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personage had been principally implicated, and had even condescended to purchase for the elder , daugh ter, and to take into her own charge;a present-in tended by the young lady for a male person, who, as the narrative leaves it to be supposed, was a co-operator in this religious conspiracy.—Mr. LOVEDAY removed his daughters on the - 3cl of November, but his niece was permitted to re main a week longer; a week which, by the zeal of !Mademoiselle liEnour. and her pious asso ciates, was indeed most preciously employed, for during the short space of four days this betrayed and miserable child, in the fever of superstitious excitement, and the heat and trepidation of a re sistance to . delegated paternal authority, was im piously hurried through, .the successive rites of baptism, confirmation' a)4 partaking in the . holy communiil4,.. `T.Ot.*:a . :%-Week of her return 'the elder. clanOter pf..',14i;. -- f:,ovEDAy departed from her father's bonse, and:placed herself in such concealmentas defeated the most anxious inquiries for the space of a month. Mlle. REBOUL re ceived the unhappy parent with reproaches, and, it may easily be imagined, afforded him no as sistance. Application was made to the King's ATTORNEY, and this Officer, having inquired into the transaction, replied " that Mlle. REBOUL had acted fairly ; that Miss LOVEDAY was twenty-one years of age ; and that it was a deli cate and difficult affair." The Commissary of Police appears to have seconded the exertions of Mr. •LOVEDAY with considerable zeal, but with oat effect. Meanwhile the fugitive was playing with her father's anxiety by sending him letters, bearing at one time the post-mark of Ostend, at another that of Amiens; while the infant convert and:communicant, living in discontented submis- Zion to her uncle's authority, was privately corre spending with her cousin, and was therefore, as it should seem, acquainted with the place of her re ' treat. It was through the means of the British Em bassy that Mr. LOVEDAY at last received tidings of 111 g daughter, who-was then at the house of a re mpectable :Catholic Gentleman, M. JEEININGIIANI.. i tidifferent to the supplications or authority of her father, she at first refused to place herself again - .under his care, and after a long and dis- tr essinc , b contest, only promised to return to him t he next day, that she might gain an opportunity , of eloping before the appointed time. She was again restored to her father, who in vain at , te mpted to soften her obdurate spirit, by per mittiqg her to attend the'rites of the religion she ha d chosen. She once more fled from - his house, and took refuge in the Convent of the Congrega ic'n de Notre Dame. Hither she was followed ,"9 her father brother, cousin, and sister ; the Superior at first denied her being in the house ; but ort a repetitio n of visits by this unhappy farniii, she took t the' more- effectual precau tion Of consigning them t o th e Commissary of Police and a military guard. The eldest daughter of Mr.LovEDAY looked on with a smiling countenance while the Bens-d'armes made him their prisoner; and in the midst of their bayonets, 4 3 lie relates the story, he bound himself by an undertaking for the maintenance of this young lady in a life of devotional retirement commenced under such happy auspices.—After making fruit less applications to some of the highest civil and e cclesiastical authorities, this injured gentleman, as a last resource, addresses himself, by petition t 0 the Chamber of Deputies. Such are the principal facts of this . narrative, W hen divested of some declamation, which, if in tended for a British audience, might be pro nounced extremely injudicious ; and of many general reflections, which, when supposed to come °Q I an Englishman, and a father relating such a story, are, to say the least, frigid and mis placed. We have not dwelt upon the insinua tien that cc Princes of the Church, Prelates Placed iiear the Throne," have lent themselves to this degrading intrigue, because we cannot "niprehend, until it is more explicitly stated, h a!‘" persons deeply interested in the welfare of t he Government, and the stability of the national I t eligion,should be blind enough to engage in pro ceedings 'of such high political impolicy, and so di sgraceful to the religion which will even ac cept of proselytes acquired under such circum stances, much more promote and sanction such methods of bringing them in.