The Sun. — London, England, 1825-05-06 00:00:00

VIE LONDON JOUItNALS• DAILY Gtracts from the Morning Papers, May 6, 189.5: [THE - TIMES.] • We :.have taken some pains to .ascertain the ,source.of a . rumonr that Parliament is to be disl, solved before the close of the present year. We Anew.lhat a short time ago Ministers had come to a determination to have- another Session. of the ,pr_esent.by no means, impracticable conclave ; and we had seen nothing in the circumstances of the "conntrylikely to produce a Change of intention. Stia.the, repOrt of dissolution Was repeated with 4540 industry and confidence, that we began to t i hink (to use .a familiar phrase) " there most, be Something in it." 'We have accordingly made in .suiries ; and on what does the reader suppose that this confident rumour . .is founded ? Simply and solely, on the fact that the Marquis of, Hertford has betted 500/. to 3001. that a dissolution will 'take place before next year. Nowove are'ready to admit that Lord -Hertford is not Jirithout means of information respe ctin g the i ntentions 'that the Cabinet ; nor are we blind to the fact that Lord Hertford is ley no means a careleSs, person in money matters: and _we have logic enough to draw from these two circumstances, the inference that his Lordship i 3 not likely to risk , his money on slight grounds. But still we are not convinced : we know that there is such a thing among sportsmen, whether of the Clubs or the Alley, as hedging a het : and we are not in clined,to attach the least importance to Lord Hertford's - bet, unless his Lordship will favour ns with an unreserved-perusal of his betting-book. As we scarcely expect to be favoured with this mode of informing ourselves whether Lord 'Hertford has hedged his bet, we shall merely say that we think a rumour resting solely on such. a founda tion is not warty_ of discussion.; especially as we know that persons with equal means of informa tion With his L6rdship are of a diametrically op posite opinion. _After all, we perhaps have given an undue importance to the. matter by mentioning it-at all ; for it certainly cannot, in any important political sense, signify one straw whether Parlia ment be dissolved in this year or the next. [MORNING HERALD.) We cannot credit the report of an immediate dissolution of Parliament ; though it still con tinues very prevalent. We think it would be the most injudicious step which Ministers could possibly take under existing circumstances. If it were meant as a method of putting aside the Catholic Question, we do not know a more de cided signal for riot and contention than such a method would afford. We believe the present _Parliament just as able to decide upon that ques tion as a new one would be. And as to such a measure collecting the public feeling upon the subject, we believe that any such criterion would be fallacious. If noise and clamour were grounds for judging of . public opinion, of course a general -election would afford enough of that. But the good sense and right feeling of the country, it is to be hoped, were not vested in the noisy or clamorous part of the com munity. If so, then there was a time when Wilkes might have been made King. We are friends to a Constitutional recurrence to the opi nion of the- people, not Only at the stated periods required by the Septennial Act, but oftener if circumstances arise to make it advisable : but we deny that it can be necessary or right to appeal to-the people on a subject in which the minds of so many of them have first been worked up into a ferment. We have heard of appealing " from drunk - to Philip sober ;" but this would be reversing the adage, and appealing from the call-114nd temperate deliberation of l'arliatnent, to the heated and indiscreet frnits of the clamours raised by the instigators of " no Popery." . - [NEW TIMES.] The question of the Combination Laws re. quires to undergo a ,yery careful investigation be fore the Legislature adopts any 'new measure upon it. The interest of the workmen, we have no hesitation in saying, should be first•and most anxiously provided for by the Legislature. should be so, beca,ase the workmen are the weater number —because they are the less in formed—and because they possess the less effec tual means of guarding their own interest. Whether the entire abolition not' only of the Statute Law, but even of the' Common Law, apinst Combi nations, was really the best uiode. of protect in'g the interests of the workmen may well be- questioned. Upon abstract princi'iles, there can be no doubt bdt that masters and work men should be alike free to make such contracts as their separate interests dictate. Neither c it Tbe`dou)]ted, but that in a prOper state of affairs those contracts would naturally be governed by the balance of supply and demand. But we must not 'shut our eyes to the actual infirmities of hug. limn • nature. We must not expect an ignorant Weaver or shoemaker to ,governconduct i}y