of Ugarte, liad taken plact , .- It was expeCted ":that General . QUesatta .would succeed to the place of King's favourite. Not a word, is said about the Loan, nor whether common honesty would not be at length attend- AI& to, and tardy justice be rendered to the cre ditlors, and the Bonds be .acknowledged at least -ii : they cannot be liquidated. The Clamber or Deputies is occupied in discussing the law, granting a species of rrponopoly for ninety-nine years, in the working of extensive salt mines at Vich, and in three or four departments of France. The French Ministers display a lamentable igno rance of the first principles of political economy, in these proceedings. The rights of individuals. ought not 'to be intermeddled with, and capital would increase if left free, requiring no other,pa tronizing care on the part of the Government, .•than security for property, and the undisturbed enjoyment of the produce of industry. These .salt mines could be worked far more advantage-, ously,and.would prove infinitely more productive in the hands of the proprietors than when farmed by the,Governrnent. LTHE PUBLIC LEDGER.] We have received the Paris Papers of Wed- - siesday, together with the Etoile of Thursday ;. but they contain no political intelligence of the leaF)t . moment: It is somewhat strange that, whilst the tone of the Ministerial Journals is de-. 2 ~~ ~- Y cidedly pacific, the pulse or the money-market is' rather weak. For this discrepancy it would be difficult to assign any other cause but the protracted stay of Prince Metternich in that capital ; which, having continued longer than was at first expected, has probably occasion ed some alarm. At same time, it is per haps suspected, from the long and frequent conl'erenceg, held at his house, that some important project is on the tapir ; and, as only the Ambassadors of Austria, Russia, and Prussia, usually attend, whilst the Representa tive of England has carefully absented himself, the probable inference is, that some violent in terference in the domestic concerns of some people is meditated. It is clear, however, that it has no immediate reference to the affairs of the French nation, as, in this case, the Rentes would exhibit a much greater depression. It is now pretty well ascertained that Greece is the chief, if not the sole ob ject of these discussions ; and it would really seem, from several circumstances, that the French Government is anxious to remain neutral on this subject. As to England, her aversion to the project is more unequivocal ; though it may be doubted that, in her opposition, she menus to proceed beyond a moral resistance. The ques tion, as it affects this country, is one of extra ordinary delicacy, and the part it would be ex pedient for her to take we do not feel ourselves competent to point out". • (MORNING POST.] The Bill proposed in the House of Commons by Sir Francis Burdett for reserving to Catholic Members of Parliament, their spiritual alle giance to the Pope as supreme head of their church, gives no new securities, except the Po pish Board of Correspondence, if that can be called any security. The oath is the same as that established in 1791, which may be seen in Burn's Justice under the head " Popery," with the addition that it pledges against dis turbing the Church of England. The Catho lics therefore concede nothing by taking this oath, while they demand the highest concessions. The oath against the Pope's spiritual supremacy they still refuse to take, insisting that the Pope shall be their King Spiritual, since George must be their King Civil. The oath of Supremacy was substantially tha same in Henry the VIII.'s time as it is at present ; and although it has been lately said that the first reformer's favoured perfect liberty of conscience, yet Henry the VIII. put Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, and Sir T. More to death, for refusing to take it. When Elizabeth came to the Crown the Go vernment was in the hands of Papists, and she a prudent Princess began with caution. But she soon revived the oath of supremacy with some alterations. She put 15 persons to death for re fusing to take it, (Butler, vol. i. p. 173.) and she put 200 to death altogether on account of Po pery. Such was the liberty of conscience granted by the first reformers. Their cruelties we de test. In Butler, vol. i. p. 273, is the oath proposed by King Jrimes 1; it said nothing of spiritual power, but it renounced tem poral power. It also declared the deposing power heretical. This was much complained of (even so late as 1791), and James's oath was refused. In James the First's time, the Pope sent a Bull forbidding its being taken. Queen Elizabeth had been deposed by the Pope, and James treated Papists in much the same way.