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_ Lil'V REPORT. COURT OF KING's BENCH. TTINCS BErOI4E LORD KENYON Ai'lo A SIECIAL JUI IN GUILDRALL, LONDON THE KING V. OwEN AND A*OTHER." Linz:: tided fi ciK cur Pater of Mmutly last.) Mr. ERSKINE addressed the Jury on behalf of the. Defendant, Owenand,,made some observations on the value of reputation, and, of the improba bility .f the Defendants, who. stood so high_ in trade, forfeiting that reputation, and - consigning . themselves .to ignominy, as assuredly they did, if they were guilty. But he was instructed they.were not, and .to call evidence to shew they purchased great part of this copper in the usual way of trade. He acknowledged the proi , riety of prosecutions like this, fol the purpose_ of heating down the enor , moils enihezzlenients .rif the Public Stores, which be - . admitted to , be as the Attorney General had stared, but he trusted his Client would ,be found innocent in this case. Mr; GURNEY then followed Mr. ER,KINE, and -a(i-lressed the Jury on behalf Of the Defmdant Mar el , submitted, that, at all events, there was nothing in the case to fix on his Client a guilty knowledge that these stores, found in the warehouses in his absence, were stores belonging to His Majesty. The Learned Counsel then proceedert 7 to call Wit nesses, some to the charaaer of the Defendants, and some to fans supposed to he important in the cause. Mr. Pembryn said—" I know Mr. Owen ; be -was in my 'uncle's counting-house. I do not re member Me whole of the time, but I believe for upwards -Jf Runty years ; he was there .until he went into trade for himself, I believe. do not know how long he hay been in business in Hounds_ ditch. lam perfenly ignorant of his charaaer. I never heard my uncle speak of his charaner." Thomas Wood—" I know Mr. R. Owen, I have been acquainted with him, I should suppose, better than-twenty-five years—l knew him before he was .clerk to me. He conduced himself perfectly to my. satisfadion ; he was_ clerk to 'me fourteen years ago. I hove sometimes semi. him since, and, as far as I know . , he has preserved a good charader."— cro s3 .examination, the Witness said, ' 6 Mr. Osvt:n is an intelligent man, a man of busineSs; per.. fealy so, one of the first in - the trade." Mr. John 161)415cm- 7 " I have been acquainted with Mr. Oven about twentv.two years. His. charaiFter has always been exceeding good ; as a mo_ ral good manond an honest man." Cross-examin ed, he said, !! be agreed with Mr. Wood, in think ing that . M r .. •wen was a very intelligent man of t)tOness, certainly so." . . Mr. Lodge—" I have been acquainted with Mr. Owen about twenty-six years, during which time be has borne the chardaer of a very upright ho. nest man,".., James Shears, • a copper-smith and brazier—" I have been in trade forty years, or somewhere there away ;;I am a copper-stnith,f but as to the King's mark, am not very, well acquainted with it; but Ihave seen it to - this'sort of copper and the mark I have seen that before—but not these pieces,. except before the Lord Mayor." CroSs-%!xamined, he said, ' 6. I have seen thr, mark (the broad arrow) bout I have bought but little of it myseif. I have seen it.ar ..MesA.s..Wiliiiutts's, in Thinnes-streer, they are contradors ; at Miles and Co's. they are . contractors too. I do not dei.l with other .ware houses. I Will not swear I never saw this marked topper in any other -warehOuse than at that of these contradors. I have not frequently seen such copper as this at the warehouses of Messrs. Owen and Mar - dell, for I have not frequently been there—l . have seen it there." [Here the Learned Counsel repeat - edly put the question to the Witness, whether he had-seen souse of the copper now exhibited frequent ly in the -Defendants' 'warehouse, and threatened to, have his answers taken down, for the purpose of .ha dog him indiaed for perjury if he did not an. saver direaly.]