the pare p r inciples of political economy. Violent.a n d ifain I'4-ruled men will resort to improper modes- of enfOrting what they call their right,. A #rike, for wages, as it is called, is almost'always 44) ,with outrages of one Liva or. other—outrages Wjlich are as gross infractions of, the rights of the wßilo - pen Ivho do,not strike, as of the misters iliemselves. Against these evils a strong, practi raiz and effectual remedy should ezist, either by the tOmrnott or Slat Ute Law. SP map, high or low; should be permitted to compel another to worli for certain wages, or to restrain him from iccepting them it 'he think i s _ ftt ; and not even' an insult should be tolerated from one workman to another for such a cause. We. are most - anxious 111 , 4 T labonr 00 - 111 d be Well paid ; but sifikeS, and violent violent. measures in general, do not procure the best, payment for the labourer. Quiet, . good sense, and sound iittorniatio6, among the, media, will eventually he found the :best security. to their interests. • [unrrisit 'PRES9.I • 41r, Brougham "last night gave notice of his ton'tion to move flie- commitment of , the Roman Ctifholic Retterßill before the Orders this even ing; if Sir P.:Burdett should not be in his place to perform that duty. The Learned Gentleman complained, and we .think justly, of the unex pected and extraordinary mintier in which .the 'commitment of the ; Bill Was postponed on Mon day 'evening. It is - certainly. desirable that. the 'question should be settled with. all becoMing patch ; and if the Hon. Baronet by whom it•vvas introduce.d. be really too indolent to watch Over its progress, the business should be taken out of his hand. The-welfare of the State, and the dignity of the Parliament, ought no longer to be trifled with. Mr. 'Moberly afterwards . broughtforward his mo tion for the repeal of the Beer duty. The chief ar gument on which. he relied was, the inequality of the duty in its pressure on the higher and. lower classes. But as the Chancellor of the Excheque observed in reply,it would be. difficult to point out any duty which is.not-liable'to many objections, and attended with partial-grievances that it would, if possible, be, desirable to remove. A proposition to strike off 3,000,0001. at once from the re venue was, however, more than the public were ; prepared to see gravely under discussion. How was .so large a deficit to have been supplied - ? By a proportionate increase of the Malt Tax ? That would, only have been increasing the 'charges of those who brewed their own beer, and extending the trade. of the public brewhouses. The chancellor of the Exchequer would not commit himself-to any imprudent pledge which he may not be able to redeem, but he intimated, thOt if the system_ on which he is proceeding should work as well as he believes- it will, he intends to direct his attention to the-subject, with the view of affording all the relief in his power. But he wished it to be understood that he prefers giving relief by the reduction of the duty on beer,_ in stead of repealing the whole and substituting in its stead an increased duty on malt. The com mutation of the beer duty for a malt duty would indeed be no relief to the consumers of beer gene rally ; it would operateonly to theadvantage of the public brewer. We think the public will ap prove the course the Right Hon. Gentleman'ptir poses to follow. Every tak of heavy pressure cannot be repealed immediately; and as to ,the project of lightening the load by shifting the burdens, we are quite sure the public will laugh at so absurd a method of relieving -them. The House negatived the motion by a majority of almost four to one. The numbers were—Against he Motion, 88—For it, 23. [MORNING POST.] In the Commons, last night, Mr.Maberly made I's promised motion, " That from and after the sth or January, 1826, the Duty on Beer should entirely cease." The amount of this duty was 3,200,0001. per aimum, and the charge of col lecting it 695,0001. Its operation was also most unequal, for whilst the rich paid 20s. per quarter the poor paid 558.—N0w if the deficiency occa sioned by removing the tax from Beer was made up by adding it to Malt, it would save in the collection nearly 300,0001. per annum. Besides it would be a fairer mode of raising the revenue. Mr. - Brougham supported the motion, which•was• opposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, chiefly on the ground that to create a sudden deficiency of 3,200,0001. in' the Revenue would be a most serious step. It was indeed proposed to lay the tax which was taken off from beer _ upon malt ; but this, the Right Hon. Gentleman: proved by calculations; would leave the price of beer just where it was at prjsent. He would not pledge himself to any future conduct in a question of finance, but he would say that he 'should be delighted to reduce the duty, or even to take it off altogether, if it could be done with safety. He did not, however, like the' proposed substitute. As to his having reduced the duty on spirits before that on beer, he was willing to confess that he should have preferred to begin with beer ; but the other Seemed to be a matter of absolute necessity. He was not disposed to pay any great attention to particular classes, but he was ready to say, that in reducing the -duty on Wine, he did it because the consumption of the article was lessened and the Revenue thereby injured. He wished to increase the consumption of Wine to its former height.