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EDITOR.—As I obsekve that your Paper 'ends to cliec•k vice a,;(1 folly as well as to guard oar Establishment in Church and State from the ihroads of 1 ) ()P1,11Y, I think it is incumbent on you 1 ° gay somet in on the manners of the times, Ind ut to content yourself. with giving a Register of Position, which howeVer amusing it may be to wally of your Country Readers, cannot he gratifying to the wiser part of them; We have Sumptuary Laws in this Country, and if we bai e they are now obsolete, and ate totally dis legaided ,by our. Government. Indeed, Ido not see the policy of Sumptuary Laws in a Great State, for by a rigid enforcement of them many branches of trade and manufactures would be at a stand, and hence Rogues might be expected to 13iultiply, while Heaven knows that we have too lany of them already-in every class of the com- Oninity. In one of the former numbers of your Journal, you have professed a disposition to render it indeed a Pußtac PRINT. if you adhere to your 'Professions you will be supported by THE PUBLIC, and will have no reason to court -the favour of Ministers, or-concede to the clamours of ambiti ous Demagogues, aizeiciOppositiOn on the other: Seep a steady course,hke the great Luminary whose Dame you base assumed. Support the measures of Administration while they are likely to be be beficial to the State, but give no countenance to Jobs, intended to lavish money on Relations and epentients ; attend to the arguments of opPosi- Tia N , but not to thelr asperities, and be assured that there is virtue enough in the people at large, to protect a Journal devoted to the real wel fare of the State. It was a happy thought of your's to bold the London Mirror to the'Pro tinciai Journals, and reflect their sentiments, for by this means you diffuse the principles of the -I'ublic Writers throughout the Empire. The Conductors of those Papers. will be gratified in knowing that their character is understood by thf! Nation at -large, and the-Nation at large must he gratified in finding that Loyal and Constitutional Principles are diffused in all _ • parts through the medium of. a Artily PUBLIC PRI NT . The PATRONAGE of the PEOPLE will far of much greater -importance, to a real Pus ite Putsri., than any favours that Ministers could bestow. Nay Ministers themselves will respect such a national, public-spirited, and inde pendent Jotuhal. Able Writers will enlist in your cause, and other Countries will he anxious to know the opinions of a Joutoal that stands *OM Party on either side,as well as all petty interests, and makes the welfare and honour of the Empire its ruling principles of action. PUBLIUS. The Nobility and Gentry of all parties, of the County of Tipperary, have intimated their intent thow of presenting an Address of Condolence to the ParNcE REGENT, on the late melancholy catas trophe. . A County Meeting will beheld at Kil inainham, on Monday next, for a similar purpose. In the last Galway Chronicle, we_find the follow ing paragraph on 'the same subject :—We under stand it is in contemplation immediately' to con vene this County- for the purpose of voting Ad dresses of Condolence to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, and his Serene Highness the Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobourg, on the late melancholy calamity which has plunged not only these Illus trious Personages, but the entire British Nation into the deepest affliction."—A Requisition has .been presented to the Mayor of Limerick, and .he has called a Meeting for this day.--'J he• Common • Council of Waterford have already assembled, and voted an Address. We presume every County and City in Ireland will manifest .similar feeling on the 'afflicting occasion. - The Freeholders of Kincardinshire have voted Addresses of Condolence to the Prince Regent and Prince Leopold, And the Merchants' House, Glas sow, have also voted an Address to the Prince Regcnt, The 'Magistrates and Council, and the Guildry IttrorpOration of Dundee, have voted Addresses of Condolence to the Prince Regent and Prince Leo pold. At a meeting of the Royal Grand Conclave of :the Knights Templar of Scotland, for the election of the grand office-bearers on the 25th curt, a dutiful and loyal address of condolence was unani mously' voted to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent on the late melancholy dispensation of PrOvidence. We feel pleasure in publishing - the following Letter, as transmitted to us, in codfii'mation of a paragraph which appeared in our Paper, re lative to the cure of that general and dangerous , complaint, Ropt tire. • Sir,—Observing