—We call this a Ikoceedin g of great political impolicy, because 41 1 transactions are so which tend immediately t° destroy the foundation of social confidence be tween two nations in the daily habit of-arni ca), • nile Intercourse, though the facts should not be t4 ;auch a kindas to disturb their mutual public • c hiffons. What satisfaction the Government of France may be able to render the complainant in th is case, we cannot tell ; the mischief done is certainly irreparable by the act of any state or public body in the world. No Monarch, or I °use of Assembly, or Court of Justice, can restore fallen integrity, or revive decayed filial affection. Iltit punishment may be inflicted where reparation is impossible ; and at any rate the Legislature may strongly mark its sense of the past crime, and take effectual precautions against the recurrence of future offences. Sup posing the case of Mr. LovEDAY to be proved in its main points, an injury of the darkest dye has been committed, in violation of the highest confidence : a child entrusted to a teacher's pro tection has been corrupted in morals, estranged from her parent, seduced from her religion, and weaned from the delicacy of her sex. If it is once established that these acts of treachery can be overlooked for any, even the highest consi deration, there is no security that they will not be disregarded in the prosecution of inferior ob jects. If the ignorance of a child, and the weakness of a woman, forsaken (culpably forsaken) by her natural guardians and advisers, may be tampered with in Paris for the advancement of the Roman Catholic faith, it is probable they will not always be respected by those who may find similar opportunities of practising upon them for less saintly purposes.—We have hitherto spoken of this transaction as it must affect even the general reader who casts his eye on the de tails without any feeling of personal interest. But what a thrilling pang of apprehension must have shot through every fibre of those English- 1 1 men who have read the story with a recollection that they themselves have children or relatives exposed to like danger by the prevailing taste for French education. Others may perhaps be more assiduous than the unfortunate petitioner of the French Chamber, in watching over the religious and moral welfare of childhood thus exposed ; but who can assure himself that his diligence and discernment, in their fullest exertion, could have frustrated the arts which proved so fatal in the case of Mr. LOVEDAY ? It is neither necessary nor desirable to enlarge on such a painful subject, but perhaps the misfortune may not be altogether without its use, which brings in a palpable man ner before the British nation some portion of the hazard to which they are contented to expose themselves and those dearest to them, for the love - of cheap superfluities and parsimonious elegance. The French Papers of Monday, which arrived this morning, still bring no confirmation of the acceptance of the Russian ultimatum. Letters from Vienna of the 2Sth ult. are quite silent on the subject, though written three days after the courier is said to have arrived at Vienna with the intelligence that Turkey had been at length compelled to accede to the conditions prescribed by Russia ; and an article from Frankfort of the 2d instant, which appears among our extracts, ascribes its origin to some speculators in the Aus trian funds, who were desirous of selling stock, and propagated the report for the purpose of raising its price. Extract of a Letter from Quebec, Dec. 6. " On Thursday afternoon a heavy N. E. snow storm commenced, and lasted till next morning. The depth of snow in the woods the next day was about twelve inches, although much drifted on the open grounds. Wheel carriages were ge nerally laid aside for trains. The wind having come round to the N.W., several vessels which were ready for sea sailed on Friday. On Sun day morning it was observed that several market boats, both in Lower Town and at St. Rock, had been dashed to pieces in the night. The Quebec steam-boat, which got ou shore at Grou dines in the snow storm on Thursday, arrived in port this morning. The schooner packet from Portsmouth to New Orleans was plundered by eight pirates from a schooner, off llavannah, 7th Oct. The officers and crew were treated in the usual savage manner by these buccaniers, plundered of all their money, 'and every thing they could lay their hands upon." WEST biTil ES.—Files of papers, and some let .ers, have come to hand from several of the West India Islands. From St. Domingo they are of the Ist ult.•and one of them, dated on that day from Port au Prince, contains the following in, formation The authorities of this port have fitted out six schooners to check and controul the insolence of the pirates that infest these seas.