— If the liberal system of reduction already be gun should realize his expectations, he would gladly take advantage of those realizations, and extend the system to the Beer Duty. But he would not concur iu the principle of commuta tion, which would give no relief to the poor, and could increase the burthetis of the brewer. The question having been pushed to a division, Mr. Nlaberly's motion was rejected by a majority of 88 to 25.—Mr. Martin, of Galway, 'then obtain ed leave to bring in a Bill to extend the Act against Cruelty to Animals, and to make the malicious cutting and maiming of Cattle a mis n demeanour. [MORNING CHRONICLE.I Mr. Brougham gave notice last night, that the commitment of the Catholic Relief 'Bill would certainly be rno*ed this day.-L-" It had (he said) been' postponed in a way very unsatisfactory to many persons last Monday, and if the Honour able Baronet, the Member for Westminster, should not be in his place, he pledged himself to move for, the Committee."—The Lord Chan cellor, who receives credit from the World for being, the most determined of all the enemies of concession, said, last night 44 ' he had been convinced from first to last, that the general feelings of the people were against the measure, and from the beginning he had heard nothing to make him alter his opinion."— His Lordship also observed, " if no Petition's tt were. pres en t e d f rom the people , the ir Lordships were told th e y took no interest lit what was go .ing forward : and now, when - the table *as covered with P et i t i on s, when - they were obliged. to find some repository for them, when the House would hardly hold them, then some Gentlemen informed some Noble Lord', who informed the House of some peculiarity io getting up th e - Pp . .titions, sous to come to the conclusioti thatiit was not the Petition of the'PeoPle." flit Lord . - 'ship must not be allowed to run 'away with the question in this manner. The nUmbe'r 'of Pet .: I tions prove that the clergy 1 ; h, - the great body of theeir several p ar ishes have been assiduous in t bus by no rtiktns prove that people of England en Curtain the sentiments he imputes to them. It must al ways be borne in mind, that there is a peculiarity with respect to this-question, that the Clergy hav- ' ing from the first warmly opposed the Catholic Claims, they constituted a ready-made organiza tion, extending to every parish in the Kingdom, _ for obtaining signatures to Petitions. It would be singular, indeed, if a Clergyman could not obtain several signatures in his own parish. But we see that uo movement has taken place in any part of the country countenanced by the wealthy and welhinfortned.classes, the natural leaders of the people. The Clergy had it all to them selves time, and when it was found that the Lai ty fo ry t a l e o r n e g not to be moved to follow their iw example, they had recourse to the expedient of beating up for signatures. The Lord Chan cellor is the last man to attach any im portance to Petitions of this sort, if they did not favour -his own views.—Petitions from a few individuals here, and a few individuals there, are called the Petitions of these places. A Petition , from a few Dissenters attending a certain Chapel, is called - the Petition of the Con gregation. Thus the most erroneous notions come to be entertained. Of this, a pregnant in stance is stated in a Petition.presented last night by Mr. Denman, from the three Ministers of the Presbyterian, Baptist, and Independent sects at Derby, in femur of the Catholic Claims. These petitioners, men of the highest character and re spectability, expressed their *regret that a Peti tion of an opposite description had been.present ed from certain persons in Derby, describing themselves as belonging to those three sects. The whole thing is easily seen through. That out of a po pulation of twelve mitlions,•an organization like that of the Church Establishment of this country, could easily procure hundreds of thousands of signatures, no rational person could doubt for a moment.. But when the people of this country have any object deeply, at heart, their feeling soon displays itself in meetings in every direc tion. But few public _meetings have been held to petition against the Catholic Claims, and when public meetings have been attempted, the result as usually been a faillure. tTHE PUBLIC LEDGER.] A Buenos Ayres Mail arrived yesterday, bring ing a file of The Argus from the 