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the OLD ilryIES - :aad NEW TIMES. ' We look with regret on the personal disputes between the Conductots of public Journals, be • cause their mutual abus* can only tend to de glide themselves, and, what is incalculably .worse, , bring odium upon the.ru,blic Press. We have certainly 'no disposition to enter into the ?controversy now carrying on between the Old , and the New Times, but as we, in common with -other Journalists, may be exposed to public • contempt by such a disgraceful use of so important a vehicle of knowledge as a 'Free Press, we may be permitted to say •• . few words on the subject. And first with re lation to. Dr. STODDART, who says, " that so long ago as the 18th of February, • 1817, I pointedly -addretSed to Mr. WALTER, in The New Times, • a - oiquestions, tending to place that subject • (his connexion with the Old Times) in the fairest . point.of view before the public. I repeated the •satne questions in the same open manner on the . 2 1:1 January; 1819 ; but thobgh so long a period has . elapsed they still remain unanswered! When Mr. WALTER shall have given distinct answers to all those questions, it will be time enough for me to re- Ply more particularly to his present misrepresenta *iOns."This surely is fair - on the pact of Dr. S'I,'ODDART - ,but as the Public cannot be supposed to recollect-his Questions, he ought to reprint Ahem,"and then his ad versary4in have no excuse for silence or evasion. Now, as to Mr. WALTER, Il s e seems carefully to have stored his ammunition 'Pgainst Dr.STonnAuT, but why does he not answer • Dr. STOODART'S questions ? The public, if they 'take any interest in the subject, as they appear to -do in pug-itistda another kind, will expect Mr. ;WALT ER to stand fairly up to the Doctor, and, if his questions aim at seven hits, to endeavour to Parry them. Mr. WALTER should have answered the Doctor's questions at first; and his not answer ing them when they were a second time proposed, - does not tell in his favour. The matter is now . 4 f"irly at issue between these gentlemen, and Mr. ' WALTER should himself revive those questions, if t he Dr. does not,and give them open and distinct an -s titers. We ha ye no disposition to enter into the ques tion of THECONSTITUTIONAL Assoc' AnoN,giving, however, the Protectors and Patrons full credit 'fOr their motives ; but the attacks upon Mr. M u a •al v and Mr. SHARP, neither of whom we know, have been so scurrilous and violent, that they must ' } lave excited the contempt and indignation of every just and liberal mind. Mr. SHARP, in par ticular, has been the subject of the most venomous abuse, and his life has been explored with ma . - lignant industry. We shall conclude with an extract from Mr. SHAr P'S expostulatory letter to "Jr. WALTER, on account of the abuse which had been poured upon the former through the me dium of The Times.- Considering the-persever ing malevolence witly.which Mr. SnAtie has been assailed, it Would have justified a less moderate ton e than he appears to have adopted ; and it might be expected that Mr. WALTER would `have published the whole letter, or. at least :bay( ) sUppreSsed the extract, which certainly is •tioL injurious to . Mr. SHARP, and oughtfto have Lad a. more- liberatinfluence on the feelings of Mr. • WALTER. The following is the Extract from .11 r , 8tt.+Rr'sLetter, 'as published it\ . of this day " IF any thing could . -- giVeme more 'pain than another, it would be, first, the necegsitY'''of referring to the acts of . those who - are gone to render:their final account.; and,..next, to the promulgation of airy thing Which conic' wound the feelings of respectable persons, and especially of females, now liviatit'but there is a'Poitit beyond Viljitti human endurance . caimo - f-go ; and, forthe good of society; ought not to be carried.. :Thit to one - less disposed to forbearance than myself, .would.haye been long tince.considered.past ; with me, Fsay frankly,.4 has, •arrived. I therefore call upon you to use that influenceWhiChybli Toksess. . — , or ,ought to 'possess—as a Proprietor of; The , Times • -i.'Oper, -and 3 ,- ..tire =oral obligations which you are bound to . 4 .1.11!-11 as a husband, 'a. father,. and a man, to an' end to the Caliukhioila 'arid coiirsc which has been there-it? ,pur ' fof tnbst reluctantly. I. shall ,be sb—to • Acts of ictallationOt may perhaps prove. 