— Yesterday they set sail to the eastward. Intel ligence was received, by au American ship, that from 8 to 12 sail of these marauders were hover ing on that part of the coast of this island ; and it is to be hoped that the schooners will succeed in cap turing some of-them. They are well armed, and though some of piratical vessels :Ire larger, yet they will be fully able to cope with them. Within the last week , all merchant vessels have been indiscriminately plundered, and a vast quantity of property has been taken out of them. Several of them have been obliged to put in here to refit, so that it was high'time that something should be done to suppress the enemy."—Another commu nication mentions, that nothing interfered with an.q.yantageaiWtrade, but the desperate audaH city..of . those ''pett's• of the West Indies. • They swarmed•in such•riumbers, that it was less than an, even .chance•6dt a ship could run, with safety through them. The accounts from other West India Islands are filled with representations of the same kind ; and the newspapers from Ja maica contain no other news than the particulars of the manner in which ships had been plun dered : some of them had been scuttled, and the crews turned adrift in small boats, without pro visions. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Earl of Yarmouth, in Seymour-place; the PrinCesS Esterhazy and Children, at Chandos House, from the Pavilion, Brighton ; Marquess of Downshire, at Reid's Hotel;, 11Ir. Bonham, in St. James's-street, from Brighton • General Bat- tour, in Bolton-row, from Scotland ; Mr. William Peel, in Saville-row, .from Tamworth ; General Purling, in Hertford-. street, May-fair, from Bradford Lodge ; Colon?' and Mrs. Gardiner, in Brook-street ; Mrs. and Miss Bolton, in Baker street, from Brighton; M. A. Boucherett, in Burlington street ; Mrs. and Miss Law, in Baker - street; Col. Warlhouse, in Bolton-street, from Litchfield ; General William Fitzroy, in Chapel_street, Grosvenor-square ; Sir Charles Sullivan, Bart. in Upper Brook-street; Mr. Dent, in Hertford-street; the Archbishop ofCanterbury; Earl Gower, at his new residence in Hamilton-place ; Viscount Carleton, in George-street, Hanover-square; Pascoc Grenfell, Esiq. M.P. in Charles-street, St. James's-square; Lady Mary Singleton, at the St. James's Hotel; Sir George and Lady Crewe, at the Brunswick House Hotel. DEPARTURES.-Sir James Nugent, for Dublin; Mr. Wil liam Botham, from Montague House, for Betworth, Dorking; Lord Clifton, from Sandgate, for Cobham Hall, Gravesend ; Hon. Frederick Ponsonby, on a visit to Earl Grey, at Ho wick ; Mr. A. M. Mills, for Weymouth ; 31rs. and Miss Powell, for the Parade, Brighton ; Colonel and Mrs. Ham mond, for Brighton ; Mr. and Miss Stratford, for Queen square, Bath ; Sir Felton Harvey Bathurst, for Englefield Green; Mr. Hodgson, from his house in St. James's-place, for Paris. CHANGES.-Mr. C. G. Wynne, from Cheltenham, to Bath ; General Norton, from Scarborough to Bath ; Hon. General French, from Meriden, on a tour ; Mrs. and Nliss Julian, from Cheltenham, for Brighton. BRIGHTON, JAR. B.—The Palace last night was the scene of polished hilarity. The ball was opened about nine o'clock, and the juvenile branches of Nobility and fashion were on the light fantastic toe for a cheerful succession of hours.' His Ma jesty contemplated the interesting and lively throng with feel ings of delight. Among the company present were—Lord and Lady Ravensworth, the Misses Liddell and family, Lady C. and Miss Bonham and family, Sir E. and Lady Ker rison and young family, General and Mrs. Mundy and chil dren, Mr. and Mrs. Curzon and children, Sir G. and Lady Quentin and young family, Lord and Lady Ongley and fa mily, Sir Richard and Lady Boroughs and children, Lord Eardley, Lord and Lady Say and Sele, the Hon. Miss Twissle ton, Lady William Bentinck, Miss Sparrow, the Earl of Glen gall, Miss Berkeley, Miss Wynn Belasyse, the Earl of New borough, Mr. and Lady Jane Beckett, Miss Lowther, Count and Countess St. Antonio, Major Stapleton, Major Gurwood, Capt. Cartwright, Hon. R. Watson, Mr. Watson, Lord Thos. Cecil, Prince Lobkowitz, Prince Lardaria, Prince and Prin cess Esterhazy and children, the children of Sir B. and Lady Bloomfield, the Earl and Countess of Morley and children, &c. The King, to-day, in excellent health and spirits, has paraded the Palace Lawn. The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry entertained the Prince and Princess Esterhazy, and a select party, yester. day, at North Cray. The Duke of Newcastle is entertaining a large party at Clum ber Park this week. The Dowager Countess of Kingston gave an elegant dinner at Roehampton yesterday, to a select party. Lord and Lady Thurlow entertained a few friends, yesterday, in Grosvenor-place. The Marquis of Ailesbury had a large party to dinner yes terday, at East Sheen, Surrey. Viscount Carleton has issued cards of invitation for a dinner party on Saturday, at his house in George-street, Hanover square. The marriage of Lady Elizabeth Manners (the eldest daugh ter of the Duke of Rutland) with Mr. Andrew Drummond, the son of the rich banker of that name, will