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ALFRED. THE folltv.ving EXtraet frotirthe Poem of ALT A ft), written by the POEI LAUREAI',IS particularly a l ).- plicable at the present moment. The Work is . highly honourable to the Author considered in a political 'as well as poetical light.' Viewing it as" the chief PATRIOTIC EPIC of THE BRITISH 101.74 E, it-ought, as a matte; of duty as 'well as taste, to adorn the.. Library of every English Gentleman. • MY faithful Subjeas„ and my brave Allies, -An equal Heirs of ALBIL/N I S fostering skies, Nor Peace, nor Liberty, can Bn IT AIN know, Bat from the fall of your,injurious foe. • The paths through yon embattled barrier lie, That lead to freedom and to V i6tory.— On civil strife what horrid ills await; Of foreign servitude the grievous stare ' No words of mine need paint—for lo it stood, Dravrn in the red charaitery of blood Full in your sight—what time the hapless Maid,* Sad.viaim ! fell, selflmurder'd, on the'glade.— I s there a Father, Lover, Husband, heij, Holds Feniale charms, and Female honour dear? Let indignation urge each fatal blow,. With more than mortal vengeance on the Foe. Is there a - Warrior 'mid this valiant train, Who mourns a Parent, Son, or Brother slain? O ! let him speak the sorrows of his breait In strokes of thunder on the Danish Crest. I f there be one, by guilty Wiles misled, - Who 'gainst his Native Land his force has'sped, ! let him expiate the dire disgrace, - By tenfold vengeance on yon hostile race ; , , And, in the blood . of Scandinavia's horde, Wash offthe stain from his polluted sword. And ye, from Cambria's hills who join our band, From Caledonia's rocks, and Erin's strand, Generous and brave Compeers ! 0, now be shown The only strife that futute times shall own. A glorious strife, of Britain's Isles the pride, The friendly contest ne'er may Time decide ; /terra! be the don fl ici which shall fight, FIRST IN. THEIR 'MONARCH'S, AND THEIR COUN TRY'S RIGHT. • This passage refers to a very interesting Episode beauti— fully related, and there would doubtless be numerous in- Standes of the same alfeeting kind, if the execrable Monsters of France could ever have an opportunity of gratifying their brutal passions in th.s Country by a successful invasion. VIE FOLLOWING INTEREsTING EFFUSION OF MATERNAL TENDERNESS WAS WRITTEN BY MRS. JOHN HUNTER. TO MY SON, AGED zs, AT CAMBRIDGE. NOW twice the Spring, with flowrets gay, Hath Igoider'dcier her mantle green, - - And twice the merry month of May With hawthorn d,ick'd the vernal scene, Since I in tuneful numbers hail'd the morn When thou, my heart's dear boy, in happy hour wast born. 4 Nor halt 1 miss'd the annual song, When June return'd with roses crown'd ; But rising borrow cheLk'd my tongue, And cloudy care hung low'ring round, While in the gloomy sltades of threat'ning death .. j watch'd thy liutt'ring pulse, and fear'd thy parting breath. 6 How exquisite the anxious woe, The agoniiing bitter grief,. Maternal love alone can I:now,, . 'Midst glim'ring hopes of slow relief; The cruel Ititylness of the healing art, And those dim joyless smiles which tend the bursting heart!. Dear be those cares, to mcm'ry dear, Which sav'd thee from an early grave ; And ever bless'd the genial year, The milder sky, the briny wave, The healthful gale, wl>ich fading life restores, Where the smooth swelling tide laves Ilamptonie happy shores. -4 Nor sav'd in ,vain ; 0, still pursue •I he path where Truth unerring leads, "Where Reass,n early may subdue - The wild desires which Fancy feeds; Circean charms, that with a magic force impel the feble mind through Youth's insensate course. • Co on, dear Boy, exert each pow'r On times rich treasures to improve; And may the slowly ripening hour, • • l'ass'ci in the academic grove, Strength to thy mind with antient lore impart, And judgment firm to guide a warm and feeling heart.' Literature.