a paragraph in your Paper respecting the wre 01 an Hernia, performed (of a large size) by the Medic al ard, at Charlotte-House, Great Charlotte-street, Black friars-road, in justice, Sir, to Messrs. COOPER and Co. I_ beg to mid n 4 personal testimony. Hariug been afflicted neat . twenty ',ears, and deemed incurable by eminent Surgeons, I }Patiently bore•my affliction, expecting every boor to he my last ; I at length applied to the Medical Board, And have rea son to pray for that excellent Establishment, for although am near 50, I was perfectly cured ilia few weeks, and now, thank 66d, enjoy good health. • 1 think, Mr. Editor, all who know me will allow that I can have no other motive far this communication than a public ' benefit. 1 am, Sir;your obedient Servant, • C. CLEVELAND, HER MAJESTY, 4c. BATH, Wednesday Morning, Dec. 3.—The over-- earliest curiosity of the compiny, on Monday, ae understand . , was very unpleasant to the Qt., EtEN She particularly noticed one person, who con tinued staring in her face through an_eye-glass, all the time she was in the room, and in consequence the iVlastexs of the Ceremonies were in the room at an early hour yesterday morning, endeavour hog to impress upon every person who entered, the propriety of avoiding such open manifesta tions of mere curiosity. Their remonstrances o duced the desired effect, for on the arrival of the Duke of Clarence, the company remained in g roupes at each end of the room, leaving the . l Eiddle of it entirely de 0.. The Princess Eliza beth,.attended by the Countesses of Ilchtster and Melville, entered the room about . her accustomed hour, and the Queen arrived its her state chair al most iinmerliately afterwards. There were present to meet her Majesty the Hon. Mrs Poulett, the Hon. Miss Broderia, the Earl of Winclic6ea, Sir Henry CaMpliej,'Ciene ral Johnson, Captain Poulett, &c. &c. Her Ma jesty appeared pleased with the restrained curio sity of the company, and, after drinking the wa ter, and conversing a few minutes with the two ladies, she retired to her. Chair, and returned to her house. At about two o'clock, the Royal party took a carriage airing, in a landau and four, through the principal streets in the upper part of the town, but they were tot out more than an hour. Afterwards, the Princess Elizabeth re- I paired to the Hot Bath, attended by Lady 11-1 1 chester. In the course of the morning, the Marchioness of Bath and one of the Ladies Thynne arrived at the Qireen's house ; and, at halt-past four o'clock, Sir Henry Halford arrived from Windsor. He will return to Windsor Castle on Friday, to be present'at the Queen's Council on Saturday next, and the Earl of Winchelsea will leave the Queen's house, for the same purpose, on Thursday. After the breaking up of the Council, he will re turn to Bath to lay their report before her Ma jesty. At six o'clock, yesterday evening, her Majesty had a dinner party. There, were present, besides those persons immediately in attendatme, the Marchioness of Bath and Lady -- Thynne, Lord XVinclielsea - , Sir Henry Campbell, Sir H. Halford, Captain Poulett, and the Honourable Mrs. POnlett. • Ear! Ponlett, Lord Lieutenant of the County of Somerset, who was expected here on Monday, to pay his respects to her Majesty, is confined to his room by indisposition, at his seat near llchester. Tlie,first ball of the season, at the Kingston, or Lower Rooms, took place, last night, and it was much more numerously attended than it has been' upon any occasion, tor the last ten-years. It was expected that the Countess Potdett would have done Mr. Marshall the honour of investing him with the insignia of his office, as Master of the Ceremonies, bi.t phis was prevented by the indis position of the Noble Earl ; and the ceremony was performed by Lady Tuite. Mr. Marshall en tered the Assembl) Room, supported by General Johnson and Captain Cockburn, preceded by Mr. Mills, the 'tenter of the Rooms, leering the in signia upon a rich velvet cushion, and followed by the Committee, Sir IV. Wynne, General Sir W. Cockburn, Captains Conol/y and 'Flinn, R. N. Captain Johnson, Messrs. De Burgh, Leir, Gard ner, and Btowne, the officers of the 15th Hussars, and of the 38th Regiment. The procession hav ing reached Lady Tuite, she very gracefully took the insignia from the cushion, and placing it round the neck of Mr. Marshall, wished he might long retain the honour.