take place in February next. The Hon. John Knox, third son of Viscount Northland, is shortly to lead to the hymeneal altar the beautiful and ac complished Miss Mabela Needham, the youngest daughter of Viscount Kilmorey. POETRY. TESTIMONIES AT MAIDSTONE—No. I. MR. FOX. . About three or four years, 'tis with pride that r tell; I've known Mr. O'CoriNou., and kuown him full well; For oft in discourse of political kind, Has each " had occasi.te" to open his mind ; . He liv'd chiefly with those who in my own condition; Some near friends of both, are now styl'd Oppwition. I held him in confidence, love, and esteem, And his worth of my praise has been often the theme : These opinions to me were by no means conflri'd ; For most others who knew him were all of a mind. I always indeed held him forth as a man Who bore tow'rds OLD ENGLAND no mischievous plan; His talents, his virtues, his zeal, I respected, And thought to his Country he stood " affected " I never once deem'd him a man that was wily, But one who in fact was " enlighten'd most highly: " As one who the principles proudly would own, Which seated the family now on the Throne— Those principles which were the prop of the State, And from which we should always our Liberty date: But to keep what I say from mistake and confusion, His principles were, in a word, Revolution. Lord EDWARD FITZGERALD I also well know— Nay, the blood in his veins from my family flow I believe that his Lordship was willing to prance To the Land of true Freedom; regen'rated France: But merely, 'twas thought, on a private affair, For his wife, as I heard, had some property there. But knowing the state which that Country was in, And that Law made it here a political Sin To go without leave to the Gallic Domain, I advis'd him with zeal his intent to restrain, And if to the Continent he must advance, Not at present to touch at Republican France. —But to Mr. O'CONNOR once more to return, No man in his friendships more strongly could burn To sum up his worth with the praise that is due, He's the most "open Character I ever knew ;" Most open and hearty in all he intends, To me and to others—to Foes and to Friends. Cross-examined by the SOLICITOR-GENERAL. I own, though I took in O'CoN NOR delight, And have known him some years, I have ne'er seen him ice te. Illy friends and myself; all approv'd, it is true, Of what Lord FITZWILLIAM intended to do. I mean as to Ireland, and Catholics there— But that was by no means enough, I declare. For concessions. to Papists would be a thing slight, Unless ev'ry Protestant too had his right. And Ireland in happiness greatly would gain, If Papists and Presbyters all held a chain : For b. - ads so united might make, all must own, " Resistance a question of prydelece alone." On points such us these have O'C 0 N 0 a and I Oft convers'd by ourselves, and when others were nigh ; For on Irish Affairs his pure bosom would glow, And to his information my knowledge I owe. ",• As JOHN BULL, in his last Paper, recalled the atten tion of the Public to the conduct of the Whigs on the memor able trial of ARTHUR O'CoNsoit, for Treason, at Maidstone, in the year 1798, we have thought it proper to revive the Tes timonies given on that occasion by the chief AVnio LEADERS of the day. These Testimonies appeared in THE SUN at that period, and only differ from what the speakers actually deliver ed, by the simple addition of rhyme.—We shall give all these curious Testimonies in due order, that the Public may be able to judge how far the surviving Whigs of the Party act in con sistency with their former principles and conduct. The words in italics were really uttered by the respective speakers. , ,„:::,,,,-,' ~ -- ro 4 1 4. a ,es rt, . e ' 4e ' .Itr,. v 0 .47..0 S'ZR 01 .1 - - 4. a ' , •.,1 'i -- -- , =.- ts • ~, ef , . 14 • # 77- 6C'sli)v: ;• „ i, THE CATHOLIC CLERGY. [FROM FREEMAN'S JOURNAL, JAN. 7.] The following pastoral Address has been issued by the Right Rev. Dr. TUOHY, Roman Catholic Bishop of this Diocess TO THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CLERGYMEN Or LIMERICK. " Reverend Sir,—l most earnestly request you will recom mend to your congregation to offer up their most fervent prayers to Almighty God, that he might be pleased in his mercy to grant fair weather, and avert the dreadful scourges of pesti lence, war, and famine, with which we are threatened for our manifold sins and transgressions. Recommend also to your re spective congregations, to offer their prayers to the Throne of Mercy, beseeching Almighty God to soften and change the hard and obdurate hearts of the misguided and deluded people of this county and vicinity, that he may bepleased to grant them the grace of sincere repentance and true conversion from their abominable and diabolical designs. Impress on their minds the duty and alle giance they