—ln the course of the last year, the number of works published in London, was as f,liows :—Voyages and Travels - 26, Theology 7 r, History 18, General . Politics, t, European Politics 5, .Domestic and Colonial Pclitids, 28, Political Economy and Trade 6, Statistics 4, Geography 4, British Topography 19, Ancient Classics, &c. zz, IVlociern Languages 3, 'Education and School Books 2, Biography 16, Belles Lettres, Miscellanies, and Poems, 43, Plays 19, Miscellanies 36, Romances and Novels Y 5, Law 21, * Commerce Military Taffies 13, Rural Economy and Gardening 9, Do mestic Economy r, Medicine, &c. 69, -General Science 4., Mathematics 6, Experimental Philo sophy 7, Mineralogy 3, Natural.liistory r t, Archi teaure and the Fine Arts' 4., and Bibliography 3. — in all, 482 different publications. • CHARITY SCHOOLS.—In the UnitedlKindom of Great Britain and Ireland there are 1842 Schools supported by public Charity—in them there;are regularly instruded 33,24 boys; 9650 girls total 42,874. • Early on Wednesday morning:last, the drying. house belonging,to' EDWARD SH E Pk' AR D, Esq. of Uley, in the. County of Gioucestei, was discovered to be on fire. When first seen, tJe building was enveloped in flames, presenting a spettacle equally awful and terrific, and rendering every effort to ex. tinguish it, or preserve any part of the property therein, ineffetual. The whole range of buildings, 70 yards in length, together with a great quantity of cloth then drying, were entirely consumed. The above accident, it is supposed, was occasioned by the flues being overheated, one of which bursting, communicated the fire to the timber. The cloth destroyed is estimated at 15e01. value, but the whole of it was insured. The regiment marched from the church to Col. Bolton's house, in Duke_street, to lodge the Colours, and were dismissed. The. Colonel gave a grand dinner on the occasion, the next day, at the Royal Hotel, at which his -Royal Highness and Suite, the Officers in Garrison, and many other Gentlemen, were present. The following toasts were given by his Royal Highness : Bolton, and the Royal Liverpool Volunteers ;" " Prosperity to the County.of Lancas ter ;" " The Mayor and Corporation ;" " Prospe rity to the Town and Trade of Liverpool ;" Th e Lancashirt, Witches." A respeaable Correspondent informs us, that hay -IVALKER, of Bassenthwaite ing heard that Mr. Jets Chapel, in the county of Cumberlarol, had, by way experiment, buried a toad, so long ago as the month s of November, 18oz, he was induced, a few days ago, to attend to the result of the experiment, which he describ;:s as follows; The reptile was pot into.a bason, the bason covered with a slate, and de posittd about a foot beneath the surface of the earth, on the sth of November, 18oz. The bason was carefully dug up on the Bth of the present month, when its inhabitant was found alive, though much smaller after its confinement of fifteen months.— It is unnecessary to observe, that during that long period, it is not known that any nutriment could be obtained by the prisoner, whose situation seems to have utterly precluded every means of subsistence. Naturalists tell us, that the lungs of this species of rana (in common with others) are " different from those of all other animals ; that they are only a sort of membranaceaus bladders, with several tubicles, which being once inflated, do not become flaccid, as in other animals ;" but, however they might exist for some time, under a total seclusion from air, the existence of the animal, for so long a time, without nutriment, -seems yet unaccounted for. - On Friday morning, about one o'clock, a fire broke out in the workshop of Messrs. fli.srwooo and..l3ELsHAw, machine-makers, in Tib-lane, Man chester, which was totally consumed, together with a large quantity of machinery, &c. The weather being extremely tempestuous, the flames threatened destruftion to the whole neighbourhood ; but by the wive assistance which was rendered, the damage was confined to the premises where the fire began. The building was insured, as was also about one third of the property within. ,NA N, I LLA N, (of how-Street, Covent-Garden] ; and published by W Am. A Rujogß S CRIPPS, (of South Melton-street, GnDsven"-square); 0. ii z, Strand; %here iidqe::tise.7zents ? Orders for the raleri Letters for am Editcr, (post-paid)) ;Dust in'aLitirc"edi LONDON: Printed by LUCH At the SuN.OFilcs, 1 ROYAL LIVERPOOL .POLUNTEERS, Tx P. Royal Liverpool Volunteers, .commanded by Lieut. Colonel Bolton, paraded on Sunday se'nnight in Clayton-square, in that town, for the purpose of re ceiving their colours, with the presentation of which His Royal Highness Prince \VILLIAM had under taken to honour the corps. The. regiment was form ed in an oblong square, three deep; at ten o'clock His Royal Highness and suite, came to the ground, and was received with military honours. - The colours, cased, were, delivered by the senior Captain of the regiment, into the hands of two of the Prince's Aides-du-Camp, these officers conveyed them to His Royal Highness, who presented them to Colonel Bolton and the regiment, accompanied by a speech f delivered in the most elegant and impressive man ner : the worthy Colonel replied to His Royal High. ness, with much feeling—and turning round to the .Ensigns, delivered the colours to them, with a suit able address ; the, regiment then fired three excel. lent vollies—wheeled into open column, and the Prince in review, by half•companies, His Royal Highness haling taken`post opposite the Athxneum, in Church-street. The regiment, immediately af— terwards marched to St. Thomai's Church, ,Where the colours were consecrated, and-an excellent ser mon preached by the Rev. Frodsham Hodion, Chap lain of the corps.. NIS RO.YAL HIGHNESS'S SPEECH TO COLONEL BOLTQ.N. " COLONEL BOLTON, f‘ At any period, I should have felt the greatest readiness to'undertake the Office of presenting these Colours to you r Regiment, whose cot - dud has been so highly meritorious, ever since I have had the command of this Distrid : But, at this crisis, it givei me peculiar satisfadion to place Colours under the safeguard of Gentlemen, who have come forward for - the Defence of their Country with so much zeal, and who haVe Made such_greatexettions to instruct themselves in the Duties of Soldiers, .and to ,perfect themselves in Mili tary DiScipline. " I am happy also to have/an opportunity of publicly ex pressing my entire approbation of the Royal Liverpool Vo. lunteers, and of returning them my thanks, for their loyal and spirited offer of coming on duty, and of marching, on the shortest notice, to any part of tny command. But the ce remony of this day; Sir, affords me a 'still greater gratifica tion : That of testifying to you my great admiration of that patriotism which has consttntly marked your conclua ; that eagerness with which you have at all times come forward to promote the welfare of the . State ; and of those liberal and public-spirited measures, which you are now pursuing, for the defence of every thing that is dear. to Englishmen." " Gentlemen of the Royal Liverpool Volunteers, " It is unnecessary, I am sure, for me to point out to you the sacred duty I this day impose upon you, when I deli- Ner to you these colours, and the important task you under take upon receiving them. " To British soldiers, it is needless for me to say, that death is. preferable to the disgrace that would attend the loss of your colours. " To the gentle Men who so nobly volunteer their services at this eventful epocha, I need not state, that you can make no sacrifice too great fbr the proteaion of your colours ; and that stria discipline, and subordination, are as absolutely requisite as bravery, for their defence, and for the honour of your Corps. " These iniportant farts, ram convinced, are deeply im. pressed upon the mind of- every individual of the Corps..