23d of February to the sth of March. A Treaty of Friendship, Navigaiion„.and Commerce, was concluded be tween them ,on the 2d of February, and rati fied by the Goveriiment of . Buenos Ayres on the 19th of the " same month. Mr. Parish, our Consul General, assumed upon this occa sion, the character of Minister Plenipotentiary ; and thus ended the last formality in the Act of Recognition. The Treaty is drawn up in the most liberal spirit, and upon the principle of re ciprOcity. besides, a perfect liberty of con science'is secured by this Treaty, and,Englishmen May henceforth ce,lebrate their religious rites with the same freedom „at Buenos Ayres as at home. They may build . Chdpek there, if they please, and have, their own Cmietaries ; and how muchmore ae - ce:p,table(o God, and agreeable to the Wants - of .roan,l,is.this enlarged _ spirit of to leration, than the fanatical doctrine which, to the disgrace of the age, and to the scandal of all true Christians, has still too many advocates. To crown this Treaty, the two Powers engage to co operate in procuring the . abolition of the infamous traffic in slaves; and we cannot conclude without complimenting his Majesty's Government upon the sound and liberal views they have displayed in this Treaty. The intelligence derived -through this channel from Peru is full of interest, and upon the whole satisfactory. Rode!, the Spanish Governor of Callao, had not, it is true, delivered up that fortress, in conformity to the capitulation between Sucre and Cauterac ; but it was confidently anticipated, _that in conse quence of his obstinate and useless spirit of re sistance, he would be delivered .up by his own troops. In the mean time, Bolivar had outlawed him and the garrison, in which.he was justified by the laws of war, Rodel hating deprived him self of their protection„ in refusing to obey the Order.; of his superior in command to deliver up the fortress. As soon as Bolivar had received a rein forcement, which had set out from Guayaquil to join him, to the amount of six thousand, he would undertake the seige'ln form. Ile had. only two thousand men with him at the time, with whom he could . not effectually act against the Spanish garrison, as the numerical strength of the latter was neary eqUal to his own. However, as the place was.shut out from all communication both by land and sea, the despair of relief, and the hopelessness of obtaining supplies, would pro bably render the.formality of a regular seige un necessary, by inducing the besieged to trust to the clemency of the Colombian Leader. • • Cuaioni CA,sti—Wednesday, an Inquest was held before Mr. Stirling, at the Load of Hay,'Praed-street, Pad dington, on the. body, of Mrs.,l l l, Sherman, who was found in the bum of the Grand Junction; fosnal. , -. Two watchmen proved having found the body of ,the deceased about five o'clock on Sunday' morning last. By the dress' and appearance, they concluded she was respectably connected. On searching her pockets, they found a purse and some inoney,.a pair of spec tacles, a bupch of keys, and other articlet. There did not ap pear any marks'of violence on her person.—Mr. Bones, of Port man-place, stated that he knew the deceased; who was the wife 'of a Mr. Sherman, of Coram.place ; they had long lived se parate, and the deceased resided alternately at witness'A, and at Mr. Johnson's, a 'merchant in the city. She Was by no means in want, but had lately been deranged; he had not seen her tile last fortnight. Her hitsbane,, who was sent for, stated, with much indifference, that he had . been fourteen years separatedfrom the fieceased, - that he last saw the unfortu nate woman alive about 3 weeks before, when she appeared agi tated in mind, but he did not think her decidedly insane, nor did.it occur to him that 'she might make away with her 101.—The Foreman of the Jury asked Mr. Bones. if he did not believe the husband's ill-treatment had helped to over whelm the Poor woman's mind ? Mr. Bones replied that he had not behaved well to her ; she had lately gone to hi m,.and he treated her very lightly, saying, 41, the day, of .happiness was gone by :" this expression hurt her &clings. The 'Jury re turned a v er di ct —Th at t h e d ecease d h a d drowned herself while in a state,of insanity. The woman at Durleigh, .near Bridgewater, whose name 4 w e understand, to be Burnell , who Was said t o h ave bu rn tlier newly-bOrti babe, has been. committed to ,Wilton House o f Corr e ction, charg e d v i only ,with concealing its birth, no e deuce b e i ng adduced, in her examination be fore the Magistrate, to support the chaege of burning. --(Taunton Courier.) - . FOR TILE SUN. OBSERVATIONS upon the ANSWERS of Dil i DOYLE to the COMMITTEE of the HOUSE of LORDS.