. He said he had not, for he.had not often been there. ; The Learned Cnunsel then made the Witness _point out some pieces ofcopper on which the King's mark had-been defaced, and made him describe the way in which it was done. The Witness said:— " the way it is done—l never do it myselfHthe mark is beat out—this was beat'out with a hammer (pointing at a piece), God knows how they do it, I never saw one done ; I never purchased any Cop_ per from Chatham, I dn, not recoiled I ever did, I do not recoiled I had ever any froM there in my life." Neither sheets or bolts 7 -nor any From Apt ford—nor from Portsmouth? said Mr. GAttßow. —No. - Q. What is the name of your last Correspondent of whom you bought copper ? . A. The last I bought of was Mr. Missing. [The same,as the Defendants were charged with dealing with unlawfully.] - - Lord KENyON-" You cannot ask the Witness qtie'stions to convict himself." The Witness was further examined,-and he would not' swear that he ever saw at the house of Williams and Co's. or any ocher house that had a contraCt with Government, copper with the mirk of the Broad Arrow, and the month of the issuing it from the Dick.yard as' in this case, March qpi. Mr. GARROW said, he could not . see it, for .they never had i,ny such. • - Mr. Ware—" I have known Mr. Owen between nine and ten years—What I have known of him I -always unders•ood to be veil good." Mr. GURNEY called a Witness to the charaaer - -of the Defendant nada— Goodenoup--7‘ , I lived in. Bishopsgate street, just where Mr. Mardell served his appren ticeship. I knew him an apprentice ; he was a friend of mine many years ; between zo and 3o years ; he has borne a very, honest, just charatier— If he had wanted any money, he should have had it of me at any time." The ATTORNEY GE NER AL—" Gentlemen of the Jury, I 'shall trouble you. with but a very few words indeed by :'way of reply ; for I will not de grade your understanding so much, nor that of any person - who hears me, and who has heard the Evi_ dence, so far as to suppose that much by way of reply i necessary, or by supposing that, there Can be the least balance or hesitation in your minds, re speding the guilt of the two individuals whose cases are now_ before you.—l cannot however, stiffer a case like this, which is such a - fiand'cr f on.the Pub lie—such ap utter defiance of moral duty in the So ciety in which we lis c—such a staring as l 'of fiigacy in individuals ; endeavouring to enrich selves by plundering the Pub]:;., to pass , without another word.—As to the readiness with , which the Defendant slimed his warehouse, on which.there is so much stress I t aid, I would say, that while conceal ment was in the Defendants' opinion, available to them,.in a state of concealment they kept the pro perty.—The Defendant Owen did not resist the search of the Officer it is true, hut he knew that resistance would be fruitless, for the Officers." , ;vould have searched whether he , was willing or not, and the readiness with which he apparently acquiesced' .in the search, is only one of the - features which belong to the compound charader of fraud by which the whole is denominated That fraud in its upon the *Nation is enormous, and calls'alo , :d for suppression.- 7 [Here he made some' observations on, the &trader that had been 'given to Mt: Owen, and also some strong animadversions on . the Evi_ dence of one of the Witnesses, as 'it related to his own conduit, and took occasion to observe that the offence charged in this IndiCtnient was ope in which too many tradesmen of a „certainscresc:ription were concerned, and those too of a'high class.]---:He then -took a view of .. the case as it applied -to Mr. -Maiden, and insisted that the letter signed " Paul," at Maidstone, found' in Mardell's pocket, proved his guilt. He reprobated, in , the strongest terms, the contents of that letter, implying, in one part of it, that_ Paul expected his acquittal dirough , the. iniquity . Of a pack'd Jury fron . i . the neighbourhood of Chatham—an insult on . the administration of Justice,. and, at the same . time, a proof that the offence here complained•or was a thing growing out of an extensive Confederacy among persons .in a certain trade, some, of which only had appeared to:day ; but .the objed of which trial was to put an end to such practices. He ad.. mitred, thatt if t hi s C ase h a d, an y d ou b t a b out it, the Jury might acquit the