- Mr. Marshall thanked her Ladyship, and added, that he hoped ; his exertions • would prove him worthy of it. The dancing then commenced, when many a " bevy of fair dames" were seen " to swim along - and swell the mazy dance, disclosing motion in its every charm." — 'The fine Band of the 38th Regiment attended, and occasionally relieved the harmony of the Orchestra by the exhilarating clash of martial music, Pre cisely at (11 elve o'clock the music ceased, and the company•gradually retired. The medallion, Made us of upon this occasion, is the identical one which, at these original room's, was, presented to Capt. Wade, and for which six - hUndred pounds were subscribed. It is worn sus pended by a broad garter blue ribbon. It is of gold and blue enamel,' enriched with brilliants.— In the centre is a raised figure of Venus, bearing in one hand the apple awarded her on. Mount Ida, and in the other a rudder, with the inscription "'Venusdecens." The reverse, a broad wreath of laurel. and inscribed, " Arbiter Elegantiaruni." BRIGHTON, DEC. 2. To-day the PRINCE REGENT took his usual ride, accompanied by the Rev. Mr. BLOMBERG, along the East Cliff towardsltottingdean, and re turned about four o'clock. HAI Royal Hiiihness looks remarkably %veil. This,day a n►oyt respectable Meeting of the In habitants took place at the Old Ship,' pursuak to public notice, to take into consideration the measures adopted ott the 5h of November. The Rev. Mr. CARR was called to the Chair ; but on the first and only Resolution being read, he de clined witting it, and accordingly left the Chair, when Jon N SMITH, Esq. was called to fill it.• The Resolution was then pia 'and unanimously carried, which was, that the parish of Brighton do defray the expellee of the rroseention against Messrs. Day, White, .and Williams, for the murder of Howles, a Headborongh, who came by his death in consequence of a biyonet wound .he received on the sth of November. The business of the Meeting being ;over, they all joined and sung " God save the King," after which they dispersed. Yesterday a Court of Leo (a, was held at the East India Honse, when Captain W. CAMPBBLL was sworn into the commaild of the ship London, consigned to Madras and China. Unousa SHOOTING.—Mr. FARQUARSON, a Genr !lemon of Aberdeenshire, at the beginning of the season, killed 98 birds in one day without missing a single shot ! POETRY. A LANI ENT. " WE MEET LIKE MEN WIIO'HAVE FORGOT TO sPEAK." There is no sound of joy throuLth all the land, There is nu busy hum of voices now, But with sad looks and heavy hearts we stand, And in deep sorrow, to the stroke we bow To that ALMIGHTY and ETERNAL hand, Which has a Nation's promise torn away, Reft Albion's hive, and darkened Europe's day! Daughters of England! mourn a sister fled, A bright example vanished from your sight, And sanctify the bitter tears ye shed, Raising your thoughts to her imperial height, To emulate the virtues of the dead ; Death gives an awful lesson when his dart; By striking one, has wounded every heart ! Is beauty your's ? the pleasure-heamiwg eye, The candid, open brow, the form of grace ? All these were her's—all these with her must die— But not the talents which adorn'd her race, Still binding closer every loyal tie; But not the blessings which her baud bestow'd, To still the voice of Woe, and lighten Misery's load! Mourn, Sons of Valour, ye who hop'd to share Smiles of your future Queen,'for deeds of worth; Her name triumnhant thro' the world to hear, Your Queen, of English heart, and English birth. The cypress, not the laurel, shall ye wear— Ore utterance to your grief, nor turn aside The tears that gem the manly check to hide. Mourn, Sons of Science, she your, value found; Genius in her a fostering hand had known ; Nor did her sex or age her learning hound— Knowledge and early wisdom were her own. And Art and Taste, with true devotion crown'd. Oh ! ye the wisest, weak is all your skill, The stricken mind -to south in this unlook'd-for ill. Mourn ye, the Nobles of the - Land, who dwelt In the lov'd presence of our country's boast ; With keener sorrow must your feeling melt— More than a Mistress, you a Friend have lost, With whom you spoke and thought, and smil'd, and, felt. So live, that you may hope o❑ High to meet, And mingle minds again before Eternal Seat. Mourn ye, the l)esolate, for ye have known A Royal ear attentive to your cry ; One whoa► all state and happiness did crown, Who turn'd not from the squalid wretch her eye, But made a fellow-mortars pain ber own ! • Oh, Claremont ! thy 'km woods what eye shall trace, Nor see her Spirit shine through all the place!. Ye Mothers mourn, whose smiling infants press The glowing cheek, and lisp a father's dame ; She hop'd like you a cherisli'd spouse to bless With all th' endearing joys which paveuts claim— The pangs of death her fainting frame oppress— , Bereav'd of hope, with meek and pious wind, " GOD'S will be done,;' she said, and died ►esign'd ! Our humble reed forbids to - paint the woe, The sacred sorrow of caeh [toyal breast; From lips august when - pbtints of anguish flow, A sorrowing people sinks at once depress'd, And feels through ev'ry class th' o'erwhelming Wow. To Htx whose power the hearts of Kings shall guide, We pray to spare the Father he has tried! THE FORTUNATE UNKNOWN..