owe to the best of Monarchs, our gracious sovereign George IV., who, in his goodn e s s o f h ear t, an d f rom t h e h est feelings for his Irish subjects, promised them to be their father and fnend on every occasion. Instruct them to be obedient to the laws of their country, to avoid drunkenness, idleness, and every other wickedness, henceforward ; to give up immediately the weapons of destruction which they have taken. Let them know that they are bound by the word of God, not only to avoid sin, but to shun all occasions and temptations to it ; and that while they retain these weapons of destruction, Satan will be al ways busy in tempting them to make use of them for the most diabolical and abominable purposes. Let them sincerely, and without delay, call to God for mercy ; and now, at the com mencement of the new year, to beseech God to grant them new ness of life. By complying immediately with these essential duties, they may still find mercy at the throne of God. He has promised to hear the prayers of the truly penitent—he may in his mercy be moved to restore peace, happiness, and tranquil lity, to this distracted country, which is the most ardent wish and fervent prayer of " Your faithful Servant, and brother in Christ, " Jan. 1, 182.2. " CIIARLES TUOHY." Yesterday forenoon his Highness Prince ESTER.- HAZY transacted business at the Foreign Office, after which his Highness, accompanied by Count CARAMAN, left town on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of LONDONDERRY, at North Cray. It is reported that a contract has been entered into for ten thousand barrels of gunpowder, which, it is said, are destined for the Mediter ranean. STOCK EXCHANGE.—It is reported that there has been an arrangement between the hitherto hos tile parties, and that an amicable understanding was come to on Tuesday, at a dinner party. EAST INDIA flousr..—Yesterday being the day There was a Board at the Treasury on Tues fixed at the last Quarterly Court of Proprietors day, to take into consideration , the reductions at for balloting on the following question :—" That the different public offices ; and a Minute was this Court confirm their Resolution of the 26th signed by Lord LIVERPOOL, &c. that those who of September last, approving the Resolution of now retire should receive an allowance accord the Court of Directors of the sth of that month, ing to the scale mentioned in their Lordships' granting to Mr. JOHN lIINDK PELLY, of the Born- letter in the year 1821. bay Civil Establishment, the sum of 2,0001. upon Letters from. Vienna to the 28th ult. were re the grounds therein stated ;" the ballot corn- ceived yesterday.. The principal feature in them menced at 11 'o'clock, and continued open till 6 is, that they in no respect confirm the assertions o'clock, when the numbers were declared to be, of the French Papers, on the authority of ad -358 for the Resolution, and 86 against it. The vices from Frankfort, that Turkey had been grant was consequently affirmed by a majority •compelled, at length, to accept the terms imposed of 272. hy the Russian Ultimatum. Such a report pre- Yesterday the remains of the Tron.Mrs. WARD, vailed in the Austrian capital, at least a fortnight the Lady of the Hon. Mr. WARD, M. P., were ago, but 'it failed in the effet it was intended to removed from her house in Bolton-row, for inter- produce upon the Stock Market of Vienna, and meat in the family vault at Chesham, in Buck- there is little doubt that if such a rumour was ingharnshiye. Mrs. WARD was in her 64th year, again circulated, the p: rp me of it was the same. and sister to the present Countess of Al ULQRAVE. —(Morning Paper.) MITACANTILE &c. The rollowing dreadful losses were posted at LLo D'o this morning : The Belle, late Chambers, from Liverpool to Genoa and Leghorn.; General Lincoln, Miller, from Boston; Two Brothers, Britsche ; and Redlegheden, Anderson, from Lisbon ; also a number of Sardinian, Neapolitan, and Spanish vessels, were wrecked at Geriaduring a violent gale on the night of the 24th ult. Twenty light Sardinian and Spanish vessels were wrecked at the same time between Nice and Cape Noli. The Gertrado, Longridge, from Rio Janeiro ; Harmony, Miller, from Mahon ; and Minstrel, Linklater, from Naples, all in ballast, were totally wrecked at Tarragona during a vio lent gale, on 24th and 25th ult. Crews sated. The Sarah, Lawson, from Mahon, in ballast, was driven. on shore, but expected to be got off: Tire Jane Elizabeth, Locke, from Norway, was wrecked, and every vessel in Port was considerably damaged. The Sarah, Duncan, of Leith, with nuts, was wrecked - in Saloe Bay. • . DEAL, JAN. 9.-- , -Wind N.W.—Arrived and sailed - for the" . River the St. Patrick, Crosby, from Belfast. Came down from t he River and sailed the Duchess of Gloucester, King, for - Trinidad ; and Active, for Messina. PENZANCE JAN. B.