* There was subsequently much quibbling about the oath. Several attempts were made to re concile the Papal Supremacy with the King's Supremacy, but in vain. The Papists have often, have recently, and probably do particularly now, hope to obtain Parliamentary indul gence, by engaging to make concessions which they think the Pope will refuse to sanction, but which they hope he will not, for the sake of favouring their power, for a time disturb. They are afraid the engagements they are of fering to enter into. should be officially dis ' played to the See' of Rome before they have made them,. and secured the reward, lest the Ro man Pontiff should issue a prohibition. Hence they will precipitate a conclusion as soon as the details of their plan are known. This seems probable from Butler's statements in his book, and from Sir F. Burdett's refusal to delay the second reading of the Bill for a week, a measure he cortsplied with only because he found the [louse would be divided against him. Black ston, Vol. 1 V., Public Wrongs, section 55, says, " if once they" (the Papist) " would be brought to renounce the supremacy of the Pope, they might quietly enjoy their Seven Sacraments, their Purgatory and Auricular Confession ; their Wor ship of Reliques and Images ; nay, even their Transubstantiation. But while they acknow ledge a foreign Power, superior to the So vereignty of the kingdom, they cannot com plain if the , laws of that kingdom will not treat them upon the footing of good subjects." Blackstone is a high Constitutional authority with modern Reformers. The temporal power arising from the Spiritual Supremacy is well demonstrat ed in the case of marriage in particular, that being a Sacrament in the Romish Churchond the Pope consequently having a prodigious power through it, privately in all families. The lawfulness of a marriage, the legitimacy of children, the descent of estates, may . all, whatever may be said to the contrary, he taken for trial before the See of Rome. • See a curious passage in Butler, Vol. I. page 28, 15 lines dowswards: see also a curious explanation next page, 11 lines from the bottom. [MORNING CHRONICLE.' We this day lay before our readers the whole of the evidence of Dr. Do} le, from which we yesterday made a few extracts. It furnishes much information on the present state of Catholicism, a subject, of which Protestants possess very little knowledge; and in the future discussions respecting Ireland. very great im portance will no doubt he attached to it. Dr. Doyle, from first to last, throughout his evidence, displays an anxiety to meet the wishes of -the Committee, by putting them in possession of the most ample information on all the subjects on which he was examined. There is. an air of candour, too, in his statements, which serves] powerfully to prepossess us in his favour. We attended yesterday to a circumstance :tated by Doctor Doyle, which was new to us, namely, that the Pretender, as long as he lived, had had the naming of the Bishops of Ireland, who, in turn, had the naming of all the Parish Priests, so that the whole Irish Priesthood might be said to have been named by the personage in question. A Corre spondent, who concludes his communication by saying that " he could rot help thinking that an advocate for Roman Catholic Emancipation might as well not stir the question of the Pretender," contrasts the peaceful times of the Pretender's no mination with the times of disturbance which have followed the concessions, with a view to prove that penal severity was preferable to concession. But we shall allow our Correspondent to speak for himself : " In commenting or. the evidence of Dr. Doyle, you bring forward the fact that the Pretender virtually appointed to the Roman Catholic Sees of Ireland to a very late date, and observe that nothing can be a stronger proof of the absurdity of seeking from a great population any other securities than those derived from the interest they have in supporting the laws and the insti tutions of the country. Permit me to remark, that during the time of this direct influence of the Pretender, there was no rebel lion in Ireland, no disturbance worth speaking of, although, if we may judge by the clamour now raised against the small re maining fragments of the Penal Code, it was not likely to give the people who were its objects any interests in supporting the laws and institutions of the country. In 1715, Scotland and a part of the North of England rose in favour of the exiled family. In 1745, England was shaken to its very centre, by an attempt, at first highly promising success, to put Charles Edward on the throne—and yet Ireland did not stir. The Pretender's influ ence was totally gone at the accession of George 111., or con fined to swaying such idiots as cut a figure in Redgauntlet : and from that time a system of gradually withdrawing the op pressive provisions of the Penal Laws commenced. Every con cession has been followed by insurrection. It is the fashion with one class of historians to attribute the savage Barbarities of 1798 to the Northern Presbyterians of Ireland—to the Orange men who derive their existence from the United Irishmen, to which club they were established as antagonists—to Mr. Pitt—to many other people—but he must wilfully close his eyes who will not see that the sanguinary agents in it were the newly emancipated Roman Catholics. If Jacobins or Reformers instilled insurrectionary ideas they soon withdrew, and the war from the moment that a gun was fired was one of what is called religion.