— Whet 4. a entered into our honourable profeSsion, and em. barked in the glorious cause, in which - we are now engaged;- you well N.Veighed-over the duties you undertook, and deter mined to pursue them with firmness, however severe they might prove. --You considered • that you offered yourselves as the guardians of your Religion, of your Laws, of your Liber ty ; and you resolved, when called out, to submit to every difficulty : that you might prove yourselves deserving of that most glorious appellation, you took up ar:ts for the" defence of your Property, your Wives, your Children, and you were well persuaded, that without system and regularity, all your endeavours would be of little avail, and you determined to set flit example of subordination, as well as that of loyalty and zeal.' " I can assure you, Gentlemen, that I shall feel great pride in having yon► under my command, and in leading you against the Enemy, should our inveterate foe attempt to put his threats into execution—and I fee! perfealy confident, that in the field you will display as much bravery and military good conchiel, as you have already manifested loyalty, zeal, and eagerness to render yourselves useful to your King, and to assist - him in his measures for the public good. " My sincere good wishes for your honour and success, Gentlemen, will ever accompany you, and I oder up my fervent prayer to the Admighty to watch over you in battle ; to bless your exertions, and to grant you Glory and Viaory." 'LIEUT. COLONEL BOLTON'S REPLY. " May it please your Royal Ilighness, " In the name of the Royal Liverpool Volunteers, I beg leave to thank your Royal Highness, for the high honour you have conferred upon us this day, by the presentation of these Colours. ' " Proud of your approbation, it will stimulate us, to the discharge of our duty, and we shall obey with alacrity, your Royal Iliglincss's commands, whenever our King and Coun. try require our services." LIEUT. COL. BOLTON'S ADDRESS ON DELIVERING THE COLOURS To. THE RNsiGNS of Tilt REGIMENT. " Brother. Soldiers, " These Colours, presented to us by a brave and virtuous Prince, are rendered doubly valuable. " L commit them, Gentlemen, to your charge—confident, that, animated by such an example, they ‘vill'never be dis honoured by you, or the brave men who now surround us." DUBLIN, J.A.“.; AttY SATURDAY - evening last, about the hour of six o'clock, a number of armed robbers entered at the back of the Rev, Flums's House, near Ardee, and having proceeded to the parlour where the family were, demanded all the fire arms and money in the house. After they-had regaled themseles with wine and a snack, they took from Mrs. Humtc' her gold watch and a guinea and a half note. The villains fired a pistol at Mrs. HUME, which fortunately did not injure her. The Dodor dreading the destruction of his whole family, rushed out of the house, made his way to Ardee, -and called on the Yeomanry, "who in stantly mounted - their•horses and proceeded ‘slith him; but before he reached his house, the robbers had plundered it of various articles of value and fled. — They afterwards went to Fenshog, and robbed several people of their money, watches and wear ing apparel. A patiole of the Colon and Ardee Yeomanry were out ,rtiost past of the night, •and took up several 'suspicious fellows ; one of whom we understand . Dr. ..HIJME has identificd as oncof the villains who robbed -his house. , It is said that Mrs. HO-ME'S watch was found,on him. • Wedoesday, 'three men were brought up to. town prisoners on \ a car, and lodgedinKihnainham Gaoi. It is supposed they ire some of the tail of that banditti, to which Dwyer was leader. STRANGFORD, AN. 8. A few days ago was seized by Wr Lt. I AM BEERS, F.Sti. Coast Surveyor;:and brought- into the River of Strangford, a large smuggling Cutter, called the Maria, pierced for sixteen carriage'guns; wiili a consider - able part of her cargo on board, consisting of tobacco and brandy. The manner in which she was seized should not be concealed from the public, as such ari enterprize hasinot been attempted on any of these coasts, in the memory of the oldest inhabitant : ort the night of the z9th ult..the Maria was discovered, lying at anchor near the mountain foot . (of Mourne) which was communicated ‘to Mr, BE E RS, who assembled some of his Coast Officers and a party of his Yeomen, and formed the resolution to board her before day-light : he dispatched a party, who ,were posted in different places along the -shore, to prevent any person from approaching to give either alarm or signal-to the Cutter's reople, whilst Cap tain B.E tits, with twenty men, pushed, fOrward to the Cutter in three Boats, none of.his party appear ing at the same time, but those that were roving the Boats, as the rest were lying down concealed and when within pistol-shot, were discovered to be hostile to the Cutter's people, who were alarmed . by those upon deck ; but Capt. Be ERs, with' his party in the Boats, kept up such a rapid fire of small arms, and boarded her with. such resolution and determined bravery, that all the hands- belong iog to the Cutter, - twenty.five in number, were drove below, and the seizure of her completed . . There were blunderbusses, and several .stand of small arms, and ammunition in abundance, found on board. - Last Friday morning, at the Bay I-16rse Inn, in Blackburn, a trAveller, from Colne, g ,t up in his Sleep,went out at the wind o w, and. fell into .the yaradjoining; a descent of about seven yards.- : -:- A person who lay in the same room, observed him the . window-curtain, a n d d e lib erate l y open draw ing the window, but naturally supposed it was to see what kind of a morning it was ; his sudden disap pearance, however, obliged him to alarm the house, when on discovering the wanderer, it was found that he had hickily alighted on some very • small coals, which in a great measure had broken his fall, and he had received no other hurt than having the small hone of the left arm broken, and the right leg rather stunned: on the morning after he set off home in a way of recovery. On Saturday se'majght the body of a man was found in the Grea t Canal, about a mile East from Kirkintulloch, Scotland. On being carried into the Town, it was recognized by some of the inhabi tants-to be that of a man who had travelled the country for some weeks pait, seeking employment as a mole-catcher. His watch and, a shirt -were found in his pockets, Widisome papers, from which it appears his name was SAMUEL "TAYLOR. It' is supposed be had lost his way while travelling in the . night. • - - - MAR L Ft FA T.---Toesday 1 )(whey-- man taylor was charged with an assault on Isabella Goodwin. The Prosecutrix,, who is a reSpe&able woman, wag going from a friend's house, about .twelve o'clock on - Monday night, when **Pri soner said, she was the young- body he was lookipg for. He insisted on escorting her, in the.most in decent language, when the Prosecutrix desired hith to leave her,' or she would give him in charge of a watchman. The Prisoner immediately gave her a - desperate blow on the eye, when she ran across the street screaming. The Prisoner ran after I'lo . , and overtaking her in the street, gave her another blow, which brought her to the ground, when he kicked her several times in the stomach. The Prosecutrix was, unable to move , from the spot, but the Pri. sonerWai detained by some persons who were pass ing.- 7 -The defence was, that he was intoxicated:--= He was committed for trial. The Prosecutrix, it is feared, -will be totally deprived of her sight by the first blow. Utz I 0 N .FIA '—:-.;Yesterrlay George Heeles wad • put to the Bar, charged With robbing his master, Wm. IsHAM Epps, E.q. at Camberwell, of.a silver t, tea-pot, and a great variety and number of other silver articles, value near tool.'; together with Some livery clothing, tihle and other linen, ors the evening of the 2. 4 111 instant. The Prisoner had for some considerable time been in the capacity of livery serval t to Mr.: Errs, who he ackhowledged to have behaved to him with great kindness:: His return was not that such conduft de- I served, -for lie.took an opportunity art-Tuesday vf... ternoon to pack up,the plate, liveries, and linen,.the 1 :1 subject of the charge, and endeavour to make his way to London. . Mr. DoLs•E, the coach master, ! perceiving ,the size of • the 'bag, near two bushels, the weight, and the rattle of it, was, suspicious, and corning up to Mr. Wades, the Golden Lion, caused a constable to be sent for, who took him into custody. - Him and 'the. bundle were then put into the coach, and were driven to Sir JOH