—The Economy, Ihirnell, from lA6don for Chepstow, sprung a-leak, and went down off : he Lizard yesterday; crew saved and landed here. It blew hard all. yes terday from N.E. to E.N.E. COWES, JAN; 9.—Arrived the Dice Gelrciedui, mans, from Amsterdam for Samarang, leaky. -- • • ST. IVES JAN. 7.—A stern of a bo a t mar k e d " M ary o f Glasgow, Alexander Cunningham," has been picked up here ; also a quantity of loose oranges. The Harmony, Rockingham, from Bangor to London, has received so much damage that she must discharge. HAltwicii, JAN. 9.—ArriVed the 1 7 ansittart packet, with a mail from Cuxhaven. Sailed the Leicester packet, fat Holland ; and Henry Freeling, ditto, for Cuxhaven, each with a mail. . MARGATE, JAN. 9.--The schooner Anna Christiana, Vigilbergeller, Was brought in here last night. Th e s c ho oner • Ralsey is re-loading, and will he complete'to4norrow evening. Dovrn„lAN. 9.--Arrived the Acorn, parry, from Wex ford to London, having experienced very bad weather, and is short of provisions. GRAVESEND, JAN. 9.—Put back the Apollo, Tennant, fer Madras, leaky. FALMOUTH, JAN. B.—Wind N.E.—Arrived the Horatio, Weeks, from New South Shetland for London ; Comet, Bailes, from London for Naples, with loss of anchor and cable in the • Downs, on sth inst. ; Mary Ann, Brown, from Dublin for London, with loss of stern boat; Flakley, Prynn, from Mil ford for London, with loss of sails, bulwarks, stancheons, and leaky ; Wellington, Edwards ; Linen Hall, Graves ; and Jane, Richards, from Dublin to London ; Abeona, Bussell, from Cork ; Blessing, W a lk er; and Erin, Allen, from London for Waterford. In the afternoon of Saturday, a Whitstable boat, while on the 100k -out, fell in with a small punt about eight feet long, in which was one man, who, on being taken on board, stated that he was the mate of a Dutch galliot, laden with timber and tar, destined for a French port, which had been blown out of her course, and wrecked on the Long Sand, about four o'clock on the same morning, when the Captain, one woman, (his sister), and the crew, ten in number, were all lost; that his own life. was preserved by placing himself, at the moment the vessel sunk, in the large boat on deck, in which was also the punt, and into which he was providentially washed. He reports that he saw a brig which was on the sand astern of the galliot go down at the same time, and supposes all on board perished ; the brig, he believes, was laden with seeds.—(Kentish Gazette.) Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the undermentioned Commanders took leave of the Court previous to departing for their respective destinations, viz.:—Captain E. M. Daniell, Duchess of Atholl, for Bengal and China ; Captain 'l'. Sanders, Orwell, and Captain J. Walker, Nlacqueen, for St. Helena, Bombay, and China. SMUGGLERS.—A round dozen of unfortunate smugglers were lodged on Friday last in the Devon County Gaol. Th.ey were caught on Tuesday last in three boats, off o,terton head, by the Scourge revenue cutter, Captain Weld, after throwing their kegs, &e. overboard- 7 a circumstance which contributed to their capture, as it blew a gale ' • and being. thus deprived of their ballast, the boats could no longer carry sail. it came out on the examination of these men beCore the Magistrates at the Castle, on Friday, that the smugglers on the South-east coast of our county have a sort of Attorney? General, who is said to make near five hundred pounds a year out of their embarrassments. We warn those infatuated fisher men on the coast, who neglect their legitimate business fur the more disastrous trade of defrauding the revenue, that they will not escape in future so easily as in times past. The men now taken, will, if convicted, be sent to foreign stations in men of war; and it is said to he in contemplation to pass an Act in the next Session of Parliament, to extend the punishment to transportation to Botany Bay.—( Western Luminary.) The Diana frigate, of 46 guns, was launched on Tuesday last, from the Dock-yard at Chat ham. The Diana is one of the handsomest fri gates in the Royal Navy. We observe that an elevated walk is now forming at the lower part of the Botanic Garden, hi this town, which will keep off the floods. It will, also, render the scene highly picturesque, by opening a view to the south us far as Rush brooke Park, besides commanding the more in teresting ruins which:are in its immediate vicinity. —(Bury Gazette.) On Monday afternoon last, after the removal of some convicts from Tothill-fields prison, to the credit of the police of Westminster, it was found that not a single prisoner remained in the gaol charged with felony ! We believe such an occurrence has not taken place since the building of the prison. It was a holiday to the turnkeys. CHEAP LIVING.