—You say- 6 Can we have a more striking instance of the folly of cutting off the great body of the people of a coun try from all connection with that of the State (than that of suf fering the nomination of so influential a body as the Popish Priesthood to rest in a hostile Pretender to the Throne).' His tory will answer for me—That folly was never felt—we fought Popish powers, and beat them in wars and campaigns without any tumult in Ireland. to draw off our attention. This, when the Pretender was in full activity, 6 creating the Catholic Clergy.' Now, when he is gone, your own columns, Mr. Editor, will bear me out in the assertion, that we are threatened with the Bourbon influence on the Priests of Ireland in case of war. Which generation is the more foolish ? The generation which retained in its hands the power of demolishing Priestly influence at a blow ; which laughed at it, and despised those who grovelled before it, or the generation which has surrendered that power, without any equivalent, and which is told to tremble at the potency of those whom its own liberality has called into political existence ?" [MORNING HERALD.I There is no leading article in this Paper to day. THE EMANCIPATION BILL. The Bill for Catholic Emancipation, introduced into the House of Commons by Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, was, as a matter of course, read a first time on Wednesday night. In this preliminary stage of the business title occurred to enable us to form a judgment of the degree of opposition which the measure is destined to encounter in its further progress; as will be seen by our Report, inserted in another place. It *ill be observed, however, that there are no grounds for the ab surd rumours which have been so industriously circulated for some days past, with regard to the probability of the powerful opposition of Mr. PEEL being likely to be relaxed or rendered un availing. That gentleman, it will be seen, has expressed his determination to oppose his whole energies against the passing of an Act fraught with such perilous consequences to the civil and religious liberties of the British Empire.— The change, too, which it has been as serted had taken place in the sentiments, of Lord Lavettpoor, upon the subject of Emancipa tion, is a report. wholly void of" foundation. — His Lordship, it is stated on the best authority, is decidedly adverse to the granting of fur ther concessions to the Roman Catholics; and the report of a relaxation in zeal for the Protestant Establishment,in other high quarters, will, we have no hesitation in saying, be found equally erro neous. The fact is, that the rumours referred to were set afloat by the parties interested in the success of the measure, for the purpose of stifling the expression of Protestant feeling in the sister country, by the obvious and clumsy trick of en deavouring to impress upon the public OA oppo sition was useless. The manoeuvre, however, has failed ! The Protestant cause is not yet without advocates, even in Parliament—strenuous and zealous advocates too! The Association, and its emissaries, have so far succeeded, that many weak-minded people have been influenced by their barefaced misrepresentations—many hu mane people have been induced to believe, from the falsehoods that have been so unblushingly promulgated, that Emancipation—Emancipation! as it is termed in the slang of the day, was the only " one thing needful" to place this unfortu nate country upon a level with its more fortunate neighbours ! This same." Emancipation, never theless, is a mere humbug— a mere ignis fatuus, put forth by selfish and interested individuals, to lead the honest and well-intentioned astray. " The alleged claims of the Roman Catholics wi4l, how ever, receive a discussion under Sir FRANcts's Bill, which will set the matter at rest, we hope, for ever ; and so far the Honourable, and for merly popular, Baronet is entitled to our best thanks.—(Dublin Star.) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. MEETINGS OF HOUNDS IN THE ENSUING WEEK. The Somerset Subscription Hounds on Tuesday, at Rawlin'S Crop ; Friday, at Harte Cleve. Burton Hunt.