Defendants'; but he con tended, not only that the' Defendants were mani festly guilty upon the Evidence, but that it was also a Case of enormous wickedness ; for the more extensive this fraud was committed, the more must necessarily be the burthen'of the State upon the ho nest and inthistrious part of the community, in their contribution towards the support of the State, and which the People of this Country bore with an alacrity aid vigour proportioned to the exigency by which it was Occasioned,*but which they, could not be expelled .to continue if suck radices' as those of which the Defendants were accused, and now proved to be guilty, were to pass' unnoticed, and Th.t delinquents were to remain unpunished.— Tie Defendants had had the advantage of an able defence; but no talents or skirl of an 'Advocate could hide the gUilt of the Defendants, and the Ver did of the Jury•would.be that which toe justiceof the Case demanded. Lord K E Y . O N said, he had taken' - notes, of the whole of the EvidenCe in this Case, which he would read to the Jury if :hey thought necessary ; but the Jury signified to his Lordship that they wished to spare hint that tyeruble. lii Lordship then made a' few observations on the irripovtanee of this Pfosecu tion and of the utiliiy °fit' to the Pubiie, and left the test entirely to thejury—who found the De. fendants Lord KENYON—" The - Legislature has, fromlinie to time, perhaps, done the best that-could be done for the public. interest at large upon this as well as upon other sublets. But, upon my word,, I do think that an end should he put to the dealing with these Dock-yards, for, 'at, all events, it is a dan gerous dealing. These Stores should not be sold at all under any pretence : but I need say no more—the affairs of the Admiralty are in very good hands." The ATTOR NEY-GENERAL—" I believe, my Lord, that a Bill - will bc proposed in Parliament early in the next Session, to put an end to all deal irig with Dock-yards for any of these Stores." One of the Gentlemen of the Jury said—" It cannot be an honourable dealing at all." NAILOR V. STOKES. This Mtion, according to Mr. ERSKINE, was brought by the Plaintiff w recover the alue of t+ bags of coffee, which were brought from America by the Defendant, who was the Captain of an Ame rican ship, and consigned to the Plaintiff. This coffee was lost by pillage, after it came into the River Thames. The Plaintiff had-employed a Lighterman to go alongside, to bring on shore a large quantity of coffee. The lighter was detained alongside three days, before an the coffee was deliVered into the lighter; and it appeared, that during all that time no person belonging to - the lighter .attended, in consequence of which the loss happened. - The Plaintiff contended that, by the custom of the River, the coffee was under the care of the ship till it was all delivered into The lighter ; and that the Lighter man, who only received 3d. per bag for carrying it from the ship to the shore, was not liable for pil lage, but only for any misconduet in the navigation of his craft, or far any injury the goods might re ceive while they were on board .such lighter. - Mr. MINGAY, on the part of the Defendant, contended, that as .this lighter was sent by the Plaintiff, he ought to have sent men to watch the property in the lighter till it was all delivered ; and that the Captain of the ship, who knew nothing of the Lighterman, had nothing to do with it, after it was out of his ship: From the evidence, however, it clearly appeared that, by the custom of the. River, the Plaintiff was entitled to recover. Mr. CHAMPION, one of the Gentlemen of the Jury, said, it was the uniform. custom ; but he thought it was a very bad custom. Mr. MINCAY said, since the Gentlemen of the Jury were clear as to the existence of thecustom, it was in vain for him to contend against it.---Verdi for the Plaintiff; 931. is. 6d. • PRICE 0 VEATE STOC'KS, Bank Stock slrut, Navy's per Cent. toz i 102 5 per Cent. t 79.7, shut" Irish 5 per Cent. 96 ex. div. 4 per Cent. Cou, shut 3 per Cent. Red. shut 3 per Cent. Con. 674 71 . 