—By Dr. J. VILLANEUVA. MR. EDITOR —These observations I wish to make as public as possible, in justice to the can- did Romanists of the present day, who may be 'divided about the answers of their pre-eminent Doctor, and naturally desire to understand his drift, especially when they compare them either with the general sentiments of their church, or with the sentiments of the same Doctor, publish- ed by him without his distinguished name. It is highly necessary, both for the Protestant and Papist, that the sentiments of one so osten sible on the subject should be thorougly sifted, and the opportunity shonld not be lost by all who are apxious for the truth. Of .witnessing the opiniOs of another Learned Doctor, of a country the most of all Roman Catholic, upon the meaning and the tendency, and the consis tency of their sentiments, especially, too, as the other prominent character, who stood as high in political eminence as the Doctor did id eccle siastical among the Papists in Ireland, gives them this - rather inflated panegyric, even allow ing for the Hibernian style. Of all the intel lects be ever encountered, that of Dr. Doyle was the most mighty and stupendous 'he had ever witnessed, while his manly, gentle, bland, and amiable manners formtd a fine contrast to the towering strength of his intellect, and 'inns, trated the idea 'of the thunderbolts of Jove in the hands of a child by their soft and' soothing! influence. So high and illustrious a character, is naturally an object of curiosity at a mo ment like this, especially when brought forward to public notice by another Learned Doctor, and that a Spaniard. Dr. Doyle is first of all charged with - a defer ence in.his answers to the modern systeth of the Roman Creed," which may tend to prevent or:re tard the concession-of the privileges towards which the Catholics now aspire ;" the first of_ the an swers is," that the Catholic Clergy in these domi nions are obliged to obey the orders of the Pope, provided they refer to spiritual matters ; and these orders, &c. he has authority to issue without the consent of the King." This answer, he justly contends, is " contrary to the royal prerogative and the internal, tranquillity of nations." Ile proveS it to be false dejure, from the undoubted civil right of every government to inquire into any order which issues:from a foreign' Potentate to any of its subjects within its own realms', for the sake of its own peace and preservation ; and also, de facto, as may he proved from instances out of number, as from the example of Charles IV. who, even in Spain, which has - long been reckoned the very vassal to the 'Papal See, with stood the publication of the book asserting 'this right for nine years, till at last it succeeded through an intrigue of the Prince of Peace. It is justly argued, , if this order of the Pope, with or without the consent of the King, must be obeyed by his Catholic followers. in this or any. other country, he must also be obeyed •when • issues his bull of excommunication, for -this is purely spiritual, against the reigning Monarch,- which yet in another of his answers this Same Doctor directly denies. IT,'lfideed; this dot trine is part, ,of the - true • Catholic Faith, it would be inadneSs in our 'Goveritinet4 to, submit to any measure which would tend to fasten ignominious fetters on its own power, and leave the Alonareh at the ..mercy or. a Foreign Potentate, who might, at the impulse of his interest or caprice, seize the first opportunity of setting his spiritual subjects against their Prince, to whom they only regard :themselves bound •as a temporal Prince, and to whom,'as - the spirit is more highly to be valued thanthe hotly = the next evil than the. present--slitemity - than Time—they would consider it a religious daty to forfeit their just allegiance when. coming into the least competition with , that which they must in conscience hold to be supreme. Aware of this, even houis.l X., King of France, that Saint in the Rohian Calendar, and so likely in those days of spiritual tyranny, to submit with all meekness to the power of the Pope, thus re monstrates against Paul 11. when he excommu nicated the King of Bavaria . " It is a great stretch of prerogative," • said that pious Monarch, " to arrogate to himself the power of deposing Kings when they become the partisans of heretics ; and, besides, to command that these things be published in France, without notifying them to the King, neither giving him warning, nor asking his consent." The King of France,in more modern times, talks the same lan guage of remonstrance in favour of his own right against the Decrees, even of the Coun cil of Trent;purely spiritual as that was regarded, which he calls the decrees of Pius IV. and not of that Council, which he renounces solemnly, and orders his Bishops to depart from• Trent, where all things were done . as if at Rome ; and ever since the'Kings of France have endeavoured to repress, as they avow , the insolent usurpation c o s ) t f f a te t t enh,eaatPnalFall instigation and passed laws a g a in st the m of one of th e or d er o f t h e always, by the unanimous con currence of all orders. If at any