—Sir R. Sutton's Hounds, on Monday, at Branston Wood ; Wednesday, at Someby House ; Thursday, at Swallowbeck ; Saturday, at Stapleford Moor. The"Westacre Stag Hounds, on Monday, at Bartlemy Hills; and on Friday on Swaffham Race Course, being the last day this season. Mr. Dewing's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Themelthorpe ; Thursday, at Wood Dalling. The Duke of Grafton's Hounds, on Monday, at Brayfield Furze ; Wednesday, at Foscot Wood. UNPARALLELED CHASE. One of the longest and most severe runs ever known in pur suit of a fox, occurred lately with the Sheffield Harriers, who discovered reynard at Croach Tun, and followed him through a track of country of between fifty and sixty miles, when the fox took ground at Edale. The chase occupied six hours and fbrty minutes. FIELD SPORTS FOR APRIL. [From the Annals of Spotting.] We have before noticed the early conjunction of the hare. Many of these animals were, during the latter part of the season (in the month of February, for instance, and the be ginning of March), killed in a state of gestation : circumstances of this sort, indeed, uniformly occur towards the close of every season, but not to the extent which has recently happened, in consequence of the almost unparalleled mildness of the wea ther. According to some of the newspapers, the rot has made considerable havoc amongst hares. The courtship of the feathered tribes, though it commenced at a very early period, was several times interrupted by the repeated occurrence of hard weather. and occasional falls of snow. It is a well-known fact, with regard to the partridge, that, although the pairing may have actually commenced, yet unfavourable weather chills the enial desire so much, that eon_ gregation again takce place, and numbers of individuals unite, not in coveys, but form societies which are well known by sportsmen under the designation of packs. The PHEASANT is a more solitary bird than the partridge; and though the weather seems to have nearly a similar influence on its desires, yet it appears rather to pine in solitude than to seek the company of its kind, and share the general sorrow. The WILD DUCE, the teal, and, indeed, all the duck tribe approach each other early in the spring ; and, at this period, .great numbers leave the vicinity of the sea-shore, in order to seek that seclusion from the flock which seems so congenial with love, and thus the nestling freqilently takes place in situa tions sought and frequented only at this particular period.— But in this case, as in that of - the partridge, hard weather will induce these birds which have separated themselves to recon gregate, and to'Continue in flocks till the return of a more con genial season. Many of the young of these birds are destroyed when they are what are denominated flapperers ; or, in other words, when they have attained a considerable size ; but are unable to fly ; in this state they are hunted (by poachers) with water spaniels, and generally with, success: it is true, at the commencement of the pursuit, the advantage appears com pletely on the side of the duck, and the dog would appear to have but little chance of attaining his object. The young duck no sooner perceives even the distant approach of danger, than it hides itself from the sight of its pursuer by diving. The bird dives with uncommon dexterity, and to a casual observer, appears in very little danger of capture from the evident in equality of the contest at its commencement ; but perseverance will do much ; and the dog, as fond of the sport as his master, waits the re-appearance of his victim with the utmost confi dence : thus the chace continues till the young duck's strength is so exhausted that it is no longer able to force its way under water ; and, as it cannot rise in the air, it vainly endeavours to escape from its invincible pursuer by swimming, and en deavouring to accelerate its languid motion by flapping its wings on the surface of the water. - The energies of the dog seem to increase as those of his object decline; and, when the duck is no longer able to dive, the chace may be considered as very near its termination. In August, young ducks are able to get on the wing, and at this period will afford some diver sion to the shooter. The Do TTEIIEL is a bird occasionally sought after by sports men. Some extraordinary tales are -recorded of this bird by those who have written on the subject, too ridiculous, how ever, to be related here. Naturalists also observe, that these birds " are migatory,' appearing in flocks of eight or ten, about the end of April, and staying all May and June, when they become very fat, and are much esteemed for the table.— They are found in tolerable plenty (say they) in Cambridge shire, Lincolnshire, and Derbyshire ; but in other parts of t he kingdom they are scarcely known." The dotterel is, beyond all doubt, not generally known in England, and on this account its habits are but imperfectly understood. It is a bird of the plover tribe, and is frequently found in company with the golden plover. When it is seen in this country, it is in places where its food is to be Met with; and as its habits are analagous to those of the common pewit, or lapwing, so it resorts to similar situations. The dotterel, we are of opinion, may be found in abundance on the heaths, plashes, and fenny districts, of the more northern regions : it is very common in the Highlands of Scotland, particularly in the remote.parts of this mountain ous country ; and on die heaths and moister parts of Caithness, dotterels are very numerous. Here they breed, and are to be met with during the whole year. They are occasionally seen in the northern parts of England, and few sportsmen, we should suppose, have regularly visited the grouse maintains without having sometimes met with the dotterel. The preceding observations will, in a great degree, apply to the ruff, and the reeve, the godwit, &c. which consequently need no further notice in this place.. As far as relates to the shooting sportsman, the month of April may be considered as a blank; the clamorous cawing of the old rooks, as well as the eager cries of the young ones, to wards the latter end of the month,may remind him of the cross bow or the air-gun, and rook-shooting may while away some of the idle hours of ; but lie cannot expect any satisfactory sport till the appointed season arrives for that princely diver sion—grouse-shooting. ANGLI sa.—ln the course of this month almost all kinds of fresh-water fish will take the bait in rivers and brooks, and to wards the latter end of it, perch, carp, tench, &c. will be on the feed in ponds, pools, merea, and other still waters. Now, too, should the gudgeon-angler apply his art, for these little fish— one of the best species of fresh-water dainties—will be past their prime after the " May flowers" come in. Gudgeons are now full of spawn, and thousands of them are making their way from the Thames into the Lea at this period. In the course of the month, Barbel and Bream get into the sharp currents and quick waters, and will not refuse a choice bait. Eels now run strong in dark nights, and may be taken with lager lines, dead lines, and floated lines, even in the day time as well. These baits for eels are, however, in some waters very injurious to the sport of the more expert angler, for the trout is too frequently captured by means of the night-line and minnow, when it should only fall a prey to the fly. Lam preys are a deadly bait for eels, and the professors and connois seurs in the capture of this latter fish would do well to provide themselves with such, and they may rest assured of taking the finest and largest eels upon hooks well baited with these en ticements. The trout,that " beautiful and spotted swimmer" of the deeps, should not yet arouse the angler's ambition for his capture.— Though fast getting rid of his wintry shape and dusky hue, the golden spots, and the broad shoulder, are dot yet completely formed and perfected. Of hundreds of trouts killed in April, hardly a brace will be found fitting for use. Let then the April showers blow over,anglers, before you spin your minnow, or whip your dun-flies, yo u r palmers, and your red-hackles, about the haunts where the yellow king of the fresh. waters feeds. Atpresent, and till May, disturb not his sovereignty, for he is, as yet, but a taper and dark-hued monarch. Just now, and to keep his hand in, the fly-fisherman may amuse himself by whipping for sheggars on the sharps and scours—this handsome little fish being now on the move, and when the weather is genial he will rise freely. Grayling may now also'be taken. But it is in the next and the few subsequent months that we shall be in all our glory, fellow-fishermen ; therefore see that you have not a ring loose, a splice unmade, a probable want unprovided for, in all your paraphernalia. Look over your Waltons and your Salters, and submit to he instructed, and then, in " the merry, merry month of May," let us jog to the brook-side together, and ex emplify in our art, patience, perseverance and success. ANTIDOTE AGAINST POISONS.— A correspon dent, alluding to the numerous cases of death from accidental poisonings, and particularly to th e m e l a n c holy fate of the late Royal AcademiCian, Mr. Owen, adds—" I may venture to affirm there is scarce even a cottage in this country that does not contain an invaluable, certain, and immediate remedy for such events; which is nothing more than a dessert spoonful of made mustard, mixed in a tumbler glass of warm water, and drank immediately; it acts as an instantaneous emetic, is always ready, and may be used with safety in any case where one is required. By making this simple antidote known, you may be the means of saving many a fellow creature from an untimely ei d."—(Brighton Gazettc.) Mr. SCOTT, who Pscaped from the King's Bench last week, has been retaken at Petersfield, Hants, and committed by tile Marshal to close confintnem in the strong room of the prison. NEWSPA PERS. Although the Romans had their Acta Diurna, yet in modern times we are indebted to the Ita lians for the idea of newspapers, the title of their gazettes being derived from a small coin peculiar to the city of Venice, called gazetta, which was the common price of their newspapers. It has also been said to be derived from the Latin van, which would colloquially lengthen into gazetta. and signify a little treasure of news. The first paper was a Venetian one, and that only monthly; but it was the newspaper of the government only. Other governments afterwards allowed the Vc netian plan of a newspaper, with the Venetian name to it ; and from one solitary . governinenc gazette we see what an inundation of newspapers has burst upon us in this country. " A jealous 'government," says Chalmers, in his Life of Bud diman, " did not allow a printed newspaper and the Venetian Gazetta continued long after the invention of printing, to the close of the six.' teenth century, and even to our own days to be distributed in manuscript." In the Magliabechia" library, at Florence, are thirty volumes of Vene tian Gazettas, all in manuscript. "it r. , 7 0 1.9- tify national pride," 0, iiinues the above writer, cc to be told that mankind are indebted thei wisdom of Elizabeth, and the prudence of 80. - leigh, for the first newspaper in England." 