N FIN. Itoa NE'S house. • Heeles was committed to the county gaol for further examination, for which'pot- l pose h e was yesterday morning biought up. • Mr. Epps appeared and proved his property :in' the articles found on the Prisoner : all the .oth ,r i i ( necessary proofs were made, and-he was fully com-r mitted to the c.:::Anty gaol, fur trial at....the next Assizes. Saturday a man named -Trwetd was examined :ati . die . Worship,street Police-Office, charged ‘ ,, i(11 hav ing - -stolen a box, containing various articles of wear-. -ing apparel, 'from a person .named Scott. Tweed was drinking in the Pitt's Head .public-house, Old street, whena small terrier dog entered, and seeing the Prisoner, instantficW at him:' The circum stance was so marked, as to excite the observation and suspicion of- the landlord, who knowing the dog to 'belong to Scott, he sent for him, and s c otc, on his. arrival recognized .the coat which Tweed wore-to be one of- those Which had been stolen-ftour He-was taken into custody ; and the pawn brcket's tickets .which were found. in hi s possession,, have - led ,to the 'discovery of several whir 'of th! articles; Many may' have Leard of Fott Tu NAT os's `Vtskt' CAP, as an..ideal symbol of W,alth, t h e rea tiO r of - which is now pos4essed by the Public in the pre' sent Lottery; which performs full as much .pratttic3 l ' ly as the cap did theoretically, affluence being oil' posed to the trifle adventured.. Tickets, are yet under twenty_Pounds, notwithstanding th 6 wheel is so rich, i t see'"'' The Lottery is now uncommonly rich, and Ih e . price of Tickets and Shares moderately cheap, %ac t) , compared with the following State of the Wheel 2 Prizes Of 20,000 4 Prizes-of r,oeo .Sou 5,000 2,000 &c. scc.scc. ._.. , Tickets and Shares, warranted-undrawn, may 'h e had until Saturday morning next, at both the Office s ' of 'f. BISH, 4., Cornhilf, and 9, Charing-cross. ,',' The first drawn Ticket next Saturday is entitle d to '20;0001. r . , , TWENTY THOUSAND POUNDS Will be ' a prctt breakfast for whoever gets the first drawn Ticic c next Saturday ; but should the holder of a Ticke r `" miss the breakfast, he may get Twenty ThousilT 7 Pounds for dinner ; for there are two Twenty ThO e sand Pound Prizes : one that must be drawn t' first Ticket on Saturday, and the other, in all Pr Q ; bability, soon after.—At present Lottery Ticke t ( ere mod .rate in price, considering the richness °, the Wheel ; 'but we p resume t h e y w ill r i se c 0 0 5" derably before Saturday next., BIRTH. On Thursday evening last, the Lady of Bernard DeV/ Cs ' ' E sq . of Wel!sbourn, Warwickshire, :of a Son. , I DIED. F l e a f ' On Thursday last, Mr. Cart er, of t he Bolt-in-Tun f . street. • • iA" Last week, Mrs. Nort n,. of Tamworth, aged 31, winow of the late key. VC, alter Rose Norton, . 0 ut l'olesworth, WarwicUtire. ' of At Waterford, Mrs. Catherine Walsh, aged fifty-five; of. some months she had been allfieted with the dropsY,; of which she had been tapped eighteen tunes since the 200 0 5 I anuary, i1 , ,3, and Ihe extraordinary quantity of 426 V*, 1 pint of water taken off. Staffordsb 0,, 3 15: At Kingston, tamale:l, of the yellow fever, , on , the qr, o,•,l:Jl•ser last, Mr. William Howe, son of the late Rev• " William Min of Skiling. At Douse, on the iSter loth inst. r Mr. William Cunning,ll3l-°:4 late of the Excise. Elio - r At the Mans:. of Elton, on the -'lll instant, M r s : er o Beth Gordon, spouse of the Key. Thomas faite, Mini st Ellen. In Westmoreland, Jamaica, Mr. Colin Blyth, in the 4°l year of h is v q r. tol l ' , At Leith, on the tzth instant, Mrs. Cecilia Wwigh , , oc et fect otte r, relish of the late Mr. Th o mas ‘VaU.,6O, g' there. h 31 . , -on tic 16th instant, at li re dish o hn e House, in t - e i,tta . year of his age, of 4n apop t.xy, Mr. Robert Haig , there. SHIP NE IPS. GRAVESEND, JAN. 24. Passed by—the Peace, Swain, from Messina ; ..s u pn 0 10 , Sally, Sarjeant, from St ; Alichael t s ; Sarah. and Elizabe r Johnson, And Geode Sullen, Willan, from Embden. Sailed—the Ann and Peggy, foile, lot Dublin.