time the King f o r . o r m at v iy ari o o t u h s e g r u n a t r o t t e iv rs e :t i o n p st r a es n e t rv re e t t lo w ni r a ppeared willing to relent, under the influence of °°sne : ssst:thriPelacetkitrcusietnaagrty, which had b een so ear l y pu bli s h e d i n ri dom av,raitist that usurping power, sacred as the pa (Indium of their religious liberties. Hence that country of o the the othe r degradingl.3opil counW hw t o e ta s lsdar i er r a e guen g sd ro efr a re n e i groaning, t o c m i n n dm ) much tt length established a concordat, or an agreement, between the spiritual and. temporal authority, which, though it was thought by the free spirits of the. state too great a condescension to any fo reign potentate, yet, by his friends and . advo, cates, it was looked upon as a derogation from the sense of th e law, and a forfeiture of its holy rights and privile g es - ; and there is every probability, if the concordat had not been esta hiihed anti the Pope, had insisted obstinately tipin their privileges and rights, which by the nation were regarded usurpations,' the French would have arisen as one man, to shake off their spiritual as well as temporal yoke, as we in this country did ; for, as it is, they have left but lit tle to the discretion of the Pope, even in spiri tual jurisdiction, which they declare in one of the articles, publighed by authority, of the Gal- Bean Church, to be " limited and restrained by the canons and rules of the ancient Council ; and in another, that no command whatever of the Pope can free the French clergy from their obligation to obey the commands of their sove reign ;" and, in another, that neither' he, nor his kingdom, nor his officers, can be excommunicated by the Pope ; nor his subjects absolved from the oath ofsallegiance. Still, in another article, that Papal Bulls, &c. are not to be executed without the King's command or permi;:sion, and after permission only, by authority of the King, and not of the Pope, to avoid confusion of juris- I dictions. Such has been the constant spirit of our own Church 'from its infancy—knowing of no such .foreign potentate as governing in these realms, it felt no necessity for publishing any articles concerning it. In succeeding ages, however, when that potentate was making large strides to power, both temporal and spiritual, and -tram plingwithout mercy upon all her rights and li bertiesi-statutes upon . -statutes were enacted in .the ditFeretit reigns - to repress the usurpations as they arose, till at length, even with the concur rence of some of the Papists, they repelled the :usurper himself with his legates, and all his pa 'raphernalia, from the land at once. DECEASE OF MISS %VROUGHTON. We are faioured . with the following notice of an event which has cast a gloom, of no ordinary density over . the Fashionable, Circles of Bath On Saturday last died at berhousn in Catherine Plaee,. 76th year, Miss W•RO UOll TON; a lady, whose extraordinary beauty, whose taste and hospitality, will live long in the re membrance of a City she has for a longer series of years than is usually allotted to mortals, most richly adorned. She is amongst the last of a circle whose polished manners and refinement gave the reputation to Bath it .now enjoys. The peculiar elegance of her manners, the singular grace other person, and her acquire ments, gathered around her in the first bloom of her youth a crowd 'of admirers, whose adulation neither - spoiled her heart nor misguided her judgment. She passed through every stage of life' caressed and esteemed; - and tO the laSt. obtained. and indeed most honourably deserved, the resPeet, :the re gard, the admiration of - all who knew her.—Nature seem ed to lavish on her, her choicest gifts ; for, to the latest moment, she retained her grace of person, and the unimpaired employment of the faculties of the mind', whil4 through her long career she had been almost a stranger to pain; and the bodily infirmities with which-life is chequered. - }ler form seemed cast in the finest mould ; and eyen at the extra ordinary age at which she died, it might have served the Sculp tor as a model. There was a dignity, a .majesty, and grace, that struck the eye of every person, whilst her unaffected ease and courtly manners won the general admiration.. •She was at all times in the Ball Room the great object Of attraction • and even amid a blaze of youthful beauty, she shone forth pre eminent, and reminded the spectator of many of the classical descriptions, where amid the•crowd of followers the godless i 5 displayed, and by her . Majesty is recognised and adored.. As she advanced 'in life, when the charms, however brilliant, de cay, hers seetnell only to mature ; and as 'her earliest friends , drooped and faded around; •she seemed to stand a'oae, ee If Tune, had forgotten that, she existed. Her house was fur years the centre of attraction to the fashionable world, and her princely fortune enabled her to exercise her hospitalitYv.e r m . patronize 'the 'Arts the loved, and in which she was a practent- Dnring the life,of Rauzzini she was constantly surrounded by the most eminent musicians of the day, whom she patroniz ed with the warmest enthusiasm. The Concerts she gave were at that - time one of the principal ornaments of Bath, and broutg ll .s' some of the first and . noblest families to the city. Possessolf a peffectknowledge of. 