—At a country public-house not twenty miles from Lewes, a party of neigh bours, one night last week, partook of an excel lent plain supper (it being Christmas time,) con sisting of boiled legs of mutton, vegetables, fruit, puddings, &c., with table beer, and after supper a glass of HoHands each,for the moderate charge of one shilling each ; with which charge, both the company and landlord were perfectly satis fied.—(Brighton Chronicle.) PRINTING.—When first the art of printing was discovered, they only made use of one side of a p age; they had not yet found out the expedient of impressing the other. When their e ditions were intended to be curious, they omitted to print the first letter of a chapter, for which they left a blank space, that it might be painted or illuminated, at the option of the pur chaser. Several ancient volumes of these early times have been found, where these letters are wanting, as they neglected to have them painted. When the art of printing was first esta blished, it was the glory of the learned to be the correctors of the press to the eminent printers ; physicians, lawyers, and bi. shops themselves, occupied this department. The printers then added frequently to their names those of the correctors of the press, and editions were then valued according to the abili ties of the corrector. NARROW EscArE. About five o'clock on Tuesday morning, as the Southiminon mail was coming over the temporary bridge which wus ,erected after the blow ing up of the Crooked Billet Bridge, by the late flood, one of the wheel horses choked and thrust against the. other, which ran the wheel of the coach against the side. 'rail the coachman pulled up, and while the guaid was in the act .of easing the horse's collar, the bridge gave way under the wheel, in con sequence of the ground having been washed Away beneath it, and precipitated the coach into the water; but as the fall did not exceed four feet, the horses were not dragged -with it. Happily there were neither inside nor out-side passengers, and the only injury sustained ,was •by the coachman, who accom panied the coach into the water, and got . a complete duck ing. The guard procured a post-chaise and four horses, and proceeded to town with the mail bags as soon as they could be got out of the water. \ The coachman, with the coach and horses, arrived by eleven o'clock ; at the Bell and Crowns THE THEATRES. DRURY -LANE.—MISS EDMISTON, who made so successful a debut at this Theatre in the parts of Jane Shore and Lady Macbeth, last night re sumed the latter character, at the same place. II er performance exhibited evident marks of im provement, and received mach applause. Mr. KEAN, in Macbeth, approached more to legiti mate acting, and he seems to be gradually divest ing himself of those peculiarities which can only gratify " the groundlings, who, for the most part, are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shews and noise." COVENT-GARDEN.-- The Comedy of Errors was well attended last night. Miss TREE was pre vented by indisposition from appearing ih the part of Luciana, which was therefore assigned to Miss LOVE, who acquitted herself respectably. Miss STEPHENS displayed all her usual interest ing sympathy in Adriana, and delighted the au dience with her musical excellence. lIAYMARKET THEATRE.—Mr. GOODACRE last night resumed his Astronomical Lectures, and it is gratifying to find, that, amidst all the frivolity of the age, this rational and truly sublime enter tainment, if we may so style it, is well attended. His apparatus is admirably calculated to give due effect to his instructive elucidations. SURREY THEATRE.—The new piece of The Pirate drew a numerous audience last night.— Mr. T. DIBDIN is a rare instance of facility in composition, and of neatness and spirit in dialogue, which is strikingly manifested in this piece, as the original romaiee has been published but a few days, and it might be supposed that there could hardly be time for preparing the pic turesque scenery by which it is illustrated. ROYAL COBURG THEATRE.—This theatre has produced a new piece, entitled, The two Brothers of Pisa. It aboluids with that terrific interest which is so agreeable to the taste of the times.— The novelty of the Looking Glass Curtain, and the representation of part of the dramatic story before it, produced a whimsical and enter taining effect. Miss WILSON made her first appearance in the aharacter ofillandane, in the opera of Artaxerxes, at the Dublin Theatre, on Saturday, and expe rienced a most favourable reception. Miss F. BRUNTON, as we predicted, has ac cepted an engagement at Covent-garden Theatre. She is to make her debut as Juliet on Thursday se'nnight. The critics of the Metropolis, now, will soon be convinced that we have not been too lavish in our praise of this charming Actress. --(Brighton Paper.)