—'.Bets were offered yesterday at the Club-houses, in St. James's street, of one hundred guineas to fifty, that the young Gentleman, Mr. GUNSTONE, who lately_ has been so much talked possess a clear income of five hundred thousand pounds. Mr. G. is in his eighteenth year. Rumour having-given credence to the idea that Font hilt Abbey was for sale, an overture was made last week by an agent deputed expressly for that. purpose ; the reply was, '' It is not to be .sold."—Arrangements are making for the introduction of. this young man into fashionable lite; but previous to which, we hear,, he will be married ; in fact, in a few days, he will lead to the hymeneal altar a rich and high ly accomplished young Ladv.—(ll/crning Post.) THE LONDON PALAIS 11.0YAL.-011 , Monday last the workmen commenced their labours, at the western angle of the grounds attached to Burling ton-house, -Piccadilly. The grand entrance will, of course, be. at the south end, and extend to Cork-street. We . are told that the architectural arrangements will be quite upon a nouvelle plan. The wholeis a .speculat ion quite unconnected with Lord GEO. CAVENDISH'S improvements.--(/bid) BRISTOL, Nov. 29.---Abont eight o'clock in the morning of Thursday se'nnig►ht,. an alarming fire broke out. on board the Sarah, •a West India nian, lying near. Prince's-stri4t Bridge. On the preceding Tuesday. morning. some charcoal had been pLced belOw in il,pot,for the purpose of de stroying the rats ; the' fire from which probably communicated to the floor. When the compa nion :loch - was opened at the above hour the paint was tonnd blistered, and immediately after, on the admission of the air, the whole cabin was in a blaze. The. prompt arrival of the fire-engines prevented the flames from extending farther than, the cabin and state-rooms, which, however, were completely destroyed. A sailor was seriously hurt -in his exertions to extinguish the fire, and was carried to the Infirmary. DESPERATE OOTRAGE.--- , AbOta seven o'clock one morning last week, a hackney-•coach drove to the fluor of a Mrs. Price, of East-lane, Wal worth, and on Mrs. Price going to the doOr, ten or a dozen fellows rushed hat° the passage, seized hold of her, and in a most barbarous aml brutal rummer forced her into the coach, and bore her, away, pretending that they were acting tinder legal authority. A party of the sane• gang soon returned to her house, and stripped .it of every article of value. .The peculiarity of the circumstance prevented many persons fron► taking'that interest in the affair which the nature of it. deserves, and all who beheld it fancied they were acting tinder some substa►►tial authority, and allowed them to pass in the counnisson of their supposed duty; without attempting to interrupt them. THE THEATRES. DRURY-LANK: A new Performer, named FISHER, his appearance_ 1;4 , 4 night at this Iteatre in the character of Macbeth, one of the lost difficult in the whole rut►u'l of the Dram a . It was a-bold 'attempt, but he displayed ability enough to prove that it was not a rash one. He possesses a tolerable figure and a good voice. He is by no means defective in judgment, for he gave a. correct outline of the part, and in some of the scenes was very successtul. He seems not to want stage-practice, for in his dumb sliety, and in hi; general action, yotig as he appears, he seems not to be .a novice. He had a host of friends in the house; but the favourable recep tion which attended:him, appeared to be the re• stilt of general approbation—at le.ist of kitontess. CoveNT-GAROBN.-A new Farce, entitled Hus bands and Wives, was brought forward lost ntgl::: at this Theatre. They, who want to escape f=ont Shelias' Officers, may_ learn many expedients from this Farce, ant the Sheriffs' Officers may also learn expedients tor pursuit. Such was the scope of the main plot of this piece, is diverting in itself, and which was well supported by the Per formers, particularly JON Es, who is the hero of the piece, EMBRY, BL , ‘NCHAUD, TOKIM,Y, AB BOTT, MISS BOOTH, Miss.FOOTE, and ths. Fat:- CIT.-It was announced for repetition this even-. jug, with general consent'. DECAPITATION EXTRAORDINARY. MANSION-Hooss.