'the Science, and a highly cultivate.' voice, she'occisionally, till within a - very few years, joined 'Professors in a style not' unworthy their admiration. She lis been one of the most elegant dancers of the day, and her graCe~ ful and stately minuet gathered around .a host of a dmirers' and when it was known that she was to dance with Sir-C'; 'Banbury Williams, the Rooms were more than usually throng' 'ed, and every eye was 'directed to her graceful movernenr.%: At 'the-different Fancy Balls, the elegance of her dress, eV ' the appropriate coStunie in which she'supported - her characters'' was a never-failing object of - admiration ; but at the 31asquv: 'rade last year, to the surprise and astonishment of alloile was 'recognized, when the masks were removed, in the charactero f young -Ploughboy, which she had supported with a vivacity life that had excited the greatest, curiosity; for to the last, be' youthful appearance did not forsake her. On theTtiesdg pre vious p•her short anti fatal illness, she was' at I ovedino s GOP" cert at the York House, and conversed with her wonted vii-aritY and animation, and vas with her -usual kindness, good feeling, and - warm heart, interesting herself -for the benefit of lVliss 31 " c" auley, whom she patronized with zeal and warmth. Her s i r; port on occasions of this kind was always valuable ; fin het friends were pleased with an opportunity of eonfplying with:he' wishes, and she never exerted herself but for - those who re_Al i i; deserved her kindness. At the Public Concerts she was a fle e t _ failing attendant; and for years, as 'it were by co/ninon cav i l; a seat was r eservedforher at the top of the /towns, and a c otirtes t i o , seemed to be exercised for her which no one can againexpec A t t he enjoy.—But it was not only amid the gay, the gititly,.ans• S h e lively, that this accomplished Lady shone pre-eminent. Co was not alone the Butterfly that wanders on from flower flower, regardless of more important thoughts, for the 'exc e l, l, lence of the heart equalled the beauty of the casket in sclu d ' the rich diamond .was preserved. She was henevolnit, Min; and good ; a warm, a most attached friend ; a mild and generl le mistress ;an excellent and affectionatiate daughter. In country,. at her seat at Wileot, she preserved the rights of pitality, the liberality to her tenantry, the bounty to her I, h , dependents, that are the legitimate characteristics ofthe End ii, hereditary Landholder. 'She was adored amongst her 'ne' 6 „f hours, and tears of sincerity will be shed on the gra ve of on e _ ;;i• the most extraordinary characters that ever graced the walks _.; private life, and shed happiness within the limits of its infl uerw` —(Bath and Cheltenham Gazette, May 3.) • The inquest on the unfortunate men drosol i, in passing through one of thearches of the Paddington Caul' returned yesterday a verdict of " Accidental Death." A young man, lately come or age, but not t:f years of discretiim, gave the other day the enormous pride 740 guineas for a cabriolet horse. BIRTH. On NVedneseay, at the house of her father in Sicinto4 beet, Mrs. Lievesley, of a son. 'MARRIED. " At Calcutta, on the 30th of November last, at the Cat o o, R. IL :Nlatthews, Esq. of BL UM, to Mary Eleanor dauvliter of Nicholas Lionnithome Bishop. Esq., of lion da 11 "0 On the 27th ult., at Raddery-house, Anna Watson, s e 4, a c , - daughter of James Fowler, Esq., of Raddery, to Thous kenzie, Esq., of Ord, Ross-shire. 0.1 05 On the sth inst., at St. Faith's, Old Change, 0) Ellis, of Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row, to Mrs. liarn'° of the Chapter Coffee-house. relict °I DIED. On the Ist of October, at Bengal, Mrs: Lawson/ Captain Lawson, Second Cousin to the Earl of Fife. .„,, it hy, On Tuesday, the `pith ult., at Field-house, near 1, P eat of Yorkshire, Christopher` Richardson, Esq., in the 73 4 "'vett' his age, banker, and one of the Magistrates anti Deputy tenants for the North Riding of the county of York. on' On Sund a y l as t, th e ISt i ns t., a t his house iti Preston,. cashire, John Gorst, Esq.‘ h e shir e ' On Sunday, the Ist in s t., at the vicarage, Runcorn, -- lo tto- Sarah, relict of Theodore Perney, tbrrnerly of Ca,„,,,, of 01 the 4th inst., Elizabeth, the - wife of Mr. John .I'4*, St. Pall's-churchyard, in the 36th year of her age. ore' On the sth inst., J. G. Saggers, Esq., solicitor, C r osbY- 54 • aged 35. 3t Printed and Published for the PROPitIETORS, 5. OFFICF.; No. 112, Strand, by J. 13. GiasTATits`