4 Ditto Scrip Bank Long A nn . s h u t Ditto Short Ann. shut Ditto Scrip _ RDAY. India Stock Excklequer Bills6s. tos. dis. New ditto Mew S. S. Stock 3 per Cent. i7.;t, Omniurn 2t 20.: s a 1 . Imper. 3 per Ccnt. 66/ 7 Ditto Atm. 12. 13-16 /5-16 Bank for Op. dz India for Op. 2ii; Consols for Oct 68 6& WHEN Professional Men of Education and Responsibility deviate from the .general System by the selection of a peculiar branch, the sandion of .kng con tinued success is 'the best criterion of superiority. Light years have I devoted my pradice to the exclusive treatment of Three Disorders, and the successful result of my plan gives me additional ardor to oppose, as far as I am abk,, the ravages of those Complaints which are thetnost important in the Catalogue'of Human Infirmities. After initiation- into every Branch,' as alt Army Surgeon, I formed a wish at an early period of Pradice to rescue in dividuals from the ignorance of uneducated men, or the equallY dangerous precipitancy of general Praditioners. The Three Disorders, to the Cure of which I have de voted my attention, comprise every species of. VENE REAL I NFECTION, Avhether of a recent or bong du, ration 2dly, All kinds of debility, whether arising from the habits of school-hlys, or the indulgences of mature age And, lastly, that derangement of the systein in wo men which is called BARRENNESS, or ST ER I LIT Y. •Numerous - Diseases are the result. of ignorance, or haste in the ticatment of a simple Gonorrhcea; and it not tm frequently happens that the seeds of Life are pOisoned by the indiscretion of an unguarded hour.---By a'superior me thod such Coinplaints are easily cured; and, even where others have failed, I trust that I imay presume to radiCal re-estittilislimcnt. Few, however, arc the cases of Complicated distress in this : disorder, compared. with the calamitous situations of Men, i'ho, from an indulgence in a_ solitary , vice, or the prevalent gaietieS of a' fashionable life, acquit& that State of Debility, which is the unavoidable consequence of such pernicious habits. Where the unhappy sufferer broods over his misery, but carefully cone eals his misfortune; it may be some conso lation for to know, that although it be an object of• doubt or uncertainty with other I.' - raditioners, the removal of these Deficiencies by the gradual progress of Renova tion, is the acquirement of Tay Experience. If the rites of Bacchus or Venus,. have 'began to reduce- Manly vigour, much 'anxiety will 4e 'prevented -by[ an early Counterac tion of this languid State ; and in these caws, no great difficulty will occur. • But where this Deficiency has for years existed, a proper perseverance is indispensably requisite to revive the slum bering Sparks of Lite, and to re-animate the COnstitutibn. M ARR I ED WOMEN, whO have long been disappointed in their expedations of a Family,. may be assured, that in most instances, such defeds are curable by Medical skill. The 'secresy which' is so essential to my undertaking, . and the qualifications which 1 have presumed to state, tiarin the basis of my pretensions, and in coincidence with such this intimation is given, that Mr. B. may be consulted personally, or by ,Letters (inclasing a small Note), at his house No. 29, Mu - mid • street, Strand, near Temple Bar, • -- t4 -1 .-There is an additional Entrance in Water -street, adjoining, and the Name is on both the doors. M. Member of the Royal College of SurgeonS. IN THE V - TeII 4 ,I",'Y.OF - BAT TO BE SOLD IN AUCTION, By Mr. cligislm, At his Great Room in On THURSDAY, 0 - cl&tzr 22, at Twelve o'C/ocic, ANor;LE itnd ,SPACIOUS. STONE BUILT MANSION, with roomy S'T'ABLING for Six Horics , double COI; CII , HOUS , !xtensive, attached and detache d OFFICES of .every description suited. to the- Mansion and the capital Farm, excellent• KITCHEN GARDEN, with lat . :) , Walls, well planted with •the-thoicest Halt Trees iu full bearing; PINERY,. PEACHERY, GRAPE; N' , MELON-GROUND, IC E-HO US E, &c. seated on a beau' tiful - LAWN, in the midst of & PADDOCK of abou t TWENTY ACRES of RICH LAND, fringed with PLANTATIONS, called " BALLBROOK- LODGE,. situated in the PARISH .e( BATH- EASTON, in the COUNTY of SOMERSET, fozining a displayer E levatio 3 on the rich Architet - tutal Stile, hhppily clowning Dui . Erni nence-with *midescribable Pidure4lue Prospeth, encircic 3 by the River Aeon, Prior Park, City of Bath, &c. - . The -Interior Apartments :f:3 capacious, well cormeacilf or just Ptoportions., :old finished with simplC EleKance ; the Domestic Offices - ate fully competent and judiciously al . ' ranged, and, the whole k*ranises.ate Wrost amply with FIN E WATE.P..; - suited for the immediate reception of a large. Family., _ _ A 'sosurrounding' the Premises, a CAPITAL COMPACT FARM, with a-FAR M-HO USE, and suitable Out-Red ings, .and t 32 Acres of Rich,-Arable, Meadow, and Pastur , %• Land,-, let otk'to a respeetable Tenant, with power to resume POsses'sion of Go Acres, f . requ i red.' Particulars may be had of the Printers of the Bath as& Bristol Papers ; Castle, Marlborough ;- 'Stacie's Hotel, %Vey' mouth;. Mr. Richardson's Land ) Agency-Oflice, Place, Rath ; Mr. Webb, ChertseV ; Messrs. Aldrich .tori Smith, Solicitors, Lincoln's-I nn; Rainbow, Cornhilli anti in Pall-Mall.. A Person attenff; to spew "lino . Premises, which may viewed, with Tickers, to be had of Mr. Richardson aria of Mr. Christie, who is empowered 'to receive Proposals bf Private Contras . . SIiIZOPSI-TIRE. TO BE SOLD - BY AUCTION . , • By Mr.iCHRTSTIE, Atthe Lion Inn, at Newport;-in theGvunty of S.-an:-1, On TRU R S DAY, •the 2.9 th instaht, In sundry desirabloand very eligible -Lots, Tei HEyvll-known and beautiful 'Est f 3te of,CT-17 7. - WYND, with its . I‘lano•rsand Royalties, pie, stocked and abounding with Gaine and ,fish ; situaiLxi —• • joining, the Market ToNtm of Newport; on theold•ChcL Road, and distant front Lono.c.z about one hundred aittl,fcrtY" five miles, called-- CHETWYND HALL. • The'Estate consists .of a capital Mansion, with suitable attached and detached Offices ; Garden, Pleasure Grounds,' walled Park, Plantations, and several eligible Farms, and Cottages, free of„ Land Tax, the.greater Part Tithe Free, ana exceeding low in its .Ratcs-to the Poor` • Particulars are now preparing, and may, be had. of the Printers of the Shrewsbury ChrOnlCle and Chester Cour ant, Birmingham.; Chronicle, Liverpool.; Phcenix, ao4 the Staltbrdshire Advertiser; also at the Lion, Newport ; of Messrs. Strong and Still, Lincoln's Inn ; Messrs. Shawesf Great Bridge-street, Black Friars ; Rainbow Cotke-house,, Cornhill ; and of Mr. - Christie, Pall -Mall, where a Pfau ot the Estate, as lotted, May be sten. • PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS ON NATIIRE. LONDON :_Printed by BUCHANAN WMILLAN, (of Bow-street, Coved-Carden); and Published by y -road,' Westminster), At the SuN.O.rFicE, No. in, Strand ; where Adv 4 .rtisimextl, Orders for the Paper, Leltet:s for the EX/6Y,, &c. 0011f -p - aid), inu•St be addressed; THE first and • rincipal Duty of A Physician 1 . 4, thc attaining •_ art , oI distinguishing the cause of the Disorder, particularly those that are most general and fatal in the - Distrid of his Pradice. The knowledge of the 61- ferent qualities of Medicines should lil‘ewise be his peculiar' caie, since Without this important inforthation it is impossi ble for him to be able to successfully relieve the various Dii`' orders incident to the human frame. That Dr. Brodtim particularly made these two grand objects_. his study, is ply confirmed, by the astonishing success .that has attendee , the administration of his BOTANICAL SYRUP and NER VOUS CORDIAL ; several of the most dire calamities of human nature having subsided by their adoption, and the Constitution attained an energy and power positively beyond the expectation of the most sanguine. ON NERVOUS DISORDERS.. The animal spitits being the principal seat of.knOwledge, gives immediate judgment between pain_and pleasure ; t medium • of seeing, hearing,- tasting, smelling, and foeling: but the mind, or aohnal.. spirits, can ir must t c u i -o s o:n7i b e - tieliv:eas carried i o t e l r ia ) g e a r t n o t s .e i a l :: gri N e 'V f. he i n oy o'ne Bc p c ers a o n i d i imbibing in v f i eVa t nhe r prime seat of knowledge, by sonic one of the senses: Thui when any hurt,. surprise, infe6lion, &c. reaches the artjuial "spirits, the