—Yesterddv, a decent look ing young man, a seaman, made an application to the LORD MAYOR for advice and assistance, under the following novel circuni-t'ances • He stated, that several months since, his mother• was much afflicted with•the tooth-ache, in conse-, (pence of which she applied to a Dentist to extract the bad tooth. -The operator, who was •not one of the most skilful in hii ptofeSsion, after several attempts to perform the required, task, during which the poor patient suffered the 'greatest torment, at length btoke the tooth in such a - manner as to render•it impossible to extract the remaining. part's. A cancerousiaffection en sued, and his mother procured admission„ into St. Thomas's Hospital. Here every thing that hurrvits skill could devise .was done for her, birf without effect,._ and she died . a few days since, her_head having previously swelled to an enormous size.— The applicant, at the request of the Surgeons, al lowed the body of Isis mother to remain at the Uospital until Monday, when it was sent homelis a coffin. Wishing to ascertain whether the proptr attention had been paid to his mother's sentains, he with much difficulty opened the coffin, when,lo his astunisliment and horror, he fo , ,nd that the head had beets severed from the body, and was missing ! He immediately went to the Hospital, to inquire into the circumstance, but being unable to obtain a satisfactory answer, .he was advised to apply to the Lord Mayor. He added, that he had while at sea assisted in com mitting some dozens of his shipmates to the wa tery element, some without beads, anti others without limbs, and he was totally indifferent as to what became of hithself after he was dead ; but he was determined that the remains of his. parent should go decent and entire to the grave. • The LORD MAYOR.--!` This is a novel case, certainly, and I hardly know how to advise you. I suppose the surgeon can account satisfactorily for detaining the head.'', The young man said, that his mother's case was considered one of an extraordinary nature, and excited much attention among the faculty. Mr. [ T IOBLER said, lie had no doubt that the Doctors had kept the -head for surgical purposes, and meant to pickle it. • The LORD MAYOR ordered one of the officers to go to the Surgeofi at the Hospital, and in his name to•request an explanation of this ext,raordi nary proceeding. ' The officer returned in about an hour, and stated that the Surgeon - would wait upon his Lordship, and,explain the story. The, head of the deceased woman was kept for.the purpose of being dissected, with the:consent of her husband, who received a pecuniary compeosation for the loss of it. The Loan MAYOR desired the young man to be in attendance at the Mansion-House this day, when he' had no doubt that the matter would be arranged in a manner perfectly satisfactory to the applicant.—(Morning Paper.) ROBBERY OF A F•OLDIF.R,—On Tuesday evening, as a young man, named John Swindles, who was discharged on Monday from the Royal Artillery, was going along Newington causeway, with a knapsack on his hack, be was accosted by a . tall man -of respectable appearance, who inquired where lie was going ; the soldier told his. tale in a few words„ and gave the stranger to understand that he bad . been recently discharged front hiS Majesty's service; that he had just got money enough to carry hint home to his native place, a vil!age near Manchester; and that he was pro , ceeiliyg there on foot with all possible expedition. After complimenting the candour 'ot the soldier, the man said that he felt disposed to render him some a-sistance, aim; requested that he would ac company him to the Bricklayers' Arms, and he would be enabled to induce some of - the stage coachmen, , with whom he was acquainted; -to give hilq a lift on his journey gratnitoudy. was an offer which the poor soldier gladly itc cepted.- They •went into the tap-room of the • liticklayets' .Arms, where they sat together' for about half an hour. The stradgtr made an excuse to leave the room, saying that he woold go, and look after some of•the coachthen ; he atterw,ads went in and out several times, and at last con 'rived to carry away the knapsack without being observed. The poor fellow's distress was extreme wien he discovered the, robbery The knapsack, he said, contained 285., and that it was all the property he possessed in the world. The following trait of respect to our lamented PRINCESS is too creditable to a very humble class of men, not to merit sortie notice. The passage— boats, which ply bct‘veen Gravesend and London, `have all been put into naval mourning ; a grey streak of paint all round. 7‘. We wished te shew respect in our boats if we could not in our clothes," -was the reniark'.of ope of the owners.