1 0 the British Museum are several newspapers, which had been printed while the Spanish fleet was in the English Channel, during the year 1588. earliest newspaper is entitled The English MCI curie, which, by authority, was printed at Lon don, by her Highness's printer,.lsBB. These/ however, were only extraordinary gazettes, and . not regularly published ; and it appears that W"' in this obscure origin they were skilfully di rected by the policy of that great statesman , Burleigh, who, to inflame the national feeling, gives an extract of a letter from Madrid, which speaks of putting Elizabeth to death, and de' scribes the instruments of torture on board the Spanish fleet. he first newspaper in the ca• lection of the British Museum,is marked N0. 50 ' and is in Roman, not in black letter. It contalw the usual articles of news, like the London 6a' Bette of the present day. In that curious pap er there is intelligence, dated from Whitehall, 011 the 23d of July, 1588. Under the date of Jail, 26th, there is the following notice :—" YeFterda the Scots ambassador being introduced to SiS r Francis Walsingham, had a private audience °t. her Majesty, to whom lie delivered a letter WI the King his master, c,ntaining the most cordP assurances of his resoidtion to adhere to lie f Majesty's interest, and to those of the Protestaa Religion." In the reign of Qneen Anne titer' was but one daily paper; the others were weel:ll° After which Steele, Addison, and others, a t : tempted to introduce literary subjects, and 001 6 ' topics of more general speculation, which, mo re or less, have been continued to the present Owe' Mr. MARTIN, of Galway, has given notice ° I the following motion for the 13th of May next :—" To incre 3s l e i the salaries annexed to the Great Officers of State, and to e judicial situations of the country, so as to render them 1 11 ,:., adequate to the labour and importance of the duties to be charged, and more worthy of the justice and liberality of ch nation." BI ndlNGHAm.—There is now living is 11il l town, in the same house, a family, consisting a grandfather, a grandmother, two fathers; tQ mothers, two brothers, two sisters, two hustnin' ' two wives, one uncle,and one aunt, and in a ll t' more than five persons. We have also been - . l ° e : formed that a christening took place a short ti tl/ r since, in this town, at which there were prest i ! two fathers, two grandfathers, two godfath er , two mothers, two grandmothers, two godmoth i l, two brothers-in-law, two sisters-in-law, two I° I bands, two wives, two uncles, two aunts, and Y e there were only four people. te e Sunday morning last, about half-past o'clock, a party of men, in a state of into:c le f tion, were observed to take water in a 511 . boat, on the New Cut, near Hillsbridge, several persons cautioned them of their &o^e'. which was spurned at with the grossest ab use they had not proceeded far, before the boa t th r „ , set, and the whole (eight or ten persons) v ce )t thrown into the water ; one man, named Ab b i ( t y was drowned,and the rest escaped with diffie n ` —O4 COURSE OF EXCHANGE, April 1. ;r, A mstet dam Ditto, at Sight • .1.? 19 Rotterdam Antwerp Hamburg!) 36 1 0 ! is illtona - U, , Paris, 3 Day's sight Ditto Bourdeaux, it'd to Berlin 7 ‘ 2 JO' ... 15:k er• r' R 0 9 57 9 V; Ot t ' 3f31 r 36 Fiffiti' „ _ Frank fort on the Main Pete' ilmrgh Vientrt Trieste. (fro' Madrid Cadiz Barcelona ieville Gibralto' - Leghorn -1 Gei,oo Malla --ti utiles 4o* OP Polemic) Jl;} , . 46,1 Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro Bahia Dublin .... BULLI ON. Portugal (iold,in Coin Foreign Gold, in Bats New 1)onbloons New Dollars it V Pr Standard in liars, .1.,0 0 ° ' ,el :3 17 9 0 0 0 4 11 i ...0 5 MARRIED. r - Il 3r W. S. Turnley, Esq. of Lower Kennington: t° sq l:el eldest daughter of the late B. biidley, Esq. Of Gre banker. P OT 3 ' i At Wellington, the Rev. C. Gribble, of Braa °t oh Barnstaple, to Ann, youngest daughter or th,Lom Du. of Wiveliscombo. DIE. o° ll On Sunday, 27th ult., at Bath, D in the 46th yea r ° 100 the Hon. and Rev. George Herbert, brother to the Ea r ,..00 narvon, and late Chairman of the Hampshire Suddenly, aged 63, Mr. William Plumer Wils°T 3 , years Governor of Hertford gaol and house of correcti°et, Yesterday, the Ist of April, in Old Burlington - s tye 15th year, Miss George, niece of S. Cartwright, Esq Quarter 101 $ Printed and Published for the PROPRIETOUS , '“ t t7 ti e S• OFFICE, No. 112, Strand, by J. B. VAIISTI'i-