antipathy of .the nerves ms evident from the 00' lent irritation - produced in every 'musi:le and artery 'of tfle , frame. This demor,strates- that • the nerves areirnmediatelf tinter the goVernment of the mind, and their surprising cility of attion is elucidated - by dr.: qUickness with v'!" catch- a flying ball, orgbard our heads froman imperail blow. That-the mind is in •all these cases directing the , tion of the nerves, is evidently conspicuous from their derful energetic and instantaneous-operation. The Botanical Syrup and•Nervous-Co4ial, to be Dodoes House, No. 9, Albion-street, eyou doors :roar Leverian Museum, Blackfriar's•-brilge, at is. 6d. and ss. 6d. (Duty included) ; and of 'E. Ner , .: - corner of St. Paul's Church-yard; jebotilt • afid C Bacon), No. 150, Oxford-street ; Medici; .• house, N.o. 76, °xi - Ord-street ;. 'Baster, Edinburgh ; Tolzey, Bristol ; R zad, Vine -street, Bristol ; Glasgow,; Chalmers, Ailierdeen; Tutt, and Boulton,_l4.i' d '• Exchange; . Collins, Salisbury; Spilsbury and - Co. Mar}"' street, Dublin; W. Magee., Belfast, and M. Davies, Corgi Lreland ; likewise 1.1 . Peck, Hull, and Rainnent,:Bookset lers,•Hambro' ; and in the Coluatry, of all , Pfiuters,,Bocl•i- - , sellers, and Venders of Meclicires three Kingdoms,. •_, To THOMAS 'FAYE() R, ESQ. Dear Sir, Na. 9, New Brklge-Strect, I-FEEL it a Duty incumbent-upon me, to , infoos you of the very great and extraordinary Cure I have -re ceived from your invaluable Medicine, L E AK E's PAT EN I. PILLS. . _ . About two years ago; I was attacked with a VEN ER E.'; 7 ' D ISO RD E R,.which I treated rather slightly for soot tint: , but the Disease at length spreading all over my body, apply mostatotrdheedionytemporaryi l eminent . 9 the bl i ig t ed ass t i o stane e troc• through various Courses of S:livation, and irons beim; rathor of a corpulent habit, was reduced to a me re skele tol. Tt. Ulcers that spread all over my Limbs rendered me a com itot-;the relict Fact Faculty, vee but n t plete. Objed, so that my Friends despaired.of tny recovery`- When brotight to this situation, 1, considered death as inevi table, but a relation - Of mine commenting upon the rtiaal' Cases in which your Pills had succeeded, I was induced to; try a Dix of them, which I t hought rather relieved me, all': by persevering /Or two or three months, and following vo''' directions, l experienced the roost unaccountable relaXatiaf h from. pain, the - sores gradually subsiding ; I am.now , God, perfectly recovered, and ,tvalking . out daily: I doubt • not, but one more box, which 1 think cautious to take, viti' establish my health in its original state. _ It is with the most heart-felt gratitude, that I subscri myself, Sir, your much obliged, humble Servant, ~ Deansgate, Manchester, july P EARS(}' P. S. For the public benefit, do not object to the abov ° being published,. but leave you to ad as your own betted judgment shall didate. Prepared and Sold by the sole Proprietor, Taos YL 6R Member of the Royal Col legt•of Surgel lsl London, at his 'House, No. 9, New Bridge-street Where, after a Constant residence of more than Thirty- 51- - Years, in a pradiCe. particularly -direded to the Cure .Venereal Complaints,. and those incidental toshe 1'411 6 °. Generation in both Sexes with that inviolable secret.' , which Men of his Profession' should zlw . a.ys observe. It'g flatters himself, the,"zeivice and assistance he gratuital, s ; ly administers to Persons taking' thiS Medicine, will esteemed by a discerning Public,' as an advantage seldaa i . to be obtained, and Void of ambiguity. f Also sold; by his Appointment, tpr the convenience , ‘, 3 ' , those living at a distance,. at the Perfumer':, No. 3s, St. 21 : 1 „, ban's-street, Pall Mall • the Toyshop, No. 103,- Oxtb Ar , street ; Mr. Disboroudt's, No. 7, Fish-street-hill ; , Steel's, Bookseller, -No. 1, Union-Kow, Little Tower-lull,' - Mr. Watson's South-bridge, Edinburgh; Mr. Callwell'r.., Dublin ; Mr. Billinv's, Liverpool ; Mr. Atkinson's',. 