'that- there are few whOsetecollection.oe occurrent& of private and cib lUesticmisfortunc canhe brought back with less agreeable ken - sation a th a n -to those'who• bear, or have borne, the name of Walter." .Why Dr. Sr.ovii,A.ax or Mr. SHARP, Sllo,Ajd display more deticacy with respect to Mr. TER than he shews towards them, it is ditlicult to say, except that „their- forbearance is obvionily . more hoziourable iiithe,ir feelings; and as to=A :tr. . WA.l.Tea, lac has at least justified the latter in Whatever he trtaY'be inducedto bring forward, since he.was originally attacked without any prOvnca, tio,u on his part but his connection with a So; .riety::which has been supported by many of the 1 / 1 0st dignified and' respectable characters through out.the.country. .CQNSTITUTION ASSOCIATION.-Repeatedly . have we called the attention of our readeri to the s Constitutional AsSociation, a Society.which enrols amongst its member§ many, of the greatest, noblest, most distinguished mimes of the country—men re nown-ed.equally for their learning and their virtue, • their talents, their loyalty, their unbought • triotic devotion. That such a Society—that such rien, should excite the .hatred of the wicked Tis perintly natural. The.4buse which the Society. . receives from the debased offspring of infidelity • and sedition, from the promoters and .champions ;of a reign of terror, constitutes its Most exalted praise—affords the most irrefragable proof that it has made the guilty .. .tremlie in their dens of in:, far/4. ,Some, howOrer, admitting the excellent ' and laudable nature of its objects and *motives, • deny its expediency..,The - Letters ofOato,iaia9.:_ guage more eloquently con%lncing than we calicoin: .mand, expose the . .fallatzt of this objection, and establish the . expediency, as vs ell as the, praisewortk , .intentions,.pf the Institution. - (Bury Gazette.) .; The Lord Bish4 of Diocese preacherat. St..Sidwell's Church on Sunday evening last.— . His Lordship, took his text from kst,Epiklg - St . l. John, chap. iv. ve4se 19. ,4 We love hien f likaitSe hefii..st: loved 1:1 - ..'T The - 2aiurch was' crdwiled to excess in every part . ; utivords of 3 i oo6'persorig were present, arc Many hundreds reluctantly retired, not being able to obtain even standing room in the aisles. .Ilis Lordship, we think, could WA but feel gratified at the numerous attendance, and the profound attention that prevailed during the whole of the servis:e.—(Excter Flying Post, Decembor 19.) IRELAND. SPECIAL COMMISSION. LIMERICK 6i715 l'o • prisoners pris , c. . • e Lo were put forward, and arraigned for the undez nanled offences : John Bournan and Patrick Fitzgerald, for the murder of John-Corneal, on the 21st of Septeinbcr.. Thomas Hinchy, Garret Liston, and P. Dill*tra,.for the Murder of James Buckley, on the i4th of Sept., at Ardagh. James Jordan, for unlawfully asSembling, with others, at Glanduff, in the county of Limerick, and for forcibly taking away two pistols by violence, &C. ; from George Sparling, on the 11th of November. Daniel Martin, for being unlawfully armed by night,. &c. at Kilmeed, in the county of bimerick, on the Irh of October. John M‘ Namara and ThcmaS Molory, for the murder of Mrs. Susanna Torrance, on the 10th ofJune last. John Grady and Martin Grady,. for forcibly taking away arms from Eaward Morgan, on tht.(l6th of August. John Kelly, for the rcibbe'ry csi a horse. Michael Kelly, for robbing Christopher Snarling of two guns, on the 6th of'July,, at Rusk, in the county of Limerick. Michael Michael O'llalloran, and Michael Fitzge rald, for the murder of Thomas Manning; on the Dith of Au gust, at Inchiroork, in the counts' of Limerick. John Ward, Patrick Brown, 'Thomas Lee, Morgan Cregan, George Darcy, Patrick Enright, Thomas Keeffe, Daniel Keefe, John Finn, and Patrick Cregan, for riotously assembling, and for committing various assaults, Timothy Shea and Daniel Martin, for horse-stealing in the night. David Curtain, John Iliston, and John Mullane, for assault ing the habitation of John Reilly, in the County of Limerick. Several applications were made to their Lord ships by gentlemen who had been summoned as Petty Jurors, and who tried to get themselves excused from attending during the COmmission some were afraid of being murdered if they acted •as' Jurors in cases where convictions may take place ; others offered apologies on other grounds, but their Lordships promptly announced their determination to oblige all the Jurors to attend, unless upon affidavit proper cause should be cletrly shewn by the applicants. An Jurors have been summoned tinder a penalty of 1001. each for non-attendance. A. report has been current this day in town, that 40,000 rounds of ball-cartridges had been discovered at Naas. It is false; and we believe that it originated in the following circumstance : —The Quarter-Master of the 33d Regiment, which had been quartered at Naas, gave, at the time of his departure from the place, a few rounds of ball-cartridges to a man who was detected in attempting to sell them.—(Dublin Correspondent, Dec. 18.) A corporal and three privates of the 93d regi ment were on Saturday evening returning from Limerick, It here they had been on duty, to a detachment to ‘l , filch they belonged, that has been stationed at Ballyneety, in the county of Limerick. One of the party was some few yards in advance, according to military usage, so peculiarly necessary on a march at such a time in the county of Limerick, when he was suddenly assailed, near Cahirnany, by a ruffian, who knocked him down, and took his musket forcibly from him. the fellow instantly ran away with it ; but, not suspecting that there were soldiers advancing, and, on account of the darkness of the evening, not being able to per ceive the approach of the party, he fled in a di rection towards the City of Limerick, when the corporal and the other soldiers seized him with the firelock in his possession. He was brought to the guard-house at Ballyneety, where he was kept that night, and on the following morning informations were sworn against him before Captain Drought, Chief Magistrate of Police in the City of Limerick, under which he was fully committed to the city gaol. He will be tried at the Special Commission.—(/bid.) We regret to state, that the posting and dis . ttibution of threatening notices are becoming more frequent and daring in thN county. On Saturday a• notice was posted on the lands of I , New Orchard, within a mile of this city, threat ening with certain vengeance all who should 'dare, after that prohibition, to pay " Tithes or Taxes," and strictly forbidding any one to re move the document. It was taken down by Mr. Barton, a Magistrate of the county.—(Kilkenny Moderator.) On Saturday night, Mr. Dillon, of Ballyquin, commenced a well-armed and appointed patrole in the district of the county of Kilkenny, lying 'between Waterford and Thomastown ; be ex ' amined all the licensed and lodging-houses, .and we are happy to report that all appeared in the most perfect tranquillity in a circuit of sixteen miles. Mr. Dillon issued a notice, through the Rev. Gentlemen officiating at the yarious places of _worship in said district, warm '.ly inviting farmers to enrol themselves and join him, if they looked to their own interest, and assur'ng them of his readiness at all hours to direct their personal exertions for the preserva tion of _their persons and property from the fire brand and assassin, placing in their view the fie. cessityof t: eir coming forward as a means of avoiding the visitation and expense of a Police Establishment. We are happy to state, that These Gentlemen, on whose vigilance and loyalty our peace internally so much hinges, not only gave publicity, but commendation, to the mea sure.—( Waterford Chronicle.) TE:ALEE, DEC. 12.—0 n Friday night last, a 'detachment of the Milltown Yeomanry, under .the command of Sir John Godfrey, Bart. ac companied by Richard M'Gillycuddy, Esq. proceeded to Killorglan, and on their way to.. that ,village, 'succeeded in taking a quantity Of arms. Upon their arrival at Killorglan, the de ffic:lunent ..separated, and proceeded in different difec,tions towards the parish of Knockane, Cro pane, and the country about Killorglan, and about 3 &clock next day returned to Milltown, bring ingsvitb.them 43 stand of arms, besides a num br of pistols, bayonets, &c. We are glasl to find that the exertions of these active serrates ' have had a very happy effect, inas tplucleas the country people are now bringing in thais• urns' of their own accord. 14, • 9,n Wednesday last, a banditti of armed • men ,attacked the lodge of Edward Harnett, ot;Sapdville, Esq., at Knucknabout, in the tOunty of., Kerry, and having forced an en teance, swore the herdsman to be the bearer of a message to his master, purporting, that, unless he (Mr. Harnett) sent on or before the following Saturday night, to a certain place in the county of Cork, two guns and a case of pistols, they would burn all his houses,and de stroy the entire of his stock, grazing on the above , lands. \ FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.—The Earl and Countess of Aberdeen, in Argyle-street, from the Priory, Stanmora; the Marquess of Cholmondeley, at Cholmondeley House, Picca dilly; Lady Wellesley, in Curzon-street, May-fair, from the Marquess of Salisbury's, Hatfield ; Geo. Watson Taylor, Esq. M.P. in Harley street ; Count and Countess St. Antonio, from Brighton ; Baron and Baroness Montesquieu and family, in Tipper Seymour-street, Portman-square, from Bridge Hill House, Canterbury ; Sir Richard and Lady Carr Glynn and family, in Arlington-street, from G'aunts House, NVimbourn, Dorsetshire ; Sir John Frederick, Bart. at Read's Hotel, from Burnwood Park, Surrey. , . • DE PARTURES.—EaiI COwper, for Pansanger, Herts ; Sir John Newport, Bart., from Fenton's 'Hotel, on a visit to Lord and Lady Carrington, at Wycotnb Abbey, Bud* James Graham, Esq. from ditto, for Cornwall ; the Marquess . of Douglas and Chevalier Franchi, from the Claremont Hotel, for Paris; Wm. Beckford, Esq. fro►ri ditto, for Fonthill Abbey ; Rev. Wm. Pym, from ditto, on a tour. Yesterday his Roy-al Highness the Duke of York honoured J. Dent, Esq. M.P. with his company to dinner, in Hertford street, Mayfair. Wednesday afternoon, about four o'clock, the Duke of Glou cester arrived in town from a tour and a visit to the Earl Craven. Yesterday his .Royal Highness went to Blackheath, on a visit to his beloved sister, the Princess Sophia 111atilda , where his Royal Highness dined. The Earl and Countess of Falmoutri are living in truly hos pitable style, at their seat, Tregothan, near Truro, Cornwall. The Earl and Countess of Plymouth are entertaining a few friends at their seat, Atwell, near Stratford upon Avon, War wicks'hire. The Earl of Harrowby intends spending. hi's Christmas at his seat, ,Wirnpole, Cambridgeshire. Lord Holland gave a dinner to a select parl.y yesterday, in Old Burlington-street. Lady Leigh had an elegant party yesterday, in Montague square. The Earl of Harrington entertained a . party of Military Gentlemen to dinner yesterday, at his house in Stable-yard, St. James's. The Right Hon. John Trevor had a small party to dinner yesterday, at his house in Berkeley-square. FETE AT EAST COWES CASTLE. The Lady of JOHN RUSH, Esq. gave her low talked of Fete at the newly erected Gothic Castle, which had last year the honour of receiving within its walls our most gracious Sove reign. This siiperb pile is at last finished ; and on Monday ,evening it was illuminated, within and without, in so resplen dent a style, as to throw its rays for ten miles round. The en tertainments commenced with a dinner ; and at night the Great Saloon was thrown open for the ball, lighted by Grecian chan deliers and Gothic lamps. At ten o'clock the dancing commenced with the. " Lancer's Quadrille," when three sets stood up, and went through'the mazy round with much correctness and elegance. Soon after eleven, the room becomin ,, hot, the folding doors were thrown open, communicating with a long range of apartments of the most noble proportions, terminating with the finest conserva tory ever beheld. This superb specimen of the florid Gothic was filled with the finest tuberoses and other rare exotics, encircled by a luxuriant vine, and lighted up with variegated lamps. • Mirrors decorated the walls, and from their magnitude every object was reflected ad infinitum. At two o'clock the supper was announced, and therein the visitants were charmed again by the novelty and matchless beauty of the set-out. Scenes of pastoral simplicity were ex hibited in frame-work; temples, grottoes, fountains, &c.— Every delicacy was provided—soups, poultry, and game. The wines were of the finest vintages, but the Sillery Champaigne, the Burgundy, and the Vin de Grev.e, were most in request. Covers were laid for 200 persons in the first instance, but we hear that the number was afterwards extended. The dancing recommenced at three o'clock, and was kept up with unabated fervor till near six, when, after partaking of a dejune, the party bowed and retired. So splendid a spectacle the autornti-bas not produced in that part of the King's dominions. The- cavalcade of carriages at Cowes and Newport astonished the natives. The greater pro portion of the company came from Southampton, and not a few from Brighton itself. KING'S THEATRE.—This theatre is again, we understand, to be under the conduct of Mr. EBERS, and the liberal character of his manage ment last season promises a spirited support of the Opera during the season that is approaching. The note of preparation for opening the musical campaign was heard yesterday in a rehearsal which took place in the theatre. The selections were chiefly from a new Opera of Premix, which seems to be impressive as well as scientific. Madame CAMPORESE is again very properly among the vocal corps. The new bass singer, CARTONI, possesses a good voice, and promises to be a good actor also. AMDROGETTI is also to reanimate the comic drama. The new tenor singer, CURIONI, is a capital performer, and the second tenor, CHERUTTI, will be a consider able addition to the company. We are glad to understand that the fine Concert Room, which used to be the resort of Fashion, will be restored to its former elegance, and that the whole interior of the Theatre is to receive a new face of orna mental beauty. There is, it seems, a great com petition for boxes; so that the Manager has every encouragement to bring forward, this favourite amusement of the higher circles with his former spirit and liberality. AMATEUR CONCERT.—The first of these Con certs for the present season took place last night at the London Tavern, and a more gratifying musical treat we have hardly ever attended. The word amateur would seem to imply that the per formers were not Professors, but it refers only to the Patrons of the Concert. The Per formers are all Professors of eminence. The leader was Mr. Moat, and the conductor Sir George Sst.taT. The vocal Performers were DE BEGNIS, SAPID, NELSON, Madame RoNzi, Miss GOODALL, and Madame CAMPORESE. The music was well selected from MOZART, ROSSINI, ATWOOD, BISHOP, and BOCHSA. Among the in strumental pieces was the Anthem performed in Westminster Abbey at the Coronation of his MAJEs;ry, and which is highly creditable to the composer, ATWOOD. We have not space to en ter at large into the merits of the Concert alto gether. but we cannot avoid noticing a New Grand Sinfonia. (MS.) in C. minor, composed by BOCHSA, which was an admirable proof of his genius, taste, and science. He accompanied Mr. NELSON in a song; but we should have been glad of a harp concerto from so excellent a mas ter. The whole concluded with MOZART'S ce lebrated Overture to Zaubei/lote. The room was filled by an elegant and applauding audience. Another 830,000 sold in Shares by HAz Alto. The Ticket No. 18,900, drawn Yesterday a Prize of $30,000, was sold in Shares by,HAzAan and Co., who also sold in Shares No. 16,427, a Prize of 25 000 drawn the Third Day. 5 _ _ MILDNESS OF TUE SEASON.—Last week a beau tiful butterfly, in full vivacity, was caught by a gentleman at Sand ling, near Maidstone ; an in stance of rare occurrence in the month of December. POETRY. Oh ! 'tis a blessed thing to know, Tho' but belovid by few, • That there is ONE 4 in weal or woe, Who will remember vou. To feel—when not a friend is near, Whose hope-inspiring breath - Can make this hated life more dear, Or soothe the hour of death— .There is a soul which would not shrink, Which all you bore, would bear; Of the same cup 7 /au drank, would drink, Nor ask what draught was•there. Then flow no more thou foolish tear, The world may wreak its will— Altho' all else be dark and drear, ONE LIGHT is leftme still. 11. E. B. CAPTAIN PARRY. .DESCRIPTION OF THE VASE TO BE PRESENTED . TO CAPTAIN PARRY, IN PURSUANCE OF. THE RESOLUTIONS OF A PUBLIC ' MEETING OF THE INHABITANTS OF BATH. The form is that of the celebrated \Warwick Vase, but divest ed of the Bacchanalian emblems, and decorated with others more appropriate to the nature of the service intended to be com memorated. The singularly bold and beautiful forM of the handles is preserved ;, but the vine, with its . tendrils and clus ters, is exchanged fbr the British oak, with its foliage, and acorns, forming a rich wreath immediately under the lip of the vessel. On 'a projection of the handles is suspended the laurel wreaths of triumph. - The masks and tiger's-skin of the original are entirely omit ted, and the bulrush is intermixed with the lotus.' The vase is supported by four dolphins.; and the plinth is covered with shells and coral, in imitation of sea-shore. The pedestal is much enriched ; and the olive wreath is in troduced, illustrative of the pacific nature of the enterprise. To avoid the heaviness resulting from a square form of tiie pedes tal, it has been made octagonal, and on the four smaller sides are trophies, compoSed of nautical scientific instruments, and of those implements used especially in the icy seas: The compass is introduced in the one, and the globe in the other : each is surmounted*by the British naval crown. Two of the large sides of the pedestal contain eliasings from Captain Parry's original drawings ; one representing the Hecla and Griper covered in for the winter ; and the other their situa tion in the neighbourhood of an iceberg. The third side con tains Captain Parry's arms. The fourth, the following in scription : To WILLIAM EDWARD PARRY, Esquire, COMMANDER IX THE ROYAL NAVY, IN COMMEMORATION OF A Voyage of Discovery, performed in his Majesty'S ships Ueda and Griper, under his command, in the years 1819 and 1820. In which he eflbeted a passage through Lancaster Sound • into the Polar Sea ; And having discovered many New Lands, And passed a Winter of Ten months' Duration, surrounded by Ice, in the Harbour of Melville Island, Returned to Great Britain with the Loss of only One Alan ; Thus carrying the British Flag into Seas over which no Ship had yet passed ; And displaying throughout this unprecedented' undertakin g , a degree of Nautical Science, Intrepidity, Perseverance, and Humanity, which has 'reflected a lr.sting Honour on Himself, his Profession, and his Country, THIS VASE Is presented by several Inhabitants of Bath, his native city. IDCCCXXI. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ~ ..—STATE OF THE ODDS. 9 to 1 agst Marcellitc 16 to 1 agst c. out of Bess 25 to 2 agst c. out of Lanascape • 25 to 1 agst Whalebone c. 14 to 1 agst c. out of Sycorax 25 to 1 agstiA Egremont's c. The colt out of Sycorax went back three points, through a gentleman of fortune betting :against him. BETTING-ROOM, DEC. 20 DLit 0 I KS. 9 to 2 agst Parasaf. 6 to l agst Nleteora f. I 7 to 1 agst f. out of Reserve 12to 1 agst Ott .11ux.s..vs.—This celebrated horse it ;tow resting for two or three days at Messrs. Tattersall's, on his road frotu Newmarket to Barton Hall, near Newbury, the seat of Mr. Dundas, the proprietor of him. Numerous .persons were viewing him yes terday, and admiring his symmetry, during the time Mr. Bar ringer was taking his portrait. He is a dark chcsnut, rising eighteen years old, and 1 q hands high. TROTTING MATCHES.—The money, 500 guineas aside, is all staked for two of the fastest horses in England to go against each other, four miles, on the 14th of January.—Another match is made to take place the same day, three miles, between Mr. Fielder and Mr. Dyson, for 500 guineas also. Mr. Fielder's to carry eleven stone, and Mr. Dyson to pick all England, and carry twelve stone. GREAT PEDESTRIAN' UNDERTAKING.-Mr. West, the descendant of the great pedestrian, and parish clerk of. Old Windsor, started from St. George's-fields on Wednesday, to go sixty miles per day for ten successive days, backing himself for 200 guineas. This undertaking has been completed, but never any thing like it at this season of the year, and bettin. , is 3to 1 against it, as he has engaged to go straight out. Ile would touch Winchester yesterday. HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. MEETINGS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK The Holy well Harriers, on Monday, at Golden Grove; Wed. nesday, at Caerwys Hall ; and on Friday, at Maesmynan. The Cheshire Hounds, on Monday, at Sutton Pinfold ; on Wednesday, at Sandiway..head ; Thursday, at Whitley ; and on Saturday, at Astlet. The East Sussex Fox Hound's, on Monday at Firle Hill ; and on Thursday, at Southease. The Croxton Hounds, on Monday, at Waresly Turnpike ; Wednesday, at Diddington Wood ; and on Friday, at Haley Wood. The Ludlow Subscription Fox-hounds, on Wednesday, at Diddlebury Common; and on Saturday, at Serpent. AsncnoTr. qf King GEORGE the FIRST, and Dr. Loci:mt.—Dr. LOCKIER was a - man of in genuity and learning, had seen a great deal of the world, and was a most pleasant and agree able companion. In the former part of his life he was Chaplain to the. Factory at Ham burgh, from whence he went every year to visit the Court of Hanover, whereby he became very well known to the King, George the First, who knew how to temper the cares of Royalty with 'the pleasures of private life, and commonly invited six or eight of his friends to pass the evening with him. His Majesty seeing Dr. Lockier one day at Court, spoke to the Duchess of Ancaster, who was almost always of the party, that she should ask Dr. Lockier to come that evening. Dr. Lockier was not there, and the King asked the Duchess if she had spoken to him as he desired. Yes, she said ; but the Doctor presents his hum ble duty to your Majesty, and hopes your Majesty will have the goodness to excuse him at present, for he is soliciting some prefer ment from your Majesty's Ministers, and he fears it might be some obstacle to him, if it should be known that he had the honour of keeping such good Company. The King laughed heartily, and said he believed he was in the right. Not many weeks afterwards Dr. Lockier kissed the King's hand . for the Dean ery of Peterborough ; and as he was raising him self from kneeling, the King inclined forwards, and with great good humour whispered in his ear, ‘% Well, now, Doctor, you will not be afraid to come in an evening would have you come this evening." ORIGIN OF THE EXPRESSION : OLD Ntc.K.—As cunning as old Nick, and as wicked as old. Nick, were originally meant as Nicholas Machiavel ; and so came afterwards tQ be perverted to the Devil. ~ _)*le i N gt_ ,'" k , . 9 c> . •,., 4, ./ .. , . v _.,,,--. - ')... iti,-..-o ' ' / t •P '. --\•,*-1.- -,•'• 0 14 c ) l ' 3 -1 - ,Z. It " 1 -) . _.____ • -4‘4".t - i L \ .- TILE i RIVI Y. The .33d Regiment embarked on the 17th instant at Cork., on board the Ocean, London, Regulus, and Thomas and Mary, transports, for Jamaica, to relieve the .58th Foot, which will return home in the above vessels - from that island. Detachments of the 7th Dragoons, 24:1 Dra goons, 9th Lancers, 10th Hussars, 14th Light Dragoons, Cavalry Depot, were to arrive at Brentwood to-day, to receive the horses of the 4th Light Dragoons, at Bamford, on the march of that corps to Tilbury for embarkation . for India. The Staffs of the North and City of Cork Re giments have marched, the former from Fdrmoy to Youghal, and the latter from this City, Lc do duty in the Forts in our harhour.—(Cork Paper.) MERCANTILE SHIPPING, &c. DEAL, DEC. 20.—Wind - S.W. moderate.—The Juliana East Indiaman. Capt. Ogilvie; and the William and Mary, Worts; and Tobago, Westmorland, have sailed for the-Rive - ,- . The Atalanta and dr:. Prince Leopold, with several more Ships from the River, are this evening turning into the thrA:ns. The outward-bound still retrain. DOVER, DEc.2o.—Wir.d - W.S.IV.—No Arrivals:---thir bar is getting better very f as t ; sma ll vesse l s can now go'otit and in. Sailed the Lady . Cockburn packet, with a mail; from France. PoriTsarovilt, bcc..lo.—Wind morning was N E., and some of the outward-bound got under eigh, but it again shifted to the S.E., when they came to anchor - again. Came into harbour his Majesty's ship Grasshopper and Ontario. Arrived his Majesty's cutter Quail, from a craize. Sailed the Come. lean cutter on ditto. WaTEnroiro, DEC. 18..—Yesterday the wind was S.S.W. by E.N.W. and S.W. All the day clear, with flight showers of rain, and moderate breeze; all this day. At night heavy gales, which suddenly increasing, became at 8 P. ac. a perfect storm, attended with thick darkness and heavy Kahl; the sea all in a foam, and the tide running in and out of the Docks quite irregular, which continued with unabated fury for an hour and a half, during which time several houses were dainagid, and many vessels driven on shore from their anchors, but I hope none of them materially injured. All the remainder of the night dreadful thunder and lightning, with heavy squalls. A brig is on shore under the North Point of Broom Hill; and as the sea is so very heavy, I fear she will be lost. DUBLIN, Dnc. 18.—Nine o'Clock, r. as.—lt has blown a gale all day, and still continues. VARIVIO u Ty, DEC. 20.—Arrived the London, lliorbat; frOin Ilarriburgh, in company with several others, having been six weeks on their passage. LIVEAPCOE, DEC. 19.---Wind W.N.W.—Arrived the George, Guthrie, from Bahia; sailed the 28th of October. Several ships have put back. The Prospect, Hull, from Kiel to Hull; and Concordia, with timber, &c., are totally lost, near Stromstadt, with their Crews. The Union, Jameson, of . Kincardine, from Petcrsburgh to London, put into Copenhagen about the 7th inst. in a very leaky state, and would be obliged to discharge great part of her cargo. The Union, Willshire, from Riga to Londonderry, ran ott.., shore near Dragoc previous to the 11th inst. The Concord, trotn Riga to 1., ado 1, driven on shore. it Bornholm on the Ist inst., has gut ()a; after throwing Par . ( of her cargo overboard; carried into harbour. . . Thelrigkert, Lindt, from Newcas!le to Cbpenhagen, was lost 14th inst. !IL-4r the craw. ±lllv - Woburn, - Mi. and Mi. Dougan, who were pas sengers in the Lady Lushington,. left her at . .11adras, and hive arrived at Calcutta. . MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECKS. • EASTBOURNE, DEC. 19.:—Yeiterday . morning, about four hours before day-break, a French trading vessel, -of that des- cription called a chaSse - mar&, was driven.on shore by . the :60 7 lence of a tremendous gale, under part of the high cliff - near Beachy Bead, known hereabouts by the appellatia of Belle Tout, or Belt Out. Her 'nanie proved to b.: La Jettne 'Vani, • of Vannes, last from Canteret, .a small port near Brest, bouriet to Dunkirk, with a cargo rf salt. The night was utterly dark —the wind blew a hurricane directly upon the 'tiore—the surf rolled mountains high over the ;vcits—tiie vessel struck heavily, —and, in the next instant, one huge wave swept the whole crew, consisting of six persons, from the deck. Such was the irresisa tible force of this mighty 'surge, that it threw four 'of the crew completely high and dry upon the beach, and severely bruised one poor fellow by rolling broken planks and spars repeatedly. Over is breast and back. The Captain,whose name was Silvestre, and his son, a lad of only eleten years old, were never seen from the moment that this wavestruck.the 'vessel. The father and the child must have perished together. A more miserable fate seemed to await the survivori They had been thrown on shore at a spot between Birling-Gap and Cow Gap, where; flir Pour miles,. the cliff presents a wall of chalk, perfectly pdpen-: dicular, without road or path, or any other means of t&ent, in height from four tO eight hundred feet. The tide !rowed in upon them like a race—the extreme points of the cliff, hOthelist and west, were already, buried . in breakers; they, joined.thair feeble voices together and shoufed for succour, but • the •rpAr ing of the tempest seemed to mock the effbrt ;• and they. had ' given up all hope of escape, when crawling alOng,`th:tr;triot... of the precipice, they discovered a pile of broken fragratnts • which had fallen from the mass of chalk above. Aiding each other, they clambered to the top of this heap, and in a few moments the surf ranged round the foot of it— a'fright- •. ful cauldron of boiling and whirling waters. With dismal:ore botlings they awaited the result, clinging to each other,' and trembling lest each successive wave, as it ook the fount/. t:On . of their place of refuge, might roll the clumps of chalk from underneath them. sor were they without fears that the • - whereon they sat might be overfioWed when' the floOd-tftle. should attain its height; until, in groping about, one of them grasped a bunch of sea, cale, and this plant proving -the ocean was not accustomed to reach the summit, was hailed as the olive blanch,: that foretold their preservation. In: his: • i situation, chilled. with wet and cold, a wide roaring ocean n front •.• • and an insurmountable precipice behind, these four iniser,4le. mariners sat huddled and aghast upon their precarious,peren, for more than five hours, until the ocean slowly retedict,; anti they were discovered by the centinels of the Coast Bloekatic Service, whose establishment upon our coasts. is the i7eatrst••,.. blessing that ever a wise Government conferred upon those , .• " that go down to the sea in ships, and occupy their busine s iii great waters." 'By these active and humane fellows - the - mor . Frenchmen' were immediately conveyed to the watchlitense ,at Birling Gap, placed by a rousing fire, clad in the EnOsli sea man's dry apparel, and fed from the platters of their ll'ontei enemies. Too much praise cannot be bestowed upon .Meat:s..: Brown, Wheeler, and Lethbridge, AdMiraity Midshipmert.of his Majesty's ship Severn,. who, leading parties of 'seamen to the spot, succeeded in collecting together • and removing to' a place of safety, the anchors, cables, sails, maSts,cordage,. and timbers, that lay scattered along the beach. The names of the survivors, whom we have just seen, and who appear to be fast recovering from the effects of their sufferings, are as follow Guillaume Bariet, Guillaume Picard, Guillaume de Guignin, and Jean Vincent Margate. THE MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE; DEC. 21. Our supply of this day is very short, and the best Corn fully maintains last day's pnces, but the inferior not saleable witk out a great reduction. The present wet weather is much against the damp corn coming to hand fit for use. SMITHFIELD MARKET, DEC. 21. A number of Cattle which remained dyer from last Monday's Market, caused this morning a very full Market of - all de scriptions of Cattle, and the prices of all kinds of meat are some what lower than our last prices. The price of Hay remains as per last market. To sink the offal per stone of fib. Beef Mutton... 2s. 6 Id. to 3s. 4d. Pork