3 . l3 % chester ; and by.one Person in every considerable Tow n .l, .Great Britain and Ireland, in Boxes of only zs. e ac j: scaled• up with full and plain diredions, whereby peron s n - d, either sex may cure therhselves with ease, speed, secrecy , a safety. •ith N. B. Every Box sold in Gieat Britain is sealed+ ill ) a stamp, on which, by favour of the eommissoners, is rj; e „. ed, the Stamp-dllice, "T. Taylor, No. 9, New 13 "1. street," w to imitate which is Felony, and all others are .co terleit. Saliitatioz of Sneetierse:—STßA-DA has w-ritten a Dissertation on Sneezing.: he proves from,PiTito- NUTS and APULEIUS, that. the custoffi of'blessing Sncezers was establishettamong..the - Romans . ; from A - Rts'rENETus and HIPPOCRATES, that it prevailed among the:Greeks ; and—from the - Bible, that it pre-existed among the Jews : bu't It; is content to . leave - in its ancient uncertainty the cause of a prac tice, to account.for whose origin has vainly puzzled the ency - clopedic , information both of PLINY and of 'ARISTOTLE. Now for ,a pinch of. snuir—and soave attention (cbisha to the .associated . recolleaiOns, - which the consequent sternutation' , calling up. 'When do I usually snee•ze ?.. - On - `applying strong odours" to the nose. When else ? During the acme of that stimulation, , which succeeds to a seasoned ner and 'a cheering pint-; as C,LEMEN3 ALEXENDIO NUS also had long ago Observed. Wilco. else ? If I sit unscreensd with my. back to the fire—and . if 1 walk without- my hat into the sun_ The inference from_ these phenomena seems to be, that sneezing indiCates ovcr-aftion, super_irritation, hyper-paroxysm ; and that it is peculiarly charac teristic of that excessive excitement,.. which is pro duced by the sudden or profuse radiation of heat or light on the face, head, or back. . - The disease called - in France coup,de.soleil is the after-weakness, or indite& debility,, which suc ceeds to this peculiar form of excitement ; it is in ail Elot countries very common, and often fatal. If, therefore, sneezing be naturally 'symptomatic of thecoup-de-sVeii,- and a usual harbiriE,crof 'its ap proach, it would, in all hot countries, . almost i:,_ evitably beconsidered'as a prognostic—a 3 omi, nous of danger:, it wo;_lid consequently provoke.a 'Wish in every hurnant• bystander, that the head aches and other symptoms of heli a c a l injury might not ensue. The 1.1 1 .)6 or salve thus addreSsed to those who sneeze from sun-shine, being an expression of real benevolenee, would soon, become a regular form of civility. The prance of such address would next be extended; by • the apish, inanity of polite ness,. to the voluntary.provoked sneeze, and to the triumphant sneeze of culminating intoxication ; and would at last be exported to those chilly . clithates, where to Sneeze-is never the fore-runner of danger, but rather the mark of a wholesome sensibility of fibre. SHIP NEIfS. GRAVESEND, OCT. 5. Sailed—the Sarah, Cornish, for Surinam ; Eugene, for - Stettin - ; Jonge Maria; for Antwerp; and jonge Port, —, tor Amsterdium • . Passed byth4: Middleton, Rankin, and Union, Metcalf, frorri Surinam ; Grjsthorpe, , from Petersburglt ; Unity, Paterson, and Norw.:y , Miller, frOm Norway ; Ann, Naylor, from Trinidad ; Cnarles, Davidson, from Almerla ; Aaaphion, Wright, from formica, and Adeon, Barnes, from Rita.' MARRIED. . At ,Dumfries, Major M'Murdo, to Miss Wilson, daughter of late Capt. Jonn IVilson,,of.th;: Queen's Ranger .11ra.- goons, Charlestown. At Huntly, on the 7.°th - ult. - George Davidson, Esq. Cap tain Lieutentant of the 92d Regiment, to Miss Forsyth, daughter of the late-Alexander Forsyth, Esq. DIED. - On Saturday last„ in his 6r:it year, Peter Dalmedico, Esq of Abingdon-street, 'Westminster: t)ll•Vie 23t11 ult. Mrs. Shergold, wife of fames Shergold, Esq. of Middlesex. On Tuesday, the 22d vit. at Volihot, Wilts, aged 73, the Rev. Benjamin Blaney, D. D. Canon of Christ Church R:!gius Professor of Hebrew in the University of Oxford, an t i Rectqr of Pol shot. On the 24,11 ult. at Edinburgh, Major Robeit Wallace, of the 17rh*Regiment •ol Foot,- eldest son of . '-Alexander Wal lace, Esq. Banker there. . . thei of ti be the into rary his rc It ot a. step^ ot ti e 4 Ti l . utei rqt- r , ter F L Sep, SC? of - All ber, 1 . . Sep P . om o ve ter J Thay .and 0% - V1 _ . eorif from the ~: